New-York tribune., 1874-05-30
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Friday, May 29 1874.
The Committee on Banking and Currency to-day re-
sued the consideration OF the note printing question
senator Boutwell,, being examined said there should
never he change plates long as the notes printed
nom them could not be successfully couDterfeited
Assistant Secretary Sawyer aud Mr. McCartee were
preseut to answer questions proponnded relative TO the
cost of printing The counsel o. the Mew-iork bank
Note Printing Company prcponDded sundry lnterroga-
tories especially regarding what they called lIecon
d of tracona currency as noted in Mr. McCartees
scbedue This answered on behalf OF the Printlng
by state men that Of the fftycent notes
oare mr. n,ed ar a less price by secret process, which
was planned the Committee alone In secret session.
That well-known enterprise, the Bayfield, and st.
Crox Extension has again made Its appearance In Con-
res and the first public notice OF its appearance was
tbe massage of bill extending this land grant by the
snate II has reached the House, and 1t is almost
rot, that IL will be stopped, either in Committee or by
refsrepce 10 Committee OF the Whole when reported
~ ~ much more value TO the Company than at any pre-
yous period since large sum has accrued 10 tne state
wjiI ne turned over to the Company In case the BILL
which has heretofore failed 30 frequently In Congress-
becomes a law .- ,
Tho following is a complete list OF the Board OF
visitors 10 the Military Academy at West Point for 1874
Commodore c. r. P. Rodgers, u. s. Navy Gen. Thomas
7 Morgan Peru, Neb.; the Hon. c. r. Temple, Knox
VILE Tenn; the Hon Francis wayland, Yale ColIese
A. b. kendig Cedar Falls Iowa; Gen, ). D. Cameron.
Harrisburg, Penn; the Hon, Geo. r. Dennis. U: b.
M. n V"".s iiouse Of Representative the Hen
pcc,ert T. Hale, House OF Representatives; the Hon.
Goo r. Hoar House Of Representatives.
Tho Mouse today after the passage OF the Army BILL
,r nm the senate amendments to .ne Legislative and
executive Appropriation Dil and finished It's considera-
do, Some OF the amendments were concurred IN,
,,,d,no the one making charge OF - for PASSPORTS
rhe bil as passed also provides for lhiid hsss'ht
secretary Of State. with the same pay ana raA as ame
Dressnt sssisapts The House disagreed 10 tue larger
srf of the amendments relating TO the treasury De-
paTImept -, o,.--..u.. o..
All the seentifc material now 1t the Observatory 1or
the eoupmept Of the party observe the Transit OF
Venus is being loaded oday upon the steamer Gettys
hnrg for TRANSPORTATION TO New-York. The field OBJ
scryatories are already board, and the instrncne
Will follow tomorrow. The expectation now s TINT so
swataru will ready TO SAIL Win the ehtlre eAPeoi
ton from Brooklyn, by Wednesday OF next week.
Surgeon Theron wolverton ordered TO the receiving
sbp Ohio at Boston, Mass.; SargeOn j. 9. knight Is
detached from the Ohio and ordered TO
,ne omaha Der steamer Of the 6n OF June next Bur
genn Johu C. Spear Is detached from tue Omaha and
o,dered To return home and report ARRIVAL Passed
Assstapt Engineer Jefferson Brown ID detacheo IRON
tne sWutara and placed on sick leave
On recommendation Of the surgeon-GeneraI the ioI'
,o,t,onamed officers Of the medical department are
ra.,sd 10 Detroit Mich, to attend the annual meeting
y, the American Medical Association, 10 convent III
that city ON the ri proximo: eufgeoh Johh MoWe'
Iss,staut Surgeon J.. b. Billings.
~ the hill for the reorganization OF the army In ts
nresent shape becomes lag, tho present graduating
ra,s AT the Military West Point VIII have