, 1880-07-07

toruey.GC Cncrn1 OH tho F0sycr OF the
President to Appoint During a heces"
Of Congress,
aptetat Dt.patea to 7ae Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 6.-0en. Walker has
placed tho tnsk Of attempting to procure full
CENSUS statistics Of tic tniluns not taxed TO
Maj. Powell nud his assistants, who arc working
under tho Smithsonian Institution. Col. Garrick
Mallory, of the army, ls now enxngel In prepar-
ing set OF schedules recording fndian statistics
These will embrace hrnds calculntcd to set
out nil mutcrlal fActs OF tho Indian
s,t11atlun and condition Of cnch tribe. Col.
Mallory has made close ntildy OF American
Indians, aud Is we'll fitted to prcpnp schedules
which shall cover all the more prominent tcnt-
urcs OF Indian life and bring out any points in
the line Of bis researches which will he both now
md Interesting. This is I'm Important matter In
many respects. Hitherto alt estimates Tor tho
purchase of 1ntan supplies h9ye boon basea
tribe, but tlgee ~ Kruill for tho belief TINT tho
number has been rassly arefH.ttetl ln respect OF
luanr tribes, and TINT large sums haso been
Superintendent Thompson. Of. tho railway
mail Services tt.dny received tclcKrams from
eystem il working very satisfactorily, and that
Ut every place heurd from the trntns were run
Maicoln. seaton, son Of tho late Col. scaton, OF
tho Ntitf0,lat fnttittQencer, has becn appointed
Chiet Clerk Of Tho Patont. Office In ptaee Of Col
hi,rh: \; 4; seely' appolated E1ainlnor OF Ifade"
To ths Irtsttr,, Aasoe4attd Prtas,
WAsn1SoruN. y. q, July s:-Attorncy- Gener.
Tic rrcs!dent 7 to nppointr dar,ns the recess, II
Congress Il, vacancies occurring t}ther during
tho sessions ol tho scnato and tho appointments
The opinon wns c.lcEted by tho lotter from Scc-
3ohn +: ii9rtr.aff Coi!aotorat rh'lAdclpeIa. Tho
ii i'm Of op!noi, That tho vacancy In tho COL
atc u III ais,i tho sonate bslvins ajoarned Without
acting upon tho nomination scnt 10 1t, tho Ires-
idet.t may nov appoint the nominee Or any Oiber
mission to expire Ut tho st.si Ut tho i,est scssIu1
Of thy senato mud that tho condition e tMo oco
y 9y asoed y any gn pf IT, shs 3 Itnu5n ~
nnxt session Of the sestutu without tho contir!na-
ton nt u nominee. Afier cArctul exumnn-
@ ee 1t U prcsients boen unfora III @ In iii ar rcsard.
but that It has pen Sustained whenever lItpught
Sts Y tho advice OF 'hs respective
Acknowledgements Commissioner lsaum has
received n telegram announcing tho arFcst,
under state process; of Several neputy;Colleot;
County. GGorXla, In which Una ne tho npiGRlny
party was killed by r,venMo officers. who allckc
tha1 o r'nz y er ar, was II
Gen. 1jovens telcgraphcd tho Assistant Dlslrrt-
Attorney to appeur in behalf Of tho revenue
DslEsNF3 Muo H4D uuAGE H1tEH&, Nll4 " llkb NAl
wrlts Of hnbcus corpus with h riuw to trans.
ferrlnF the, cascs 10 ihe Unltttl Atntes Court
At tho Cabinet meeting to-dAy sonlu discussion
arose regarding the recent firing Into A1ntFIcal1i
sch1oners on tic CntIAn eoast- Tho Information
received nt tho Department Of StNte from the
Spanish Government Ia that tlgrc II no snGh
Spanish vcsHel as the Nunc!o, and the authors
ties of tint Government ar1 inclined tn tho i'm
preston that tho vessel which overhRuled the
American schooner was Fllu by ptNtoa.
The question Of ex-finr. HMrtFMHtt not having
got accepted tho Collectnrshtp of Philadelphia
was discussed. It wns thought he would be
henrs1 from willl!u u tlny or two.
Hecretary Sheetnnn has gone to New York aut
sxpects to be nbsont about n weak.
Tho following appointments have boon made:
]. i, l}gbee, to bD United States District Attor-
noy for ucnrBia, vice II. +. Fxrrow; Aolaua u
kIne, of MiesburE Centre, L.: to eo iteKsts' u.
t0rSs James Il. Wharton, TO be Surveyor OF Cuts
tonla at Portsmouth, O.; AnLrow j. Duu,ont. tt
DO Naval ulIluer IT Now Drlbnnst yiGe James
Lewis, suspended; James MARDn 1tlcG, to bl
Collector Ut Cllslptls at Ut. Mary'A, Ga, vtct
TAnmas b. tllodgett, suspended.
Tho President to-day lsn appointed Wllllnm
a. 9tono United States Dtstrlut Attorney fai
Eharies q. Watsrs unIsed States Dlstrlct .tor:
ney for tho District OF arkansas ta roappoint-
inunt).
| terrcd the selection OF d nlstrlct- Attorney ii
| Et. Louls, llAs virtually dceiied to rcojmnlout
tho rrAppotnstnont Of ihG presnnt incumbent.
The President to-day signed tho commission.
pf DAvid u. koy, Of Tennessee. to hc unitgt
| Df Tcnnesso0. " bo P0stluaatcr.Uaaeral Of tht
untftti HtateS.