Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-06-15
THE EVENING STAR
GOOD NEWS FOR GOVERNMENT EN-.
PLOHES.

Passage Of the Twenty Per Ceas BILL
The galleries OF the House were deaseiy filled
to-day by those connecteA with the Govern.
meat Departments who were interested In the
additional conpensatioa-twentyp per cent-to
theSr present salaries. The bill sor thn our.
pose was Introduced tast Moeiay by Mr..
Washburn, Of Ind, bat before Z vote coald be
resched the morning hour expired, and .. went
over under the rules until to-day. As soon as
te morning hour cemmencea to-day the bill
was called mp. A notion to tay it on the table
was disagreed TO tg 81 ayes1o "a nays, and il
passed ty vote 81 II ayesao 5s nays.
When the Speaker announced that the
bill had passed rae galleries commenced to
applsud, bat n was sooe suppressed by the
Speaker.
The joint resolution is that introduced by
AI. WsshbuE, OF Ind and Is as follows:
d" Be,t resoJred, dc, That there shall be al
lowed and paid out Of any money applicable
10 the purpose heretofore or hereafter 10 be
appropriated 10 the same classes of officers and
other persons in the civil service of the United
States Government at Washington embraced in
resolution giving additional compensation to
certain employees In tke civil service Of the Gov
eminent at Washington passed Feb. p, 1857.
An addition OF 20 per centum on their respec-
tive salarss as fixed, or where NO salary is
nxed by law upon their pay respectively, from
and after the 3Oth day of June 1867, to the 3Oth
omcerorother person shall have performed ser.
vice fer less than enc year heor she shall be al
lowed the ~ per oentum only upon the actual
sums he or she shall have received for such ser.
vice. PrOrided further, That so much of such
additional compensation may be due to the
employees of ,he Patent Office shall be paid out
OF the funds Of said office: And prorided. fur
sheT, That this resolution shall not apply to
persons whose salaries, as fixed by law, shall
exceed s2,S00 per annum. Also, that no per-
son who has served In the Confederate army,
so called, shall be entitled to the same: and
10 include such persons as have in
IN any capacity been employed in the Govern.
ment Prlnt,nR Office, or IN any Of the DEPART
nents, and the watchmen on the dome OF the
Capitol, and in the Capitol grounds, the in
specior OF marble and the foreman of mechan.
les AT work on the Capitol extension, and the
watchmen on said extension, wheth .r inside or
out, and TO the employees Of the Jail, and to IN.
ciude not only those who are now III service.
but those who have al any time during said
year been in service"
The resolution has gone to the Senate tor ac
tion-
WHISKY AND ToBAcco TAX BILL-At 3.3O
p IN. to-day the House passed, by a vote of IS
ayes 10 81 nays, Gen. Shanks' resolution in.
suucnng the Committee OF Ways aud Means
10 prepare separate bill for the collection of
the tax on whisky and tobacco
IT Is THE INTENTIoS of the Hon. Reyerdy
johnson, the new Minister to England, to leave
July. No change is TO be made in the Secre-
taries of legation. Mr.. johnson will tender
his resignation as United States Senator TO the
Governor Of Maryland in the course of a
compile Of weeks. As the Legislature is not in
session at the present time, the vacancy caused
by Mr.; Johnson's resignation Will be filled by
an appointment by the Governor. o. :
Personals. p. Hanscom, Esq formerly
OF the Republican, is in town. .-Hon John
J. Cresswen. of Maryland, is at willard's Ho-
tel .---Senor N. Romero, ex- Mexican Minis.
ter, Is al the Ebbftt Pouse. .-|..
In TowS-Henry b. Ste. Marie and Uriah
Jameson, witnesses for the prosec ution In the
case of the United States agt. John H Surratt
indicted for the murder Of Abraham Lincoln,
are in the city.
PATENTS TO BE IssUKD-During the past
week $40 applications and IS caveats have been
filed at the Pasent Once. For the week ending
Tomorrow 2o9 patents will be issued