Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1876 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

rMH WAunraroN. Tn ofitosrs of Dm Washington National Montuatat Society ban executed a conveyance of all the rights and privilege-* of the society to the United States. Tn President baa Issued a proclamation ratify!ag the treaty between the United States of America and the King of the HaA Waeepwtoh special of the 9th says the sensational story told by Rldgely, the trapper, concerning Coster's death was discredited tn army circles. The trapper was believed to be a half-breed spy for the Indiana. Ton were withdrawn from the Treasury in Washington on the Uth $700,000 United States six per lent bonds, held to secure National Bank circulation, for which four and n half per cent bonds were to bo substituted. Tki United States Treasury Department has recently issued the following order relative to the purchase of silver bullion for coinage: Until further notice, silver bullion la the form of foreign coin or amalgam plate will be purchased at the mints at Philadelphia and the assay olllces at New York. The purchasing rate will be 101 cents per standsrd ounce at Philadelphia, Ban Fran, eisco sad New Tork, and 100 K cents at Canson; payable in United States gold eoin on the determination of value by the mint assay, the seller paying mint charges for reSuing. Tn thirty-fourth call for the redemption of 5.20 bonds of 1855, May and November, waa Issued from the Treasury Department In Washington on the 12th. The call is for $10,000,000. The principal and accrued in- ! terest on these bonds will be paid Dec. 12, after which date interest will cease.