New-York tribune., 1877-07-25
THE 0UTL00K FR0M WASHLNGTON
PUBLIC BUSINESS BLOCKED.
THE DIS IEIBCUON or TIE MiGts, or Official PA
PFEs AND EgDEEMED CCREESCY SERIOUSLY
INTEEFERED WILL

INTEEFEBED WITH.
1EY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.
WAsuINGrON July 2i.-Thc laborcrs' war against
the railroads is aready having very disastrous effect
in the obstruction of public business. The Adams
Express Company informed the oil cers OF the reas
urv Department yesterday that it would decline to
take any more money-packagcs for trausporia-
ton TO New-York or elsewhere. and similar
notices have probably been given in regard
TO business this way. Had this notice not
been received the Treasury ID parmcnt would have
suspended the shipments Of money because the Sec
reiary and the Treasurer were unwilling 10 assume
the attendant risk especially as nice legal point
might be raised IN ease of loss, as to
where the responsibility for it would rest
Under ordinary circumstances the Express Company
insnres the safety Of the money il Transports but If
it should be lost destroyed through the operations
of "a mob especially in States which have asked the
aid of the General Government, the Express Com
pany might hold that the fault was that OF the 10Y
ernment that the responsibility for the loss did not
rest with il or it's agents. The average amount Of
money received here daily for the Redemption
Bureau and for the Treasury proper is about 81 0oo,
600 The amount shipped each day is about 500
OOO OF this sum about 100000 Is received daily
by the Redemption Bureau, and about 100000 Is
sent away by it. Only four packages of money were
received at the Treasury today, one for the ke-
demption Bureau and three for the treasury proper
All Of these came from the South. No money was
received either from the North or West
The redemption Bureau mad for some time been
running behind-hand little with its work, owing
to leaves of absence granted 10 of its employees
and sickness of others. Two or three days Will be
required to assort, count and prepare for redemp-
ton the money now on hand. After that, if the
blockade continues, this Bureau will be Obliged to
suspend operations. 1t is not believed at the Treas
ury Department that such a suspension would result
in any accumulation of National Bank currency,
either in the Treasury Department in the banks.
The latter. instead of forwarding the notes of other
banks for rcdemption or pimg them up in their
vaults 10 await the resumption of traffic. would SIM
ply pay them ont again, and the only effect would be
temporary suspension Of the operations of the Re
dempton Bureau
In the Internal Revenue Bureau no effort was no.
ticeabe to-day upon the receipts from Collectors.
The money collected by this Bureau Is forwarded to
the Treasury in the form of certificates of deposit,
! which are sent by mall Most of the mails
| arrived time this morning, and the collec-
tons amounted to more than $500, ,0O0 sum larger
than that received on Tuesday of last week, and
rather larger than the average receipts of Tuesdays
generally. If the mail blockade at important rail
road points reported to-day, continues the receipts
from Internal Revenue must be comparatively re-
duced.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company gave
notice TO the Treasury Department his morning that
il could take freight for the North or West
at present. This suspension affects chiefly the ship
ment OF siatoaery to Custom-lIouses Collectors of
Internal Revenue and other officers Of the Treasury
Department. The heavy summer shipments oi STA
tionery are made during the months of June, July
and August, and the average amount forwarded at
this time is from fifteen to twenty thousand pounds
a day. Shipments destined for New-fork aud the
East and for Atlantic Coast points South ol wash
ington, can be sent forward by water; but If the
strike continues and freight trains are suspended,
the shipments of stationery West will have to be
suspended All the blanks used by officers OF Gus
toms aud internal revenue collectors are sent by
mail and the regularity with which they can be for
warded will depend upon the SUCCESS OF the Post
Office Department in keeping open the mail routes.
For the first time to-day the war upon the rail-
roads has seriously interfered with the regular