, 1869-07-03
WASHINGTON.
The Special Mission to San
Domingo, and How it
Ended.
The Clerical Force Of the
Treasury Department
Fixed.
The Cuban Leaders Dispirited
By the Course Of Oar Gov
ernment,
The British Legation Much Cast
Down,
Board Of Inquiry on the Whis-
Board Of Inquiry on the Whis-
key Stamps.

t;lec!al Despatch TO Tie Chlc-co Tr.hsne-
NAsti.AGEuE, July .
The President dEtc1zulnet., about foar weeks
ago, 10 send gentleman OF sense AID discretion
to san Domingo and SaU1nra, with Instructions to
r.ake careful, examination, and report tal1y oa
facts OF public Interest 10 this country, 81 that
Con6Erss might en- calling fuE t. te put In poa5ei-
Aon Of reliable and Impartial Information a
tealdeot Of Pennsylvania waA selected, verbally
Instructed, and would have gone OFT this month.
h1t thai he Was taken seriously Ill two da5s bt-
to.o the vessel sallei on which he hld secured
fa6aagc- The Mission was thercunon given M,
and nothing hAk been done toward It's renewal,
This Is tue only step tie government has taken
with refcrcoce to San Doulngo, or the Ray 0s Ja-
s.satca, since the adjournment OF Congress-.
fE~ r1ecA YEAR-CLEKkH.
The Secretary OF the Treasury begins the new
tsca, year with the clerical force Of h!a depart
mtnt reduced 10 ht,oIt the number allowed bJ
law. A few removals are yet 10 be made IL TWO
OF three Of the bureaus; but tue general business
OF ttarasE ais hEI appointments Is concluded. aad
Guch ceHka correct In habits and faithful IN
h1slne-s ulay now coasrlut themselves seiIed.
il cannot vt: tie told how nanJ changes
hive been Dade, hut It Is safe
to s4y tiat the expenses Of tie department
for the coming year will be nearly or quite one
.uiluon dollars ieks than heretofore, and there !s
no rrasou for Euppo..Dg but that I'LL work VII! be
tonc Just n well and Is promptly ns ever.
CrBAS LEADEA> pIsF1nITKD.
Such OF the Cuban leaders rs hare visited
Washington this week seem 10 he .
good deal dtsp!Htcd By the courrc uf
our government tn enforcing the Ieu.
,ralty lawz- The attaches Of the British Legation
,alk ns though they had suffered defeat, and the
paly possible inference to t,e draWn from thetf
couEt1sAtlon Ia tha. they hoped to Ind, IN the de-
parturc 6t the Cuban expedition, IN advantage to
sael1 side ln the Alabama controversy.
GENERAL BANKS
has been here Two OF three days. advocating the
1tcoe NIXON OF Cubau beIl!gercncE. II does not
appear that ho made much impression on nt1-
iers Of the Cabinet for the subject WAS not
b7oachcd o: the Meeting ttrAlss 0! tEat body.
THE Bonds TO Er rrEcuA=KD.
The three 1ut!!lon bonds to be purchased by the
Treasury Tomorrow do not at prtseut 80 Into
the sinking fund, and Will probably reIntn subject
to the artlon u CoEs1t4s. This parchaae u out
alde ol the Secretary policy u buying bonds n1d
selling gold on alternate weeks, and is made be-
cause be has had more currency On hand than be
~i-hea to caETE, and veil enough understands
tlat 1t Il pteaed !y the country.
TIE "I1tsKEr sTANra.
The Commissioner Ut Internal lseyeule has Rp-
Io!.4ta hUArd ii Three ptr. u Inquire whether
tic whiskey STAMPS now In rae aye sufficient for
al! purposes contemplated In the revenue law, and
whether any Of the new devices urged ufon h.e
notice NIL BE- more etltctuAl In preventing fraud.
PERSONAL
Among the arrivals here TO-DAY arr Senator
Hendricks, Governor F1rch:d uf " Wlscohsn; Hep
yesentattres Baldwin Michigan; uud McCany,
NtW York; md Ex-senator taFle. Commissioner
Delailo left t-.laJ for Ohio. to be gone ten days
Colonel Fisher, Of the1 Patent bureau,
gus to-no11ow for ,Ionr or Ire dnya.
Attorney General Hoa1 is expected back Monday
or 1ueHday. lsotc7t T. Walker continues guI;c
sick Vim. ". Me:len, 20 long connected with t1,..
cotton 6ef7 fce Of the Treasury Department, nas
resigned. Secretary Rawllns, General Sherman,
General Parker, and o:hesB, ure going to the a.ny
reunion III New YORK next Aonday.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
CLEAN KATIEA5-
Recent Cuban HdFlcrs state that the Spanish
forces In Clenos Villas have been augmented to
over TWO thousand EIgh. five patriots luclQi-
spanish torce, and have been executed The Gu
ban Gencral Is concentrating his forces and .
hraFy battle IS soon expected
6E1AGlA rDsTAAs-ERa-
Inc lTcsl1enf, to-day, Informed The Eeprv!u
Representatives that hc should nut change POST
masters, unless thu llcatnbcnts should pfuyc tn
competent,
lnsTxAsrERs COMMISSIONED.
following posttnastes we're signed ty the rrcsI-
deLs 1odaI: JAMES Mexican, Mercer, Pa; " i.
Gr!s"od, nankAto, Alnn. II. f. WelI1, Moline
Ill; VIII. i. Gust, Fentous1ile, M1cl. 4. &. Nc
Ean'e;. Hannibal, Mo-; Edwin Leslie, krnd.A!-
Vile. Ind. Thos ,. Irwin, PIN Paw, Mich. Nna.
J. l.lbhtt1u. SpEthncld, Mimi; Jas. u, Moore.
s. Peters, MINI James Hal, t,ea,u:o. Wis MIS-
+ u; tulf"'tson, New brgntuu, ra-; i'cter Plat
CUSTOMS nEcE1l-rs.
The cuatnt.s rec, itsts from June 81 10 the 3nth
Inclusive, Arc A,h2I, ,pfr. Internal feycaue re-
Gtlpts to-day, si,scH,upJ.