The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-29
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
10 THR DAnY NEELLIeENoER
WASHINGTON.
ToRAocp TAX.

TOHACCo TAX
WASHINGTON, March 2s,-The inter
nal Revenue Office has ruled that thu
mere act Of purchasing stamps Ia moi
payment OF the tax upon q given lot o.
tobacco, though the purchase Of suct
stamps may have been with special re'
ference to such payment, The tax car
not DO said TO have been paid upon given
lots OF tobacco until suitable stamps have
been affixed to the packages containing the
tobacco, and Cancelled, 30 that the stamp
have become part and parcel Of the pack
age, and have no value In themselves
apart from the package to which they
arc affixed,
MEXICAN MARAUDERs BURN PosT.oPFICE
ATcoRus CHRISTI,
Postmaster General Jewell received q
telegram from Corpus Christi, Texas,
stating the post-olficeat at Nueces, was rob-
bed and burned yesterday, that the San
Antonio mail carrier was robbed and
takCn prisoner, but tho mail was saved,
and that no mail will be sent out to-day,
II was supposed at the Department that
these outrages were committed by band
OiaFned MexiCans reported near Corpus
Christi. A copy Of the dispatch will be
Surnished 10 the State Department for
fuitable investigation,
TREASURY APPOINTMENT,
Treasurer Spinner has nominated Col.
Frank Jones to be Cashier OF the Treasury,
pics Wyland, appointed Assistant SeCreta.
ry. Colonel Jones Ia Chief Of the Re-
IcmptiOn Division Of tho TrCasurer's
office. Secretary BristOw has not dc.
termincd whom llc willappOint 10 the va
cant position,
COLONEL FRED. D. GRANT AND WIPE
will leave here Monday or Tuesday for
Chicago, where lllG Colonel will assume
his duties on The staff OF General Sheri-
dan. Tho President and Mrs. Grant
will accompany them as far as NeS
York.
NEW REGULATION FOR REDEMPTION OF
MUrILATED CURRENCY.
The Treasurer Of the United States
will soon issue a circular amending the
regulation governing the redemption ol
United States currency, 30 that In cases
Of mutilalion deduction will be mNdeln
proportion to the part missing, In tie
case Of legel tender notes, II less than one
tenth Of tic original proportion Of the
nOle il missing, The mutilAtlon will be
disregardel. II one-tenlh Of y note y
missing, ono tenth Of its full value will
be deducted. II more than one.tentl and
less tlian One.ilflh Il missing, one.Rith Of
It's full value will be deducted, and so oil,
reckoning by lenths; but no note Of
which luss than one.halt Of tho original
Is presented will be redeemed, without
evidence that the missing portion ls to-
tally destroyed. The same rule will be
applied To mutilNted fractional currency,
with tho substitution Of one.liith for one
tenth. Tho amended regulations Will
take effect the lat Of May next.
RtTz'JoIN PoRTERs CASE
All the papers submitted with tic ap.
plicatiOn for u rehearing Of the case Of
Fitz John Porter were referred to-day to
the AttOrney.0eneral, who will prepare
III OVlUlUH III uuHlWlCtlWu WIN OHWbS
Advocate General Holt.
SUMMARY MEASURES AGAINST MEXICAN
tNvADEIIs.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-InstruCtions
will Immediately 10 issued through the
War Department TO tie General coln'
manding In Texas to take such measures
"A may 10 lIossible 10 deal summarily
with The Mexican robbers. Those best
conyersant wiLlitlle state Of affairs appre.
bend that general border war will
ensuc, IN which event the invasion OF
Mexico by Uur armed forces In pursuit. 81
the robbers Is not among the improbabili-
ties.
WITHDREW Ills RESIGNATION
George B. McCartee, who u few days
ago tonderCd his resignation as clief Of
Tie bureau Of engraving and printing Of
The treasury department, has, at tho re-
quest Of Secretary Btistow, withdrawn