The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-30
GENERAL.


o. fur baprd of examiners lur the trcsHu-
ry dopu tncut, will hold g series Of cXamlna-
tions. commencing Oct. IS, to i'll vacancies in
clerk hil,- Of claes one, These viii he the
tirr, cAamination. held in that department
under tire new civil service rules of providing
for examinations by districts. 1t it under
-tood 10 be the intent on of the treasury 20
make APPOINTMENTS ~ far as practicable from
districts having lcrs than their proportion OF
clerks iu the department, a. most OF the can
didatcs ,,ill doubtless be from tie vicinity Of
the District of Columbia, which already has
more than its proportion. Only such F4csn"e'
as must Immediately be filled, will bo filled
from examination in Washington The re-
mainder will he left open till the district eN-
animation about to be held in New York, Gin
cinnati. St. Louis and Savannah are COM
pleted.
Its stated that Mr.. L. Il, Simmons has
purchased the trOtting gliding, Jim Irving,
from hin owner, Mr., James Irving, for the
sum of 900. This s the largest price
ever lialil lbI JiDtLlllS l'lH''
The secretary of the treasury has deter
mined TO take no further action at present to-
ward the replacement of worn aud mutlSted,
and successfully comterfcIed circulating
notes of ma ional banks Congress, at its last
session. appropriated SIN hundred thousand
dollars for the engraving andpreparinGof those
now notes, the government to be reimbursed
through payments by the banks for such of
the notea ~ they might take, bnt it il optional
with banks whether they take any Of tho new
notes or not and therefore only fifteen or
siytcou applications have been ma'e by banks
for new eng that are now ready for lssue AS
previously stated in these dispatches, the
banks arr generally dissatisfied, some OF them
holding hat il they arc to pay los reissue
of their notes they ought to be allowed to &C.
lect their own designs, and have their notes
engraved and printed at such places and by
euch respectable and reliable bank note en-
grayer and printers as they might choose to
employ. The secretary seems to bo disgusted
with the whole matter, and will let it drop for
the time being, in the hope that he will be re-
lieyed from further trouble through the ac-
tion of congress at the next session.
-Theiuternal revenue OffcGis now conducted
at an expense OF two million dollars per year
less than under former laws. The commits
aioner is patislicd with the Law Us it is and
therefor will make no important recommen-
dution to congress concerning it.
Tile .rcretary of the treasury states that
he was not previously aware Of the fact that
al the time of its failure tho first national
bank oI Washing on had on deposit govern
mcnt money in excess of the security OF $780,
UU0 in Cr!tcd Stutes bonds, and otherwise ro-
quircd to- be deposited with the United States
treasury as security Tor the safe keeping and
p0mp. payment OF th" public moneys de-
posted with the bank. Judge Richardson
saw. however, that occurrences Of this kind
are not uni-ual that it occasionally happens
that in the course OF business an amount OF
yuhic money ID sometimes temporarily de-
posted with government repositories in exce5s
OF the actual security given by them.
The annual figures of the postoifcc de-
partment show the receipts to have boon, in
roRnd numbers, twenty-three millions, and the
expenditures about twenty-nine millions, in
3725,OOO subsidies to steamship lines.
Last year the receipts were a little less than
TWENTY-FIVE millions, end the expenditures
tweuty-sx and one half millions. Last year
tie increase Of expenditures was over nine
per cent This year it il only seye'i per cent.
The receipts and expenditures correspond
very clorely with the estimates submitted by
ths department llr tho fiscal year. the est-
mated expenditures having been twenty.seven
and IL half millions, and the estimated receipts
a little less than twenty-three millions. The
in excess of the estimate, while the actual re-
CENTS slightly exceeded the g. mates. The
deficiency was s4,7OO,0OO. but even
with the unexpected expenditures the whole
deficiency is only few hundred thousand
greater being about i've millions Reports
from the offices OF the several assistants show
the most encouraging and efficient condition
OF the various branches of the postal service.
The increased expenditures have been caused
chiefly by the extension of postal car service
and OF the free delivery system. At present
all through mails are distributed on the prn-
cipal roalroad lines. while trains are under
hesdway, and few. II any. Of The important
mails Of tho country are allowed To lie over d
tTslr ic. distribution. This inci o. . OF postal
car aeETice ha. hsd a verv marked feet in the
promnL IIanAmI.nInn NJ Inalls and the halavs