New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-29
FLASHING TON.
A SPECIE PAYMENT FARCE.

WASHINGTON Tuesday Oct. rs, 1873
Tie payinq out Of silver com to-day by the United
States Treasury the most absurd farce that has been
seen in Washington for many day The morning news
papers had announced that the would be put In cir
cuaton to-day and the journals in all parts of the eoun-
try had giving the matter much attention for tue
past week or Banks and bankers from every
section had sent orders for large sums considerable eN
element was created and the Secretary was greatly
pleas, his idea. The result OF the attempt at least
so this city is CONCERNED Is ridiculous, and places
the Treasury merely tie same foundation as some OF
tue restraurluts aud places Of amusement here when
have been paying out silver in small sums for change
for n week or more Two little bags OF silver were
placed the paying eers counter on the opening OF
the cash room, and these herocaY guarded by an
alnpc force teers. counters and other employees
circular in plain characters laid on the projecting mar
slab told tho multitude that creators OF Tue
Government presenting checks or warrants Tor pay
mebt could receive not % exceed s. Of thc amount QUO
thcm in silver coin II they desired MANY eInIol - W
tho Departments and number OF citizens went INTO the
cash during the day to see me long Aheceu pro
Of paying out silver nut the DagS On ny
| counter and 10 silver was seen IL was careiuuy
guarded during the day, however and the report was
carried 10 Secretary Richardson az the cote OF CUISINES
that lcss than 500 ia coin had been pald out az we
United states Treasury This Is the result OF MT KEN
ardsons first attempt TO resume specie pay mehts'
THE PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED DURING OCTOBER.
The disbursements by the Treasury Department this
month been heavy and the revenues 40 hght on
account the panic and the unsettled condition OF the
country that the statement will show increase,
though al present DO stated TO what extent
Should receipts for the remainder OF the month Keep
M 10 the average OF past three four days. the in
crease OF the debt at the eud OF the month viii not be
very large Among the heavy payments this month
was one Of s6sl goo to the PostOnee Department for
steamship service There have been other large dis
! bursements, the number OF bills presented Tor
settlement exceeded that in any previous month Tor
some time past while the receipts were from 20 to Is per
is accounted by the fact that nearly all me persons
| holding claims against the Goyernment came forward
| gl,ap fla Afp
procuring relief elsewhere As Secretary Richardson
announced early in the panic that ne wouid pay an
claims against the Government as rapidly possible
the creditors took advantage of this means TO Iase
funds Of which they would not nave Deeh W iueul"o
/ want IN ordinary times
| WORK OF THE SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE.
II appears from report Of the Second Auditor OF
the Treasury that the number OF accounts examined by
that during the past fiscal year was 4s96g, OF
which 80 40 were bounty OF &C. aRgre-
eating over 100000 Three hundred and nnety|tw0
charges amounting to $72 we're raised against officers
OF the army and volunteers account OF Oyerpay ments
and double payments, aud $s225 OF this sum was re-
covered and turned into the Treasury The accounts OF
! l9 payuasters have been balanced, an aggregate OF
nearly $1,000 having been deposited by them to cancer
their Indebtedness United States In niue cases
| balances were found due the paYmasters the
| amount paid out on their account being 5000
| The office continues the alert for fraud
| ulent claims and the Auditor is determined that
q vigorous prosecution shal follow every uetecvu oas
money by claim agents, &c tlye hundred anu ,% W. 40
such cases disposed OF during the year, ana S4OO
recovered Ths includes the amount recovered III cases
Of white soldiers 5000; in OF col0red soldiers
| principay through the agency OF the Freedman
irnnch OF the Adjutant-Generals Office, $685. tne
amount wroDgfully withheld by claim agents ana Sc
judgments recovered, $1,000. With the continued
| aid of tho officers OF the AdjutantGeneraIs DC
! partmept having charge of the Freedman's Bnreau
affairs the Solicitor of the Treasury, and the Gn,ted
practices in the bounty claim business VIII soon uc
e0ecually suppressed. The number OF cases awaiting
action is 449. The letters received during tne year
number 3C5 and the letters written 2G5i being an
Of 1851 in the letters received and " 100 III 'he
| letters written.
ECONOMY IN PUBLIC Buildings
| Mr. Mulett, supervising Architect OF the Treasury
Department IN his annual report now preparing VIII
make one recommendation TO Congress that will be re-
ceived with favor by the taxpayers not by Congress
men. lie will oppose the policy which Congress has
adopted within the past two years OF voting the public
money by hundreds thousands to public build
ings In small outofthe-way villages aud will urge that
the Government has all the work that can be done ia
| that line in hand The last Congress authorized
buildings to be erected at various small places, put III
failed TO make the appropriations ana tDey
have begun. The amount appropriated at the
session exceeded but the full sum
| Will not be required for many years
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A JUDGE.
Letters which Judge Wright has caused TO be printed
In st. Louis, rejecting upon the Attorney Generals
ONCE several connected with t who engaged IN
| the present suits against Wright. pronounced by
Attorney Williams TO be absolute forgeres. He
says Wright obtained some Of the department CORE
spOndence by bribery, and then forged the letters he
has published with design 10 prejudice the public
against those acting for the Government IN prose-
| cu"hs wight