Daily globe., 1881-07-31
news OF THE CAPITAL.
SECREI4RY WINDOW RECEIVES
THREATENING LETTERS
Bisseil Suspected OF Beins
Their Author-The Fall Call for Silver
Dollars-NatiOnal Bank Bonds Extended
Post Offices Established and Discon-
tinued-Surrender of Southern Moon
shiners-The Whitaker Case Hung Up.

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tinued-surrender of Southern Moon
shiners-The Whitaker Case Hung Up.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Deputy Col
lector Noah, in charge of the internal
revenue district of South Carolina, reports
to Commissioner Raum to-day that Cos
soway, one of McDow's eonfederates,
surrendered himself this morning, and
that Deputy Collector Judson took him to
Greenville.
Edwin B. Smith, assistant attorney gen.
eral, has resigned.
The comptroller Of the currency reports
that the national banks held on April 25,
1881. at commencement of the refunding
operations. s2l3. .2l3,55O of and 6 per
cent. bonds, s35 100000 of Az per cent.
bonds. and slO2, 100000 of 4 per cent.
bonds. as security for circulation,
and four millions of Pacific railroad skies,
making a total of overs354 900, 900. The to-
tai amount now held is $362, ,6S4 600. They
now hold $l9, ,000,000 more OF extended
three and halls than they held OF lives
and SKIES at the time the refundlng oper-
alton commenced, and about $Il l,O0O,0OO
less Of four per cents. All OF the hVe
per cent. bonds held by the banks have
been extended, except 1907 ,45O, which
are owned by hundred different ma
tional banks.
Commander Wadleigh, of the steamer
Alliance reports his arrival at Reikoork,
Iceland, July y, and after cooling would
leave for the Arctic ON the 18th. No ice
on the coast.
Superintendent DAVIS, of the New
Orleans mint, reports to the treasury de-
partment that he will, during the move
ment of the cotton and sugar cane crop,
put out from New Orleans eight or ten
millions of standard silver dollars. The
annual demand for silver dollars is
thought to be about to commence, to be
followed inevitably by a backward flow
of the ccln into the treasury vaults. The
treasury department has not purchased
the full amount of silver bullionrequired
by law for coming into dollars for several
weeks. The cause of this is the high
prices which have been placed on bullion
by dealers, rendered Its purchase imprac-
ticable.
A large delegation of Indians from
tribes of the Northwest will arrive here
on the 18th of August to consult with the
Indian department about the division of
lands in severalty and other questions Of
interest to the tribes. The delegation
will consist Of Standing Bear and two
other Ponca chiefs from Dakota, Little
Chief and two other Cheyennes and Ar
raphoes, several chiefs from Standing
Rock agency, three chiefs from Pine
Ridge agency, Spotted Tail and Young
Man Afraid of His Horse, Red Cloud and
two other Crows from Red Bud agency,
three Omanas and three Winnebagos,
Guiteau will be responsible for postpon
ing final decision of the Whitaker case.
The voluminous record of thee mar
tial has to be gone over by Gen. Swaine,
Judge advocate general, and reported up to
the President. Gen. Swaine will not be
able to give it his attention until the Pres
ident is out of danger. There will thus
necessarily be long delay, even before
the case is ready to so to the President. OF
course there will be more delay before the
President can act On it. Meantime Whlta-
ker will remain in the army as cadet,
though it is almost an open fact that the
verdict of the court martial is that he
should be dismissed from the service.
I Ex-Treasury Agent Bissell was at the
treasury department to-day. He saw Sec
retary Window and told him that the
letter which threatened the secretary's
life if Lampher was not removed, was
not written by him. He added he would
not shoot any man for an office. He also
said he was convinced that the alleged
threatening letter was got up and written
inside the treasury department. While
Bissell was in the secretary's room quite
a crowd of clerks gathered in the corri
dor in that vicinity. When he came out
he said: ''They must think am penny
show Secret service men are enquiring
into the case, and the indications point to
an early arrest of Bissell, on the charge
of sending threatening matter through
the mail. Bissell was formerly special
agent Of the department.
Capt. Randolph Carpenter, who was
fatally shot the night Of the 25th, during
the confusion of fire at Back Springs,
Col, by =. II. True, owner of a bank,
who supposed the fire was part of
plan to plunder, was not the war CORES
pondent of the New York Herald with
the army of the Potomac, as enormously
published IN the Washington Herald.
The army correspondent was Mr.. Samual
Carpenter, of this city,, for some time
connected with the Star and who died
several years ago of congestion, in Min
nesota, whether he had gone for benefit
of his health
The following new post offices have
been established in the West: Williams,
FJarapa county, Arizona; Flatwood,
Phelps county, Mo-; PUTT, Gallltan
county, Montana; Vera Cruz, Lincoln
county, New Mexico; McCordy, Ross
county, Ohio; Houghton, King county,
Washington Territory; Lowdell, Wood
county, W. Va. The following have
been discontinued: Monmouth, Monroe
county, Cal; Belleville, Jefferson county,
Cal; Bee, Montgomery county, Cal; !;
Dry Ridge, Bourbon county, Cal; Forest
Grove, Montgomery county, Kas.; Ohm
stead, county, Kas; Wilton, Wa
SEGA county, Mimi; Farrell, Madison
county, Montana; Barrows, Sioux county,
Neb., Mount Dell, Salt Lake county,