Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-09

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Arrested.
NEW YORK, April Sth. th.-Ex-Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue, Daniel
Young, of Colorado, was arrested here
to-day under an indictment found at
Central City, Colorado, charging him
with embezzlement. He was held by
U. S. Commissioner Shields to await
the warrant of removal.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, April Sth.-HoUsE.
Debrell asked and obtained leave to
print his remarks.
Buckner, of Missouri, followed on
the subject of finance and in favor of
the repeal of specie resumption.
Williams, of Alabama, made a
speech in favor of the Texas Pacific
railroad.
Other speeches were made by Piper,
of California, in relation to granting
subsidies to railroad corporations; by
Williams, of Massachusetts, against
the wholesale cutting and slashing of
salaries proposed by the Committee
on Appropriations, and especially as
to the salaries of members of Con-
gress; by Burleigh, of Maine, on the
shipping interests.
At 4 O'clock the House adjourned.
Matters at Washington.
WASHINGTON, April Sth.-The fol-
lowing important letter was received
here to-day:
"rreasury Department, Office of In
ternal Revenue, Washington, ID. c.,
April 9th, 1S76.-SIR: | have before
me your letter of March 22d, in which
you say parties are asking for govern
ment license to retail liquors at Custer
City, Black Hills, Indian Territory,
and ask for instructions. Section 2. l39
of the revised statute seems to be the
only one which rela es directly to the
question you present. 1t is there pro-
vided that no ardent spirits shall be
introduced under any pretense into
the Indian country except by order or
under authority from the War De-
partment or some officer duly author
lied by the War Department. 1t is
further provided in the same section
that every person except an Indian in
the Indian country who sells, eX
changes, gives, barters or disposes of
any spirituous liquors or wines to any
Indian under charge of an Indian Su-
perintendent or Agent, shall be pun
ishable by fine and Imprisonment.
Under an earlier act for statutes at
large, 6,732, section 20, the right to in
trodce spirituous liquors or wines into
an Indian country was limited to
such supplies as should be necessary
e. a
troops of the service, under direction of
the war department. The present
law contains no such limitation on
the passage of the revised statutes.
The Indians were specially exempted
from fine and Imprisonment imposed
by said law. "Under 1,l39 of the ex-
isting statutes, not only may ardent
spirits be introduced into the Indian
country, and under certain circum-
stances-to wit: by order or under the
direction of the war department-but
in my opinion they may be lawfully
sold to any person in the Indian coun-
try and by Others to others, except In
dians under the charge of ar Indian
agent or superintendent. 1t is not
the introduction but sale of spirits
which is under consideration. Sales
may be made without violating stat
utes, and you are not at liberty to as
sumo that the applicant for special
tax stamp intends to conduct his bus
iness in violation of law. He will
therefore sell liquor dealers stamps
for use in the Indian country to such
as apply and pay for them. You are
advised to inform applicants of the
provisions of sections 2 l39 and 2, l40
of the revised statutes, land that stamps
are not a license and give no author
ity to sell spirits in violation of this
report of existing laws, or any that
may hereafter be enacted. A bill is
now pending in Congress which,
should it pass in its present form, will
amend said section 2, l39 by striking
out in lines two or three the words,
"eXceptan Indian in the Indian coun-
try.n
From New York.
NEW YORK, April S.-The decision
of the Court of Appeals of New York
on the tax suit brought by the city
against the Pacific Mail steamship
Company which was in favor of the
city, is to be appealed to the Supreme
Court of the U. S. In the meantime
counsel for the Company says no judg-
ment can issue. The amount involved
is 100000.
The Pacific Mail Company have de.
cided not to take freight for San Fran
cisco by the steamer TO sail on the 18th.
In the suit of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company against the Pacific r..
r. Company for breach of contract
charges E. Crong who has been APP
pointed referee to take testimony in
the matter. 1t is stated no evidence
yet has been taken in the matter but
it will probably commence in week.
He says it is wholly an amicable suit.