Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-29
WASHINGTON.
RORRING IN THE RUREAI

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-A number
of distilleries are coming into the pos
session of the government, by the
purchase of cases where property has
been restrained for the payment
of taxes, which are very large. The
Internal Revenue Bureau, however,
refuses to give any information re-
| specting property, and is extremely
reticent concerning the exact number
| of distilleries at present in possession
of the United States. 1t is under
stood that a party of spectators are
| negotiating with the Bureau for the
purpose of getting possession of pOr-
ton of this property, and for this rea-
son information respecting the same
is denied to outside persons.
APPOINTMENTS.
The Secretary of the Interior to-day
nominated Robert Lee, of JanesVille,
Ohio, for Revenue Collector to San
Francisco, and Mr.. Wilson, of Min
nesOta, Commissioner on the part of
the Government.
Two miles was lately completed
on the Southern Pacific railroad of
California.
General Hewitt, Quartermaster-
General of Kentucky, will file brief
tomorrow in order to meet the point
raised by the Secretary of the Treas
ury-namely, as to whether the troops
actually employed in the United
States service were needed, and will
ask for an immediate decision on the
Kentucky war claim, to which the
brief has reference.
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
Postmaster General CresWell has
returned from Long Branch, where he
went to obtain the signature of the
President to treaty for the inter-
change of money orders between the
United States and the United King
dom of Great Britain; also the postal
convention between the United States
and the Argentine Confederation. The
latter treaty establishes a direct ex-
change between the United States
and the Argentine Republic by means
of line of mail steamships, plying
between New York and Rio JaneirO
and between the latter point and Bu-
enos Ayres. The rate of postage es-
tablished by this convention, which
takes effect on a day to be designated
by the respective postal departments
of the two countries, is: on single
letter of half an ounce or under, fifteen
cents.
STAMPS.
The number of adhesive stamps Is
sued by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1871, were All 1858, ,88S, rep
resenting in value at $3.50, 100, ,741, as
follows: Documentary stamps, 106,-
786, ,432; value, $10,S20,066. Proprie-
tary stamps for matches, patent medi-
cines, ETC., 304, ,877 ,456; value, 81, 4,199,-
0O7. The result, as compared with
the previous fiscal year, is as follows:
Decrease in the number Of dOcumen-
tary stamps issued, 5S,011 ,288, and the
money decrease on the same, 81, ,096,-
100. Increase in proprietary stamps,
7,lS4,S70; value in money increase,
$24, ,047.
THE KU-KLUX COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The Ku-
Klux Committee to-day examined III.
w. Guion, a leading lawyer Of Char
lotte, N. O., who testified to the past
as well as the present condition Of
that State, saying, among other
things, that the people had taken the
law into their own hands only in
cases where criminals have been par
doned, and public protection de-
manded such action against the out
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