The New York herald., 1871-11-28
ana travellers He knew that

ana travellers He knew that stolen cattle ana ar
tlcles taken from murdered men and women hal
been found In the hands OF the Indians at uamu
Grant and lie believed the report thar ,he Indians
concerned In the murder and scalplng OF Loring
and others nai been traced 10 another reservation.
The President took the petition and SAID he hoped
the order OF General Scno1eld would satisfy the
people OF Arizona that the government proposes to
deal summarily ana vigorously with the Apaches
II, after duly notifying them 10 go and remain upon
the new reservations, where they would be fed and
protected they continued on the warpath.
Leasing the basement Of the United States
Post Office.
Tne Treasury officials In fermenting condi-
ton over the receipt or several propositions from
parties with speculation In their eyes to lease the
basement story OF the United States Pos, ONCE
ana Court Building in New York, ior restaurant and
0ther business purposes aud referring 10 the prece
dent found In the lower story OF the basement OF
the capitol here as justification for &C eptinQ GER
tain very handsome offers The prompt ana In.
variable answer Is, however that proposals OF the
kind not invited and assuredy win not be enter
tanned. The s0-caed precedent OF the Capitol
Is OF that exceptional kind tnat strips
1t OF the character GAINED for II, tue fact about
the congressional restaurants being that certain
privileges granted solely for the accommodation Of
the motion Of the late Thaddeus Stevens turned into
O source OF revenue for the benefit OF Soldiers
and Sailors Orphan Homo OF limited resources.
But with regard 70 executive buildings OF the gov
ernment the officers In charge have neither legal
authority to create any leases upon them or TO turn
the proceeds OF such leases they could he made into
any other direction than the surplus fund. Beyond
all this, there will be no room to spare in
the new building In any event. The pro-
the ofIcial mind an offer OF the keeper Of
clothing store In this CITY, just after the closed
and hundreds OF discharged officers and soldiers
were being paid or at the Pay Department building
opposite the Treasury, to lease the ground floor OF
that building for citizens clothing depot and TO
pay the expense OF shifting the paymasters to the
garret noor; also to bear the cost OF removing the
collection OF musty and dusty records then up the
garrett to some other repository. This proposition
was met by an outDurst OF apopcctic indignation
from the paymaster General, ana this is the only
precedent likely to be followed at the Treasury.
Congressman Arriving Preparatory to Open
ing the Session.
Senator Morton Is expected here on Thursday,
senator Window arrived here to-day and Sumner
will reach here tomorrow. There are about
twenty Senator's here the majority OF whom are en-.
gagged on committee work.
Ex-senator Wade Declines.
Ex-senator Wade has declined the tender made
him oy secretary Fish OF president or umpire IN
the Doundery commission between Eng and and Ii
IBERIA. Mr.. Wade says his position rs chief law oti
Ger OF the Northern Pacific Railroad Will not permit,
him to he long enough away to attend to that bust
ness The position he now fills In The railroad com.
pany Is the one which offered to Minister
Schenck prior to the atter's having been appointed
to the English mission.
Departmental Instructions to Disbarsins
Officers.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has issue circular
letter to dlsbursng officers directing that
Whenever United States dlsbursing OFFICER serv.
ing IN Two distinct capacities and having moneys
advanced TO hlm from two distinct bureaus do.
posits his funds with the Treasurer OF the United
States, an AsslSant Treasurer or United States de.
pository separate accounts should be Kept OF such
moneys and the balance TO the credit OF eacn should
be reported separaely on ne weekly lists OF dis
intended to apply more particularly 10 officers 0i the
quartermaster's branch of the War Department SER
wing as conimlssaries and Uice versa.
Dishonest Omcini Commits Suicide.
A despatch received by the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue this morning states that +. Mier,
late assistant assessor in Texas, has committed
suicide in consequence OF fear that he would be
| arrested ior collecting and embeZzling government
| funds.
! Appointments to the Now York Custom House.
| The following appointments In the New York
Custom House nave Deen confirmed at the IreaauTy
Experimentation J. OBrlen, weigher; M. O..
Hart, storekeeper; Charles Camberson, Inspector;
8. J. Burr, clerk.
The following Internal Revenue appointments
were made to-day:-Eugene b. Moore, gauger,
Ninth Illinois district; Joseph d. Keebaugh, Third
Missouri, and J. s. Sage, seventeenth Kentucky;
George MacNoe storekeeper Thrtleth New YorK,
and George $. Moss, assistant assessor, Twenty
fourth New York.
New York Naval Hospital.
Assistant Surgeon Mackie las been ordered to the
New York Naval Hospital.
Laying Up the Governmont Steamers.
Secretary Boutwell, day ordered the revenue
steamers Johnson Sherman and Fessenden, on the
Iakna into winter ouartora