The Portland daily press., 1869-07-26
WASHINGTON.
ASSIGNMENT OF ARMY OFFICERS.

WASHINGTON, July A-By order of the War
Department. the following named officers of the
infantry department. left in the consolida ion
and not heretofore assigned to duty. are attach
ed to the following regiments. and win renort
IN person 70 their Colonies for assignment and
duty with such companies as they NAV order:
w. u. Faulk, last of 36th infantry. is attached
70 the lst infantry; Chas B. Hail, late 2Sth
Pa,y y atIached to the LIST infantry; Henry
homyr, late 9th infantry, is attached to the
"a infantry; Wildam r. Bowin, late AID in
iantry, Is attached to the 9th infantry; J. s.
COOK, late 9Th infantry, is attached to 9th in
iantry; John Garland, late 9th infantry, is at
tachsd to the 9Th infantry; JAS. A. Naughty,
late 39th, is assigned to the 7th infantry; L. M.
Hughes, late 36th infantry. is assigned to the
7th infantry T. b. Robinson late 9Th infantry,
Is assigned to the 8th infantry; Panl Harwood,
late 18th infantry, Is assigned to the 9th in
fantry; William Stephenson, do; George f.
Foote, late 9th infantry, to the 9th infantry;
j. L. Shepherd, late 32d infantry, to the 18th
Infantry; Stephen Guthrie, DO; Samuel Craig
late 10Th, to the 18th infantry; Stephen o. Con-
ner, late OF 9th, to the 22d infantry. Brevet
1t. Col. A. Mordeau of the ordnance depart
is relieved from duty at West Point and assign
ed to the Rock Island Arsenal Ill; Cant A.
=. Bates OF the I'd cavalry and 1st Lieut.. A. NJ
Mitchell OF the 4th artillery, are ordered to du-
ty at West Point.
THE cANcELLING OF REVENUE STAMPS.
Commissioner Delano has appointed a COM
examine and report upon all instruments or
contrivances for cancellng revenue STAMPS
The instruments must be presented ON or be- I
fore the 1st OF September next
FINANCIAL.
The amount of fractional currency received
from the printing division of the Treasury dur
ing the week 10 $126 900; shipments, $198 go; \
bank currency issued during the week, $3.50;
actual amount outstanding, S299 $50 ,048; frac-
tonal currency redeemed and destroyed, $780,
200.
THE CooLIE TRADE UNLAWFUL
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The Secretary of the
Treasury Is in the receipt OF a letter from the
Collector of Customs at New Orleans, convey
ing the communication of Mr.. McCreery, in
relation to the importation of coolies into the
country, and asking for instructions from the
department. He replies: "Mr. McCreery mis-
takes in stating that the act of February, 1862,
prohibiting American citizens from engaging
in the Coolie trade, has been abrogated. On
the 10th OF January, 1857, resolution was
passed unanimously by both Houses of Con-
Pile OF the United States for the Coo
lie trade. In conformity with this resolu-
tion Secretary McCulloch addressed a letter
to the Collector at New Orleans dated the
9th of August, 1867, of which copy is en-.
closed. The additional article five to the trea-
ty between the United States and the Chinese
Emperor, concluded ut Washington on the
18th of July last, and which now awaits the
acttou oI tne emperor, repr0Dates any other
than voluntary emigration and agrees to make
1t penal offence to take Chinese subjects from
China without their voluntary consent The
Department of State by a circular of the nth
of January, 1867 addressed to ministers and
consuls of the United States, directs that the
consul at every port where Coolies may em-
bark, be required TO certify after full exami-
nation that such emharkation is not forced or
procured by fraud, but is voluntary; and re-
quires that ministers and consuls use all the
power or authority at their command towards
preventing or discouraging the carrying on of
the traffic in any way.
Such being the facts in the case the Collec-
tor is authorized and directed to use all vigi-
lance in the suppression Of this, as the Secre-
tary says "new modification of the slave
trade"
REPORT OF THE coMPTR oLLER OF THE CUR
RENCY.
The abstract of the reports to the Comptroller
of the Currency Of the condition of all the
national banks at the close of business ON the
I'd OF june shows their resources and liabilities
to be 81 564 900. Capital stock, $422 $50 900;
specie, $18, 1851 900; legal tender notes, $8O0O0-
600; three per cent certificates, nearly $5,000,-
000 surplus fund.- $82 218 900; undivided profits,
nearly $44, 900 900; individual deposits, $574,-
307 900; United States deposits, $40 301 900.