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TI, yin woo 0 Aoli Ihot 11 SCelllO , l rron, r, vP7s- - pqtri n:1,1 dinli v I.•ing Coiry, gir I'n - v. ,. 11 And i!ollon ht - th witty an remark, {VON , r11:1 , !P, :1!‘ ; nnilwei siiing It ws adriiiil t ia on all hand , lii Ail AN ractiv a' , Hier , sVerr 111,:111S very fy intr. t filet 'Jut! tlici.:l,,hobawli 11.111ilw; whAtovor, excep., futlr riiiin Inc Nvlll , li TvAl.wmended, thr ,tirpr felt wry fnr•t9 • .WW, WO: , tn-0 ;hp t•;,ii,; awl theru were ~e- m ine+ i;} Ihr rnik itNt epposife • two ~r m.O h.,. La an all jt,litin morn %V S n !ml}' ~ , , n ted at a piano Hrt-: acrr. .tpfming in tile pftltttt;r•ti heir:teen the i kirn ptottis vtl - liar la see what wa , etoinfr oil; while a Onropnie , l tithe wo esrrica from a point, near the level of her ear to the hollow {,art or tits mf , hirie,beneatit the Mot., c. , on lids, as we know, travel very easily through lobes; and thus the quest!oning, this answering, the ringing, end the pinorte playing, were transferred from room to room.-- When a spectator asked a question, speaking at one end of the trumpet mouths, the sound was reflected from the trumpet hack to the opening in the hori7ontal rail, which opening was wither seen nor suspected by the audi ence; it went down the rail, under the floor, and into the adjoining apartment. where the lady heard it; and the sounds in the opposite direction were similarly conveyed. The sound became so altered in character and intensity by this pro cess of transmission as really 1.0 seem to ~ane from the hall; and when an an swer was given to a question expressed in a whisper, the impression was very strong that the answers really Came from the hall. Far less clever than this invi,iihle Girl was the so-called An thropoglossus. exhibited in London six or eight years ago. There was a color ed bust suspended from the ceiling of a room,. some machinery inside, which puritorted to produce sounds; but the speaking and the comic singing really came from an adjoining apart: dr,./tx Xixlttaitd . sttt(ll4.,:vt./(t. VOLUME 71 ----- ment through tubes laid with very lit tle scientific skill. But the morelliterestlitg contrivances are those in which the sounds are really produced by a mechanism of pipes, bel .ows, keys, vibrating reeds, Sec. Musi cal instruments have in some cases been played with surprising success by such means, Involving the expenditure of an almost incredible amount of time, pa tience and Ingenuity iii devising the requisite arrangements. Valle/111 , 3011 ' S flute-player was a wonderful example of this kiwi. It was it life-size figure, dressed in the ordinary fashion of Ids day (about 17:10), and st:tniling on a pe destal; both figure:lntl pedestal being full of delicate nittehinery, essential to the ;Nvorli ng of the machine. When wound up with a Ivry, the figure play ed real music on a real Huts. WZIS projected front the mouth-hole of the flute, and the force of the current was Varied In suit the loudness and softness of different passages, as well as the different pitch of their octaves, the opening between the lips being varied to assist in producing the (1...-I red (blbets, The lingers, made „r the holes in the proi,or order for producing the suveral et,:l-111 , •(4 , 1 to filly acertnin 11l1Illher of tunes, beyond svltich its powers did not. -xtertd. 51,01, afterLvarils thesame clever meohnitican produced Ili, nittornaton Ingeolet-player. The ll(Lgeolet had (m -y three holes; and so divers,. was t h e Well -it y of wind required to pr.litee ctrl he ion , — of a lune trill, such limited mans, that the pre- , lre Varied fl . lllll Ile .1110, for the lowest note up to fifty :: pounds for (lie highest. Another of is productions ',vas his autonutton pipe tl tambour-player: the figure of a (plterd, standing on a play it-tiny twenty minutes and country nee—on n slieplield's pipe, held in the 1 let lel. At the Sallie lime playing on a ui's,'' 'a kind of hyhird hetween a and a small lo a m with a 1. held hi the right u n til. •mmotsbut trumpeter, exhibit , slaty years ago, Leas quite ~r invert fitly. .k figure, .e• 1 in the till of a trumpeter .\airfoil dragomp , , w h en Ivontel n played the Austrian l'avalry (reit, r.roi n marsh and allegro Iry . irl , on It 1:11111N1,, and true by nn orehe-tra, the sounds of it, impel. being admirably produced.-- feu his dross hying changed tut that. of Vrefich t rtiftipet ,, r of tit, I; :surd, the :tire played the French Cavalry :11,11, 311 1110 signals, (L march by Inis- It, and all allegro by \Viten ~, tisider the numerous modifications f pressure with which the lips of a rtimpeter touch the small end of the ritilipet, the phshietion lir such results .y is certainly surprising.- - „ , , ;(1 after Alaelzel's time, Maillartlet .rodurisi an automaton pianoforte-play r. The figure of a lady, settled :it a tittittti'm•te, itiiiyett tilt tees than eight een tunes, keeping; on for till hour tvheu MVO lilt; the maeltinery was aid open at iblervals lit such a tray is o shoLv that, it %vas really mechanism hal played. The white I,eys or nattiral louts Nvert• pressed with liih;ers in the ;mile \Van,”, 1)111 the lialS ;finish:frit:" were !tslueoir by pressing on pedals with - The - eel. The inventor sutd•eedeti in intik- I mt . this lady more graceful in her atti- Jule mei movements (hall is generally he ca,e , trill, alllolllala, 1 ,hfillt 1 , 2 0 there was an ex ilihit-ion a I aotittniffli mite-Ititiyei, fu Lupton; iwtt ClL . ..lire,' played eightt , en duets , which must have required H. cast 1111,1110 of ifiterhlr mechanism. noi her class of these ingenious con- Iri Volllprkle , pities of mechan whiell imitate the ery of certain an heals and the song of birds. 'Chin lots , been rather a favorite insoldern with Hoek makers. eethedral clock at (,yeas, made by Lippins de Basle, anti repaired by Nourisson in the seven mem 11 century, had aseries dial phttes theyvar,HIC111 1 )11111, rife heel:. Hie day, 1.11(1110111", the minute ' was shores. Besides these there \rel . . , lig:ire , ui amrek, a dove:mil (Lintel; ; the boors were anlomf feed by (lie cruising cock, th rice repeated, after a ple liinin:Lry flapping of wings, and when ' 11lb:crowing tea" (lone the dove de,cend f,,l, :did the anuels came forth from a re cess and playnst a hymn on a set of hells. \\-,• -.peal; of this vier(; in the past tense, not 1, :towing \vlt.. (her:Lyons still pos sesses sorb a curiosity. The mar volott, Hoeft in the beautiful cathedral of sti.ttst"ttlig I at 011 e time a f•wititti f,ttittli of still inftre etabfq.- at,: belt", l,rr:ursrd in tt ' lion, played three different tunes at three, seven and eleven o'cloek every day ; and a thailltsgiving at bliristm as, Easter and \Vllitsuntitle ; svlten this \vas finished, a curl:, which stood on the top of the tower, stretched out his neck, shook - flapped his ‘Liiigs Iwiro, Cl - Owed (Wire, The hMilhardlllelll may perch:me. , Ittivu ruined the to \vet s . Lot at any rate I Ite mazy inlri•a, its of the fl o ck had Iweflllle unmanageable lengatot. Vaticanson'stluel:,ennstruel e.l d buthlred anti thirty years age., quael.ed litte a real duck. A .' itiong the curio-P les preserved :It VCF^:litil , in 1110 time of 1,016 , the Vi.lll'l , elllll Was a made by :\ lartinot. At the com pletion of every hour turn cocks .;rowed nherieltely, and flapped their wings: after ‘vhieli 11st , littledoorsoponed, tt‘ hello, appeared hearing hot cymbal:: or gongs, and two sentinels b e at on the t•yinbals with clubs.. Aiaillardet tut oval Lux about three Melte- , in length, from \chilli, WllOll the lit! was opined, a tiny bird deer out, fluttered its wings, opened its withLill it tremulou: motion, Nvarldeil its hull(' anti then , 11111 itsrll'dou - u again in lieitc h. .l . llo , \COO relllolllool . 1111' little Called the t! -, .‘vis-!. Nightingale, at the 1.11- 11 . 1'llaliffilal lii Lit jot, eight years act t, \Viil he prepared to itiolorstanci that :\laillartlet has had many inlitators. — Some years ago there was it, eXhihitioll in I.nudou ligure , of a child, nuffll:.ey, a goat and a hare. said "Pa" and "Ala, " .toil the goat ideat ed. In other automata m's nifty some timr-. meet with a bleating sheep; and there \vas one in which a dog harked whenever fruit in a hasitet was toucheti ; au inhaler.—.l(/ fie ter areas,! A Remarkable Dlsroyery. My ninny it has been held as a theory that the 'ilium desert Wai+ ones all owe:ill _At itilo•rvals pools of salt water have }load for a while in (lie miolst of the surrounding waste of sand, di,ap.- l'earing only to rise again in the sante or other localities. A short time since one of ',lie:, saline lakes disappeared, and a party for 11111i:ills reported duo dis covers of no loll: left th , n ' - etaling waters. A party of Awerie., itt once proweeileci 100 the , pot anti Gnunl itilkolirliool in the sand? Ulf , wreck of lanze vessel. Nearly one-third of the forward part ,if the ship or hark is plain ly visilde. 'the stump of the how-,prit, and portions of the Bathers of teak are perfect. The wreck is located riolly miles north or the San Bernarditte :nut Fort 1 - 11111 n. rnad, :Intl thirty miles west of Los Paltnos, a well 1:110Wli watering place on the desert. The road across the de-ert has been traveled for more than one hundred years. The history of the ill-fated vessel can tf course never he known, but the dis covery of its decaying, timbers, in the midst of what has long been a desert, will furnish ',avails with food for discus sion, and Illtly perhaps furnish import ant, aid in the elucidation of questions of Scielli'foi Causes or Sudden Deaths Very feW of the sudden deaths which are said to arise from " disease of the heart" do really arise from that cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden deaths, experiments have been tried in Europe, and reported to a scientific con gress held at Strasbourg. Sixty-six cases of sudden death were made the subject of a thorough post-mortem examination; in these cases only two were found who had died from disease of the heart. Nine out of the sixty-six had died from apo plexy, while there were forty-six cases of congestion of the lungs—that is, the lungs were so full of blood they could not work, there not being room enough for a sufficient quantity of air to enter to support life. The causes that produce congestion of the lungs are—cold feet, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting still chilled after being warmed with labor ora rapid walk, going too suddenly from a close, heated room into the cold air, especially after speaking,and sudden depressing news operating on the blood. The causesof sudden death being known an avoidance of them may servo to lengthen many valuable lives, which would otherwise be lost underthe ver dict of "heart complaint." That disease is supposed to be inevitable and incur able; hence ninny may not take the pains they would to avoid sudden death, If they know It lay In their power. Domestic Affairs of the Country Report of the Late !Secretary of the In• lierlor.-Nnecess sof the New Indian Pol icy—The Pacific Railroads—District of Colombia Ratters --Floggesilons and Recommendation's. The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior, prepared by Secretary Cox, previous to his retirement, gives a his tory of the operations of the depart ment for the past year, and contains a 11111111,er of suggestions. We make the Pdlowing extracts: I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the zeal, fidelity and marked ability with which the Commissioner has dis charged his arduous duties. The office is now in excellent working order. The examining corps, with very few excep tions, is composed of rmiu who have been tested by severe competitive exam inations, and NVilo have shown peculiar fitness for the work on which they are engaged. The standard for elerieal appoint ments has been raised, and the efficiiiii ey of the sery nil, greatly improved.— Where vacancies occur among the ex clerks, they are filled by the ap pointment of such applicants as upon thorough examination give satisfaetory evidener of their ability to perform the labor of second assistant. examiners. Thai , p4oni, inaugurated With Illy Salle ion, has had a beneficial influence upon the persow, lOf the (alley. A spirit of emulation has been Incite:l, and the oc cupants of inferior "places are encour aged in tin. 1,111',11i1 or these special du ties which will ultimately enable them to till with credit and efficiency the highest positions. It has also induced sense of security as to the tenure of (heir appointments, and fostered a feel ing that ability and Gdithint service will he promptly reiaignizial and justly re waniPd. On the ,llhit•l't Or 11111311 airairS the Sneretary says: I niring the past year the department has habitually pursued that policy whiell was 11141,1111 by your direction.— The results have proved 1110SL conclu sively its wisdom, and shown that even under it noe s of 11101'e 1.1111.11 irritation a I,e;teecul policy appeals with great power even to the wildest savage. The labors or the unpaid com mission of citizen, who 1111Ve been cu operating witti the Indian agelleies 1111 V, heell Very Vllllllll,lO liming tile past year. Theypersonally superintend the purehase of Indian goods, a work ic quiring itiore than a nienth of their thin: ill the early summer. Sub-com mittees of the body were present :it the payment or money to the ViViliZed 113- Lit,ll, in the Indian Territory, arid aided in the negotiation Which has resulted in the final settlement of the Osage ditli oulty, attended the conferences in this city with the Sioux, and have since visited them, as well as 1.1111 tvilel 1111,es in NN'yonting and Dakota. Their Nviirk of ilellectioll 11114 eXiOll,l - and \Vashinglon llerritory. They have shrunk from no sel lice, toil, or danger, in endeavoring to make the policy you have adopted be words the I mlimis :in entire success. healthful effect or their influence :11111 advice is elteerfelly iiekruN il dedge by the department :Ind Indian Lit ream, and has iuepired a just confident:" in the honesty or the trniisuetions Vchielt have been concluded under their super vision. The Friends or wiloin agencies in Northern and Central smairinten dencies were originally assigned have most. faithfully :old industriously iain tinned their beneficient week 111th It success even greater du e t could hays been reasonably expected. Since the passage or the lilt or congress making it imputetieable to continue military °dicers ill charge eC l titlian iikencies, under your directions the field has been subdivided, and various missielliary as sociations of the country hav i e been in vited to occupy the sitlue--rolations to them as these Witicifilie Friends have to 1114'elivies 1111,1e4.1 their :,:ittrel. The objections which Would naturally arise to then..-operation of the religious bodies in governmental \\ - rk have been obvi :a.tal so far ;10 pe,slye by inviting tile assistance of all misstonary associations which have taken pail, in the work of civilizing this Indiansx A preference or any denominati o n nr hvotbs dills been avoided, and :11Te11,1y per formed are utilized to a greater extent than would otherwise be possible. \Vhenever a mission school has been established, it has been understood that you would appoint au agent in sym pathy with the mission, so that its in fluence for good might be increased by the whole force of government patron age. If the Indians are to be improved in condition, our policy roust be essen tially changed so that provision for \\ ants or tile maimed and aged 5111111 be treated merely as a temporary expedi ent, whilst tile L'ainillg of the children iu the Way'''. fciwilir.nlion,lllill be 11 COll - 111111 11e1111:111,111 feature of the system. On this point I \vitt zold that the commissioner of education is earn estly endeavoring 11l pr.. 11 1 . 1. Sti1•11 with regard to the proper ;old sueeessrui 11111,1 e.. of Indian government as may enable his bureau to cu-operate most thoroughly with the Indian 011ie. The estimated expeiNes of the iwiinit service for the coming fiscal year, in cluding appropriation , : whi c h may he necessary to meet the interest on non payilig stocks held ill trust, against an appropriation 040 for the current sea l ', showing a re duction of The preliminary report of the ce11141,4 is now printing, and will appear during the earlier part, of the next session of Congress, This will necessarily I:ecru:- fine:l to general statistics, exhihiting the population by aggregates and by classes of each weals y in the Unitol States, fretn I'll to Is7ll, Over 2,:;09 counties will appear. The table or small 11111 subdivisions Vie volumes containing agricalt ural, mail 11 factoring, social and miseellaneous statistics will be ready \ pril. The organization orthii bureau has aflliriled :in opportu nity of applying the principle or corn petnive examination. Those who de sired C1[11'10:11 employment Nvere sent liefore a commission, and reimireil to answer In writing a serios Of written questions, and were ereilited according ly. The clerical force employed lilis been as large it, possible , in the belief that this statistics furnished by the cen sus will lose much or their value unless they are presented to nee country :it as early a day as possible. The subscriptions to the , toetc of the r Ilion Pacific. Railroad Company amount to or whiell:-....,762,- 21111 has been pabl. 'file nital reeeipts of the road for the year ettiling, June :to, Is7ll, were :?s,:t 4.1,:371 110 : expenses,if:,- :;111,1:7:1 ; net earnings. . - Ft!,:t91,7t 1 7 t;::. The entire cost or the road at that date was $108,72'2,13°1 the anmant of indebt edness of the eompariy,Sl7n,-IsittllN id , of which $27,23tt,ri1_2 were for United States A el' :v of the consolidation ar ticles of the Central Pacific railroad(has been filed in tllisdepnrl 11, 01, Stock to the amount of .$44,4111,100 has been sub scribed, and ~-..14.375,740 paid. The re ceipts from the transportation of I,:tA- Seliger, 1111,1 freight for the year ending .1 line 30, ISTO, were F..ftt,07 . 0,1 ; expenses, .$3,+:47,717; net carnincs, The indebtedness of this company amounts to 51:7,1 1 79,7:10, of which $27,:,:\ I ,000 was to the United States. 'flue stock sali.cript ion of the Cent raf Branch of the Union Pacific railw:Q, - is i,uniyino, of which has been paid. The expenses on account of road and fixtures have been $3,723,700. Stock of the liansas l'acifie railway to the amount of $5,072,500, has been sub scribed and paid in. The indebtedness or the company is ::-115,46:!,350, of which $6,303,11 lo was to the United States.— The cost of the construction of 533 miles of main line is estimated at s26,ooo,itifft The initial point of the l'acific railroad is near Springfield, Mo. Fifty miles are now completed at a cost of $12,760,540. The company has issued bonds secured by mortgage on its lands to the amount of i;f3,0011,000. The amount of stock of the Sioux City and Pacific railroad al ready subscribed is $4,470,000 of which 51,788,000 has been paid. The cost of the road is 54,C44,4311; indebtedness, $5,044,320. At the close of the last fiscal year the amount of subscription stock of Southern Pacific railroad was $1,800,000, actually paid iu $.280,000. It has con tracted for the purchase of the San Fran cisco and Han Jose railroad for the sum of $2,770,000, gold, payment to be made and possession to be taken by the 31st of December next. The Northern Pacific Railroad tiled maps designating routes of road. In structions were thereupon issued for the withdrawal in. Wisconsin, Minnesota and Oregon of mid numbered sections of land, to which price adverse rights had not attached, within twenty miles, and In Washington Territory, south of Scat- LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 7 1870 tie, of such sections within forty mile each side of the road. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, southern Branch, now the 3.lissouri, Kansas and Neoshoe Valley Railroad Company, and the Leavenworth, Law rence and Fort Gibson Railroad Com pany were fully heard in the right of their respective companies to construct railroads from the southern boundary of Kansas through the Indian Territory. I also considered the objections of rep resentatives of certain Indian tribes, through which lands the projected lines of road would puss. After a most care ful examination I reached the cone hi sion that the existing laws and treaties authorized the construction of one rail road on certain conditions which neither company had then performed. On a subsequent hearing it was shown that the first-named company had completed its road to a designated point on that boundary, and L held that it was entitled to extend its line through said Terri tory. =II During the last fiscal year st 05.413 acres of Iliadic lands were disposed of as f011owS: Caeh sales, 2,159,; - ,15..$ ; loca ted with military warrants, ; taken for homesteads, :;,(19.5,910.1}5; lo ealed with college scrip, 192,615:21; grants to railroads, grants to wagon roads, 36,625.01 ; approved to States as swamps, 4N1,t;;;8.31; Indian erip locations, 115,ti:27.3:1. lion in 429,- n:5 more acres than disposed of the The quantity or land taken under the homestead act was greater by !4;1,3.1.5 acres than that of the Preceding year. The area of public lands undisposed ,if is 1.377,7:11,207.5.1 acres ul which 1,a7,115,44s are uusurveyed. The grants for educational purposes since the bundation of the government :unount o 78,576,802 acres; for military service=, 3,.163,961 acres. OEM During the year ending September ln, 1,70, 1:t,n2.3 patents, including reis ties Lind designs, wore issued, and loi .xtended. On the first day of october, tigl, the unexpended balance of appro- Lriations was S.-11 1 1,Sli I 3S. :eked for the next fiscal year is ISE= During the year there were added to the munher of p.sivacrs of all .21,66, leaving on the rolls June:lo, IS7o, The amount paid for pensions of all classes during the year, including . the exprmses of disbursement, was i527,- 7su,sll .Sl,beinOti.l2,o7:2 :27 less dem was paid tar the same purposes during the previous year. The actual amount saved by the disallowance of unjust claims cannot lie accurately estimated but from other reforms a reduction of $1,360,0,1,1 EIMMEIME=I=I to pay penHions allowed prior to the current year, and the amount required for the nest will less than that appropriated for the present year, =EI 'he report of the uoinnii: , ,ioner ex its lhe valuable results he has or- nplislied, notwithstanding the very iited clorical aiii at his coinniand. 11 that this laireitti, as at present constituted, bears no just relation to the vital interest wilt which, to some ex tent, it is charged. I beg leave to retry to the opinion:, expressed on this sub ject in Inv last report, and to invite for thew early and favontble consideration. nasty be said to be completed, though Its grounds should be largely extended to correspond with itsmajestic proportions. Arrangements have been made to warm the rotunda and improve the ventila tion of the donate chamber. It may deemed inexpedient to enlarge the area of the capitol grounds by the purchase of adjacent private property, but no one can seriously question the property of suitably improving those which now be lom, to the foiled States. 1 submit an aggr e gate estimate of ,il,o,uou, embracing sundry items 1i t repairing the capitol and e,mtinuing the improvement of the surrounding grounds. This sum is ouu less than that voted for such purposes during the present fiscal year. 'l'll 1: I'AVI Nit in front of this department, luis been unavoidably deferred. 'The funds on hand will not cover the cost of complet ing it. The deficiency was caused by transferring to the Treasury the unex pended balance of th,., last year's appro- 'lllation, which was available when I submitted the last estimate. An appro priation of will be required to re place it, and to meet the expense of cer tain indispensable repairs upon the In terior Department building. THE wont:. 4 , N THE CITY HALL been e01111.11(steil he appropriations !nude for the pur- givcs s.tati'ments in refer irc to A , yltini for the isnue awl says of i1.1•:%1 -Tl'i ill the ('ettlibia nstittlLion f.r the Duat . and ,thitilh at ie dale t):' its annual re purl. I Lull of 1(111 NvQrt , in the ,o:legiao! dopartinent, nil represented 21 States and this I)i,- yet; pni have received instructions nee July lst, ISII o, of whom 72 were niles. Of these, .•.1 completed the course (study aril received tlisir lirst degree t the commencement in July last. 'flue card i•nliniit the e-tintates for thell-ical ear ending June 30, IST:2, footing tip S.' 99,240 Tie board have purchased s 2 acres of .kienthdl Breen property for 5;.55,0110, payalde in four 'veal's, and the estimate which they submit for he extension IJi . grminds is to meet the first installment. They renew the oll'or to vest in the nited States the title to all the property of the institution. prd-oner: , in the otislmly the warden the District jail. I)ar- ing the year preceding date I• 261 persmis NVCre \\limn 16'2 were females. 1 alluded in my la,t re- ii,rt to the suhjeet of a new Distriet jail. 'he present one is a reproach tot he ago nil to the country is which we live. It not tit for the con linement of prison .rs, whether their safe detention if their lean and moral improvement he eon kxkt in carping [do eillmt existing,' legislation, and I levin it advisable that Congas:: should tunetel it, that the seleetieu or a a IIeNV building slmultt it.t he limited our or the puhlie reservat if the hisu r ict of Coill übia was opened Dist Ihiciiinber. to the lioys hail been receivoil and o Tiwir From 11 to In year , , the I.eim4 11 year,. All Imt.. were {mini iu 1,111 triet and. the Wijoining states. 'l'll,, - . ioaril give a very lavoralile report at), ichavinr the boys and their proneititi oy iti their stuilie.l. 'rile law provides that six months shall be the shortest erns votornitinent. 'The board es- press the opinion that it should not, in any case, he less than one year, in order that the reformatory discipline may have a fair trial. In a viol of the grow ing numbers in the schools, the hoard recommends an appropriation 01 :3D),000 for other buildings, as those now (term pied ;will not furnish accommodation for additional inmates. M I:Tot 11.,1,1TA N The members of the T.‘letropolitan po lice force were diligently and faithful in the performance of their duties dur ing the past year 15,013 arrests were made, of wtimi 2,6:i7 were females. detective force made :K2, arrests, and re covered lost Or stolen property to the amount of On. Dogs Socially Considered " 1 think," says Dr. John Brown, of Edinburgh, who of all prose writers has written with the most hearty and de lightful appreciation of dogs. " 1 think every family should have a dog. It is like having a perpetual baby ; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house ; it keeps them all young; ho tells no tales, betrays no secrets, never sulks, asks no troublesome questions, never get into debt, never comes down late to breakfast, is always ready for a bit of fun, lies in wait for it, and you may, if choleric, to your belief, kick him instead of some one else, who would not take it so meekly; and, moreover, would cer tainly not, as he does, ask your pardon for being kicked." Next to a merry child, we do not know so good and healthful a companion for a melancholic man as a dog. He does not call over the roll of your ails, with a dolorous intonation, nursing and pet ting them by recital, nor does he anger you by combating your splenetic fan cies. He just ignores them so innocent ly that you ignore:them too. The Army Ileport of General Sherman—The Mill tnry Dlmelpllne--541ren4tll oral.. Sego lar Army—The New Turtles. WAsietNerrox, Nov. as.—The follow ing la tho full text of the annual report of the General of the Army, to be sub mitted to Congress at the approaching session. It 15 important as showing the present location of officers and troops, the strength of the army in officers and men, the operation of the new law for the reduell, a of the army, the present condition or the investigation on the subject of small arms, and the opinions and recommendations of General 6lier man and :Major-General Halleck on the question, always more or less in doubt, as to the relation lawfully existing be tween the military and civil authori ties:— THE MILITARX .1 - IEADqr A RTERH OF"PIi E ARM , Wltshington, D. C. Nov. 10,167 d. j General:—Since m}• annual report of Nov. 0, Pelf), several changes have oc curred in the distribution of the army, incident to the restoration of the zitates of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and to the gradual reduction of the force.— The geographical territory of the Uni ted Mates is now divided into ten de partments, and these are grouped into four military divisions. The :Niiiiiary Division of the East is r•omtnandeii by Major-General I ',corgi , (1. Meade, and is composed of the De partment of the East, Brigadier Gener al 1. McDowell; and the Department of the Lakes, Brigadier Gcnetad I'. St. leorge Cooke. TllO Military Division of thu ,~uulh is 0/11111111.1ided by Major General 11. W. llalleek, and is composed of the De partment of the South, Brigadier Gen eral A. H. Terry, and the Department of Texas. Col. J. J. Reynolds. The Military Division of the Missouri is commanded by Lieutenant General I'. Sherioan and is composed of the Departnwnt of Dakota, Major General W. S. Hancock; Department of the Platte, Brigadier General C. C. Augur; and the Department of the Missouri, In . igadier General Pope. The Military Division of the Parilic is commanded by Major-Ileneral .lobo M. Schofield, and is composed of the Department of the Columbia, Briga dier-General E. B. S. Canby; the De partment of California, Brigadier-Gen eral E. O. Ord ; and the Department if Arizona, Colonel Geo. Stoneman. This sub-division of the country is found to he well adapted to the use of our military forces in the diversified see lions aml the interests committed to their charge, and:the general officers in command are all well qualified for their rospeetive duties. I enclose herewith the annual report of all these command ers except of Con. Sheridan, who is ab sent in Europe, awl of Colonel Stone man, who is itt that remote territory, Arizona, with which our communica tion is difficult, and his report has not yet been received, but will he submit ted as soon 115 posAble. T. those re ports f mint icier you for the actual dis tribution of the troops and the details of the year's work. THE Aumr According to the late,t returns, the composed of -4ti•Solllcory :;-1,570 enlisted men. Under the operation of the act approved July 15th, 1570, the number of officers is rapidly decren,ing, so that. hy the Ist of Janu ary it will reach the legal standard, Of enlisted men the present number is made up as follows :—Ten regiments of cavalry, !eex..:; live reginionts of r,ginients of inl'lditry, 16,- ~;; total troop- of the line, al,l7ti. In atitlition five companies of engineer troops, • - ,Iio; lwrinatient recruit ing parties and recruits, ldai enlisted men of ordinance, 7or, ; \Vest Point dt , - tachment, '2lll ; signal detachment, hospital stewards, ordinance ser geants, I'21—:'1)1111; making a grand total 34,h70. By the 5111110 Ret this number must be reduced by the Ist of July, 1571,. to the limit of xe,ooo. As a matter of ware, I. desire that the reduction should fall as lightly to possible ton the troops of the line, for if the companies of cavalry ainl infantry, which occupy the remote posts, are too small, department com manders will be forced to break up many of the smaller posts, and lo use two cony parties where one now suffices. If the non combatant class he kept to the present standard of 30:2 men, there will he left for the line only- •26,3u5, which, divided up among. the 430 companies which com pose the present organization, will al low but Go men to a company. Thu un iversal experience is, that the constant Toss i,v death, discharge, desertion, etc., especially in the more remote and dam gerouti;districts, will reduce the actual number present for duty to about two thirds of the preserill limit, or will him,: the e mu pan le, down to about 4e lo c o, which is too small for efficient ser vice. I believe that On a fair represen tation Congress will make direct provis ion for the eln_nlleeN, nrdllance, detachment, and hospital SteWardS. 'Phis would malts the limit of ttn,une to apply only to the troops of the line, and their necessary recruiting parties. 1tE1,A11 ,, N51.W Fla AND MILITARY examination of the reports I ere, lii inclosed I invite your :men lion to that recommendation General I lalleck which refers to the use of trJops in assisting the civilauthorities in main taining pen.., collecting the revenue, etc., which has become so common of late. The duties of the soidiery in this connection are not prescribed so clearly by statute that the ,dicers can under stand their rights and duties, and the civil agents and authorities often expect more than can be rightly or lawfully done. I think the soldiers ought not to be expected to woke individual arrests, ur to a py o ort ut violence, except in their organized capacity as a cow- Ilnly summoned by the United States Marshal, and acting in his per sonal presence. Yet if it is deemed law ful and proper that the soldiers should mit, wort. 1.11:11111d , , I cifficlil*Witil (lencr ul Collgre,s 011:0•I in clear and distinct terms. hisciPi.ixii op Tut; Ttio4 During the past year the department commanders have given great attention to the instruction and discipline of their troops, Out as nor foree Lecolnes IeSS and ics,4 I deem it impel taut that theyshould receive every encour:nzetnent, for we know that the volunteers, when called into at live service, expect to Icarn the routine of service from the regular army. In this conneetion, Colonel J. .1. Rey nolds. in Tears, objects, and with g."l reason, that he is forced to use his mien a great portion of time as laborers on public i•oad+, and at other work which disqualifies them as sol diers, beside preventing them front scouting on the frontier as much as wouhl otherwise be the ca,e. As a mat ter of course, soldiers must labor in tak ing care of thinnselves, and of their ne cessary supplies, but to build permanent works or roads, in which they have hut a partial interest, is a kind of labor that ought not to be imposed on our reduce , ' establishment. 1 would advise the sec retary of war to pr,Hcribe Collie plain rule, drawing a clear dist inet ion between these two kinds of labor, as!: to publish it to the army in orders or regulations, so that it Would enter into the contract of enlistment, and soldiers would not, as they frequently do, plead this cause a , a justification of dessertion. During the past year the tr u mps have bean well supplied in all respects, and have been paid regularly every two months. (._:en. Augur's recommendation that the troops be paid at shorter intervals is worthy of every consideration, for it is known that pay-day, coming so seldom, is apt to be considered a sort ut holiday, and not un frequently results in disorders, such as recently occurred at Provo City, which reflect upon the usual good fame of the army. SNALL ARNS—Tris NEW TACTICS. The Board of Officers assembled at St. Louis, Mo., (by virtue of General Orders NOS. 0o and 711. of 1501, has re ported that their labors have been sub- stantially concluded, and although not yet in possession of the text, I desire to express my opinion of the importance of their work. This board, composed of officers of great experience, was re quired to report on the best small arms and equipments for the army, and also to prepare a system of tactics for all arms of service. Their conclusion on the first branch of the subject has here tofore been laid before the Secretary of War, who has ordered a supply of the arms recommended by the board to be distributed to the army for further prac tical tests; but I observe that the Chief of Ordnance, in his annual report, ad vises that another 50,000 of the Spring field musket should be altered ac cording to the ordnance pattern, the one now in general use by our infantry. This would imply a selection of that form of musket, before the practical tests already in progress are completed, Tlw reeom tueu dati o u of the board wasstrung ly iu favor of the Remington systuni., auil I concur with It entirely, and there fore suggest to the Secretary that lie await the result of the tests lie ham al ready ordered before incurring the ex pense of the alteration of the see.md .50,000. All officers agree that the pr,s. ent musket is an adnnrable weapon, but the breech block Is not suited to a ear bine, and it is entirely out of the que— Lion for the pistol, whereas the I felt i uc tou system is equally suited to all, eu that we could have identically the sante caliber and cartridge for all arms. matter of infinite importance in notimu, and especially so for our troops, who are often detached front their own bag gage for months, and come in for a r supply of ammunition at posts where they often find no cartridges suited to their special weapons. The Eemingtom is already adopted by the navy, and 111 is is an additional reason for its adoption in the army, fur in combined operations both arms and ammunition could he mu tually interchanged. Prior to our civil war we naturally looked fur a system of tactics lu the ca perienec of European armies, and, as actually oecu red, we had the infantry tactics of one nation, cavalry of another. unit artillery of a mixed sort, so that there was no just harillopy bets rem them. There is uo good reason wl iy the same general rules of command and nuts should not be uniform for all arms of the service, and this Board has pro ceeded on this theory. Until the text is received, pr o perly corrected and ready for the printer, I shall forbear any com ments, further than to say that the time is most opportune for the adopt POI (if an improved system of tactics fur all arms of the service, and, before any steps arc taken for their adoption, I recommend that some compensation be given to Cieneral I fur the use that has heeu made of his system of infantry tactics that has been heretofore adopted and used by the infantry. Lt conclusion, I would mer.ly rcu .v a former recommendation, that rea5, , ,,,, We annual appropriations be asked for barracks, both to replace the unheal Illy casemates of our sea-coast forts :eel to shelter from the weather the t e nt whom the national necessities force its to star lion in the dreary tind inhospitable regions of the Interior or the contineu:. I am, with great respect, your obedi ent servant. W. T. SiiEnmAN, (irneml. (eneral W. W. Bolk nap, Seemary of War. AnnuallteportofthePostmasterCeneral The following synopsis isintains ail the important matter uCthe annual report et Postmaster General Croswell, which lie has furnished to the press of the country The ordinary revenues attic, departilient for the fiscal Year eluting June :nth 1 , 71 1 , were ;310,772,i20, and the expenditures ei all kinds t51!:;,9te,,537. Jro the year end: 11 June 30th, Istle, the ertlinary rev putt''. were $15,31.1,51 0 , :mil the expenditures ttlg.;,- e 05,131. The increase of revenue for the year 1.70 over the year 1 , ;11 Was or 7,7 s per vent. and the increase of expen ditures $305,700, shoWliez a net increase in revenue 0f51,127,003. The increase in rev elate fur the year 1570 over the year lees was $3,-179,610, and the increase of expemii tures for 1070 over IsitS was $1,120 ,1 ,244. 'flit' increase in revenue for Is7o, as compared with 15119, was loss titan the increase thr P.P.?, as oimpared with I , IS, lie ; and the increase in expenditiliZs for IsTe, compared With 17e41, was less th a n the in crease istio, coiupured with ls1;s, Its If, in'millitiou to the ordinary reVentle , , the dC‘partinent be croliteil wite E.:700,1100, appropriated for free matter the amounts drawn and expended for stili oldies to steamship lines, it will appear that the deficiency provided entol the gen eral treasury for the year 1070 is $2,511,11.1, as against r,14,t 1 1 1 0;2 , 57 far the year Ishii. The attention of Congress is again varied to the necessity ar a revision mid ritailju-t -ment of the rates of ctinipensation esttli lished by law fur the transliertation of wails ea railroad reutes. The managers of railroads insist that the pay awarded them under the operation of Cite aet .d Marelt, Isla, is inadequate to the sery We required, and litany of thorn have roinseid and still refuse, to enter into 04.1itruct with the le partment, alleging that they will net land themselves by a permanent arrangernent at the present prices. The Postmaster t i en eral says lie dues nut believe the i•ompoi sation fixed Ity law is a thir return for the services rendered by railroad companies. The amount of lines imposed on COntrae tAirs and deductions made from their pay on account of failure awl other delinquen cies during the past year was and the amount remitted fur the saint , pe riod, $g,i,Tr3.2„5, leaving the net aineutit4:7 I ,- W2l/.07. This shows an increase in the not ailment of fines and deductiens over the year 1,69 of $21,379.25, and a decrease in the amount remissions of $13,197.7-I. During the past year :1,1171 cases of loss by mail depredations, of whiell 1574 were of registered letters, seers reported Co the de partment, involving losses in bonds, drift and money to theamotint of 1:1, considerable portion of which has been re covered. 'ilia mile her of arrests far v dons of the postal law was and the number of convictions of these wile were lireught to trial 54, the remainder lieing re leased 011 bail, arquitted or held for trial. - 'the department is constantly availing itsel f 1111111 1.110 1111'1111S Within its reach to perfect seeurity to the mails, and to I.ling to justire any of its employres who yield hi the teinptatien to violato the trust reposod in them. 'the number of letters, domestic and is,r. (sign, receiosl at the dead letter mile,'dur ing the last fisral year sets as 10110WS: 1 1 10 I 'nestle letters, classed as ordinary - , drop, 475,30 e; unmailable, :t5.1,10; _x,410; lictition,, 70,003; registered, ii,lNd; 1 returned front threign countries, ea, hdl ; total domestie letters, 3,032,045 : letters, :I:31,415; whole number, .I,lsg,tnil. The number of money order offices in operation during the lasi fiscal year N 4 4:11 , 4,1' schich nine score ostaldished May 2, 1 , 711. (In the Ist iif August, 1070, 3-1, :L.l - oilier, were created, and four flees were diseontinued, so that the w 1141 e number now in operation is ! , u - d, these 11( 44 .V 4111100 S were I'Slal,ll4-110 . 1 in the Western States, where the ooze:tan: in crease of population:lmi material residirees produces a correspienling demand fa' 1110 :lin/Oka by the money-osier sys tem for the safe arid expeditious traester through the mails of small soil, of nn diey. Mr. Creswell gives a long review o f Chit foreign mail service during the year, lit this ianinection he remarks: .I. respectfully rune,. the reeemiliendati made in my last 1./Teri. Uo . an 1114,01,4 4 4,1 mail service' f ro m monthly to simidinentli by trips on the mail steamship route front Suit Francisco to Japan and China. The reeionineinlatiens made in iris report iftatyear relative to the necessity Of ' , Milli leiii,41111(14411 CO em•ouraire the re-establish iniffit of American lines or tran,aLlinili.• ,410:1111-11iliS Gtr the transisirtation of our mails to Europe are rospectfully Since the lot of January, P-70, all direct postal intercourse with France has been suspended, in 1011,0 4 1110111 1 0 of lire ;three,- thin of the postal ronvention with that coun try, and no progress has sine() been made in the ciegidiutions for a new convention. It is hoped, however, that a satisfaetery: ar rangement may be agreed upon with the government of France when peace shall be re-established within her borders. )1 r. Creswell refers to the wenderfelly rapid expansion of the postal sy-itent as strikingly displaying the wonderful growth of the United ,States in population told WOllll.ll. Anlwig ether illustrations of this kiad he refers to the fact that during, the first year of President Washington's ad ministration the litundor of letters 1.1 . ,111S- Mittel' in the :nails did not probably ttx - coed 300,000; the annual transportatiiin was about 330,uu0 miles. During the first year of the present administration the number of letters carried in the mails eoulti not have been less than 590,000,1.00, to say nothing of the immense arnOUntOf printed matter, and the aggregate of distanees traveled amount ed to 97,02-1,991 miles. These comparisons are sufficient to exhibit the great ad ranee which the United Sites have trade in the short space of eighty years. The results are so astounding that it seem impossible even atl this day to predict the development Co which our country will attain by the close of the current century, of which only thirty years remain. Mr. Cresswell again renews his reeoni mendation to abolish the franking privi lege. On this subject he remarks: "I run thoroughly satisfied that if the franking privilege were repealed, and all matter passing through the mails charged with its fair share ofpostag,e,the department would, in a short time, become self-sustaining.— This assertion, when made heretoftire, way warmly denied, and nothing was left but a resort to demonstration by figures. The deficiency for the last year has been re duced to $2„514,110. Accurate accounts of the cost of free matter dispatched through the mails were ordered to be kept by all postmasters, for six 11101101 s, be•giuning Ist January and ending 30th J unela.st, anti the returns which have been received aro now being arranged and tabulated for submis sion to Congress. regret that owing to numerous i imeurate and incomplete returns, and the failure of many postmasters to make any report, it has been itnpossible, with the limited num ber of clerks employed in the department, to present the results in detail with this re port. Enough is known, however, to ena ble those who aro most familiar with the work to express the opinion that the aetual returns will show the aggregate cost of free matter for the your to be fully equal to the above mentioned deliviency. The term I during' which account. , malt kept wan OM tea La the first half of the year, whon GP( eicetiiins were held, and when Only RSVhill portion Or the publleadoeuments are trans mitted. Should tho amount of franked natter Le accurately ascertained during a presidential can ya , s, and F+ n ij ected to the poataoe charged upon other like matter bent by private individuals, I tun cony invoil that ; tho average to,,t per annum would be great ly enhanced. " My anxiety to make the doparttnent self-sustainiug arises from a strong desire to reduce, eoudlizo and make uniform the rants sf postage. During the year 1070 the I amount derived from letter postage was 016,771,9,10, and the amount from newspa pers tuoldrimphlets was only $934,332, and yet the weight and bulk of newspaper malls are at least nine or ton times greater than those of letter' mails. This shows that while newspapers are charged much less than the cost of their manipulation and trtinstnission, letters are charged mut+ atta that the postage on letters should in ntirto,s be red need ;us snort as the Mim e, of the department will permit. If let ter postage could be reduced front three to two eruts, I ant sure that the increased cor respondence thereby stimulated would in a row yearn conlpen , ate Fir any temporary loss of revenue, and that many mistakes awl vexatious delays would he avoided by the uniform rate fur all distances ,which would thus he eStablislwd. I despair, how ever, of seeming any further reduction of letter postage us hung as the franking privi lege shall Ito permitted to impose upon the di•pirtment an irremediablo deficiency. " It is not intended to intimate that there should be tin increase of postage on news papers. Ou the isettrary, it is the duty of eon o: nmelii, s part 4 , 1' its work of bench 1.. aid Its the education and elevation or the people by carrying newspapers us .•I t eiply as possible; and hence I am of opinion that the present raten are not inn lose. Nor I object to the free transpor t.ail.tll of liettspaperii to regular subscribers in the counties of their publication, ns now :utbnriznd by inn. 'their 0011Veynnee without charge does not interfere with the speedy tool regular transmission or the until.. They are usually despatched tante country towns, and always step Within the boundaries of their own (annuli,. They are so evenly distributed titer the Whole eonittry that practically they cause nn hl ociiiVeniellee, or or delay. There is but ono ,•Itange that 1 deem desirable ill the tr,dmeni of newspapers, and that :m -idi., only te those sent hi points outside the ...intuit, of their publieation I would anon ire the postage on printed nuttier in all c a., bu be pre paid by stamps. The law alloy itn; :be to he Nei in money by subscribers at the odlee of delivery is a departure front the tweepted theory of post.- ..nice management., m i d sujeets the depart tient to heavy row .y-tent of "eorrespondence," or " post curds," lately adopted by North (hedinitiv and by Ifrellt Ilribtin for facilita ting letter corre , ponileina', :Ind already ex tensively used in thosecomitries, is strong ly urged for adoption in the United Status. Mr. Creswell. rulers to the unavoidable ac,•nnollation of copper Illekol coins in the post-otlioes of the country, and as remedy he reemilmends the onitetnient of a law :nithoriAing postmasters to transmit their surpl es copper and nil del coins, in ',Jr:is of $. - .11:Ind upwards, to the 'freasurer till) I', S., or to the nearest .Assistant Depository 'e l the publie mo ney-, and to Mite credit therefor for ate count of the l'ost-olliee Department, the It, Ito borne out of the genenil trca.sury. In conclo-ion. Mr. Crostrell says: "It xiycs tile pleasure to commend the efficient labors of my assistants and herds Or I ast year they have do t onsi themselves with I,ereming fidelity and energy to tho arduous duties of their several positions. I. acknowledge their scrviocs with thankfulness, and as it mutter 011 u-dice I renew' my urgent recommenda tion for an inerease of their compensation- In inv' judgment the three assistant Itest• niastcr-general, 010 money-order test' tem, should each receivo an annual salary I of ::"ettoo." Intern:! Revenue Commlsßlnner'A Re The lost act of Mr. Delano as ininiksioner of Internal Revenue Wile the Of hie :tumult report. As it is of uu usuid :it this time much dectee,l to it. The following ab stract eoe 10)ns all th.. intpOrtant features of the spurt, except the table, which =mot lie TicrAswitic DEeaturmENT, ) 11:10 op INTERNAL REVENUE, 11 ., LIhms/(op, Ocloher al, .IS7O. u: I have the honor to transmit here- with the tabular statements made up from 1 1 the a,ollids of this otlico which the Score tart' of the Treasury is regal roil to lay be floniress, crh, ta),h,t here presented show the receipts from each specific source of rovendo for the tiseal year finding June la, 1 , 70, tho stamp aceount reccipLs from the several States and Territories, aggre gate receipts from each collection district Git each year from left to Ih7o, collections ft, ill each specille soiree Of revenue for rho same time, ratio of receipts, and ab stract of District Attorney's reports of suits. The tables exhibit the full result of th, , ,,peratihusiot . this burette from it, Or to the 111,4011 t time.) 'flue estimate, submitted in lily animal report for 1,0/, inf the probable receipt, from internal FOV,IIII , sources, ONl`lll,iVti of the direct tax. upon lands and the duty upon the circulation and deposits or ma, Uounl banks for rho fiscal year 1070, has 1.,11 more than realized. That estiniate %yr! , awl the aggregate receipts 1111,1., the then existing haws aro shown to aneseoss tif;310,237i,576.97. I this flattreiZaill o'ili,i[••• tln , 11[1, 1 - C1'1111(11Si for taxes illegal ly aSsosSett [lll[l 1,0110[1,4i, [l.lllol.llltillg til [...41116,5([....51, as WV) I as the amount of cotn niissions of Drawbacks have only boon allowed on general merchandise under section 171, act of ./ tine :SO, 1801, limitc4L by the :nit of March ii, and patent medicines, amounting, to The aniiiiint allowed fur Cho smile Mr 1 , 4 . 6 was $377;111.31, Thu iirawbaelc (Jll ruin and alcohol is not considered in this litireati. The total receipts for the fiscal year 1 , 70 art $155,2:tri, , e7.97, 'fin) total re ceipts for the fiscal year jACP were $160,039, slanting a net gain of fin' is a comparative state ment et the sources of ro,:tinua : Spirits, II : i: , 7,920,1)111).:;1. ; for ; datil:s and kin gr.iss sa l, ~, 6 .11:]:,:1.1P ; special taxes OW •wwllcre t•illillierated), jS II I, 51 1 5 . 5 t 1 ; ill 1110 iinrluding to,), Knorn,sins,*22o,4Sll. :Lrlinlns in schndnle A, i521,5ti1,36 ; puss =E==2=M •I I ;lot entmleral.,;(l decri.l,o, 11011.titio;+, ;tdll.-it, stamp:, 171ere1t5t.,t , 123,:13:105; Lila invt,aso, decrease, I. 7...Frnw ono of We rabies iL ;ir;i.ears tha IlaS 110,1 11 C , Iltilll1(111ti OH rr,,ipt4 it at uxui , u tax from .Inne:10, to .1111i1A a. 1 , 70. aggrevating unit averaging fur each month $2,0:0,710.30. i , m. In , urrnonntnblo difficulty in in!,n•inq aor curia law 4, and a propur aril to tile illa!iii(•:lti 4, llSl of revenun ott vrs fnr :Id integrity is what i to ~(•111, the prompt an ,rtaill COIII,O O II of internal taxes. Ph inploymem of spies and informers ;tud nr,ieLle,, it they wore 'N't r it-eMI, are, in my nn 1011',71`r ‘..ee..ary. I think thy r.VI•11110 e,ervim want , ' Lip Unprorod by li,ontholino; sue aids. The officers now tortnod doh.etiv should he discontinued in the sorvieo nr dor ldlo deshrodtion ul zeisishult super,: Spirit i.—The number of oth er than fruit, registered during the last year, is 77 , 1; number mf fruit distilleries registered, I,lffff ; total, 2, , .itt0. The spirit. p,..llleing ioipaeity of the registered distil leries fur each twenty-is.' hours, as ascer tained he surveys, follows; From grain, 7ri1,377 gallons; from molresses, eift ; from fruit, 126;271; totsil daily spirit producing capacity, id0,.551. It will be seen that if the distilleries other than fruit were operated to the full extent of their capacity • for a period of ton Itionthe throughout the diatllling soneon in each year they are ea ',able of pro. lueing ti13,91.2,50n gallons. This quantity, however, is largely in execas of our consumption, which is estimated at from 7:,, ,, 00,000 tee sii 3 Ooo,ooo of gallons. The best information whieh this Mike has been aideto proenro nil this subject minces the belief that all distilleries other than fruit, aro operated for about six months only, and for that period they are not run to the full extent ui their producing capacity.— The returns to this office for the last timeal year show a total prod uction, in taxable gallons, from material other than fruit, of 71,337,10.1; from fruit, 9'..t8,'.2.54; from fruit not vet roturned, but estimated, 150,000; toner yearly production, 72,425,351 gallons. The quantity aspirin! in bond July Ist, 1560, was 10,0,05,100 gallons ; remaining in bond June :30, 1070, 11,002,400 gallons— Judging from the information In posses sion of this otiice, there Is 110 reason for be lieving that there wull be any material falling off in the production of spirits dur ing the current fiscal year. The plan of surveying distilleries on the basis of forty eight hour fermenting period for sweet mash, to which attention was called In my last annual report, has been fully carried out, and the results aro highly satisfactory and advantageous to the Government. Tho tests instituted regardin g spi ri Wind ers have not yet been completed, and will bo made the subject of a special communication to Congress hereafter. The Present Law as to Spirits.—The ex perience of the past year has served to strengthen my previous opinion as to the impolicy of changing the law taxing spir its, and induces me to repeat the reccom mendation in my last report that the rate of tax and the manlier of its collection be loft as they are now provided for. The re ceipts from this source for 1070 aress,r,st,.. 500.18, already within $4,500,04 . 0) of my es- NUMBER i 9 tlinate. Time and experience skein to ,lo- elute it to bo unwise anti inexpedient en (quango the law in any essential feature. 'robaego.—The receipts for the hod liseal year front tobacco are esi I .3 ,- i0.70 ,, d , 0. N, tv the preceding year then wore;- 1,1 showing an increase ii? :17,ni..:0,0eit,:11. This increase of nearly eiS,outi,iiiio hits not liven spasmodic:, but a regular monthly increase averaging over $O,lOO per mouth. It is to lie observed that the late crop of toleuico was an inferior one, owing to it general dronth in litany of the toliaiiisi-i:r001 mg Notwithstand i dig this ta,oraliiii exhibit I desire to direct attention lazily In some defects In the proviimitis :Ind operations of the law taxing this Commissioner lailano then midst, a 6;0'1- oral slattitnent of tho inn,ualities of the present Ins ; gives arguments at 0111111 length its roforeuce thereto, mill his reasons for the result his investigations have reach ed, and says: of am catisfiod that there is but otie remedy for the Frauds perpetrat e d tinder this head, 1111 d Eliot IS to till/lie the lax on all IleSeriptiOllS of I li 1,t01.a . 1 , , Tess 111SilUality receded then exist ender a tax of thirty-txvo vents iiiir pound than tin der the presellt. rates. 'rhos , Nevins to lie 1111 good fellSoll why there should I'' Uvo lliffertalt rates Of taxation oar ar I °Mall price and value, simply because fur is 11/10i1 for smoking and the tither Lie chcw ing. not rovers, , rule, .111 , 1 the larger tax upon srnokim; tho lesser upon chewing?" 'l'll° I is- I shiner SCOIIIS to bo in cilium ri•gaiddig the intention of the law iii t, the third c-t tan rents per rialto' lax en toi litailo by hand. /to says: - If it wast the intention to Lax all toliacia., ,ten raw if sold fir inimialiaiii con"iiiiiptidn, I would recommend that the laic la , butch su explicit SR to remove all diallitson thesnL je+.•t; but if, under no Cirt'11111.1.1:. , I:IX is hr he assessed np,,n raw ..r even when sold dimity to coil "tuners, then would recommend that 311 1,1.11 Ittelii lhu specitio tax en ails id. di. 111 , 011 the 111./1101' as a Speei il lax, why art i he sells directly to is also 111et , ,111011 1 11 oelk! reel,llllllolld 111111 1111 eel 111,11,11. spocitiu tat WI the produot, lie I II ell UP , dealer. Its a Speeial I,IX, 11 idle, id lie Stint directly to consumers. - The law authoru.es Slit, 'oininiss,nor of Internal I:evoniio to design.tt.• ;o I o-t. 5.1.- . lish, at any IS of entry in the t i nned States, bounded warehouses for the sic tobacco mid swill in bowl intended hir exportation at the same tine , 0 the V(.1100:01' in charge nil' such pt)rLA tAt i,1511011 permit for till, withdraw,' of such toliaiico and slniti for vonsumptLon after the tax tutu been pill Lhore. , .. I taping 'barge of this "nice I Gatiol t! rd there had been established In' Illy prod,- COSSOIi, lilll1111• like:Via export bonihal warehouses for 111,. of toliaero and snuti Interided for '\ ;tort, Viz., 0110 at Boston, Il emit NOW furls. liiur at l'iiilialtilphia, three at Bid:Amin c, one Itichniond, one at Now I ;mil cue at San prat:eh:is, Repeated applientions have been muds within the last eighteen months fur additional ‘valieleimais, which 1 hate denied, thi• ready eAtahlisheil tiler. , than iieconirionliue the export, trade. The quantity of stored ill Ole SeVel'ill esl sir; h... led sl•un - Iliillses n 111 1 .11114 the li.cul year I 11 , 1111.1 11111 , :SO, 100, Willi ; ivithileaw 11 for exportation, 3,211,,e97 'Pounds : with drawn upon igtyinent ,0" lax, 1M ,, ;,.;r; pountila. This shows that ahotit t svii fifths cif the goolls are l•X - ported. Nitarly all Id llleSe url ti,p,rt..ll front Nely York iloston• It es a del 1.1101 0 lid. ..41 irell iu these NVIIr011011 , (iS sour ',Howled for exportation. The goods themselves are un suited for foreign 11IllrkelS, Wel are 'hippo,' by the manufacturer In lend, :mil, xenon storeil, aro consigned to WlleleSillil 111111 jiiliberS, tile,, 140curiliu to lilt , lan, advantage of placing the goods upon the market without the Ow tax, as the law requires in ell ~tiler I'- fore the removal of ;20.1, train the • theturur. By shipping thew goods the dellieliS and 41cIscrs reeeive till all aver age front four to five months' credit, and that this pri'vilicgo ran only be eicicc) by clusters and jobbers in seaport where, by law, these Waritholl.fitit Drize , l to be established, it ewers an ine quality in the trade, and iv the sod,e id much complaint. To remedy this, :mil c,cr rent the evils of this system, I wmdd rec ommend that the law he so amended a to allow no goods entered tCcr export in bonded warehouses to be cc it lelrawn c0 . ,- from for ettllollllll/tioth upon payment of tax, until twelve months Irian rho time they were SO belated, By 11111111114 tho Lillie for withdrawal, no goods will lie mi tered except such as are artilaily i,tendc cl for export, and the privilago of - ing for consumption alter twelve !omit' , will relieve parties who, having entered goods or export, fail allicrwi,l to export tiles:Erne. Should it be deemed inexpedient to limit the time before which permits fit We withdrawal of goods on the payment of tax are not to be issued by the is/dice:or, then I would suggest that further authority be given to the commissioner to establish bonded warehouses at other places than at ports of entry, giving such lacilitied for bonding :Ind equal time before payment, of taxes to wholesale tlealers runt joldsss in ill manufactured hiked, in oast, lathe cities as are now enjoyol I,v there business in the cities mentioned, where on cc port bonded warehouses :In' itaatoti. Act of July Id 1 , 7 e- cleent it my to call the attention of Congress thr , ll,,il 3,,1 o, eertain rtelects, amicignities and ismtradictions, wide!! in the hurry lation, incidental to the closing lad , s id a season, appear in the act of July I I, I - 70. It is believed to have heel, the ithelitioll to retail , all the taxes inip , ed upo,u the colon et distilled spirit , ,Sie. :Old With ittitell-t, by the art of Juiv 20, Is! , , and cloi, lel, lel rthiry thereof. •”t' the 17, 1 , 70, nevertheless repeals the ta • upon sales of malt liquoi•s. It was evidently tic purpose Of neetiOn 5 to empower ettilecto, to remit at any time prior to A evist I, 1 - 72, all peindlies tar issuing Stallthed allies, We olli ititsit with fraodoh.ot ; but, charge made in the bill ns reported by thi Senate Finance Committee, the letter flie taw is mall as to postpone 1 , 71, the relief whirl! way designed to li , immediate. Seetion 17 provides "Lisa sections 120, 121 ;tint 122 of the ae of July 3(), Inn,cis amended, ccdic', bu eollstrlitatsi to illgtose the tax , - there in mentioned to Augost I, 1 , 70, Mid not huger." Suction 12 provides "that theta shall he levied and ,•11.,,Lt ti, boy I:1. ing the yitillr a la per ,s , ntiini or eonpons paid err brook or other eVitielleit , tt dela,issuud anti payathe ill Mitt or hetn years cater date, by ally of rhe cod jot AI it tit in this sectic on hereithther litelitiolleti, Ole the amount of all dividends of earnilin'• come or gains hereinafter cit,•1:11 . 1,1 by an' bask, trust ellllll.llly, tiset I,llthally, ratth Pad company canal company, turnpike ccompany. calla navigation company, and slack, dicer 'duo pally, whenever and sheers er the -duo shall be paynhlr, Mel In Wilattil!,Ver the `,11,0 may tondire, including. nen dents, whether citizens or aliens. - II iittlieVed to hays heel. the Illtethioll It. tit tit time the tics per cent. tax until A d_fd.d ! 1 , 170, ;Old to sthiStitilitt a tics two and half per rent. tigcrefor on :ern after tic. date; but owing tA, the peculiar or the statute no, Lax caw win Wel from mpons fallitez duo diiriniz th Last live calendar months of Is7u. Accord, ing to a recent decision of the eirenitc-eit in the Static of Penns . % Ica, LI, Ile he Withheld from divi.l4ll•io, ei 01 pens t interest payable during the mkt ,cicc . months of 1 , 7 u, and eicrpoll'aLllin, required to pay any taxes upon the tilt: (lends payable during the reiriainicig !is months. The right to withhold or tax the salaries Of persons ill the el, ii, !Oita:try naval serviovs of the I 'llited States 11 r ing thin first seven months of 1 , 7 , 1 turns also upon points involved in the east !alcove named, The amount of tux racily involved in this 911,11,11 is Vel'y little less than I.9l,ocic,occe. It isuit such illl rairtallee that 1 II: LS, out tclt at t acquiesce in the decision of the ecriaiii court until it shall trace Leon by the court of htst resort. Steps locc, taken, therefore, to have the opinion of chic supreme court of the United State, le e -1101/Ileed lip. hie. T 10141,1,1 ill issue. Herein I 1101,111 it proper to state that as early as January -I, 1,70, I ,t 14,1 the mO,- 0011 Congress, through nEs ilititttpri:lto committee, to the the law then in force and the thilicultlei likely di aria° in the COLletaloll Of these taxes, :eel asked for legislation upon the subject This request was repeated Februarys, April 7 and '25, and Slay 2.1; following, ani I repeated orally, and in person at monorail other times. The legiSiatitill scar tiuullc enacted July 11, but has been declared Inc the eircuilcourt, of Pennsylvania to hays heel too late to serve the purpose desire!! It is provided in section 15 that "Whelk any dividend is made or Interest is paid which includes any part of the surplus or contin gent fund of any corporation which hate been assessed and the tax paid thereon, of . which includes any part of the dividends. ' in [crests or coupons received from olio, corporations whose officers :no authorizer by law to withhold a per rent. on the name, the amount of tax so paid on that portica, or contingent fund, and the amount of lac, which has been withheld and paid on air, !lends, interests or coupons Fin received may bo deducted front the tax on such div idend or interest. " Owing to a change 111 the rale of taxation from 5 per cent. to 21 per cont., taxes no , p0r12, , paid upon surplus prior to August may 11UN, be again. appropriated to the pay meut of taxes upon earning's since that date so:that In some cases these later earning esmpe taxation entirely. It woula have resulted differently if the law had provided for a deduction of taxed suzplus front divi dends instead of a reduction of tax from tar. _ . Pubhe resolution No. 75, approved July 13,1870, relieved inanrance companies front certain taxes, but an act pas Bed the next day restored there in language so plain in my judgment to operate Its a repeal of the resolution. The repeal of the tax upon ID= 117 - IINFSM ADVERTIH iirva 11l 1011 11 not+ 443 tonal' ftqueycl. , XIII RE.r. ESTATT: ADV 110 IlYnt, ieul 5 cents WIZITA T. ADr LILT rt , and I n Ll 4 to 1,1011. STRCTAL NOTTCPS It 15 owl W imr SPECIAL NOTIPPS p deAllls, 111 v011t.4 and 5 ow!n fur ever I LEGAL. AND GTIT :I, Executors' not Ice AdmlntOrMore n A ,, hznees' nolloce: Auditor.' I tlln•r"\other,"l three times to ti; raft, I all k olloek2+, 10110 y ut, duiwrai, rhrrl It' iv I V.111111.1'. '1 . 1114 Ivor hkrly I.) t ts.t moat of tho kes ..11(a•L .ly I, , y DI al tai •Ih , svino.alo i . ‘kaaaa.• ty spectlti tore •Itall ito 31.1.11 ti, 11rjuct. So ittr n., t J 11, 1: , 70. Tho aeia,as moot , ol.lii pat t .t rues Lou 1.. D. Tho , art , lnitistard. , •,,,111N.1,111 ,, I e.niLl roc ~1,. Slat, anti lumhin tiwzlit pay it thou 1,1 law all St.itt tilt. 01,trici ;.. 1.1.1110. N.. 5% Itt NV. .\I :\ t•hr.i k..la :11Iti I II.• V..rls, N 1,,,n; I , lla,varo, Ct.lound , • • ,lIL. xi, ill tri liii• .vuv.lld . 1 . 01111.. ,,. 111 1111 p:tyt,111 , ,11.1,1• ~.1111.“1. ‘ ,111.11 t‘oi• I Lt Ihr t:l7, lug 111,11)1,1.11led,: United .CI alt-. %;tlll, II at 'I ritytiwrit nl' II rlrcuu S1:111, 111, Spon.lar, ..t U , 111.1111141 ill .\ ILO.' Py hy IL Iv Jac. intinl I •ti,” f,f th , iticd 2, .-11.01U1 11 , ir mi. , 111.11.111 i, . 1 111111 Tht • alt 2: I 111, ,I•cr: . ‘• aLe 4,110 , ird,11:0) v, -I Seiztl —A 1„,t1; .11 Ly IV 120 .1.1 ,der :Li ;y ili.• II 10 111110. 11/ %.lil I w,• X 1011. 1 ,1 OXIPI.II` , O , i.tl \ 01. .10,1 0 10 0 11 t 001• 01 0 `OOllOll a 1•00100 li• I'Wil , Fll` V:l111 , ` um.; th•• la-t qu•rty • Mr. • tahl, •o•i it ;LI!. shah 113% g.otiv iu , 1-71 t, :11111 , 110. LLB 1.•., wt. ol v. Tht. ip.q.411:1!0. tr thi ii,p,i , nnt St at,,, 1.13 II l'l pr,dki , I .11i v Inuit Arti,lc, ill •c•ii,ir A 1 . 1.11 . i ., 111.`, V 1,161.11, ~~m ~•r II I~IIL~•.I 1.~~1 .krt..l , •, nI shall Articles tww IJ-Cl, Pen:titles A , llk,,iv” st.1:111, 17c,111 Vol the gros, rc,ript nal Ito v 011111) hit of 1.1.3 pro,cat lhn lat , .1110111 - 4 amount of .1,1..1,67 smile smirisisof r tho the proqelll ad 1 . 110 Han 4,1 ot dotaihsl 1;1 lii Ir oessitilly carro,l plstnit.• Its officers and 0 ing this illllOO I kiniwing thai 11. exvellOnt Lc.,pccau l I ~' To the tie tary uf the Tre• The extensiv Long:tem, : 41royell by lire