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.n tlo.i n-; furisact-s, grates, and
»!». Immlrrd dnlnns; repairs of ivli
■ t;„ nsand dollars; and for support
B-' s. torty tliotUMtud dollars; in all,
B ;il v; i\ nioii sum shall be paid out oi
H.'r'iiiv fmm the uaval-pensiou fund.
Hi Al OF MEDICINE AND SUK
tiKIIV.
Hr , f the medical department
-in > necessaries for vessels in
* !iavv yards, naval stations. Ma- j
B v and Coast Survey, thirty thou
,irv repairs of naval labora-
H 1 '■ \i!>. and appendages, induditig
H "Lews, outhouses, steam-heating
H’ ' 'ale walks, .enees. gardens, and
thousand dollars.
■ .e.-nt expenses of the bureau
H" ’..1e.-ieal .'tores, transportation
H'- . ' to the Government hos-
B•• -: telegraphing, purchase ol
1 v attending the naval medi-
I*''■*■! o! rv•miners, purchase and re-
B '■* •:!>. harness, purchase and feed
B news; trees, garden-tools, and
B'^-twenty-live thousand dollars.
or PROVISIONS AND
CLOTHING.
B 1 r previd, e iis for the officers, seamen.
brines, one million three hundred
dollars.
■ ‘ • pirdia'o of water for ships, tliirty
l l' 1 dollars.
■ ’ •‘iiiM-nit expenses: For freight
a... ...., r t.,t ,on to foreign and home
: e candles, fuel: interior alterations
Uturvj. in inspection building's; tools.
B*' I : 'Turing same at eight inspections;
r iai watchman in eight inspections;
u i’‘d blanks; stationery; telegrams;
| and express charges, tolls, terringos
B" w -tickets: ice; and incidental labor
r c hargvable to other appropriations, tif
•' 'Uwasaiul dollars.
U UF t ONSTRUCTION AN D
REPAIR.
‘’ r preservation of vessels on the stocks
iu ordinary; purchase of material ami
? r f?ufall kiuds; labor in navy yards
0,1 foreiau stations; preservation ot
rru b : purchase of tools; wear, tear,
* ; Fv'»>air of vessels afloat, and for general
l - r v aau protection of ttie Navy iu the liue
ouatruction and repair; incidental ex
*■ lj es. namely, advertising and foreign
1 ' ! 'ages; three mil.ion three hundred thou-
dollars.
A * • protection of timber lauds, live thousand
hi' REA OF STEAM ENGINEERING.
„ ’* r repairs and preservation of boilers aud
.' i ’' iC: niery ou naval vessels : aud lor tuuug,
* ! *ir, preservation of yard machinery !
gj l ols ; aud lor labor in navy yards aud
C 4 '- 'Us not before included; and for ineiUeU
. * 1 tjw-usvs ; ami lor purchase ami presevva-
, J!i otoiis, coal, iron, and ah materials and
j’ '**•; and for completing and erecting ou
°"«d vessels compound engines with engines
Uinre, one million eight hundred
dollars.
NAVAL ACADEMY.
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one professor of drawing, (head of depart
ment.) two thousand five hundred dollars;
four professors, namely .one of mathematics
(assistant.) one of chemistry, one of En
l glish studies, history and law, and one of
l* rench, at two thousand two hundred dol
lars each; twelve assistaut professors, na
mely. four of French, one of .Spanish, three
of English studies, history, and law. one of
mathematics, one of astronomy, and two
of drawing, atone thousand eight hundred
dollars each; sword master, at one thou
sand five hundred dollars, and two assist
ants.at one thousand dollars each; boxing
master and gymnast, at one thousand two
hundred dollars; and assistant librarian, at
one thousand four hundred dollars ; three
clerks to superintendent, at one thousand
two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars,
and eight hundred dollars, respectively ;
| one clerk to commandant of midshipmen,
I one thousand dollars; one clerk to pavmas
i ter, one thousand dollars; one apothecary.
; seven hundred and fifty dollars; one com
missary, two hundred and eighty-eight dol
lars; one cook, three hundred and twenty
live dollars and fifty cents; one messenger
to superintendent, six hundred dollars, one
armorer, five hundred and twenty-nine dol
lars and fifty cents; one gunner's mate, four
hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents;
one cockswain, four hundred and sixty
nine dollars and fifty cents; three seamen
in the department of steamship, at three
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty
cents each; one band master, five hundred
and twenty-eight dollars ; eighteen first
class musicians, at three hundred and forty
eight dollars each; seven second class mu
sicians, at three hundred dollars each; two
drummers and one lifer, (first-class,) at
three hundred and forty-eight dollars
each; in all, fifty eight thousand eight hun
dred and twenty-six dollars.
Fay of watchmen and others: Captain of
the watch, at two dollars and silty cents i
per day. nine hundred and twelve dollars I
and fifty cents; four watchmen, at two dol- j
lars anil twenty five cents per day, three I
thousand two hundred and eighty-five dol- j
lars; foreman of the gas and steam-heating |
works, at five dollars per diem, one thou- I
sand eiitht hundred and twenty-five dollars; |
twelve attendants at gas and steam heat
ing works of academy, at new quarters for
cadet-midshipmen, and at school-ships, one
at three dollars fifty cents per day each,
eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty- '
two dollars; three joiners,two painters, and !
two masons, at three dollars and titty cents |
per day each, eight thousand nine hundred
and forty-two dollars and fifty cents; one
tinner, one gas fitter, and ope blacksmith,
at three dollars and fifty cents per day each
three thousand eight hundred and thirty -
two dollars and silty cents,
XLufUiuihr aud others: One me
chanic at wudtcl,,.,, .. , ' i>( ,
twenty five cents per diem, eight hundred
and twenty-one dollars and twenty five
cents: one master laborer, to keep public
grounds in order at two dollars and twenty
eight cents per diem, eight hundred aud
thirty two dollars and twenty cents; iour
teen laborers to assist in same, three at
two dollars per diem each and eleven at
onedoliar and seventy five cents per diem
each, nine thousand two hundred and six
teen dollars and twenty-five cents; one la
borer to superintend quarters of cadet
midshipmen, public grounds, and so forth,
at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per
diem, eight hundred and thirty two dollars
and twenty cents; four attendants at reci
tation rooms, library, chapel, and offices at
twenty dollars per month each, nine hun
dred and sixty dollars, twenty servants to
keep in order and attend to quarters of ca
det midshipmen, public buildings, and so
forth, at twenty dollars per month each,
four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay of employees in the department
of steam-enginery, for machinists, boiler
makers, and others, eight thousand seven
hundred and sixty dollars.
For repairs and improvements of public
buildings, and for repairing the wall inclos
ing the grounds of the academy, fourteen
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses, forty-six thou
sand six hundred dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For pay of officers of the Marine Corps,
and for pay of non-commissioned officers, ;
musicians, and others of the corps, three j
hundred and nineteen thousand seven hun
dred and sixty dollars; Provided, l hat the
office of commandant of the Marine Corps
having the rank of a brigadier-general of
the Army shall continue until a vacancy |
shall occur in the same, and nalonger; and !
when such vacancy shall occur in said office ;
immediately thereupon all laws and parts
of laws creating said office shall become in
operative, and shall, by virtue of this act,
from thenceforth be repealed: Andprovid
ed further, 1 hat thereafter the command
ant of the Marine Corps shall have the
rank and pay of a colonel, and shall be ap
pointed by selection by the President from
the officers of said corps,
For the civil force of the Marine t orps,
ten thousand dollars.
For pay of fifteen hundred privates, aud
no more, two hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars.
For provisions, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For clothing, one hundred thousand dol
lars. _
For fuel, thirty thousand, eight hundred
aud fifty-six dollars.
For military stores, namely: For pay of
mechanics. repair ot arms, purchase ot ac
couterments, onlauce-stores, flags, drums,
files, and other instruments, nine thousand
dollars.
For transportation of troops, five thou
sand dollars.
For transportation of officers traveling
without troops, one thousaud dollars.
For repair of barracks, and rent of of
fices where there are no public buildings,
1 six thousand dollars.
I For forage for horses belonging to field mu3
Btnfif officer*, three thousand dollars.
BAINBBIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1874.
For hire of quarters for officers where there
are no public quarters, ten thousand dollars*
For contingencies, namely: Freight: fer
riage; toll; eortage : wharfstalionery: tele
graphing; apprehension of deserters; oil,
candles, gas ; repairs of gas and water fix
tures : watter-rent; barrack-furniture ; furni
ture for officers’ quarters ; bed-sacks ; wrap
ping-paper ; oil-cloth : crash ; rope ; twine ;
spades ; shovels ; axes; picks ; carpenters’
tools ; repairs to fire-engines ; purchase and
repair of engine-hose; purchase of lumber
for benches, mess-tables, bunks ; repairs to
public carryall; purchase and repair of har
ness ; purchase and repair of hand-eart3
and wheel-barrows; scavengering ; purchase
and repair of galleys, cooking-stove s ranges,
Btoves where there are no grates ; gravel for
parade-grounds ; repair of pumps ; brushes ;
brooms; bnckets. paving: and for other
purposes, fifteen thousand dollars.
Approved, June 6, 1874.
[General nature —No. 36 ]
AN At T making appropriations for th e
support of the Military Academy for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five.
Be H enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by, apropropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the support of the Military Academy
for the year ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and seventy-five.
For additional pay of officers', and for
pay of instructors, prufessors, cadets, and
musicians, two hundred and thirty-seven
thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements, timber,
plank, boards, joists, wullstrips. laths, sliin
gles, slate, tin. sheet-lead, nails, screws,
locks, butlss, hinges, glass, paint, turpen
tine, oils, brjeks, varnish, stone, lime, ce
ment, plaster, hair, blasting-powder, fuse,
iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other simi
lar materials, fourteen thousand five hund
red dollars.
For pay of citizen-mechanics and labor
employed upon repairs that cannot be
done by enlisted men, eight thousand dol
lars,
For fuel apd apparatus, namely, coal,
wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, fire
bricks, aqd repairs of steam heating appa
ratus, fourteen thousand dollars.
For gas pipes, fixtures, lamp-posts, gas
lamps, gasometers, and retorts, and aunu
al repairs, six hundred dollars.
Fur fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops,
and laundry, three thousand five hundred
dollars.
For postage and telegrams, three hund
red dollars.
For stationery, blank-books, paper, en
velopes, quills, steel pens, pencils, mucilage
wax, and ink, six hundred dud rs.
For transportation of materials, dis
charged cadets, and ferriages, one thou-
For printing-type.' maferUtiy lIH uutut"“
diplomas for graduates, registers, ami
blanks, seven hundred dollars.
For compen-atiuii of pressman and lith
ographer. one hundred dollars.
For clerk to disbursing officer and quar
termaster. one thousand six hundred and
fifty dollars.
For clerk to adjutant, op a thousand
five hundred dollars.
For clerk to treasurer, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
For department of instruction in mathe
matics. namely: For repairs of instru
rnents, fifty dollars; text-books arid sta
tionery for instructors, thirty dollars.
For department of artillery, cavalry, am;
infantry tactics, namely. For tan-bark foi
riding-hall and gymnasium, three hundrei.
dollirs; repairing camp-stools, tents,, and
camp-furniture, fifty dollars; flooring anu
mats, apparatus, and repairs of gym nasi
urn, five hundred dollars; clock and furni
ture for office of commandant of cadets
seventy-five dollars; stationery for use o!
instructor and assistants, one hundred
dollars.
For department of civil and military en
jjineering: For models, maps, repairs o'
instruments, text-books, books of refer
cnee, and stationery for use of instructors
five hundred dollars.
For department of chemistry, mineral
ogv, and geology: For chemicals, includ
ing chemical apparatus, glass and porce
lain ware, paper, wire and sheet, metal and
ores, and photographic materials, nine
hundred dollars; rough specimens, files,
alcohol, lamps, blow pipes, pencils, and
steel and agate mortars, for practical in
struction in mineralogy; for fossils illus
trating the different rock-formations, for
daily use in section-rooms, and for gradual
increase of the cabinet, eight hundred dul
lars; repairs and additions to electric, gal
vainc. magnetic, electro-magnetic, magnet
o-electric. pneumatic, and thermic appa
ratus illustrating optical properties ot sub
stances, eight hundred dollars; carpenters
and metal work, including materials for the
same, fifty dollars; pay of mechanic, to be
employed in chemical and geological sec
tion-rooms and iu the lecture room, one
thousand and fifty dollars; models and
diagrams, silty dollars; books ol reference,
text-books, and stationery, for the ol
instructors, aud contingencies, three hund
red dollars; compensation to attendant,
fifty dollars,
For department of natural and experi
mental philosophy: For instruments to
determine magnetic intensity and declina
tion six hundred dollars; compensation to
mechanic's assistant, one thousand dollars;
compensation to attendant, filt\ dollars;
repairs and contingencies, six hundred dol
lars.
For department of practical military en
eineeriug: For mining-materials and lor
profiling? fifty dollars: telegraphing and
signaling, twenty five dollars, drawing-ma
terials. stationery, and text books, twenty
five dollars; repairs of instruments, tweu
ty-five dollars; contingencies, twenty five
dollars; one five oared barge, four hundred
dollars.
■ For department of Spanish: For text
books and stationery for the nse of instrut-
THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—TH| UNION AS EESTOEED.
ors. fifty dollars.
For department of law and ethics: For
text books and stationery and books of
reference for the use of instructors, fifty
dollars. Provided, That the Secretary of
"War may assign one of the judge-advo
cates of the Army to be professor of law.
i For department of drawing: For mod
els for second class, one hundred dollars;
models for third class, one hundred dollars;
models for third class, one hundred dollars;
tar-board for mounting models, thirty dol
lars; frames for securing models from in
jury, fifty dollars; colors, brushes, pencils,
and paper for the use of instructors, twen
ty five dollars.
For expenses the board of visitors,of
four thousand two hundred dollar^.
For miscellaneous and cyntifigoit
expenses: For gas, coal-oil, J cardies,
«nd wieking for lighting the actmemy. ca~
et-barracks, mess-ball, offices, stable, and
side-walks, four thousand dollars; water- !
pipes, plumbing, anu repairs, two thousand ;
dollars; cleaning public buildings, (not
quarters.) five hundred aqd sixty dollars; :
brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and
cloths, two hundred dollars; chaik, Cray- ;
ons, sponge, slate, and rubbers for recita- '
tion rooms, one hundred dollars; compen- '
sation of chapel-organist, two hundred
dollars: compensation of librarian, one
hundred and twenty dollars; compensation
of non-commissioned officer in charge of
mechanics, fifty dollars; compensation of
soldier writing in adjutant's office, fifty
dollars; pay of engineer of heating and
ventilating apparatus for the cadet-bar
racks. chapel, and philosophical academy,
including the library, one thousand five
hundred dollars: pay of assistant of same,
seven hundred and twenty dollars; pay of
live firemen, two thousand two hundred
dollars; increase and expense of the libra
ry, books, magazines, periodicals/ aqd
binding, two thousand dollars.
For pay of librarian's assistant, one
thousand dollars.
For contingencies for superintendent of
the academy, one thousand dollars.
For furniture for cadet-hospital and re
pairs, one hundred dollars.
For printing catalogue for library, five
hundred dollars.
Buildings and grounds: For repairing
and opening roads and walks, five hund
red dollars.
For continuing superstructure of the
new hospital for cadets, twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing construction of sewer
age from barracks and quarters, three
thousand dollars.
For repairs to reservoirs and increasing
capacities, one thousand dollars.
Approved, dune 6, 1874.
»-*>-.
[General nature — No. 37.]
ViY.■ "iTr ffi f a ur,
Be it enacted by the Sbjiate and House
•f Representatives of the halted States of
America tu Congress •assembled, 1 hat the
port of Ban Pedro, on the Pacific coast,
shall be called Wilmington.
Approved, June 6. 1674,
[General nature —No. 38.]
AN ACT to equalize pensions in certain
eases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
persons entitled to pensions kinder special
acts fixing the rate of such pensions, and
now receiving or entitled to deceive a less
pension than that allowed by the general
pension-laws under like circunstancts. are,
n lieu of their present rata of pension,
uereby declared to be entitle! to the bene,
fits and subject to the limitations of the
general pensjon laws entitle 1 “An act to
revise, consolidate, and amt ad the laws
relating to pensions,” appuved March
third,eighteen hundred and eventy-three;
and that this act go into effict from and
ifter its passage : Provided That this act
shall not be construed to rt luce any pen
sion pranted by special act.,
Approved, June 6, 1874. J
[General nature — yo. 39.]
AN ACT to amend the act) entitled ’‘An
act to proriiote the development of the
mining resources of the Ljnited States,"
passed May tenth, eighteen hundred and {
seventy-two.
Be it enacted by the Sendfe and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
provisions of the filth section of the act
entitled “An act to proimite the envelop
ment of the mining resources of the United
states," passed May tenth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, which requires ex
penditures of labor and improvements on
claims located prior to the passage ol said
act, hereby so amended that the time lor
the first auuual expenditure on claims loca
ted prior to the passage of said act shall
be extended to tfie first day of January,
eighteen hundred and seventy five.
Approved, Juue (i, 1871.
[General nature —No. 40.]
AN ACT authorizing corrections to be
made in errors of prize-lists.
Be it enacted by the Senate avid House
of Representatives of the Luiied Slates of
America in Congress assembled. That the
second and third paragraphs of the tenth
section of the navy-prize law. approved
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred aud sixty
four. which relates to the shares of comman
ders of divisions and fleet captains, shall
apply to officers serving in those positions
from April, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, (the commencement of the Ute war.)
aud the shares shall be paid in the manner
as provided for division-commandera in
said second paragraph, said payments to
be made oat of the naval pension fund;
and all acts inconsistent with the provi
sions of this act be, and the same are here
by. repealed.
Approved, June 6, IS>-4.
[General nature—No. 41.]
AN AC l to facilitate the exportation of
distilled spirits, and amendatory of the acts
in elation thereto.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives ot the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
whenever the owner or owners of distilled
spirits shall desire to withdraw the same
from any distillery bonded warehouse for
exportation under existing law, such owner
or owners may at their option, in lien of
executing and export bond as now provided
by law, give a transportation Txmd with
sureties satisfactory to the collector of in
ternal revenue, aud under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the Trea
sury may prescribe, conditioned for the due
delivery thereof on board ship at a port of
exportation to be named therein ; and in
such case, on Arrival of the spirits at the
port of export, the exporter or owner at
that port shall imiiiediutely notify the col
lector of the port of the fact, setting forth
his intention to export the same, and the
name of the vessel upon which the same
are to be laden, and the port to which they
are intended to be exported, ife shall,
after the quantity of spirits has been de
termined by the gauger and inspector, file
with the collector of the port an export
entry verified by his oath or affirmation. —
He shall also give bond to the United
States, with at least two sureties, satis
factory to the collector of customs, condi.
tioned that the principal named in said
entry to the port designated in said entry
or to some other port without the jurisdic
tion of the United Statet.
j And upon the lading of such spirits, the
collector of the port, after proper bonds
for the exportation of the same have been
completed by the exporter or owner at the
port of shipment thereof, shall transmit to
the collector of internal revenue of the
| district from which the said spirits were
withdrawn for exportation, a clearance cer
tificate and a detailed report of the gauger,
which report shall show the capacity of
each cask in wine-gallons,and the contents
thereof in wine-gallons, proof-gallons, and
table gallons. Upon receipt of the eertifi
ficate and report, and upon payment of tax
on deficiency, if any. the collector of inter
nal revenue shall cancel the transportation
bond. The bond, required tube given for
the landing at a foreign port of distilled
spirits shall be cancelled upon the presen
tation of satisfactory proof and certificates
that said distilled spirits have neeu landed
at the port of destination named in the bill
of lading or any other port without the
jurisdiction of the United States or upon
satisfactory proof that after shipment the
same were lost at sea without fault or ne
glect of the owner or shipper thereof.
Sec. 2. That on and after the first day
of July, eighteen hundred aud seventy-four
flr,. r.hi‘ evoensi; us providing and affixing
ed spirits for exportation, there shall Be
charged ten cents for each stamp instead
of twenty five cents as now required by law.
Approved, June 9, 1874.
Esstter from Washington,
Washington, I). C. Juiy, 12 1874.
Jarric-s Giifiilain recently nominated a3
appointment clerk of the Treasury by Sec
retary Bristow, has declined the position,
but has accepted the chief clerkship of the
Treasurers office.
it is stated that Louis J. Martin, as
sistant appointment clerk of the Treasury
department, will be promoted to take
charge of the business, W. N. Edwards of
the Third Auditors office as assistant.
The new redemption division of the
Treasury department is receivin'? about
one half million dollars daily from national
banks, which are exchanging their circula
tion for legal tenders.
No bids have yet been received by the
Treasury department in response to the
circular of Secretary Bristow, issued to
the banks requesting bed for subscription
to the balance of the new five per cent,
loan; but it is expected that within a day
or two of the time of award a large num
ber of bids will be received from responsi
ble capitalists.
General orders. No. 78, from the War
Department, publishes, for the intorma
ti' n and government ot all Congress re
organizing the several staff corps of the
army.
General orders, No. 80, from the War
Department, directs that “the authority ot
the division of department commander
must be obtained for the transportation uy T
express of funds of the pay department.
Said transportation will be furnished by
the quartermaster s department.”
r lhe monitors Saugus, Ajax, Dictator
Munbatton. Canouious, and Mahopac,
which were part in commission pending
the Virginias excitement, will, with the
exception of tho Dictator, be laid up at
Pensacola.
The Intrepid, anew torpedo ship, just
finished, will soon be ready to make a tri
al trip, as orders have been issued by the
Navy department for her preparation at
Boston for sea.
In answer to inquirers made at the
Post Office Department as to the time
whep section eight (b) of the amended act
concerning third class *nfcU matter goes
into effect, the information is given tu all
part ies that the act took effect from its
passage, June 23d, 1874.
t he Attorney General has decided that
the 20th section of the act of June 30th,
1864, provides only for refunding the du
ties collected under the joint resolution of
April 2i»th, 1864. upon importations made
upon the 29th and 30th days of April ot
that year.
*’l he Attorney-General has decided that
under section 19 (nineteenth) of the act
amendatory of the bankrupt law, the Umt
; e d States Marshal and registers in bank
i ruptcy are not required to make the re
turns thereon provided for until »bey are
furnished with cii-cular forms and direc
tions in respect tnereto by the judges of
the Supreme Court of the Doited States.
j The Gommissionerot Indian Anaire has
received information of a serious outbreak
in the Indian territory. The Commissioner
| thinks the condition of things indicates a
pressing necessity for troops. In accord
ance with this opinion, General Sherman
has directed General Pope to use the 6th
cavalry at hi.% direction to check the raids
pf the war-like Indians,
j The District commissioners have drawn
a warrant on the'Treasury for tfie July in
terest on the $4,000,000 loan advanced by
the First National Bank ofNew York. It
, required an aggregate of $144,000 iu gold
! to meet this demand, which has been for
warded.
j Messrs. Cresswell, Purvis, and Leipold,
i having accepted t heir appointment as com
missioners tp settle up the affairs of the
j Freedmans’ bank, h’ave filed their joint
| bond in the sum of $1,00,000 with theSec
| ret ary of the Treasury. \
' Postmaster-General Marshall, has re
; quested Secretary Bruton to direct Archi
tect Mullett to complete the Post Office
department building a'nd restore the out
side appearance to its condition previous j
to the cutting down of the streets. The
request has been complied with, and Mr.
Mullett has been directed to prepare his
plans.and submit them to the Postmaster- j
General. It is proposed to take away the
terrace on E street, and remove the ared
on Bth (eighth) street and bring the pave- I
menfc flush up to the bunding. Several j
new rooms will be fitted up in the base- J
meat for the use of the department and !
various other changes will be made. The (
work will be commenced immediately.
We had a heavy thunder-storm last !
evening, which greatly cooled the atrnos. I
phere. This, w s th a strong southeastern ,
wind blowing, renders the air to-day, de
lightfully pleasant,
L
democratic Prospects.
The skill in complicating figures exhib
ited by some Democratic journals in their
anxiety to demonstrate that some time in
the future the Democratic party will have
a majority in the Senate of the United
States is decidedly interesting. These
wise prophets generally start out with the
assertion that the next House of Represen
tatives will contain a majority of members
in sympathy with the Democratic princi
ples, which, considering the present indica
tions, is about as wild a supposition as the
most sanguine Democrat could indulge iu.
From all parts of the country comes the
cheering indication that as the election
approaches the ranks ol the Republican
party are closing up, the conventions are
harmonious, and are nominating good, true,
and reliable men. and the prospect was
never butter for a triumphal victory than
at present.
The anticipated dissensions are disap
" hit" l ™“«* Lai-o ■-oirjntofl.
tjons among many leading Republicans, if
does not for bode any benefit to the De
mocratic party. It would have to be a
revolution, indeed, that would transfer the
voters of the Republican party to the De
mocratic ranks.
When a leading Democratic paper claims
Senators Booth, of California, and Harvey,
of Kansas, as Democrats, it may be that
some hope for the success of that kind ot
Democrats may be the cause of the inspi
ration, But the Republican party will suf
fer no loss on account of the success of
men of this stamp, and the Democracy wil
have no gain.
Until the past has ceased to insist that
it is the present, and must De the
the Democracy may as well abandon any
hope of permanent success or control in
this country, and the successive defeats
they aunually suffer ought to bring some
returning wisdom. But the inspiration of
a tempTirarj -n'M. leads them to soundl
anew the old gongs ot uiscoftn*
the banners that has led them to defeat
and disaster for the last thirteen years.
If there ever was a time opportune for wise
action it is the present. But those who
indulge an\ hope that the Democratic
party or its leaders will profit by it are in
dulging in a vain and idle delusion.
Wash ington Chron i de.
A Social Sensation in Washing
ton,
Certain circles of Washington are just ;
now agitated by the marriage of sv young ,
man of high social position to one of. the j
ballet girls of the 'theatre Coroique. The j
young man alluded to is Presley J, Jen
kins, sou of Admiral Jenkins, ot the navy. (
He is about twenty years of age. with dark |
hair, and is small and rather delicate look- |
ing. nut weighing over one hundred poqnds j
He has been a frequent visitor at the j
Theatre Comique,and while witnessing the I
mazes of the bewildering Can-Can, became j
iuterestedin one of the dancers who nightly ,
tread the boards at that place, felio is a ;
blonde, about ten years the senior of the ;
young man, and has been on the stage and
in the variety business for some time. She
| about the medium height, and is consider
jed good looking. She bears the name of
| Frankie Christie, and has recently taken
| the part of “Frailty.” in the Can-Can, with
! infinite grace and spirit. The visits of
young Jenkins to the theatre became move
frequent, and he sought his charmer behind
i the scenes, and at the close of the perfor
rnauce lie was her constant companion. On
Tuesday of this week he visited Mr. Meigs
at. the city hall, and took out a license for
marriage,"and on the same evening at St.
John s P, E. Church, the assistant rector
officiating, he “took her for better or
| worse.” Yesterday Jtliere was a ripple of
excitement at the west end. which increased
■ before night, and the friends of the young
man becoming satisfied of the truth of the
rumor of marriage, at once telegraphed to
< the admiral at Newport, R. I. ihe young
man, however, did not allow this to inter
fere with his romance, and last night he
occupied a prominent seat at the Theatre
Comique, and appeared to greatly enjey
[Terns, Two Cellars a Tear, in Advance,
the evolutions of his bride. At the con
clusion of the performance .in company with
I hemmljthegfooir sman.Jio left the t Irnatre for
: the Coutinnenti 1 Hotel, where they are Mr
! presen {domiciled— Ir< sh ingtwi Sfn n
£akor and Stolitins.
The gossippy corregpchdont 6f the Gal-,
▼eston Mertw yin his letter published in'
j that paper on July 9, says: “The attempt
| to extinguish the darkey by turning him
i out, of employment, although constantly"
, fulviged, does not seem to be put into
; practical operation.” No one of sense ever
supposed it Would be. Tire movement wiVB
simply an effort to depress the price of la
bor, and, it possible, io control the voto
of the State. It was abortive, because
I the very men who proposed it and sought
i to carvy it out are entirely dependent upon
colored labor. Though they may deny
the colored men political affiliation, yet
their dependence irpon that 1 race for the
| production of crops is a matter of fact.and
a serious stumbling-block in the way of
the W liite Leaguers.
People may grumble as they choose at
a condition of affairs that precludes them
from holding fat offices; they will hardly
go so far, however, as to starve themselves
to death on the plea of political necesity.
Office and emolument are what those
opposed to the Republican party are striv
ing for. To this end they sacrifice not
only every avowed principle, but even:
their chances of success. In order to
effect a nomination they throw overboard
men against whom their bitterest political
opponents could have nothing to say. Wit
ness the inglorious defeat of Robert If.
Marr the eleventh ward, where he was a
candidate for membership of the parish
committee,
Mr. Marr was apparently set aSid'o to
serve a well known local interest, and can
didates preferred whose names are scarcely
knwn two wards off. Yet he lias boruo
the neat and burden of tne day, and aside
from his very objectionable political senti
ments. certainly enjoys the confidence of
his most earnest Republican- opponents.
It looks to us as though the Democracy'
were about to return to their old habits,
throw' considerations of the public good to
the winds and depend for success upon
their old ally, the whisky and corner groce
ry interest, instead of reason. If our'
friends only manifest ordinary prudence wo
shul] secure a certain victory in the fall.
Nationwl Cottoa Exchange.
The arrangements for securing general'
co-operation in the matter of compiling
statistics, establishing exchanges at new
points, with a view tq the formation of a
great Xatinal Exchange at, New (Means,
is said to be satisfactorily progressing. The"
Secretary of the Convention recently sit
ting at Augusta has forwarded a circular
ktLmrto tlv> anx.LJal.exol.anps rcprosm.md
points fccetvuig ho,ooo to 109,000 bales or
cm ton shall be entitled to two delegates,
and one additional delegate for each 100,
000 bales or part thereof in excess of the
first n.endowed l 100,000 received. Promi
nent cotton dealers in- different sections are
also invited to form cotton exchanges at
points where 25,000 bales are received.and*
setting forth the advantages to be derived'
there from, 'ihe iSecetary reminds tho
several exchanges of ilieir duty to make
up, to the. 31st of August next, an accurate
account of consumption in their respective
districts, and forward the same to 11. G-
Hester, Esq,, Superintendent of the New
QrLans Exchange and its compiler, under
this new system, which concentrates tho
earliest information as to the crop in tlnir
hands, occupy a position, with re eroace ta
the othei Exchanges, of the gravest respon
sibility, to say the least of it. The New
York Bulletin suggests that, where so
much power is entrusted there should be
the roost scrupulous care as to its impar
such arrangements with reference i<- .vm
early distribution of the news, of which
they are to be the earliest and exclusive
recipients, as will leave no ground of coin
plant on the part qf the trade at large,
which is thus rnade to depepd upon them
for official information.
We may add that under the report of the
Committee on County Damage, President
Phelps has appointed Mr- J- *’• Lafitte, of
New Orleans, Chairman of the Committee
tu confer with the Liverpool Cotton Bro
kers’ Association and other bodies, and
the Exchange sos Galveston, Mobile, ba
vannah, Charleston and New Orleans are
requested to appoint one member each to
report, by mail, without delay, to the
Chairman at Liverpool. —Savannah A etc $
—
Uamso Satisfaction. —There was a.
difficulty between the heads of two dutch
families in Macon, which all efforts to qui
etly settle had failed, until the aggrieved
party, who had positive proof that his in ar--
ifal rights bad been infringed upon, called
on Judge Lochnvne, “You say that if be
will pay §SOO you will let the matter drop?’
“Yah;'he pays zat, me say noting more a*
aboul it.” The Judg p , an hour later; said
to the qther party: “I think this unpleas
ant matter might be amicably adjusted
without going into the court-house with
it.” The termsfoilewed, and the Judge was
paid the sum asked, cash down. Leisure-.
]y walking to the train, ho stepped on board
with more than his usual dignity- In
about four weeks he had finished the busi
ness cj the German bondholder 3
Albany rust road, and returned to Macoir
•Bhudge Loch rare, what for you keeps
zqt five hoondred tollar in your pocket?”
“Ah'. I never charge less than that as a
retainer iu a case of that kind-”
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