Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-24

nrst-claSs clerk In the Post Office depart
ment Mr.. John W. Branson has been ap-
pointed laoorer in the same department.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. fol-
lowing appointments have been made by the
President:-Charles w. Darling of Mime
sofa, agents for the Indians of the Fort
Berthold agency. Dakota Territory; AlexaI,<
der g. Irvine. of Illinois, agent for the-fn-
dams OF the Navajo agency; Jobn<F. Wild
man; collector of internal revenue for the
district formed by the combinAtIon of the
fifth and eleventh districts of Indiana tn he
known as the eleventh district of that state
THE u. s. STEAMER PowHArAN, which
was TO have sailed from New York for Port
au Prince yesterday, was detained at the re.
quest of the Secretary of State the instruc-
ions tn Minister BaSsett not having been
completed. IL is understood that he will be
cautioned assirst harboring persons here
after. The Frolic has received her sailing
orders to Join the south Atlantic squadron
and will relieve the Wasp, which vessel will
be sold at the station.
ARMY GAzETTE.-Assistant Surgeon d.
L. Huntington is assigned to duty as attend
my surgeon at the Soldiers Home, near
Washington city; Captain q. E. Michaelis
ordnance department is ordered to Boston
To attend and witness experimental firing at
Nut Island; Assistant Surgeon Philip f.
Earvey, now on leave of absence is author-
lied to go beyond the limits OF that division
The order assigning First Lieutenant Frank
u IL
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
has been revoked
PERsoNAI-Ex-Min Rancroft will
spend the winter in Washington IL his health
continues to improve, otherwise he will go
10 Florida for the months of January and
February. According to the New York
Express. about 1000 invitations have been
issued for the wedding OF Postmaster General
JeWelis daughter Florence TO a son oil VIM
r W 600 Of /,
residence of the brides father, October 9Th
Mrs. General Sherman is in the city, the
guest oil her brother. General Charles Ewing
The family of Ex-Governor Shepherd
nave LETT their summer residence, and are In
town for the winter, in their elegant man.
sion on X street. Judge Settle, of
Hamilton, of Maryland, is In the city
Colonel VIM. p. Parker, collector of internal
revenue OF the district of Colorado, is at the
Ebbitt.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander Henry Err
ben, jr., ordered as senior aid at the navy
yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 18th October next;
Lieut. Fred. G. hyde TO the Ossipee; Masters
J b. Hobson, L, G. Spalding, Thomas N
Lee, Newton Il. Mason. Charles II. Perkins,
Charles L. Callahan, and A. Z. Naz1O, En-
signs Joseph b. Murdoch j. A. III. NickeIS,
and j. j. bunker, Midshipman Austin n
Knight and Passed Assistant Paymaster r,
II. Whitehouse ordered To examination pre-
lininary 10 promotions; Cadet Engineers w
r. Worthfngton, William Cowles, and F. H.
bailey To the Alert; Cadet Engineers VIM
II. BOggs and w. l.. Cathcart to the Canaan
daigua; Passed Assistant Surgeon George p
bradley 10 The navy yard, Norfolk, Va;
Commander Charles G. Carpenter detached
from the navy yard, Portsmouth, N. II. 18th
october next, and placed on waiting orders;
Midshipman A. NJ. Knight has reported his
return home. having been detached from the
Saco, Asiatic station, on the 18th ult., and
has been placed on waiting orders.
THE GOVERNMENT TAX ON WEISS BEER.
Hon. Leonard Myers, OF Philadelp hia, rep
resenting the weiss beer brewers of that city,
has been arguing with the commissioner of
internal revenue against the collection of the
tax on weiss beer. In 1870 Mr.. Delano, then
commissioner, ruled that weiss beer was not
taxable under the law, but was exempted
urder the act Of March 2, 1867, as root or
other small beer" because Ii contai ned such
a small amount of alcOhol-only 21 per cent.
Vised the statutes overlooked the EXEMPTION
clauGe OF the act of 1867, and the error was
not discovered until after the revised stat
uteS became laws. Last January Commits
sloner Douglass decided that in tie absence
OF the exemption clause, weiss beer was fax
able the same as ale, lager beer, porter and
other similar fermented liquors, at one dol
lar per barrel. Now the fact is, that weiss
weiss beer until after IL is q day or two In a
bottle, but the brewers are obliged to put IL
In barrels fer the purpose of paying tax on
III, and then for it's manufacture put il IN
bottles for fermentation. Mr.. Myers con-
tended that weiss beer was not "simiIar
iermented liquor" nor was il similarly fer
mented, and that to impose the tax would be
10 take all the profits from the trade. The
commissioner holds the case under consider
alton. He admits that the leaving out of the
exemption clause was an accident, but is moi
yet satisfied that the remedy lies short of
Congress.
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