New-York tribune., 1875-10-13
W4SHINGTON TOPICS.
THE POSTAL BALANCE SHEET.


The balance sheet showing the receipts and
expenditures OF the Post-Oco Department for the last
fiscal year was completed to-day. 1t exhibits a much
better condition Of the finances of that Department than
WAS generally expected The gross receipts from all
sources, including $3.50 900 drawn from the Treasury
and paid out subsidies $2 56 500 6S, and the
total expenditures 1861 800 45. This leaves def
cheney OF S6O49s SOC H. The receipts exceed those for
the year ending juno 80, 1874, by $2,964,934, by
more than IL per cent The expenditures exceed those
Of the previous year by 81 SCI 503 by only 4so
cent The deficiency 81 4S0 0i0 less than during the
previous year. the decrease the deficiency beng
than per cent. This is very good showing for
Postmaster General JEWELS administration Comparing
the figure. for the last with those of five years ago
the fiscal year ending June 80 187O-the increase in the
has been $77S9 2S0 or about 80 per cent The
increase in the expenditures during the time has
the deficiency since 1870 has been or about
43i3 per cent
JAY COOKE q CO.'S REAL ESTATE.
Several years ago a number of persons assO-
cated themselves for the purchase of property in the
northwestern part OF this city. The firm Of jay Cooke
q Co. invested $4,000 in tho speculation. When
this suspended its interest in the real estate trans
action transferred TO the trustee among the other
assets The trustee instituted suit to recover the amount
invested by the rm and recently the has been set
tied by the attorneys for the respective parties the trs
tee having accepted as the value OF the portion
owned by Jay Cooke a. Co. This sum paid by
the other interested parties and in the hands Of
the the benefit OF the creditors of that firm
NO APPOINTMENT YET.
Up 10 noon to-day the belief was general
that an appointment had been made to I'll the vacancy
in the Cabinet but it appears that although there
was some correspondence between the President and
other gentlemen upon the subject the appointment has
not been made. The opinion is expressed this morning
that il will be made until after the OF the
President TO Washington. Gen. Cowen went to the De
partnent OF Justice this morning for the purpose of
asceraining whether he could patents issued to-day,
this being what known record day" but the At
torney General 10 whom the matter was presented for
decision, responded that lie could not do so.
CUSTOMS DECISION.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that mantes composed OF silk and fur, commercially
known "a silk closks lined with fur" furlined
antes" dutable according TO the relative value OF
the two materials II silk be the material Of chief value,
the article is duable manufacture in part OF silk,
60 per cent ad vaorem but II fur be the material OF
chief value the duty will be that applicable TO manufac
lures in part OF fur 35 per cent ad valOrem When the
value of respective materials nearly equal
render difficult determine which preponderatcs, the
benefit of the il given TO the Government the
importer having his remedy by protest and appeal.
GEN. NEGLEY AND THE wITOwsKI CLAIM.
The statement that the Secretary of the
Treasury directed legal proceedings to be instituted
against Gen Negey formerly Member Of Congress from
Pittsburgh on account OF alleged fraudulent connection
with the Witowsh caim Is not entirely accurate The
Secretary of the Treasury has not yet examined the
port case but the Solicitor OF the Treasury has,
and the latter OF opinion that Negey should be prose-
cued This will probably be done.