The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27
J, der News From the National
GIeanings From the Capital

Gleanings From the Capital
WASH INeroE, Sept. .2l.--ro supply Ger
tain omis eions in the order recently lssueC
bv the DOS tmaster-general forbiding the de
livery of 1eL 'istered letters to M. A. Dau
phin, 1t has L'een amended 10 read as fol
lows:
General Kew, W. Itch finding remains in full
force, it is ordered that all postmssters be
and they are hereby forbidden TO pay
money orders drawn 10 the order OF NJ. A.
D4uphin, and they a''s hereby directed to
inform the rentters o. said postal money
orders that payment thereof has been
forbidden and mat the sums OF such money
orders will be returned ON presentation OF
duplicate orders applied Tor and ootained
under the regulations of the department.
All post. are also forbidden TO de-
liver registered letters arriving at their
offices directed to said NJ. A. DAuphiD; are
instructed to return ali such registered let
tiers to the post master at offices at which
they were or ginally mailed. The word
fraudulent TO be plainly written or
stamped on the outside ofsuch letter.
[Ssnedl w. a. uREsHAM .,
The decision OF the treasury department
in regard to the construction OF the char
coal-iron and round-iron provisions OF the
last tariff act, is adverse to the claims OF
manufacturers on both points. In this de-
cislon the provision for charcoal-iron is held
to relate only to the iron which is otherwise
dutiable uuuer the paragraph in which it is
found, and the provision Tor rivet, scr-",
nail and fence wire rods is held to govern
the rate of duty on these articles, no =
wlthstanding an apparent provision elst-
where in the tariff for iron OF the size and
value named in the paragraph relating to
riyet, screw, nail and fence iron rods.
The secret service division of the treasury
department received, from Boston, one OF
the five dollar notes of the Irish republic,
previously reported in circulation there. IL
| il said, BY treasury experts to be far
| imitation of the United States treasury
noues.
Secretary Folger has raised an important
question in regard to the operation OF the
new civil service law, which he states III a
letter addressed to the commissioners to-
day. A few days ago he made requisl'
ton on the commissioners for person TO
| ill n 5000 cierkshp, and the commission
Yesterday certified to him the name OF
| iour persons from whom to make his seeC-
ton. The secretary finhs himself in dOuot
as to whether section 1854 OF the revised
statutes does not limit him
in making his selection from four names.
H g says, 10 his letter to the commissioners
that this section gives preference, other
things being eqnal, to hoporably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of the late war
and That section of the civil service aci
provides that nothing contained in that acl
shall be construed to take away the prefer
ence gwen in section l754 to that class o
persons, and he asks for further Information
ON the subject
Cadet John V. Hamilton, fourth clas
military academy, has been dismissed
from the service tor conduct unbecOmlni
an officer and gentleman. Cadet Thomas
[, Kerrin of the same class, has been sus
pended with loss OF pay until July LIST, 1854
for VIOLATION of the rnles of the military
academy. Collector Tarble, OF Pensacola
had another interview with the secretary
of the navy relative to furnishing rations tt
the destitute on the naval reservation
The result of the interview is that the sec
rotary of the navy is ready to take the r.
sponslbility of issuing additional ratlons u
the destitute families upon the reservation
to limited extent, but expects that some
help will be given by residents OF the state
and vicinity.
Postmaster. General Gresham has gone
to new York to look into the operations
the post-otiice of that city. His visit may
be extended to Boston and thence to Iowa
Claim agents have been sending out cir
culars, stating that by an act of congress
The secretary of the interior was authorized
TO increase the compensation of assistant
msrshals eOgsged in taking the tenth cen
aus. The Secretary says that additions
nar can only be allowed in a limited nun
Der OF cases where he is satisfied that th'
nav was insuffiC ent. and warns the ass st
ant marshals against the misleading olrcu
lars.