National Republican., 1873-11-20
DEPARTMENT NEWS.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.


49, FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The following Is the financial exhibit Of the
Treasury Department at the close Of business
Yesterday; Currency, g. 2i9 se5 rs; special deposit
ot legal teudors for redemption OF certificates OF
deposit tib, 10000; COIN al ol5 $50 IS; including
coin ceriilcaies, ~, 100 200; outstanding legal
The receipts from internal revenue sources
yesterday were tiiD,p5t.b1.
ARIZONA TELEGRAPH.
Al the last session of Congress Delegate Nc
Cormck secured an appropriation cf col 200 for
material for the construction OF military tee-
graph froia San Diego. California, to Prescott
work has been rapidly pushed forward by the
troops, under the direction Of General Crook,
and the lines, embracing IN all over SIX hundred
miles, are nearly completed. Yesterday Mr..
MeCormick received q telegram direct from
iuins, on the Colorado river, two hundred miles
sas, e San pesc psssnns e him The CON
their connection with the outer world through
the agency OF the silent wire. The telegraph
viii he OF great value 10 military operations 10
Arizona, and will be opened for general use.
BANKRUPTs.
Attorney General Williams, on a question sub
mlttcd to him by Secretary Richardson as to
whether valid payment can be made, nrst, to
person who has committed an act OF bankruptcy
aud against whom proceedings have been insti-
tuted and are pending In bankruptcy, but who
to person who Is known TO have committed an
act OF bankruptcy, but against whom proceed
lngs have not yet been taken, decides, drst, that
payment made by debtor to q creditor who
has committed an act Of bankruptcy, and against
whom proceedings In bankruptcy have been in-
stituted and are pending, but who has not yet
the event OF an adjudication Of bankruptcy In
such proceedings u the payment transpired sub
sequent TO the Ming OF the petition therein.
Second, that payment made By o debtor to q
creditor who Is known TO have committed an act
OF bankruptcy, but against whom proceedings
have not at the time been taken, is valid In so
far as u Is affected by existing bankrupt laws.
MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Midshipman Hugo osterhous has been ordered
to temporary duty on board the Powhatan, and
upon falling In with the commander OF the
North Atlantic station to report 70 him for such
duty as he may assign him. Midshipman A. A.
Nicholson Is ordered TO the Juniata. Mijship-
schafer, Alexander Mccrackln, W. r. Ray and
John q. ABBOTT are ordered to report In person
to the chief OF the Bureau OF Navigation for as
Gorringe, detached from, the photographic Of
nce and ordered to command steam-tug Plnia.
(rhe Pnta will act as tender to the Manhattan.)
home having tosn % detached he from he I ssoreshIp e
Onward at Valparaiso on the qsth ultlmo, and has
been placed on waiting orders. Chief Engineer
ioa duty as inspector " coa az PSssspSs
First Assistant Engineer A. ii. Able, from the
% rary duty as inspector of coal a. Philadelphia.
Second Assistant Engineer John A. Tobn. from
the Benicla, and ordered to return home and
ry surgeon Rsr e. Assse ssSs srS As
signed to duty In the military division Of the
Atlantic.
BoUNT1Es TO CoLoRED SOLDIERS.
The prompt and vigorous prosecution Of one
George X. Adams, colored, who was tried and
convicted before the Criminal Court OF this Dis
trlct few days since for fraudulently obtaining
certain money due as bounty, or arrears Of pay,
to one Perry ]. Brown, late private In Company
ne o
| to secure 10 this class Of claimants the full
dement's OF the bounty awarded to them BY the
ins,ce those en- engaged IN fisadu,ent operssions De
| in connection with this class Of ciaims.
By joint resolution OF Congress approved
March 70 1851 ne WORK ;s q paving these 1oun-
and since the abolition Of that bureau, June 80,
lsI2, has been continued by the War Depart
ment. Before entering upon this work the De-
| partment, having been made cognlzant Of SER
| lain schemes resorted to by designing and un-
scrupulous persons to deprive the claimants OF
/ their Just dues, perfected system and pre-
defeat OF the machinaiions Of these parties, and
enjolning upon the local disbursing officers the
| exercise OF inoessant vigilance In discovering
partment any and ali cases Of attempted fraud
| N Imposition. Through the operations Of these
precautionary measures great BENEFITS have
fraud that has thus far been discovered Is that
OF Adams, mentioned above, which, from the
| evidence, Is substantially as follows:
GA october 4, 1879, Adams called at the once
of the chief dlsburslng oficer In this city, rep
resentng himself to Oe Perry J. Brown, late .
| private IN company A, 7th regiment Of United
States colored troops, and by means Of his per-
| with certaln Incidents connected with his mili-
| tary history, obtained from the late Freedmen 8
bureau office, In Baltimore, was enabled to sue
cessfuly personate said soldier and TO receive
the amount due on account Of his service.
EmOoldened, doubtless, by this success, and
| contemplating 4 satisfactory future, he, short
time subsequently,, sgsn presented himself at
the dlsburslng oince, TINS time as escort 70 q
on this occasion gave his name as George K. Ad-
| ANS. lie was at once recognized, however, as
the whilom Perry j: Brown, and an investigation
tablishing satisfactorily the fact Of his having
| fraudulently received the money as stated, was
followed by his arrest and preliminary trial be-
fore United States commissioner In the city Of
Baltimore, by whom he was held to bail for trial
bofore the Criminal Court OF this District, which
occurred on the ilth instant, and resulted In his
conviction and sentence to the Albany peniten-
| tiary for term OF two years.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Customs receipts for the week ending Noyem'
lb,l5S9I; Baltimore, s9a,0+l.
| President Grant was yesterday buslly engaged
In the preparation OF his annual message, and
saw but lew visitors during the day. Among
those who were granted All Interview was Gen
A. 7. A. Torbert, late United States Consul Gen
| eral at Havana.
letters from ex-ofiicers and soldiers In all sec
/ tlons Of the country rendering their services u
raise regiments for the Cuban war.
CO. Crsneh was Yesterday appointed lettel