National Republican., 1883-03-16
DEPARTMENT CHAFF.


The President has appointed James Il. Dor
sey TO be postmaster at Suitland, Md.
The national bank notes received for re-
demption yesterday amounted to S325OOO.
First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton
returned to Washington yesterday morning.
The receipts from internal revenue yester-
day were $410,4S2, and from customs S63S,3Oi.
The Malagassy ENJOYS left the city yester-
day morning for New York, accompanied by
Chief Clerk Brown, Of the State department.
The comptroller of tho currency has author
ized the Second National bank of Lexington,
KY, to begin business with capital of $780,
900.
The Treasury department yesterday pur-
chased 100000 ounces of silver for delivery Mt
the Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Fran
cisco mints.
The comptroller of the currency has called
| for report from the national banks showing
their condition at the close of business on
Tuesday, the thirteenth instant.
The Treasury department was yesterday in
| formed of the death of j. q Hurd, inspector
of hulls at Galveston, Texas, and arrange
ments were made for the appointment of his
successor.
Secretary Folger is reported to be better.
His IMPROVEMENT is slight however, and it is
feared his perfect recovery will be slow. He
took cold on Monday last and is now suffering
with an liberated sore throat.
Ex-Ropresentativ X. p. Flower, of New
York, has returned to the treasury the sum
of $45S.50, being tho amount overpad him
on account Of salary and mileage as n mem
ber of the ferty-soventh congress
1t is understood that Secretary Folger has
| rendered the position Of chief of the bureau
of engraving and printing to John w. Corn
| ing, of Geneva, N. Y, at one time sergeant at
and that he has virtually accepted the ap-
pointment.
Additional charges against Supervising Ar
chitect Hill have been filed at the Treasury
| department and are now in the hands of
| Secretary Folger. Their nature is not yet
made public, but IL is said on good authority
that they relate to contracts and expenditures
| for the new government building at Philadel-
phia.
The delegation of Red Lake Chippewa In.
| dians who have been here for two weeks past
had conference with the commissioner OF
Indian affairs yesterday morning. They claim
| that there is q balance of several thousand
dollars due them on account of lands ceded to
the government under their treaty. Com
missioner Price assured them that their claim
shall be carefully examined.
The acting secretary of the treasury has de.
tailed the following board of revenue marine
officers to examine applicants for appoint
ment to the grade of assistant engineer in
that service: Consulting Engineer Charles
ii. Emery, Chief Engineer Eugene Vallat
and Chief Engineer Charles ii. Ball. The
board will meet ut the Treasury department
on the twenty-sixth instant.
The commissioner of Indian affhirs recently
received information that white men were
engaged in stealing timber from the Red
Lake Indian reservation in Minnesota. An
investigation followed, and yesterday Com
missioner Price was officially informed by
telegraph that there are three logging camps
on the Red Lake Chippewa reservation con,
Quoted by Indians, getting out fallen and
dead timber, and that there are no white men
engaged in logging.
The acting secretary of the treasury has re-
ceived number of letters from manufact-
urers of crockery, protesting against tho
rulings of the department that section of the
new tariff act, which abolishes the duty on
charges and commissions, goes into effect at
once. They assert that section should not
go into effect until July /, and ask to be
granted hearing to maintain their position
1t is also asserted that the DEPARTMENT.
ruling will affect the manufacturers interests
iniudiciously.