The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-20
INTERESTING NATIONAL NEWS.
TIE Secretary of the Treasury Issues CIR.
cular 60 the Customs OH
observation-disclosures.

wAsHiSeroS. April iS-The Secretary OF the
Treasury issued the following circular to the Gus
toms offcers In regard TO the reimporlatlon Of
distilled spirits:
'In an opinion OF the At.arney G General. quoted
IN decsion SIS OF July II, 1885, the question was
discussed OF the ststus ior duty purposes OF ds.
and shipped % foreign countries without pay.
ment OF the Internal revenue tax and suDseq uently
returned TO theSnited States. the circumstances
under which the shipment abroad was made, in-
dicating that IL was the Intention OF toe parties
interested when making the shipment 10 return
the Attorney General was that shipment aud re-
turn under such circumstances did not constitute
cradle quantities OF spirits have been shipped
from the West 10 81. Johns, n. h., via Boston aud
aiteward returned TO Boston within short period
under Section 1850 OF the Revised statutes, aud
on the quantity returned by the customs gauger.
required by the internal revenue regulations
The department decides that, on the facts stated
the shipment and return did not constitute an
expectation or remportation, under the opinion
OF the Attorney General, and that therefore the
merchandise was not entitled 10 entry under
Collector OF Customs shall receive SUCH domestic
merchandise from a foreign port, aud IN the
original distillers' packages and the facts brings
the case within the rule stated. he will deliver
the merchandise TO the collector OF internal reyo
nue. Tor the district who Will dispose oil the same
under Instructions TO DE issued by the Commis.
The President made the following appoints: To
be Ministers Resident and Consuls Geneml-W.
u. BlaHh ham, OF Florida. TO Bolivia; Bayliss ".
Hanna, OF Indiana 10 Persia Walker Fearn, OF
Louisiana 10 ROumf MA serYia and Greco 10 DO
ConSuls of the United states. james Murphy, of
New York, az st. John, n. b.; Boyd Winchester, OF
Kentucky, at Nice, France; Charles Z. kimball,
OF Illinois. Mt STUTTGART. GeImany
Tho Secretary OF State has received dispatch
from the United states Consul at Madrid, saying
that he Is informed by the Director General OF
Health that there is no cholera ia spain, aud that
the cases recently reported in the Province OF
Valencia are not cholera.
James M buchanan, postmaster at Victor, Iowa,
has been ARE, Ted for converting money order
Commodore Walker. Chief OF the Bureau OF
Navigation, to day received the following teleg am
from Commander McUall. at Panama. "lhe force
from the Atlantic station was relieved ycsier lay.
have Just parsed over the lines of tho railroad.
The political condition OF tue Isthmus is "a.
otical. n transit IL 90 be kept omen short
stay must not bu contemplated, The entire naval
force now nj Aepinwal aud Panama should re.
main for the present. The situation Mt Panama
Ia unsettled The example set nj Panama will be
precedent for he disafcCtoi Tor some time 10
come
Tostoniee Inspector stewart day arrested ed.
ward Nhaen, Frank Mitchell, William Connofs,
John Harrison and Albert Hasiead on a charge OF
roDbing the postoliiee at Gibson, III on March 10.
The Inspector IN his dispatch, hiatcs that the evil
dence IA conclusive OF the guilt OF the parties ar
rested.
inc Treasury Department Il Informed that au
ageut al the "a orei Service Division arrested 10 N
Reno ~ seymour Ind, yesterday, for dealing ia
counterfeit SO United States notes.