The Portland daily press., 1870-01-17
WASHINGTON.
CURRENCY STATEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE amount OF trac-
tional currency received from the printer for
the week ending to-day was S743 ,487; ship
mrnts TO New York, S100 600; to Boston, $780,
600; TO. Phi,sdelphia, $4,000; to St. Louis,
S25 600; TO the national banks and others,
S268, AIS. Treasurer Spinner holds in trust, as
security for the national banks circulation,
S345 AIS $50; and for public deposits, $780,,
600. Mutiiated bills burned during the week
S167 230; total amount burned. $19075, 1877.
Bank currency issued for bills destroyed dur
ing the week, $116110; total amount issued
therefore, S18 005 200; balauce due for mutilat-
ed notes, $16s, 937. Bank circulation ontstand-
ing, 1929, ,S37 at this date. Fractional cur
reDcy redeemed and destroyed during the week,
1851, 100
THE NEW YORK GOLD PANIC.
The Committee On Banking and Currency
was in session to-day, examining witnesses on
the subject of the gold panic in New York last
summer They heard the testimony OF Messrs.
Hodgkins & Burd. bankers, of New York; Mr..
Renedict, President of the Gold Exchange
Bank, and Mr.. Stout, late cashier of the Tenth
National Bauk of New York. Jas. Fisk, Jr.,
Jay Gould and Mr.. Corbin have been sum-
moned to appear before the committee on
Monday.
UNKNOWN CAUSE OF DEATH.
Samuel w. Marsh, late prominent clerk in
| the Treasury Department., Was found insens-
BILE in the street last night and died this morn
ing.
ENVY thOM HAWAII.
To-day Elisha II. Allen was introduced TO the
President by Secretary Fish and delivered his
credentials as Envoy Extraordinary from the
Kingdom of Hawaii. The customary adj
dresses were made.
INTERNAL REVENUE REGULATIONS.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
Just issued an important circular OF which the
following IS the substance: The blank forms for
the annual assessments on incomes of 1869 are
do for da1ivarv nd f,rdara tho a mo
| should be forwarded at once. II any blanks re-
main on hand from last year they may be used
| by changing dales to correspond with the form
| OF 1870. The value of the coin at the close oil
the year should also be changed. The value in
| New York, Dec. 81, 1869, was 1.20 1t is adj
visable to commence assessments Immediately
| in all cases where parties are willing to make
returns. 1t a tax payer is willing to make a
return the assessor cannot make any assess
ment or enforce any, penalty for delinquency
until after the first day of March. The a. slit
ant assessors should be instructed to leave
blank form No. "a with every person WHO in
any probability has a taxable income, and
make list OF the persons with whom blank.
are thus left. They should also REQUIRE al
these forms to be returned filed up in detail
subscribed and sworn to in the form prescrib
| ed Tor declaImIng that person is not POSSESS
ed OF an income of $1,000 as provided in sector
11s of the compilation by making and render
ing detailed statement of form No. "a.
| DIR. LlVINGSTONE.
| WASHINGTON, JAM GA letter has been re
ceved at the British Consulate at Zanzibar
from Dr. Livingstone, dated May 30th. 81
was at the Ugigi on Yauyanyika Lake, where
he had found his supplies. He was in goo'
health and spirits, and proposed travelling t.
the windward of Yanvanyika until some boat
men and further supplies for which he had sen
| reached Ugigi
EARLY ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
An early adjournment of Congress is favor
ed aud is considered practicable by numbe
OF members, who say that with industry th
necessary business can be finished by the frs
of May.
THE PROSECUTION OF INDIAN MURDERERs.
Information Just received from Montana in
ecute the criminal laws of that territory again:
| the murderers of Malcolm Clark, promner
citizen of that territory. have been adopted
He was murdered by some Blackfeet Indan
who were indicted.
woMANs' SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
Next week the National Womans' Sutfras
Convention will be held in this city. Its ieat
ing objects are said to be the enfranchisem el
of women in the District OF COLUMBIA and ia
passage of the 10th amendment to the Const
tuition of the United States to secure that OF
ject. Rev. a. w. Beecher, Bishop. Simpson
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Theodore Tito
and others will be present.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
A Joint meeting of the United States India
! Commission and the Senate and House Con