Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-31
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Exchange of Bonds-Suspenae eL for
 Short Eeriotl-Other Matters.

The Exchange Of BOnds-Suspenael for
 Short Period-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-In order to allow of the preparation of the schedules and in terest checks for payment of the November 1st dividend on six per cont, bonds, con tinued at 8 and not yet exchanged for 3s, the Secretary of the Treasury glves notice that the exchange of 34s will be suspened from September 2Oth until November 1st, and circular S1O of July 18th is modified as cordingly.
 The Secretary of War has divided the Mis- sssippi below Cairo into two districts for the purpose of improvement, and assigned off, cers in charge of each.
 Solicitor Raynor has decided that advertis- ing circulars issued in similitude of national bank notes or gresnbaoks were a violation of the law and could not be permitted to be used.
 Secretary Lincoln decides that the recen4 l action of the Mississippi river commission l makes 1t proper to use the funds appropria | ted by the late act for the construction of l levees.
 No plans have been submitted so fur to the 1 Navy department for the construction of the 1 new navel vessels under the act of the last 1 Congress and the recent advertisement for plans.
 l The British government having given per 1 mission for an American officer to accom- papy General Wolseley in his Egyptian cam- raign, Lieutenant Commander Goodrich, of l the United States steamship Lancaster, has 1 been detached for that purpose In response to press criticisms to the effect l that the Indian bureau should feed certain, 1 tr bes of Indians and prevent them from go 1 iY,tyn fha D-i i wants it understood that he is giving them ] every cents worth of food and supplies that Congress.has made appropriations for, and for him to go beyond that would be in direct 1 violation of law.
 A telegram from the registrar of the land office confirms the published report that Cap tain Payne and 8 number of his follower. are now in the Indian Territory. Commissioner Price has forwarded this telegram with @ let ter from W. A. Phillips to Acting Secretary Joslyn with recommendation thatthe War department be requested to send troops tt drive out the trespassers.
 | Surgeon General Hamilton received tele gram from Brownsville Tex, to-day signed jointly by Surgeon Murray, Collector Goodricl and Mayor Carson: Fifty new cases; three deaths; don't need more doctors here no increasing at Fort Isabel fever exists in west ern part quarantined district for which med 1cines must be supplied.
 l The Secretary of the Treasury makes tn, following announcement for the benefit 0
 whom it may concern: Inquiries having beer mate at the Treasury department to knov
 whether in transferring the new per cent
 bonds, the owners of bonds of large denomi nations will be allowed to split them up int
 bonds of small denominations, as is the cas-
 in all other United States loans. This vii not be practicable under the regu lations for transfer which are made necessar, l by the peculiar provisions of the law in re gard to the original and substitute number of the new bonds, the department an
 nounces that the per cent. bonds receive,
 for transfer will be reissued on exactly tn same denominations as received. If partie
 who have sent Ill 34 per cent bonds to b
 exchanged have ordered enough small bond
 to supply the demands of the market n
 trouble will arise.