Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-26
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June %.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June %.
| FINANCIAL.
The following statement was issued yesterday
were Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Internal revenue receipts. ............... 33794O
AND for the fiscal year to date. ...,.. 143 1863
printers for the week. ..,.....,...,.... 684 800
SHIPMENTS
Notes. .......................,. 925OCO
currency. l,O2l S00
The treasurer holds in trusts for the ma.
tiOnal banks as security for circula-
And for deposits of public moneys. .. l5,S665OO
National bank notes in circulation at
this date. S19, lao 534
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE TERRITORIAL GOV
ERNMENT.
Much complaint is made against the new ter
ritoral government here, and it is charged by
republicans as well as democrats that it is prac-
tically failure The lower board of the local
legislature, which is elective, is said to be under
the control of corrupt and ignorant men, who
appear to be engaged in schemes for the benefit
of rings, or their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. On
Fri1 lay bill was reported from the committee
on appropriations providing for the raising of
nearly five million dollars for improvements in
streets. While the bill was under discussion it
was discovered that ii was an entirely different
bill from the one which had been referred to the
committee, and the several officers of the legis-
lature had attempted TO commit fraud. The
bill had been so manipulated as to simply pro-
NluG lOT TUE TdlSlIS OI LUlS large sum OF money
without specifying for what objects it should be
used, and then turning the same over to the
board of public works, who were to disburse it
at their discretion, and for such objects the
board might deem proper.
This bold attempt at fraud was subsequently
defeated, and the bill was referred back to the
committee for investigation. Every measure of
legislation introduced into the lower house of
the legislature requires the most careful exam-
nation, as experience has demonstrated that
they generally include some job. Leading citi-
zenS openly assert that unless matters improve,
it will become absolutely necessary for them to
petition congress next winter to SO amend the
present form of government as TO make the
lower house of the legislature subject to execu-
tive appointment, the same as the upper house,
or else abolish the territorial government alto
gether.
The official report of the department of agri-
culture shows the wheat and corn prospects not
tiattering for the country generally. The acre
age of wheat is three-fourths of million acres
more than last year, but the crop will not in
crease in like proportion owing to the dry spring
in most parts of the country. The largest in
crease reported is from Kansas, where it is thirty
per cent. greater than last year.
The monument to the memory of William b.
Schinder late grand tyler of the grand lodge of
Pennsylvania, in Mount Moriah cemetery, Phil
adclphia, was unveiled and dedicated Saturday
morning, with appropriate Masonic ceremonies.
Forty-three lodges were represented in the pro-
cession that marched from the cemetery gate to
the site of the monument. A tribute to the
memory of the deceased was pronounced by
Henry NJ. Dechert.
HR. COLFAX.
A letter Just received from Vice President
Coliax, dated South Bend, says the doctors al
low him to write two or three letters day, iu-
stead of twenty or thirty. He adds: 81 am liv-
ing here the LATEST life possible, and looking
back at the last dozen years, wonder now that
the blow did not fall earlier. Every biennial
congressional canvass | made from seventy to
one hundred and ten speeches, and the interim
between them was filed with public life, with all
its exacting duties, lecturng, &c. My journeys
across the continent and to the Rocky montains,
the only relaxation of the last half dozen years.
postponed the evil day for me. | am going to
follow your counsel and that of other friends
hereafter, so that | can enjoy, with my family,
the health that Providence is so kindly giving
back to me"
GENERAL SHERMAN
Mentions, in conversation, that everywhere he
went on his recent tour of inspection he met
with warm receptions from the people, especially
in Louisiana and Texas. The governors of those
states informed him that the peace and order
therein would favorably contrast with any period
previous to the war. He found the army in good
condition.
A petition to the president, in circulation, ask
ing for the pardon of G. G. Bowen, has been
signed by persons ir espective of politics.