The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-22
The Disestablished Church
Gu 9stion.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-There
has been large number of Senators
and Representatives at the White
House this morning. The Pennsyl
vania delegation called in body and
had an interview.
Commissioner Delano has received a
communication from Supervisoc Noah,
OF the Tennessee District, forwarding
letter from Collector Wilson, of the
Third District of that State, inform
ing the Supervisor that be had com
menced vigorous campaign against
the outlaws in the mountain counties
OF that State. Mr.. Noah writes that
he is in receipt Of information that
the Sixth District Is infested with
illicit distilleries, whose proprietors
defy the Government officers, and he
has directed the Collector to push
these violators of the revenue
laws to the wall. Collector
Wilson writes that he is operating in
the mountain counties with detach-
ment of troops, aud one of his depu
ties has reported the seizure of five
different distilleries.in the mountain
counties.
Troops are now operating in Put
General Randolph Macy, Inspector
General Of the Army, is assigned to
duty on Sherman's Staff, and assumed
the lties of that Office this morning.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
last night to rob a bank here.
Thomas Il. Fuller was appointed
Clerk of ths Treasury Department,
aud assumed his duties to day, vice
Miles.
The shipments of currency for the
week to the National Banks was
$663, ,199; amount received from print
ing bureau, 1898 800; held in trust for
banks, $342. 800 200; held for public
deposits. $32, ,716, $50; bank notes issu-
ed to date, $3l3 30l 1856; insOlvent
bank notes redeemed. SO, POS, ,22l
circulation, $299, ,S54, $40.
The Senate to day confirmed the
following nominations: W. A. Rich
ardson, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, JAS Il Smith, Assessor of
Internal Revenue for the Twenty first
District of Pennsy lvania; G. q. p.
Clark, Collector OF Customs at Oswe-
60, New York Israel Washburne, Jr.,
Collector of Customs at Portland,
Maine; and the following postmas.
ters: WIN. Clark, Van Vert, Ohio;
A. Ballou. Findlay, Ohio; Richard j
Tompkins, Mt. Carmel, l linois;
Enoch b Pendleton, Westerly, Rhode
Island.
Thos. Harland, for many years
Assistant Deputy Commissioner of
Internal Reveaue, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect as soon as
his successor is sufficiently iamiliar
with the duties to assume charge of
his place. His successor. John w.
Douglass, is lawyer of Erie, Penn
sylvania, and has, for seven years
past, been Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the District represented in
Congress by Hon. q. w. Schofeld,
and has been regarded as one of the
most competent men in that branch
of the public service.
Mr.. Douglass is at present filing the
position made vacant by the resigna-
tion OF Mr. Ristry, and in a short
time the transfer will be made as
| above.
The President has appointed J. w.
| Haines, Frederick A. Tridle, and
| VIM. Sherman, Government Commits
sioners, to examine and report on the
completed sections of the Central
Pacific Railroad, in California, and
Western Pacific Railroad, in place of
John Bigler, Frank Denver, and
| Thos. j Henley, removed.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce has made a favorable report
on the nomination of j + Casey, to
be Collector of New Orleans, and re-
ported back James Longstreet's nom
ination for Collector of Internal Rev
enue, of the Western District of
Louisiana, without recommendation