The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-04-17
FRON WANHLNqTON

PROM WASHINGTON
--oEaial notifications have bssn sent to all
members and delegates Of the next House Of
Representatives from districts not represent
ed At the Naval Academy, requesting Of each
to nominate candidate TO appear for exam
nation IN July. There are nov Ebout 100 va
eanciss in the Academy caused by graduation,
dismiasala, designations, etc.
Warrants are now being issued from the
Treasury Departments for the awards made
by thS Southern Claims Commission About
400 claimants have been paid in the last three
days. One warrant contained the names sf
olaimanta Whs received in flle aggregate s60,-
902. BigeioN, chief Of the loan division of
the Treasury Department, goes to Eurpe in a
fe" days in connection with the new loan.
The Secretary OF War has notified the
Hon Horace H Harrison, II. O., from this
district, that cOlored soldiers or their heirs
who have received notice from the Treasury
Department that certificate for paw and boun-
ty money have been issued, and tshO hdUe not
rsoeioed the amounts due them, can now be
paid promptly without further expense. by
forwarding their postOfice address to E. D.
| Townsend, Adjutant General; and designat-
ing the company and regiment in which the
service was rendered.
PostTssster-G General CresswelI il to rnaks a
.sur postal-car inspection, the servic eby pos
eal-cars being continued under protest of the
railroad companies with apromise that the Pres
ident viii recommend them to Congress, next
winter, for increased back pay.
1t is decrsed that Postmaslers of less sal
Ary than 81, 900 may hold local sfioe where
the convenience Of the public may be served
thsreby, and provided the intent of the Presi-
dents proclamation be not violated.
Secretary Bellznap has gone on tour of
the Texas frontier, with General Sheridan
and Mr.. Robeson, Of the Navy Department, is
for the time being Secretary Of War it being
held by the Attorney-General that General
Sherman was ineligible to do that service
"A Rit hmond dispatch says that owners
have been notified that the general Govern
ment has abandondsd possession Of the Pied
mont Road as Confederate property. One and
half million dollars was involved in the suit
An official statement shows that the tota
number Of persons in the United States who
were assessed for income during the years of
1871 and 1879, under the act of July ii, I87OI
were "a, 775 and u, ss7 respectively.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
announces that law abolshing the Office of
Assessor and Assistant Assessor of Internal
Revenue, viii go into operation on the goth
Of Maynext, when the services Of all Asses
sors, $50 in number, and their assistants,
about ], 200, will be dispensed with
The Courts will be called on to decide |
whether Congress had any right to order the |
Withholding of moneys due the several Pacif-
ie Railroads indebted to the United States,
but until such decision the money viii be |
withheld.
Tho receipts into the Treasury, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, promises to exceed /
the secrstary's estimate by $40, 600, 900 in Gus
toms revenue, and Sc, ,O00, 900 in internal rev. /
snue
Tho Government has had three silver |
services, consisting Of two wine coolers and /
punch bowl each, made by Tiffany & Co.,
New York, presents to Count Itajuba and
solopis, and Visoount Staemphi for their i'm
partiality and frmness in the Geneva arbitra-
ton. Each service is inclosed in a box three |
feet wide and Ave feet long, lined with green
silk. The boxes alone cost 81 500.
The Treasury Department has issued a |
circular relative to the fisheries on the coast |
Of Canada, in which it is stated that if Ameri- |
can fishermen engage in fishing within the |
three mile limit before July /, 1873, the date |
on which the provisions of the treaty Of
Washington go into effect, they may be sub
jSet to serious difficulty by private parties un-
der the provisions under the statutes of the
Dominion of Canada.
Secretary Richardson has $40, ,OO0, 900 |
currency in New York, ready to be applied On |
short notice to purchasing Government bonds |
and thus relieve the stringency OF the money
market. This is part OF the s44, ,O00, 900 re-
serve which ne claims the right to issue when |
over the public interest shall require.
The Interior Department. has been Off |
cially advised by telegraph of the murder Of
surveyor by party of forty or ffty Indians,
calling themselves Cheyennes, while in camp
twenty miles east of Camp supply Four sur
veyors OF another party were murdered fifty
miles further north. Surveyor Barrett, who
sends the telegram, asks, WIN the Govern
ment protect us ?" Mr.. Risley, agent for the
Indians at White Slave Agency, reports under
date OF the Sd inst, from Fort Lorraine. that
d, Rogers, United States mail carrier, was
killed by Indians on the Slst ult., while carry
| ing the mail from said agency to Lorraine.
The Treasury Department commenced
paying cotton claims filed under the act Of
May 1s, 1872. Over twelve hundred claims
have been presented, covering over six mill
| lion dollars. More than One-half OF them viii
be rejected on account of insufficient proof.
/ Fifteen millions Of the cotton fund remain in
the treasury. The claims being paid are for
cotton seized by the Government agents after
June 10, 1865.