Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-30
TELEGRAPHIC..
WASHINGTON.
The Coming Debt Statement
Activity at the Navy Yards
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Mexico and South America
The Coming Debt Statement
WASHINGTON.
September sales.

WASHINGTON, ID. q, August zo.--Asss-
tant Secretary of the Treasury Rlcharoson
has issued an order for the purchase oil
bonds and sale Of gold for September as
follows Purchase 81, 600, 900 in bonds on
Thursday, Sept l, and each aiternate
Thursday, and $2,O00,O0O on Thursaay'
Sept Sth, and each alternate thursday
$1,000, 900 in all, and the sale OF = OOO,
600 in gold on each "Wednesday OF
month, $4,OOO,OOO in all. .
Conflict of state and Federal Laws
In one or more of the border States sew
eral registers of election have been arrest
ed by United States Commissioners for re-
fusing to register parties who served In the
Confederate army. These registers have
acted in accordance with State laws, but
not conformable to recent statute of the
United States; thus there is conflict be-
tween the States and Federal authorities.
Representations have been made to the
Attorney General of the United States
who. having been asked for his opinion.
saws he don't consider the question within
his province, but that it is one belonging
to courts, to which effect he has given in
structions to the Commissioners.
Great Activity in the Navy ards
Governments Clerks Going Home
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-There is great
activity at all the navy yards at Boston.
The Wabash, TcondeToga and Niagara
are thoroughly overhauling and repairing
at Portsmouth. The Nsragansett will soon
be furnished with new set of machinery.
The boilers of the Wachlsette, Chawmut,
Minnesota and Tennessee will soon be put
in, and other needed repairs done. At
Ill, ,,.Nsa
are thoroughly overhauling, while a COM
plete set of machinery and boilers will be
placed in the Quinnebsugh at that yard.
The officers of these State associations
here whose elections come of in October,
have made arrangements with railroads
running from this city, whereby govern
ment clerks may be got home to vote by
paying half fare.
Protest from the French Minister.
The French Minister has protested
against the engagement by the North Ger
man Legation and others of surgeons in
this country to servein in the Prussian army.
This is denied by the Germans as to Baron
Gerolt, but may be true as to one or two
consuls. Both French and German Lega-
tions avoii any infraction of the neutrality
laws.
Express. ...
The Southern Express Company have
recently sustained heavy losses by carrying
negotiable paper to various points In the
South, where ignorant law officers would
either mutilate or fail to present it at ma
turity, according to the requirements Of
the law, through which negligence the ex-
press company has been held liable to the
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of this they have recently given notice that
no more paper will be- received for protest
or acceptance except for cities where regu-
lar national banks are established. These
places are Norfolk, Richmond, Petersburg,
Danville and Lynchburg, Virginia; Colds
boro. Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington,
Weldon and Columbia, North Carolina;
Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina;
Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Atlanta, Col
umbus, Athens and Rome, Georgia; jack
sonville, Florida; Eufsula, Montgomery,
Selma, Huntsville and Mobile, Alabama;
Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville, Nash
vile aud jackson, Tennessee; Vicksburg
Meridian and Columbus, Mississippi; New
Orleans, Louisiana; Galveston and Hous-
ton, Texas. and Little Rock, Arkansas.
Promissory notes for all other points will
be refused transportation unless at the risk
of the sender.
Artificial Limbs for Disabled Sol
diers.
The Pension Office is receiving many in
ouiries in regard to the rules governing
the furnishing of artificial limbs. Where
soldiers elect to receive Communication, an
order for the payments of the amount at
the rate of S75 for a foot, $50 for an arm,
or other apparatus will be issued at the
Pension Office. and paid through the near
est agent. Such soldiers as have not here
tofore been able from the nature of their
injury to wear artificial limbs, are entitled
to the benefit of the act, and payment at
rates named is made in all cases every five
years The number of legless and armless
soldiers borne on the Pension Office list is
as follows: Number having lost both legs,
AZ; number having lost one leg, 4,627;
nu Der having lost both arms, 6,OO6;
number having lost one arm and one leg,
q. Nearly all now applying are electing
to take Communication. Applications will
also be received where there has been no
amputation or resections, in case of an
chyIosis, paralysis, or other lesion of the
limb, where the injury is of kind to be
relieved by mechanical contrivance, and of
such extent as to form the basis of invalid
applicants with the Pension Office will
secure the benefit of the act without en-
ploying an agent.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The official returns of the business Of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad, for July, 1870,
show the net earnings to have been 81
AIS, 800. Thus far the company has sold
81, l,2O3 acres of land, at an average of four
fnfa OII1f of
freight carried during the month was II, =
$4,000 pounds. The road will not be
fully opened for business until the last Of
next week. sE. r-r-
Sales of Revenue stamps.
The chief of the stamp division of the
Internal Revenue Bureau has prepared q
tabular statement showing the amount OF
business done for the fiscal year lS69-70,
which will be Incorporated in the Commis-
sioner's next annual report. The number
of document stamps printed by the Cont
mental Bank Note Company in 1869 was
llS.OIl,244, and for 1870, 130, ,295, l41,
Notwithstanding the increase in the num-
Der of stamps the government has realized
less by SCI, l31 than from the sales for the
year 1863. The increase in the sale ot
stamps seems to have been confined to
those of the lower denominations, ranging
from two to fifty cents. The falling of IN
the receipts is attributable to the lesseneo
demand for stamps of the higher denomi-
nations. During the past fiscal year greater
attention seems to have been paid to the
stamping of receipts and checks, the In
crease being over nine million OF stamps
The proprietary stamps, printed by tn
Philadelphia Company and used prlnci
.pally on patent medicines, in 1869 amount
ed to two hundred and sixty nine millions
and for 1870 two hundred and ninety-eigh
millions, and a gain to the government IL
the receipts of $433,17 from this source
The stamps printed by the American not'
type, imprinted on checks and documents
show an increase Of nearly S2OO,OOO Owe
last years receipts.
To Gas Consumers and II o rk PACK
Acting Commissioner Douglas has de
cided that tax on gas consumers has no
been repealed, and they are entitled Il
charge it to consumers. He also refuse
IN auspend the collection of special Ia