Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Representative Carleton, of Michigan, is preparing for introduction in the House at the earliest opportunity some bills of important bearing on the commerce of the grei»t lakes and passenger travel. He proposes a bill requiring passenger steamers to leave a correct passenger list at every-port at which they stop. Jhe object is' to provide accurate nilofniation incase

of disaster. The bill will make it a penal offense to neglect to leave a list I 'correctly showing the number and names of persons on board, the ports of embarkation, and the ports of destination.... General Atkins. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, urges that every step taken regarding the red men should be for the purpose of teaching them to| abandon their tribal relations. Outside Of Indian Territory Indians are cultivating over a quarter million acres of land. , The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 4J$ percent $250,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent j 737,742,850 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190,500 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 221,750 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,023,512

Principal SI, Interest 11,853,088 T0ta1#1,272,631.700 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal..'. $3,569,105 Interest. 217,035 Total... #3,786,141 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Qld demand and legal-tender notes . $346,738,806 Certificates of deposit.,.. 17,555,009 Gold certificates. 105,554,092 Silver certificates 92,702,642 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed).... 6,959,574 Principal 569,510,114 Total debt— Principal .$1,833,857,832 Interest,.... 12,070,124 T0ta1i51,845,927,956 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 231,452,591 Less reserve held for redemption of U.S. notes 100,000,000 Total $331,452,594 Total debt less available cash item 551,514,475,361 Net cash in the Treasury 61,930,595 Debt less cash in Treasury Dec. 1. 188551,452,544,766 Debt less cash in Treasurv Nov. 1, 1881 1,447,657,568 Increase of debt during the month.. $4,887,198 CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE FOR REDUCTION OF THE DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu- i ally outstanding $105,554,092 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding. 92,702,642 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 17,555,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid.. 15,639,229 Fractional currency. 1,639Total available for reduction of the debt. $231,452,594 RESERVE FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882 $100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt:— Fractional silver c0in..... m 527,920,309 Minor coin .. ........... 616,171 TotalJ $28,536,480 Certificates held as ca5h...... 66,737,432 Net cash balance on hand..' 61,930,595 Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account.. $488,657,102 A LEADING member of the Ways and Means Committee says:“Nearly every member who comes to me has a tariff bill in his carpet-bag Tariff experts and people with tariff nostrums.of all sorts are going about with schedules already prepared, and three or four at least of the members of the old Ways and Means Committee have already been furnished with readymade tariff schemes, and two at least of the members of that committee are known to have measures in preparation.” The estimated revenues for the coming year are placed at $315,000,000. The Treasury Department has just made an estimate of expenses for the same time, placing them at $330,000,000. This shrinkage in receipts will compel Congress to cut down many of the usual appropriations add throw a damper on contemplated improvements in the navy and other departments.