River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-03
SUBSIDIARY com rs PAYMENT or DUTIES

treasury recently submitted to the attorney
general the question whether under the provis-
ions of section 1856 of the revised statutes of
the United States public officers are compelled
to receive the subsidiary silver coins of the
United States TO the amount of IS in payment
Of public duties, when the amount to be paid
is more than IS; and whether any other person
than public officer can legally be required to
receive those coins to the amount of IS in sat
isfaction for debt when the payment to be
made is over So The attorney general in his
de csion says: II think it quite clear hat
the rule is To be the same whether the
United States is to pay or receive the sum in
regard to which you inquire, and that the same
law therefore applies 10 officers, when they are
receiving the dues of government and when
they are discussing is funds" He then
quoted at some length from the laws sub
sidiary coins and the debates in Congress
the subject to show the intention of Congress.
The attorney general says: Careful ex-
animation of these debates has not shown me
that the provision in question was construed
by any manner authorizing the payment of
50 in silver coin as part of a larger amount.
In conclusion he says, : am of the opinion
that the section of the revised statutes referred
To in your letter is to be construed as permit
ting the payment of 10 in subsidiary silver
coin only when the debt for which it is thus
made a legal tender does not exceed the sum of
$5." In accordance with this opinion
the treasury department will renew
the circular of June %, 1875, follows; in
the receipt of silver and minor coins of the
United States for payment of duties inn
ports the following instructions will hereafter
be observed by officers of customs: First
when the total amount of duties in any one
entry cannot be paid entirely in gold certifi-
Gates or demand notes, because involving "A
fractional part of dollar, such fractional part
NlaI LIT 80.
Second-When the total amount of duties pay.
able in one entry does not exceed % such total
amount may be paid in silver coins of the
United States in the denominations of less
than 81. Minor coins of the United States, /.
G., those not of gold or silver coinage, may be
received in payment of duties on imports into
the treasury in making change in any amount
less than 10 cents il any single transaction.
THE USUAL DIPLOMATIC CoURTEsIEs.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The Chinese minister
with his assistant. Yung Wing, have performed
the usual diplomatic courtesy of calling upon
the several foreign ministers and leaving their
cards, one in Chinese characters and the other
in English. Sir Edward Thornton was the first
diplomat who returned the visit. The Chinese
minister received him in his psrlor, and the two
seated on chairs, separated by u slender shelf,
all brought from China, drank tea together.
Yung Wing will leave for Hartford to-day to
bring his family to Washington.
UTE INDIAN RESERVATION.
Ex-senator Lot M. Morrill, Judge MeFar-
land, and Gen. Hatch, com missioners appoint
ed to select new reservation for the Ute In
dams, have chosen location on the headwa-
tiers of the Navago and Blanch rivers, isolated
from white settlements and accessible to sup
plies The Indians are satisfied with the ar
rangement and the government has approved
it. The removal will take place at the most
favorable time. The Utes now number about
l. 500, and are now at least 200 hundred miles
away from railroad facilities.
ALEX. STEPHENS coNvALEscING.
A private letter from Alex. II. Stephens says
his hemorrhages are subsiding and there is a
consequent improvement in health.
INDIAN AGENT.
The President has appointed Linus M. Rick
erson of Oregon as agent for the Indians of the
Klamath agency in that State, in place of John
II. Roork, resigned.
NATIONAL BANK REDEMPTION AGENCY.
The following is a statement of the opera
tions of the national bank redemption agency
for the month and quarter year ending this day
as compared with corresponding periods Of last
year:
National bank notes disposed of: Notes fit foi
circulation, assorted and returned to banks
month, go 605, 200; quarter, S4l, ll5300.
Notes unfit for circulation, assorted and de
liver ID to comptroller of the currency for de
struction and replacement with new notes
month, $3,015.26O; quarter, Sll, I'LL 500.
Notes of RiIoN hquidating and reducing
banks depositedso soesshe treasury: month, $4S7,-
200; quarter S2,3l7, 100.
Total for 1875; month, $l4, l07, 800; quarter,
$54, 544, 200.
Total for 1877: month, sl5,687, 7OO quarter,
$55, $780, COO.
Decrease: month, 81, $50, 1907 quarter, $685.
400.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The amount of ma
tional bank notes received at the treasury de-
partment for redemption has increased consid-
erably since the circular of the Oath inst,
which provides that from and after Oct. the
charges for transportation of these notes must
be paid by the parties making the remittance
instead of the banks issuing them. The banks
are taking advantage of the few days remain
ing to exchange rational bank notes. They
have on hand for legal tenders at the expense
of the banks issuing the notes instead of those
RENTING them, which accounts for the in
creased receipts On Saturday the amount re-
ceived was 81 ,035 600. As nearly all the notes
are sent from the city banks the burden of this
new taxation will fall upon them, hence criti-
cisms and remonstranees have poured in strong
and loud.
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Sept. 30.-The appoint
ment of chief of the bureau of engraving and
printing at the treasury department will be set
tied at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. 1t is
generally believed tonight that Col. Irish, as
sistant chief, will be appointed to hill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of MIR. McPher-
son, and MIR. CASTELAR,, for some years past head
of the engraving branch of that bureau, will be
made assistant in place of Irish.
FouR PER CENTS.
The subscriptions to 4 per cents. to-day
$315,1 $50.
ANOTHER JAUNT.
The President will leave tomorrow evening
for New York. to attend meeting of the trus-
tees of the Peabody educational fund in that
city on Wednesday. He will return here Thurs
day night stopping short time in Baltimore
to attend the Maryland State fair, to which he
has been invited. On the 10th of October he
visits the Winchester, Va, fair and on the oath
that of Cumberland, Md.
CADET ENGINEERS APPOINTED.
The following is a list of the cadet engineers
appointed at the naval academy they having
passed satisfactory examination for admis-
sion to that corps: VIM II. H. Creigh, Ohio;
James II. Tits, Virginia; JOS. III. Pendleton,
Pennsylvania; Robert W. Gatewood Virginia;
Frederick Il. Cooley, New York; Emil Thesis,
Wisconsin; Harry Il. Hawthorne, Kentucky;
Otto @. Santner, New Jersey; VIM. IL. Cham
bers Pennsylvania George Il. Ferguson, Con-
necticut; Il. b. Higgins, Maryland; Arthur II.
Clark, Rhode Island; Peter Miller, Kansas;
Charles Rommel, Pennsylvania; Isaac III. Quln-
by, New York; Charles II. Rowland, Rhode Is
land; J. @. Leonard, Ohio; Harry G. Leopold,
Ohio; Henry l.. Simpson. Pennsylvania; Car
cnce L. Willes, Mississippi; Edward X. Taylor,
Massachusetts,; Frank III. Conant, Massachu-
sets; Ward p. Winchell, Ohio; Walter Rad
dicks Pennsylvania, and Thomas A. Shock,
Maryland. There were 1874 applications for adj
mission examined.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
From the monthly statement of the chief of
the bureau of statistics to the secretary of the
the excess of exports over imports OF
merchandise appears TO have been as follows:
Month ending Aug. 3lst, 1877, S3.4Il ,652;
month ending Aug. 3lst, 1878, ~, l96,220;
eight months ending Aug. 3lst, 1877, $50, s5l-
g95; eight months ending Aug. 3lst, 1878,
1888, sol, 0S9. The excess of exports over I'M
porting sold and silver coin and bullion APP
pears to have been as follows: Month endl
Aug. 31st, 1877 $40; month ending Au
31st, 1878, $500, 22S; eight months endin
Aug. 3Ist, 1877, $25, 463, 551; eight m onth
ending Aug. 31st, 1878, S62I, 1888. These state
nents indicate an increasing flow of specie and
American securities t. ward this country.
CURRENCY OUTSTANDING.
The following is statement of United States
outstanding to-day:
Did demand notes. b2,UoU