Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-05-26
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Edward Taylor, Postal clerk between
Washington and Lynchburg, is held in ST.
600 for trial, for robbing the mails.
The New York delegation held a meeting
this morning and agreed that this afternoon
Mr.. Tremaine should announce the death of
Representative Mellish, and offer the custom
airy resolutions Of respect, and that George
f. Hoar, Mr.. Kelley of Penn, and Fernando
Wood follow in brief addresses, also that the
funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon
in the hall Of the House of Representatives.
The remains are to be removed to Mt. Au-
burn, Mass, for interment.
Gen. Butler appeared in his seat to- day.
The new currency bill will be up in the
House, when Mr.. Maynard, obeying the in
structions of the committee, y i, $40 =
previous question of cutting ali the anend-
ments but one; viz: To make the percent
age of greenbacks to be retired SO instead of
40. 1t is believed that the bill thus amended
will be accepted by the majority, as the best
practicable disposition of the question. The
committee express the belief that the Presi-
dent will sign the bill.
J. Watson Webb sends note to the papers
stating that if the correspondence lof ex-Sec-
rotary Seward and Webb relative to the Caro-
line affair, is given to the public, it will show
liam should collect it they should receive all
over $25 900. This was done and Webb sent
the S25, 900 to Seward, paying the balance to
the claimants agents.
The President sent to the Senate to-day the
name of Richard L. Hoxie as a member of
the board Of public works for the District of
Columbia vice Apolph Chess, removed; also
nominations of A midshipmen to be ensigns
in the navy.
Revenue receipts to-day, $C07,142.
The Senate has received an invitation to
attend the funeral of Senator Mellsh In the
Hall of Representatives tomorrow.
The Shawmut arrived at Cienfuegos MAY
oath.
The Congress arrived at Funchal May Sd,
and would proceed to Cape de Verdes, Cape
Palmas and Morrovia and arrive at Gibraltar
about Aug. lst
The Canandiagna was at SANTANA Bay May
4th.
The War Department has news that three
hundred Pawnees and Wichitas are on the
war path in Western Texas, it is believed for
the purpose of stealing horses.
The committee on ways and means to-day
made alterations and additions to the tariff
bin before reporting it to the House. The
bill as recently published is correct with the
following exceptions: All still wines are to
pay 40 cents per gallon in casks and $3.50
per dozen quarts or twentyfour pints in bot
ties. There is proviso that any wine i'm
ported containing more than % per cent. al
cohol shall be forfeited to the United States
Macoroni and vermicelli, cents, and similar
preparations cents pound. Anchoves and
sardnes in oil and boxes, Is cents per whole
box; ID cts. per half box cts. per quar-.
ter box, and in other form 60 per cent. adval-
Drum.
Bags, other than of American manufacture
in which grain shall have been actually ex-
ported from the United States, may be re.
turned to the United States free Of duty, IN
der regulations to be prescribed by the Sec'y
of the Treasury.
All machinery adapted exclusively to the
manufacture of ramie Jute or flax may be ad
mitted into the United States free of duty for
two years from the first of July next.
Amendments to the internal revenue laws
are appended to the tariff bill. Among them
are the following:
Each collector is to appoint as many depu
ties as hej may think proper, under certain
regulations.
Provision is made for redemption of reve-
nue. documentary stamps, the use Of which
were rendered necessary by the repeal of the
tax, for the payment of which such stamps
were provided. They are to be redeemed be-
fore the LIST of October next.
Schedule c is amended to read as follows:
Bank checks, drafts and vouchers, for the
payment of any sum of money whatever,
drawn upon any banker, bank or trust COM
pany, to pay tax of 2 cents.
Amendments are made by which brewers
are called wholesale and retail dealers in malt
liquors, instead of being classed with spirit
distillers.
Heavy penalties are prescribed for sfixng
to casks, barrels or kegs any label bearing
the similarity of an official stamp.
No mash, wort or wash shall be fermented
elsewhere than in distillery.
Match manufacturers are required to keep
their books open for inspection and to mark
on the box or package the number of matches
contained therein-the neglect to do so sub
jectng them to penalties.
State banks are to pay tax of 10 per cent
on their circulating notes; also any person,
firm or association who issues notes other
than those of National banks to pay the same
rate Of tax.
The bill abolishes proprietary stamps upon
all medicines prepared in accordance with
standard formula or physicians prescription.
Any farmer or planter may sell at place of
production, tobacco of his own growth, at re-
tail, directly to consumers to an amount not
exceeding 500 annually.