The New York herald., 1864-07-22
'xrwS FROM WASHINGTON.
wAazropp, July n. 1884

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vMANuIAt HArrERs. tao
bu Est yss bssa decided whether the ssvss thirty
Treasury 70 be issus1 shall be convertible into nvs
per cent United S;xsss bond fhs latter dsscrip
tioa win probably BE- dsssrmss ~ ths Secretary Of
DER ARrru or sgcaEaAsy sIssrKpHs yoa NEW
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Secretary Fessaasr ian fos Sew ycts co tie s'svsn
A. n. train to-day. .,taaao...ss.
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Secretary Seward iu New York state, has been
reported, but len here ths xssrrocr revenue ss.sss
for Point LcekoU;.
KsoETASr ORpKR FROM sEcRrTARY SHANNON
An order has been issued to-day By Secretary stanscr
fOrsdding any persona employed IN the bureaus q tho
War Department fcm communicating any information
respecting the business Of the department. 70 person
not employed 10 Of the Offices without the written
verbal consent OF the secgctsry
GR. sEANqosis nErosrEp rHsIGHATsoS
Ar almost universal regsc, expressed here that the
report OF the resignation Of the Secretary Of War not
confirmed. lie has sworn IN h wrath that he VIII not
oss h. hold upon the Office until expelled from IT, and
has dared the President 10 TO such alternative
protect binselr from the Of public oum hat
attaches TO the misconduct or tho War Department
whstcver may he the OF the power OF tho secre
tary Mr.. Lincoln profound mystery; but the
fact Ia evident that lie only stn reains ihs Office
from vhicn the people everywhere, inclGd.ng the
strongest personal political irleda and supporters
Mr. Lincoln meInbcrs Of the Cabinet, loudly
demst ding his expulsion the ory eans Of saving the
country from dastcr and the Baltimore candidate from
ignominous defeat, bat he also continues with mpnniy
fatty reuse to obey the positive orders OF the Prcs
dent and - coctermand the cricrs and hwat the best
purposes of the Lieutenant General
THE QUOTA OF THs DISTRICT 0F CcLuHBfA.
The quota of this District, under the new call for
troops, is thousand hundred and ten, which
will be reduced hy previous calls OF four
hundred and fifty. Recruits are coming In now at the
of Aecn per day. ana II is believed that the qucs
will be filed before the expiration OF the CITY days and
DRAFT avoided! t4e Fst
THg QUOTAS OF TIE sTAyRs.
The quotas or states under tue recent call for I'VE
hundred Thousand men, have been sent to the respective
THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM
Arrangements being made to organize the postal
money order sy stem. some weeks will uDsvoidaby
espsc before Is pat ino operation, owing to the par
tcuiarty and required to perfect the machinery
70 insure complete SUCCESS.
& cGUSrERFEIT NOTES.
short time ago City dolsr counterfeit note was
sent, among other papers, 20 the Treasury Depart
ment II IL only oleraby well executed but calculated
to deceive casual observer. The Treasury has
also specimens counterfeit fifty cent notes. both en-
graved aud ithogrspbed careful comparison with tie
genuine Will show their spurousness
TnE rosrAGE or FOREIGN LETTERS
u Is officially announced that hereafter the United
States postage charge without regard 10 dssnce on let
ters addressed to received from the British West To-
dies Cuba Aspinw all Panama. any other forega place
country and from waich different rates o. postage
have been established by International postal con-
vention or arrangement, viii the single rate
OF hall an ounce or uoder which must be prepaid on
letters sent, and collected letters received;
ais, that the uniod States postage charge
newspapers other printed matter to received
from the places referred 10 will in future
bs loows--Two conts each nesspapers, aud the
estabshed Gu each pamphlet periodical and other
articles printed matter, whicn must in like msruer,
lie prepaid matter sent aud Collected on matter re
ceved future the international postage charge upon
all Ieiters passing province or New Bruns
wick any part the United Stos without regard to
distance or conveyauce, will be ten cents the
siogle ri,spf hall UNDER prepay ment op
/ t,onal.
REDUCED 10 THE RANKS.
Acting Third Aesistant Engineer William J. Nonftt. OF
the navy has recently been found guilty by n court
martial OF deseri,ng from tho Boston Navy Yard and
rn The United s,sies steamer Admiral at New York,
and been eucei 70 10 reduced 10 the rating o. rs;
class reman cor the eria Of two years. The
Secretary OF tue Navy ordered the TO be
carried into effect.
INrtBMENT ~ IIE DEFENDERS or THE CAPITAL.
The work of renewing bodies Of soldiers Killed in
deieucc The capital during the recent Invasion
commenced to-day apc a number nave already beea re-
buried in the cemetery for that purpose. This
Is situated about hail milo beyond Fort Stevens. There
are about forty bodies IN all,