Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-09
WASHINGTON.

Inc freSluenJ Oh tne oOJn ulJ. uOmjnaJeu
John Welsh, prominent and wealthy
merchant of Philadelphia, as Minister to
England r.irF fmuF 800 G'auis5 .Iu
Legal-tender notes outstanding on the 1st,
1854, ,490, ,S92 Additional National Bank cir
culation issued dnrinS October, 81, ,0SO, ,O50. G
President Hayes and family, and Evarts,
Sherman, Thompson and Devens, of the
Cabinet, left Washington on the Both ult. for
Richmond.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions OF the Senate decides that it has no ju-
risdiction in Pinchback's case, his credentials
being in the hands of the Senate.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency voted to 4 in favor of Ewing's bill
to repeal the time clause of the Specie-Re-
sumption bill. -----
Gen. Sherman and other officers were be-
fore the House Committee on Appropria-
tlons on the 3lst ult.-the Army Appropria-
tion bill being under consideration.
Clarkson n. Potter, of New York, has de-
clined the Craftsmanship of the Pacific Rail-
roads Committee, because, as he states, of
his large interest in the Pennsylvania Cen
trail Railroad.
The statement of the public debt on the 1st
showed decrease OF a ,2S6 ,554 last month.
Cash in Treasury-coin $l3l ,022 ,S43, cur
rency $l5,950,6S2, currency held for the re
demption of fractional currency S9,444,569,
special deposits held for redemption OF GER
ti6cates Of deposit s37 go, 900; total $751;
03S, ,O45 Debt, less cash in the Treasury,
50, ,O5l ,5S7, ,254.
The silver coinage at the mints last month
was 81, ,4l6,7O2. aa . ..t-Ht .I.
William G. lie Due, OF Minnesota was con-
firmcd by the Senate on the lst as Commits
sioner of Agriculture.
President Hayes and party returned to
Washington on the 1st. If'Hr Of s
The Committee on Expenditures in the
Navy Department called upon Secretary
Thompson on the Sd and Informed him that
they intend to make thorough investiga-
ton of the accounts of tie department under
Secretary Robson, and especially into the
transfer of funds appropriated for the pay of
the navy iuto other channels. The Secretary
assured the committee that he would cheer
fully give them every facility. They also in.
formed him that they desired to recommend
a reduction of the expenditures of the Navy
Department. whenever it may be found prac-
ticable, and Secretary Thompson Responded
that he would be happy to cooperate.
Five hundred and forty three persons were
arrested for otfenses against the postal laws
during last year.
OFT T THE EAST. T E3 tf
ME- William II Vanderbilt denies that he
is engaged in stock speculation. sks
Goldsmith Maid, the noted trotting horse,
has been Withdrawn from the turf Her age
is twenty.one.
The Protestant Episcopal Church Con
gress was in session at New York on the
3Oth ult.. @
Counterfeit fve,dollar bills OF the First
National Bank Of Tamaqua, Pa, are in cir
News has been received OF the death of
Prof orton, of Yassar College, in South
America. f.tf 1aHnt.ueHrI
Ten thousand cigar.makers Of New York
are on strike. ..' tA'f'
The Directors of the PonnsyIVania Rail
road have decided not to declare dividend
this quarter.
An Arctic expedition is to be started from
New York early next year. .-... q
The Allegheny County (Pa) Grand Jury
issued subpenaes for Gov. Hartranft. Adjt-
uen' lhLlhi ueus ,pIlnlOn, ana thrr, prlYaLe
Secretary to the Governor, to testify in the
case of Gen, Pearson, indicted for murder
for ordering the troops to fire on the first
day Of the strike troubles in Pittsburgh.
They allappeared on the 3lst ult. except
the Governor, who sent a letter in which he
stated that, believing the summons was to
evade or forestall the decision of the Supreme
Court as to whether Grand Jury can call on
State officials to appear before them, he took
this method OF testing the legality of the
summons, and would await the action of the
upper court before answering the same.
Benz. Noyes, President Of the National Life
Insurance Company of Washington, and
formerly President of the National Life and
Trust and American Mutual Life Companies,
has been placdd under arrest for refusing to
answer questions'o OF the Connecticut Insur-
ance Commissioner as u the financial eondi-.
tion of the companies he represents,
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by the New York Chamber of'Uom-
merce on the 1st:
That Congress be requested TO refrain
from any legislation for Issuing silver coin
as legal money on private account and in un-