The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-07-29
From Washington.

THE public-debt statement for June shows
the following: Total debt Qncluding inter
est, 81, 932, 300, 9S1. Cash in Treasury, $243,-
1895 Debt, less amount in Treasury,
s1,6SS, 914, 1862. Decrease during the month,
$12, $50, 696. Decrease since June 80, 1881,
S151, 6S9, 351.
PUBLIC PRINTER ROUNDS had received 900
applications for ''sits" In the public printing
office up to the 5th.
THE resignation is announced of j. C. Ban
croft Davis, Assistant Secretary of State, be-
cause of alleged differences of opinion with
Mr.. Frelinghuysen.
THE Third Assistant Secretary of State,
Walker Blaine, has tenderod his resignation
IT was rumored on the At that Judge Wylie
had threatened to throw the Star-route cases
out Of court unless counsel for the prosecu-
ton speedily made out a case
On the evening of the Sd the corpse of Gut
teau was secretly removed from the Jail to
the Army Medical Museum. Rev. DIR. Hicks
stated that he had been offered all the way
from 5000 to 100000 for the skeleton.
among the bidders being the Royal College of
London.
THE Postmaster-General has issued the fol-
lowing new rule with regard to short-paid
mail matter:
whenever any short-paid matter being 9th
erWise ma1lable) Is depos ted at free-delivery
ONCE, and consigned to any address within the
United States, it shall be the duty of the post
master to send an official postaI-card to the adj
dresSee, notifying him of its detention, and
that 1t is necessary for him to remit the
amount of postage due thereon before the
same can be forwarded to destination; This
provision applies only to matter which does
not bear the card or address of the sender
Such card matter should be returned imme-
diately to the party mailing it as prescribed
by existing regulations.
DEPosIToRs in the Freedman's Bank are
called upon by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency to present their books and draw out
$150,000 of the last dividend remaining un-
paid
A SPECIAL and official report of the results
ofthe examination by the doctors of Guiteau's
brain, heart, etc, was made public on the
9th. The report is couched in surgical terms
rendering 1t somewhat obscure to the ordinary
reader. There were certain striking peculiari-
ties noticed in the appearance of the BRAIN
"but," one newspaper writer says, "no marks
OF past or present disease to justify the asser-
ton OF insanity" The same writer adds:
The only conclusion to be drawn from the
seport Is that there may have been enough
disorgsnization of the brain to Justify DR.
Hammond's assertion that the man was in
sane, but was able to know right from wrong
and hence deserved hanging" Another
writer says no indications of insanity were
discovered about the brain of the assassin
The weight of the brain, including the cere-
Drum, cerebellum, pans and medulla, and q
portion of the dura, was 1917 ounces.
IT is announced by Secretary Teller that
Captain Payne will be summarily elected from
the Indian Territory in the event of another
raid
BUSINESS failures to the number of 100 oc-
CURED in the United States during the seven
days ended on the 9th.
DURING June the receipts of the Patent Of
fee aggregated SIS, $50. 95-an increase of $12,-
574 70 over those of the corresponding month
in 1881.
THE United States mints during June
coined 319, $50 pieces of gold, worth SO, 401,-
709; 2301. 400 silver pieces, worth 50, 301, 1856,
and 3,277, 400 minor pieces, worth SIS, 532.
The total coinage was s5,77S,417. The value
Of the coinage during the fiscal year was
S117, 841,574