The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-13


O0ce Department.
Questions having been referred to the Assistant
attorney General OF the Post Once Department,
first, in case a greater or less amount OF service
is advertised for upon route thnn is in operation
at the time Of advertising, should the checks ac-
comPanying bids be five per cent OF the cost OF the
existing service, or OF q pro rata amount as COM
pared with the service called for by advertise
ment Second, does the phrase new service In the
$3.50 section OF the postal code mean, as here
tofore used by the department, "service over
route on which none exists at the time OF bidding,
and that only does 1t also include service differ
ing in the frequency or extent OF she trips then
existing ~
Upon the first question the Assistant Attorney
General says that IN greater or less amount
OF service is advertised upon route than Is per-
formed upon the same route at the time OF adver-
Using, the checks accompanying the bids should
not be less than five per cenvum Of the amount Of
enc years pay proposed in such bid II the bid ex-
eeeds five thousand dollars.
Regarding the second question, it is answered
that the term new service" IN the 253d section OF
the Postal Code not only means service advertised
to be performed OH route on which none IS per-
formed at time OF advertising, but includes also
service to be performed over a route differing In
character as to the mode, manner or frequency OF
1rOm tnaJ performed on the Sdule TVutc d.
time of advertising
The Department Of Dakota.
Several inquiries have been received at the War
Department as to whether the headquarters Of the
Department OF Dakota are to be removed from st.
Paul, MIMI, to Minneapolis, 1t having been an
nounced there that the headquarters were to be
so removed. The Secretary authorizes its contra
diction, as the President has the authority OF max
ing the change, and he has no idea now Of doing so.
Wyoming Indians Becoming Very
Naughty.
A letter to the Indian Bureau from the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe Agency, Wyoming, reports mani
festatons of uneasness on the part OF the Arrapa-
hoes number OF whom recently started on the
warpath but OF whom all but fourteen young men
were overtaken by peaceabe Indians OF the tribe
and made to return to the reservation The
young men, however, persisted in going on, and
attacked q band OF TOucas who were on leave from
their reservation for the purpose Of making peace
with the Osages. They killed the second chief Of
the Toucas, scalped him, brought the scalp into
camp and purpOsed having scalp dance over It,
The Chicago Relief Act.
Doubts having arisen in the minds OF some OF the
Treasury officials as to whether the privileges con-
ferred by the Chicago Relief act expired with April
or April s. 1s73 1t being limited to year from
and after its passage April 1872 the Secretary OF
the Treasury to-day decided to adhere to the con-
structlon heretofore given to it, which included
the 9Th of April, 1878, In its operation thus giving
it the most liberal construction.
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-day received $50
in a note from Newark, N. j., signed 'Quartermas-
ter"
Going to the Pacific for Gold.
Six Treasury officials, under the direction OF
Colonel Jones, depart for San Francisco on Monday
with currency, for which they will bring back
gold.
The Board of Officers on Army Supplies.
The Board of army officers consisting Of Colonel
d. II. Rucker, Major ]. d. Bingham and Major VIII
liam Myers, OF the Quartermasters' Department;
Major T. G. Baylor and Captain +. II. Parker, of
the Ordnance Department, which met here on the
9th inst, in pursuance OF an order OF the Secre-
tary OF War, to consider the expediency or trans
ferring the supply of army wagons and ambulances
and their equipments IRON the Quartermasters'
Department to the Ordnance Department in order
to enable the War Department to utilize the
Observation-Disclosures, iron and leatber-On hand in
the Ordnance Department and the facilities OF
their workshops, has been ordered to proceed to
Watervlet Arsenal New York. to inspect the
material and workshops there before making their
report.
Army Orders.
BY direction OF the President, Captain George
A. ParingtOn and Captain Charles ID. Boyer
Ninth cavalry have been ordered to duty as men,
bers of the general court martial OF which General
Hatch Is President, al Ringgold Barracks, Texas,
for the trial OF First Lieutenants Charles L. Davis,
Tenth infantry and Henry w. Leggett. Twenty
fourth infantry.
Naval Changes.
Captain william d. Whiting has been ordered TO
command the Worcester, In place of Captain
Creighton; Commander William b. Gushing has
been ordered to command the Wyoming, In place
OF Commander f. H. Baker, sick. Both these
vessels belong to the North Atlantic feet, and are
new at Fortress Monroe.
Statement from the United states Treas.
ury.
Fractional currency received from the
Printing Division for the week ending
to-day. Observation-Disclosures. 1892 900
shipments. 1,197, 600
Shipment OF notes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 659, 900
The Treasurer holds as security Tor Cir
cuaton OF national bank nOtes..-.... 800, 612 $50
And Tor deposits oil public moneys. ... Is. 535 900
Internal revenue receipts for the month $50, l0S
Outstanding national bank circulation. 34i, 260, $50
Internal Revenue uoiufmeutx.