E. M. LEDBETTER. Little Rock, April l7th, 1833-2tf

Treasury Department,
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 IN the late confagration of the Treasury

 u building, nearly all the corresponden Of the Secretary of the Treasury, from tfe March, 1883, was destroyed, including, as

 we'll the original letters and communica-

 tions addressed tn the Secretary of the

 Treasury, as the records 1.-the letters and

 communications written by bim. With a view to repair the loss, as far as 1t may be practicable, all officers of the United States, are requested to cause copies to be prepared, and authenticated by them, oi

 any letters texcepting those hereinafter al-

 Jude to1 which they may at any time have

 written to, or received from, the Secretary

 ofthe Treasury ,and all those who may have been ii office, aud other individuals

 throughout the United States, and else

 where, are i Invited to do the same ,ha. .nls corresponaence may be arranged into appropriate books, 1t is requested that 1t | oe copied on folio fools cap paper, with a Hfficient margin on all sides to admit of | ,inding--no more than one letter to be | contained on a leaf. It Is also requested, | hat the copics Dc written n . plain d;s- I inct or expressing hand. Where the ori- l sinal can be spared, it would be preferred. l The reasonable expense incurred Tn copyI ng the papers now requested, not exceed ng the rate often cents for every hundred l words. will be defrayed by the Depart nent.

 The correspondence which has been iaved, and of which, therefore, no copies Ire desired, are the records of the letters 1 written by the Secretary of the Treasury Q Presidents and Cashiers of banks, from he 1st October, 1919, to the 20th Februa- y, 1883; all the correspondence relating Q the Revolutionary claims of Virginia officers to half pay, under the act of 5th July, 1892; and to applications for the benefits of the acts efthe 2d March, 1881, md Huh July, 1832, for the relief of cer- ain insolvent debtors fthe United States. Copies Of some circular letters and in- functions, written by the Secretary, have lso been preserved; and it is requested hat before copy be made ofany circular etter or instruction, written by the Score any of the Treasury, the date and object f the circular be first stated to the De- artment, and its wishes on the subject as. ertained. LOIIIS McEANE,

 Secretary of the Treasury.

 June I, 1893. l3-l3w