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WASHINGTON, May 90, 1870
Observation-Disclosures Publications.


WASHINGTON, May 90, 1870.
TobaccO-Revenuc Collections.
The following statement from the Inter-
nal Revenue Department shows vast and
important increase in the revenue from
taxes on tobacco for the past ten months {:
Collections in Virginia for the ten months
ending April 3Oth, 1870, were $3,2s7 ,OS3.l7 !;
for the corresponding months of the pre-
vious year, 81 ,043, 473.9S; increase in ten
months, S2,343, G09.19. Collections in the
past ten months have exceeded those of the
past four years 5000, 1896.
The shipments to New York and other
northern cities Of tobacco in bond during
the past ten months amounted to 1885,
$50 pounds, the taxes being S4,44G, G33.G0,
which are paid when withdrawn for con-
sumption, or shipped without tax if abso-
lutely exported.
Subsidies to Steamship Lines.
The Senate Postal Committee to-day d.
rccted their chairman to report bill grant
ing subsidy Of seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars yearly to establish a steam
ship line between New York and Falparai-
SO, touching vt Panama and along the west
coast OF South America, and providing for
tWcnty-four trips per annum.
The question of grantinga subsidy to aid
III the establishment Of a line of steamers
from san Francisco TO Australia was con-
>ldcrcd by the Senate Committee on Com
mcrce, and it appears the committee is not
1,a inn ~, 80 l.
inasmuch as the commerce is quite small
between those points.
The Fenian Raia-Wnat Is TO be Done
with the Captiycs, DC.
Dispatches relative TO the Fenians were
received to-day at the State Department and
acknowledgements office, and were sub
mittcd to the President, and answered by
orders of instructions. The substance OF
these dispatches is that the Fcnians con-
iinuc to collect, and crossed into Canada
during last night aud this morning in sew
cral PLACES. \ number Of arrests have been
made, and the parties, together with O'Neil,
are in the custody of the United States
MarsbalS. Strict orders were sent to guard
them well. The Attorney-General has
given instructions to have their cases
brought at once before the United States
courts.
The expressions of the PRESIDENT. Sccrc-
tarv Fish, and Acknowledgement Hoar. are
not favorable to the Fcnians, and they say
the law will be strictly enforced against
them.
General Sherman has been in constant
communication with his officers, and has is.
sued orders to General Meade, General
Mcdowell, and General Philip st. George
Cooke. to render the United States Mar.
ShaIS every aid and to guard we'll all prison
els captured.
General Sherman says he does not think
much Of O'Ncifs gcneralShip, and believe:
the object of the raid was to get the United
States Government into trouble. lie look:
upon the movement as very unfortunate
and ill-adviScd. and says UNcil need moi
expect pardon or sympathy at the hands o
this Government, for he feels sure he vii
| not receive it, as the case now stands.
The Five Per Cent. Tax on Dividends
A committee Of the directors and stock
holders of the New York Central railroad
including l.. Chaplin, Esq, of Massachu
sets, had conference last night and this
morning with Commissioner Dcano and So
licitor smith, of the Revenue Bureau, in re-
lation to the five per cent. tux on the divi'
dends Of the company, amounting to about
one million one hundred thousand dollars
| hoc fn ~
tax, and it was for the purpose OF having ii
RENTED that these gentlemen called on the
Commissioner. They claim that it was
neither dividend, Il declaration Of profit, mol
an increase of capital stock, but merely ;
promise to pay to the stockholders at some
future time.
The Commissioner holds that the taxes as
diseased are due, and it is understood vii
40 render his decision in which event the
officers of tho company threaten On eDpea
to the Secretary Of the Treasury, and II moi
satisfactorily decided by him they will ap
peal to the courts.
The Appropriation for the Wilber
force University.
Surprise has been expressed at the fact
that Senators Johnston and Davis yesterday
voted to allow So, 900 to Wherefore Uni
versity, in Ohio. This was not an appro
priation, but simply Il transfer of that sun
from the Frcedmen's Bureau fund for The
use of the University, and Senator John
ston says lie believed the money would be
more judiciously expended i'll this way thar
at the South, where it is absolutely wasted
The Pay OF Naval Officers.
A subcommittee of the Senate Nava
Committee to-day reported to tue Genera
Committee schedule of pay to officers o
the navy from admiral to ensign in lieu O
their present pay, but that oil admiral ant
vice-admiral are not affected. All discrc
tionary power heretofore given the Sccre
tary Of the Navy respecting the 335 pei
cent. is repealed, and the rate including thu
SS3h per cent. is about the same as provided
in the present law, but increases with eacf
five years continuous service. Officers re
tired because of incapacity are who'll!
dropped from the service, and receive NJ
pay or cmoluments.
The Contract for Stamped Envelopes
and Wrappers.
The House Appropriation Committee
who have had under consideration thu
charges preferred against the Postmaster
r. i: ,f,,n. r,cfnY NOR