The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-01
WASHINGTON.
The Condition Of the National Treasury

The Condition Of the National Treasury
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31-The Secretary OF
Treasury speaks more hopefully than hereto
fore of the condition of the national treasury,
and expresses the belief that with the cOntn-
ued increase in abe amount of receipts. and
the large reduction in the public expenditures,
the necessity for additional taxation may be
lessened.
Various Matters.
Legal renders outstanding to-day 1916, 1885,
7O2
Financial,
The following is official: u s. currency out
standing at this date, old demand notes $79,
637 $50; legal tender notes, new issue, $3.50 8lO,-
o4I legal tender notes, series OF 1860, $3OS,
590,S6l; one year notes of 1863, $81 ,O85; two
year notes ST 1853 $24.700; two year coupon
S456 7S0; fractional currency, first issue. $4,-
A9692.4l; second issne. 81, 161, 499Ss; third is
sue 49, $780, 401 43; fourth ISSUE first series, 800
752 6S5, 4S; second series, 81, 123,9 1425; third
series, $9, III, 500 Total $427, 6l9,SO69O.
The Edgar Stewart.
The Treasury department is kept advised of
the movements connected with the Edgar
Stewart now undergoing repairs at Baltimore.
A clearance will be denied if there is proof suf
fcient to show that she intends to violate the
neutrality laws But in this there is some diff
ficulty, as under our custom laws a vessel may
clear ostensbly Tor legitimate purposes, even
when arms aud ammunition are the cargo; but
after she reaches the high seas there is no au
thority to prevent her from changing her des-
tination This vessel was cleared two years at
New London, the Collector taking the respon-
sibility of issuing temporary register with
out consulting the Treasury Department She
had arms and ammunition on board, and
changing her destination, she carried them to
the Cuban insurgents,
The virginius Correspondence.
New YORK, Dec. I.-A Washington des-
patch says thet the diplomatic correspondence
relative to the Virginius will be transmitted to
Congress early next week.
Revision of the Laws.
The House Committee on revision of the
laws will report favorably bill to revise the
United States statutes. If the bill becomes a
volumes 10 one.
The Kickapoo Indians.
The Commissioners to remove the Kickapoos
from Texas to the Indian Territory, owing to
the interruption of communication incident to
the Mckenzie raid, were unable to draw upon
their appropriation for the expense of the re-
moval before the end of the fiscal year, and
were cons quently compelled to give their per-
sonal obligations for considerable portion of
the cost of removal. A bill will be introduced
to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay these commissioners from the nuexpended
balance OF their appropriation, the personal
obligations they incurred, and also the use of
the remainder Of the unex pended balance for
the support of the Klckapoos in the Indian
territory.
Alleged RascaIity i'm Arkansas.
A Washington despatch to the Tribune says
that three separate reports, made to the De-
partment of Justice bv officers and detectives
sent to investigate affairs. show that in the
western district of Arkansas series of glaring
frauds have been committed on the government
by MarshalS of that department-in the matter
of fees, mileage, &C.; that William A. BrItton,
q. S. Marshal, had serving under him 40 dep
uty marshals who derived their support from
the fees they could collect, and as it was their
interest TO make all cases possible, they were
allowed to roam over the country at will. man
ufacturing cases; that one-third of all the fees
obtained were retained by the Chief Marshal,
besides ten per. cent. upon all gross receipts
from fees, which Brtton claimed he kept for a
contingent fund. For the remainder he issued
checks in the form of due bills, which could
not be cashed for more than fifty cents on a
dollar. These were bought up by Postmaster
Scott and Judge Story, the q. s. District Judge
at di scount of fifty per cent. Additional
frauds are charged in the reports, and it is
claimed that ring has existed at Fort Smith
for carrying them out, consisting of the Mar
shall, u. S. Commissioner Brooks. Postmaster
Scott, the MarshaPs clerk, the editor of the
Patriot and Others 1t is further claimed that
Ssrber, Brtton's successor, is no better than
he was.