Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Dr. E. 0. Shakespeare, of Pennsylvania, has been commissioned by the President to visit European countries where cholera exists, and make investigation as to its cause, progress, and prevention. His report will be made to Congress at the next session. Congress will be asked by Secretary Bayard to appoint several Inspectors of Consuls, the idea being that the service will thus be promoted and the revenues increased by securing an honest and uniform system of valuation... .A recent decision, making Indians ineligible as Postmasters, has caused about seventy-five resignations to be forwarded from Indian Territory. It will be difficult to replace them with white people. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist inst.: , Interest bearing debt— Bonds at 4 % per cent $250,000,000.00 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,736.450.00 Bonds at 3 per cent....• 194,190,500.00 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 227,000.00 Navy pension tundat 3 per cent.. 14,000,000.00 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent 64,623,512.00 Principal 1,260,777,462.00 Interest: 12,214,788.83 T0ta1..51,272,992,250.83 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity— Principal...;.;. $3,871,385.26 Interest. Total $4,092,717.56 Debt bearing no interest — Old demand and legal-tender notes $346,738,886.00 Certificates of deposit.... 23.185.000.00 Gold certificates... 118,137,790.10 Silver certificates...... 93,656,716.00 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed) 6,961,162.88 Principal $588,679,554.88 Total debt— Principal $1,853,328,402.14 Interest 12,436,121.13 T0ta1...... -$1,865,764,523.27 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt $240,927,074.70 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000,00 Total $340,927,074.70 Total debt less available caeh items $1,524,837.448.57 Net cash in the Treasury 63,903,106.30 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Oct. —l, Debt, less cash in Treasury, Sept. 1, 1885 1,473,692,307.52 Decreaseof debt during the month as shown by this statement $12,757,965.25 Cash in the Treasury available \ for reduction of the debt— Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $118,137,790.00 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding,'.. 93,656,716.00 United States notes held for cer- * tificates of deposit actually outstanding 23,185,000.00 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid.......... 5,945,066.71 Fractional currency 2,501.99 Total available for reduction of the debt $240,927,074.70 Reserve fund held for redemption of United States notes,acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882.. 100,000,000.00 Un • vailable for reduction of the debt — Fractional silver coin.,, $23,611,803.70 Minor coin 796,852.26 Total $24,438,746.«0 Certificates held as cash. 54,667,230.00 Net cash balance on hand 63,903,106.30 Total cash in Treasury, as shown by Treasurer s general account $483,936,157.05 The payments on account of interest due on bonds amounted to about $7,500,000, which will reduce the decrease of the debt to about $5,250,000.