The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-08
WASHINGTON NOTES.

)Ver 10 INC OucelS lEOW tAHt OtaVo 70 Dc taken
pack for trial.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day made
. visit of inspection to the cash room of the
Treasury Depal tment and other rooms where
money is handled, with view of making
some alteration in the construction of the
1esks, ETC., for the better protection of gov
srnment funds. The Secretary gave notice
TO- day that from and after this date visitors
will not be admitted to the bureau of engrav- |
ing and printing, the vaults of the Treasury, |
Or to any room in the building in which |
money is kept and handled.
The detectives have not yet obtained q
clue to the robbery. There is some talk OF
the Treasury offering a reward for the arrest
of the thief and recovery of the stolen funds,
but Secretary Bristow has not yet decided to
do so.
In the reports of the Treasury robbery it
was mentioned that Mr.. Wyman, cashier, was
the first person searched by the detectives.
It should be mentioned in this connection
that Mr.. Wyman voluntarily presented him
self for that purpose, as an example to the
clerks under his charge, who were also
searched, that being considered by the detec-
tives the first thing necessary to be done.
WASHINGTON, June AT the late lettings
for mail contracts all the awards were made
and the notices sent as usual to the parties
whose bids we're accepted. Up to June LIST
contracts had not been received at the con.
tract Office as follows: In the Middle States
Is, Western States 80, Southern States gu,
miscellaneous routes Is.
The President has directed that all lands
lying contiguous to the Mississippi River,
within twelve miles of the mouth of the river,
be reserved for military purposes under the
act authorizing Capt. Eads to construct jetties
fnr deaneninp the channel
The New York mail did not arrive here to-
day until $40 P. M, Mr.. Hinckley, Presi-
dent of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Company, having declined to allow
the postal cars to run over his road on the
limited express trains. Up to Saturday night
he had neither assented nor declined, and the
cars came over the road as per the new
arrangement, but were refused to-day.
The Postmaster General fears that large
number of mail routes awarded under the
recent lettings have fallen into the hands Of
straw bidders. They will commence the
service so as to insure the return Of their GER
tilted checks, which they were required under
the law to deposit with their bids as security
that they would execute their contracts, and
then become failing contractors.
In s1ch cases, temporary service must be
promptly contracted for during period not
exceeding six months. Heretofore such failures
have generally resulted in putting the service
in the hands of the old contractors on the
routes, who were ready with their stock to per-
form it, and at such prices as they might die
tate.
Anticipating the recurrence of these fail
ures after the first of July next, at which
time the new service will commence, the Post
Master General now announces that In every
case of failure on an important route he will
give notice of it through the press dispatches,
and withhold contract for q temporary SER
vice until all others besides old contractors
shall have an opportunity to Offer to do it.
He is DESTROYS of breaking up the system
of straw bidding, and the consequent per-
petuation of contracts in the same parties
from term to term. He anticipates failures,
especially in Texas, Louisiana and Arkan sas,
where the mail routes are long and profitable.
Gen. Ord, commanding the Department of
Tex ~, arrived here this morning and left in
the evening for the Naval Academy at An
napolis, he having been appointed mem
Der of the Board of Visitors to attend the
annual examination of the cadet midshipmen
at that place. Before he returns to Texas
he will have an interview with the Secretary
of War in reference to the recent raids into
that State from Mexico.
The authorities are apprehensive of fur
Their trouble, on account of these raids. A
few weeks ago, it will be remembered, COM
plants were made of outrages upon ouI
troops on the Rio Grande by officers who
were formerly residents of Mexico, and now,
while claiming to be citizens of the country,
are in sympathy with the raiders.
The President telegraphed to the Governor
of Texas that it might be deemed necessary
to withdraw the United States troops from
that State if these outrages continued, and il
is thought now that the Governor may call
out State troops for the purpose of aiding the
United States troops on the Rio Grande.
Should he do so, there seems to be but
at the late raids, will retaliate upon the Mexi.
cans by making raids into Mexico, and con-
siderable trouble may be the result
The following dispatch was received at the
Indian Bureau this morning:
Fort SILL, June 3.-The Quahados came
in yesterday with DR.. Sturm, who had been
sent after them, numbering 407 men, women
and children. They surrendered about 1000
ponies.
About all the Indians belonging to this
agency are now in, excepting tho Essquates,
who fled from fright and have not been re-
garded as hostile. They are understood to
be returning. w. HAwoRTH,
United States Indian Agent.
in eighty-two cases of the American docket,
IN each Of which the American Commission
ers favor an award and the Mexican Commits.
sioners dismissal. All these cases are re-
ferred, as provided by the treaty, to the um-
pire, Sir Edward Thernton, for fual decision.
The following is summary of the action
taken during the same period on claims OF
Mexican citizens against the United States,
viz: Dismissed by umpire, 4; cases dismissed
by commissioners, 40; cases referred to um-
pire on difference in opinion between the
! commissioners, % cases.
In each of these last named twenty-three
cases the American Commissioner favors the
the dismissal of the claims and the Mexican
Commissioner favors an award The Com
missioners are rapidly disposing Of the claims
before them, but the many differences in
opinion throw peculiar labor on the umpire.
MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPO-
GRAPHICAL UNION.