New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-29
BY TELE G RAPH.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
Government Gold to Reduce the Debt
Reduction of Assistant Assessors
CONSOLIDATION OF REVENUE DISTRICTS
Internal Revenue Commissioners Report
QUOTAS OF DIRECT TAXATION
THE AMOUNTS UNCoLLEcTED
DETAILS OF AN ENGAGEMENT
REPULSE OF GARIBALDI
Reported Attempt to Shoot King William
CABINET MEETING AT LONDON
TIE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT
EXTRAORDINARY WAR CREDIT GRANTED
Reported Attempt to Shoot King William
CABINET MEETING AT LONDON
TIE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT
EXTRAORDINARY WAR CREDIT GRANTED
WASHINGTON.

Iected Under Direct Taxation.
WASHINGTON, November 28.-The con-
solidation of the Assessor districts has
resulted in the dismissal Of forty mine
assistant assessors; further consultations
will involve two hundred more dismissals.
The report Of the Commissioner of Inter-
nal Revenue says he is satisfied there is no
insurmountable difficulty in enforcing the
laws. 1t is ability and integrity Of the
officers that is most needed.
The employment Of spies and informers,
and the payment Of mOieties is no longer
necessary. He thinks the service will i'm
prove by discOntinuance of such aids, and
that detectives should be continued under
assistant supervisors. v
He thinks the dstillatiOn from fruit will
largely increase, and that there will be no
material falling off in the production Of
spirits during the current fiscal year.
The continuance OF the plan Of surveying
distilleries upon the basis of the fOrty-eight
hour fermenting period for sweet mash is
recommended.
There is now nothing like systematic or
organized opposition to the enforcement Of
the laws taxing spirits The spirit meter
tests are still under consideration, and
continuation of the present rate of tax on
spirits, and the manner OF collection, is re-
commended. Nav
A uniform tax of from sixteen to thirty
descriptions of manufactured tobacco is re-
commanded; the manufacturer left free to
manipulate his tobacco az he pleases.
A special tax upon dealers who sell raw
leaf to consumers is recommended.
The number Of bonded warehouses al
ready established greatly exceeds that re-
quired to accommodate the export trade.
Three-tfths of the tobacco entered for ex-
port has been withdrawn, thus securing four
to five months credit advantage over those
who use stamps 4.
The repeal of the tax ON canned condi-
ments and cOnserves, as imposed under the
clause relating to canned meats in schedule
c, is recommended. 81, .s-..sifl...fa
The quota of the Southern States for
direct taxation aggregates over S., 600, 600,
of which over 1880, 900 remains uncol--
lected.
The following are the quotas and amounts
unsolicited under direct taxation: Vir-
ginia, 1887 900; uncollected, $500, 900; North
Carolina, $4,000; uncOllected, $4,000;
South Caroline, $363 900; xncollected, $14O,-
eco; Georgia, $5S4, COO; unsolicited, $50, 600;
Florida, $4,000; uncollected, $4,000;
Alabama, $500, 600; uncollected, s529,000;
Mississippi, $4,000; unsolicited, $343, COO;
Louisiana, 1885,, 900; uncOllected, $4,000;
Texas, $355, 900; uncollected, $197, 900; Ar
kansas, $26l 900: uncOllected, $lO2, 900;
Tennessee, S669, 900; uncollected $266, 900.
In Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Ar.
kansas and Tennessee the lands which were
| sold for non payment Of taxes were bid in
| by the tax commissioner and belong to the
United States, which own, according to the
assessment OF 1866, lands valued as follows:
Virginia, SIS, 900; South Carolina, $500, 900;
/ Florida, S25, 1000. and Tennessee $309, 900.
These lands yield no revenue to the govern
ment, except in South Carolina and few
tracts in Florida. Steps are being taken
whereby the governn emit may derive rev.
| enue from them. r,
1t may be deemed important that Con-
| gross should make provisions for the dispo-
| sitiOn of all the lands which have been ac-
lrired and are now owned by the United
| States under the direct tax laws. at an early
day, and also, that in the adjustment Of the
| uncOllected portions OF the direct taxes in
the late insurrectiOnary States, different
system from that provided i'll the act of
June z, 1862 should be devised.
WASHINGTON, November 2S.-On Satur-
dav Judge PASCAL delivered an argu-
| ment before Secretary Delano and As
sistant Secretary Otto, of the Interior
Department, against the motion to set aside
the survey made by the Surveyor General of
Louisiana, under the confirmation in favor
of Daniel Clark, father of Myra Clark
Gaines, for 1920 toises square of land in and
above the city of New Orleans,as it was in
1907.
The claim rests upon the confirmation by
the commissioners of the old board of Lou
isiana, appointed under an act of 1907 and
two acts of Congress, one in 1916 and the
other in 1858, approving the combinations
of that board. The question seems to be one
of identity, as Judge PASCAL insisted that
there was no power to go behind the con-
tirmat0ry acts of Congress.
Those who are opposed to Mrs. Gaines in
sist that there was a mistake as to the guam
tity of land. They believe the commits
sioners intended 1920 square toises, instead
is 3400 acres, which involves the right to
several millions of dollars.