Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-18
Second Call for the Issuance Of Five
Twenty Bonds-SOuthern Lands to
be Brought into Market-Rail-
way Mail superintendent
in Convention,

WASHINGTON. July II. The attorney
general has sustained the view taken by Sec
ond-AssIstant Postmaster Brad, that the law
passed at the last session OF congress author
| izing payments by the postoffice department
directly to sub-contractors for carrying mails
is applicable to contracts existing at the date
of the enactment of the law as well as to
those of subsequent issue.
The case of Taylor, collector of customs at
Buffalo, against whom charges OF immoral
conduct have been made; is now before the
treasury department, and is undergoing in
vestigatlOn.
The United States treasurer has written
to the assistant treasurer authorizing them to
use the standard silver dollars in their vaults
in payment to persons presenting checks to
parties desiring them upon disbursement OF
pay-rolls and in exchange, In moderate
amount, for greenbacks and national bank
notes, and for payment IN lieu OF one and two
dollar notes. :
The secretary of the treasury to-day issued
the second call for the redemption of i've
twenty bonds of 1865 and eonsols of 1865.
The call is for five million dollars of which
two and one-half millions are coupons and
two and one-half millions are registered
bonds. The principal and interest will be
paid at the treasury on and after the seven
teenth of October next, and the interest will
cease on that day. The following are the
descriptions of the bonds and coupon bonds,
dated July ], 1860, namely: $50, No. 65,OOl
to No. sc, 900. both inclusive: 800, No. no.
001 to 900, both inclusive; $500. No. 49,
201 to No. 800, both inclusive; $1,000, No:
l40,001 to No. las, 600. both inclusive; total
coup ons $2,5OO,Od0. The registered bonds,
redeemable at the pleasure of the United
States after July l. 1870, are as follows: $50,
No. 2257 to No. 2300, both inclusive; 500,
No 1851 to No. 1880, both inclusive;
$500, No. 10,451 to No: 10,550, both in
elusive: $1,000, No. 81, 401 to to No. b, 200,
both inclusive; $4,000, No. 925l to No. 1851,
both inclusive; $4,000, No. 1871 to No.
Is, 49, both inclusive; total registered, 81
500 900; aggregate, So, 000, 900.
A telegram from Colonel Carlin, dated at
Standing Rock, explains the case of Indian
Agent Hughes as follows agent Hughes.
having broken faith with several chiefs, or
which they refused to do, and he stopped
their supplies, Suffering from hunger, they
visited the agency, seized the agent, and car
ried him to point near the river bank. |
rescued the agent and arrested the Indians,
who are all under guard. If Agent Hughes
be not removed at once. will not be respon-
sible for the consequences. All the principal
and head men participated in this affair.
Their object was to put the agent over the
river and off the reservation, not to hurt him,
nor did they hurt him"
band of Ute and Apache Indians having
manifested an unwll1Dgness to be removed
to the new reservations, General Sherman
has instructed the army officers to render the
inspector all the assistance he may require to
carry out the provisions of the law.
1t is expected that owing to the exhaustion
of the special appropriation made by con-
gress last session for bringing INTO market
the public lands in tine States of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,
that the dismissal Of sixty or seventy land
Office clerks will become necessary within a
few weeks.
The superintendent of the railway mail
service, superin endents Of registry and SUI
perintendents Of mails, now in Washington
with view to holding confereuce looking
toward reaching some conclusions whereby
the present mail service may be simplifed
convened to-day, Third Assistant Postmaster
General Hazen presiding. About twenty FIVE
gentlemen were present. Tue questions un-
der consideration were the extension of
the through pouch system; advisabiity of in :
stituting a plan of exchanges between the
several railway mai-service lines. and the
practicability of extending the registry sys-
| tenn to third class matter. No conclusions
were reached Committees were appointed
to consider the various measures and report
at subsequent meeting.
The following is comparative statement
of the disposal Of public lands IN Dakota,
Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska, for the
| fiscal years ending June 30, 1877, and June
| 30, 1873: