New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-30


WASHINGTON.
PROPOSED CHANCES IN THE INTERNAL REVE
NUE. LAWS.
WASHINGTON. Tuesday Dec. 90 1874
The bin introduced In the House OF Representative
last week by Mr.. Foster to amend existing internal
Revenue laws prepared at the oce OF the in'erna
Revenue. proposes TO remedy defects ID the
ment of certain sections In the Revised Statutes ana
among other things provides that Sections s2 snd a'
bestrcken and the following inserted IN lieu
That every person. firm, association other than "a
tOna bank associations. and every esrPoranon ~
bank or State banking association shall pay taA Va
ten per ceutum on the amount Of their own noe e.,
drafts orders or s sseS per-
r corporation STATE bank or ssa,s
banking and also every nes oept%m on
the amount Of notes. cheos drafts orders tokens OF
National banking aasocsoD. or Of any corporation
sac bank state banking association or Oh any
city, Of eorporaton used ior efep.a'on anu
paid out Uy them.
lila proposcd TO amend Section s4s Of the Revised
Statutes by striking out portion thereof and inserting
In lieu thereof the following:
There shall be LEVIED collected and paid for ana IN re-
Of SaK n ShsR aIa Iooey
upon any bank banker or trust company Oy any or
who makes issues the same, or lot wnose s Va
benefit the is made signed or lssued TWO eeh''
There are In this bill new regulations ABOUT VII"
TILED spirits and tobacco The bill was prepared W Su
persede In some respects the Internal revenue P'o
sons Of the Little Tariff BILL" one OF the objectlonaoio
features Of which that which authorizes any peson
to prepare any medicinal article (which Is not patent OF
propretory nor claimed to be sucb) put up nolu
out, and recommend Ii In the manner adopteu w
makers and vendors OF patent medicines, withous
stamping It, provided thero be printed upon INC ao'
attached formula for compromising IT, even thouRn NJ
such formula has been published in any standard
Cal authority or journal. and though the mediche VI
to- a cd
calculated that the Bureau would lose cons"eraoN W
such provision.
APPROACH OF EXTREME COLD PREDICTED.
The regular weather reports received az Inc oRnai
Office In this city indicate the approach rom tn0
Northwest OF an atmospheric wave OF extreme coo'
similar to that which came from the ROCKY MOUNTAINS
lac; Winter. Its presence first discovered al rem
bna and Fort Garry yesterday morning. On sunday
morning tho thermometer at those stations s'ooa
at SIX degrees above zero, WHO ~
Breckenridge, Duluth, and st. PAUL. minu
1t stood at 13o 40 and leo respectively; at omaha
stood at $50 at Davenport $40 and at Chicago at 80
Yesterday morning the thermometer had fallen 10 W.
hollow zero at Fort Garry $50 below Pemb!na and $50
below at Breckenridge, The cold wave does not seem
to have reached Duluth St. Paul, the thermometer
having fallen OILY five degrees ut the FORMER anu scV
degrees at the latter place within the "a hours Inc
zero isotherm was stl northwest Vi d.
Paul and Duluth. This morning there was no
report from FO"t GdTry, Dutut viz ''"''' -
fallen degrees in "a hours and stood at 81 degrees Or
low zero. AZ Breckenridge u was Il degrees pe'1w
6G at Doh 20 Sssfefs below at Mwa
kec 10 degrees below; 1T Chicago 6degrees am"S,
Tne zero ,sotherm this morning had passed east
and soth Of Milwaukee, having advanced aoou' >0'
miles IA a sOutl-eastery direction IN "a hours.
A NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH CANADA.
Fol the purpose Of pa ing the communications by post
between the United States and the Dominion OF Canada
upon the most liberal and advantageous basis the io
lowing arrangements been agreed upop to DC car
ried into effect the 1st OF January 1873 or "s hoo
thereafter the necessary measures can pe pefo''oe
Tor putting them into operation:
First: The unifcaion OF the postal systems OF tne
two countries respect TO cOrrapJndcnce exchaneea
between them. each country to forward anu neilvrr;
free charge cUrrcspOndcnCe OF all kins, written nv"
urnted received from the other which correspondence
must in all cases be prepaid at the established dohcs
Second: Each country viii transmit the domestic
mails OF the other in closed pouches through It's terf
tory free Of Charge, by its Ordinary mail routes -.
THIRD: NO;accOunt shall be kept between inc los.On
flee Departments of the two countries In regard 20
national spOndenco OF any kind exchanged Det"ech
them each Department retaining to its cxcihsiVe use
all the postage 1t collects OH mail matter seut 10 VIC
Ioa lie understood to be the DIES re and int en-
provisions of this agreement shall extend to an lntfa
ona money order exchange as soon rs plactlcaDie.
FM: The provisions Of tins agrtr neht, 10 lar do ~
relates to the rate Of letter postage ~" be carrier 'n'o
eff ct on the lst OF February, 1875. ..., co,uo,.
Srth: All provisions, OF the existing Postal Conven-
ton inconsistent with this arrangement are hcreuy apro
CARED. ,, -,
Sercnh Formal articles enibOdyng the provisions OF
this sla DC prepared for execution as sooh
as possible. w. H. GRIFFIN,
Deputy POstmaster-GcncrL OF C1nan9,
aCuLt FOR anu subject to the approval OF inc
Postmaster.tienerai OF Canada.
MARtHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster General.
TEE PROTECTION OF TIE BLACK HILLS REsER-
WALTON.
The Secretary the Interior to-day informed by the
War Department that company OF troops has been
started by Gen. Ord from tue Spotted TAN Agency TO
overhaul the party Of 81 miners who stole In from the
Missouri River to the Black Hills Reservation. and who
were recently pursued but not Overtaken by lndian
Agent Bingham, with a small force OF soldiers aud In
aians Gen. Ords action was taken IN accordance WIN
Gen Sherdan order OF last September for the protec-
| ton OF this reservation.
MULLETT's SUCCESSOR.
Mr. william A. Potter of New-YOrk has accepted the
position OF Supervising Architect OF the Treasury Dc
| partment, and will enter upon his duties on Jan
WASHINGTON NOTES.
| James A. Funkhauser has been appointed Internal
Revenue Gauger for the With District Of Missouri.
On JAN Mr. james Glhllan, at present Chief OF the
APPOINTMENT Division OF the Treasury, will take charge
Of the Warrant Division. Mr. c. c. Adams, at present
in charge OF the Independent Treasury. succeeds In
charge Of the appointment Division Mr.. Daniel Baker
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