The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-09-24
Wa shington Correspondence.
For the Palladium.

For the Palladium.
WAsHINaToN, D. c., Sept. IA, 1870
We of late are so unaccustomed to see
President Grant in Washington, that
notice of his returning home creates no
inconsiderable interest among the news>
seekers. Since my last writing, as was
expected. the President, accompanied by
General Porter, his private Secretary,
has been here. He was engaged the
most of the timo while here with Secre
taries Fish, Robson, Cox, and General
Schriver. acting Secretary of War, and
Judge Richardson, now acting Attorney
General in the absence of Mr.. Akeranan.
A rule was adopted in the Treasury
nearly four years ago of deducting from
mutilated U. S. Currency notes per-
centage equal to the parts missing. Un-
der this rule it has been arbitrary with
the Treasurer of deductins proportion
ally from any note that peTchance might
have q corner, however small, torn off.
II has never been the custom, however,
to enforce such exactions until a few days
since, when the cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Baltimore, transmitted to
the U. s. Treasury for redemption $50
U. S. Notes. having small corner torn
off, and received in return only $l9,
with an explanation of the Treasurer that
this course is now pursued to protect the
Treasury from fraad and keep the circu-
lating notes in good order. Notw!,h-
standing the inpres-io of many that the
inforcement Of the above rule has long
been in force, and in con- sequence, many
q store keeper, doubtless, have made
such deductions from the face val ue of
such not es, it is now become matter of
fact, than oniy'i few instances has the
Department ever naie such exactiouS.
Its custom has been under the sugges>
ton OF Secretary McCuIIoch to redeem
Tor the entire face OF the note when more
than one half of original note was pre-
sented and refused to redeem any por-
ton less than one-half, and in cases
where exactly hall note was presentei, /,
TO redeem for one>halfo of the original
| note.
| Another line, to be known, belle We :,
as the Washington and Boston Steam>
| ship Line, will be in operation on the
first of next month. which proposes to
make a round trip between Washington
and Boston in eight days. Such is the
enterplse of Washingtonians in these
days.
The Census Bureau expects to be able
scon to chronicle to the country the pop
ulation of our largest cities. With few
single exceptions, as yet, there has been
but partial returns from them. Wash
| ington city, for instance, is concluded
and reports population OF 111,OOO in
habitants against 10000 in 80. The i'm
petus given it by the war doubtless has
something to do with this extra ordinary
increase in the last ten years, but strange
to note that since the war has closed and
| the departure Of the thousands Of tran>
sient business men of the city, the resi>
den. population is steadily on the in
crease, and property in and around the
city has deprecated but little from the
paper initiation war times. This is part>
ly owing, it is thought, to emigration
from the North into Maryland and Vir-
| giDia around Washington.
The great Rocky Mountain range. it
would seem, is just beginning to disclose
| its mineral treasurers to the scientific
explorers of that interesting region, judg-
ing from the richness OF the ores ard rare
/ minerals, which from time to time, reach
the General Land Office. Among the
| minerals and ores received by Commits
sioner Wilson yesterday, is one remarks
able specimen from Try Lode. No so,
sent by the Surveyor General from Mon.
tana territory. 1t contains much visible
gold in beceiated mineral, cemented to-
] gether by versicular oxide of iron in
which the precious metal is imbeded. A