Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-05
WASHINGTON.
Auother Governmental Bureau.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA washington
dispatch says 1t Is proposed that a commit
tee be constituted in New York 10 which
officers of fo.eign governments shall be
accredited, without Judicial powers, which
shall continue q perd anent committee Of
INQUIRY into all cases Of abuses on board OF
emigrant ships, whose reports shall be
sufi lent warrant for thu District Courts of
the United States to proceed against all
offenders.
A CHASTITY Prank OF Medical Students.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. 4'--Police sfe look
ing for the persons who mu' hated the body
of Belu Hickman. When the undertaken
went to Potter's Field to remove the body
to the Congressional burial ground, hs
found the legs disjointed at the hips, the
head severed from the trunk and skinned,
the yiscers taken ont and removed, with the
exception of the heart, which was found in
the bushes near by, wrapped in newspa-
per. What could be gathered was inferred
in the cemetery.
Financial Matters.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The suggestion
having been made to the Secretary of the
Treasury that during the coming two
months he might properly accumulate cur
rency in the Treasury, In order to pour 1t
out when the country needs 1t in Noyem-
Der and December, the Secretary Is under
stood to have stated that he did not intend
TO deviate from the uniform policy Of the
Department, either by restricting the pur
chases of bonds or by deferring currency
disbursements, as has been suggested. The
latter was regarded as equivalent to sus-
pension of payment; the former to be need
less.
Indians with Improved Firearms.
Western men temporarily here state thai
it is not a matter of surprise that hostile
Indians are found, as they have been recent
Iy, supplied with the best pattern OF inn
proved firearms. They state that it is the
regular practice of traders at all the military
posts on the upper Missouri river to sell
rifles and ammunition to the Indians under
all circumstances and at a large profit. They
state that it can be proved beyond doubt
that directly after the terrible massacre In
Dakota, two years ago, the In isns came
into the trading station with the blood on
their hands and clothes fresh from the muir.
der of women and children, and obtained
from the government agents lsrge supplies
CT rifles and ammunition.
A Little Matter of Interest.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.--An examination
of the debt statement. lea IS to the belief thai
the syndicate have been unable to procure
the bonds which were called on March
bv about eleven millions, and to make gooC
their deficiency have put in other bonds o
equal face and market values which Wert
not called. Its not expected at the Treas
ury Department that these missing clever
millions of bonds, on which the Interest
| has ceased, and which the syndicate have
not procured, will be presented much, il
| any, before Nov. /, when the next eounoI
will become due, as they ere mostly held il
| the interior OF Europe and by person
probably ignorant of the call.
! Extraordinary Operations of th'
District JObbeTs.
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. s.--The New Yorl
SaGn publishes some stating facts, showin
General Baoeock's measurement of tn
work done by the WASHINGTON ring to hsv
been grossly and enormously in excess c
the true amount. In one item Of vor
near the Winder building alone there is
fraud of 81, 900, and the fact is apparent t
the most careless observer. But the wor
has, however, been carefully remessured b.
q civil engineer. One of the present trick
of the ring is to make their new grades coE
fiict with those already made by them o
intersecting streets, so far that the work o
the latter will have to be done over again 8
a heavy expense. The so-called improve
ments are going on at a heavy rate thu
would be deemed extrsvagant for Ne
YORK or Bost IN. Gen. Babcock is said I
have purchased in the last year or two
la-ge amount of real estate in the city, on
of the houses having been recently occupie
by Secretary Delano and sold BY Babcoc
for $4,000. He still hods lis place as pr
vate secretary Of President Grant.