The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-05

tors circular. As carly as August - 1916 we a.
partment informed an inquirer INA. sns .ssSs nas
been repeated scores OF times and published sy Ins
press throughout the country 10 svoia the sioor
preparing manuscript letters the director emooe,es
tie information in a circular. adding thereto tao,es
for The computation OF such Value. Inere VA 49,. a.
bly, its publication may nave nasisned the deprecia.
ton Of the for the. true vaiuean event "no.
inevitable and could not have been much longer
'-' ~ W. JOAN SHERMAN. Secretary.
APPOINT. D MINISTER RESIDENT TO BoGoTA
The President has appointed s. wsou Psttis. d
Pennsylvania TO be Minister Resident and Consul Gem
sral at Bolivia.
This position was abolished several years ago, hss
the last Diplomatic Appropriation bill again maze
provision for IL. Tho appointes native OF Ohio ane
went TO Pennsylvania in 1s4S, whore he has resided
since, except for short time, when he held the post
Of Judge of the United States Courtof Colorado
uader President Lincoln. He hlsd unexpired
term In the Fortieth Congress.
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS CONVENTION.
The United States Railway Mail Service Mu'
tual Benefit Association met this morning
at Franklin Legion Hall. About two hun
dred and 1f,y members were present Tns
total membership Is about one thousand two hun
dred and fifty, employees OF the railway mail servics
throughout the country. Tho meeting was called u
order by Mr. G. f. Moore, OF Springfield, Mass, prest
dent President Moore read his address, in which hs
congratulated Inc association on ITS prospereus con-
dition and noticed that during It's existence they
had expended $37, 900 and had made twenty-five as
sessmcnts, averaging Sill 05 per voar, for an insur
auce $l4S4 During the past year there have
been nine assessments. two Of which wore paid from
tho surplus fund. He com limented hig bly, the Gen
erai Secretary, James D. Stacy, Of Jacksonville, Ilr
for the businessike manner In which the work has
been done, spoke fcctng terms OF the late
George S. Banks, formerly superintendent OF the
service.
FIVE rwrNrY BONDS s. sEvENrIKrH GALL OF
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Tho Secretary Of tho Treasury this afternoon ISSUED
the seventeen call Tor tho redemption Of hvs-twent,
bonds OF 1865 coasols OF 1868 The call 10 ioI
s5.ooo.coo. Of which 100000 are coupon, and
So 900 registered bonds The principal and inter
will be p lid the Treasury and alter tho fourth
day OF December next aud the Interest will cease Of
that date Following are descriptions OF bonds:--
Coupon bonds dated July ], $3.50, No "a 00l
TO 75oos. both ncus.ve 800 No 1856 COL 70 ISIS o0o
elusive; No. lS4 COL lS9 600 10th Inclusive.
Total coupon bonds, s.: 600 900.
the United stslss afscr nrst dav OF July. 1870"
!oows:-$5o, No. 2.45l to Ma. Asa both inclusivei
No IL 2oi TO No IL 226 both inclusive; 81. 600 Ma
No. 81, 400 both inclusive; - 0OO Mn H. sol
20 NO H. OOc, both inc'uslve; Slo,ooO NO l1oS1 70
No 20, $50 botn inclusive Total registered bonds,
So, 000, 900. Aggregate. $5,000,O0o
IN rEgNAL REVENUE CoLLEcTIoNs-REFoRr OF
THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE SECRETARY or
THE TREASURY.
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue to-day ad.
dressed following letter 10 the Secretary OF the
Treasury
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
sf WASHINGTON, sept. 4, 1873
Hon.
Washington, ID. q. -
SiR-i hnve tho honor of transmitting here With
statement OF the collection OF internal revenue tax ~
for the fiscal ended Juno So 1873, giving
collected and paid the United States Treasury
aud the amount collected and unaccounted for.
II will be that the sum OF $lO4 III, A37 80 has
collected accounted for, and thai the Of
year ynded June 80 1877, toe internal revenue col.
lcctions $I1S,9 1S4 70 There remains
unaccounod for Tor that period the sum oil 81 300.
IL therefore appears that during the ass
two nscal years tho sum OF $225. 1922 10
has been collected and accounted Tor, ami the OF
Tho item making up this amount have been reported
TO the honorable First Con- ptrolisr toe SUIT The
suretes tho collectors bonds cntircly good,
and have oeen assured that tao amounts due viii
no loss 10 the United Statcs Each Of the dsbauitiug
collectors been removed from office. IL rs proper
that the deficiency that occurred In tne
counts Of Celioctor Fannp, OF Georgia, Was occa-
sionod ~ tho dishonesty OF his cashier Two OF the
de ncie IN my last annual report
These surss speak for thc seIves and give
to the people that tho public funds derived IRON
rnal revenue taxation are received aud accounted
by honest, diiigent and faithful officers Very
specially, GREEN B. RAUM, commissioner