, 1869-05-09
Secretary Boutwell's New.
Policy and What is
Thought off
The Sinking Fund Law Of 1862 to
be Put In Operation.
Matters at the White House,
Extensive Preparations for the
Observation or tho All.
gust. Eclipse.

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MATTERS 1T THE wHIYx Hocsr.
Things af the White House were dull all day
Governor Curtin and General Daaks were the only
persons Of national fame who had interviews with
the President The nrss named leaves for IfuAsiA
the LAST Of next month.
TnK BEtatAN MISSION,
Russell Jones was at the White House for nalf
an hour to-day 1t seems pretty certain that be
Will be reappoanied Minister 10 HeiEtam- Ills
nomination WAS fayoraoly reported 1t the late ses
sion Of the Senate
COMMISSIONER pK1ASo
Left for bis home In Ohio, this evening" to be gone
week Or ten days, aud Deputy Commissioner
Douglass will run tue Internal Revenue Bureau
during his absence. It IL probable that no more
appointments Will be made until he returns, though
hail dozen nominations made to the Secretary
Of the Treasury mar bc pat through.
CORRECTION
The statement IN some pn2cta that General
Tcl.es, OF Indian, has teen nDFolatei Third
AS ststnnt po<tnns:cr General IL not correct. lie
waLts tne place, and may perhaps get ii, bat the
President Raid this afternoon tn he Wis not fully
decided what he wond do In the matter.
TIE Vet Nj yErSoS ESTA7K
originally consisted OF about twelve hundred
ac7cx The ladies', With the aid Of Nj. Everett
somc ycars ago, bought two hundred acres, L.
ctudlng the Washington mansion, and It Is the It.
ratntns ten thousand acres which arr advertised
for sale At auC1on next week.
THE ArGCsT RC1lrsE.
The preparations In progress At the Nagal OBJ
tcryatory and IN tha Navy Department for the OBJ
serYatton Of the total eclipse Of the sun IN august
next, arr On yery extensive sesle. TSo parties
wilt lie sent out to points near Dea
Moncs, Iowa They viii be furnish
ed With an outfit equal to any
get supplied by any government for similar pur-
pose The most skilful party Of photographers 1t
A,F <hA -f1
tie expedition. Apasty n charge Of Prof. Asoph
Hail, Of the Observatory, snd Prof Joseph Rogers
Asastant, will sall In few daIa for San Francis
O., with vc1J compile outfit On arrival! IN Call
fosniA WET vessel will be put At their control,
With orders 10 take the party to such p!ses Gu
the coast Of Ahska or Siberia - may be selected.
AFFAIRS IN ALAaKA-
The government has received late report from
| General Davis, commanding ia Alaska. lie gives
further particulars concerning the burning Of the
Indian village, but tho main facts hare been an
t,ctpatcd Tie makes no aliusion to any Irregular
tiles among the officers, aud the authorities have
no Official information from any quarter concern
Ing the alleged dtsgraeeful conduct Of certain Of
the officers stationed there
| TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESs.
| APPOINTMENTS. .......
WAsH1 ", May s-The following appoint
nents Of =. seial Custom Agents have been inside
the Filth District headquarters at savannsh
Geo. F. T. $, schenek (brother Of Representative
scnsnek, ior the Eighth District, he5dauarte5s
l1eb, for tho Filth District, headquarters ii Key
So3 & s2ona Si ae psstfst It xsu'
J. II. Wlggin has been appointed Assistant
Special Agent and aszigned 10 dsty IN the slxth
assigned to duty In the Filth District
The President made the following additional at-
poIntments to-dsy: Robert Y: Lositer, Pension
Supervising Inspector OF Steamboats, SIKH Dis
1ries: John Widen. Surveyor of Customs, ches
ter, Ia
DreYct Major General JAS, c. Robinson, Colone
Forty third Infantry, ts retired With the full ranl
Of Major General
ArKxASpssAss WAIT OK TIE PRESIDENT.
The coloted delegation from Alexandra, "a
healed bT their Spokesman, Il D. Kelly, called OF
the President this morning, and had m Interview
concerning tho appointments at that place, and Il
PEOPLE o. tie SUBJECT ' of se % Tne
! teryieH Was satisfactory to them.
OTHER APFnI>TMKSTA
,ernal Revenue to1 the Fourth Georgia District
riet Watson, resigned; VIII. E. HOPKINS u a2
District oi ScW iork II ~ rioe W aeo 4. Everett. '
SECRETARY BoETwElL'5 rGIICY.
When the fart became known, this morning
that Secretary Boutwell, hal despatched ordcrs Il
Assistant Treasurer Van Dyke, at New YORK t
buy government bonds to the amount Of one mill
, Ion dollars per week. on lie same rtAu ny which
I gold Is cold, By sealed proposals aftet due notlct
By advertising, It led to much discussion auoni
, ! onapclal men. This move, on the part OF Sccre
taty Boutwell,, forshadows clearly the polIe.
i. ! which is TO BE- pursued waslc he remains at tn
: head Of tho Treasury Department In conSersa
tton with your correspondent, this morning, hi
sa bis to hh pGhs yoa
vent the department from being used to fnrthe
a the interests 81 and enrich spectators all owe
The country. When 1t becomes nectsaar! to ate
h or change his Present policy, the fact wonid b
made public either before or alter tho close Of ols
ness hours, In ofier that no person could ase a
. undue advantage over another hy the n"ctuRtou
! in The money market. In every case infoTmatto
= = could he giyen publicly tsfore officers charge
ton IS to The coursc they afc tn pursue tn
= Secretary will ret entirely upon the condltto
: Of the Treasury Department and Will shape
and expenditures Of the department and not fro
> : the condition Of the money market In New fol
or elsewhere. II the receipts OF the KovclInci
Justify II, bonds Htsl nndout,tedlJ be purchased
+ Secretary . purpose to hold these bonds as IN
r ing fund, md not to cancel them lie u strong
n urged to change his ORDER 70 buy bonds, 80 la5
- to substitute three per cent certificates IN she
. PLACE, but this he positively refuses to 90 unle
e something at prr3ent Unforeseen should 0oc'
3, rendering change absolutely necessary. This
!. to be the Secretary 8 policy until the assembling
- | Congress next winter.
:! RKvKxEK DECISION. .. .-
!, The following deetAion haa been made By II
e deputy Commissioner u Internal Revenue:
:. dealers IL liquors who Sci! ia quantities lc
than i've ga1lcns, and also n quantities q tise g
II Ions ant! upwards, must NY special sa1 ooth
:. | Wholesale ami fctaiI dealcrA
| CCKNENCT STATEXKST. .----
=. No fractional currency was rcce1TeA during u
~ week shipments So6 So: National isank e nes :
= fractional currency redeemed s6ist:d1-
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