New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

offered by Mr. Stevens. 1t provides that hereafter
The President as Chief shall not have
mower TO forward any orders direct to the Army but
that all orders must pass through the hands OF the
General of the Army
Secretary Seward to-day sent note to Thad. Ste
yens asking him to call at the house of the former
this evening ON important business, and the invita-
ton was accepted ~
parties are Fgyen tonight iby Gen. Grant and
Chief-Justice Chase, the attendance at both being
unusually large.
The contract for supplying the Post-0ffico Depart
ment with stationery for the next two years was
yesterday awarded to sIessrs Dempsey IL OToole OF
this city, they being the lowest responsible bidders
The following letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury has just been made pubc
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Jan. %. 1897.
SIR: II has Represented to the Department that
in respect seizures OF merchandise made at the port OF
voice and entry the practice exists OF permitting the
claimant Of the merchandise so seized TO confess udg
ment court for agreed upOu and that such sam
is accepted In settlement OF the alleged fraud IL Is 1r
ther represented that tho agreed upon aud ac
cepted Is not dependent upon an apprasement made D
he United States Appraiser OF upon an appraseueht
the opno1 Of the Denartment contrary to Law and ought
TO be discontinued. II merchandise be frandnenty nm
undervalued the course of procccdg IS elsar pointed
out by the General Collection Law OF March inir .
changing the proceedings The Act OF March D. l79 Vests
under certain circumstances ana c0ndionsia power ol
remission In the Treasury Department, aud the Act OF
March s. 1888 vests in tie same Department, in Of
seizure, where the value Of the merchandise does not ex
ceed 600 authority 10 release the merchandise on pay
ment TO the Collector, of the value apprasedi but
deemed Indispensable that there shoud DC an appiaise
ment in every O seizure and that 10 claim oi her
chandlSe seized should he brought TO settlement With
ont an apprascment the other 0i the modes pre-
scIbcd by law. 1t not to beunderstood however
that the mode q proceeding above maSca b teiifcS %
March 1863 therefore requost and direct that In All
of seizure for undervaluaon the course royfich
by the laws hereinbeforc referred 10 be pursued an
W. 'N'i eae,,t.rr of tbc qraaeltVr
To Hon. II. A. slny the, Collector ol Ncw-HOrk.
The Senate in Executive session to-day confirmed
the following appointments:
Collectors of Internal Reyenue-Dayid Ltttler Eighth
District OF Illinois, Ernest NJ BOngny Second Dsleto OF
iouisiana Barton Able First District Mlasonr Mor
gan l. smith Consul at honciga hS E1en6 4 toe dye@t
Tax Commissioner for tlorda; ibonas O5iiSn, To De
W. Wynkoop, be Agent Of the Upper Arkansas ihapsi
Col benjamin W. B1oe 10 be Pa8lnastcr General Ulhted
States Army, with rank OF Brigader General; aired k-
gore to be United states Attorney for the District Of I
diana John T. Roseie, TO be Gnte9 states District So
torncy for the Southern District o iiinols tlhclS ="
Dalan, TO be United states Marshal for The Eastern is-
tet Of NewYor me following 70 oS a te
battle of Eive-FnrkS BrgadeIcn. Thomas L. Kane, FOR
"ue IG "'g for u tne Sscs az Po Hudson; BreTst Br
der-Gcn. DanclC. ACCollum.
The Senate also confirmed large number of other
military appointments for gallant or mcritorious
services. Among them, the following Colonel5 TO be
Brgadier- 10y Brovet:
william L. Duff, r. Brinkerioff, A. J. NeNeth W. r.
King, 5. -; NJ. Young, A q; Lawrence, & H. Poiter'
Luther Stephenson, jr john j. Gleeeou, Joseph Doan-
schradcr H. n. Cis g. L. Thurston, John W. Burke,
Peter fiitH Matthew Mci5WeT. IT, Bcnticy, Thomas r.
Wright, B F. Fisher, James Dunlap. Paul Frank q. A.
Gotham, John Marshall Brown, T. J. Sullivan, Wilson
I}arstow. John s. Wilcox W. Ely, and William Ames.
The Senate rejected the following nominations:
Naval officer, J. J.. Swift Boston and Charlestown,
Mass Surveyor Of Customs william Wallis, Baltimore,
ryland; Isaac g. wordc OF Michigan, 20 be Register
Attorneys Moses Kelley FOR the Northern District OF
ONO. Crles o. Manro ior the Eastern District of Mis-
Of Tennessee; GSdIc1 T. McRcynoids, for iho
tie Northern District OF NeY-lork; Thomas
eieR f9r the the RisiI.t Of Nevada United sta!es hsi
Walker for the District ~ Iona, Np b. Toinas Ior the
Western District OF Michigan, John g. PafFhust Tor INC
tict of Western Virginia. Collectors Or Internal deN'ue:
H. W. Harrington, I1ird District or Indiana beIlahnh
Fourth District Of OhiOi Nm NJ haimton' StcohV ~
trict of Missouri John ". Glover Thtd District OF Ml
sOnr; TLomas T. CIlttende tiih t4stilct od is5o,'
Collectors OF Customs: SylyanuB - they, lmfhslape,
Macs Darius NJ Couch, Boston, Mass ssesS1I6 lhicrai
Iryeue Wm z. Wells, FIRST District hichigan; John ~
Cunlnn,ss, Fourth District Ohio; IbOrnas T. Cunning
diana; william &. Wilson, Eighth District ihdhai JnlCS
W Ildlidgc, Ninth District Indiana; Garland Z FROG
District Missouri; Van. u. II. Hunter, Fourth Dl7tret
Missouri; James a. Gricrson second District hissonli
AbErr s. steele Fourth District Tennessee; Augustus
w Brown, Twelfth District Illinois; Abel LonEwofih,
sixth Distct Illinois; Isaac j. kstehuin Tenth DtiFe
Illinois; Wn VI. Chambers, scN ehtA Dls'ile' hicis'
Gov Caleb Lyon Of Nevada has pettioned the
Senate to pass bill which viii relieve him OF the
burden OF the loss Of 5GG0 in gold belonging to the
Government and of which, he alleges, he robbed
while on his way to Washington some weeks ago.
He also states he has been unable to obtain any IN
formation which viii lead to the discovery Of the
thief