Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-30
WASHINGTON.
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the Aneus.l

"AsHINGToE, June 30.-Samuel Orchard,
surveyor OF Customs at Omaha, has re-
signed.
Commissioner PleAsantou had a Ions
interview with the President this afternoon
and Afterwards went into the office of SEQ
retary Boutwell,, where the two had an ex-
tended conversation, supposed to be IN
reference to their conflict of opinion in
regard to their respective duties.
Justice Field, of the Supreme Court, will
leave for California, accompanied BY his
wife, next Monday.
Wm. d. Haines, who was appointed Com
missioner Of Customs to-day, is a resident
of Pittsburg, Pa, and 10 a son of Townsend
Halnes, formerly Register OF the Treasury.
General PleSsanton was about the 6rst to
call on the President yesterday morning.
He had with him q written statement of his
quarrel with Boutwell,. He claims, that
from the formation Of the government Ger
tain duties are entrusted to the heads OF
bureaus, with which neither the Secretary
of the Department nor any one else has
been allowed TO interfere, so that too much
power should not be entrusted to one man
alone. Claims that former Secretaries OF
| the Treasury have attempted to reverse the
decision of their bureau officers, but have
been overruled by the President in the M
important cases one of which was that O.
the Comptroller of the Treasury Depart
ment, whose decision was reversed by tn,
treasury Secretary, who appealed to Gen
ersI Jackson, who decided that neither
/ Secretary nor President have the sIiphtes
right 20 revise the work of the ComptrolIer
Claims that at the organization of the inter
nal revenue bureau it was made more inds
pendent of the Secretary thar anv other
and that the very organic sct describing tn,
| Commissioners duties makes no provisio,
for supervision by the Secretary Claim
also that tbs whole drift of legislation sir c
he bureau was established, has been to in
sreAse the powers of the Commissioner, AM
make his office more independent
Boutwell,, on the other haud, feels yer
secure In the position he has taken and j
IN no hurry to trouble the President abou
the matter. He belives that he has don
nothing but what his duty as the head of hi
department required OF him. He will den
General PleRssnton's claim as to the inde
pen3ence OF the internal revenue bureau
aud also that there has ever been legislatio
tending at sll that w8Y. Ii is believed tn,
me two officers viii not become reconcilec
but that one will have 10 resign. IF Geuer,
Plessanton s case is net supported he wi
resign st once, and the Secretary will nc
remain if he remains.
General Spinner and party have been
Belgium and Cologne and are on THAR wa
- lo-i;-- H. <as-s+-''s to~lsa. az p.o-
ing.
The President has to>day appointed Wu
Il. Hsiues, Commissioner of Customs; Lew
H Douglass, member of the Lsgisatig y
Council of the District of Columbia Ey
United States Senator Willard Warns
Collector of Customs at Mobile, Ala,
place of DR.. Miller, Of Washington, d. C.
Jos, S Webster, of Pennsylvania, AgeI
of the Indians ct Santee Sioux Agency
Lewis B. Brashier, of Ohio, Register of Ii
Land Office at Petnbina Land Distric
Dakota.
At the C1binet meeting this P. NJ, nothiu
whatever was said in reference to the Bou
we'll Plessanton differnces on alleged COZ
flics of authority.
& Gen. Hartsuff has been retired with Il
full rank of Major General
Secretary Boutwell, well leave for b
home this evening. Assistant SecretAI
HArtwell will be acting Secretary durir
his absence.
|, The grand total Internal Revenue rsosip
for the fiscal year to date is $44, ,278, ,063.
The Civil Service Commission met to.da
The session yesterday was occupied with 0
informal interchange of opinions. II
members express themselves hopeful
: attaining satisfactory conclusions. ii
Commission has appointed 9 phonogrsph
? clerk, and for the present will hold session
! daily.
; 1t is believed the President has declin,
d TO pardon Brown.
Baron 6erolt, the German Minister, I
+ day took formal leave Of the President. II
!, usual appropriate complimentary address
t were exchanged.
d Phillip r. Treas, of the Germantov
!. Ps.) Telegraph, declines for personal al
3 business ressons, the position of Com mis-
j. loner Of Agriculture rendered him by Il
g President
q NEW YoRK, June 30-Wm. Dougla
9 owner Of the yacht Sappho, challenges q,
9 yacht on the Atlantic coast, to sail with
= 8-knot breeze twenty milea to windward al
i return, for $1,000. Il IS said that Lorillard
q yacht Wanderer will accept.
n The Polaris sails for the North Pole .
q morrow.
e LONDON, June ga dispatch TO q
d British government dated Shanghai vest,
n day contains the following important inft
lr nation. Il states that the United Stat
lg naval forces which were recently treacht
IN ously fred upon by the Coreaus, failing
RS receive any apology for the outrage decid
10 upon coercive measures. Accordingly III
is attacked the Corean stronghold on the |
or and of Kiughoe, which they captured q
ly destroyed, after desperate struggle. T
Losses sustained by the Coreans were We
MT large in killed aud wounded. while those
I'D the Americans consisted of one officer a
lie two men killed, and several wounded.