The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-24
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

inc Secretary OF war mas Dol YET nAu OCCASION 70
issue his hrs. Official order. In answer 70 question
II he had directed any modification Of the instructions
now governing Generals Augur and Ruger in the
duct Of military Affairs at Now Orleans he replied that
nothing had been done except direct that the pres
ent status quo should DO preserved.
Secretary Sherman. while speaking OF the PROPOSE
ton fer commission TO 80 TO Louisiana, was asked
II the delay accustomed by this measure might not DO
likely 10 have the effect of bringing about dis
turbance, judging from the reported aena-
ton prevalent at New Orleans. replied:- "Oh
no; there win DO trouble there Tho
people Will restrain themselves and await the Of
what the commission will report l do not think that
they intend or will have any moro trouble there
cannot tell who the commission will be until have
received answers from those who havo boon invited"
GOSSIP AS TO CHANGES IN THE CABINEr-TALK
ABOUT SECRETARY M'cRARY.
The current reports that immediate change In the
Cabinet Is contemplated by the transfer OF Secretary
McCrary to the Department OF Justice and OF General
Dcvcns to the War Department unwarrantcd II Is
true as told In the HERALD whom the Cabinet was an
nounced. that Secretary McCrnry tho Presidents
first choice for the Department OF Justice, and II Is
equally truo that he gwen the War Department be-
cause Of the opposition Of the Pacific slope Senator's as
soon as 1t became known that tho President had
selected Mr. McCrary MS his Attorney General, Sem
aor Sargent and others waited upon him and repre-.
sented that Mr. McCrnry had given an opinion in the
New Idra mining which adverse TO tho intor.
ests Of the miners of tho Pacific coast but this asser-
ton was not true. MI McCrary gave an opinion
on the subject. In the Forty third Congress he offered
resolution directing tho Interior Depart.
ment to bring suit tho part OF tho gov.
eminent for the possession of tho lands in
litigation on the ground that tho United States
had just title to them and ut tho Same time Hovd.
ing that other claimants should have the right
plead. This resolution was unanimously reported
back by tho Judiciary Committee and passed the House
almost unanimously, there being only eleven votes
against II. When It up in the House Mr. McCrary
made 0vo minutes speech, IN which he said that IL
was believed by many persons that tho title to tho
property vested in tho Untcd States and he was
anxious to havc tho question settled by tho courts.
That tho only opinion he ever gave on
tho subject Mr.. Dcano was Secretary Of tho Into.
ror at the tme and the suit was mover
brought, his principal reason for not doing being
that he had NO money to employ counsel The prop
erty involved Is very valuable. 1t Is asserted that
000 900 worth OF quicksilver has been taken of
tho mine during tho past twelve 1oen years, and
that 1t Is yielding now nearly $780, 900 per annum.
The gentlemen Interested in ono way another In this
property afraid that Mr.. McCrary became Attor-
ney General no would maintain the consistency of his
record and disturb them in the OF tho lands
Tho discussion that has sprung up tho subject s
is understood extremely dstastcfu 10 tho Secretary Of
War; SO far from being dissatisfied with his present
position, which really ranks that OF the Department Of
JUSTICE he entirely content and has SO expressed
himself to his friends during tho past two weeks II
in probable that some timo in tho future General
Devcns ana hc may exchange places; but the Prcsi-
dent is not considering that question, has
been subject of Cabinet deliberatiou.
JOHN 9. SMITH FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGnI-
CULTURE, AND MR. WELSH, OF PuILADEL-
PHIA, FOR THE INDIAN BUREAU.
It is reported that the President has offered the
place Of Commissioner OF Agriculture to Mr. John g.
Smith, the present Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
who will very likely accept Mr. Smith has had tho prac.
tical experience Of long life ut farming IN Southern
Ohio II Is said in this connection that President
Hayes offered the Indian Bureau to Mr.. Welsh, of
Philadelphia, who returned that he wanted no
salaried Office under the government, but willing
to mako himself useful In assisting the Presidents
policy, whoreupon the President informed him that
his policy in the Indian matter would be ono of peace
and Cancellation toward the we'll disposed Indians but
OF vigorous and relentless against those who
rejected peaceful overtures
THE POSTAL UNION AND INTERNATIONAL
MONEY oRDEBs-A WARNING AS TO THE GER
MAN SYSTEM.
The Spanish colonies, tho Islands Of Cuba and Porto
Rico and Ocoanica havo been admitted into the gen.
cral Postal union from the LIST OF May prox. Brazil
has been admitted, 10 take effect on the LIST
of July next Tho money order branch OF
tho Post Ohlcc Department has had numerous
complaints relative to non-paymcnt or delays
In tho payment of rcmitiances made through the
international system Of postal money order exchange
with Germany, and tedious correspondence tracing
out remttanccs have been necessary in number of
cases. recent case was as follows:-A remittance
was made by gentleman in this country to an Eng
lish gentleman travelling in Germany. Tho remit
TANGO addressed to him IN caro- Of distinguished
Baron at Cologne. Some months subsequently
correspondence disclosed tho fact that tho
money was never paid to, or tho order
received by him. whereupon application was
mado to the American Office for tho return of the
money This application was forwarded TO tho super
intendcnt at Washington and an inquiry made Of tho
German Postal Department In duo time reply came
that the order had been delivered to and tho money
paid to tho Baron at Cologne. This Information was
communicated to the romiter and by him to his Eng
lish friend, tho pay co, who applied to the Baron
and informed that he had nehor
seen heard OF the order the
money THIS Information came back through tho
individual correspondents 10 tho Money Order lice
hero, and fresh inquiries were mado Of the German
Office, and this additional Information transmitted,
when tho facts came TO light, which wero that the
Baron was absent from Cologne when tho letter
tainlng tho order received; that his steward had
appropriated tho order and drawn tho money for his
own This led to other inquric,as to the German
system OF delivery, to which reply has just been
ccived, and OF which tho following IS an extract:
According to our instructions with regard to money
orders addressed follows: "To a, OF b." tho
last named party, viz b. Is TO be recognized
paycc. The amount OF the same Will be, therefore,
without further delay paid to the second party
and the Postal Department takes no further measures
to discover the FIRST named party
Ths being precisely the reverse Of tho rulo adopted
by our own Postal Department, accounts. doubtless,
for many tho supposed failures In transm isson OF
money orders Germany, and rad
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