The New York herald., 1875-10-02
WASHINGTON.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
wAsnIvGroS, Oct. ], 1875.


the Acting Secretary Of the Treasury has issued the
following notice.
~ virtue or The authority given by the act Of Con-
gress approved July H. 1870 entited, An act TO au-
fhorze die renlnding of the national debit hereby
rive notice hat the principal and accrued interest OF
the bonds hereinheow designated known as "hve-
Inned States the city 81 Washington. and after
The ls ofJauuary, 1876 and that the interest on
said bonds viii that day. That say, bonds
of the act Of June 80 1864, follows
Coupon bonds, $50, No 1901 to No 3,100, both In
elusive 500 No 10, sol TO No T. OOO both incustve
50 600 No l5 a0l TO No. IS 900, both ncusvc ~ 600
No 597ol TO No. 6s,0Oo both inclusive Total,
Registered bonds, $50, No 90 10 NJ $50, both in
elusive; 500, No COL to No. 900 both inclusive
5000 No. 4S2 to No. $50, both Inclusive 81 600 no
65l % No 1900 both inclusiye 50 600, NO l50l 10
No. 100, both inclusive; $4,000 No. SOL 70 NO
$500, both inclusive Total, S2,5OoOOo Grand iolaL
OF the amount outstanding embraced in the numbers
as above, 81 500 600 coupon bonds and 81 O9Q
be addressed TO the Loan Division Secretary Ohceh
and registered bonds should be assigned 70 Ihe Secre
tary Of the Treasury for redemption
ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL BANKs-THE ADD
TIoNAL CIRCULATION ISSUED AND THE
AMOUNT RETIRED
The Comptroller Of the Currency reports that eighty
three national banks have been organized since the
passage Of the act Of January H. 1875 with capital Of
81, 224 600, TO which circulation has been issued
amounting to sSo2S, 73O The total amount Of
OF the act is $40 ooO of which 81 40 500 has been
issued to Pennsylvania STA 900 20 West Virginia.
$3.50 600 to Kentucky, S234 900 to Ohio 1891 600 to
Indiana, sl0o, 900 to Illinois and 1921 600 Iowa.
The total amount OF legal tender notes deposited for
ahe purpose Of retiring circulation from the passage Of
abe act of June 20 1874, to October ], 1875, is
So 042 T49 Of which ST. 700 600 has been depos-
ited by New York S6O5 by Massachusetts 1854 900
by Connecticut s322 600 by Pennsylvania S6ls 600 by
94an
Missouri 81 s94 900 BY Indiana 81 7o3 900 BY Illinois,
S963 900 by Iowa and 5000 each BY the States OF
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
The amount Of national bank circulation outstanding
to-day is 81 600 600 less than June 20 1874, and
81 600 600 less than January a. 1875. The
outstanding is s347 S63, AZ.
State AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONAL BANKS
OPINION OF THE SOLICITOR or THE TREASURY.
The Comptroller time ago Transmitted letters
from the First National Bank 81 Florida ana lhc ca.
zens National Bank OF Raleigh. =. G., i0 the solicitor
OF the Treasury for his opinion % tho right * a
State 10 impose license tax upon The capital
of national banks, and also the right of
State officers examine national banks or
10 require reports Of their affairs be made 20 them
The Solicitor has given elaborate opinion that II,
tax upon the capital Of national bank be
enforced, and that State officers have right either 10
says-"This entire legislation i at variance with the
Baw adjudicated and subversive destructive Of
nhe principles governing the relations Of federal and
State governments !"
EGYPT AT THE CENTENNIAI-INTEREsT1N
ARTICLES TO BE FORWARDED FOR EXHIBITION
The United States Consul at Cairo Egypt writes to
the State Department showing the preparations being
made in that country for representation the Cen
tennial Exposition in Philadelphia he states that
commission has been appointed to attend the mat
Ter Egypt for which S. 900 has been appropriated
Also one to attend in Philadelphia, for which
100000 has been appropriated and If this
sum is insufficient win be added One Of
the Commissioners is in Vienna taking casts OF
all the specimens Of art which left in that place
nter the close of the Exhibition there and they will be
forwarded to Philadelphia 1t expected that all the
articles would be ready shipment by October l. All
the arts, products and Industries OF Egypt will be rep
resented, well many things pertaining to her
ancient history The Egyptian government regretted
that IL could not erect separate buildings at Phila
delpha, as it did at Vienna but abandoned that pur
pose chiefly for the lack Of competent person send
here to superintend their construction.
MEDALS PRESENTED By CONGRESS FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF LIFE.
The ten gold medals be presented to the persons
who manned the life and fishing boats and rescued
ihrtytwo persons from the OF the steamer Metis
in Long Island Sound the 31st August 1872 were
to-day received by the Acting Secretary Treasury
from the Director Of the Mint Bureau. Congress by |
the act OF February "a, 1873 appropriated 600 to
enable the President award such medals and they
were struck at the Philadelphia Mint They are OF pure
gold, about two inches in diameter the intrinsic value
Of each being $40. The diverse represents the |
Eccne OF the disaster of Watch Hill Light and /
npon the reverse is the name OF the person to 1
whom presented, &c Each medal is enclosed ii a neat
ease opening to show either side. The President
having given directions that they be forwarded i'm
mediatey TO the persons for whom they are intended
ihey win be sent 70 Captain J. s Crandal Albert
Crandall Daniel r. Larkn, Frank Larkiu Byron /
Green, John p Harvey, Courtiand Gayitt Eugene
Nash and Edwin Nash who the thirty two per-
from that wreck
The gold medal 70 be presented to John Horn Jr OF
Detroit Mich for his humane and heroic exploits In
Tescuing twenty-one persons from drowning on the \
Detroit River al various times has also been received
by the Secretary and viii be forwarded 10 Mr. Horn AZ
Detroit