The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-21
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WASHINGTON, August %. 1874

WASHINGTON August 20, 1873
| A Grange Movement I'm Japan-aiotinx
Changers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
Foreigners. .ssas- 49,. NJ,
The recent japanese insurrection on the sonth :
ern coast seems 10 be but little understood-tnat
is L can pc judged from the statements OF parties
who have just arI.:yed here nom the Orient. it
partakes somewhat Of the American grange move
ment, though 1t has taken More tangible shape.
On INC g q July the European Inhabitants in
ana ABOUT Nagasaki received private intimation
from the interior that 1t would be we'll for them to
take refuge upon the first Pacific Mail steamer that
should appear in port, as there was vigorous riot.
ing going on that in all likelihood would reach the
city within thlrty-slx hours. At first this created
much excitement and alarm, but it was soon
queled by the French missionaries who
had been out into the country and had
been able to check the progress OF the Insured
tionists by kind words and arguments. From
them 1t was learned that while the Japanese
farmers were at work gathering their crops,
several revolutionary emissaries appeared among
them ana represented 10 them that they were
being taxed for the Introduction of Christianity
and for the encouragement OF foreign trade and
foreign monopolies. They hestatcd for little
while, but soon they went into the movement; and
In four days there were over twenty thousand OF
country. They burned several villages, destroyed
the crops of all who refused to join them and in the
meantime sent formal request to the
Mikad0 for relief from onerous taxa
ton. The Mlkado answered with several
battons OF troops and two large gunboats.
speedy end to con1agration ana destruction was
the result, and when our informant lett Japan the
| quasi rebellion was at an end.
| The Japanese people seem much pleased with the
liberal views now being propogated by the Mkado
They seem to have but little jealousy Of the Ameri-
| cans and Europeans, though they are perfecting
themselves In the arts and sciences that have been
| introduced in their midst. Among the latest
rumors rife In japanese commercial circles was
that the Mlkado was about to declare SmOnisaki
| an open port. This Is now the largest port in
Japan not open to foreign trade, and its trade Is
most valuable. At present our vessels are allowed
| to get provisions and water there, but no
land 1t Is the port OF the inland sea, and the Eng
llsh and American houses Of Japan are anXiousy
waiting its opening, so that they may pounce upon
its rich commercial harvess.
Search of tho War Department for Al
legged Missing Records.
1t was charged some weeks ago that number OF
| important documents relating to the late war
could not be found in the War Department. In one
| instance specific papers were mentioned. The
| Secretary, determined to test the truth of this
general assertion, accordingly began al investlga
| ton in the case mentioned. Nothing could be
| found to show that the papers were mis-
laid in the Department The Secretary singled
out various important cases familiar to
| himself and others, familiar to officers
| OF the army and directed that the papers be pro-
duced. In every instance they were found in CON-
plete order. Determined, however, that nothing
should be left undone to arrive at the truth in the
officers were brought into requsition, and they
too tailed to find any papers lost. Documents
written in cipaer were translated, ana every care
taken to ascertain If papers had been removed.
| All were found in their proper places. The
| Secretary has just received the reports
| OF the officers who aided him in the search,
all Of whom report that they can find
nothing missing, and the search is at an end.
Secretary Belknap himself after rigid examina-
ton has failed to discover that any records OF the
Department are missing with the exception Of
those in the Buell. court martial case. He, however
invites any one who can name any particular
papers which they believe to be missing to report
the fact to him. AS 1t is a matter Of impossibiity
to examine every paper in the Department, he
hopes the parties who charge that papers are miss
ing will specify the documents to him and further
| search Will be made.
| Soundings Near the HarbOr Of San Fran.
| cisco.
The United States steamer Tuscarora, in pursu-
| ance of orders from the Navy Department to test
| her sounding line, has sounded about fifty miles
southwest OF the entrance to the harbor of San
Francisco in $50 iathoms Of water, with wire and
the apparatus OF sir William Thompson. The work
was in every way satisfactory.
| Suit Against the Paying Teller of the
| United States Treasury.
| Z thQ nj thp Spcr IF tha
the Attorney General has instructed the United
States Attorney Tor the District Of Columbia to
conduct the defence OF Mr.. L. W. Hale Paying
Teller Of the United States Treasury, in the suit for
damages for false imprisonment brought against
him by Clinton Rice. This suit grows out OF q
check upon which, 1t is charged there was forged
endorsement, discovered by Mr.. Hale.
Treasury Notices.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has instructed the
Assistant Treasurers and designated depositaries
to refuse the pay ment OF all checks OF disbursing
officers except pension agents issued since Janu-
| airy 2, 1872, which the objects Tor which they
were issued are not stated
Frequent inquiries are still received at the Treas
| ury Department as to whether the pennies coined
In 1851 and 1858 are redeemed at are worth more
than one cent To such inquiries the answer OF the
Treasurer invariably Ia that the cents in question
are redeemed at the Mint at their face value, apd
are intrnsically worth considerably less than that
! Extension of Postal Service.
| The Post Ofce Department has ordered an ex-
tension OF the postal service the Milwaukee and
| Northern Railway from Hilbert to Green Bay, Wis.,,
| and on the Omaha and Northwestern Railroad,
from Blair to Herman, Neb.
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