Daily Republican., 1883-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
.UNMER-OPEN AIR CONCERTD-
CIVIL SERVICE RULES COL.
ORED CONVENTION.
,,om our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May IL, 18S3.--This
week society adjourned TO attend, en-
masse, Barnums circus Every age,
color. station of life, and almost every
race was represented under the vast
canopy where 1900 pnople packed In
at each performance. The foreign lega-
tions .niOyed the show exceedingly,
and Cabinet officers aud Supreme. Court
Judges forgot for time their dignity
and robes. Jumbo was the chief at
trar,ion. This is no advertisement!
summer has become al acknowledge
.L fact ia Washington. Summer mil
liuery and thin apparel fit about every
where, fans are In motion, and for the
last few days, with the thermometer
among the nineties, ice has been one
of the chief articl les in demand.
The open air concerts given by the
marine baud IN the Presidents grounds
dnring the summer season will be re-
,umpd this week. They will be given
Saturday afternoons, beginning At half
mast five o'clock. These are occasions
when a great crowd congregates, oste"-
,ibly to listen to the music, but really
TO display fine clothes; to "see and be
seen.
The new civil service rules we're this
week approved md signed by the Pre-i-
dent, after careful revision by himself
and Cabinet. Because of the dissatis-
faction, expressed about Mr.. m'sap-
pointment as chiefexaniner of the civil
service colnlnis ission, at his own request
his name has been Withdrawn, and on
Thursday President Arthur appointed
Mr.. Charles Lyman, chief clerk Of he
Trea,llrers Office, to the place. The sccc-
uon is generally acknowledged to be IL
good one.
Notwithstanding tho many promi-
nent applicants for the vacant com mis-
aonership OF Internal Revenue, the
President has not yet seen fit to na me a
successor of General Raum. Mr.. X nox,
comptroller Of currency. has been des-
ignated to assume, temporarily, the
duties of the office. Though scv era
names have been mentioned AZ eligible
for the place, with President Arthur's
inscrutable ways 1t would be mere
guessing to forecast his choice. The
Quid nuncs will be at ses. until he pro-
claims his man.
There is more talk about the proposed
National Colored Convention to br held
in this city next fall. A committee has
called meeting of colorel men from
the Southern States to be held in Wash.
ingtpn on the l4th inst, for the purpose
Of deciding the best course TO pursue in
regard to the National Con vention.
Mr. Fred Douglass, who Is chairman Of
the committee, says there Is no sccre;
intc zion or purpose ah mt the conveu
ton that the colorcd men will come
together for consultation as 10 the best
mean, of bettering their condition as a
class. lie expressed surprise that the
convention had met so little favor from
Republican papers, aud that the editors
Of colored newspapers had generally op
posed it. Among all sorts Of motives
attributed to the callers of the cOnver-
tlOn is that of office seeking.
The steam dredges are daily busy at
The Potomac flats, and crowds of people
visit the scene Of operations to ihspet
| the work.
Many employees Of Departments de-
sire 10 participate in the Reunion Of the
Society Of the Army of the Potomac on
the 18th and 18th inst, but have no le-
gal claim to leave of absence on those
days. The President enjoys giving
thrn an extra holiday now and then,
and 50 he has requested the heads of
The Executive departments to release
emp oyees from duty on the appi"ach-
ing r-union days.
TIE spring meeting Of the NationaI
Jwney Club beginso on Tuesday 1T the
race track near this city. The entries
are said tu he the best ever made.
II rrtOtorr the races have been as
popular As "A circus, being attended
dai by the President and members OF
his Cabinet, foreign ministers and
lead rs Of soriety, both ladies and
gentlemen, and an equally distinguish
ed r.ass OF spectators is expected at this
meeting.
The May crop bulletin Of the Agri-
|".'Hral Department was issued yrotcr-
| day The greatest interest has center
ed "upn this report, and extraordinary
rAogt, have been put forth by tn" inrr-
camille, grain trading, and grain pro-
dnciug classes to obtain the siatiSti-
clans estimates IN advance of the issue
Of the report. The May returns of
vhrat to The Department Of Agrlrul-
nrc make condition, compared with
April averages, materially lower IN
New York and Michigan, and Ohio and
Illinois. All the remaining Northe II
States show an improvement, since the
Apri report, as well AS the Pacific
Coast, and nearly all Of the southern