, 1869-08-27
WASHINGTON,



WASHINGTON, August 21
new sr1nIr xE1ER,
It ID understood That new beer register and
sft7t meter, snvenied ty Mr. john Miner, Of H.
nno4s has recently teeo examined by the otlleess
Of the Internal Revenue Bureau, with rsulis 50
EatLEfactoE! that Commissioner Delano has re-
quested the inventor to attach one to large dis
ttlle5 In tie We=S, fur the purpose o. practically
testing It's y!lue Us q lpea.uzer OF quantity anl q
detector Of frauds, This meter Is sc1y simple In
Its conetruct,ou, and, apparently, very rnp!d
aEd certain IN lis operations In gzan'tng The re-
quest OF Ar. Miner, he Eays that the Com
missioner !uc1rs no responsibility. Al
the expenses OF tht attaehment
utd trial. vel 81 the cost OF the sppafatus+ are
to be torpe By Tho inventor ana manufacturer,
and even should tie experiments te satisfactory,
tho Commissioner ineurs 10 obligation beyond
that OF an agreement To consider any proposition
that rnny bc 4 atc By the inventor for the adop-
tiou Of this meier by the Department
TIE Icx.ricKYEs cIHCrArESTEp-
Three ueshGds ire now known ny- Wn,cn the
lately a.scoycred methods Of opening the Dodd
Combination Lock can be defeated The rroeess
Of opening consists IN the burglar coming one
night and removing the dial plates
containing the letters and numbers, which can
te easily done, and inserting 1ader 1t
yerJ thin sheet Of lead, md the simple appa1a-
tus will print tee letters used Us The colub-
nation Ia stt up. Next nlght the burglar comesre-
moves the dial again, reads tho combination on
from the lead, and easily opens the safe In the
usual way. These guards arc nlst turning tho
dIal hall dozen times 10th to the right and left,
,.cfoEr beginning to Get up the conb,nasioa, which
rende,s the Indicator Inserted unaer tho plate
less; second, TO III the cavity under the dial With
matertAl which cannot he removed; and, third,
by 80 attaching the dtal that 1t cannot bc removed
without at1acs!ng attention. It Is now supposed
that new lock nil Boan be adopted, or change
be insisted Gu In the Dodd lock 10 meet tho
late trouble
nEyEKCE sKlzCREa
The number OF revenue seizures reported
throughout the country to-1ay, TO tho Internal
Neyenaa Oulcs, vas greater Than upon Apy preSt-
Gus day. Many Cases hare been discovered where
large dealers La tobacco have been hutrJfnc Oh ati
photographed and other bogus and secondhand
gtaups TO country merchants, In view OF the no
eessttI Of purchasing new. stamps In short time
which cannot be photographed
THE CIIEKoKEH MUTUAL LANDS.
General Parker, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
has commenced hsulng notices to settlers ou the
Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas, to whom
Lands wern awarded BY the commissioners ap-
pointed to appraIso satd land Under the provisions
OF the seventeenth article OF the Cherokee treaty
Of 1rly 10, ls6d- These notcca ara mailed to the
Post Oilicc address Of tue settler, md contatn
/ description OF tho land awarded nnd the amount
due for the saiue, being the appraised value NTH
dllectons 70 remit 10 the Commissioner ol Indian
Affairs. When payment Ii made, In accordance
With the notice, patent Will issne 10 the pur-
| chaser. There arc over eleven hundred settlers
on these lands, to whom lands hare been award
| CD. 1l,S14,1lo acres have been awarded to white,
! ana tos,l94 acres TO Indian sc.t1ers+
| TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
! TRANSFER pF kEvESCE SUPERVISORS.
| WASHINGTON, August e6.-intcFnAl KegenQe
| Superylsor harbour. u Michigan and Wisconsin,
| haa been transferred 10 the Southern District Of
| Ohio. Supervisor Conkl!n, Of Louisiana aud
| Arkansas, has been transferred to Michigan 8n.I
| Wisconsin, md Supervisor Young, Of onlo, to
| Arkansas
| CUSTOMS EEcElu13,
| for the week ending alst. were 81, 9sA 9ed.
HINES OF SECRETARY NAwL1E|.
| Secretary 1iaHllns arrived here last night from
| Danbury, CQnn-. and sooa after he waa attacked
with Aeyere hemusthaGc Of tue !unxs lie l.
! very much prostrntcd thts morning, anll the doc.
tor ottcFrd him to rcmtf1 Ia town anti keep ret!
| quiet. He has been comparatively comfortahle
| to-day, and has bad no return OF the hemotrhaxe
which ptohtrutcd him at m early hour this mum
ing.
| aES1Tun cARrESTrE, .......
Of WlAcoustn, u IN town Today. lie hail an inter
view with Commissioner Delauo this morning.