The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-04
WASHINGTON,

ILLNESS OF ADMIRAL ROWAN. -.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Vice Admiral Row.
an, who has been critically ill during the past
week with pneumonia, is much better to-day. Z
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
The internal revenue receipts to-day amount
to 1871 ,055; for the fiscal year to-date $S7 62S,
351; for the current month to date 81, 34S, 900.
l.,a- g THE GREAT SNOW STORM.
The severest snow storm here for several years
commenced early this morning and continued
without interruption till late in the day. There
A good sleighing. su .9EIqT
srsf ssrutrful TREASURY TRANSACTIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 3.---The Secretary of
the Treasury has authorized the Assistant
Treasurer at New York to purchase million of
bonds ON Thursday, the 14th, and a million on
the 2Sth inst. The Secretary of the Treasury
sells no gold this month in consequence of the
heavy payments to be made on account of call
ed bonds, which fall due on the 9th inst, to the
extent of S50,000,000.
TIKI CABINET UNIT ON THE ALABAMA QUESTION
Gentlemen in prominent positions express
ses hence and rpabsed f n the news
papers, indicating the difference of opinion in
the Cabinet on the answer which has been sent
to the British government, as to the Treaty of
Washington, are calculated to weaken the po-
sition of the States abroad. In point of fact,
there has not been shade of difference of opin-
ion as to the form or conclusion of the answer,
which goes out in very nearly the identical Ian
guage in which it was prepared and submitted
In the Cabinet by the Secretary of State. 1t
has been ascertained that the few changes made
therein were verbal in order to give the clear
est expression to the thoughts it was designed
to convey. The consideration of the paper at
successive Cabinet meetings was, it appears,
rather an excuse for delay in its being forward
ed in the belief that time was having its effect
in allaying the excitement in Great Britain.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL BOARD
,n ... OF TRADE.
The Executive Council of the National
Board of Trade has been in session in this city
during the past week and has had under con-
sideration various questions upon which the
Board acted at the annual meeting at St Louis
in December last The Council has memorial
lied Congress in favor of ths appointment of a
commission to be appointed in behalf of the
Dominion of Canada, to negotiate q new treaty
of reciprocity between Canada and the United
States, ON broader, and more comprehensive
basis than that upon which the former treaty
rested Some Improvements to the law of
July 14th, 1870, relative to direct importations
to interior cities, in order to make the act more
efficient, have been recommended and it has
urged the formation of a Sanitary Board of
Appeal, to protect our citizens and our foreign
commerce from the irresponsible control of To-
cal quarantine officers.
1t has presented the resolution adopted by
the Board at st. Louis of the gradual and mod
crate contraction of the greenback currency,
and OF u revision OF 4he tariff system OF the
country, SO that monopoly may be checked and
healthy competition in trade and manufac-
lures may be established and native industry
protected by cheapening the necassaries and
comforts of of life to the masses of the people.
The council has appeared before both Commit
tees on Commerce of Congress, and have rep
resented the views of the Board on the ship
ping question. The Board discriminates be-
tween the ship owning and the ship building
interests, and nrges that while many complica-
tions exist in connection with the plans pro-
posed for the relief of the latter the course to
be pursued in reference to the former is per-
fectly simple and easy There being deficiency
of tonnage, the judgement of the Board is that
every barrier should be removed to its acquisi-
ton by American merchants, wherein they find
that which is suitable for their purposes. The
Council has therefore presented memorial, drawn
with great care in accordance with the express
ed and unanimous opinion of the beard, ask
ing for permission to American shipmasters to
register under their own flag for purposes of for
eign trade, steamers and sailing vessels WHEREBY
er built, including all tonnage alienated to for
eign flags during the war so far as the owners
may desire this. The memorial also recon-
mends the withdrawal of duty from bonded
warehouses of ship stores and supplies and of
articles needed for repairs