The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
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GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON. Dec. "a, 1873.
T.. L. Pierce. of Boston. Mass, has been appointed
Assistant Treasurer the United States at that city.
in the place OF Ravens. who has held the Office for
eleven years
The President will appoint Mr. Nelson. of worces-
ter Mass Judge of the United States District Court
of Massachusetts, vacancy caused by the promotion
of Judge Lowell to the Circuit Judgeship. Mr.. Nell
is the law partner Of Senator Hoar.
NO MONEY FOR THE BLAINE INVESTIGATING COM
MIrrEE.
Judge Porter First Comptroller OF the Treasury.
to-day decided that the appropriation contained in
the second section of the act of June 10 last entitled
AN act to provide for the expenses of the select
mittee alleged frauds in the late Presidential cleo
tion. by the terms of that act made applicable
only to the expenses of ouch committees as might ba
appointed by the Senate to investigate alleged frauds
in connection with the Presidential election and not
to defrayng the expenses of the committee appointed
under the Blaine resolution.
THE AIfRoPIIAIIoN BILLS.
The Subcommittee OF the House Committee on
Appropriations is engaged daily in the preparation of
the Legislative Executive and Judicial Appropriation
BILL and win have Ii ready TO report to the House on
the day Congress meets after the holiday Mr.
Hewitt is also preparing the Army Appropriation
bill and will endeavor to complete it during the
MssHefN @
The Appropriation Committee expected to have all
the appropriation bills passed and sent to the Senate
by February 20 at the farthest. NtHa
THE STANDARD SILVER DoLLAR--A BILL TO
INCREASE IT'S VALUE AND FOR OTHER PuE-
POSES
II is stated by official of the Treasury Depart
ment that the following bill will be introduced III
the House Of Representatives after the holidays
An act to increase the value OF the standard silver
dollar make tie legal tender exchangeable for
gold CON- provide for its coinage and for other pu-
poses.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentativcs of the United States OF America in Con-
assembled That the silver dollar Of the United
States shall contain AS0 grains Troy 800 fine and shall
be impressed with the same.devices and legends
the trade dollar heretofore coined, except that the
word '.one'' shall DO substituted for the word
trade and the figures "4sO for the figures ago
SECTION THAT the silver dollar OF the United
states herein authorzed and provided Tor shall ba
legal tender for all amounts, and shall be exchange
able for the gold coins of the United States ct the
Treasury, or the SubTreasury at New York. Pro-
vided, that whenever under this authority silver
dollars shall be presented for exchange in such
as TO show the amount outstanding to he redundant
the Secretary OF the Treasury may diminish dis
continue the manufacture OF such coinage until
otherwise ordered by him.
SEQ 3-Any owner OF silver bullion may deposit the
at any mint to be formed into bars, a. pro-
vded by law dollars OF the weight of 4S0 grains
troy as DESIGNATED in this act Provided that tho
tinue the receipt of such bullion when the dollars
shall have become redundant; and provided further.
that the trade dollars of the United States shall be
received by the government for all debts and obliga-
tons due it. to be reconed into dollars Of $50 grains
troy. which shall hereafter be the only authorized
| silver dollar.
SEC 4.-That the subsidiary silver coinage Of the
United States shall be exchangable for gold coins at
the Treasury or the at New York at the
pleasure of the holder.
| SEC 5.-That the Secretary of the Treasury be
thorzed and directed to to be printed and kept
In good condition for circulation fractional postal
currency to the amount Of S1O0O0 900 OF the demon
nations of twenty Ave and fifty cents, which shall
be interchangeable with the subsidiary coinage for
convenience in the transmission of small sums
through the mails M
SEC. 6.-Al acts parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
CLAIM OF THE HEIRS OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS
ALLOWED.
The suit against the government brought by tho
heirs of Stephen A. Douglas for certain cotton cap
tured by the United States in Mississippi
during the war. and sold abandoned property.
settled finally in the Court Of Claims to-day by
Judgment in favor of the claimants. This has
been pending for years. and has been the subject Of
much controversy. Investigation and litigation. The
heirs Robert M. Douglas. United States Marshal
for the Western District of North Carolina and Ste
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