The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-02
BY TELE CRAP H.
Exclusively for the Register
nv the Pacific and Atlantic Line.
once, I1O Main street.
WASH|N GT0N,
WASHINGTON, July l.
Public Debt Statement.

The following is recapitulation o
the public debt statement:
Drafts bearing interest in coin anc
bonds at six per cent. 81, ,2Sl, ,23S, $50
bonds at five per cent, 444 ,567 300 w
principal, 695,SO0,950.00; interest
4,l55, ,l6O,O6l. 90. Debt on which in.
terest has ceased since maturity, prin-
cipsl, 5,l92,97l ops interest, 1854: =
S7O.42. Debt bearing no interest, ole
coin and legal tender notes, 356,O1S'
967.5O; certificates Of deposit Big, 300
900; fractional currency 4,479, ,936,544
coin certificates 3.946, 900. 900
Total debt, principal 223, AS
299, 800; interest 4.235,665 ,2S2
total i27,6S3, ,964,sO2. Cash in
the treasury. coin S7,507, 402 6S; cur
rency 97S, ,252,9 ,977; special deposit held
for the redemption of certificates OF de-
posits as provided by law 3,l73, 3,0OO,O6G
total II, 9O2, ,e93, PAS. Debt, less cash
in the treasury, June, 1873, S2l4, 7S!,'
81, ,457; decrease of last month. 2l4.'
5l5,9S9. Bonds issued TO the Pacific
railroad companies, interet payable in
lawful money, principal outstanding,
6,462, 35l 200 interest accrued and not
yet paid, l93.S7O,536.
General Howard's Unsettled Ac,
counts.
The letter of the Secretary Of War te
the Attorney General relative to the
Freedmeu's Bureau accounts, it is as
certained, simply stated the facts con-
tanned in the report Of General Vincent
concerning the sums Of money not &C
counted for, and requested an opinion
as to what steps should be taken to pro
tect the Government. The Attorney
Generals opinion on this question will
90 to the Secretary Of War tomorrow
It is understood that be holds that, un
der the act of Congress organizing the
Bureau, the Commissioner and the Dis.
bursting officer were personally as well
as officially responsible. General How
ard did not give bonds in the sum oi
fifty thousand dollars, the amount re-
quired by law, on the ground, as he now
AYERS, that Secretary Stanton said II
was not necessary. The Attorney
General holds that this part Of the law
is imperative, and that Howard should
have given bond. The probabilities
are, that whatever may be done by the
Department OF Justice, the Secretary o.
War will order a Court of Inquiry, or a
court-martlsl in Howard's case.
The Fishery Question.
The proclamation of President Grant
iu reference to the fisheries section OF
the Treaty OF Washington. which goes
iQto effect to-day, was promulgated
from the Department OF State this after
noon. After reciting the articles of the
Treaty relating to fisheries and the
protocol of conference between Secre-
,ary Fish and Sir Edward Thornton
the proclamation continues as follows
/, Ulysses S. Grant, President Of the
United States OF America, in pursuance
of the premises, do hereby declare that
l have received satisfactory evidence
that the imperial parliament
OF Great Britain, the parliament
OF Canada and the legislature
of Prince Edwards Islands, have
passed laws on their part to give
iull effect 70 the provision Of the said
treaty as contained in articles 18th,
to 25th, inclusive, and article 3Oth,
of said treaty. In testimony whereof
l have herunto set my hand, and caused
the seal OF the United States to be af-
fixed, &c. &c. On and after to day
American citizens will have exactly the
same rights and privileges in fishing
along the coast from Maine to New.
foundlaud as the subjects Of Great
Britain. A commission will however
meet in Halifax during this month, to
determine how much the United States
shall pay for this concession.
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad.
The new through line OF travel be-
tween this city, the Northeast and the
West, oTer the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad has been successfully opened
and is now in full operation. Passen-
gers coming from and returning to the
North and East will not be compeIle 1,
as heretofore, to pass through Balu-
more, drawn by horses, while Western
passengers will no longer be subject 10
the ANNOYANCE of having to recheck
their baggage at Baltimore when trav-
elling over the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
and its connections. 1t is proposed to
make fast time between this city and
NewYo York, and also between Cincinnati,
Chicago and ST. Louis.
NEVV IERGEY.