, 1874-08-20
WASHINGTON.

Tho international Postal Convention
-Certificatca Of lndcbtedncss - No
Cabinet Meetings to 1e Hold Until
tho Cfosc OF the tt Bcnsonss ut Long
IBrnnch-Nationnl Bank Notes.-The
Porto Rico Business -. I'lttsb.lFu
bonded dWHxehonnca-.Neyx P0stutna-
tors.
speefa. Dispa&eA 10 4Aa Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 10.-From tho indif-
ference manifested, 1t is properly supposed TINT
tho Administration will not put itself 10 any
trouble to have a representative OF the United
statos Post-Ol!co Department at the Iuterna-
tioral Postal Congress, which Ia to convene at
Borne. Switzerland. on tho 18th prox. Postu,as-
.or-General Jewell will not arrive here in time
to give tho necessary instructions to anybody WHO
might be designated by him to represent
our Post Office Department in TINT Convention,
and enable that delegate to reach Europe in timo
to participate in tho deliberations OF tho Con-
yontion, Tho fact is, howeyor. that our Govern
msut would not likely DO in any, way benefited
by participation IN that meeting. the chief object
OF which is to form q union Of European StatoB,
md establish uniform rites Of postage between
and within the countries comprising that union.
liaying formed such q, union, tho most i'm
i,!iRh will be to arrive at m agreement by
which closed mails shall pas4 from country
to county through Intermediate Countries free
Of dditional postage. Belgium would probably
country would DO elevated tn other respects to
tho sa1no standard With tho largo atates, but
Franco, which relieH upon its postage na ono Of
Its SOURCES Of rogonue Ia expected to contond
ngainst such an agreement. Whatoyer may bo
it it 80 may oloct, con gain afterward 1v inaors-
ing what has beon done. In view Of
al circumstances. 1t would probably hs
best for our interest that wo should
is, nc laye oloapor rates Of poatage with tho
principal foreign couutrlea than thoy hayo be-
twaen themselves. ......-...
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
The Board OF Audit to-day Issued the ilrat cor
ti'cates Of indebtedness, being four certificates
Of 2l0, 900 eAcl to tho contractors for tlla OK
tons,on OF, tho s4yer Crock sewers in this city
Upon presentation Of thoao certificates to THO
can receive the aame amount In tho 500 bonds
authorized by Congress- IN ehort time the
Board Of Audit will bo ready to doliyor aqertiti-
catcs to tho holders Of sewes tax receipts and of
HONOR certttiCate8.
NO cAHlaHT MEETINGS TO De HELD UNTIL TIE
CLOSE OF rHE "sEAsoR."
Il is now given Out officially TINT no Cabinet
mootng will DO hold hero until after tho olose of
tue q s M Mhsng s,n nsnsh h1 The = President
upon governmental AFFAIR.".
t1o tho hssociafed Presa.1
NATIONAL nANK NoTKA.
TAaHlHA1oHt aug. Au.--1Ao National Dank To-
demption agency Of tAe Treasury Department.
has about 81 ,000. 600 In National Bank uotes as-
sorted and prepared for delivery to tho Comp
tso!ler Of tho Currency.
THE Ponro uIoo uuaINEaa.
Tho article 10 New York papor to tho offoot
that tue Spanish loycrnncut tn return for &c.
| curing the teoognltion'of tho Iepublo BY tho
European rowors, has agreed to code tho is1inl
| OF Porto Rioo to Germany, occaaonod comment
III all quarters, but there Is no Bourco horo at
pro8elt from Which to obtain Official iuforua-
tion, oitLet confirming or oontradioting tic ro-
| port All that can now he said with certainty III
| that tho Executive Department. is. not ihatlent-
I've to thIs matter; aud both Caleb Gushing at
Madrid, and hlr. Davis at Berlin, have tho sub