Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-08-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WASHINGTON.

The President was visited by a delegation
of Iowa gentlemen on the Goth, who requested
that II any change be made in the Governor
ship Of New Mexico, the candidacy of Gen.
True be favorably considered.
Secretary Sherman is on visit to his old
home in Ohio, where he will remain until the
last of the month. He will deliver a speech
or two during his absence.
The Southern Historical Society has been
granted free access TO the Confederate ar
chives in possession of the War Department.,
and that Society has granted like privilege
to the Department to the papers in its possess
sion
Acting Secretary of Interior Bell was Wis
tied by the Sioux Commissioner on the 22d
The Commissioners info rmed him that the
Sioux Indians would not agree TO remove
from their present location to point on the
Missouri River, but were willing TO go to a
polnO mo- 'N---"t of the Black Hills in the
southern part OF Dakota, near their old reser.
vation.
The Treasury Department reports that the
amount Of standard silver dollars coined up
TO the 10th of August was, S11, Az, 500;
amount on hand, Sl0,079,4S7 1t thus appears
that Sl,393,0l3 have been placed in the chan
nels Of circulation The demand for the dol
lars is slowly but steadily on the increase.
An interview between the Sioux Commits
sioners and the President regarding the re-
moval of the Spotted Tail and Red Cloud In
dians to the several depots on the Missouri
River, was held at Washington on the Odd
The principal recommendation in the report
OF the Commissioners is that the Red Cloud
Indians be removed to White Clay creek, and
the Spotted Tail Indians to the Rosebud, and
that the names Of the agencies be changed to
Ogallalla and Rosebud.
-On the 23d, Writ Johnso on, Secretary of the
Mississippi State Board of Health, requested
the Postmaster General to stop all mails ex-
cepting frst-class matter for all points in
Mississippi from Memphis, New Orleans
Grenada, Vicksburg, and several other points,
to which Acting -Po ostmaster- General Tyner
replied that the Department does not deem II
advisable to direct the exclusion of any class
OF matter from the mails because of the
prevalence Of yellow fever, but that the De-
partment will not attempt to disregard any
reasonable order Of legally constituted Boards
Of Health.
Statement Of the Treasurer for the week end
ing Aug.24; United States bonds in Treasury to
secure National Bank circulation, S4S, ,921, ,45O; ;
United States bonds to secure public deposits,
Sl3,S6O, 400. United States bonds to secure
circulation during the week, l,207, 500; ;
amount withdrawn, S1,04l 800; National Bank
circulation outstanding-currenc notes, 1921, =
S92,2 gold notes, 81, ,432, 10; internal reve-
aue, Si09,291; customs, s562,4ll. National
Bank notes received for redemption for the
week compared with the corresponding period
last year: 1877, s3,9s4, 600; 1878, s3,42l,OOO.
Henry Dithman, of New York, was APP
pointed Consul at Breslau, Germany, by the
President on the oath
The Treasury Department on the Goth is
sued the sixty-ninth call for the redemption
of 40 bonds of '65, consols Of '65. The call
is for $1,000 200 cuuPvns ana registered ponds.
Interest ceases on the 26th of November next,
when the principal and interest viii be paid.
The United states Attorney telegraphed to
Washington on the Goth from Greenville, s.
c., that the jury had rendered verdict of
guilty against the Redman gang of illicit dis
tillers, and that the moral effect is complete.
Redman refuses to surrender
s On his western tour the President will visit
his old home, where he will remain two days,
from thence he will go to Chicago, where he
will remain one day and review the city fire
department, and then go on to st. Paul, Mimi,
where he will be guest of Senator Ramsey.
He will visit Fargo and Bismarck, and return
ing will pass through Minneapolis, Madison
and Chicago, from whence he will return to
Washington.
The Washin gton Post claims TO have seen a
letter from prominent South Carolina Re
publican in which it is stated that Senator
Patterson has proposed to Governor Hampton
to resign his seat in the Senate if he can be
assured of full amnesty and exemption from
the present legal movement for his prosecu-
tion.