Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

Total. S20, ,36O 220. T9 The above does not include payments made on account of the interest or principal of the public debt of the United States. The debt statement shows the amount of per centum
 bonds continued at 34 per centum outstand- ing $17S, ,O55, 150.
 Secret service officers of the United States Treasury are said to be on sure clue to the
 discovery of the author of the recent anony- nous threatening letter to Secretary Windom. If the miscreant is caught he will be made an example of.
 The statement for the last fiscal year shows $500 were expended for contingent expenses, $1, ,00O for the repair of telegraph, $2, 49S. 3S
 for water pipes and fire plugs, $5, 4S6.93 for
 repairing bridges, $1, 800 for lighting, etc., at
 the Executive Mansion, etc., $37, ,966. 75 for salaries, $27, ,498 IT for repairs, fuel etc.. at the Executive Mansion and $4e, 49O. O1 for the improvement and care of public grounds The assistant postmaster general has ad- dressed to each of the following postmasters
 circular calling their attention to their fail Auditor of the Treasury for the Postofice de- pertinent for the quarter ending June 30, 1881, which under the law they are required to do within one month after expiration of the quarter, and they are liable, both post master and surety, to prosecution and be com pelled to pay double the amount of the re-
 a.sr ee,pts of # the ., pOstOf6oe shs during the for !: Albuquerque, N. M; Bath, Me; Bloomsburgh, Pa; Brookville, Pa; Ireland. N. Y.; Elpaso, Ills; Fairmount, Neb.; Fay etteville, N. C.; Fort Benton, Mt. Fremont, Ohio; GrasslValley, Cal; ;.Grifin, Ga; Harts
 Falls, \. Y.; Huntington, Pa.; Hutchin- vile vile, % Ills; KeoEuE, la; % Lansbnrgh, Minn. Marshall, Mich. Menosha, Wis; Milton, Pa; Milledgevil1e, Ga; Montpelier, Vt; Neenah, Wis. Newton, Kan. Pensacola, Fla. Plainfeld, N. J.
 Pottstown, Pa; Reno, Nev. Rochester,
 Ind Daco, Me Salem, Mass. sheboygan Falls, Miss Shreveport, La. l; Tuscarora, New. Union City, Pa. Union Springs, N. Y.; Victoria; Texas Waldonborough, Me. j; Wallingford, Conn. Wauhegan, H.; Wells boro, Pa.
 Mrs. Linda A. Howe, wife of ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, died today at the resi- dence of her son-in-law, Enoch Totten, of this city.
 The signal corps station at Newshorham, R. T., reports that the fishing schooner Etta M. Story, of Fair Haven, Mass, Captain Kelly, ran ashore this morning on the west side of Block Island. No lives were lost.
 The register of the Treasury has issued of extended 5's the sum of $146, ,043, ,O50, which uakes the grand total since the com 1 mencement of the work $386, 115, 450. There are still to be disposed of some | $15, ,OOO, ,OO0, which sum is mostly held abroad and will be extended as regis l tered bonds Heretofore the amounts held by foreigners have been largely coupon, but as all of these extensions have been issued as l registered, the list of holders, both domestic | and foreign, has been greatly increased. The ! transfer of stock now registered as SIS has recently become very active, although the in- terest on the bonds so issued does not begin | to accrue until August 12.
 1 MT. Hit, first assistant secretary of State stated to day that the government was wide awake to the importance of prompt action in regard to the shipment to England of dyna- mite internal machines, about which so much has been said lately. He said there had been I official correspondence between this govern ! ment and that of England on the subject, | but of course he could not be expected to di. vulge its character. He said the British of l ficials seemed to have made a great mistake | in not keeping the discovery secret. Once | the public knew that internal machines had I been discovered, of course those implicated hastened to escape. The United States gov ernmemt did not intend to let the people
 know what steps were taken in the matter, for the reason that it wanted 1 it's efforts if possible to lead to some good 1 result. The matter was receiving careful at l tention, and as soon as a point was reached | where progress could be disclosed the public 1 should be informed of it. In regard to the l report that the machines were manufactured l at Peoria, MT. Hill said he knew nothing ex- cept what he had seen in the papers. Expe-
 rience had taught him that when people in
 tended to commit some gross crime they | were not in the habit of telling it abroad or heralding their connection with the conspira.
 cy. On the other hand he found that in times of excitement certain class of people l were wont to manifest @ craving for notorie ty by seeking connection with a matter with
 which they had little or nothing to do. By l such indirect answers to direct questions oth CT officials also of the State department led te the impression that the Peoria story was not greatly credited, but it might possibly bs looked into At the Department of Justice
 no news could be had beyond that agents ot the department had been placed at the ser
 vice of government officials in working uI the case.
 J.-J. Kinds was to day appointed assistan l district attorney for the prosecution of thu
 Star route cases here. The peculiarity O
 this appointment is recognized in the locall, | well known fact that Kinds was at one tim,
 under indictment for Star route frauds an,
 ought to know something about them.