The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-23
Big Budget Of Latest News
WASHINGTON.
Earthquake in the Cabinet.

Washington. May 22.-The Presi-
dent has sent to the Senate the nomi-
nations of Pierrepont for Minister to
England. Judge Taft for Attorney
General and Mcdonald Cameron, son
of Hon. Simon Cameron, for Secretary
of War.
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate In executive session
confirmed the nominations of Pierre
pont, Taft and Cameron.
Miscellaneous Matters
Representative Hewett to-day read
to the foreign affairs committee the
report on the Emma mine case. The
report will not be made to the House
before Thursday.
Representative Blaine is still con-
fined to his house by sickness.
The President also sent to the Sen
ate the following nominations John
P. Hoyt, of Michigan, to be Secretary
of Arizona Territory; John Pratt to
be Secretary of the Territory of New
Mexico; John I. Redick to be Asso-
ciate Justice Of the Supreme court of
New Mexico; Jas. r. Hayden to be
Collector of Internal Revenue for
Washington Territory; Andrew ].
Evans to be U. S. Atiorney for the
western district of Texas.
The Louisiana Investigation.
The committee on federal Offices in
Louisiana met again to-day and con-
tinued the examination of G. W..
Ferguson. Witness alluded further to
the Custom-house band and thought
there were IL or IA members of it, and
thinks their names were all on the pay
roll of the Custom-house. The band
was used to attend political meetings,
and Collector Casey once took them
down the river when lie went on an
excursion ON the revenue cutter John
A. Dix. Perry Bell was leader and
Joe Grinnell and Sam Lenburger were
members. In relation to the frauds
witness said that at one time Domingo
imported a lot of cigarettes in boxes
containing IS packs in each box,
whereas the law requires that each
box shall contain 25 packs and the
internal revenue taxes paid on that
basis. In this lot there were So boxes,
and as each box had ten extra packs
in it. there were $50 packs that evaded
tax. It was the inspectors duty to see
that the boxes contained the proper
number. ingalls, was inspecting Off
Ger in this case, and witness did not
report this case because he felt sure he
would have been discharged If he had
done SO. He had known OF instances
where parties had been discharged for
knowing too much. Witness was
asked II he could identify the fraudu-
lent pay-rolls Of which he had spoken,
and he said he could. A subcommittee
consisting of REILLY and Darrell was
appointed to visit the Treasury De-
partment with witness and see il the
rolls were returned to that department.
They were also instructed, in response
" y AGCCANCo Oy thC Chaii-
man from New Orleans, to ascertain
If the pay-rolls for the months of
December, 1875, and January and
February, 1876. were in the depart
ment; also, If any application had
been made to withdraw them, and If
so, by whom. A recess was then taken
till O'Clock p. m.
Tie New Appointess.
Pierrepont will take Immediate steps
to depart for England and Taft will,
without delay, take charge of the
Department Of Justice. Pierrepont
will probably arrive in England before
the termination of correspondence
with the British government on the
Winslow extrndition case.
Cameron has telegraphed 10 his
friends here that he very highly ap.
preciates the honor conferred upon
him by the President and Senate; that
It was entirely unexpected: TINT he