The New York herald., 1870-08-20
WASHING ON,
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1870,

WASHlNGrON, August w.
The New York Post ON @ Appropriation.
Postmaster Jones, OF your city, arrived here to-day
to consult with Mr.. Creswel anu Comptroller Taylor
regarding some difficulty that has been started
corning the expenditure or the appropriations for
| the new Post ONCE building. General Jones has
| already expended the bulk OF the s5O0Ooo appro-
| priated for the purpose and as the balance will
scarcely last month he desires onicial light on the
point whether he can other funds Tor the same
| purpose. The uneXpended balance snarl and some
peculiar phraseoogy in the Appropriation bin pre-
sent difficulties which Messrs. Creswell and Taylor
| must remove.
Encrease of business i'm Grenf Britain Under
the Postal Telegraph system.
General 9. @. WashDurn, OF Wisconsin, has re
ceived from London o copy OF The official record
showing the total number of messages forwarded
from postal telegraph stations In the United King
dom during the four weeks ending the 2d, 9th, 10th
and 23d OF July. This record gives nattering ex-
hibit Of the progress OF the government system ana
the wider use made OF 1t compared with what used
to be the case when the telegraph used to be under
the contrcl Of private parties. The record shows a
constantly and rapidly increasing business, running
up from LII 900 messages per week in February to
234 1914 In the last week OF July Ii this ratio of In
crease Is continued the telegraphing In the United
Kingdom will be doubled before the expiration Of
the first year OF government control. notwlthsand-
Ing the croakngs and misrepresentation Of the
London emissarles OF the western Union Telegraph
Company.
ImpecuniOus Newspapers and Government
Advertising.
Some newspapers which fatten on public adver-
isingOne of them, at least published in this city
nave again put forward pretensions all the gov
ernment advertising, with without authority
from the heads OF departments. They contend that
such advertisements. whereas the secretary OF the
Treasury takes different view OF the thing. In
consequence Of this dinlculty Mr.. Boutwell, has Is
sued the following crcular:-
TREASURY DEPARTMENT July 26, 1870
Your attention Is called 10 the following section OF
an act entitled @ AN act making APPROPRIATIONS for
year ending June 80, 1871, and for other pur.
poses':-
sEoroN q further enacted, That no advertise
nent notice proposal for executive department
government or or any bureau thereof or for any office
whasevsr written suthoriyy For
bill Tor any such or publication shall be- paid an.
less there be prosecuted with sucn bin copy Of the written
In compliance with this act you are requested TO
forward for approval all advertisements and bills
GEORGE s. BOUTWELL,, Secretary.
Notwithstanding THIS very explicit notification,
some OF the greedy journals have inserted all the
government advertisements they could find floating
around the country and hope TO bully the depart
ments into paying them. Mr.. Boutwell, will proba-
bly, disappOnt their expectations.
Appointment OF Cadets at Large.
The President has appointed the following cadets
large In place orthose rejected who failed to pass
the necessary examination last June:-Wiam LO-
gan Geary, son of Governor Geary, Of Pennsylvania
william Bayard, son Of Assistant Inspector General
Bayard; william seward Webb, son of James Wat
son Webb; Clarence Deems, son OF Colonel James
Deems, OF Maryland; william Maynadier, son of
the famous California pioneer.
Census Returns.
Returns Of the census are now reaching the Super
intendents ONCE very rapidly. The reports OF the
enumeration in nearly the whole OF Kansas were
received to-day, and the United States Marshal ut
San Francisco reports that he expects by the LIST OF
September to have concluded the entire enumera.
tion of California. The returns from the Southern
States slow In coming In, and the marshals COM
plain that some difficulty Is experienced In obtain
ing Information from the colored people, owing to
the inability OF great numbers OF them who live IN
the interior counties to give correct responses the
questions propounded by the census officials. AL
ready the returns indicate vast increases In the
populations OF the cities around New York. Although
proporonatey hardly any similarity TO the increase
noted In Brooklyn many OF the cities surrounding
1t and In many OF those contiguous to the great cen
| TIRE OF trade aud Capita