New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-22

fScREA,,y. OF sEtAaY-THE MASS wELc0xs TO
goSGRgss-. PERSONAL
80 rsLEaGGpa TO THE l,IsSS"
wAsaTeIay wednesday, Nos. q ls,;
tti,a angular fact thSt, Notwithstanding the semi
ofciol announcement Of the Administration organs
Of Che now policy of the Government in the Ncricaa
| ouestion and the supposed negotiations now going
on between France and the United States the French
| Minister hero Count de MonthOlon, mas not bcea
consulted by the authorities Dor mas DC VeceIed any
Information on the subject save what be ass leaned
\ from the tewspaDer press He has not yet been off
cally informed OF Minister Campbell and Cen Sher-
| mans missiCp 10 Mexico.
New accesssors OF supporters OF Mr. Spooner ~ the
| COmmissonelsip of Internal Revenue have arrived
here to-day. Nc, SpOoner seems determined to wouy
! the President ard Secretary HcCrooh INTO appoint
| ing him His ehbrts now, however, and those Of his
friends are exaspentng to the Secretary and annoying
to the President and he is DjGring fatally bis chances
Of obtaining any appointment under the AdmBista-
ton in tho future There has been nothing for, many
years in the way OF persistent OfceseekiDg 10 equal
ths attempt to force Mr. SpoOner upon the President
and the Treasury Department A. lhternas ksSenue
! COMMISSIONER. ~. -...r.--
! The Joint Committe Of Congress or RetrenckucBt.
now in session in this city, has brought to light sOTno
! gigantic frauds in the Hew-yOrk Cus5Om-h0use thu
Committee having to-day closed their Investigation.
Of that department The Investigations into the al
| legged cotton frauds in the Treasury Department
| tomorrow.
The departmental clerks here are moving actively
for an increase Of pay and bOrIs on the psst They
say family cannot hire apartments and i've de-
! Gently in Washington on Sl,2O3 or Sl,4W year;
that q portion OF the Cover nent clerks hao already
received bonuses that the present salaries are really
worth only twothrds their face, being the old gold
prices &c. The high saared clerks IL the Treasury
have already been paid an extra compensation, do
mated by the last Congress and the minor employees
in the same department have received SlV9 extra
each but nothing extra has been paid to the CLERKS OF
the State, War Interior, or Acknowledgements De
partments The clerks are having meetings, APPOINT
ing Committees, &C., to push their Interests % tho
matter.
The Hon Hannibal Hamlia has been invited. by
the Committee having the Mass Welcome 90 Con
gress in charge to preside at the evening banquet on
Saturday December |. An invitation to be present
has also been sent to the National Convention OF tns
Grand Army Of the Republic now in session A. In
disnapoliS. The Governors of the loyal states and
the Mayors of Baltimore and Philadelphia are among
the invited guests
Among the arrivals here to-day are Homer Franklin
OF New-York, and F. T. Frelnghuyseny lately ap-
pointed United States Senator from New-Jersey IA
place OF Senator Wright, deceased.
Some days ago prominent member Of congress
called on Secretary McCulloch to oppose the oontein-
plated removal of prominent official OF the treasury
Department. The Secretary assured his visitor taa.
no removals would be made in his Department on 20
ltigdl grOuAusf IndL nc @o'Aoto-'
were sufficient merit and ability to fill the positions
assigned them. In this matter, he stated, the PIeS
dent fully concurred With him. and assured nm that
he would be sustained and not Interiered witAto help
scheuing politicians.
Eastern Division having been changed from the Rs
publican Fork 20 the Smoky Hell Fork of the Kansas
River, the Commissioner has instructed the Register
and Receiver at Junction City, Kansas, TO restore
some 600 900 acres Of land 10 settlement and entry
,to and iaWSs
Register aud Receiver az Brownsville, Nebraska, 70
restore about 1900 coo acres The restoration does
not make the lands subject 70 sale at prlVate entry
but only renders them accessible To actual settier5
The United States Consul az Buenos Ayres has sent
10 our Government COPY &C the law Of the Argsntins
Republic authorizing the National Executive to emit
Treasury bills 10 the amount Of - 600 O00, with inter-
est az three tOurths per cent per month. For tne
payment aud amortization Of the interest an add
tiOns impost Of five per cent IS put on ali imports,
excepting such articles as are comprised m article
three Of the present CuSrOnHouse Law, and tSo per
cent on 81 exports. The Treasury bills are to be
received in payment ~ all Custom-iouses IN the Re
public
seeded states has paid for itself and neted Sl JJ
profit This fact is mainly due 10 the ec0nom'ca
management Of the present Post Office Department
The final accounts OF the Commission appointed 70
collect the United States direct tax IL North Caroina
have been submitted 10 the Treasury Department.
Over 800 600 have been collected at small expense
10 The Government The resignation Of the Commits
s;oners Messrs John X. French III. Potter, Ir., and
= n Sears. has been accepted. TO take effect Dec.
by which time It is expected that most, if not all.
the commissions for collecting the direct tax sill DO
closed.
Col. Luther Stevenson, r.. of bingham, has been
apponted Assessor Of Internal Revenue for the Second
Massachusetts District vice Beals removed. Mr..
Kingsbury Deputy Collector OF Customs az Boston,
Is here working TO obtain the appointment OF Post
master at Boston, but with little prospect OF Success
The races here have dTaEn together quite eollec-
ton Of sporting men and the lobbies of the hotels
are prettT well filed with horse ftnciers etc
siderable addition to the number is expected here on
saturday 20 be present a. the great of Dexter
against time when he is expected 20 eclipse his iomer
triumphS. a..
There was not as largo an attendance az the White
House to-day as usual aud very few OF any special
importance Quite number OF COngressmep haye
arrived here within the last two three days, ana
the number of arrivals N the hotels generally arc
daily increasing and the hotels filling up rapidly
Everything indicates that the season though fei Is
10 be an unusually brilliant and lively one.
Encouraging progress is being made III The EFFORT TO
start new daily evening paper in this District which
shall sustain Congress aud the Radical pOlicy3 Tho
arrang ements are being completed TO establish tho
paper ON firm basis and il is understood the -publI-
cation will be commenced IN few days.
PROTEST AGAINST COMMISSIONER EoLLINss RESoyAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRlsVSs- -
CINCINNATI. Nov. IA Formidable protest y Deing
signed by business here irrespective OF party pganst
the removal of Cnmss 0ner Rollins, the goupd that
changes in the Revenue Department, especially when
good and experienced are turned out are dspaShS
10 Inv Pu"h' ih'.LN-..