The New York herald., 1871-01-20

make no further assessment OF said tax, except In
cases where IL IL necessary to save the governments
from being barred by lapse Of timc This follows
the rulings OF ex-C0mnissioners Rollins and peano
on this subject and reverses that OF Acting Commits
sioner Douglass.
Dasies ON Imported Magazines.
TIE New York dealers In periodicals have sub
mitled the Secretary OF the Treasury question OF
considerable importance 10 the fashionable world
the new arin law. which Went fnic erect on the Isl
inst: PyQyldes that fashion plates colored or pam
shall be admitted free OF duty. Die Aodeni9sE
an illustrated magazine for fashion, published IN
Berlin is also reprinted in that city in English and
having been extensively imported, mas heretofore
paid duty Of TWENTY-FIVE per cent i Is contepged
now thar this publication co@ss yl,9l9 tns pg9ys
si0ns OF the new tariff act and snonld be admitted
free OF duy. The question has not been nnally dis
posed Of but il understood that the SECRETARY OF
the Treasury viii decide that tie law must be- con.
strued literally and :isr Printed matter, however
embeished With fashion plates or prints cannot be
regarded as entitled to exemption from duty We're
IL otherwise il woula enable dealers in this class Q
publications TO compete with the most extensive
publication house a fho United states,
Th. sew senator from Nebraska.
Tse ZION. Phineas W. Hitchcock, republican who
was elected yesterday by the Nebraska Legislature
to succeed senator Tnayer from the 9TH Of March
next for the full term OF six years. the delegate
TO the House OF Representatives in the Thirty-nmth
Congress, and after the admission OF Nebraska as
state was appointed Surveyor General for the
States or Nebraska ana Iowa, which office he held
TIL lS8a.
Federal Appointments.
The following nominations were sent to the senate
to-day:-lsaiah Hanscom, as Chief OF the Bureau Of
rnuc ru eft ar hn m PM .
Henry Warren. Receiver Of Public Moneys in Ore
gon CITY, oregon; John B. Briscoe, Surveyor Of Gus
toms at Nottingham, Ind; d. q. Rugg, Postmastlf
| Huntsville, Ala, u
PurchAsina a West Point Cadetships/
| The Whitemore cadet at the West Point Miatar,
| Academy, whose appointment cost the S3uth Caro-
| lima Congressman his seat in the House OF Repre-
| sentatives, has Just been discharged from tn
Academy for non.pronolency. The father OF th,
Young man considers tue purchase of the cadetsbi
very bad Investment en- his part
| sarveys in Lower California.
The Secretary Of the Navy has ordered the ship-of
war Cyane to Magdalena Bay, lower California
to make survey OF the bay and ascertain the bcs
| harbor for coaling station, which supposed :,
be the harbor OF the city OF Cortez, now beIns
settled under The auspices Of the Lower California
Company.
| Nomira lions Confirmed.
| The Senate to-day confirmed the following nom.
( natiOns:--
Albert G. Edwards, to be Assistant Treasurer al
ST. LOUIS; g. Evans, OF Missouri, Register OF the
Land O1lce at Bonneville. NO.; J. X. Rawey, Sur.
yeyor OF Customs at st. Joseph Mo-: Elias w. Fox,
Surveyor OF Customs al st. Louis, No.: Isaac =.
| Yarmouth, Postmaster at Phelps, NO.. George X.
Bucsner, Postmaster at 81. Charles, No.
Treasury Balances.
Amount Of currency in The Treasury .... $27 0o(
Coin. I0l, GOO, ,0O(
Coin certificates Observation-Disclosures. 80, ,S37 90,