The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-18
WASHINGTON.


Arrangements for . Military Parade
WASHINGTON, November l7.-Th'
commandants of the companies 10 th'
battalion staff Of the Washington Ligh
Infantry have been appointed 10 act IL
connection with other companies II
making preparations tor an Inaugural
ton parade. Thus far six regiments o
the New York militia, three Of the Phil
adelphia militia and the Filth Maryland
regiment, of Baltimore, have signl6ec
their intention to be present on tba
occasion.
Senator from Georgia.
Private letters from Georgia affirm
that General John B. Gordon will bs
elected to the United States Senate from
that State, in the place Of Isaiah Hill
whose term expires the 4th Of March
next General Gordon is one Of the
most popular men in the State.
Revenue Matters.
Section 43 OF the act Of June 9th
1872, in relation to the organization o.
Internal revenue districts, provides that
prior to the lst of January, 1873. the
Internal revenue districts shall be re-
duced to number not exceeding eighty
and that a collector and one assessor
shall be selected from the existing rev.
enue officers and assigned to
each of the new districts. The
present number OF districts is 23O
with one collector and ten assessors
Tor each district. The same section
provides for the reduction of the num-
Der OF inspectors, gaugers, storekeepers,
clerks and other employees in the To-
ternal Revenue Bureau to as small q
number as is consistent with the per-
tormsnce Of the reduced duties OF the
service. The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue is now engaged on echedule
of new districts. and making selec-
tions from the present number OF COL
lectors and assessors OF the most eth
cient to fill the new positions. He will
have everything ready to put the re-
quirements Of the new law into opera
ton at the time specified. There is
great anxiety felt among the employees
effected by the law to learn the names
OF the lucky officers chosen.
General Emory, formerly Supervisor
of Internal Revenue for the States OF
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mis-.
sissippi and Louisiana, the same posi-.
tior as that now held by X. r. Cobb,
will probably be restored to that post.
1t will be remembered that, at the time
of the reorganization of the supervising
districts, which took place just prior to
the October elections, it was hot con-
test among the supervisors in the south
ern districts as to who should be ap-
pointed to that position. The contro-
versy at that time proved very embar-
rasslng to President Grant, az it threat
ened to dsorganize the Republican
party, especially in North Carolina. In
order to relieve the President Of this
embarrassment General Emory ten
dered his resignation. His restoration
is now regarded as settled affair.
The new internal revenue laws are
very embarrassing to the Bureau, and,
in the opinion of those best acquainted
with it's immense machinery, will prove
a failure. 1t is not thought that, even
with a reduction on taxable articles,
eighty collectors and the same number
of assessors can perform the necessary
duties without grave pecuniary loss to
the Government. An effort will be
made early in the session to have the
law changed so as to allow $50 col .
lectors and the same number OF asses~
sors
The Northern Pacific Railway.
The Commissioners appointed by the
Government to examine the Northern
Pacific railroad have inspected about
$50 miles OF the road. Five hundred
miles OF the road ia finished. They re-
port the road as first class, being as
we'll built and equipped as the best in
the country.