New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-02
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WASHINGTON,
Redemptiou Of Five.Tweu,ies

Redemption Of Five-Twenties.
WASHINGTON, November 1.-The Treasury
Department has inst issued the seventh
call for the redemption of the five-twentv
bonds of 1862, as follows:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
Washington, November /, 1879. (
BY virtue of authority given by an act of
Congress, approved june Ia, 1870, entitled
an act to authorize the refunding of the
national debt, l hereby give notice that
the principal and accrued interest of tho
bonds herein below designated, known a.
tive-twenty bonds, will be paid at the trea7e
snry OF the United States, in the city of
Washington, on and after the iirst day Of
February, 1874, and that the interest ON
said bonds will cease on that day; that is to
say, the coupon bonds known as theqhird
series of the act of February 25, 1862, dated
May l, 1867, as follows:
Coupon bonds Of $50, Nos. IO,2Ol to TO-
600 both inclusive; $lOO, Nos. 3O,75l to
$1,000, both inclusive; $500, Nos. l5,sOl to
n'6oo, '6oo, both Inclusive; $1,000, Nos; 36,OOl to
4t,ooO. both inclusive total, 81 4,5OO, 600
Registered bonds of $50, Nos. 1876 to i4lO,
inclusive; 500, Nos. iO3Ol to 1850,
inclusives $500. Nos 6lOl to $500,
inclusive; $1,000, Nos. 25,CO1 to s.,
$50 inclusive; $5Oco, Nos. 1901 to
Sl0O, inclusive; $l0,O 900. Nos 10, ,lOl to $40,
inclusive. Total $5oO,OOO. Total Of coupon
and registered bonds, $4,000, ,OO0 OF the
amount outstanding, embraced in the num-
bers as above, 81, ,50O, 900 are coupon bonds.
and $500, 900 are registered bonds. United
States securities forwarded for redemption
should be addressed to the Loan Division,
Secretary's office, and all registered bonds
should be assigned to the Secretary Of the
. Treasury for redemption.
u WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON,
Secretary.
Condition of the Treasury.
The coin in the treasury is over $s2, ,250,-
OOO, currency over $4,750.0O0.
The President has appointed Isaac HI.
Sturgeon, of ST. Louis, to examine the COM
pleted portion of the Texas Pacific rail-
yoad-sOme 300 miles.
Statement of the Public Debt.
The debt statement shows over $4,000, 900
increase.
Indian Outrages in Texas.
Colonel w. H. Ward, commanding &C
Fort Richardson, Texas, reports to the
headquarters Of the army that four citizens,
who were encamped on Lost creek, about
500 yards from the parade ground. were
attacked on the night of October 8 by
party supposed to be Indians, and one of
them. Mr.. Edward Farwell, mortaliy
wounded. The attack was made for the
purpose Of stealing the horses, but as the
citizens returned the fire, the Indians beat O
nasty retreat.
The wounded man was taken to the post
hospital, where lie died at two o'clock. The
next morning several companies were or
dered in pursuit of the Indians. Informa-
ton had also been received that the In
dians had stolen horses at three different
places on Carroll creek on October 1O.s sup
posed to be the same party which made the
attack on the previous night. Colonel
Wood says:
Il have never known the Indians in their
raids in this section of the country to be so
numerous, desperate and perssting as they
have been within the last four or five weeks.
Sergeant Benjamin Snow, of company X,
Twenty-tifth infantry, seports that All at
tack was made on the central mail station,
Texas, under his charge, on October 2, by q
party of Indians, but they were driven off,