The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-28

WASHINGTON, March 27.- Marshal
Douglass has Instituted the civil service
rules Tor the government Of dismissals
and appointments in his office.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
Gov Chamberlain, accompanied by
Senator Patterson and Mr.. Corbett, Sena.
tor elect Of South Carolina, called on the
President to-day.
Gen. Gibson, Col. Levy and Capt. Ellis,
Of the Louisiana delegation, called on the
President and Secretary Of War to-day.
They report their interview satisfactory.
II is supposed the order yesterday to
Gen. Augur has been made satisfactory
to them.
REARRANdEMENT OF MILITARY DIVISIONS.
1t is proposed to rearrange the geo.
graphical limits Of the military divisions
and departments. 1t is believed the order
making the changes will be issued by the
President as soon as the present Southern
difficulty shall be settled, and that Lou
isiana, Mississippi and other portions Of
the South constituting the Department Of
the Gull, and now within the Limit Of the
military division oil Missouri, will be
transferred 10 the military division Of
Atlanta under Gen. Hancock.
LOUISIANA COMMISSION.
Four gentlemen accept appointments
on the Louisiana Commission. One va.
cancy remains. II is generally believed
that Governor Harlan, Of Kentucky, is
q member Of the Commission.
At the Cabinet meeting the Secretary OF
War read several kilograms received by
him last night and to-day from Packard,
the purport Of which 1t is not considered
proper TO make public.
Upon inquiry Of the President at
late hour tonight it was ascertained that
the Louisiana Commission is not yet
complete.
PURCHASE OF SILVER.
The Treasury Department has made a
large purchase OF silver on the recent de.
cline in price which followed the liberal
sales in London by Germany. The Di-
rector Of the Mint, who, under instruc-
tions Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
purchases silver for coinage, emphatical-
ly denies that the slightest favor
has. been shown any sellers Of
bullion, all purchases having been
made on the best attainable terms for the |
Government. The Director further states
that silver since July last has been mainly |
an article Of speculation, some operators |
purchasing and holding for a rise, and
others selling for future delivery in an
ticipation OF decline, and the ordinary
quotations in New York and San Fran
cisco are generally those at which bullion
dealers purchase silver arriving from
the mines, and not the rate at which they
sell.
A HOST OF APPLICANTS.
Nearly $4,000 applications for office
have been received by the Postmaster
General during his brief efincumbency and |
filed away for future reference.
SILVER COIN.
The regulations allowing the Treasurer
to furnish silver coin on certificates Of |
deposit Of the Assistant Treasurer and
National Bank depositaries have been
modified so as to permit shipments OF
silver directly to the parties making the
deposit. The expense OF transportation
is paid by the Department to points in
the United States reached through estab.
lished Express lines by continuous rail.
way or steamboat communication, depos-
its TO be in sums Of not less than $1,000
or its multiple and not exceeding $40, 900.
REFUSE TO PUBLISH.
The Southern gentlemen who have
letters OF Matthews and Foster decline 10
take any steps toward publication unless
a request with that view should be made
directly by the writers.
PAcKARD's UNDERSTANDING.
1t appears that Governor Packard un.
derstood the order given to General Aug
ur yesterday as involving the restoration
OF the status quo as it existed at the
time OF the Presidents Inauguration,
which would affect, among other things,
the release OF Packards recruiting
officers now held by the Nichols govern.
ment on the charge of melting insurrec.
tion. The proceedings OF to-day COM
prise letter from the Louisiana delega.
tion to Gov. Nichols, first submitted to
the President and Secretary OF War, in
which Nichols is informed that the order
to Gen. Augur was for the purpose Of OBJ.
tanning information, and involves no ac-
tion on his part in the way OF undoing
anything that has been done since his in.
auguration.