The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10

in the hands Of the censors. 1t will be pub
lished in Japanese. The Sagasake Express
says, it is the evident intention of the Japa-
nese government to annex so much of the
Formasan territory as is not under the control
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
retary of the treasury. They are Postmaster
General CressweIl, DR.. c. B. Parvis and L. H.
Leopold. 1t is reported that some of the de-
positors in the freedman's bank are selling
their cash books for less than their value,
either from necessity or in ignorance of the
fact that Bank Examiner Meigs, after thor
ough examination of its affairs, placed the as
sets, deducting bad and doubtful debts, at
ninety-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 a day as
practicable.
The act approved June 18, 1874, en-
IiLAou al ACT W lliCI0db6 poilelOLB III C6ILdil
cases" provides that all persons who are now
entitled to pensions under existing laws, and
who have lost an arm at or above the elbow
or leg at or below the knee, shall be rated in
the second class and shall receive twenty-four
dollars per month, provided that no artificial
limbs or Communication therefor shall be furn-
ished to such persons as will be entitled to
pension under this act. By its terms the act
was to take effect from and after June (, 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
and without the intervention of an attorney
A power of attorney viii not be recognized in
an application for the increase of pension
provided by this act. A letter from the pen
sioner addressed to the commissioner of pen
sions inclosing his pension certificate and
giving his postoffice address will be a sufficient
presentation of his claims.
The Washington Chronicle, in an edi-
toriaI upon the removal of Gen. Sheridan's
headquarters to st. Louis, says We have the
highest authority for saying that personal
relations between the secretary of war and the
general of the army are cordial and friendly,
and that there has been no open rupture.
Gen. Sherman's removal is made at this time
on account of private and personal matters
which in his Judgment under all circumstances
Justify his course. But it is equally true that
had he any duties 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 go from the secretary of war direct TO
the commander of troops, giving the orders
to the companies and moving regiments of
which he knows nothing, unless he incident
ally learns it in the newspaper. Count martials
are ordered, the sentence reviewed and the
punishment executed without even his knowl-
edge. The Chronicle further remarks that it
is 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
army, 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
ticipated reduction of the force. The ladies
were particularly distubed and collected in
groups in various parts of the building dis
cuseing this subject. This morning the heads
of ali 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
seventy-fve female employees being dispensed
with, leaving twelve hundred persons still en-
pIoyed 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. It
was recommended by the officers of the bureau
that only one of family be retained, and this
recommendation is generally followed. This
wholesale discharge will cause much suffering,
which, however, will be somewhat alleviated
by the payment of two months extra salary
to every victim of congressional economy /!
About twenty-five permanent and the same
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 reduced twenty thousand dollars.the COM
missioner has accommodated his business to
the circumstances, although he shows that the
government will lose largely by the curtail-
ment Of expenditure.