The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-28
CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Goth, 1870.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Goth, 1870. b
The Bureau of Internal Revenue c
rules that hooped tobacco kegs must p
be SO made as not to interfere with 4
the side of the keg. Also G
that every tobacco cutting machine, !
worked by hand or steam, G
must be bonded by the manufacturer I
in the sum of three thousand dollars. =
The acting commissioner of Internal t
Revenue has reversed the recent rul- I
ing respecting the sales of wholesale
dealers. It is now decided that such '
sales are included among those ex-
empted by Section 3 Of July IA, 1870,
and that those made after the Both
inst, are not to be taxed. Sales OF
leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco,
snuff, cigars, foreign and domestic
distilled spirits and wines continue
to be liable after that date. The de-
cisions and rules of the Internal Rev.
enue officials are SO numerous and
are changed 80 often that it is neces-
sary for business men and manufac-
turers to have lawyer to keep them
posted with regard to the whims, ca
prices or whatever causes the con-
slant uncertainty with regard to sAe
collection of the Internal Revenue.
Rules, decisions and counter decls-
ions are made day after day and the
army of spies, moity men, and OIL
Gals are ready to pounce down upon
their victims who had failed to see IN
the papers the last decision or the
reversal of yesterdays decision upon
some point in their business, and
once in the tender mercies OF the
creatures of the Revenue Bureau,
nothing short of right sharp black
mailing will be the result. Solicitor
BAYFIELD,, of the Treasury Department,
: left here on Friday night for Boston
to meet Secretary Boutwell, who tel
egraphed him in a great hurry.
Boutwell, is in peck of trouble with
J regard to the decision of Attorney
General Alderman about the unexpen-
ided balances. If the decision is ad-
Ihered to the work on the public
buildings at Machias and Bangor
Maine,. Nashville, Tennessee; Colum'
u bia, South Carolina and at other
i places will have to be stopped and al
Radicalism like wars cannot be car
- ried on without money the result wal
= be most serious in political poin
l. of view. Now the object of Secretar..
B. Boutwell's summoning the solicito
r Of the Treasury to Boston is to see
the law cannot be violated in som
way in order that the Radicals ca
continue to .expend large sums
~ money in order to keep their horde
~ of followers-who only follow for tn
lie work they get-in work until tt
IT, elections are over. This is Radica
80 ism, one Cabinet officer makes d.
e. cision and because it interferes wit
It the political Vaccinations OF anoth
he Cabinet officer he summons his Ia
lst officer, whose duty is to assist in ca
'n- rying out the law, to concoct
=" scheme to break the law. By tt
~ same decision $12, 100000 worth
Mt claims against the Government we
d. suspended last month but Mr.. Bou
well did not get into fever over til
hardship to claimants, on the contr
sn- ry he bought that many more bon
n.y. and claimed to have reduced the n
"i, tional debt by that much and tri
nv NV, over during the month. That porti
for of the decision which deprives clail
the ants against the Treasury OF tn
ar money suits Mr.. Boutwell, but tn
or part which stops the Radical sops
ub- their paid followers must be evad'
an hence the confab to be held at b
lor- ton. They should send for Ben. b
Ter to assist and no doubt the tn
inc can be very cleverly done.
4 Of More Lager Beer has been disr
tive ed of during the past month than
VEN er before in this county. In PROF
reat ton as the Prussian armies advan
also the sale of beer stamps increased
sub quantity. The greater portion
W.. from the Collectors at New Y
way Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinr
St. Louis, Chicago and Milwau
and where the German-Americans n
,uisi- do congregate, 100000 quarter
ming rel beer stamps are being turned
lana. daily to the chief of the stamp d
weet ion of the Internal Revenue. W
tick the Germans brethren were pun
be- ing the French in Europe the