The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-22

$161, 81, b7s and the total gold product
of the minis of the United States for the
same period is estimated to have been
SAT, 500 ,021. This is the first year since
1879 during which the expectation of golo
has exceeded the importatlen M
TREASURY REPORT.
The annual report of the Treasury
shows the receipts of the government, ex
elusive of the public debt, during the year
ending June Both, 1882, were $403, 525.-
$50, and the expenditures, exclusive of
the redemption of public debt, $685., 9S1, =
439; that 81, 124s 1876 of legal tender
notes, representing $gS.oS7 .3e1s were
counted and sent to the committee for
destruction, and that others were issued in
the place thereof.
REPORT OF THE FoREIGS sERvIcEs !
The annual report OF Fifth Auditor
Alexander presents "a @sufnmaryAe of the
foreign service, both diplomatic and con
sular. and of the receipts and expenses of
the internal revenue. The accounts Of
Ministers and others in the diplomatic ser
vice show paid salaries amounting to
$310.311, and for expenses 1863, 329, the
entire cost of this branch being 1910, GAO.
Although the revised tariff which took
effect in October, 1881, says the Auditor.
materially reduced the charges for certain
services, vet the fees received this year are
81, SAT in excess of those for 1881, show
ing a decided increase in the business
transacted
total. TONNAGE OF THE CoUNTRYs : q
The total tonnage of the country, ex
elusive of documents outstanding at the
close of the fiscal year, has been 4. 165, 1923
tons, in "a, 368 vessels.
The number of vessels built was ,371
tonnage 2, 49,, 270 tons.
YESTERDAYS CABINET MEETING.
The cabinet meeting to-day was brief
and important. Discussion was held relas
tive to the contests of the annual reports,
the principal topic being in regard to inter
nal revenue.
Tt is asserted by persons in position to
know, that Commissioner Raum will rec
ommend q large reduction in internal rev
enue, and that this recommendation will be
endorsed by Secretary Folger and Presi
dent Arthur.
THE BOND PLATE CONSPIRAToRs INDICTED.
w H Ward and w F. Salter were to-
day indicted by the grand jury of the dis
trict for offering money to employees to
abstract from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, certain plates upon which notes
are printed. The object alleged was to
prove looseness in the management and
thus influence Secretary Folger to remove
Col. Irish, the superintendent.
TARIFF COMMISSIONER DEAD.
Private advlces were received here to-
day, announcing the death in New York
this morning, of Tariff Commissioner Nc
Mahon.
PARDoNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
The president to-day pardoned Robert
Logan, convicted of robbing mail coach
in a Western District in Texas in Novem-
ber 1881, and who was sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment in the penitentiary of
Illinois. The pardon was granted on ac
count of the prisoners youth, and because |
he is believed to be the tool of elder men.
He confessed his crime, pleaded guilty,
and has since aided the government in the
prosecution and conviction of others. His |
pardon was recommended by the United !
States Attorney, the officers who made the |
arrest, and the ex-Postmaster General.
A COLORED WASHER.