The New York herald., 1873-12-22

| TO run. He thinks the aggregate for the
year, from present appearances. win come
| MP to mis- estimate. which was $l0o,ooooOo, and
| he would not be surprised II II should run over.
| But for the panic the total would not have been
less than $1o5, 100000 The Commissioner is OF the
| opinion, judging from the showing OF his own re-
| turns, that little temporary relief would carry
the finances over their present embarrassment.
1 Comm issioner OF Customs Receipts.
| The reports received by the Commissioner OF
/ Customs show receipts to the amount OF
$4s,el2, 715 from July TO September So 1873. and
| October to December 2o-lacking but II days OF
| the full quarter-s s2s 545,9SS, making total OF
| $77,459,64s. The returns OF the last week
| show an increase, and the change for
the better is considered permanent and, 1t Is
| thought will improve The total for the last fiscal
1 year was trine over $1s30oo,ooo, and the re-
manning six months IL was thought, would bring
the total up TO at least s17o,oooOo0. These views
and figures from official sources present the fnan-
cis outlook in q much more favorable aspect than
was anticipated so early after the recent derange-
ment OF business throughout the country. The
feeling in Treasury circles is decidedly easier than
I Ii was a week ago.
Internal Revenue Reccipts-NO Tax ON
Tea or Coffee.
The receipts from internal revenue are daily i'm
proving, and Commissioner Douglass believes that
by the time Congress reassembies they will exceed
the average estimate. The panic seriously inter-
fered with the manufacture OF tobacco and
whiskey. OF the former article there Is now in
factories in Virginia about S0oo 900 pounds, which
it is expected, viii be put on the market early Ia
January. The probability that the tax on these
articles might be increased has encouraged ex-
tensive manufacturers to take advantage OF the
market, so that there is already an Improvement
In the financial outlook.
Mr.. Kasson, of the Ways and Means Committee
to-nght remarked that the estimates could be cut
down at least to $12, 0o0, 900. When this ha )een
accomplished, and 1t would be weeks hence. then
the committee would further consider where the
deficiency was to come from. By that time, he
said, the spring trade will have opened up, the
country win have substantially recovered
from the effects OF the late panic and
the necessity for legislation to protect
the credit OF the government for the next fiscal
year nearly, il not wholly, removed. TIE only
question, perhaps to be practically settled is how
TO provide for additional reserve OF 81, 900
or $50,000,000 1t is certain, he continued,
that the tax will not be restored on
tea and coffee. Before such legislation
could be enacted kilograms would flash to England
to Immediately ship all the stock on hand and. once
on shipboard the regulation providing that car
goes anoat on certain day after bin has become
q law WOuiu necessarily exempt IHeu ITOm tue lH-
creased duty, and defeat as had been said when
the subject was first brought before the House, the
very object Congress would have in restoring the
duties. He was not so certain, however, about
whiskey and tobacco, but that was a matter which
could be better discussed in March than in Janu-
airy.
Treasury Receipts from the Sale Of Pub
lie Property.
The books Of the Treasury Department show
that. during the past fiscal year. the total amount
OF money covered into the Treasury from the sale
OF old material, condemned stores supplies and
other public property was s1,e37,2s3; Of this
amount $65,764 was from the Treasury Depart
ment $l,1s2,s12 from the War Department,
1894, 7Os from the Navy Department and $43,e96
from miscellaneous sources.
Treasury Receipts from Customs Duties.
The statement Of receipts by the government
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1873, shows
that, from customs duties, there were received
from all ports in the State OF New York.
$129, 773, 261; Pennsylvania, SS,l13,390; Massa-
chusetts s2l o53 3s7 California, S. 167, ,207. On
count of internal revenue, New York returned
s1s, ,a12 323 (the largest amount from any district
IN the country being from the First district in that
State, $4,0o5,O10 Pennsylvania returned
$7s55,5s4; Massachusetts,, $3,774,os9; New jersey
81. .566.674; Virginia, $7,37S,293; Kentucky,
California, $3, 367, ,2ss.
The Senate's Opposition TO Tremain's
Bankruptcy Bill.
From conversations with Senators II is safe to
say that majority OF them instead Of agreeing
with the House in total repeal OF the Bankruptcy
act in favor of amending 1t in such particulars
as win guard the debtor from the exactions of
small minority OF his creditors leaving the question
OF involuntary bankruptcy to be determined by
those more largely interested. The Senate Com
mittee the Judiciary will give this subject their
consideration during the holiday recess. Numerous
petitions and letters have been received from all
parts OF the country, pointing out means by which
reliaf may be anorded both 10 the debtor and
creditor classes.
The Appropriations Committee On .
Double-Price Mission to the Hub.
Messrs. Garfield Hale, Tyner and Hancock, Of
the Committee on Appropriations, leave tomorrow
for Boston, inquire into the reasons for increas
10. the price Of the land adjoining the site Of the
new Post once building from S5ooo TO ii, ,o00oOo
1t is understood the committee Will report ad-
versey to the purchase should the owners insist
on the higher price.
Anti-Rauroad Monopoly and Cheap
Transportation.
The vacancy which at present exists by the un-
expected resignation OF Senator Cassery has yet
to be balioted for and that has now become the SUBJ
ect OF various conjectures. 1t isgenerally thought
that Judge Hoger, the democratic nominee, instead
OF Judge Jackson Temple, whose name was incor-
recty telegraphed here the candidate. will be
cessfu for the short term. Some lew however, en-
tertain the opinion that the main fight having been
won. it VIII result in the election OF Booth for the
| short term also. In support OF this view, It is
claimed that it is of the first Importance that Booth
| should at once become member of the Senate
The great questions OF anti-railroad monopoly and
cheap transportation, on which he started the in
| dependent movement in California, it Is already
| evident by the recent action OF the Western and
| Southern MEMBERS will be made in some
way other matters OF special legislation
| by the present Congressional Representative es.
| Wilson, OF Indiana; Kasson, OF Iowa; Beck,