New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-20
WASHINGTON.
Supervising Steamboat Inspect0rs-Steam
Gauges ApprOved-FOrthcOm Ag.
ricultural RepOrt-Full Cabinet Meet.
inG-Republican National Convention
Greeley Refuses to Sign the Gail.

ricultural RepOrt-Full Cabinet Meet
inR-Republican National Convention
Greeley Refuses to Sign the Call.
WASHINGTON, January l9.-The super
vising steamboat inspectors today ap-
proved three steam gauges, namely: Ash
crOfts, OF Boston, GreenwoOd's, of Cincin-
natl, and Davis, of New York.
The following extracts are from the forth
coming January report OF the Agricultural
Department: The department is now re-
ceiving. principally for distribution in the
South, in liberal portions, for experimental
purposes, improved varieties of field and
sugar corn, field and garden peas and beans,
Italian rye, grass, brOmus ichraderi, and
Lucerne mangelwurzel and sugar beet,
cabbage and onion seed.
1t will also receive during this month
fresh seeds of the ramle and jute plants,
the latter of which can not be grown sue
cessfully north Of Tennessee. Oats and
barley of approved varieties have been or
dered from Scotland and Germany, and
will be distributed in ample time for spring
sowing. choice variety Of white spring
wheat grown in Oregon from seed which was
imported from Australia, has Just been dis
tributed to the Northwestern States and
Territories.
As there has been much inquiry in the
Southern States for seed Of the Japan
clover, it is deemed proper to republish
from the annual report of 1869 the follow
ing opinion of the superintendent of the
garden and grounds Of the department:
The hspede-a strata Japan bush clover
is legumlnOus plant that has lately at
tracted some attention in the Southern
States. As forage plant it is poorly
adapted to any such use, and not by any
means worthy of recognition by the cult
vatOr. 1t is low. hard-wOoded annual
spreading freely Oh sandy and poor soils,
with very small and scanty foliage.
There was full attendance at the Cabi-
net meeting to-day. Nothing of Importance
was considered.
Horace Greeley declines to sign the call
for national Republican convention. He
wants to be independent OF party.
James Z. NewcOmb, Secretary of State
of Texas, in November last submitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury the claim of
Texas for the services of troops on the
frontier, the aggregate being $2O9,657. The
Secretary OF Wv, to whom the matter
pended for the Six OS COMPANIES i under the
act of Congress of 1869, and the balance
claimed is $l59,654. He is of the opinion
no officer can at this time pay the money,
as it has been covered in the treasury. Be
sides, the Secretary was authorized, and
not directed to act, and the account can
not, therefore, be audited or paid until
further legislation by Congress.
The Louisiana committee met to-day,
and, without action. adjourned to the
twenty-seventh instant 1t is fizzle.
An official estimate has been prepared at
the internal revenue bureau for the use
of the Committee on Ways and Means of
the number of consumers of tobacco and
cigars in the United States. 1t shows the
total number to be 7,7ll,l9S In this esti-
mate the entire female population is
stricken out, as they are regarged as non
consumers, as well as children under fifteen
years of age. The calculation includes only
tobacco and cigars upon which taxes have
been collected.
From long dissertation on this con-
sumption, the compiler of the statement
arrives at the conclusion that the tax on
tobacco has not diminished its consumption;
also the fact of the taxes having been collect
ed during the last fiscal year for 5000, 900
pounds manufactured tobacco, shows that
the taxes are being very closely collected.
His own opinion being that not five per
cent of such taxes are evaded; also that
any reduction in the average tax now I'M
posed on manufactured tobacco wOnld, lor
the time being, produce a cOrrespoadins re-
duction in the government receipts lroH
this source.
The average rate of tax per pounu ol Tue
total number of pounds from oS w1ien q ,d taxes
were collected last year were 90 o-io centS.
A uniform rate of twenty 1our cents, with
the suppression Of the gale oI leai tobacco
to consumers, and thorough collection of
all taxes on manufassg,Ireeaa eao f"So6oacc9 "oo would
yield revenue Of S2o,ooo'ooo, while any |
less than twenty-tOur cents per pound |
would be attended by corresponding de-
crease in the revenue.
There are in the United States 92S manu-
factories of tobacco and snuff, located as
follows: North Carolina POI, Virginia ia,
Missouri 81, New York 80, Ohio S., and
Kentucky A, the remainder being distrib-
uted in other States. Of the collections on
tobacco last year, New York paid $780,