Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-08-14

BY Telegraph to Che Springfield Republican
Secretary McCullcch, in letter to the United
States Treasurer Spinner. says that the holders
of compound interest notes have no right 10 claim
payment thereof at amy other place thin the treas
ury Of the United States at Washington, but that
in the exercise Of liberal discretion, the secrcta-
~ has authorized the assistant trcasurers at Bos-
ton, New York and Philadelphia, 10 pay these
notes when presented for payment at their rcspec-
tive Offices In doing this the secretary has done
as much for the accommodation OF the holders as
the interest Of the government and the convenience
Of the department will permit Pursuant TO the
requirements of the department, the subjoined
rules have been adopted for the preparation and
transmission of such notes for redemption when
sent to the treasury department.
First, Holders are required to remit such notes
IN packages, separate from any other notes, or Sc
curities addressed to the treasury Of the United
States.
Second. Express charges upon compound inter
est notes forwarded to the treasury for redemption
must be paid by the party renting them and such
charges should be prepaid.
Third, Schedules Of notes should be prepared
and sent to the treasury specifying the denomina-
tons, dates letters and numbers contained in each
remittance
Fourth. As a safeguard to holders it is sugges-
ted that these notes may be cancelled before for
wardiDg them, by punching out both signatures,
care being necessary 10 leave the dates and num-
beers untouched by the punch.
FDh Payments for these notes will be made
by the assistant treasurer at New York, Phadel-
phia Boston, san Francisco and New Orleans, or
in currency by express at the cost OF the owners
OF the notes, as the parties romitting may elect.
THE SURRATT JURY AND WITNESSES.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune, in an
interesting Of the Surratt trial writes this
of the jury and the prisoners witnesses -
1.-The urymen are all OF good standing. Two
or three are comparative nobodies, and one or two
are anything but members of the temperance so
ciety but speaking in general terms, as a whole
the jury is, socially OF unusual excellence. Two
have retired from business but otherwise the u-
rors engaged in trade that the cit,'s inter
est is their interest. The jury, as a body is Of
remarkable mtelligence--not that these twelve
gentlemen notable in the community, but that
it is notable to see twelve such men on the jury
So far as | can learn none of them are Catholics.
Politically none are republicans, neither were any
of them specially obnoxious during the war on the
score of loyalty but three were rightly set down
moderate southern sympathizers, and all of
them readily affiliated with the democracy in the
elections of last year.
The defense have made great ado about their
poverty. That Surratt himself has not much mon
ey is probably true, but the legitimate expenses
of his witnesses-heir mileage and per diem and
board bills are all paid by the government. lie
made affidavit in open court that he unable to
meet this burden, and the Judge, therefore direc-
ted its assumption 10y the marshal. But what of
the extra ieesY One witness, from Canada owns
TO having received thousand dollars, and it is
known that large sums have also been paid TO 9th
ers-where does the money come from; Shall I
tell YOU? Ii is subscribed by the Washington Sc
eessionists. A paper has been quietly circulated
III the right quarters and the amount realized was
nv IA h.
say that copy OF this paper has come into the
hands of the prosecution, but | guess they could
tell something about it if there were occasion to
make its contents publicN