Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-15
FROM THE CAPITAL

THE secretary OF war has Informed
the Indian bureau that orders have beer
issued to the commanding off GER Of the
division of Missouri to expel ali intruders
from the Indian territory.
THE number of immigrants arrived
during the year ending June 30, were
500, ,S34, being SO, 400 less than in the
preceding fiscal year, and 260,5S6 less
than in the year ended June 30, 1852.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has issued a
general order concerning the Arctic re-
lief expedition. He says: 1.-The Navy
department extends its cordial and
earnest congratulations to Commander
Schley. commanding the expedition,
and to the officers and men of his COM
mand, upon the distinguished success
of their eff 2rts, and takes this occasion
of publicly cammending the courage,
zeal and judgment with which they ex-
ecuted their difficult and dangerous
duty"
THE department of state received a
dispatch fran Foote, U. S. minister at
Seoul, announcing the arrival at Inch
man, of the U. S. steamship Trenton,
having on board the returning members
of the Corean embassy from the U. S.
The embassy was met by large num-
Der of Corean officials, who went from
the capt. i to bid them welcome. I'M
mediately upon his reaching Seoul, Min
Yong Ike, chief of the embassy. called
upon Mr.. Foote and expressed great graf
ification at the many kindnesses shown
him by the government and the people
of the U. s., whereby" as the Corean
observed, "he had been enabled TO see
the world"
THE work which the international rev.
enue system has accomplished since its
creation in 1862 is wonderful. 1t has
practically paid the interest on the pub
lie debt, and also made the reductions
in the debt itself. The receipts from
this source since 1862 have been SO, 220,-
9959 912, being a larger sum than the
public debt ever was at any time. The
highest sum ever reached was in 1866,
when the public debt was So 773 236, 173.
1t has now been reduced 20 81 ,450, 000,-
600, showing that ST 1923 100000 has been
paid. The interest upon the public debt
has been, since the creation of the in
ternal revenue system in 1862, about
s. 900, 100000. The system has, thus
far, just about paid the public debt in
terest and principal up to the present
time. The receipts in the past year
were about $15 100000 in excess of the
interest upon the public debt. The re-
ceipts were $t2l, 900, 900 or a little over
50 each for each person in the U. s.,
while the interest charged is now about
Si7, 100000 per year, or So cents per cap
ita. The debt itself is little over S25
per heaG for each person ia the u S
The internal revenue system, ii allowed
to run, would pay all interest charges
upon the debt and eNtlnguish the debt
itself within the next fifteen years, per-
haps sooner, or indeed so soon as it is
possible to pay the debt under the terms
in which the bonds were issued.
New York has paid mo than any
other state, her total being S54S. Alb 444;
Illinois comes next, 1919, 9,715, ,091; Ohio
crowds Illinois pretty closely, her total
being $341 1O009S. New York gained
her proud place at the head of the list
by the amount paid in tie early his
tory of the internal revenue system,
wnen incomes and nearly every bust
ness was taxed. Now she does not pay
so much as Illinois or Kentucky, and
about the same amount as Ohio. She
paid in the past year $13, 760, 3S4, while
Ohio paid $35 020, 264; Kentucky $1S,-
5S3, 172, and Illinois $23, $50, asa. The
largest sum paid in any one year was
in the very year in which the public
debt attained its highest point, 1866:
the sum paid in that year being S310,-
906, 3S4 II, or considerably more than
double the interest charged. Since the
beginning of the system the receipts
have never fallen below 100000, 900
PEI year, the lowest point attained being
IN 1874, the receipts for that year being
S102 100000, The receipts for the pres
ent fiscal year which will end with June
30, 1885, will, it is estimated, reach
about $t30.000 600.
THE AMOUNTS BY STATES.
The following table shows the
amounts paid by the various states in
internal revenue since the creation OF
the system in 1862: