Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-09-29
NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Tho Treasury Department has issued a cir
cuur to customs officers in regard to the I'M
portation Of books copyrighted in the Untod
States,
Comptroller Of the Currency Trenholm
will direct the criminal prosecution of VIII
liam +. Gould, late cashier of tho First Ma
tonal Bank of Portland rs soon rs he re-
ceives the official account of his crime.
The resignation of Prof. William Fcrrol
meteorologst of the signal service, has been
accepted by tho secretary Of war.
Commissioners Pensions Black has flol
with the secretary of the interior his report
of the operations of the pension bureau for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1856, from
which it appears that on June 20 last there
were 3Gj, iS pensioners on the rolls, net III
crcace of 20 6S5 names.
The treasury department is asked to CLASH
fly what are known as hat materials"
Consul Jernigan, at IIioga, Japan, in re-
port to the state dc, artmcut says: "Gcnerally
Americans transact their business through
foreigners instead of having their own repre-
sentativcS here. When | see Germany and
Great Britain cxhluSting every resource to
advance their respective interests, and my
own country comparatively inactive spccta-
tor, with her trade falling of, | feel that
the fact should be stated, and that 1t merits
serious attention"
Miss Margaret Meade, INC only surviving
chlu ol ltcaiu W. Me'uG, ioinnu' y, on' Lo.
oa'rs i,l'i ~, v ~ h'iIaIi, cro "nnr.
rgS RS III I,i go brnth,rs tbc jat,
o,u. ME- dmoaU M tmJ o,,1 tho lota COW
modoae RirhaTd W. Mead, were born while
their father represented this country at tho
court of Spain.
The couso Of Secretary Monninr's sickness
is discovcrcd in the presence of pip's leading
directly to the sewer.
Secretary Lamar proposc; TO write TO the
committee in charge of the Calhoun cclebra-
ton to occur in Charleston in November for
which he has prepared his address,, suggest
ing a postponcmcnt until some future day, on
ncCount of the pre- ent condition of the city.
Tho ruhl;sbnd rnnort of tbo dismissal from
tbe intnrior danortnont of Mrs r.. A, John
son, a granddaughter of the late Robert
Morris Csgner of the Declartion of Indie
pendence) is correct The reason given for
her removal is that she was incompetent
Tho State Danortn,ort Is huslv ENGAGED in
the nrcnnration of n royissd list of consular
salaries in accordance with the Belmont bill.
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ntSte,,tro,i G,,e w. oi,a w., Avor G. 70 !,
hooks was today fined 5000
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iish Gun " iepo4 0''
me pulsnr6ln government Is od aes 0on
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nut scbnnc eonrtioneG nv tbo sultan for =
Uetwnrt NJ roiIwovs Ia connert tbo R,ocl
Son With tha porsion prlf under Tho drcc
40, of flo Austrian ort;nnnr pro.coI
M, ,,.o, $50, - A.
me steamer rrunccs nili'uh vi oWel
Souhu ohV, na2 nSa.ll S oceil sS ". oy VI.
onconnt nf soma informo,itv nc IN the sccnr
itv of sl5 900 ON n former seizue at St Ip
nsce Mich for imnronor renorting n. fila
rort
A. c,, Nox /, ro,,o..od Gov. q,
sorior. G';bt an tbe 1ith bet weon Mey;ro,
troons and YaorIis Tho Mexicans had b
killed and 40 wounded and tho Yaquis G.
killed.
Ninetv Thousand cotton sninnors IN Burn
lere England have resolved to strike apains
a reduction ia wages.
Tho recort ca,o on tho labrador coast wo
very severe. Five British schooners wer
totally wrecked, three lives were lost an,
hundreds of families are furnishing.
Parnells Land bill has been defeated in tn
British Parliament, 297 TO 2O2.
Tho italian ,,ovornn,opt bos dec;ded rno
the expulsion of the Jesuits from its ter
ritory
Tho of,cors ip,n,ico+od IN tbo Madrid rsvo
luton ora conJe,pneI to deoth
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me ltaiIoit s"Verl,he , - ihucn al'n9ye !,
az INC new nt.lVuuoo Oh the f1Pe towaru VI
t. hoS daniIrJ ~ iutorvono ond r;gi,Ilv q,
for,.o oil law o1,,inst tho orJor Tbo etFsc
,vi,i bo cnn,n1ota ovruIsion Of Jos,,its fro,
ttnIian terrtn,,,
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s,naII , notient. IN tbo bosT,;to,s The III,
on"a. apc fostnrad h U I warm rnns Tho An
trion CONT viii Inc unable 10 winter Mt Goo