The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-07
NEW HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE T. ls71-rRlPLE SHEET


very claims are referred, with a. matters IN ais
pu'e' lot settlement BY the convention recv.lv con-
Guided. The idea of force, therefore ID ;rsna,. !,
ferrous. 'icpos'
~sat Falling on In Intern.
w. ,pte~ -s Sev~cuee
The recelrts IRON. - -Anai revenue sources the |
nrst SIX DAYS in the gonth Of June Of the present
year. compared With the same ume OF June, 1872
show falling OF OF nearly i've millions OF dosis.
THU Is attributable the operations OF tDr, new
INV. The subscriptions TO the new loan to-day were
$4,000
Tax oa Tonnage To be Paid but Once During
the Year.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has lust issued
circular ON the subject Of the tax on tonnage adj.
dressed collectors customs and Others In which
it appears that the term 'icense" in the first pro-
viso OF tue act OF July Ia, 1852, shall be held TO ex
tend 10 all vessels authorized by law to engage IN
the ooasting trade, whether sailing under registers
or enrolments and licenses. the tonnage duty
row imposed on oil ships, vessels or steam
ers engaged in foreign or domestic commerce
Is to be levied but once within one year; and when
paid by such ship, vessel steamer further tom
mage tax shall be collected within one year from
date Of such payment; and hereafter. In cases OF
vessels making regular daily trips between any port
Of the United States ana any port OF the Dominion
OF Canada, wholly upon interior waters not naviga
BILE TO the ocean, tonnage clearance fees shall
be charged against vessels by the ocers OF the
United States, except upon the first clearing
OF said vessel in each year. Enrolled or
licensed vessels departing frem arriving at a
port in collection district to or from port in
another collection district and also touching at In
termeiate foreign ports. shall not thereby become
liable to the payment OF entry and clearance fees
tonnage tax, as II from or to foreign ports but
such vessels shall, Notwithstanding, he required to
enter and clear.
signal Lights Aboard steam and Sailing Yes
sells.
Section seventy nj the "Act to provide for the
better security life boaro OF vessels propelled
| in whole or in part by steam, and for other pur
poses" approved February 49, 1871. provides That
shall be the duty of all collectors other chief on
GERS OF the customs to require all sailing vessels to
be furnished with proper signal lights, provided
for BY the act OF April 90, 1864 entitled "An act tx
ing certain res and regulations for preventing col
iisons the water" 1t further enacts that every
ouch vessel Shall on the approach OF any steamer.
! during the nighttime show lighted torch upon
that point or quarter to which such steamer shall be
approaching, and every such vessel that shall be
navgated without complying with the terms OF the
act OF April 90 1864. and the provisions OF this Sec
ton OF The BILL shall forfeit and pay the sum OF $780,
one-nan to 60 to the nformer. and for which sum
seized and proceeded against by way OF libel IN any
District Court OF the United States having Jurisdic-
ton OF the offence The secretary Of the Treasury
TO day directed that circulars embOdyng the above
be Immediately prepared and sent to all The customs
revenue officers where provisions OF the law are
10 be enforced.
Wholesale Destruction of Bonds.
On Monday next the committee appointed by
Secretary Boutwell, to examine, count and destroy
nurc osal fnr m stut I'M finn will
Glide their abors and over sixty million dollars in
bonds VIII be consigned to the flames.
Commission for American Yachts.
Secretary Boutwell, Is now preparing the form OF
commissions to be used py yachts belonging TO reQu
Iarly organized and Incorporated yacht companies
under the provisions Of the act or June 90, 1870.
These commissions win be token of credit 70 all
United States oicias abroad and to foreign govern
ments for the privileges enjoyed by yachts under
the act.
Characteristic Modcsty-A Distinction De-
ciined.
The Secretary OF State himself is authority for the
statement that Mr.. Fish Is not TO be one OF the
arbtrators In the case Of the Alabama claims,
| special, dispatches 10 the contrary notwith-
| standing.
Postage Book Packages for Switzerland.
| The Postmaster General, In order TO permit small
book packets and packets OF patterns samples OF
OF moderated postage. has directed the following
charges to be LEVIED and collected on all such
correspondence sent from the United States
TO Switzerland from and after the FIRST
proximo, viz.:-When not exceeding an ounce in
weight two cents; when exceeding one ounce aud
not exceeding two ounces, four cents; when exceed
ing two ounces and not exceeding four ounces,
eight cents; FOL packets exceeding four ounces an
additional rate Of eight cents for every additional
four ounces or fraction thereof. The charge now
levied and collected these classes Of correspond.
ence for Switzerland is eight cents per each four
ounces OR fraction OF four ounces
The Cotton Crop Of 1871.
Rumors having been circulated that the Depart
ment OF Agriculture has predicted very short crop
OF cotton IN 1871 1t is proper 10 state that esti-
males Of the growing crop have been made officially,
and no reports concerning 1t have been issued this
season. An estimate OF comparative acreage and
statement OF the condition OF crop VIII be made
in about two weeks
Important Experim mt In Medicines.
The Interior Department to-day set apart a ward
In the Columbia Hospital In this city for the purpose
| specific for cancer and scroiula. A committee OF
I'VE physicians has been appointed by the Medical
Society OF the District Of Columbia. and the result or
the test VIII he July reported TO the Interior Depart
nent
The International typographical Union.
The delegates TO the International Typographical
Union OF North America, now In session at Balti-
more, arrived here this morning to accept an nvl-
tatIOn from Columbia Typographical Union, No lOl,
OF this Territory, 10 visit Mount Vernon
points OF interest on the Potomac. The guests took
! the steamer Wawasset for Mount Vernon, where
Interesting exercises were held. They ret 1rned to
| Baltimore THIS evening.
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