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Show ' Washington Advice. Washington, IS. Lieut. Hoxie, to-day, notified contractors that under the recent act of Congress, all claims for which no evidence of ixidebted- ,ness have been issued by the board of public works, must be audited by a . board consisting of 1st and 2nd Controllers Con-trollers of the Treasury of the United States, who shall issue certificates of amounts signed by them. 1 The District commission, to-day, , issued an order suspending all work authorized by the la'e board, except i that on rivers. 1 The President has authorized the appointment 'of J. H. Marr as first I assistant Postmaster General, and J. Routt, secoud assistant Postmaster i General, during any absence of l'ost- . master General Marshall. j The President signed the French- ; American postal treaty immediately oa its reception. |