Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-06

The foregoing is a correct statement of the public
debt as appears from the books and the Treasurer
returns IN the Department the lst of June, 1866.
HUGH MCCULLooH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
THE TRIAL OF COL. PAULDTNG.
In tho of Paymaster Paulding before the court
martial now in session here the prosecution to- day
examined .. P. Astrop,. book keeper, and A. Sher-
man, cashier, of the Merchants National Bank,
and James G. Kennedy, receiver. The testimony
showed that when the bank fned. May th. it held of
Paymaster Paulding 5 official funds $505 S5l.76
INCOME TAX.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has issued
an order correcting certain instructions to assessors
oy which 1t appears Il guardian residing abroad
should return the income of his ward in the district
where the ward resides and that all expenses for
insurance upon property. and all actual losses in
business may be deducted from the gross income of
the business of the year.
THE SALES OF GOLD.
The Star says: A communication was received
from the Secretary of the Treasury to-day in the
House IN answer to the inquiry of that body in re-
gard to the late sale OF gold by the Treasury Depart
ment. lie reports that the sales of gold belonging
to the United States during the month of May, by
the Assistant Treasurer at New York was S35, no.
wv. The commission allowed to the agent, (Mr.
Myers )maklng the sale was Is of one per cent. The
rates at which the gold was sold were as follows =
S2o6 900 at 1905 Sc. 600 Mt 130I $50 900 at l301
S2060,0OO at 13l; S3450OO at 1915 These constitute
all the sales Of gold made by the Department since
the month of February last. The Secretary says:
The coin received in tho Treasury had been per
matted for some time past to accumulate to be held
for the purpose of acitatine return TO specie pay
lntHtS, 70 De disposed OF emergency which
might render the disposition of it necessary for the
protection Of the national credit or preventing such
a depreciation of the national currency as would
affect lnJurlouSy the business of the country and
especially the business of the aborng and producing
classes. 1t has been my purpose, either By holding
or selling to keep the market steady until tho indus
try of the country diverted by the war from its e
gtlmate channels, should be brought again into full
productive activity, and thus prepare the way for
permanent resumption. My instructions given at
various times to Mr., Van Dyck have been to make
no sales except for the purpose of supplying the
Treasury with currency or for meeting the necessary
demands OF commerce, or preventing successful COM
binations either to impair the national credit
produce serious fluctuations in prices.
The correctness of these Instructions has been vim
dicated by the general seadness of the market the
gradual advance Of currency towards the true stand
ard OF value, and the prevention of financial trou
bles which so many had anticipated as the legiti-
mate co sequence of the war, and superabundant
circulating medium.
The monthly statement of the public debt issued
exhibits better condition of the national finances
than did the statement for the month of April. The
present statement gives the amount Of the debt
increase the last statement of 50 $50 1t gives
81 2222262 which is S4l 09l 1854 less than this
portion of the debt on May |.
The matured debt not presented for payment is
Ti,9O0. .42964. an increase of S4022 700. The debt
bearing interest is $500 60304 and is a de-
crease on the amount stated May of 1851, 1880.
The total debt is So 799 979 45076 which shows di-
minution of 7 69 420S4 but the cash in the Treas
than on May l. The debt debt. less the cash in the
Treasury, is therefore S267O 2SS 3652 and is an ac
tual decrease OF the national debt of Sl9 i0l 45 o.
ATTEMPT TO ROB THE PATENT OFFICE. a.
On Saturday night daring attempt was made to
rob the Patent Office, but fortunately the thieves did
not succeed. They had by means Of ladder effected
entrance in the second story the street 'front.'
and getting among the cases attempted to cut into
one of them, containing very valuable sword said
to be worth $4,000 and had far entered upon their
work to bore four holes with an augur around one
of the panels. but from some cause they became
frightened and left.