, 1877-06-14

THE OFFICES.
OfIjo's QUOTA,

their letter for the Information OF the Executive.
Several Ohio grnt!encu, who failed In their first
efforts, % they were informed, because they
were from Ohlo. have renewed their npp1ica-
stons, citing tue newspaper figures a reasons
for tbs step.
ILLINOIS PENSION AGENCY.
Cor. Cullom anu Senator Oeicsby called upon
tho President thts morning with Col. Jesse
Moore. Pension Agent at springfield. The pur-
pose Of their visit was to urge upon the prcsi~
dent the propricsy of keeping tue consolidated
Pension Otllrc At Springfield in accordance with
Secretary Gchurz's original order, and retaining
Moure rs agent Of tho consolidated Office. There
IL large stake in this matter for II the salaries
Of the three Offices become aggregated In one,
the tnc)nIe Of the consolidated oflce
WOULD uK rn1HcHLr.
Tho compensation Of the Illinois Pension
Agents for the last fiscal year, that itas not as
yet been fully reported St the Treasury Depart
Incnt for 1875. is as foliows: ChiraCo. d. .659;
Springfield, S9,aS; Salem, $p,6O1; Quincy,
$i4p4u. FFunl these amounts tue aGent Is re-
9ufe4 to pay et5k yacs1 s office tbsPe bssPs1sss @
agencies wese eonsoltdaietl. tho Agent Of tho
cunao1datcd Agency would, upon this basis,
receive over S}4. .0o0 compensation. out of which
" woaa b. reaatPsd to ry his ef9s' tat nsr ne
the exlatlpg law tho satafics Q! ttuce Of tic
offices could be saved, even II the fees could not
bc reduced, withtalt cfianso OF tho Lar. These
figures will 1lastsate
for which the Pension Agents asc playing. and
the Ereat ecnltos,iy wllclt Secretary bIhurx eau
accomplish II tbs ufl1ce-bc9gars do not succeed
in brcakinf- him down. The SALARY u Tue new
1or number Ut months, al tue tees aud tho
pension vouchers c2nnol be reduced by FeG,lla-
tton of :he Intcrior department, aud eau onIy
sariIy cizpse before the law cuuld be changed.
Meanwhile, for months thu incumbent wuulu
necessarily receive this large salary.
Gov. tullonl mud senator OglesbY a1e firmly
committed tO 1rtaaning thu 0l1yt at Springfield
with Moors. Il hut one otllrs is to be Kept III the
Htatc.
will be made tomorrow by 8enatoF Allison
Dttces are established BY Law aud ths appsupst-
attuiss ior them u,ade in tho regular annual Till !;
TINT thu offices can1lot bo nboissled by Depart
tucnt regulations.
CHICAGO coLLgcroRsn1r.
II Is said thnL COnVrcsstncu BrCntan0 and
Aldr,ch have stgued papers recommending tue
appointment u Julius White as Collector ol
Customs.
becp hers for some days, Including Gov. Cullo1n
| and ssaator Oglcsby, lett iur Chtcagy to-
! night. ln their interview with tho Prcsi-
ticnt this morning ugicsby presented ucatl1
| u4lIG u E1EE14u1 NNkH 4uE NVNCCbA*
oi Customs At Chtrago. T1s President, ~ uc-
curIaucs With tho pulEcy which lo sometimes
alupts. refused t. say ot,c wura upon Tho euo-
] 1ett. HG declined 10 stale 10 either Goy. Cui-
cnce upon tl'e subject, anu also declined to state
! whether change wuuld be made. The tresf.
| uent llsteneu to everything that Was sait 10
ltln about tla several Illinois offices, but hi1il-
self
atd ma1e no promises. Col. Jesse Moore will
rc1naau hgre day ur two. He hays he ll1la
learncd uothluE definite as " tha Penstut,
offices vii oe retained. lu did not SEEN 1t all
certain that Springfield will be o.e, however,
t Thu pians of tiuv. Cullon, and Senator
| Oglcsbv With regard to SEVERAL Of the sn!!luI
to tic sudden departure for New York Of A.
sistaat-seerctary NcCortnlek, who has entsEs
charge Vt tlat class Vi ohla.a- Alccorn,cs
takes u vacation at thls tttne IN order that scc
heat Ut July. tiov. Cnllom. aecufdng 70 hts
csss.u! s lsre. IL - says " tho -a newspapcrs hav.
charged l,lul with coming hta:u 10 get every
thing, aul that he has suee1!4cd III geti'u&
nothing.
ii il nut expected that anv immediate chang,
will I,o ma,.s In tue .brrinEleAl Post.0lics Il
! tho Interest OF u. l.. fhilIipa, and tht heY
8,liec until thu expiration III AIs eolamlssloo
February ucxt.
Dte. TRUMAN n. AlELxh
Inns been prosuntcu Surgeon Vi Tue undtet
States Afariuu Hospital Ut ChleaXot in plasc =
Dr. Ra,ph n. lsAum, rcsigncil. Mlllcr's ab
pointalcnl has been hindu Que, aud will TAX
effect July !. It IL tue intention u ,sslsn Df
Miller to tho charge Vt tAe Hospital Vt tl'a
ittur. Asskataut-s Surgeon Fisher, u the service
will be asslgucd " duty ~ sAs!ssaut A. ths uos
pltal.
| C0NsuL8.
Robert 7. CLAYTON, of 0eorRlat ~ been ap
l;eorKta, formerly Cou.u! Ut Fort Aaaop, ha
BEEN appointed Consul ut Malaga.