, 1869-11-20
WASHIN NGT0h.
Raids on the Tennessee and
Virginia Distil1eries.
Indian Affairs In Wyoming.
Result Of the Investigation Con-
corning the Unfinished
currency.
fpec3a1 Despatch 10 The chlcsEo Tribune
WASHINGTON, Nov. II.

Special Despatch 10 The chlcsso Tribune.
wAsnlkoTus. Nov. II.
FRAUDS sUerxcrEn
One Of the results Of the Investigation made
ttth summer By the netrenchnent Committee 10
q decided change IL the meinod OF shipping goods
~ way Of PanatnA from Sew YORK to California
The committee becnue satisfied that under the
IretcLt tystem Of sealitg and cnrding rac AaEea,
gr.at frauds were, It least. poasiblc- They took
: good deal Of evidence bcs1inG on the matter.
which haa been submitted To the Secretary Of The
Trea4urJ, and some days ago he wrote 10 the
Coits c'nr al New York, directing him 10 break Up
the present WAY Of do.og ihnss on ind After
Satu rtsJ Of tht8 week. Thereafter the samc
marks Ana invoices will be rsed II ART used IN the
shipment Of goods from other countries 10 the
United states.
AZ x1xxxsrkD 1EyoRAkz.
The deaih OF Supervisor Hedges, Of tho NORTH
Ell. Ohio District, was at7t known 1t the Revenue
Department through tho telegram making appl!
cation far the position. Senator sherman Learned
Of the death of hl4 sovnauan III the same WY.
TEE UkFumu1D CURRENCY kA1TKk
TIE investtgauon Of the Treasury Department
into ,hs fractional currency buxiacas ol tina
An erlcan AID National BANK Note Conpan!eA Of
New Turk IL concluded. The American wa4
II lEd to be fo1ty-scVen eheets short. and the Sa~
tlonsi sEc:f5 thees short, The aggregate Of ttc
two bt1n9 less than eC1u, even II nj the saecsa
werr Of nfiJ cent currency. The TreasoEy has 10
ldes lhat sheru VIA any fraud, but that The
Las II tue to careltasoe.s- The comPanles
arc ccnf11ens fha: theJ will be able to t1sld The
whole or rsFt of tho mssng aheets, and the
Arersrru has already diseo.csed some OF those
nistjrg when the count VAS made Of ifa ttock.
The amount of unLeaied currency yet presented
IL hut . few DOLLAR, and there does not seem to
be ary reason 10. auppnslng that fraud had ever
hecn perretrated, though 1t Is harelr possible
that FoIae Of the woTkuen In one OF the ether OF
the New York companiea 1nay hare absuzctel d
few sneeisL
vtsICEAHY C1tAr.
Commissioner t1ahes. Of the Patent Bureau, re*
ceiytda . funny letter, the other dsy, from nan
ID Canals Iie ea}s he has discovered the aec1et Of
perpetual rot,on, aud wAnts to get out a patent
In The United States. he has such confidence IN
his scheme that he proposes 10 hatld css, OF
wagon, md come to this city bJ perpetual motion
power, and he states that he has great and pro-
fouba reverence tcr the memory os Washington,
md would Ike Congress to M3ke the neccs1aty
appropriation for building machine, and p!Ac,ag
The Washington Monument on IT. 20 thas 1t could
he taken about The country on wheels, aud allowed
to remain few weeks In each Of the principal
c!t!et, which he thinks would lncIeefe our yener-
ntion for the mau whom 1t comnemofAtea
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
The Republican State Committee IN y3rginia
has tGbucd c3I for State Convention In lslch-
n ond, on Wednesday Of next week. 1t Is for
etl.besstion IL to wnst means shai1 be taken to
build rr the party, and what course shall be pur-
tued towards the so-caacd Walker wing, The
call Is hfoad enough to Include persons Of that
talth bot private Information IL that few none
Of them viii hare anything 10 DO with the corE Gu
tior, and tho Indications arc that II will not
AMOUNT to much
woNEikGMEas MEETING.
Tha Wo1liugmen'a = Assembly Of this citY hsd a
meeting on Wednesday eseu1ng. and a resolution
was adopted 10 form grind counctl Of
delegates from Ill the rnIona IN ibis District and
MARYLAND. There wss good deal Of talk about
the fact that in the navy yard the woFkmen haze
10 CONC TO tine fifteen minutes earlier In tho
morning, end 3 committee Was appointed 10 rec
By hat ,!ghttnc Eighs-Houri law Is thus set aside.
TEE FHEErXkNE FCSna
The balance thee, Of the Ezceduena 4 Bureau fot
| The cLrrent sea1 bhoHs that on the slst Of Ia,
| August, General Howard had remaining On hand
| the following mopcIs:
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