The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-06-30
Washington Letter.

From our special Correspondent. Id
Washington, D. c., June 27, 1877.
saw an interes ting statement recently made
up in the Treasury Department, concerning Ger
tain expenses for the conveyance of the votes
cast at elections of President ami Vice Presi
dent to the s, at OF Government. 1t appears that
no compilation has ever been made excepting
at the election OF George Washington ana the
last OF General Grants. The cost OF conveying
the votes Of the different states to the capital in
the former case was 5l,l9l and in the latter
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A thorOug gh investigation has been going on
in the financial branch Of the Treasury, which
has resulted IN the report of the fact that frac-
tiOn9l currency to the amount OF from eight to
ten million dollars has been lost or destroyed.
Secretary sherman has submitted rho question
to Attorney General Devens whether he can
lega ly maze up the loss by issuing the same
amount IN silver com, sluce u Is believed that
the above mentioned amount estimated G. have
been lost viii never be presented Tor redemp-
ton. r
In the absence of better employment gossip
InOngers busy themselves these days with The
Presidents dOings AMI make tue most of all his
movements v means of additions and imagin-
ings OF then own invention For instance,
Geo Jones, proprietor of the New York Times,
Giped with President Hayes the other day, and
Tue two Afterwards TOOK long drive together.
The next daY II vas announced IN many circles
that something RNtrUOIunHry WAS about to
happen, that the President was contemplating
slme prOdlglOus leap, and had been sounding
some o. the leading Republican journalists us a
preliminary step.
Postmaster General Key is experiencing no
1.-THE annoyance from the presentation Of the
1858 3-cent SILVER pieces 90 DustmnsCers IN AL
sections, THIS coin iS receivable on deposit
! OulY nom puUuc officers, and the puDiiC. there
fOle, thrust them in la &c numbers ON the post
| masters The Postmaster General has called
| the attention OF the Socrot9iy OF the treasury
! TO the fact and recommended that DOssmnsters
| be allowed 10 exchange these coins tOr green
| backs or that they be Withdrawn frOm eircula,
/ uOu.
Tho work Of reform IA stin going on in the
| Treasury. Investigations are showing uD many
| things that Ousnt 10 have been brought TO hight
| long ag0-Or rather that ought never To have
existed. \ mos, singular state OF mGiaumlnls,
| ugtiOn and extravaganue has uNistedin some OF
| the bureaus Dt this depa tment Tor gOOu many
| years-a state brought ABOUT bv the great in
! tiuencc, Of mem05's OF Cnngtess ald Govern
! ment officers. Hundreds OF female clerks nave
| neen Kept on the pay-rU.ls Nner' there was ID
! suluteiY nothing 20 90, s.ppy because some
Congressman recommended mem SohSless
! men ave very human, and many ~ unuCnaON
| uupnucipied; and q Is certain that n9 long n'
| their influence il absolute regai dlng Govern
! meat appointments so long dlsluphta14e pcop''
Secretary sherman seems determined TO car
| ~ the work through aud several little Incl
| dels' ImiEg III themselves 20 10 show thai
! lhe c0mn'iiee, appointed 90 do the Weering out
~ ms dep tltmeit, arc WoIhng HccOl dug Il
| their convictions OI nght For instance, when
| "a large uumLer OF disnissuls was recently dc
cided uponn the Blu eau Of EugIavlng and
| Printing tAe committee cXamined lutO tht
! specia qualifications aud clrCumstauC of eacl
! OF those comprising the Inst, marking the one,
| whuse services could be dispensed with. Ong
Of tho hrst names reached was thgt OF a sixteen
hundred dollar clerk who occupied prominent
position but who could easily be spared ana M,
work done by other parties, IL. A Chapman
| OF Pennsylvania, a member OF the committee
remuIked at once that this man must go. "Fnt
out who he lsn said another Of the committee
see VINO appoint, him first" i en- ten yuI
all about tnat.' said Chapman, he IS my
broiher-ln law, but We have got i've hundre,
Deop,e 20 discharge out on this bureau. and W.
had better beein with our own reialOng." ;,
on went the brOtheEln.aw's Oihclal head
MARTHA NJ WHITNEY.