The New York herald., 1872-06-22
WASHINGTON, June q, 1872.
mt OF Secretary Fish.


Movement OF Secretary Fish.
Secretary Fish will leave Washington tomorrow
night for New York, thence to Boston to attend In
that city next week the meeting OF the Board o.
Trustees OF the Peabody Educational Fund.
Tho Treasury Head and Sub-EIead.
Secretary Boutwell, will return to Washington to-
morrow night, and early next week Judge Richard
son, at present Acting Secretary, will leave Wash
ington for brief visit to Boston.
Decision On Leaf and Fine-Cut Chewing
Tobacco.
In reply to letter from wholesale leaf tobacco
dealer In New Orleans who states that he buys leaf
tobacco OF various grades and in hOgsheads too
light for export, and who has q warehouse where.
after asserting and classifying the various grades
of tobacco, he repacks 1t in merchantable hogs
heads In its natural condition, the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue says:-
Hyou wish to know whether under the new law
you can continue this business and whether you
hundred pounds each and sell the same, as well
tobacco In h0gsheads to duly authorized dealers in
ea t ne% an IN a. ep nave n 70 say undr
can assort leaf tobacco and repack II 10
or sas snss Of size sns
or bales you can sell to duly authorized
dealers in leaf tobacco and cigar Manufacturers,
persons as are known to be purchasers of leaf to-
baccO for export. But you cannot under the new
law, as dealer IN lear TOBACCO sell TO parties Otnor
than those Just named or break hOgSheadS, cases
or bales and retail therefrom.
1t has been decided that q package OF fne-cut
chewing tobacco Of less than one ounce will not be,
under the new law, legal package, even with
one ounce stamp attached.
Cla inns for the New Increase OF Pension.
The following circular will be issued tomorrow
by the acting Commissioner Of Pensions:-
Persons who are already pensi0ned under the act
of June 1885, at either OF the rates of $15 $40 or
$25, are entitled, by an act passed June s. 1872 to
increase rates, and may secure such increase With
out formal application and without the Intervention
OF an attorney; nor will any attOrneyship be recOg
pensiOned above addressed to this office, enclOs
ing his present pension certificates and giving his
Post Office address, will be sufficient presentation
OF his claim for the Increase.
The certificates will receive such endorsement by
this office will authorize the payment OF the in
creased rate, and will then be forwarded to the
Pension Agency at which the pension iS payable,
and the pensioner will be notified of such transmits
sion.
Revenue stamp Swindlers.
Information has reached the Treasury that par
ties In New York are endeavoring to swinde manu-
facturers and brewers by protesting to be able to
sell at very low rates tobacco and other stamps,
through the medium OF parties here who, they
allege able to such stamps without cost.
1t Is needless to say that all such offers are the
efforts of swindling operators to impose upon the
public.
New National Banks.
the Comptroller Of the Currency has authorized
the Citizens National Bank of New Philadelphia,
Ohio, with capital OF 500, ,0OO and the Stone River
National Bank Of Murfreesboro, Tenn, with cap
ital OF $50, 900, to commence business.