Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The deficit of the Postoffice Department for the quarter ended March 31 last was $1,665,533. It is estimated that the doflcit for the present fiscal year will reach $6,000,000. The total value of exports of breadstuds for the six months ended Juno 30 wbb $76,167,098, as compared with $67,493,281 for the corresponding period of 1884. A decision by Second Comptroller Maynard is to the effect that the moneys appropriated to Georgia by the act of March 3, 1883, to reimburse the State for exponsos incurred in tho revolutionary war, must be covered into the Treasury and credited to the amount duo from Georgia undor the direct tax of 1861, levied upon all tho States to dofray the expenses of suppressing the rebellion. Fire at Washington destroyed tho presses and composing and editorial rooms of tho Post, Republican, Critic, and Sunday Gazette. Tho loss is estimated at $150,000. At present there are 327 distilleries in operation in tho United States, producing daily 164,424 gallons of spirits. Ex-Senator Francis Kernan, of New York, has declined the appointment of Government Director of the Union Pacific Railroad lately offered him by the President. Secretary Manning has addressed a circular to manufacturers and others interested in tho industrial arts, asking their views as to the feasibility of simplifying tho tariff and substituting specific for ad-valorem duties. The results of the inquiry will be laid before Congress.