Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-26

INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were &2so, si7.ss.
GEN. j. X. BARNES, surgeon general of the
United States, has been elected by the trustees
OF the Peabody educational fund a member of
the board, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death OF Bishop McIlvane.
PAYMAsTER GENERAL BRADFORD, U. s. NJ,
will be absent from the city for a month or six
weeks, and in the meantime Paw Director j.
H. Watmough has been designated to act as
chief OF the bureau of rovisons and clothing.
The BUREAU OF EDUCATION circular of in
formation, No. 1, for the current year. is lust
Issued. 1t contains historical summaries and
reports on the systems of public instruction in
Spain, Bolivia, Uruguay and Portugal from re-
liable sources.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS were made in
the Second Auditors Office of the Treasury de-
partment to-day: Third class, Herbert L. SAep-
erd, Alfred Warrington, Henry l.. Wilson:
seeond-class, Theodore Louis DE Land, W. d.
Burgage, John n. Carmiencke, John N. B.
jenkins, VIM. w. Flint. Hervie A. Dobson
As THE TIME of the officers and men of the
Iiconderoga, on the South Atlantic station,
VIII soon expire, she will be ordered to return
TO the United States in December next and the
Ossipee, now at New York, will be ordered TO
join the Brazil station to supply the place of
the Ticonderoga.
OFFICIAL MESSAGES ADJOURNMENT RATES
Attorney General Williams has issued a circular
to the judicial officers throughout the country,
under the Department of Justice, to the effect
mat under the law, as construed by him in his
recent opinion to the Postmaster General, they
are entitled to transmit official messages at
government rates over the different telegranh
lines in the United States.
POSTAL CARDs-The acquisitions for postal
cards by the Post Office Department upon the
contractors prior to the LIST day of July were
all filled day before yesterday. About
oZ,9U 200 cards have been sent to postmasters
ana the orders untitled aggregate about
Zs,OOc,OOO, making the total number ordered to
uate about 6O,O00,O00. As yet but few orders
1Iom the small post offices have been fill ID.
To-Day the department commenced forward
Ing acquisitions for this class OF Offices.
PERsoNAL.-Secretary Belknap arrived at
Long Branch last night. Secretaries Rich
ardson and Delano are expected there to-day
Richard j. Hinton, the well-known Wash
lngtOn correspondent, who has been travelling
IN Europe for the past two months, returned to
Washington yesterday morning. Collector
Casey, of New Orleans, is at Wizards Mr..
W: Ii ALLEN, prominent architect of Baltimore,
is building fine mansion for himself on North
charles street, IN that city, and early this fall
Will install as its mistress MR.. Jonah d. Hoover
OF this city, to whom he expects to be married
ia few months. Gen. Dwyer is in town
fresh from his Ohio farm, and looking bronzed
N INV ANA eOH VI JOll.
NAVAL CHANGEs.-Detdched-C Commander R.
l.. Phythian from the command of the Nips;c
and placed on waiting orders; Lieutenant Com
mapder ii. G. Caldwell, Lieutenant Charles H.
Judd, Masters A. NJ. Thackard and A Z,
osborn, Assistant Surgeon James M. Scott
FIRST Assistant Engineer A. l.. Greene and
second Assistant, Engineer III. w. Lamdin de-
tached from the Nipsic ana placed on waiting
orders, Lieutenant Samuel Belden from the
Nlpsic and ordered to the Powhatan, 18th of
a II f. Il liant
hatan and ordered to the naval academy;
assed Assistant Paymaster j. Q. Barton from
the Nipslc and ordered 10 settle accounts: AS
slstant Surgeon P. P. Briefly from special duty
at Washington and placed on waiting orders,
Examination for Promo-
ton In the Railway Postal Service.
On the 2ith instant, a competitive examina-
ton took place at the Post Office department to
NIL a vacant head clerkship on the cars between
w ashingtOn, ID. c., and Weldon, N c. after
the manner and system adopted by the general
railway mail service, which is
case OF peculiar construction, comprising
numerous small pigeon-holes, stands upon a
table. These pigeon-hOles or boxes are labelled
with the names Of all routes or offices to which
The mails for given state are sent for distribu.
ton, similar in fact to the cases in a railway
post ONCE car. Before this case or sweat
box" as IL is usually termed by the clerk, the
competing clerks are summoned, one at a time
The clerk is then handed a batch of cards.
upon each Of which is written the name OF
post office and the state: The lot comprising
all the post offices in given state or states OF
which the clerk is required to make a detailed
without assistance of any
schemes" directories or guide whatever. This
distribution must be made in accordance with
he official schemes or instructions, locating
very office upon its proper route or destination
litter which the cards are examined and record
made of the errors in the distribution. In the
Ease at hand there were were but three COMPETE
tors, Merssrs. g. james, John A. Casey and
John Q: Walker, clerks upon the above named |
ine- These men were each given cards. 2OI4
n number, representing every post office in
North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina, Unfortunately and purposely
nixed-the result was as follows: 9. James,
errors. Casey, q. Walker, 157. In justice to
Mr.. James, who fairly wins the promotion, we
ire informed that the two errors made were
purely accidental, both offices being old and
familiar ones. The examination was conduc-
ed by Major John f. Langley, of the railway
mail service.