National Republican., 1876-07-08
CURRENT CAPITAL TOPICS.
The EahinAt

GUnncNl GArilAl IVftGS,
The Cabinet.
at the Cabinet meeting yesterday Judge Taft
and Secretary Cameron, with several Assistant
Secretaries, represented the Executive depart
ments Routine business only was engaged in.
The Old Flag in Selma.
The Selma (AIa.) Times, Democratic paper.
fthe 5th instant, says: 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner waived muehly yesterday from the roof of
the post Office. Captain Cochran had out over
fifty. 1t was the only building in the city where
the flag was displayed" The Captain also had
out large painting of Grant, Lincoln, Washing
ton, Hayes and Wheeler.
Good Bookkeeping at the Treasury.
The change in the Treasurership neeessitated
count of the bonds and cash in the vaults. The
bonds, $355, ,e72, $50, were precisely correct and
the cash, As 900, was four dollars and some
cents short, which may have been caused by some
corrupt man woman clerk taking lunch at
Government expense. This is good bookkeeping.
Ex-Treasurer New made up the deficiency, had
his bond released and will not go to Congress for
redress.
What Kind o.. a Jackass Is Hsi
Now, VIC would like to know what kind of
jackass the independent press proposes to call its
latest martyr, ex-Detective Yaryan. 1t is of
CiSuI pioOi lliht hc was NOEhlHS lOE Iuc uOmlud-
tion Of Mr.. Bristow against Mr.. Morton, whose
political suekling he was, in hopes that through
his sub-detectives he could be nominated for the
Vice Presidency at Cincinnati. Just what sort of
man be is has not yet been developed, except
through his sublime treachery, his inOrdinate
vanity and his devilish impudence.
Religious Belief Of Governor Hayes.
Of Governor Hayes DR.. Tefft says in the
Northern Border: ''His wife, whom we knew in
her girlhood as Lucy WEBB, was educated at the
Wesleyan Female College. at Cincinnati, and is a
consistent member of the Methodist Church, and
he is himself a regular attendant upon its SER
vices There is one fact which we cannot forbear
to state. Though not a professor of religion, so
far as we know, he has always maintained the
beautiful habit of reading the Scriptures night
and morning in his family, and after the chapter
is read they all kneel down and repeat the Lords
Prayer, as If they believed in Gods providence
and goodness for guidance and protection.
Should he and his estimable wife have the for
we are nofaIs % 6Srteis That IT oaoh day ' viii BE-
opened and closed in the same manner"
Out With the Democrats.
The report in the proceedings of the examina-
tion of charges preferred against VIM. Nc
Micken, Surveyor General of Washington Terri
tory had in the Interior Department April 1s,
1870, and now on file there, shows that Joseph s.
Vanzant chief clerk for the superintendent Of
Indian affairs for Washington Territory, testi.
fed under oath that General Milroy told him
that McMicken had said to him (the superinten-
well, pretty well down, large families to support.
and might as well make little money while we
cam" alludng to, as the testimony shows, the op-
portunity their respective offices afforded of per-
petrating fraud against the Government. There
was a great deal OF the testimony of similar
interesting fact drawn out that McMicken is a
most Industrious and devoted Democrat. Al
though he was officially placed in possession Of
copy of the charges some two months ago he has
failed to enter his satisfactory denial and is still
held in office much to the disgust of the RepublI-
cans Of Washington Territory.
immigration into New York.
Official returns made to the Bureau of Statistics
show that during the month ended June 30, 1876,
there arrived at the port of New York II O3O pas
sengers from foreign countries. OF this number
TO- 55S were immigrants i53 citizens of the United
States, and 1Ol9 persons who do not intend to re-
side In the United States. Of the total number
of immigrants o,OoS were males and SIS females.
The countries or islands of last permanent resi-
dence or citizenship of the immigrants were as
follows: England, 1,7o4; Scotland, 2el; Wales 2s
Ireland, I.sos; Germany, 2.Ss'; Austria, ~;
24s; Switzerland, 154; Spain, 95; Italy, 2sS, Hol
land, IS; Belgium, is; Russia, 6l7; Poland, 81;
Novs Scotia Barbadoes and s Bsrauda mi nn1e 10 each
New Brunswick, 9; Yenezqela, L; Cuba and
Liberia, Il each; Sicily, 10; Russia in Asia, ss;
| South America, Peru, st. Thomas, St. Croix,
Egypt and India, each; Portugal, Brazil, United
States of Colombia, New Granada, West indies
Sea, each. The total number of passengers who
| arrived at New York during the quarter ended
June 80 1879, was 50 ESQ., Of whom s were, were i'm n
| 1875 6S,s23 passengers arrived, Of whom i5,583
were immigrants.
The New Secretary Of the Treasury.
After the speech of Senator morrill, in the
Senate yesterday he went to the White House,
| where he took the oath of office. About 2:30 he
| reached the Treasury Department, and solemnly
commenced the signing of warrants. After this
he was engaged principally In the execution of
|. matters Pertaining to monetary transactions of
| the Department during the day. One Of his first
acts was to approve the bonds Of Treasurer
-Wyman and the appointments subordinate to
him in the Treasurer's office, which set that
place straight, There has been a wrong impress
| sion regarding the Treasurer's office, some en-
money upon checks presented at the cas- h counter
The fact is that there has been no interruption
at the Treasury during all this lapse OF time since
the end of Mr.. News regime and the commence
ment of Mr.. Morrills, except fifteen minutes on
Saturday last when checks were refused ut she
honored afterwards upon the determination of
President Grant that the resignation of Mr.. New
should not be accepted until his successor should
qualify. This was thoroughly understood, and the
only trouble that grew out Of MT Morrll's staying
at the Senate to attend to the appropriation bills
was the fact that no warrants for the payments
terday. All this dificufty was obviated by the
signing of every warrant before Mr.. Morrill, went
to dinner Yesterday; Things go on smoothly at
George b. McCartee or John H. Rice was to be
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury in place of
Judge Burnam.
The Naval Investigation.
The examination Of Secretary Robson was con-
tnued yesterday by the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, and had general reference to the
subjects of payments of claims, the sale of the
navy yard at Philadelphia, the rebuilding of YES
sells, the exchange Of old material for new and
the deficiencies supposed to exist in the funds OF