Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-14
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

CEssATIcs oP MILITARY AUTHORITY IN
FLoRIDA-THE STATE TURNED OVER TO THE
t'IvII Po~-YE.-A Communication has uees re-.
ceivod AZ the H. adGuSFters of thr Army, from
ten. Mead, commanding the Third .saitary
Dist: c. announcing that on receiptCG eff. .iai
information from his exceil-ncy, asrrisop
Re,d, Provisional Governor of tToCSA thai
the Leg Iatnye - trat Sta,e had ncor1ted IN ;.
fourteenth amendment TO the Coasti,ution OF
the Riied States, and h ad otherwise compiled
with The requirements OF the act ~ Congres
of June 25, Ie6S. he lad issued The general or
dsr requrns sfe military eomnssder of Flor
saa turn o..,- the ei vii Ii.e7 ne, the gov
.inment of LI.. STATE. and 10 6esist from an Y
further interserence upon any pretext what
ever with civil affairs so soOr rs he should re-
veIve ofIies.1 information that <he civil gov
eminent had beeB duly ineagurated Ac-
CompanyiFg the letter 81 General Meade
IL a letrsT of Gov. Reed announcing thai
The S.s,e government had been duly inau-
.uIated, and all conditions preeedert TO the
admission of tbs State snss the Federal Jision
had bean complied wis6, and the Representa-.
lives admitted TO Congress.
Theiett6r of Col. JRo. 4 Sprsgue, command.
ing Ihe District Of Florida, is also transmitted
DearsLg date July 4, IN wnieh he states that hr
had on that day turned over all rsblic prop.
srty, archives, books, records. &c-- belong ine
20 ne State of Florida and everything apper-
tanning 10 the government OF the Sta1s, TO tae
proper civil Officers, end had reld.quished all
con :rol over the me civil AFFAIRS ef the - tate.
ATrIR OyFICE though the Secretary OF
The Treasury hxs positively refused 20 enter
sein any more applications from ladies for
-s:eIkships in the departments he IL still be-
~eiged by applicants and their friends, ard
hundreds OF ler.ers are daily received. II is
impossible to rIsse any moce appointments,
and tlie appkc kcetions are merely flied withOu,
receiving any attention, as the force will
soon b. REDUCED, and number Cf the EN-
ployees from each bnreau dismissed.
RKpTCTIoN OF THE BURskU FoRcR.-The
force Of theL reedmsn's Bursau in all of the
States where il is in operation, VIII shortly be
grea;ly reduced, and the expenses of the bu-
reau materially lessened. Ords-s have already
been issued to reduce the expenses in Ken
iueky. and dismiss portion OF the force on
The 10Th Hstant SO that the bureau can be
worked with about one halt o. the expense OF
last year. IL is intended 10 place the other
States on the same footing III the course Of a
lev weeks.
TIE HEw TREATY vlT4 CHIyA-Mr Bur-.
iinsame has succeeded in making a new and
important treaty with our Government. He
has ceen earnestly and UnEr.ngly at work with
he Executive and the Secretary Of State since
he has been in WashiR g:cB. and the treaty has
been perfected and was yesterday sent to the
Senate IN executive ses sion.
HARi-KARi.-The Secretary Of the Navy hi
morning received a dispatch from COmmander
j. b. Creighton, of the steamer Oneida, dated
no
count Of the Hari Kari of Tat alzuiaro, the
JaIanese official v hO ordered his troops 70 fire
On'tbe foreigners at Hiogo on the ith OF Feb
Tnsry last
toNFIRsATIoNs.-The Senate, Yesterday,
confirmed Edwin s. McCook, Collector OF In
ternh Revenue for the Eighth District OF Iii
noiss and Seioen Conner Assessor for the Third
Disfrici OF Name.