The Portland daily press., 1872-03-26
WARRINGTON.
THE ARMS INVESTIGATION
Report Of the Commission 10 Examine
the Condition of the Treasury.
INCREASE OF REVENUE, ETC.
THE ARMS INVESTIGATION,

Committee, to-day, examined j. w, Simonton
| General Agent OF the New York Associated
Press and printing the original of the dispatch
from Paris, February 9th, about the alleged ae-
tion of the French Assemblies loan ON was
contracts, etc.
Messrs Littlejohn, Prentiss, Kelley and Star
buck We're examined as to the delivery of arms
| for France ON board the steamers Ontario and
Erie i'll November, 1870.
Col. Squire in explanation of former testi-
mony, said the arms sold by the parties he
represented were delivered in New York to a
party representing the French government the
| Consul General. After the arms We're delivered
to the vessel, the responsibility ceased and they
called on the Consul for the commissions. The
witness was ordered by Remington to buy
| arms for the French government and add to
the price five per cent for commissions. He
purchased 10000 navy carbines from Poultney,
Trimble q Co. of Baltimore, and shipped them
to France. This was among the last shipments
| to that country. The Arcadia left in March,
whether it was before the conclusion of peace
| he could not say.
THE KENTUCKY CASE.
The Supreme Court has denied the writ of
mandamus, to compel the Secretary of the
| Treasury to pay the Kentucky war claims
DEATH OF AN INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE.
Col. Holmes Colbert, Representative of the
Chckasaw nation, died in this city yesterday of
| typhoid pneumonia.
| INCREASE OF REVENUE.
An official statement shows an increase in the
revenues on spirits, tobacco, fermented liquors,
banks and bankers incomes, gas and stamps be-
tween Sept. LIST, 1871 and Jan. 1872, compared
with the same period the previous year of "a,
| 687, 1892, against decrease from exempt arti-
| cles and occupations of IS, 1867.
WHAT MIR. SUMNER WANTS TO Know
The Secretary of the Navy informs the SEN
| ate that the expenses eff the vessels employed
| ON the coast of San Domingo since the begin
ming of negotiations for thr annexation of Do
minica amount to $496, $40, and that the expen-
vice elsewhere in the West Indies and that
nine or ten vessels is the usual number employ
ed in the waters adjacent to the West Indies.
.al Ia APPROPRIATION BILL.
The sundry civil service appropriation bill
has been partially completed by the House
Committee on Appropriation. The following
fog signals recommended by the snb-Comm nit
tee on the subject: For a lighthouse and bea-
con at Burnt Coal Harbor, Me-, $40, 900; for
light station, $4,000; Beaver Tail, r. l., $4,000;
fog bell in Newport harbor, $3.50; fog signal at
Point Judith, r. l., $4,000
REPORT OF THE TREASURY EXAMINATION COM
MITTEE.
The committee to examine the office of the
United States Treasurer report its condition in
the most essential particulars satisfactory. The
Secretary of the Treasury in transmitting it to
Congress, proceeds to explain several defcin-
cies In the Treasury's accounts arising from
the defalcations of two clerks johnson and
Marsen, aggregating $4,000, and a further de-
| ficlency of $11 800 not recovered from pack
age of $40, 900 stolen from division of issue
about two years ago, with other discrepancies
to the amount of $406. arising from the loss of
| coupons, &c., from all of which he thinks the
| treasurer should be relieved by an act of Con-
| gress.
He continues with the exceptions mentioned
| and several cash items hereinafter referred to
as rejected by the Controller, the cash and cash
assets correspond in amount to the aggregate
represented by the Office. 1t appears, however,
| that there is deficiency of coin called for by
the books of $653, 373.63. This is represented
by an excess of currency of $629, 1928, and by
| the deficiencies before mentioned with the ex-
| ception of that arising from the dishonesty of
johnson. The explanation of this excess of
| currency and deficiency of coin may be found
in document No accompanying the report of
the committee, which shows that the difference
is not the result of dishonesty, but of erroneous
| classification of entries in the books of the Of
| flee.
The cash items referred to as rejected by the
| Comptroller, are explained to consist of defae-
| ed, defective and partially burned notes and Sc
curities paid by the interest teller, some by or
| der of Secretary Boutwell, and some by order of
his predecessors. Part of the funds of box of
| miscellaneous contents enumerated among the
assets of the office also consist of similar de-
fective securities and notes, and the Secretary
recommends Congress to give relief to the
| Treasurer by allowing these discrepancies in
his accounts to be closed. He also recommends
authority to be given to the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell or distribute properly such ar
| ticles among the forty-one special deposits now
| in charge of the Treasurer as may be valuable,
| subjecs to any valid claim that may be hereaf-
ter made, and to destroy such of them as are
| worthless.
PROBABLE MEETING OF THE MICAwBERs.
The National Executive Democratic Com
mittee will hold meeting here early in May
after the meeting of the Cincinnati Convention
to fix the time and place for holding the Ma
| tiOnal Democratic Convention. 1t is supposed
by leading Democrats here that the time viii
be the 4th of July, and the place st. Louis.
CONTRIBUTIONS
The Senate to-day confirmed FRAMES Thoma.
of Maryland, Minister to Peru, and Mr. viii
son of Pennsylvania, Consul at Dublin.
MASSACHUSETTS.
| THIEF CAUGHT.
BosToN, March 25.-Geo. H. Foley, who alb
seconded some months ago from the employ Of
Crosby, Morse & Foss, jewellers, with 5000
worth of their goods, has been arrested in St
Louis.
| MAINE SEAMAN DROWNED.
James Ferguson, seaman of Eastport, Me-
was lost overheard from schooner Emma Da,
IN the nassaoa from Naw York tn that mort