Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-03
TELEGRAPHIC..
WASHINGTON.
Chief Justice Chase ParalyZed
A Radical Split i'm Missouri
ASSaSsinatiOns In Arkansas
A Terrible Fire i'm Asia Minor
A Terrible Fire i'm Asia Minor
WASHINGTON.
Railroad Lands SUR

Railroad Lands Additional sur
veyss
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.-The Interior
Department has transmitted to the Cover
nor Of Iowa acertificate transcript of 1873,
459 acres of land, selected in the Fort
Des Moines and Fort Dodge districts, to AID
in the construction of the McGregor and
Sioux City railroad, under the act of May
y, 1864,
The general land office is in receipt of
surveys of several additional townships
lying along the Pacific coast, short dis
tande below San Francisco. The lands
are good for agricultural and grazing pur-
poses.
Under the late decision of Acting Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Cady, all
white persons marrying into Indian fami-
lies and becoming adopted into Indian
tribes ale still amensble to the laws of the
United States exactly as if no such adop-
ton had occurred, and are not allowed
any of the privileges of the Indians.
stamped Envelopes.
The Postmaster General has prepared
new scale of prices at which stamped en-
velopes are to be sold under the contract
recently made The scale will be issued
before October /, ard under it stamped
envelopes will be sold at prices much
lower than the present rates.
Army Officers.
The work of reducing the number of
officers or the army under the new law is
rapidly going on, and, in addition to the
large number recently ordered before re-
firing boards, several are daily honorably
discharged at their own request, receiving
one years leave of absence and pay from
the date of their discharge. As soon as
the retiring boards make the necessary
examinations of officers ordered before
them, one hundred or more will be placed
on the retired list, which has been in
creased to three hundred under the recent
act of Congress.
Commissioner DeIanO
A letter received at the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau to-day, says that Commits
sioner DelanO, who had his arm broken
at his home in Ohio some time since, is
still suffering from the fracture and una
bic to have the splints taken off. He is
not expected here before October.
specials Agent of the Treasury.
Col. Belger, who was dismissed from
the army during the war, has been sp-
pointed special agent of the Treasury
Department. 1t is understood that he will
be restored to the army as soon as a va
cancy occurs.
Internal Revenue Decision
Several applications have recently been
made to the Internal Revenue Office for
the cancellation of bonds exc cuted by the
securities of distillers who have suspended
business. The applicants claim that these
bonds should now be cancelled, as they
are no longer necessary, and set forth that
they constitute liens upon property which
cannot be disposed of advsntsgeously
until such liens are removed. The Act
ing Commissioner of Internal Revenue
decides that these bonds need not be con-
sidered as liens upon property after the
person for whom this security was given
goes out of business; that at no time
could the bondsmen be held liable for
greater amount than the amount of the
attachment and judgment, and also that |
such bonds would not be considered as
liens on any property which might be sold
before attachment and judgment.
Tobacco stamps.
Reports are made to the Internal Reve- |
nue. Office that internal revenue officials !
have seized kegs, drums, and other pack !
ages containing fine-cUt tobacco, because |
the stamps were affixed TO the sides there |
of, rather than at either end, or over a |
portion of the head and sides respectively, |
so as to be broken and cancelled when the |
package was opened. The office has or
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the reason above specified, as it is consid- /
cred that the interests of the government |
and owner alike are best protected by such |
a manner of afflxing. For instance, if |
the stamps were placed on either end, the |
end could be taken out entire and used a
second time; and if put partly across the
head and partly across the side of the |
key or drum, the stamp might very easily /
be broken by accident in transporting
goods, and thus entail loss on the owner
by rendering his goods liable to seizure
under the regulations.
COIfax and the Public Debt.
The fact has already been stated that |
the Radical leaders, from Vice President |
Colfax down, have made unusual demands |
upon the departments for figures to be |
used in the campaign to prove vast re-
ductiOn of the debt and a faithful cOllec- !
ton of the revenue under President |
Grants administration. In order to sup |
ply the demand for the information, which |
is always distorted TO suit Republican |
views, extra clerks have been set to work, |
and the Treasury Department clerks are |
compelled to work at night But, not |
satisfied with legitimate information, the
Radical leaders seem to be desperate, and |
are seeking to make q favorable financial |
exhibit by resorting to sources not thought
of hitherto. The other day Mr.. Colfax
wrote to Assistant Secretary Richardson,
and asked for statement of the receipts
from the sale of government vessels,
stores, ordnance stores, quarteTmaster's
stores, etc, since the beginning of Presi-
dent Grants administration. These things
have all been sold because the Government |
had no further use for them, and will, |
when aggregated, amount to between
twenty and Thirty millions of dollars. Yet
Mr.. Colfax and his party friends propose
to add them to the net receipts of the Gov
eminent and to argue therefrom a more
thorough and efficient collection of the
revenue during this administration than
under Mr.. JOhnsOn's. In order to supply
this information within the time indicat-
ed by Mr.. COlfax, an additional force of
clerks has been put in the Quartermaster's
Department, and they are kept at work
night and day. OF course it was never
a part of the plan to specify the items
from which their receipts were drawn.
Disbursements of August.
Disbursements of the Secretary during
August, except interest on redemptions
of the public debt, were 81, 152, 07O.
John Murphy, who was condemned TO
be hung by the Circuit Court of Blount
cnnnfv for murder and snhsennentlY