Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
WASHINGTON.
Dismissal of Revenue Officials.
LOOseness in the District Treasury
Seizure of 400 Barrels of Illicit
Whisky.
Looseness in the District Treasury
Probable Change in the Treasury
Department.
Rerenue OmeIaIs DlsmIssed.
Refuse 60 Migrate.

Refuse 90 Migrate.
The following dispatch was received at
the Indiln Bureau this morning from Fort
i Sill:
Hon. E. R. Smith: The KiOwa and Co
lnanche women say they are unwilling to
90 to Florida. Shall they be compelled to
20? j. w. HOWORTH, Indian Agent.
Fifteen millions 10 be Accounted For,
Specisl to the Cincinnati Commercial.
The district commissioners have sent for
/ a New York expert to unravel the mystic
ries Of the accounts Of Magruder, the Treas
urer Of the old Board Of Public Works.
| Three sets of accountants have tried to re-
| coucile his accounts and have utterly failed,
| owing to the careless, If not criminal, man
liner in which the books were kept. Yet |
Magruder, tom July 1, 1871, to July 20, |
| 1874, received and disbursed more than fif- |
| teen million dollars without any check upon |
| his account, OF examination by any other |
officer Of the district.
The Late Andrew Johnson.
One of the physicians Of Andrew John |
| son here recites the following incident of /
! the closing days Of his Washington career. |
| The doctor, struck by his appearance, said:
"You are not looking as well as usual, Mr.. /
! Johnson" The ex-President noticed the
remark at once, and replied quickly: "YOu
! are mistaken, sir, was never stronger or
| better" This did not change the opinion
| Of the doctor, who relates the occurrence
as an illustration Of the indOmitable spirit
of this man, and of the frequent dispOsi-
| tiOn of ambitious men TO resist any belief
in the decay Of their powers.
Electric Signal Lights.
Commander Parker, Chief Signal Officer
/ Of the United States Navy, has been for
| the past two weeks engaged in perfectIng
| system of f'electric light" TO be used as
| signals for vessels al sea. The slight,
which is very luminous, at the same time
| emits ia its discharge or explosion, num-
/ ber Of stars. The utmost difficulty for
| time existed as 10 the mode Of discharge,
! too much force shattering the stars. That
/ difficulty has been scientifically overcome,
| and the commanding officer now looks upon
| il no longer as an experiment, bat an i'm
| poTtant discovery for the future interest Of
the navy.
The District Ring t,d61gi,d2. 10 League with
The gambling shops here have all been
| closed. 1t is asserted upon excellent
authority that they have all paid one hun
| dred dollars monthly 10 the local authOri-
| ties for permission to keep open. 1t IS evil
| dent that if they did not pay this sum 10
| the authorities, the gamblers were black
mailed monthly during q series Of years.
They paid TO somebody. At one time
TWENTY-FIVE were in operation. At the
time Of closing, Yesterday, there were nine.
Some Of the leading gamblers, whose busi-
ness is thus broken up, are said to have
gone to Chicago.
Only Four Hundred Barrels.
Special 20 the CINCINNATI Gazette.
Elmer Washburne, Chief of the Secret
Service, received a dispatch tins evening
atiug that the Secret Service operatives
seized, this afternoon, in Chicago, 400 bar
vels OF illicit whisky which has been hid
den ever since the May raid on the whisky
ring. The whisky, the dispatch says, was
taken dead 10 rights. The detectives re-
! ceived a hint that large amounts we're con-
cealed Al the time of the May seizures, and
have been hunting for it until now. This
whisky is understood to belong 10 several
distilling and rectifying establishments,
AID it is supposed was concealed IN ware
house.
vast Mail Trains to the West.
Suparintendent Bangs spent the day yes
terday IL Philadelphia, and is now in New
YORK. pushing forward the preparations for
starting fast mail trains west on the lst Of
October. The scheme is much more eX-
teusive thanit was represented to be IN the
first rer,oTts. and there is now every reason
to hon that il will be successfully carried
out.
Who Owns HarPer's Ferry?
Another step has been taken in the legal
controversy between the government Of the
TTnileQ States and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad COmTany for the possession OF the
Harper's Ferry property. hmay be remem-
bered that about a year and half ago the
government filed a bill to eject the Balti-
more aud Ohio Railroad from the property.
| Mr.. Garrett demuuedtOt the bill, and hear
/ inc took nlace before United States Judge
| Jackson, at ClarkesbuTg w. Va, abOuttwO
months ago The demurrer was OverTuled
and the defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio
/ Railroad Company, given sixty days In
which tO put in its answer. That answer
/ has lust been filed in the Office Of the
| Attorney General. IL is a very long dOcu-
ment, covering nearly twenty pages Of
closely written legal cap paper.
Another Head Trembling.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
II Is now stated that Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury COnant will be called upon
I At an early day TO surrender up ms stew
ar5sbiB. The assignment OF Judge Burn
bsn 10 the SeCretaryship during Bristow's
.Jsepce, Is considered as preliminary step
= q ,J,1s direction. There are no charges
arsinst- EIr. Conalt other tl2n lneomPe-
tsncy for 'hs position W'Gch ne noids' IN
addition to this, he has neTer Aeretoi0ie
I,eI5 any nos zion higher than thas OF a
division in the Treasury Department. Con
ss,Dantlv he has no political strength, and
-,al- tTaf Bristow has entered the arena as
q Presidential candidate IN 1876, be Is de.
Sirous of having some one in COnants
Mac who can lend helping hand.
sFInuer's Cash.
1v,o committee appointed to count the
funds in the Treasury on The retirement oI
A. S,iDner are about ready TO make their
-l,,,,f They have been engaged for the
- week in an investigation Of the S4I,-
606 robbery. and after taking mass Of
tosffmonv without inculpating any single
individusI. express the opinion that the
money was taken by an empioye OF the
casb-room: and. further, that IL Is posSlOle
for such robberies TO occur at any tlnne'
The subIinlIty of Cheek.
And now Jerome j. Kinds, who was
tried a short time ago, and through ways
that were dark acquitted on charges coh-
Meeting him with the Texas mail eonLIacI
! frauds. steps 10 the front and flles Dill on
| the equity side of the Supreme Court OF tnls
! District TO restore the payment OF certain
MONEYS on account Of carrying the mails 10
/ John Altman q Bro. The respondents are
! tbe Postmaster General, the sixth Auditor
| and Altman & Bro. Judge Humphreys
! made a preliminary restraining order, re-
| turnable Sept. 10.
Centennial UnPIeasantness.
Ala meeting Of the Executive Commit
| tee of the Centennial Exposition, which /
/ was held last week in Philadelphia, there /
was lively debate relative to the manage
| ment Of its affairs. l. IS understood that /
the management Of the Exposition, par
| ticularly in regard 10 expenditures, con- |
tracts and other matters of that character, |
was placed entirely in the hands Of Gen. |
I Hawley, the President. DiTactOr General |
| GOsbOn has been shoTn Of nearly all the !
I authority lie possessed, and has practically
been made a subordinate of Gen. Hawley.
Revenue Seizures.
! NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 6.-Several cigar