, 1873-12-30

him Of tho contingent fund p1ncotl in his lautlH
for public. and coarly not his personal
nsc. 1noy do mt look upon this a1 = n,tatako
Tint A1r. Williams anf tho President puraist In
thnir demand tint tlo confirmation shall be
1nntlo under tho cirou,nBtnncoa, Goon not speak
we'll FOR their Interpretation Of tho rnteH Of
strict honesty, such us should obtain It'll both
public n,la prynto llfo.
Ito TIE .issaefaled f'fts*.1
Apro1NTsESTH.
NasHfNoToS. u. q, Dec. 2u:--''ohn " Hooa
i'aB i'coli appointed lauEer Tor tho Nirse DH-
trlct Of Illinois; Jnmoa L. Burton. tia,Ror TOR
tho sixth DISTRICT OF intiiang Johil A. lnaatlt,
ssorcteepor for tho Eighth DlHtriet q Indiana
a'm Janes ~: braaIoy Jros - ~ mhHof, ,S @ mnn
coao1e 11!s.,4 o. .; ays, htoroReopcfs 'of ZIG fllA
O'a'f1et ol Aol,tueNy.
.,, FRENCH ficE'cohsuh For cMlgAuo'
Ino flcsidcnt llnH recoRnizod Eafnond lt Ceroy
US '1co'cohsniar Agent OF FRANCO W oh'oa9o'
connEcrioN. ,.. ,,,.. A..
~ mas !mcorfecty sta'eu IL. aHt Smi III, III,
P"tenes that As6lbtnnt AteulnuSsoEphG4tal aill
"ah netore INC committee on tho 'Hulcaty "
cnnneoelon with tho nonnasion o1 eteofgo II.
WlliiamR to bo Cliiof Jngtico. 1liti nau no COM
nr1nication watover with the committee OIL
that subject. ....
- MO RAILROAD PROJECT. :,
a Now York company, owning va'hl state
chartera, undor which tlfect rallfoad l'aa boon
ioealeu from Ho" 1oIR Clty ~ oh"sln; Han r.
laoateu ING ii1uae oolnHMttoe 1t W nnHspauH 10
recommend d Dill granting them national cl,nr-
Ut nxor tno aalno !l1e. 1ne 1oau TUBS tnronRn
1Nino16 " tne charteE U! tiie Anhcu1No, nt, NV
WI, WINGS CO. ureat Eastefn r. 1ou. ~ @ liz Ionpay
ash ~ 1uosluy u o1a:voo pet .l't!o' ~ hu"l-
Ely VI tle 9ohas, a1i ~ l1Polt"sao lreo l ol
utyt VI ~ liz liot nnu nsco nGI"nsniy Aot ~
favor nf tfo auha1v Tl,nv Viii nroinbv n renort IT
tho b Far 3l,o reora Int"r.aE Ineornnras Tas
Of tlp Iowa. ' "''n MIA 'D'f'''1''" ~ " ''ot'f''
ronr,os MATT, TRANSFORMATIONS.
Under tho 1,ow 'e arntem % Of eelectiur steamers
to . cnrry the s Euronenn mails tl1o Tostmnntor.
Gonarn1 l,na Sca,rnntr7 twentv. fonr nteamnra
heioncinr to t]iiTnro,lt lineg to carry tLo mn,|s
during January. TLis riycs twonty-four mails,
there boi,g two rnuila oyury Saturday. Tho ilnys
II, %, ge a. 3I 81 2s. 20, and 01,
ro1,TIcA1' n,nAn,11r,Ea nr,,oyEn.
The presidont Ina annroyeti tho bill removing
tho political disabilities Of q. ]. Harvie. Thosr,as
,Joh,, II. lscagan, OF Toxas
INTERNAL. REVENUE PROSPECTS.
ashin1ou {Dep 2C] DisDatch 10 fe Nele Iork Tribune
In examining tic question whether any noces-
sity for imposng additional taxation. really OK
iste, N1r. Wilson, Of 1udiann, cplIed upon tho
Commissioner Of Internnl Revenue for u stato-
1nent showing the effect Of tho pnric upon tic
revenues, and iii rcp1y received tile following
letter:
WASHINGTON, Dec. II, 1879.
mcut of tho recoirtB Of informal reyon1o for 10
n,,1ch Of tho nurrent t}scal ynar ma hae ntroadv
clapscd, and for nv cstimao Of tho effect Of tho
recent financial crisis iu diminishing revenue,
nj this ot1icn frnm Juy i. 1873 to dntc IN m fol-
lowy:
For 1r,v ~ 40, n1a. Auou,, "a sos oso
sonton,i,n-' IL aoi NJ 0csGShor sc' m, ri !.
Nnven,her sG 7aa n5o. ]1rst n;xtcop davs j., Te.
coIn1ar Il ~ nj "1"' '1~'esA o''' :" '>o
rtanSa ~ H. oovo a+,4o,,o,+ ,v;,, s,,, t,,,t
as f,iiiu Ill., ~ ~ a a. III m nm ~"
,nn,,t ~ T.; H. M ~ - o'o1 " IN.
har ~. :" no,,o XIII thnre ~ 1,,i, Ane,,at
and and Septembor. Sd stata % procao(r M "5' to ] averaro
... N,nsrs,a' 81. COZ AK 1917 H.
81 nos NJ ;rt,a ;,,nnn ~ s,,.;,s+ lon, eonno1ad
orant nnrt ~ xl,ic1, ,roa for1nory rniioctaG Iur
n1. tho tlret ounrter nr tim tiscn1 vear and to
spccIal tnxcs duo Nav having boeE mostly col
ectcd for tho current yonr In MAY nnl Juno in
stead Of July and August rs heretofore. I sec no
roAson why tho average receipts for July, Au-
snss Gna nepsempor hho"la ~ h9se m peeh grea:er
vemhcr nrcanf tbn t1nanc,n1 ,,onroasion rafcrrnd
to, 1t is eydant that tho rcceirta
for October aul November wcro nearly 81 ,000.-
oVs y 'ess than they wonlt' have boon put lor tho
sas ~, s.a ~ 'c H. ~. u'
wnra 81. iii nsa naoinat ii Gsl 4eo for t,,a cor
responding period in tho Inst fiscal year. Should
tue receipts for tho remainder OF this month
neaI tse haaa !iopo!tion 10 sho loceipts 1oT tlo
II to Doe n iS7s to Tia rernints for tho 3}rst
sixteen DAYS of that month, the entire rccciJ,tn
Of the current month would DO 81 oa0. 400. This
Mol!t1 stthl " oHo" hst to MoieI VI 1ue l4lihll.
III ot .,o,, ~ ~ ra,o;nt III; roon t,,o;,
former average, Had there been no tstur-
bance in mollotary affairs tl,ore il little doubt
that the aggregate receipts for the current scn
soas "ou Ill in'a lcacou .i,;'' ~"
inws viii =, ro,rso done,,1 1n,on tln i1,,ratosS
a,d oxtcut of Tho btriu.c,lcy il, the rlpnoy mar.
ket. Very respectfully, J. ". DOUGLASS.
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steansnip-nn ~& ~& ase'oie ene ""na. Ha's.
-. ''s4's.,s..-1,..... ..,.e.... w. r.s"..
n,nt1,rc.
FRAN ovr 0,su corr,anoa,,.,,,
wAs,1suros, Dec. n, 1878.
Toxt SuturflnvT I yvan+ with mr. ttnpo1auJ nj