New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-20
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CLAIMS.
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1860.
Mr.. Moorehead, late member OF Congress from Penn
syvana has been here for several days in the interests
Of the and manufacturers OF articles made
of IRON He has been seeking to obtain reversal of the
rulings Of the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue ON an
Of tax iron and iron manufactures but
to-day Secretary Boutwell, to whom the matter had been
appealed from the decision OF Commissioner Deano sus
tanned the rulings of the Internal Revenue Bureau Inc
decision thus sustained that where parties work the
iron from the ore and then make the iron up into art
Giles such as TOOLS railroad chairs etc., they must pay
specific iron az materials, and also tax on inc
articles IA manufactures IL appears this construction
has piled with In places but In Pittsburgh
Cleveland Buffalo, and Troy the iron men have Insisted
on paying only tho tax manufactured articles.
large sum OF money involved In this decision, and
from the Government VIII receive hundreds OF thou
sands OF dollars heretofore withheld.
The superintendent the Money Order Division Of tho
Post Office Department. In preparing data for the annual
report " the Posmasterenera states that the growth
Of the system Of money orders in this country which has
been IN operation for about four years has been unprece
demted. The amount 0f money transmitted by postal
orders during last year something over $l6,OoOOOO
and during the year ending last June the amount
reached the astounding figure of AGOOOOo The number
OF orders required for this amount was about 2JOOOOO
The amount of revenue to the department from this
source is very great, while the outlay 10 very small
Col Samuel Adams who has spent the better part OF
the past four years IA explorations up the Colorado River
and through the widest portOns OF the far southwest
has lust returned from another expedition the most dan
gerous and difcnt yet undertaken. He arrived here
last night submitted extended report Of his dis
coveres Government His party consisted OF eleven
men beside himso aud al the expenses Of the expedi-
ton including the OF boats, conveyances lnstr-
ments provisions ana other necessary articles OF outnt
were by HIMSELF and the undertaking was purely
uf private character, without aid from the GOYernmenJ
or from any state or ssocatOn The explorations
confined 10 the Upper Colorado. its tributaries and the
country adjacent, and embraced sections never before
pcnctrsted by explorers. The party started NJ
the summit OF tho Rocky Mountains Brecnridge,
Summit Co. Colorado, where 80 hydraulic mines are in
operation and where much gold Ia taken out during SIX
months of the year. Col. Adams represents that he
found localities equally rich IN mines that can be worked
during all the months OF the and that IN tho north
western and central portions OF Arizona and NewMex-
leo he found the richest country he had ever seen He
says Wild wheat rye, oats, and barley, growing
tn the hight six feet, and that be also discovered
ruins Of cities bus OF st0ue Notifications, canals a0an-
doned mines several hundred years old, and he gives
"a his belief that the Cities the ruins OF which he de-
scrbcd were inhabited centuries before San Augustine,
Florida which IL beloved 20 have been the first settle
ment embraced IN tho territory OF the United States
The party also discovered oil wells tar wells. and salt
aud coal ia abundance. After starting the
explorers descended 5000 feet during the first hundred
miles, following tho river, and Col Adams states
that the growth OF timber very limited AZ FIRST Increased
as they descended and that eXhaustbio supply was
found which would supply tho whole southern country,
In That region whore tho supply is brought from the
country PUGET sound and reaches ITS destination
only by being shipped along tho coast IN the Pacific
waters up the CUR O., California and thence up through
the nayigable waters Of the Colorado The report viii
be- one Of tho interesting ever made Of cxplora-
N i'm he Far Vast and will be- submitted 70 Con-
gress az i's ext session.
Mr. T. ID. Massey will begin, next Saturday, TO take
testimony n the FaTraSut Bounty Claims cases. He Is
authorized by the Court to ascertain what vessels OF the
and Gulf squalrons took part In the attack on New
OreaI OF the number OF the Rebels and OF our own
forces engaged Mr. ussey ordered have his report
ready by the 10th Of December.
The Second Auditor 0i the Treasury has furnished tho
statistics OF his annual report The amount OF pay ana
bounes disbursod 20 tho heirs OF deceased soldiers
during the past years il follows: In 1862 $2i9
$50 Ga; 1863 S24I32g3 80; 1904 $O97052s Oh 1865, S0-
500 IS; 1866 sl6s2I II; 1867 SO63s7S2 49, 1861 $685.
as 49, The report the present will show the
amount expended to DO 1888 9 a. which, added to the
yl370s ~ previously dsDursed. will make the amount
sS2 4g2696 81 This includes only the bounty and back
pay OF deceased soldiers and has no reference TO the
bountcs &c. TO discharged soldiers, which are paid In
another Department
Senator Scott Pennsylvania Senator Colo and Judge
Tweed OF California Judge Evans Of Texas, j. +. Quinn
by U. s. Marshal, and Mr. Dorsheimer, u b Attorney
for the Southern District of NewYOrk, had interviews
with the President to-day prior to the meeting OF the
Cabinet which convened At noon and remained In SEES
sion most OF the afternoon.
Last ugbt the longest tram which has ever passed
through the city crossed railroad bridge the Po
tomac there being freight most Of them contain
ing cattle from West Virginia. majority OF them were
consigned TO Baltimore, and few TO Eew-York
The clerks from Maryland 10 the Departments here,
who are Republicans haze formed political cluo'
There are already nearly 100 members, every man OF
whom will 20 home to vote 40 the coming election.
train Of cars on tho Baltimore and Ohio Road ran
over "A man. between this city and Baltimore this morn
ing manging his legs and otherwise brusng his body
II is thought ho cannot survive.
ERRONEOUS RETURNS FROM LONG ISLAND RAIL
ROAD Observation-Disclosures ALA
BAMA STATE DEBT.
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHl
Supervisor butcher Of NewYOk has recently been IN
vestgatug certain railroad companies In that State ana
reports 10 the Internal Revenue Bureau that an eXami
nation OF the New-York and Flushing the Flushing and
Northshore and the Flushing aud Norbsde Railroads,
now under one Management and located n tho First DIS
trct shows that they had made proper returns Of
dIydends interests and undistrbuted profits dhe req
ruary and August 1869. Upon these amounts not re,
turned ia duo the 5 per centum tax, which VIII
amount 10 900, 20 which there Will be added 90 per
centun penalty and assessment OF $1,000 each Tor not
making proper returns. Other revenue officers report
that, having examined the accounts OF inc broohIn
CITY Railroads OF tho Third District they iOuhd tha lho
Companies omitted return the interest on the bonus
dated August 1868, and February and Angust 1907 'S
they had made returns OF the dVMehus VI VIC
pronts Tor the periods. The TAX que
with the 100 per Jentum added Tor ialso iotuI'' ~"
amount 10 $4,000, with three fines or SUOO each Ihu
snnervisor also examined the accounts OF the Coney
Island and Brooklyn city Railroad company III n
ond District aud found erroneous returns OF small
amounts only Commissioner Dolano has directed lno
Assessors these taxes, penaucs aiu, IN
against these roads, and ordered Collectors 10 o