The fiscal years ends on the afternoon of the 30 th of June, much anxiety in the several departments ia regard to thn changesj expected to take place in the clerical force at thej opening of the fiscal year 'especially in the Quarter Master General's office, where the recent examinations took place. The per diem men feel very much aggrieved over the order as the salried employes are also dismissed at the same hour withont a corresponding reduction of pay. Superintendent Graves of the bureau fI engraving and printing, in order to make the appropriation run nntil the end of the fiscal year has ordered his force" to cease work at three o'clock each day. Suchlaridge as the one known as the Acquaduct, leading from Georgetown to Arlington Cemetery, would be considered a disgrace to any country of a thriving state in the west. For years the bridges leading to the city have been objects of neglect, and ugliness- as dangerous to life and limb of man and beast. What with the new bridge to be built across the Potomac above Georgetown and the new Memorial Bridge, Washington will have, when they arc complete some approaches to the city worthy the capital of the United States. It will lead to the government asylum for the insane. This This bridge will be a handsome structure. Proposals for the new bridge to be built by the govermentj across the East Branch will be advertised for as soon as pome legal formalities to secure the val-' idity of the goverments title to the approach on the eastern side of the river are gone through Avith. All are agreed on a reduction of the revenue, but can come to no unity f opinion as to the objects of taxation which should be released. llandall has not moved from his old ptandonthe tariff and there is talk afloat of much dissatisfaction with his leadership of the appropriation committee. The difficulties to be met in reaching a conclusion on the questson of a reduction of the tariff are the different views held by members of Congress who represent different sections of the county. These conferences are to be only preliminary to a party caucus to be held about the time of the meeting of Congress. His coming will be the signal to other leading members on the Democratic nide of the House to come- They hope by this conference or series of conferences, to arrive at sime sort of an agreemant as to the beat methods to reduce the revenue. Speaker Carlisle's arrival is daily looked for. the first of July to discuss the redaction of the revenue. A conference of leading Democrats is expected to take place in this city a-bout. The name of this family is Brown, and they appear to have in this inst ince, far out-striped their rivals the Smiths. Black states that the records of the pension ofiieeifail toBhow aparellel case, where sixteen sons of one father and mother served as soldiers. By the death of two the mother is entitled to a pension also. Fourteen of these sons survive and draw pensions. Twenr y of this number were boys, sixteen o whom served in Union Army. A West Virginian of the conventional lean, long type appeared at the Pension Office this week toTgiye evidence in a pending, claanH'Tone 'of a family of thirty-three children. In the face of the liorribie character that modern ingenuity now gives to war.by the manufacture of such totally destroying impli-menf s mankind may learn to abhor wars to socb a degree that no nation calling itself civilized will consent to engaged in one. The building of of fortificationsaboutjour principal jhar-bors, can no longer be ' advocated as the purpose of forts has been superceded by the use of modern explosives, so small they may be carried in the hand so deadly no man lives but fears their very existence. No vessel of an enemy would dare enter Waters, where the presence of a small craft built to throw dynamite booms was suspected even. The use of dynamite in war-fare is causing a complete revolution in the eld systems of attack and defense. The material for the dynamite crniser has also arrived at the yard and the men have commenced work on the subscripture of that craft. Word comes from the Navy Department that the new gun boat Baltimore now being built at Cramp's ship yard In Philadelphia, is rapidly approaching completion. GEORGE SMITH, Editor -:- and -:- Publisher. One vear.$1.50 Six Alont-ta 75 Three months.
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