Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-22
WASHINGTON.
MIME DEPARTMENT kEroRr..

rne bureau, treasury department
4 shows that Of the vessels wrecked or in
distress, with an aggregate Of 726 per-
sons ON board, 1872 have been assisted
, by revenue cutters The estimate of
the value of property saved Is about
81 200 600, and 142 persons were actually
rescued from death ny drowning. The
expenses OF the revenue marine ser
vice for the year ending June 80, 1878,
were $S4 400. The number of vessels
I in the service, 81.
! Supervising Inspector General James
A. Lamont, of the steamer inspection
service, in his annual report, shows the
total number of lives lost from various
causes during the fiscal year ending
June 80 1873, were: From explosions,
So; fire, %; collisions, 81; surge wrecks
and sinking, 104: accidental drowning,
Is; miscellaneous casualties, t. Total,
! 2l2. Whole number of accidents re-
sulting in loss Of life, AZ. He says the
decrease Of fatal casualties in the last
two years is no doubt due to severer
discipline that has been established dur
ing that period, as compared with pre-
ceding years, although the service is
yet susceptible of improvement. In
that respect am proud to say thai 50
thoroughly have its laws been admin
istered that OF upward of 2O0,0O0,000
Of persons carried on American steam
ers during the last year. only one per-
son and one-tenth was lost in each
million. do not hesitate to say that
travel by steamer, under the existing
laws Of the United States, is safer than
in any other country. He devotes
considerable portion of his report to
the question of testing boiler iron, and
says it is evidently necessary that "a
positive and generally accepted rule be
established for deciding this important
matter. II is believed that efforts are
being made Ivy this office, and support
ed actively by manufacturers generally,
who will introduce into the market iron
of American manufacture for marine
boiler use, equal, if not better, than that
made in any part of the world, but
whatever qualities of new iron. the &C.
centric manner Of it's wear under
steamer is not explained. Some plates
oXidize as soon rs used; others of iden-
teal texture and position wear for years
without material deterioration, and
others, again, after wearing for several
years without apparent damage, sud
denly oxidizc and are destroyed
in few months. This last
condition is foricbly illustrated
by the steamer MAGENTA, which
exploded the outer shell of her steam
chimney March Sd, near Sing Sing. on
the Hudson. He says in all his efforts
to improve the service he has had the
cordial support of steam vessel owners.
1t is true they complain that the com
missioners statistics are unjust to them,
while affording no advantage to the
public, and they are naturally opposed
to being compelled to purchase worth
less patents. 1t is not appropriate for
them to discuss their wrongs, but he
hopes justice may be done them, for as
n class they are ready to comply with
every wholesome provision of law. OF
the total number of vessels inspected,
26O belong to the Pacific coast, with Il
tonnage Of 10S,532; 1920 to the Atlantic
coast, with i tonnage Of 466,757; $50 to
the western rivers, with tonnage Of
lS6,932; S57 to the northern lakes, with
a tonnage of 1S6,370, and 81 to the
gulf coast, with n tonnage of SG,S31.
FINANCIAL.
Washington dispatches Of Nov. 10th
say: The secretary Of the treasury has
called for the following $50 bonds Of
80, interest to cease Feb. 10th, 1879.
The following are descriptions of the
bonds:
Coupon bonds. dated July LIST 1868;
S10O-No 14000l to l420O0, both inclusive.
5OONos. $4,000 to 100000, both inclusive
1,0nO-Nos. 1a301l to 197, 900, both inclusive.
Total coupon bonds, S2,t0O0OO.
Registered bonds redcemahle at pleasure Of
United States after July st, 1870, as follows;
S50-Nos. 23s6 to 2493, both inclusive.
lC0-Nos % 15l to 1922, both inclusive.
5OO-Nos. IL pol to II ,219, both inclusive
1,000-Nos IS 65l to 80 600 both inclusive
50O0-Nos. II l0l to 1850, both inclusive.
10, 900 Nos, 235i! to q, 10 both inclusive.
Total registered bends, S3,0GOo00
Aggregate, S5000,0O0.
The treasury now holds:
U. $. bonds to secure national bank
circulation .....................S 3iS, GAO, 100
IT, S. bonds to secure public deposits. - sos, 400
Bonds held to secure per cent loan. 3, 4Sl, 600
U. S. bones deposited for circulation
for the week ending to-day. ......... 17a, 500
IT, : bonds now held for circulation,
withdrawn week ending to-day. GAG, 600
National bank circulation outstanding
currency notes .... 321. ~, 23l
Gold notes, ........ ............ /, 46S, $50
Internal revenue receipts to-day -. 333, 100
Custom receipts ................s. 3Sq, 202
Receipts OF national bank notes for
week ending to-day, compared with
corresponding week last year-1sT1 3. g73, 600
ISIS ....................... 2.216, 100
Receipts to-day Observation-Disclosures. 325, 900
OUR MAIL SERVICE.
The annual report of Postmaster
General Key was made public
November 10th Considerable space
is devoted TO the subject of the
present and prospective deficiencies in
the amounts appropriated by congress
for salaries Of postmasters and for rail
way mail transportation. In regard to