The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-23
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NAVAL COMMANDER CHARGED WITH

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A NAVAL COMMANDER CHARGED WITH
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Charges OF craeltylhave been preferred
against Commander A. A. Semmes Of the
United States ship Portsmouth NOV Oh
the Brazil station, in the North Atlantic
Squadron, about nine months ago, The
records Of courts s.martial, in the cases Of
several OF the men on board the ship for
refusing 70 do duty, came to the Navy
Department, and as these men claimed, in
defense, that they had been cruelty treated,
! az court Of inquiry was ordered. The re-
cords Of the court, embracing 600 or 700
pages Of manuscript, came to the Depart
ment In September and from these 1t
lappears that nearly every man aboard the
lship had been subjected TO punishment.
These punishments consisted Of mailing
linen up IN boxes for days, tying them up
by the thumbs, &c, Ono OF the ships
writer's was cogniznant OF all Of these
crueltles, and had entered returns Of the
punishment in the og.book, The officers
thinking TINT he knew To- much ofithe
way In which things were managed, re-
duced him. He Gltefward refused to do
duty, and was cOurt-martialed rand sem
fenced To thedPenitentiaIy for several
years. Though there his been much
delay, it's reported that the commander
and his executive officers are now TO be
tried. NIX W ,..s, Ii' @, ,..,.. t!,% u,
% i''S'aREyENuE ,REcEIPrsgs bas iI,a, u
Since The organization Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau In 1852, until the 1st oil
January, 1871, 1.-The full amount collected
has been $1,4S2, 100000 OF this total,
81 ,3S7, 900, 600 was collected in the several
districts. o The remainder, $95, 100000, is
receipts from the eshle of stamps. or the
above total, one-siSth was collected from
tax on spirits. 3 Railroads furnished $3l,-
0000 900, while banks aud incomes average
$25, 100000 each, :, The New England
and Middle States paid about 5000 000,-
900. New York furnished $3S2 900, 900,
ofwhich total New, York city paid, in
round numbers, $1S20O0,000. sno,5ii5qgi| =
ERETREEcnstEST m REVENUE DErArtr-
[, aa.f i5th .'i Il MENT, .ns6lfof Sii 10 qso
Ithaying been found inpracticsblc to
consolidate tho Internal Revenue Dis,
Itricts in the moro sparsely settled portions
of the country, the Commissioner is
adopting other methods Of reducing the
expenses Of his Bureau. The only Dis
Etrlcts which have already been consolid.
lated arc. those Of New, York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Cincinnati.
Tho reduction in tho expenses of the Bu-
reau already amounts TO about $500, 600,
land Commissioner Pleasonton thinks that
he can soon dispense with the services Of
lat least 200 more Assistant Assessors. ~ ND, /,
4 l .uoiiGIntY APPROPRIATIONS .apsodi d
Il Tho Appropriation Committee finished
tho army appropriation bill this morning.
Secretary Belknap has been so active and
lyigilant in cutting down the estimates Of
his bureau officers, and In reducing the
expenses Of his departmental the lowest
| figures, that the committee found very
tlittlc To do, and accepted tho estimates
approved by the Secretary for every item
except two-th0se for ordnance expenses
and for the payment of Indian scouts
(which the committee reduced one-halt.
The total amount appropriated by tho bill
Is $27, ,525 $50, which is 81, ,05S,S 1858 42 less
than the appropriations for the army last
year. This saving is effected by the oper.
alton Of the army reduction law Of last
Esummer. The principal items Of the bill
Iarc: For tho pay Of, the army, $l2 ,OO0,.
600; for subsistence, $500 800; for ex,
pcnses of Quartermaster's department,
$11 ,155, 900, including clothing, transpor.
ltation, erection and hire ot quarters, fuel,
forage; purchase Of horses, &c, for the
medical department, 100000; for ord.
nance expenses, 5000, 600, including $780,
loco TO buy new heavy cannon for sea.
coast forts. hHr ,9naIf '1f' adT .hirr-I
Il The Ratification bill was finished In the
House Committee Friday. The appro.
priations are lust half Of ,ihel amounts re.
commended by the Chief of Engineers.
The following appropriations were made
in accordance with the estimates Pur.
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