Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The laundering of the steamship
Pacific, between Portland and San Francisco,
is announced. All on board are reported
lost
Postal cards were issued by the post
Office department last month, the largest
issue by at least 100000 ever made in the
same time.
The president has appointed John B.
Raymond postmaster at Vickburg, Missis-
sippi, in place of Henry r. Pease, suspended
under the tenure of Office act. Pease was
elected United States senator from Missis-
sippi, from February 1874, to last March, the
unexpired term of Gov. Ames. He was
then appointed postmaster at Vicksburg, and
now has been removed through the influence
of his colored successor, United States sena-
tor Bruce, aided by delegation from Mis-
sissippi.
The following statistics as to the opera
tions of the fast mail trains in the west have
been obtained from the postoffice depart
nent: The mail from the east and south
east into Chicago weigh daily an average of
32,202 pounds. The mails from the north
east, east and south into st. Louis weigh daily
an average of 10,2O3 pounds. Mails from
st. Louist to Chicago weigh daily an aFsrage
of 1918 pounds. This includes only St.
Louis proper and Arkansas mails. Mails
from Chicago to st. Louis daily average
1858 pounds. This includes mail from north
Of Chicago and from Michigan. Mails going
into Missouri for the country west and south
west of and including that state, daily aver
age '10,7655 pounds. This includes mails
from all directions, north, south and east.
Mails from Cleveland from the south and
west daily average 3,100 pounds.
The volume of currency in actual cir
cuation may be gathered from the following
statistics obtained from the treasury depart
ment: The amount of national bank notes
issued by the currency bureau up to- the I'd
of November, inclusive and now outstand-
ing, was $345, ,s02; the amount of legal
tenders as per public debt statement Of the
list of November, was $37S, ,244; the cur
rency in the treasury consists of $9,736,671,
of which about half is legal tender and one
half national bank notes; the fractional cur
rency, according to the debt statement, was
$40,6S1 ,629.S9; adding this amount to the
legal tenders ahoat, we have $413,917 $3.50,
and deducting one-half the currency balance,
we have $409, ,049, $3.50 as the amount Of
government or federal currency actually in
circulation. Deducting from the national
bank notes issued half the currency balance,
we find the amount Of national bank notes
in actual circulation to $780, ,466.5O, or a
total currency circulation of $749,Sl5,OO4.S9
The amount of legal tenders in the treasury
on the first of November, held for redemp-
tion Of the national bank note circulation,
was $2O,23s,6 ,642; but this is part of the
$173, 100000 of legal tenders, and the treasury
officers regard il as being in actual circula.
ton. The amount of money held by the
secretary Of the treasury being balances Of
disbursing officers, and held by him subject
to their checks, is not precisely known, but
is roughly estimated at $3,000,000 or $4,000.
900, but varies from time to time. The total
amount of legal tenders deposited under the
act of June 20, 1874, allowing banks to re-
duce their circulation, is $27,o52,132, The
amount of national bank notes actually re-
tired is 2,72o,si4, leaving $15,222,5l5. The
amount Of legal tenders deposited by bank,
going into liquidation is $4,ei1,6o2 The
amount of legal tenders deposited by insol
vent banks is $sO4, 4,434, making grand tota
of $20,63S,64l, as above stated, in legal ten