The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-04-23
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Yeax, April 2s.-The New York rribune's

NEW Yeax, April 2s.--The New York rribune's
special Gays:
: No new national banks were chartered last week
The total number of these institutions now doing
business throughout the United States 10 1885,
The total amount of their notes in circulation 10
$26S ,02S 040.
Treasurer Spinner had in his cash vaults Satur-
day noon, legal tender notes, fractional currency,
gold, silver and other cash amounting to $95 ,9iS,
AL
The receipts from internal revenue, on Saturday
last, were SAIL AIS 0s. week ending that day
$3,464 1874 So. .=sz.-s4. z7.s..-.
General Grant, prior to his departure for Rich
mond, issued q special order TO Gen. Foster for
the protection OF the American ctlssns of Florida
from the crueIties and inlnstice Practced upon
them under cover of state laws.
President johnson is a member of the Masonic
fraternity and has invited the supreme council of
the southern jurisdiction to visit him tomorrow
morning.
It's reported that the president will issue
a proclama alton setting apart the 17th proximo
day OF fasting and prayer, in view of the antici-
pated visit to this country Of cholera.
The general land office has just transmitted to
the governor of Iowa a certificate authorizing that
state to locate ,O42 acres of the public domain
indemnity for that quantity of swamp land in Cass
county, which had been disp osed of by the United
States with bounty land warrant locations.
6 The statement telegraphed to New York on Sat
urday evening that the re construction committee
had prepared various propositions tor report, is
incorrect. There was a meeting OF the committee
held
and 1t 10 understood that various constitutional
anne nd IN and separate measures of legislati
were proposed and debated but no comprehen-
Give or coI0plete propositions were discussed, and
certainly nothing definitely concluded upon to re-
port to the house. The committee will meet
again at 10 O'Clock to morrow, when the separate
propositions submitted by different members may
be embodied in form preparatory to a subseq cunt
report. The chairman will soon present the final
report of the committee summing up the results
arrived at and Investigations, and recommending
some general policy OF restoration. 1t is possible
also that this report will be accompanied by bill
or joint Resolution relating to the qualifications
and status Of federal Office holders the
states, which shall embody the idea of prohibiting
the political power of that section from being
controlled by those who were active in the rebel
lion.
The amount of fractional currency issued last
week was S256 900. Disbursement and transfer OF
treasury department during last week amounted to
| $40, 34S, o77.S7 The u. :. treasury at present
holds in u. s. bonds. in trust, for the
circulation of national banks 1920 27S 800, and as
securities for deposits in designated government
repositories $50 Ola 800 81 ,524 600 national
bank notes was issued Tor the week ending April
! 2lst
The following statements exhibit the amount of
funds the vaults of the treasury at the close of
the week ending April 2lst, including u. S. legal
tenders 10 the amount of s., Ass 900, national
bank notes S92S, 270; fractional currency of all
| denominations, including mutilated and unfnsh-
ed 81 .496 400; gold 32S, SO240 silver ,534 20.
| BUFFALO, April 23.--Navg alton is opened here
The Brig Paragan sailed this forenoon for Cleve-
/ land.
! The Schooner C. W. johnson has cleared and
with the Bark North west will sail soon.
| Weather rainy and with north east.
Twenty-Five miles above here there is water
! In sight from the south shore.
| The canal opens May LIST.