, 1873-10-14
Meeting IN the Supreme Court Chamber
to the Memory Of Chief lus-
tice Chase.
Antlrcw- JOl,nson's Purpose in
Visiting Washington.
Business at the Chicago sub.Troasury
for the Last Fisoal Year,
Tho Polaris Observation-Disclosures to
Deserters, Etc.

N3P&+s"s SopH+tA 10 1Hp LHtEHu0 lT10HTt4
THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AID fnrNT1Nd.
WAsn1NaToN, Oct. 13.-The1e arc many In
toresting facts contained in tho report Of th6
doings Of tho Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
for tho fiscal year ending tho Both Of June last,
which WAS completed today. During tho year
tho Bureau delivered, completed and perfected,
United States bonds, notos, and seouritios
amounting to $3.50, 300, included in which
.woro s240,o00,000 in cortiflcatos Of deposit /,
so5.250,000 in por cont registered
and coupon bonds authorized BY
tho rofundlng acts Of 1870 mad 1871 !;
eos III, ,050 In $40 registered consola; e32 207,-
800 in $50 registered bonds; 81, 800, $50 in por
cont registered bonds; 21,596,00o In United
States notes of the Reries OF 1860; 49, 874 300 In
fractional currency OF tho fourth Issue, now
acries $A0 416 600 10 national ourrenoyt 81, &c.,
600 IN Netional Bank [golD currency; s2,24e,-
goo II hos nSe9 of R5oaa to drn1a dS9n and do aso
224, 449 7A0 customs and informal lroyonuo stamps
amounting to at31, ,604, ,47a. Thoro wero en-
grayea aud printed LOO, 495 pension checks aud
81, ,693 pension certificates. In this report, tho
Chief Of the burean asBerta that tho nttempta
at initiating tho Government special or localized
flbre paper have boon unsuccessful thus far, aud
that tho countortoitins OF the $50 United states
! noteB was only In part euccesH, tho face being
not, however, allude to tho counterfeit
s50D noto, which Ia such IN excelleuk
imitation aa to deceive oven 8omo experts, aud
Which will soonor or later causo tho Troasury to
call In oil poteB Of this denomination.
DECISION pY TILE ATTonNE1-uENERAL.
The Department of Justice has rocently re-
coiyod acopy of tho agreement executed Oct. l.,
1866, between tho Kansas Pacific Railroad Conn
pany and the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, relative to tho construction and working
OF tho telegraph lines a1ong tho route OF tho
Kansas Pacific Nailroad, which enables the At
torney Gonoral to ronder q decision to-day, that
| one-ha1f OF tho compensation ohargcable for
telegraph limo along the Kansas Paoiiio Rail-
road should bo retained and applied to
tho payment Of the bonds issued by tho United
States in MD Of that railroad, Notwithstanding
were sent the line was managed and operated by
| tho Western Union Telegraph Company, and the
| service was rendered directly To the Government
I By tho Company.
THE NOVEMBER rNTEnEsT.
| Schedules for the payment Of the November
fntoi cat on registered bonds arc nearly ready for
| distribution, and will probably DO circulated
among tho different Snb-TreaHurerB and deBig-
natod dopositorios In time to commence payment
on tho 10th Of October. When they arc dlstrib-
uted, tho Secretary Of tho Tronaury will probs-
! bly, order tho payment Of both Registered. and
ooupon-bond November interest without rebate.
Ex-pnEsIDEar JOHNSON
| arrived hore this morning. and will allow himself
to bo provoked on tho occasion Of a serenado BY
| aome Of his friends into mixing a public
speeeh, for which he Ia we'll prepared, and in
which ho will dovoto most Of his attention to or
plaining Lis position in regard to tho case Of Mrs.
| su1ratt. In regard to tho object Of tho rosur-
rection OF this unpleasant subject, Mr.. johnson
is represented a. having this evening spoken
these words: "Bupposo man bad aspirations
to bo placed Oh tho Supreme Bench OF tho
had been Lost sight Of by tho Anericau people.
Nov, suppose hia desire to reach the acme OF his
ambition constrained him to use almost any
to and 1ots h9w easy Sy 1t TSs so
II tho mis-atatemont Of facts in tile
| sluratt caae, which, from tho very prom-
iuonce Of oyonts surrounding it, would givo him
prominence why should ho not use such means
| II they wore nt lls disponal mean, Of courao,
ali interruptions, ambitious nun would only do
| 1t If ho wanted to 70 to tho Supreme Bench and
It became necessary to have tho people prepared
for such sn appoint@Sent o+,'t no ,nna must Ts6 t
surratt case afforded him tho opportunity. He
used it. You know a boy cannot fly Ills kite in
d dond calm. He must have wind. How can
boys play Mt fro without a bnttery7 He needed
| wind aud battery, and tried to get them over
my head shall meet oil tho msstatementa
made concerning the publication In duo soason.' >
| Tho members Of tho
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
| will arrive tomorrow, and will be received and
entertained by the branch in this city. They
will call upon the President soon aftos thalr ar@
| rival
| GEN. GRANT
will. later In the evening, depart for Toledo. He
will allow nothing short OF an extraordinary 90.
ourronco or obstruction to prevent him from at
tonding the reunion Of tho Army Of tho Teuues'
see at Toledo, this woek. Ho saye
ho haa boon unwillingy deprived
| OF tho pleasure Of attending each oi
tho last five annual rounioua OF that army with
which he was more closely connected during the
entire War.
| OPENING OF THE SUPREME COURT.
The usual formalitios attending the opening
| Of tile regular tenn Of tie United Statos Su
prelne Court were gono through to-day includ
ing tile coll at tho White House to pay respects
to the President, Associate Justices Clifford
Bradley, 11illor, Strong, Swayne, and Hunt wert
in attendance at tho commencement. Associate
Justices Davis aud Field wore absent from thu
city.
WAsn1Sayox, .. G., Oct. BE. Allen, Rober
+. Reed, and John Il. Corker woro to-day hp
pointed 6torokoepers in the Fourth Illinois III
tornal KeYenue District.
| C10 TIE associated I'Ytsa1
THE NATIONAL. nANKs TO nErOnT.
WAHllINGToN. Oct. 13.-The Comptroller Of tht
currency to-day Issued circulars calling upon all
National Banks for report Of thotr condition al
| the close Of business on Friday, tue 12th Of Sop
tenlber, 1873. Tho Bank Superintendent OF tht
State Of New York has already called for repor
Of the condition OF all State banks In that Btatt
for the same day, so that complete statiatfog o
all tho banks, State and National, in the city ane