Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-12-13

E4o1iOooiUlzZt 10 1871, end 70 S23s, O07, b7A 30
/ n 1873. The total amount OF unayailable
moneys carried in the balances OF the accounts
k pit IN the tressurers Office was s3 6l2. 81 less
IN 1873 than in 1871. Under the operation OF
the act OF 1875, providing for the retirement
OF legal-tender notes equal TO eighty per cent.
OF national banknotes issued, the aggregate
amount retired from 1875 to 1878 was sS5 S1e.-
l 9o4, leaving the amount Of legal-tender notes
IN circulation on June so, 1878, at S346 6Sl, DIG
Toe total amount Of standard silver dollars
/ coined to date is SIS 2S2, 500, Of which amount
there Is in the mints and Offices sl3 35g ST.,
and In circulation, 81 1922, 623. The amount
OF fractional currency redeemed since June 80,
1877, Is "a, l9l, 934.l5. The total amount OF
fractional currency redeemed under the opera
ton OF the act Of April II, 1876, 10 Oct. 80.
1878, was S25, 297, $780, 30. Since April IS, 1876,
there has been issued of fractional silver coin
$39, 72S. 166, and though the coinage has been
suspended temporarily, there is still demand,
which is supplied from the stock on hand in
this Office and in the mints, which, together
with that in other offices, amounts at this time
to S6,O67 ,960.18. The amount paid out since
| June 80, 1877, to date, is S6,542 $685. The
amount OF fractional silver paid out at the
| several offices OF the treasury from April 18
1876, to Oct. 81, 1878, amounted to $50 728 ,l66
The outstanding circulation OF the national
banks at the close Of the fiscal year was
! 1924 514 ,284.
| Aho obblSSdto VI inc estimates OF ApDrODr1d-
tons required for the service OF the government
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, is
| $l29, 1871, S13. This is exclusive Of permanent
actual appropriations for which the estimates
are placed at $145, $780, 43s. These two items
make the aggregate estimates 1915, 1877, 251,
which is about IS, 500, 900 below the aggregate
estimates presented last December for the
current fiscal year.
The secretary of the navy says in his annual
report that the past year has witnessed great
Improvement in the navy, and that thirty
three vessels not needing repairs are now in
commission. In case of need, the fighting
| force OF the navy could be increased to sixty
eight vessels, or more. The estimates for the
navy proper have not been increased above the
| appropriation for the present year. Secretary
thompson pays some attention to the relations
OF the navy to commerce, and points out where
he thinks increased appropriations would be
| good economy.
The secretary of war, in his annual report,
states that the army has a strength Of "a, 76i
enlisted men. He is of the opinion that per-
manent peace in the Indian country can only
be maintained by the exhibition Of a force
| large enough to keep hostile savages in subiec-
| ton. He argues in favor OF q repeal or modi-
hcation Of the law making it unlawful to use
| any part OF the army as a posse ConitdtuS and
asks for more money for the manufacture of
| arms. The estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1880. are $40, $751;, 71S SO, which sum,
Secretary McCrary states, is only 81, 91O, S62 Is
IN excess OF the aggregate appropriations for
the year.
| The public debt statement for November
shows an increase Of 1924, 242.61.
| long address to the Greenback party has
| oeen issued by the central executive commit
tee, from the national capital The address
congratulates the party upon its vote at the
late elections, tells the Greenbackers to stand
| oY1l
success, +. L. Devices, as chairman pro tenn :;
Alexander Troup as secretary, Peter Cooper
and others signed the address.
| The President sent in large batch of nomi-
tons to the Senate, including E. A. Merritt
for collector Of customs at New York John
5. Mosby, of Virginia, to be consul at Hong
Kong, etc,
E. M. Boynton will contest the election of
DIR. Loring in the sixth Massachusetts con-
gressional district.
There are between 200 and 1900 claims be-
fore Congress, to be disposed Of by that body.
Foreign Rows.
The sequestration Of the estate of Henry
Taylor q Sons, grain and -four merchants, of
Glasgow, is announced. Liabilities, Sc 500, 600,
William Taylor, the imprisoned director of the
City OF Glasgow Bank, is senior partner of the
firm.
The liabilities Of the suspended London firm
OF Smith, Fleming & Co. are $14, 557, 425, and
the assets will not yield one-tenth that sum.
1t is said that Russia has announced her
intention OF actively supporting the ameer of
Cabul II the English army should occupy anv
point from which her own dominion in Asia
might be effectually threatened.
Attempts to assassinate foreign rulers and
men In power continues. While the Hungarian
prime minister was entertaining Count
Andraesy and other Austrian statesmen in
Pesth, hungary, bomb loaded with dynamite
was exploded near the minister's palace, with.
out however, doing any material damage
About fifteen persons were drowned in the
Mersey, at Liverpool, by the collision of
ferryboat with ship at anchor
The Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise
received an enthusiastic greeting in Montreal.
The mayor read an address of welcome. TO
Whlch the new govern or-general replied then
there was a processi through the streets,
whlch were lined with immense crowds; and
ball In the evening terminated the days fes-
ti7ities.
George Henry Lewes, the eminent English
philosophical writer and husband of George
Eliot, the novelist, is dead.
The queen Of England expressed her salts
faction at the reception accorded to her daugh-
ter, the Princess Louise. and her son-in-law.
the Marquis Of Lorne, in Canada, by sending
the following cable dispatch to them DE.
lighted at reception. Say So"
More than twenty villages in Macedonia have
been destroyed by Bashi-bszouks-only one
thousand Of the inhabitants escaping Turkish
troops have been sent to the scene Of strife to
restore order.
new Turkish ministry has been formed.
Suleiman Pasha, one Of the leading Turkish
generals In the war with Russia, has been
sentenced to fifteen years Imprisonment for
misconduct during the war. He has appealed.
Upon the arrival of Lorne and the Princess
Louise at Ottawa, the Canadian capital, they
met with an enthusiastic welcome, and series
OF festivities in their honor took place.
At the opening Of the British parliament
queen Victorlas speech was presented by
royal commission. The document is short
refers to the war with Afghanistan, and asserts
that there is every reason to believe that the
arrangements for the pacifcation Of Europe
made by the treaty Of Berlin will be SUCCESS
fully carried into effect.
The emperor Of Germany, upon his return
to Berlin after long absence in search of re-
newed health necessitated by the wounds re
ceived from Nobilings shot gun, was enthusi-
astically received by the populace. The trade
societies and public bodies generally paraded
past the royal palace.
That portion Of the British army invading
Afghanistan by the Peiwar pass has gained
signal victory after a desperate struggle. cap
turing eighteen guns and occupying Peiwar-
khotal. The British loss was only about ten
Killed, including one major, AMI seventy
wounded. The enemy fought bravely and lost
heavily.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.