The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-22
GENERAL LNT1ELLIGENCE.

The secretary oftle treasury has issued a
circular giving notice that the principal and
accrued interest of certain 500 bonds known
as issues Of Feb. 20, 1862, dated May l, 1862,
will be paid at the United States treasury in
Washington on and after the 1st Nov. next,
and that the interest will cease from that day
The amount called in is $4,000, 900
The comptroller of the treasury has is
sued circular to all national banks who have
neglected to deposit q. s. bonds as required
by law, that the circulation assigned them will
be distributed to applicants if the bonds are
not reported and the circulation applied for
within the next thirty days.
Lieut.. Babcock reports to Gen1 Sherman
that with company of thirty-two men and
eighteen Apache soldiers, after following fer
seven days he overlook body of Apache In
dians in the mountains near Tonto creek. a
fight ensued, in which fourteen Indians were
killed and five women and a child captured
The camps were evidently hastily abandoned.
Treasurer Spinner, in a letter published to-
day, says: ''The resumption of specie pay
ment has been, and think viii continue to be-
put on until the time when the balance of trade
shall be in our favor. When that time arrives
the resumption will be easy. In truth, it will
from that cause come of its own account. The
conversion of government stocks from higher
to a lower rate of interest is now progressing
as fast as the present available force of the
treasury department can comfortably manage
it, as the prospect of its continuance seems to
be pretty certainly assured" 1t is now a ques-
ton with the secretary whether he viii ex-
change for per cent. stock, or wait till he
can place new stock at ~, or even at per
cent.
DR.. Edward Young, chief of the bureau of
statistics, has addressed letter to consuls of
the United States in Europe, requesting them
to furnish such information as they can gather,
as to the average rate of wages received by
mechanics and others prices at retail of the
principal articles of subsistence; cost of house
rent, and such other statistics of labor as can
be procured. In regard to large manufaotu-
rers, they are requested to give the average
weekly wages paid for each kind of labor and
to each employed therein also in detail, the
weekly expenditure of mechanics and other
workmen, and to gather such facts in regard to
the health, comfort and morals as ,an be readi-
" obtained. Mr.. Young proposes to submit to
congress next winter report on the cost and
condition of labor in Europe as compared with
the United States.
The returns of the agricultural depart
ment for the 1st of August indicates gene
raj and somewhat marked improvement on the
condition and promise of the cotton crop since
the 1st of July. The average condition on
July 1, was 85.5; ON August l, 91.S. The chief
drawback is the widespread apprehension of
the insects ravages, but the cases in which
they have as yet inflicted serious injuries are
few. The crop, on the whole, is still some
what backward, though in many localities the
rapid growth in June has brought it forward
to an average advancement for the season.
The secretary of the treasury has ordered
the collection of customs at Port Townsend,
Washington territory, to send the revenue
steamer, Lincoln, to cruise for month about
Queen Charlotte sound, and watch for any
survivors of the Geo. S. Bright, wrecked in
March last on it's passage from Sitlla to San
Francisco. Signs of the wreck having been
discovered at Queen Charlotte'e sound, it is
thought some survivors may be III that locality.
The agricultural department reports that
the probable wheat yield for 1878 will be 22O,-
900, 900 bushels. The largest absolute falling
of in corn is in Illinois, where there is re-
duction of Is per cent. The department re-
ports that the fax culture is greatly on tie
Increase in Iowa.
Precedent Grant has given his official ap-
proval of the new rules prepared by the civil
service board last June, and promises that
they shall be put into operation as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be made. Among
other things the rules provide that, for the
convenience of competitors for government
positions, the states shall be divided into five
groups, in each of which examination may be
held, subject to the central direction of the
board.
The secretary of the treasury may recon-
mend congress to make the pilots of all
steamers government officers, and require
them before taking a vessel out of port to be
fully satisfied that she has complied with the
law in every respect.