New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-09
WASHINGTON.

THE orTRAGPs ON AMERICANS IN CUBA-THE
CIVIL SERVICE CoMMITTEE-A NEW WAY OF
DEGRADING TIE GOVERNMENT-GEN' SIN
NER RECOVERING HIS HEALTH
[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRlBUNRl
WASHINGTON Thursday, June s, 1871.
The American owners Of estates In Cuba are SUN COM
planng that through the efforts OF the agents OF SPAN
in this CITY and elsewhere their claims are constahty
misrepresentcd The question Mt issue between tnem
and the they say, Is net one OF damages
M all but whether they shall be allowed TO regain I'M
mediate possession OF their property 10 months aer inc
Home Government has ordered its release or wait u
the authorities in .he island have sold one or Two more
valuable crops, and obtained the money iof them'
These men expect to go before the COMMISSION Win
their claims for already done The crops on some
of the larger estates haye!been sold for from SVo W
100000 But what they most complain OF Is, that whle
the Home Government has ordered the restoration Oh
their property, the Captain General STANDS rs an IN
pediment the way OF the execution OF the order Inc
statement that many OF these estates have Deeh reeSou
true but this has not been done until the owners ha'o
forced pay large of money, and those VINO
own the estates still held claim that they have arght
10 recover them without further What these claim
ants desire 10 Government do Is TO In form
Spain that her orders have not been executed ana per-
emptOTiy demand that she them TO be obeyed al
once.
The Committee appointed by the President underline
recent act OF Congress to make inquiries and suggesta
eminent has been assigned apartments in the Interior
Department The first meeting will be held on the 2oth
inst. Col Cox OF the Interior Department, MI Eihott
of the Treasury, and Mr. Blackford OF the PostOmee
Department, have accepted their appointments on the
Committee 1t not yet known outside of the State
Department whether George william Curtis ex-senator
Catten of New-Jersey, and Joseph Medi OF Chicago,
have accepted OF not II is understood that Mr. Curtis
i'll be President OF the Commission, and MI Elliott or
Col. Cox, Secretary.
Another way of cheating the has just been
discovered and reported TO Secretary Boutwell, Some
importers who buyigoods Of foreign nanufacturersarei In
the habit directing their invoices 10 be made out 50 as 10
represent that discount Of per has been allowed,
and a commission of p per cent paid The effect of this
is deduct y per cent from the actual cost OF the goods
and reduce the of the duty in the ratio.
Gen. Spinner writes from London to Mr. Graves, Chief
Clerk Of the Treasurer Oce that he is recovering his
health and viii shortly return 10 America. Secretary
Delano writes to his Chief Clerk that he will probably
from the to his home in Ohio, and viii not return
to Washington IN several weeks Many OF the prominent
Ohoans Washington will 10 Columbus To attend the
State Convention 10 held there the DIST inst. MI
l. NJ Price Chief Clerk Of the Division OF Issues III the
Office Of the Controller Of the Currency, has resigned
Col. McMichae, Solicitor Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau will so far complete, tomorrow, the exanina-
ton of pending compromise cases. TO be able to com
mence acting on Saturday each 1t comes into
the Office The order in which decisions of this kind Will
hereafter be given viii he follows Letters received
any day from the DstrictAttorney ineoslng papers,
de-, wall the following day be submitted to clerks
Will pre- pare briefs and the third day laid before
the Solicitor for his exlnatou that the fourth or
fifth day after the cases reported 70 the
Bureau, the decisions viii have been mailed
| to the DistrictAttOneys. That this prompt
manner Of dealing with these will be beneficial to
the public service will be fully understood when it
is known that, heretofore the papers in compromise
cases have generally remained in the Revenue Bureau
from two months two years before they have been
acted on while IN the time the Commissioner has
been flooded with letters Of inquiry from persons In
erested as 10 when Will be acted and why
there have such delays. The average number OF
compromise cases presented is about 90 month Col
NrAiichael will Saturday have acted on about 900
since May Several railroad in which questions
have arisen relative TO the abatement aud rounding OF
| taxes, will be disposed Of next week
rFfteen million dollars worth Of the new Internal Rev
| enue stamps will soon he issued.
Several OF the bonds missed from the Printing Bureau
while under the supervision OF Mr. Edward Clark have
| been pre-, nted FOR payment.