The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-07
WASHINGTON.
wAsHISGroS. June .. 1878.
The Modoc MIDDLE.

The MOd0c Middle.
Attorney General Williams Is preparing M
opinion on the questions concerning the Modocs.
1t viii be completed In two or three days
The Redemption Of Fivc-Iwensy nonos
of 1864.
The following circular was issued to-day LOT tse
redemption OF fve-twenty bonds OF 1862
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, LOAN DIVISION,
June 9. 1873.
By virtue OF authority given by an act Of Con.
authorize the refunding OF the national debt, !
hereby give notice that the principal and accrued
nnewn ~ 81 tb .ae ere nd oeUW Se pd az
the Treasury OF the United States, in the city OF
Washington. on and after the 9th day Of septem,,
Der, 1873 and that the interest on said bonds Will
cease on that day-that Is to say, coupon bOnds
known as the third series, act OF February %,
$50, Nos 1,2Ol to $500, inclusve 500, Nos. 4,7S3
to 2OO OO inclusive; $780, Nos. 3,0Ol to lO70O, in
ota S0i % Nu
1234 to 1,s20 nclusve 500, Nos sSO4 to $500 in
elusive; $500 Nos. 1881 to 57oo. inclusive $1,000.
1900, inclusve $4,000, Nos. 7,093 to $780, lnclu-
sfve: Total, s4,oooooo; grand total, 100000 900.
bers as above, $16,00O.00O are coupon bonds and
$4.oOo,OOo are registered bonds. The coupon
bonds Of tne in act TOUR asDc Series S
bonds OF the first SERIES all OF which
have been previously called for redemption were
printed in green tint and have no designation OF
series upon them The bonds OF the second series,
all OF which have been previously called for re-
the words second series'' on the bonds and sec-
Ondn on each coupon. The bonds OF the third
series the above numbers hr Were
bonds and third" on the bond or on each coupon,
or both. The bonds Of the fourth series were
printed in black, with red numbering and have
the words sfourth seriesu or FOURTH on them.
United States securities forwarded for redemp-
ton should be addressed to Loan Division, Score
tarys ONCE, and all registered bonds should be
assigned to the Secretary OF the Treasury for re-
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
The Payment or Cotton Claims by tho
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The law directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay the net proceeds OF cotton unlawfuy seized
after June go 1885, was approved May Is, 1872, and
required that all petitions should be filed within
six months thereafter, on or before November IL,
1872. Many petitions which had been duly signed
and sworn and placed in the mail before November
IS, did not reach Washington until after that date
They were, however, sent to the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and recorded as or the date when re-
ceved. In reply to an inquiry and argument OF
the point involved, whether in two Important
cases as filed the petitions would be regarded az
filed in time, the Secretary has decided that
no petition or claim under the act OF
Congress which was not received in the
Treasury Department on or before the
18th day November 1s7S can be 70
garded as having been filed within six months
liter the passage OF the act, and that any such
claim reCelycd in the Department after November
Is cannot be Considered by the Secretary Of the
Treasury
1t is the opinion Of the best informed lawyers
here that the time for dling petitions, both in
cotton cases before the Secretary Of tue Treasury
and for stores and supplies before the Southern
Claims Commissioners, will be extended by the
next Congress.
No Charges Against the Commissioners
of Pensions.
The Secretary OF the Interior says the report that
charges have been died and are pending against
the Commissioner of Pensions is utterly unfounded
and untrue.