The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-11-02
WASHINGTON.
Report on Boston custom House

| IsOPOib OA DOStOa Su5bOlu hOuS6s
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1-Secretary Folger has
received the reI ort of the commission ap
| pointed to make thorough examination as tc
the present force employed in the customs ser.
vice at Boston, and the needs OF the service
There are 459 persons employed in the Off o
| at an annual compensation of 1886, ,526. The
commission report that 428 person are needed
with compensation of$575, ,737 .25. The pro
posed reduction is $10,7o6.75, Fne actual ex.
| pense for carriage, rents and incdentals for the
last fisc,l year was $120990 40; es,im ate fol
| thus IS $l33, 900. The office OF deputy collector
at bingham and Cohasset may be- abandoned
Pay of iuspec' should be increased from
| $3.50 to "a per diem. The name of the dis
trict should be changed from B ston and
| Charles to district of Boston. Office of sur
veyor s ould be abolished and deputy surveyor
at 5000 salary
The Jeanette Expedition Hearing.
The narrative of the Jeanette EXPEDITION
after leaving Bennett Island was continued to-
day by Lieut. Danenhower. He stated that
the first active search for Belongs party was
began Friday, Oct. l4th. The boats separated
| he said because il Was less dangerous than try
| ing to keep in one anothers Company. Had
he been i'll command he would have struck
| for the coast and sailed towards Behring 3
| Strait in hope of falling i'll with whalers He
blamed nobody in the expedition. All did
| their best. He specially commended seamen
Niuderman, Noios, Herbert Leach, Warren
aud Cole aud .reman James FL. Bartlett
The following was the examination in de-
| tail:
Q.-You have spoken of Capt. De Long as
Standing up in his boat aud sigma ling 10 the
| boais To sepsr-te. What did you suppose his
! object 70 be III desiring separation?
| A.-The state of The weather and ali their
| circumstances demanded that each boat should
| take Care of itself, as reducing sail and eii-
deavorlng 10 keep together endangered lie
safety OF all. IL was the most natural thing
| to do.
Q.-What kind of weather were the two cut
ters making when You last Saw them?
A. In the afternoon it was remarked that
the second cutter DONG better than tho
whaleooat The FIRST cutte also seemed to be
doing as well as the whale0oat
Q.-Was IL pussioie Tor the boats to be of any
ASS stauce To each other?
A.-In my Judgment it would have been
| very dangerous, but it would have been our
duty to tr,, had we seen either of the boats
swamp.
Q.-What would yon have done if in COM
mand if you had taken 60 days rations on
| leaving the JeaaneUte?
Al would have made at once for the coast
water. aud theu if the weather had been as
| good as Is usual az that time of the year
| would have made for Behring Straits in the
| expectation of meeting some whaler or relief
| expedition.
Q.-Have you any charge to lay or special
! commendation to offer To any officer or man
connected with the expedition?
Al have no charg- to make against any
officer or person connected with the expedi-
ton. believe every person did his BEST AS
TO spscial commendation would mention Sea-
men Ninderman aud Noros, also Seamen Her.
bert, Leach and Frs-class Fireman James FL
Bartlett AS well as Seaman Henry D. Warren
and Jonn Cole. The above named were the
leading men during the retreat.
The examination OF Lieut. Danenhower was
copolu ed to-day and tue Judge Advocate be-
gap re ding to the witness the record of his
avid frntsn 1AfH A..44 l.
covers $50 pages of legal cap, it viii probably
occupy the time of the court until Friday, when
| Chief Engineer Melville viii be called
aThe Ghost of Senator.
The ghost story of the night is to the effect
that the home of the late Senator Matt Car
penter is haunted by his spirit; that no Que
cares to live in it. II he haunted auy place. it
would be his old law Office, where he spent SO
many nights.
The Garfield Fair.
There is every indication that the coming
season will be socially very brilliant one. Tho
Garfield Memorial Fair. which will last for a
week immediately preceding the opening of
the session of Congress, is expected to attract
large numbers of visitors to the city, and iudg-
ing FROM what is now known of the intended
exhibits the fair will repay a thorough iuspec-
ton. Many choice and rare articles will also
be on sale.
Estimates for the Post Office Depart
Postmaster General Howe has completed
| and will soon submit to the Secretary of the
| Treasury an estimate of the receipts and ex-
penditures of the post Office department for the
next fiscal year ending june 30, 4. The
| estimate places tue receipts at $50 ITO 456 27
and expenses at $46,74 11i.35.
Not in Fault.
| Commander Pearson of the United States
! steamship Wachusett has for parded to the
| Navy Department letter from the medical
officers attached to his vessel to tbs effect that
| he rendered all possible assistant during the
| epidemic of measles at Sitka
What the Postmaster General will Say.
The forthcoming report of tile Postma master
| General will show the following results for the
| year, as compared with last year:
| Number Of post offices established during the
| year, l66; number discontinued, 1447; in
| crease, 1.7l9; number in operation, June 30,
| 1851, A BIZ; June 80, 1882, 46 23l: number
| flied by appointment of the President, 1851:
| of the postmaster general A ,280.
Appointments made durIug the year-On
designations and expired commissions, 63,48:
| Changes of names aud States, 349; removals,
OIL; deaths of postma>ters. 349: establ sh-
ment or new offices, 1856; total appointments
| IL 343.
| Namber of cases acted on during the year
| 14348. l,5l7 railway post office clerks receiv-
ed $l 706.390 in salary; 557 route agents, 81 ;
| 4l6,9S0; 34 mail ROME messengers, S222, ,739
486,77O.
Disbursements for post office inspectors and
small depredations, Sl66 551.25
Employees in the postal ce-Departmen
tai employees and officers 52l, as against 49e
for last year; postnasttrs 46,23l; CONTRACTORS
5.156; clerks in post offices, 7,l00; letter car
riers, ,1l5; railway post office clerks, 1,517;
route agents. 1857; m all Route messengers, 334
local agents, 1862; post Office inspectors aud
snperintendents, "a; total, 65,777; total last
year, 81 ,479.
Another Charge by the Lighthouse Board
Notice is given that on and after December
Isl, the Race Rock light at the Eastern end OF
Loud Island Sound which now flashes alter.
nately red aud white at intervals of 30 seconds
will fash at intervals OF ten seconds but with
ont other changes,
Newspaper Changes.
Halett K lbourue has disposed OF his nt-r.
est in the National Republican. First Assisi.
AMI master-General Hatton, ST. ckholder
and one of The drecters, will succeed KlIbourne
in the general management 1t is also under
stood that the int rest of Gen. Brady iu the
Evening Critic has been purchased by A. G.
Buell. aud M. ID. I'll lm.
r Specimen of the Modern Reformer.
| Gen. Simon G. CIR flu is boitipg the norina.
| tiou # samuel W. Haze iu New Hampshire
because, as he says, money was used to uomin.
are i,iD, aud mnney Is 10 be expected to q ect
him. On the Both of January, 1873, when he
himself was a candidate for Congress- h. wrote
the following letter to VIM. e. Chandler:
nv Dear Sr:--I write TO ask you 20 do what
| you eau to assist me in our coming campaign
You are aware that my district is much closer
than either If the others, aud the opposition
are determined to defeat me if possible. Then
follows appeal for speakers) Our state
committee (confidentia) is terribly inefficient
For Gods sake lend us a helping hand. Fur.
thermore need the sinews of war. New
Hampshire is the first state to vote after the
Presidential election, and it ought to be shown
that she iaius the action of last fall. Some
thug is absolutely necessary 10 save the State
l have written so much that ought not 10 be
seen please consider the whole letter contiden
tial. Hoping to hear good report from you
soon, am as ever, sincerely yours.
(Signed) S. G. GRIFFIN.
Public Debt Statement.
The public debt statement for the montl
| gives the following figures; Reduction of prin
cipal OF debt, $15 "a 1856; certificates 1f deposi