Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-21

the republican party. He also SAID ne
did not believe the republican party OF
his State would endorse the Senator ;
views on the silver question: r,
The President to-day made the iot'
lowing appointments; Willlam n;t M;
Springer of1llinois, Judge OF the onlIea !.
States Court of the northern dislflct o.
the Indian Territory; Constantine
Buckley KiIgore, of Texas. Judge OF
the United States Court ofthe southern
district of the Indian Territory. 10 be
narsbals of the United States: Samuel
N Rutherford, of the Indian Territory,
for the northern district of the Indian
Territory Lucius L. Stowe, of the In
dian Territory, for the southern district
of the Indian Territory. To be attor-
news of the United States James V.
walker, of Arkansas, for the central
district of the Indian Territory; Au-
drew C. Cruce, of the Indian Territory,
for the southern district of the Indian
Territory.
The recently appointed deputy col
lector of customs at this port is Mr..
Charles James Faulkner Pierce, grand
son of the late Charles James Faulkner,
a distinguished citizen of Virginia until
that State was robbed of the county in
which he lived, and son of his daughter
by her first husband. At his request
the court allowed him to assume the
name of his stepfather.
One of the GAzETTE's subscribers in
Washington says that on the morning
of the day an editorial in that paper
said the recent verdict of Charlottes-
vile jury would tend to deter Northern
capital from coming to Virginia, ne
heard Mr.. ]. w. Thompson, a proml-
nent business man of this city, express
the same idea.
Senator Stewart talking to-day about
the Venezuela affair, said the people OF
this country need give themselves no
concern about Great Britain. England,
he said, is not going to hurt the United
States. They are her best customers.
The Treasury board on rules of the
road met at the Treasury Department
to-day. 1t is composed of the following
members: Gen. Duffield, Gen. Dumont,
Capt. Wilde, Capt. Shoemaker, and F.
II. Chamberlain. It was decided 10
communicate with the maritime inter
ests of Wilmington, DEL, and Norfolk,
Va, before final action was taken on a
memorial from Philadelphia. 1t was
also decided to open up communication
with the maritime interests OF trading
seaports so as to determine where the
rules of the sea and the rules of inland
navigation should end and begin.
A party of Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians in full costume were received
by the President to-day and made
known to him that they would like a
distribution of money paid for the
lands. The Interior Department is OPP,
posed to paying the Indians this money
in bulk, and is in favor of using q part
of it for furnishing agricultural impie-
ments to the tribes in order that they
may learn to work their farms and be-
come self-supporting before the residue
is paid over.
1t is said at the Office of the commits
sioner of internal revenue, that OF all
the U. S. judges who have made their
income tax returns, Judge r. w.
Hughes of Virginia is the only
one who, in his, stated that his only
income was his official salary; that il
that be taxed twenty dollars, it could
be taxed five thousand, and he, there
fore, be taxed out of office, which
would be contrary to the Constitu-
ton. The Judge left here yesterday
for his home in Abingdon. In talking
or the subject, a short time before he
went away he said he saw by the news
papers that General Mahone's name is
mentioned among those who will take
part in, or eadorse the proposed confer
ence to be held in Richmond to organ
izs the Opposition to the democratic
party in his State. AS the General, he
said, had now no following at all in Vir-
ginia, he supposed such statements were
democratic tricks, intended to injure
the opposition to the democratic party,
because the only possible effect Of the
Generals support of that opposition,
would be to lessen it.
Some weeks ago Mr.. Morton wrote
to the purchasing agent of the seed
division of his department informing
him that members of Congress had been
charged with disposing of their seeds
in a way other than was contemplated
by and Law, instructing him to either YER
verify or disprove these charges in the
substantial way. In less than week
tie agent brought to the secretary the
written order of q member ofthe House
of Representatives for his entire quota
of seeds, which he proposed to sell to
the departments agent for the sum OF
SIS. The purchase was directed to be
made and, instead of cash, the agent
gave his check. which was properly en-
dorsed by the vendor and the money
was Withdrawn from bank. So 1t
happens that Secretary Morton now
has the seeds issued to this
member turned over on bis
written order, and also the check
through which the money was paid,
and bearing the signature of the mem
Der who sold the seeds. The depart
ment officials decline to mention the
name of the Congressman now or to To-
cate him, but the assurance is given
that the whole transaction, name aud
all, will appear in the report as strik-
ing example of the evil to which the
secretary has so frequently called the
attention of Congress. The full quota
of seeds furnished a member Of Con-
gress by the department consists, on an
average, of 400 packages of flower
seeds, $1,000 of vegetables and 50
quarts of field seeds, grasses, etc. The
total cost of this quota to the depart
ment is between 1925 and S245. The