The New York herald., 1872-08-20
WASHINGTON.


Awards Of Contracts for Naval Supplies.
Contracts for naval supplies for the present fiscal
year, bids for which were opened In the Bureau of
Construction and Repair OF the Navy Department
several weeks since, were awarded to-day as fol-
lows;-Iinc, Merchant Co., OF Philadelphia; lum-
Der, X. j. w. Nelly x Co., of Portsmouth, Va;
general supplies. Pillsbury, Webb & Co., of San
Francisco; COAL Plaisted & Mcclellan of Philadel-
phia; betting and leather, Rockwell Coye h Co..
OF San Francisco; lumber and timber, VII.
liam M. Shakespeare, OF Dover, DEL, and W.
IL. Sheldrake, OF Pennington, DEL; lumber
Jason Springer, OF San Francisco, and James A.
Stats, OF Portsmouth. Va; paints and betting,
James Symington OF New York. iron and charcoal,
Taylor, Martin Co., Of Norfolk, Va; lumber and
timber, Freky, Jewett & Co., OF Boston, coal,
Charles E. Walkerand Co., OF Portsmouth N. II. +;
general supplies, william M. Walton, OF New York
lumber, watson & Pttinger, of Brooklyn; paints
and OIL Whittier, Fuller Co., San Francisco;
lumber William White, Portsmouth, Va; white
lead, Davis, Chambers Co., Philadelphia; charcoal,
John W. Hampton, Philadelphia; lumber and tim
Der NJ zimmerman. Brooklyn; general supplies,
d. Babcock Co., New York stationery william Bal
lantyne, Washington, d. c. !; nails Il. Barston h Son.
New York; semi-bituminOus coal, Benrind g. Brad
ley, Philadelphia; lumber, James Bgler Co., New
burg, N. Y; spruce, Ed. Clarke, Pittsned, Mass;
charcoal, W. T. Clarke, Vienna, Va. general sup
plies George H. Creedlow, New York; coal and
wood, William Grinne, Washington, D. c. timber,
J. W. Gaski Son, Philadelphia; general supplies,
George P. Gof, Washington, ID. c.; coal, George
s. HOag, San Francisco; Oil, Lnseed Oil Manufac-
turing Company OF New York; lumber and coal, A.
A. Mccullough, Norfolk, Va; ship chnndlery 8. s.
Moore, Jr., Philadelphia; lumber, S. l.. Mastich &
Co., San Francisco; general supplies, Lnforth. Kel-
lOgg Co., San Francisco, and Hyatt 4 Spencer, OF
New York.
The Case OF tho CoIored Cadet.
General Howard having denied that he ever had
any such conversation with the Secretary Of War as
that from which David Clark professed to quote his
language, and asserted that he would not therefore
have made so untrue report, Mr.. Clark calls up
on the Secretary to publish letter written by him
to General Howard, copies Of which he was In
formed as he alleges, by that officer were placed in
the hands OF the President and the Secretary
OF War. Both the President and the Secre-
tary OF War deny that such copies were ever
received by them and assert that the idea OF their
having desired the dismissal OF the cOlOred cadet
was presented to them for the first time In the
letter from Mr.. Clark, published In the Tribune OF
July 81, the absurdity OF which they conceived to
be fully demonstrated by the fact on record that
when the cadet was subsequently actually SEN
fenced to be dismissed upon ample legal proof his
sentence was mitigated by the substitution OF an
extremely light punishment.
New Mail Route.
The Postmaster General to-day ordered mail SER
vice on the Mississippi Valley and Eastern Railroad
from Canton to Keokuk twenty-five miles, at 81, 100
per annum, from September l.
New National Bank.
The Comptroller OF the Currency has authorized
the establishment OF the First National Bank, OF
Clarinda, Iowa, with capital of s5o,OCO, and the
Merchants and Planters Bank, Of Montgomery,
Ala, with a capital of 100000.
Oppressive Weather.
Notwithstanding the recent rains the weather
continues oppressive the thermometer to-day ndi-
eating from 90 to 80 degrees.