The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-20
WASHINGTON.
Chicago Appointments.

man P. Judd, formerly Minister to
Austria, will be appointed Collector OF
Customs at Chicago. Ill.
The President bad q long interview
this morning with Assistant Secretary
Richardson, relative to the Chicago ap-
polntments. ..-.
Custom Receipts.
The custom receipts for the week
ending June 18th were as follows: New
York, 81, l54,8S4; Baltimore, $l56, 100
Philadelphia, $225,3SS.
Off for Long Branch.
The President, accompanied by Gen
eral Porter, leaves for Long Branch to-
night.
Outstanding BOnds-
Out OF $l48DOO.0OO Of the called
bonds Of 1862, sS,OOO,OOO yet remain
outstanding.
Return OF the War Secretary.
The Secretary Of War returned this
morning.
distractions to the Geneva Agents.
The American agents at Geneva have
been instructed to Offer no opposition
to the postponement of the arbitration
for reasonable length Of time; not
later, however, than the middle Of De.
cember next.
Reduction or the Public Debt
Changes In the Revenue Law.
In consequence Of the heavy appro.
priations made by Congress necessitating
heavy payments by the Treasury, it is
anticipated that the decrease in the
public debt for June next will not exceed,
lift reaches, 81 100000.
No tobacco on which the tax has not
accrued prior to July lst can after that
time be put upon the market under a
sixteen cent stamp. All stamps Of that
denomination remaining on hand must
be returned to the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue. who will exchange
them for stamps Of the denomination Of
twenty cents with the proper computa-
ton az to the difference in their face
value. Thus one hundred dollars worth
of sixteen cent stamps will receive one
hundred dollars worth Of twenty cent
stamps, though the number Of stamps
will not be 80 great. The Commissioner
absolutely refuses to change his ruling
requiring all tobacco bonded after the
9th OF June instant to be Withdrawn for
sale or consumption without the pay
ment Of the tax specified on the bond
under which the renewal was made.
The following circular has just been
issued from the Treasury Department:
Hereafter vessels used exclusively a.
ferry boats, however laden, will not be
required TO enter or clear, nor will the
masters or persons in charge Of such
boats be required to present manifest,
nor pay an entrance or clearance fees,
nor lees for receiving or certifying man
;fests. Such masters will be required
to report any baggage, goods, wares or
merchandise to the proper officer OF
customs, according to law, which may
be imported in such boat from any
foreign territory. 1t is further directed
that hereafter no fees be collected BY
any officer of customs for receiving or
certifying maniiests OF any railroad car
or other vehicle laden with goods. wares
or merchandise sealed 10y the customs
officer under the provisions of sectio0 6
of the act of July 2Sth, 1866. and the
regulations Of the department. Passing
from one port or place 10 the Uoired
States to another therein or through
foreign or contiguous territory such man:
iiest, however, will be produced, received
and certified in the same manner as
heretofore. Any fees exacted since
June 4, 1872, the date OF the passage Of
the act abolishing such ices tor any Of
the causes Of services above mentioned /,
will be refunded on proper application
TO this Department.
[Siguedl WV. A. RICHARDSON,
Acting Sec'y OF Treasury.
Treasury Balances.
The following were the Treasury
balances at the close o. business to-
day: Currency, $S,07l 1856; coin,
sS5,974, $685. certificates, $25,27l 500.
Civil Service Reform.
The following is published for the
benefit of applicants for place in the
Government Department: Under the
civil service rules, every application
must be accompanied by certificates,
signed by responsible persons, well
known to the community where they
reside, that the applicant is personally
and well known to them to be of good
moral character, of temperate and
industrious habits, and to be faithful to
the Union and the Constitution of the
United States. Every application
must also be accompanied by the GER
tificate Of . practicing physician as
to the applicants general health and
physical capacity to perform clerical
labor. ....a
The Geneva Tribunal.
While the Administration is deter
mined not to make any more conces,
sions in order to save the treaty OF
Washington, yet it would not object to
recommending an alteration in the
wording Of the supplemental rule as
amended by the Senate, which is
claimed by England and admitted BY
the Government to be susceptible Of
alteration in order to prevent any posi-.
bic future misunderstanding as to its
meaning. Consequently should the
Board OF Arbitration now assembled at
Gsnexa deem Ii advisable to nostnone