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—— NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE REVENUE. Tariff and Tax Bill as Passed by Congress. COMPLETE LIST OF IMPORT DUTIES. Articles Under the Ten Per Cent Reduction. THE FREE LIsT. Shipbuilding Materials Ad- mitted Free. SPIRITS AND TOBACCO TAXES. The Stamp Taxes Remit- ted and Retained. Reduction of the Revenue Col- lection Districts. WASHINGTON, June 5, 1872. The following is the Taritf and Tax bill as passed by Congress :— Ap act to reduce duties on imports and to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes. Be it cnacted that on and after the first day of August, 1872, in lieu of the duties heretofore im- posed by law on the articles hereinafter enumerated or provided for, imported trom foreign countries. there shail be levied, collected and paid t lowing duties and rates of duty, (that is to say: COAL On all slack coal or cul, such as will pass through ahalf-inch sereen, forty cents per ton ot twenty- eight bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel. On all bituminous coal pnd shale, seventy-five cents pdr ton of twenty-eight bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel. SALT. On salt, in bulk, cight cents per 100 pounds; on salt in bags, sacks, bari or other packages, twelve cents per 100 pounds, On oatmeal, one-half cent per pound, On potatoes, fifteen cents per bushel. LEATHER, On bend or beiting lexther, and on Spanish or other sole leather, tifteen per cent ad valorem. On tanned'or tanned and dressed, twenty- ad valorem, On upper leather of ail ti nd on skins dressed and finished of all kinds not otherwise providedfor, twenty per cent ad valorem. On alls for morocco, tanned but un- i valorem, LUMBER. On al! timber, squared or sided, not otherwise provided for, oue cent per cubic foot, On sawed boards, uk, deals and other lumber of hemlock, whitewood, sycamore and basswood, $1 per 1,000 feet board ineasure, On all other ‘leties of sawed per 1,000 feet board measure, provided that when lumber of any sort is planed or finishe in addition to the rates herein provided there s| be levied and paid for each side so planed or fi ished fifty cents per 1,000 feet, and if planed on one side and tongued and grooved $1 per 1,000 feet, and two sides and tongued and grooved $1 50 sand feet. On hubs for whee £ wed only, twenty per centum ad valo- Tem; on pickets and palings, twenty-per centum ad yalotem; on laths, fifteen cents per thousand pieces; on all shingics, thirty-five cents per thou- Sand; on pine clapboards, $2 per thousand; on Spruterclapboards, $159 per thousand; on house or cabinet furnivureyhepicces.or rough ‘and not fin- ished, thirty per'centum ad valorem; on cabinet wares and jiouse furniture, finished, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. On casks wnd Yarrels, empty, and on sngar-box shooks and vacking-boxes oi wood, not otherwise provided for, tiirty per centum ad valorum, j United ‘States; books, prote: On fruit, shade, Jawn aud ornamental trees, shrubs, plants and flower seeds, not otherwise pro: | ty per centam ad valoruim. | ds, aud ull other seeds for agricul- | ticultural purposes, not otherwise pro- ’ twenty per centum ad valorum, On ginger. ground, three cenis per pound; on gin- | er, preserved or pickled, thirty-tive per centum ad | valorui; on ginger, essence of, thirty-tive per centum ad valoruia. On chocolate five cents per pound and on cocoa, prepared or manuiaciured, two cents per pound. ARTICLES UNDER THE TEN PER CENT REDUCTION. — | See. 2.—That on and after the ist day of August, | 1872, in licu of the duties imposed by law on the | articles in this section enumerated, tere shall be levied, collected and paid on the goods, wares and | Merchandise in this section enumerated and pro- | vided for, imported fron te per centui of te sev now imposed by luw it being the duties on said articles ten per duties, that is to si On all Inanufactures of cotton of which cotton is | the compouent part of chief value, | On ail Wools, Lair of the alpaca goat and other ani- mals, and ail manufactures wholly or in part of wool or hair of the aipaca and other like animals, except | as heyeinatter provided. | On all iron and steel and on all manufactures of | fron and steed of which such metals or either of them | shall be the ing cotton m On all me and on all manufacty verally, existing | cenvum of such chinery. i ‘cin otherwise provided for, 3 of imetais of Which either of them is the Component part Of chief value, ex- cepting percussion caps, watches, jewelry and | other articies of ornament: provided, that all wire- | rope and wire strand or chain made of iron wire, | either bright, coppered, galvanized or coated with other metals, Suail pay the same rate of duty that is now levied on the iron wire of Which said rape or | strand or chain is made; and all wite-rope and wire-strand or chain made of steel wire, efther bright, coppered, gal ed or coated with other metals, shall pay the same rate of duty that is now | jevied on the steel wire of which said rope or | Strand or chain is made. On all paper and manufactures of pa eepting unsized printing paper and books 4 Sther ‘printed matter not herein specitically pro- vided jor, On all manufactures of India rubber, gutta per- cha or straw, and on oilcloths of all descriptions. ‘On glass and glassware, and on unwrought pipe- clay, fine clay andtuller’s earth. On all leather not otherwise herein provided for, , and on all manufactures of skins, bone, ivory, horn and leather, except gloves and mittens, ‘and of which either of said articles is the component part of chief value, and on liquorice paste and on liquor- | ice Juice. | DUTY FOR ROUNDING THE CAPR. | hat on and aiter the 1st day of October | sre shall be collected and paid on ail goods, | ‘wares and merchandise of the growth or produce of | countries .cast of the Cape of Good Hope (except | wool, raw cotton and raw silk, as reeled from the | cocoon, or not further advanced than tram, thrown | or organzine). when imported from places west of the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of ten per centum ad valorein in addition to the duties imposed on any | such article when imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production, . 4.—That on and alter the 1st day of August, 1872, in lien of the duties heretofore imposed by Jaw on the articles mentioned in this section, there shall be levied, collected and paid on the goods, | ‘wares and merchanilise in this section enumerated, | imported from foreign countries, the following | duties and rates of «uty, t 18 to sa On all burlaps and like manufactures of fax, Jute | or hemp, or of which fax, jute or hemp shall be | she component material of chief value, excepung such a3 may be sultavle for bagging ior covering cotton, thirty per centum ad valorem; on all oil- cloth foundations or floor-clovh canvas made of hax, | jute or hemp, or of which flax, jute or hemp shall | betne component material of chief value, forty per | centum ad Valorem; on all bags, cotton bags and Bagging, and ail other like manufactures not herein otherwise provided for, excopt bogging for cotton composed wholly or !n part of fax, hemp, jute, gunny cloth, gunny bags or other tn terial, forty per centwn ad valorem; on cotton bag. ging or other manufactures not otherwise provided Yor suitable for the uses to which cotton bagging is applied, composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, flax, gunny bags, gunny cloth or other mate- Trial and Valued at seven cents or less per square yard, one and one-lalf cents per pound; valued at over seven cents per square yard, two and one-fourth cents per pound; on insulators for use exclusively in telegraphy, except those made of glass, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on | lions or cannetille, and metal threads, file or gespinst, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on emery ore, $6 a ton, and on emery grains two cents @ pound; on corks and cork hark, manufactured, thirty per centum ad valorem; on acids, viz.: acetic, acetous and pyroligncous, of specific gravity of one and forty-seven thousandths and less, five cents per pound; acetic, acetous and Bf han i neous, of #pecitic gravity over one and forty- seven thousandth, thirty ts per pound; carbolic tigi ten per centum ad valorem; gallic, $1 per pound; sulphuric, fuming (Nordhausen), one cent per pound; tannic, $ laric, ifteen cents per pound; on r five cents per pound; baryta, twenty-five cents per ; copper, ten cents per pound; iron, twenty- ts | Moni, cajeput | brella pound} tovassa, twen- . tWenty-live cents ver Kees w pound; lead, brown, five cents per A ‘wiilte, in cel cents per pound ; strontia, twenty-five cents per pound; zinc, ‘wenty-five cents per pound ; blue vitriol, four cents per pound. On camphor, refined, five cents per pound; on sulphate of quinine, twenty per centum ad valorem ; on chiorate of potash, three cents per pound; on Rochelle salts, five cents per pound; on sal soda and soda ash, one-fourth of one cent per pound; on santonine, $3 per pound; on strychnia, $1 per ounce; on bay rum or bay water, whether distilled or compounded, $1 per gation of first proof, and in proportion for any greater strength than frst proof; on rum essenee or Oil, And bay rum essence or oil, fifty cents per ounce. On all sized or glued paper suitable only for print- ing paper, twenty-five per centum ad valorem, On vermuth the same duty as on wines ef the 6 cost. mustard, ground, in bulk, ten cents per pound; when enclosed in glass or tin, fourteen cents per pound. On Zante or other currants, one cent per pound; on figs, two and one-haif cents per pound; on raisins, two and one-half cents per peas on dati and prunes, one cent per pound; on pre- ed or condensed mile, twenty per centum ad valorem; on fire crackers, $1 per box of forty packs, not exceeding eighty to each pack, and in tie same proportion for any greater or less number, On tin, in plates or sheets, terne and taggers tin, fifteen per centum ad vaiorem; on ivon and tin plates, galvanized or coated with any aetal by electric batteries, two cents per pouud, On Moisiec iron, made from ore by one process, $15 per ton. On umbrella and parasol ribs and stretchers, frames, tips, runners, handles or other parts , When made in’ whole or chief part of iron, el Or any other metal, a duty of forty-tive per centum ad valorem; provided that the rate of duty upon umbrellas, parasols and sunshades, when covered with silk and alpaca, shail be sixty per centum ad valorem; al other umbrellas forty-live per centuin ad valorem. Gn saltpetre, crude, one e aud partially retined, two ce THE FREE LIST. Seo. 5.—That on and after the ist day of August next the importation ef the articles enumerated and described in this section shall be exempt trom duty, that is to ld, boracic anid sulphuric; agates unmanutae- tured; almond shells; aluminium or aluminum; amber beads and amper gui. American manulactures, the following, to wit— casks, barrels or carboys, aud other cis, amd un bags, the manufacture of the United Siates, orted, containing American produce, and de- claration be made of tie intent to return t mpty, under such regulation shall be scribed by the Secretary of the Treasur, root; aniinals brought into the United St porarily and for a period not excecding six montis, jor the purpose of exhibition or competition for prizes otfeved by any agricultural or racing association: provided, that boud be first given, in accordanc: ulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the ‘treasury, with the condition that the full duty to which ‘such animals would otherwise be liable’ shalt be paid in United States, or if not re-export months; aunatto, roncou, recou, or nd all extracts of; annatto seed; anti- mony, ore and crude sulphuret of; aqua ‘forth argal dust; arscuiate of aniline; baim of gile balsams, viz.:—Copaiva, fir or Canada, Pera and tolu; bamboo reeds, no turther manu tured than cut into suitavle lengths for Walking sticks or canes, or for sticks for umbrellas, parasols or sun shades; bamboos, unmanufactures bezoar stones; bed feathers and dow birds, stuifed 5; black salts ; lack bares 5 bladders, crude, and wil tutegaments of wniimals not otherwise provided for; Bologna sausages; bon crude and not manufactured; box burned, cined, ground or X, crude; borate of lime; books which s! been printed and manufactured more than twenty years at the date of importation; books, maps and charts impor by authority tor the use of the United States or for the use of the Library of Congress: provided that efined nt per pounce ts per pound, pre- ungelica es tol the duty shall not have been included in the coutract. or price pai books, maps aud charts specially imported, not’ more than two copies in any one invoice, in good taith for the use of any establisned for philosophit 'y purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or lor the use, or by the order, of any college, academy, school or seminary of Jearuing in tue | 1, Of persons ar ty Incorporated or literary or religious riving in the United states; boo! or libraries, or parts of libraries, Inu! or fauailies from foreign countries, if used abroad by them not less than ane year, and’ not intended for any other person or persons, uor jor sale; Brazil pebbles tor spectacles, and | ctacles, rough; Burgundy pitcia tgut strings, or guc cord chamomile flowers; rvot; cinchona reot; chloride of Hine ; © American Vessebs: provided that none loaded ; cobalt, ore of ;cocoa Or CoCad, C teriibre, leaves and shel cothar, Ury, or oxide o ; contrayerva root, copper, old, taken from tom of American vessels compelied y Brazil paste; pour Yarn, col- ron; coltsioot (crude drug) he | | thereof for consumption than if the same were im- ported respectively after that id od! wares sudestieclne rem; in Montied ware: houses on the and year act shall take effect, and upon which the duties shall have been | pala, shail be entitled toa refund of the difference | between the amount of duties paid and the amount of duties said 0% wares and merchandise would be subjected to if the same were imported respectively after that day. DRAWBACKS, Src, 9.—That where firearms, scales, balances, shovels, spades, axes, hatchets, hammers, ploughs, cultivators, mow! machines and reapers manu- | factured with stocks or handles made of wood grown in the United States are exported for benciit of drawback under section 4 of the act of August 5, 1861, and entitled “An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,” such articles shall be entitled to such drawback, under that act, in all cases, when the imported materlal exceeds one half of the value of tye material used, SHIPBUILDING MATERIAL FREE, Sec, 10.—That from and after the passage of this act all lumber, timber, hemp, manila and tron and Steel rods, bars, spikes, nails and bolts, and copper and composition metal which may be necessary for the construction and equipment, of vesse' built in the United States for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Paeitic ports of the United States, and finished after the passage of this may be imported in bond, under such regul tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- | Scribe; and, upon proof that such materials have been used for the purpose aforesaid, no duties shalt be 4 thereon, Provided that vessels ‘re the beneiit of this section shall not be allow engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year, except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed; and provided farther, that all articles of foreign production needed for the repair of American ves- sels engaged exclusively in foreign trade may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations a8 the Secretary of the ‘Treasury may prescrive. CURING SALT FREE, Sec, 11.—That the proviso in section 4 of an act entitied “An act to protect the revenue, aud for other purposes,’ approved July 28, 1866, ish modified and amended 80 as to read as follow Provided that from and alter the date of the p sage of this act, imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to en in the fisheries, under such regulations as retary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and proof that said salt has been used in c! duties on the same shali be remitted, LLED SPIRITS, act entitled “An act imposing istilled spirits and tobacco, and for other approved duly 20, 1868, be and the same mended as follows :— 1 One be amended by strik: Se upon ng fish, the out the nd inserting in Heu thereof the word ’ Provided, nevertheless, that distilled spirits lawfully deposited in a distillery bonded 1ouse When this act shall take effect may be withdrawn therefrom on payment of the taxes there- ou at the rate, within the time and in the manner fixed by law at the time of such deposit; Provided further, that the special tax paid by distillers prior to the taking etfect of this act, wht exhausted by t quantity of spirits distilled as provided by law, shall be’ refunded upon proper upplication oui of any moneys fbrising irom inter- nal taxes herwise appropriated. And that 8a urther ameuded by striking out the we 3 of the number of gallons,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “amounting to “apd add after the words * the words “and any fractional part of lon less than one-half gallon in any cask or package, shall be exempt from tax.’ ‘This section makes extensive alterations in the mode of collecting the revenue from distillers. Among its taxing provisions is the following :— ‘That scction 48 be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause und inserting in lieu thereof the following :— ‘That on all wines, liquors, or compounds known or denominated #8 wine, and made in imitation of sparkling wine or champagne, but not made “as a gallon liquors not made trom grapes, currants, rhubarb or berries grown in the United States, but produced by being ified or mixed with distiiled spirits, or by v sion Of any matter in spirits, to be sold as or as asubstitute for wine, there shall be and collected a tax of ten cents per bottle ¢ containing not more than one pint, or | sents per bottle or package containing | more thin one pint and not more than one quart, and at the same rate for any larger quantity of merchandise, however the same may be put or whatever may be the package nd the | Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall cause w levied to be prepared suitatle and special stamps denoting the tax herein imposed, to be atixed to each bottle or package containing such merchandise, by the person manufacturing, disaster to repair in foreign ports; cow}ge dow Virus, cuboife, urling | uolts, curry and curry Powdels, cyanite te, diamonds, rougu or uncut,’ gee J | Bel glaziers’ diamonds; Uned” bugs, dri blood dried and prepared — flower, elecampane | nol, ergot, — fans, coumnon | palin lea! a, flowers, leaves, planis, roots, barks | and Seeds for medical’ purposes, in & crude | state, not otherwise provided tor; firewood; flint, | Mints aud ground fli tropical and semi-tro} gation or cultivation; galanga, or galangal nits, plant suian- clue; gentian root; ginger Tool; ginseng rout; goldbeaters’ moulds and goldbeaters’ skins; gold ; , fOr Use as soap-siock only not providad ior; gunny.bags and gun- | old or refuse, fit ouly for reimanuiacture ; | and Worm-gui, manufactured or Unmanuta for whip and other cord; guts, salted; hair, se, cattle, cleaned or unc drawn or | undrawn, but waimanufactu of hogs, | curled, for be and 8 and not | fit for bristies; hellebore root; mde cuttings, raw, | with or without the halr on, tor glue stock; hide | rope; hides, namely, Angora goatskins, raw, without the Wool, Unmaniiactured; asses’ skins, raw, Un- manufactured; ludes, raw or uncured, whether dry, | salted or pickled, and skins, except sheepskins wiih | the Wool on; hones and whetstones; lop roots | for cultivation; strips; — Ind hemp | (crude drug); Indio or Malacea nis, vt jurther manufactured than cut “into able lenths for the mauuiuctures int ure intended to be converted r fish glue, istie or Ta: ; ckS oF josslight, jute butts, er, old , ai] LOL otherwise provide 3 lithograpnic stones, Hot engraved; loudstones, logs and round unmanufactured timber not otherwise provided for, horn suit- whien | julap scrap; and ship timber; maccaront and vermicelli, maddei and muaject, ground or prepared, and all ‘extracts Of; Magnets, Manganese, oxide and ore of; raar- row, crude; marsh-mailows, matico leaf, ‘meer: Schaum, crude or raw; mica and mica’ waste, mineral waters, ail not artifeni; weed and all other; used a dye), ru “y anise or anisese elunamon, citrouella civet, fennel, Jasmine or jessamine uuniper, Laven der, mace, otiar of roses, poppy, Sesame Or sesa- inseed or bene; thyme, red oF Origamum; thy oil cake; olives, green ov pr buds and towers; — orpime; osinluin; oxidizing paste; laaium ~ meta paper stock, crude ol every description, in- uding all g) fibres, rags otne 1 Wool, te, shavings, clippings, old paper, e rope, Waste bagzing, gunby Wags aud guuny cloth, Ola or refuse, Wy be used in making aad ft only to ve converted into paper and unit for any offer manufacture, and cotton waste, whether for | paper st } peilitory root; per- | Sis, 0 chu and cudbear; Peruvian bark ; pewti , old, aud fit only to be manufactured; philangleia; plumbago; polyodium pulu; quick-grass root; quilis, prepared oF unpr pared; railroad ties, of wood; rataus and reeds, iu- Inuutfactured ; rennets, raw or prepared ; root MOUr; saffron and suflower, und extract of; saftvon cak sage, crude; sago i sago Hour; St. John’s bean: saiactue; salep, bark root; sauerkrau anise star, valeri: 3 yy sesamum, sugar ; shark Skins; snails; aking or ornamen tin) Stroniia, oxide Of oF pr tuveinie acid; sugar Of mi1K 3 Leasels; teeth, unimanwluc- aluminous; fica, crude; blucks and gram tin; fonka beans; Tripoli; um- to wit, all partridge, hair. nge, Myrtle and other sticks a igh, OF no further manafactured than cut into jengths suitable for umbrella, paraso! or suushade sticks or Walking canes; Uiaaium, OX- ide of; Vanilla beans or Varia plants; Venice tur- ers; Wax, bay or myrtle, Brazilian and alebone, Uamanulactured ; Yams; yeast unmanfactured of strontiun rinds; : ra-alba, tin, in pigs, bars or tonauin, tonqua or sticks, crud pimento, ¢ ‘anes in the r woo M TOWAGE AND STREAM PLOUGH. That Jor a term of two years from and | the passage of this act, and no longer, Machinery and apparatus designed only for wid adapted to be used for steam towage on eamals, and not now manufactured in the United States, may be imported by any State, or by any person duly authorized by (ie Legislature of any State, of dut to such regulations as | be pr the Secretary of the | ‘Treasury for the term of two years from and after the age of this act, and no longer, steara plongh machinery, adapted to the cul- tivation of the soil, may be imported by any person for his own use free of duty, subject to’ sach regala- | tions of the Secretary of the Treasury, as before | provided, VINEGAR STANDARD. Sec. 7.—That for ull purposes the standard for | vinegar shall be taken to be that strength which | requires thirty-five grains of bicarbonate of potash | to neutralize one ounce Troy of vinegar, and all im- port duties that now are, Or may hereaitter be, im- posed by law on vinegar imported from foreign | countries shall be collected according to suid sta: dard, that ai imported goods, wares and mer Sec, 8.—That all impor 'y - chandise which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses on the ist day of August, 1872, | of such stamp tre | stamps shall be subject tot | pr | or’ said | but omy such of compounding or putting up the same, before re- moval from the place of manufacture, compound- fg or putting up, said stamps to be amixed and cancelled: fu sich manner as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribes anc Usggabagnee ho any botee ox peckage contain- ing such taerchandise stall be prema same svidenee that the tax thereon has not been Merchandise stall be forfeited to th hy person counterfeiting, altering or re-using s: ie penalties as imposed for the same offences in relation vw pro- ry stamps. ‘That section forty-nine be amended hy striking out the words “twenty-dve and inserting in lieu thereof the word “ten;” also by striking out the words “the Secretary of the Treasury, on the rev commendation of the Coumussioner of Internal Revenue, may appoint,” and inserting in liew thereof the words “the President may nominate, and by and with the advice aud consent ot the Senate, appoint;” also, by striking out the words “shuil be assigned to a designated ter- ritorial district, to be composed of one or more judicia! districts and territories, and shal keep his oitice at some convenient place in nis dis- trict to be designated by the Commissioner, and,’* and inserting In lew thereof the words “shall ba assigned by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to duty in any part of the United States, and imay be transferred from place to place, aceord. ing to the exigency of the public services? and strike out “within his district” where’ it occurs, That section 50 be amended by striking out the | word “supervisor” and inserting in lieu thereot the word “omicer;” also, oy striking out the word | “detectives” and Inserting in llew thereof the word “age! Sections 13 to 30 contain voluminous directions to brewers and distillers for the conduct of their business, TOBACCO. Src. 31.—That on and after ghe first day of July next the act entitled “An act imposing taxes on distifled spirits and tobacco, and for other pur- poses.” approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixiy-eight, be, aud the same is hereby amended as follows :— ‘That section 61 be amended by striking out all after the second paragraph, and inserting in liew thereof the following words:—"On all chewing and sinoking tobacco, fine cut, cavendish, plug or twist, cnt or granulated, of every description; on tobacco twisted by hand or reduced into a condition to be cousumed, or in any manner other than the ordl- vy mode of drying and curing, prepared for sale if prepared without the use © instrument, and without being ed; und on all fine cut shorts raps, Clippings, cuttings, and sweep- and refuse ings of tobacco, a tax of Lwenty cents per pound.” The remainder of this section and sections 32, 38 and 34, enact various amendments to the above act of 1868 as to the taxes on tobacco dealers and manufacturers and the penalties for counterfeiting tobacco stamps, Import and internal revenue, and | other particulars for the guidance of the trade, COAL GAS TAX REPFALED. Sec. 35.—That so much of section 4 of the t entitled “An act to provide internufevenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt and for other purposes,” approved June 30, 1864, and all dets and parts of acts amendatory section, a impose a tax on gas made ot coal wholly or in part, or ofany other material, be and the same ts bY repealed, STAMP TAXES REPEALED. See. 36.—-That and after the Ist day of Octo- es imposed by stamps under 184, and the several thereof, be and the same are hereby repeaied, excepting only the tax of two cents on bank checks, drafts or orders: provided that where any mortgage has been executed and recorded, or may be executed and recorded, before the Ist day of October, Anno ry 1872, to secure the spiny of bond# or obligations that may made and = issued from time to time, and such mortgage not being stamped,.all suck bonds or obligations so made and issued on or after the said Ist day of October Anno Domini, 1872, #nAall not be subject toany stamp duty, ir bonds or obligations as may have been made issued before the day last afore- said. And provided, further, that in the meantime the holder of any instrument of writing, of whatever kind and deseviption, which has been made or is- sued without: duly stamped, or with a de- funct stamp, may make application to any collector oftuternal revenue, and that upon such applica- tion such collector shall thereupon aMx the stamp provided by such holder upon such instrument of writing as required by law to be put upon the same, and snbject to the provisions of section 158 of the internal reysame laws, i BANK TAXES. Sre. 97.--That the taxes imposed by section 110 of the act entitled “An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt and ior other purposes,” approved June 40, 1864, as amended by section 9 of the act of July 18, 1860, to reduce interval taxation and to amend the act aforesaid and acts amendatory thercof, upon the deposits, capital and circulation of banks or per- sons, asi tiona, companies or rations en- waged in the business of banking, shall hereafter be paid seml-annually, on the first day of January and the first day of July; but the same shall be calcu- | lated at the rate per month as prescribed by sald sec- tion, 8o that the tax for slx months shall not be less than the aggregate would be if the said taxes were collected monthly, as prescribed by said section. the words “capital employed,” in said section, ot include money borrowed or received from shall be subjected to mo other duty apoa the entry ay to day lu tie usual Course of business om any, chhas not been | from grapes grown in the United States, and on all | Cause of action accrued of section 170 of the | perace: nots partner of or interested in the sata wank, association or firm. And the oxempeien from tax, authorized by the said section, of depesits of less than $500, made in the name of one person, in associations or companies known as provident in- stitutions, savings banks, savings funds or aeetoge institutions, is Rerermexiendad to deposits so le of not exceeding $2, * LEGACIES. Sxc, 38.—That the purposes of a charitable charac- ter mentioned in section 27 of the act of July 14, 1870, are intended and are hereby construed to tn- clude all devises and legacies to associations, trus- tees, societies and corporations established or car- ried ou for any benevolent, religious or charitable object without a view to pecuniary profit. INFORMERS' MOIETIES ALOLISHED. Sec. 39.—That so much of section 179 of the act of July 13, 1866, as provides for moieties to informers be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized to pay such suns, not excecding in the aggregate the amount appropriated therefor, as may, in his judgment, be Moothed necessary for detecting and ringing to trialand punishment persons guilty of violating the internal Revenue laws, or conniving at the same, in cases where such expenses are not otherwise provided for by law; and for this purpose there are hereby appropriated $100,000, or 80 much thereol as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SkC, 40.—That section 63 of the act approved July 13, 1866, entitled “An act to reduce iter- nal taxation, and to amend an act entitled ‘An act to provide internal revenue to support the gov- ernment, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,’ approved June 30, 1864, and acts amendatory thereof,” be amended by striking out the words “three hundred” wherever they occur therein, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “five hundred,” and striking out the words ‘under any of the provisions of this act, or of any act to which this js an amendment,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words ‘under the provisions of any in- ternal revenue act.” SEC, 41.—That section 161 of the act entitled “An act to provide internal revenue to support the gov-- ernment, to pay interest on binge reese debt and for other purposes,” approved June 1864, be amended by striking out the words, “this act,” oc- curring after the words “stamps issued under the provisions of” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “any internal revenue act."” SHIPBUILDERS’ TAX REMITTED. Src. 42.—That all internal taxes now assessed or liable to be assessed against, but not collected from shipbuilders or manufacturers, under section 4 of the act of March 31, 1868, entitled “An act to exempt certain manufacturers from internal tax, and for other purposes,” for siles of vessels be, and the same are hereby remitted, and no further as- | sessments shall be made on account thereof. REDUCING THE REVENUE. DISTRICTS. 0. 43.—That prior to the first day of January, it shall be the duty of the President, and he is ‘eby authorized and directed, to reduce the in- ternal revenue districts in the United States to not exceeding eighty in number, and for that purpose | he may unite two or more districts or States or | Territories, into one district, and he shall designate from among the ting: enue officers one col- lector and one assessor for each new district, or | at his etion he may, by and with the advice | and consent of the Senate, nominate and appoint new officers for such new district; and the collector | and assessor so designated or ‘appointed shall | give bond according to law, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required, prior to the first day of January, 1873, to reduce’the number of internal revenue assistant assessors, in- spectors, gaugers, storekeepers, and the clerks and employés in the Internal Revenue Bureau to as small a number as is consistent with the perform- ance of the reducea duties of the service, and that he report to Congress atits next session the reduc- tion made under this act, and such further changes in the organization of the internat revenue service as will promote its eMciency and economy. PRIONS FOR RECOVERY OF TAXES. Sec. 44.—That all suits and proceedings for the recovery of any internal tax alleged to have been erroneously assessed or collected, or any penalty claimed to have been collected without authority, or for any sum which it is alleged was excessive, or in any manner wrongfully collected, shall be brought within two years next after the and not after; and all claims for the refunding of any internal tax or penalty shall be presented to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue within two years next after the cause of action occurred and not after, Provided, that actions for claims which have accrued prior to the passage of this act shall be commenced in the courts or presented to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue within one year from date of said passage. And provided further, that where a claim shall be pending before said Commissioner, the claimant may bring his action within one year after such decision, and not after. And provided further, that no right of action barred@y any statute now in force shall ve revived by anything herein contained, Section forty-five authorizes the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to publish 10,000 copies of a codification of the Internal Revenue laws now in force. Section forty-six provides for the repeal of acts inconsistent with this act. TAKES EFFECT. f UhIs act shall take effect on the first iy, 1872, except where otherwise provided, And the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is here- by authorized to make, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, all such regulations not in confict with any provision of law as may be- necessary by reason of any change in the al revenue laws made by this act i the laws pes ng to the taxation of distillers and distilled spirits, THE DEATH OF JAMES GORDON BENNETT. ESS | [Translated from I’Eco d'Italia.) The reformer of modern American journalism, Mr, James Gordon Bennett, editor and proprietor of the NEw YoRK HERALD, is no more. He died in this city on Saturday last, in the seventy-seventh year ofhis age. Forewarned that the discase which had attacked him was incurable in spite of the inces- sant attention of the most skilful physicians, and «seeing the supreme hour approaching rapidly, he invited Archbishop McCloskey to administer to him the last comforts of the Catholic religion, in wittct he was born, liad lived and wished to dic. Mr. James Gordon Bennett belonged to the se lect band’ of selfmade men. Not alone was he the creator of a huge fortune, but that which ought to turn to his praise and obtain for him the eternal and grateful remembrance of the American peo- ple—the reformer of the journalism of this country. Long before the railway and telegraph were in general use, or the Atlantic cable had joined the old and new Continents, the deceased journalist sur- passed every other newspaper man in procuring and giving to his readers recent news of public interest. Since the improved systems of communication have come into use he ag always been ‘in the advance guard, and far beyond all his competitors in enterprise. No fatigue or expense was spared in order that the HeRALpDshonid preserve that primacy which none has ever successfully disputed with it, and which has made it and maintains it a useful—almost in- Aispensable—journal, During the war between France and Germany Mr. Bennett required his correspondents in both camps to transmit their reports by telegraph; and when the English army penetrated into Abyssinia the HERALD received by telegraph from that dis- tant country, much before the British government, the news of the victory gained by the invading | army; and lately Mr. Bennett sent, at his own ex- pense, an expedition in search of the English | traveller, Dr. Livingstone, whose where- | abouts was unkpown and who was believed to be dead, Mr, Bennett was born in the little city of Keith, in Scotland. When a young man, without friends or money, he emigrated to this country and on his arrival found himself without the where: with to purchase a loaf of bread. But in compen- sation he was endowed with an incredible con- stancy, with a tenacity in his undertakings and an | assiduity in his work truly extraordinary. Many daring undertakings that people looked upon as Utopian succeeded through his aid concur: rence, It was on the 6th of May, 1836, tl pub- | lished the first number of his loved “Herat The | colossal sheet of poe first saw the light in a celiar at 20 Wall street, written, edited and administrated by Mr. Bennett alone, aided in the mechanical department by twe compositors and one pressman. From its birth and for some months it had to strag- gle against the want of capital to fight against all the existing journals, which had con- spired to refuse ali_ advertisements that appeared inthe HERALD. This disloyal war, which would have diseou “dl any other journalist, only in- spired in Mr. Bennett new vigor and determination to persevere in his arduous undertaking, withont caring to shield himself from the perfidious attacks of writers or politicians, After more than a year's existence Mr. Bennett wrote:—'The success of the HeRALD has surp! myself. I began with $500 as capital; I was burned out twice, Was once robbed, was opposed, caium- niated, threatened, and behold me at the end of fifteen months with material worth nearly five thousand dollars, almost entirely paid for.’ The fortune which he leaves is immense, the HERALD alone being worth many millions, ANOTHER PIONEER JOURNALIST PASSED ‘AWAY, POUGHKERPSIE, N. Y., June 5, 1872, Isaac Piatt, one of our leading citizens, editor and proprietor of the Kagle of this city, died this morn- ing, at half-past eleven o'clock, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He established the Eagle forty-four y ago, and remained in charge of it until within a few weeks of his death. He was one of the oldest, « {not the oldest, editor in the United States AMUSEMENTS, Charles Mathew’s Farewell Speech. On Saturday evening Wallack’s Theatre was crowded by a fashionable audience, assembled to mark their appreciation of Mr. Mathew’s great tal- ents, The piece selected for presentation was By- ron's comedy, *‘Not such a Fool as He Looks.” The reception accorded to Mr. Mathews was remarka- bly cordial, and at the close ef the performance a perfect ovation was tendered tohim. The veteran actor acknowledged the honor conferred on him and returned thanks in the following speech :— LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :—It 18 with the greatest Barger that come before you to say farewell, ni€ may appear rather a novel and somewhat un- gracious announcement of a — speech, but when Iexpiain what I mean [ am sure you will sympathize with me, The fact is, I feel like a little boy going home for the holidays, and you all know what a little boy, like myself, feels on such an occa- sion, However fond of study he may be, if he is a good little boy, like myself, and however happy he may have been at ‘school, he still looks forward with rapture to the period of his vacation, Now I have been at work for the last two years without any holiday at all. Indeed, I may say without a day’s relaxation; for 1 don’t count tle time passed on board ship as rélaxation—though J have felt a little relaxed even there at times—nor do I look upon the days and nights spent on the railway cars as unal- loyed bliss, those having been the only cessations from labor in which I have indulged. There are people, [ know, who enjoy the sea—at least they say they do—but I confess 4 am not one of them; and after making a voyage round the world I have come to the conclusion that I was not cut out for a sailor, and Inxurious as the Pullman sleeping berths undoubtedly are, Ihave no hesitation in asserting that in the long run I prefermy own bed. So, hav- ing worked hard, [ think I have fairly earned my holiday and I mean to enjoy it. I have not the slightest intention of returning to England and re- suming work till next October, but mean to take three or four months for an unshackled “outing.” ‘This being the case, [repeat that it is with plea- sure I come forward to say farewell. But I should not feel pleasure in saying so if I did not entertain the hope that we should some day meet again. Thirty-four years ago I bade New york farewell ‘for ever,” and after twenty years? bsence returned and said farewell again. Thirteen ars then elapsed and here [am saying farewell for the third time, and who knows how soon I may be making my fourth appearance and delivering my fourth farewell? It is true Tam not so young as [ was—in fact, Lam no longer in my first youth, but then Iam not yet in my second childhood cither; and a trip across the Atlantic is now so simple & circumstance that it is really not worth mention- ing. Ina letter from my father on iis arrival in New York in 1822 he congratulates limselt ou his unprecedentedly rapid voyage of “only thirty-six days,” while now a passage of nine days is actually considered as tedious, Who shall say that I maj not live to run over in twenty-four hours? At all events I sincerely hope that this may not prove my last visit, 1 have had a delightful time, and look forward, if my health continues, to its repetition, so that you are liable to have_me popping in upon you at any moment, when I hope you will be as glad ‘to see me as I shall be to return, After twelve months of uninterrupted success at the Antipodes, I have passed twelve equally success- ful months in the United States, and am proud to record that for six months of that time I have played to unvarying good houses in New York aione. While returning my hearty thanks to the public for the favor with which I have been re- ceived I must not forget another duty I have to perform, and that is to express my deep sense of the great cordiality and cheerful assistance I have experienced from the members of my own profes- sion—from managers, actors, and, indeed, from everyone with whom I have been asseciated during may Cour for L can honestly declare that I never met with More uniform politeness and attention in’ my life. As to my Ue friend = Wal- Jack, what shall I say? cords are inade- guate to express the aifectionate appreciation entertain of his unceasing endeavor and those ot his amiable family to conduce to my happiness and comfort, Years ago, when he first entered the pro- fession, it appears that I chanced to offer him some little encouragement, and it sows that Kind words are never thrown away, for he has been gracious enough to remember them; and if [cheered him a little at the commencement of his career, he has more than returned the obligation by throwing flowers over the close of mine. Ishall bear away with me the loveliest remembrance of his many kindnesses. I will not detain you longer, ladies and gentlemen, but tender you once more my grate- ful thanks for the undeviating favor and patronage with which you have honored me, and with the sin- cerest assurance that I shall forever treasure the recollection of the happy days I have spent among you, I bid you, most respectfully, farewell. Theatre Comique. *A new piece entitled “Chicago” was produced at this theatre last evening before a house fuil to overflowing, and proved a very fair success. It makes of course no pretensions to high merit in the way of plot or dialogue, but there are several seenes which are either thriiiug or amusing, and the audience seemed interested throughput, The great featnre of the piece is the introduction oI a panorama of the city ay it was before, during and aiter the great fire. This has been painted in the main with scrupulovs fidelity to truth, though the flames are perhaps occasionally a trifle too lurid in color and excessive in quantity. This, however, is a very natural error, and scarcely any picture can adequately call up to the mind the awml extent of the misery and suifer- ing and ruin involved in this terrible disaster. The concluding scene introduces a very good imi- tion of a locomotive, which ts, of course, representative of that which Col, Fisk started m New York bearing relief to the famishing and homeless crowds. Charles Thorne plays the part of a fireman, and, among other heroic deeds, rescues achild from the midst of a burning house. Miss Sanford takes the character of an Irishwoman, and Mr. Wild is a funny Dutchman, “Chicago” will doubtless draw full houses for a long time to come. Union\Square Theatre. Mrs, J. A, Oates and her troupe commenced an engagement Tuesday evening in Planché’s burlesque “Fortunio,” and were greeted by a large audience. “Fortunio” is more like an opéra bousfe than @ bur- lesque. It abounds in puns and political *‘hits,”’ all More or less laughable. Mrs, Oates, as the heroine of the plece, appearing in male disguise, sang and acted her part in a spirited manner, and was fre- uently applanded. Notable among the other per- formers were Mr, W. H. Crane, who gave a humor- ous caricature of a bankrupt sovereign; while Mr. H, T. Allen, as his sister (a very muscular princess), provoked shouts of laughter by his ludicrous imita: tion of female grace and loveliness. The singing of the principal performers was a8 good as the average of burlesque actors. But the scenery was of a ge le description, the ballet crude and spirit- less, with nota fair face or graceful form to cheer the eye of the beholder. Brooklyn Theatre. A class of performance that is new in Brooklyn has been commenced this week at the above thea- tre. The spectacular drama, that has been favored so largely in New York, has not hitherto found a congenial home in the “City of Churches.” At Mrs. Conway's Theatre the innovation has been at- tempted, and with a degree of success that will be poplanaes by many and denounced by a few. “The Naiad Queen; or, the Mysteries of the Lurlelberg,”’ the name of the drama presented, is a kind of “Black Crook,” with the more glaring impropricties left’ out. There is a very slight plot in the play, just enough to work in the scenic, the ‘demonic’ and the “anmortal” elements of the drama, and there is a ballet corps of twenty-four members, who Wear skirts probably short enough for a Brooklyn audi- ence, bat the skirts are longer than are seen on a New York stage. There is enough, however, re- vealed to the naked eye to satisfy the sensuous, led, as they are, by Lurline, produce an effect that has probably never been surpassed in any spec- tacular play yet brought before the public. audience applauded with an enthusiasm that is seidom muenifesied in theatres. Miss Conway is Lurline, the Natad Queen, and Mr, Frank Roche is Sir Rupert Fearnaught. The part gives Miss Conway an opportunity to display her musica} talent as well as her personal beauty. ‘The former is greatiy applauded and the Jatter ha the tribute paid to it of silent admiration. The transformation scene at the close is of, unique beauty, and greatly to the credit of the scenic artist, Mr. Haricy Merry. There was one noticeable feature in the presentation of the piece that was very commendable, and that was the perfection with which it was put on the stage, and for this Mr. Ben Baker, the Che a Manager, deserves th thanks of the patrons of the theatre. The ple will run for & month at least, and will, no doubt, grow nightly in favor with the public, Footlight Flashes. “Enoch Arden” is drawing to a close at Booth’s, “The Swamp Angels” will be the next startling sensation at the Bowery. ‘The Martens take a benefit in “Humpty Dumpty” at the Olympic this evening. Miss Fernande Tedesca, the young violinist, will be the star of the approaching Rochester musical festival, The preparations for the International Musical Jubilee at Boston are going on with unremitting vigor. ‘Thomas waves his baton nightly at Central Park Garden over a host of music lovers whom even the Wfonn sack and Mise Rinnin are fast establishing themselves in the good graces of the denizens of Jersey City at the Arcade Theatre. re tat Saget ay si ne tis city Wn Tamous Hompty Dumpty. It will be traordinary pantomime. ee he will Sopeae farce of ie Lottery Ticket, Worm 709 character in which ‘he has few equals, Mise Lalu Prior will sustain the part of Susans while the bajiet corps in their march in the last act, | The | the one thousand and first performance of that ex. | THE TAMMANY RING. Judge Hogeboom Overrules the Demurrea of Tweed, Connolly and Fields. The Costs of the Action to Fall Upon the Defend ants—Unless the Original Complaint is An- swered Within Twenty Days the State to Receive Judgment for the Re- covery of the Money Alleged to Have Been Stolen. ALBANY, N, Y., June 5, 1872, The Court opened at eleven A. M,, and Mr, O’Conor said he would not pursue his argumeng commenced yesterday, but would leave it to his associate (Mr. Peckham). He would, instead, submit to the Court his brief concerning what he styled the middle age of roguery in New: York, as carried on through the Board of Supervisors, At this point @ conversation sprung up between the counsel pres- ent—Messrs. O’Conor, J. H. Reynolds, W. H. Peck- ham—and Judge Hogeboom as to the propriety of ex- Pediting the case through a pro forma decision, which would give an Opportunity to carry the case up and to the Court of Appeals, Mr. Reynolds said he had no objection to such a course, aud he knew the other counsel had not, provided judg- ment was not rendered against them, On the other hand, Mr. 0’Conor said he had none, provided judg- ment was not rendered against his side, The Judge said it had occurred to him that it would be best to decide against the demurrer, as he was satisfied that the case would be carried up, tet it be decided either way, and the most general way was to decide ay he tad suggested, He asked Mr. O'Conor if he could not consent to that. Mr. O’Conor replied that he could not; his clients would not understand his consent. He was here representing not only technically the people of the State, but also a public voice of considerable re- spectability and consequence. NO SUCH THING AS AN UNDERSTANDING, Judge Hogeboom said to Mr. Reynolds that he had better consult with Mr. O’Conor and see if an understanding could not b pached as to agreeing to a decision sustaining the demurrer, Mr, O’Conor said, “Oh no, we could never reach an understanding.” W. H. Peckham then proceeded to explain the purposes and me: ne of the varions acts referred to by D. D. Field in his argument as showing the separate and distinct organizations of the city and county. He showed that so fur as the contract of the funds and finances of the city and county were concerned it was in the hands of the oftcials who acted a3 trustees, the same as do the corporate au- thorities in England. The city had no interest in these moneys whatever. The Comptroller could call for only such an amount of money as he found due on adjusting the account; there his power and duty bee ‘The tax is authorized and required by the Legislature, and not by any local author- ity. Counsel cited many authorities and decisions to show that suits of this nature are brought by the Attorney General in England, and agreed to show that our corporate authorities stand in the same relation as do those in that country. He claimed that it was a settled law in this country that where a wrong of this kind has been done and the corpora- tion will not interfere, then the taxpayer can; so it is in a private corporation, Ifthe corporation will not sue then the stockholders can; so we see if the corporation does not act the taxpayer can; and who represents the taxpayer but the Attorney Gen- eral? And we have made the corporation a party, so that this action can be properly brought. PLEADING FOR “T0M"? FIELDS. J. H. Reynolds then addressed the Court in further support of the demurrer, saying that he could not see how, in any manner or form, an action can lie against Mr. Fields. He showed that the Legisiature had been informed by the Fire Com- missioners that these claims would amount to $815,000, and they did eventually amount to this and no more. It is true the Legislature ordered the payment of a certain amount and afterward in- creased it to the amount stated by the Fire Commis- sioners. Did Fields, then, increase the amount and increase it fraudulently? jr DID NOT THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZE THIS amount, and authorize it knowingly, toor If, therefore, there was fraud, it was the Legislature who was guilty of it, as they were informed of the amount. Through an inquiry by the Court as to whom the six millions in the other cases belonged, Mr. Reynolds was drawn into an argument on that point, in which he maintained the point that there was no ground whatever for these suits as brought in the name of the people of the State. JUDGE HOGEBOOM’S SUMMING UP. At the coneiasion of Mr. Reynolds’ argument Judge Hogeboom said he was inclined to dispose of these duses at the present time, owing to the vast Importance surrounding them and the large amount of money involved in the stupendons frauds out of which. they had grown, He could find no color of reason for any delay. Somebody was entitled to relief and ought to have it spediiy. It would, from what had been said this morning, be literally fruitiess: and useless for him to undertake a critical exami- nation of the authorities cited. It would involve much time, and the state of his health was such that. he could not well doit. Nevertheless he would do so if it would avail anything. With reference to the complaint he thought it showed clearly a right of action; but asto the proper parties to bring the action he admitted he had no deliberate or deter- mined opinion at this time. Still he did not think that was any reason why progress should be de- layed. There were plausible grounds for maintatn- ing these suits in their present form. ‘This money belonged to some one, but to whom was a question. Whether to the Supervisors or to parties behind them, the taxpayers or to whom, there was a clear doubt; and as there was a doubt whether, on ac- count of collusion on the part of the authorities as charged, the people of the State are entitled to intervene, he thought, after the argament, there was at least plausible ground for the suits in their present form; but, whether there was or not, he thonght it better to CARRY THE CASES TO A HIGHER TRIBUNAT.. Indeed both parties have declared their deter- mination to go first to the Supreme Court and then to the Court of Appeals. Why, the: ¢ asked, should tney be delayed here ? Again, this question has been argued before another branch of this Court. Justice Learned had heard it en a motion to reduce the bail of the parties. He ex- amined this point and expressed an opinion— not a decisive one, howev that these actions were well brought by the people of this State. There is, then, an opinion from a co-ordinate branch of this Court sustaining this position, Is it not well enough, then, he asked, for another mem- ber of the Court to follow his brother? He did not think there was the least impropriety in this, and, as it would hasten a final decision, he felt himself justified in that respect also. There could be no possible disadvantage to either party in such a decision. It would be better to have a decision at onee, 80 as to give opportunity to both sides to pre- pare for their appeals. Besides, sald he, suppose I decided that these actions were not well gh oo that decision might be reversed in the higher Court; and might not then @ motion be made to reduce the ball, and thus destroy the secnyity now held for the recovery of this money? ‘Therefore, under the influence of these views, and owing to the importance of the matter, and also as there are doubts in the case, he decided that the demurrer was not tenable, THE DECISION. This cause coming on to be heard on the come Lagi and demurrer, and after hearing the counsel for the plaintiff and defendant, it is hereby ordered that the demurrer be and the same is hereby over- ruled, with costs, and that the plainti? have jud, ment as in the complaint demanded, unless within twenty days the defendants withdraw the de- murrer and answer the complaints, which the de- fendants have leave to do on payment of costs, MR, GREELEY'S MOVEMENTS, Mr. Greeley was not at the Astor House yester day, having remained in close attendence upon his sick daughter, Gabrielle, who has just returned from Europe, and lies at Mrs. Cleveland's, No. 12 Cottage place, ill of a fever. The Philosopher has himself fully recovered from the indisposition which | assailed him at Chappaqua on Saturday, and was able last evening, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, to attend the anniversary exercises of Packard's Business College, at Cooper Institute, and address the pupils. At the committee rooms in the Astor House there is the usual airof business, With an apparent lick of anything ever being done. A pamphlet, consist- ing of the proceedings at the Cincinnati Conven- tion, the letters of acceptance of Horace Greeley | and other documenta, has been issued, and about, twenty bushels of them were stored away in a | corner of the room to await mailing yesterday. The list of visitors is still small, and still numbers few prominent men upon it. It seems to be rather an autograph albura for all the country editors in the Union, who, with an eye to the main chance, advertise ¢emselves and ‘thetr papers, while they perform the duty and pleasure of every visitor to the city—that of shaking hands with and congratulating “old Horace.’ An adsh- | tional room has been added to the committee's apartments, where Captain Grant and hits clerks perform their labors, leaving the main chamber to the loungers. A LOVERS’ QUARREL, Susan Mayo; of No. 11 York street, and Sarah Johnson, of No, 79 Sullivan street, both colored, quarrelled about a young man of their acquaintance on Tuesday night. Susan lost her temper, and, drawing a razor from her bosom, attempted to cut Sarah’s throat. She only succeeded in inflietin several slight outs on her face and forehead, whic! were attended to by a police surgeon. was arrested by an oMcer of the Eighth precinct, See esterday morning arraigned beiore Justice Cox, Jenersom Marketand, wtinitung the, charge, Was committed for trial. i