The Portland daily press., 1876-05-01
Heavy Disbursements for May Day.
WASHINGTON.
The Mary Merritt Case.

WASHINGTON, April 81. b. Northrup,
editor of Milwaukee paper, testified to print
ing an article charging Bristow with an inter-
est in the Mary Merritt case, but said he OBJ
tanned his information from others, and an eX-
animation of the court records.
Deputy Collector Weiss of Milwaukee test-
fed that he gave Judge Hubbell $500 out of
gratitude for opposing the remission of forfeit.
ure as he (Weiss) was interested, but had no
arrangement with the judge,
ID. Lyman of the navigation division of the
Treasury Department, made written state
ment covering all official action in the matter.
He said he explained the case of the bark
Mary Merritt to acting Secretary Conant in
Mr. Bristow's Absence and that he knew of no
money given or promised to any officers for
services in the matter.
Adjourned till Monday.
Davenp0rt's Examination. ..
Davenport today began reading statement
with accompanying vouchers, showing the de-
tail of the expenditure of the entire amount of
1874, 600 received from the government, when
the chairman stopped him. Mr.. Conger urged
complying with the previous order of the COM
mittee, but was overruled, and a series of
questions were then put to Davenport as to the
manner of expanding money.
The examination was adjourned to Wednes.
day.
Death Of Richard M. Corwin.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-Richard M. Corwin.
the eminent lawyer, died last night. His re-
mains will be taken to Cincinnati for inter-
ment.
Various Matters
Treasurer New was busily engaged Saturday
signing drafts for the Alabama claims
The value of postal stamps, stamped enve-
lopes and postal cards issued for the month
ending Saturday is 80. $50, 4S4; number of post
al cards issued during the month 18,226,500.
The Treasury received $400,O 600 in silver
quarters from San Francisco Saturday. This
is the first installment of the order for $500.
600 recently issued, In all probability the
Treasury officials will soon make some changes
in the Issuing of silver, owing to the general
inclination of the people to hold on to fraction
al currency in anticipation of its scarcity
bill was introduced in the House Saturday
BY Mr.. Morrison in relation to the storage of
fermented liquors, providing that section 3345
of the Revised Statutes be amended by the ad .
dition of the following, viz: "Any brewer hay
ing cellars or vaults not on the brewery premi-
ses, but described in his annual notice to the
collector as used in connection with his brewe-
~ for the storage of unfinished fermented lu-
uors produced by him, may remove such fer
mented liquors in an unfinished condition to
such cellars or vaults, or from thence to the
brewery ain packages unlike those ordinarily
used for fermented liqnors, without affixing to
such packages the tax paid, STAN ps or perm its
mentioned in this section"
The correspondence between Internal Super
visor Tuition and Commissioner Pratt, shows
that the former objected to being instructed as
to where he should have his headquarters, but
Pratt intimated that his orders in the matter
should be respected or the office bill, ETC., of
Tuition would not be endorsed.