Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-25
GekeraL Capital NeWs.

WASHINGTON, Jan 2.-The President nom-
mates Edward c. Billings, of Louisiana,
United States circuit Judge for the Fifth cir
cult; John F. Drover, surveyor of customs at
Pittsburgh; George W. Atkinson, United
states marshal of West Virginia; Maj. David
G. Swayne, of the corps of Judge
advocate to be Judge advocate
general; Lieut. Col GeorgeL. Fiebiger, deputy
paymaster general, to be assistant paymaster
general, with the rank of colonel; Charles
Henry Phipple and VIM. Fl. Comegip to be
paymasters with the rank of major; Lieut..
Col. Samuel B. Holabird, deputy .quartermas
ter general, to be assistant Quartermaster
general with the rank of colonel; Major
VIM. NJ. Rich quartermaster, to be deputy
quartermaster general, with the rank of cap
tain; Capt. James Gilliss, assistant quarter
major; Lieut.. Col. Chas. H. Tompkins, deputy
quartermaster general, to be assistant quarter
master general with the rank of colonel; Maj
Charles g. Saintelle, quartermaster, to be
deputy quartermaster general with the rank Of
lieutenant colonel; Capt. Theodore j. Ecker
son, assistant quartermaster general, to be
quartermaster with the rank of major; first
lieutenants Chas. r. Barrett, fifth artillery,
and Charles A. Fl. McCanly, third cavalry, to
captains.
MINNESOTA AND DAKoRA's SHARE.
The treasury budget of estimates for the
coming fiscal year contains the following
items of Minnesota and Dakota expenditures:
For Minnesota-salary of surveyor general,
81, 900; clerks for same, $500; contingent ex-
penses, 81 ,500 Indian service, expenses, 81 600;
interpreters, $4,000; fulfilling treaties, s25,300;
rivers and harbors, Grand Marias, $4,000;
Duluth, $4,000; Mississippi river, above the
falls, S25, 900; st. Paul to Des Moines $500, 900;
upper Mississippi snag boat, ETC., $40 900; pub
lie works at Minneapolis, s500,000 st. Croix
river, S25, 900; Red River of the North, Mime
sofa and Dakota, $4,000; salaries and com
missions of registers and receivers, 81 ,000 sur
veyors of public lands, $25,C0O; total, s1,375,-
For Dakota-surveyor general, salary 81, 900,
clerks, $4,000, contingent expenses, S2,O7O
salaries of governor, judges, ETC., S16,40O
| legislative expenses, $4,000; contingent ex.
penses, $500; internal revenue, S8,700; Indian
SO 1000, fulfilling treaties, $3.50 348, incidental
$4,000; salaries of registers and receivers
$4,000; surveying public lands, $4,000. To
| tai, 1874 ,44s.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
/ Lie controversy uetWctu Lut duulIOT VI tut
Pacific railroad accounts and the railroad:
causes much comment. Auditor French this
morning intimated that the company contem
plated the disposal of certain property, in vic
lation of the last clause of section nine of tn,
Thurman act. The controversy also relates
| to stopping payment of the declared per cent
dividend. Regarding this portion of the case
Auditor French has decided the dividend can
not lawfully be awarded, and the matter ha
| with that decision passed from his hands t.
the department of justice, unless representa-
tions from officers of the Central Pacific rail
road satisfactory to the government are pre-
sented Auditor French, accompanied by So
| licitor General Phillips, of the department o
justice, and Assistant Attorney General Nc
Cannon, for the department of the interior
| will leave for New York tomorrow evening
with view to proceeding in the case.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Justice Swayne occuPieda seat on the bencl
of the United States supreme court for the las
time to day. 1t is understood his resignation
has already been rendered, or will be tendere,
at once, and his successor will be Stanle,
Matthews.
Commissioner of Pensions Bentley has writ
ten letter to the chairman of the Senate ap
propriation committee. in which he estimate
that more than $500, 100000 will be requires
| to pay all claims and arrearages of the pension
law passed in 1879