, 1876-09-02

army of the Tennessee will be held
here on the 18th and 10Th of Oc!o-
ber. The statue of General Nc
Pherson will then be unveiled with
imposing ceremonies. Gen. Logan,
who succeeded Gen. Mcpherson in
command on the day of lis death,
will deliver the grafton.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. - Judge
Tarbell, of Mississippi, has been
rendered the office of Deputy First
Comptroller of the Treasury vice
Col. VIII. Jones, Of Delaware,
whose resignation has been called
for by the President. The change
occurs in the latter part of next
week. The Tribune's Washington
special says the Secretary of the
Treasury says the greatest difficulty
he had to contend with, and which
caused his conference about the
new ~ per cent. loan with repre-
sentatives of the large banking
houses, to be so protracted, was that
he could not get them to harmonize
among themselves. The foreign
bankers wanted to monopolize the
whole loan, and signified at first
they wanted all or none, to which
effect they cabled here a regular
series of communications, which
consumed much time. Secretary
Morrill, felt he ought not to allow
the whole of so important loan to
be taken entirely by foreign capita
lists, and thought those of this
country ought to be considered, so
far as they possessed the ability and
disposition to handle it. Hence, he
applied himself to organizing the
individuals in treaty with him to an
American and European syndicate,
both to operate in accord with one
another. He could not with dis
cretion given him by Congress,
consent to the loan being monopo-
lized in Europe. He feels therefore
highly gratifed at the result, re-
membering, when he came here in
1861, our national obligations went
begging, and were below par. and
we were paying at the rate of ~ per
cent. interest, while now a bond of
so low interest, compared with what
has been paid before, is sought
eagerly, and struggle made to take
it all up at once. Negotiation of
the 4 per cent. has not received any
positive attention yet, but Secretary
Morrill, thinks there would be no
difficulty, if deemed advisable, to
place the whole amount of 4 per
cent. authorized by the Act of July
18th.
WASHINGTON, Aug. q. = 1t was
contemplated by the Secretary of
the Navy to fit out the sailing vessel,
Portsmouth, at present the training
ship at Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, for the purpose of max
ing a running survey of the coast of
Guatemala, but upon examination
of the vessel, it has been found that
the cost Of repair would be greater
than was at first estimated, and
therefore the idea of sending the
vessel to that coast has been aban-
doned for the present. Efforts have
been made for the past three or four
years to obtain an appropriation of
$50, 900 for the construction of two
schooners and one small steamer
similar to those used in coast sur
veys, for the purpose of surveying
the Pacific Ocean, at the same time
to look after American interests in
these waters. Much good has been
accomplished by surveying and
taking soundings in the Pacific, but
the necessity of two or three small
vessels has been severely felt, and
If Congress makes appropriations
for their construction, they could
be kept in service at comparative
ly small cost, and render valuable
aid to our commerce on the Pacific.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2S.- Early
this morning twelve freight cars at
the junction of the Germantown and
connecting railroads were complete
ly wrecked, having jumped the track
at that point and being precipitated
into a cut through which the trains
pass. Nobody hurt.
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of the improved demand for prints