, 1876-12-25

Discovery Of Frauds In tho Patent Office
Amounting to at Least $4,000 Year,.
a Robbery In tile Treasury Department.
Bids.
Special DIspasch 10 2As Tribune.
WASHINGTON. u. c., Dec. M.-Tho Patent
0flice Just now Is ln grcnt state Of excite
lncnt. According to current report, there were
recently discovered on tho rolls Of that Bureau
the names Of humber Of persons paid from
the contingent fluid who either performed no
service or drew the salary under assumed uamcs
It Is customary, a day or two before tic annual
holidays, to pay tho clerks at thu Departments
at Washington their full salary for December.
Tic Tic Patent olilcS in ~ the e'ASsse drsusl.ting NJ
and other divisions, whose saarics arc
provided for IN tho ;. contingent fund,
clerk Of thu Patent Office. from wlinm they bad
been accustomed to receive their salary. Thcrc
they were all required to Sign their rcal names
s!ty. t Is reported that after thts l,ad been
dom tho discovery wns made that between
twenty and thirty persons whose names were on
tho roll hay not appeared to dxnand
l,aiies, o., II their real namss appeared,
performed no service. The result Of this dis
eovcry very naturally caused 9reut excitement
iu the Office, and Commissioner Duell was called
upon to give an explanation It is understood
that lo disclaituel nil knowledge iu regard to
thu matter, aud his appointment clcEk, Mr. j.
Nottingham, Was responsible for It. Nothing
liam has beell dismissed from the Department.,
hut II Is believed that the investigation VIII not
Stop hare. There Is current repurt on the
street to-s,lght that no work fora long time laa
bees uss'gned to any onc paid from the coutn-
gent .1nnd without u. written order from
the Commissioner Of Patents, aud that Ills
orders In all enscs nre still hi existence. In
aume cascs It IL understood the work has bccn
gtycn to persons known to DO Incompetent to
perform It, With the understanding that they
should farm It tut ut redurcl prizes TO otllers
able to do It but unab1e to obta,n M uppo!nt-
Intnt In tho Department. 4 single INSTANCE Is
gtyctl In which $s5 a month has bccu pail to
dra,lghtswot'la's, WIG sut.let thy work for $3U
month. Secretary Chandler will pro!'ablY push
thu investigation until fe obtains tho bottom
facts, and will take whatever actl0t Is necessary
In the promises. Quo possible result that IL
spoken Ut L. the carly resignation of TIC Conn
Thu Treasury fas another robbery case on
hand. a puckuge Of $4,000 passed from the
Redemption Division through the Treasury
proper to the Expresa Company for delivery to
the 1ll!uo!s National Dank Of Chicago, whlyi de-
liysrcl the package us received. 0n opening
by tho Cashier Of tile bunk, It wus found to con.
tain only brown paper. Tho Treasury claim
that thr money was delivered to ths Express
Company, and charge the loss upon thu co,n-
Thu proposals for the annual 4upp1y Of papcr
for tho Government printing Will 10 oppned on
the :ssal u January: A new article Ia atldcd to
the schedule Of btls-rreparel bond paper, for
prtnting rolls aud other documents which have
to be handled frequently.
1b tn IYtsfsrA hssoefa!sf IStst
WAsniNoIoN, u. T., Des. M.-!h hts Inter
ytew, With tho Assoctatcu Press Agcnt to-day,
the Pres!dont seemed pleased With the action ii
the British Government In retiring from tts
position. Oh the exit addition CLAUSE IN thu treaty
of l8i2, By snfrendesjnR Brent, tho Louisville
forger, rcmarklmE that tho treaty, which was
suspended, Is thus revived, and hereafter ho
would be prepared to rcaponl3 to rcqnslt!ons
from the Drltish Government for fugitive crimi-
na!t. The entire correspondence between thetwo
Governments will DO transmitted to Cuugress on
Wednesday. Tho rrcstdcut aaid the treaty 81
l7A With ureat Britain provided only for tic
cxtratlition OF persons charged With .lur.tcr or
forgery, but Iii the treaty Ut 1879 tho number
of 0Ic,scs was increased 30 as 10 include piracy,
arson, robbery, or tho utteranee OF forged
paper. Tie humber, he thought, might 30
stlll further Increased, not, however, 10 include
dcscrtlon from tbs army 9r navy.