The New York herald., 1878-08-18
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, August II, 1873
NEW fIvE-poLLAa COUNTERFEIT ON
PENNSYLVANIA BANK.
Receiving Teller Underwood, OF the redemption
Agency furnishes tho wing ia regard tho i've
dollar coun,erfcit on the FRS, National Bank Of
Tamaqua, Pa, which shows how widely Il 10 circu.
lated aud how easy It 10 tor bank tcllers TO be
mistaken about the genuincness OF nore. The nrst
counterfeit wss received ut the REDEEM ptton Agency
on September last since winch over eighty have
boon received. THIS counterfeit has been received
from thi-ty-six cuiss and towns and twonty-tou
States Its detection is matter Of certainty, as 50
Tar not ono mas been with tho correct charter
number, which Is .2lv, winch Is printed across the
face Of the note in large rod dsures. The counter.
letters in this case did know The significance Of
the charter number, as twenty-three numbers have
appeared on this note, aud ten notes nave been
branded that have higher number than 500, while
tho highest numocr on any genuine bank note is
2,30l.
WINE AND WHEAT IN PORTUGAL
Bonjamin Moran, Charge d'AdIrcs xt Lisbon, Portu.
GAL informs the Department OF state that the prog
poets OF tho grape aud wine crop onfavorabis In
the north o Portugal while tho wheat crop Is quite
satisfactory. Tho price OF wines Is constantly ad
vancing. owing TO the Increasing demands from Other
parts oi Europe. Tho ravaces oil the phylloyers
only threatens the destruction OF the grapes
oil the vines The domestic consumption OF vino 10
worry largo IN Portugal; any diDinuon Of production
affects alike tho producers ana the poorer ciasses
Wns with tho latter takos tho place moat. Larso
Quantities OF wine exported TO Bordeaux, where It
10 used strength the clarct aud other wines Of
tba. district. Tho brandy used tor similar purpose
has Increased In price iu the southern portion OF
Portugal whero It is ctcny mado. Notwithsta nding
tho largo soppy OF wheat aud other cereals In Portugal
the Hour and wheat OF America VIII DO In demand
THE PIUTEs sURRENDLRINa.
The War Department has received u despatch from
General Mcdowell, cocIoiins one rom General How
ard dated Wailula, August IT, saying that "sevcnty
seven Piu,es ndcrcd at the agency the 18th
inst, including sixteen men, and that . very
lew more OF the P,utes are out" rho departmsas
has received no official informalion OF General Mao
kenzis's crossing with troops into Aexico although
doubt 10 entertained he has done SO, he 10
acting accordance with recent orders.
WAGES IN ENGLAND.
Lucius Fairchd, iate United States Consul At L,v-
erpoo scnds TO the State Department some carefully
prepared statistics Of wages England IL Cheshire
thc average wages OF farm laborcrs nnsen shiil.
inss week and have been the for the last ve
years. These wages. however, are only relative ns
very much depends upon perquisitss, such iood
and beer In harvest time straw for pigs, milk whey
Tor chilSrcn. and sometimes "potato ground" Noin-
In tho OF has taken place 10 the
i've years More msat consumed than formerly:
but tho provasns ixoorers their own PIGS aad
SO buy but liItle.
Railway engineers are paid 81 80 the nrst year
81 o7h the second ana 81 rs aitsrward Firemeu
begin with eighty aud u half cents per day ana
increase. Conductors receive from IS l2< TO 50 Is
per week: switch men, - 80 to So 10; mechanics,
Il mar Wco lhhO A le IN .faur
hours. BIickAysr srs and masons received eighteen
cents hour.
NEW HOSPITAL IN CADIz.
A. n Dune, United statos Consul at Cadiz, Spain.
reports State Department that IN consequence
Of difficulties heretofore attempting procure
the admission OF foreign scansn TO the established
hospitals oi Cadz the foreign consuls residing In that
city have agreed IN founding new hospital IL Was
to DO opensd tho 25h o July last and TO DO called
the protestant Hospital"
COAL MINING IN SCOTLAND.
John 7. Robesou, United Statos Consul at Loith,
Scotland, In supplement tary despatch 10 the State
Department. reports quite fully the condition OF labor
In The coal mines. Those mines, be says, are STU
aicd the estates Of large landowners. and arc
ally leased parties Tor OF thirty i've years,
at rate OF eighteen cents per ton. AT the PIT head
tho coal sells Tor 81 SO por ton yieIdna profit Of
ing at the pit make enormous profits on their sales.
obtaining 50 u ton from the consumers. Yielding
pront of eighty iour cents net Miners are paid by
the ton turning out average ave tons per day,
at about twenty cents per ton, equal 10 S. 40
per week In 1878 tho price of coal was very high
and the wages paid to averaged SIS per week.
The prons oi the lesscss OF the mines
applied to tho extension OF tnsir works, and those
Of the miners were swallowed up IN extravagances
overcrowdine oi borsrs nDaily reduced these pricc
NArfoSAL BANKS ESTABLISHED.
During tho present mouth the & llowins national
banks have tcon established :-Grsen County Ma.
Uonsl, Carroitop, ILL.,. with capital OF 500 ooJ;
FIRST National Bank, Deadwood, Dakota, capital
Sc, 600; Jefferson County Ns,iossl Bank, Brook.
Vile, Pa. capital $4,000; Nalionsi Exchange Bsnx,
Lexington, KY. capital 500. 900; Merchant Mas
uonai Bank, Georgetown, Colorado, capita. {s0,o01