Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-08

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THE SCHOOL for the instruction of officers
OF the navy in the use of tOrpedoes will open
at Newport r. l., on the 1st of June next. A
few officers have been ordered to report on
that date, and similar orders to some twenty
or thirty others will follow.
A TALK WITH TYNER-A Cincinnati En-
qutrer correspondent met Assistant POstmaS
ter General Tyner on the train at kOkOmO, on
his way back to Washington, via Indianapolis.
he has been on visit OF two days to his old
Congressional district, the llth Indiana, He
sails from New York next Saturday week, to
attend the international Postal Congress, and
If looking forward 10 the trip with pleasure.
His attention being called to the fact that all
the papers in the 1lth district have been moot
ing the possibility of his making the Congress
siOnal race, he merely said he was not seeking
it but afterward he said that he expected to
visit this district Immediately after hiS return
rom abroad, which Will be about the time of
the Congressional convention, and. putting
this and that together, it is safe to say to the
boys over here that lie is going to shy his cas-
tor into the ring this time for his old seat in
Congress.
FANCE's FLIGHT.-An Ohio Representative
is authority for the statement that the Gala
poll tOhiO) music teacher with whom. accord
ing 10 rumOr, eX-COngreSSman Vance elOped
Is i'll this city and has been for week, and
hence could not have been the companion of
creted III Washington
ACCEPTS THE POsITION.-COmmiSSione lie
Due has received letter from Prof Riley, of
Missouri. announcing that he will accept the
position Of EntOmOlOgiSt of the Agricultural
department.. 1t IS expected that the professor
will arrive here by Friday OF Saturday next,
and enter upon his official duties.
SECRETARY SHERMAN left this morning on
the limited express for New York to be alb
alNr al 10
Hected with the placing Of the four per cent.
funded loan.
SCORE ONE FOR CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
The collector of certain port OF New York
decided To remove one of his clerks who had
been III Office for six years, and had an excel
lent record for efficiency, and was also
Union soldier. The person recommended to
MI the vacancy Is ignorant of the duties of the
office. and was not i'll the army. Secretary
Sherman declines to approve the new appoint
ment or the removal Of the old clerk, because
OF the declaration of the President that no
empOye OF the government should be removed
except for cause. There are number of cases
of this kind now pending both before Secre-
tary Sherman and the President,
COUNTERFEIT DOLLARs.-The secret service
division has received a specimen of the coun-
terfeits of the new silver dollar, which can
only be distinguished from the genuine by
weighing. The counterfeit coin contains IS
grains less of silver than the genuine.
INCREASE OF WORK But No INCREASE OF
WORhERs.-The Post Office department is lust
discovering. through the careful examination
into its own operations required by the House
expenditures committee, The full extent of its
grievances 1T appears that the work of the
department has been constantly increasing
year after year, while the force employed has
IN point OF numbers, remained almost un-
changed The committee, in calling for in
formation from the department as to its work
M M EAh lry-h hos
that the reports be drawn up in similar form
TO those furnished previous expenditures
committee for the month of October, 1874.
But no adequate idea of the growth of the de
partment can be obtained by comparing the
work OF October in one year with that of Feb.
ruary in another. October has 81 days and is
it shows diSprOpOrtionately large amount OF
business done. when compared with a short
month like February, which comes second in
the quarter when the heavy pressure of work
January, 1878, may be fairly compared. The
operations of the stamp division, which hinge
upon requEsitions from pOStmasters for sup
plies. may be taken as one example of the in
crease in the departments work. In the
period OF less than four years between the
times taken for comparison, the number of
requlsltions filled has increased nearly So per
cent. This growth has been steady. The two
years enGing June 30th, 1877, shows an in
peu the 16s
OF files, records and mails, the amount of cor
reSpORlence has increased since October 1874.
u tbe per o cent f;,isinns In the bureau % to which
is made belong, the force has been enlarged
less than three per cent. within the same pc
rlod it is larger by four persons now than it
was four years ago. And every other division
OF the department can show, like these, great
dlspropOrtlOn between the increase in work
and force. 1t is evident that either the en-
ployes IN former years had very easy time
or else the present force is OverwOrked and
needs 10 be increased. The fact that many of
the clerks are compelled to work outside of
Office hours and that one has made application
ior permission to remain in the building after
10 o'clock. on the ground that he is frequently
unable TO complete his labOrs by that hour
seems to favor the latter SuppOsitiOn.
CORRECTION OF AN INJUsTICE.-In a recent
letter Ex-Governor Wells, of Louisiana, made
some personal reference to Hon. Randall Glib
son, OF Louisiana, which he takes back i'm the
following, published on Saturday In New
To the Editor Of the Neg York Times:
Unwilling to do an injustice to any one feel
II duty, III view of subsequent Information
to withdraw what was contained in my letter
np9n Iouisiona affairs in regard to the Hon.
II. l.. "lDsoh. >. MADISON WELLS"
The POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT has pre-
pared circulars to send to the postmasters at
the leading free delivery Offices in the coun-
try stating that a strong pressure is being
brought TO bear upon Congress to repeal sec.
tlOn 80 OF the postal code, (Which provides that
newspapers shall pay transient instead of
pound rates at free delivery offices,) and ask
ing an expression of opinion On the arguments
for its repeal, contained In the Boston bill
which Is enclosed in the circular. Each post.
master is also asked the question: "Can Con-
greSS safely repeal the section, that Is to say
can II repeal the section without adding to the
burden OF distribution at your ofice?r
IHE POSTAL APPROPRIATION BILL.-The
House appropriation committee has agreed to
the post office appropriation bill as it was re.
ported back by the subcommittee. The bill
aPpr0prlates in the aggregate $33,lO372,
which Is S,25 ,SeS below the estimate sent i'm
by the Post Office department, and about
ss@Uo less than the amount appropriated for
the present year. The bill reduces the com
pensatiOn Of the railroads per cent, and
changes the method of paying pOstmasters of
the fourth class back to the old system: that
Is, TO pay them commission on the Stamps that
they cancel instead OF on those they sell as
the present law provides
WM. Nj. EvARTS, JR., the son whom Mr.. and
Mrs. Evarts have left Washington to meet in
the far west as stated in Saturdays STAR. is
the third of their sons. He went out to China
about three years ago to enter the mercantile
house of Russell & Co. He had done so well
that in year or two more he would probably
have become a member Of the firm, when he
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