, 1869-07-14
Deserfers from the Union army
Claim Their Bounty.
Secretary Boutwell's Opinion as to
the Effect Of Ills Bond
A: Sales.
The Trades Unions aud ChintSe lmmi-
grafton.

9pE[&A 4Eek8*fA W 4AE ~A&s.ASV AAA0eAAEV
WAAu1SdTuK, July t.
pEsxR7ERs CLAIMING BoCN1nA
L Ttr3 important ca5e for the Court Of Claims
has Just been rnhde up and Will te brought to
t1a1 eafiy In the next term Of the court II
g1ows out Of the claim OF deserte1s from our sFnJ
during the war Tor bounties promised By the Roy-
efrtnent This sort at demands go 6e1ofe Second
Comptroller Broadhead for retirement The
practice from tha beginning haA been to be gov
etIed by reports from the Gr1ay headquarters or
the War Department. and persons treated there
u de1erters are 80 treated By tho Comptronerh
ONCE, which refuses to pay the bounties, and
considerable number OF this clazs OF persons,
backed up by attorneys and cl8lm a9ents, now
set up that no one ought 70 be deemed dt9erter
tn he hAs been proved 30 before court martial
Thh Comptroller resist8 tha assumption, and
eome Of the lawyers haye nade up case for the
court Broadhead has written long fesses 10
Assistant Attorney General Dlctey, showing what
the practice Of the government has been, Rnd On
what grounds It ts founded decAion against
him, he kayb, would take At least twenty millions
Of do1iars ont Of the Treasury.
Bf0Cl,JuB1RG IE10RAha
kilograms from New York to-day show that
somebody nafcs good deal Of excitement the1e
by circulating the stoy3 that the Secretary OF tho
Treasury would not pay above g certain figure
for bonds he has advertised 70 buy tomorrow
Inquiry Of the Secretary shoWs this stoJ 10 be en-
t1rely unfounded. He goes Into the market just
a other buyers do and expecta 10 pay the market
rates for his honda. lie expected they would ad-
yance On his order to purchase 10 hearfy, and re-
Rayds the lact that theJ do advance as cheering
sign Of the times He hopes they will further ad-
vance TIL they nearly OF quite equal gold 20 that
he can initiate Arrangements for new bonds AZ
lover rate Of interest
PACIFIC RA1ERoAD LfX1tA
Attor1er General uoar, In h1s letter to Secre-
tary Boutwell, On the question about the Union
PRcitc Railroad, SAYS he has carefully considered
the lAw, tnd Ia Of opinion that the Inns begins, az
the railroad company have commended, 1t the ono
hundredth merdian-the line from Omaha to that
point being treated 81 one the branches The
Treasury had declined issuing any more bonds
TIL this question WIS sett1ed-
| PERSONAL.
The President docs not get awny from here for
| Long Branch till Thursday. General Ames, Gov
ernor Of M!sE1satppl, II expected to moHuW. Sec
retary RawlIna goes 10 Connecticut to-mof1o"
evening. Genefal 6hermnn Leaves on Saturday or
Monday for New uampshlfe, to be gone q fortnight
Secretary Robson and Admiral Porter are going to
| take cruise along the coast shortly. Secrc tary
| F,,h is going north next week. Chief Justice
Cnase ts going Eoou a. he Btta through Win tne
| Tergcr case.
| CIT TAXATION.
The TAX lew Of Washington 1or the coming year
| WEE put through both branches OF the City COUNCIL
last evening. The rate Of tA1atton Is one dol1at
and forty cents per hundred dollars Of valuation,
OF which forty cents are for school purposes. The
bull ia expected 10 yield about one md quarter
ullllons OF dollars The rate Is ten cents lo"es
than Of last year, bat the valuation Is great dca
higher: .--..--
/ POLITICS rs. RELIGION.
One Of the colored church societies II Aexnn
dsta held meeting last evening, to Zee wha
ehould he done NTH tho church members Wht
voted the Conservative ticket In the State eaec
tton The Church Treasurer Tas among th
onrendcts, and WAs punished By removal iron
once. a long md excited debate followed. o.
the question Of turning all the offenders out Q
the tnu1En. Action MES not reached.
TuK culkKag LABOR QUESTION.
/ One Of the eyenlng papers s2ya Joint ueeun
Of all the trades-unions Of this city Is soon to
called, to take into consideration the great innu,
| Of. Chinese tmnIgranta to thls country. The OH
! ceYs Of tho National Workhsgnens 3 Union hay
lately addressed ltttcrs to the various trades
unions throughout the county, calling their after
ton to the matter and asking atlslce-
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
| REVENUE REcElfTa.
%TEs7ox t:s:os ~, islate'na 'esenuo n
~''P-7 '0A'' trroIsrxxsT pEc1HEp
Secretary Boutwell, this morning received tel
suptrlsoT visor tor Massaehusetis. Hhode Island IN
Couuecttcut declining the appointment
! APToIfTAKkT-
/. T. Adams, Of New York, has eeeu appolnte
| Consul At AnltA.
BEGINNING AND ENDING or THE PACIFIC AA!LlloAl
, Attorney General IIoar hns decided tnas y
commencement OF the main line OF the l'acln
+ Railrund IS At the 100fh meridian, longitude We
| fro1n Greenwich, aud terminates at the caster
( | boundary OF California
! | TIE GREAT DECATUR COTTON CASE,
involving the ynlue Of LOO bales OF cotton, 4.
tu6t been decided aRhlnst the government
Mcuphts, Tenn. Secretary Boutwell, tele4rApne
fo-dhy 10 the United States counsel At that CITY
carrY the case up either to the United States y
| nrele or the Unlted States Circuit CouTt1 on q
peal or Tftt OF error.
NtssIss1rrI AEp TExAG
{ Notwithstanding repeated Efforts 10 iauace (!
: President to nx an early Day fos tne elecuoas
Mississippi and Texas, there seems 20 DC no oou
that he viii designate the fourth Tuesda$ n \
yctpbef Is the time for holding the said eiectaon
Nothing vas eaid On the sabjcct IN the Caplu
I | meeting to-day. y.
- cC6roxa REcEtFTA ,
The following are the customs receipts ~ :
por;s named from July TO july IT, 1nclnsly
t boston, 444,6s3; New York. ~. fnilaat
!. {rop1 June 81 TO July ), i<1,ses; san Erancise
from June II 10 June -. 1s66s ~ totalr A,so,
j. SPECIAL TREASURY A6kkI. ~,
:. Secretary boutwell, has rcappotuted =. j. n Il!
- | sells epcc1at Agent, Treasury Department II
d the gentleman who recently Investigated |
New orleans customs TAuoA