New-York tribune., 1878-01-05
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, iiluhN, J'ns - i''''
MR. Hayes Will ~ hrgin her afternoon recoP
tons which will he held from to o'clock
The Secretary of the Treasury today awarded the CON
tto, for weighing imported merchandise AT the PORT oi
Ncw-York to solomon splitter Of Bfookbn' WIZ WIS ''
lowest hhi.r ,
Tie President sgned the commissions Of number OF
Western posmastcr- to-day, aud also those of the o'o"
lax IN the East J.spcrE 0rc3t' S@r,hlsld n mi.
Conn; jesse L.. Miles, taIthagr, y. !.
The Military Committee of the House viii meet on
Monday. when expected that Lieutenant Bulls ana
Colonel shaftcr from the RIO nrde. VIII he prt'c', ~.
rceunnsl n euuilnn4. The rftt regular NEE lk ul nc
committee. for thr consideration oi general puslhosS'
will tahc place on Ihusdal.
when the Secretary Of the Treasury was In Ncw.ioiS
recently he had consultation with the Collector of thh
polt with regard 10 the acceptance Of Custom House
brokers a. suices Custom House bonds arcc0nnh'n
ditiou for their exclusion bcDg now before ilr D'Tut
nenL II has been decided not 10 discontinue th1 Ii,
cnt practice Of accepting suCh brokers a. sue, pu'
pcr restrictions upon them, and accept only those o
good character aud business standing.
The Post Onice Department has arranged with j. n.
Roberto for the conveyance Of fast riwceky West In
dan mail between Cedar Keys aud Havana. II Is to 20
from NewYork via the Atlantic Coast Road Line TO sl-
yannah The Department has not yet decided "hcthcr
II stall he sent hy steamer nom savannah to Fcrlhah
dina or by rail from savannah 10 BALDWIN, ana ihehec
10 Cedar Keys.
The secretary OF the Treasury to-day called upon
TO rule upon questions relating TO the importation oi
clcphants snakes aud bulldogs Tie case of the e!c-
phau wa upon the question whether he charscable
with discriminating duty of 10 per ccnt tn addition 70
the general tafl duty coming from the East indies
In regard TO the snake the matter 10 pc uele,neu M
whether nc could be entered free under the tarn clause
allowing free entry 10 specimens OF natural hslorcal III
teres The last case was that OF two English bulldogs
which were imported and held In the Custom House
pending determination OF the point whether ihy shuuu
pass under The aun provisions allowing rcr chdy 10
such animals calculated TO Improve nal'Ne btcus
The President has pardoned j. 4. Frye convicted Of
unlawiully selling United states postage stamps, ana
sentenced, IN Maine, TO twenty days Imprisonment IN
the ja at Belfast Charles Lewis, convicted o passing
counterfeit haldolars, and impn-oued In the Northern
Penitentary of Indiana William II. Morris convicted oil
passing counterfeit money and mpri.oned in The West
crn P,icntiaTy 81 Pcun~y lVaia ~ W Howc-tOn con
yictcd oi tobbng the mails, ana imprisoned Ia the Al
bauy Foultontary Frank SILVER convicted Of having In
his possession ampcd cigars, and sentenced 10 i-
prisoument IN tue Missouri Penentiary; Riley Bow
man convicted illicit dstillng, anJ sentenced, IN
North Carolina 10 two years Imprisonment, ana IhOs
Kiuscy convicted Of larceny, aud sentenced by the su-
prcmc Court Of th- District to years imprisonment
nj Albany The above pardons arc all made upon very
strong applications from respectable citizens. IN nearly
s the cses aided by the recommendations OF the prose
cuting ocers and the judges o tho courts before which
Ia, respective trials were held.