Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-03

A special session of the Cabinet was held today, lasting over three hours. The civil service rules were under consideration during the entire time and many changes were de- cided upon. The rules as agreed upon in the Cabinet will be returned to the civil ser vice commissioners to be put in shape for
 the Presidents approval.
 Comptroller Knox reports the number of , new national banks which have been organ
 ized during the six months beginning No-
 vember 1st and ending May 1st to be 132, l with capital of $14, 4,95S, ,5O0. Of these
 banks ten having capital of $7, ,oo5 1000 are
 located in New York, eleven with capital of $7S5, ,o0O in Pennsylvania, sixteen with a
 capital of $2, O9O, GOO in Ohio, ten with 8 capi-
 tai of $2,97O,O00 in Illinois, nine with capi-
 tai of $860,000 in Iowa, six with capital of
 $325, ,000 in Nebraska, eight with capital of
 $400, 900 in Dakota and nine in Texas with
 capital of $500 1000. Twelve of the banks
 organized during this period having capital
 of $2, 600, 900 are banks which allowed their
 corporate existence to expire and organize
 other banks with the same localities Twen
 ty-three other banks having capital of S3,- o36, GOO have gone into liquidation during the past six months. The amount of mutilated national bank notes received, counted and destroyed during the six months from No vember 1st to May 1st was $1 ,577. 63S. The amount of new notes issued was $37, ,S73, $50. The increase in the capital of the national DduAS Qurl0S the 1aSG SIX months mas been SS,677, 800 and the decrease in circulation $3,399, 791. The increase in lawful money deposited for the purpose of retiring circula- 1 tion was $1 ,OO2, 404. 1
 The State department is informed that the 1 English government has decided to accept l the tonnage measurement of American vessels l as entered ln their registers. Heretofore it | has been the practice of the English authori- | ties to remeasure American vessels arriving | at English ports at considerable expense to l the owners
 The vacancy in the office of commissioner | of internal revenue will not be filed for some | days yet. To day additional telegrams from | the distilling interests from all sections of | the country were received by the President i the appointment of MT. w. N. i Hobart of Cincinnati
 An investigation of the peach prospects in Delaware made by the statistician of the de- partment of agriculture for that State shows that apprehensions of damage by the frosts of April 25th and 29th were not realized. The made fair growth of well ripened l wood last season. The trees are healthy and now in general bloom, though not SO full as last year by twenty per cent. There is large increase of new orchards in Newcastle sounty.
 Robert J. Creighton, special postal agent ! from New Zealand, had an interview with Postmaster General Gresham to-day. He explained that the object of his visit was to have the $1O0,00O now paid annually by the English government for the transportation of the New Zealand mail across the United l States assumed by the United States This amount is now paid by the United States, but l s allowed by England as credit for carrying United States mails to England. The United States derives no revenue from the l service as the railroads charge twenty 'ix cents per pound for the Australian mail rom New York to San Francisco. ! Mr. Creighton says that New South Wales having withdrawn from the New Zealand 1 combination decreases the subsidy by $1OO,- 100 and his request if agreed to will be equiv llent to this country granting a subsidy for hat amount to make good the deficiency. He was told by MT. Gresham that as the matter 1 involved governmental policy it would have % be considered by the Cabinet before any action could be taken by the department.