, 1875-08-02
NOTES AND NEWS.
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Special Nlpdtfh 10 iE< tH!cuJo tribune.
WAsa1SoroS. D. c.. Aug. 1.-Tho Collector Of
tho Port Of Boston had long Interview Sstur-
day with tho Actint, Secretary Of tho Treasury.
Tic reBult Of the interview was tha! tho Act1ng
Secretary Expressed tho opin.on that tho new
regulation Which requires all tuenabers Of . firm
to sign Custom House bonds caanot be modi-
lel. A blundor in tue revised s!atutcs has ntado
tho provision Of tho law lnaild atoty. aud t4oro
can DO ITO modification Of thu regulation. except
al to tito constr,sction Of Tho torn Ab-
scuce. It is paaaibls that tile construc-
tiou Of t!lla term may bo left dlsc1e-
tio1l.ry with Collectors unit! tho Meeting
of Congross. Tueu this with the lnany.othee
Beriouh errors of tho statutss will bo rcferIcd to
Congress for further action. Tho Acting Secre-
tary WAs Inclined to recommend h!odlncatlon
Of tho regulation which requires cartngo OF one
tantl Of Ill packages except bulky articloa from
thu c,latolti-wlarves 70 thu public stores fos a'-
prniscnent. Ho doubtless will recommend that
raiains, dgs, wiueH and similar light articles, ~
vol AZ certain classics OF undut!ahIa GooiH, shatl
bo exempted, a8 ou!hv articlss arc now exempt.
KATlMATIEa GOVERNMENT RxrESsEa.
Tho footingB Of thu expenditures for the last
fiscal year show that tho tptal cxpendlturca
Of the United HtateH Government. exclusive OF
tho aiuking-lund requirement, for t!.n f,eal year
ending June 81, 1876, we're s374, ,t0o, 900. deu.
Garfield, Chairman OF the Hollse Committee III
Appropriations. iu Alk spooch On tho budget ono
yoar And 4 half beforo the close OF tie fiscal
year, hix months before that yoar began, fst!-
lnuted tho total e1pentituroB nt S170. .9El0, u0D.
This IL something ueaIor than dlad4tono usually
can'o in hih estimates 81 far in adsaaoo. bee
rotary DtiBtow, QUO year !ator and si1 months
before tho cloao Of tho fiscal year. Hsdo tue
Mafyelously close estimate Of $275, 000, 1O3. ex-
actly half . million moro than tho actual ex-
penuituros.
THE cKN1EsslAI-
Reports hAyo reached Col. s. @. Lyford,
Ordinance GOrDR II. Il. A.. prekiubut
Of tho Board to repreaent tho Governs
ment At tho 1nseEnatotla! Ccntennsaf E1lb!-
ton. that ground waa brolsen this weak at rllla-
dolphia for tho buildings to be o1ccted for tho
Government in Fair1nount PARK, and TINT tho
erection OF tho main building aud tile model
Army l'ost Hospital hss been commenced Tle
Interior Department aud Smithsonian Institute
VIII occupy nearly two-thiFds Of tue spscs y sas
main building, which coyess IN area Of 10000
| square feet.
THE Mo uRAHDH cAuisE.
Tho iron steamer tlauter, now called the Rio
Bravo, recently purchased by tho Navy Depart
Mons for soryice III the Iato Q1ands, along tho
atrxlcan fzontieE, III NOW At Now Orleans, aud
las recelvod = complement Of petty olGcoEs from
Tho United stateA steamer Causu1siYuA. Tho
other thEtY-aYe men nesded to msu the yesaDl
will bo specially euisted among ,uen aeeos-
toned to sarv1ce on Western river steamers.
The lilo bravo will be armed w'tl. four hoNitzcrs
and So-ponndaE ra1rots sitls, aud will sail from
Now Orleans Oh Tuesday.
AErAlNxp. .
Tho resignation Of Col. 4. 8. NJ. Morgan,
! Ordnance stoFekeepar. U. 4. H.. which WAS some
time B.nco accepted, to take et1eet Aug. !, Wan
today Eosoled. and 10 was ordered fol duty 1t
the Hook lsland Arsenal. in Illinois.
| TnR LARAMIE FosT-0yyICE.
Speottl-Agout Furay, LOT tho post-Otacs Do
pa1tmeut who has hesn investigating tho
charges maae sgainst Abbott. the::post.naster at
| Laramie. Wyotnlng, IN connection with tho
! Fet.es lottery scheme, has presented his seport
TO tbs Post-othce Department. The report
| hnts, IN substance. The following, pestes,
h. h.d bssa sonaastIns hia % osts11 soLss aa'te 70
Wyou,pg. petssa lad agreed to pay, aud ala
ply, to Abbott ths Postmaster, u Eirsm1e, elO0
monthly. pst.es. II Il charged. paid this nonsy