Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-18

EXAMINATION UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE
RULEs.-The board Of examiners of the Treas
ury department will hold series Of examina-
tons, commencing october %, to fill vacancies
in clerkships OF class one. These will be the
hrst examinations held in that department I'M
der the new civil service rules providn for ex-
aminatiOhs by districts. IL is understood to be
the intention OF the Secretary of the Treasury
TO make the appointments, so far as practica-
Bile, from the districts having less than their
proportion OF clerks in the department. As
most OF the candidates will doubtless be from
the vicinity of the District of Columbia, which
already has much more than its proportion, only
such vacancies as must Immediately be filed
will be filled from the examination IN Washing
ton. The remainder will be left open until the
district examinations about to be held in New
York, Cincinnati, St Louis, and Savannah are
completed. The Treasury department has sent
out circulars to all those who have on file appl-
cations for 81 200 clerkships, asking them to
signify whether they prefer TO appear for exam
nation at one Of the places above mentioned.
THE CRUISE OF TIE TIGRRss-SuGerings of
the Cre,e.-The Tigress left Cumberland Gull,
longitude $50, latitude $50, ON September I6,
and laid up at Niantilik to repair leaky boilers
and take in ballast, when she left Niantilik
being short OF coal she sailed for Iyigtut, South
Greenland, and succeeded In obtaining a couple
of hundred tons OF excellent COAL which proved
very valuable. The weather was very rough
and the cold was very severe, while gales, more
or less violent, met them daily and retarded
their progress greatly. on the 4th of October
the Tigress left IvIgtut, all on board being in
good spirits and hopeful of finding the objects
OF their search. On the 9Th, a moderate gale
sprang up, but did no serious damage; on the
9th, however, perfect hurricane arose, which
drove them out of their course for q time and
threatened to do great injury to the ship; to-
ward night, the storm subsidized, and with some
very triting exceptions, the Tigress had es-
capped unhurt. on the eth, the crew having
already become impatient at their forced de-
lays, the party started northward In search of
whalers, expecting to find Capt. Buddington
and the remnant of the Polaris crew on board
Of one OF them. A light northerly gale still
prevailed, and In consequence of the presence
of much ice, which impeded navigation Capt
Greer was advised to stand to southw ard, as an
early winter had evidently set in. Acting on
this advice, Capt. Greer, at 4:30 O'Clock in the
afternoon of the Sth, stood for st. Johns keen
ing in the known track of the whalers, and still
hopeful of meeting with the lost men. The
crew has been much reduced by the exposure
TO the excessive cold and by fatigue. All on
board, however, are well. The Tigress will re-
main to undergo some repairs made necessary
by the severe knocking about she suffered du-
ring the hurricane on the 9Th. She will sail in
a week, and Capt. Greer expects to arrive In
New York by the 10th of November.
~Bonfres in the streets Of Philadelphia
have been prohibited.