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Mr. sHERMAN's BILL TO PREVENT FRAUDS.
The Secretary of the Treasury, to-day, sent
to the House Of Representatives the draft OF Dill 10
prevent frauds upon the customs revenue. The Dill
provides that whenever any person, not ohileo
States officer, shall furnish original information
which lead recovery of any duties withheld
Of any ne penalty forfeiture incurred, such per
son shall be entitled receive onc-third OF TIE
gross proceeds OF such duties hne, pcbaUy UT
forfeiture so recovered. The bull further pfO'lues
that whenever any officer OF the customs shali
seize goods and merchandise IN the act OF being
smugglcd. or woo shall detect fraud by under-valua
Ion or any other device upon the customs revenue sc
officer II he entitled TO receive Oncouftn OF the P
Ger of customs whose salary is ~ 900 or The bin
repeals section 16 OF the act entitled An Act 10 ae
the customs revenue laws and To repeal moiets, as wen
as all other acts parts acts inconsistent with the
foregoing"
SUING A CABINET OFFICER
Mr. Elliott Schultz, Postmaster at Marshall
town. Iowa. filed petition in the Supreme Conrt OF tue
District of Columbia this afternoon asking Tor nan
damus against the Postmaster General TO compel him 10
show cause why the petitioners salary should not be re-
adjusted The petition sets forth the facts OF the a
pointmcnt and reappointment Of Mr. schultz ana MS
faithful performance of the duties OF his Office ana tue
circumstances that under the law OF July l. 1854 ne Is
entitled Al for the years ending July 1873 ana
1874 and to - 2S5 so for the years ending Jny, 1870
and 1876 which OF salary the POStnasierGeh'ra
has refused to paw uandanus ordered to issne
aud the General is directed to answer on Tie
2lst of May.
THE "vIsITORs" TO ANNAPOLIS.
The Secretary of the Navy to-day appointed
the following Board Of Visitors TO the Naval Academy
for the annual examination In June Rear-Adiniral
John /. wOrden. Captain Clark H. Wells, Captain N
r. Breese, Chief Engineer II. +. Isherwood. of the
United states Navy MaiorGeneral John Pope, oi the
United States Arny General W. Swaync. OF ONO; the
Rev Dr. Wheeler OF Peunsy lyania John Hancock, OF
Texas; Colonel Isaac II. Reed, Of NewYork; Captain
William II. Parker president Of the Maryland Agrlcul-
tural College; Dr. F. O. Hooper, Of Arkansas AeNan-
ward of Missouri the Rev. q. NJ I. wright OF MIMIC
sota and Daniel ;. Prentup, OF Georgia
EADs IN WANT OF HIS PAY.
Captain Eads, is here and intends as, ing of
Congress a slight modification OF the act providing for
ietes at the mouth OF the Mississippi Upward OF so
per cent Of the work required 10 complete the ettes
has been done less than 20 cent OF the contract
price has been paid by the Government The deiay III
payments under the present act is great that 1t Is m
possible 10 push the work rapidly IA the public into
ess require He now asks that part Of the large sum n
fc hands OF the Government be paid over To bim al an
earlier than the present law authorizes IA order to
relieve him from financial burdens ana thauc MN 'o
prosecute the work with more Yigor
AN APPOINTMENT FOR BRET HARTE.
Mr.. Bret Harte, who has been an applicant
for Office under the present Administration has 81 last
been promised the Commercial Agency at Crefcldt Ger
mauy which paws about $1,000 year. He was acan-
didate for the Chinese Mission.
PROBABILITIES ABOUT THE BANKRUPT LAW.
Senators who have interested themselves in
watching the drift OF sentiment among their associates
upon the Bankrupt Bill, express the opinion tonight
that September l. the date proposed by senator Thur
VIII be adopted as the uIhe loI 'Ho i'l'i w ''
uaCe.