Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-15
ESTABLISHED MARCH 50, 1885.
WASHINGTON.
The New Loan.

4 WASHINGTON, Aug 14.-Secretarl
Boutwell, has Withdrawn for the presen
the new loan, with the exception of thu
five per cents. offered the nl:ional bank
by circular letter on the 10th inst.
The Secretary of the Treasury TO day
issued the following circular:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Gentlemen.
/ have deemed it advisable upon further
consideration to Withdraw the loan fol
the present from market, with the excep>
ton of the five per cent bonds, as offered
to the National Banks by a circular let
ter of the Secretary of the Treasury dated
the 10th inst. The communication res
lates to four per cent. bonds In connec-
ton with five per cent. bonds. 81
Boutwell,, Secretary.
To the Agents designated by the Scores
tary of the Treasury to negotiate the
new loan.
The last Surviving Child Of i776.
Mrs. Mary Chase Barney was struck
with paralysis this morning. She is the
daughter of Judge Chase, of Maryland,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, and is the last surviving
child of any of the slgners of that in
strument. 49,
rhe National Balance sheet.
The receipts and expenditures by war
rants for the fiscal year ending June 30:
Net receipts from customs S206, 270, 4O8;
net receipts from internal revenue $l43,.
098, 1853; from sales of public lands
81, 9SS, 646; from miscellaneous sources
So, $50, 1855; total net revenue 1888, $685.
94S; balance in treasury June 80, 1870,
$l49, 500, 1857; total $532, 829, $40. Net
expenditures for civil and miscellaneous
purposes $9,498,710; War Department
SIG, 43l OPT; Indians and pensions $41,-
$40, S92; interest on public debt $685.
SIG, 565; net ordinary expenses 1922, IT.
1856; purchase of bonds for sinking fund
$3.50, 1856, 148; total net expenditures
s422, 9l2, 333; balance in treasury June
30, 1871, $109, 917, ATT; total 1852, $780,
$40.
The receipts from miscellaneous
sources include $S,sS2, s29 from premi- |
inns. The expenditures for civil and mis- |
,ellsneous purposes include $9,016, T94 |
for premiums to Indians, and the pensions |
'bow special expenditures for Indians of |
81, 767, 5l2, leaving expenditures on pen |
ion account $S4, 10S, $50. In conse-
Iuence of the change made by the law |
If July s, 1870, whereby the payment of
tensions were made quarterly, instead of
emf annually, the payments of the past
Iear have been increased about s., 000,-
700, by the payment of an extra quar-.
er's pensions falling due within the year.
The Next Crop Report
f the Department of Agriculture will
ot be published until September. Re-
urns recently received show that the
rops are in better condition than was re-
orted in July, including corn and cotton.
A letter from Arkansas says that, al
aough the acreage of cotton is not SO
urge as last year, the yield will be equally
8 large as in other States.
sports.
Dennis Darden and John Mccarthy,
Exchanged four pistol shots this evening
n Buena Vista avenue. Mccarthy was
lortally wounded.
The Alabama Claims.
A dispatch from Minister Schenck in
1rms us of the truth of the cable tele-
ram. that Sir Alexander Cockburne,
ord Chief Justice of England, is to be
-bitrator at Geneva, under the treaty of
and Sir Rounded Palmer,
yunsel. 1t is now certainly known that
ssistant Secretary Bancroft Davis is to
; agent for the United States; the Brit
b agent has not yet been announced.
his Government has as yet appoint
| no counsel. Charles G. Bramsr, of
ew York, is employed TO assist the agent
the United States, in the preparation
the cases before the tribunal of srbi-
alton.
Robert J. Hale, of New York, agent
nd counsel on part of the United States,
,r claims 10 come before the Commits
oners to sit in Washington, is now here ;,
d business connected with his Office.
still Bumm9ng.
Gen. Sherman leaves here to morrow
IT leisure trip to Gettysburg and vicin-
Y in his own carriage, and before re-
rning to Washington, will probably
sit President Grant at Long Branch.