The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

| Secretary Richardson's order to Treasurer
Spinner directing the payment of silver is as fol-
lows: You viii please, on and after thereceipt
ofthis letter, and until otherwise ordered pay
public creditors, should they desire it, on ac-
count of currency obligations, but not in ex-
change for currency, a sum not to exceed five
dollars in any one payment in silver coin.
The report of the second auditor of the
| treasury shows that the number Of accounts
examined by that bureau during the past fiscal
year was S48, 969, ,324.2O; and for bounty, ar
rears of pay, etc., aggregating over forty-nine
million dollars. It is expected that an effectu-
al stop will soon be given to the fraudulent
practices in the bounty claim business. The
number of cases awaiting action is four thou
sand seven hundred ard forty-nine.
Estimates for the legislative branch of the
government have all been prepared, and show
an increase over those of any previous year
This is accounted for by the fact that the payof
members and senators now is more than here
tofore. Estimates for salaries of senators for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1874, 1856, 900,
and for pay of officers and employees of the
senate, S144, 600; for contingent expenses,
5199, 900; for salaries of members Of the house
81, 100000, for salaries of officers and en-
pioyes S21sOOO contingent expenses, S267,-
900. Another cause of the increase is that
the number of members of the house now is
292 instead of 242, as under the old apportion-
ment
Secretary Richardson hopes to keep up
payment of silver, expressing the opinion that
he will be able to do so unless run upon the
treasury be made, and silver taken out for the
purpose of being boarded. There is at pres
ent about S5OO,OOO of silver in possession of
the government, which, it is thought will last
some weeks. The work of coming will be con-
tinued, though not more rapidly than hereto
fore. There is an abundance of silver bars
in the country, and the silver of the mints is
sufficient for a coinage of about $5, 600, 900 in
silver, without int erference with other COIN |
age. With the exception of that in California,
there is but little silver coin in the country
now, not owned by the government.
The secretary Of the treasury, relative to
the contemplated issue of silver coin to take |
the place of currency in making payments by !
the department, says he does not know exact
ly how much will be paid out, and expects it |
will be convenient for him next week to issue
about 100000 in the regular course of bust |
ness, but it will depend on circumstances if |
gold should go up silver would not be paid out |
nor will it if sold again to bankers for specu-
lstive purposes. 1t is not to be expected that |
the treasury will begin the 1st of November |
to pay out silver coin for every purpose and |
thus exhaust Immediately the entire amount
held by the government. One illustration of |
the manner of making such payments was pre-
sented by the secretary to-day, who said that
if person should present a check for $3.50 40,
the chances were that he would receive five dol
lars and forty cents of the amount in silver.
The determination of the department is to is-
sue silver to whatever extent it can be conve-
niently done, and ss there is bullion sufficient
to coin about $780, 900 within a week, this will
be used as beginning,
The following statement has been pre-
pared by Commissioner Drummond, of the
general land Office, for his forthcoming report
during the last fiscal year, of public land dis
posed of as follows, the figures represent
ing acres in round numbers: Cash
paid 516, ,262 626; located with military war
rants 214 $40; taken for homesteads $685.
796 located with Agricultural College script
653, ,446; certified to railroads 6O83, 1856; certi-
fed to wagon road 76, 576; approved to states
as swamps 23S, ,548; certified for Agricultural
Colleges 10, ,223; certified for universities ST.
228; certified for common schools 79, 9OS: GER
tilted for seminaries $780, approved to states
for internal improvements. 100, 100; Indian
script location, Il, ,223; total in round numbers,
13 OSO, 6O6; disposal of previous year, II, 1884,
975; increase of disposal 2, 1863, 631. Cash re-
ceipts under various heads amounted to 8, 4O8,-
SIS; surveys during the-same period show a
total of 30, ,48s, ,939 acres surveyed during the
previoDs year, 29, ,45O, ,939; increase in number
of acres surveyed, 1,O37 1914; total area of
land in states and territories, !, 1884, 998, 400
acres, and making the proper deduction l.,
218, ,443, COS acres are yet to be surveyed.