The New York herald., 1873-10-06
WASHINGTON.

The President to Receive the Evangel-
icaI Aisiance.
President Grant will not as ne intenden, DO
present at the reunion OF the Army OF the Tef1-
nessee. He will remain here to receive, in com.
pany with his Cabinet. the Evangelical Alliance,
who will visit Washington on the 14th instant and
remain two days.
The Metropolitan and Other District
Banks.
The examiner appointed to report upon the con-
dition of the affairs OF the National Metropolitan
Bank expected 10 finish his labors tonight. The
report will first be made to the Comptroller OF the
Currency and II favorable the examiner win be
relieved from further duty, otherwise q receiver
will be put in charge. 1t has been generally
ported to-day that the result would be unfavor-
able and that the bank would not open tomorrow.
Others, who have an abiding faith In the power of
the government assert that $115,O00 in
United States bonds were exchanged yester-
day for legal tenders by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, under the order to purchase twelve
million in bonds. Only s11, $50 were purchased,
and the Treasury Department, 1t is said, reserved
the balance for the benent Of the District banks
There has been much comment upon the action of
the Comptroller in this instance, and 1t is claimed
that under the act authorizing the appointment of
a Comptroller that he cannot hold the ONCE being
indirectly interested IN the National Metropolitan
Bank, contrary to the last paragraph of section
first OF the act OF June 3, 1854.
The British Claims Commf fssion.
Before the United States and British Claims Com
mission adjourned, at Newport, r. L., they placed
on their records minute highly complimentary to
Thomas G. Cox, the Secretary OF the Commission,
whose term OF office will continue till the 1st of
January next. Our government has not yet been
officially informed OF the result OF the Commission.
Mr.. Robert Hale, the United States Agent. Will
make his report IN eight ten days. on his return
to Washington.
Count Corti's Departure for Italy.
Count Corti, the Italian Minister, leaves for Italy
this week. His successor has not been announced.
Judge Dents Condition.
Judge Louis Dent brother-in-law Of the President,
is not expected to recover. The President and
family were at his bedside last night. The phys-
clans report his condition as worse tonight, and
little hope of his recovering from the severe
nervous strain imposed by a complication OF CON-
plants.
Ex-President johnson.
Ex-Presldent Andrew Johnson is expected to ar
rive here next week to defend himself from certain
structures in the Surratt and to look after his
deposit in the suspended First National Bank. A
number Of letters in anticipation OF his coming,
have accumulated at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Coming Machinery for San Francisco.
The coming machinery has already been shipped
from Philadelphia Tor the new San Francisco Mint,
and the contract awarded for the construction OF
engines, boilers and shafting 1t is supposed by
the director OF the Mints that operations will be
commenced about the soth of June next. In the
meantime the coming will go as heretofore with
the present facilities.
Exchange on the English Sovereign.
The Treasury Department is sending out circu-
nfi ir,,1nr vrbo
dealers and the public generally to 'An act to es-
tabsh the custom house value OF the sovereign or
round sterling OF Great Britain and to fix the par
OF exchange passed in March last and to be pro-
claimed on the 1st day OF January next. Tables
appended for the reduction Of sterling money of
Great Britain to the United States coin, and fixing
the value OF the pound sterling at 81 SO 65-lO0
Life saving Stations.
Captain ]. H. Merryman, Inspector OF Life-saving
Stations, has returned here from visit to the New
England coast, where he has made contracts for
the construction Of new le-saving stations at the
following points: Quoddy Head, Me-; Cross
Island, Me-; Browning Island and Whitehead
Island Me-; Biddeford Pool. Me-; Seaw's Point,
Rye Beach, n. H.. Sandy Beach, Mass; Davis
Neck, Cape Ann; the GOinette, Duxbury; Monu-
ment Point Plymouth Surlside, Nantucket Nine
oil the above stations are to be completed this
month.
Post Office Changes and Appointments.
Pennsylvania. Apponted-Mo
ii. CLARK, Adamstown, Lancaster county; william
L. Fisher, Addams Tavern, Berks county; Joseph
l.. Myers, Maple Hill, Lycoming county; James
Lanigan, Swedeland, Montgomery county; Edward
@. Negey, Pttsbarg Alleghany county.
NJ. Dutton. Steuben, washington county, Me-;
George II. Dunbar, Sutton, Hancock county, Me-;
Henry A. Willis, Thomaston, Knox county, Me.
julius G. Grifith Danbury, Rutland county, VT;
Andrew E. Pooley, East Pembroke, Plymouth
county, Mass Leander Matthews North Slough
ton, Norfolk county, Mass. Mrs. Cornelia A. More
house, Park Lanes, LitchHeld county, Conn. John
l.. Raymond, Smiths Ridge, Fairfield county,
Conn.,; Amos A. Wilcox, West Brook, Middlesex
county, Conn.
Nea0 YorE-Postmasters Appointed-Willi ].
Thomas, Cold Brook, Herkimer county; George b.
Badgelly, Schoharie, SchOhare county; W. w.
Elmer, Sugar Loaf orange county
Ne,D JerSey-Postmaster ApDointed-Garret Con-
over. Jacksonville, Burlington county.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Appointed-George l..
Eaton, Hambleton, Talbot county; Mrs. Emma Il.
Lehman, Prince Georges county.
DeJdlCdre-Office stabshed-Petersburg, Kent
county Peter G. Frasher, Postmaster.
JAY COOKE & co.