Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-07-13
STAMPING CIGARS.

STAMPING CIGARS.
The commissioner OF internal rev
enuc has addressed communication
t=to.Joa,n Strattot,, secret taHy.ef- the ma
tionaI tobacco association, with refer:
encc to the multitude of letters and
protests that have reached the inter
nal revenue Office from various parts
of the country, opposing the adoption
of a mode Of stamping cigars which
shall require the attaching OF a stamp
or coupon to eachcigar, as has been
proposed and strongly urged upon
the department, and which, lras stirred
up a great degree of excitement
among the trade. The commissioner
who had invited opinions from ex-
perienced revenue officers and p,acti.
cal cigar manufacturers throughout
the country upon this subject says:
Had the responses made 10 thy in
quiries been as generally in favor Of
the adoption Of the coupon stamp on
all cigars us they have been, SO far as
received, opposed TO the same I
should have used the information thus
obtained only by way Of recommend
alton to congress for such q change ii,
the law as would authorize the adop-
tion and use Of such a mode of
stamping cigars. The tenor Of the
letter throughout is such as 10 relieve
the fears OF those manufacturers who
were under the impression that a
change in The manner Of stamping
cigars was imminent.
4 NAVAL AFFAIRS.
! Telegraphic dispatches to the navy
department report the following
movements Of United States vessels
Of war: The Shawmut arrived at Port
Royal on the 9Th from Key West;
the Narragansett was at San Francisco
on the 4th, from La Paz, Mexico; the
Kansas was at Pensacola on the 5th,
New Orleans; the Benicia, on the 9Th,
at Esquimalt, from San francisco;
and the departure Of the Plymouth
from Key West for the Rio Grandc
/ on the 9th.
The United States steamer Nara
gansctt, which arrived at San Fran
cisco on he 4th instant from La Paz,
! has been engaged during the past two
years in surveying the Gulf Of Mexico,
/. and the naval authorities are much
! pleased with the valuable service
rendered. Complete charts Of that
. gulf have been made for the first time
;. and numerous safe harbors on its
j coast, heretofore unknown, have been
+ discovered. Surgeon F. NJ. Dear.
J. borne, detached from the Franklin
European station, on the reporting o
his relief, and ordered to return home
and report arrival. assistant Engi.
neer w. II. Piatt, detached from spc
!. cial duty st Key West, Fla, and or
K dcred to return home, and report ar
rival. Boatswain WIN. A. Cooper
J. detached from the Washington nav,
yard and ordered 10 the Swatara
: Boatswain Jasper Coghlan, detached
!. from the receiving. ship New Hamp
: shire, att4.Nerfolk, Va, and placed O,
;. sick leave. Acting Boatswain Thos
: = ". Brown, detached from the Swatar,
= = and placed on sick leave. Boatswai,
;. !. H. Dickinson, ordered to the receiy
!" = ing-ship New Hampshire.
. APPOINTMENTS.
:. The president has signed the fol
" lowing commissions: Henry l.. Thorn
as, translator, department Of state
Chas. Payson, chief Of the bureau Q
u statistics, do; Ferdinand Jefferson
r. chief Of the bureau Of rolls and libra
3 ry, do; Robert G. Morgan, chief q
=. the hllrca,l Of accounts, do; Arthu
es 3. Wood, chief Of consular bureau
III do; Henry d. !. Pratt, chief Of th
rel diplomatic bureau, do; John n. Has