, 1875-05-16

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Loan - Attorncy-General Pierre
| Dont.
6pecsai hspateh II Ih< CHICAGO Tribune
WASHINGTON D. G., May 15.-Dorn1n E
Eaton, in his paper upon the Civil Service, reat
at Detroit, dots great injustice to some Of th
Government Departments. Il is not tru
II to some Of the Departments that the
have returned to tho old detestablt
spoila system. In the. Treasury Depart
mont the Civil servics Bystem, e1actl,
| as it existed uudar the Presidency Of Mr. Eaton
still exists, with tho single exception that ths
competitive feature has been abandoned In al
other respects the conditions Of admission, the
rules, the procedure Of examination, the texts
| and tho marking aEe e1aotly the same rs they
! wero under the Civil Service Board. The new
rules. which have boen promulgated In the
Treasury Department Eince Whist has been
known as the abolition Of the Civil Service
system. are identical in substance aad in lam
guage, with the single exception Of the competi-
| tive feature. There is Board Of Examiners
appointed under an old 1aw, By which every can
| didato for admission to the Treasury must sub
| NIT to certain examination. Tho examination
which is NOW d condition precedent to admission
to tho Treasury ia based upon poHitivs statute,
NATIONS. ~~s
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
The dispatches which haSo been received hero
to-day By tbs French aud Germon Legations
press upon the European situation. These Off
cial Legation DISPATCHES nnte in stating that the
peace Of Europe is not likely to DO u present
disturbed, and well aocoTd With George Bancroft's
Views, recently published in these dispatches.
BONDS CALLED IN.
fIha Sec-nt9ry of the Treasury tf1-fjnv made A
call for s50o0 D00 additional ei1 per cents. This
call WAS made necessary BY tho requirements Of
the negotiations or the new loan. The syndi-
cate has already called for es5 co., 600 under the
that s5,oo0,oo0 more win be- called june
Is. It is not generally known thas
when the contract With the nothschilds
allowed the Syndicate for negotiating tho bonds
was increased frcm Il to H per oentuna. This is
the maximum emoant Permitted BY law; and ia
the same as the commission paid un6er The old
Observation-Disclosures Syndicate. Tue Roths-
5e sha' to hnna the sh' loan spd pay e
expenses OF the tansfer for one
quarter Of per cen.un, and declined to
rs,lew the optional contract unless the .Comnia->
eion should be increased Tbe experience OF
the Treasury seems to have proved that the new
5s could not be placed for ons-quartsr OF / per
cent. -,
TEE NEW ATToRTEY-aEyERAI-
Edward PieErepont to-day assumed charge
of the Department OF 3ustioe.' His first official
act was to address three-Ilaa letter to ex-At'5-
Gen. Willams, asking him to designate m att1ss
to pant his 1Tllliama'} portrait, THIS is in &C.
oordancs With the traditions Of the oEico With
respect to an outgoing chief. ~. ..',
[ip TIE ttoetatet Preta.1
THE CALLED BONDS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 15.-Tho Secretary
OF the Treasury has just made out c6ll for
5000, goo coupon bonds, upon which the inter-
est will cease On md after Aug. Is, next Tho
call for the redemption Of the 81 600, 900 coupon
$40 bonds OF 1862 embraces bonds within the /,
following numbers: $50, from 18,701 to No.
1900, both inclusive 500, from No. Il, 1m
to. No g., 500, both inclusive; $500, from No.
5.oM to- No. z7,500 both inclusive $1,000,
from No. ISL to No. 81, $50, both inclusive.
United States securities forwarded fm redemp-
ton should :be addressed to the Loan Division
Of the Secretary Of the T1easury's 0fice, Wash-
iugton, D. O..
counrEs1E. !
At IN informal meeting OF tho officers, clerks,
aud other employees Of tho Bureau Of Internal
Reyenue this afternoon, to gire expression to
their feelings in reference TO tho eavernoce Of
Official 1e1ations with Commissioner Douglass.
hia successor, Commissioner Pratt, was called
10 the chair, and complimentary resolutions
were unanimously adopted Commissioner Pratt
declared his sympathy with the feeling manifest.
I'd III tha reeolutiuns, which uere 40 vol az.
praassd and % wall deA4ffed4H Ht6 oxu anpolrt.
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