The New York herald., 1870-09-13

are brought back ana put on the Market INC law TO
quires they shall pay foreign import duty, the same
as required by the Internal Revenue laws. In the
case in question cargo of manufactured tobacco
was shipped to q foreign port, but not finding
market was returned TO the owners In New York.
The department. decided that currency was not
known at the Custom House In settling imp0st col
lectlons and that the law imposing tax OF thirty
two cents per pound on manufactured tobacco must
be paid In coin. The duties having been paid, the
Collector of Internal Revenue notified the owners
that the boxes must be stamped before put on the
market The Treasury Department magnanimously
ordered Collector Murphy TO buy tOpacco stamps to
the amount required with the duties collected by
this operation the Treasury Department ceverly
pays greenbacks for stamps and profits by the pre-
MUM value Of the gold paid for that purpose.
Census Returns.
The Census Bureau has not yet received full re-
turns from any OF the larger cities, but expects to
receive some during the present week. Names are
now coming in at the rate OF two millions and
half a day. The work OF the Marshals, SO far as
received, is satisfactory TO the Bureau.
A Postmaster Arrested for Perjury.
United States Marshal GarwOod, OF Virginia. has
arrested Joseph Arundel, postmaster at Farmville
Station, IN that state and brought him to Alexan-
dra to answer the charge Of perjury in this, that
he voted for the ordinance OF secession and after
ward took the iron-clad oath. The case was con-
tinued until OCTOBER. Tho proceedings were insti-
gated by a man who wanted his Office.
The California and Oregon Mail Contract.
The mail route from Oroville, California. to Port
land Oregon. transported daily by stage, distance
OF six hundred miles, has finally been contracted for
with Mr.. Hill Beachy for s15s,OOo per annum. Mr..
Beachy was the third lowest bidder, and received
the contract because those bidding below him
failed after extension Of time had been granted
by the Post Office Department to furnish responsible
bonds.
The Ames-Whitney Cnse-WashinatOn Shy
sters.
The effort TO drag the name OF General Dyer into
the disgraceful affair between Ames, Whitney an
Butler in the courts, turns out TO be another OF
those shystering transactions where washington
lobbyists extort money by pretending to have In
nuence with the heads Of departments. Dyer found
himself dining with Butler in one instance, on the
invitation Of General Harney but does not know his
man Friday Whitney at all.
A Politicians Aspirations Defeated.
letter received here to-day from Hon. Samuel
Hooper, of Boston, states that he Will be candidate
for denomination In the Fourth Massachusetts, dis
trct, which cuts of the political aspirations OF the
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury and Acting Ator-
ney General w. A. Richardson, who expected to be.
the nominee in the event Of Hoopers declining
Health OF New Orleans.
Congressman Sheldon OF Louisiana, arrived here
to-day, having left New orleans on the 8th inst He
contradicts the yellow fever statements concerning
that city, saying q few sporadic cases only ex-
listed and that the last reported case was two weeks
ago, there having previously been not more than
FIVE or six.
The Whiskey Trade Becoming Active.
The dtstilleries throughout the country which have
1oar la dnrip fha hot wno no uVn,n
work, and already the demand for internal revenue
stamps is rapidly increasing. Active operations will
be resumed In all of the disteres during this and
the next month.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts from internal revenue from the 1st
Of July to date have been $45 472 5s and receipts
for the corresponding period OF 1859 were ,424,
469 65 showing an increase Of &c. 800 425 90 during
the present year.
Beer Stamps In Demand.
There is large increase In the demand for beer
stamps ut the Internal Revenue Bureau, owing to
the recent augmented consumption.
Mr.. McCartee, Chief of the Printing Bureau, is de-
voting his entire force the printing OF beer stamps
alone at the present. and Is furnishing quarter bar
rel stamps at the rate Of two hundred thousand
daily.
Indian Contracts Awarded.
Bids for furnishing 714O 900 pounds of beef cattle
on the hoof and 350, 900 pounds OF bacon to the
Indian tribes at the agencies IN DacOtah were
opened at the Indan Bureau to-day. There were
eighteen BIDS including two proposing to deliver
the supplies at St. Joseph. The latter were re-
jected as not in accordance with advertisement
Bids for cattle ranged from So rs TO 81 92 per
100 pounds, and four bids for bacon, at prices
from IS cents to 251 cents per pound.
Joseph F. Gibbs, Of st. Louis, was the lowest bid
der for beer namely. So rs per 100 pounds, and J.
W. Boster OF Carlisle, Pa, was the lowest bidder
for bacon, namely, IS cents per pound