, 1873-07-10

PAYMENT OF INTEREST.
Tho payment Of tho interoHt on rcgiatorod
bonds by check Ia 30 satisfactory TINT rcn,tests
aro coming in from various parts OF tho country
that the interest on all Govornluonts DO paid in
like Manuor.
FATHER JEssE'g SUCCESSION,
Mrs. s. s. Farrell, appointed Postmaster At
Covinngton, Ky, to succeed Tho Into 1oHao Il:
Grant, is m old resident, of ,coyington. and
Of tho glnhoat expedition to Fort Donaldson.
Hor f,iBband, john W. Farro1I, waa Lieutenant
Colonel Of THO Forty-nrst Kentucky Volunteers,
and afterwards Assistant Superintendent Of tho
Kontucky Central Railroad. Mrs. Farroll wns
strongly recommended for tho position.
THE AocK lsLAaD MILITARY PRISON.
Congress, Mt tho last goaH0n, pasHed m act to
provide for tho establishment OF q military
rrison at Rock Island. H., Tor tho conilnemcnt
Of tho nrmy, ind tho Secretary Of War was a,l-
t!,orixcd to organize Board of five momhers, to
con ai8t Of thrco officers Of tho army and two
from civil life, to ndopt plan for o building.
franlo regulations for tho goyornment Of
the Institution, etc. Tho act, howovor,
out its provisions, and therefore tho Secretary
cannot llavo the work commenced. IIo has,
however, appointed three officers Of tho army,
namely, Lient.- Col. N. A.. Miles, Fifth Infantry,
George .. Andrews, Fifth Artillery, to make tho
necessary inspection of n Hite, prepare plnnH,
etc., i'll order TINT tue work may bo commenced
as SOON ns possible after tho mcoting of Con-
grcas, when the nocessarv appropriations will bo
1nadc. Thoao officers will visit various prisons
throughout tho country this summer. with yias
to soliciting such information relative to tho
plans aud management Of prisons as will bo use-
full i'll Tho one proposed.
POSTAL.
Tho now postal troaty between this country
and japan is noary completed, and will be sub-
ntted to tho President for approval on his re-
turn.
ARMY DISCIPLINE.
The plan OF changing tho sintf officers in
Washington eYery three years will, it is thought,
bo abandoned, and those now hore will remain.
HEcouH1zED.
Tho President haH recognized Nicolas Horny
Rosch, Vice Consular Agent OF Frnnco 1T Louis
vile.
NEW Flrry-cGNT scn1P.
Tho rlatea for the new 90 cont noto haro boon
prepared ut the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
Ing Of tho Treasury Department. and the work
Of printing tho new note will be commenced next
fore tho note will 10 issued to tho public. The
new note will DO about onc-quartor Of an incl,
shorter tlan that now in circulation, and quar-
ter of an iuch wider, its tlimonrious boing 3M
inches long by, 2 inchcs vide. On tho face OF
notto not head lead Of 'a Samuel Dsxtor, asl who s vas
Secretary Of tho Treasury in 1901, and former
Governor Of tho State Of Massachusetts. On
the right Of the note is Q section Of geometricat
lathowork with tho words fifty conts' in white
lottors engraved across the face. The story or
lettering on tho note il tho samo as on tho
present issue, with tho exception of tho words
"rccclvablo for all United States stamps" ut
the bottom Of the old noto, Which arc omitted OH
tho now ono. The seal is printed in tho contro
Of tho face, and is inclosed in oycloidal work,
new feature upon fractional currency. Tho back
of the note, which will bo printed in Now York,
will DO in green. It is made up Of
geonotrical lnthowork md scrolls. On tho
right hand corner the word 'cents' found
on the old note is omitted, and tho n,l1noral
"50" takes its place. The dato Of tho passage
Of the act authorizing the asuo is omitted from
the faco Of tho nov note, and put upon tho back
thereof On the left-Lnnl side of tho hack there
is an opon Bpaes to:Ahow the fibre id tho paper,
nnd it will noHbe shown on the faco as much nj
in tho old nots: new motto, Of course, will
take tho placl Of tho one now IN circulation, as
the present issuo has boon countcrfeted, al-
though not to any great extent. No other new
fractional currency will bo issued at present.