The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-12-08

present from Queen VictoriA 70 the President
Of the United States. Il il made oi live oak /
and weighs 500 pounds; i elAboraieiy
carved, and. Alto ether presents mng ninoen'
specimen Of workmanship. Upon a rmooln
nanel i the following Inscription; Her |
majesty. hin Resoluie. forming part OF the |
expeditiop sent in search OF Sir John Frank |
lin in 1882 was abandoned in lat tnde ~
Longitude lOIS west, on May Is, 1854 She
was discovered and e1tricated in September,
1855. in latitude &c north, by Captain Bud
dington, OF the United States whaler George
Henry. She was purchased, fitted out ana
sent TO England rs a gift TO Her Majesty
Queen Victoria by the President and people OF
the Uni ed States, as q token Of goodwin ana
friendship. This table was made IRON her
timbers when she was broken up, and Is pre-
sented by the Queen OF Great Britain anu
ireland to the President OF the United States
as a memorial OF the courtesy and loving
kindness which dictated the ocer OF the git oil
the Resolute." ~,
match from the commissioners at Pekin, IN
nrmipg him that two treaties hvve been
lined with China-one OF commerce and
the other concerning emigration
The COMPTROLLER OF the currency in his an
nual report says that the amount OF nat ohai
hank and legal tender notes outstanding on
November /, 1880, was S6SS 74i.46Ii OF
which the bank notes amounted To Sdi2 Jos
45l. aud the legal tenders TO Soi6 OBJ ,Olo'
The aggregate amount OF both kin 3 OF notrs
Ina 1879 was S6Sl Sl5,52). and in 1878, 5000,
1873, 1877. Three national banks nave lalieu
during the year. The directors OF the mint
estimate that from the close OF the fiscal year
| 10 November there has been added TO the
coin SIG 494 528 OF gold, and S9,63O940 oil
silver, making the stock OF coin in the country
at the latter date 1921, 6Sl, l79, cons sting OF
1875 .453, 2I9 of gold coin and Sl52 ~, you OF
| silver coin. The returns received rom inc
State au thorities embrace go State banks ana
trnst companies and 629 savings banks. From
these returns it appears that the resources o.
the 658 State banks amount to SiSl,7Ii, lou
The capital stock amounts to SlO9 3lo 45l,
and the deposits to s29S 759, GIG. The b29
| savings banks have resources amounting 10
1881, 677, $50, and deposits amounting 10 SSl9.-
| LOG g73 The increase in the net deposits oil
the national banks during the year was $751;
| 3S5,075; OF the savings banks SS4, 5lo Z5oi OF
the private bankers, $42 $40 6S4i aud OF the
State banks and tru It companies, SOL 1l3,I6l,
mating a total increase in the bank deposits
of the country OF 1926 1868 The total
number OF national banks, State banks, saw
INCA hanks, private bankers, etc in the coun-
try on June IL, 1880, was G, 532, with total
banking capital OF S6j0,049, 39J, and total
deposits of 81 2l9 8S9,290'
From figures prepared in the census bureau
il sprears that OF the $69S 3Sl, $50 oiregistered
4 aud Al per cent bonds issued $40 773 800
ace owned by individual males, S72, 672 800 by
indiyidusl females, $l66 937 800 by State
banks and trust companies, Sl75, 1888, 600 by
national banks and $l2, 0l9,000 abroad
The National Grange, for some days in
session at Washington, has adjourned alter
deciding 10 hold the next annual meeting in
the national capital in November, 1881.
The President has issued a proclamation
declaring that whereas satisfactory evidence
has been given by the Emperor of China that
no discriminating duties OF tonnage or i'm
posts are imposed in the ports oil that nation
upon American vessels, therefore the dis
eliminating duties of tonnage and impost
against Chinese vessels are discontinued.
While the estimates OF internal revenue re-
ceipts for the last fiscal year were only $ll6,.
0O0 OO0 they actually reached 1928, $4,000.
Chief English, OF the bureau OF recruiting IN
the navy department, reports that there were
7 1922 men and boys in the naval service on
June 30, 1880. The enlistments during the
year to replace men discharged from service
were 5,272. At the close of the fiscal yeai
there were l, l6S boys in the service, GIG o
whom we're on training ships and 552 OF
cruising ships.
The annual report of the navy department
|
as follows In commission-Steamers 30
sailing ships, A monitors, s; torpedo boats, 2
total, 43. In ordinary Steamers, 49, sailing
vessels, 8; monitors, 7. Receiving ships
Steamers, 3; sailing ships, 8; monitor, |
! to-"st,johs-ristvumers, o; sailing ship,
monitors, A; ironclads, 8. Repairing Steam
ers, O. At the Naval academy--Salling ships
|, 3; monitor, l. Pubic marine school-Sailinl
ship, l. Tugs OF all kinds at yards and sta
tions rs Total number OF vessels, 1889
Chief Brooks, OF the secret service says il
his annual report that during the year his de
partment made 403 arrests of which 203 wer
, for dealing in counterfeit money. The amour
! Of counterfeit money captur, was 1871, 1888
Among the counterteits discovered during th
year were SIS note on the National Stat
bank of Troy; $40 note on the United State
: treasury, issue oil 1876; 800 note on tn
!. Pittsburg National Bank OF Commerce. a s
y note on the Montpelier National bank; $40
y !, note on the National Exchange bank of BaIti
more; 500 United States treasury note;
81 000 Unit States bond.
;, Superinten ent OF the Census Walker re
=, ports that all but seven OF the 81 265 enumel
N ato have reported, and that the work is sui
- stantialy complete.
!, summary of the operations of the pater
, Office during the last fiscal year shows that
the twelve months ended June 80, 1880 th
- office received 20 $50 applications for patent
~ Tor inventions, d granted IL ,584, besides As
"a "reissues and 500 patents for designs IL
~ receipts OF the patent Office from fees of warrior
kinds amounted TO 1870 SAT, and the total O.
penses for salaries and all other objects wei
1888 926, showing net revenue to the go,
urnment OF Sl9l, 62l.