The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-02
Washington Correspondence.

terday at the Indian Bureau. Messrs. L.
Il. Brunot, W. E. Dodge, j. Y. Farwell,
George ii. Stuart and n Bishop, were
present Ii. D. Lane, OF Indiana, and K.
1. 1obey, of Boston, were absent. Mr.
Brunot was elected President cf the Com.
mission, In place of Nh WEIGH, resigned.
The report of the sub committee appointed
to Visit the Indians ON the plans was an
proved and tran united 10 the Secretary of
ahe Interior, To be by him submitted to
Congress. Alter the transaction of some
other business, The Commission called upon
tne President, Secretary OF War, aud Sec
retary OF the Interior; aud each assured
sncm Oh their earnest co operation In their
laoors and Recommendations.
The Superior Court of Alabama has sus
tanned the decision of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, that The rnted mead
ings on the blanks used by The Western TN
ION Telegraph Company became a special
contract, When the uIcs5age was signed by
the Sender, and as such required revenue
stamp upon each message sent. That Dor
tion oil the decision relating TO the stamp
did not coue under the jurisdiction of the
court. Ii was also decided that telegram
Companies are not cUnnIon Carriers, aud are
not responaIble TOR the errors, OF atmos-
phere electricity, over which they have no
contIoi, nor are they Responsible tor errors,
delays, &C., when their hnes or territory
are under the control OF supervision of mil
itary authorities.
Authorization from reliable sources states
that the British government is non COM
initial or indifferent on the subject of the
annexation Of Nova Scotia to the United
States, and will be satlfed with whatever
disposition the Nova Sco,ians NAV deter,
nine upon the matter
A communication has been received bv
President Grant aud Commissioner Del.
sno fIon the Cltizens Aassoclation in New
I ork, IN which IL seto forth that the presi-
dent and Commissioner are cou ms in de-
gree lar removed. Dlr. Ed yard Chauucey
Marsball, A. NJ, has written Look en-
titled Il he Ancestry OF General Grant. " in
which IL appears that u Grant married a
DE LA Noyc, tDelano, as now pronounced.
This was ID the days OF the Puritans. and
will probably account Tor the great regard
Grant has tor Yankees Mr.. Marshall.
a. NJ. sends copy Ut his book to Mr.. Del
anO, with ali autograph letter, In which he
tells the REVENUE Commissioner that "tbe
DeiaUo blood is the oldest American blood
which the General has. 1t dates from the
year after the MAJ flower" Grant was not
aware Ut tie relationship when he APPOINTS
Christopher Columbus Delano TO Office. No
doubt the prCnuilngS vi consanguulty de-
tsrmncd the matter. Bat now that the
Commissioner is relation of the Presi-
dent, | have but little doubt but that the
desire of the Commissioner to have the
Bureau erected lutc Department Will be
ACCOMPLISHED. 1t will be SO nice to have
the counsel of one OF the family in the
Cabirct.
A great deal Of interest is being mani
tested III society by the splendid p-epara-
tlons beng made Tor the reception and en-
fertainmcnt OF guests at the Arlington, our
new and magnificent hoteI, on Vermont Az
enue, and opposite the Executive Mansion
and Lafayette Park. The name of the far
famed olessrs. Rocssle, formerly of the
Delayan House, Albany, and uow of the
Fort " lllam Henry Hotel, Luke George.
New York, as lessces Of the Arlington
houoe, are sufficient guarantee as TO the
excellence oil the entertainment. The no
tel Will be the scene ut great excitement,
throughout the winter, as it is there the
creme dc In creme o. the travelling public
Will IND home. In Its elegant parlors
the beauty and fashion and arlstocratic re-
representatives. Ut all our prIncI Ial cities, and
those ssJouining here from European Cap
italS, Will assemble IN grand reunions and
lor the EXPRESSION OF the cOncent- atcd sen.
tlnent OF pubic oplnlOn on society, as well
as political movements At least Wash
ington con boast OF hotel that il second
To none on the cuntIEGt III regard to ap-
pearance or luxurious gOrgeousness of its
furnishing, ana first III all that pertains to
the comfort, convenience and pleasure of
It's guests
TIE gentleman who are managing the pros
posed World Exposition 10 be Leld In this
CITY, to-da3 s:uade thelrsi effort to ralcemoney
Tor that purpose, and oUtaluci $50, 900,
AS soon a. Congress meets 1t can be deter
mined what Will be done In the matter. In
a few days the whole plan will be develop
ed, and Will be presented 10 Congress for
Its action as soon as possible after Its as
assembling.
The value of advertising literally is well
understood by the American business com
immunity, but by none more than more than
those sharp, active business men, who are
running the Treasury Department, and
Bureau OF Internal Revenue, Boutwell, and
Dclano A liberal expenditure of "prin-
ter INK viii make fortune or a re puta-
ton. With ibis fact before them, the
Secretary of the Treasury, III his longing
for the Presidency, and the Commisslo uer
OF Internal Revenue, III his desire Tor an
upward step, senatorship or better, have
rushed into advertisements, with reck-
lessness that excels Helmbold the Prince of
Buchu, or DR.. Ayers the liver pill man.
Ihe only difference Is that the medical man
pay cash Tor their advertisements, while
these public tunctionaries pay for their
"putfs IN the correspondents, columns by
giving out such items OF news Of are cred
it' bic to the above named officers. We do
not see such wholesale putting of the other
Heads OF departments, except from some
one desiroas OF griniing an ak. But scarce
q dag is passed but those correspondents
who have the 'Iun" OF the Treasury in
aheIr letters give at length what these ad
vertIslng gents are doing, and what they
intend TO do, and what they will not do, in
fact their doings, according to headquarters
authority, are chronlcled with the greatest
talthiulin.ss. Boutwell, Aas great faith in
the advertising dodge. Hurrah for puff
and printer ink
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