Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-16
washington Facts and RumOrs.

Morton, Rose & Co., of London, have
been appointed fiscal agent of the State
Department in Europe, and will protect
all drafts drawn for the account of that
department.
There have been many signatures to
JAY Cooke & Co. S proposition to settle
with depOsitors, but there is also some
considerable opposition to the accept
ance of the scheme. What the result
will be does not appear, though the firm
has many strong friends who will make
every exertiOn to save them from closing
business under direction of the courts.
General Baker, commissioner of pen
sions, has issued an order for the pre-
paration of a grand roll of pensioners,
which shall begin with the revolutionary
period, and embrace all pensioners under
all acts of Congress, from the beginning
of the government till the present time,
and in which the names shall be alpha
betically arranged, together with the
service, date, the disability, the rate of
changes, if any, in the pension, and the
final disconCinuance OF the same by
death or other causes. The pension roll
has heretofore been kept by the rolls of
agencies, and by the number of the GER
tificate. Requisition has been made for
the necessary books, and, with the
limited force able to engage in the work,
it will take about two years to COM
plete it.
Numerous inquiries having been made
from various quarters as to the United
States and Mexican claims commission,
it can be stated that the new Mexican
commissioner is busily engaged in exam
inc the claims which have been argued,
while Judge Wadsworth, the American
commissioner is performing similar du-
ty at his home in Kentucky. The cler-
ical force of the commission is arranging
various papers relating to the adjudicat-
ed cases, in order to have an early for
nal resumption of business by the COM
mission An umpire has hot yet been
agreed upon, although the names of sew
eral eminent gentlemen have been sug-
gested for that important position. 1t
is thought. however, that on the return
of Judge Wadsworth q selection will be
made by the commissioners without de-
lay.
The officers of the banks, in Wash
ington, represent that their institutions
are gaining strength every day, and
they hope by the last of the week to
have resumed the ordinary course of
business. No discounting of any con-
sequence is done at any of the banks,
and some of them are forcing the pay
ment of all paper becoming due. But
checks of depositors are paid for bust
ness purposes, and such contractors as
have balances to their credit can get
funds to pay hands and purchase ma
terial. The National Metropolitan has
been paying business checks of $1,000
or $4,000, but does not pay out any
/ large sum unless satisfied it is to meet
/ legitimate business demands. While not
discounting, it is acting in the most
generous manner towards its creditors,
and though it makes an earnest effort to
collect from all who can pay, it is ex-
tending paper on good security rather
than to distress its customers. The ex-
animation now going on was not avoided,
but rather courted, by the directors of
the bank The officers express the most
perfect confidence in the ability of the
bank to stand any amount of inyestiga-
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