New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
WASHINGTON.
fDY TUReRkPH 10 TIE Tribunal
WAsHIxoroz, Tuesday, Sept -

--sRAIs STOLEN FROM TREATIES IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENT - ARREST OF THE
THIEVES. -, r. . 40
The Commissioner under the Treaty Of Washington,
In session several hou1s yesterday at the state
Department. They have not thus far laid out any plan
relative their duties They &C present engaged In
consultation the mode they win sdopt and the rules
TO be laid down. which viii govern them In their proceed
ngs that time viii eapse before any important
result Of their labors be arrived At An important
question has arisen and win be brought 10 the attention
Of the Commissioners TO whether they or the Congress
which TO meet ct Geneva VIM consider the claims OF
the citizens Of the United States for depredatons CON-
mittsd along the Atlantic coast Many persons who Lost
vessels and otherwise suffered BY depedations com
mitted at the hands Of British SUBJECTS are greatly I'm
terested in this question and the matter is subject Of
inquiry The general powers Of the Commission, ~ laid
down In the Warrington Treaty, TO the effect that
they are TO oondef the claims Of citizens Of the United
states and Great Britain for deprcdstons committed BY
ne czeos OF either nation aganst citizens Of tho other
durng the period between April O. 1851. and April -
1859, except those known the Alabama claims The
Losses sustained by fishermen and others along the
arc something OF an item, and It 10 thought that the
question OF allowing them settlement for damages
ained one that should within the meaning the
proVhons OF the Treaty and be duty incumbent the
Commissoners TO discharge. II 10 believed that this In
depreciation win be put the matter at the preliminary
deliberations Of the Commissioners.
Col Howe, Special Treasury Agent for the City OF
New-York was ut the Department to-day concerning
recent heavy seizures Of fraudulent mporatons made
at NewYork. Yesterday 1900 unstainped cigars were
reported TO the Department having been smuegled
into the city and seized The persons receiving these
cigars charged with the receipt OF former parcels Of
mugs,ed articles, and will be brought to trial.
New-York firm has made application to the Commis-
soner of Internal Revenue to have their b"nd In
the hands Of the DstricAttorney for prosecution
celed proof Of loss Of tobacco at The request
not granted tho Commissioner not having authority in
the matter The Hon. Noah DaSts q. Disrct-Auorney
for New-York 10 here on Internal Revenue business
Commissioner Douglass to-day, refused to remit the tax
the difference between the quantity Of tobacco bonded
and the quantity landed in foreign port by NewYork
shippers
The Board Of Supervising Inspectors Of scambaats.
which ASSEMBLIES Oct T. win be required to report
their proceedings daily to the Secretary OF the Treasury
Heretofore the report has been made only at the close OF
the session. Rules established last session ore found In
to be eyen with the most liberal
entirely contrary TO law These must Of course be mod
hed The Press has been most rgidy excluded from all
the meetings OF the Board thus far, and II not known
'nr RE will have
session tho latter part Of this week when the an.
s
agent Of Mexico befOrs this Commission, awaiting
oessor The Mexican Minister has yet been IN,
TsstRe be Ut GSsnss % b 4. e
ment win spppoant ms successor; % Il In n generally
understood, however, cease
iu order 70 disshafse the duties incum9ent upon his
before the Geneva Congress- called together under tho
Action in large number Of cases anst certain claim
agents 10 being temporarily delayed by the Second
4rsasfy and the At,Orne @ On The Vsrcas Z P
statutes covering ra9duent transactions In collect
fhe following patents were Issued to citizens of Nex-
York during the week ending to-day:
TSamson, rs.d car hssser nesnond vo.s na.a
spiral spring; Charles O. Yale lock spindle for safes;
s4
manutacture Of Illuminating sas Henry Hall, device
Johnson sssgnor 70 Joseph g. HarrIson valve arrapse
Of rubber and gutta percha Charles Prince, Prince
alarm lock.
iGBNERAL PRESS DrsPATcBJ
George H. Chase, messenger g a. the Post-omce De.
the latter Department Of 2 number o. gold and al
headquarters fading the detectves were I'm possesaon
s Ss Their
begged they might enently dealt with 10 their
prsonefs prss tie deteess humber Of
gold and silver nuggets into which the seals
had wns rsnans1 Of s seven
they confes:sd 70 have stolen from treaties In the De
cia%s that ten ssas were .olsn :. thu. nu%Ssr are
missing. One Of the seals was attached 70 Turkish
different treaties between the United States and foreign
Ghsse the wa sa
Of McGraw and who stole the seals with the conniyance
and permission Of the latter The seals most Of which
gold and others Of Sve, about a9 inch high and from
three to ys inches II % money on bs s%sas
sssment under which the Government must necessarily
abo, e replace them on the & % S atd Ss 0
ws .Se The. q ne several hundred
U the stolen seals Is between ssce and 500.
In reply to question sS%ea nS 70 t1s scns 20 En-
gland 10 receive her engines and boilers liable to pay
duty tax upon her return to ;hs county as secEs r.;
team @ 81 propuon aSs with reference to thar
use and cannot he said to he built within Che meaning
E ns M sw oase ans the
broad principle that an built SHIP must really
Vessel and her clearing hencs would to have
tdcate Of registry based upon her builders certificate.
pacity. The insertion Of her eneincs and boiler.
would essentially change the .ssan,ss certificate S Of
Compel the surrender Of that document aad rs
ticste Of an American builder to the nature and e1-
Of s soad NOT Ssu
q Ss Ss Would S to-
fss Fer Is. Change IN ssS for marine
The reduced rates Of to Germany provided for
the as Ss 81 see M
cents Germany direct and seven cents when letters
'sn p Ss % sss rate. ss lie
Ie Interchange Of postal money orders between this
country and Great Britain for amounts not exceeding
$50 or Rl0 will begin the second Of pcxt Hont De
tailed 70 $ S.n now be proea
ali the principle domestic inOnsyOraer Offices Of tho
Secretary pclano returned . the city this morning.
Secretary boutwell, left for nclnns e~nght, where he
viii deliver nolios speech On sss aa anst ana ass a.
fSs 81 ass Ell 4. an Of
Pssismeot q Japan, Gs Ncei. tSe Ainistsr Of thss