New-York tribune., 1877-07-10
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.
NO VACANCIES N THE TREASURY-BAD SPELLING OF
APPLICANT,-PRoF. LASGsToNs DECLINATIoN-
PERSONAL ITEMS.

APPIICANI,-PRoF. lAAN6SlON DECliNAiioN-
PERSONAL ITEMS.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSE.1
WASHINGTON, July 9.-Assistant Secretary
Mccormick caused following notice to be posted M
on the doors the OF the Treasury De
partmcnt to-day: NO vacancies aud no applications
received until further notice" The meaning of this no
tee that the changes Contemplated in the Treasury
Department. hayo nearly all been made. Hereafter the
only appointments will be those which IN the ma
tura of events OF vacancies caused by
death removal for will he hed and 1t Is possible
that one or two changes long contemplated Do made
before the meeting OF Congress The pressure upon
the Secretary Of the Treasury for office during the last
two months has according the testimony OF old treas
ury officials greater than before since the Re-
publicans came into power in 1861 More than thou
sand dismssas for this department have been made
during past years. and almost who has
thus been thrown OF employment has applied for
nstament In addition TO these. great numbers OF new
applicants especially from the West and South. and from
virginia Maryland and the District OF Columbia have
appeared In arranging almost all the appointments
that have been made IN the Treasury Department, per
sons have been selected from candidates coming
from the West and South. AL such candidates
are of course subjected examination and the Trea
sury officials have been surprised their lack of prO-
cheney in even the most rudlmentary branches OF n
common school education. one OF the most frequent
applied has been require the candidates to spell
the Of the States and than half of those ex-
amined have utterly failed In thls respect The failure
OF so large proportion of the candidates to cred
liable has led Treasury officials To the con
cu,IoD either education Of people in
the districts from which these candidates have come
imperfect character or that the appi-
cants not fair representatives OF the section In when
they dwell.
pOinticnts VIII be- made III the bureau Of Engraving ana
Irinimg order make the force large enough To do
the lncfedscu "oIh Soo =" III V % - o % IN ', @
that appointments ox VIII DC naue Oh ,he rccoI-
mendation of Chei Mcpherson. AssC-oo cy. Mccormick
has made order IN sell dciens IL VIII Dc phys
icallv impossible for him 10 half of the applicants
who will desire appointments III the bureau OF Engray-
ing Printing soon as 1t becomes known that any
are To be made.
M1tnews OF Baltimore, j. W. Cromwell, proprietor Of
The Peoples AdrOcate Jas H. Cook, aud d. a. T. Angus
Ia OF tins city, written letter 10 IrOf j. u Lang
ston him not to accept the position Of Minister 10
Uayti recently offered him by the President They
that the present Is period, when the most important
To- he cosder,d, and Prof. LaDgstOn, OF the most
promn,n nj ana Influential repr sonatyes OF his people.
owes it and 10 himself, 10 remain III the country
where he take active part III the discussions that
are sure to In closing. The gentlemen who sign
some other POSITION for Prot LangstOn the acceptance of
winch viii require his departure from the country
Prof Laugsion ats Informed SecIctely ENrts that hc
cannot accept The place.
MIR. Dwight T. Reed. OF New-York, has been promoted
10 e Secretary Legation AT Madrid Mr. Reed entered
the Department state III 1867 ana after several years
service and several promotions, was placed IN charge OF
division of tho Diplomatic Bureau Of that department.
Mr. Alvey Adce, of New-IOrk who has been Secretary
of Le.ition 1T Madrid, 1870, mas, at his
partment caused by the promotion OF Nj. Reed
Ex-(ov Osborne Of Kansas, tAe newly appointed Min
ister to Cl received ms Instructions and viii sail
Ior his post the Ion inst, from Ne"-fOrk.
Gen Comfy the newly appoinic cd Minister 10 the Sand
wich Islands, leaves Washington Tonight FOR Frau
cisco lie Will remain that city about month"; and
VIII Urocccd III the August steamer 10 Homo .uu.
At the Executive MaDSUn the usual Monday crowd,
nne-tenths Of whom are women, nave been patiently
awaiting the opportunity To present their petitions per
sonally to the President tO-Cay
Tbr impression prevails hat the Cabinet session TO.
morrow VIII result appointments 10 one OF Two import
ann fureuu offices. President to-day signed the
commission OF Frederick A. Pratt as Collector oI Gus
toms at Newport
Secretary S,hurz to-day received letter from Dr. W.
Goddm. Supcrmtcndcut of the Insane Asylum ai Iaun-
ton Mass accepting the pOssi0n OF superintendent OF
thr Government Hospital Tor tAc Insane made
by the resignation of Dr. Charles W. Nichols who take.
charge OF The BoOminEiai Asylum. Dr. GsddBg was
for several years assistant OF DR.. Nichols aud
warmly recommended by the latter for his present ap