Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-19
WASHINGTON.
BristOW Patching up His Broken
Revenue Bureau
New StOrekeepers and Gaugers.

WASHINGTON. D. c., May 1S.-The
Secretary of the Treasury to-day made the
following appointments Of internal revenue
store-keepeTs: Ludwig, Wechseiberg,
George, Michael, and Henry Fisher for the
first district of Wisconsin, and Joseph g.
Thompson, fourth district Of Illinois.
Gaugers, Jas. W. Beardsley, fourth district
Illinois; Frederick w. Paine, frSt district
Wisconsin. and David Stewart, fourth dis
trict Iowa.
The internal revenue receipts to-day are
Sl95, 900; customs receipts, S49l, 2l3.
Internal Revenue Supervisor Mum, Of
Illinois, arrived this morning. His visit
has reference to the reported coming
changes Of supervisorships in the districts
under his charge.
Commissioner Pratt has formed a new
division in the revenue bureau to be known
as the division Of revenue agents. 1t will
be under the charge Of revenue agent d.
I. Yaryan.
knights OF Pythias.
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of
Pgthias convened here this morning, and
was called to order by Supreme Chancellor
Davis. Thirty-four grand Jurisdictions are
represented. ' 81
This evening the visiting Sioux Indians
called at the Interior Department to pay
their respects to the Commissioner OF In
dian Affairs.
Reorganization Of the Internal ReVe-
me Department.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
One step in the reorganization of the In
/ terual Revenue office was decided upon to-
/ day, and orders to carry it into effect Will
! be issued tomorrow. Heretofore revenue
| agents have been under the personal dIrec-
| ton of the Supervisors; hereafter they VIII
/ be under a chief of revenue agents, con
| nected with the bureau here, who, undel
| the Commissioner, will direct all theIl
/ movements.
Agent Yaryan, who has been so proml'
nent IN working up the late whisky raid
is to be appointed chief OF revenue agents
He will also have full charge of further In
| vestigations in connection with the con
/ tinuatiOn Of the move on the whisky ring
! A force Of clerks will be put at his disposa
to examine and compare all records IN the
| office, for the purpose Of testing the trans
| actions of all distilleries and rectliyln:
establishments for two years past. lnVes
tigatiOn is to be made at once into the cas-
of each revenue official believed TO be I'M
properly connected with the frauds jus
discovered, and all found to be so involved
will be promptly dismissed.
dissatisfaction with Sherman's Me
mOirs-
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Prominent army officers express muc
dissatisfaction with the Memoirs OF GeI
Sherman. Some Of those who were mos
intimate with him here insist that he ha
been very unjust to the Generals who rem
dered him most service, and has gone on
of his way to satisfy personal plque. II /
even stated that Gen. Grant contemplate
collecting materials for memoirs Of the wa
and that Admiral Porter will reply to som
portions Of Sherman's book.
Kentucky Safe for the Present.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The statement telegrsphed West, tha
orders had been sent from this city to begil
operations against a number Of distIlleT
and rectiiars in Kentucky, and that eY
deuce existed Of their connection with To
whisky ring. is conTadiCted in the Treas
urv DEPARTMENT. The officials say thu
nothing has as vet transpired to warraT
the statement. At the same time, invest
cations are still going on in Kentucky, an
It looks as if the officers engaged IN tl
investigations had some suspicion thai al
is not right in this quarter.