Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-08

Double.e agles .... 1871, 100 a, $50, 900
HsiEeseles. $3.50 3,rO 10, 80
Trade dollars. 5000 -, OOO
Standard dollars. S,4W,WW NV, ~
Total, gOid .............. 104,J04 1850 ~
Total, silver. SOS, 00O s,06, OO
Total cOlnaRe............ & ooS,Io4 ,Aso, wv
THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Washington advices under date of
Nav LIST, report the treasury officials as
saving that the coinage Of the new sill
yer dollars from this time forward will
be nearly $S,OOO,0O0 monthly. An Or
der was issued at the department to-
day directing that the new silver dol
lar may be paid out in exchange for
greenbacks. Hitherto the secretary
has insisted that silver dollars could
only be obtained with gold. There con-
tinues to be small demand for the
silver dollars themselves, but there is a
numerous demand for the certificates.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
Gen. Butler said in the debate in the
house yesterday that there was only
Sl3,OOO,0OO in frac.inal currency out.
standing, and that little of that would
ever be presented for redemption.
The figures at the department this
morning show that the amount out
standing is $16,SO5,O 900. The printing
of fractional currency was stopped in
February, 1876, and, although large
amount was on hand at that time, it
was mostly destroyed. 1t is thought at
the department that not more than
$5,OOO,OOO of the sum still outstanding
will ever be presented for redemption
r>spOpTc ANN r,y pOprc
Associated press advices from Wash
ington under date OF May LIST, give the
following statement Of imports and ex-
ports during nine months of the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1873,
Merchandise exports domestic :. -. $522, 5s1, 923
Merchandise exports, foreign 10, 449, sO7
Total ............. $3.50, OIL, 1sO
Imports. ...... ......... .... 1929, SO1, $50
Excess OF exports IMPORTS. 3O3, $50, sol
specie and bullion exports...... -. '23, 036, U92
Imports. ....... .................. 10, T49, $40
Excess Of exports over imports. 500. 1916, 2t3
IOal excess exports over imports
specie and merchandise. .......... 206, 545, 144
CALL FOR BONDS
The secretary of the treasury to-day
issued call for the following coupon
bonds, dated July 1. 1865, namely:
sou, No. 5O,OO1 to $4,000, both inclu-
slve; 500, No. So O1 to 10000,
both inclusive; $500, NO. 6O,OO1 to 63,-
0oO, both inclusive; 81 900, No. 1OS, OO1
to ia, 400, both inclusive. Total cou-
pons three million dollars. Registered
bonds redeemable at the pleasure OF
the United States after the first day of
July, 1870, as follows: $50, No. 1856
to 1900, both inclusive; 500, No. A.
dol to $500, both inclusive; $500, No.
S7Ol to 5000, both inclusive; $1,000.
No. 2S,751 to 30,1OO, both inclusive
$4,000, No. ASH to 15,5O7, both in
elusive. Total registered bonds, two
million dollars. Aggregate, five mil
lion, The principal and interest will
be PAID ut the treasury on and after
the Both Of July next, and interest will
cease on that day.
THE SINKING FUND REPEAL BILL.
The house com mittee on ways and
means, by a vote of s against 8, decid-
ed to report to the house the following
JOINT resolution:
WHEREAS, on the first day of April
1913, there had been paid into the sink
ing fund as provided for under section
ooo4 OF the revised statutes, the sum OF
sZ4l ,4S9. 1854 in excess of the require
ments of said law, which sum is equiv
alent to the amount required by law,
and.
WHEREAS, it is as unnecessary for the
maintenance of public credit as it is
unjust to the people to continue the inn
position of taxes for this object at a
'lme of great depression like the pres
ent therefore
Resotted, That the secretary OF
the treasury is hereby authorized
ana al directed to suspend the purchase of
Us, bonds for sinking fund as pro-
vided by section 1904 of the revised
statutes, until the close of the fiscal
year ending June so, 1885, unless other
wise ordered
NOMINATIONS.
The president sent the following nom.
nations to the senate to-day: Norman
DUCK, to be L. S. attorney, and E. S.
Cnase, of Wisconsin. to be L. s. marshal
OF Idaho territory.
AMERICAN WAR SHIPS.
Advlces from Washington by associ.
ated press dispatches of April 3Oth saws
Ihe state department has received
no official information of the
preliminary arrangement for fitting on,