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in withdrawing their securities. It is said that the department does not favor the retirement 01 designated depositories, since they no sooner obtain possession of their securities than they are thrown upon the market. The First National Bank of Burlington, Iowa, has applied to resign as a depository, and its resignation will be accepted as soon as its accounts are balanced. Changes in the Government Printing Office. A large number of the employes of the government printing office have been dismissed. Thirtysix were notified to-day that for reasons sufficient to the Congressional printer their services will no longer be required. A colored compositor, the first ever employed in the government printing office, was appointed and assigned to a case to-day. Removals in the Navy Yard. All the master workmen at the Washington Navy Yard are to be removed. and candidates for succession to their places have been before the examining committee. Negro Office Seekers at the White House. Two or three delegations from Alexandria, Va., have called to see the President within the past few days, having in view the disposition of the federal offices in that city. There is an anxiety among the colored citizens there to have persons of their own race appointed to prominent offices, and in advocacy of each appointment two or three colored delegations have lately visited the President. Prize Money for the Crew of the Augusta. The prize money due the officers and crew of the United States steamer Augusta for the capture of the Cheshire in December, 1861, will be ready for payment at the office of the Fourth Auditor in a day or two. The amount or money to be distributed is nearly $20,000. Duty on Wrought Iron Tabes. The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that the tariff, as well as commercial usage, recognizes a distinction between wrought iron tubes and wrought iron flues; and that the former are liable to a duty of three and a half cents per pound and the latter of two and a half cents per pound under the existing laws. The Rowley-Mason Jar Case. The celebrated jar case of Rowley VS. Mason has assumed a new phase. Judge Fisher had decided in favor of Rowley, but on Saturday the same judge granted a preliminary injunction staying the issue of a patent to Rowley, it being claimed that J. L. Mason was the original inventor and reduced the article to practice.
