Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-05-31

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

iho piNSiucut HTS tppoihteft NdIci
Evans OF Louisville, KY, commissioner Of in
ternal revenue, vice Green b. Raum resigned.
Evans Is lawyer OF very marked ability, and
well known in the politics of his state. He has
not heretofore held Office, although he has con-
siderable influence In distributing federal
Offices In Kentucky. He Is a personal friend Of
Postmaster-General Gresham, and II Is believed
the latter was instrumental I'm securing the
appointment
Samuel w. Ferguson of Mississippi,
has been appointed a member of the Missis-
sippi river commission, vice James Il. Eads,
resigned
The Secretary of tho Treaury has is
sued a circular TO customs offices In regard TO
the Importation Of animals for breeding pur-
poses, from which the following is extracted:
To entitle animals to admission free OF duty
satisfactory proof must be made that they are
specially imported for breeding purposes. The
proof must be made primarily TO the Collector
at the port OF importation. The formal proof
Is ordinarily the production TO the Collector Of
the certificate Of the United States Consul at
the port Of shipment showing that the animals
are, to the best Of his information and belief,
intended for breedindpurposes, and the state
ment OF the owner, under oath, that the AMI
mails were purchased abroad and imported
specially for breeding purposes. III,
upon the production OF the formal proof, the
Collector has doubts, either from the character
or condition OF the animals, the general course
OF business, or from any other circumstance,
that the animals are intended for breeding
purposes affirmative proof should be required
ON that point. u In all cases where
Collectors are not satisfied, upon the proof pre-
scented, that the animals are imported specially
| for breeding purposes, duties should be i'm
| posed.
The Postmaster-Gehera has issued an
order to take effect on July /, with respect TO
| what is known as ''held-for-postage" matter.
The order provides that whenever any letters
prepaid at less than one full rate OF postage,
or any parcel Of third or fourth class matter
not fully prepaid and being otherwise mailed
IL deposited at post Office of the first, second
or third class, and assigned to any other post
Office within the United States, 1t shall be the
duty of the postmaster TO send TO the addressee
an official postal card containing notice of the
| detention and request to remit the proper
amount OF postage to eBtitle the letter or par
eel to be forwarded To its destination. This
| provision applies only TO matter which does not
| bear the card or address of the sender. Such
card matter should be returned Immediately TO
| the party mailing IL, a. prescribed by existing
! regulations" Under this order, where the
| sender Is not known, the person addressed IL
to be given an opportunity of paying the def
Client postage and of receiving the matter d-
rect from the mailing Office.
BY order of the Secretary of the Inter.
| Tor twenty seven Ute children have beru sent
1
Heretofore the Ute humans NV protested
against sending their children O -Ihup'. aud
| the fact that they have aIN "rCu pt auaiitd
| TO submit TO II Is looked upon a. sR Important
step toward Indian civilization.
| The secretary of the treasury mas de-
clded that the 100000 appropriated for pre-
vention Of the spread Of epidemic diseases shall
| be disbursed by the surg eon-general OF the
marine hospital service
| a., 600 600 q, Ir..:..l
| notes aud certificates for gold and silver were
reduced 10 pulp in one day at the treasury de-
partment. This is the largest days work Of
that kind ever performed.
The Treasury Department having
been Informed thai IA firm at Toronto, Canada,
propose Ia run a line of Canadian steamers
this season between Chicago and Montreal,
calling at Cleveland and Detroit, was asked II
II would be permissible for the vessels of this
line TO carry passengers from Cleveland To
Detroit and Chicago, or from the last named
To the first named points. Until last year IL
was held that the transportation Of passengers
10y foreign vessels between port AMI port In
this country made such vessels virtually liable
| to a tax or : 80 per ton. The attorney gen
eral has since, however, given an opinion that
| there Is no bar To such transportation. The
Canadian firm above referred TO has been mott
fled Of these facts, and has aso been informed
that the treasury department looks with no
|
between our own ports In Canadian bottoms,
especially az II is known that the laws of
| Canada do not extend similar privilege To
vessels Of the United States. The firm has been
further Informed that although the treasury
department must concede that there Is no legal
force In the statute upon which It has hitherto
relied to prevent such transportation OF pas
scngers in foreign bottoms IL would not hest
tate 10 apply I'm prevention Of IL, any provision
Of the statutes that might be found legally
sufficient for that purpose.
The queens birthday was duly cele-
brated In Washington at the British legation.
The attendance this year was mnch smaller
than usual, owing 10 the absence of President
Arthur, and all but one Of the cabinet, and the
inability OF several foreign ministers To he
present.
| Word has been received ut the treas
ury department that party Of Mormon paul
pers are en route from Switzerland to New
York. instructions were at once Issued 10 the
collector Of customs at New York to prevent
the landing of these Mormons, provided they
are paupers within the meaning of the immf-
grafton act.
The receipts at tho patent office for
the current year will be about 81 ,200, 900, or
over Sa0,ON more than last year.
Attempts have been made by Canad-
ians 10 violate the act to prevent the importa-
ton Of spurious teas. The treasury depart
ment has issued n circular calling the atten-
ton Of custom officers to this fact, and urging
them To more careful vigilance.
The attention of the treasury having
been called to the fact that English fish are some
times admitted free of duties on the northern
frontiers In excessive quantities, a circular has
been issued To collectors and others directing
: that Importers be required TO file an affidavit
that the fresh fish imported are for immediate
consumption, and not intended for preservation.
The ports OF Sandusky and Detroit are special
ly mentioned as points where fish from Canada
are received in large numbers.
Lieut.. Col. llges has withdrawn his
resignation. He prefers trial by court mar
tlal.
| With view to keeping Indians on
their respective reservations and also reducing
the expenses OF the Indian service, the commits
sioncr OF Indian affairs has issued circular to
agents at non-treaty Indian agencies directing
them TO discontinue supplying Indians with
coffee, sugar and tobacco except rs a corapen-
sstion for labor performed.
The total value of imports of merchan-
disc for the 12 months ending April 30, 1883,
was 1888, IN, s3l for the year ending April 20,
1SS2, sos, G24 427, an increase OF $25, l53, OW.
The value of exports Of merchandise for the
year ending April 80, 1888, was $Sl1 Gal ,354 +;
for the preceding year, S7T,S75,7Sl, an In
crease OF 1888, 1885,
| At the request of General Hazen, the
Secretary Of the Navy will order one of the
vessels of the North Atlantic Squadron to &C
company the vessel TO be chartered ut st. Johns,
N. r., for the Greedy relief expedition. The
object OF having convoy Is TO prevent the
failure Of the expedition IN ease any accident
should befall the Signal Service steamer.
Great excitement was caused in Wash
ington few days ago by the announcement
that Gen. Crooks entire command had been
massacfed. kilograms were ut once sent out,