New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-04
WASHINGTON.
Stopping Of Public Work

Office.
The plate printers in the Treasury De-
partment have been furloughed.
The Office of chief of revenue agents has
been abolished. ~
No Progress.
No progress has been made in the adjust
ment of the difference in the legislative ap-
preparation bill.
Nominations.
D. H. Upham, marshal, Western District,
Arkansas.
Death Of General Reynolds, Of the
Egyptian Army.
A letter from Alexandria, Egypt, dated
May q, states that General Alex. w. Rey.
nOlds died suddenly in that city the day
previous. General Reynolds was native
of Virginia, and graduated ct West Point
in 1898. He served in the United States
army until the beginning of the war, when
he resigned and entered the Confederate
army, participa ing in many battles and
attaining the rank of Brigadier General.
Immediately after the termination of the
conflict he went to Egypt and Joined the
Khedive's army, of which at the time of
his death he was Adjutant General.
Combinations.
Richard McAilistef, consul to Guayaquil;
A. F. Riard, naval officer, district of New
Orleans; Thomas Taylor, postmaster, Chat
tanooga, Tennessee.
Excursionists.
A large excursion party from Georgia and
Alabama arrived here to-day. After doing
the public buildings they were presented to
the President by Hon. H. r. Harris, of
Georgia. They have proceeded to Philade-
phia oe special train.
The Postomce Bill.
The report of the committee of confer
ence on the postofioe appropriation bill
recommends the adoption of the following
provision:
All third class mail NATTER except un-
sealed circulars, shall be transmitted at the
rate Of one cent for every two onnces or
fractional part thereof, and one cent for
each additional two ounces, and the sender
may write his name thereon, or on the out
side, preceded by the word FROM" or may
write briefly or may print on any package
the number and name of the articles in
closed. Publishers Of magazines. etc., may
print thereon the time at which such sub.
upon postal cards and unsealed circulars
may be written, printed or affixed thereto
at the option of the sender.
The section prohibiting the sale of envel-
Opes and newspaper wrappers below the
actual cost, including clerk hire, legal post
age, and all other expenses connected
Herewith, is retained without alteration.
The committee recommend the following.
az . substitute for the section relating to
the inland transportation of the mails, viz:
For transportation on routes other than
railroad routes, $6,737 S5l; Tor transporta-
ton by railroads, $4,000, 900; provided, that
the Postmaster General be, and he is here
by authorized and directed to readjust the
compensation to be paid on and after July
l, 1876, for transportation of mails on rail.
road routes, by reducing the compensation
to all railroad companies for the transpor-
tati0n Of mails, the per centum per an
mum, from the rates fixed and allowed
by the postofice appropriation act of March
3, 1873, for the transportation of mails, on
the basis Of the average weight, and the
President is authorized to appoint q com.
mission of three skilled and competent per.
sons to examine into the rates of cOmpensa-
tion for carrying the mails, and report at
the next session of Congress such rules and
rates as may in their opinion be deemed
best and expedient to enable the Postmas-
sary service; and $4,000 is appropriated to
pay the expenses Of the commission.
The committee also recommends, az q
means Of the readjusting of the salaries of
postmasters, the main provisions of the bill
introduced in the House by Mr.. Clark, of
Missouri, and reported by him from the
PosSofice Committee in March last. This
bill, with few amendments, is incorporated
in the report. The only amendments of i'm
portance are the following: The readjusted
salaries and compensation are to take effect
on the first Of October next. No salary of
any postmaster shall exceed $4,000 per an
mum, except in the city of New York, which
salary shall remain as now fixed by law.
and no salary of any postmaster, where
the appointment is now presidential,
shall be reduced by the Compensation
herein established until the next readius,-
ment, below the sum of $1,000 per annum
The report compromises the appropriation
for compensation for letter carriers bv fix
ing the amount at $1,000, ,000 and the item
for compensation to postmasters is similarly
compromised by fixing the amount b.
H,OOO,000. The committee recommend that
the House concur in the Senate amendment
increasing the amount tor special ager ts
from $4,000 to &i50,O00. The differences
in the amount appropriated for the details
OF the postal service are generally compro-
missed in this report by the substitution Of
sum about midway between the figures of
the twO hOnaaa