Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-07

purchased at the minis by weight as bullion,
and the value depends on the price of silver on
the day the coin is received at the mint.
One hundred and twenty-five mail pouches,
containg oyer ID. 100000 of internal revenue
stamps of the face value of 81, 900, were
sent out yesterday.
The exports of petroleum and petroleum
products from The United States during Au-
gust, 1881, were S5,SS3,oS9. For the eight
mouths ending August 81, 1881, they were
$50, 1S7 $50. For the same period in1SS0, they
were $2l ,2T6 $50.
AQUIET DAY.
This has been quiet day at the temporary
Executive mansion on capitol hill. Generals
Sherman and Ben. +. Butler dined with the
President, and after dinner the president and
Gen. Sherman took drive. Secretary Kirk
wood also called on the president to-day.
THE CABINET.
The first cabinet meeting of the new admin
istration will be held on Tuesday.
STEAMBOAT INTERESTS
delegation of the National Board Steam
Navigation, of whom L. w. Gould, of St.
Louis, and Gen. Neglez, of Pittsburg,
were spokesman, called on President
Arthur to-day and explained
to him the objects Of the board. The president
replying observed that in the shadow of the
great calamity which had befallen the cOun-
try, there was no escape from the duty which
had devolved on him and that in the objects in
which his visitors were interested, as in all
measures, he would entleavor to justsfy the
expectations of themselves and the country.
The board appointed delegates to the Mis-
sissippi river improvement convention, select
ed Cairo, Ill. for the next annual meeting and
made arrangements for the annual meeting of
1881 ON board steamboat on the Mississippi
en- route to New Orleans. Officers elected for
ensuing year : President E. w. Gould, st.
Louis; vice president, r. 81. Voolfolk, Louis
vile; j. A. Hotinger, st. Louis.
GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
A meeting of citizens and those Temporal
rily in Washington, held tonight to provide
for the establishment of National Garfield
Memorial hospital in the city of Washington,
was well attended and much enthusiasm pre-
vailed. Many prominent officials and citizens
participated and letters of encouragement
were received from Others. 1t was announced
/ that subscription lists would be prepared by
the committee of twenty. five ordered to be APP
pointed and that the whole country and ign
nations would be asked to place the memorial
hospital on the broad national and interna-
llOlldl OdSlS vi COiuillOu LII udS
been intimated to some leading promoters of
| the proposed memorial, that Queen Victoria
will probably head the list of subscriptions
! from Great Britain, and that other European
rulers will gladly contribute to the fund.
The tenth annual meeting of the national
board of steam navigation began to-day, Pres
| ident E. w. Gould of st. Louis, in the chair.
| Interesting reports were submitted by Gen.
James Negley, of Pittsburgh, and resolution
i I'D he
pay of men in the life-saving service.
THE YORKTOWN REVIEW.
| A grand military parade at Yorktown, and
review by the president of the United States,
will be held on the Goth of October, and it is
especially desired that all troops arrange to be
on the ground to participate. Governors of
! states will exercise judgment in the matter,
| appearing with their troops on that occasion.
Seats will be reserved for them on the review
ing stand, to which they can repair after the
passage of their line.
| SILVER AND SILVER CERTIFICATES.
Treasurer Gilfillan to-day received letter
from the president of bank in South Caro-
lima, stating that the people of that state
would not take silver certificates as current
money, and asking if he could pay them out on
the checks of United States disbursing officers.
The treasurer replied that the standard sill
yer dollar, which is full legal tender, could be
could take them instead, saying that in his
experience he found the certificates usually
preferred to coin.
| BULLION BOUGHT.
The treasury department to-day purchased
,227 600 ounces of fine silver for delivery at
the Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco
and Carson mints. Coinage will be resumed
at the Carson mint on the LIST prox.
| Acting Secretary French, in letter, sets
forth that local steamboat inspectors have no
authority to impose fines. Their duty, in the
event of misconduct, negligence or incompe-
| tence, is simply to revoke or suspend licenses.
THE PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT..
1t seems to be pretty well understood that
Postmaster General James will remain
in his present position at the desire of Presi-
dent Arthur, but he will not stay any longer
than is required to wind up the star route
prosecutions. When these cases have been
disposed of he will retire, at his own request,
as an important position of higher pay
awaits his command in New York. If Gen.
James remains in the cabinet, as now seems
assured, First Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner will probably retire. He has never, it
| is said, been in accord with the administration
| oil the department, and those familiar with
James, purposes and intentions say Tyner
would have gone out long ago had not Prcsl.
dent Garfield been shot.
POSTAL STATISTICS.
The report of the operations of 100 free
delivery post offices during the past year,
show that there were delivered 262, 425, SOS
mail letters, 1906, $50 mail postal cards, TO-
733 ,20S local letters, 43,S9S,15S local postal
cards, 2,l26,309 registered letters, and 146,-
AT, ia newspapers. There was collected al
the 100 free delivery offices during the yea1
,945 letters, S5793,1 25 postal cards and
| 54,O75, 476 newspapers. Cost the service fo1
the year 81, 493, 972, or three mills per piece
National Republican Committee.
| New YORK, Oct. 6.--At an informal meet
| ing of members of the national Republican
committee to-day, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Rcsolued, That the Republican national
committee on the death of President Garfield
realizes the loss of q chosen and trusted lead
er, whose intellectual qualities, correct princi-
pies, progressive impulses and inspirations for
good government made him An appropriate