New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
A CIRCULAR FROM SECRETARY BOUTWELL-IN-
TERNAL REVENUE DECISIONS-PRESENTA-
TION OF TIE MINISTER FROM PERU.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHJ

TGBSRRAL PRESS DlSPATCH.l
Secretary Boutwell, has issued a circular tog the
general bureaus of the Treasury Department order
ing that hereafter no attorneys, claim agents OF
other persons persons acting III his or their stead
or behalf shall DO permitted TO hold Official inter
course with any empOy6 or have access to the
records and files of the Department. or its bureaus,
under any circumstances whatever, unless such at
tOrney agent or person has express written autnOr-
ity from the Secretary All employees of the Depart
ment are also instructed not TO communicate, either
in or outside of the Department any information III
relation 10 the business thereof.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided
that persons engaged in the business OF packing pork
and rendering lard, and packing the same IN barrels
kegs or otherwise, are included III the denniuOh OF
manufacturers are required TO pay the special tax as
such TO return their sales III excess OF S quarter
y and pay the tax OF g per on SuS Sssos
sor at Sand Creek n Y, incOsng letter addressed
TO him by Junius A. Cowles relative TO his llaDihy
TO tax on sales OF leather tanned ny nm ioi VI %
toner from hides furnished by the Iast naiheu INC
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue says: -, ..r, n,
1T does not appear whether CowGS aSv 6 ic of the
the leather tanned by him on the esiiIaeu Eu as no az
leather sold whether he returned the actual hoS & s
reported 70 him made by the owner u Io made On the
Commissioner presumes the returns WeIe maui Or
bas OF the owners sales that the returns were properly
na9e, ana o Ie ives H. as alleged Cowies manufactured
hides into leather for the owner the latter Iuriss @ 0
hides and the latter tanning the @ t9r nn interest
I'M the sales Of the leather, IN the manuIactu
than 70 receive the stipulated price iOr Tanning & m
has no sales 10 return for taxaton Dut o1
one 10 make the returns, II not an ac tuai
he Is engaged In the business OF IA Ia 6e
ta V NOT Ills personal skill Is thus employed anu ho
e19rno with other manufacturers the piOnts OF te t
ness and therefore not only the letter anu sIi' ~
law but justice and equity require tna' Ae Sho"'N
T6s afternoon Col. Manuel Freyer was introduces a
20 +bo President bV the Secretary OF state, ana ue
Evcred his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary ana
Minister Penipotentiary of Peru The Coiongi inGo s
some remarks upon the Occaslon OF WHICH tllo Aoi
lowing is translation: -. oo,,or,,,or+ ~
The relations Of friendship which the G9Vefhuen' p oi
tho United states has always maintained Win wy W.
nnbe OF Peru far from being weakehcu ny wy .i
fndes OF time have recently been ughleheG anu
ened n tic direction Of reciprocal good VIII N9lerOus
are the acts by which the powerful NOIIi, t p,,i,
fiop mas proved It's synpates In favor OF the
ueopIe take pleasure In acknowledging uhein anu ~
irotIaimjug these continents for fraternity ana Oi
| tincere attachment with which they have inspired
| nv country She having entered upon thc ways
/ ~ DToeress and OF true liberty By accimntzing
upon Lef so an these democratic instructions which arc
compatible with the necessities o h.r sASlgAee' euoI