The Portland daily press., 1875-05-17
WASHINGTON.
Mare ROuds Called In.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-Ihe Secretary OF the
Treasury has just made call for five million
and after the 18th of August next. The nine
teenth call for the redemption of five million
coupon 500 bonds of 1862, embraces the fol-
lowing numbers: $50. Nos 1901 to 20, 800, in
elusive; 500, Nos. 4S,101 to $1,000, inclusive
$500 Nos 25,0O1 to q, 500, inclusive; $1,000, 75,
SOL to 7O,650, inclusive; total, $5,000,000.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances of
to-day So, 501 ,429 00;special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of certificates of
deposit S52 $50, 000 coin, 1892, 205, 1853, including
coin certificates, $2O,S4S,600; outstanding legal
tenders, $37S,051,760
Indian Visitors.
Major Bingham, Indian agent at Cheyenne,
arrived to night acco mpanied by nine Sioux
indians with an interpreter. The delegations
come here for the purpose of negotiating with
the government for the sale of the Black Hills.
Whishey Frauds.
The further prosecution of the whiskey
frauds, together with all the evidence and rec
ords, will on Monday be turned over to Mr..
Pratt, the new Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., by the solicitors Office. The various SUI
pervseTs, who have been acting with the
Solicitor, have been ordered to report directly
TO the Commissioner and receive further in
structlons from him. The secret service force
of the Treasury, however, will continue to aid
the internal revenue authorities in detecting
and Selling CROOKED" whIskey and bringing
the offenders to justice.
Post Office Regulation Amended.
The Postmaster General Saturday issued the
following order:
Ordered, That sec. 1O3 of the regulations of
the Post Office Department be amended by
striking out the words land the subscription
must be for not less than three months in
the seventh and eighth lines, and the section SO
Al hall ha Foil
Sec 1O3 A regular subscriber is person
who has actually paid or undertaken to pay a
subscription price for newspaper, magazine,
or other periodical, or for whom such payment
has been made or undertaken to be made by
some other person. But in the latter act such
payment must have been made or undertake n
with the previous consent or at the previous re-
quest of the person to whom any period ical is
sent. A person to whom any such publication
is sent without his consent or request is not a
regular subscri GER within the meaning of the
law, and double transient rates of postage must
be charge or collected on such publication be-
fore delivery.
(Signed) MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster Gen.
Various Matters.
Judge Pierrepont, the new Attorney General
took charge of the office at noon Saturday, and
during the afternoon was called upon by the
various heads of bureaus and others. Com
bureau.
The Postmaster General has issued an order
reducing the postage to and from all countries
with which postal conventions have not been
concluded, from ten cents to five cents for each
half ounce or fraction thereof.
The clerks and other attaches of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, Saturday passed resolutions
complimentary to Ex-Commiss.oner Doug
lass.
Jesse d. Bright, Ex-senator from Indiana.
is now lying dangerously i'll at his residence in
Baltimore.
Gen. Sherma has issued an order detailing
First Lieut. r III. Pratt of the 10th cavalry,
with suitable gard, to convey the indian
prisoners now held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas, to Fort Marion, st. Augustine. Fla.
The Post Office Department has ordered the
disconuance of eleven post offices in an ada
cent to Boston, and substituted in their stead
six branch offices to be under the jurisdiction
of the Boston office and within its delivery.
This makes "a offices brought within the deliv-
cry of the Boston office during the last two
wears,