The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-09
General News Summary.
Washington.

The seventy-sixth call for the redemp-
ton of i've twenty bonds of 1865, consols of
1867, was issued by the Secretary OF the
| Treasury on the 8lst ult. The call is for
SIC, ,000, ,600Ls6, ,00o, 900 coupons and 100000
registered bonds.
THERE will be full Senate after the
recess, Senator Sharon, of Nevada, who has
remained at home nearly the whole time of
| his term, having gone to Washington to oc-
cupy his seat the remainder of the session.
SENATORS PATTERSON, Garland and
Grover, who, in behalf of the Senate commit
tee on Territories, have conducted the inquiry
into the condition of aft airs in the Indian Ter
ritory, have agreed to recommend the enact
ment OF legislation oy Congress which snaii
States Court in that Territory. which shall
possess both criminal and civil Jurisdiction;
that all Indians comprising the " Five Ma
States, and that lands now held in common
may be divided and held in severalty. but re-
main inalienable for q limited term OF years
The committee does not recommend estab-
Government for these Indians, but provides
merely that they shall be entitled to repre-
sentation by delegate
TOTAL amount of currency outstand-
ing on the 3lst ult., s363, Dos, ,5S4.
The interest on registered bonds
which fell due on the LIST was nearly all paid
ferring that to ccin- OF $4,000 paid by the
Treasury Department on the ID, all but 8, SCI
was paid In greenbacks-
The total amount of the public debt
on Jan. 1, was 81, 267, 703, 345. Total amount
of cash in Treasury, $273, 500, ,0s7, making the
debt less cash in Treasury, $a02S, Gas, Ill.
Decrease in debt since June 30, 1878, 81, l3S TO-
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent
loan on the ID amounted to $3.50, $50, being
the largest amount by over S. 900 ever
subscribed for in one day.
The United States mints coined $5,-
94S, 800 last month.
|. The Teller subcommittee started
for New Orleans on the Sd.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., has
resigned as Government Director of the Union
Pacific Railway Company.
The postal revenue will probably be
increased s90O, 900 per annum by the change
in the mode Of compensating postmasters Of
the fourth class, allowing them a commission
on the stamps cancelled instead Of on stamps
sold.
The Mint Bureau, on the Sd, turned
iutO 1EcasuTy eotosooo piohts uihS W
the Government from the coinage of stand
are silver In the past three weeks. The Gov
erument has realized profit OF about u,
600 on the standard silver dollars since the
commencement Of their coinage
The Mexican Government has made
arrangements for the payment of the third
installment Of $500, 900 indemnity to Ameri-
can citizens, due the present month.
The seventy-seventh call for the re-
demption OF 5 20 bonds, consols of 1867, was
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury on
the 4th. The call is for SIC, ,0OO, ,0O0-$6, ,OOO,-
900 coupons and 1000 registered bonds.
The Postoffice Department reduced
the prices Of stamped envelopes on an average
Of twenty per cent. throughout the entire
schedule on the LIST, and the result Is seen In
largely increased requisitions now being re-
ceived. The requisitions for envelopes on the
4th footed up 4, 466, 900, valued at $9, 755, or
more than double those Of any single day in
the history Of the department.
JUSTICE HUNT, of the United States
Supreme Court, was stricken with paralysis
at his residence in Washington on the 4:h.
He is not expected TO recover.
The United States Supreme Court
at Washington City, on the 9th, gave a de-
cisiou in the case of the United States Us. the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and others,
commonly known as the Credit Mobilier
cases. The decision Of the lower court sus-
tanning the demurrer to the bill in equity was
affirmed, and the Governments suit ordered
dismissed.