National Republican., 1873-09-23
DEPARTMENT. NEU'S
CUSTOM RECEIPTS.

CUSTOM RECEIPTS.
The customs receipts for tho week ending
september 10 were as foiiows: New Yors, d, ,obi,
delphla, $40, ,aGl. '' "''
DISPATCH FROM CAPTAIN BrDDINGToN,
The following cable dispatch was received at
the Navy Department yesterday morning;
GLASGOW, September %.
P0lars lost 10Th Of October. Picked up by
Ravensctaig tweniy'n i've miles south Of Cape
York. Transferred eleven Of us TO the Arctic,
which arrived at Dundee Tuesday. Three yet
on board Intrepid not arrived. Eleven leave on
tsisnedj csrrin BuppNoros.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The following was the financial exhibit OF the
Treasury Department at the close OF business
yesterday; Currency, Qess amount paid for bonds
purchased In New York and not teported,) tl4,-
6a2, i56bo; special deposit OF legal tenders for
redemption Of certificates Of deposit, t39, 900;
coin. i;eso, os; including coin cer,lnca,@es @
800; outstanding legal tenders $3.50 900.
The receipts from Internal revenue sources
yesterday were 1868, 3,iIO.35.
NAVY GAZETTE.
Capt. J. G. X. DeKrafIt, ordered to command
the Saranac; Carpenter James II. owens, to duty
In charge OF the public property at Mound City,
s q Sssp pa sns aS
| ordered to temporary duty as lighthouse In
spcctor Of the Twelfth district; Capt. James ".
spot temporarily relieved as S lighthouse o IN 10
examination for promotion; Paymaster !. y.
Glllett, from duty at Mound city, ILL.,, LIST OF Oc-
tober, and ordered to settle accounts; Gunner
s. u. Hines, from duty at Mound City, ILL.,, lst OF
October, and placed on waiting orders.
LAND DECISION ovERRULED.
The Secretary OF the Interior has overruled the
| decision Of the Commissioner OF the General
Land once In the case OF Bas som Va. Davis, In
yOlylng the right to about thlriy.nye acres OF
land lying Immediately on the edge Of the town
OF Santa Clara, California, awarding In favor Of
Davis. The point In dispute was whether, under
| the act Of 1899, a bona fds purchaser Of Mexl.
ina az p abs % ana ,pe
giDal survey, could pre-empt that portion. The
Commissioner held that he could not ; the Secre.
| tary held that he could.
DIVIDENDS TO CREDITORS OF INSoLvENT
| BANKS.
Tue Comptroller Of the Currency Ia paying
dividends OF twenty-five per cent. to the cred
ltors Of the First National Bank Of Rockford
ILL.,; one hundred per cent to the creditors OF thu
First National Bank OF Fort Smith, ARK; aud
thlrty-nve per cent to the creditors OF the Ma
,Sna Bank o. vieksGprs Mis- dividends ,na I,,o, 81
National Bank Of Selma, Ala, and OF fifteen pei
cent TO the creditors OF the Atlantic Natlona
Bank OF New YORK will he paid as soon as u,
| necessary schedules can he prepared. Dividend
to the creditors Of the First National and Cres
cent City National Banks Of New Orleans will
also be made In the month OF october.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
The President has made the following appoint
mentI. Corbett Bacon, receiver OF public money
at Central City, Colorado, and Joseph NJ. Mar
shall, register OF ne land of,lce at ne sam sam'
revenue Eighth district Of Illinois, Vice Harper
suspended; John q. Curtis. collector OF internA
revenue Thirteenth district Of New York, VIC
. II
register Of the land once at Boise city, Idaho
, vice Thomas Donaldson resigned; Oscar Whit
o. PnsUs RSS ssTf n sSe re,Sy
Richard Harrington, secretary Of the District o
Columbia, vice \. l.. Stanton resigned; Iymai
d. sperry, OF Wisconsin, agent for Indians o
the Fort BeIthold agency; Joel b. Nosburgh, o
California, agent for Indians OF the Tule Rive
. agency In California; Edward II. Chase, collecto
= OF internal revenue Twelfth district Of Pennsy
enue district Of Wyoming.
' rEcREAsRD. EXPORTS OF IRON FRol
GREAT BRITAIN.
The chief OF the Bureau Of Statistics sends tn
following information relative TO exports Of lro
from that county to the unlted States In isI9:
Month Ended August 81, lsI2-Pig iron, 1913
tons; bar and rod iron, b,O33 tons; railroad iroi
iO,005 TONS hoop and boiler iron, sos tons; stce
Month Ended August 81. lsI3-Plg iron, T.2.
tons; bar an Il rod IRON, 40 tons; railroad iroi
1891 tons; hoop aud boiler iron, 462 tons; ttet
Eight Mouths Ended August aI. 1s,a-Pig iro
i52g3l tons; bar and rod iron, 49, ai6 tons; raj
r road iron, 3iOS2l tons; hoop and boiler lr0l
!, ?2,62o tons; steel, i6 i9s tons.
n Eight Months Ended August 81, ls'9-Pig lro
rs l0a tons bar aud rod iron, 54 tons: railroa
Z Iron, 40 tons; hoop aud boiler Iron, li,2
o tons: steel, 1895 tons.
y y THE CREDIT MoBILIER SUIT.
g Attorney General Williams returned to Was
s lngton on Sunday morning and resumed his Of
y cial duties yesterday. lie says the decision
!. the United States Circuit Court for COnuectici
J. upon the motions and demurrer In the Cred
Mobiler suits will be made Us soon rs the judi
has time 10 make due examination Of the cas-
The motions were illed by persons residing OF
n OF the district OF Connecticut TO dismiss the su
!. Ms to them upon the ground that the act was u
- constitutional In requiring them TO appear al
and 1t was therefore special legislation, not wa
n Tanted by the Constitutions; and the demurr
q was nled by the Union Pacific Railroad Compai
10 and others, on the ground that the United Stat
y had not that interest In the subject matter
+. the litigation which entitled them to bring q ~
a. to redress the wrongs OF the Union Pacific Ra
l road Company. The Attorney General believ
h the motions aud demurrer viii be overrued, al
hopes to get decision TO the effect that railroi
= companies are public institutions, subject to u
/. control OF the Government, and that contrac
made by the directors OF such company Wi
themselves, or with other companies or associ
tons In which they are interested, relative
III tue construction or management OF such ROAD
" are void aud he thinks that such decision W
= do much TO reform railway management, as u
revenues Of the roads are very often greatly co
sumed by these outside arrangements In viii,
the directors are interested, rendering It nece
sary to impose high tariffs upon transportatic
!. TO defray In addition thereto the legitimate e
:. | penses OF such roads.
+ MISCELLANEOUS.
u The Comptroller Of the Currency has appoint,
Isaac II. Bailey, No. 65 CHI street, New Yor
Il receiver OF the National Bank Of the Common
: wealth.
!, Bank Examiner Meigs, OF New York, reportC
y affairs 10 that city comparatively quiet yesierdG
!, throughout the day.
! The resignation OF Capt. Lemuel Pettee, %,
Infantry, hus been acceJted by the President,
take effect November 30, lsT3.
The Navy Department have received notice
the death OF First Assistant Engineer II.
q Bradford, which took place at the naval hospitc
: New York, on the 10Th inst.
i VIM. II. EggbDrn and W. II. Barry have bee
: appointed internal revenue gausers Tor the .
district OF Virginia.
President Grant arrived from New York We
terday morning, and took rooms at Willard
, hotel.
4 TIE CUBAN LEAGUE.