The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-21
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

asse WASHINGTON, July 20. 1873.
MOVEMENT OF GOLD AND SILVER CoIN-PRo-
PISSED ECONOMY N IT'S TRANSMISSION.
Under rocent' decisions by the Secretary OF tho
Treasury there viii necessarily DO "a large guam
tity OF gold and silver moving about FOR trans
portation by express the government would have
dtsburse large sums OF money The question has
raised whether this coin cannot be sent In United
States postal cars, through the mails Under such
an arrangemc the govern mcrt would have TO pay
about only seventeenth OF what the expr essage
would no. The question discussed ut the Cabinet
meeting yesterday but not definitely settled. Some
such plan as this will, however. DO very likely
adopted Correspondence concerning II is now gong
on between tho Treasury and Post Onice departments.
LABOR AND COST OF LIVING IN SCOTLAND
BANKS, THEIR ISSUE AND AMOUNT OF
CAPITAL.
Mr. Samuel F. Cooper, Urited States Consul at
Glasgow, transmits to tho department OF State re-
port trade In Scotland, from which the following
extracts have been mado:-"wagcs arc steadily de-
cnning Laborcrs received from so to IS a day ;
miners, to II cents an hour; mechanics, 81 week;
printers S. On railways, conductors paid S. to
So week; switch tenders So; engine drivers 10 to
IA cents an hour; Grcmen, o to cents hour. Tho
cost OF living is about the same as In tho United
States whiskey is considered necessity, though II
costs about three hundred pcr cent in Scotland
than 10 tho United States. Beer IS comparat,vcly
cheap
There are eleven banks IN Scotland, with their
branches under special charters; capital, $50 900 600
circulation, $4,000 oOo deposits, s3i2 600 o00 golc
held, $17, 900; silver, $4,000 900. Tho circu
OF each bank Is unrestricted II s only required to
redeem It's issues IN coin and TO bold certain pro-
portion OF coin in Only ABOUT nvo per cent
Il ~otu {ouv ~ .~t,t
Paper universally preferred to coin, which Is never
called for except for special Laborers arc PAID
IN silver, which Is preferred because OF smaller de-
nominst ions. pound note is the smallest issued
A. DELEGATION OF PROFESSORS FROM THE
| NAVAL OBSERVATORY GONE TO ossrESR THE
| ECLIPSE or THE SUN. ..4stsssr. tur II R
Professor Newcomb has gone 10 Wyoming, Pro-
lessor Todd to Texas and Professors Hail. Hardness
and Holden to Colorado representing the Naval OBJ
ssrvatory, to observe the eclipse OF she to take
| place tho 29tn inst Scientific parties havo also
gone thither from other points OF this country. Inc
eclipse will DO total Ia the above named localities
and also In tho western part OF British America and
at Havana Tho total eclipse will continue two MIN.
uscs and q halt ia she ana Two minutes at Ha.
vsna The eclipse will be nj two-thirds OF the sur.
face OF tho sun in this section beginning at about
nve O'Clock r. NJ, and continuing several hours
OBSERVATION or TEMPLES COMET.
The Smithsonian Institution reports that the Acad
envy OF Vienna sbe observation OF Tom pic 8
nine o'clock the 10th OF July, 1873, in IS
hours IL m,n right ascension, 4 deg Is min south
declination.
standard SILVER DOLLAR.
Mexican silver dollars and United States trade doh
lara purchased bullion at the Philadelphia Mint
and Assay Once, Now York. at the equivalent OF Ihe
London nate Tor silver the day OF purchase less
sne-hslt cent per ounce payable In standard SILVER
dollars The bullion mint value OF the Mexican
and trade dollar under the above regulation and tho
present price OF silver is about ninety aud a half
cents; neither tho Mex'can the trade dollar are
legal tender, ana when offered In payment may DO
lawfully refused by any one. II expected tnss tho
Now Orleans Mint will DO ready commence pur-
chasing Mexican and trade dollars the above terms
about the LIST oil Angus, prox
1wESrY-1HREE cLERxs DISMISSED.
Owing TO tho reductions mado by tho last Congress
In tho appropriations Tor the Patent once IL was
founa necessary dismiss twenty three clerks con-
with tho various branches Of that bureau to-