Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
AFTER THE POSTMASTERs.
A Number Suspended Cor cause and oshers
for rnrsisanship In once Report IN the
Case or Pay,aasser-sseaerai sm,,h, &c.

lRy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
WASHINGTON, june l6. - Eight
presidential postmasters, including the
one at Augusta. Ca, were suspended
to-day for cause, and others appointed.
The postmaster at Bozcman, Montana,
was suspended upon the report OF an
inspector showing gross carclessness in
the management Of his Office, failure TO
collect and account for box-rents, and
especially failure 20 make reports,
deposits, and quarterly accounts as
required by the Third Assistant
PostmaSter-General and tie Sixth
Auditor after notice. The Depart
ment desires the announcement TO
come TO the knowledge Of all postmas-
tiers in the service that failure OF post
masters to make reports, deposits, or
accounts. after notice, will be ground
for removal without further inquiry.
The postmasters at Winona, MINI. I;
Osceola and Laporte City, Iowa; North
Manchester. Ind; Cambridge, o.;
Augusta, Ga. and Baltston, n. y,
were suspended upon proofs Of acts Of
partisanship while in Office. These
acts were Of various kinds. Some
were editors as we'll as postmasters,
and their newspapers, in some cases
since as we'll as before the election,
have continued scurrilous and indecent
attacks upon officers of the Govern
ment as we'll as malignancy Of political
feeling towards their adverSarieS in
general. In some cases it has also been
established that postmasters kept hang
ing in the post-ofice political placards
of one political party, and refused TO
permit those Of others to be there dis
played, these placards being sometimes
indecent pictures or cartoons unfit
for the eye Of respectable per-
sons. In other cases postmasters
were shown TO have been efficient po-
litical agents Of their party, members
Of its working committees, and leaders
in its organization, well known in the
community as such, and taking particu-
lar part in the conduct Of election bust
ness. often to the impairment of their
performance of duty Of office. In sew
eral cases political notices, circulars,
and newspapers of the opposite political
party were shown to have been de-
tanned in the post office.
PAYMAsTER-GENER SMITH TO BE
CoURT-MARTIALED.
The report of the Court of Inquiry in
the case Of Paymaster-General Joseph
A. Smith, Chief Of the Bureau Of Pro-
visions and Clothing, Navy Depart
ment. was made public to-day. II re-
lates in detail to the facts and circum-
stances in regard to the purchases of
beef and pork. Of flannel, Of butter, and
Of ditty boxes, and summarizes the con-
illusions of the court as follows
!. That Paymaster-General Smith
has been derelict and negligent in his
duty. and culpably inefficient in the
performance thereof.
.. That he has, to the detriment and
pecuniary loss Of the Government, ia
yored Austin +. Brown in his orders
and contracts.
3. That he has violated the laws
regulating the duties and responsible
ties OF his office, and that those viola
tons were to the detriment Of the CO.
VeInment.
4. That he has been in many ways
unfai,hful to the trust imposed on him
by his Office.
5. That tie mildest Interpretation the
court can put on his acts is ignorance
of his legal responsibilities and duties,
gross neglect Of his duties. and indiiier-
enee and ineiiciency in the performance
of them.
The Secretary Of the Navy has de-
cided to order a court-martial for the
trial of Paymaster- General Smith, and
the detail for the court will be an
nouncod in few days.
wAsuINGTON NOTES.
A nlmber of tobacco-dealers have
complained tc the Post-Ohice Depart
nent that a tobacco firm in Ohio is
conducting gift enterprise in offering
to distribute $4,000 around to consul
mers Of their tobacco in prizes graded
in proportion to amount consumed as
shown by the presentation of number
of tin labels that are affixed to each
plug. The business has grown so
rapidly that other dealers IN tobacco
have combined TO employ counsc; for
the prosecution of the case before the
Post-Onice Department, with view
to having the advertising circulars and
tags Of the Objectionable concern eX-
Guided from the mails. The matter Is
under consideration at the Post-Ollice
Department.
The post.oilice at White Springs,
Fla, was burned last night with all Its
contents.
Hibbs, the defaulting postmaster OF
Lewiston. Idaho, has been arrested by
Post. Otlice-InSpectors Murphy and
Culver on Harrison river east Of Veto
ria. i. c. He will resist eXtradition.
James j. Brooks, chief Of The secret
service division of the Treasury De-
par,uent, has. at the request of Secre-
tary Manning, rendered his resignation,
20 take effect July lst next.
Acting ASsi,tant-Surgeon Orr, OF
the marine. hospital service, has re-
ported to the bureau that the Norwe-
eian bark Augustinus arrived at the
Delaware BIeakwater quarantine from
Cjenluegos to-day. All on board were
well except the captain, who was suf-
feriug from suspected yellow-fever
The vessel will be detained for fumiga'
ton and cleansing, and the captain will
De taken 10 4 hospital on shore if neces-
Sary.
Consul Willard has reported to the
State Department from Guaymas,
Mexico. that the west coast Of Mexico
il now free from yellow-fever.
The Mariue-lIospital Bureau is in
formed Of an outbreak of yellow-feyer
near Cayenne, in the Salut Islands.
The Postmasior-General has decided
that white men who are members o.
Indian tribes are eligible for appoint
men, as postmaSters.
A SERMON IN CHINESE.