Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

A FAC-siMiLEof a $5 greenback, painted on wood, was recently seized by officers of the secret service. The artist protested that there was no violation of the law against counterfeiting,'and that the block was worth SSOO as a work of art. The Solicitor of the Treasury has been asked to decide the question. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist inst., cents omitted: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 4'9 percent....B 250,703,000 Honda at 4 per cent, 73/, 779,KW BtHida at 3 per cent... 71,154,2 0\ Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 191,733 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,’J0.?,0)0 Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623,513 Principal.....sl,l 7,74‘.i,362 Interest.. 11,193,009 Total.;. ....'.51,149,242,401 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCB MATL'UITY. Principal. -.3 9,239,365 1ntere5t.,..........'. 216,497 T0ta1........S 9,5.7,862 DEBT BEARING NO INTEHKST. Old demand aud legal-tender notes. 3 346,738,391 Certificates of deposit 7,025,000 Gold certificates 90 520,633 Silver certificates• Fractional currency Hess 88,3. 5,934 estimated as lost or destroyed)... £,553,702 Principal. ...$ 556,757,543 TOTAL DEBT. Principa1.51,703,796,270 Interest..". 11,711,537 T0ta151,715,527,838 Less cash items available for reduction of the deb:s 221,071,553 Loss reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,030 Total debt, less available cash items $1,391,436,254 Not cash in the Treasury 40,093,536 Debt, Jess cash in Treasury, Dec. 1, 183651,351,342,633 Debt, <ess cash in Treasury, Nov. 1, 1886..;.. 1,354,347,917 Decrease of debt during the monthS 3,005,219 CASH IN THE TREASURY. Available for reduction of debt: Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding.s 90,523,633 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 105,519,317 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 7,125,003 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid... 21,001,932 Fractional currency 4,201 Total available for reduction of the debt..s 224,071,553 Reserve fund held for redemption of United Status notes, acts J an. 14. 1875, and July 12, 1882$ 100,000,003 Unavailable for reduction of the. . " debt: j Fractional silver coin. '.s 25,703,057 Minor coin..s 163,584 Total. S 25,217,6 >1 Certificates hold as cstßhT. 48,885,979 Net cash balance on hand.....v, 50,0.13,536 Total cash in the Treasury as / '■ shown by Treasurer's general account ....;.,S 439,023,740 Washington special: “Congfe'sstnftn Frank Lawler telegraphed in advance to the Willard Hotel: ‘I will lie with you Monday night with my sweet sixteen.' The hotel clerk wondered who the ‘sweet sixteen’ co.ild be. He knew Frank was manitd. but did, not think he could have a daughter of t'mt age. When Mr. Lawler arrived 1 e explained that ‘sweet sixteen’ was the. majoiity by which he pulled through in the election.” Lieut. jGreely has been mad* an assistant to Gen. Hazen, who is in illhealth. V. .The Eresident has promulgated the extradition treaty with Japan, which was ratified after being amended by the Senate last June. i Land-Commissioner Sparks has referred to the Secretary of the Interior for transmittal to Congress the report by Surveyor General Julin. of New Mexico, of his investigation of the private land claim known as Ojo del Amil, involving some 70.0, (i acres. The Commissioner concurs with the Surveyor General in recommending the rejection by Congress of this claim as unfounded and nnmentorious.