The New York herald., 1878-08-27
GENERAL WASHINGTON pEsPATcHts.
wAsuixGrox, Angus, 20, 1878.

WAsuiNGroS, August 20, 1875.
REDEMPTION OF tIvE-rwENTx BONDS
Tho Treasury Department to-day issued tho sky
ninth cali Tor the redes siption Of nvcwenty bonds OF
1868 The call Is for s.. 200, Of which s., 800 600
coupon aud 80 6OO, 900 registered bonds The
principal and interest will DC AID at the Treasury
aad after the 2Gth day OF November next, and tho
interest VIII cease on that day. Tho following the
descriptions ol the bonds -
Coupon bonds dated Jaiy l, 1865 namely $50
NO 1901 to No "A, ,0oO bolh inclusive; Sl00 NJ.
1900 To No 1856 900 Oo,h ,nclusivr 5000 NJ
92.Ool TO No. $4,000, both ncicslyc; 81, Oo0 No.
i79,rol 10 No. $4,000, bota inclusive; total coupon,
Registered bonds, s.rcdeemable at tho pleasure OF
The United States after tho 1st day OF July as ,i
lowsslo0, No. 1891 10 NJ 10 000, both inclusive;
$500, No. ll,l5l 10 No zoo bolh inclusive; OOl
No. 81 SOL 10 No. 3S 000 both Inclusive; ,OoO No
2,sol TO No. - $50 both iuclusivs total registered
81, 100000; aggregate. 50 0O0, 600
TnE roUE psn CENT LOAN
The subscriptions 10 the four per cent loan ycster-
day amounted to 81, 800, $50.
TEE Pr gsIDESTs WESTERN TRIP.
TIC President, Mrs. Hayes and family will leave
here next Friday evening. at eleven minutes past
seven, on the Baltimore AM OHIO road, Tor Fremont,
Ohio, where they VIII arrive Saturday afternoon.
Monday evening they wall leave Fremont for hcago,
arriving In that city next morning. There the Pres-
dent will review the Fire Department Wednesday lie
will start IRON Chicago Tor st. Paul arrivIn. at the
latter place Thursday ny carly and break lasting
with ex-senator Ramsey. Then will follow
public reception. arranged by the lair people.
la the evening tnero Will be public reception OF
about Two hours in the United States Court House.
Immediately aiterward tho President will leave by
tram Tor Fargo. From Fargo he will GO Bismarck
stopping at .ome OF tho groat farms for a short time
Saturday he will return 10 Fargo. Ga the following
Monday no will arrive at Minneapolis, where he vii
hold public reception, on the way 10 Madison. Ar
irving at Madison Tuesday morning. he will keep on
to Chicago, reaching there Wednesday morning.
From there he will return to Washington.
ALLEGED SMUGGLING AND PERJURY
Tho Treasury Department has received information
from the United States Consul at Londonderry,
through the Department OF State, that the British
ship Min0ehaha has arrived at Londonderry, IRON
Baltimore, with about half ton Of unman uiactrroI
tobacco board In packages less thar the size pre-
scribed by tho law oi Great Britain, which tobacco
was not entered on the manifest In consequences Of
this fact, and other suspicious circumstances, tho
tobuoco, and tho ship bringing the same, has
boca seized by the Collector Of Customs
~ Londonderry Tho Collector OF Customs at
Baltimore reports that tho Minuehaha cleared IRON
that port Nay IA. 1873, with cargo conssting, ss
per manifest, Of 90 430 bushels Of oorn In bulk aud
n bags and 954 bushels OF -four; but that time sho
had no tobacco ON board. and that tho parties who
chartered tho vessel N Baltimore disclairn any
knowledge OF any tobacco having been taken on
board Tho master swcars to tho truth OF his man.
os: and clearance. II would seem he Is likely DO
prosecuted for perjury his return to tho United
states.
The CHINESE EMBASSY.
private lct,or from Mr. II. W. Bartlett, the Amef-
can Secretary OF the Chiuese Legation, announces
that the members OF the Embassy vii, take up their
residence IN Washington about tho middo OF Septem-
bcr and present themselves the President after
return rom Minnesota Nj. Bartlett contradcis Tho
wild steres about tho wealth and exravagance Of tho
mcnts proposed by them for the coming winter. As
he says:-"Ihoy do not propose TO bulldoze public
sentiment by giving grand dinners and Oriental ietes
but desire to live qu,ety and attend to the bus ness
upon which they were sent"
LpE SAVING STATIONS.
Tho committee appointed to open proposals for
the construction Of three lie saving houses on
the COASTS oil Delaware and Maryland met In the
Treasury Department at twelve o'clock to-day aud
scheduled the bids.
The following the compstitors: :-Ingam
Coryeli, Washington, d. c.. three stations, s. $50
Horace b. Rawsou, Brooklyn, N. Y. three stat,ons
s5,922; Robert ArncI, Lewes, Del, oLe station
81, 70s; f. +. Jackson CO., Salisbury, Nd, three
stations s. 20j each. or $6ss5 Tor tho three. Tho
award VIII be made In n few days