The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-04
WASHINGTON.


The Sanborn Investigation.
=, WASHINGTON, April 8. = The Ways and
Means Committee to-day examined Collector
hlng OF indianapolis, who testified thai
Green, one of Sanborn's agents, came to his
office as special agent of the treasury, with a
letter OF credentials and conveyed the idea
mat he was sent by the Internal Revenue
commissioner, to collect the bank tax on the
Indianapolis and st Louis railroad dividends
Inc tax was collected by Green. There had
never Deen any question as to the liability OF
tnd company and the Secretary had called sew.
era umes but the collector had been in doubt
az 70 whether it was IL or per cent Inc
Iaiiroad company had entered upon its books
the TAX due and always had been ready and
anxious to pay it. The witness was specially
INQUIRED OF as to Green's representations to
MN. Green had positively denied before the
committee that he had represented himself a
special agent OF the treasury department. and
the witness was equally positive in asserting
tlat 4feen has so represented himself, as ne
aoded, That as the newspaper dispatches of the
oay contained exposures of the SanbOrn con
.!acts ana mentioned Green's name in connec-
Goh Win them, the witness had called them 10
greens attention, and Green denied the truth
OF tne Geographic statements. He denied that
any sucn contracts were made and denied that
ne was the Green alluded to in the dispatches.
The Geneva Award.
The House Judiciary Committee has post
poned the consideration of various propositions
i0r me distribution of the Geneva Award I'M
til Monday the 18th instant
Customs Receipts.
The following were the customs receipts for
the week ending March 18th: Philadelphia,
$i5a' a6o; New York, $2,5OS, 654; Baltimore,
$l9o, 635; and Boston, S291, OS6
Marine Casualties.
The treasury Department has the following
omclal Information OF casualties happening to
vessels along the coast of the United States for
the quarter ending March 81, 1874: The num-
per OF casuit1es was q, of which 63 were Am
erlcan vessels II British, one German, one
Russian and one uuknown. Of this number
twelve were steamers, three ships, seven briggs,
two barks, ~ sci oOners. and two canal boats
The casualties are described as follows: Strand
ed ~. foundered Ii, by collision g. other caus-
es ~. The total estimated loss in vessels was
$685., 1893.
The number of lives lost twenty-one.
The Department have also prepared sas COM
pete list as possible of casualties on the
great lakes during ten years, from which it APP
pears that in that period the number of vessels
lost is 4,527; the loss of life amounted to ,34l
pc rsons, and the loss of property amounted to
1927, 307, 032.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day:~Currency, 50, 153, 067; special deposit OF
legal tenders for redemption of certificates of
deposit. $4,000, 900; coin, $S6,771, OO7, including
coin certificates S37 1O3, 800; outstanding legal
tenders, $3S2,O0OOOO.
Appropriation Committee.
The House Committee on Appropriations
were to-day occupied IN the preparation of the
deficiency bill. 1t considered without action
the request of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to be authorized to transfer certain
balances of appropriations in order to be able
adjust the accounts of the bureau and also dis
ccaak 1,n, safu Nf &1,n d.
ficiency appropriation of $4,000 to make good
the loss sustriLed by the trustees of the Reform
School of the District of Columbia by the fail
ure of Jay Cooke q Co. Objection was made
to this provision as last years appropriation for
this institution should have been drawn from
the United States Treasury only as actually
needed and should not have bean drawn out fer
deposit elsewhere.
A Job-Probably.
The House Railroad Committee will favor.
ably report bill to aid the Portland Falls and
Salt Lake Railroad of Oregon, the Govern
ment granting subsidy of ten thousand dol
lars per Iule of road to transport mails and
army supplies free forever.
Favorable Figures.
The report of the bureau of statistics shows
that the total Imports for the year amounted to
1924 1893 1862 against $677, LA, $40 the previous
year; while the domestic exports for 1873 were
S606 $3.50. 53l against $544, .789 in 1872, and
the foreign exports for 1873 were S24 968, 204
anaust $25, ,083 in 1872 Specie is included
in both imports and domestic exports being
300 749, 43S of the former and $50 1858 496 of the
latter in 1873 against respectively the previous
rear $21, 1872, 1904 and 1872 ,295, 236.
Allowing for the difference in the warehouse
accounts, the exports for the calendar year are
in excess of the imports by $289.331 while for
The corresponding period of 1872, the imports
exceed the exports by $1O8, 473,713.
The Howard Investiaa alton.
In the Howard Court of Enquiry to-day, the
Judge Advocate announced the decision of the
Court upon Thursdays motion. viz. that it is
at present to send out commission
,rs to take dispositions in the ia cases of COM
olaint.
Second Auditor French was recalled and sub
nitted further testimony regarding the manner
If dealing with the cases of complaints from
Mai. Brown and Gen. Whittlesey, the former
If the Bureau, were also examined. but their
was not particularly important
Court adjourned until Monday.
NOmin si0
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate to-day:
Henry G. johnson, to be Commissioner of