The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-03
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WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Public
Debt statement for March, issued TO-
day, shows reduction OF the debt dur
ing the month OF February to be S5,-
2TSS0,70.
The following call of bonds just
issued by a virtue OF the authority
given bv an Act OF Congress, approved
July l4th 1870. entitled an act au
thorziDg the rounding OF the National
debt. | hereby i've notice that the
principal or accrued interest oftEe bonds
berebelow designated and known as
Five Twenty Bonds, be paid at the
Treasury of the United States in the
CITY of Washington, on aud after June
lst, 1878, and that the interests on said
bonds will cease on that day, that is to
say Coupon Bonds known as the sec
ond ard third series of act OF February
Doth, 1862, dated May lst, 80 as fola
lows: Coupon Second Series, fifty
dollars l0776 to 27.7lS both inclusive
100. 1886 10 &c 646, bo;h inclusive.
500 10 $50 to 4O,373, both inclusive.
1000. 29, 9,444 to Il 259, both inclusive.
Coupon third series 5nl to 200, both
lnclus We. 100. to 4,7O2, both inclu-
siva 500 | TO 2OOO, both inclusive
1000 to 5,733, both inclusive total
45 900 900 Also registered Bond %.
S4I TO II q, both inclusive 100 5o.92
e" S.SU3 both Inclusive 500. 2, l59 10 D,
300 Eoth Inclusive 900 Is l3l TO
- $50, both inclusive 5000 4 lO3 to
6.402, both inclusive 10000 4,713 To
7U92, bot inclusive, total 5O,OOO,OOO
o. amount outstanding embraced III
numbers as above 100000 ara cou-
uou bonds, 5,000,0OO registered bonds.
The Appropriations.
The amendment of the committee on
reducing the appropriations otSl50,OOO,
tor the completion of the Wilmington
Breakwater, California, 10 10000, was
agreed to aud adopted by the Senate
TINS morning, after protrac,ed night
session, by vote Of % to Il. Mr.
Casserly, o. California, made a strong
effort to prevent the action, aud several
votes were taken before the final decis-
sion.
The Committee amendment striking
out OF the River and Harbor appropria
ton bill the item directing the Secre-
tary OF War to canse en exsmna-
ton and survey of San Antonio creek,
in the Bay OF San Francisco, created
stir among the Pacific coast Senators
LAST night when the bill was up for
consideration. Senator Corbett, OF Ore
gon, said that he had not been aware
OF the i'm portance of the provision
until his attention was called to it since
the report was made He now thought
il should not be struck out. An at
tem,,t was made to rdicule the meas
ure bv proposition to amend 80 that
il would read to make San Antonio
creek a river.
Mr.. Stewart, OF Nevada, excitedly re
marked that there were twenty thou
sand people at Oakland, whose necesi-
ties demanded that harbor should be
made in San Anbomo creek. A vote
was taken which appeared to sustain
the report Of the committee, when Mr.
Stewart called tor the yeas and nays
Cole and Casser v arose and came to the
rescue OF Mr.. Stewart. bat before they
could be heard on the support, such a
stir was made that the opposition cried
give it up. The Item was restored with
out further objection, and the Calitor-
MIA Senators sat down satisfied.
Sale Of Gold.
The Secretary of the Treasury, has
directed the assistant Treasurer at New
York to purchase three millions Of
Bonds, and sell six millions Of Gold
daring the present month of March, as
follows :, Purchase OF Bonds, Wednesday
March 5rh. $1,000 coo; Wednesday,
March II, 100000; Wednesday, March
l9: 600 600: Wednesday, March 26,
500 600 Total purchase Of bonds
100000.
Sales OF Gold-Tbursday, March =,
| $4,000; Thursday, March l3, 500
900; Thursday, March 20, 1900 600
Thursday, March y 100000 Total
sales OF Gold, 100000.