The New York herald., 1877-09-23
w A SHIN GTON.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WAsmSGroS, Sept 90, 1871.
SECRETARY sCHURz AND THE OHIO VOTERS.
Tho Secretary of the Interior has decided that Ohio
voters employed IN the Interior Department
not exhausted their yearly leave viii be allowed 20
home TO vote, but that they pay during
their absence. r.f
MEETING OF THE SYNDICATE IN WASHINGTON
Tho members OF the Syndicate were In consultation
last evening with the Secretary OF tho Treasury and
other officers Of the department The accounts OF the
four and a halt per cent loan wsre closed The
whole amount Is 5000 600 600, OF winch $1s5 OOJ O0o
arc for rcfundng purposes and sl5, 0000 00d
for resumption purposes, ana Will appear In
tho debt statement The four per cent
loan being rapidly p,d for and adjusted and viii be
settled during the next month, as tho calls ma,dre,
the first call maturing the 5th OF October and tho
last on November 3, aud $5,ooO,oOO each Tor the
months OF August, September and October Will bo ap.
piled Tor resumption purposes.
THE UNION PACIFIC TRAIN ROBBERY
Tho Treasury Department had upon the Union Pa.
cl0c Raitroad train recently attacked by robbers In
Wyoming Territory 500 600 Of silver bullion.
This however in large bars and heavy that thu
.obbers unable TO carry It with them, and not
ounce was lost This bullion had boon purchased In
Nevada ana destined for tho Philadelphia Mint.
ARREST OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
Six OF the traIps who attacked tho pay car OF tho
Virginia Midland road, near Manassas, lew days ago.
had hearing yesterday before Justice Of the Peace
al Brcntsvillc, and wero committed to jail to await
the OF tue Grand Jury at tho Of the
court. The profcsscd TO hail from many diner
enl cities OF the Union, and very rough
looking. During their attack tho train
fireman struck with a stone and severely injured.
SO troublesome have tramps become ABOUT Manassas
hiatt tho Tow Coun hnv MOI 10
act an ordinance against thor coming within tho
limits OF the They along the lines OF tho
railroads, and as winter draws tho South will bc
ovcrrun by them unless special laws arc at once
acted to remedy tho evil.
ANNUAL REPORT PROM WEST POINT.
The annual report O tho Board Of Visitors T. .he
West Point Military Academy, after REMOVING tni
used Tor getting ful and Trustworthy iniorma
tiou &c states that tho Academy is educating oiecra
Of the army in through and effective manner They
recommend that a commiss small enough TO ba
efficient and largo enough to bc scrviceaDa
be constituted by Of Congress at as
early date possible with ample time and powers,
10 consist Of gentlemen representing tho Academic
Board tho graduates OF the academy aud civilians Ia
miar with general education, who shall report to
Congress such changes in tho organization OF the
Academy and It's OF study shall promote its
ulncss. They state that perfect dccorum prevails
In mess hall AT meals, ana hazing lying, profanity
all alcohol prohibited BY stringent rules
which rigdly In usion they say that
perfect regularity in sleep, dress, Dict care OF the
BODY exorcisc study and recreation under the wise
direction OF expert instructors result In tho 6ncst ply
steal development great professional ability The
Board remarked with great pleasure tho modest and
manly bearing Of the cadets and their freedom from
all visible signs Of any vicious indulgence, ana tho
country may congratulate Itself that the officers OF
army admirably nurtured soldiers and men.
The recon ondutions OF the Board are follows
That tho commissary OF subsistencc DO allowed a
clerk that the barracks BE- enlarged and better ntcd
that the hospital be nnishcd; III the supply DO
enlarged that tn sewerage OF the post be compctci
that vmpc gas works be provided that the band
DO restored To iorty MEMBERS that inquiry be maio
To the possibility ot abolishing military paradcs
tho Iord's Day; tnat commission DO constituted TO
revise tho course OF study.
HIS RECLINING MAJESTY SITTING BULL.
A gentleman Ia Washington has received a lcttcr,
dai ed Sydney, Ncb September To- from Colonel II. q.
Corbin, secretary OF the Sitting Bull Commission, In
which the writer says
We expect TO reach Helena week from today
and the border tho J0th INST Our latest advices
arc the that lis Reclining Majesty enjoying
himself quietly Canada The weather here quito
cold ana fires arc comfortable WITH great coats
on. You may expect us IN Wash ngton early In No.
vemborperhaps early as tue latter part vi October