New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-23
BY TELEGR 4.
WASHINGTON.
Distributing Old Land Paten t..

Distributing Old Land Patehts.
| WASHINGTON. June 22-The Commi.
siOner of the Land Office is taking meas
] ures to dispose Of the great number of land
patents in his office, which have been accu.
mu!atin2 since the days Of President Mon.
roe. and now number more than 300 000
They will be properly classified and sent to
the different land offices throughout, the
country for delivery to those Tor whom
| they are intelded.
| For the Centennial.
New South Wales has voted $1,000 for it's
repl esentation at the centennial.
kaidiDg illicit Distilleries in North Caro-.
lima.
| Supervisor Perry reports from Raleigh a
raid against illicit distilers in Yadkln
| county. Twenty illicit distillers have been
arrested. and many barrels OF whisky cap.
tured.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
dispatch received by Surgeon General
Beale, ot the navy. from Key West this
morning. reports case Of yellow fever in
| that place. i was first noticed yesterday
| morning.
4 New System OF Cigar Stamping.
A committee appeared before the Com
| missioner Of Internal Revenue to-day to
| argue the advantages to the government of
| a new design by which cigars shall all be ar
| a stamp, i'll lieu of the general stamp now
| in use TO project the national interest. The
| idea is to have the ci gar bear upon itst If
| the evidence that the tax has been paid. by
having coupon from the bank stamp at.
tached to the cigar. The commissioner
considers that there is now no etfectual
| check to the unlawful sale of cigars but
| before adopting or recommending any new
method or particularly che method suggested
| by the advocates ot the new stamps. he
! prefers TO take the preliminary move Of
comforting with collectors in the districts
| where the tobacco interests are extensive,
| and learning through them the views of
manufacturers upon the subject. The in
yentOr and advocates of the new design for
| stamping cigars claim that with but trivial
expense to manufacturers tho government
will be secureH in its collection Of the inter.
nal revenue tax. and that smuggling Of
cigars will be utterly impossible.
| The Naval Force at the Mouth OF the Rio
l:rande.
No orders have yet been issued BY the
| Secretary of the Navy detailing any vessel
| to follow the Plymouth to the mouth of the
| Rio Grande. As there is a sand bar at the
mouth OF that river, with but four feet Of
water on it. 1t will be impossible for
any vessel in the navy to ascend the
river. Besides. there are shifting sand
bars in tho river, and were it poss BILE
for vessel to enter the mouth, it would be
dangerous To make the ascent. Four or
five launches. however, can be carried to
the mouth Of the river on each vessel or.
| dered there. and they. with competent
crews, can be sent up the rlver to cooper.
ate with the army in the suppression OF
Mexic Al yaids.
Permitted to Land.
The acting Secre,a,y Of the Treasury has
to-day telegraphed to the collector of GUS
toms at Charleston TO allow the political
exiles, who arrived on the bark Perig, from
Uruguay. TO land. no good reason heing
shown why they should bs excluded from
this country. 1t appears. THAI though the
vesse! on which they were brought, sailed
under the Oriental tag she carried no pa.
pers Of any kind.
There is some trouble in regard to her
legal duty in the United States. and i. is
supposed that she has incurred severe pen
alties by her arrival as afore said. The ,ua..
ter is now under consideration in the Treas
ury Department.
Award Of Mexican Claims.
Sir Edward Thornton has awarded in the
Las Paz prisoner case amounts ranging
from $1,000 to $4,000 to thirty-two persons.