The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-31
WASHINGTON.
Malls Burned.

. 4OnQay last. IOgeCneE with thrOug
mails sent from points between Ne
Orleans and Clarksville, Tenn, wei
burned on the occasion of the Men
phis and Louisville Railroad disas
ter.
Internal Revenue HalteFs-C0nsula
Appointments.
The recent statement that Commits
sioner Delano has secretly given or
ders to stop the distillation of spirit
in New York until further orders, i
pronounced-untTue.
At the Revenue Bureau it is be
lieved that the recent activity of tn
officers Ia New York, in ferreting ou
frauds, led the offenders against th,
law to make their reports.
The President has appointed a. p
/ Grey, Collector of Internal Revenue
for the Twentieth District of Penn
| syivania.
The Eternal Revenue receipts TO-DAY
were over 81, ,000,0
Alex. Fulton, Supervisor of Inter
nal Revenue, at Baltimore, writes to
/ to the Bureau statisg that parties in
his District are engaged In purchas-
ing, from packers and dealers, bulk
meats or bacon and pork, which are
merely packed In salt, but not smok-
ed; also, rendered lard in a crude
state; that they have taken the bacon
or pork from the original packers,
smoke it, and repaok some with their
own trade ma rk and some without it.
In which condition it is sold, and
some of the pork, after smoking, they
sell without packing. The Supervisor
wants to know whether such parties
are liable to tax under section four of
the act of March 3lst, 1868.
The Commissioner decides that such
parties are engaged in the preparation
of lard and bacon for sale, and they
put up those articles for sale in pack
ages, with their own names and trade
marks on them, and are therefore
liable to the tax imposed by the sec
ton to which reference is made.
The following consular appoint
ments were made to-day: VIM. Spence
Yermain, of New York, consul at
Ling-Kiang; Edward D. Getty, of
New York, consul at Gaspe Basin;
Jacob j. Camper, of Pennsylvania,
consul at Ghent; and j. nj. PEBBLES,
Of Michigan, consul at Trebisond.
The President has appointed G..
Robertson, Jr., Assessor of Internal
Revenue for the Fifteenth District,
vice Z. II. Nehr, suspended; Pulver
Health, Assessor for the Eighteenth
District, vice a. III. Palmer, suspend
ed; and j. S. Masters, Collector of
the Fifteenth District Of New York,
vice Jas. Forsyth, suspended. There
were no charges against the sus-
pended gentlemen, but it was thought
a change would be promotive of pub
lie interest.
Thomas l.. Tulloek, clerk in the
Treasury Department, was o-day
appointed by the President Collector
of Internal Revenue, for the District
OF Columbia, in place Of Mr.. Flint,
deceased.
OflClaI Correspondence.
The following correspondence has
just been made public:
WASHINGTON, July 16. 1869.
Sir: I have the honor to address
you on behalf of the "Sooiete du
Gable, TRANSATLANTIC, Francais,"
whose interests [ repreenst in the
United States. Having been informed
In the first instance, By Mr.. Thornton,
Ill. B. Nj. Minister, and afterwards by
Count de Fayreny, the French Charge
d. Affairs, of the views Of the United
States Government as to its authority
and duty regarding the proposed un-
dertaking, / have lost no time In
coming to Washington In order TO
confer with you upon the sub
jeot; and as the result Of the
interview which l had the hoaor of
having with you this morning in
company with Count de FaVreny, beg
to assure you that the French Cable |
Company agree to accept as the basis |
upon which their operations are to
be conducted the provisions of the |
bill, Of which copy was enclosed Ia |
your letter to Count de Favreny, or
of such other enactment as may be |
passed during the approaching session !
of Congress, with view to regulate 1
the operation of the telegraph cable /
companies connecting the United |
States with foreign countries. The /
SocIete du Cable TTans-Atlantique |
Francois will moreover do their
utmost to induce the Government of |
His Majesty the Emperor Of the |
French so far to modify the |
concession under which the /
company has been established |
as to prevent the landing upon |
F-ench shores of any cable belong |
ing to any company incorporated by /
the authority of the United States, or |
of any State in the Union, and they
further agree on their own part not
to oppose the establishment of any
such cable belonging to any company
incorporated by the authority of the
United States, or any State in the
Union.
1 have the honor to be. sir, your
obedient servant. i. @. WATSON.
To Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary
of State.
The Assistant Secretary Of State
replied as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, July %, 1869. !
SIR have the honor to aeknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter of July |
Is, to the Secretary of State, assuring !
him that the Societe Du Cable Trans |
Atlantique Francaise is limited which |
you represent; accept, as the basis /
upon which their operations are to be 1
the provision Of the bill 4
which passed the Senate Of the Uni
ted States last winter, or cf such other
enactment as may be passed during
the approaching session of Congress,
on connecting the United States with
foreign countries, and further inform
ing him that the society would do
their utmost to induce the govern
ment Of His Majesty, the Emperor of
the French, so to modify the oonces-
sions under which the company is es-
tahlisbed so as to hermit the laying