The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-07

order 70 give succer 70 vessels IN distress and
support 10 such as may need IT, The Dob
bin viii be stationed at Castine, Ne; tho
Campbell at New London. Conn, the Mccnloch AZ
New York and the Miami at Wilmington.
Payment Of Interest on he Central PaclGc
Railroad Bonds.
Attorney General Alderman on Saturday afternoon
heard the argument by James ii. Storrs. OF New
York. counsel OF tho Central Pacific Railroad COM
pany upon the question OF the obligation OF the
Company 70 pay tue interest the bonfs issued By
tho United States IN aid or the iruction OF its
railroad. Tho counsel TOOK the ground that the
company Is not under any obligation pay any In.
teIest on these bonds unit their maturity, except
from the specific sources OF revenues expressly ser
aside FOR that purpose. ard asserted that United
States will be great gamer, not only by The saving
In ireights ana In carrying the mails. but In
nanced value OF public lands ana in the increase of
taxable property. Tnat by the act OF Congress Of
1864. amending the act OF 1862, Congress provided
that only oDe-half instead OF the whole OF CON-
pensations for services rendered for The governments
by tho companies should DC required 10 DC applied
to the payment of those bonds. principal and In
terest, anu that the law SO stands a. the present
time
An Old Dodge Of the Whisssey Ring.
From reports Just received from Cincinnati 10 APP
pcIIJ Oh Tue HlSlll,cfes rullln In that
city not one is working more than onehalf or It's
capacity. There Is every indication OF general
suspension among the dstillcrs. and unless Congress
shan increase the tax II Is generally believed that
there WIZ he many heavy failures III w,Lter among
those holding large quantities OF SPIRITS
Democratic Senator to be Elcctcd In Ala
hama.
telegram received THIS afternoon from
Montgomery, Ala, stating that matters In
shape TO secure the election OF democratic Senator
IN the place OF General Warner. Taere was an eno,r
being made TO elect a gentleman whose satellites
had not been removed AMI who could not there
fore, take the necessary oath. Acting Ter advice
OF parties here this course Will at oncs be aban-
doned, and a candidate elected whose disabilities
have been removed who can take the test oath.
lt Is not probable the elect on viii bo
consUmmated 10 morrow but great conhdelc3
Is expressed here In the su:scis OF Judge
Goldthwa.tc OF Montgomery, over ali the other ctn-
didates. Judge ColdinwaiJe II about siXty.ava
years old, was born In Massachusetts and elucayed
Of West Point. Ee cmigra,ed 10 Aiaoana about forty
| years ago, whore he has always maintained high
reputation at the bar aad served upon tas supreme
| bench or the state for many years. - character
| Is proclaimed to be unimp eachablc. lie was con-
/ servative In his views before AMI since tue war
| although always mocrat. lis lricais say that
II elected he VIII take rank among TIC foremost ia
| the Senate.
/ Disiiilcry Decisions.
| Inc Acting Commissioner OF flt.rla RevenuS
has decided, m reply a letter from the Asscssor
OF the FIRST district or liaos. that no objection il
| to the OF water through clio ed pipes into
the refining or purifying tubes, FOR the purpose of
refining spirits While III the process II contnued
! dlsullaton; but the arran2 meats Tor inro.
| aucing 1t into the tuoe5, however, must
| De so constructed as 10 preclude the p,s-
| sibiity OF obstructing The SPIRITS from tho
| tubes. OF thereby intr 1duc.ns any other M.
teria than water into the spirits Wiln this view tho
4 pipes should be CONSTRUCTED with a stoocock con-
trolling the Gov 0; the wat r, the to be under
the lock anu key OF The storcseeper. ana IN.
| strlcted at each time or Introducing tue 10
closely examine the same and That
other material Is being introduced Herewith. All
| the vessels and pipes through which the sririv
passes must OF course, be so securely closed that
be had to the spirit while In transit.
When charcoal or any other material used In dis.
niling for purifying or refining SPIRITS under tits
ruling, the same WIN not be allowed 20 lie removed
from the dstillety after being used un spris
absorbed and remaining therein has be recovered
theralron. The dstlier VIII be permitted to re.
cover spirits from the materials so used on his dis.
tery premises by introducing IL into the course t3
original dmt.nason-as, FOR IN lance, into ths
douolcr, aud conducting the spirit. when so Iecor.
cred, through Closed pipes and vessels u .uo
receiving e,siern.
Dec f-ion Agniust the Internal Revenue Law.
Tue case OF Van Arsdalc 81 Co. versus Collector
Erskin ana others, OF Milwaukee, involving the
,Ity 81 tho collection 81 tie internal revenue tax
| on thimbe skeins aud pipe boxes used In the con.
| struction OF wagons was recently decided by Judge
Miller, ia that city, favor OF the plaintiffs. AS
| there are thousands OF dollars depending upon the
enforcement or the law under ts construction by
ney was, on saturday last, notified TO appeal the
case to tue Cnitcd states Supreme CoJr.
Congressional Piater's Rensu.
| The annual report OF Mr.. Clapp the Congressional
Printer for 1870, shows that the acTna! disourse.
ments Of the Office follows: For thu public
printing, 3632,69o Tor paper Tor The pu5hc prinuny
salso7i; for the pubic b!ndlGg SAL ,6J3 FOR no-
graphing ana engraving for Congtc .. 6,929; FOR
mapping for the Supreme Court u Tue Unted
States, s,i73; for salaries &C, N tire ofce OF tho
Congressional Printer, Sl2 a. TIE amount rciIzcd
during the year from the sale OF paper paper shaw
ings, documents &C., s3,,s3s. Nj. Uapp re-
commeGds the enlargement OF the goyernm Ut
printing oilce, and IN conclusion suggests sort Of
censorship OF the press, fo,lows:--
would most respec tfuly cal the attention or Con.
greso TO tue TACT that certain oilcll documents nave
recently been published To al vance OF their
mLsion W oonSreas, nuca 10 tue dlsconGt re OF
the departments to which they relate and to mo
VI tHc ROVcTnHtcut printing once. III view
OF the fact that ~ seems next - inpoaslhiiity
now TO preveat these occurrences by ms sr.e,est
vigilance, would respectfully suggest fiat The rem
edy ~ "ithn the reach or me Itw-lnak NJ power
by Jndcious egt lation, with proper penalties, the
publication or these docnm III advance III Their
transmission 10 Congress could. IN my m .gment ba
prohibited and prevented. ms wonid max. Tho
Offenders responsible for their conduct and relleya
| Innocent parties from the amnoyances that now
await them wh2n offences 81 tAis character arc com.
| mnted
/ NOEiaEti: Iucident--An Ens.lisl, Nablcn,nn as
| Mate Of u Yankee Schooner.
| Application has been made 10 The Collector Of
Customs at Boston, by an attorney now stopping IN
that city, asking permission take r IA he files Of
the Custom House the original hlpii art.cles or
the schooner Hera to be ed In fr1n Ing q Y .ry