New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
wAsHIXGr0 y. NOTES.

WAsuiSGr.S. Monday. Dec. -, 1885.
MISUNDERSTANDING whitney returned from Now
York ana al his Office today.
CONTROLLER CtNSoN.-ControAer Of tho Currency
tannon DANES the publ shed statements that has
handed Il IS resi- g1atInn 10 the President
CoN,,1F>,F IoNEY.-rhe remainder oi tho mutlat"d
$500 5.l r,cey.d at the ireasury Department CAlI,,.
mas morning came to hand today from Ne"- "is' "Iln
the brief explanation; kestitutoni other hf sent
previous.
srA>DAKD DoLLARs-The movement OF standard dol
lar. for the week ended December 20 Amounted to
S7I39iO a. against S3lGAs7 during The corresponding
rom December to December 2G aggregated S5GG,G-G
CAar FOR ILLINoI-.-flsn Commission car No 3 left
Washington tonight with carp l"r tho rivers OF Illinois
The following streams VIII De stocked: RoCk toN. Iri
dersOn, Edwards, Illinois. kankakec. BIZ Muddy, Lutte
Wabash tributaries u the Ill sissI4p III Cen
trial and Southern ILLINOIS,
A po.ru,sr rs MIsrNlE-On account Of alleged ir
rceuares In tine conduct Of ms Office tho postmaster
al Los LunaB, " NJ, has been accommodated Tor removal
BASIN his cnsttion upon tho number oi stamps
.oI Instead o. the number cancelled. Lee has received
O2s IN OF what he lrstimhicly entitled to
receive. This amount he has refunded to the Govern
mcnt.
SCHOONER LENA IJSTEE.-The signal Corps station at
Cape Henry Va. reports that the schooncr Lena Hun
Ter reported ashore IN that vicinity yesterday IS fast
breaking up Nothing CA be saved except her ngsnss
CIVIL sERyIcE EXAMINATIONS There will be com
petItive examination before tho Civil servce Commits
at It's uihce Ia washington on January Tor posi-
tols OF prnc pal examiners In tie Pension Once salary
81 900 year. The examination may extend to al tho
subjects ia the eh"hinatyhs lot DotH o@iHllHtia ana
medical reviewers, aud VIII certainly include most Of
them.
BIDS FOR CARRYISG MAus-Thc Second Assistant
ia receiving bids for carrying tho
mails on steamboats, ana routes IN the Western
states nuc Territories. The LOr rcccylu. the BIDS
expires January % At tho same tiMc bias Tor mia
ceaueOus routes ia all tic States ana Territories, with
Elg19G st@tes are 6cag received
ARMY AND NAVY NEws.-Tho leave OF Post Chaplain
Gcor.e W simpson, United states Army, been far
ther extended one month for disability. Tho Navy De
uattueit Informed II the arrival Of the .OJn at
Ncw-YOrk this morning from Newport She sid sail In
Snc will then proceed Key West and await orders
which viii assign her to the North Atlantic squadron.
Lieutenant C. Todd Is ordered 10 ordnance instruction
at the Washington Navy Yard
BosIoN's CONGRESSIONAL GUESTs.-Thc Congressional
marty which goes Boston tie OF the Boston
Merchants Association, inCudes senators Edmunds,
Tyarts A!lisOu Morgan and Voorhees,. and Rrprrseuta
lives Randall Holman Tucker, ButerwOrth Reagan,
MCKINLEY rtndlay Willis Hepburn ana Goa. Speaker
Carlisle is also cced to be OF the party but has not
vet fully decided. Weston Lewis, eXprcSiucnt OF The
Associations arrived here this morning 10 escort the
Marty to Boston. 1Eey will leave here tomorrow In
snrcia Pullman dining and sleeping cars and viii arrive
In Boston Wednesday evening.
ACcorSTs APPRovED.-The First Controller OF the
,rreosnrv has approved the accounts Of the Ulited
States Fish Commission fOI the last fiscal year Without
eratIou or modification. These accounts were stope
ly for examination, ana nave bcch al
lowed only after the most careful scrutiny q! the man
ucr and tie authority by which Professor BHlrd cA
pended the money appropriated Tor the Work OF "ch
he has