The Portland daily press., 1880-07-12
WASHINGTON.
The Work at the MintS,

lu6 w DIX dU UU0 MINUS.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Coinage has been
resumed at all the United States mints which
were recently closed in order to make the an
nual examination, with the exception of the
Philadelphia mint, where some repairs are be-
ing made. This mint will commence coming
. about the 18TH, The New Orleans and Carson
mints are coming standard dollars. The San
Francisco mint is coming standard dollars and
gold coin. The Philadelphia mint will resume
on standard dollars, gold and minor coins.
The Inter Oceanic Canal.
NJ. Blanchet and Admiral Ammen, in their
interview with the President today, urged the
feasibility of the Nicaragua canal. The Presi-
dent stated that he looked upon the Nicaragua
route as the most available one. The compan Y
promoting the construction of the Nicaragu a
canal is composed, among others, of the fol-
lowing: Admiral Ammen, Engineer Menocal,
Geo. A. Butler, U. S. Grant, d. G. Mills, w.
A. Barnum, Geo. r. Loring, Levi. z. Morton,
Geo. W. Riggs, II. j. Jewett, M. Seligman
and B. FL. Bristow.
New Money Order Offices.
The Postofice Department has issued orders
for the establishment of the following addi-
tional money order offices on Monday, August
I'd:
Maine-Andover, Bluehiil, Canaan, East
Corinth and Freeport
New mpshire-Henniker.
Observation-Disclosures and South Hero.
Observation-Disclosures Orchard and North
Attleboro.
A Very Doubtful Story.
There is singular report here this forer-
noon which is credited by influential Republi-
cans, particularly by some prominent Indiana
men, to the effect that the subject of the re-
tirement of English from the Democratic
Presidential ticket is now under serious con-
sderation by the Democratic managers, and
that the subject will be preached at the forth
coming meeting of the National Democratic
Committee in New York July Is. The reason
assigned by the circulators of this rumor for
the withdrawal, is the supposed unpopula rity
of English in Indiana.
Reduction of Force in the Government
Printing House.
Owing to the small appropriation made bv
Congress for the Government printing office
during the current fiscal year discharge of
about twenty-five per cent of the force in that
department will become necessary about the
first of August.
Removal of the National Library Recon-
mended.
The committee of architectural experts APP
pointed by the joint Congressional committee
on the library has decided that the nation al
library cannot well be accommodated in the
capitol building and has recommended the
erection of a new building Mr.. Clark, archi-
tect OF the CAPITOL a member of this board of
experts, says that should the joint committee
decide to accept their report they will also rec
ommend that the main body of the old library,
which holds seventy-fve thousand books, be
used as library of parliamentary reference,
and the two wings for the documentary libra
ries of the two houses.
Serious Illness Of w. w. Corcoran.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-Despatches received
today from Greenbrier, White Sulphur Spring s
state that W. w. Corcoran is threatened with
paralysis and is in critical condition. His
secretory and physician left tonight for Green
brier in special car. Mr.. Corcoran is upward
of so years. and his rumored illness causes
considerable anxiety.