The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-10
BY TELEGR APH,
Exclusively for tho Register.
BY !be Pacific and Atlantic Line.
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W WASHING TON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ..
The Geneva Award.

The Geneva Award.
Fifteen million five hrndre3 thousand
dollars, awarded the Government, was
paid into the Treasury to-day, by Sec.
retary Fish, in one bond, Of which the
following is description:
Act of March 81, 1873. 1t is hereby
certified that fifteen million five hun
dred thousand dollars have been depos'
tied with the Treasurer OF the United
States, payable in gold at his Office to
Dr2xel, Morgan & Co. or to their
order. JOHN ALLISON,
Register OF the Treasury.
F. E. SPINNER,
Treasurer OF the United States.
Approved by VIM. A. Richardson,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The bond has the figures II, 10000
in the upper right ard left-hand cor
nets, and ls numbered about the centre
on each eide with the figure /. On the
back the bond is endorsed as follows :
Paw TO joint order OF II. B. NJ. Minis
ter, or Charge de Afaires, at Washing
ton, and Acting Consul-Geu eral at New
York. DRExEL, MORGAN & Co..
MORTON, Bliss & Co.,
JAY COOKE d Co.
Paw to the order OF Hamilton Fish,
Secretary Of State.
EDWARD THORNTON,
II. B. NJ. Minister.
Minister Thornton has advised the
home government, by cable, OF the set
,lemeut OF the Geneva award, and
Secretary Fish has notified the President
Iy telegraph tothe same effect.
Tie following statement OF the man
ner in which the Geneva Award WAS
tosday paid, is furnished from the De-
partment OF State: To-day Sir Ed
ward Thornton and Mr.. Archibald,
Consul General OF Great Britain, agents
OF the British Government, to pay the
Geneva Award, called at the Depart
ment Of State ard paid the Secretary Of
State fifteen and o half millions OF dol
lars, awarded by the Geneva tribunal
to be paid by Great Britain to the
United States. Coin having been al
ready deposited in the Treasury 10
their credit, these gentlemen transferred
to the Secretary q certificate therefor
which he Immediately delivered to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, thus paying
Ito the Treasury fifteen and halt
millions OF dollars, to be used as pro-
ydei Tor 10y the act Of March 1878
Five per ceot registered bonds, issued
10 an equal amount, are 10 be held Ia
trust bv the Secretary OF State, sub
ject 10 future disposition by Congress,
as directed by the act. The following
Is copy OF the reCeip: given by Sec
reiary Fish:
The undersigned Hamilton Fish,
Secretary OF State OF the United States
o. America, hereby declares that he has
this day received IRON Right Honora-
ble Sir Edward Thornton, Her BeitanS
jc Msiesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister PIenipotentiary, and from
Edward Mortimer Archibald. Esq ,
Her Britanic Majesty's Consul Gen
sral at New York, agents for Her Ma
je.ty's government in this behalf, the
sum OF fifteen million FIVE hundred
thousand dollars in gold coin, being the
whole amount, in gross sum, awarded
on the l4,h OF September, 1872, by the
tribunal OF arbitration then sitting at
Geneva. HAMILTON Fish,
Secretary OF State.
The following is q description of the
bond given on the payment of the
Geneva Award to-day: Funded loan
OF lSSl-Washington, May lst, lS7l.-
The United States Of America are in
dcbled 20 Hon. Hamilton Fish. Secre-
tary OF State, interest to be held sub
iect to the deposition Of Congress, as
provided in the act approved March 3,
1873, chapter CCLXI, in the sum OF
i.,.en and g half millions Of dollars
This bopd is issued in accordance with
the provisions OF an act OF Congress eu-
ii;lsd an act to authorize the
rounding OF the national debt, approv-
eI July II. 1870, amended by an set
approved June -, 1871, and Is redeem
ahe at the pleasure OF the United
States after the first day OF May, 1881,
IN the coin OF the standard value ofthe
Jljted States, on said July IA, 1870,
with interest in such coin from the day
Of the date before at the rate OF FIVE pei
c-at per anuum, payable quarterly on
the frs. day OF February, May, Au-
gust and November in each
yel-, the principal and
TIE interest exempted from
all taxes or duties CT the United States
IS well as from taxation in any form,
~ or under State, municipal, o. locaI
authority, transferable on the books o.
this office. JoHS ALLISON,
Register Of Treasury.
On one corner oithe bond is the follow
iag check marked Entered g. L. w.
recorded J. HI. On each end are tn,
figures 100000. At the bottom i
written, act Of July II, 1870. In tn
upper left hand corner is written, inter
o. Evs nor cent