, 1870-11-16
WASHlkeT0N.:
Denial OF the Story Concerning
Mr.. Metlcy's Peremptory :.
Recall.

1 AAVNA&4e
Senator Wilson on the Subject Of
! Political Assessments.
Special D eseatch 10 IhA Chicago Tribune.
| POLITICAL AsaEazxKk7s
WAsnRG7ox, Nog. la-1t appears rs,as Senator
4 Wilson, ~ Chairman OF the National Congress.
fcna, Committee, took high ground In committee
egtiEst the forced ssseshneut of clerks IN the ~
| pa1mena and omce-holde1x throughout the
! Country. When the Idea Of collecting money In
taia way Was 1rsr suggested, he opposed It snd
4 supposed the practice MAS abandoned, and that
crtulass simply requeating contributions were to
be Ssnod- Shortly afrer reaching home, however.
NC etece'sed printed form, showing th1t one per
cent was TO be levied on Ill Government employ
eea, and thai, bender, the circular contsinen
an implied threat In the words: can answer
II expected" He immediately vrnts
70 the committee thAt a great mistake
had been made, and nrgcd that ali ctTcoIsrs tt. as
once withdrawn, and another substituted. asking
lot sucn contributions as each felt able to MAKE
lie ASSURED the committee that the feeling OF the
people was such that assessments II laid, and
Their collection undertaken, would tnture The
-A~-O ett%AAA
WaJ could possibly beue1t It. Senator Wilson
also wrote 10 Secrctary Cox, while hia contro-
Ss1BJ with The committee Was In progress assur.
ing him that he Was wholly opposed 10 the course
adopted by the committee, md In full accord with
the SECRETARY In the stand he had taken.
TIE fHEaIDEHT AID COMMISSIONERS WILSON,
II has become known here to-day that the ak
planauon given by the President, upon his return
from Long Branch, Of the clause In his letter TO
Secretary Cox III relation to Commissioner WILL
SOD, was that Ae became suspicious OF Wilson In
tne matter Of hts preparing two land patents for
the elder Mi. Dent 1t ID not beileved that sha
President himself hnd followed the mattsr
through, but that his lapreaajoua Of the case we're
received from membera Of hts oflc,ai household.
who had the management Of the matter before
The 1ard Once. The land involved zas
In swo tracts, near Carondoles, Missouri,
one containing $40 acres, the other 121 The
title came through the Spanish grant, confirmed
In plaee By Let Of congreas, subject to any va1td
adverse rights which might e11st General Dent
insisted that this condition should not be Inserted
In The patent. and On this point serious dispute
arose. Commissioner Wilson maintaining h,s
ground. and ordering the condlron To be written
In the patent Nj. Wilson in1tsts tna, It womb
have been An objectionable s1olsuon OF the p,a,n-
est provisions OF the law TO have omitted thu
c1Ause a8 requested.
DENIAL
Secretary Fish has authorized denial of the
| deepsicnes stating That perempto1y order had
oeen given for The dispiaciug Of NJ. Motley In
nediAtAly. This IL suspected 10 Be the teault Of
! consultation before The Cabinet meeting, apd
| subsequently, with Cabinet odlcera, 1t which 1t
| Wal determined TO abandon the idea OF raising
any new Issues, At present, With England, or to
tahe more decided stand upon questions already
existing .........
Ito ths Aseodated Prea4l
/ THK ENGLISH NISsI0y.
WAsu1HGTos. Nov. tn-Sevesai gentlemen In
| high ofltlA positions hxye denied, to-day The
tuzn OF the report that the President has recalled
! Minister Motley. And Instructed him TO turn over
The ana!1s of the legation to Secretary Moran;
and the Evening Star says 1t is authorized by thr
proper ansaoT.J q STATE maj there q 40 tr1ta IN
been waiting several months for the arrival Of
his sucoessof, and consequently has not lnattued
any measures Of importance, nor ia snch his In.
tention with The British Government
| ArTplKrxKE1t
The President has appointed Nn- 6. Ebert, Pen
removal: ana George Z. Webster, Penmon Agent
At Fort Gibson, ptee Alexander cisppeston, Re-
TEE LAND OFFICE coxH1ks1oxErsnn..
A report current to-day that representative
Lousnrdge, Of Iowa, had beeu offered. aud nc
errted, the appointment Of Commissioner 4 the
| Lend Once, Il unuue-
aAItRoApT tax.
jay Gould, Pfeadtnt OF the Efe Railroad om-
IL I'D learned that sn assessment had ocenEe.
turned 70 the Supervisor against that Company hr
the tax on gruAs receipts and earnings alleged
nave 6een e1penoe9 ~ FL s9n T., aghG
taat ne 1ssessot na3ns ne ~ suosa
sve1 icia 5oI 9tSsenng euca ase9 - nte m
Necessary 70 Dc ssatea r. ~. tae c!a1m NMsn "oaia oe
IMAGE iot pa5mens et tns 111 aMsSa. AccoIa. ncs
| mely lne Assessor ot tnd c14t1 Ne# 1ofk ul4tt1cl
Mas instructed 70 ptoceed ia INC MVssaHaIon+
NAcn nn AGaay oesn oosnneaoet.' ~
ton Il 81 the ACT of July, 1854, as am.ad
ed, Hhlcn Wonld give tno G0Mpaoy 2npie !aclli.
!ues Iof presenting Al ne !ac3 tney sMay ueaIe-
bearing on me Com mpaay 1ao.4ly % u; a9a tua az
steps necessary for making tho proper sssess.
y | ne0t !.
! Ihe lnteinA NeFenue bureau nAS NfltSEo 10
J ! ssetssof Lathtor ~ Aloany, Ieapscu0g the ~
essASMent Of The tax npoH Ehst aa kno6n s. Tue
| NeW 1Htk Central Railroad Company In favor oi
ihG etoetpotderA The Commissioner 1ays:
q hsGa,a ~ the interests and HKnta Q! "
z 3oTetnmtn nt a,tbtd thAr the assessment snoult
= ''ns't We ~ nTru-
= nkFAgt1!Ho fAfAAsfkRA
q tae aE9olta O nAsal courts In relation 70 case!
q .. sese!A ps5maatets charged with ErcRutaHde
sa5 ). lie Navy, bat sstos VII nos be ~ pioni sS1
70 eAteu onu t-e REMAINING case6 Ate disposed ol
70 which viii mol be lot month.
!, CADET SMITHS CASE
e. the War Department, to-day, tsnled an ordc
L. app1orpg The proceedings Of the recent Cou.
n Martial NJ West pout, In the case Of Cadet jaime
G. VI. Smith, colored ann lts nnding upon The d.
a. charge against him Of conduct pTeludlcial to geo
Id order and military discipline, by creating d.stmt
with his dipper and n1IA The sentence for til
&c Hence, that Cadet Smith walk the post nndt
charge Of cadet frpm p n. until retreat, 10
he SIX contecunve Saturdays, Il dssapproTed, secre
Sass ad9oesse Genets I Ia IL bener tSst 81 e
sentence Ahould b4 dlSappFpyed Than thRt tt