Evening star., 1868-08-24
Washington News and Gossip.

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THE ConMIssIoEKRsHIP OoMPLIcArIoN.-
The business of the Bureau Of Internal Reve-
nue, so tar as the appointment of supervisors
provided for by the new law is concerned, has
come to a dead lock, as Secretary McCulloch
on Saturday absolutely declined to appoint any
OF the persons recommended by Commissioner
Rollins unless he could dictate The names of an
equal number, This is said to be in pursuance
Of determination on the part Of the Presi.
dent, and those members of the Cabinet who
side with him, TO give more active support to
Seymour and Blair.
There are indications that the influence of
the Post Office Depar tment wila be exerted in
the same direction, and it is understood that
Mr.. Randall, who has made an arrangement
satisfactory to himself with the Democratic
leaders, is TO give his personal counsel in re.
gard to the organization Of the party and the
conduct Of the campaign in the Northwest.
ATTORNEY GENERAL EvARTs on Friday
furnished the President with an opinion ..that
il is competent for the President to fill the va
cancy in the office of United States Attorney
for the Eastern District Of Pennsylvania, by
issuing a commission to expire at the end Of
the next session OF the Senate" Thereupon
the President has appointed John p O'Neill,
ESQ.,, to be United States District Attorney,
has expired.
THE AGRICULTURAL DRPARrMRNr.-The
work of removing the offices of this Department
from the Patent Office building, TO the new and
elegant structure, recently erected on the Mall,
was finished this morning. and the new rooms
are beautiful and comfortable. The new wood
'papering" has been used for the Commission
er's and Chief Clerks rooms, and looks we'll
The other rooms are frescoed.
Mr.. ALEXANDER DUNBAR, veterinary sur.
geon, has been employed by the War Depart
ment to give instruction to the farmers, veteri-
nary surgeons and officers Of the army, under
the joint resolution of Congress, appro we'd July
p, 1866. He will be ordered 10 give clinical
lectures upon his system, first at Washington
city, and WILL in the course Of the year of his
engagement, be ordered to the principal mill.
tary posts at which large numbers of horses
and mules are kept.
DEATH OF A NAVAL OFYIcER-The NAVY
Department this morning received information
of the death Of Ensign Frederick Mccormick,
OF Nd, who died on board the U. s. steamer
Ossippee, on the coast of Central America, of
lever Incidental TO that climate. He was buried
at sea on the 18th OF July. the day OF his death
Ensign Mccormick graduated from the Naval
Academy on June II, Ie6j. This was his first
cruise since leaving the Academy.
ATTORNEY GENERAL EvARTs AND THE
EIGHT HOUR LAw.-Before leaving here for she
North Attorney General Evarts Indicated his
opinion that eight hours constituted a legal
days work under the late law of Congress,
and as soon as he returns TO the Capital he will
submit formal opinion denying the right of
the Government to deduct from the wages OF
labOrers as allowed by law.
Tuv rur N
CoLoRED BOUNTIEs-Within the past two or
three days the clerks OF the Congressional COM
mittee for the investigation of frauds in the
payment of bounties have been actively at
work upon the records IN the bureau Of COL
ored troops. The parral report of Mr.. Cobb
on the day Congress adjourned was supposed
70 be the last Of the investigation into the
frauds committed in the payment OF bounties to
colored troops, but the examination has been
resumed, information has been obtained since
the settlement OF these claims. The reports of
the experts who were engaged in searching for
the cases in which fraud had been used IL ap-
pears We're not Incorporated IN Mr.. Cobb's re-
port TO Congress. These experts reported that
sufhcient evidence had been discovered to
warrant the belief that the payments Of these
bounties were full OF frauds, and ftty-three
cases Were cited IN detail in which the proofs
OF corruption were undeniable. Other proofs
Of fraudulent practices have been found SUM-
ciently serious to demand the attention of the
vestigation will now be pushed with the ~
most vigor.
The TREASURER OF the United States is still
sending out circulars to parties to whom the
United States is indebted for interest ON her
bonds. The list originally comprised about fif-
teen hundred parties, ana the amount due was
S65,tIJ in gold. Several have been paid recent
iy from the ONCE of the Treasurer, but the ma.
jority of the creditors are National banks, and
the amounts due them are not large. The bonds
Aa... NrD tx.t -.
ors appears the name of Lewis Cass, who Is
accredited with 2,670, due on bonds issued In
1885
ALL CLAIMS against the Government for
captured and abandoned property must now
be laid before Congress, and be decided by that
body. The act of 1863, allowing claimants who
could prove their loyalty to bring suits OF this
character in the Court OF Claims, expired On
the 18th instant.
ALL BUSINESS before the Court Of Claims i'm
which the United States is a party il being
rapidly transferred TO tine office Of the Attorney
General, in accordance with q recent act OF
Congress, and the cases are being examined
and arranged by Assistant Attorney General
Dickey, preparatory to the opening OF the
Court next winter.
ASSISTANT SURGEON q. ID. LRCOMPTE has
been detached from special duty at Washing
ton, ID. g., and ordered TO duty on board the
U. 5. steamer Powhatan, flagship of the South
Pacific squadron.
GENERAL MCMAHON, the new Minister to
Paraguay, is 70 be instructed to use his best ef-
forts TO restore peace between that Republic
and the Allies waglng war against her.
PoLITIcAL.-Hon James Hughes Of Indiana
has left Washington TO take the stump for
Grant and Colfax.
"A number of prominent Republican men,
oers of the Legis lature of Florida are said to
De ar xious for the reassembllng of that body in
extra session for the purpose of repeating the
law relating TO the selection of Presidential
electors, as they fear from past experience that
some OF Its members may b. corrupted, and
cast their votes for Seymour and Blair.
"A Maine correspondent Of the Boston Jour-
nal writes: "The principal interest centres