The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-24
WASHINGTON.
The Delinquent Tax Collectors.

in the official document sent To COngrcs
some months ago by the Secretary of tn
Treasury the amount due from the Col
leCtOrs OF Internal Revenue Is representer
To exceed $20,0OO,0O0, while the state
ment of the Commissioner Of lnterna
Revenue u few days ago represented tn
deficiency ut less than $3,0OO,OOO. The lol
lowing is an explanation Of the Secretary
report: When q Collector goes ont o
Office all unColected taxes on his lists ar
charged to him On the books OF his success
sor As these taxes are collected they
are credited to him, but ii any taxes have
been wrongiully assessed or assessed
against insolvent firms, they still remail
charged to the eX.ColleCt0r until finally
settled and the account OF the GX.COlcctO
with the Bureau Is closed. Until the nd
vent of the present administration thI
number of unsettled accounts Of CX.COl
lectors was constantly increasing, 80 thal
some of tho accounts which should have
been closed early during the war, were ii
1869 still found open These accounts
during the past two years have been grad
ually settled, so that comparatively few OI
them now remain unclOsed. The Secre
tAry's statement showed the total amounts
charged to eX.ColleCtors on the books oI
the Bureau MS explained above, but the
statement Just published shows the actual
amount Of cash due. The greater portion
Of this will yet be obtained.
REDUCTION OF THE REVENUE FORCE.
BY the first of July Commissioner
Pleasanton expects to have reduced
the force of Assessors to the min.
inum number. This will make the
total number about 1000. lie has now
under consideration the adoption Of u new
kind of paper for beer, distilled spirits,
tobacco and ;cigar stamps, samples Of
which were furnished by the Hudson
Paper Mills, of New York. Tho cases
pending before the Department Of Justice
have all been disposed OFT, and that the
Department isnow entirely clear Of every
thing except routine work.
SUPPRESSION OF Ku.KLuX
At the time the President directed the
Secretary Of War TO issue instructions to
the Department OF Commander In
the South to cooperate with the civil
authorities in suppressing armed bodies
Of men and in putting stop to murder
and other violation of the laws provided
by Congress. IL was expected the At.
t6rncy General would likewise issue in.
struciiOns TO the United States District
Attorney and Marshals in the Southern
States, as to the course they should pursue
In enforcing the laws and prosecution Of
the offenders. Tue Department Of JUS
tCe has deferred the issue Of such in.
struCtiOns, until in the judgment Of the
President the condition Of affairs in that
section Ofthe country shall require, and as
yet not an application has been received
from the Federal officers in the South for
information on tho subject.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Geo VIM. Curtis has accepted lis up.
pOintment On the Civil Service Commis.
sion,
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CASE,
The Executive Committee Of the New
York Central Railroad have written here
denying the reports that they had re.
Ceived any information in advance Of
Commissioner PlCNsontOns decision In the
scrip tax case, through Mr. Thompson or
anyhody else. They say il was not offer.
ell to them, and that there was m 9pccn'
laiiOn.
THE RowEN CASE.
Attorney General Akerman will return
Saturday Final action in the case Of G.
G. Bowen tor pardon was deferred until
his return. South Carolina politi.
cians are working both for and against
the release of Bowen, mud especially Is
this true in regard to the Republicans Of
the district in that State formerly repre-.
sented by Bowen.
THEN. Y. &. Il. Il. CASA DENIAL.
Horace +. Clark, Director OF the New
York Central railroad, has written letter
to Commissioner PleasOntOn, in which he
says the statement that Col. Thompson or
any person connected with the Internal
Revenue Bureau gave information Of the
decision in the Central tax case In nd
vance of It's PRONUNCIATION through the
press Is entirely without foundation. In
fact, the first knowledge or intimatiOn Of
the decision wns received through the
daily Journals. The charge against Col.
Thompson Is known by the directors and
officers orthe New York Central Railroad
Company to be untrue.
THE SOUTHERN INvEsTIGATIoM
Judge Bustecd, Of Alabama, was exam.
ined today by the Southern Outrage
Committee. lie said he did not believe
that any sucl an organization as the Ku'
Klux existed In Alabama, and thought
person and property as safe there rs in
any State in the Union. Having been
questioned as the the testimony Of Rev
Mr.. Lakin, parts Of which were read tC
him, lie said II was entirely untrue. La.
kin had represented that thirty.three in
dictments had been found in Busteed's
court for violation OF the civil rights bill
and had been tried, hut the truth was
that only one indictment had been found
nnd that had not yet been tried. In re-
ply to n question lie said he knew n man
named Willard Warner, who applied fol
exemption from jury duty in his court, in
the year 1867 or 1868, on the ground thai
he (Warner) was o Senator Of the State o
Ohio ut that time.
THE PURCHASES OF THE INDIAN BUREAU
Secretary Delano has written the fol
lowing letter 10 Commissioner Parker
which explains itself:
"IIoN. f. s. PARKER, SIR I'm reply I,
your letter Of the 9lst inst, asking to III
instructed as to what accounts, vouchers
&C., shall be submitted for the action o
Tie Executive Committee of the Board o
Indian Commissioners, ! will state tina
deem It advisable to refer to said Com
mittee for examination and approval nj
vouchers connected with Indian affairs
except the expense and compensation &C
counts of Commissioners, special agents
&C., referred to by you; but rs such aC