Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-22
WASHINGTON.
No Taxes for BOnahOIder~.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2L-The Commits
SION n of Internal Revenue rules that the
PRINCIPAL and interest of new bonds is ex-
empt from taxation IN any form, and that
the interest need nor be included in the
amount on which dividend or other taxes
are required to be paid.
New EndbIn Commissioners.
The President. to-day appointed Francis
A. Walker, the, present Superintendent OF
the Census, Cor nmissioner of Indian Affairs
Gen. Francis A. Walker, who was to-day
appointed Commissioner of Indian AfIairs,
will by desig nation of the Secretary of the
Interior continue to act as Superintendent
Of the Census until IFS completion.
Spinner's Figures.
Treas arer Spinner, in his annual report,
eompla ms of the increasing delay of some
banks in making returns and payment of
duty He recommends that a percentage
on such duty be added to it for every ten
days delay after the month allowed by law.
Spinner reports that the receipts of the fiscal
year, including the balance of $149, 500, All
Z in the treasury June so, 1870, were $780,
9O4, 349; expenditures, $50, ST.; bal
ance in treasury June 80, 1871, was $780,
9l7,411; total number of rational banks
June 30, 1871, was 1889. t1Gt
Supervisory.
BY virtue of authority vested in the Pre-
sidelit by the Internal Revenue act of July
1870, he has ordered that the Supervisory
District comprising the States of Alabama
and Mississippi be annexed to and united
with the State OF Tennessee, and hereafter
constitute but one Supervisory District.
/ The order is to take effect on and after
Dee /.
Srecial to the Louisville Ledger
Stokes Friend I'm Need.
Horace Maynard has proved as good as
FMS word, and has come on here to do what
Lac can for Stokes. On SATURDAY. MAYNARD
visited the War Department, but in his
consultation there with the officials he was
given very little encouragement. He was
informed that the papers had passed into
the possession of the Bureau of Justice, and
that as Stokes had been indicted bv the
Grand Jury for his connection with the
Tennessee bounty frauds, the whole case
had now become matter for judicial inves-
tigatiOn. Maynard is not as sanguine in re-
gard to Stokes prospects as when he first
arrived. Believing in the latter's inna-
cence, he yet hopes to be able to do Some
thing toward establishing the fact.
stokes IndiscretiOn.
Stokes friends are extremely sorry that
he has been indiscreet enough to admit of
having received large sums of money for as
sisting in the passage Of the bill and then
obtaining the payment of claims under it,
as there are apprehensions, that if the court
should clear him of the present charge of |
fraudulent completely, he may be subjected
to second indictment, under the law which
prohibits any member of Congress from
claims against the government.
The Spirit Trade and the Senate FL
nance COm@fttee.
Parties in the interest of Western distil- |
lers and shippers OF distilled Spirits are now
here urging the Senate Finance Committee
to consolidate the taxes now imposed in the |
different States upon this branch of indus
try,and also that thescommittee recommend
the passage by the next Congress Of the |
Export bill. 1t is understood that the Rev
enue Bureau is in favor of such copsoiida- |
ton to certain extent, but still wishes TO
collect one-third of whatever tax NAV be |
imposed on the entry of spirits to ware
house and the balance on the withdrawal |
of the same. -.--..
Cherokee Bounty Frauds.
There is rumor tonight that the grand |
jury Of this district will soon present an in |
dlcfment against Judge Wright for his con-
Lection with the Cherokee bounty frauds. |
If this be true, one of the most important |
witnesses for the defense will be Senator |
Harlan, of Iowa, who was Secretary of the |
Interior when these frauds were perpetra- |
ted, and who issued an order that these In |
dams should be placed on the pension list. |