The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-14
TELEGRAMS
MISCELLANEOUS.
STEAMSHIP ALABAMA.

A~CW AOihS .AusuSa III this III
of the line to which belongs the steamship
Alabama. reported a, probably wrecked of
the Irish coast, say the A'ahama did moi
leave Lorre Island till Sunday, instead Of
Saturday, as was stated in the dispatch, and
could not possibly have been in the neigh,
borhood where the wrecked stuff was found.
The steamship Arndt, from Havre, is now
sixteen days over due at this port. July 18th
the steamer West Philadelphia passed her
seven days out, and to all appearances she
was all right, Lut nothing has since been
heard of her.
Judge Pratt heard the argument to-day
upon the application OF the Tenth National
Bank tor . preemptory mandamus TO com.
pei the Comptroller to pay the bank S242,
$40 for advances made to the Commissioner
of the County Court House. The decision
vas reserved.
The Star Line, of this city, have received
the following dispatch from Glasgow IN
reference TO the reported loss OF the Ala.
bama. Look for the Alabama on the 18th
Report uniounded."
The Cubans OF this city are preparing
another expedition to land arms and ammu.
milton ON the Cuban soil by the steamer Vir.
giIius Ii is said that this will be the
largest one yet attempted.
VESSELS ORDERED OUT.
Washington, August Sin view of the
present disOrganized condition of affairs in
Spain, the vessels comprising the European
squadron, under command Of Rear Admiral
Case, have been ordered to the Spanish
ports The Wabash, the flagship Of the
.qradron, and Wachuset will follow, and
he Shenandoah is at Cadiz. the contract
for the building of two new iron slOOps OF
war has been awarded to John Roach 4
Son, Of New York, for $3.50, 600 each.
Gen. Spinner has addressed the following
letter to tie Cashier Of the New England
Bank:
TREASURY OF UNITED STATES,
Washington, ID. &, August 9Th.
SIR-Your letter of the lat inst. was re-
70 sed yesterday by the Adams Express
Co apany. There came enclosed, az therein
T. d, two United States legal tender notes,
one If the denomination Of $500, and the
9th r. of 800. Both these notes are certain
u ", having never even been folded, and
aIe perfectly clean, being without spot or
-peck, and have probably been issued for
some bad purpose, perhaps fraudulent one,
with a View to the raising Of other United
States notes of smaller denominations. More
than tenth of each has been scizzOred
out with clean cut, under the-Old regula-
tions OF the Treasury Department that exist
ed for more than ten wears. These notes
could have been redeemed for only nine
tenths Of their face value. Sixty dollars
would, under the old rules, hsr.
been deducted for u,utilslion. These
rules, unfortunately for the government,
have bs-n lately modified, 50 that this pen
4Ity cannu, be enforced under this more
than generous Modification. You claim to
have lad returned TO YOU new United States
notes oi like denomination under the gov
eminent contract, at the expense Of the
United Siaies. The charge 10 the govern
ment by the Express Company for their
transportation both ways would be 81. 90 for
the dog days. | consider this request de
cide,ily cool. First you, or your client,
wilfuliy clean out the new notes, and then
you ask the government, ~ only to replace
them with other new, unniutiiated notes, TO
be in their turn, for aught l
know, mutilated and returned with q
like request for other notes, that pay the ex-
pense and risk of transportation both ways.
This to my mind Is Piiing it on pretty steep.
You naturally burn with hot iron, but you
ask the burned one 10 pay for heating the
poker Ii YOU will turn to the 3S;h section
Of the National Banking Law you will find
that il any person had treated two OF yonr
bank notes in the way the.e two L. S.
..f.t,lI Law
ton in any civil court having jurisdiction
fifty dollars for each Of tie mut;lationI.
What is sauce for the goose il sauce for the
gander. Ought not the perpetrators Of these
mutllations he made to respond in like man
ner under the circumstances? 1t has been
that the notes he retained
until the pieces that were cut Of Of them
shall he returned to this office, and until the
apparent fraudulentor malicious mutilaiions
shall have been satisfactorily explained to
the department.
V.ry respectfully, yours,
[>ignedl S. f. SPINNER,
Treasurer of the L. S.
The following Executive order has been
issued:
washington, August S.-The Civil Ser
vice Commission, at its session ut Washing
ton which terminated June 4th, 1879, rec
certain further rules to be pre-
scribed by the President for the good of the
civil service of the United Safe. These
rules, a. Published, are approved, and their
provisions will be enforced a. rapidly as the
p.ope, arrangements can be made.
{'icned L :. GRANT"
A fuI! report nf The SPECIAL Commission on
The abuses of tn. U:i;-d S',des branch |
Of V.enna -xrn>i:inn has been received here.
TIE conclusions are the reverse OF compli- |
nentary To Zen. Van Barren ard his con. |
iIen.ial assistant, Gen Manor, AID s1me OF
heir su,nr.iinates. The government has |
received no official communication frorn |
Great Britain in relation to the Mshi Ola |
Tiff ,ul,y. aud therefore, contrary to report, |
ia. taken action whatever in the prcmi |
es; nor has the government rerived any |
from the Spanish govern
M MT concerning the action Of the United |
S.sts. officers IN relation to the protection O.
}le VirsinianS.
DIED
PhiIsdei,hia, Angus; st. Passmore
Hanbest. a lawyer Of eccentric and mis-rly |
,abits, died here yesterday, leaving estates
'aluei a, nearly million dnliars. He |
caves brcihtr and two sister. In hi. will |
e left the bnik Of his estate to charitable in
bu, it becomes imperative, having
,een made only week prior to his death,
Ihen the taw requires at least one month.
FARMERS CONVENTION.
Chicago, Angus, "a f,rmers' conven-
ion wa held in Paxton, Ford county, III
They nominated full ticket for
ouniy officers, and adopting the platform Of
Mclean county.
At the farmers convention at Winchester,
'co,t county, yesterday, J. NJ. Smith, Secre-
ary of the State Farmers' Association made
speech, in the course of which he de-
lounced the corruption and frauds Of the
resent political parties, and prophe-ied that
day would come, If there was no other
emedy left, ii the farmers were swindled and
as they had been that they and
heir bows, and thousands Of other farmers
nd their boys would have to ride -ome OF
hese Williams out of the State capitals on a
all, and that many tree in broad America
Iould bear human fruit. He thought a
emedy could be found, but, if a remedy
ould not be found anarchy and bloodshed
tight follow.
Wheeling, w. Va, August S.-Cloud,