The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05


tee on Privileges and Elections to-day the
papers in the ingalls, case were submitted
with view TO the action upon the Ques.
tion whether or not the charges should be
investigated by this body, but on account
OF the absence OF Senator Hoar the whole
subject was postponed on motion Of Sen.
ator Bailey until Saturday next.
STATEMENT or GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL
OPERATIONS.
Numerous inquiries having been made
as to financial operations OF the Govern
ment the Secretary Of the Treasury has
published the following statement show
ing the changes in the public debt, annual
interest charge, ETC.:
REDUCTION or IxFEREsr HEAuSo pEBr
Total interest bearing debt at the highest
point, August 81 $50 29l
Total interest bear1ug debt when the
present relundng operations shall have
been completed Aug l.......... ,797 64S 7Oa
Reduction on interest bearing debt from
tho highest $50 1885, 69i
Annual interest charge, highest point,
August 81, 1855 iSOO776s7
Annual interest charge when present re-
funding operations are completed lAug
il lbIS S,I1311B
Reduction In annual interest chAFge....... 6720S 9lS
REDUCTION OF TOTAL DEBT.
Debt less cash In the Treasury, highest
point August 81, 1856 E3I 57l
Debt less cash 10 tho Treasury June /,
1879 .. 2O27, 1882 4ss
Reduction Of debt since March /, IS77... 6I,59S6T
Bonds refunded Siuee MArrh !, ISL
Loan Of 1855, I've per ceut,.."........... 10000
Teu.iortieS u 1884, i've per eent..... 1886 800
Annual interest charge. iSiS
FTetWenties OF 1885, SIX per cent-,... IOOI36 $50
COnSoS Of 1865, six per cent.......... 9O2 no
COnSolS Of 1852 six per cent............ SO62275O
COnSOs ot 1865 six per cent?. .. ...... S74T3sOO
Annual interest J0OjI 7t2
Total amount OF Si6' 200
Total annual interest charge. 4ssl3O67
In place OF the above bonds there will
be issued, when the present reiunding
operations are completed, which will not
be later than August !, 1870, bonds as fol-
lows:
Funded loan Of 1891, * per 900 900
Annual interest charge ............. 6075OO0
Funded loan Of 1907, including reiunding
cefunCates, per Ceut'.,... Ill 900
Annual interest 2sl4O,SSO
Total S6 900
Total annual interest charge. ge........... 8i5IlsSO
Making an annual saving hereafter 10 ire -'--
terest charge, on account Of reIundug
operations since March l, ls77............. II?g7l77
Bonds have been sold for resumption
purposes since March l, 1877, the interest
On hllCl lGpICoSHLn du hlIluHl COSL OF
coin reserve as follows:
Funded loan Of 1884, per cent,,,.. SOS OCO, 900
Annual interest 2gSOOO
Funde1 ltRn Of 1907, per eent.",....... 100000
Annual Interest 100000
1otH 9OClO0C0
Making a net annual Eaving in interest
through Tefundng and resumption Ope-
ratiOnS since March 1871, Ot.~..,.... I0S72,I17
In addition to the above bonds, there
were issued in 1873, TO replace the coin
used in the payment OF the Halifax award,
per cent bonds Of 1907, amounting to S.
500, 900. In preparing this memorandum
the maximum limit of the issue OF 4 per
cent bonds and certificates is stated.
When the refunding transactions are COM
pleted and the full returns received, the
amount may be somewhat smaller, max
ing the interest charge correspondingly
less.
THE TEST OATH DlLI..
The following is full text OF the bill re-
ported from the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee to-day, as substitute for Bayards
bill, which provides simply for the repeal
OF Sections 500 and S2l OF the Revised
Statutes, prescribing the jurors test oath.
This new measure will form part Of the
Democratic caucus bill, by which the an
preparations for judicial expenses are 10
be provided, bill in relation TO juries
and to repeal Sections SOL, $50 and sci.
and part OF 800 OF the Revised Statutes OF
the United States.
Be i enacted, &C., That the per diem pay
OF each juror, grand or petit, in any Court
OF the United States shall be s. so, and
and that the last clause OF section 500 OF
the Revised Statutes Of the United States,
which refers to the State OF Pennsylvania,
and sections sol, $40 and S2l OF the Re.
vised Statutes OF the United States, are
hereby repealed, and that all such jurors,
grand and petit, including those sum.
moned during the session OF the Court,
shall be publicly drawn tom box con.
tanning the names OF not less than 800
persons possessing the qualifications pre-.
scribed in section 800 OF the Revised
Statutes, which names shall have been
placed therein by the Clerk OF such Court,
and a Commissionerappointed by Judge
thereof, which Commissioner shall Be
q citizen residing In the district In which
such court Is held OF good standing and a
well known member Of the principal polit.
ical party opposing that TO which the
clerk may belong. The clerk and said
commissioner each are to place OF Q name
in said box alternately until the whole
number required shall be placed therein,
but nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent any Judge in a dis.
trict in which such is now the practice,
from ordering the names OF jurors to be
drawn from the boxes used by the State
authorities soliciting juries in the highest
courts Of the States, and no person shall
serve as q petit Juror more than one term
in any one year, nor be compelled to serve
as such juror more than two weeks al
any term, unless It be necessary in order
TO complete the trial Of cause in which
he may have been impannelled, and al
iuries to serve in the courts alter th,
passage Of this act shall be drawn in con
iormity herewith, all general aud specia
} laws In conflict herewith are hereby re
nealed,