, 1869-07-08
WASHINGTON.
General Spinner Appointed Gus
todian Of the Sink
ing Fund.
Treasury Order for the Pur-
chase Of Government
Bonds.
Setrt1ary RawliES Ntallh Rapidly In.
pro,ins.
Special Dcspatch 10 II. Chicago T-.oune.
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Special Dcgpatch 10 II: Chicago T-!nune.
WASHINGTON, Jn1y :.
TEE VIRGINIA ElEc71Gs.
The sutcets cf Walker In Virgins ts conceded
hE crs1Ebs,ds, and the cseatax Democratic paper
Aerc ts gEeat.y re1otced ai tie result Walker Was
doubtless Il democrat while In the asu,y, but CANE
or1 Of tae war Repah.sean Of conservative
stamp. lie u gentleman Of excellent ehsfac7e't
and held IN esteem BY government officials mere
who know him. The worsi Ting that ca5 DC sa'a
against him IS thai tie Is hot 1u Eool coinFau!- 1ae
telegram Of Chairman ltancl TO the President has
nccaR1oned good deal Of talE some Pefeons 31e
Eispute cd to regard II 2s tat!ftcA IN chasac&ef;
but IL tie u a3kc1 E1ec;,tl1c Cosl1u!tsee hare nj
~lnng called theirs ,hc uuc Republican party.
there does not seea 10 I've any reason for sappos-
.cg that hts congratulations arc Otherwise than
they appear. The oefeat OF uunn,cutt for Coz
sreas Is regarded With aaisfsctlon by eFerybodF,
and the election Of 6esas need not give anybody
the least trouble for he will neFer get bis seat the
s,tate having 10 more right to n Cong1esatnan.as-
Large than Tennessee atld South Carolina, 10th of
whtct, 6tates tndulged IN the harmless amusement
OF eiectiDg such Iefsooases nelthef Of whom
were admitted The Walker party talk Of electing
Dr.. Alexander sharp, the President 3 hrothe1.ia-
law, formerly Postm2ste. Of Richhond and nov
Mareh4. Of this District, as Senator. lie ts 4 Re-
lEb.icau Ut moderate tendeDclek
HEALTH OF EEcaETAky H4wL1Nl
The paragraph going the rounds Of tho news
paE+1e the effect tbst the sec1etasY Of War Is In
tlch IL health that be cannot perform the duties
OF hlk once, End II tons 70 take vacation Of ees-
c1al ron,hs, liz wholly incorrect II Is scll.knowu
tbs: tt has been tn rcor hcrIth fur some years,
tut It ELL! gfNt1ly lis friends to Know that GtoGe
liz Ply scsans changed their caufre Of treatment,
Two or thtec mouths eSn he has heea Steadily tn
p:otine, 1ni he hald to-day that for
the 1as, thrrt weeks he Asn heen better Than n
gpy other TINE ~ four years His associates here
aye .cnso1 to believe that he II now IN fals way
to slowly recover bis health, aud he IS ule to take
Of al Ills olclal duties with 1uucn less fatigue
Than formerly, lie gets Of In the COURSE OF Teck
for a ten tnEs' visit to bis family In Connecticut.
and thcu returus here to IeLn1ln the EresteT part
of the suu.pler AUD Ialt
FcEcuASE or BoSps.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has issued m Of
der for the purchase IN Nrw York on Friday o.!
th1tr 1uiaon aollas1 Uose OF government aonds.
which will releAee about three and e half nIilohs
Of currency. lie did not communicate his pur-
1'o-e "a single person IN OF ont Of fhe depart
1I.c1t I'll! this morning, and the orer1t1ons latc
LES atsc-uoun In Scw YORK must have brcn found.
I'd On mere guess Work. The honda do not go ta-
n thu e!nkius Innd but will be held subject 10 the
ael,tu II Congress.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
7GEAsuAEh SKINNER Arrn1s7ED cCs5optAS Of
THE eISItsu FIND.
WASuIEGr0S, july s.-SeCretary Boutwell, to-
t3ry appolutcd General F. E spinner, CnItea
states Treasurer, Custodian Of The sinking Fund
tne future act.on Of Congress. with INSTRUCTIONS
lbat ihrs must be charged 10 tue a'couut af regis
tered toEd', and tuoGs Opened which at
oi the iand. He IS also Instructed IL
s1,eu I'D Interest account ilh the sinking
iund ana credit Il sta II a !n'fIss[ que On ni hond.
IL the tuture actiHu Ut Congress nnd purchase
new t'onds With such Interest, 10 hc added to Inc
t,nling fund
TRKAsCRy DISBURSEMENTS FOB JrSE.
Tit following are The disbursements for June:
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my y
Tic aIove docs not inc1uae The amount pad ol
account Of the public debt
XEEEsrK KEEEllTs-
Receipts Of internal feFetue tUGa!. e2G311t.
TIE President fIIEEE AnFEaEhh
The lrttiarnt VIZ! oexs week accompany h!
faulty 10 LoHR Branch, aud occaslunatlE dur1ns
lie sumner lie at,seu. r1uM this c!ty, but at ul
atlne orr TWO wetls, shI perhaps Ntses toe he
long ittaod~ Hls travelling niuEtnents will de
pend pu the Et1:c Of pab!.t Business. which Wll
frrrtsc his attention al Washington whenever til
:1upprtance shall 70 require.
Virginia. ...-
the question OF administering the iron clad oath
IL members elect Vi the Virginia tto!s!ature has
MI YET teen Submitted 10 the AttorEy Genes:. e.
s1yiag TO- the receipt Of The correspondence which
called forth the letter u t;tnrr Callbs to thu effect
that the taking VI til, oath Wul lie ntccssary.
A1klsTEH sicKlkS IS~IErcTIuss
1t nay now be hlAted With luotr certainly thar
heretofore thai M,a'sss slcklcs ha5 not been ia
htIucied to rceutlate fUr the purchase OF CIba
And the additional a:sur3nce GoLuta fr0fn one .
the t'ess sources Of official information that tn
government IL not looking to the purchase Of Ter
HtOrg IL aHy Other lnartrr.
BuAb FEhcHASE. ...
The SectctaEJ Of the TIc4sury has directed TIL
Assistant Treasurer At New York to purchass
three millions uf United siates bonds On Fr7da.
next, TO be hcl1 subject 10 the future action o
Congress Tie cutrrncy ba!Ance IN the Treas4r.
has htcn reduced about 86, 6,ouD.tJD since the lot Q
Juis, t'f the withdraw! u the Necessary amoun
To purchase ta0o0,ttu u bonds md e, ,cN,1 100 fo
lae n!c OF the army,
EEruET or TIE EFECtAL TREASURY AGEST.
Special Treasury agent klQscIIa, now here,
kcrousF lmp:icates parties ln New Orleans Il
high st4Lh!ne, al well as former Officers Of Gus
fprls-hot, however, including Kellogg and Stock
ualc- Tie report 10 Substance SubstRnt1ate8 tn
f1snrunes ttateulrni p1 ruslons tTauds-