National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-17
DERART4BET NEWS.
MAIL ooNTRAUroRs, CHECKS.


MAIL CONTRACTORS CHECKS.
Postmaster General jewell has decided that
in future the certified cheeks deposited by mail
contractors a. . guarantee Of good fAith, and
turned to the oWnel9 By mail. Under previous
orders they were only given 70 the depositor In
Lerson o. . MS authorized attorney. MI ne JsWs
sending checks, and does not see Why the Depart
ment cannot do the same.
NAVAL NOTES.
The naval eourt-martiAl appointed to Try Capt.
Truxton on the charge Of earelessness In allowing
West ksrbor, returned verdict 81 mot guilty.
The findings Of the court have been approved BY
Secretary Robeson, and the court dissolved.
station, reports 10 the Navy Department. that be
arrived 1t Mosslna, Sicily, on the 24th ult, N his
Tho latter vessel stopped only long enough to re-
eeiVe her mails and then proceeded to Palermo.
The Juniata was at Messina, having completed
Ionian islands. She was to leave for Palermo on
the 2bth October 70 rejoln the Franklin with the
Congress 81 Naples. Admiral Case reports that
be had visited Zante, lIonian lslands) Piracus,
tGreeee;) Smyrna, Syria and Milo and Suda bay.
At Athens ADMIRAL Case, with members q his
pleasant reception At the palace by their maies-
ties, the King and Queen Of Greece. Al Suda
navy yard and arsenal, and is erecting workshops.
THE PENSION REPORT.
sons, has submitted his report to the Secretary
Of the Interior. During the year 5T5s new ap-
plioations for army invalid pensions were allowed,
A. an aggrsge as an1nai rae o. 20 the
creased 1t an aggregate annual rate Of 4l6 Isl so;
the losses TO this roll from death and other causes
were 3,l06, whose pensions, with the amount Of
reduction Of the rates OF other invalid pensions,
aRgTeEated kSII, 2.55 annually.
On the Goth Of June, 1874, there were 1o2457
army invalid pensioners on the roll. The aggre-
gate annual pay Of this class was el0,O5s,ST7.54.
The increase IN the number OF this class was
t4sl, l37.45. During the year 30s1 new pensions
for army widows and dependent relatives were
allowed a. an SggFsgSSsss SnnIal rate Of salsts
S40s n There were Stricken from the roll Of
sions aggregated 81 .25O, 1896. On the SOth Of
June, 1874, there were on the roll OF army widows
and dependent relatives IO7, SIG names, At an ag-
gregate annual rate Of t1s 5ST 1856 the decrease
Tor the year Deing 4,572 names, and the decrease
Of this class Of pensions being 80, 56s.0S.
On the navy roll there were 1851 invalid pen
sioners at an annual aggregate rate Of tl6s,Ie2
an increase in the year Of Ia in the humber Of
pensioners, and tls, Is in the annual rate Of
pensions Of this class. On the 3Oth of June there
were I,TS5 pensioners on the navy roll Of widows
and dependent relatives, at q total rate Of $751;
", an increase for the year Of 10 in the number
the veterans Of the war OF 1919, there are ,o2O
pensioners, at fetal annual rate Of 81 o9l, $40.
The roll Of widows Of soldiers Of the same war
foOts 5,312 The total number Of pensioners OF all
classes on the S0th Of June 1874 was go a. de-
crease Of 2 10 during the year; the aggregate
annual rate Of pensions Of all classes on June 80
was ca, 254 OHIO. decrease from the preceding
year Of e5,645.13. The roll contains the names Of
40 widows Of soldiers In the Revolutionary War.
During the year 2S4 claims for bounty land war
rants were allowed, which called for IS SO acres
Of land, Under the head Of pension frauds the
commissioner states that during the year hfteen
persons were convicted Of violations Of the law
relative TO the prosecution Of claims and I'VE
awaited trial. He recommended that the rates
for examining ba fnerRaaad 4 DattnF
grade Of talent in that branch is needed. The
amount OF appropriation that will be required for
the pension service during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1870, viii be go, 500, 900.
at the close attention is called to the fact Of
the danger to the valuable records Of the ONCE by
IRE, with an urgent request that q more suitable
building be provided.