Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1878 — Page 2

"■ 1 - • INDIANA..

General News Summary.

MM MR rcmmm « " ™ Tmt Central Executive OommJftee of the United States. it viewing: the rise end progress of (lie party, end expreoaing confidence that th* Notional atmlldate for the Prealdeucy, In 1880, will be elected. The eddrese denounce# the tote action of the New York ClearingHouse, and aaya the contest la between the money power and the people, between hank bills baaed on untaxed bonds and a Government logoi tender. An appeal ia nude for organisation In the Interest of the National party in every school district, city, town and ward in the countryOx tbeSd. Gen. hhennan submitted to the Joint Commission on the Transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department a number of official documents verifying his pervious statements regarding the advisability of the transfer. The General described the suffering of the lnd|u>s, sad said “ the army shoaid either be transferred to the Interior Department, or the Indian Bureau to the War Department. Under the existing management, the Government is very heavily taxed and the poor Indian driven to the wall.” Tna Executive Committee of the National party effected a permanent organisation, on the 4th, and elected Hon. Frank O. Dewees President, and Thomas J. Durand Secretary and Treasnref. Headquarters have been established in Washington. Ox the Hh>es lion. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, was ascending the stone steps leading to the National House of Representatives, on crutches, be slipped and fell, giving his knee a potitiul wrench, which Is likely to cou6ne him to his bed for some time. Da. A. C. Ban stow, of Providence, R. 1., Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners, and representing the Congregational Church In behalf of the education ard conversion of the Indian race, testified before the Joint Commission on the Transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, on ttt, mmU that, In Ml pnl|wual, the proposed transfer was unwise, and, if effected, would certainly work adversely to the Christian operations now in progress. E. M. Kingsley, of New York, a member of the same Board of Indian Commissioner*, and representing tbe Presbyterian denomination, said we need an army with hoes and spades for the Indians, rather than an army with swords and rifles. StTEKTisixc-AncHiTEr-T His.l. has been suspended, by order of tbe President, until his trial upon the indictment recently found against him by a Chicago Grand Jury. A Mr. Frasier has been appointed hi# successor «wf ix'frim.

Sec’t Bchckz made a statement before the Joint Commission relative -to the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, on the 6th. He said be disclaimed any personal desire to <-etoin control of the Indian service under tbe Interior Department. He theu gave in detail his reasons why he thought the proposed transfer unwise and impolitic. He thought the Indians were entitled to humane treatment, and that coaid only be rendered through the processes of civilisation, education and hind treatment; this the military were not fitted to promote. He denied very emphatically the red-tape system of reporting Indian outbreaks, which it had been asserted was required under the present administration of Indian affaire. \ ■warn hast. There were fifty-six failures in New York CUy during November, being nine more than in October. Tbe liabilities amouuted to sl,579,994, anil assets to 8406.932; the liabilities being 81,753,000 Jess than in October. In November of last year there were seventyseven failures, with liabilities amounting to $2,110,000. It is stated by clerks in the Superior Court of New York City that certaluly twelve or fifteen Chinamen have been made citizens in that city within the last twenty years. Three who were naturalized last year could read and write, and said thev believed in the Christian's God. Co*. Wn.LU* F. Spicer died at the Boston Navy-Y'ard, on the Ist, and was buried at Winchester, Mass., on the following day. The Republican candidate (Hobart B. Bigelow) has been chosen Mayor of New Haven, Conn., and the Greenback candidate (Mr. Williams) has been elected Mayor of Gloucester, Mass., by a majority of 478 over the Republican nominee. Otek 100 delegates, claiming to represent Trade Unions in all parts of tbe country, met In Philadelphia, on the night of tbe sth, to form a National political organization.. They decided to call a National Convention, to meet about the middle of January next, either in 8L Louis or Chicago. Announcement was made on 6th that Orville Grant had been, the day before, released | from the State Lunatic Asylum at Morris j Plains, N. J., and was accompanied to' his 1 home at Elizabeth by his 6ou. j Gold dosed in New York, on Dec. 6tb, at lOOJ4. The following were the dosing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Bpring Wheat, 99Xc@H OO; No. 2 Milwaukee, 81.0fai.01. Oats, Western Mixed, 29® Com, Western Mixed, 45 @47e. Pork, Mess, 87.70. Lard, 86.10. Flour, Good to Choice, 84.15(34.50; White Wheat Extra, [email protected]. Cattle, 87.03® 10.00 lor Good to Extra. Sheep, 83 63X@A13Jv Hogs, 83.1233.20. At East Liberty, Pa., on Dec. 6th, Cattle brought: Best, 84.75®4 90; Medium, $4.25® 4.50; Common, S&uO®3-36. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 82.55®2.75; Philadelphia*, *2.70(3 3.20. Sheep brought [email protected]*>—according to quality. AT. Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 6th, CotUe brought; Best. BL6JV<@S.OO; Medium, $3.12X@3-#7X- Hogs sold at [email protected] for Good. Sheep were quoted at $$ 50®4.50 for ««4 ' WEST AX* SOITH. , Ox thc morning of the Ist, a collision occurred between the steamers Morgan and Cotton Valley, at Bringter's Point, opposite Donaldsonvilie, La-, on the Mississippi River. The latter boat was sank, and twenty lives weretost, four of them being pawcngetM, andtbe remainder roustabouts, mostly colored. A vert severe snow and sleet storm prevailed along the line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad west of Otterville, and extending into Kama*, on the night of tbe 30th alt. Further Indian raids are reported on the Niobrara River, in Nebraska. Sevfcral bead of horses, etc., were captured by tbe raiders. Tbe National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, In session at Richmond, Vs , adI joumed, on tbe 30th ult., after characterizing ) th* intern*!-revenue tax upon tobacco a# unequal and unjust, and providing for <memorial to Congress praying It* repeal. V* New Orleans, on tbe evening of the 2d, J, Jf, J), Wilautr, Epiacdpal Bishop of

tha Diocese of LbuWsna, was seised with an apoplectic fit, and almost immediately expired. At the vacant city election in Los Angeles, Cat, the Workingmen elected their entire ticket, except three Ooanrlimen. Delegates .from seventeen Bute* were present at the Coeunercial Convention which met at New Orleans, on the 4th. Resolutions were almost unanimously adopted urging upon Congrhaa to take Immediate favorable action upon the Texa« Pacific Railroad bill; declaring that tbe aid already granted by the General Government to tbe Northern Pacific Company should not be withdrawn, and that the Untou and Central Pacific Compantei should he held to the strictest compliance frith their charter* snd the law* regulating them. The large boiler In Hayden'* Rolling Mill* at Columbus, Ohio, exploded on the afternoon of the sth. Two person* were ktllcd and several others more or le#* »eriouidy Injured. The mill wa* destroyed. The employes of tlie three, principal pack Ink bouaes In Chicago struck for higher wage# on the morning of lit* sth. They numbered about 1,500. They had lieen receiving 82.75 per day and demanded 83.00. Tbe effect of the strike was to suspend all meat and provision transactions on the Chicago market. A MAS4-MKETINO was held In New Orleans, on the night of the sth, at which resolutions were adopted expressing the deepest sense of gratitude to the poopie of the entire country for the spontaneous and generous aid exteuded to tbe residents of that city during the recent epidemic- They declare that never before has any people been tbe recipient# of so grand a charity, snd never tan Its Impressive lesson of humanity he forgotten; that “no difference Of political creed can weaken, and no efforts of designing politicians sever, tie* which bind us by the most tender and aacred memories, hi bonds of National brotherhood, ,on* and indissoluble.''

The United States Grand Jury at Yankton, D. T., have fouud twelve Indictments against Dr. Livingston, ft «/., of the Crow Creek Indian Agency. There are said to be over 100 false vouchers by Livingston that are outlawed, and tbe Government will begin civil suits to recover the money thus embezzled. Anew counterfeit of tbe standard silver dollar is said to haVe recently made its appearance In Chicago. A lady drawing aome money from the Sub-Treasury In the city, on a pension, recetved one of the pieces, and It was not detected until offered at one of tbe Chicago store#. It is described as being an exact imitation of the genuine dollar, the only difference being that It weighs seven-tenths of a grain less. The piece Is made of composition heavily plated with silver. In Chicago, on Dec. Gth, Spring Wheal Nj. 2 closed at S3,S,c cash; S3\c for January ; 84 J 4 'c for February. Cash Corn closed at 31,*4"c for No. 2; 3tJs'e for January; 35X C f° r May. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 20c, and 294,c seller January. Rye No. 2, 44XC- Barley No. 2, 96X®Wc for cash, 97c for January. Cash Mess Pork closed at $6.75. Lard, 85.62 J-,(. Peeves —Extra brought 84.30®4.75; Choice, $3.90 ®4.15; Good, 83 40®3.50; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers' Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., 82.2502.65. Hogs—Good to Choice, 82.55® 2. so. Sheep—Poor to Choice, $2.5003.50. arOKRIUN UTBLUUEEUE. The Spanish Council of Ministers have decided to expel all foreigners belonging to the International Society. The Russian Council of State arc considering a project to tsx American cotton Imports. For his conduct during the war with Russia, Suleiman Pasha has been degraded and sentenced to Imprisonment In a Turkish fortress. M. Kindt, the Manager, and M. Fortamps, the President of the Banque de Belgique, who defrauded the bank out of 84,000,000, have been convicted and sentenced, the former to fifteen years' solitary confinement, and the latter to one yearls imprisonment, and to pay a fine of $1,200. A Vienna telegram of the 3d says the return of Austrian troops from Bosnia and Herzegovina bad been countermanded. Acuordino to a Constantinople telegram of the 3d, intelligence had just been received that the Bashi-Bazouks and Circassians had defeated the Rhodope insurgents In the Milnlc District of Macedonia, and burned twenty villages. Of all the inhabitants, only 1,000 escaped massacre.

Thk Austrian Kciehsrath has been summoned to meet on the 10th. A BoRitEAfX (France) dispatch of tlie 4tli says the Director of the Mint at that point had been arrested ujton tlie charge of abstracting 1,300,000 francs’ worth of silver bars belonging to the Rothschilds, and substituting therefor galvanized topper liars. No teusgkams relating to Gen. Roliert*' movements In the Peiwar Pass r werc allowed t-o be forwarded from India, on the 4th. London telegrams of the 4th announce that O’Connor, another Fenian convict, had been released and placed jipon the steamer City of Chester for shipment to the United States. The Caledonian Bank of Glasgow has gone into liquidation in consequence of its holding stock in the City of Glasgow Bank. Its capital of $750,000 has been set aside to meet Us assessments on that stock. The Turkish Cabinet has been dismissed and a new one formed, of which Kheireddin Pasha is Grand Vizier and Ohazi Osman Pasha Minister of War.' On the sth, the Emperor of Germany promulgated a decree anuouncing his reassuntptiou of the reins of government, and thanking the Crown Prince, for his performance of tbe Imperial duties during his illness. A Paris dispatch of the sth says Tin key ! had ceded Alexandretta, a post on the north- | ent coast of Byria, to Great Britain. Tee wife of the Czarowitch of. Russia lias • just presented her husband with a son. Thh British Parliament, met, on tlie sth. The speech of the tjueen, read by the Prime Minister, was devoted mainly to the Afghan War, and congratulated the country on tlie recent victory achieved by Gen. Roberts. The debate upon tbe reply to the Royal 6peeeh begau in both Houses immediately, and tbe policy of the Government was sharply criticised. The addresses were adopted. ,*> The Biahop of Durham, £ng., has resigned his Diocese in consequence of bodily iufirmities. Definite iutelilgeqce from Geu. Roberts’ column In the Peiwar Pass was received in London, on the morning of the 5t h. The advantage was with the Afghans at first, but Gen. Roberts at last succeeded in flanking their position aud attacked them in the rear. After a hard-fought engagement, they were defeated and compelled to abandon the position. Tbe Afghan artillery and a large quantity of ammunition mere captured. The British loss was about eighty killed and wounded. According to a Lahore dispatch of the 6th, Gen. Roberta would go into winter quarters on the heights east of the Peiwar Pass: London dispatches of the 6tli say it was reported in influential quarters that an arrange* ment with Russia was on the tapis, and that it was taking tbe shape of a partition of Atgbanlatan. , . ' The West of England apd. South Wales District Bank f>u*peuded on the 6th- Liabilities, $3),000,0()0. The bank hit forty-nine branches and agencies, and a paid-up capital of $3,750,000. covoeebnioxal pbocebdiihn. The la«t session of the Forty-fifth CongiWß wa* begun at noun ou tixf 24. A committee wsa appointed, in the Senate, to notify the President. Bill* and reenlntiona were l»jd 00

aafi ft* Its eohuure into standard silver dollars* to authorise the porobsae of foteten-built ship; ’& eUjssEs of Use United Otalm: inatrprtmg the Finance Committee to inquire into the eapedtaacy of making the tmde-dhliar a fnli I rail tender, nod of providing ft* it# reooinace into standard diver , 10)Inr* instructing th* Judiciary Committee to report whether, at the recent elections, the Constitutional rights of any citizens were violated in any State, and what farther legislation is nccemtry to protect ••ituen# in their '.'onatitutimial rights, etc.; far a Joint Committee to inquire into the oanec and ttavrend of the yellow fever, and aa to What legUJatien in neerwary to prevent itn introduction into the country. Tbe President'* mesenge wna received and lend. All but fourteen Henators were prraenL 1r the Honee. 229 member* answered to the roll-call ... A oonimittee wa* appointed to notify the Ihreaident. and a reoen* wa* taken.... After roe mumbling, tbe President'* mewage was read... .Mr. Wood (of New Ydkk) made a motion that it lie referred to the Committee of the Whole, and he made a speech in which be took imoe with that portion relating to the Booth, and wa* replied to by Meaars. Garfield and Hade. After further remark* by Mrearm. Cox and Townsend, Mr. Wood’s motion to refer and print the mcarnage wa* agreed t 0... .The Military academy and tbe Fortification Appropriation hill* were reported, and notice was given of early action on them. In the Senate, on the Bd, the standing and other committee* existing at the close of the last session were continued.... A bill was introdnred authorizing the Becretary of the Treasury to imue in exchange for United Htates notea a coin certificate of deposit for ten dollar* or any multiple thereof not exceeding 8100, bearing 8.00 interest and convertible into 4 per cent, bond#. .... A revolution wa# adopted calling on the Becretary of the Treasury for information, relative to the amount, denomination and kind of silver coin which ha# been received in payment of custom* due* since the beginning of the current fiscal year. ...Mr. Matthews spoke in favor of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill ... A reaolntiua was agreed to for a Commiaaion to investigate into tbe omission, at the time of the enrollment, from the Sundry Civil Appropriition hill, pawed at tbe last session. of the clause relating to the Hot Hpring* Commission. Bills were introduced in the House: For rcooining tbe silver trade dollars into standard silver dollars; repealing the Resumption ret; to punish election frauds; to make trade dollar# a legal tender; to atop the further, coinage of trade dollars; in relation to the expulsion from Germany of a naturalized American citizen - Julius Baumer; for the admission and registry'of foreign-built ships....Tbe Military Academy and Fortification Appropriation bills were passed. In the Senate, on the 4th, Messrs. Ferry, Davis and Randolph were appointed as the committee to inquire into the ominion of the Hot Hpring# clause from the enrolled Sundry Civil Appropriation bill at the last session Bills were introduced—authorizing the Kecretary of the Treasury, in redeeming legal-ten-der notes, to pay 75 per cent, in gold coin and 26 per cent, in standard silver dollars; nppropriat log 86,090,003 for levee improvements on the Mississippi River ...A motion to take npthe Texas Pacific Railroad bill was rejected-yeas, 19. nay#. 22-on tbe ground that it wonld lead to a long discussion. In the House, resolutions were adopted—calling on the President for information relative to communication* with the United States Minister in Mexico on the subject of commercial relations between the United Htates and that country; railing on the Secretary of the Treasury for information aa to the deposit of Government money in any National, State or private bank, on the 90th of September and November, 1978, other than deposits made by Disbursing Agents ..A bill wa* passed, with an amendment, correcting the error in the enrollment of the Hnndry Civil Appropriation bill, in relation to the Hot Springs Reservation. In the Senate, on the sth, the Special Committee on the Yellow-Fever Investigation wa* announced as follows: Messrs. Harris. Matthews, Lamar, Paddock, Conover. Garland and Kostin... A resolution was adopted calling for information relative to the deposits in the Treasury to the credit of the Freedmen’s Havings and Tcnst Company....Change# were made, by unanimous consent, in the Standing Committees as follows: Mr. Wallace on Committee of Appropriations, in place of Mr. Eaton"; Mr. Eaton to take Mr. Morgan’s place on the Committee on Patents, and Mr. Morgan to be on Committee on Foreign Relations, inplace of Mr. Wallace.... Mr. Ferry wa* excuaed from service on the Hot Springs Omission Committee ... Adjourned to the 9th. Is the House, the Consular and Diplomatic and the Naval Appropriation bills were reported from the Committee on Appropriations and referred to the Committee of the Whole, and made the special order for the 10th.... An investigation was ordered into the charges affecting tho character of certain members in connection with the vote in regard to the 3.65 bonds of tbe District of Colombia ... Resolutions were adopted for the appointment of a Yellow-Fever Commission; calling on the President for all correspondence between the United States and tbe German Empire relative to the expulsion of Julius Baumer, a citizen of Chicago, from that Empire. ■•. Adjourned to the 9th.

Report of the Secretary of the Navy.

The Secretary of the Navy, in his animal report, says, since his former report, the condition of the Navy has been considerably improved. There are now In commission twenty-eight cruising ships, one steamboat and five sailing vessels, all in condition for active service except the Gettysburg. There are six vessels, including one monitor, which can he made ready for sea in a few months. Beside these, there are thirteen needing more extensive repair#, hnt all can be pot In thorough condition \Yiih the present appropriation# ana those a#ked forme next fiscal year. In ease of necessity, ninety-one vessels of all' classes, including monitor*. can be put in service. , The Secretary submits the following estimates, w ith the reihark that the Department has not felt i:#ell justified iii going beyona the estimates of the last fiscal year: Pay of Navy . $7,350,000 Pay of civil establishment in navyyard* 189.999 Ordnance aud Torpedo Corps 273,000 Coal, hemp and equipment 800,000 Navigation slid nut igation supplies.. 104.500 Hydrographic work 40,000 Naval Observatory—Nautical Almanac.. 43,800 Repairs and preservation of vessels.. 1,500.000 Meant machinery, trails, etc. 800.000 s‘fo,visions for the Navy. 1.200.000 K-pairsof hospitals aitd laboratories. 50.000 Burgeons' necessaries and Nanil Hospital (mid. 95,000 Contingent expenses of Department and Bun-su*. ....................... - 105.000 Naval Academy 186.694 Support of Marine Corps 862-378 Naval Asylum at Philadelphia 60.809 Maintenance of yards and dcxAs 440.000 Repairs. #:c., of navy-yards 375.000 Total $14,482,180 From the tables contained in the report It will, the Secretiuv #avs. be seen that.tbe total estimate of the la*t ti-cal year, including tM'amonnt appropriated Cor deficiencies of the previous year, were sl7-468.392. After deducting the deficiencies of 1877 and 1878, which were $4,101,478. the amount chargeable to the expenditures of the year wus $13.3(81.914. which was $767,199 le-s than the actual expenses of the previous year, and $4.1*28.677 less than the expenditures, Inrlnding deficiencies,oftliat year, and $4. *130.430 less than the expenditures of the year ended June 30. 1876. Bee'y Thompson discusses the relation of the Navv to commerce, and says; "()urrapidly-increasing’ export# have demonstrated that titjs country must become the greatest producing country iu Hie world. The area of our Improved lauds fit annually enlarging, keeping pace w ith ottr rapidly-increasing population, and giving assurance that the surplus of our agricultural and manttlacturing products will become corresnoiulinglv greater every year. The consequent skill of our manufactures. ‘ artisans and laborers w ill, iu the future of onr history, be called into still further requisition, and as experience has shown that no Nation can afford to leave its commcrc* uugnawlsd upon Ihe.aeas, the. djtfy, of protecting ours is now greater and more argent than it has ever heeu before." The Secretary shows our dependency upon foreign Nations for the transportation, of onr surplus product lons to the markets of the world, and says: “ If litis conditions of affairs is to continne, our industrial Interests must he left to suffer SHII further injury. Our iron, coal and timber will decrease in valne. The enormous freight# we now pay will continne to press upon the prodneers ol our surplus exports. Our merchant vessels will in tlie etui be entirely driven from-thc sea. If, on the other hand, the 'Government shall adopt snch measure* as shall pnt the country in a position to reap the hill benefits of its commercial enterprise, and secure tho profits of our own carrying trade, which properly Delongs to ns, by means ol such fostering care as the National Government alone has the power to give, then onrNavy should have such strength and character given to it that it will he able to ftimish protection to onr commerce wheresoever it may be needed.” The remainder of the report is devoted largely to an account of the condition of various »avv-yards of the country, the Naval Academy and the torpedo service, suggestions regarding training schools for boys, etc. —At Kansas City, a few days ago, fitehEoke...Qnt_Lß_ Union Elevator, occupied by Belle Qreene, a colored woman, and her two children, aged respectively four years and eighteen months. The mother was absent from home, and the children were left in bed. The fire burned rapidly, and screams were heard in the building, but desperate attempts to save the children were unavailing. After the fire the charred remains were drawn forth, and presented a sickening sight. —Mr. Edison will soon have no reputation left A learned Chinese writes to the Official Gazette that the telephone was invented by a citiien of Pekin, A. D. 962.

Secretary Sherman’s Report.

A summary of th* report of Secretary Hh«rmao I* here given: .- TH* EBTtM'kS. The ordinary revenue* from oil source* lor the fiscal veer ending June 80. IH7H- were $257,7d3.H78.70. The ordinary expenditure* lor the same period were $230.964.32d HO. leaving * surplus rcv. uue of $20.70(1,551.(H1. which was sppiled to the redemption of rolled Histe# notes, the redemption of fractional currency, llic increase of the sinking fund siol the augmentation of the ra-lt balance In the Treasure'. Tbe deflelenty in the sinking fund for the year wa* sl4-629.44 UK). The net def-renae of receipts for tho vear was 811.230707.92. and the net deerea-e in <>xpep dll tires $1,690, 98213, *» compared with the proi'ctlfhg floral year. The *etn*l receipts _for the first quarter of this veer were $73,8Wt.723.43. find the wtitnsled receipt# for the remaining three-quarter#, $101.100,2id.57- The actual expenditure# for thefiivt quarter were $,3.344,873.27, and the estimated expenditure# for the remaining three quarters $100.750.42t1.73. or s total of reei'lpfc for the yesr, of $20419K1.000, ■nd of expenditure# $240 100.001). letv Ittg * balance of $24 400.000. applicable 10 the sinking fund, which is estimated forlhr yenr at $36,964.007.H7. The estimate* furtherin'*! vear 1880 ire. receipts $2»4.500.<KK1: expenditures, Including sinking fund. $276.i:17-25*L94. showing an e*tiniawd dettelt of $10,031,250.94; excluding the sinking flttid then* will be hii eetlpiated siliqilu* <d {2B. 1iUi.0h7.32. Iliese e«ttm*tqr sre based oil the Congreasional approprittlons of the present year. )' The estimate of reventie, hs#ed upon existing Iswr. the Necri'lsry say*. 1# SB-78*1,121.31) more tl.*u the actnul revenue of Hie past year. Till# estimate ran mily tie realized tiy strict snd Impsrtlnl enforcement of the rei i'nno law«. This Is uni only a legal duly of revenue officers, but is the right of every honest taX-peyer. The enforcement of the lax on spirits and tobacco hus. In some places, been reelst.-d liv formidable combination# too powcrftil for Ihe Department, with tlie force# at It# command, to overcome. The customs duties, in msnv eases, have been evaded by smuggling, fraud, undervaluation, and false claims for drawback and damage uHnwance. Some of these ob--tonctlon# are Incident to the execution of auy tax law. but many of them may he overcome by modification* of the laws, a* Mr. Shurmau suggests. speciK hksumption. Iu regard to Ihe resumption of sperle payment*, the Secretary »a.v# he ha- substantially carried in--1875 by the graduul substitution of fractional coin for fraeiloiiul currency, hr the free coinage of gold, and by free hanking There remains only the completion of preparation# for resumption in coin on the Ist day of January, 1879- anil Its maintenance thereafter upon the basia of existing law. The object of tlie Secretary hn* been to accumulate a coin reserve of $138,000,000, that being Hie smallest reserve upon which resumption could prudently be commenced. Tho aniounl of coin held Jll the Treasury, oil the 23d du.v of November, in excea*_of rain sufficient to pay till coin nubilities, was $141,888,100, and constituted the coin reserve prepared for resumption. This sunt would be diminished somewhat, on the Ist of January next, l>y reason of the large amount of Interest Brcraingnin that day in excess of the coin received meanwhile. Th" Secretary had arranged with the New York Clenring-Uotisn for Ihe exchange of drafts a* in ordinary banking transaction*, snd after the Ist of Jaiinan. United spile* notes would be received by the associated bank# of that city a# coin. These preparations for resumption had heeu accompanied, In lil* opinion, with increased business and confidence. The Becretary details at considerable length the means at his command .to maintain the reserve decided on, including the sale of bond*, the reissue of United States notes, the current rev- ' enne receipts in excess of current expenditures, etc,, etc. The gold cerl I lie ales hitherto Issued, in the discretion of Ihe Secretary, will not housed after Jannary 1, hut United States notes of large denomination would be issued instead. The Hocrotary Is of Ihe opinion that a change of tlie law fs not necessary to authorize this Department to receive United States notes for custom# duties on and after the Ist day of Jans, ary, 1879, while they are redeemable and nre redeemed on demand in coin. After resumption It would seem a useless inconvenience to require I element of tnelt duties in coiu rather than In 'lilted States notes. VVilh this view Of tbe Resumption act the Secretary will direct, unless Congress otherwise provide*. that after Jan. 1, and while United Htates notes are redeemed St the Treasury, that they be received the tamo a« roia by the officers of tne Department in at) payments lu all parts of the United States. THE SILVER DOLI.AU. The Secretary discusses at considerable length Ihe silver dollar, and says it wa* not to supersede th" gold dollar: nor did Congress propo-e-to adopt the single standard of silver, but only to create a Wmeiattie standard of silver and gold, of equal value and equal purchasing power. Congress, therefore, limited the amount of silver dollars to he coined to not less than two millions nor more than four millions per month, hut did not limit the aggregate amount ltor the period of time during which this coinage should eontinoe. The market value of the silver in tiie dollar-, at the date of the passage of the art. was 93 i cents iu gold coin. Now tt is about 88 cents in gold coib. If it was intended by Congress to adopt the silver instead of the gold standard, the amount provided for is totally inadequate for Ihe purpose. Experience, not only in this eoqntry, bat in K>ir,q,.--Hti countries, has established flint a certain amount of silver coin may he maintained ill circulation at par with gold, though of le.-s intrinsic bullion \ulue. it was, no doubt, thm of Congress to provide a coin lit stiver which would answer a multitude of Iho pnposes of business life, without banishing from circulation the, established gold coin of the country. To accomplish this it is indispensable either that the silver coiu be limited in amount, or that It* bullion value be equal to that of tlie gold dollar, if not, its use will be limited to domestic purposes; It cannot he exported except at it* commercial value as bullion. If issued in excess of demands for domestic purports#, it will necessarily fall In market value, and, hv a well-know n principle of finance, will become the sole coinstttmiaid of value. Cold will be either hoarded or exported. When two currencies, both legal, are authorized without limit, the cheaper alone will circulate. If. Tuovcver. the issue of the silver dollars is limited to an amonnt demanded for circulation, there will be no depreciation, and their convenient use will keep them at par with gold, as fractional-silver coin, issued under the act approved Feb. 21 1853.' was kept at par with gold. The Secretary concludes that it would lie tlie best policy for the present to limit the aggregate issue of the silver dollar* based on tlie ratio of sixteen to one, to such stuns a* can clearly tie maintained at par with gold, until the price of silver iu the market snail assume a defined ratio to gold, when that ratio should lie adopted and our coins made to conform to it. and u-k.* that he he authorized to discontinue the coinage of the silver dollar when the amonnt outstanding shall exceed $50,000-000. He states that, meantime, fie shall redeem all Unitod Stales notes, in Mini* of not less than SSO, with either gohl or silver coiu. as drained by the holder- but reserving the legal option of th"e Government; and to pay out United Stales notes for all other demands ou the Treusnrv. except when coiu is demanded on coin liabilities. roCR-FBR-CEXT. BOND*. During the prestfkf y#©. prior toNov. 23. SIOO.270,900 of -Fpcr-cent. Itonds had been -old. ant) ti-per-cent. bonds of an equal amount redeemed.* or will be redeemed as lb- calls mature. A* front best advices, only $200,000 000 of United Mate* bonds are held abroad, it might he fairly anticipated thut the sale of the 4-per-cent*, ivotild largely increase. In order to avoid the payment of double interest on the two kinds of bonds, ns well as the temporary contraction of the currency. - the Secretary recommends that the notice to he given for called bond# be, at his discretion, not less than ten days, nor more than three months. In order that the freest opportunity nitty be given to invest In the public securities, flic Seeieittry recommends that the Department be auiltorized to issue certificates of deposit of Ihe United Mates of the denomination ol $lO, bearing interest at the rate of 3.85 per cent, per auanm and convertible at any time within one year after their issue imp tlie 4’per-cent. bonds authorized by the reftuiUing act, and to be issued only in exchange for United Mates notes sent to the Treasury 'by mail or otherwise. Such a provision of law, supported by suitable regulation#, would enable any person readily, without cost or risk, to convert his money into an interest-bearing security of the United States, and the money so received could be applied to the re demption'of the 6-per-cent, bonds. .. -j • NATIONAL BANK*. - - On the Ist of October, the number of National Banks in existence was 2.053. The amount of their circulating-notes outstanding, including those in liquidation, wa* 8323 147.“lfl: the capital invested was $46tk14i.430: the surplus fund and profits wi re $157,833,993; tlie loans and dtscouuts'were SB3O-521 548. l COINAGE. t 1 The value of the gold coinage executed during the last fiscal year. 552,798.980 00 Of trade-dollars. 11,378,010 00 Of standard-silver dollars.,. 8.573,500 00 Of fractional-silver coin.:. 8,339,315 50 And of minor coiu 30,694 00 A total coinage of $81,120,499 50 In addition to the coinage, fine and nnparted bars were prepared for depositors in tho amonnt of $12,501.920 23 in gold, and $11,864,5185.87 in silver, The amount of goid coin and bullion In the countrv Sept. 30, i* estimated bv the Director of the Mint at $259,358,390. and of silver coin and bullion at $99.090,557-a total of $358,443,947. ENGRAVING.AND PRINTING BCREAf. At the close of the last fiscal year there was an unexpended balance of $052,836.17 of the appropriation for labor and other expenses of this bureau. Of this amount, in accordance with the Ml approved tatoe.2o, ltgauhs «21,58tM» will be expended -In ilia purchase or * site for and the erection df a fire-proof build* Jng for tire bureau, the wAtk t>H Which i* now, progressing satisfactorily, mad will probably be com pleted during the fall of 1879. It is as*unied. from action of tongrer# at.Ua last session. that it hold* that the engraving and printing of the public securities can be more cheaply, perfectly and safely done iu this bureau than in private establishments, aud the Secretary has, therefore. directed that all work of Hrfc dcacriptian. ex Cpp. certain pruprietarv stamps, shall bo done therein. The cost of the work is lose than onehaif the ptices previously paid. Cl.ilJlg. The Secretary calls the attention of Congress to Ihe necessity of some legislation aa to the adjudication of claims which ate now wiihin the Jurisdiction of hi# Department. While the Department is writ organized for the investigation of account* accruing in the ordluarv course of current business, it is nut adapted to ftte examination of old and disputed claims #f a different character. For the proper investigation of such claims the methbda adopted in all outacotirla for ascertaining he truth, are undoubtedly tne tuft. For this purpose a tri:

bund, which wilt require the IH-it eVlflenee ol which the nature of the ciw will admit, the frodilution of original paper* rather than pretfudod copies, the awuru slalrment of the witness himself to facia In bis ow u knowledge suit not the hearsay of third parlies, the examlomton aud crnss eiannnallou of the witness, not si- ex parte statrmenl privately taken, a pehllc hearing and a public ree onl of prw< edlnifao|» ii to inspection, la essential, lie recommends the Conn of Clalaaa aa a tribunal to whom such claims might with propriety ba referred. ( ou.ar-no’* or u stoms. Vr. Hherman discusses, at considerable length the uiieslion of the collection of duties on Imports, and describes the suits brought for the putilahment of parlies engaged In defrauding the rex enties. lie advises a change In the mode of collecting duties on sugar. In this connection be' calls allenlton lo the ope/atluu of the irealy w ith Hawaii. anitgdiows that, during (beyear IM"i, the dut*es surrendered, by virtue of the Heaty, on goods ini|H>rtod luto the l ulled States, aggn-gsled sX3l2<>6. a sum ol $15,061 more than the entire value* of llie excesses of Imports In IH*7 over those ol 1H75, the year before the opeiatlon of the treaty. The advantages of this treaty, the Socretaw thinks, are not reciprocal, lit- also recommends such a general modification of lln- law as shall do away with the temptation lo smuggling and uiideniliiallou. —■ «■ kxpohtn and iwroßTti. The gold value of tlxe exports of merchandise for the year was $684,865- <tMI: Imports, $437. 051.532. Kxcess of ItniKirls over exports, $257,KII.JH. Compared with the prevlons year the exports are greater by •1W.111g1.1i40, and the Imports less by si4-271-004- The animal average of the t xoess (dlinports over exports of merchandise. Air the leu ream ended •lum-IRI. IS7H. waa $164,706,822: blrt, during tho lost three yeara there has been ail exeesa of exporta over Importe, as follows: In lH7tli $78,643,431; In 1877, *lOl-102-004; and In 1878, *207,814,234- Tho exporta of specie and bullion this war have been 933,740,125, and the Imports 920.821.314, an excess of exporta over Imports of 53.818S 3.818,811. Of the exports of domestic nierchaulae, the products of agrlcnlturo comprised 77 per Cent. The decrease of Imports consisted chiefly of manufactures of cotton, flax and silk, of w 00l and manufacture* of wool, and of Iron and ateel anti maurtfacturcH I hereof. Of the latter, the importation of railroad-bars decreased from 585,321 tons in 1872 lo 12 tons In 1878; but their product In the Culled Stales increased from 2c 858.141 tons during the five years from 188710 1871 to 4.058,340 tons dnrlue the live rears from 187310 1877- From this product has been supplied the demand for such bars necessary for (lie extension and renewal of rallroada, of which there are in operation 70,000’tHlUwr' ALASKA. The Sectetary recommends that authority .be con fared on the Department to prevent the shipment to Ala-ka or molasses or other articles from which Intoxicating liquors arc ordinarily made, aud the establishment of some form of government competent to restrnln disorder and tnsnrc the safety of the Inhabitants. The Alaska Commercial Company bus taken during tke preseut season the iiirfxfmniii number of 100,000 seal skins allowed by law, which represents an Income to the Government of $317,500. INTERN AL REVENUE. The receipts of Internal Itevenue for 1878 were $111,087,725.48, a decrease of 98 545.118-53 from the receipts of the preceding year. The needs of the public service require that no rednelion of Internal revenue taxes be made. The commodities from which the tax is mostly collected are those which property hem the bnrdon of tho tax, and the present rates are lu the main satisfactory. COMMERCE AND NAVIOATIOJt. The total tonnage of United States vessels Is 4.212.784 tons, a decrease of 28,838 lons from that of the la«t decal year. The total number of entries of vessels into iHirls of the United Slates from foreign countries, us returned by the Bureau of Statistics, during the year ended June 30.1878, wa« 30,788; of these entries, ] were of American vessels; the total number of clearances foreign, during the same time, was 31,384; of thla number. 10-872 were clearances of American vessels. Of the total tonnage thus entered, als mi 25 per cent, was American and 75 per cent, foreign; of llic total number of clearances foreign, about 28 per cent, was American and 74 per cent. foreign. During the year there were inspected 4-137 steam vessels of an aggregate tonuage of 1,017,432-03 tons, and the lees realized aggregated 9272,703-85. The salaries and other expenses paid were 9218,248.65, leaving an unexpended surplus of 958-454.20. The lfevenue Marine consists of 37 vessels. During the year they cru!«e'd »u aggregate of 238.505 miles, ami their ollicers boarded and examined ttl .088 vessels, of which 2,008 were found to have violated the law ami were accordingly reported or • seized. One hundred and ninety-two wrecked vessels were relieved aud 142 parsons saved from drowniug. The expeuae of this branch of the service during the year wa« $844,001-70-I.IKE-SAVrSO SERVICE. The statistics of the past ycarshovv that (He cases of disaster have been more numerous ami severe than during any year of the existence of the service. The number of disasters to vessels reported bv the Superintendents ol'the several districts during Ihe fiscal year, is lilt*. These vessels had on boad I.6ll'persons. of whom 221 were lost. Of this hitler number, 183 perished at the wrecks of the Huron and Metropolis. Three hundred aud ninety shipwrecked persons were eared for at the stations, 818 days of succor beiug afforded them. The vatne of property involved was 92,622,335, of which SI .084.875 was saved, aud 91.527.380 lost, there having been flfty-nine Instances of tho total loss of vessels and cargoes. Numerous suggestions are made fur increasing Ihe efficiency of this branch of ihe public satviee. * - LlltHT-UOtTBE*.* During Ihe last fiscal yesr, 8 new light-houses, 151 river-lights, 1 fog-signal, 51 dav-beacous aud 47 buoys have been established, and 1 light-house, 04 river-lights and two light-ships have been discontinued. The total at ihe close of the year was 000 light-houses. 630 river-lights, 22 light-ships. 55 steam log-signals, 471 day-beacons and 3,002 buoys. THE VIAIIIVK HOSPITAL SERVICE. During the year 18,223 sick and disabled seamen were can’d for din ing the rear ended June 30, 1878—the number exceeding by 1.415 the largest number relieved in any previous vepr. As in the preceding year, there was again a small surplus of receipts over expenditures, as shown by the statement of the Register of. the Treasury, the receipt* eoVereil into the Treasury being $11011,678 67 And the expenditures. 385,282 80 Leaving unexpended............ $4.385 77 The Secretary concludes by commending the conduct of the officers of his Department.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior.

The Secretary of the Interior, !n lit* annual report, refers to’hiu recommendation of IhSfycar in regard to the Indiana, and proceeds to say: " The consolidation of a uutnher of agencies has been undertaken with a view to a better location of the Indians, which will at the same time render more efficient the supervision and possibly reduce tlie expenses of the Government, and lessen the opportunities for framl aud peculation. As far as rite appropriations made by Congress would permit, agricultural implements aud domestic cattle have been fnrnlehed to the Indian tribes to's*u the Indians to work for their own support, and to ete courage industrious habile. An Indian police hits been organized at twenty-two agencies, anti from ail of them favorable report” a« to the working ul the new system have been received. '• Instructions have-been given to discriminate lit the distribution of supplies and annuities which are not actual necessaries against individual Indians who show no disposition to work, thus discouraging idleness. Permission to send out hunting parties has been given, for without hunting the Indians .would have been exposed to Want. ‘-• An allotment of laud among thelndlane on the, several reservations lias been ordered and is in progress. The facilities of education have been extended ns much as possible, and pruper directions have been given for the instruction of Indian children in practical pursuits. “The Indian Service has been reorganized in several of its branches. It was found necessary to remove a number of Agents oh account of in proper practices or lack of business efficiency, and great care has been taken in filling their places with new men. Where mistakes were found to have beeii made in the selections, they have been promptly rectified. ■■ Important changes have been made In tliecoutract system and in the methods of accountability. An active supervision lias been exercised by inspectors and special ugouts. The detection of fraud lias been followed by vigorous prosecution, aud ou the whole 1 feel enabled to say that the character of the service has been raised In point of integrity aud efficiency. •• f nni, however, far from pretending that the present condition olTndiuu affairs is what it oiiglitto be. The experience gained in the earnest effort to overcome difficulties und to correct abuses has enabled me to appreciate more clearly the task still to be accomplished. In my last annual report I stated frankly, and 1 have to repeat now, that In pursuing a policy ever so wise, and with a machinery ever so efficient, gradual improvement eau be effected only by patient, energetic and well-di-rected work in detail: "1. An entirely satisfactory stateoftUingscaii be brought about only under circumstances which sro uot and cannot be under the control of the Indian Service alone.' If the recurrence of trouble aud disturbance is to be avoided, llio appropriations made by Congress for the support of the Indians wlnntro not self-supporting mnsf be liberal enough to bo sufficient lor that purpose, and they must be made early enough in the year to render the purchase and delivery of new supplies possible before the old supplies arc exhausted. . The Indian service should have at its disposal a sufficient fund to ire used, with proper accountnbilitv. at discretion iu unforeseen emergencies. •■if. Citizens of the Western States, and Torritori s must be made to understand that if tlje Indians an to cease to be troublesome paupers and vagabonds, are to become orderly and scllbriff porting, they must have lands fit for agricnlutre -and pa Ulnej that on such landu liny must be |»er..lrtincd to reign and establish permanent homes, and that such a ’result cannot be obtained iftlto 1 wl -t, people Insist upon taking-front lluuji by fi.u cc oh t rickety ewj acre of ground that is good for any tit lug. . “The first two things ctn be accomplished by appropriate action on the part of Congress, The difficulties growing out of coutinually-repeatet en-croal-ltments by white people on the rights ot the Indians may be lessened by the concentration of the Indians ou a* entailer number Of reserve lions,., but they can be. entirely avoided evi*n then omJy by the molt energetic enforcement of the law on the part of the General and Imcal Governments. To . this end It seems desirable that Southwestern tribes, whose present reservation appears insecure, or otherwise nnsujtable for their Jiermauent settlement, should be'gradually removedfo the Indian Territorv. The Northwestern tribes will, in the course of I lmm have to be concentrated in a similar manner cm a fern reservations east of the RocVy Mountains and on the Pacific Slope. , “To keep the.lndians on their reservations and prevent disturbance and conflicts, the Commissioner of Indian Affaire recommends the orgaplza-

iton of a mounted body ol infllan auxiliaries, to be drawn from voting men of Ibe varlou* tribes, aud to be Under the command or the military author!tfea. I heartily concur in this recointuendatlou. It is a matter of general experteuce that the Indians ao employed can be depended upon as to loyal •delUjr to the antb-s assigned them. But the prill cl pal rnd ofonr Indian policy Canuot be promoted by police measure* alone. That end cooslsls In gradually Introducing among Ihe Indiaii* the nab ll* and occupations of civilized life by inducing them to wort for their own support, lry encouraging pride of Individual ownership oT property, aud hv educating the young generation, and no etTorls should be spared to bring lo tear upon lliein the proper moral Influence In that direction. Bueb effort* should not hr sneered at as mere sentimental fancies, for. ahotild they be discouraged by the a* aerllon that success la lm|>o*slble. th.- advance made by aonte Indian Irlbi-s Is sufficient proof that a similar advance may be made by others. Whatever miy be icfoinpllohivl by the emuiovnifiit of force. It Is certain that only as Ihe Indians pro gross In the way or civilization they Will cease to Rea troublesome and disturbing element. Tee flloux, ao far, have given evidence of a loyal spirit, and rumor* current of a dl»|»o*lllon on their part to become* hostile proved unfounded.*' He also say* 'that great difficulty was encountered In sending supplies from the Mlssonrl River to the new agencies. In consoqnence or a combination or transportation contractors to force the Government to pay exorbitant prices, their bids were rejected ami the organization of wagontrain*, lo be manned by Indians with their ponies, proceeded with. The task was a difficult one, owing to tho character of the country ami tho clroiimatance that the grass has been burned off the plains between the Mlssonrl River and the new agencies, as rumor has It, by evil-disposed person* to bring about the fttllure of thla experiment, but It has ao far been successful. ... In regard to the outbreak of the Bannocks lasi spring, Sec'y Schttrzsaya: ••It must be admitted that they were Insufficiently supplied with food, which, however, was owing to the appropriation of money by Congress being utterly Inadequate to their wants. The money available for feeding them amounted only to less than four and one-half cent* a head per d»y. Thla created dlacontent among them. When the murder of a whit* man was committed by au Indian, the Indian was arrested, tried and hung. The discontent grew Into excitement. A military detachment tried to disarm them, bnt only with partial; success, and Anally Ihe outbreak took •place. 1 ’ 1 As regard* the outbreak of 800 Korthcru Cheyennes, the Secretary corroborates the statement* heretofore made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs In a special report npon this subject, showing that It waa notcauscd by hunger, nor by any neglect on the part of the Government officials to furnish them supplies according to the treaty; but that, on the contrary, they received ample supplies, and more than they were entitled to. Sec y Bohurz adds; “ While in many other instances Indian outbreaks are traceable to the treatment they receive at the hands of the whites, it appears from information quoted that in this case the outbreak was owing to the mischievous spirit of bad men among the Indiana themselves, and their determination to return northward to their old hunting grounds. *• Nearly all these runaway Cheyennes have been captured or have surrendered, and are now held as prisoners bv the militaryauthorities in the interest of general discipline, aiid in order to show tho Indians that nothing can he gained by such disorderly conduct. It is thought best to return them to their reservation In the Indian Territory, after having given the eivil authorities of the Htate of Kansas an opportunity to Identify those who committed the murders aud other crimes while passing through that State, so that they may be dealt with according to law.” Sec'y Seburz strongly defends the action of tho Department and Special Agents of tile Department regarding timber depredations, and says: '• We cannot close our eyes to the fact that anything like complete success In suppressing the milavvlul praefiees is impossible, unless the efforts made by this Department, for the protection of public property meet with a hearty co-operation on the part of the Legislative branch of the Government. Aetna! experience enables me to say that want of such co-operation has been, and will always be, an encouragement to depredators to persist in their law less Operations, and to defy the authorities." The Secretary recommends such legislation ns will preserve and enlarge the lands of ihe country.

Report of the Secretary of War.

The report of the Secretary of War Is a lengthy document, the main features of Which are hero summarized: According to the latest report of tho General of the Army,The enlisted men 111 the Military Service number 24.761- The aggregate of desertions during the fiscal year was I,67B—beitfg 838 less than for the preceding fiscal year. Nothwjthstandlng Ihe improvement, tho Secretary says the crime of desertion is still alarmingly frequent and an evil of no ordinary magnitude. The Seeretary.dtscnKses the question of Indian hostilities and expresses the opinion that permanent peace in the Indian country can only he maintained by the exhibition of force sufficient to overawe and keep in snbjeetion the more warlike ana aangerons savages. In short, tta policy of the Government toward Ihe should be designed lo enforce those two propositions: , 1. Fair and just treatment of the Indians, including the faithful performance on our part of every promise; and 2. The prompt aud effectual punishment of all acts of war on their part, and to this end the employment of a sufficient military force in the Indian country to act with vigor and success w hen occasion requires, and prevent Ihe possibility ol the defeat or massucro of small detachments of our troops, by which Indian wars have been sooften in the past encouraged and prolonged. The experiment of enlisting Indian scouts has, In the opinion of the Secretary, proved successful, and he recommends ail increase in the number ol such scout", and that Congress declare them r. fore.-in addition to the number of enlisted men unth Prized for the army proper.-——4— lie. McCrary quotes and commends the law directing the establishment of schools tor the benefit of enlisted men on garrison duty, and recommends that Congress increase the extra per diem of soldier teachers front thirty-live to fitly cents. In respect to the increase of onr force "u the 'BtoTfnihtle, the Secretary says the following of the more viaorous policy at present in vogue has greatlv diminished the number of Mexican raids, and renders Ihe Texans comparatively free from disturbances. - The Secretary refers to the section of the act of Congress forbidding Ihe use of any purt of tho army as a posse romitatns, and adds: In uiy judgment, it is important either that this prov ision be repealed, or that tile number of cases ill w hich the nso of the army shall lie -expresrlv authorized* he very much enlarged. In many* portions of our Western Territories, and even* In some portions of the newer States, a resolute desperado, with a few followers, can defy Hie o livers of the law and any local posse that can be or.uiiizcd." As emphasizing thi" leconimendai urn. lie refers to the numerous attacks on mullroaches 111 New Mexico and Arizona, and says that so long a« the section - remains, Ihc hands of the army officers are practically tied. He is clearly of He-‘.pinion that ihe President should he left free to ciiiplov tlte National forces In aid of the process of the Federal Courts w henever he shad tloom it. iieeessrrv; but if such tu is lo be llmited to cases e. iu-ie. es declared by Hie act above quoted, it “Is r.-ejauthorized by the Constitution or bv act of t tmgress." then it is respectfully submittedlhat Congress should give very careful attention to the M ineral ion and specification if the eases in a IHeli such use of troops is to he permitted. Mr. McCrary details ihe action had in the supply of tents, medicines and provisions tor the relict ot the yellow-lever sufferers, and asks that Congress puss a joint resolution approving and legalizing ills issues. He also reeommqpds to Congress the careful consideration of the question whether such emergencies in ihe future may not be provided for hv law by coulerriug authority do act upon Hie President. If it be practicable, the law should he so framed us never lo leave au Executive officer under the necessity of acting outside of the statUl, nSe expenditures of the War Department for the vear were $4-324 734-54 less than those of the ‘preceding vear. His estimates for the year ending June 30, 1880, are $40,387,718.33. which amount is only 91,810,882.15 iu excess oi the aggregate appropriations for 1878- The estimates for the mintary establishment are 928-335,727.-33: for public works, $7,670,881,80, and the remainder for miscellaneous expenditures. The operations of the Quurtcrintister-General s office are detailed at considerable length. The Department moved dnriuglho year 78.200 passengers, 11,400 beasts and 108,261 tons of military materials. The Secretary further states that operations of the Department are embarrassed by the action of Congress relating to laml-m-ant railroads, lo none of which can money be paid until the conclusion of a suit before the courts. As the principles and clulms involved have been finally acted on by the Supreme Court, aud judgment In favor of the reads, npon the rates heretofore fixed by the War Department, has been given In every case finally decided. It has been thought that It would he wise and Just to repeal this restrictive legislation, and allow the railroad accounts to he settled as other accounts for military service, without imposing upon the companies the delay and expenses or formal suits, which hereafter can involve only principles already decided iu their favor. Mr. McCrary advise s that the Executive lie authorized to purchase sites for forts in Texas, Instead of leasing them, us at present. In regard to work on the sea-coast defenses, ho states that It has bedh limited to the care and preservation of the works. The Engineer Corps should. In bis opinion, be Increased to 500 enlisted men. The work of river and harbor improvement lius satisfactorily progressed during the year. , The snrvey of the Mississippi River and the territory west of the 100th meridian bus. also been satisfactorily prosecuted. The area, surveyed and mapped since Ihe beginning of the survey has aggregated more than 300.000 square miles. He Misk* the favorable consideration of Congress upon the Engineer estimates. —The alls utii/n of Congress is-ealfed again -to-Hre-conslderatlon of the problem how best to Improve the navigation of the Mississippi River. The Improvements at the mouth of that stream persecuted by Mr. Eads are described, and the statement made that, after the close of the present fiscal year, there remained a practical channel 21-7 feet deep, which the Secretary thinks Is ample for the present needs of commerce. Three payment* had been made to Mr. Eads under his contract. In discussing the report of the Ordnance Department, the Secretary-emphasizes and Indorses the request of the Chief of Ordnance for au Increase In the appropriation for Ine manufacture of' small military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., established under the act of 1874, * now in snecesSfrtl operation. The officers assigned to duty with It are competent and falthlW In the discharge of their duties, and the convict* are proiierly governed and employed, while, at the same time, they are treated with humanity and kindness. On Oct. 25, there were 878 military convictq confined iu this prison. All the shoes required for issue tuthe troops are now fabricated by the convicts at the prison, and aawnf excellent quality Indeed- U It

told 6? many officers that Wfi Have never before had as good so article In our army, sad aa aoon aa the additional shops now In procea* of erection an completed many other article* now purchased from citizens can. It la believed, be manufactured to better advantage (here. At the same time, a large number of menwould he Instructed In useful mechanical occupation* that woold tend to make them better qualified for self-support and better citizen* when they are discharged. the Surgeon General report* the total number of death* In the Army daring the year from all cause* at 258, or about twelve to 1,000. Of these m died or disease, and 185 of wounds, accident* and has maintained, during the tear, 147 Signal Stations to fill the systems of stations of observation from which reports are deemed necessary to ensbl# proper warnings to be given of Ibe approach and force of atoms, and of other meteoric changes tor the benefit of agricultural and commotcltl Interests.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —Berlin fiends n large order for ladle*’ •omits to Worcester*. Man*. , —The business of rag-gathering ia picking up.— N. 0. Picayune. —The route to the coal-bin is a hod road to travel. —Fond tiu Lac Reporter. --There 19 more active fun in ac ounce of kitten than in a ton of elephant —The New York Express observes that blacksmiths are of a re-tiro-ing disposition. —The Picayune says when fair women vote candidates may look for handsome majorities. That’s pretty true. —An “ auction sale” was originally written “ hawk-shun sale.” That waa a goon many years ago, however, when people were wicked and used to cneat. —Boston Transcript. * —A little five-year-old, bearing of the Acts of the Apostles, saiu he thought the Apostles must have been pretty hard up to have had only one ax among so many of ’em. —The total rocepts of the principal Paris theaters during the Exhibition of 1887 were $1,790,000. Tho receipts of the same theaters during the present Exhibition were $2,156,000. —ln France, according to Boccardo, liio workmen obtains 47 per cent of the profit on his work; in England, 66 per cent.; in America, 72 per cent; and in Italy, only from 17 to 20 per cent. —The prices-of spm» articles are 18 per cent, lower tliau before the war. Corn has not been so low sinoe 1846, excepting in 1861, cotton not so low in twenty-three years, and mess pork not since 1844.— N. h Sun. —lt was quaintly said of a somewhat illiterate American who spent a great part of his time abroad, and who aped our kin beyond the sea, that he was English in his dreAs, English in his manners, and in fact English in almost everything except his grammar. —lt is quite probable that nine-tenths of the lightning-rods put up throughout the country are constructed by ignorant parties, and dot only do not serve as a protection, but invite destruction with less chance of escape than if the rods were absent. —American Cultivator.

—Once upon a time, when “ boarding round” was the rule in Vermont school districts, one man had to board the teacher just two and a half days. On the third day, as the teacher sat down to dinner, the man of the house said: “ Madam, I.suppose your boarding time will be out when you have eaten half a dinner; but, as I don’t wish to appear mean, you may eat nearly a* much a usual.” —Every day we have evidence that the small boy has no soul. The other day a crowd gathered around a farmer whose wagon load of butter and eggs was fast in a mud-hole, and while some suggested that he pull his horse gee, and others that he pull him haw, the ever-present small boy yelled, “ It’s no use, mister. Yer, old horse ain’t stout enough. Take him out and hiteh hi a roll of yer buftcr.”— Oil City Derrick. —The total population of Queens* land, Australia, last year, was 203,084, of whom 124,924 were males. Queensland covers an area as large as Europe, less Russia, Germany, Austria and Scandinavia. The immigration to it has been mainly at the cost of its Government. The present Governor is brother to Lord Chancellor Caims. He resides at Brisbane, the capital, and has a salary of $20,000 a year, with furnished house and allowances worth about $2,500. more. —A Police Sergeant has been murdered at.St...Helen’s, Eng., under peculiar circumstances. He met a tramp in the streets arid began to question him. The man said he had come from Liverpool, whereupon the Sergeant put out his hand as if about to make an arrest. The man immediately raised a pistol, and shot the Sergeant through the head, killing him almost instantly. The murderer then ran away, before any of the bystanders recovered sufficiently from their astonishment and horror to prevent his escape. .. —ln Italy the collection of taxes is farmed out, the man who will undertake the work for the smallest percentage obtaining It. He then pays in the amount assessed in his district, and the authorities place force at his disposal to collect the tax. One unhappy man obtained an appointment in a remote district. No one would pay up. He advertised the land* for sale; none of the residents attended the sale, and strangers were advised that the climate was unhealthy for proprietors under tax-sale titles, who were apt to perish from violent diseases of the throat. The collector is out about 60,000 francs and costs. —About sixty years ago, the papermills then in existence in the United States employed 5,000. people and the annual product represented a money value of $6,000,000. in 1830 the number of persons employed was about 10,000, and the value of the annual product was $7,000,000. Since then there has been a steady growth, with the exception of the past two or three years. In 1860 the number of persons employed was 22,000, and the value of the paper manufactured $21,000,000. -In 1870 this amount had increased to $48,436,666; and in 1872, the last year for which there are complete records, the Value of the amount manufactured in a thousand mills, employing 80,000 pet* sons, was $66,505,826. Between the years 1860 and 1870 there was a general revival in the book business, and the paper-maker* pushed things with great energy. , i , - »«i • ’ He had broken his promise to marry the girl, and her father wanted a money consideration to help heal a wounded heart. The young man said he would consider a reasonable proposition, “ Well, then,” said the irate father, who wa* seeking justice for his daughter, “young man, how does a dollar and a half strike you!”— Turner's Falls Reporter* —ln France, according to Boocardo, the workmen obtains 47 per cent, of the profit on his work; in England, 56 per cent.; in America, 72 per cent.; and in Italy, only from 17 to 20 per Cent.