The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-09

The amount Of fractional currency redeemed and de-
stroyed the Treasury during the week $37S 500
The receipts from internal to-day werc
$685. o6s-makng the total for the ending
to-day, S. $780, and the total since the beginning Of
the present fiscal year, $3.50, o3o.647 e.
Anertcan CBaims Against yeaoxucla.
An official proclamation is made Of convention be-
tween the United States and Venezuela for mxsd
mission In order to settle the American claims
Products Of American Fisheries.
statement Of oil and otner products Of American
fisheries received and exported during the four
months ending April 80, 1857. prepared BY tho
Bureau Of Statistics. exhibits the following Tho
amount OF spermaceti, whale and other fab oil and
other products Of fisheries received during the four
months the ports Of the United States were
valued at 50, 462 2a The value Of the exported
during the Same period s1,l426s2
The Reward offered by the WashingtOn City
Council Tor the Lincoln Assassius.
In the Equity Court Of this District order has
made in the matter OF the controversy relative to tho
disposition Of the 700 reward offered by the City
Council Of Washington for the Lincoln assassns Cen
raj T. Baker is at issue the question with nearly
nifty competitors against him for the prize The order
by the Court Directs the taking OF testimony by Com
missioner Lieutenant E. P. Dohsry, Of the respoad
ents, who the ofhcer command OF the detail Of
men from the Sixteenth New York cavalry. In his an
swer he admits that he was ordered, the gath OF
April, TO report Colonel L. Baker, agent Of the War
Department, and ordered proceed to Belle PLAIN
and scour the country information having received
which led to the belief that Booth and Harold were in
that section and denies that be under the command
Of Conger, who. with L. c. Baker. accompanied tho
comman d. !.
The Petition for tho Pardon Of Jca Davis
Governor Pierpoint Of Virginia, answer to request
OF Paul Bagey to sign petition for pardon OF Js0
Bavis writes as follows:-
COMMONWEALTH or VIRGINIA
Executive DEPARTMENT June 1857
ask for the pardon OF man who will not ask for
his pardon. God pardon unless the trans.
sre:sor first asks for his own pardon RcasonContray
Rev. PAUL BAGLsr.
The Department or Education.
Tho Department OF Education now as far orcanized
as the limited the disposal OF Commissioner
Barnard will admit in the absence Of any appropratoo
by Congress. The Commissioner is devoting ai hs
energies 70 developing system and procuring the
necessary information for that purpose The Depart
ment yet has clerical force excepting the chef
clerk, Mr. Edward d. Neiii, Professor T. Richards
The Department is at present engaged transmitting
circulars 20 the Governors OF States calling for
the requisite Information in regard to tho educational
interests OF the states II l. also about take the
census OF the District OF Columbia, as point OF com.
mencement for the statistical reports on the education
Of the country. The Commissioner intends 10 obtain
the census OF all the moro important ohies OF the
United States, with the object in view; and the
city OF New York has already made appropriation OF
twenty five hundred dollars to assist the department in
this work The Commissioner Is obtaining Information
from the different States in reference land grants
made TO the states behalf OF education and dovot
ing his especial attention to the Normal schools or the
country The efficiency OF the department consider.
ably retarded by the fact that education State
Is under the control OF the state government a. ali
calls for Information, which will be very numoroua will
have 10 be made upon officers who have their official
duties TO attend TO, and the Department cannot thers
Fore call upon any particular officer for replies cir
cuars, but only request them. Like the Commits
sioner OF Agriculture, the Commissioner Of Education
will report directly 70 Congress- being subordinate
to any other department Of the government Hc ex-
poets TO make report OF the operations Of tho depart
ment TO Congress in December next
Civil Administration Of Justice IN Georgia.
Colonel Z. G. sibley, commanding tho district OF
Georgia. the 27th ult issued orsr. with view to
avoid as far practicable, suspension OF civil admin
straion Of justice throughout this state Tho officers
upon whom the duty devoves requested to report
without delay to headquarters vacancies that may
now exist In civil Offices in the State, whether State
local and as they may occur in future
The Av,owut Of a.Oid Coin In the Trensary.
The reports OF the Treasury Department for the week
ending to-day show that the government has in is pos
session one hundred million eight hundred and ninety
one thousand dollars in gold. eighteen million three
hundred and thirty thousand dollars OF which Ia
represented by gold certificates