The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-21
NEW YuRK HERALD SATURDAY, JUNE T. 1878 TRIPLE SHEET

out resoT ting TO the metNods Of selection and ap-
pontment prescribed ey the rules and regulations,
rere secss spS the prescribed
for 6lling it cannot be applied without causing |
delay injurious to the public service; the aPpo ona
oiled under the rules OF competitive examinat on.
the civil Service Is near Go the residences of those
desiring to be examined as the appropriation AT
for the further purpose OF facilitating as FAR as
practicable the making OF selections Tor sucn ser
vice equally from the several portions OF the Union
principle Of promoting merit as tested BY fair
competition, it is provided that the States shall be
employ or designate suitable person 90 be Chief
Examnsr whose rs duty y VIII be- susecs to the
promote uniformity in preparing for conducting,
reporting and grading the examinations by said
boards at washington, and to prepare Tor,
tons herein provided to be held elsewhere
tnan at washington. The district examinations
in the same district except in Washington, where
an examination may be held In respect OF each
partment, subject to the approval Of the Presi-
dent, may direct and all persons so examined IN
wasniIgton wherever they may reside shall hal be
pointmcnt equally as II examined elsewhere
Proposed Postal Card Convention be-
tween England and the United States.
The Postmaster General has now under consdera-
ton the theme for o postal card convention be-
tween England and the United States, by which
the cards would be received and delivered In
either country for three cents. The only obstacle
now Ia the demand Of the steamship companies,
who receive two cents and claim they are under
paid. The new Philadelphia steamship line has
signined it's readiness to carry the malls at the
lowest rate The Postmaster General has authority
to make the convention without reference to Con-
gress, SO that the old idea OF ocean penny postage
may be proximately realized in o Jew months, and
this will be long step toward the lowering OF the
rates for letters
Additional Postal Carriers I'm New York.
Nominations for seventeen Of the siXty-four ad-
dtional carriers ordered for New York city were
received from Postmaster James, and were con-
nrmed by the Postmaster General to-day.
Erecting Public Buildings in Albany.
The delegation from Albany, consisting Of COM
mittees from the Board Of Trade and Common
Council and Representatives Eli Perry and Lyman
Tremain, who have been here for the last two
days in consultation with the Secretary OF the
Treasury and the Supervising Architect, concerning
the establishment OF site upon which to erect the
government buildings IN that city, have had sew
eral earnest consultations upon the subject, and
to-day reached the unanimous opinion that the OBJ
jections which have been urged by the government
to the Exchange building site are valid and insur
mountabe. The changes OF grade and widening Of
streets which would be necessary are not feasible.
1t has therefore, been agreed upon by all the par
ties that the opera House block, on South Pearl
street, be selected the site for the erection OF
building for the purposes OF government, and for
which $4,000 were appropriated in part payment
at the late session Of Congress.
The National Cemeteries for tho Dead
Heroes Of the Union.
The War Department has issued general orders,
in which it Is said:-
The national cemeteries are to be venerated as
the resting places OF the noble dead of the nation
whose memory the people desire to honor by max
ing their graves beautiful and by preserving them
from injury BY desecration. Particular instruc-
tons are given for this purpose. While superin-
tendents are required to be men Of intelligence
and Jealous and faithful IN the discharge OF their
perate and moral in their habits and upright and
honorable In their private transactions.
The Secretary OF War has decided that the Uniten
States will transfer the remains of such Union
soldiers as are now buried in the Evergreen
Cemetery, at Gettysburg, Pa, to the National
Cemetery in the same place. upon application Of
friends OF the deceased who have the right to
make the request.
Decision Regarding Homestead Claim-
ants.
The Secretary OF the Interior to-day decided that
the erection OF house by two, three or four pre-
emption or homestead claimants In such manner
as TO occupy q portion OF each OF their quarter
sections under roof, is legal compliance with
the law requiring house to be built on every
quarter section in order to secure title to it,
The Temperature I'm Washtn gton.
The following statement, prepared at the Signal
ONCE of the War Department, shows the range OF
the thermometer in this city during the past four
days.
June 16-Maximum.. % Minimum. .......... o.
June l7-Maximum.. o. Minimum. ........ 73
June 1S-Maximum.. 81 Minimum. ......... 81
June 19-Maximum. OAK Minimum. .......... 72
Centennial Commission.