Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-03-10
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News.

Customs receipts TOR week ending feD-
ruary 10, s4,seO,610.
The following nominations were sent to
he Senate on the 25th Geo. B. Goodwin
to be Assessor of internal Revenue of the
First District of Wisconsin. Postmasters
Theodore G. Phillips, Bay City, Mich
igan Geo. +. Clark, Los Angeles, Cali
fornia
The following is the resolution adopted
by the House in the case Of Mr. White
more:
Resotged, That b. r. Whittemore, late member
from the First District Of South Carolina, dld make
appointments TO the Military Academy at West
Point, and to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, IN
violation of law and that such appointments were
Influenced by peCuniary considerations, ana that
his conduct IL the premises has been such as 10
show him unworthy of seat in the House OF Rep
resentatives, and therefore Ia condemned az con-
duet unworthy OF representative OF the people
The Postmaster General, in reply to
Senate resolution, says the number OF
blank petitions for the abolition G. the
ranking privilege sent out was 10000,
and the number of accompanying circu-
lars &c, 900; total cost, $4,000. Returns
from 4j4 postofiices, for January show
the number of free letters sent therefrom,
666,9Oi postage thereon at the regular
rates, $li7,39973; weight of free printed
matter sent, 33G,104 pounds; postage
thereon at regular rates, $42,334.36 To
tai cost of free matter sent from 454 post
offices, S159,73409. He estimates that, if
full returns had been received from all
the offices for January, the aggregate
amount would have exceeded 100000, or
at the rate of S2,400000 per annuln.
A general order from headquarters of
the army states that the Fourth Military
District has ceased to exist, and, by -.
ton of the President, the State of Missis-
sippi is attached to the Department of the
Cumberland, Brevet Major General Cooke
commanding.
The following is the public debt state
ment for March /
Debt bearing coin interest ...,..$2 l01 $50 5000
Debt be,ring currency interest. 5D555, 100000
Debt ou which interest has ceased. 1878, 1864
Debt bearing no interest ...,,.., 4iO4i2,S5I5o
Total. oil $40. S54. %
Interest 39,757 gi1.2l
Total ....,...........,......s2,6 51 Cos 795.43
Amount in Treasury:
Coin. Observation-Disclosures. slO2 400 1897
Currency. ........................ l0,2S0, 2s5.6S
Sinking fund bonds and interest. 27S76,529OO
Special fund bonds and interest. 121S2, 7636l
Total Observation-Disclosures, Sgl334O,3l6.6
Debt, less cash in Treasury ..s &, 438 32s,i 77l7
Decrease In the month. 6ISi, 1911 rs
Decrease since March 1, 1859 ~ 81 1879, 1872. "a
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, amount outstand
ing ..,.<.............,..... 6i,407, $1,000
Interest accrued and not yet paid G375il 20
Interest paid by United States 49,. 6,SSI, 664 96
Interest repaid by transportation OF
mails ...,".,. ..,..,,....... lo0i0746i
Balance OF interest paid by the
United states, ,........,,.',,, 1857, 5000
The Senate, on the list, refused to re-
consider its vote confirming Hon. Viii
liam Strong, Of Pennsylvania, as Justice
of the United States Supreme Court.
The consideration OF the nomination of
Mr., Bradley as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court was postponed on the I'd,
by the Senate, to the 2lst instant 81 to
26.
The following were among the nomina-
tions sent to the Senate on the Cd; Charles
II. Lewis, of Virginia, Minister Resident
to Portugal Richard II, Whitney, Asses
sor of Internal Revenue for the Fifth Dis.
trict of Illinois, Geo, d. Orner, Collector
of Internal Revenue, Fifth District, Mis-
souri,; J. G. c. Haskins, Postmasta r, Sioux
City, Iowa