The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS JoTTINGS.

C B. Lamar is on trial in Savannah on
charge of stealing Government cotton and at
tempting to bribe United States civil and military
&of1icers.
considerable shipment of gold and silver bull
s. lion from the Arizona mines had been received
( in that city, and the reports from the mines are
y very encouraging,
i 1t is officially announced that the people of
North Carolina have declared null and void the
ordinance of secession by a vote OF 1877 votes
against 1910, and 1882 votes cast to ratify
the ordinance prohibiting slavery, and 1896 to
reject said ordinance.
i --Garibaldi has offered his services to the
authorities of Naples to nurse the cholera pa
tients in the hospitals, but the Syndic of the
city would not permit him thus to expose him
self to danger. No act of Garibaldi's in the
y height of his military fame is nobler than this.
Garibaldi Offering to nurse the sick of Naples is
grander than Garibaldi entering the city in tri-
pmph by the side OF Victor Emmanuel the King.
4 The examination of the claims for portions
Ajof the rewards offered for the capture OF Booth
and his co-conspirators has nearly reached
conclusion. The Adjutant Generals office is
4 still receiving applications, and in accordance
n with an order promulgated some time since, Will
receive all that dated prior to the lst of
January. The documents relating to the re-
i wards have been referred to the Bureau OF Mill
= tary Justice, and are being examined by Colonel
Winthrop. 1t is expected that report will be
made to the Secretary, Of War on the subject in
about two weeks, and that the matter Will be
\ decided about the lst of February.
In the Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Clifford has delivered the opinion in the
case OF appeal from the District Court OF Wis
consin, in which the Milwaukee and Chicago
Railroad Company was the respondent. 1t
4 appears that certain mortgaged premises were
several times offered for sale, but were not Sold
and that the applicant claimed possession on
the ground that he was the highest bidder; but
4 the Supreme Court holds that biddings at auc-
tion ale mere offers, and that there is no bind
rnlNIf AfNtAr Tfh hGfh inG
4 is given. In other words, there must be a
mutual understanding to definite agreement.
AS the auctioneer may refuse to strike off the
property to the highest bidder so q bid may be
4 withdrawn before the hammer falls. The Court
4 SAID that Justice had been done, and all parties
4 are satisfied but the appellant, and that the
decree of the District Court is affirmed, with
costs.
The circular Of Coleman & Co., Of San Fran
4 cisco, dated December s, reports thus on none
Il tary affairs in that city:-
"The condition of the money market has not
materially changed since our last reference.
a There is if anything a slight abatement in the
demand. The general inactivity of trade coca
4 sions moderate requirement for business pur-
poses, and there is no longer any excitement
3 upon the Stock Exchange. Most merchants
4 have done profitable business this year, aud
are now in a comfortable condition. Bank ac.
commodations rule for the most part at l96lli
] per cent per month, and outdoor transactions
are made at lb0D25 per cent. Currency bills on
I the Atlantic for this steamer have been offered
d at 42@44 per cent. premium on gold, and tele-
graphic transfers rule as tormerly-3 per cent
4 premium. Sight drafts, payable in coin, may oe
quoted at 1902 per cent. premium, and sterling
exchange at 4Sl Id. @D4Sb. for bankers bills com.
+ mercial do. at 49sd.
The United States Treasurer, Hon. +. E. Spin.
4 ner, has received a communication from O
National bank which has been heretofore desig
mated as a depositary OF pubic money, asking to
4 be permitted to make returns of average amount
of its deposits without including the deposits oil
Paymasters and other United States disbursine
4 officers. 1t is represented that the deposits OF
this character received by the bank within the
past SIX months amount to over four millions oil
4 dollars, and the petitioner argues that these
4 deposits are the property of the Government
and that therefore, the bank should not bC
4 required to pay the duty OF one quarter of one
per centum required by law. Each half year
upon the average amount of other deposits that
in becoming a United States depositary, tn
bank gave the Secretary Of the Treasury salts
a factory security, by the deposit OF United State
bonds and otherwise, for the safe-keeping anC
N prompt payment OF the public money deposite'
n with it, and from this it is argued that tn
deposits In question are technically ana legall
Government property, and hence, the dut
could not be enforced ii the spirit and intention
OF the act be adhered to. General Spinner, il
answer TO the communication, refused l.
authorize the bank to deduct the deposits name
from its return II the average requires tn
payment of duty as desired In the law, duty wi
not be required on deposits made by the Unite
States Treasurer, but on all other deposits til
duty will be collected.