New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-07
WASHINGTON.
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
A CHARGE OF NEGLECT AND INCOMPETENCE
AGAINST GEN. BURT.

AGAINST GEN. BURT.
WASHINGTON. Monday, Sept. 8, 1878.
If Postmaster General Jewell is disposed to
carry out his practice Of removing incapable post
amsers il seems probable that the tenure OF office OF
Gen. Burt Of Boston will be short. The Boston Office
Ia referred to the highest officers In the Department
made examinations extending over perird OF
MANY months as being the worst managed office In the
country There is want Of testimony to establish this
charge, and this testimony is represented to be WITHIN
the knowledge of the Postmaster-General 70 far as
known no other charge except that of ncOmpetency ana
negligence made. Mr. Jewell says that so far as Mr.
Brrts immediate relations with the Department are con-
cerned Cen Burt pcrforms his duty But urther than
@ he has nG e to sa and Gem Bae ana
is possible that political influence including the fres
dents friendship, may keep Gen. Burt IN ONCE
THE FAST MAIL TRAINS TO THE WEST.
The fast Chicago mail from New York will
deposit the morning papers Of the latter city In Cncn-
nat. the next morning after publication and before bust
ness hours The train will reach Cleveland at 1870 p
and night train Cincinnati will carry forward that
part the York mail bound South and southwest
The train arranged for the benefit OF st. Louis and
Cincinnati in their New York corrections will also leave
NewYork early the morning, and will be exclusively
mail train only az far Pittsburgh, reaching that point
at 3 d. H. Thence the mail will start West and South
on afternoon express The present arrangement OF
afternoon mail frOn NewYork to St Louis is regarded
the best arrangement possible to make IN Inc d
in ST. before business hours the second morning
Mails from Washington Cincinnati and st. Louis will
sill be seDt by the Baltimore and Ohio Road, as the
shortest time between these points Is made over ths
route.
ARREST OF A STREET CONTRACTOR FOR FORGERY
Street contractor Varney was arrested to-
day on charge Of obtaining the Of 800 by selling
certificate, issued by the District Board OF Audit FOR
$40 to r. s. Davis, and purportns to be Endorsed by
Davis trustee, with intent TO defIaud Not only TINS
certificate but several others Of the Board OF Audit
with false Endorsements, are in circulation Duplicate
certificates have been issue in cases. The names
of all who arc implicated in this business are not yet
known but 1t ascertaied that the certificates are gen
uine aud that they heen stolen from the office OF
Board of Audit where they are presumed TO Dc kept
until the calls for them. The names OF the owners
were forged them. and they were then sold on tho
market.
SOUTH AMERICAN MAIL SERVICE.
Mr.. BlacLfan, Superintendent Of the Foreign
Mail Service wrote to The agents Of the King line OF
steamers at Baltimore to-day, that they must arrange for
the sailing their steamers to the West Indies and Rio
dc Janero on dates different from those Of the steamers
OF the United States and Brazil line from Newfork
Otherwise il the latter line is willing to carry the mails
and accept sea postage fOr compehsatoh tno "nS VIII
be given 10 that line.
ON HIS WAY TO LOCATE THE NEW MINT
A dispatch from DR.. Linderman, Director OF
the Mint states that he left San Francisco yesterday
morning for Washington. He will stop at Denver, Kan
sas CITY, st. Louis and Cincinnati tOdctermiLe upon site
for the new United Mint 10 be located In the Mis-
sssppi Valley accordance with the PROVISIONS OF the
act Of Congress passed at the last session
FIVE POsrMAsTERs DISMISSED.
The following additional POstmasteTs have
been removed for traffickng in postage stamps NJ G.
Forrest Berlin Falls n. H.; Frank Ieisse OF KrakOn,
Mo-; j. j. Hall OF East Branch N. Y. ii. C. Mohtt OF
whitcsvlle y. G.; W. J. Dumon OF Lookout Mountain,
Tenn. The of about 300 more are under advise
ment Many Of these postmasters will be dismissed
THE SAVING OF $4,000 ON AN OHIO RIVER
MAIL ROUTE.
The P0st-Office Department has ordered that
the mail service steamers plying between Louisville
ard Cincinnati lie discontinued and after Sept Is.
What IL known Star Service has been arranged for
the routes between the two cities whereby the Govern
ment saves $4,000 per annuni.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following Internal Revenue appointments
were made to-day j. W. McClanahan, Sorekeeper for
the vth Illinois District Frank ]. Door. SOrekeeper for
the XXXth NewYork and Herbert F.. Hall, CANCER for
tle Ist California District Howard White Of Pcnnsyl
vaia has been appointed Agent for the Indians al the
WinnebagO Agency IN Nebraska.
QUALITY OF THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA
Returns received at the Treasury Department
chow that from 100000 ounces OF silver from the Con-
sodated Virginia Mine purchased on the I'd day OF July,
the amount OF gold extracted S225,4I II, and the
amount Of silver, xZ79,4l3 49,