New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-11
FLASHING TON.


vERs TRANSFERRING THEIR STOCK TO TIE
NORTH-THE MOBILE WHISKY FRAUDS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNRl
WASHINGTON. Friday, Sept. 10, 1869.
The effect of the economical policy adopted by the
XIth Congress- and carefully carried into effect by the
present Administration may be in the fact that In
1862 the expenditures of the Government amounted In
round numbers to S57O,S0OOO0 IN 1865, to s9OOOOooO
which the largest expenditure in any one year snce
the foundation of the Government In 1868 the amount
expended was 81 ZOO O0OO while for the year ending
June 3d. 1862 the amount S5S5OO0eO being only $o
100000 more than the expenditures in 1862
The President while here placed the routine Executive
business in proper order and attended to such matters
as REQUIRED attention. Unless emergency should
arise he will not for fortnight During his alb
sence the White House will be repaired and placed III
order for the Winter
Large numbers Of drovers from West Virginia and
East Tennessee arc constantly passing through
this city, transferring their stock to Northern pastures
Seventeen loads Of cattle passed through this city
one day last week. and the transfer continues in large
droves The drovers represent that the douth In their
Localities that great injury has been incted
the farmers and stock raisers, and their present
necessary them from large losses in the
future.
Mrs Rawlins her parents and three children left for
their homes tonight Mrs. Rawlinss condition is still
very feeble and her physician fears that the journey
may prove too great for her strength.
Durbin Ward Of Cincinnati had interview with Com.
missioner DelanO the representative of is societies OF
Shakers and opposed the action Of the Revenue Bureau
in taxing the of individuals OF those societies
He held the societies holding their property In com
mon should be taxed associations and not as ndivd
uals. The Commissioner will look into the
David Gibson Of Cincinnati, alleged 10 be implicated IN
the celebrated Mobile Whisky Fraud case in which the
Government lost ss7OOO arrived here to-day and had an
interview with Commissioner Delano. He made an offer
to compromise with the Department in the civil process
by the payment OF $4,000 the Government but the
Commissioner is understood TO have declined his prOpo
sition.
THE EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR
THE PAST YEAR-sETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
PERSONAL MATTERS.
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHl
The warrant books OF the Treasury Department show
that the expenditures of the Government for the fiscal
year Just ended less than S585OOOOOO as against
for the year before, and nearly low as In
1862 the second year OF the The actual expenses OF
the military branch Of the War Department during the
fiscal year previous the ending June 90 last, were
$29OOOOOO while! for that year they were not quite
ssOOOOOO The Navy Department expenses for the
ending June 1865 S30OOOOo while for the last
fiscal year they reached only about s235OO0 The ex-
the Treasury Department proper were increased
s0OOOOOO whiefhose OF the Interior Department have
gone up roms2s to s36O00OO The above exhibit
will be made in the forthcoming onelai report OF the
Treasurer OF the United States.
The Commissioner for the settlement OF the claims OF
the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound Companies nave made
their awards those companies which surrender all
their possessOry nights TO the United States III oregon
and Washington Territory.
The President has appOlntedtJames Clark 70 De Judge
OF the District Court OF Rhode Island.
The President has recognized Julian IDe Court Vice.
Consul OF France at Baltimore. -
The Treasury Department received slsoO0 IN fraction.
al currency to-day, from the Bank Note Com
panes. 49,. 80.
asThe Internal Revenue receipts to-day were s93Gs3
The Hon G. II. Van Wyck Of New York Is 10 be married
10 Miss Kate r. Broadhead, at the Presbyterian Church
az Milford, Penn, Wednesday morning next. The
wedding party, consisting of six eight persons, VIII
then start California and remain there for several
weeks.
plaster cast of the face late Secretary OF War;
Cen Rawins, was taken today at the Congressional
Cemetery by Fisk Mills Of this city. The body was
CHIT from tomb and placed under an archway OF
flags erected where the cast was oblaeu
Supervisor Bloomfield writes TO the internal revenue
Bureau that the Gaugers Of the First District OF ILLINOIS
have been detected in dishonest combination, ana
there have been number Of resignatOns growing out
OF the exposure -, 80, -,
Gen Edward +. Moves OF Cincinnati will deliver the
address 10 Society Of the Army Of the Tennessee at
its next annual meeting on November II at Louisville
selection OF Cen NOyes was made by the aIe Gen.
John A. Rawlins, President OF the Society.