The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-22
Fight on ST nday Nig1t--All
Quiet Again.
correspondence Relative
TO Bakers Attack on
tho Piegan ID0iang.
Defalcation of Collector
Bailey.
Important Foreign News.
Trial of Prince Bonap2rte.

Washington Items = Combinations
aEd NOmlB BatlOns-EOre about COL
IectoF Bailey.
WASHINGTON. March 2l.-The Sen
ate to-day confirmed Joseph D. Brad
ley, Of New jersey, Associate JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court of the u.
S, and Gen. PleasaRton, Collector
Thirty Second District of New York,
vice Bailey, removed.
The vote on Bradley'5 confrna-
tion, was 46 to 8.
The following nominations were
sent in to the Senate to-day: Rob't
4. ColtersoD, u. S. Marshal, Eastern
District of Arkansas; Montgomery
Sicord. Commander in the Navy;
Capt. Jas. Forney, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel In Marine Corps; Supervisor
Cowen, lately on duty in California,
to be assigned &C Internal Revenue
duty IN the Southern District Ohio,
vice Clarke, resigned.
Solicitor Barfeld has returned from
New York. He has no doubt that
Collector Bailey left New York.
The Internal Revenue office is
making an effort to ferret out the
extent OF the frauds.
Deputy Commissioner Douglass left
to- day to take entire charge OF the
examination, during the presence of
Messrs. Douglass, Parnell. and Ohm
Delano, of the Commissioners Office,
st New York; Supervisor Dwyer, of
Ohio. is assisting Commissioner De-
lano in his duties.
Francis A. Walker, Superintendent
of the Census. has published a circu-
lar announcing that the act Of May,
1850, requires that Assistant MaTshals
shall be actual enumeratOrs.
The Custom ouse, at Lavedo,
Texas, was robbed on the night of
February 9Th, but tho Government
bonds being kept, since the former
robbery. at the Deputy Collectors
house, the Government sustained no
loss.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House considered the case of the
Cherokee Indians, whose tobacco
factory within the Indian Territory,
was seized by the revenue officers.
Commissioner Delano was represent
ed by counsel. Further hearing will
be had on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court to day decided
adversely to the claim of Commodore
| Mead against tho United States,
under the treaty with Spain.
The judgment of the Circuit Court
! Of Iowa dismissing the bill in the
case of K. s. Litchfeld, United
States Register and Receiver of Pub
lie Lands at Fort Dodge, has been
affirmed.
The Senate to-day confirmed the
following Postmasters: Charles Q.
Brown, Chillicothe; L. NJ. Campbell,
Bonneville, Mo.
George II. Butler stands confirmed
as Consul General at Alexandria,
Egypt, the motion to reconsider being
| decided overruled.
Promotions in the Navy-COmmo-
dore J. A. Winslow, to be Rear Ad-
miral; Captain james Strong, to be
| Commodore; Commander A. c. Read,
to be Captain; Lieutenant Com
mander Joseph N. Miller, to be Com
mander; Lieutenant Gustavus v.
Menzies, to be Lieutenant Com
mander; Captain J. w. Fraloy, to be
Commodore; Commander Geo. M.
| Ransom, to be Captain; Lieutenant
Commands Alfred Hopkins, to be
Commander; Lieutenant Edward s.
| T.. :
Lieutenant Thos. Nelson, to be Lieut..
Commander; Lieutenant De Witt g.
Kells, to be Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant j. Y. McCurley, to be
Lieutenant Commander.
The following First Assistant En-
gineers, arc to be Chief Engineers
Geo. j Barry. n. B. Lifting, Cast
on the Oneida) w. @. Beechler, JEFF
ferson Young, B. Q. hampton, Jno.
Purdy, H. L Snyder, l.. l.. 2. Ayers,
Oscar a. Lackey. Charles H. Devlin,
and J. II. Boitey. A large number
Of promotions to be First Assistant
Engineers, Lieutenants, Masters, &c.
They we're also confirmed.
The House Committee on Indian
affairs have completed a bill to reor-
ganize system of governing Indian
tribes, to provide for their coloniza
ton, and for other purposes. The
bill divides the Indians into three
districts and classes; first, those on
reservation, self-sustaining; second
those on reservation, not so tar ad'
) vanced in agriculture as the former
third, those net on reservation.
1t provides for dividing the terri
J tory into four districts, with one gen
! ! eral superintendent for each, and one
1 agent for one or more tribes under
l general superintendent. No more
) treaties to be made and ratified. The
bill meets with the views of Secreta-
ry Cox and Commissioner Parker.
Senator Cattell, who has been alb
sent from his seat several weeks, re
turned to-day with his health nearly
| restored,