, 1870-09-29


CkKxFKNpEp BALANCES.
WAsBIk07ox, Sept. 95--Mr- Dawes has been In
town to-day, and had i conversation with Beyer-
ii Cabinet and Burau c6cera In rt9srd TO the
working III the law concerning uoeIpended bal
anres. The general tusttnony is that, while It IL
c4us:DR Considerable embarrassment, which
must rnuttnue till Congress meets, 1t viii compel
nj departments - change their methods OF keep
.uR bo'es. 10 shat there Will be 10 overlapping
OF Funnlne forward Of appropriations from year
tn year, and the money expended each
year he In exact accordance
with the appropriations made. With the close Of
this fiscal year the nrst full balance for tE0
seArs will b. struck In all Of the departments 1t
feems that thf clause 10 question WIS drawn By
the eSenare Con;.tt1+e, aud It's bearing fa1ty dis
cCAscd, and Its design understood to be 10 pre-
vent 7ht legal expenditure OF single dollar, for
any purpose not tirrcrly covered ny appropr1a-
ttens made. The opinion OF those heads Of de-
rartsnents most troubled hF the 1aw, Is that 1t
will prove one Of the most stIectua1 ecouomic
ncnEuses yet drvisrd, and. that alter this year. 1t
will work smoothly.
FAHKEKSBUR6 RAILROAD sTpCE.
A Baltimore loan corporation which held some
niieen thousart dollars Of the iHeSuasly issued
ParkesshntR Railroad s'ock, hypothecased as COL
aieral foF loan, and disposed Of In considerable
quantities At the East, collected, through their
was made to the counsel by parties whose names
sre not knowp, with the design, 1t Is supposed. to
avoid the discoveries which 4 criminal psosecu-
ton might bring to Light It Is uDderstood that
about twenty thousand dollars Of sald stock was
also settled for at sixty cent? on
the dollar. 1t IA reported that about
twenty thousand dollars of said stock IN the
lands of other parties nAs Also been settled tor
at sixty CENTS On the dollar.
INDIAN xA1TEHs
Iii. Welsh, the Indian Peace Commissioners.
who has la@lJ returned from the West, dtserei,ts
the reports that Spotted TIL has gone on the
wnr-patb. Assigning, as reason tor his belief,
that he had seen this Chief subsequent to the date
when it Il alleged in the despatch tha. be had
started ont to nght, at which time he was Is ear
nest for peace n ever,
TRANSPORTATION or GOODS IN BOND.
The Treasu1 Department has g15en out rezu-
latIons for transporting goods to tho interior In
bond. Under the new law no restrictions have
'een imposed not called fot by the terms Of the
iaw. Stiif the impression At the department is
that The machinery Is 50 cumbersome and e1.
actions upon railroad companies 80 rigid that
Western merchants will not be likely to change
thtir present method Of obtatning imported
goods. -
Wn1sKET FRAUDS.
DIstlllers IN Southern ohio are sending cou-
plaanta thtt the market in that section is np<lsu
with fraudulent whistey from Illinois and othe.
States. They say the market price OF whlskey L.
s6 cents, the total tax being nearly 70 cents, and
the price Of corn 70 cents. AT present rates dis
tlIets say they get only Is cents for their wnakeJ
which ettAils loss Of II cents on each bushel
n.Ihed. The burden Of the Il9tillerx' complaints
IL, thaf sulew L. loose somewhere.
Ito the Associated pzers+l
h9slakko;
rrsigned..
General Terrell, Third Assistant Postmaster
aenstsi III for several days, hasnearls recovered
his health.
VIII Welsh, Of Philadelphia, member Of the
Indian Peace Commission, Just returned frum
s1st to Spotted Tails tribe Of BEue Sioux Indians,
tne Ysrctons and san,ee sloux, the
made a detailed report Of bis observations
10 the Interior Department Tie says there
Is no ruth IN the report that Spotted Tail and
Swift Hear have gone on the wat+path. On the
eon1,Ea,y, tnsy hare Eesolssd 70 commence the
hope. MI. Welsh Ia assured that those sllgKes-
tiuns will be carried out. The tand will lie suF-
veyed md the Indians placed On their farms in
the epstng. Mtth the assurance Of the government
that they will not be mpested and th1k the loca-
don they noW select Will he male perm nant.
yANpKvER-
Supervisor c0Wan IA temparAt1ly dIsctafgtnE
re duties OF Deputy commtkzoner OF Internal
there Il no case a9ai1M uenerai Tandever, and
District Attorney bates Is also here looking inta
the cAs.. lie has already found q satisfactory
Detective Lanler, and says i ne had been faiiy5
consulted the prosecution would not hhye been
brought.