The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-04-05
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE following letter has been adj
dressed by Secretary Schurz to all the heads
of bureaus in the Interior Department:
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

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WASHINGTON, d. c., March 20.
SIR: desire you to report to me in writ
ing at as early day as possible on the fol-
lowing points: 1. The organization, dis
tribution and methods Of business Of your
bureau. 2. The force employed and the
character Of their EN- oyment in detail. 8.
The efficacy of that force, giving
your judgment as to the changes that may
be desirable in the personal interests of the
service. 4. What reduction may be prac-
ticable. 5. Your observation as to existing
abuses, If any there be, and as to the RENEE
dies to be applied. 6. Your views as to
changes, if any that may be desirable, in
the business methods Of your bureau.
Your report will serve as basis of q future
examination.
Very respectfully, c. SEIZURE,
Secretary.
Geo. L. Whiting, the head book
keeper Of the Brooklyn Bank, was arrested
on the 23d, charged with having robbed the
bank Of $160, 600. In the valise which ne
carried at the time was found $120, 200,
leaving $40, 900 unaceounted for. ii
THE first Monday in June has been
appointed for the trial of Peter B. Sweeney,
the HBrains" Of the Tammany Ring.
THE Russian fleet, with Grand Duke
Alexis and Constantine on board, arrived
at New York on the 23d. Salutes were ex-
changed as the forts and the American war
steamers were passed.
EX-PREsIDENT GRANT left Washing
ton, the night of the oath, for Cincinnati,
where he will remain for four or five days,
and then will visit Chicago, and thence Ga
lena.
Col. G. T. CRITTENDEN, first door
keeper of the Virginia House of Delegates,
was arrested on the 26th, on a charge Of de-
frauding the State by raising the certificates
of the members per diem, and sent to the
Grand Jury for indictment. His counsel
waving q preliminary examination, the
prisoner was committed to Jail without bail.
The Pope of Rome is seriously i'll,
Archbishops Of Naples and Perugia ana
the Vicar of Rome are already announced
as candidates for the succession.
THE Secretary of the Treasury issued
the call for the redemption Of the 800 bonds
of 1S65-May and November. The call is
for SIC, 200, 900, of which SO, 500, 200 are cou-
pom and $500, 200 registered bonds. The
principal and interest will be paid at the
Treasury on and after the 9th day of June
next and the Interest will cease on that day.
The following is description Of the bonds:
Coupon bonds, $500, No. AZ, 301 to 46, 900,
both inclusive; 81 200, No. III, 001 to 132,-
600, both inclusive. Registered bonds,
$500, No. 7,494 to No. Z, 600, both inclu-
sive.
The President has appointed as Post
masters, William A. Denny at Vincennes,
Ind. Luke E. Heminway at Moline, H..
John H. Hauser at Fon du Lac, Wis. Also
Marsden c. Burch, United States Attorney
for the Western District of Michigan;
Sullivan NJ. Cutcheon, eUnited States
Attorney for the Eastern District OF Michi-
gan; Solomon d. Matthews, United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Michi-
gan; James T. Lane, United States Attor-
ney for Iowa; Samuel B. McLeR, Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of New Mex
leo; Wellington Bird, Iowa, agent for the
Indians at White River Agency, Montana,
Winfield S. Krake, Postmaster, at Raven
ma, Ohio, reappointed.
AT Topeka, Kansas, the evening of
the 9th, a shooting ARRAY occurred between
j. Clark Swayse, editor of the Blade, and
John w. Wilson, formerly Of the Topeka
Times, in which Mr.. Swayse was killed.
The testimony before the Coroner's Jury
showed that Swsyse drew his revolver first,
but that both fred simultaneously. Wilson
received only slight flesh wound In one
cheek. Wilson was arrested and is now in
Jail. Mr.. Swayse was shot through the
heart.
A DISPATCH received at st. Joseph
(Mo.), the 9th, states that Mr.. S. P.
Thompson, of that city, was recently
scalped by the Indians on the road between
Sidney and Deadwood, while in charge Of a
train belonging to DR.. W. b. Hardy.