The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-12
I ELEG E AP 81.
Saturday Nights Dispatches.
The Recent Election in.
Virginia. =
Elections in M ississippi and
Texas Considered by -
the Cabinet.
An Extensive Fire in the
Mountains.
Another Murder in Bond
County, Illinois.
Shipments of Fractional
Currency.
Shipments of Fractional
Currency.
News by Atlantic Cable.



WASHINGTON. July 10. = Ship
me nts of fractional currency during
the week to National Banks, STA, l3O;
the / reasury holds in trust for National
Banks as security for circulation,
S342. ST., 100; as security for public
deposit :, $23, ,764 500; mutilated bank
notes burned during the week, $lOl,-
700; bank currency issued for bills
destroyed during the week. Sl32' 9yz3
total Issued previously, Sl4,996 945;
hank circulation outstanding, S299,-
78O. .495; fractional currency destroyed
during the week, $3l0,6OO.
The Internal Revenue C0mmls-
sioner, with the approval OF the Seere-
tary of the Treasury, has ordered the
Collectors to sell all spirits remaining
ia bonded warehouses on the LIST oil
Jaiy. fsfe Esae rx
The President Will attend fhe sing
log match for the prizss, on Monday
evening, at the Maryland Institute,
Baltimore. accompanied by bis Ga Dl-
net Gen SheFmau aud others. f Il
The President has appointed John
Deterick Surveyor Of Customs for the
District OF Velaseo, Texes, vice w.
g. Wagley suspended.
The committee OF bOOkbinders. ap24
pointed at q meeting of their society,
presented an address to Superintend-
ent GaRp. ef the Government Print
ing Office, concerning his Intention to
pat number of apprentices at work
in the bindery of that establishment.
Mr.. Clapp responds, denying the
| right of any private OryanfZation to
| dictate to the Government Printing
\ Office who shall be employed, aud
contends that in the race fofslife there.
should be no discrimination of race
| or color. La the meantime, the Doug
| lass and apprentice questions, Ia the
! composing rooms, remain unsettled.
/ The Collector of Customs of the
| port Of Georgetown a few days ago
received a magnificent collection of
solid silver articles, intended as pres
ents for President Grant, Gen. Sher-
man, Fix Secretary Seward, aud Mrs.
Ex President Lincoln. They were
sent to this country from Mexico, by
Saboo Slurbede, IN behalf of a modest
Mexican who refused To have his
name made known, and said that in
his transport of delight atthe aboli-
ton of slavery he was prompted to
prepare this little token for some of
the principal actors Ia this good work
President Grant receives a silver
coffee set of thirty -six pieces aud some
dressed leopard skins. Gen, Sherman
an egg boiler aud holder. For ex-Sec-
rotary Seward there is an Ink stand
and pen holder most ingenuously
wrought, besides a cal bell. Mrs.
Lincolnis portion of the.l0tis-asheayy
card basket; all of these articles are
Of solid silver, without any derth OF
metal, aud Of most beautiful finish
and workmanship. President Grant
and Gen. Sherman's portion were de
llivered yestesday. Some idea may be
formed Of their value from the fact
, that the duty on President Grants
lot was $748, on Snerman's $l64.
. The Cuban paTtizans have the FOL
: lowing from Neuvitas and Puerto
Q Principe, up to the 9th ult: sfa,
1 They say there have been no move.
. ments of decided character In either
district. The Spaniards have been
i reinforced at Neuvitas, and thus en-.
abled to retain possession Of the rail
, road from that city to Puerto Prin
cipe, and give sueeOr to the garrison
of the latter city, which Is Threatened
: by Cubans under Quesada.
!. In the district of Puerto del Padr
!, there have been several skirmishes.
/ The health Of the Cuban army wa
\ good, and the soldiers were in grea
) anxiety to learn the views of tn
United States Government, and tn,
position it will occupy the contest