The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Important Treasury Orders.


WASHINGTON, Oct. New fractional currency
will be forwarded by express from the Treasurer's
office under Government contract with Adams EX-
press Company to any point within the territory
covered by that contract at the expense OF the de-
ceedng $1,000 an multiple thereof by less than
sSCo on the following terms VIZ M return Tor dc,
and aSs0 6nea ana States noss of
Of 1869; United States notes Of former
issues whether mutiated or not and notes of banks
which have failed gone into liquidation, on the
receipt of certificates OF deposit to the credit of the
Treasurer OF the United States issued by Assistant
Treasurers and designated depOsitarleS OF the
United States, and national banks designated de
postaries, and on the receipt and collection Of drafts
on banks and bankers in Boston, New York, Phila-
dephia, and Washington
The Government contract with the Adams Ex-
press Company extends TO and Includes all points
by continuous railway connections within che United
States, but does not extend beyond st. Paul, Mtnn
without direction. The restriction as to the amounts
OF remittances which may be made at the expense
Of the department under this circular extends to all
ernment contract with the Adams Express Company,
andhave been prescribed othe reason that any frac
tion OF one thousand dollars forwarded under that
contract is charged as one thousand
Whenever any remittance less than five hundred
dollars is forwarded from or to the treasurer under
contract the amount of the express charges thereon
at contract rates is deducted from the remittance
similar deSuctions are made for say excess iess than
1--WE hundred dollars over one thousand dollars or an
The above regulations do not affect the right of
postmasters, collectors OF internal revenue, and
their deputies to forward United States currencS by
express to the Treasurer for redemption in sums or
one hundred dollars or more at the expense OF the
department, under circular No. Of 1862
be plainly marked forwarded under government
contract with Adams Express Company"
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant r. ID. Hitchcock and Assistant Sur
geon Homer I. Low are ordered to the North At
lantic fleet. First Assistant Engineer James II.
are ordered to iron-cad duty at Key West. Second
Assistant Engineer Francis =; Burc9ard Is ordered
tached as a member OF the Examining Board, and
ordered to duty at the department. Llentenant.
and placed on sick leave. Lieutenant-Commander
William III. Brice is detached from the receiving
ship at Philadelphia and ordered to ron-clad duty
The following First Lieutenants OF the army un-
assigned are relieved from duty as n1aR az agents
George Atcheson and j. NJ Kelly.
The Freshet
The Cham Bridge above Georgetown has been
washed away by the 1ood in the Potomac, and rail-
road travel between Washington and Alexandria is
suspended by the insecurity of the bridges over the
Potomac, several OF the piers having been displaced
The Orange aud Alexandria, Chesapeake and Ohio,
and South Side Consolidated Railroads seriously
injured. Nearly all OF the bridges have been carried
Large quantities of nour in barrels aud other.
property, have been recovered while floating on the
Poten ac.
Appointment
81. r. Clum, OF New York, has been promoted to
Ine cneI cleTkbnlp Vi luuldu Is uON
Acting Commissioner.
National Banks Authorized.
Despatch TO the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l.-DurDg the week ending
yesterday certificates were Issued authorizing
the folio wing national banks to commence business
First National Bank, Columbia Tennessee; GER
tincate issued Sept 27 capital 100000; John Frier
son. President John b. Chidress. Cashier. National
Bank Of Menosna Wisconsin i oS. eerEaSate pdSatf
Shield, President, Henry Hewitt, Dr., Cashier.
Salem National Bank Salem, ILL.,, certificate issued
September capital $50 OCO, Josiah j. Bennett, Pre-
sident Benjamin F. Marshall, Cashier.
The following applications have been ap:
proved:- Holden, Mo-, Smith. Cheney aud
others: San Antonio, Texas, w; A; Bennett and
others; Enfanta Alabama c. p. Wheeler and others
Osceola, Iowa, H. G. zigler and others; 81 Clair
Michigan, w. b. Barron and others; 'tharlotte
Michigan. f. S. Lacy and others; Evansville, WIS
consln, NJ Bennett and others; Mason, Michigan
III. l. Henderson and others; South Bend, John
Brownneld aud others; Lewistown, Illinois, q, 5.
King and others; Tuscola, Illinois, Wyethe, Can
non 4 Co.
Payments for Sep tember.
| Civil and miscel laneous, s4,57s. s2iS6; War,
s4bs4 54sOS; Navy, S1,5l599TOT Indians and pen
| sions, s6, ,543, ,ss9 IL. Tota J, sl7,2ss,So9 H.