The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-09
WASHINGTON.

me state department. uaS Deen thrown INTO
feverlsh excitement over the announcement that
no appointments to Germany of diplomatic Or
consular nature win be made OF persons born in
that country. and that this policy has been adopted
at the express request OF Bismark, who wishes to
check the enormous emigration to this country.
The Secretary OF state to-day authorized the
publication Of the following
Foreign governments exercise no influence over
the policy OF the government, aud. least OF all.
Ia the State Department. general rule has long
prevailed and been acted upon by several admin
lstratons Of not selecting consuls from the natives
OF the country to which they are sent.
Az nearly all Of our consuls and vice consuls In
Germany, in the German EMPIRE are naturalized
citizens from that country, the denial Is not &C
cepted by the applicants for vacancies. as con.
sstent with the practice of the Department here
tOfore.
Judge Thomas Settle, or North Carolina,
arrived here to-day. He says that the result OF the
election In his State yesterday will show remark
able afiliation between the whites and blacks on
the State constitutional amendments which were
submitted for ratification yesterday. The princi-
pal opposition to the adoption OF the amendments
lay in the colored element OF the eastern districts
Of the State. The issues were OF purely local
nature, the question Of race being wholly ignored.
A Hot Reply from Gomez nj Spinner to .
Cashiers Cool Request.
General Spinner yesterday addressed the follow
ing letter to the cashier OF New England bank -
sR:-Your letter of the LIST inst. was received
yesterday by Adams Express Company. There
came enclosed, as therein stated, two United
of $500 ana the other OF 500. Both these notes
are entirely new. having never even been folded.
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one, with view to the raising Of other United
States notes Of smaller denominations to the
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been scissored out with a clean cut. Under the
old regulations OF the Treasury Department tina.
SaVe bee Two notes
their face value; sixty dollars would, under the
Old rules have been deducted for the mutations.
have been lately modified so that this
penalty cannot be enforced. Under this more
than generous modification you claim to
notes OF like denominations under the government
contract at the expense OF the United States. The
charge to the government by the express COM
pany for transportation both ways would be one
dollar and twenty cents; For the dog-days con-
client, wilfully mutate clean new notes, and then
you ask the government not only to replace
them with other new and unmutllated notes. to
mutilated and returned with q like request
for other new notes. but to pay the expense and
run the risk of transportation both ways This, to
my mind, is piling It on pretty steep. You not
only burn with hot iron, but you ask the burned
S1e to e heating the % s5 w
Ing ing law yea yog viii hnd that ii person
been. you could recover by action In anyIoourt hav
ing jurisdiction $50 for each OF the mutiatiOns.
gander. Ought not the perpetrators of these mu.
tiiations be made to respond In like manners
Under the circumstances 1t has been concluded
pieces that were cut out Of them shall be returned
to this otice and until the apparent fraudulent
malicious mutilatton shall have been satisfactorily
explained to the Department.
Our European Squadron.
In view Of the present dlsorganized condition OF
affairs in Spain the vessels comprising the Euro
pean squadron under command OF Rear Admiral
A. Ludlow Case, have been ordered to rendezvous
in Spanish ports. The Wabash, flagship OF the
squadron, is now en- route to Cartagena, and the
Congress and Wachuseu will follow. The Shenan-
doah Is already at Cadiz. The Alaska, now IN com.
mission At Brooklyn, will sail In about ten days to
join the European squadron.
Interesting TO Believers In Civil Service
Reform.
The following executive order has been issued -
WASHINGTON, D. c., August S, 1879
The Civil Service, at It's session at Washington
which terminated June 4, 1879 recommended GER
for the government or the civil service OF the
United States. These rules as herewith published
are approved and their provisions VIII be enforced
made. u. s. GRANT
By the President,
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary OF State.
The Vienna Exposition Scandal.
The full report OF the Special Commits
sion ON the abuses of the United
States branch Of the Vienna Exposition has
been received here The conclusions are the re-
verse OF complimentary to General Van Buren, and
his confidential assistant General Mayer, and some
OF their subordinates.
Pleasant Times ut the State Department.
The government has received no Official com.
municaton from Great Britain relative to the
Manitoba difficulty, and, therefore, contrary to re-
port, has taken no action whatever in the prem
ises. Nor has the government received any
communication from the Spanish represen tatives
concerning the action Of the United States officers
in relation to the protection OF the virginius
Highway Robbery In the Rocky Noun
tains.
Special Agent Wiokizer, OF the Post ONCE Depart
ment reports from Salt Lake, July 81, that highway
robbery on the main routes in the Rocky Noun
tains is becoming quite frequent On the 9th ut.
robbers attacked the mail coach on the Montana
route, near Pleasant Valley. and took $4,000 in
treasure from Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express, but
did not modest the mails The robbers have been
arrested A lew days later, on the same route,
near Snake River. the stage coach was fred
into and the driver mortally wounded The poor
fellow had the nerve and presence OF mind to put
whip to his horses, BY which all saved but his
own life. He expired soon after he reached
the 1rst station. On the oath ultimo the
mail coach on the Kelton and Boise route
near snake River, was attacked by robbers
and the through mail pouch rom Boise
to Kelton taken and also Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
treasure box. Agent wickizer says bad men
come to the mines with the expectation OF making
sudden fortunes, and, being disappointed, become
reckless and desperate highwaymen.
New York Firm TO Build Two Men-of-
War.
contract for building two new iron sloops.of
war, bids for which were opened on August |, will
be awarded TO John Roach & Son, OF New York,
whose bids were $4,000 each.
Carl vogt To BE Released.
The German Minister has been officially informed