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THE REFORM BEGUN.
The First Step in the Civil Service Reform
Lately instituted.

wAsHINeToN, Dscsmber 29.-The sec
retsTy of the treasury to-day addressed
the following letter 10 all collectors Of
customs throughout the United States:
OFFIc q SECRETARY OF TIE TEEAsURY,l I
Warrington, december y, 1871. !
lSfr-The rules in regard to appoint
ments In the civil service Of the goysIn.
ment, prepared by commissioners on
civil service and approved by the Presi-
dent, will take effect on Monday mex.
u and after that day appointments and
promotions in your Office viii be made in
accordance with those rules as far as prsc-
ticsble. 1t will be necessary to designate
q committee Of competent persons TO
make connective examinations of can
didates for appointment and for promo
tion, and until an appropriation shall
have been made by congress TO
defray expenses, it will be necessary
to name as commissioners persons
who are already in the service of the gov
ernment and connected with your ofhce.
have therefore to request that you will
give me the names OF the three persons
who are best qualified to perform that
duty, and, unless objections shall appear,
YOUR recommendation will be approved.
You will receive herewith 3 copy of the
report of the commissioners, together
with the regulations approved by the
President, which, until otherwise di-
recled, win be q guide to your conduct
in this business.
(Signed) B0UTW ELL, Secretary.
In accordance with q suggestion of the
civil service commission, the president
will appoint as q regular examining board
three persons from each of the different
departments Of the government, who. VIII
personally conduct all examinations Of
applicants, being governed in their action
-, from fiYnn n
time, be established by the advisory board.
It Is probable that the duties of the latter
board will not be such as to require con-
tinuous session, but that it will only be
necessary for them to meet at stated
periods.
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REW YORK BY TELEGRAPH.

An elevator gave wsy at the Fifth avenue
hotel this evening and four servants were
seriously injured.
The Rev. ". NJ Taylor, Of Liverpool,
has accspted call TO the BrOadWay
TsbeTnsclo Of this city.
Mayor Hall las not sent his resignation
to the Union club, but IL is expected he
will 81 the next regular meeting.
Connolly wss unable to perfect his bail
owing to the withdrawal of lady who
had offered to go on his bond for one hun
dred thousand dOllsrs.
This afternoon G. Van Mort was sworn
in as commissioner of public works, vice
Tweed resigned, he will take immediate
possession Of the ofice.
A IRE in Maiden Lane last night dam
sged the building occupisd by William
Ester, fur inspector, 10 the extent OF
SIS, 600.
Another FIRE, on East Tenth street, dam
aged the sSwmill building of ROdmsn q
Hepburn to tbs amount Of about 81, 900 In
lumber.
A IRE occurred yesterday morning in
the Oil refinery of Lambert, Ayres & CO.,
foot Of west Sixty-ffth street; damage
about So, 600.
The up-tOwn portion of the city has not
vet been fully supplied with gas. 1t is
expecteS there will be enough to meet
reguiresnents in few days.
The over and terminer Jury have Occu-
pied their time in Investigations and
spent manydays over the csse Of Fisk, 1r.,
but thus tar without any prsctical results.
The Arms of Derby, Snow & Prentice,
and ROmmel & Leychle, brewers. both OF
Jersey City, have failed. The liabilities
OF tbs latter are reported at over S400, 900.
Fisk is reported to hsYe secured the
suppression OF his correspondence with
Helen Josephine Mansfield, and discon-
tinuance Of the suits by the payment OF
S55. 600.
There are ten more Indictments against
]. d. Miner, who has just been acquitted
Of counterteitiDg, anu 1t Is The intention
Of the government to Try him upon enc Of
these 81 an early day.
Another fraud in the tax COMMISSIONER
Office has been brought to hghs. Ihe tax
es OF the MessHs. Odin, amounting to SO, :
| OcO, were marked dismissed on false
affidavit, the amount paid the city being
1900
II is strOagly suspected spanog the re-
| formers that ihe continuance Of the grand
| Jury in the court Of oyer and termineri
owing 10 TIE ring influence, and the object
is said 70 0e 90 prevent finding further
| n,,iotments by the general sessions grand
jury,
At a meeting Of the Emigration COM
mlEsionsrs yesterday, the commissioners
report Bss adopted. declaring that the
sunsriDgs Of the passengers on the steam.
shin Franklin were due to insufficient
ventilation and Wsat Of proper WetaI
condensing apparatus. The commits
sioners have a large number OF Qnea-
ployed on hand who want TO 90 South.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

GROVES-The friends and acquaintance Of
DAVID GROVES and family are respectfully
invited TO attend his funeral, from the resi-
dence OF his son-in.lsw, ]. r. Grehan, l7b
Alabama street, on SUNDAY afternoon, at
o'clock.
MUELLER-The friends and acquaintance
Of A. Baldwin and Johanna Mueller are re-
speetfully invited to attend the funeral OF
their oldest daughter, g. N. JOHANNA MUEL-
LER, from their residence. lSS Main street,
this (SATURDAY) morning, at 10 O'Clock.
Carriages at McCaliry d Co.. &s Second st.
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CHICAGO.
6rand Jury at Work. Accidental Deaths
Journalistic.

CHICAGO, December 29.-The special
grand jury impsnnelled TO investigate the
charges against members of the common
council, made q partial presentment to-
dsy, They found bills Of indictment
against Alderman McGrath and Glade,
and also against ex-sldermRn MoDtRom-
erv and Walsh, and recommended that
thew put under heavy bonds. The work
of the grand jury is but partially accom-
plishsd, as they will go on with the work
until every scsllswag Is indicted. This
viii probably wipe out full one-half the
The senatorial lobby is already gather
ing az Springfield to look after the inter-
ests of candidates. Senator Harlan is on
the ground.
A lad aged fifteen years named Hayes
was run over this afternoon by an ex-
press wagon on West Indiana street and
almost instantly killed.
LAST night man named Butler, en-
ployed on the Michigan Central railroad,
was run over at Fourteenth street, from
the effects of which he died in an hour.
The rumor to the effect that Hon. j.
Young Scsmmon had purchased the Re-
publican Is confirmed.
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LATEST TELEGRAMs.

Natick shOemakers are on strike
The Union Pacific road Ia blocked with snow
The new railroad bridge at Albany, New
York, Is completed
New York's governor VIII be unusually YER
bose in his message this ear
sf Cecilia the noted Communist general
arrived in New York yesterday.
Mrs. Wharton is still on trial at Annapolis
for poisoning General ketehum-
Alexis was taken 10 the Detroit house of
correction yesterday. Nice hospitality.
Mr.. Hawley, Of Illinois, has been appointed
special agent of the postofhee department
Gambetta, while At Versailles recently, ad-
dressed The republicans, counseling patience
and moderation.
Amer noon to-day no business will be 3 ans
acted in any Of the public ofhces At Washlns-
ton until Tuesday morning.
The French official journal denies that the
Germans have made any arrests OF FreAch
citizens tc be held as hostages.
The Prince Of Wales is gaining strength
slowly. The swelling above the hip, Wnlch
threatened to be troublesome, Is now SUD
siding.
A New Orleans paper made old John Robin
son hopping mad the oLher DAY Dy Gaming
attention TO the manitold attraeuons OF She
great Lhree-cent show"
The committee of the assembly on the reor-
ganization Of the French army proposes to
make the terms Of military duty i've years on
active duty, four years in the reserve, and six
years in the secondary reserve.
Half the papers Of the country spell the
name Of the governor Of Louisiana thus
" WarmOuth." They should not give mouth
to such nonsense; the man Is, as his career
has SIMPLY proved, a War-moth.
A committee of the Grand Army OF Robbers
Of the Republic have sued a sculptor named
Thomas jefferson Jones for not seulptng ac-
cnrding 20 contract a monument TO the mem
ory OF the late General J. b. Mcpherson. It is
claimed that the stone-cut.er has damaged
some one or other TO the amount OF SIS, l25.
Another carpet-bagger, weary of the bur-
den of spoiis gathered in four years success
fol raiding the people of Louisiana, has passed
in his checks. His name was George p. Carr,
and he did II at Magnolia, Mississippi, yester-
day with a spoonful Of arsenic. His last
offense was acting as probate judge of the
parish OF St. John the Baptist
The postmaster general yesterday, ordered
tie extension OF the mail service on the Chica-
20 and Northwestern railroad from Lodi TO
cinc branch railroad frOm Chico 70 TehOma-
Since the 4th instant, the mail service has
been placed upon no less than twenty-ntne
new railroads or extensions Of old ones, max
ing an aggregate Of s68 miles Of new railroad
Communication utilized for postal service.
Staid old Philadelphia is rapidly gaining a
reputation that viii make old Billy PennS
bones shake with indignation. Yesterday
three degenerate sons Of honest old z uakers, 9.
were held in bonds OF two thousand dollars
each, TO answer the charge Of eXtorting money
under false pretences and acting as mercantile
detective agents. Itappears that some country
men were arrested by them in the streets for
an alleged violation Of the ordinances, and
were brought before one Of the prisoners, act
ing as magistrate, and fined.
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ARKANSAS.
The Troubles in ehlcot---Lossss by the
Fire in Little Rock.

LITTLE Rock, December 29.-General
Keys Dsuforth, the governors sojutant-
general, returned from ChicOt county last
night. He reports all quiet, but says g
spirit OF unsssiness pervsdes among all
clssRes that the late outage msy be re-
peated. Il is understood that the COVER
nor will send q detail from his guards to
Lake Village, to take the place of the
shsriff's posse, and viii remain until con-
fdsnce is restored among the people.
THE FIRE THURSDAY NIGHT.
The loss from the fire Thursday night
is estimated at about one hundred thou
sand dollars. The following are the losses
and insurance rs near as can be escer-
tanned:
Hornibrook & TOwnsend's saloon-loss,
SIS, 600; no insurance.
Henry Burgers ssloon-loss, 5000; in
sursncs, $500 in the Arkansas Home
company.
State Journal, (uewspapsr)-loss, 5000; !;
M h. q D. McGsnn, clcthiers-loss,
SlS, 600; insured in ths American Central
for 5000 and In ths North British for
$3.50.
Isaac Huyok's livery stable-loss, $1,000;
no insurance.
s Stevenson & Cos. book store-loss,
S5OO0; no insurance.
LLASo ~ ASO4oI Caa aahclhCA7-AosSi SOOOB
on insurance.
R L.. DOdge-dsmsge to building,
1880; insured in American Central.
D4v d & Waiter, queenswsre, who occu-
pied DOdge's building, were damaged to
the extent OF $1,000; were insured In the
Andes.
Charles Swain, agent of the Florence
sewing mschice, lost $3.50; no insurance.
81. SAndbsrger, dry goods and CLOTH
iDg-lOss, SIC, COO; insured in .he Georgia
Home for $500; Franklin, 5000; Liver
pool, London Gnd Globe, 5000; North
Missouri, 5000.
J. J. MeAlmont, drugs-loss, SIC. 900;
insured for 5000 in the Hartford, Phoenix
and Home.
DR.. W. W. Adsms-loss on building,
SIS 900; insured for $500 in Arkansas
Home.
W. S. HUT loss on building, 5000;
partially insured.
Ali tbs buildings burned, except Horni-
brook & Townsend's, McAlmont's drug
store, and DR.. D0dge's nsw building sd
| joining Odd Fellows hall, were of wood
/ and OF but little value.
| The office of the Carolina Life Insurance.
| company, on the second door of Meal
/ rnont's drug store, was com pletely burned
| out, st loss of about $500.
The Journal made Its appearance al
usual this moroing, though in a reduced
| form. Their power press, engine and FIX.
lures were destroyed, but the smell
| presses and type were saved.
| A number of parties occupied offices IN
the various buildings, and sill lost some
| thing.
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14vxaFOOI, December S.-cOttOn market ]
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THE QUEEN TO HER PEOPLE.
A Grateful sovsrsIgn Expresses Hsr Thanks
to Her Subjects.

LONDON, December 29.-The afternoon
papers publish letter from Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria, In which she says she de-
sires to express her deep sense Of Inc
touching sympathy exhibited FOR her
family BY the whole nation at the illness
of her dear son. The universal teeling,
saws the queen, shown by her people dur
Ing the psSnful and terrible days OF the
Princes Hfnesa, their sympathy with her
self and her beloved daughter, the Prtn-
cess of Wales, and the general Joy mani
tested at the Improvement In the heal@h
OF the Prince, has made deep and In
effsceable impression upon her heart.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

The steamships Thurings, Columbia, Iowa
and Siberia have arrived out
The steamships City of Baltimore and City
of washington have arrived at New York
from Liverpool.
Fred Grant and his tutor have proven
ions hs TO the Wabash. The New York Nan
teal Gazstte bss received report nom
Boston 10 the effect that the United States
friRate Wabash In her passage across the At
lantic encountered q severe gale In which be-
tween thirty and forty msn were loet over
board.
Careful INQUIRY falls to confirm the report
ed loss of men from the Wabash, and the
statement is not credited at Boston.
The frigate Chattanooga, sunk at League
Island, was used as q store ship. The NJ g.
chinery had been removed, as she was 8
complete failure as vessel.
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RIVER NEWS.

Boats I'm Port.
Emma @. Elliott.
The Weather.
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-. WEEKS OPERATIONS Eaoo noI
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On account of the pul
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Corn and Cotton Planter.
STRTE-RIGHTS FOR SALE.

N ALTMAN's PATENT CORN AND COT
IL. TON PLANTER is on exhibition at the
Wnitemors House, and the paten tee would
be pleased 70 have the public call and exam
inc Its inertia He VIII remain only few
days. State-rtghts of this patent are for sale
This patent is the invention OF 3 Tsnnes-
sean. 1t Is composed OF wrought. iron, ls
nkhf and durable, and can be worked with
one horse. 1t makes ths ridge, opEns II,
plants the cotton separate, seed By seed, and
then covers IL This macE Inc has lso at
taehed an apparatus for manurinR, which Is
done when the seed Is planted. BY a simple
change in the springs Of the machine, It Will
plant corn with equal facility.
$50 d. ALTMAN, Whitsmore House.
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TINE DOMESTIC PRODUCE xARKETs.
--LATEST REPORT BY TELEeRAPH.I
JINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI. December 2g.-Flour and grain
unchanged. Oils unchanged. Eggs scarce and
drm. Butter dull, but unchanged, 20G25c. Pork
in light demand, but holders firm; nOm1nal1y,
Sl3 2l9I3 70. Lard in light demand, but hold
ers drm; steam kettle, &c asked; no sales.
Bulk meats-full prices asked, but no dsmand;
shoulders, &c; sides, % 4llBa614c. Bacon in light
demand, but holders 1rm; clear rib, nc; clear
sides, 75sc; hams, l21zGl31ac. Hogs in active
demand and prices advanced at the opening,
whisky quiet and weak, sIc Green meats in
light demand, but holders firm; shoulders,
44c; sides, SIC; hams, 7s49s17c.
CEICAGO.
CHICAGO, December 2g-Flour quiet and
weak; range, 81 3094 IS. Wheat in good de-
mand at fuQ prices; spring No. l, 81 2l15; No. 2,
81 l815. Corn moderately active at yesterday 3
prices. Oats quiet and unchanged; No. 2. 81 &c.
Rye steady and in moderate demand; No. 2,
623 4G63c. Barley in fair demand and prices
advanced; spring No 2. %ssc. Pork in fair
demand and prices adval ced, Sl3 5Gl3 30.
Lard-market nrmer, sc. Hams, sugar-cnred
unchanged Green meats firm, but unchanged
in price. Bulk meats firm, but unchanged.
Beef hams unchanged. Hogs in active demand
and prices advanced; 81 l0g4 30 for common
TO fair, 81 35@4 80 for good to extra the quality
Of the stock offered was excellent; dressed, S5G
10. Whisky dull and prices dropping; no
transactions. -
NASHVILLE, December 2.-Flour and grain
duh, but unchanged. Cornmeal, 55t66Oc. Bulk
meats are in good demand at full prices;
shoulders, 55zc clear rib, 6zc; clear
sides, 70. Mess pork, Sl4 50. Rump pork, Sll
so. Hams, sugar-cured, Hllc. Lara, prime
steam, 9c; kettle-rendered, 91ac. Hogs, SAGA %.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, December 29-Flour firm
and unchanged. Corn firmer, 7597sc. Oats
easier, 6Oa62c. Bran easier, 81 20, Hay dull;
prime, s35; choice, SS4. Pork dull, Sl4 So Ba-
con, lard, sugar, molasses, whisky, and coffee
quiet at yesterdays prices.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, December 2.-FlOur quiet and
unchanged in every respect; business very
small Wheat-offerlngs light and business
small; No. 2 spring, 81 %; No. red fail, by
sample, Sl "A. Corn dull and prices declined;
mixed yellow, on track, 4094lc. Oats slow;
No. 2, in elevator, S6c. Barley quiet, zoe for
prime Iowa. Rye-more doing; No. 2, in ele-
vator, 1a72c. Whisky lower, S93zc. Pork firm,
sl3; on spot, sl3 659l3 IS. Green meats quiet,
55Sa51kc for clear rib. Dry salt meats-a better
feeling, but most of the sales were private;
small lots of leOse shoulders sold at 4sSc; clear
sides, &c, packed; loose shoulders, 514c. Bacon
-jobbing lots Of shoulders, 79714c; clear rib,
7szG71Sc; clear sides, TIC, Lard trmer; prime
steam, SIC. Hogs nrn, So s0@l 20; bulk sales,
% 95G4 Is. Cattle unchanged.
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IO!NTLESS, ELASTIC SKIRTS,
rpAm sHIaIS AND MAL KING sKiRIS

Of the latest styles, adilsta'
" BILE Bustles and SKtrtH
with attached Bustles. The
attention Of ladies and mer-
chant is called to the immen'
ge STOCK of real French, Ger.
man and English Ccrseis,
comprising nne smbrold.
cred. handmade, Scarlet
Cloth and Thibet, and plain
Corsets for the country
trade. Nursing, Foy and
Werly CorHets q speciality,
Remember these Corsets are
the best, and can be bought ol
ern Hoop-Skirt kanufactorI
DO ~
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New Year Dinner

s-We have advices by Telegraph Of ship.
ment Of 1000 poands DRESSED POULTRY,
from Kantucky, TO arrive on o'clock train.
Call and leave your orders for Monday, and
thew win be delivered. Oysters so cents per
oan. DAVIDSON d CO.,
dSo 2zA Second street..
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TWEED TWADOLE.
HIS HIDING PLACE.

HIS HIDING PLACE.
Tweed's hiding place does not yet sp-
pear 70 be known, except to the sheriff
and g few others.
TWEED AND TAhMANYs
Tweed was in communication with the
sheriff on Thursday, and it is said that
letters were sent by him to members OF
the TsmmaDy general committee, urging
them 20 be present the same night az the
meeting which be had directed to be con-
yened, the object of which was 10 con-
sider the reorganization of Tammany.
This statement however appears tnnpEoos-
bic.
RATHER AWKWARD.
opA of the chief defections among
TVeed's bOndsmen is said to be due to
tbsi~ nnwfIlingness TO stand an examins-
ton before the reform lawyers, as their
nyonerty and some Of their real estate
~ pnTch assd from the city al prices
r,ncb beioW their real value.
PoLTTIc MOVE.
A Herald reporter says be was informed
that Tweed wGs yesterday negoisting
v-itn an agent Of +. A. Scott, for The
disposal of some Of bis property,
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THE NEW YORK Day GOODS xARKET.
--LATEST REPORT BIZ TELEGRAPH.I

NEW YORK. December y.
Prices steady and firm; Laurel d brown
sheetings are advanced to l3c, and II do to l2c;
Appleton A, ,IS1zc. Rockport corset jeans, 1916.
Ballou & sons 30-tnch bleached sbtrnngs, l2c;
86-inch do, lS15c; Dwight Star 45c. Dwight
cambric, loc; DavOl mills, lS1zc; Forrestdale,
Ice; Fruit OF the Loom, lie; 81 do, 24c; "a do,
2c; Statewide S-inch, l31ac. Franklin canton
nannels, l5c. Willow Brook ticks, Csc.
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Western Foundry.

- A good chance for an enterprising me
chanic to start business, In a favorable loca-
ton, opposite the Gayoso House, Shelby
street. The machinery is offered for sale,
with a liberal lease given to the premises.
apply to In. HILL, SS Main St
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NEW ORLEANs.

NEW ORLEANS, December 2.-Cotton mar.
kes easier; good ordinary, ls14c; low middling,
1S4c; middling. l914c. Sales, 70O0 bales; re
pts TS2 bales; exports to Liverpool, 4909
bales; 20 Amsterdam, Isl bales; to Boston, $500
bales stock, l75, leo bales.
W-EEKis nPERATInNa-
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

OFFICE MEMPHIS d LITTLE ROCK B. R.,
December q, 1871.
No freight viii be received for this line
d2a - a. 8. LIvRRMORE. supt.
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CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, December 29.-Cotton market
dull and prices declined; middling, lsSle1sc.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. December 29.-Cotton market
easier; middling, ls1z9ls5zc.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, December 2s.-Cotton market
dull; middl1ng held at 1876.
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, December 29.-Cotton market
dull, but unchanged low middltng, ls14c.
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Notice.

TTNHE subscribers TO the capital stock Of the
Il Washington Fire Insurance Company
are hereby notified 70 meet at the Hall OF the
Chamber OF Commerce, TO elect directory
for the ensuing year, and organisation, on
SATURDAY, S0Ih inst, eetween the hours OF
10 am. and 4 pm. GEO. ". L CROOk.