Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-07-11

''9 VI INC Cehsors IL will be pub
'lSLeu IN japanese. The sagasake Express
says, 1t Is the evident intention of the lana.
ne5o government to annex so much of ibe
formasan territory az is not under the contro,
OF China The Alaska brought 10, 900 Chinese,
hereafter to be separately arranged by each
country.
The designation of commissioners
made BY the freedman's savings bank and
trust company has been approved by the sec
rotary OF the treasury. They are Po-tmaster-
General Cresswoll, DR.. c. B. paryis ard +. IT
Leopold II il reported that some of the de-
posltorS IN the freedman's bank are selling
thelr cash books for less than their value.
either from necessity or in ignorance OF the
TACT that Bank Examiner Meigs, after thor
ouGh examination Of its affairs, placed the as
SETS, deducting bad and doubtful debts, at
nlnety-three cents on the dollar. The officers
OF the company say that with proper care on
the part Of the management, the books will be
worth more than that sum, and that large
dividend will be made at as early day as
| practicable.
The act approved June l8, 1874, en-
titled IAN act to increase pensions in certain
cases, provides that all persons who are now
entitled to pensions under existing laws, and
who have lost All arm at or above the elbow,
or leg at or below the knee, shall bo rated in
the second class and shall receive twentv-four
dollars per month, provided that no artificial
limbs or commntation therefor shall be ftlrn-
lshed to such perzons az will be entitled to
pension under this act. By its terms the act
was to take effect from and after June 4, 1873.
Gen, Baker, commissioner Of pensions, an
nounces that the persons embraced within
the provisions Of this act can secure the bene-
fits Of the same without formal applications
aud without the Intervention Of all attorney.
power Of attorney will not be recognized in
an application for the increase of pension
provided by this act. A letter from the pen
siouer addressed to the commissioner Of pen
sions nclosing his pension certificate aud
giving his postoaice address will be sufficient
presentation Of his claims.
The Washington Chronicle, in an edi-
torial upon the removal of Gen. Sherdan's
headquarters to st. Louis, says We have the
highest authority for saying that personal
relations between the secretary of war and the
geuoral Of the army are cordial and friendly,
and tia. there has been no open rupture
Gen Sherman's removal il made at this time
on account Of private and personal matters
which in his Judgment under all circumstances
Justify his course. But is equally true that,
had he anyduties to perform as general OF the
army, he would remain at the capital. His
letter to the secretary OF war has yet never
been answered or its receipt acknowledged.
He has no authority, nor Is his position rec
ognized in the government Of the army. Or
ders 20 from the secretary Of war direct to
the commander OF troops, giving the orders
to the companies and moving regiments Of
which lie knows nothing, unless he incident
ally learns it in the newspaper. COult martials
are ordered, the sentence reviewed and the
punishment executed without even his knowl-
edge. The Chronicle further remarks that it
il due to the present secretary Of war, to say
that the orders and present usage Of the war
department concerning the relative authority
Of the secretary Of war and the general Of the
armv. were determined and acted upon by his
predecessor in that Office and that he has not,
as has been asserted, inaugurated any new
doctrine or construction Of the law
A Washington dispatch of the 3Oth
says: The treasury department employees
were considerably agitated in view Of the an
ticpated reduction Of the force. The ladies
were particularly distubed and collected in
groups in various parts of the building dis
Gus ing this subject. This morning the heads
Of all the bureaus handed Secretary Bristow
lists of those to be dismissed. The heaviest
discharge was in the bureau of engraving and
| printing. the services Of three hundred and
seyeuy-fye female employees being dispensed
with, leaving twelve hundred persons still en-
ployed in the bureau. The scene OF dismissal
WAS marked by sadness. Fourteen Of those
discharged tainted when the announcement
was made to them and physicians were called
to their assistance. Forty clerks were dis
charged from the second auditors office, and
other discharges will be made tomorrow, 1t
was recommended by the officers Of the bureau
that only one Of a family be retained. and thif
recommendation is generally followed Thi'
wholesale discharge will cause much suffering
which, however, will bo somewhat allevistet
by the payment Of two months extra salary
to every victim of congressional economy
About twenty-five permanent and the sam'
number Of temporary clerks were discharged
from the interior department. This includes
the contraction of the force in the patent OF
fee. The appropriation for that bureau having
been reducedtwenty thousand dollars the com
missioner has accommodated his business tt
tbe circumstances although he shows that TIN
government will lose largely by the curtall
ment OF expenditure.