The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-25

was first issued, that 1t is for the best interest
OF the service, and he proposes to enforce it.
In anticipation of the effect of the clause In
Se Ptssttnttlee appropriation bill amending the
statutes IN relation to cOmpenSations OF the
fourth class postmasters becoming law,
Postmaster General Key caused circular to
be sent to every postmaster of the fourth
class, directing that commencing with the
first OF July prOximo they keep such account
OF cancellation stamps as would correspond
with the proposed charge in the law. The
bill having become law with this provi sion
retained, new blank quarterly returns and
transcripts have been prepared and are being
sent out as rapidly as can be- done.
The Hot springs Reservation Matter
Dorsey Claims There is Crook
edness in nc.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Dorsey has
addressed an open letter to George M. Adams
Clerk OF the House of Representatives, on the
subject Of the failure Of the HotSprings reser-
walton clause in the sundry civil bill.
Gen. Dorsey says: 1t has been a matter Of
pnblic not0riety that parties have been in
Washington during the late session lobbying
against any legislation in relation to the Hot
Springs reservation in Arkansas and boast
ing In the corridors Of the Capitol that no bill
relating thereto should become law until
they were satisfactorily paid or bought off by
those for whose benefit the legislation was
supposed tn be intended, and this included
nearly all citizens Of Hot Springs who owned
improvements on the reservation. Il will be
readily understood that q large number of
people OF Arkansas are deeply interested In
having their rights settled and determined at
the earliest possible moment.
He further alleges that during the enroll
ment OF the bill, and when the Hot Springs
paragraph was reached the enrolling clerk
was changed. He says the many suspicious
circumstances connected with this matter
demand rigid investigation, and suggests
that Clerk Adams give 1t his immediate atten-
tion, with view to the detection and punish
ment OF the guilty parties.
state department Reform
of the ID, partments of The south and
the Gulf.
WASHINGTON, June A.-The Department of
State has notified j. M. Reade, charge
d'affairs at Athens and second secretary of
legation at London, Paris and Berlin, that no
provision having been made by Congress for
their offices during the next fiscal year, that
they will be discontinued.
BY direction of the President the depart
ments of the South and the Gulf are consoli-
dated under command OF Brig. ten. Augur,
The President to-day designated L. j. Mills,
Of Iowa, 70 be United States Indian agent at
Usage Indian Agency, Indian Territory, vice
Cyrus Beebe, suspended.
Purchases "f indian Supplies.
WASHINGTON, June 24-Hon. Z. Marble,
Assistant Attorney General for the In
terror Department, has returned from
the annual purchase of supplies for the In
dians for the next fiscal year. The competi-
tiOn was quite spirited, and The number of
bidders larger than usual. Prices at which
goods were offered are, as a rule lower than
last year. The aggregate of bids presented
for various articles was for nearly $12,000,000,
while the purchase will come to little over
one-fouFth of that sum-