Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-04
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON'S POPULATIONS.

ton Of $1,000, $4,000 of whom are
colored. There were found twenty two
colored persons over one hundred years
old, one being reported as old as no.
There were seventy persons found
whose ages were between 90 and 100.
THE NEW EDITION OF THE REVISED STA
TUTES.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says ex-Se nator Boutwell, is here COM
pleting the index to the new edition Of
the revised statutes of the United States.
edited by him under an act of the last
congress. The revision is completed.
and has received the approval of the
secretary Of state, as required by law.
When the index is completed the
work will be ready for the public,
but must first receive the sanction of
congress before it can be issued Pub
lie Printer Defrees declares that the
greatest feat in the history Of typogra-
ply was performed at the government
printing office just at the close Of the
last session IN connection with this vol
ume Of statutes BOutwell's manu-
script had been approved by Secretary
Evarts, and was referred during the
closing hours of the session to the SEN
ate com mlttee on the revision of laws,
of which Senator Christiancy is
chairman, and it was = thought
best to have few copies printed, so
that the committee might examine
them at their leisure during the recess
Of congress- The manuscript was given
to the printers Wednesday morning,
and on Saturday evening at 6 o'clock a
huge octave volume of 400 pages,
printed, stitched, and bound 10 full calf,
was delivered to every member Of the
committee. The government printing
office is the only institution in the world
where this feat could have been per-
formed. .e E# 9
THE NATIONAL BANKS
A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says, the Hon. ). i. Langworthy,
deputy comptroller Of the currency,
has, in the absence of Comptroller
Knox, compiled from the quarterly
statements of the national banks of the
United States an abstract showing beir
condition at the close of business on the
last day Of June. The report shows
that there are now in active business
2,O56 national banks, a decrease of three
since the last statement was issued and
decrease of twenty-five from the cor
responding period last year. Compared
with the quarterly statement compiled
from the condition of banks at the close
of business On the 10Th Of March last.
it appears that the loans and discounts
are reduced over twenty millions in the
three months and a half intervening,
while the amount o. deposits are in
creased more than that amount This
decrease of loans and increase of de-
posts Mr.. Langworthy thinks indicates
a revival of business. During the
three months the national bank
circulation was increased over 81, 0OO,-
900, while the amount of specie in the
vaults OF the banks was reduced from
$54,722,05S.O2 to 500 Psi, 469.77. The
capital stock Of the national banks has
been reduced over three millions and q
half during the last three months, and
more than eleven millions in the past
year. This is because of the burden of
taxation, as it has become pretty well
understood that congress will not con-
sent to the abolition, Or even reduction,
of the tax on capital and deposits.
THE GOTH GALE FOR 5:2O's.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says the treasury department to-day
ISSUED the sixty-ninth call for the re-
demption of the 500 bonds of '65, con-
soils of '65. The call is for s. 100000
coupon and registered bonds. Interest
ceases on the 26th of November next,
when the principal and interest will be
paid. Descriptions Of the bonds: Cou-
pom bonds dated July 1, 1866, namely,
$50, No. 1901 to No. $4,000, both in
elusive; 500, No. 132,OO1 to No. 1885,
900, both inclusive; $500, No. 92,001 to
$4,000, both inclusive; $1,000, No. 49,
DOL to No. $4,000, both inclusive
Total coupons, S2,5O0,0O0./
Registered bonds, redeemable at the
pleasure of the United States, after the
LIST of July, 1870, as follows: 800, No.
1881 to 10000, both inclusive; $500,
No. 11,151 to 1920, both inclusive;
81, 900, No. 81, SOL to Ne. $4,000, both
inclusive; $1,000, No II, 4O1 to No. H.
600, both inclusive; $4,000, No. q, sol
to No. %, $50, both inclusive. Total
registered, So, 100000. Aggregate, So
100000.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAYT ANSWERS
TERRY.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says: Indian Commissioner Hayt pub
fishes paper on the recent indorse-
ments by Gems. Sherman, Sheridan, and
Terry, of a report made by Col. Carlin,
regarding the half-5l eeds born at the
Indian agencies. and says the paper
would have appeared sooner but the
secretary of the interior regarded it as
needless. The commissioner addresses
his communication "To whom it may
concern" and gives this origin of the
trouble: Early in December last
there was a conference at the White
House, intended to enable the civil
and military branches of the govern
ment to act in harmony and promptly
ascertain the work to be done on the
Missouri river. After this business had
been disposed of, some conversation
passed between Gen. Sherman and my
self about the decentralization caused by