Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-11-01

steamers, anu from 1900 10 1900 men.
There will probably be hard lighting On the
irst landing, and perhaps some heavy loss of
HE, but tho Aohinero will ind out they can't
stand against mitr1illeuso and breech-oaders.
GENERAL.
The secretary OF the treasury has deter
mined to take no further action AZ preaeu. to-
ward tho replacement Of worn and mutilated
and successfully counterfeted circulating
notes Of ma ional banks. Congress- al lbs last
Aession, appropriated si8 hundr thousand
dollars for theCnsraying sndpreparpg of these
new notes, the government to le reimbursed
I the notes ~ they might take, butt ia optional
with banks whether they tako any OF the new
notes or not, and therefore only iftecn o.
sixteen applications hEve been ma by banks
for new tens that are now ready for issue A.
previously stated in those dispatches, the
banks sro generally dissatisfied some Of them
holding that il they are 10 pay or re-is5ue
Of their notes they ought to be allowed to se-
engraved and printed at such places and by
such respectable and reliable bank note en-
grayer and printers as they might choose to
employ, The secretary seems to be di-gusted
with the whole matter, and will let it drop for
the time being, in the hope that he will be re-
lieyed from further trouble through the ac-
ton of congress at the next session
The board Of examiners for the trcasu-
" department, will hold a series Of cyamina-
tons. commencing Oct %, to fill vacancies in
cicIkships Of class one These will he the
first examinations held in TIM. department
under the new civil service rules Of providing
for examinations by districts. I. is Under
stood to he the intent on of the treasury 20
make appointments as far as practicable from
districts having less than their proportion Of
clerks in the department. rs most Of the cam
didate4 will doubtless be from tho vicinity Of
tho District Of Columbia, which already has
more than its proportion. Only such Canrie-
as must Immediately be filed, will be hled
from examination in Washington. The re-
mainder will be left open till the dstrlc, ey-
sminslion about 10 be held in New York, Gin
cinnati, 81. Louis and Savannah ar2 com
pletod.
1t il stated that Mr.. Z, 2, Simmons has
purchased the trotting gliding, Jim Irving,
from his owner, Mr.. James Irving for the
sum of $4,000. This i. the largest price
,.,,.,.. ,,.id f,r q tr ,Ilipp hprso
-Thointonal revenue ofHce- now conducted
at on expense Of two million dollars per year
less than under former luvs. The commits
sioner il satisfied with the law as it Is and
therefore will make no important rccommen-
dstion to congress concerning IT,
The secretary OF the treasury states that
ho was not previously aware Of the fact that
at the time of its failure the first national
bank of Washing on had on deposit govern
pent money in excess OF the security of $780,
600 in Ul;ted States bonds and otherwise re-
Ouired TO he deposited with tho United States
treasury as security los the safo keeping aud
prompt payment of tho public moneys de-
posited with the bank. Judge Richardson
saws, however, that occurrences Of this kind
ore not unusual that ii occasionally happens
that in the course of business an amoudt OF
yublic money is sometimes temporarily de-
posi sd with government repositories in excess
of the actual security given BY them
Tho annual figures OF the postohice de-
partment show the receipts to have been, in
round numbers, tuenty-threo millions aud the
exrenditures about twenty-iline millions, ~
cluding S726,OO0 subsidies t steamship hnos.
! Last wear the receipts we're little less than
! tweuty-two millions, and tho expenditures
tyepsy.six and one hnlf millions, Last year
q increase of expenditures was ovor nine
per cent. THIS year il is only sovn por cent.
The receipts and expenditures correspond
very closelv with the estimates submit ed 10y
the d,uarmeut FIR the fiscal year, the c-ti-
mated expenditures having been tWenty-seveu
and half millions, and the estimated receipts
little loss than tNeuty-threo millions. The
actual expenditures were amillion and half
in excess Of the estimate, while the actual re-
ceip.s slightly exceeded the e'timaes' The
estjma, cd deficiency was S4,700,OOO but even
with tho unexpected expenditures the whole
d.6ciencv il only few hundred thousand
greater, being about tvc millions. Reports
from the offices OF the several ASSISTANTS show
the most encouraging and efficient condition
of tho various branches of the postal service.
The increased expenditures have been caused
chiefly bv the extension of postal car service
and of the free delivery system. At present
all through mails are distributed on the prin-
oipal roalroad lines, while trains are under
hesdway, and few, II any, of the important
mails of the country are allowed to lie over
train for distribution. This increase Of postal
car service has had very marked effect in the
prompt transmission of mails, and the delays
pet forth at length by Mr.. Cresswel in his last
report will almost entirely disappear from the
tables Of this year. The expense Of carrying
official mails, or the saving made By the aboli-
tion of the franking privilege, does not appea'
IN the figures Of the present annual report,
since free matter was not cut of till tho close
Of the fiscal year. The estimate made by Mr.
eresswell Of the United States postal cards
were one hundred millions for tho first year
This rate has been exceeded, For the two
months after their introduction, ending
with the 6soal year, tho number issued war
over thirty-ono millions. For the first quarter
of the present fiscal year, ending September
SOth, the number issued Was over thirty-three
millions, and the total number for these s'A
months, sixty-four million three hundred thou
sand. The free delivery system haS been
largely increased, and at the same time greater
eflciency has been insured. The public har
aysiled itself OF the use OF money orders TO .
greater extent tnan during any previous fisca
year. For the aHcal year ending July SOth
1874 the povtofacs department has submitted
the following egdnstes Expenditures, $780,
$4,000, revenues, e2s, 6ls,oOo from none
a.