, 1881-07-31


Pacific Railrtrld Gs, making q total q
over S:s54, ,000, 900, The total amount no,
held Is So, Gss, ,o0o They now hold $4,000
600 more vi extended 3114s than they held q
5s and Us at the time the refl1nding opera
fions commenced, anu about S11 .00J, 900 les
per cents. All of the ) per cent bonds he'll
by the banks have becn extended, excep
S3,6o7,4D, which are owned by lluntire,
different National banks
COMMANDER WADLEIGH,
OF the steamer Alliance, reports his arrlva
at Reikavik, Iceland, July II, and that afte
coaling he would leave for the Arctic on tn,
18th. No ice Oh the coast. The Parliamc1
OF Iceland was i'll session. and he had fur
nisled the members with description of thf
Jeannette, with an offer Of a reward for infor
nation therefro1n.
/ SILVER.
Superintendent Davis, Of the New Orleans
Mint reports to tile Treasury Department
| that he will, during the movement If the cot
ton and suSar-cane crops, put out from New
! Orleans eight or ten millions Of standard sill.
| yer dollars. The annual demand for the sill
! yer dollar is about 10 recomnence, to be fol-
lowed inevitably BY Il backward flow Of the
| coin into the Treasury vaults The Treas.
ury Department has not furnished the fu}l
amount Of silver bullion required by the law
for coming into silver dollars for several
weeks past The cause of this is tue high
prices which have been placed upon bulIjnn
By dealers, rendering its purchase i1upractic-
able.
\ NOTED DESPERATE AND MAIIt-HOBEEIs
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3o.-A notorious
highway robbcr named liam Waite was 2
year or two ago tried and convicted of rob
DING the mails in Texas. He was a noted
ailu desperate higlwaylnan. lie had robbed
sfagccoaches and individuals, and had COM
mitted several murders. Upon convic-
tlon III Texas he was sentenced to impris-
onlnent i'll the West Virginia Penitentiary
Tor ll1e Upon the recommendation of Con-
gressman Jones. Of Texas, President Hayes
pardoned White. The postal authorities
Knew nothing about the pardon until White
was released. lie Immediately resumed his
career OF hlgl1wayman, and has now been
arrested in Colorado, where he will be tried,
ne was arrested under the name Of Benton.
lie mas numerous aliases, and has robbed
mails IN Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and
Colorado. Warrants have been procured in
Arkansas and Texas, and White will be tried
Tor crimes committed in those States as well
as i'll Colorado. Tie Chief Inspector of the
Post-Othce Department has several masks
worn by White i'll his different robberles.
lie is one of the most desperate Of border
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July :0.-The recent
discovery by the Commissioner Of Interna!
Revenue that one or two OF the banks of Chica-
go had been renlss i'll their payment Of taxes
10 me government has caused Gen. Ra1in to
INSTITUTE an examination of all the banks in
cities where there are Clearing Houses, to as
gard to NationaLbank taxation has been
evaded. He has sent special agents for this I
purpose to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New |
ork. and Boston. It will take some time |
or these agents to make the examination and !
eport consequent upon thtn- The Commits
'loner says that lie is determined to see that !
'rery bank pays to the Government the tax |
Which Is levied upon it by the Interna-Rey-
'nue laws After the banks in the cities Just |
lalnet! are examined he will send agents to
louis.
OUR ALLEGED NAVY.
Following the recent appointment of q
commission to inquire into ana report upon
he best plan for building mp the navy, Secre-
afS hunt has concluded to organize a sub
commission i'll each OF the navy-yards i'll the
ountrY. These Commissions will be in-
tructed to ascertain the amount of old worm
ut material accumulated during and since
Ele War, and Which Is OF TO use to the serv-
:e. lis takes this action with a view to ask
1g authority from Congress for the sale Of
ac!l old material. Secretary Hunt proposes.
. far as he is able, to inaugurate q thor
ugh system Of renovation in the navy. lie /
as also determined to replace a number of
ounger luen. His first point will, however,
e to clear out the rubbish of worthless ma
.rlal at present stored III the shops of the
DRUMS I1oEBY
GER. Drum, Adjutant-General Of the
rmy, has. ever since his succession to Gen.
shment of a School OF Infantry and Cavalry
r oifleers OF the army at some place in the |
Test. lie is 4 great adMirer and believer in |
le Artillery School which has been in
1sue D at Fort Monroe for many years: The
|e same general plan that the School for
rtillery exists at Fort Monroe. He has sue
eaett II this. amt the school will he estab-
shed. The Secretary Of War to-day di-
cted Capt. Marshall, Assistant Quarter
tend the construction of tile proper bllild-
IS for the use of such school. The diiIi-
Llty heretofore has existed that the Western
valry and infantry regiments were so
aracter about To be established was am,st
tirely sEIerfluous. The Indian question .
wing about solved itself, the regiments will
~ remain more stationary, and the pruc- y
ability Of the school, Gen. Drum thinks,
IL he fully established III the course Of i
ar experience. i
THE EXPENSIVE SIOUX. Ii
0ne of the first things that Congress will Il
called upon to do at the next session is to
te u deficiency for the support OF the Sioux !.
dams who have recently surrendered in !
. Northwest. The regular Army Appro- y
lation bill provides only for the nainte- I
nee of 500 Indian prisoners The number Of !!
oux who have surrendered is about g. 600; T
)st of these are now ut Fort Yates, and E
~ about 500 at any other point, except
ose at Fort Kcogh. The Government is
mpel1ed to support these prisoners, and,
ere not being sufficient money under the
,per appropriation, a deficiency will have | Y
be involved. How much it will amount to +,
mot. be now estimated. Congress will :.
o have to decide what shall be ~
nc with the surrendered Indians. They CT
Il be Kept at Forts keosh and Yates until IT
matter las been settled by Congressional pl
ion. Gen Drum said t,-tiay that it would II
recommended to Congress that they be Ii,
tributed over the different Indian reserya- pl
Is. and rs many as possible be put where To
re was goOd opportunity for compelling
~ to work and earn their own living by
iiI9a1 HA chi n ft,offf T.