The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-25
WASHINGTON.
MARRIAGE OF ROBERT L. LINCOLN.


Robert l.. Lincoln, eldest son of the late
President Lincoln, was married this evening
to Mary Helen, only daughter of Senator Har-
Ian of Iowa, at the residence OF Harlan, by
Bishop Simpson. Secretaries McCuloch and
Welles, Senator Ramsey, Representative Long
bridge, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, and few 9TH
err distinguished persons were present.
sURRATT DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. N.-Judge Wylie dis
charged Surratt to-day under the statute of
limitations, the Indictment not having been
found two years after the offence was alleged
to have been committed After he was DIS
charged he received the congratulations OF
friends. The District Attorney entered an ap-
peal from the Courts decision
The Marshal was busy this afternoon i'll pay
ing witnesses summoned in the Surratt case.
1t is believed that no further steps will be taken
to prosecute him, in view of the great expense
to which the government has been put in his
arrest and former trials.
COLORADO ELECTION.
10 Complete returns from the recent election in
Colorado one precinct missing, elect Bradford
Republican, by about 100.
SPURIOUS DEMOCRATIC NOTES.
Some time ago citizen OF Blair County,
Pennsylvania, forwarded to General Spinner,
u. s. Treasurer, one of the bogus dollar green
backs got up by the Democrats as burlesque
on the national currency. This specimen was
printed on common coarse paper with green
ink front and back, and engraving from wood
cut roughly done, but at little distance off
from it might readily be mistaken for genuine
note, and could easily be passed at night or
upon near sighted persons as genuine bill.
Instead of Chase's likeness on the left hand
corner the imitation bears the likeness of Sey-
mour, and has the fac smile signature of Spin
ner in its usual place at the bottom right hand
side. On the back it contains promise to pay
bond holders in greenbacks, including five
twenty bonds.
IL. Il.
Spinner was to ascertain if it was not viola
ton of the law establishing national curren-
cy, and General Spinner referred the matter
to Solicitor Jordan of the Treasury Depart
ment, who is of the opinion that all such imi
tations are clearly violations of the law, and all
parties concerned in issuing or trafficing in
them are liable to fine and Imprisonment for
so doing.
General Spinner has written a reply to the
gentleman in Blair County, in which he sets
forth these facts. The Blair County gentle
man states that large numbers of these imita-
tons have been circulated in Western Penn
sylvanla and adjoining States, and many SIM
pie minded farmers have been imposed upon
and received them for money, being told by in
terested parties that they were just as good as
greenbaeks.
General Spinner has also received informa-
ton that the imitation has been largely circu
lated in the South among the colored people
and passed among them in immense quanll-
ties, the unsophstcated blacks being told that
if they vote for Seymour and Blair these notes
will pass as money and be as good as green
backs TO buy corn and potatoes, or any other
necessaries of life.
EXPORTS AND DRAWBACKS.
The order recently issued to discontinue the
Office of exports and drawbacks on the first OF
October next has been revoked by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and will be continued
until the first OF January next for the purpose
of dispOsing of over thousand cases which
have accumulated.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
The following are the receipts of customs
from Sept. 14th TO the 10Th inc lusve: Boston
$444,O32; New York $2,S4O,423; Philadelphia
$180,999; Baltimore $145,5 48; total 1851 ,002
APPOINTMENTS.
Several appointments of Internal Revenue
stOrekeeperS and guagerS Tor the Western
States were made to-day.
ANOTHER wRANGLE IN THE CABINET.
The Evening Star says that we have every
reason to believe that the cause of the pro-
tracted session of the Cabinet yesterday was a
discussion as to whether there was session OF
Congress on the 21st inst The question being
that if there was session all the appointments
made during the recess had terminated, and
the offices were now vacant. The President
held that he had not been notified of any ses-
sion, and therefore did not recognize any.
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CONVENTION.
The following programme tor the Soldiers
and Sailors National Convention, to be held
in Philadelphia on the LIST and I'd of October,
has just been determined on by the Soldiers
and Sailors Republican Executive Committee:
October LIST. at p NJ, reception of delegations
by the Mayor in Independence Square; F.
NJ, mass convention on Independence
Square. Oct. I'd, 8 A. NJ, street parade; z.
M, mass meeting in front of the Union
League House and a torchlght procession.