, 1877-04-04

BY the Government. The change IN t.Ea respect
Is not matter Of much consequence. In
future Instead Of pairing the fostof!'ee De-
ott1ctnt communications wonld came to the
several departments will transmit thcIr matter
free, mud ,o Hcronnt Of 1t Will i'3 kept, but Ton
E,cts sllp;sl into az Appropslaston hfll az
le2e n'l t'nblic document. In al lts old cnorinty
grcas produced a greater mass of
woRTntKss DOCUMENTS
arorc.. u Investigating committees wcrc. cr,-
ployrta during nearly the whole OF It's life In
taking testimony, ting most nf which was r..
ported verbatim, and ordered printed at The
Government cxl,cnfc- The atore-rooms In the
capftpi arc islltsl to overflowinx with the &C.
t.lmnlat0n If ths fmT1e1lsc amount Df uaclcss
documents. aud only two wags prcscnt them-
selves for CLEANING them out and make room.
ior tho next Congrcss. Ono ct tlcea "as to seti
lien L tarous!s tho tss @ and III over tae
country.
The elect of the re-cnactment Of tho franktng
privilege was At once apparent. Rcprcsonta-
fused To send documents to their constituents,
tcfnatncl IN Washington after Congress n,l.
5ournel in order to frnnk alt Tint had in TIC
meantime accumulated. For example: Hol-
ns IN tic cutting down Of unnecessary uoycrn-
1ncrt exnEnscs, would not Iar the pUatn1s OF
documents, but after the adjournment sent III
about !. .:G0 bo0ks ut the cxpcnte Of the tinTern-
meht. Other Representative followed his ex-
ample, nomc scnling greater md sou,c less
number.
KNOWS NOTHING Arorr IT.
70 fhs WtHtrn Astoetaftd fttst.
denies that the papers tor quo warrauto pro-
tectltn9s Aga!uss President I1ayes at thu: In
stnuec of Samuel j. lllIcn arc IN bis ilatlls. and
says be teyes heard OF them nor Of any steps OF
the kind.
Tie President today appointed F. e: Hum
In !os't!a, 10 tc Collector Of Customs at PEN
sacp1a, Fla. The enamlsaton Of Edgar, N.
.darble. to be Assistant Acknowledgment for
Edwin A. Howard, q Michigan, has l,een ap.
pointed Agent for the Ponca Indiana In Dakota.
r.. The Pres!t1ent has also appointed J.: a.
dig District of Tennessee.
The following Poetmasters were appointed
to-tlar: Monmouth Il. Uanougat, Fort Atkln-
;S,i, Wlt;; William Il: Dlnny, ,V!ncennes, 1ad;
Krcbs, fremont, o.
sEcaErAnr M'coRNlcK.
Richard c. Mccormick, Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury. i = expected, will enter upon blu
duties Of. tho 18th Inst.
Ex-Congrcssman Chrt.tophee Morgan, Of
tlts city, died to-day, aged ID years.
COMMENT.
New YonK, April 1,.-lhe New York TINES,
et3lnrlal1r, SAYS: sit Is probable That within sls
weeks oi t,e Inauguration Of sfr. Hayes, he vili
have reached dclInito decision touching hoth Of
tic States whose Governments were tn ditputc
OIL ts accession to Office. Ills path will then be-
clear to tHrry out tho more permanent features
Ut hts Southern, policy, a. we'll as to enter ofI
the reform Of tho civil service, on the principles
which he announced IN his admirable Inaugural
adlress,H
suppl,Es FOR THE INDIAN sRRr,cR.
WASHINGTON, Ntarcl M.-Tho Commissioner
| of Indian Affairs today sent nut ADVERTISE
1ncnta Inviting proposals ior furnishing between
81, DN and So 0U0. COO worth Of supp1Ics, etc.,
for tllr Indian nery1cc during tho next fiscal
! year. .imonG tho itemh spc'ificd nrc nbout
III, ,OO0 OO0 pounds 1t beef vi, the llonf, nearly
G0UD, ,0tU pounds Of -four, $4,000 pounds oi
sugar. nbout 100000 pounds Of coffee. $50 oa
pounds Of bacon, aud some GQ,U00 barrels oi
tobacco, besides large. quantities. Of b!1nkcts,
! clothsnH, dry goods, hardware, notions, AMI
medical supplies. Proposals arc also Invited foi
about e2O0,U00 1T transportation for such sup.
piles as lnay not be contracted to be delivered
at tho several Indian Agencies. Blank pro
posals and schedules will be furnished Oh ~
plIcatlnn to the Indian Office at Washington, 0,
| to various other ad1rcsses specified III the al
ycrtIsclncnts. The sealed proposals wilt be r.,
| rciycd at tho Now York olllco, No. ~ Leonard
strict, until noon on the 9Th Of May, wli.n thcg
| will be there opened by the Commissioner.