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Show 1 AMllOi ION. Washington, 20. Major G. G. Huot, United Stales army disbursing olficer at Memphis, has been direcied to close his duties aud report here to relievo Captain James McMillan ol hts dutiea at chief disbursing officer of the Freed men's branch, ot the adjutant ad-jutant general's office. The president has signed the commission com-mission of Alfred V. Dockery of North Carolina an rnnmil nt T.onHa 're appointment fills the last vacancy among salaried consulates. Very few vacancies are likly to occur iu salaried sala-ried consulates between this time and the meeting of congress. It is understood under-stood to be the inteniijo of ihe Btate department to fill all such vacancies by promotion for merit and experience experi-ence in the consular service. The cotumUaioner of patents, today, to-day, heard arguments in the case ol tho interference between the application applica-tion of Hoe Jl Tucker tor a patent tor an improved printing press, and the Mayall patent owned by the' Bullock Bul-lock printing press company, for a I reiue ol which an application is also pending. Theodore M. Vail, superintendent of the railroad mail sprvice, Wm. A. Knapp, chief clerk of Ihe postoffice department, J. B. Mennick, an utlicer, and the first assistant poat-masier poat-masier general, were tg-dfv appoints a commission to revise the rates of tolls paid by the government to telegraph tele-graph companies, and fix them for. tbe ensuing fiscal year. Several gentlemon who were connected con-nected with the commission on civil j service reform under President Grant, ! are now engaged by direction of Pres-j Pres-j ideot Hayes in the preparation of ; rules on the same subject to operate in all public offices ot the United j States. |