The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-03
WASHING ON.
Senator Morton and the English MISSION
Great California Lard Claim Looms
ing Up Again-Annaai Product
or American Disti}leries,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 1870.

WAsuISGToS,s Nov. 2, 1870
senator Morton and the Engis~ Mission.
telegram IN New fork paper tod py states that
an arrangement has been made by witch Minister
Motley y 70 remain at London until the expiration
OF the present term OF the Indiana Legisa ture when
Senator Morton may be again appointed, the ifca
peihg that the Legislature cannot elect 1ccessor
10 MI Morton. Senator Morton, who IL h. ,se. au-
thofizes nat contradiction or this report. We says
there Is no foundation IT, and that ne mas no IN
tenton OF going to England under any ci rcBn-
stances.
The Mctsarrahan Land Claim.
IL u understood that the President Is prepaI ing
some statement about the famous Mc(iarrsl an
claim ana Secretary Cox's connection with It, II sw
statement, embodyDg certain correspondence, IN %
be given TO the press in day or two.
Dixtiilery Product 0i the Uaited states.
1t has been asceraincd that the dstieries OF ne
United states have spirit producing capacity cyssy
twenty-four hours as iolows:-From grain T5o nj
gallons; from molasses, 2i903 gallons; from fruit
1921 understanding total daily capacity Of
9i0,55l gallons. Presenting the grain disttiierses
run 100 days each year there would Do . pro-
duc,ion of 1l3,9065J0 gallons annually. Aad
to this the 1885, s50 gallons m0lasseS capacity shere
would DO an annual production from these Two
sources OF 1I7,6ic.O00 gallons Tire actual prOdsc-
ton OF fruit spirits Ia over 1000 600 gallons per
num-thus making an actual production annually o.
lls6a2,ooO gallons. The consumption OF to
country has been found to be aboue
100000 gallons annually, leaving ct tho
lowest estimate capacity OF 43.6i2. 900 ganens.
which can only be made available by expectation.
From all this 1t Is ascertancd that there IN In tina
United States capital Invested In machinery
capable OF producing this surplus for expectation I'm
run OF $50 days OF each year. the grain capsclts
alone consuming at least $685. GIT bushels OF the
surplus grain OF the country.
Increase OF tho Colored Population Or the
South.
The Census once has received only partial returns
from the Southern States The Indications are that
while there has In some Of them been decrease.
there has in others been OF colored popu
lation and that In the aggregate there will be found
an increase OF that class compared with the resule
Of the oil 1861 but nearly SO large In pro-
portion as that OF previous enumeratIons
Appointments by iho President.
The following appointments were made by the
President to-day
Charles r. Kodel, OF New York, TO be Indian
Agent at New Mexico; Samuel II. Garfield. TO DO
Postmaster at seymour, Conn; Levi Wcoicl TO DO
Postmaster At THIN, OHIO.
| Appointments In the Treasury Department.
Secretary Boutwell, made the following appoint
ments to-day
Jacob H. Phillips, TO be gauger for the Eighth dis
trict OF Pennsylvania; M. U. Patterson, be gauger
Ricketts, and Il. q. Overstrest to be sorskeepers for
the State OF Kentucky; j. 5. Patterson w. Eastman,
Samuel Brooke, w. IL. Wyant IL. II. wnitecraft, TO
be assistant for the SeventeeALn dlsLrict O
ono; John &. Raxter. II. II. bcribncr O. r. Letter.
W. A. RogeIa TO be assistant aasessors Tor tho
Eighth district Of ONO; George StAll. Sr., IL X.
woodson. Charles Alexander, J. Il. Srnodiey. l.. Il.
Yates Richard J. Brown, joan q. Biair, 70 be
sistant assessors tor tho Seventh district Of KEN
lucky.
Government Exreases for Octobor.
! The expenditures of government Tor the mouth of
OCTOBER were az f0iows:--
Civil and miscellaneous :, ............ $5.oIs 23s
War. ................. 1898, 54t
Il NAVY nya