The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-04
WASHINGTON.

| port oil the commissioner OF internal lteV
enue states that tho aggregate receipts
from all sources, exclusive Of direct tGXei
upon lands and duties upon circulation
and deposits Of National banks, were, lo
the fiscal year Of 1871, $l44,0ll, ,l7G. Thi
sum includes the amounts refunded ant
allowed on drawbacks, amounting u
$G40,46S. The Commissioners estimate
OF receipts for the current fiscal year, un
der the present law is $l25, 100000 Re
ceipts from spirits for tho fiscal year
$40, ,2s1 ,S4S; amount Of tax received or
lermented liquors, $7,l50,74O; total re
cGipts from tobacco for the year, $9,357,
S97, an increase of two and a quarter
millions over last year; total amount o
manufactured tobacco represented by thC
amount Of collections, l50, ,s2S, ,0G3 pounds
total number of cigars, cheroOts, &c, OF
which taxes have been collected, 1889,
S44 ,357, the increase being due to the re-
cent change in the law, changing the
mode Of collecting these articles. Tho
Commissioner iaVors consolidating the
tobacco tax at the rate Of ,twGnty-fOul
cents, ifit can be done without loss to the
Government and expresses the opinion
that the present system OF export
and bonded warehouses can be
abolished. in the interests botl
of the Government and manufacturers
lie recommends that Congress provide
evidence OF tho loss Of tho TO-
baCco at sea, satisfactory TO the Com.
sionGr of Internal Revenue, who shall
have oil the force Of tho landing certill
cate for the purpose of drawback. The
want OF authority to furnish stamps fol
condemned tobacco, which is constantly
acCumulaLing in the hands OF the Gov
ernment officers, has caused much chi
barrassmenE, and the Commissioner re-
Commends that Congress authorize him
upon the requisition Of the officers having
custody Of and control OF such tobacco,
to furnish suitable revenue stamps to be
attached and cancelled before the same
Is offered for sale. AS II frequently hap
pens that tho tax paid stamps arc lost
from packages Of spirits by unavoidable
accidents, without any fault on the part o
tho persons interested, the spirits being
thus exposed to seizure and detention,
the authority Is asked for to protect such
spirits by rG.stamplng. Owing to the
Congressional Commission TO authorize
tho remission of taxes on ship.builders
he has ordered such taxes col
leCted. ITo also recommends that
the Commissioner be prohibited from con
sidering or allowing any claim not pre-
sented within two years from the time
tho tax was paid, and that all claims be
barrcd in the courts after six years from
the date of payment Of the tax. The
report concludes by stating that $50 &C
counts of ex.collectors arc still open, III
of which have been placed In the hands
Of an attorney for suits against the bonds.
men of the delinquCnts. The total
amount received from the compromised
revenue cases for tho year Is $0lS, ,4O7
total value of seizures, $015,M0.
Tho Secretary OF the Treasury has au'
thori2cd tho issue of papers to the schoon'
or Horton, recently seized ut Gloucester
by the collector of customs, n full invcsti-
CATION Of the facts showing that there is
no reason to deprive her owner Of the
necessary sailing papers.
WAsHINGTON, December 3.-The Sec.
rctary of Wars report, the main facts re-
lating to which were printed two weeks
ago from the bureau reports, shows the
army on July 1st TO have been reduced
to $4,000 men. The expenditures for the
year are about $4O,OOO,OOO, including
nearly $4,000,O00 for river and harbor
improvements The estimate for military
purposes for the fiscal year ending June
8OLh, 1878, Is $50 2,Al5,479. ~. '.."I
The Treasury Inns realized thus far for
the present fiscal year $2l ,7OOI4 I402 from
the salc Of arms and other sources An
estimate of $3,00O,0OO Is made for the set
tlement of claims yet due some States ior
calling troops into the service. The Sec
rotary says II Is with great embar.
rassment that the appropriations made ut
the last session can be 80 economical as
to answer tho pressing requirements Of
the service. lie recommends that the cX.
ira lieutcnants authorized to serve as reg.
mental duartermasters be discontinued
as vacancies occur in those grades, effect.
ing an ultimate reduction Of eighty lieu.
tenants; TINT the grade of quartermastcr
sergeant bc abolished; also company or.
tiflCCr and wagner, which would save
1,1G5 enlisted men TO the service at n
yearly cost OF $412,740, Proceeds oI
sales Of clothing from June 3Oth, 1870, tC
date, $i,775,72S; cost of transportation
for the year about $1,5O0,0OO. Tie South.
ern railroads still owe tho Department
$4724,2j0 The Secretary alludes to the
existence OF an armed rebellion of rCgu.
lar organization and great strength in
parts Of the Southern States and Of the
necessity OF an armed force of the nation
to put Il down and bring tho leaders tc
speedy Justice. Gen. Belknap closes with
renewed recommendation for fire
proof building for the War Department
and expresses the hope that reform will
be effected in all departments Of the gov
ernment by the labors of the CiYil Service
Commission. .......,.-.-.,
II has been ascertalned from Official
sources that no correspondence whatever
Inns passed between Minister Roberts and
Secretary Fish relative to the reCenI
events ut Havana, the only COmmuni
cation received from Roberts during the
pass week being some documents TO bt
laid before the American and Spanish
claims commission. Nor has anything
official been received from Havana slncI
the telegram advice from our COnsu
General, who, during the alleged desecra
ton Of Uastanon's grave, advised out
government that there were fears of I
general massacre, and hence the impOr
tance Of the United States fleet in tina
quarter to protect American citizens ant
their interests. The force on the Nortl
Atlantic station consists Of ten ships
mounting seventy guns. 1r. g..
The Justices Of the Supreme Court o
the United States will tomorrow, in nc
cordance with usage, call upon Presiden
Grant In body TO pay their respects.
Only nbout twenty claims have ns ye
been presented to the United States anI
British Commission. At the meeting