Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-10-04
WASHINGTON.
The Inter Decennial Census a Good
Thing for the Western States
and Territories,
The Court OF Commissioners. of Ala
Led to the Investigation.
Striking Illustration Of the Far Reach.
ing Benefits Of the Postal System
National Notes.
IapKn1AL 10 THE AppKALI

WASHINGTON, October 3.-"The inter-
decennial census was a soft snap for some
Of the Western States, said an official in
the Interior Department to-day. 0nly
five States compiipd with the provisions
OF the law, and they are as follows, with
the amounts claimed as due from the gov
eminent under tho act: New Mexico,
Nebraska, $34, ,769; Dakota, S35. .50e. New
Mexico has been paid, snd The claims of
the others are nos passing the regular
auditing channels in the Treasury. Da-
keta, Nebraska and Colorado, it ia said,
receive actually more money from the
government than they have paid out
This was owing to the g g)vernment bonus
being largely augmented by the increase
Of population. Dakota, which was in
| creased 1861 per cent, is particularly
| jubilsnt that it can run census at profit
and get ahead Of Uncle Sam to the tune of
a cool $1,000.
| The judges of the Court OF Commission
ers of Alabama Claims have returned to
| the city, ready to open court on Monday
| next They are the maddest trie ever on
| the bench on account of tha action of the
! Comptroller of the Treasury in suspending
| the accountr ot a large number Of the en-
ployeo OF the court, as well as the counsel of
the United States, Gen. Cresweil. The court
diebarred Mr.. Manning, an attorney who
had large number of claims in hahd, and
he made an effort to "get even" by pre-
vailing upon the Comptroller to scrutinize
the accounts OF the court. The disharfed
lawyer succeeded in his efforta far beyond
his widest anticipaticns, and Comptroller
DarhSm's aetien has q once paralyzed the
:ourt and made IL famous. Walker
| Bleine's salary as associate counsel, was
! cut off with many Others, and there is a
very sour aspect about the modest apart
ments of the court in an old residence on
II street.
A young lady in this city sent tsgo-cent
| postal card to her lover ia Terre del
| Fuego, and feceive3 an answer in due
time, which led her to wonder at the far
| reach,Dg benefits of the postal system. \
United States two-cent postal card now
goes to about all the civilized countries OF
tine globe under the provisions of the
Universal Postal Union. The packet
post will be She next improvement, and
The Z nited States is behind the European
nations in this. It is a system whereby
| small packages of merchandise can be
transmitted through tbs mails, and the
customs duties paid without red tape or
Excessive fees. The G. 9. y, system will
also be adopted some day n our postal
system, an old cfficial believes. This
| would enable the Paris Bon Marche to
send pair of the very latest kid gloves to
fashionable miss in Denver for, say lC
cents postage, 10 cents customs duty and
70 cents for purchase price. The total, %
cents, could be collected ON delivery &c
o. ID at Denver, and the miss would have
g very good 81 sc art Gle ''just from Psrir ,
A neat customs wsy-bill could be exhibited
by her IS evidence that her invoice came
through regularly. We live II an age o.
| innovation.
Attorney General Garland has beaten
the record and distanced the President
and Col. Villas for the seasons bag of game
| The AIkansian's score is seyen deer, fit
teen channel cst6sl, ayeragi sixty
pounds each, iE2 mud cats, one coon, four
teen wild turkeys snd hundreds Of ducks
wild geeee and other game. 1t addition t,
this great score, Mr.. Garland is remark
ably well "heeled" with fish stories of al
sizes, to tt any sort of a crowd. His shoot
ing tales are said to be the most rGcy o
the season, and the other members of tn,
Cabinet look with anxious eyes towarI
the hunter of Homiuy Hill. The Attorney
General is strikingly like an Indian chic
IN bis facial contour and carriage of body
and now, returning tanned bright coppe
color by the Arkansas suns, he is a yer,
fair picture of Red Clouds eldest son.