Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22
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Tho Senate ali,arnel without passing
House till allowing farmers to retail leaf to-
wrc5. This bill in the estimation of the
Commissioner would have caused los, to
| lhe 'Ieeaswy Of $1,000, 900, and deprived man
1fartulers Of the sale Of "a, 1909, 600 pounds Of
| their manufacturing products.
President Grant promoted Levi T. Luckey
Of Illinois, his private Secretary, and G. p,
Froden Executive Clerk These promotions
aro in accordance with the principles of civil
service reform.
The only immediate change in the Cabi-
net will be in the Secretary Of the Treasury
should the incumbent be elected to the Senate
Of the United States.
Senator IIanlm stated in the Senate last
week in . 5cmi-oficial sort Of way, that the
President would send but few appointments
to the Senate this session. This statement
gives strength to the impression that the
President is prepared to make but few changes
among the Federal ofce-holdera during his
second term
Tile Postmaster-deneral has appointed
james L. Stewart, Of Iowa, and John Z. Mi
nor, Of Tennessee, special agents Of the Post
office Department, with salaries Of & 600 per
annuut, and 93 per diem expenses.
1t i, reported that certain Congressman
arc Offering their quota of public documents
al fifty cents volume.
Both Houses passed the bin donating
cighty-eight condemned cannons ior the cree
ton Of an oaquestlian statue in Washington to
the memory of General Thomas The statue
.a to he erected under the direction Of he So
ciaty.or the Army Of the Cumberland
The Comptroller Of currency notifies Ma
iona banks to report their condition at the
close Of business February % last
Assistant Secretary Richardson says no
action has been taken relative to the forty
four million dollars bill. The matter remains
precisely as it did before, the Secretary still
claiming the right to issue the whole amount
whenever necessary
II is stated the Postmaster General per-
sists in collecting double unpaid rates Of
postage on newspapers, holding that as the
Attorney-General did not pass upon that ques-
ton. lis late decision refers only to letters.
-Iti, stated in official quarters as an an
swer to inquiries that it is not the intention
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury to initiate the
currency by keeping out permaneutls any
part of the 9l4O9O,000 of legal tender re-
serve, but if, in the langarge Of the law the
exigencies, Of the public interest shall require
he will not hesitate to act in accordance with
his OWE conviction that he has the right to
make use Of the reserve for temporary pur
poses in such contingency.
Joseph &. Stewart has brought snit against
the Speaker and Sargeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives for one hundred
thousand dollars, each being sued separately
fer false imprisonment. Tho suit IS notaimed
against the Speaker and rgeant-at-Arms per-
sopally. though so stated on the records, but
is designed to test the power of either House
to imprison citizen for a matter not myoly-
ing question of privilege. The case will be
heard before the United States District
| Court.
Adntant-General Vincent has replied TO
Gen. Howard's recent letters defending the
operations Of the late Freedmen's Bureau
in sharp and severe communication, in
which he reviews Iioward's defense, and aus-
Gains the assertions of his previous report
concerning the irregular and confused condi-
ton of the records and accounts of the bureau.
Gen. Viceut repeats his statements aud, also
by way Of explanation. says that the eleven
clerks employed in the office, eight were stu
dents Of Howard University working on half
time at $50 por month. The retained bounty
fund, amounting to Sll2,0O il by no means
satisfactorily accounted for by the late dis
bu,siug officer, Gen. Balloch and other hTeg-
ularities and deficits have been brought to
light by the late examination of the Adiutant-
General. Gea. Vincent is specific and definite
in all his statements, and furnishes by far the
most exact and exhaustive dissection the
affairs Of the Freedmens Bureau have ever
received. Letters from other officers accom-
pany the document which W undoubtedly
lead to action by the War Department.
The poryersity of the Postmaster General
in regard to the collection Of double postage
on mail matter that has been iusuttciently
prepared, is almost without parallel in the his
tory of executive rulings. Having been ad-
monishod by the House postal Committe and
not sustained by the Attoney-General' he
went to Congress and attempted to have the
obnoxious rule made a law Defeated there,
he still persists not to collect the double post
age on letters but upon other matter.