New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-22
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WASHINGTON.

THE GEN. BUTLER INyESTIGATION-INCGv
REVENUE RECEIPTS IN PENNsYLyANfA-AP-
POINTMENTs.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TnIBUNEl
WAsHNGToN, Thursday. JJly u. 1870.
The only roylng committee allowed by the House al
the session recently terminated a subcommittee, con
ssting Of Gems Ncgley, SOcum stoughon, and Of the
House Military Committee, appointed under resolution
OF Mr. Farnsworth to investigate Gen Buffers manage
OF funds OF the Asylum for Disabled Soldiers,
Of the Board OF Managers OF which he has been tho
President from the beginning The Committee viii make
a thorough inquiry into th3 use Of the funds, which
amount to several millions OF dollars, and into the
general management Of the several asyums. For this
purpose they will meet at Dayton whore the largest
OF the Asyums located and they will there meet 'he
Board OF Managers. who will give them every facility.
Thence the Committee will 20 to Milwaukee, and thence
20 the Maine Asylum.
The Revenue Bureau has received from the Revenue
officers comparative statement Of the aggregate liss Of
Income from the Western District OF Ponnsylyauia
for the years 1869 and This District comprises the
Revenue Districts from the Twelfth to the Twentyfourh
inclusive, except the Fifteenth The total receipts Of
1863 were sl,423,ge9 80 and the total OF 1910
was Sl,52i,gu q. Tie increase by districts T. as
follows: Twelfth, 1888 90; Thirteenth, H,7,2 q;
Eighteenth, sj,H2 81; Nineteenth, s2i,i7 03; I0cn-
tleth, $2I63; Twentysecond, S-79l 81; Twenty-thr,
1871 O3; Twenty-fOurtb Sj276 E-total, Slll,O5 81
From thiss deducted the decrease in the remaining
districts follows: Fourteenth, Si6l 80; SlNt'tu'A.
1924 ~; seventeenth, SOL a. Twcnty-trs sol2 ~.
Total, $4,000 co. Increase, 1908 81 Decrease, s-O6 CO
Total increase Of the Income Tax for 1870 over that ~
1869 is S9s6i1 g. the districts, comprising
the Western Districts the reports OF the week ending FOR
the month OF May show grand total OF spirits entered
at the various bonded warehouses to have been 2J6s
gallons; 3Os12 gallons withdrawn, and 25O9 gallons
on hand.
The yexed question to whsx weiss beer H. has at
last been decided by the Revenue Bureau, and IL Las
been found to be femened liquor, and, therefore,
comes within the exemption provided FOR IN the act Of
March ., 1861
The President this morning appointed VIM. Sherman
Thos b. Shannon and Calvin Brown, all 81 California,
as the Government Commissioners OF the Southern Pa
cc Railroad, pursuant TO joint resolution Of June -
1870 He also made the following appointments Hiram
j. Springfield United states Marshal for the Northern
District Of Alabama; Samuel A. Orchard, Surveyor OF
Customs for Omaha, Nebraska; James Z. Hawlcy Sur
veyor of Customs FOR St. Joseph, Missouri; James T.
Welene Assistant Assessor Of Customs for Jersey CITY
New-Jersey.
The President has accepted the resignation OF Paymas-
ter, Isaac s. Stewart, L. s. A.
Deputy Commissioner Douglass to-day disposed OF inc
5000 reward for the apprehcn ION Of the ae sied as
sassns Of Detective Brooks, In PHILADELPHIA some e-At
or ten months SINCE He gives the Ncw-lorh detectives
5000 and the Philadelphia detectives 5000.
Brg-Gen. Calender arrived here this morning from
ST. Louis and is T. take charge Of the Washington Arse
nal on the 1st Of August He has been in command Of
the Arsenal at St. Louis for a number Of years.
The iron-clad Miantonomah has been ordered out OF
commission so as to undergo some important repairs.
Commander VIM. d. Whiting, who is in command, hes
been detached and ordered to duty in the District Of
Yards and Docks at NcW-YO.k. Al her otIc. officers
have also been detached.