Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-03
WASHINGTON.
A Novel Civil Rights Suit.
Reorganization of the Treasury
Department.
A 'sNew'' Broom Sweeps Clean.
ANer Phase or CirlI RIrt,s.

! LOntZy, Alfred BlckeTS, Richard j. Good
loe and Edward Beck.
Refusing 90 Carry the Mails.
The Posteifice Department was advised
to-day that the Marietta, Pittsburg and
/ Cleveland Railroad Company had refused
! to carry the mails over its line between
Marietta and Dover, o., because the Post
master General would not increase its nav
for the service beyond what the law allowed.
BOHds Redeemed.
The bonds issued by the District of Co
| lumbia, amounting TO 100000 to aid the
! people Of Chicago, after tie great fire in
/ that city, have been redeemed by the Sink
| ing Fund Commissioners.
Reorganization Of the Treasury De-
pRrtment
Special to the Chicago Times
/ Kellogg's bill for she reorganization of
/ the Treasury Department went into effect
/ yesterday, the first day Of the fiscal year.
! The bill really should not be credited to
/ kellogg, as it was originally Introduced by
/ COnger, Of Michigan, in January, 1874,
! and was referred 10 the Committee on Re
| form in the Civil Service. There KELLOGG
! TOOK hold of it, and made It's passage the |
| one objective point Of his legislative ca
! r5er. a year ago last winter, the Commit
! lee on Civil Service was continually |
/ snubbed, and every member of the commit |
tee who got ''On end" that session was sure !
TO get a blow between the eyes that would |
make him content to remain quiet for the |
rest Of the session. kellogg this last session |
Of Congress, took the bill, and fought very |
hard to get it through. He succeeded |
finally by strategy, in securing il tc the |
pack hOrse-the SundTy civil-service bill
rs an amendment. IL became a law only |
an hour OF SO before the adjournment Of /
the fOTty-third Congress. 1t is - years |
since the treasury department has been re- |
organized. For ten years there has been |
an almost continual effort made 10 secure |
this reorganization. Some Of the features |
OF the department are very old. For in |
stance the salaries of the auditors were |
fixed by law at $1,000 per annum in 1899. /
For more than seventy years the salaries 1
Of those officers fixed at 5000, have /
stuck there, while Others then fixed at
Sl.5OG and $1,000 have been raised 10 1
S4,5-O or above that amount.
On the Glst Of December, 1873, there
were employed in the treasury 2,6Tj per
s0ns with an aggregate annual com peGsa-
liOn Of $ ,36l, 1885. Under the Kellogg
bill the number # employees is fixed at
2,291 persons with an aggregate annual |
compensation OF S2S54, 1889, showing q
reduction by the bill Of 3S4 employees, and
a saving Of Sj07,6OO.4j.
The main features Of the changes iu-sala-
Ties are as follows: The salary Of each Of
the auditors IS made SA,Og0 instead |
Of s., 900. as al present, and the chief clerks
are made Deputy Auditors, with salaries of
$3.50, instead Of 5000 as now. The bill
also increases tie compensation Of heads Of
divisions from Sl,oyO to $500, and IL
ceases the salaries Of the chief clerks in |
the two COmptfOllers offices from $1,000
% $500. In the Office OF the Secretary
the pay Of the chief clerk is increased from
$500 20 5000. Ten clerks places at
$50 and ten at $2.zj per DAY are abolished,
and twenty d. s. added. Tie additional |
pay 20 tie chief clerk as superintendent Of
the Treasury building is abolished, so that
the actual increase in the salary of this
Office is 500. There is d gTea. deal pf dis
tress O,casioued bv this cutting down OF !
the force. Some Of the clerks discharged
have families and are incapacitated, by |
Government service, from readily taking
up any practical employment.
Eiify Women Turned AdriTt.
Special 20 the Cincinnati Commercial.
4 great deal Of excitement was Occa-
stoned al the Treasury Department to day
by the changes incident 10 the DeOIganIz8-
tign Of the Department and the assump- |
ton Of the office Of Treasurer by Mr.. New.
There Was about one hundred and fifty
employees discharged, Of whom fifty were !
women. ULtil this morning it was not !
definitely known, except to the principal |
officials, who would be discharged, and
there vas, in consequence, to-day, a great |
deal Of distress manifested, especially |
among the women. The Secretary and
Treasure were besieged 10y petitioners in
person and boy telegraph. but they were not |
IL position 60 yield to the demands made
uuUn them bg LbC unfortunate ones. One |
peculiarly of the scene was tie anxiety !
and trouble IF -le mouey-sLayeTs who
have been plying their vocation among the
clerks, This lass Of shalVaUs viii doubt
less lose considerably.
Whisky Raid Statistics.
Special 90 the Cincinnati Gazette.
FUll statistics # the late movement
aEs.u2. iLi.ui. wLi-ay trade have been pre-
pared at JHg Treasury. The estimated
value Of real estate seized is placed al not
less than 5000 The amount assessed
aEsiust uis.iLo-G, 'i7 90; suits have been
instituted AGAINST gClilers fer S}47, 900; one
hundred and Gt-g--To lots Of spirits were
detained, AMI of these eiClty-iive lots were
c0nGscared, agIega.iug COZ barrels, valued !
at $1,000. There have been siXty-thTee
officers Of all grades dismissed in COnnec-
ti0u with frauds, as follows: Three Col
lectUTs. two Deputy Collectors, two Super
vis0is. four Revenue Agents, two District
Attorneys tIiIlv-seveI Gaugcrs, and thir-
teen StCTa-kgepJTs. Suits Of $1,000 each
have been brought ON bonds Of twenty-five
Gaugars. None uf these actions have been
instituted upon vague evidence, but all |
rest upon legal proof carefully collected by |
Treasury officers and put in shape for
United States District Attorneys.
Cortina Painting for Revenge.
Special to tine Cincinnati Gazette.
Tie Treasury Department to-day re-
ceiyed q report OF a special agent in regard
10 the condition of affairs about Browns
vile. The Collector Of Customs had armed
his whole force for the pro.ec ion of public
property against C0I.ina, The Texas troops,
a short time since, attacked a party of
raiders, and killed fourteen MeXiCans. |
and recovered from them go head Of
cattle. The Collector Of Customs at
Brownsville. with Col. Potter. command
ING Fort Brown, had been to call on the
Mexican CoIlec.Or at hIatamUras, and the
latter assured them that his government
had issued q peTemptOTy order 10 COTtiua
Co unp8st In person at the City Of Mexico,
On. Ie bad refused, and was armiDg all bis
followers instead, and threatens to ayeuge
the death ol those MeXicans killed, as al
ready stated.
TIE MEXICAN BORDER.