, 1873-07-07
WASHINGTON.
Gen. Howartl's Bnc1k-Pny Justf-
fled by Gen. Howard.
statistics Regarding Our Railway Mail
Service.

tSrftHt8 Us&fdsCA 10 INC ChteHgo 1TfoHHE.
TIE HOWARD uN1vEnBiTY-1TH FINANCES.
WASHINGTON, July Cat mcotng Of the
Board Of Trusteos Of tho Howard University,
hold yesterday, report was road by Fradoricl:
Douglass, In roply to tho recent cllargcH about
tho institution being overwhelmed In debt. The
report Hot forth tint debt of about 5100, ,OgG
Ind bcon contracted but It 10 claimed t1at thore
are asBots TINT will fully meet this amount.
Nothing WAS said III tho report nlado by Mr..
Douglass about tho lack-pay alleged 10 hava
boon voted Howard as President Of tho Univor-
slty by tho TruBteoa. Gen. Howard himself
was m present and mado H. statement .21,tn on tlg
that, he had paid to the Univeraity %
mitch monoy as llo had received from it. 11o
produced bill Of itemB IN support Of this stats
tho Board OF TrusteoB and Of two or three ro-
ceptons giyon at 1loward'a private residence for
tho benefit Of tho students.
THE OFFICIAL rosTAuE srAMpg.
All Of tho Executive Departments OF tho
Government mado rcqntsition upon tho Post
Office Department prior to the oxpiration Of tho
franking privilege on the 9oth ult., for supply
Of tho now oilioial postage Btamps, and it was
supposed that the first lot furnished would moot
the domandB for several wooltB but tho Treasury
Department, which was then supplied with
$500, COO worth Of 9tamps, made 4uoshor To1ulei:.
tion on the 80 inst, and received an additional
:2o8, 900 worth, making in all, up to, this time,
$408.000 worth Of postage stamps drawn, TIC
creator portion Of which l,ayo already boen usei
Or distributed among tho various branchoa Of shs
Treasury.
DUDLEY, TIE MAIL nonpER.
At tho lata term Of tho United statea Court for
tho Southern District OF Pennsylvania, eloyen
indictments for forgery. robbery Of mails,
5ov f50 wore Dnop aSn agasb nb nosor aao L.
arrested in Massachusetts, whore he was living
iu fno atylo upon tue wealth which ho Obtained
by abstreeting money and other yaluablcs from
during . poriod extending over noarly two yearH.
| Tho trial OF Dudley and his accomplico. ". II.
| Wales, on tho ahove indictments aud OF Dud-
| ley's mistresn aa accessory, Inns boen postponed
| until tue November term Of tho District Court.
| oUn MAIL SERVICE.
514 miles Of railway mail service, that
being On increaso Of ,9eo3 miles since
| only New England state in which there are 1000
milos Of railway mil servico, that Btato having
nearly LOO miles. Delaware has 2a8 miles,
whllo Of tho other Middle States, Nov York lau
miles. OF tic Southern States, Arlanaas, flor
| idR and West Virginia have less than 5000.
while in tho othors there aro from ,0oo to 2,00G
nlilou. Illinois has ths largest RAILWAY mail ser
vice,-6, ,52G miles; Ohio noxt, 4,877 New York
third, Pennsylvania fourth, a,id Missouri fifth.
In the latter State thorc arc 1910 miles
| ITO the associated Prtss.}
| JACOB TnoMpsoN's ACCOUNTS.
| WAslttSaroN, July G>-Tho Secoud Auditor OF
tho Treasury lies Just completed tho settlement
Of tho account Of Jacob Thompson, Secretary Of
tho Interior under Duchanan's Administration,
aud acting ut TINT time III Trustee Of tho Inaiar
fund. It lB shown that there is q deficit Of
$21 600. Tho statomout is mado TINT it las not
been possible to take up these accounts until re-
Gently. owing to tho fact that all previous, ac'
counts required to bo settle1 before reaching
nIr. ThompHon's casc. Tho stocks Of tho United
| States and Of certaln States held i'll trust by the
Secretary Of tho Interior amount to about
| $4,000, 900. Tho annual interest, nearly $251,.
900, is transferred and applied to tho benefit oi
| he Indian tribes owning tho securitieB.