, 1877-04-05

ulsts!0n oi tue treasury were active under
Brtstow In trying 10 break him down by scandal
Gus stories, connecting him with improper de-
cs!ons. The same ring kent these scandals
alive throughout an entire session Of Congress,
and have now renewed the same line Of attack
Under the new administration Of the Treasury,
With the aboye want Of success.
THAT OLD THiRD-rEnM srEcrRE.
The following abatement Is obtained from 4
gentleman who claims to hare personal knowl-
edge OF the subject, and Is Riyen IA current gos-
sip Of tho dag: 4 clique Of oAfee-hofdcrs
Under Grant who did all In their power 10 &c.
cure his nomination at Cincinnati last June, and
WHO had some hopo TINT state OF affairs would
af1ae In connection with the Electoral complica-
t!'ns which would pro@on4 his term nfter the
~ o. Marcel, LAST, hare commenced organized
e4n'1.,er eos fr ,r term for gen Grant aftsr the
psrTons arc cautiously sounding all Republicans
Tho were friendly to Grant, and seeking 10 in
d9Se ag them to 1o!n The movement BY promises Of
o!ce; Mcanr''tlc the General Is TO 70 abroad,
ana they VIII ts able 10 makn al sorts Of prom
them. ''~' ~ ''>@0'09
Loyd 1ouHEg1,
ana a. 1tG '11 ass,ss IN buttcrnut homs:pnn.
Houss ~ this .nornlng, md expressed desire to
,st.rr Mt H0ee1s, the .,.5 Presidents 'sate sse;
Ii "s san. he hau walked
rle.aeaI 1.yes' ,e S, e'if'a f. ..ksa 70 s sa''
i he was an applicant for office, and f,c replied
that be was not. but hc had sumo scry I'M
p93st4nt 3'. husness which he desired to transact
actually dill hare important information which
he communicated to the President IN long In
tGfTtcT which was accorded him. lie walked 10
mashloEton n inform the President about thcsc
important matters, because he was too poor to
pay Ills iayC here TN the fa]Fnaf.
WILL BA nRwAnpED.
Inc ffesident has rctcnsIr seatcd to scyernl
friends that the bristow officials In various parts
o. the country mho were removed from Office
simply tccausc they favorcd Ds!atnw and re-
form will At the earliest convenient opportunity
be fcinssatcti In their old plarcs or g!yen other
psscs tatss e1nsaiy good. The President has also
talls Of business will a1lnW he intends to direct
bis special attention to tic great frauds which
hc IS convinced now exist tn the rercuuc and
cnetoms sHtf1ec matters, and should
PR14ECUTE ALL'OFFkSpEHs
With relentless ri9or. The recent direction Of
Secretary Sherman to District Attorneys to
closely pursuc nil whisky prosecutions il i fore
runner ol tho Presidents Intentions In this re-
spcct.
THE EXTRA AEsstox.
WIN respect to the rnnor that 1t Is the Pscsl-
dents lntcntlon to tall nm extra setson carly In
May instead OF June. on account nf the addition.
q! amount oi legislation found to bc necessary,
INC President says that hc told Pacific coast
CunGrcsatncn that he should call the extra scs-
sion for tho 4th OF June. and that hc knew Of
no renaon 1or changing his determination. The
rl1nor a. 70 calle1i session in May Ia therefore
undoubtedly unfoundcd.
APPOINTMENTS.
Tho President has appointed Armstctl ".
RwoopH Collector nf internal Revenue Ia the
Seventh District Of Kentucky and James II.
Sillla, Of Montana, Secretary Of the Territory Of
Gov. MCCORMICK
entered upon this duties Of Ass[stant-sc
q thc Treasury to-day, Mr. conaat retiring.
Mr.. Mccormick was vi.itcd by number Of
rcrzons Offering CONGRATULATIONS.
COEGHEss.
To fhk Htafefn Atsoctdlfd rftsa
WAsntS0Tos, u. C., April lit IL generally
believed night that the President Viii within
a week or tc., days issue proclamation callEng
an e1trh kcss{9n of Congress, 10 assemble about
the ulE0d[EG{ next NINTH