The western sentinel., 1891-09-03
ANOTHER REPORT.
This Time by the Special Treasury
Commission.
PROF. HOLMES With THE SCIENTISTS
Washington Without Public Libra
ry-North Carolinians at the Nation
al Capital-Other News Notes From
Washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug 2S-Samuel W.
Snow, of n. c., i'll the General Land
Office, has been promoted from ST.
400 to $1,000.
j. c. Edney, of North Carolina, has
been appointed gauger in the Inter
nal Revenue Service.
Prof. Holmes has been present at
all the sessions of the International
Geological Congress now convened
in this city. A strange scene can be
witnessed in the lecture room of the
Columbian University, where the
scientist representing nearly every
nation meet. One hears perfect
Babel of tongues though English is
the official language of the body.
Heretofore it has been French.
There are between forty and fifty
libraries in Washington, including
the great library of Congress, and
these of various educational institu-
tionS, and not including / number of
valuable private libraries. They
contain, exclusive of the latter, an
aggregate ofover 1 300, 900 volumes,
and yet with all this wealth of litera-
| ture the remarkable fact remains
| that there is not at the National
| Capital Il public library for the use
| of the people at large, endowed, Sc
lected, and kept up on popular
| basis. Books there are almost with
| out end and upon every conceivable
subject. The library of Congress is
a marvellous repository. Many of
| the Department collections are mod
els in their way. Colleges and socie-
ties are abundantiy stocked with
literary pabulum. 1t is a matter of
some difficulty, however, for the out
side public to reach these intellcctu-
al sanctuaries and partake freely of
their advantages. TO the mass of
the people the comfort, convenience,
and liberty of Il general circulating
library are unknown, and probably
will remain SO until some munificent
citizen with a generous appreciation
of the want, shall make provision for
| the establishment of such an institu-
| tion
The special Treasury commission
appointed to examine the contents
of the vaults in the redemption divis-
ion and the division of issue in the
office of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, containing S45, $50, 900 unis-
sued national bank notes, has Just
finished its report. 1t closes as fol-
lows: The result of the examination
shows that the important and res
pOnsible transactions with nearly
1000 national banks, involving the
receipt and issue of many millions OF
dollars, have been conducted by the
division Of issue without the loss Of
a single penny. This result reflects
the highest credit on the officers and
employees charged with this respOn-
sible duty, and affords an additional
and most gratifying Illustration o.
the honest and conscientious manner
in which the interests of the Govern
ment and the people are guarded and
preserved by the Department.
Secretary Foster says that tn,
privilege of continuing AZ per cent
bonds at 2 per cent under the terms
of the circular of July ? will not b'
confined to bonds presented on ol
before September next, the date OF
which the 4 x per cent interests vii
cease, but will be extended TO bonds
presented subsequent to that dat,
|. for period of time not yet fixed
He says he will issue a circular OI
the I'd proximo on the subject. Th
amount Of * per cent. bonds contin
ued at per cent. to date is S21 ,59o,
$50, and there are nearly $3 600, ,OO'
, more bonds in process of cOntinu
ance.