, 1874-10-27
The Supreme Court Refuse to
Advance the Granger
Cases.
Yice.president Wilson Snubbed by
the President,
Slow Sale Of the New 8 Per Cont
Bonds.
Proposed Reduction of Force In the
Bureau Of Printing.

Sntcfdf Dispatch to The Ch}caao Tribune.
WAsu1HaroN, D. c., Oct. 20.-Tho threatened
discharge Of employees Of tho Bureau Of Engrav-
Ing md Printing has boon postponed till tho ns-
nombling Of Congress. About ono.ha1f Of tho
wLoe number to 60 could be discharged Oh tho
lat prox., tut It is believed that If tcy arc con-
tnuod ono month, Congress will come to the
roBoue In ono way or other.
THE F1yE-rER-OESTs.
Scarcely d wook has elapsed sinco tho an
no,lncon,ont WAS mado with u flourish Of trum-
pols by Administration organs thRt
tho negotiations Of our per
cent bonds by the now European synaicnto wero
progressing very fnvoraby mud satisfactorily,
ind TINT tic Treasury Department had alviceH
Indicating .Mat tho Syudiente would, prior to tic
expiration Of the TING allowed. Fob. ! noxs. slg-
Nifty itB purpose and readiness to subscribe for
The remainder Of tho bonds Of tho abovo charao-
tor. Now IT is given out that tllsro is no immo-
d,ate prospect Of nogotiating tho To,nainaor Of
tho now loan, bit it is aided that
the sccresary Of tho Treasury is, however, hope
mi TINT IT will n'timntey be as 1ucccssfni nj can
Syndicate, by which SIT. .00D, 900 5-por-cents wore
anbscr1bed at tho most reasonable 1,ricos OBJ
taiued for our Government bonds. is spoken of
as tile ouly net Of real public Importance that
has been nclforned by the now Secretary from
whom 10 much WIS promised.
fi1 tie Il dsH0clnfeI PTssel
TEXAN APPOINTMENTS.
WAsH1NaToS, Oct. 2G.-Tho Secretary Of tho
Collector OF Customs at tho port Of Galyestod.
tle WIS formerly q momber Of Congress- from
Alabama. was q Uuiau man during the War,
u,d represented tho country uH Minister ut ono
Of tho South American No,ubltcs. 10 also MP
pointed Rldgo pasobal Coltoctor Of Customs at
Corpus. Christie. Tex. ho ia son Of Judge
paschal, And also Wesley Ogdctl Collector OF
Customs at fndsanola. l1o was lately Judge Of
tho Supreme Court IN Iexaa. Col. Hayhos, tho
Collector u. Brownsville, il to 10 retained. Gou.
Novonue for tho Jefferson District. I1o wont to
Texas during tho late War from one Of tho North
Western States. Robert r. Campbell is mndo
Collector Of informal lsoronuo for tho Western
District, He Is MI old citizen. The other two
districts have been consolidated, sadler rotirng
and 1t. CLAIR retaining tho office Of Collector.
illus al the Treasury officers, except one Col
fcctor uf Customs aud one Collector OF lntor1lnl
Revenue, IN Texas have boon removed None
Of the abovo-aatned appointeea applied tor tho
pnces. Yhcy aro represented to be men of ox-
collent private cAaraeLor and good business
hAbitH.
Tho President to.dny appointed Thomas II.
Hcallou Postmaster ut Houston, Tex, yico j. L.
Office act, and g. y. sabr, Postmaster at Gal
yeaton, Yox., yico 4. Il. 1Iall, suspended. poHt.
mastor-Genera! jewell saYn these two suspondod
pos,mastora 0ra tho nnly officers III Toxaa undct
a3>8 u6paflMeht Abhluht WAoM puD!ic uplAoL
seems to revolt, and TINT no other changes nre
now contemplated by him in TINT State.
REVENUE APPOINTMENT.
John Gordon Loo has boen appointed Gauget
Of the Seventh District Of Indiana; John Fntl
Motto, Storcloopcr of tho Third District Of OHIO
.Iohn A. Emrie, Storokoapor Of tho Fourth Dis.
| trict of Indiana.
THE GRANGER CASES.
The Supreme Court to-day deaied the rnotio1
! to advance tho Granger casos. This decision
| will put over tue first caso aB fur aH March Of
April next.
yIcE-pnEs1DEST WILSON
| was hero to-any, and called at tho White House
but did not soc tho prDsidout, as the lnttor was
| busy ut tho timo. lii. Wilson left tonight fol
| tile North,