River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Washington.

The President has appointed Caleb Cush-
ing Minister to Madrid, having accepted the
resignation of General Sickles. The uomina-
| ton OF Cushing will be sent to the Senate soon
after the re.assembling Of Congress. II
is understood that Cushing viii accept the
position.
! The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue is
taking steps to place his Bureau on the most
economical footin & possible. He has request
ed revenue officials throughout the country
to send in est mates OF the amount for which
their Offices can be conducted during the COM
ing year.
The number Of I male applicants for posi-
tions IN the Treasury Department is inereas-
ing so rapidly that officials are growing alarm.
ed. The applicants come from all parts Of the
country, some Of them travelling thousands
OF miles, and tho positions they seek pay
from $50 to s45 month
IT is confidently asserted by those WIN are
certainly in position TO know, that the Pres.
ident will nominate Gen. Schenck to DO Sec
rotary Of tho Treasury, vice Richardson, the
present Secretary, to be Secretary OF the
Interior, and transfer Secretary Deano from
the latter department to tho mission to Eng
land. The President, it is stated, clares
that while he does not join in what be calls
the popular clamor against Richardson, he is
OF the opinion that he has outliyed his useful
ness at the head OF the Treasury Department
The Third-Assisiant Postmaster General
has completed a systematic and careful exam
iuation Of the estimates recently submitted to
Oop ornau for annro,,riaEfnne astaa,,a5 $500
sary for the proper performance OF postal du-
ties during the next year, and the conclusion
arrived al after such revision is that no re-
duction in the sums asked tor can safely be
made.
The Attorney.Genera has recommended to
the President the pardon of Ringgold, Young
aud Neal Haskins, OF Alabama, convicted Of
Ku'Klux outrages some time ago, and sen
fenced to the Albany penitentiary.
RECEIPTS from internal revenue for the
mouth of December SO, go BOP; for the fiscal
year, SAC, 1888 793.
The Commissioner of Patents has ordered
that Thomas II, Upperman, patent agent, OF
any firm Of which he may be a member, be
forbidden to practice hereafterl before the
AWANut OAlNts
INFORMATION has reached Washington that
the United States naval and military officers
who we're cent last summer to report upon
the Pearl River harbor, In the Sandwich
Islands, obtained draft OF a treaty from that
Government cediDg the harbor to the United
States for a naval station, but that the pro.
posed treaty was revoked through British in.
iuence.
TIE question OF annexing to Washington
the city Of Georgetown, now divided BY only
narrow stream of water, Is cliciting no small
degree Of the attention Of the citizens Of the
two cities, and 1t is probable that a detr r
mined effort viii be made this winter to in-
duce Congress to perfect legislation necessary
to the carrying ont Of that object.
THE Oregon opponents of the confirmation
Of Mr.. Williams TO be Chief Justice are renew.
ing their efforts during the recess. They
have not as yet iled any additional charges,
but declare his rejection certain. There is
but little doubt that Mr.. Williams viii retire
from the Cabinet 10 the event of his rejection