The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Ht DOOkS Ol tIlt utpdItIncHb
show that, under the administration of Sec
rotary Folger, during the period of ten
months (frOm Nov. L, 1881, TO the LIST of the
present monthly the following reductions
have been effected: OF the interest-bearing
debt, 1929, OBS, 900; of total debt, less cash
In the treasury, SIG, Coz, 294; of annual in
terest charge, "a, 5l5, 756.
The secretary of the interior has COM
municatiOn from the general counsel for
the Northern Pacific Railroad company In
forming him that the company on the 18th
inst, paid the treasurer OF the United
States S26, 1872 the cost of surveying select
ing, and conveying 743, BOG acres Of land in
mn for r which s patents We're issued
accordance with decision Of the interior
department June s, 1882, but is made under
protest and without waving any of the
company's rights.
THE SIGNAL SERVICES ACHIEVEMENT.
The severe and disastrous cyclone that
visited the south and the Atlantic ports
early last week. was fOretold by the signal
service several days In advance Of its reach
one of the most brilliant achievements of
the service, and undoubtedly thousands of
dollars worth of property and many lives
were saved by the warning.
PENSIONS.
The amount paid for pensions during the
year, including the cost of disbursement, is
$54, 296, $50. The total number of pension
ers on the roll is 2S5, 697, a gain over the pre-
yious year of 1861. The total amount paid
by the government for pensions from 1791 to
1851 was $S1, 4S0, AS. The total amount paid
from 1861 to June 30, 1882, was $500, 641, 324.
Out of this amount and since 1871 $25, 234,-
232 has been paid survivors of the war OF
1872 and to the widows of those who served
during that war. Deducting this latter
amount oy,A actinnofinn thof xuhinh rnou
have been paid to pensioners on account of
wars prior to 1875, about $3.50, 600, 900 has
been disbursed on account of pensions.
IMMIGRATION FOR AUGUST.
During the month of August there arriv-
ed III the customs districts of Baltimore,
Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota, New
Orleans, New York, PassamaquOddy, Phil
adelphia, and San Francisco 81, 593 passen-
gers--of whom 43,076 were immigrants, z,
047 citizens of the United States returned
from abroad, and 2, 40 aliens not intending
to remain In the United States. OF this to-
tai number of immigrants, there arrived
from England and Wales 6,977; Ireland, 81
80; Bohemia, 236; Denmark, $40; France,
617; Germany, 5000; Hungary, 321; Italy,
676; Netherlands, $40; Norway, 2052; Rus
STA, $780, Poland 152; Sweden, 1901; Swift
zerland, S37, Dominion of Canada, 4,441 I;
ana from all other countries, 437.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
The public printer has delivered the first
complete sets of the bound edition of the
Congressional Record, including the index.
The volumes OF the debates make 1854
pages and the index 734 pages, being by far
the largest. number of pages reached in
single session. The volumes are delivered
this year over two months sooner than was
ever done before, it generally being from
three to four months after adjournment of
mn hAE ax.f.
der has been given Public Printer Rounds
for 900, 900 register-cards for the use of
the pOstofiice department To fill this or
der 1t will require about 104, 167 sheets of
cardboard, which, after being cut to the
proper size, ii strung end to end alone,
would cover 15S miles, or nearly the dis
lance between Washington and Trenton,
COsr or THE srAR-RoUTE TRIALS,
A Washington special to the New York
Sun says: The published figures represent
Ing the cost of the TIA to pr
$40, PSI; go has been paid. Mr.. Bliss has
worked between fifteen and eighteen
Probably $4,000 would not be
above his pay for that period, not including
expenses. Nor would this be excessive, for
that gentleman has given his whole time to
extent he has abandoned his practice at
home, $4,000 month or 800 day-which
is the understood rate of his pay-would not
make him whole. That Mr.. Bliss has labor
ed faithfully and continuously there is no
disputing. That he should receive as much
as would be his ordinary income i'm his regu-
lar business ought to be conceded.
The payment to Mr.. Merrick of $1,000
was probably the retaining fee. To be safe
make 1t So, 900 to him, and at least So 600
to Mr.. Ker To which add about $4,000
actually paid to Cook and Gibson, and we
have the sum total to lawyers of about
$4,000 To these fees should be added the
cost of a regiment of detectives. Then the
cost of bringing witnesses long distances,
and their per diem and eXpenses-in all
not less than S75,000 1t has
been estimated to be much above that. To
this almost endless expenses in smaller
items should be added The guess that the
case has thus far cost the gov
eminent 100000 is therefore not above
the fact. The unknown quantity besides
The above items may of itself represent
500, 900.
If 1t has cost the government $500, 900,
what has 1t cost the defendants On that
side there are fully twice as many lawyers
rs the government employs. Some of them
have worked as Bliss has worked, and for
. similar period have done little else than
look after the case. Some of the defend
ants have been able to stand heavy drafts:
others were not at the start able to put up
respectable retainer. So that the immense
expense has been borne by q small number
Of persons, unless, indeed the Star reuters
Of the country have made common cause.
The draft on Brady and Dorsey has been the
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