The Portland daily press., 1875-05-07
WASHINGTON.
The Texas Border Troubles

WASHINGTON, May 5,-Major Poore arrived
from Mexico last night bringing dispatches
from Minister Foster to the Dep artment oil
State. The opinion in Mexico was that the
troubles on the border were produced by law
less men of both countries, and there was a
disposition on the part of the Mexican govern
meut in sympathy with our own to suppress
them The troubles are not considered OF such
serious character as to endanger the friendly
relations between the United States and Mex
leo.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances of
to-day: -Currency 81 6l4, 456 ;spec ial deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of certlhcates OF
coin certificates 500, S46, 800; outstanding legal
tenders, 8,051 ,760.
The Virginius indemnify ali Paid.
The State Department has received telegraph
ic information that The Spanish government
has paid the entire indemnity of SSO.00O or
400 600 pesetas, growing from the VIrglnlus
affair, to Minister Gushing.
National Bank Circulation.
COMPTROLLER Knox, in answer to query of
the Even ng Post of this city, furnishes the
following figures relative to the national banks
National bank notes outstanding June 2Oth,
1874, $349, 1894 1872; ditto outstanding January
14th. 1875, 1851 861 ,450; ditto outstanding May
1st. 1895. 1858 6l7 1893. Circulation issued since
the act of June Goth, 1874 $685., 337; circula,
ton destroyed and retired, SO, 1884, 26; actual
increase of circulation, $2,723,4l1. Legal ten
der notes deposited with the Treasurer of the
United States since January 14th, 1875. for re-
firing national bank circulation, $50, 794, 100.
oalance of deposits of banks in liquidation of
,-,,, NUNS to that date, $2,5S6,936; making
poo % 05S; less circulation retired and de-
stroyed r. 164, 1926; leaving May LIST legal tender
s'ates viii the Treasurer by banks retiring
,Is;r circnlat. %, $17,211,171. Legal tender
urn i,hdrawn from circulation, being eighty
,or can't mon the r. 935, 800 additional circnl =
tnn ssned Under the at Of January 14th 1879,
S394S240 The cash resel We VI 1oas JAIN Linz
at the close of business. Mar. ~ ao9 20 ""0
S147 828, 305, being an excess OF %7o,o'
Rumored Discovery Of Heavy Uranus YIN
the Revenue.
New YORK. MAY GA Washington specia,
has the following: There is reason to believe
that some great frauds upon the revenue nave
been discovered and ara about to be exposed
1t is stated that six weeks ago very secret Id
vestigaton was begun by direction OF Secre-
tary Brstow, who has given his personal atten-
i ton to the subject, to discover why distilled
spirits were SO abundantly sold in New York
and New Orleans at a price less than the cost
of production with the government tax added
The result is that an immense amount OF Illicit
distillatiop has been discovered. 1t is believed
70 he largely confined to certain districts in the
West.
The strike of the laborers on the public
works is thought to be over.
The President will appoint Com missioner
Douglass to position of equal Importance to
that from which he was removed:
Internal revenue receipts to-day, S543,054
customs receipts, $3.50, 30.
Comm ander Luil and party are at work on
their computations with regard to the lsthmus
canal.
The grand jury of the district of Columbia,
to -day, dismissed the charge against Dana OF
the N. Y. Sun for libelling ex-Gov. Shepherd
The independent ticket headed by S. ID. Bah
ooolx was SucoaSsfuI i'm the election of the New