The Portland daily press., 1878-02-02
WASHINGTON.
The Redemptiou Agennx.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The following is a
statement OF the operations of the National
seven months ending yesterday, as compared
with the corresponding periods last year:
NOTES Mt Tor circulation, assorted and return
ed to the banks of issue for the month, SlE.-
OoIsooo; Tor seven months. $92, 125,SO0. Notes
the Comptroller of the currency for destructjon
ana replacement with new notes for the month,
$4,532,500 for seven months, S2S, 254 ZOO
Notes OF failed, liquidating and reducing banks
deposited in the treasury for the month, $780,
zoO; for seven months, $6,602, $50.
Contract Awarded.
me contract for supplying scales for the pos
"a service Tor the present year has been award
ed to Fairbanks & Co. The government has
now nearly $4,000 of these scales in use.
madissnsW ellis in Washington.
a gentleman of Louisiana, generally we'll in :
formed, says that ex-Gov. Wells arrived in
washington yesterday, and took lodgings in a
private house, not caring to have his locality
puDllciy known, but small circle of public
men nave been confidently informed that he is
In the city, and that his demand on them is for
protection from the pending prosecution in
New Orleans Ii they should be unsu ccessful
IN Iuarnisnlng II ne would leave the country,
provided means be furnished to enable him to
i've independently abroad. Otherwise he would
project himself as far as possible by making
unpleasant disclosures in connection with the
returning Board and affecting other parties.
Lnere Is no means OF corroborating this infor-
matlon owing to the strictness of the alleged
concealment: 1t is not supposed that the petit
Ion OF the Returning Board sent to Associate
Justice Bradley for a writ of prohibition. hay-
ing IN view the transfer of their case from the
ctate TO the U. s. Circuit Court, will receive a
favorable response
Cabinet Meeting.
m, Inc cabinet session was of brief duration.
In6ro was informal 81
Iency ana silver question 10 connection with
the probable legislation by Congress
The Consular and Diplomatic Bill.
me House committee on appropriations has
nalshed the consular and diplomatic bill. 1t
mmends the appropriation of 81 ,019, 435, or
SI!S.959 less than last year, its main features
Delng the reduction of the salaries of nearly all
the representatives of the United States abroad
ana the abolition of certain missions which
have been already published.
Compensation OF Postmasters.
Inc Senate committee on post offices, to-day,
agreed to report fav0rably upon the department
Dill TO regulate compensation of fourth-class
postmasters upon the basis of the stamps can
celled, instead of sold The Committed also
ADOPTED resolutions declaring that in its iudg-
ment no change should be made in existing
laws relative to compensations Of first, second
and third-class postmasters.
The Coinage.
tho coinage 10 the minis for January, 1875
was as follows:
Gold coinage value, $2,446,OOO; trade dollars,
$i,o9d ,300; fractional silver, 1901, $40; minor,
Sll,536. Total, $4,756,446
The Timber Thieves,
Letters from Florida to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office dated Jacksonville.
Jan. 18th, give a detailed account of the pro
ceedlngs of the grand jury there in connection
with the timber depreciation cases. Of the six
teen indictments found one is for perjury and
one Tor su6ornation of perjury. Some of these
persons indicted deserve more than passing
notice.. VIM. G. Powell is brother of the
man who made an assault on Secretary Seward
,at the time OF the Booth conspiracy to murder
Presideut Lincoln and his Cabinet. The BROTH
or VINO attacked Secretary Seward changed his
name when he went into the conspiracy to
Payne, by which name he was tried, convicted
and executed. Henry Wise is an old resident
OF Florida and has contract with the state
authorities by which he hires the state psniten-
tiary convicts as laborers. Geo. W. Nation is
reported as seeming to be the instrument in
the hands of others to procure ignorant negroes
to make fraudulent applications for homesteads
and on the negroes make false affidavits. Geo.
f. Nuttro is large operator in the timber
business and nephew of Gov. Drew. James
N. Parker and Lafayette Dickens are Drew's
brOtherS-in-laW