The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-11-27

u AneIe arrived IN the United States during
october oil 3l2 emigrants aud SO citizens
returning from abroad. Of this number Ire
land furnished sos, Germany 1869 AMI
Chiaa 474
Inc annual report of the secretary OF war
has been made public. Secretary Ramsey
says that the expenditures Tor all affairs under
the control OF his department. ter the fiscal
year ending June 80 1880 were $50 924,-
IIou3. Congress appropriated for the service
Oh the current fscal year Sil 993, SO 40. Toe
estimates tor the service OF the fiscal ear end
my June 80, 1882 are S43 81, 055.54. The
troops OF the line. the report says, should be
"a sed to % 600 men. Inc permanent i'm
provement OF tae South pass OF the Mississippi
rlver Is pronounced a success. The sale oil
small er,ny po Is and he dstail of retired Off
Gers for military professors are reco amended
The secretary says The seacoast detenseS are
not in condition to protect the commercial
cit es IN case ot war with maratime power,
which he declares will come sooner or later.
A large appropriation Tor this purpose is
recommended.
treasurer Gilfillan's annual report to Sec-e-
tary Sherman shows IN increase in the Gus
toms, internal revenue and sales of public
lands OF $50 SSl, 505.1S, and a decrease 10
those from miscellaneous sources OF only
Sll2,079 &C. The expenditufe s show an in
crease of S695,t74 Is in the aggregate as CON-
Pared with the previous year, caused by an
increase oil SD 95.G40U6 in the payments on
account OF the inter or department, but show
decrease OF 81, G99, 965 81 in the ex endi
lures Tor interest and premium on the pubic
debt on civil and miscellaneous accounts, and
tor tie war and navy departments. The
amount of public money on deposit June 80,
1879, was Sil7 .223 787 0S. The receipts from
all sources durlog the year were 1924 5ST,-
24l.S0, and the drafts paid sos 1870 9o0.16
Fifty Eight national banks were organized
during the year; five failed, aud twenty -one
went iuto voluntary bankruptcy. The report
efDbOdies q statement OF the liabilities and
sssets OF the treasury for the years 1877, 1878.
1879 and 1880, from which it appears that the
gold and silver erin and built n ranged fr IN
Sll4,4 982 10 in 1877, to Sl63 ,969 444.70 in
1878, to 1922 S07 36S, 0l in 1879 and o S2l4,-
500 Is SO in 1880. The decrease Of S.. $780,
coo between 1879 and 1880 is represented by
reduction IN the gold ba anee OF S34 900 900
and an increase in the silver coin an bullion
on hand. The total coinage OF standard sill yer
dollars under the act OF February %, 1873 has
been S72, 847 $50. OF this amount SAL $685.
L are in the treasury and in the mints, aud
$25 259 644, being more than BAG per cent. of
the coinage, are in circulation. The amount
in circulation November 1878, WAS 81 922,-
623. or 26 9-l0 per cent. OF Sl8,282. 500 coined.
The census bureau is gathering imp' tant
statistics on the fishery interests oil the United
States. The incomplete returns made TO the
bureau of statistics showed that in the year
ending June 30. 1879 the value OF the products
taken by American vessels and Fl -hermen and
brought into the United States was about
Sc $780, 90
Postmaster General Maynard in his annual
report, recommends that pensions be paid to
railway postal employees who may be dis
abled by accidents, or to their families in case
of death; the subsidizing OF steamship mes
carry ne Mexican and South American mails;
a reduction to five cents Of the fee charged for
money orders not exceeding S., and an ex-
tensi OF the limit OF orders from $50 to $780,
There has BEEN large increase in to- eign
money orders, and Mr.. Maynard is of the
opinion that hard times in Europe have caused
draft on emgrants in Anne RIGA. Mr.. May
nard asks tor legislative authority to adopt
regulations providing Tor the delivery by mail
to tne addresses at the offices OF des,inat on in
the United States subject to payment OF Gus
toms duties OF any packet OF dutiahle mail
matter received in the mails from foreign
countries and recommend the establishment
OF "po-tal savings" system and pos al tele-
graphs. Finally he thinks that postmasters
should be protected against levy on their pri-
vate property under Judgment tor acts done in
heir official capacity, and asks for new de-
partmental building.