, 1869-05-05
WASHINGTON.
Important Changes to be
Made in the Pension
Bureau.
Action Of the Bogota Con-
gress On the Darien
Canal Treaty,
But one More :of Pacific
Railroad Hatk to Lay.
Captain Ira L. Bloomfield Ap-
pointed Revenue Super
visor for Illinois.


House, charged with summer work, hare made tho
following drafts On the contingent fund: Mr..
Sehene&, for tie Wsys and Mrans Committee
elo,uO0: Sr. PaiEc for the Committee on Elcc-
tions, t3,ooo; nj. Bingham, Judiciary, for the
Busted case, f;,V1. Mr. Lynch, 10 investigate
the Causes Of the decline in American shtp-but!d-
tne, t2o0; Ar. Banks, Foreign Adurs, &3,poo;
Nr. Garfield, Subcommittee On Loans, E,n0e;
Subcommittee on Rct1enctment, 4a,o0t; In all,
Ahout 9.s,b00, leaving &s,0U0 to the credit OF the
contingent fund. In CONNECTION With the money
drawn BY MI. Dank1, HI. Judd Wrote him that he
s2W no necessity fot the Of this mnneJ, and ha
~.saed It understood that be did not desire to be
Responsible for It.
TEE pARrKH CAEAL TKEATY.
It Is learned, both By pr.Es1e and Official letters
rcee:Tc*l here, thot tho Upper House Of tho Ho-
g1tA Congress Eo1ne time ago rejected the Dalien
SIP Canal treaty, L.. 16 TO s, on the ground that
1t WIS very pre1uictal to their country, and wholly
IN iae interests Of the United States There was
good deal kald IN the debate about the pruposaIB
which II t. asseHcd England Is ready to make.
The Lnwer uouse soon ntc1~ar1 took
up the matter, and ras.ed favorably upon
the lttatJ, and tM fnentls 1t tAst 3D.
sees, were hopefu, that the Upper House
would reconsider .ts action. 1t can be stated IN
t1!s connection that while the trcaty was nn1cr
debafe here lAst month the argument a2ainst it
the Government Of Dogot1.
THE rK%sgoE nCEEAE.
The new Commissioner Of Pensions is making
changes calculated to promote tho efficiency OF Ills
o1lce. The clerks Mere so crowded In the Interior
Department that 1t was Impossible for them to
WORK adTautaeeots,y, 8n't Large number hare
just hetn reuaoreh u the opposite ride Of the
street IN the building recently rented y authority
OF Congress-. The ONCE now gets out about rs
certificates per day. The Commissioner intends,
without increasing h!A force, to ncorguaxc
I: SO that he can Issue at least eGo laly. At the
present rate Of progress It would take lour or vc
years 10 cose up tho business to date hut lie flonee
10 80 manage nattcrB aa to bring IT forward In
atnrt tFo YEAR,
TIE rA1EST OFFICE.
The Secretary Of the Interior anu Commissioner
Of Patents have determined tIat no appointments
of Principal Examiners In the Patent Once shall
nc made from peEkcns outside the bureau, for the
ffaSo1 that some experience n the routine work Is
necessary to t1t men for these positions and for
the further rea6ou that men who hy long service
hayc lifted themselves onght to be promoted 1t
u useless therefore, for ufticeseeEers to look after
this ctzss Of Offices
ArroISr7eEN1.
CAPTAIN 1fn l. Bloomfield, recently Itsnlace! IS
Fenalou Aren't at Springfield has been male su-
pcrT!sor II internal Revenue ior Illinois
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Dispatches frsm rrontontory Point rccetyci
io-rltht, ray that the locomotives pp the two
rsa' Ire within one mile OF each other with a
rock cIt between, which will be cxcavai-d Ly
Saturday, and the track united. Two hundred
passenger cars anl thirty locomotives arc NJ
lhe!r wA9 fEum the E2st for the California uraacl,
OF the soai-
THE pikH CalrRT OF lSQCERy
vas il se*R,on again to-slay, with cio+e, .1oo...
aud the impression prevails tonight that II i,as
agree: upon It's report and will submit II 70 The
Secretary u War TOMORROW
TO TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arfsl1S7MEHTA
ie-en anIsointed Supervisor ot Iutcraal Revenue
e: sns DS.tet Of I!i,noIs rir Joa9 9incy: The
Idaho Territory, rae J. H. Howiett superseded
hkA GRANTS RECEPTION
tenird u iaree nuer Of iaIIes lie % a CSu,icmsn a.
THE DYER n1rKT nP INQUIRY
y stt!l IN accfet session. making up !hets anlnz.
the Secretary ot War.
FhRsoS H.
Geuesal Thoma& aecomraAled ',y bis personal
o1aH, teRTea on Ih1Ts1[aF for California Gen
ttals Hancock and Terry VII: nlso soon JUN ther
attended the Cal,Inrt meeting.
+ 7. A1tietnn, tor some dozen Years past cash.
ler O.! the Trc4sury, resigns tie lst of June, to
20 .utp the hauAlu, l,islueSa
EKExuATs Il fAeu TACTIC RAILROAD,
General Fremont sails fEnlu New York, to-mor.
roF. Ter ta14s, on business connected with loan
ton q! his Memphis L II Paao Pacific Railrnah
lie will Eeturu 10 iii, country almost Immediately
!, tn h:s intention to u1d at least 10 miles Of this
ro11 thfa s9mrncf. Iron has atrcadJ been bought
and Will bc shipped up lse1 River In June.
TIE KkvKNCE HEREAC.
taarchu Who were Immediately connecte.l Win the
Commissioners ctsec during the administration Of
Rollins, except nrp'ltE Cn-ur1s stencr PGrnn1t,
scssosa and Collectors will rrobafly he maie in
The course Of q few days
DENIAL
,1ne. II. Wright has rrrilel to the statements r.
Gently Published relative to alleged frauds rFl'-
t1scd hy him On the Cherokee and other Indians
in ihe matter of bonnty payments. lie s5ER
,hc government III the lame Of the soldier. aud hs
sn1lll not use dollar without their endorsement.
Thoae allowed touHtles lid not complain, and ali
members Of tic Indian 1,ns. il D. Reese, Chatr-
Hlaa cl tho CtCrpkcc delegation who aided in
making ou' thc c!a!!!s ,t laii1 Soldiers, endorses
the truth Of virgins statement
sES1Er.
1ae:c Is the best authority 1or :a!inG thu tue
If General Lee with the President hah Any refer
ente to Virginia politics, Ere wholly without foun-
'!a.:on. No political sut:iccts were introduced
during tho interview, Which lasict1 anou. n1teen
nfinu&t-. During his stay here, General Lee has
*s NJ ;;ssr!s IT
respondent Of the New York Herald called to see
htlu. at the pirate residence where he STAYED,
To nc excused, NJ his business Their, was uogcther
pirate and sociM, and that he took no part In
rub!:c atatts
oGrhAsK on 4 UNITED srA1E> CoNsr1ArE-
Tie Navy Department received Aebpatchcs to
1ay from Admiral Turner, commanding the South
Iaclnc Squadron, 'iate.i sa'ra7:i%o, Arsit :. He
Hueua Fehtura, Colombia u investigate tte trsn!i
to the conFstar nag Of fh~ United ststee. and ths