The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-20

General OF the army. This order Is not INTENDED 40
prohibit temporary assignments OF officers 10 40
duty with other companies than their Own.
Decision of the Commissioner Of tn'ernai
Revenue.
The following decision OF the Commissioner Oh
Internal Revenue has been received by the Assessor
for this district
SIR-In reply to yours In regard to a certain rea,
estate and building company loaning money on reai
estate have to say such company y iapi n,r ~
special tax bankers, as per section seventy nhe,
paragraph one, act Of June 80, 1864, which says
Every person, firm or company having place u
business where money il loaned or advanced upon
bonds stocks, bullion, bills OF exchange, or promls-
sorry notes. Is regarded as banker" This compre-
bankers this company should also make return
each month Of the amount OF capital used Tor se
tax OF half Of one-quarter per cent as provided
In section no. act OF June so. 1868.
Nominations by the President.
The President nominated to the Senate to-day
Charles c. Dane for Collector OF Internal Revenue
for the Fifth district OF Massachusetts; Arthur ID.
Markley for Collector OF Internal Revenue for the
Sixth district OF Pennsy vania; Percy B. spear for
Collector OF Internal Revenue for the Seventh district
m the second District of Connecticut
c. G. Magrue for Collector OF Internal Revenue for the
Second district of oho w. c. Tuley for Assessor for
the Seventh district OF Pennsylvania: Robert d. An
drews for Commissioner Of the Branch Mint at Den
yer City; Thos. N Stiwe, OF Indiana, for Minister
Resident to venezuela.
Internal Revenue Appointments.
Gd,t0ers.-George Il. HIN, Sixth New York dis.
trict; Hubert Mcclellan, Third Ohio district; Edward
G. Farmer, Second Rhode Island district
St0rekeepers.- X. Athison, Twenty-fourfh
Pennsylvania district J. i. Kn0rr, George W. Nc
Farland. Jesse Deltro and Frank d. Bingham. Third
pennsylvania district; Lew Templeton, seventh
Ohio district; Joseph G. Kelly, Second Iowa district
Ismel Kautnear, Eighth Pennsylyania district; Ben
jamin shaun, Ninth Pennsylvania district.
Assistant AssessOrs.-C. q. Colgate, Thirty-second
New York district and William X. Ford Fourteenth
New York district.
Receipts OF Fractional Currency.
| Amount or fractional currency received from the
Printing Bureau OF the Treasury Department for the
week ending to-day .....................s SOFT, 100
To the Assistant Treasurer at New York. 800 900
To the Assistant Treasurer at Boston. 0000
To the Assistant Treasurer mt Philadelphia. 100 900
TO the Assistant Treasurer at Charleston @. $4,000
To the U. s. Depository at Buffalo,. 1000
TO the national banks and others. 81, O0O
! Total ................s 6l2. o0o
Fractional currency redeemed and destroyed 607 500
Amount OF securities held by the Treasurer OF the
United States trust for national banks SAL s27 90t
And for deposits OF public moneys. 36,37S,35
| National bank currency paid during the
Week.... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1850
Mutilated bills returned ............ 1851, 74i
| Insolvent bank notes redeemed. 900, -,
Actual circulation at this date 299 S62, ia
Disposal Of Public Lands.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office is In
receipt OF returns showing the disposal OF q, 49,
acres OF the public domain during the past month a
the following local offices traverse City, Mich.
1854 acres; Detroit Mich, 42l1 acres; Eau Claire,
Wis., 5,s72 acres; Marquette, Mich, 4563 acres. Th
greater portion OF the land was taken by actua
| settlers under the Homestead law.
/ Naval Intelligence.
Commander w. N. LETTERS and Lieutenant c. ]
Main have been ordered to duty at the Naval Observa
| tory. Lieutenant Commander Lewis Clark has beer
ordered to the receiving ship Ohio. Lieutenant
| Commander G. l.. Hunt has been ordered to the ma
val station at League Island
Discharge of Treasury Clerks.
On the LIST Of January very heavy reduction OF TIT
clerical force employed in the Second Auditors olc
will occur. lisr OF about 125 names has been sub
United TO the Secretary OF the Treasury for discharge