Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-04
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THE senate rejected the nomination
OF d. r. Corbin, for chief justice of the
supreme court of Utah, June 28th.
A WASHINGTON dispatch OF July says
the president nominated Col. Hora-
ito G. Wright cnief OF engineers with
the rank of brigadier general, vice
Gen. Humphreys resigned.
A Washington dispatch Of June 28th
says the receipts from internal revenue
for the last fiscal year were $40, 033,-
$40; for the fiscal year, which expires
Monday. over $l13,036, 900, an increase
Of over S3,000,0 00-despite the reduc-
ton on the tax on tobacco.
BULLION dealers were notified by the
treasury department, June LIST, that
oilers of silver bullion for sale to the
department will be received on We'd
nesday Of eGch week, the bullion to be
delivered at the Philadelphia, San
Francisco, New Orleans, and Carson
City minis.
THE president made the following
nominations for members OF the Missis-
sppi levee commission June %, Harri-
son, Ind, James Il. Eads, civil engineer,
Missouri, Thos. Morgan Harrod, civil
engineer, La, 1t. Col. q, A. Gilmore,
Major Cyrus b. Comstock and Major
Chas. X. Sutton, u. S. engineer corps,
and Henry Mitchell, of the coast and
geological survey.
SAYS press dispatch of June 29th,
the excess Of exports over imports
OF merchandise for the twelve months
ended May 3lst 1879, was $269, 709, S76;
for the twelve months ended May 31st
1873, $241 ,S69,939. Excess Of exports
over imports of gold and silver coin and
bullion WAS for the twelve months ended
May 3lst 1879, 1924, G15, for the
twelve months ended May 3lst 1873,
81, 218, 90l.
The following card was furnished
for publication June Goth The
statement published throughout the
country that the managers of the Toledo
convention had received encouraging
letters from Wright, Jones Lowe,
Murch, and other national members Of
congress il wholly untrue. There is
not II national in congress who approved
of the coalition there or elsewhere.
(Signed) n. II. MuRcH,
Chairman National Congressional Com
mittee.
A WASHINGTON telegram of Juno 30th
says the senate confirmed Benz. Harrison
Of indianapolis; Jas. b. Eads, civil en-
gineer ut ST. Louis; B. Morgan Harrod,
civil engineer, at Now Orleans; Lieut.
Col. Quincy A. Gilmore, Maj Cyrus
b. Comstock and Maj. Chas. Sutter,
United States engineer corps, and
Henry Mitchell, of the coast and
geodetic survey to be members of the
Mississippi river commission. Re-
ceivers OF public moncys-Lewis Han
cock, Mt Saline, Kansas; II. j. Jenkins,
ut Concordia, Kansas. Postmasters-
q. q. Wall, Lanosborough, MINI. In
dian aeents--Wm. f.. Andrews, of H.,
Yankton, ID. Il. agency; Geo. j.. Daven-
port, Of H., Sioux and Fox agency.
SAYS II Washington telegram OF juno
2S, the extreme silver men in tho senate
IRE still unrcconcled to the retention
of Senator Baynrd M chairman of the
finance committee. Eighteen demo-
cratic senators have signed paper urg-
ing Bayard to Withdraw his reslgnatlonj
10 other democratic senators declined
to sign il, namely: Beck, Cockrell
Coke, Garland, Irovcr, Hereford, Hous-
ION, Jonas, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton,
Slater, Vest. Voorhees,, Walker, and
Williams. The pronounced silver
men who signed the paper are:
Wallace, Thurman, Mcdonald, Ran
som, Vance, Jones, (Fh.) Call, Hill,
(Ga.) Harris, and Bailey. The remain
ing eight are senators in accord, more
or less, with Beyard. OF the seven
democratic senators absent when the
paper was in circulation, it il conceded
that Gordon, Lamar, Randolph, Nc
Pearson and Farley, would haye united
in the request to Bayard to retain tho
chairmanship, but 1t is said that john
ston and Withers would have refused
to sign it,