The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-03-20
General News Summary.
Washington.

| Washington.
The Treasury Department will be
prepared to issue on the 1st of April, in addi
tion to ten dollar certificates convertible into
| four per cent. bonds, like certificates on sim.
| liar conditions to be registered on the books
of the Treasury in the name of the owner,
which name will also be entered on the face
of the certificates. The first class are received
| from the bearer, the other by order or trans
fer, properly attested.
The Secretary of the Treasury, on
the 1eth, issued call for the redemption OF
SIC, ,OOO, 600 of $40 bonds.
The Treasury Department has issued
a circular inviting all Collectors of Customs,
Surveyors of Customs, Receivers of Public
Monies, Postmasters of money order offices,
and all other public officers of whatsoever
character, to become agents for the sale of
the Sl0four per cent. refunding certificates, au-
thorized to be iss ued by the act of February
last Commission will be allowed ana bond
required.
DIR. JOHN M. v ooDwoRTH, Super
vising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospi-
tai Service, died on the 14th.
The Representatives of the National
Labor party made a public communication to
the Republican and Democratic members elect
OF the House of Representatives of the Forty
sixth Congress. on the 18th. which proposes
to CO operate with them by electing as Speak
er either 8. 8. Cox, of New York, or James
Phelps, of Connecticut; W. ID. Kelley or
Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylvania; Green
bury Fort, OF Illinois; William II FELTON,, of
Georgia: John NJ. Bright or 81. c. Young, of
Tennessee.
SAMPLE copies of publications of the
second class, which after May LIST will be en-
titled to transmission through the mails at
two cents per pound, are defined by the Post
Office Department to be copies sent to persons
not to subscribers for the purpose of inc ucing
them either to subscribe for or advertise in
the publication, or to agents orto persons de-
string to become agents, or whom the pub
Usher may wish to induce to act as agents, to
be used by them in procuring subscribers and
advertisers.
The President has appointed James
Pollock, Naval Officer at Philadelphia.
THE Democratic Senators held
caucus on the 18th, the object being to con-
cider the formation Of the standing commit
tees. After discussion, the following basis
was agreed upon for reorganization of COM
mittees: First, seniority; second, the choice
OF committee by one having two or more
chairmanships; third, the arrangement of
chairmanships for vacancies. According TO
this programme, Eaton, the senior Demo-
cratic member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, win be its chairman; Finance,
Bayard; Military Affairs, Randolph; Ju-
dietary, Thurman; Public Lands, McDon-
AID; Indian Affairs, Coke; Pensions, Withers;
Claims, Cockrell; District of Columbia, Har-
ris; Patents, Herman; Territories, Garland;
Mines and Mining, Hereford; on Revision OF
Laws, Wallace. salisbury has the choice of
Chairman Of three committees. namely, Priv.
ileges and Elections, Post-offices and Post
roads, and Public Buildings and Grounds;
Davis, OF West Virginia, has the choice of
Chairman OF the Appropriations and Agricul-
ture: Johnston of Manufactures and Revolu-
tionary Pensions; Gordon of Commerce and
Education and Labor; Whyte of Civil Service
and Retrenchment, Naval Affairs and Print
ing; Ransom Of Railroads and Library.
The Government has closed q con-
tract with ]. B. Price for fast mail service on
the Mississippi River between St. Louis and
New Orleans. Seven new steamers are to be
built for this purpose. There are between
800 and 800 postof1ices on the route, and the
round tripof 2, SO miles is to be made in the
maximum time of 3l3 hours.