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WARRINGTON. July 4.-Information was re
eeived to-day by Capt. II. +. Picking. Chief o
| the photographic Office Of the Navy Depart
! ment. that the Norwegian bark Wilhelm Lud
wig bound from Madeira to Bathurst. New
| Brunswick encountered IN immense iceberI
In latitude Az and &c. west longitude. trifC
northwest OF the Azores Islands. Capt Han
zen. the commander Of the vessel said In his
report that he had never met nor heard OF ice
before in that locality. and tho berg, ccordinG
TO the Hydrographic Bureau officials, mus
have beon an unusually large ono Il
have remained so long In tho warn
waters Of tho Gulf Stream without melting
| discussing the question OF icebcrgs, Capt
Picking remarked that ice and ice movements
| HydroEraphic ONCE, mainly through It's
| branches Mt Boston and New lork. where re.
rorts. are regularly received and the informa-
pilot chart. OF tho North Atlautic Ocenn there
/ is tlotted the Ice for the previous month AMI a
| course laid down hy which 1t can be cleared
up. This course although some 200 miles
| longer than the shortest POSSIBLE route close 10
Cape Race, is the most economical ono that
! can be followed not only clearing the ice re-
| Rion. but also avoiding log, the greatest men
ace to navigation, AT first these precautionary
captains, because their voyage would require
! from twenty-four to thirty;-six hours longer.
| but the number is notably decreasing annual
| y, and nlrendy two lines running out Of Now
York have adopted the pilot chart routes in pref
erenseto haNi ing their vessels classed with ocean
6y iceberss or fogs. SIS @ManaSers OF OF Steamship
lines and Captains on the eve OF sailing al Q
these charts and every effort is made to collect
the latest and most reliable data concerning
snEs or GG IN He9 p & OF 54
ply OF information on this subject has been
noted, and the officer in charge at Boston
lines adopting the, routes recommended
by the Hydrographic Bureau. In a forecast for
ally fair weather will prevail Frequent io9s
may be expected over tn" Grand Banks and or
the coasts OF Nova Scotia and newfoundland.
also off the northern coast OF the United states
and along The transatlantic route In mid
ocean. Field ice should he looked out for to
the eastward and southward OF Newfoundland
and OIL the coast Of L ape Breton Island.
The recent order OF the Secretary OF War;
directing Chief Clerk Tweedale to refund to
the clerks the money received by him for ad-
minsterinR the oath OF Office has called atten-
tion 10 tho TACT that IN other depattments
clerks are being feeced daily by such opera
tions, and that officials drawing large salaries
iion. In the Geological survey bureau. which
is sample Of all the others. the clerks COM
plain that the dlsbursing officer has the IN onop-
oily OF swearing in clerks. man. having been
notified o. his apnointment presents himself
Of the dsbursine " clerk to t take the ' oath t Of
office. The applicant thinks this is part and
parcel Of the appointment and is, SURPRISED
happens TO be an Appointee under the Civil
Service law and ut the end OF his six months
cure what is called permanent position. he
goes through the snmo formally again.
the tnd nua5Ise added r0a TO
oath Eut the we lied oflcini's field OF opera era
tions is even broader than this. and under a
ruling OF the Treasury Department all expense
accounts nut in by G"rernment emploSees
must be sworn to MS correct. There is hardly
n dapnrtmpnt
GERS and employees make SO many trirs into
the field as the Gto ogicnl Survey AS tho en-
counts settled as RAPIDLY as possible. and
do not have the hardihood to employ an
fee, and at the ring 0 Of tn tie 'H %nartsr y" in
the di-bnrser's drawer. out comes check for
all understand this and at The present time the
lucky officer has u complete monopoly, both rs
respects the GEOLOGICAL Survey aud the Bureau
OF Lthnology. for which he also disburses.
The President and Secretary Window have
approved the designs of the new Treasury
notes provided for by the new Silver bill. which
were recently PREPARED nt the bureau Of En-,
eight different denominations, as folows: 81.
81, 50. SO s20. 500 500, and $1,000, While
value designation. thoy will all resemble in
form and general characteristic, the present
legal tender note. They will all lie printed
back. A new feature OF the notes. intend
ed TO prevent, raising or alteration is the
ters across the hack This will be done in
the case OF the ones. twos lives, tens. twenties,
ease hs so. Sca and M Sc as ssG WdS
ri the noto will not admit OF the uso OF letters
Of the desired size The notes will differ from
4. United States Of America" instead of simply
United States" They will say on their
win be displayed on on the different notes.
e secretary eta Stanton l'0U on the '0iD@S o1os, Con
Thomas on the ilves. Gen, Sheridan on tue
and Gen. Meade on the one thousands. The
vgnette. for the two. twenty. and Fifty dollar
probable that they will contain portraits OF
Gen. Mcpherson, ex- President Nm. Henry
Harrison, and ex-Secretary Morrill,, respective;
be placed exactly in the centre OF the face OF
the notes III the others being placed on the
afternoon that the issue q these noes to meet
the earlier demands will lie confined to the
tens. one hundreds; and one thonSands, for the
sufficient amount Of the smaller dcnomina-
tions to meet the requirements OF the act in
the thirty days intervening before 1t takes Ell
feet.
The President has approved the Silver bill
tho Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
the acts granting pensions to sarah c. ,Ander-
son and children. William Gardner. Dohson
AMick. Ellen Il. King. Alfred Denny. Annie d.
Rundlett. Martha i, Webster, James L. kab-
1Iooper;, maggie ntautler, Lucy |; Isisse!l Ma.
riah i. Pool, Mary Kinney, Frederick kidwiler,
Robert n. Stewart, Alice Nichols, j. ohm Brehn. !
Sr.. Annie Il. Dixon. Elizabeth Wilson. John |
I5rdenback late private volunteer cavalry:
Lucy A. CoiIield. j. NJ. Stevens, Mary /. Hop |
kins. EuGenia Il. Tabler, Jane Wood, Thee |
dore Gardner Ada johnson, Corneliq Stanley,
Mary +. Johnson. Joseph o. Cotton. Henry q. /,
Henley. Stephen d. tediisll, John J. Nation. |
Oscar +. Collins, and Mis-. SRllie II. MIchler. |
widow OF the late Brevet Brig Zen. Nathan
iel Michler, United States Army.
Senator Evnrts to-day introduced bill for
the erection of now Custom House In New
York city on the site which has been selected
by the Secretary of the Treasury. and at q cost |
D OF to exceed S5OOO,O0O. in addition to any |
sums which may be available under tho provis- |
ions Of tho act oil 1883. The Secretary Is di- !
rected TO sell Mt public auction the present |
Custom House, but Tor not less than "a OnO.UuO. |
He Il also authorized tu appoint u number Of |
citizens OF New OTk as q building Commission, /
who shall be- cnRl ged with tho erection ol the /
building and Hha have full power TO purchase |
and employ all labor.