Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-01
WARRINGTON.

| On the 22d solemn requiem mass for the
late Victor Emmanuel was celebrated in st.
Aloysius' Church, Washington. President
Hayes, members of the Cabinet, Supreme
Court Judges, Senators and Representatives,
Gen. Sherman, the Italian Minister, aud the
foreign legations were in attendance.
Atty.-Gen. Devens states that U. s. Grant,
Jr., has not been appointed Assistant District
Attorney at New York.
The House Committee on Expenditures in
the Treasury Department having adopted a
| resolution requesting the President to cooper
ate with it in its investigation of alleged
abuses in the Treasury Department, and trans
mitted the resolution to President Hayes, he
replied that he would be glad to cooperate
with the committee and would issue such
directions to officers as might be required to
secure prompt and effective assistance in the
conduct of the investigation. Subordinate
officers are assured that the fact of their testi
fying before the committee shall not be used
TO their prejudice.
Capt. A. X. Long, Commissary of Subsist-
ence committed suicide at Washington on
the 22d by shooting himself through the
heart. Long was Pardon Clerk under Presi-
dent johnson.
The Secretary of War has sent to the Senate
statement OF the cost of the late war with
the Nez Perces Indians. The cost of trans
portation alone was 1891 1929.
J. O. Smith, late Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, having addressed a letter to Gen.
Sherman, inquring as to whether the General
considered his administration honest and zeal
Gus, received the reply that it was most salts
factory,
The President on the 23d nominated Benz.
F. Peixotto, of California, U. s. Consul at
Lyons, France.
A new counterfeit flve-dollar note on the
| Farmers National Bank OF Virginia is out.
The charter number Of the counterfeit is
1,O47, while that of the genuine is 1,4T.
President Hayes entertained ex-Secretary
Bristow at the White House on the cath.
The President, it is stated, in making ap-
pointments for pension agencies, in cases
where the old incumbents are not retained,
has determined to select soldiers who had
meritorious records in the Union army.
1t was announced on the oath that the Treas
ury Department had no intention to release
the Syndicate from its obligations to the Gov
ernment.
The Secretary of the Treasury announces
that the Treasury Department win not receive
drafts in payment OF subscriptions to the 4 per
cent. loan. Up to the Goth there had been re-
ceived subscriptions for nearly $2,0O0,OO0 of
the bonds, although it had been announced that
the Government would not receive them until
the Goth.
National Bank notes outstanding on the 2Sth
gold notes, 81 ,433, 100; currency notes,
$Sl9, $50, 1854 Legal. tenders outstanding, $349,-
943,776.
| Tho Sacratarv Of tha Jntarfor nrnfnisas avery
assistance to the committee to investigate his
department.
The New York Sua recently charged John
Young Brown, of Kentucky, with having
voted to sustain the findings of the Electoral
Commission because he was voted back pay
as a member of the Fortieth Congress, when
he was defeated in a contested case. Brown
is in Washington and demands an investiga
tion. ..
A new counterfeit fiye-dollar note on the
First National Bank of Hanover, Pa. is In cir
culation. The bill is very good counterfeit
and people are advised to refuse all five
| dollar notes Of that bank
Murphy, the temperance lecturer, com
meneed series Of meetings at Washington OIL
the 9th.
From 1853 to Jan, 1, 1870, the Government
paid TO National Banks, from bonds held by
the U. s. Treasurer for security and redemp
tion of the currency issues Of said banks, In
terest to the amount OF $252, S39, 556-mostly
gold. Fr a
An analysis Of the vote of the House on tn,
2Sth on the Matthews resolution shows tha
11S Democrats and II Republicans voted for II
aud 50 Republicans and 20 Democrats voted
against IT,
No confirmation OF the reported crossing O
Sitting Bull into U. s. territory has been re
ceiyed at army headquarters.
Col. ]. II. King and Lieut.-Col. W. II. Levi
have been detailed to act in conjunction Will
one person to be designated by the Governo
Of Texas to investigate the FL Paso TEX
trOuhleR