The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-15
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WASHINGTON, June IA, 1872.
The Duty ON WOrsted Fabrics.


The question has been presented to the Treasury
Department whether by the new Tariff law which
allows reduction Of 10 per cent on all woollen
goods admitted after August next worsted fab
RIGS will be excluded from the terms of the new act
distinction has heretofore been made In previous
tariff laws in regard to woOlen and wOrsted fabrics.
The Treasury Department declines to decide the
question until the law goes into effect on 1st OF
August next.
The Whiskey Fraud in the Tariff Act
The fraud perpetrated during the transit of the
Tariff bill from Congress to the State Department
has produced such serious results that it will
doubtless become the subject OF investigation as
soon as Congress convenes. The change OF the
date from July to August, when the whiskey Sec
tons go into effect, has ruined more than one
operator in the West, and has raised cIamor from
all sections of the country close scrutiny OF the
circumstances connected with the case fixes the
responsibility OF the fraud the House Committee
where are enrolled bills and the persons who trans
act business under their direction. II that commit
tee had performed its duty in comparing the bill as
enrolled with the copy as amended by the Confer
ence Committee the subsequent engrossment
would have been correct, and the State Department
copy would have been the the enrolled bill.
Bancroft Davis House Still on Mr.. Lopez
Roberto Hands.
The statement that Mr.. Bancroft Davis our agent
at Geneva, has teegraphed to Mr.. Lopez Roberts,
the ex-Minister of Spain, that he would take pos
session of the house which he had rented to him,
and thus relieve MT. Roberts OF further RESPONSE
bility for the unexpred lease, proves to have been
altogether erroneous. Mr.. Davis has sent no such
telegram, and the house remains on the hands OF
Mr.. Lopez Roberts. who is trying to find tenant
for it.
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Bonds.
There is some msapprehension as to the action
OF the Treasury Department IN its foreign negOta-
lions OF bonds; and the statements which have been
made to the effect that the Secretary has decided
to discontinue negotiations because of the uncer.
tain condition OF the treaty are calculated to give
wrong impressions. The fact is, as derived from
official sources, that the negotiations with foreign
bankers, capitalists and Others by our government
have not been ended. What decisions the Secre-
tary the Treasury may in future make are not at
present known. 1t is plausible that he will be
guided by circumstances; but up to the present
time il is positively certain that no reasons have
been presented to the Department for dscontinu
ing its negotiations with European bankers and
business men.
Agriculture and the Weather Reports
The Signal Service weather reports, which were
only intended originally for the benefit OF com
merce, have proved so useful to the agricultural in
terests OF the country also that Congress has au
thorized the War Department to extend the work
ing OF the system as to provide specially for
these interests by the collection Of reports from
rous points in the interior.
The Increase of Pensions to Maimed Sol
diers and Sailors.
Pensioners, on account OF the loss OF any mem
Der or members of the body are, under the act of
June Q, 1866, entitled TO increase by the act OF
Congress passed May 81, 1872. TO secure such in.
crease no intervention Of an attorney and no for
mai application will be necessary. The Commits.
sioner OF Pensions will at an early day inform the
public OF the steps requisite to establish the claim.
The Deserted Capital.
There are but few strangers In town, and nearly
all members OF Congress have left for their homes.
Only one or two Cabinet officers at their posts.
Never before has Washington been deserted by
officials and soourners so soon after the closing Of
the session OF Congress as now.
Carrying Out the Appropriation Laws.
The general appropriation bills which became
laws toward the end of the session of Congress- are
being examined at the Departments to which they
respectfully pertain and arrangements being
made to carry them into effect at the commence.
ment Of the fiscal year, namely, the first OF July.