Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-14

Special 70 the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Postmaster General has discovered
| frauds in letting contracts for mail bags,
and, although they are not on as great a
scale as those for carrying mails, lately ex-
posed, they are Of such magnitude as to
warrant extended investigations. Repairs
Of mail bags have cost from $4,000 to
100000 annually, and the greater part Of
this has been Overcharge.
New Postage Stamps.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
The PostOfice Department, a few days
since, placed upon sale three cent. postage
stamps, manufactured upon an entirely
new principle. They are made Of two
kinds of paper, one hard and the other
porous. The purpose is 70 prevent the pos
si5ility Of the washing Of stamps. This
end is accomplished by the new stamps, as
the porous paper absorbs the ink. The
greatest difficulty is that the stamps cannot
be made properly adhesive, and it is doubt
ful whether the experiment viii prove sue
-cessful.
UnsfamPed Bank Cheeks.
The Bureau is now c0mpromisinga large
number Of cases where the neglect to stamp
checks has been proved to have been u1in-
territorial. II is claimed that the penalty
for holding such checks is warranted both
by the old laws and by the present revised
statutes.
sh0rf OF Cash,
The amount Of currency in the Treasury
is getting very low, and the accounting Off
GERS are somewhat disturbed at this, in
view Of the large payments which have
still to lbe made under the appropriation
acts,
yellow Fever.
If there was any yellow fever at Key
West, there is chance that it may soon be
brought TO Washington. The United States
steamer Fortune" which was recently on
duty at that port, has been ordered to Ne
port 81 the Washington Navy Yard, and is
daily expected here.
Gov. Samuel Bard
last q Atlanta, Ga, who was early last
week removed from the position Of Post
master of that city, has been in Washing
ton for the last few days, trying TO ind out
WHIST hurt him. He had s brief interview
with Postmaster General Jewell on Satur-
day, (which was entirely satisfactory, in
that he obtained the information he was
after.I With but little Rlay, after a
fOrmA exchange Of the usual cOurtesies Of
life, iMr. Bard inteTOgated as follows:
Cot Jewell, if it's a fair question, Why
was = removed as Postmaster at Atlanta
sWen," said Gov. Jewell, .'that is a point
ed question, and will give you a straight |
forward answer. YOu were removed be- /
cause you are altogether too yOluminOus.
You talk too much, wriH too much and
slash around generally too much for the
good Of the service 'sWell, Governor"
said Sam, sis there any hope Of a reconsid- /
Grafton Ofmv case?o s.NOne in the world,
so far as I am concerned" was the Post
master Generals reply.
Highly pleased with the neatness and /
dispatch with which the Postmaster Gen /
eraI transacts business, Brother Bard de-
te-mined to see the old man about it. AC-
cOrdingly, he cooled his heels all day to-
day in the ante-rOOm of the White House.
waiting 10 give the ol8m a chance, and |
explaining to all who scame within reach !
that he was only anxious to see whether,
aftee2ll, the old mans don't think he has
blundered in conserving to have him re-
moved. He says be don't care much about |
the removal, as he is about TO start a new
paper. Of which. he observes, ''yOU know 1
it takes brains and hard work to run !
newspaper"
Stamping Bank Checks.
WAsHEBTOS, April l3.-The Solicitor
of the Treasury Department, to whom the
subject was referred, has decided th8 the
commissioner of internal revenue has a |
right to examine the bank checks Of any
bank TO ascertain whether the law is viO-
lated respecting afixiRg stamps to- such |
checks.
Movements Of the President
The President viii leave here Thursday |
morning for New York, where be viii re- |
main till Friday morning. He will be |
Joined by all the members Of his Cabinet, |
except Attorney-General Williams. They |
win then proceed 10 Boston. 1