The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-22
Washington.

low fever up to that date, two of which were
! fatal.
Washington.
BY AN official transcript from the Treasury
Department books, it appears that our inn
ports of merchandise for the last fiscal year
exceeded the exports by more than S9l ,000,-
600, and that in addition to this exchange of
commodities S62 500, 600 specie was sent
abroad over and above the imports of the
bullion, which must necessarily be added to
the adverse balance of trade, so that all the
! cotton, breadstutfs, tobacco, petroleum, pork,
bacon, cheese, firearms, and other produc-
tons of the soil and manufactures which
were exported last year, did not reach with
in $9l 100000 of the foreign fabrics that
were imported. In two years balance has
! been created against the United States, in
Guiding specie, of $3.50 900, 000......A letter
! from the Indian territory says that there is
prospect of civil outbreak there, owing
to the squatters from Kansas taking up the
| Indian lands without proper warrants. Most
| Cf the settlements are made near the Kansas
! line..... The Receiver of the Land Office for
Washington Territory is defaulter to the
extent of $4,000.
THE President will not return to Wash
ington permanently until the first of Octo-
Der The Russian Minister has returned
to Washington, and is engaged in perfecting
arrangements for the reception of Grand
Duke Alexis and suite next month. There
is great demand in France for copies of the
American report on immigration, and every
copy that remained for distribution at Wash
ington has been forwarded to Consul Gen.
Read 49,. The President has approved of the
| opinion of Attorney General Alderman upon
civil service......I is probable that no move
| ment will be made toward filling the va.
cancy in the position of Commissioner of
! Indian Affairs for some weeks, or until the
return to the East of Mr. Brunot. 1t is
thought that Mr.. Brunot may yet be induced
to accept the appointment....The Govern
ment will receive full d. tails of the recent
! Outrages upon American vessels Oft the
Mexican coast during the present week, as
the captain o: the Carl Brothers, of Norfolk,
Va, which was taken possession of by the
Mexicans, is expected IN Washington in a
day or two.
The first bureau report completed for the
last fiscal year is that of the Commissioner
of Customs. 1t shows that the amount of
revenue derived from the customs for the
last fiscal year was $206, 100000 1t cost
nearly $7000,000 to collect this amount.....
The Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee is in receipt of returns from the local
land office at Concordia, Kansas, showing
the disposal of 76,Ol8 acres of the public do
main IN that district during August. OF
! this, an aggregate of about $4,000 acres were
taken up by actual settlers under the home
stead act of May, 1862 The question hav-
! ing been raised whether boilers on river
! steamers shall be required to- have the mud
! and sediment removed from all parts of the
| boilers when they are under pressure of
! steam, under the provision of section | act
of Feb Is, 1871, the Treasury Department
decides that the section of the law referred
| to applies to the boilers of all steamers, and
nothing appears in subsequent portions of
! the law eXempting any steamers from its
operations, excepting foreign vessels, public
vessels of the United States, and boats pro-
! PEELED IN whole or in part by steam, for
navigating canals. Inspectors of steam
boats will therefore govern themselves ac-
cordingly.
THE superintendent of the Money Order
Division of the Postotice Department re-
turned from Europe Tuesday. The success
! full result of his mission in eifecting arrange
ments for an interchange of money orders
! between this country and Great Bri tain and
! Germany has already been announced.."..
! The printing Of the 5000, 900 900 new bonds
! has been completed. All have been deliv-
cred excepta small portion which awaits the
signature of the Register of the Treasury
1.-THE Printing Bureau has just finished
printing full supply of beer and whisky
stamps from the old plates. 1t is supposed
that the new stamps for beer, whisky and
tobacco will be ready for distribution by the
lst of November. The United States Con-
sui at Liverpool writes to the State Depart
ment that in consequence of the prevalence
the cattle foot and mouth disease in Eng
land, he has discontinued granting certif-
Gates to ship cattle to the United States.