The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-25
WASHINGTON.

General Meigs 10 Receive mn Important
Foreign Mission Trouble with The
sioux Delegation Secretary urisiOw
SIM Using His Little BroOm-Thc
SINK Smugglcr Appointments, Etc,
Eto,
WASHINGTON, May 2l.--lnformatlon
obtained nj the Office Of The comptroller
OF the currency IL To the effect that ap.
pllcatlOns for bank note currency,
with which 10 increase the circulation
OF existing banks, or TO establish new
banks, are comparatively few In NUM-
Der and small In amount. pennsyl-
vanla has applied for more currency
lately than any one state In the union,
while IL IL noticeable fact that nearly
all the applications recently received
are from states east of the Allegheny
mountains, Aside from few requests
from Indiana, llllpos and Missouri
there have been during the past few
months no solicitations for currency
made by western or southern states
wherein II was represented additional
circulating notes were greatly needed.
This latter condition Of affairs IL at
trlbuted TO inability on the part Of
banks or parties contemplating the es-
tablishment Of new banks TO furnish
United States bonds rs security for de-
sired circulation.
General Melgs, quartermaster gener-
al Of the army, Is TO be relieved short
ly from his present position, and sent
abroad on an important special mis-
sion, the nature Of which has not yet
TRANSFERRED although IL Is understood
to be tour Of observation. He Is to
be allowed u secretary, and will be en-
gagged In his European mission about
eighteen months. There seems to
have been some difficulty about maxi
ing the arrangements satisfactory to
General Melgs, it having been origin
ally intended that he should spend two
years abroad, and no secretary was to
be allowed him. This change will
bring General Rufus Ingalls,, assistant
quartermaster general into line of pro-
motion, and army officers say that 1t
is probable that Igalls may be made
quartermaster general, although there
are others in the service who rank him
and who are entitled to preferment
Parties guilty of frauds In previous
contracts are excluded from bidding
for new postal mail contracts.
Recent amendments to the national
currency act are being distributed by
the comptroller.
The president will leave for Long
Branch in June to spend the summer.
The president to-day suspended the
United States district attorney for the
eastern district of Wisconsin. This
will doubtless be followed by the re-
moval of the collector of internal reve-
nue. at Milwaukee,. The successor of
the district attorney will not probably
be appointed till the meeting of con-
gress.
1t has finally been decided that Mat
thews will succeed Mum, as supervl-
sor of internal revenue in Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan. Munn's
resignation was accepted to-day after
having been considered in cabinet
meeting
The Indian office Is having consider
able trouble with the Indian delegation
now here. The chiefs are much dis
satisfied with their quarters, because
thew say instead of the large rooms
they had before, where they could
gather and consult freely, they have
been crowded into small rooms, where
they can not counsel with each other.
To-day Red Cloud end Spotted Tail
had made arrangem ants for call, with
their own interpreter, upon Professor
Marsh, who is here, but Agent Saville
and Commissioner Smith, hearing OF
It, prevented the CALL General Cowen,
however, hearing Of the matter, gave
directions that Professor Marsh should
have his interview tomorrow,
The case of Lawrence, silk snug
gler, was considered in cabinet to-day.
Two of his attorneys have asked for an
order to the district attorney, that he
NAV not be tried for defrauding the
revenue, but for forgery, on the ground
that he could not have been eXtradlted
for the first offense. As Attorney Cen
eral Pierrepont had been one of Law
rence's attorneys before be entered the
cabinet, 1t was to-day agreed that the
case should be investigated and report
ed upon by the solicitor general, as
Judge .Pierrepont did not, under the
circumstances, desire to act. The hope
of Lawrence,s lawyer Is that the charge
of forgery will fail, and then he cannot,
under treaty, be tried for swindlingthe
government but If the charge of for,
gerry fails, it will be necessary to send
him back to Europe.
Colonel A. C. Matthews, at present
collector of the ninth Illinois district
has been appointed internal revenue
supervisor for the district comprised OF
the states of Illinois, Michigan ana
W;soonsjn. vice Mum.