The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-30
CUSTOM-HOUSE NOTES.
NAVAL OFFICE CHI ANGEs - OFFICE
SEEKERS AND CALCASIEU LOGS.

RHEk0S@ ucAF0 FFDlu-WAuRfF WIN HbsHk-
The war Opened ON Hayes.
Risrd will turn over the Naval Office to Lewis
to-day, and then quietly fold up his tent and
take himself to his plantation where he will re-
sumo his law studies.
Lewis will make several changes in the clerical
part OF his Office, but will most likely retain one
or two OF the old force.
Quite q number OF those who want places are
anxious that the commission shall get through
with lite labors, as they
WANT AN opENrNa MADE
whereby they can get 'in,r and no such changes
will be made until the report is acted upon by the
Secretary OF the Treasury, which may be about
the LIST Of August. ....-
Gen. Sheldon, who leaves for Washington on
Sunday, in the interest OF the Cslcasieu log men,
will perhaps take the report with him, and will
then take steps to secure such action by the De-
partment OF Justice as will secure the release of
the logs upon bond, as soon as the appraisers
make their report.
Seine Of the Custom House heads have
INFORMATION FROM IOWA.
which comes in the snaps OF might dispatches,
and is 10 the effect that Packard, in swinging
around the circle, is making 1t extremely lively
for President Hayes. From the conversation
with the party who received the telegram from
Des Meines, it is inferred that while Packard is
openly indorsing Republican ideas, he liz quietly
sticking in his pins on Hayes in his private con-
sultatious with the leaders of the Iowa conven-
ton. and has Gen. Badger with him to assist in
the minor details.
1t is stated, too, that
PACKARD WILL VISIT ONO
iust about the time the Republican convention
assemblies in that State, and will make his pres
ence known, not only there. but in other West
ern, Northern, Middle and Eastern States hold
ing elections during the fall, and will turn up at
Washington just aboat the time Congress assem-
bes, and by that time he will have interviewed
nearly all the leading anti Hayes Southern
policy Radicals and will be prepared to open war
on Hayes.
What puzzles the Custom House people is
the fact that Packard asks nothing from the
President In the way OF office, and at the same
time he is anxious to get quite number OF his
faithful political admirers. in positions. which
some seem to think hardly consistent, though
they excuse it on the ground that he
MAY HAVE PLEDGED HIMSELF
TO secure positions for them.
The abolition of the Naval Office or 'com-
mission recommendation to that effect seems to
have stirred ND some of the Returning yard
faction, who hardly believed when, week or so
ago. the DEMOCRAT quoted tile law authorizing
such abolition. that the commission would take
any notice of shat insignificant matter" in their
deliberations.
As stated at the time this is the only port at
which the Secretary could, at his option. abolish
the Naval Office with
ONE STROKE OF HIS PEN.
and thereby save to the government about 1884,
600 per annum.
II having been the general impression that the
Naval Office was allotted to the colored members
of the Returning Board for their magnificent
afthmeticsl calculations. Some surprise is man
ifested that the commission would even consider
such proposition, aud ii is claimed by some, too,
that should such action be taken an entire change
in the system of entries must follow, which would
require an increase of force in other depart
ments, and
A COMPLETE CHANGE
in the forms of all blanks used, and to quote one
of the old stagers ia the building, it would 'cost
more than it come to ia trying the experiment"
Making the Auditor the check between the Col
lector and Surveyor, one said, was simply farccal
as the Collector would not after giving bond of
$780, 0a, permit an Auditor, independent of the
customs Office and not bonded, to manage such
matters for him, unless he had entire control OF
the action of the Auditor and the immediate su-
pervsion of the office.
Three Of the boatmen at the mouth OF the
river have been
DISMISSED THE SERVICE,
and three others have been appointed in their
stead, the latter starting down yesterday to as
sumo the positions.