New-York tribune., 1867-07-26


RESs OF THE WORK ON THE PACIFIC RAIL
ROADs-THE VENEZUELAN CLAIHs-THB
POSTAL CONVENTION--sANFORD coNoyEB
ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON. NJ
BY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Thursday, July %, 1867
The Republican Congress Committee, within tho
last week, have sent dozen speakers and organizers
into the South. They have gone mostly to North
and South Carolina and Mississippi as these States
require most aid The demands on the Committee
grow in volume, and corresponding activity is
evinced
News has reached the Interior Department here,
that work is being pushed on the Northern Pacific
route to have the material for report TO Con-
gress at the next session. Gen. Ira SpauldiDg who
accepted recently the position Of Chief Engineer of
the Eastern Division, has started from Bayfield, Wis
consln his base and is pushing his surveying party
out into the wilderness. Col. w. H. Owen of this
city is of the principal assistants. The surveyors
DO not expect to reach civilized settlements until
some time in September. On the Central route q
force of 1900 Cinnamon and 1900 whites is
employed. The former receive sS5 per month, and
board themselves; the latter $50, and found. The
great tunnel through the summit of the Sierra Ne
vadas is being worked through granite rock Of re-
markable hardness. EitrO-glycerne is employed foI
head blasts" and powder for seam-blasts.p The
Company are getting ten cents per mile from passen
gers from the Pacific coast to the present terminus Of
the line .
Notice is officially given to citizens of the United
States that joint Commission Is expected TO DO
organized in the city of Caracas the nth of Au
gust to continue in session u months, for the adju
dcatiOn of claims which have been filed by tho
United States Government or its legation in CaTac-
cas-, against the Government of Venezuela. Claims
which shall not BE- presented within the u
months Will be disregarded by both Governments,
and considered invalid
So much of the new postal convention between the
United States and Great Britain as relates to inter-
national newspapers, books, and printed matter of
all kinds, will go into effect OH the 1st Of October
next but the reduced charge international Letters,
and OH letters sent in open mails to Great Britain, for
countries beyond will not go into effect until the
first of January next. Instructions as to the postage
to be collected on printed matter of every descrip
tion will be issued by the Postmaster General as
soon rs the detailed regulations with the British
postage are agreed upon.
The registration is now complete in Loudon
County Va, and sums mp as follows. Whites, 2,7&;
Coored 992 There Were about $500 coloTed people
in that County in 1860 of whom about 500 left during
the war Their registration, therefore, is supposed
to be full There were about 5000 whites, and this
would make their rating population equal to $500, of
whom not exceeding 200 are DISTINGUISHED, and it
would seem that about 200 qualified TateTs have
failed TO register.
For several days past the guards Of The jail have
been apprsed OF a combination among the prisoners
to escape, and recently discovered one Of them at
work with saw upon an upright iron bar. Sanford
Conover now under sentence for perjury Was stand
ing by the mans side, apparently experimenting the
operation. ConOyer however denies completely in
the matter.
The following alterations and additions arc hereby
made TO the regulations published for the govern
ment of all persons attaehedato the United State,
,navalserSice
commissioned longer regarded as steerage officers
Fer want Of sufficient warlroom Accommodations, they
lions but they entitled all other privileges Of
IL Te oSerrap Of an Esn viii be- silver foul
anchor in the center with silver cord oneeghh Of an
one-eghth Of an inch from each end.
Ill Mdshipmcn, after graduation, will wear eilVef
foul anchor IN the center Of the strap.
GIDEON wELLEs, Secretary Of the Navy.
N0ry Department. July 20, 1867.
Since the published announcement of the inten-
ton of the Treasury Department to issue fractional
currency note Of the denomination of 10 cents a
large number of letters have been received request
ing samples and further information in regard to the
proposed new issue Some parties have nclosed
amounts of money in their letters for sample notes.
but these will not be ready for some weeks, as the
water mark for the paper is not completed.
An order has just been issued from the War De-
partment providing that at every military post sup
piled with the proper ordnance and ammunition,
morning and evening gun WILL in time of peace, be
fred daily at revee aud retreat. 1T is stipulated
that for such purposes sxpounder guns and inferior
blank cartridges or other powder on hand viii be
used for the purpose.
Receipts from Internal Revenue to-day were
SSN165.
Brevet Major ]. O'Sullivan has heen ordered to
Richmond, Ya on special duty. Brevet Major-6cn
s. P. IIentzleman lns been ordered TO New-York.
there to await further orders