The Portland daily press., 1873-11-21
WASHINGTON.



wnIAsHINGToN. Nov 2O-Commander Brown
ana Lieut.. Commanders Critten and Watson
Ign navy yard.
Treasury Balances.
Inc Following are the Treasury balances to-
gay currency so OBS 450: special deposits of lie.
gal lenders for redemption of certificates of de-
posd $l5,770,000; coin $S1, 315, 472, including
$2s'959, zoo in coin certificates; outstanding legal
tenders 1862, 725.091.
Recommendation of the Commsssio ner
of Internal Revenue.
Inc commissioner of internal revenue in his
annual report recommending that an amend.
ment be made to the act of July, 1868, making
the minimum penalty smaller; sch pepalty
oeing now fine of not less than $1,000 with
not less than six months imprisonment. The
UNIQUE severity of this punishment would seem
obvious as applied to the offence of carving on
she business of retail or wholesale dealer recti-
nei or manufacturer of stills, without having
pau the tax in cases where no Intention of
fraud exists, the omission arising from ignor-
ance OF the law or other circumstances not
fraudulent, yet constituting no legal excise un-
der the terms of the section. The repeal of all
documentary stamp duties under schedule ID
with certain exceptions and tie redemption of
.nose OF greater denomination that two cents
Is recommended.
Naval Orders.
Inc navy department is to-day ordering off
GERS to the frst-class steamers Franklin at
boston and Colorado at New York. The sec
oha Glass steamer Brooklyn at Boston and iron
clad Dictator, which is soon to be lowed from
new LONDON, Ct, to New York, all of which
vessels will sail soon for Cuban waters Capt.
edward Sampson will command the Franklin,
Capt. George Ransom the Colorado, and Capt
IN: L. Iruxton the Brooklyn. The COM
mandlng officer for the Dictator has not been
elected ~
Political.
At the Republican municipal convention
held this evening Samuel c. Cobb received the
Enomlnation for Mayor and Joseph Smith as
Street Commissioner. These two gentlemen
have now received their nominations from ali
parties.
Marine Disasters.
Schooner West Dennis, Crowell from Boston
for Philadelphia got ashore on Great Point Rip
and was pulled off to day and lowed up to
Vineyard Sound by steamer Island Home.
Schooner Walter Thomas of Rockland was
passed in Vineyard Sound to-day in tow of
schooner bound west. She had evidently been
run into as she had lost bowsprit and foremast
and her bow was badly stove.
Verdict i'm the Chloroform case.
The jury of doctors in the inquest on the
case OF Mrs. Mary +. Cree, who died from the
effects of chorofOrm administered bv Doctor
Eastman of this city, returned a verdict This
evening, but do not censure him. The iury eau
ton the public against the inhalation of SO dan
gerous an agent as chOloroform for the pro iuc.
ton OF Insenslbiilty t9 pain, and are of opinion
while the inhalation of chloroform alone or
mixed is always attended with danger
Report of the Internal Rev nue. Commits.
sio ser.
The report OF the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue shows that the aggregate receipts from
all sources of the direct tax upon bonds and du
ty upon capital, circulation and deposts of ma
tiona banks were $114,075.456. This amount
includes the sums refunded and allowed on
drawbacks. The total amount on drawbacks
was S72,346; on spirits, tobacco and general
merchandise, there were refunded for taxes a.
ceipts from the several sources relating to dis.
TILED spirits were, for the year 1872, $40 475-
5l6; for 1873, So, 099,371 The increase in the
receipts from the gallon tax on distilled spirits
was $40 OLE, 276; from the special tax on reotiti-
ers and dealers in liquor, g. ,094, 2642 maxine
the total increase FROM these sources over Sill
G00,9Oe: A part of this eleven millions increase
Was off set by the loss of nearly $500 COO dn-
ring the last year by the reduction of the value
OF stamps from % cents to 10 cents each ard
oy tqrsher loss OF little over $a,0O0,0OO by the
repeal OF certain taxes relating to spirits, leav-
ing balance of little more than $2,5O0. 900 in
crease 10 receipts from all sources relating to
spirits.
The production Of spirits during the fiscal
gallons $71. ISL 1867. The tax collected on spir.
its withdrawn from warehouse during the ifs
cal year 1872 was S32 457 ,725; the tax collected
on spirits Withdrawn from warehouse during
the fiscal Year 1879 was Sal 62a3l; the tax on
SGirts withdrawn for, export during fiscal year
1873 was 81 ,651 ,041; the tax received on imita-
ton wines during the year ending June 30
1873, was S365l; the tax received on ferme d
liquors at 81 per Dbl for the year 1872 and 1873
was Ss,oo9, $3.50 and $500, 1923 respectively
The total receipts from tobacco for the fiscal
ending .JuOp 20 1879
Combined with the total receipts for the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1872. there was a de-
crease of collections on manufactured tobacco
OF all descriptions of 81 ,172,917 There was an
increase In the total receipts from the manu-
facture and sale of tobacco snuff and CIGARS
in all their forms over the receipts from the
same sources for the preceding fiscal year of
SFa0 la3i 116 450, 934 pounds are given as the
actual product of the year so far as such pro-
Ducts have been reported, and the annual pro-
ductl0n reported for the preceding year of o.
1S0,078 pounds. There has been no fsllipg off
in the quantity of manufactured tobacco Ship.
ped to foreign countries under the present sys-
ten, but on the contrary an increase of 541 .0a4
pounds of exported tobacco during the last fis-
GAL year. No branch of the business seems to
haye experienced any inconvenience or suffered
any dimnution In the amount of business for
merry done under the graded tax in conse-
quence OF the consolidation Of the different
rates of tax on different classes of chewing TO-
bacco. Not only hiss there been a large in
creae generally in the production and sale of
manufactured tobacco, but it is believed this
increased business has been doue with reas-
enable amount of profit to the manufactured.
The decrease from the banks and bankers and
adhesive stamps is due to the legisla ion ap-
proved June 6, 1872
The aggregate receipts for the last fiscal year
exceeded the commissioners estimate by o..
ef4456 08. The estimated total receipts for the
current. year will be Sl00,OOO,O0O. This esti
mate of course will be affected some what by the
continuance or otherwise of the present finan-
ciai embarrassment. 1t is not thought any ma
terial loss will ensua from the amounts of taxes
received from the personal consumption of
spirits or tobacco should the financial trouble
continue, but the loss would undoubtedly be
felt in the amounts OF spirits used chemically
in lien of the S0th districs plan to wit: Abol-
isnihg the expenses 81, 062 1927 lower than the
estimated reduction under the sOth district
plan and I'll ,06),0o0 lower than the appropria-
linn FOR 1879 un1ar tho old