, 1873-07-23
WASHINGTON.
Valuable Public Documents in
Course Of Publication.
Doubtful Reports Of a Baltic between
Our Troops and nloXiCans.
The Debt Of tho District Of Columbia
$9,238,89l.
Special Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune,
IMPORTANT DE0IHtON.

Special Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune.
1MponTANT DECISION
WARRINGTON, D. O., July 22.-Aa prcoodont
In large numbor Of similar cnBos that arc now
pcnding boforo tho Troasury Department, the
dociaion just rendered by tho Second Comptrol-
lor is Important. Application is made for the
reimbursement Of several 8tateB, cBpocially In
tho South, for the enrolment and maintenance Of
militia companies undor tho noconatruo-
tfon act, the claims generally having for
their basiB tho Appropriation act Of last
March, which nppropriatos gross aumH to .phyfor
vico Of tho Untod Statos. Tho Comptroller do
cidoB that tho United 6taton Government is
lablo only for tho relmburec1nent OF Statoa tor
money expended in enrolling and maintaining
military companies unor tho not Of July a. 1881,
aud not under tho Reconstruction act.
TIE DnooKLrN BANK FAILURE.
Nothing aside from more rumors has been
hoard by tho Trcasnry oflicia1s to Indicate tlat
ialeation Of Mills, tho Cashier OF tho Brooklyn
Trust Company, who, 1t is beloved, committed
sutcido by drowning himself ut Coney Island
few days ago. Tho Trust concern ia not
aSpGo and ~ IT, sgs
funds to tho credit Of tho Troasury nor
to any disbursing officer Of tho United Btatoa on
deposit In tho place, and tho only uso to
which institutions Of the kind aro put is to do
foro the courts. II any largo amount Of Gov
ernmont funds aro on deposit In tho bank, it WAS
plncod tl,oro without tho knowledge Of tho proper
officers hero, aud without authority Of law.
MARINE RULING.
A llcenee for O steamer purchased ut sale
nndor direction Of RegiBter III Bankruptcy, was
recently rofused because tho bill Of sale had
boon lost or mielaid, and the Registor declined
eSRa s er record II o
porting the matter to tho Treasury Do
partment, o Collector Of Customs atatod
that there seemed to :. bo no danger
81 prejudice from accepting tho Less formal ana m
the case, tho Treasury Department authorized
tho Collector to accept tile document presented,
and to issue lIconAo to tho yossol. 1hia Ia the
first oaae OF the kind on record.
tTo the Assaciated j'ressl
THE LORD GORDON CASE.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Edward Thornton, the
ni'h Mnistsr haa an n Interview to-day WITH
Lord Gordon chte IN Manitoba.
POSTAL MISTAKES.
It aeemB that postmnsters in several 6tntos
have boon furnishing tho public with tho official
Btamps Of tho Post -Oalco Department. Lottera
under such official stamps are sont from
thoir points Of dostination to tho Dead-Letter
Oilico, aa thoy are known to bo private letters.
Ono Postmaster In Ohio rocontly received 200
! official ntamps and sold 1do. a circular Of the
Post of1icc Department cautions poatn,aetera
from selling, and tho public from buying, those
official stamps.
APPOINTMENTS.
Franlr A. Cane has been appointed Gauger for
the District OF Colorado, and Silas 1aoed Sur
yeyor-G General OF Wyoming Territory.
DISTRICT INDEBTEDNESS.
| Exaggerated statements having boon mado aB
to tho debt Of the District OF Collnbia the Act-
| ing Comptroller today furnished the Govern
mont with nn ofllclnl statomont, in which ho
says tho funded mud bonded debt Of the District
Of Columbia including those OF the 1sto Cor
porations, amount to 81. ,8o1. The Diatrcs Of
sufficient to meet oil current expenses.
Tho sinking fund revenues aro more than auf-
flcient to meot current interest and retire an a-
| nual proportion OF tho outstanding bonds. Tho
amount authorized by tho last Legislative AS
| Honbly will not increase the dobt beyond tho
amount Us limited by tho net OF Congress.
| BER1ouBLY ILL. .
| r. 5. Chew, Chief Clerk Of the State Depart
| ment, struck with paralysis several weeks since,
| Htil lies in an apparently UNCONSCIOUS condition,
! md but faint hopca arc entertained Of lis re-
covery.
Roar-Admiral Howell is lying quite i'll ut WASH
ingt0n.
Tho preHident is c1poctod hero tho latto1
PR, ,, of tho wook' whom oabn0t meeting will be
| HEIZuHE AT EAaT HAGlNAW FOH 6atuu9LlHot
Special Agent spaulding notifea the Treasury
that he has seized the stock Of D. Il. Brown d
Co., jewelers. at East Saginaw, Mich., and ar-
rested the mombera Of the firm for smuggling
jewelry from Cauada.
VALUABLE NEW PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Now that tho appropriations Of the preaens
fiscal yoar arc available, the Government print.
ing ofhco and bindery aro rapidly completing the
public documents which have boon ordered
thoao which have this week been delivered at the
Capitol arc some works Of great value. Tho pro
coodings Of tho third session Of tho Forty-acconi
Congress- I'LL thrce volumes Of tho usual quartz
Globe sizo. Tloso aro thu last Congressional
gio1es that will eyor DO printed except oongros4
shall determine to roturn to tho form and nRn1e
Tho appendix to these Globes contain all tho lawt
passed. at the last session Of Congress. The pro
ooedings Of tic executive session Of tho serat'
gressional Record, Of Which only worry 1imitet
number woro ordarod printed. Thore aro SOM
apprchensions TINT wlon both houses o
GengFepSs prnr arc vii II no sf"1on Sono ns ssn a9''
cilftiea to print the proceedings Of Con
grcsa in tho s1nnll quarto adoptod in the Record
6omo printers claim that 1t ia impossible to prin
daily paper Of that size, in the timo given, ow
proprietorE Of the National Republican hero vii
noxt winter renew their attempts to secure til
/ printing Of tho Congressional proceedings. 6
i will alao tho old printers Of tho Globe, MeBars
hives d. Bailey, The Annual Report OF th
Smithsonian Institute for 1879 reprints tho orl
g!nal plan OF tho proceedings OF that institution
first published III 1847. Inthe appendix there ar
many valuable aclontitlo articles, among thor
tFo io5sa u
! pondi1 also contains the full instructions Q
: Prof. Horny to tho Scientific Corpg, which, to
gothor with the report OF tho recent Polaria III
yestigatlon, 5nBt publlahhea completes tAo Pres
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