The New York herald., 1872-11-21

NEW 1Okl
the tax And the Commissioner OF Internal Reve-
nue. is hereby authorized and required to procure
Of secoHs ana iO Of
act taxes n,o.p on spirits
iating to the preparation and issue Of stamps for
distilled spirits, fermented liquors tobacco and
as to include such stamps and the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue shall have authority to
make M ed pes r
engaged in any business, svocation or
employment, who is thereby made liable to a
and keep conspicuously in his establishment or
place OF business all stamps denoting the payment
q S ,Ss q r s nS shall
or otherwise shall pay penalty Of 500.
SEC. a-And be It further enacted, That section
port the government, to pay interest on the public
debt and for other purposes.n approved June %,
that the SO &c se
made shall be made and rendered semi
annually sSs % on the list ist day OF December and
collectors OF the proper district respectively, one
copy q which shall then pe transmilsed BY the col
lect0r to the Commissioner OF lntcrnoa Revenue,
Sec. And be 1t further enacte6, That the act
entitled "An act imposing taxes on distilled spirits
and tobacco and for other PURPOSES approved
further amenued as follows, to wit: that section
be amended so that the duplicate state.
the Of 70 the 90 sCsd ~
be hereafter transmitted by the collector
to the Commissioner OF Internal Reyenuc. That
section 10 be amended SO that one Of the duplicate
returns therein required to be sent to the assist
ant assessor OF the district shall behereafer trans
ternai Revenue. That section IS Be- SO amended
that all OF the additional commission Of half OF
per a centum on the amounts OF the tax
hereafter be paid to the collector receiving the tax
That section ~ be 80 amended as to authorize the
81 Be So & N %
exhibit proper certificate from the collector OF
his or her district and fails to show why the
for its forfeiture shall be taken and had under the
General provisions OF the Internal Revenue laws
that its PROVISIONS c s De anS
made applicable to the provisions Of this act.
A Cabinet Discussion ON the Bil-Thc
Objection to It.
The subject has been freely discussed by the
President, Secretary Boutwell, and Commissioner
Douglass. and has the approval OF them ALL Senator
Sherman, Of the Finance Committee, arrived to-
day, and had q consultation with Commissioner
Douglass in regard to it, Objection is raised that
1t would centralize too much power in the hands
OF the Commissioner and Is bound 10 meet with op-
assessors in Congress.
The Postal system-Rccommenda nae In
the Postmaster Generals Report.
The Postmaster Generals report will be full OF
valuable data and bristlng with recommendations
He renews his reference to the inadequate COM
pensation for the railroad SERVICE especially as
the public convenience demands the use of postal
cars This branch OF the postal service has,
during the last fiscal year, been extended
over STA miles additional. The entire postal
service demands the employment Of 254 clerks
II special agents, 100 route agents, 156 mail route
messengers and 9S local agents, while the rail-
road branch alone employs 669 route clerks. There
are also over 81, 900 post ofces. During the last
fiscal year the money order system has been greatly
extended, 376 Offices having been established. The
amount transmitted through money orders has
been 5s2 against $42 16l 11s-an increase OF
$6,354,414. In this connection the International
system Is also shown to be working well
though slowly, and reference is made to previous
recommendation in relation to the establishment
Of postal savings bank system. The English sta
tistcs given show, It is claimed that no decrease
in the deposits Of ordinary savings banks has fol-
lowed from the organization Of the postal bank
system. but tnat on the contrary, both increase.
1t is suggested that the government saw
inga deposit afford better test : OF what
the wages class accumulate as the amount to be
deposited Is limited, and unlike the ordinary
savings bank the depositor cannot diatribute large
amounts In dinerent Institutions n 0ro6f to secure
the better interest given to encourage thrift.
Reference is made to the immediate popular de-
mand for the penny postage cards. authorized by
an act OF the last session. but which could not be
supplied because Of the failure OF Congress to ap-
proprate any money to get them made, and the
prohibition by general law Of the former practice
OF entering into contracts In anticipation OF ap.
preparations to be made for their payment.
The Work Of the Signal Omce-Progress
Made Last Year and Promised for the
Future-How Canada Is BcnoAted by
the Weather Signals.
The Chief Signal Of1cer reports that instruction
in military signalling ana telegraphng Is still kept
up as indispensable to proper state Of constant
preparation for war. The kilograms and reports
for the benent OF commerce and agriculture have
been continued upon the plan elaborately de-
scribed in last years report the school Of instruc-
tion near Washington being maintained in state
Of rigid efficiency as the only means OF securing
from the stations to which its graduates are as
signed the accuracy absolutely essential to useful
and reliable weather reports. The posting and
publication of daily bulletns OF reports OF the rise
and fall OF rivers at river stations, the pubca-
tion OF weather maps and the display of
day and night danger signals have been extended
and ten new stations established, making seventy
two observing and reporting stations In all, with
constant applications from boards of trade and
other oficial bodies for more. Reports are ex-
changed with seven stations established In Canada
by the Dominion government within the past year.
The verifcation Of the daily "probabiitiesn which
last year reached sixty-nine per cent, have this
year reached nearly seventy seven per cent, and
Would have gone higher but for the deficiencies III
the telegraph service, Three hundred and nifty
four caut!onary signals indicating an expectation
that the winds would blow as strongly as twenty
five miles an hour within radius OF hundred
miles, have been displayed during the year, and
seventy out Of each hundred proved to have
been necessary. AS an exceptional instance
Of accuracy 1t is mentioned that out OF
six signals displayed at certain ports in antcipa-
tion If the same number OF storing five were fol.