, 1881-01-14

f,n,press to sentl their official cotntn,in!ca-
inns l,y mil ~ nlt executive officials To. fred
If tuslet.c, mil llen referred the question In
~, p,,stut cunr,!tter. WAltnce denied thai
In hntl mnilt my Improper tIsH 1T thu fraik-
I'M uryjtcgc during tlle canmign,h hut tIccUnih
nnt ,luuy tl,nt thp Congressional Democratic
f,nunittcc Ind ttnalv 70. fAt1Nt,'a resolution
,1oes not rrnpnsn i. general restoration uf the
ranking privilege, which fpntrs only to tlln
hu,I,1css Of til, Departments. Nfal,y Senators
sai1I that they llul received from thu Treas
nry, Interior. nnd rost-U1tce Departments
s,mccl,es at ]lureau officers under frnnk,'t
f;oyrru,,ne,.t envelopes mt delivered III Cnt'-
1rrss, md mt beng frntkablc. Senator
Conki;ng na,lc one Of Ills sarcns-
III: hits ut tho Administration wllpi
he congratulated dar'alnl u, tho fact Tint
In wns Oh stlcll gdtut terms with tho Allinfll-
istratlou NJ to receive tlits Illegally fu1nkcd
matter, The Su.taturs tcnlnnn tho cost Ut
mstagc. :,0nle Ut tlic,n cnfnt tl,nt tftoy wcru
compelled II pay as ml,cll rs 2l0 per week
oil subjects strictly relating Ia Government
business. Tho frankilg privilege, lnEalis
sutd, was restored ut tho instance
Of tho ,nncline politician CrcswclI,
1'ustmnster-GencrA1, win Instructed his
subor,tnatrs To manufacture sentiment lit
bel,alfolit. .......
rttE A1,,iy APPROPRIATION nI1.f.
wos next tul,en III, md several lluitiH were
consumed oyrr tic cal,!elt'nlcn: npprapriatlng
sltD,Uo0 to pay 10 per cent 1T tho Transports
tim accounts Ut land-srant railroads.
IIlc Government has refused to pay
these accounts OIL tim ground TINT, [n tic
acts af Congress which granted public lands
tuni1 IN building these rontls, # WIS stip,l.
jate.l tint tho transportation If tho United
Stntes should 60 tulI-frce. l}nt tllo Supreme
Court has tccldet ttlnt the Government wus
wrung, for, while tito .rnlroAl ct'ntK.utus
were bound 10 furnish thu United Statcs II
frpctrack for tho transportation Of nlnI!s,mes,
md munitions uf wnr, they wcrc euliilct 10
compensation fur thu use of their lucoi'sotiycs
and cnrs. 1t WIS this compensation that the
appropriation WIS Intended to nay, but tho
Senate loaded 1t with tile provfsu that this
sur, of 20 per cent sllntt le accepted III full
Of NIL tei,ttls for such service. ScllatOr
Carpenter tlununcelt this IIrUyisD rs unjust
and tesroltc. hut 1t WIS nevertheless carried,
ulni appropriations to eyadu 1t ware voted
uvwM.
NOMINATIONS;
~ The 11fttern 4i,sotftted Press.
WAs1nSt,ToS, u. Z. jan. E'.-,lIc Trcsi-
dclt l,ns nominated j. W. Finnell, of Gov
ington, Ky. to be Collector Of lnter1ul
Revenue OF tho Sixth District of Kentucky;
1acub l'icls, Ut Iowa, tn hn Pension Agent ut
lies sIoincs, Ia; INT! Nicholas II. Uwings to
be Secretary Of Washington Territory.
IEri.ol.EU,E.
Tho Chief OF tho llurtnm Of Statistics re-
purts that tito totnl values Of exports Uf pc
1roennl MIL petroleum products frum tho
1sS0, were S>..,tsA, ,0f.; during November, 1917,
ftrs 1,p
bcr, lSsv, S3l. .40I,U07; same period III ls7!9,
S;rj,a29j w.
SILVER.
Tho Treasury Department to-day pur-
chased hut o,oo0 ounces Ut silver bullion for
lniBtagc. Only tl,rre bttls wcro received
truln tile Fncitlc const, owing to I'LL Interrupt
ton Of telcgrnpllEc communication.
HEr1uEMESrs.
Prominent War Department ot!leiuts,
speaking with regar1 tO tile future rctEft-
rlents, to-duy sn1d TINT ti,are was ITO doubt
but tlnt udsc-Adyocate-GG,lrral Dunn ntltl
Survcyor.Grner,ll Barnes would s0ola bu
ttacpd Oh the rattred list. Regarding Quar-
teFnasler-GeMcral 3[eigs, 1t WIS suited That
hp would mt be retired.
TI1E FOLLOWING CIRCULAR
WIS issued ut tho Treasury Department to-
aay:
CsrculHr No. 1G', Of Sept. -, 1873, requiring
churHrs for transportation Ut NsltionMl bunk
notcs tn tho I'rcnsnry Ut tho United Hsntcs fur
redemption under the net Of Juno ~, 1871, to
to bo plId by tho so,luura IL hereby revoked.
JAMES ulLriLt.AS,
Treasurer Ut tic United siutes.
The effect OF this order IL to perlnlt I,Ullurs
Of Satlonnl bunk n0tus to forward then, II.
tito Treasury for redemption III eyeu tltou-
sands Of t!ollurs without my EXPENSE fur ca