New-York tribune., 1876-11-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WAsHISGToS. M0nd

WASHINGTON. Monday, Nov. 20, 1876.
On the ODD OF the present month commission VIII as
sembc at the Treasury Department to examine into the
tv and safety OF seal locks for the Of the Customs
Deparnent and to report the question OF the adop
on of some lock that character ia preference 10 the
wire and lead seal The American seal lock was at one
time In use but the mposons practced npon thr GOV
ernment by OF the parties lhteteseu u was nos,u
Nv same officials that their transactions were deliberate
frauds led to the change TO wire ana lead seal lns Was
also upon the recommendation OF Henry .; hari @
SneciaI AGENT OF the Treasury Department, VINO un
earthcd the remarkable transactions OF tile American
Seal Lock Company.
The Secretary of the Navy has introduced into the es
mates of his department item OF appropriation de-
red to cover the difference between the pay or naval
oecers on furlough under the old law and that allowed
them by the act OF the last session OF congress IL WI"
be remembered that under that law an oheer ON ui9ug
was down to one hali MS WAITING oIueis pny, ,i
SO 900 n lieutenant $500, ana other graues III pr9por
IT, SbonId Congress make an appropriation, sll officers
a g,d nv the law of the last session will receive the
balance OF the aggregate amount that tney Wouu nave
received up to the date OF the act
With regard the arrival Of troops from South caro-
lima via Fortress Monroe yesterday the President said
this morning that it was merely ordinary change OF
station Gen sherman said to-day that these four ar
lcry companies equipped MS infantry togener WIN % toe
artillery companies from Forts LeayehW0rin au1 ny
which arrived to-day, belong to Cen haheoehs com com
mnpd which includes the city OF Washluetoh, uen'
sherman emphatcaly denies that TINS changc ol QUAR-
ters has any political significance Whatever, anu eay
that therefore there Is no cause "hate'ei ioi
on account Ol IT.
william +. Merchant and Louis f. Mathews were TO-
dav apponted Revenue sorekeepers for the LIST District
Of Wisconsin, Thomas Reynolds, for the Vth District
Of North Carolina and Thomas J. Johnson for the With
nstrict of Kentucky r. b. Francis, Storekeeper ana
Gauger for the lid District Of Arkansas and NJ Mad
den ". N. B. Jones, Hiram A. Kbby, David 4. Hickey
William b. Poller, Samuel NJ. Dyer, Julius ID. Pearce
John p Hammer, and Samuel A. Fane were each ap
pointed storekeeper and Gauger Tor the lid district o
Tennessee. -
The Office Department gives notice that mails Will
be dispatched for Turks Island, Cape Hayti Puerto
Plata samana, and santo Domingo City by the steamer
Tvbee from New-York the 25th inst The steamship
Aims sailing from NewYork tomorrow, Will carry nss
for Hayti and the United states Of Colombia There VIII
Ina no direct mail dispatched for France via avre next
saturday the steamer heretofore announced 10 sail on
that day having been withdrawn
Secretary Cameron said this afternoon that no add
tona troops were be ordered here and that the pres
ence OF those already in Washington had no important
significance.
President Grant to-day began the preparation OF bis
annual message and therefore was not receiving visit
0rs