, 1873-01-03
A Grand Military Pageant for President
Grants Second Inauguration.

Grants Second Inauguration.
Publishers Contributions for The Wen
Ia Exposition.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Trib,sne.
CONTRADICTORY DEBT srATEMESIs.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2.-The1e has beon
| considerable comment here to-day in financial
circles the monthly debt statement and bal
! ancss put out by the Treasury Department.
This statement is usually ready for the reporters
ut about noon, but to-dsy nobody scomcd to
| know anything about it. A raid was then made
| by the news-gatherers On Chief Clerk Sayille,
! who, after considerable figuring, mado out de-
crease in the public debt for December Of
| $4,000. Just then Treasurer 6pinner's state
! mcnt came il, showing an increase for the mouth
! of SIX 600. As an explanation for the
| vast discrepancy it was suggested by the
Treasury officials that there we're different Ways
of bookkeeping indulged in by the various
! heads OF Departments. Chief Clerk Saville said
it would be proved upon examination that this
difference WAS entirely attributable to the ex~
| penditure accounts, which had no uniformity in
the system Of keeping them He then proceeded
to show that while SO, 600 900 had been paid into
| the Treasury on account OF Internal Revenue
receipts, but st, 600, 600 there credited the
| present statement, by reason OF not being COW
| cred in the final balance for the month,
thus bearing 1000 900 to the credit Of the forth
coming month It Was fully explained that the
! tax on national Banks had not yet come to hand,
! which would also largely tend to make raduc-
ton instead OF an increase- The statement that
l n .s.A. -.
not come up to nnticipations does not agree with
| the statement Of the Commissioner Of that Bu-
| 1eau, which was teleg1aphed in these dispatches
| few days SINCE. The latter said that the re-
ceipts from tits source had been considerably
beyond all calculation since the new law vent
into effect.
INSPECTION OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS.
The report Of Randolph Keim, agent Of the
United States for tho inspection OF Consular
Affairs, WAS presented to tho Secretary OF the
Treasury to-day, and viii be copied for trans
/ mission to Congress- The report embraces an
epitome OF Mr: keim's investigation Of tho Con-
snls Of the United States in Japan, China, the
! East Indies, On the coasts OF Africa and South
America, the British Isles, and countries OF Con-
tiuontal Europe. Appended to tho report is l.
bill for the Reorganization Of tho Consular ser
vice, entitled "A bill to estab-
America, and to amend and consolidate sundry
| acts Of Congress relating to the powers. and
duties OF Consular officers" Tho chief features
OF the bill are the establishment OF bureau Of
the Consular Service, under Superintendent OF
the Consular Service. Al Consular offices, IN
matters OF accounts and Of = commercial nature,
are made otflcera ol rtae Treasury Department.
In the exercise Of }4aical functions and diplo-
matte power they correspond With the Depart
necessary to an ef1cctual management Of
the Consular Office. The first. part provides
for the organization OF the service abroad
as follows: Two Consul Generals at 81, 500
ten C91sal Generals a9 At certain 9am
at So, 600 Class at $2,5oo; and Glass at
$1,000. The total number OF full officers is
about III. Consul Generals have supervisory
powers over officers in their jurisdictions The
is fixed q: 20 per cent on the salary.
The provlslons for the clerk hire are charged to
certain extent on fees in excess OF 81 600
year, with the necessary allowance OF 49, 500, at
maximum Of So, 500 . year: Tho present pro-
visions for the relief Of destitute American sea-
men Is changed 80 as to place tax OF ono-half
cent per ton OF registered tonnage on vessels
entering foreign port, to be collected hy tho
Consul to le placed to the credit Of the fund for
the relief OF destitute American seamen in foreign
ports. Important provisions are also made
with regard - the Teri6cation Of invoices, aud
in the exercise OF Judicial functions. The bill
contains about two hundred sections, and covers
effective administration at home, and effective
organization abroad. The ersport scd bill will be
submitted next Tesk.
I THE HAWL1Ss STATUE
There Is lively tight in progress among tho
several artists who submitted models and pro-
posa}a for the Rawlins statue, Fisk Mills pub
fishes criticism on the model Of hlr. Baly, Of
Philadelphia, which has been accepted
BY the Commissioners designated BY Con.
gress, wherein be says the model
represents spindle -ehanked man seven feet in
height, with coat~tail which his posteraors
hardly recognize, standing IN IN awkward atti.