, 1869-09-11
WASHINGTON.
Revenue Affairs III First Illi-
nois District.
Settlement Of tho Hudson's Bay
and Puget Sound Oompa-
MES Claims,
Large Reduction In kovernu,en
E1pcunc* tho lsust Kcur.

Large In nktovernn,ent
Expcnscs the E'1st Kcur.
special pesrA1ch 10 The Chicago T11bane
WAsulSG7oS, y. C., sept, 10.
EgykxCE AYAtRs IN TIE CHICAGO ptsTEtcr
Supervisor Dlopmnelu OF ILLINOIS, who |
Ttsted Chicago On the 1st Of September, to fnyes-
ugnte the atasts Of GHuSers Ia the first District
LcAkca q full report to Commissioner uelano, un-
der ca.c ct tho 9Th instant lie foun1 tta: tho
GauRcts ~erc In the habit Of carrying two to four
cats, holding several galons eaeh, under the scat
OF their buggy. and when called upon to Inspect |
lfiJ 10 hundred basrcls Of wlnn, they would |
I'll the barrels from the cstern, |
roll them IN the warehouse In rows, draw tho |
bnnGa, IND tho vino gallons OF each, and then |
take thief OF prooF-gaaas, takiog about
q pint from cach package, which they
cnrt!ed tnto lArYc c8n or bucket They then
would take 4 "proof i" Of the wine tn each bpct-
ct, and make every package In tho whole lot the
sallc- The vines taeJ tooA lleg called "proo1,"
which theJ empuel into their cans carried Ia
their bugg1es, and delivered them to tho rcctI1.
e1s: and when they amounted to ba.rel they
received the moaef for II 1t the market price.
Or. T. n. Lauphen hnd sold 10 one rectlHer ltt
wine gallons, amounting 10 2+1 proof gallons.
IN the month OF August. The Asseasozs had
found cut how analr8 were going On, and
aksessed GRuge1s a. liquor dealers In some cases
where there was not "proof =" cnorsh to nll the
CANS the Gaugc3 had n!lcd the barrel from c,s-
teTuA. D!stIlle1s had protested against the thing,
but Dr.. Lamphcu boasic1 O! hts relationship
sufficient protection. Supervisor nlootn1eid COM
PEELED min to 1estEn. In spite Of the request ol
OEy1le H. Gr1nt 10 have him retained, hut thinks
for political reasons 1t WILL rot be best 70 prose-
cute the cases-
The Supervisor reports that the Chicago Tim<
got Information OF these Transactions, but tha.
Orstllc Gr1ut aud srends procured them to he
suppressed By payment OF slo1. Commissioner
uciR1o llns approved the course Of Supervisor
1oomnel1, and recommends sunma1y MeasuEea
In all such cases In future.
1NH LOUtsyIiLH roST oFV1cE.
The Postmaster General to-sla5 suspended the
comni.ss'on Of Colonel jesse IaJles, Postmaster
ut Louisville, ky., until the matter caa be more
fully considered. The record shown tha. tho
President designated Ba5lea as Postmaster in
place of III. Speet1, suspended OF the lst Inst The
Iaptr Gea against Speed IL LIST of all Ills r.l.
| rlO5cx, showing that seventeen voted for scy-
| 1nour and Dair, fourteen for Gt1nt ani Colfax
while twelve did not nolc. The case for Cu,onel
| Ba,lce WAS nauagrd hetc by Ell. Kun
| nedy, and tho papers wcro died hy him.
| Tic principal ti2ncrn were Genrgs r. Prcnttcc,
q, D. Nlaky, II. ". 1ooncy.A1cx. Duru'', ST.. Ja1.
linrrisuu, Jos. uutl,rir, E. 7. o'!p'aut, Moscs
I.cnncts, ". T. IIarrcs, L. l. AdAnls, Lcsllc Combs
| ". r. Hllcy, HlackmUrr, t'utWk we'll Mills, Us~r.
al .Mnrton / Co., T.. {. Hum, G. e. 1|!.a., Cpun.
| clniau Luug, J. ". FIsEttack, Goo. n. johnston.
". .. Con,iec =. u. I:ngitsI, Il. 4. q. Ptc, Z, n.
Warren, Tbos. " 0,hsotl, q. \. Mnsshnll. s. Il,
Todd, Jno r. Chambers, II. Mallory. II. Lincoln,
Grnesal lIurbsi.lxc, u"u. u. nlake. irccacastEe,
| 1nd.; II. II. Hubbard, Comptroller Of tho Cur
reucJ; j. +. Irwin, Norton llju nnA nhnui twonty
ot Thirty others Ut ieaa noto.
| NEYkSCK FHACD.
The Cpmmis4iouer Of Internal Rescnuo has re-.
lulcA the proposition Of Dnvld uli,aon, Of Clnctt.
EG1i, IN cninrnFuse hia ease 1,sfuto tint DEPART
tnens for toe,oca
Ru4KE9 INCOMES,
Genrtal pnrh!n Ward has hceu employed as nj
torrt3 to represent ali the EhskeF communities In
thr country. 10 ArNue theI case before ComIu!s-
tloneE DeEan0 upon hts ruling thai III making lii
come returns, zach tpc1etJ ls IL he trcntc ~ one
person md only a!tnrct eEngle exemption Of
fi,up. The claim Of the Ehakers Il thAt fair
construction If the law would ali0n u OH e1enl'-
| slun fur every 1so individuals fTs being genern5
cpnsldcrea The nserarr number ot faullJ. 20 that
1hrr ktould not tc taxed dlsrroportpnRtclr. The
cats WAS argued at lcuRtA bI Heneral Ward hefufc
| thu CGMmles!ousr to-day.
| INSPECTING rnuR.
Superintendent Mullett left tU.t1sy t0f talIfut.
nia lie wlu Rtup In Chicago tu lnapeC the stn.
tnn t1na!itai ant At nrAhh to telert thu eIlo fyl
4 CHptnr1 51uuae. Tho Commissioner Tf l'erenHe
| Marine hlFA fptiEret1 after inspecting m" trs"Hn.
rnttets nj uaweEu, ua,fen+sNfnh. AMI Milwaukee,
,i,s tr,"tt rln In lrhlJ M til" 1nth "f th'l"''"r
whpn The eHAmlnRllun for ViTcefs u the tefe1Lne
luaiHe wtI t"sln.
TuH HtnnH sr4ktAE-
4 tinanH t4ifnstntirltttt+ frf tflnk to thn trknt
thai Mis-. rl"~psa !"t'atr Nil atti'ftu ~ tha ~
t,.t, I'll. iha ~ fttt uaIIuf, aatni "t hatn v,er