The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
From Washington.

A WARRANT was issued for the arrest of
Foreman William Dickson, on the affidavit
of Juror McNally for endeavoring fmprop-
erly to influence the verdict of the star route
jury. Mr.. Dickson was foreman of the jury
during the recent trial, and at its conclusion
he charged that some of the jury had been
'seen' for the purpose of influencing them
to bring in n verdict of guilty. Another
warrant was also issued for his arrest on the
affidavit of Brewster Cameron, with the nfi-
davits Of Henry A. Bowen and Judge Wilson
W. Hoover attached as exhibits, charging
Dickson with conspiring with George W.
Driver and others to get money from the
United States through Brewster Cameron for
the purpose Of impeding justice.
GENERAL Fl. G. WRIGHT, chief of engi-
ncers, in his annual report to the secretary of
war declares that no nation is so i'll provided
with seacoast defenses rs the United States.
THE chief of tho bureau of statistics re-
ports that during September G5,7O passen-
gers arrived, of whom 49,935 wero emil
grants, 11,3iO citizens of tho United States
returned from abroad, and 4,475 aliens not
intending to remain in the United States.
The commission appointed to investigate
the tariff question has completed its labors.
Altogether the commission Travelled 1000
miles, held public sessions for about seventy
days, and heard the statements of between
800 and GOO persons. The printed record
will fill about 1900 pages. A dispatch says
sit is the opinion of persons who have had
unusually good opportunities for Judging of
the sentiment of the commission that no
radical changes in the existing tariff will be
recommended"
GOVERNMENT receipts in October from GUS
toms, internal revenue and miscellaneous
amounted to S32, 65G ,:HSS3.:3@.
DURING October the national debt was de-
creased S15,62 1906, leaving cash in the
treasury, S275,3S6, 1866.
TIE coinage executed at the various United
States minis during October consisted of
22:3s3, $50 gold pieces, worth S3,474,G 2.3OO,-
600 standard silver dollars; 10000 dimes,
worth S7l,OOO, and 100000 minor coins,
worth $4,000; total coinage, 7,4333,5D
pieces, worth $5,924, 100.
The payments made from the treasury ly
warrants during October were rs follows: On
account of civil and miscellaneous, S5,Gl7,-
AGO. II; on account of war, $5,279,5O .75; on
account of navy, $1,735,714,41; on account
of interior-Indians, $G5i, 4GG. "A; on account
of neutrality-suspicious., S13, 500.9 90; total, S13,-
$50, 673.89.
THE report of the assessor of the District
of Columbia shows that the assessed value
of taxable real estate in the District on June
30, 1882, was a little moro than S92, 500, 900.
To this may be added tho value of the prop
erty of the United States, which was more
than SS5, 0OO,0 900 on June 30.
The interior department has decided in eff
feet that seven years absence may be taken
as proof presunptive of a soldiers death,
and such proof shall warrant the issue of q
pension to his family, if other requirements
have boon complied with. Heretofore pos
tive proof of tho soldiers death was re-
quired, which in many cases it was impos-
sible to produce.
lHE OpeTatlOl5 Oh IHe o,tJl uuliiOt1Heu
money order offices of the United States
during the last fiscal year reached the sum
of S113,l 400, 1881 in orders issued, and Of
S113, 3SS, 3O1.9O in orders paid and repaid, a
gain in each case of about eight per cent.
The fees received from the public amounted
to 81, Oj3, 10. So, TN increase of nearly nine
DER cent. There we're 377,4B international
money orders issued, of the vaiuo of $780,
514.4S, and 117,SS3 such orders paid, amount
ing to 50, 453, 4G2. 10; while the total amount
of fees paid by tho public was $145,644.25. SO
that tho domestic and international money
orders issued during the year aggregated
S119, 1886, G32. Co., and the orders paid with the
repayments of over $~115,0OO,OO0.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed George
E. Warning, Jr., of Newport. r. l., q member
of the National board of health, vice Charles
F. Folsom, of Massachusetts, resigned.
SEVEN of tho vacancies which will occur in
the United States Senate on the 4th of March
nexthave been filled. Three of the Senators
elected are Republican, three Democratic
and one a Rcadjuster. Fourteen more seats
remain to be filled, of which seven are now
held by Republicans and seven by Demo
prots