The Portland daily press., 1873-07-02
WASHINGTON.
Naval Affairs.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-fn accordance with
the late law of Congress forbidding any retired
officer of the navy 10 be assigned to active duty
except in time of war, the last retired officers
have been relieved and there is not one now on
active duty.
Signal mt Cape Cod.
The Lighthouse Board gives notice that a
first-claSs Daball trumpet has been established
as fog signal at Cape Cod Light station,
Hiobjands of Truro, Mass, and and will be
sounded in all thick weather giving blasts of
eight seconds duration with intervals of TWEEN
ty seconds,
The New Internal Revenue System.
Supervisor Perry, whose limits comprise Vir-
ginia, West Virginia. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, is now here on
business official. He says the trouble IN col
Letting revenue is much less than formerly. 1t
is known that 40 Illicit distileries are located
IN the 81, and so in the 4th Georgia collection
districts, and i'll the entire State from 400 to
800. They are seized whenever theiI character
can be established.
Proclamation by the President.
By the President Of the United States of Amer
ica, Proclamation.
Whereas, by the thirty-third article of the
treaty concluded al Washington on the eighth
day of May, 1871, between the United States
and Her Brttanic Majesty it was provided that
articles Is to % inclusive and article 80 of this
treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws re-
CURED to carry them into operation shall have
been passed by the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain by the Parliment of Canada and
by the Legislature of Prince Edwards Island
on the one hand, and by the Congress of the
United States on the other; and,
Whereas, 10y the first section of an act to
carry into effect the provisions of the treaty
between the United States and Great Brita,u,
signed in the City of Washington the Sth day
of May. 1871, relating to the fisheries; it is
provided that whenever the President of the
United States shall receive satisfactory evil
dencn that the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain the Parliament of Canada and the Leg
islature of Prince Edwards Island hav. passed
laws on their part to give full effect to the pro-
visions of the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, signed at the City of Wash
iDgton on the 8th day of May. 1871 as contain
ed in articles 18th TO 25th inclusive, and article
30th of said treaty, he is hereby authorized to
issue his proclamation drawing that he has
such evidence; and,
Whereas, the Secretary of State of the Unit
ed States and Her Britanic Majesty's Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiar at
Washington have recorded in a protocol con-
ference held by them at the Department. of
State in Washington on the 18th day of June,
1873, in the following language:
"A protocol of conference held in Wash
ington on the 18th day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three. Whereas,
it is provided by article thirty of the treaty be-
Ireland aud the United States of America,
signed at Washington the 8th day of May, 1871,
as follows: The foregoing articles eighteen to
twenty-five inclusive, and article thirty of this
treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws re-
quired to carry them into operation shall have
been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Ct
Britain, by the Parliament of Canada and the
Legislature of Prince Edwards Islands on the
one hand and by the Congress of the United
States on the other. Such assent having been
given The said articles shall remain in force for
period OF ten years from the date at which
they may come into operation and further until
the expiration of two years after either of the
high contracting parties shall have given no.
tice to the other of its wish to terminate the
same, each of the high contracting parties be-
ing at libeIty to give such notice to the other at
the end of said period of ten years, or at any
time afterwards; and
Whereas, as in accordance with the stipula-
tions of the above recited articles. An act was
passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain in the 35th and Seth years of the reign
of Queen Victoria, entitled an act to carry in
to effect treaty between Her Majesty and the
United StnteS of America;
Whereas as an act was passed by the Senate
and House of Commons of Canada in the 9th SEES
sion of the LIST Parliament, held in the 35th
year of Her Majesty's reign and assented to in
Her Majesty's name by the Governor General
on the 14th day of June. 1872, entitled an act re-
lating to the treaty of Washington in 1871; and
Whereas an act was passed by the Legislature
of Prince Edwards Island aud assented to by
the Lient. Governor of that colony on the 29th
day OF June. 1872, entitled an oct relating to
the treaty of Washington in 1871; and
Whereas an act was passed by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, and
approved on the LIST day of March, 1878, by the
President OF the United States, entitled an act
to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty
between the United States and Great Britain in
the city of Washington on the Sth day of May,
1871, relating to the fisheries The undersigned,
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the U nit
ed States, and Right Honorable Sir Edward
Thornton. one of Her Majrsty's most honorable
prvy, civil knights, commander of the most
honorable Order of Bath, Her Britannia Males
tvs envoy, extraordinary and minister plenipo-
Tertiary to the United States of America. div
authorized for this purpose by their respective
government, having met together at Washing
ton, and having found that the laws required
to carry he articles Is to 25 inclusive. and arti-
have been passed by the Imperial Parliament
of Great Britain, by the parliament of Canada,
and by the Legislature of Prince Edwards Is
land, on the one part, and by the Congress of
the United States on the other, thereby declare
that Is to % inclusive, and 80 of the treaty be-
tween Her Britannia Maiesty's and the United
States of America, on the 9Th of May, 1871, will
take effect there the LIST day of July next.
In witness whereof, the undersigned have
signed unlS prOCOcOl dDu nave ucTeuuUO am ken
their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington
this 7th day of June, 1873.
esignd E EaNnaS TH F5sa,
GGreat Seal
Now, therefore 1, Ulysses s. Grant, President
of the United Stats of America, in pursuance of
the premises. 10 hereby declare that have re
ceived satisfactory evidence that the Parlia-
ment of Great Britain, the Parliament of Cana
da, and the Legislature of Prince Edwards Is.
land have passe laws on their part to give full
effect to the provisions of said treaty as contain
ed in articles Is to % inclusive and article Both
of said treaty
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
Statesato be affixed. Done at the city of Wash
ington, this 1st day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
three, and of the independence of the United
States of America, the ninety seventh.
U. S. GRANT.
By the President.
tSigned), HAMILTON FISH,
Sec'y of State
|. Various Matters.
The law abolishing the franking privilege
having gone into effect to-day, the several de.
partments have detailed men especially to at
tach stamps to the official documents. all Of