The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-12-13
WARRINGTON,

General Ord, commander of the forces
in Texas, was before the committee on mill
tary affairs last week. He stated that the
Mexican people and the authorities on the
lower Rio Grande were in sympathy with the
raiders, and intimated that his present force
was quite inadequate to guard the frontier
and pursue and punish the raiders, as are
his orders.
The commissioner general of the land
Office is preparing a bill for the sale or dis
pOsal of timber and timber lands in accord
anCe with the recommendations of the Sec
retary of the interior and himself in their
annual reports, which will provide for the
withdrawal of all lands chiefly valuable for
timber, and not suitable for agricultural pur-
poses, from the operation of the homestead
and pre-emPtiOn laws, and from liza bility to
be taken by anv of the various kinds of land
scrip heretofore provided by law. The bill
also provides for the sale of timber of certain
kinds. reserving the soil, with a view to the
renewal of forests.
AS shown in the report of the treasurer
OF the United States, the coin resources of
the treasury on all accounts from September
80, 1876, to September so, 1877, had increased
from S67 $50, ,70S. 90 to 1913, $50 O72.24, and
| the currency resources from $lOO, ,337, ,766. A
| to 1O,OQ6,I 1901. Since the issue of silver
| coin commenced there has been returned to
! the treasury for redemption a largely in
| creased amount of minor coins for which
/ - l.
| there was on hand of these coins an amount
| of $50, 1864, constituting portion of the
| currency balance Of The treasury practically
/ unavailable for current use, and occupying
/ the treasury vaults to an incOnvenient ex-
| tent. The secretary of the treasury recon-
/ mends necessary Legislation for their proper
| disposition.
The secretary of the navy, in his annual
report, says the appropriations available for
the present fiscal year commencing July 1,
! 1877, are S13,593, So the whole amount
drawn from the treasury from July to No.
| vember l, 1877, is S5,S43,O73. OF this amount
there Is estimated to have be in the hands of
paymasters.a and agents Ofsthe government OF
November l, 1877, SS76,5 besides Slb2. 600
refunded making q total of 81 O2O 52S
/ which, deducted ON the amount drawn
will show the actual expenditure from
July to November l. 1877, to have been
81, ,3l3,5OS. The estimates for the present
fiscal year are SIC, ,233, ,234, exclusive OF s.
303r23l submitted for new buildings, repair:
and Improvements at several navv-vsrds II
the report of secret ary of the navy, NOvem
Der %, 1876, the estimated amount for the
pay OF the navy for the present fiscal yea
was S7,3OOCoO, the computation being baseC
upon the number of officers and men theI
| borne upon the register. Congress hayiul
by act of March 3, 1877, appropriated onl,
81, 600 900, or 100000 les than than the est
mate, this will necessarily produce a dehc
iency at the end of the fiscal wear. unIes
congress shall appropriate the above amount
, the payment of which to the officers an,
men is so fixed sby law that it cannot b
evaded. The amount appropriated for tn
. denclency at the extra session OF COngres
. has reference only to the last fiscal yea
! ending June 80, 1877, and was based upo
the amount ascertained 70 be due upon tn
books ol the fourth auditors Office, where's
I the deficiency here referred to is estimate
z for the present fiscal year, ending June s.
: 1877.