The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Taxes on Government Employees.

SpecIuL DeSp0tcH 10 Ihe Eoeftflg I2tegf1DR.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S-There seems to be a deter
minatOn OF the part OF Republicans to abolish the
custom of collecting money from Government em-
ployes for political purposes.
Senator Wilson introduced bill to-day providing
that no Government official shall any on
employees OF Government for political purposes 1t
imposes fine on any official collecting such assess
ment.
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
remains as at presented constituted
Executive Nominations.
Despatch to the associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The following additional
nominations have been sent to the Senate:-
Territory Joseph Parrish. Secretary to the Presi-
dent to sign land patents Nathaniel Pope, Superin
81 ash Aars IN tae eSy oI New
Wall for Montana; William ii. Odell, Surveyor
General Genera for Oregon; 7. W: Dexter, Receiver Of
Mcdonald, do. at Trasta, California; John
s. Fallonsbee, Register at Shasta, Cuba; Oscar
jenkins, Receiver Republican Land District of Kan
SOS; h. G. Evans, Register at Boonesyille, Nd
district OF Michigan, Jacob Parmenter for Cham
berain, N. Y, William X. Taylor for Bristol and
Surveyors Of Oustoms-E. T. Randle at Houston.
Texas; Isaac N. Keeler, Albany, N. Y; Samuel A.
Orchard Omaha, Nebraska; James B. Hawley at
81 Joseph, MO; Elias NJ Fox, st Louis, Mo-; Z. Il.
Parker, Duluth, Minn.
Appraisers Of Merchandise-L- D. IngersoIl, at
Chicago, Isaac f. SGeppart, at St. Louis, W. Craw-
ford, AT Portland, Oregon, Edward Burrows, at
Providence X. L, II. r. Ferguson TO be Supervising
lnSpt CtOr of steamboats, for Second district.
Assessors Internal Revenue-Wm. N. Barlow,
Eleventh district, Illinois, Spencer Kirby. Thirty
second district n. Y, James Jourdan, Third dis
Collectors Internal Revenue-Hiram R. Kelley,
Sixth dlftrct, Wisconsin, Charles X Coster, Sixth
Postmasters-B. PIBlanchard, New Orleans, John
II Stewart, Pittsburg Horace II. Hamlin, Augusta,
Maine and large number OF others at places OF
small importance, together with considerable
number of other naval promotions.
he following to be uls:-Benjamin II. Farm
hnn nhIIG orr nf DATn hn Inv ar
PlynoutA Thomas j. Brady. OF Indiana, at st.
Thomas; ID. Ii. Bailey, OF Ohio at Hong-E Kong; II.
Abercrombie OF Pennsylvania, at Tumbez; r. G.
w Jewell, of Mississippi, at Canton Henry Hauten,
at Guatemala; H. ii. Haughton, OF Illinois, at Per-
;Nea %a% a192 P4E OF Vsp% at Port
Winnipeg; John.H. Stewart, OF Pennsylvania, at
Lspsioi G. L. stTaus, Of Wisconsin, at Quebec; G.;
New Hampshire at Londonderry; William H. Town
send OF Rhode Island, at Cork; William II. Veasy,
OF the District OF Columbia, at Nice; William j.
Wright, of Santos, at Santos Brazil: aud A. N.
| Young, OF Kentucky, at st. Jago de Cuba.
ourt at Chin Kiang; William X. Thrall, to he Mar
shsl OF the Southern district of Ohio; John Nj.
Mckinney, District Judge Of the Southern district
of Florida; John A. Minns, United States Attorney
for the Northern district Of Alabama II. j. Spring
field, Marshal for the Northern district OF Alabama
s. M. Ashenfeter, Attorney of the Territory OF New
Mexico; j. X. Beckwith, Attorney for the District
o. Louisiana; j. seely Attorney for the District OF
| The Bucharest Mission.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-HOn. b. f. PeXotto, Con-
sui 10 hOumanld, III company oil RecOrder Wolf. OF
this city. called on the President yesterday. Mr..
PeiXotto il on his way TO Bucharest. and expressed
pleasure and gratitude for the appointment aud the
expression OF interest for the cause therein con-
| tanned. The President received the gentlemen very
kindly, and wished for the best resuts to dow from
| this mission OF humanity. -
He felt the importance OF being intelligenty re-
presented and entrusted Mr. PeixOttO with a crcu-
lar letter to our representatives abroad. Mr. FiAh
who also takes great interest in this mission was
visited last week and expressed similar sentiments.
| Senators Sumner, Williams Cole, Stewart schurz,
and others have been active in their sympathy for
I this mission.
Mr. Pexotto sails on the l4th instant, in the Abys-