, 1872-11-16


attention OF Congress-
The President expressed himself sensible of
the great Importance Of the work in its national
aspects, and, after an informal interchange of
opinion, the delegation Withdrew, much gratided
CONGRATULATIONS.
The Spanish Minister, to-day, at the instance
OF MS government, called on the President. and
congratulated him on his reelection. President
Grant Was attended By Secretary Fish,
THE PHILADELPHIA POST OFFICE.
A special from this city to the New York Eue71-
2ng Post says:
"a delegation Of prominent Philadelphia pol
iticians. headed by Senator Cameron and Gov
morning to ask the appointment Of George
Mayor stockioy IN behalf of the delegation, pre-
sented the claims Of Mr.. Trueman for the posi-
keeping the Republican party in Philadelphia
nifcent victory on the 5th of November"
The President said, in reply, that he had COM
mitted himself to the policy OF Civil Service Re-
National Platform, had declared in itn favor,
and that whenever it WAS possible to secure q
good appointment under the Civil Service rules,
he felt it to be public duty to make selection
accordingly: As rule, he would endeavor to
positions Of public trust, but where it should
appear that lie could secure better appointment
BY going outside of the Civil Service,
then he should not hesitate to do
Fs;,n FS In tha the present sass Mr.
commended in every way as qualified for the
position, and it WAS not denied that by his ap-
pointment the Government would secure 3
faithful and efficient officer. Under these cir
cumstances, therefore, he felt he could not do
otherwise than to promote 1Ir. Fairman to the
place to be made vacant by the resignation Of
General Bingham, batTould take into consider
alton all that had been said in favor Of Mr.
Trueman.
leave for home this afternoon, fully satisfied
that Mr. Fairman will be appointed,
METEOROLOGICAL DISCOVERY.
Researches OF the Signal Office have just been
rewarded BY 9 beautiful and highly important
meteorological discovery. On the coast Of Eng
the great November atmospheric wave
has been the speculation of scientists and sea-
men, but Sir John HerBchel and others
have supposed it ,was peculiar and confined to
from the South Atlantic, and over which it rolls
il long continued undulations from October to
January, constituting IN important element ia
the phenomenal character OF q European winter.
Oregon and British Columbia, as is shown by the
weather telegraphs. By the evening Of
tho 18th, it had spread over nearly all
OF Inc racine btate8 ahu Ieffltot1ee,
Utah, and Nevada, and, at midnight, was
pouring. through L. the passes Of the Rocky
Mountains. On Thursday, the 14th, it descend
ed upon Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and the
Indian Territory. On Friday it extended in
Washington Territory eastward, through
the, great, trough, or depression, Of the
Rocky Mountain backbone in Idaho
aud Montana, and stretched thence to
the Lower Missouri and Lower Mississippi VAL
feys and over the Western section of the Mex
lean Gulf. This discovery will enable the me-
teorologists to anticipate BY many days the
approach of winter, as it advances from
tie Pacific coast eastward in the great
the old mystery Of the American winter storms,
showing that they originate in tho Rocky Noun \!
Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Southern Wyoming,
the vapor-laden air Of this wave, coming from
over the warm Pacific, is now seen to be
condensed in the overwhelming SHOWS OF the
forty-drst parallel AS this vast aerial wave is
probably, like the English wave, continued in sue
cessive undu1ations for two or three months, it
may assist in explaining the comparatively high
temperature and light precipitation in winter
along Puget'e Sound and eastward.