The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS JOTTINGs.

The receipts from Internal Revenue last week
were SO, ,455,872. The total receipts since June
30 amount to S2lS,9lS,lS
"A Scotch nobleman, who owns property in
the island of Orkney has offered to subscribe
100000 for the construction of railways in that
district.
There Is an immense supply Of lumber now
standing on the Androscoggm river and its trbu-
taries In Maine. Fifteen wears ago the Lumber,
ing business on the river began, and as yet
hardly clearing has been made on the edge
OF the wilderness ON the upper waters of the
river.
Several parties are in Washington who pro-
pose to contract with the Government to raise
some or all OF the mang ships that were sunk
along the coast in completing the blockade. For
tunes lie in the deep. The Government having
q large surplus force will probably do the work
OF rnising the ships without outside help.
The Committee on Courts in the Virginia
House of Delegates, to whom was referred the
resolution requesting Senator Underwood to
resign, have reported substitute, declaring
that his efforts to procure the overthrow oil the
State Government we're wholly inconsistent with
the duties OF his position, and meet unquallhed
reprobation.
"A recent number Of the Calcutta Gazette con-
tains an account of an aerol1te, which fell at
Shergottv on the 25th ofAugust last native
who witnessed its fall, states that about A. M.
a stone fell from the heavens, accompanied by
very loud report burying itself in the earth knee
deep, and at the same time the sky was cloudy
and of murky color, the air calm, and no rain.
The stone has been forwarded by the Govern.
ment to the Asabc Society of Bengal.
No new or ganizations have been made under
the national banking system during the past
week. The whole number now stands at 1880,
with an aggregate capital of $407, ,S59, ,2O3. The
amount OF circulation issued to the above banks
during the week reaches 81, l72,635; previously
issued, S254, O2,275 total, $257,0729l0. The
following banks have been designated as addi-
tional repositories of the public money First
National Bank, Charleston, Illinois; FIRST
National Bank, Hannibal, Missouri; National
Bank of Newbern, North Carolina.
The italian Government announces that the
railway tunnel through Mount Gents may be
| finished at the close of the year 1870. The cut
ting was begun on the French side OF the noun
tain at Mondane, and on the Italian side at
Bardonneche The length perforated is about
five thousand two hundred yards. AS the tunnel
| is to be twelve thousand two hundred and
twenty yards long, there are still seven thousand
and twenty yards 10 be accomplished. The
average distance cut each day is four yards, 80
| that ii will require one thousand seven hundr ed
! and hfty-fve days to complete the tunnel.
in Southern Italy the clergy are doing their
| utmost to prevent the introduction Of civil mar
| riages among the people. Not only is civil mar
| riage denounced from the pulpit as unlawful, as
| in Genoa, but absolution and extreme JUNCTION
are deni ed to those who are not married in
church. This conduct tends greatly to diminish
| the influence OF the clergy among the people,
who are beginning to free themselves In all dl-
rectons from ecclesiastical control. Societies
| have been established in various parts of the
country with the object Of educating the lower
classes. and providing them with work, and
among their members are many mobiles.
The agents of the Post Office Department
| lately advertised the letting of over seven hun
d1ed routes in the States of Mississippi, Louisi-
| ana, Arkansas Alabama and Georgia. These
routes were extensively advertised, but only
one hundred and eighty-four were let, and on
Eve hundred and eighteen the people are still
destitute OF postal facilities either because rail-
roads and stages will not carry the United States
mails, or because they cannot on account of the
test oath. Secretary Denison refuses to ALLOW
| any contractor, postmaster, or mailmessenger
TO handle the mails without first having taken
the oath.
The fact is not generally known that the
| financial condition OF the Government is very
much stronger than is made to appear from the
monthly report of the National deb! issued by
the Treasury Department. In the monthly
balance sheet so issued, no account has ever
been taken of the FUNDS belonging to the Gov
eminent deposited in the National Banks, and
amounting at this time to over $l70, 900, 900.
1t is the opinion of the Controller of the Cur
rency that the Government will hold at the
close Of the present fiscal year such surplus
over all expenditures OF at least 5000, 900. 900.
The requirements of the army and navy will be
comparatively nothing, as they have supplies OF
every description on hand, and paid for, from
last years appropriations. The surplus on hand
at this time, estimating the currency value OF
the gold on hand, with other funds on deposit
in national banks, and in the hands of the Trea-
surer and Assistant Treasurers, must be at least
$170, ,0O0, 900. With this surplus, and that which
will accumulate by June next, the Secretary
can pay off that portion OF the temporary loan
not deposited by banks under special arrange
ments for clearing-h house purposes-say $50, ,00C
900. HE also pay off all the certificates of in
debtedness, which were reported on the lst oi
February as $50 837, ,0G0, all of the one and two
year 5per cent legal tender notes, amounting tc
$8, ,900 and can also redeem about $50 900, 900
of the compound interest notes, which will leave
about Sl0O 600 OF the compound interes'
also the 7'30 notes as they mature, under the ac
OF the Sd of March last. The Controller is also 0
the opinion that the common legal-tender note
should not be reduced unless an equal amour
of such reduction should be authorized as al
increase of the amount Of the bank circulation
as recommended in his report.