Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-08

rent testimony. For one thing, the Grant Man.
sion is admirably adapted by its spacious apart
ments and superb appointments, for such So
Cial entertainments. Among those present
were Secretary McCulloch, Hon. Edwin NJ
Stanton, Senator's Sumner ana Chandler, Cen
eral " Nashburn. of Wisconsin. Generals Har-
ney, AnguT, and Badeau, and number
other military officers. The PR senee OF Mr.
Stanton serves 10 set n rest the idle stories of
dissensions between him and General Grant.
"A State dinner was given last night by
the French Minister. NJ. J. Bcrthemy, az his
residence, corner of II and 18Th streets.
number of leading members of Congress and
prominent Diplomats were present.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Of THE Gov
ERssENT.-The following comparison of s.hard
facts" shows the difference between holding
office under the Governmeat in these busy days
and IN the good old times before war increased
lis transactions TO their present gigantic pro-
portions:
For the fiscal year ending jane so 1860. the
total receipts OF the Government from all
sources, including loans, were S76.753.lee}: the
expenditures Were S77,i61, lC2; making q total
amount TO account for Of Si5f,2Ii,lS6. There
Were then some 4l2 clerks in the Treasury De-
paIiment. The average amount of work done
by each involved S37+.SGe.
During the fiscal year 1851, the sum of the
amounts received and disbursed reached
S2,224, lIO,5I5. The number of employees en-
gagged in the Treasury Department keeping
track of this immense sum, and also upon other
work unknown in lo60 and previously, a.
counting currency, &c, was 2,213 An average
of work done involving over a million dollars
per individual. showing that each employee
performed more than three times the labor that
WOnld has heop b.sF IL,
The same facts are shown by statistics re-
htlng TO custom houses. The revenue from
customs in 1s6O amounted TO S53,1s7,5i1 The
average amount collected per indi vidual by
ASST persons engaged in various capacities
upon customs was s22,Sss. The records for
1867 show that 3,962 employees collected Sl76-
il7-olO, an average of SH,5 Z per individual, or
twice as much as in 1850.
A statement of The whole revenue collected in
1867 from Int rnal Revenue and Customs COM
bined compares as favorably with that collected
IN previous to the war. Thus S266 0y7 537 from
Internal Revenue added To Sl764i7 $40 from
Customs, makes Si42, ,4i5.34s. Dividing this sum
by the number of persons engaged in collecting
il, We have an average of S49,5a9 collected per
individual, which is again twice as large as the
average for the fiscal year 1s6O, viz s22 33s.
THERE HAS BEEN no meeting Of the Com.
mittee OF Elections this week, but at the meet.
ing Tomorrow the Committee will report TO
against the admission OF JOHNNY Brown, from
the I'd District of Kentucky, on the around Of
disloyalty.
WASHINGTON AND GEoEGErowN RAILROAD
CosPANY-ELECTIoN OF OFFICERs.-The an
nuai meeting of the Washington and George
town Railroad Company was held at noon to-
gay, AT thr ONCE OF the company, on New
jersey avenue for the election of officers for
the ensuing year. The following directors were
elected, being an entirely new board WIN w
harding, u III. Painter, and Louis A. Cooley
9l fnliadeiphia; Henry Hart, VIM. Remsen,
Jas Mekenna, and $. $. Riker, of New York
lhe whole mum Der of votes cast was 1884 there
being no other ticket in the field
In October last Mr.. George s. Gideon an
nouhcen his purpose 10 decline reelection as
President. and Al the meeting OF the Directors
last night resolutions were passed highly CON-
Phmentary to Mr.. Gideon. and regretting his
retirement.
The new Board of Directors met this after
noon. Messrs. Harding, Hart. Painter. and
R1ker being present to effect a temporary or
ganlZation. II seems probable that an election
Tor President may not take place for some davs
and that Mr. Gideon will act in that capacity
for the present.
TAXATION OF national B.sKs-Jn the
Senate to-day a statement was presented from
the Secretary of the Treasury. in response TO a
resolution passed by the Senate on the Sd of De-
cemoer, showing the amount of tax collected
from the National Banks up TO the Both of
June, l-67, to be SI3,G}a $50 30: amount of bonds
held rs security for National Bank currency mn
to Dec *, Ss409G,150; interest in coin from 1863
TO 1867, S51.S .Ss3 36475; value of the same in law
iuly, SO, 161. 124.16; interest in lawful money.
>}il,loo; value in lawful money of total inter-
tdue, sI6,50s, ,2ii 16; total amount of license
tax collected from all banks during the wears
1865, 6 and =, S3,542,O5 ~; total tax ON divi
dends and profits for the same time. s12..
C32-36Ii3.
IHE BILL REPEALING THE TAX on CoTrOS
came over from the Senate this morning. and
was laid before the House ard referred To the
Committee of WAYS and Means AT the reouest
OF Mr.. Schenck, Chairman. That Committee
VIII consider the Senate amendments 10 the bll
~ their meeting tomorrow, and the general
opinion is that it will agree to report against
them. 1t seems probable that the matter will
have TO be settled finally in Committee of
Conference.
PAVING AND REPAIIING THE AvENuHs-A
resolution was introduced in the Senate to-day
by Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine. (which was agreed
to,) lnstructing the Committee on Public Ruild
ihgs ana Grounds TO inquire whether the an
nual expense of paving and repairing the pub.
ic avenues OF the city of Washington conld
nos De permanently reduced by carving out
lhe original design of setting apart and trans
1erlng either twenty feet of the centre or ten
iett ON each side, more or less. of such avenues
and planting the same with shade trees: and
also IN " hat mode the owners of property abut-
tlng The avenues. and who would be- LARGELY
benefited by the improvement, can be made TO
deiray the expenses of the same
ZANE PRESENTED TO TIE PREsIDFNT.--A
committee OF citizens of Connecticut, New
York, and other States, last evening presented
TO lie President a cane made from the wood of
NE ceiebraled Charter Oak. An appropriate
speech was made by Postmaster Cleveland, of
HariIord- which was responded TO by the Presi-
dent In the presentation speech, a parallel
was drawn by Mr.. Cleveland between the old
uee, which protected and preserved the char-
ter and Mr.. johnson. as the defender of the
Constitution and All yocate Of th. restoration of
the Union.
TIE REPORT OF THE INDIAN COMMIssIoy-
The Indian Commission, composed of Hon. NJ
u TAYLOR, Generals w. L. sherman. w. s
Harvey, A. II. Terry, G.. q Augur, Colonels
Sanborp and Taffen, and ex-senator Hender-
son, waited upon the President this morning
and presented their report 10 him. II will be
transmitted to Congress by the President imme-
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