The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-29
WASHINGTON.
The Government Distillery Business.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.


WASHINGTON, July 2S.
The number of distilleries coming into
the possession Of the Government by pur
chase, in cases where the property has
been dstrained for non.payment Of taxes
Is very large. The Internal Revenue Bu'
reNu, however, refuses TO give any lnlor'
nation respecting the property, and Is eX'
tTemely rGticGnt concerning the exact
number Of dlstilleries ut present In posses
sion OF the United States, 1t is understood
that party of speCulators are negotiating
with the Bureau for the Gpurpose OF getting
possession of u portion Of this property,
Therefore information respecting the same
Is denied to outside persons.
Gen. Hewett, Quartermaster General OF
Kentucky, will file briet tomorrow, in
order TO meet the point raised by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, viz as to
whether the troops were actually employ
ed in the United States service, and will
ask an immediate decision on the Ken
lucky war claim, to which tho briGI has
reference.
Postmaster General Cresswell has re.
turned from Long Branch, where he went
to obtain the signature Of the President
to the treaty for the interchange of
money orders between the United States
and the United Kingdom Of Great Britain;
also the postal convention between the
United States and the Argentine COniGd.
Grafton. The latter treaty established
direct interchange between the United
States and tho Argentine Republic by
MEANS Of line Of mail steamships
plying between New York and Rio ia.
nciro and between the latter point and
Buonos Ayres. The rate of postage by
this Convention, which takes effect on q
day to be designated by tho respective
postal departments Of tho two countries,
Is, on q single letter of half an ounce, or
under, fifteen Centa
The Secretary Of the Interior to-day
nominated Robert Lee, Of ZanGsvllle, o.;
George OultOn. of San Francisco and
Mr.. Wilson, Of Minnesota, Commissioners
on the part Of the Government To examine
the section Of twenty miles lately com.
peted on the Southern Pacific Railroad
Of California.
The Commissioner Of Internal Reve.
nue., has decided that the officers OF a
Territorial government, arc not entitled
to the exemptions from income Tux, rs are |
the officers Of the State government, un.
der the decision Of the Supreme Court In
the case Of Burlington against Day
The contract for free stone for the gov.
ernment building at Omaha, has been
awarded toJ. II. Miller, Of Cincinnati.
All the members Of the Cabinet are now
here, except Robson, who is expected |
tomorrow.
Secretary Boutwell, has received from
Consul Kreissman, at Berlin, the imperial
photographs of the celebrities Of that
country who took part In the late war.
The number Of tho adhesive stamps Is.
sued by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1871, Is All 1,GG3,8SS, representing in
value $3.50, ,10O,74l, as follows DOcu.
mentary stamps, 10O,7SO,439, value, $l0,.
$50 ,0OG; Proprietary stamps for matches,
patent medicines, &c, 8O4,S77, $50; value,
81, ,109,007. The results as compared
with the previous year, is q decrease In
the number Of documentary stamps Of
69O11 1888, and the money decrease on
same Of 81 000,l00, and an increase in
stamps Of 7194,87O. whose
value in money Is an increase of $24,0 ,047.