Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1873, Page 5

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, sma Scr TEE NAVY DEPARTMENT. | | | the first mertgaze bonds. 6 - | bapk« have Been srresto'; one fas been con: | ane ccsponsi bility In the 2itferent bareaas | also the retative excess: of deaths of the colored the Government loan, 1.000008. wieted, and the ovher is undergoing tra’; while | .ctugliy reveive. less than mdcbante? oa, bopalstion grratiy diminhed. erring nt length to the con- | the president of toe first bank whieh failed | and arediecriminate! aeainst is favor of . At these ‘exbibit to us = most ti: dition of the various railway companies, | during the vear left the country on toe pretox! who esarnicexhibit tee imterest im the per- | feld of labor in the the Secretary gives an account of the gao- | of visiting som» of the foreigo shareboiders of | formance of their dates, and have no respoos- | ing tor ce and | logical survey of tte territories daring the year, | the bank for the purpose of inducing them to Nility whatever. Itt» al fact that many m-- | tt» ‘ine Secretary of the Navy, in his report to equal to | and of subseribe for additions! stock, bat did nor of | chanics rece've, ond wt |e Pro unt, eays there are now in the Navy ‘3 which courage dares to meet or THR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK conrsc, return pon the annoancement of the | only wore than thelr f the age ail to conquer. In taking the | says: “I deem it incumbent on me to refer to | tmlure of the bark. chanics, bat morgsth ICS veescis, carrying, exclusive of howitzers, | action above referred to the Naval Department | the unprotected condition of the Yellowstone The Controtler desires to cali the attention | the work on whioht 1.20 go7s, which i# reduction since his last | hes siready incurred considerable expense, and | National Park. No appropriation has ret b. of Copgrrseto the necessity for some legislation | classes belng wi annul teport, by sule and otherwise, of 13 ves- | bas been forced to arsume some rexponsibiiities | made for the purpose of opening the park to | authorizing im. to apioint receivers of oa- iggy eh agen of deer eases i tn time of peace; but convinced of the | the public, and of enabling this department to | tlonal banks, for insolveuey, when suca in-ot — a om of prompt and decided action, [ have | carry into effect the necessary rules and regula. : } become evident from the prote yrcsents 6S Megmere, othec than iseu-cleds and | not shrank trom the responeibility, noe hesl- | tiem for tu government 1 am tnformca thax | fan deaten ce mean cconantioun ac taken tuge, carrying #2 guns; 2 sailing vessels, 322 | tated. with the approval of the President, to | the park bas been visited during the past sam- | after due examination suai! Nave Deon guns; i+ ron-clad vessels, 121 guns, and 25 tugs, | Make warlike preparations in the interests of | mer b BY persons, and that ithas been | the amets are found mot sufflciont fo liq > = aan ne ‘of | peace and humanity. Gespolied by them of great quantities of ics | its debts Fhe Controller, aise. desires to. en ree net Setaht pacpeme. Of | The Depestment has had me neseuitty to over | sorter posite and other curiosities. It the attention of Congress ‘0 the fact Gest where | F this pumber there are at tae aeeare step its appropriations, even If it were lawful to | pears tome to be eminently proper that early | suite are brought fur the forfeiture of the cuar. | #2 have been offt t auction and tak ing the prevalence of epl | Wheeler, nnd the boat Med'er arrived with 89 for sca service, distribu iif fecsels car. | 10.80, but the pressing demand of the present steps should be taken by Congress for the | ter of a bank, as provided in sec'in S30 the | in atsot,560. Thitteen more bave been con- mall pox, an estimated increase Of 5.000 | bushels wheat for T. ©. Wheeler, and 1.000 cign stations and our own const, 14 veerels, CAt | wai consume bow weet whe provided for the | protection of this great national wonder from | act, ne provision exists fo: the mentor | demnrd. Thus, out of 88 buildings, costing | in the p-pulation of the District of Columbia, whels oats for HM. Talbott; and che boat R. n the na: service of the year in neveral of the worktt the vandalism of curiosity hanters. This | a receiver where the charter ts determiond and | $27,741,000, twenty-nine, costing $3,820.00). have | and a much more perfect regittration of deaths bot! also arrived. with 2.600 hashels wheat fell the number to | bUFeAUS. ‘These must be promptly relieved, it | department. shoald not be held Tespoasible for | adjudged torteited by the United States cour! | been condemned. He recommends the use of | for the latter or H.M. Talbott. The ssles reperted at neem 4 rn steno their work is to go on. The occasion has, 1 | the condition of the park so long as there ts no | before whem the suit. )= required to be born: | tom oraty accomodations where there are no} This decrease will be found, on reference to to-day were 2.000 bushels wheat, at such sf are really nevsed, and thelr true comae | think, clearly shown that onr navy, asitexisia, | money under ita contol applicatie to the emis | barike Grateul’ Fy It is danable t saitahle permanent buildings until the Guanes | tbe table of clamidontion of diseases, to be euch us Otten beewomicially feprssented | ould at least be put im condition tor active | contemplated by the meter March 1 ise, Tee 1 erow better. Lceetaeute Gen totes ee en ase nn bre tuliy understocd abel apore: | Service, and in any event a moderat Sppropri- | boundaries of the park should be properly aur- feat Hort HRenwemare De reo be ee ence tau ars ation for that purpose ought to be made, and if | veyed and located, as many persons desire to en- VITAL STATISCICS OF THIS DIS- | ‘7 of the Ci» Com equent upon the labors D comber tet, JOHN COUL- ed by reterence to the reports of the bu- bould by any possibility come, we must be | ter and settle upon public lands contingaous ‘RIOT Shue on te ee ae ee ian, tr Woe picasa rernaee teaus ” ibe gy .: ten of e inproveme! a . co y provided to utilize the means we have | thereto. picreaige Sanitary Facts and Saggestions, | ter oo the Board of bubie Works, Farther oe ide others to meet the ee . GRNERAL SHERMAN'S REPORT, | feiture of the charter is wijadeed Provision | SEE GEORGETOWN. TOTAL Anetipgsce.— Phe first of aeerios of uatrict of Goinm'a, call- | public meetings about to beheld under the mee the co-operative efforts of the hamea- spices of the Catholic Total Abstinence Fan and ssuitartan, that out of this crade — of Georgetown, was held here last might. toh af aa Scan x: cane. | rhch’s, Wasbington, addi h | Rev. Father Rocoofert presided. Thirty.tive Prrons took the pledge. mest of whom ited thetr intention ef becoming active mem! or th: society ‘The steamer Lady of the Lake port of Secretary Rebeson. vom. tor sone ensemn oneee aett Rivas News. > _ cleared tor Norfolk with soo barrels of float, went Board of Health for 12, | o7e,tne Go. H Stout eieared for Puilatelphis _ i A ety tomy eye s| Fab Mav! Mores from the Washington Navy PUBLIC BUILDINGS. ¢ | The total number of pablie buildings ander » | the supervision of Mr. Mulletis 128, of which 88 were built by the goveroment ax permanent Twelve of these, costing §748,000 having been ansnitable, have been sold tor $291.36 others are for sale, three of which costing same period dering ikain TRape—The canal it Cromwell |) showing adecreareot 2) | has arrived with 70 barrels coreete fer T. 0. APPITIONS TO THE PORCR. In the meansuiio, however, we have been | 2d to pr ; . ows 4 ' _— OF THE SBC rekioe OF THE BOARD OF The total pumber of Legge nd — y _— is Ga Bovember », 3, We TH COD. Eegages (e complctely Tepelting six of oar live | Re epORT OF THE POSTMASTER GEN- should also be mad-, ster tull paymens of at) HAL mouths ending Septem a, rom aera? . . euk Cruising sips, which are now in various ERAL, <n GreseteC Gan tna the debte of the aswelaiion, (or placing the re. |, The report of Dr, DW. Bliss, esorstay of the Causes, Was 2.370, or 17 55 per thousand, wit! pte Rah es = emg stages for wardness et the several navy yards. An abstract of the .nnual report ef the Post- e following P = er | maining awets in ‘he hands of an ag card Of Health. to the president of the _ » | e-timated popuiation of 155.000—adding ten per Relatives aud {meids are invited 0 ‘These are all of mutlerate stze, and none of them bet po! man :— somted by the sbareh dors of the baak ‘ ‘©. Gox, to which reference was made in Tas} cont, the estimated mamber of deaths not re- 3 sufficiently advavecd te be of present use, bu | master General has already appeared in the Heapovanters or THe ARxr, discharging th: Contro’t-r and (le receiver, | STAR some days since, contaus so many mat- to Board of Health, gives 2.007 they are adapted to the wants of our cruising | columnsof Tae Star. In additon we print To ttn. W. W. ner ner 1 seat: yet bac salon, from all fuchor ort athe st to our readers that we printitin | deaths, or ‘Il for every thous: ane ina f jonths add to it fom. W. W. Betinap, Seer Ea, * nid tieo te |, as follows ate M Rirehith ant «ficiency. The eight soops-of- | {0;Gay some material facts not embraced in the | In" |ave the honor heregica to Tespo! fon sivuid also be m mato P Pilation, which war sy ait “1 have the honor to submit herewith a re- | [ayo . it Of the Dist: Tt of the omti¢ial duties of this office for the ud by tte last Congress are all in bic mail routes in operation there were | *t#t: ment showing the organization and actaal | fi" th’ mre tuen oF te funds on slew a the Treaser rin imores beariog " a ‘avorably with a ae process uitding, one-balt : Various navy in length 255.210 miles; in an- | ‘t?t#gth of enlisted men in the army, compilea whee GivicihGh-nce delayed Byrecson venteen months ending September 30, 1873, ation in the United Svates, | * ‘ - Yards, three unter contract in private yards and lon. 119,009,650 miles; and in | from tee oficial returns, up to the tatestdate, | ered nitiga ton athe — sSeaitvae ty hs clawitication of disvases is similar to | 2. Shy hiro" tie remaining one under private contract in | snpual cost, $13 655.341; the aggregete anaaal | *% Fidget poe 7 - — SAVINGS IRATITE TER ‘TAL STATISTICS OF THE DISTRICT OF Co- adopted by the Board of H | “ovosnos be navy yard at Kirt Fhe building © | cost was $16,101,064. ‘The railtuad reutes have | “2°™ a tatuntzy and S00 not Coie ieee ie, | The deticieney of oficial reperts is show: a A ceciuoy of New Yerk,and is believed to be the | pre. cl cham MARGARET 0 OONNOR. coca t since and machinery, | hoon increased 1a tel th 5.546 miles, and in cost tee sh a vt Bo — 505, oF ro less than the | bY, the fact teat the Gomtrouer las been i sae Se Byron: est Smenths and 2! days, denghter of Michae +2 i $724,425, against ap ease Inst year of 8,077 cms hp tga Men enge able to obtain in form f "i ' = wiles in Jength and §7 number, 30,000, limited by law. In tho active giments the number of men sick and on the ceeaty details about the posts will fuily eqaal T cent., So that the actual strength for mil- 792 in cost. The net Increase involved in the readjust. NUE of the pay fur mail service was $223,823.55. | [0 he number of new railroad routes pat in oper- : ¥ S| itary service docs not exceed 19,652 men, deetlOne, tape et amount of Gunes and de} “Ty order that the regular army should fulfil | sesceo as, Pot Gpon contractors was | i+. arduous duties on the frontier, as also form | The Por . the model on which to shape the volunteers and earn seatmongeal Soe cut ae ind Tn wending | militia ferce of the United States, I earnestly ° -¢ Fn weone . dt | recom it be asked to fi con procected wity | Wemselves and the public fo risk, when the de- will give 30,000 for the regiments of the line, and e Seen ero ee eal with | partment provides the means of safe transmis- loprovide speciiically fer the non-combaterc | such form that th red from the onset. | siop by money-orders at an insignificant cost. detachments, such as the Engineer battation ory statements siportof the hare The | Fhe total postages on the let the Ordnance Department, West Point detach. | OT either the whole num th appropris or ee trom | “ith foreign countries amounted to $2,021,310 | the Ordeance Department, ordnance and com- | ‘ions or any means of balanciog thoir re wisdom of £ case bo (instration from an increase of $190,053.61 over the amount | Disary eargeante, in the Game manner as res | rources ant! Hiabil ; Dim. _ is time withent it we would have ported for 1X7: cen done or the hospital stewarts. be Controller renews his recommendat been left not only p sete tment ‘be number of railway post office lines in op- The artillery regiments have an organization Lof the fourth section of the a a io on the 20th of June, 0st: 18, extead- is = 0, which provid ‘tor the creation But the expentitare reauired wpe neg : diflerent from the infantry—viz.. 12 batteries to Le Bin he Dieericber Goleaiin ke our working bureaus in theit gen- Ses mailed Cr relirenn mboat | a regiment; but of these, only one isequipped | Of Corporations im the District of Cylum'sia t dition to the ordinary daties imposed by | “"Ty will be observed that under it is made the duty of the Secretary, | cause of death assigned.” t y Jaw, to record sil deaths and births witoie | tered, © Distict of Columbia, aod to pablish a mchiy statistical report of all certificates of | are ™: a- | beecming mio his bands, giving “oumber | racter of information obtained from such im- | cus Causes, ages,” Ko. Heis also] Hertect statistics. j furnish undertakers, physictans, | "Tt wisi be observed, on examining table No. 4 her persousas may require them. | thatthe more prominent diseases, the causes for the record of vital | or death during the past seventeen months, | ae eae as ch printed | were small-pox, phthisis.and cholera infantum, | pertaining to the regi-try of nd that the number of deaths trom these three | © , causes were something more than 35 per cont. ents have added materially to | of the total mortality from all causes. | pusibilities of the office, but TRE EPIDEMIC OP SMALL-Pox ply with the | which raged in the District during the past two a years, and its final suppression, exemplify, uu- | iclaus, nudertakers, and others | jnistakably, the effect of health regulations y or essential to a proper discharge of | and their enforcement. All ordinary means, uties and responsibilities. . | even thorough general vaccinati greatly indebted to the Chief Clerk of | accomplish the object until. stric fe the heaith officer, whose effi Marsaret 0 al will oy ment Of He" should be pr hich will of necensi- uA hhor ety at 10 minutes tos ELIZ\8ETH WELLS. from Ber father dinary we the wh of Nowen <3, of tv ~ LOOLIK J. & Tederick WW. 21st year y oo Tuesday, the 24 inst at 10:30 0.m., failed to | fom St. Dommick echur ch, Island, whore the rele a fricnda of the family are ‘respectfully iw ste mn increase of 2 lines and 749 miles over aad routes ali Pier aa eerutien on rea ard, who, in the discharge of his daties, | {wgntubed by olont t is necessary that this should | ine preceding year. The cost of the United | #24 petiear oar Glee dee mecllery wae otase pee genet abla dh ingrreapedonende i pore ered me most valuable assistance. Be- | jabors in this direction effectually sub tued the | reagan _— tly, | Hey 4r@ toproceed | states transatiantic mail steamship service fur | |! companies of each regiment being armed | ee a ee ee ee enuctmontin ie bined to be Coastantly at his post, his la- | disease within @ period of forty-nine days, by AUCTION SALES. Hy and efficiently. the yeu 745-7; being an increase | "in orver to simplify the organization vo apply | “tend OF @ general law with judicious provisions | 9" Mfe onerousand responsible, and have beet | means of arbitrary removals Go. hospital, ‘wud NAVAL STATIONS. of $6.440 (7 over the cost of the same service for aS tetas Cone ae lotion) | and restrictions. Ee SR FCN en es OER SCI R CT thorough and complete isolation. ‘Thestations have been changed during the the new tactics (now approaching completion) tomer the year Peans)!\ ania avenne . 1 arms of the service alike, with your ap- ‘The Postmaster General is of the opinion that C 3 the free-delivery system might be advantage- Listy tasaniculic: teeeat ears Firsgor Bo jes having a population of * Reiger The to! the offi Number of communications received MUTILATED CURRRNC During the past year $ = have by year. a the Furopean, the J tie, the Sc lantic, now established they are designated iatic, the North n= the North Pacitic and te THE CAUSES OF THR GREAT MORTALITY AMONG ' RAND RAP P°ELOR 80 Jspowed of by endorsement... OY ; 2 ine fie ery ee NCES E ist DOZEN CARVED BEDSTES h Pacitic. Over these, embracing the | Yor le than 19,000" Sith hortes and gues, and all others to becalled | deeiruction., amounting 10 tore t Written in reply—coples tak panying the report of the health office 7 OU ASHSTANDS: waters o! the glove, are scattered @ | “Number of domestic letters received atthe | companies.” Some Galitios thems ve S. ENOLUSED WASHSTANDS, ae WEDNESDAY, December qclock Hl, in the a 4 [eterred to Heaith Officer. Miscellaneous communications ler recom is that insteaiot ted Fotes an appropriation be m tieability by z chase of suitable mc e of less than forty vessels, which, ee, are relied on to encourage ndé, if required, to protect them r property mall lands te which, by their t rest, they are drawn. found in their habits of life, aggregation in ill- ventilated apartments, deticient and unwhole- i BOOKS KEPT. some food, and other causes to which [I have Record of the proceedings Let- | alluded in a former portion of this report. Letters sent. Book of ordi+ ‘The next most prominent cause of death is ped of dh ns and interments. ~ on a think the act of July 28, 1566, entitles them to revenge een Caen poaing the name “battery,"? whether they have guns or an actoal or nominal vaiue of 43796764 11, OF | Pot, aud it might be well to ask # modification This number 1 £25,168, representing #6,377,933.27, | Of the law so as to read—‘‘battery or company” “ctu duaneund theweoed er eatin be “') | tor the artillery regiments, to correspond with nad Om rances, i t and usefil cratses have been made the [words “troop or company” used for the | ti! now lost, amounting in value to thou i i PRTHISIS PULMONALIS, deci'st has been shown at almost all com- | ,,220 Tate of fraudulent payments made on | (avsiry in the same act, of doltars annuaily. Siete Cen Sate euciy caper Se ee ens Selloved’es tae ¥ THOS. FE. WAGGAMAN at porte, or where there were American | Money orders was 1 hee ropeal ae tae ements. | "The Dumber of regimental commissioned offi- Section 41 of the currency act pro 5 y, 5 I GER AMAGGAMAN, s. Inthe Gulf, on the Caribbean sea, | {be several acts forthe repeal of ranking | cere on duty, or belonging to the several depart- | the plates and went gular employes. Time | occupation and habits of living of a large class clancous employes. Catulogue of | of our resident population. ETefer t those Stationery received and issued. Per- | Hersons employed im the Government Depart- k. ments. Clerical work, constant confinement to Ss Of | labor at a desk, in ili-ventilated apartments, rabraces a period of | with little or no exercise in the open air, teads we privilege became operative on the Ist of July pepe My seeetnere Comptroiler of the Currency for the and other places, assistance has been offered | [iit “Bio tceuten of the first quarter of the cur. | ents and divisions, number, in the aggregate, v noni 2 wo - such cireulatiug notes shall be under bis ¢ and extended when required to our commerce | sent year are highly aatistactory,and have fully red gy for duty, 1,234; absent on leave or | ao ection fend the ex and ¢ The commanding officers have | veritied the predictions of the friendsof the re- ‘The foregoing does not include the 31 second | curred in exec ne cian manicafion with our | peal. ‘The number of postal cards sold from | tenants recomtly appointed ftom pivil lie, | epecting t m and consular representatives. Our was 61,302,900. En the | “cutenants, recently Sppointe ci cH IRABLE HOUSE. ALL MODERN ENCAS, No. 1005 BST. NORTH r quence of the fact iways to depress the vital forces, and the first | med. pact of Ls 2 July 1 to September j i ee other expenses of the yuence of alway 5 on a part of a interests on the Isthmus have been watched.and | { for 16:5 the net sales of post how under orders to join their regiments. e eset atl of this Board made | to suffer is the function of digestion. Dyspep mt of $ on Ht st & vessel almost constantly stationed on either | | Ave been placed for the entire gers avelante | 1 now enclose the Annual reports of the | pt the pre adie dentof the Uuited | sia soon leads to lesion of the lung tissues, and Sane ne” Sane w. wacoamaX, uur side has been in readiness to pretect the rail- | 75> and of official stamps at $2,250,000. division and department commanders, copies y the four months ending | especially so in subjects predisposed to mala- —— —— pond i ceeasion Should demand. Convoy bas | “The Postmaster General is of the opinion | °F Which have been submitted to you as | “lies Hereafter, there being & neces- | dies of thischaracter. It is to be hoped that been afforded the merchant service when me- received. i hat postage on newspapers and other matter he the second class should be collected in ance at the mailing othce. He belives that ender this plan, the Department could sately consent, m ease of its adoption, to a reduction in newspaper rates ot 1 per cent. on present | naced and threatened with unlawful seizure and violence. OUR INTERVENTION AT PANAMA. The Secretary says: Within the limits of the th Pacific *tation only twooccasions have arisen where it has been necessary to land a force from some of our vessels for protection of American citizens and property, and on each casions the land ‘i divi < te | He recommends that the section in the appro- for making the annual report before the | the attention of the authorities will at an early The military divisions embrace the whole priation repealed, or ao | meeting of Congress in December, each year, | day be called to the subject of overcro@ding tanode thekete of elite regi: Soe lance | smencedins expense of such | (st report will be made to the suth of Septem- | and deficient ventilation in the Depart y ig t. The . . uildings, that this prolific cause of the excess | = c = sie oe eee PY ar Of Mlotory ef the | the vital statietlon of Sis | of dew ie from this fatal malady may be mate- ORCHEN ABD OM ahve Unwite eae during presented, are imperfect; and | yially modified. Poe atone : eat The reports of all the department command- for F , ian of Si cunuma- rot HB +S viii thea ' aote. He. Lopate aes = | ers, with the exce the Depart- ws or the cities | 72 BUMBE: ee x in T SVAY MORNING, Dooom uniform a 1 cent foreach two ouessor fraction | Ment of the Coltmbla, not yet received, are rgetown aro still in| which diseare invariably prevails in all our thereof, and the maximum weight of p: De ecenhiny ged otive. J have experi- | targe cities during the summer mon’ - U 7 No pa ne y in obtal g detnite | materially decreased during the year i i d to four pounds. ife ala recommends that any person be per- | SoRtTOL, abi the ex theniame, age, cause, anddate | Compared with those of the yeur 1 Mitted, without additional charge, to write a | C&VO! rey naga 1 Brokers, ©. and sith strest, Idings. Orn-One an p, for the 3 mest or with the ion of the authorities, or under on their part of their inab is under my immediate fing army regu tary of War, the actual . to the very imperfect registration of esernat See: present in any book, pamphlet peamand of the militsry peace satablishaieut ttificates recoived the names are | 172 we are unable to give a perfectly correct D ing of det Pauama daring ine, periodical, or on any other matter | *M4 all responsibility thereof, so that I forbear ue dates are not given, alten the | percentage, but it is estimated to be at least or Fornitare, Hatrack cies, while quieting the fears of | Mgt shine ° y masking any farther recommendatiuns or report. third class, and al+o that the se h is not stQted, and, at ear e OTganizution of the national ceasionally, | thirty per cent. Bequisties, ed the sate transtt of the : | Very respecttully, vour obedient servant, (ley are not signed by any responsibie party, 1 tifying to notice that the percentage ms - kage be permitted, without ai j ¥ery : os bank notes of taore i tis gratifying to notice tha percentag eins te pansies meant e reight | ped angy towrite lis or her Dame and add —— SHS BEREAN, General erent designs were in pega DeIT EUISLATION NEEDED, of deaths from diarrbo-a and dysentery are tar . tee - saonete: nes of steamers, two of | tne outside t f, with the word “from” | i < of our nationality, depending | 1 for prompt transportation. The 1 men who composed these landing commendation of their ve commanders-in-chief for the eredit- and admirable manuer in which they dis- ty REPORT OF ade by the Board, at the | below the average of those from thesame fj ™ sot the Legistature of tue | in other cities of equal or even less population LATIME lumbia, to procure the passage of CORONER'S REPORT. > - requisite laws to enable us to present relia- of “« Anact prescribing the duties of | RY W. b. WALL Vital statistics; but our legislators railed to Aicers for the District of Columbia,” | 2? o99 ag hci comprehend the importance of sach laws, and | approved August 23, 1871, requires the coroner | os. - 2 Pe (ucir bearing upon the sunitary necessities of | of the District to “make a monthly report to | posITIVE SALE RLEGABT WALNUT ree the District; consequently £ would urge upou | the Board of Health of the number of inquests |" NITURE, COTTAGK SUITES, td . ¢ Board the importance of presenting this | beld by him during the month last past before | TABLES, HAI AND SHUOK MATTE. ott above or preceding the sam the person add = 80 as rm | - : me or the senders | « veers ypackagethe numbe | © The reportof the Controlier of the Carren- ¢ of the articles inciosed. cy shows that Guring the last year 64 banks He recommends that all post offices with a | have been organized, 11 have failed and 21 gone rept heb te plone ere into voluntary liquidation, leaving 1,050 in ex- | 0 rhs in the office of the Sixth ‘Auditor. istence November 1, 1873. The apportionment | t one Sete ke oF The Postmaster General at some lenghth ar- | of the currency allowed by law, $351,000.00, is | \ tien the scents banks pote the last fen year: FROLLER Or Y. & CLEARY. y es which have Anctioveers, iidtn d under the acthor- for the survey of the Darien and his act; Congress at its coming session, tor | saidreport, with a full description, as tar as | STOVES, & AT AUCTION: *, with the view to the con | £8@8 this necesslty for postal savings deposi- | as follows: Eastern states, $110.198.996; middle | hr costeenondes 2 banks whose | PAY reasons, prominent among which are the | may be, of the age and sex of persons, color, at] on Wi asin A pol og ey r-oceanic canal, have com | ‘eg, and gives many statistics to prove their | states, €124,608.139; southern and southwestern n counterfeited shows that,so far * eh ea tik thie obaaanee Glan ant nationality, the cause snd mode of their deajh, sell, at ovr salesrooms,@ large and elogant nleted entrasted them, and the re | “2¢c@sful working in Great Britain. He says | states, 328,160,208; western states, $72,735,148; | from o ting being on the increase dur- |, First. In cas a sa hag bs na ele di epl- | aud such other particulars as may be necessity lot of Farvitare, to cover advances and charges, : €¢ ter Thomas ©. Seltridge and | “2h depositaries would not only encourage | Pacitic states and territories, $1,214,034. ing the last two or three years, the number of | Crmic, Pr auy of the more formidable diseases, | to their identification, in case of strangers and | We name in part erase ge who tespectinaty cut | economy and habits of saving on the part of all | ‘y) - he Controller renews his recommendation | notes counterfeited has sensibly diminished as smallpox, choler Gueted the same, are subwaitted. ine Serve, | who might be in the way of earning small sums | that cholog ye wo erence dation A method, both simule and practirabie, exists | iever, Nc it Ie absolutely necessary, in order | exhibitea “ classification of causes of down,” | Forty ects of Walnut ape, Sarasin, Bale tutes that the route selected: By Con encnxty | of money, but would tend largely to utilize and may be organized without circulation, upon the | by which the issue of anch counterfeit’ notos | te vrotect the public, that the Board of Health | certitied to by that zealous and efficient ct cer, ee ee cat cane. atte Gee Scittitge includes one hundred Wiles of rive | Keep in cfreulation the immense amounts which | Cepoait of $1000 of United States bonds with | can Le readily preveated, and that 13 by the | *hould be promptly advised of its existence, and | pr. D. GC. Pattercon during the seventeen | Four elegant W stant Ohamber Suithe, wi he vigation of the Atrato, which has been care | ®Fé Paid out for wages and in business, and give | the Treasurer, instead of the deposit of one- | withdrawal from circulation of snc denomina- | bv evabled toinstitate Proper sanitary and quar- | menths ending September 3), 1573. One Bane “arlor Suite, in green silk Ooteline, fully sounded and found to be fully capable o | $Y¢F¥ depositor a direct interest in the stability | third of the capital pald up, as now required. | tice of the gevuine notes of Latoual Danke ay | antine regulations to prevent its eprowd in the ‘Total deaths, from all causes certified by the | Oat huni 5.;, “sin Terry (London cing navigated by the largest class of ocean | °! the Government. | He also recommends that banks already organ- | Lave deen counterfeited. - community. coroner, two hundred and fort: handecue Parlor Baws i Between Atrato and the Pacific an | _ He also strongly recommends the postal tele- | j.ed without circulation may be mecherioat ne sNinglaweho earner ention of crime, asunder | 7 29'per cent. cf iue cutize Fegissered mortality. | Thirty Parlor Suites in eray and black Maircioth There were 11 suicides and"23 homiciies (in. heepe, Terry ava € - yellow tever, relapsing | unknown persons.” Table No. 9 of thereport | One Bessw ocd Piano, Btool and Cover, tis made, but twenty-eight miles in | fTApH, and says there are now but two parties | withdraw the bonds now on deposit in excess ot existing laws homicide by poisoning, by the more fength. The canal for twenty-two miles of thi: ther the Western Union Pere epeaPle. o8 | $10,000, and that banks desiring to reduce their | SUPERVISING ARCHITECT OF THE | sccomplshed and educated criminals, could be | 1h Cottage Ubsmber Butea nn Gistance passes through & plain, with a gradua’ | ‘he other the Western Union Telegraph Com- | circulation may depestt legalteuder motes tar TREASURY. Committed 1n this community without probable | Snaicidl exeentoe ets eee ae Sbeen + | Single end Double Walnut Wardrobes rise of 4 feet. There wili then remain six mile. | P&"¥-_ He recommends that provision be made | that purpose and ‘withdraw @ proportionate | Mr. Mullett, in his annual report, maxes the detection, Barney ‘Wood, Onesies ana Thomas | MArle-top Sideboards and Burtets, to the Pacific, of which there are a moderats | ¥¥ Jaw for the immediate establishment of the | amount of bonds. following recommendations perectamne necessity for perfect registration | Wright. Three were colored and one wine, | Ricetres:, Setting Backs ant Wekece open cut and three miles of tunneling. {t is | PO*ta! telegraph, and for the constructiog of all THE PANIC OF 1873. PROVOSED KRELUILDING THE BAST FRONT oF | [OF testamentary evidence. Repeated calls 4 estimated the work will cost 50, | Such Unes as may be needed under the direction | Tne monetary crisis of 1373 may be sald to THB TREASURY. h r Go0,c00 and Seh,.00,000" abd that ft'sae be cous. | Of competent officers of the engineer corps of | nase nmrnet Boginning in New Kork city on | 1 desire to call grveution te ine fact that the | Board of Healthy not only trom auinezecr eo pleted withim ten years. the army. September 8, by the failure of the Warehouse | continued growth in the busils Bedatends, |, Extension Tabies, ication | Tucker Springs, Hair and Shock Mattrasses, means to superindace untimely | ®tGret, Second- ornitare a Of the thirty still births reported ashbaving been | Marble-t Tables, Bores been made upon the Secrotary of the « founiunier meaphcioaecttore ene = tag Warhstange ii ess of the Treas- | District and of our own country, but also from | ny Wt Ais may be attributed to the ap The Secret: ret 7 a c Fi ry ‘ ‘We call special attention to the above aul ary, Speaking of the Nicaragua . Security Company, and of two houses which | ury Department reuders it indispensably neces | 10relgn countries, for the record of death, of birth. beg ~ : survey, says: The reeulte of the labor ortne | REPORT OF, THE SECRETARY OF | had left their reguiar business to embark toe, tary that action be taken in regard tothe re- | Peteons known to have died in the District of There have been no convictions for infanticide, | being all well made ned snes he wohl eae expedition prove the existence of a practicable - - - terprises foreign thereto, which were followed | pafiding of the east front of Treasary build- | Columbia, and, upon a thorough examination | a fact which would seem to indicate either ¢ joes. Sale peremptory to cover advances, reute for ah inter-oceanic canal, leaving Lake | _!= fam Sta of Friday last we gave extracts |-on the 13th by the failure of a large firm of ing. The Statiscal Bureau has been removed | Of the records in each instance, noevidence of | defect in the laws applicable to euch cases, or | charges, Se. ‘Nicaragua at its summit level. It is proposed | rom the report of Secretary Delano, embr: stock-brokers. On the 18th and 19th two of the | trom the building since the date of my last re- | the death or burial could be found. an indisposition onthe part of the authorities 10, 8 large lot of excetient Second-hand Fural- te connect the lake with the Pacific by a canal | ing bis recommendations relative fo Indian | largest banking-houses in the city, well known | face ‘tee te space #» obtained has been ab- | Tbe medical profession and sanitarians gen- | to terret out and bring to punishinent thie rap- | fore. temored to cur store for convenience of sabe, at ar ae ea Huet: Beginning at the | aaire; also, that portion of the report referring | throughout the country, which were interestod | Lorted’ withoat maevihiny any material relief, | ¢Tally acknowledge the impertance of deduc- | iqiy-increasing cleerckckitt ee eee Se rE wate soon ee mouth of the Kio del Medio, and the termina- | tu District matters in the negotiations of large amounts of railroad | und the removal of some ef the larger and more | Sons obtained from reltable statistics of mortal deaths from other causes, certitied by the {8an. Her., Chr., Gap. & Bey ne tion at Brite. The first seven miles and a half THR PUBLIC DOMAIN. securities, also failed; and on the 2oth of the | important bureaus caunot be long delayed. It | !t¥, and the proper classification of diseases, and — will require am excavation averaging 54 feet in | In relation to the operations of the General | same month the failures of the Union Trust been referred to in another part ity, it is to be hoped that, tn the coming convention ys that the disposal | Company, the National ‘Trust Company. the may seem an exaggeration, but it is neverthe- of the Health } depth, and will be t Boards of the United States, to be the whe most expensive part of ud Office the Secretary be added to our, sale, on WEDNESDAY wilt less @ fact, thatthe Treasury buiiding has not great pleasure to return thanks | MOBNING, December The total length of the pro- ee es, Guiing the year amounted to | National Bank of the Commonwealth, and | more than'haif the capacity that is required to | beld in this city in January next, a uniform no- to Coroner Patterson for the prompt and cout, | A jet of goods uueslled for from the Exchange posed ¢ in excaY Mtn Rael ore | Or Garten tha cree: which exceeds that disposed | three other well-known banking-houses were | uccommodate, in a troper manner ai ot ive | Wenclature of diseases and system of regustrs. teous manner in which he has responded to all | wets Chamber Suits than 4° miles are in excavation and embank- during the previous year by 1.195,621.23 acres. | announced. On the same day the New York | diterent bureaus, Of these, however, the See- | tou will be adopted, and that such recommen- | requests for service of information emanating ee be ment. The rage depth of the excavation ‘he cash receipts @ sum | Stock Exchange, for the first time in its exist- 3 Marbie-top Ootiage Cuamber Buits ere $3,408,515 ond and Sixth Auditor’ c 5 Ostions will be made by the several delegates to | from this office. and for the man jesng- | Tables, ¢: o ” Pi15.50 ‘th: ved the | ence, el ite d , and they were not ain 0 nd Sixth Auditor’s and the aes Survey mm jce. and many valuable sag- ‘ables, € 2 pron the fadow Ourtai: v we \ Greve a their Legislatures and municipal gevernments ions I receit him, from ti Blankets, * previous year. ‘he surveys amounted to30,- | opened for a period of ten days, during witch | sto Provided for in other b i & re ee ae throughout is only % feet above the prism of the | greater by canal. No tunnel is require: need not, this time, be ae well secure the necessary laws and regula- | time. Crockery , Glass ee . THE POLARi@ EXPEDITION. 455,102.43 ‘acres, am increase on the quantity | period legal-tender notes commanded a pre- | revuiiding “of the’ ack eo one looking to this end. In conclusion, I may congratulate the Board | Termacesh, WML. WALL & CO., Ancte. ‘The Secretary. i g of the Polaris, | surveyed the previous year of 1,(07,100.28 acres, | inlumover certified checks of tromone-fourth | Novi wid Tyne Storia, oe THE RECISTRATION OF BIRTHS of Health and the public upon ise has been decided!y the mostsue | The totai area of the land States and Ter t NOTICE.—All persons interested in the above Of one percent. to three per cent. Aun active | of the building, increasing the accom- | 8 ¢ven more Imperfect than that of deaths, | furcarniie DECREASED DEATA-RATEOF THE | gc 1 1 0% 1 Artic expeditions. The geo- | torities is 1,4:1,095,400 acres, of which 610.54. | demand for deposits commenced om the 18th, | mcdations in. that portion, wbout one-third. | Wing to the disinclination on the part of phy- DEBERIOE, tales or: os tbelr deponite willbe tarielted cod nee al knowledge of the Artic regions has acreshave been surveyed. The Secretary | and increased rapidly during the 19th and 20th, be added that a decision of this question, | “claus, acconchers, and midwsves to comply | when compared with former years, and | scld omtheir account, WM. L. WALL &Cd., been largely advanced. A very particular ques- | says he will recommend the passage of a law chiefly from the country correspondents of the ‘T fuvoroble or adverse, Id bo made | With the requirements of the law. I have en- the prospect of still greater redaction —, Avcfionsers: Honing of every one of the officers and crew of | by Congress, in accordance with the dicision of | banks, and their drafts continued to such an he earliest possible moment, inaswaeh as it | Geavored to secure perfect retarns of births by | as the public improvements progress to | _ One full Concert Grand ‘Piano, Hallett < Oi ihe Polarts, and of the scientitic corps (except | the Emperor of Germany, relative to the posses- | extent, “calling back their deposits in a mer ously affects the tuterests of large number | Sending circulars giving all necessary informa- | completion, the continued vigorous en. ar + en i ae ee Herons as yet unexamined) has completely | sory rights of British subjects on the island | dium never before received,” that the reserves | o1 property ownors who are rally unwilling | tion to physicians, accouchers, and midwives, | forcement of the ordinances and ‘regulations = 2. “fled his associates and himself that Captain | between the continent and Vancouver's Island. | of the banks were alarmingly reduced. t to improve their property until a decision is | @* far as their names and residences coald be | of the Board of Health, and the efitiecce ur KE Mall's death occurred from purely, sapen TEE PATENT OFFICE. ‘The “call loans,” amounting to more than | made, asit necsariiqinscives a. change in tue | Aecertained, and have vainly hoped t accom: eir sanitary officers, more nearly approach | D>dontheantotres at Nek ey uctionoers, causes; that his medical treatment was judici- | During the year ending September 30, 163, | sixty millions of dollars, upon which the banks | Inne of ith strect, hetween Ponusyleasia ave- | plish this object without recommending to the at degree of perfection in their work which ee ously edapted to his case, and that he was ten- | there were Aled 20,554 applications for patents. | relled to place themselves in funds in such an nudes, us Ihave heretofore explained. would | Board the necessity of instituting tegal pro- | they are constantly laboring to accomplish. TRUGTEE'S SALE OF A ee aeeLe patck ¢ ly nursed and cared § T to the last. Twelve thousand nine bundred and seventeen Gmergency, were cxtizely una) aeoage ae recomwend that authority be obtained for Peer nentnn eneh Salas ments. panei psecsarterenescs Shoo s mes Trartoneocons epee CRS a ees ET. NE. 3 Ate: . The evidence has also mare it manifest that | patents, including re-issues and designs, were e means of the borrowers wer &@ great ex- | the erecti f a building for the accommoda- | P@rties upow whom the law imposes these obli- Ht eL.— Th - i Captain Hall was always faithful to the trast re- | issued, 235 extended, and %5 allowed but not | tent, pledged with the banks, upon the sale of | tion Of the Note. rintiog But aad tae ee Se ee prernfes bags | Printing Bureau and the re- | ations conform more generallyfand promptly | arching in the Church Hill taunel proper was By vi which they relied to replenish their funds. | cords of the Department, plans aud estimates | t its reqnirements, I shall, at an early day, for finished yesterday morning. This'is a very With, 1871, and Of the expedition. That he was firm and humane | fee: ‘These collaterals in ordinary times could have | jor which were submitted at the last seasion of | the public ask the Board to enforce the | gpreeable snnouncement—especially to the in the execution of his authority; that he was | 7! peen sold, but at that moment no market could | Congress. Should this be authorized it would | @ct regulating this important branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio rai company. The | county, District of earnest in bis desire and in his attempts to reach | pe be found except at ruinoussacrifices, Hadthere | provide, in addition to the improvements here- | Vital statistics of the District of Columbia. track, as has already been announced, has been a bigher northern latitude, and i{ practicable | ard the total expenditure to 4009. 419. boen @ market, the Payments would have beom | tufore indicated, suflicient space for all the | , The total number of births registerad during | [us enns the tunnel some time. The track, | Bay: the St) the Pole itself, and that bisdeath was an irre- | ing the receipts $2,177.03 tm excess of the ex- | made im checks uponkne associated banks, which legitimate wants of the department for many | the Seventeen months ending Septeaber 30, terongant the tunnel is in order, | o'clock p. m.,ti Parable loss to theexpedition. Itisalsoapparent | penditure. The appropriation asked for the would not have added to the general supply of | y: ars to come, and is, in my opinion. ap im- | 1873. (‘Table No. 1,) was 1,757, a decrease in the | gna atl that now remains to be done isto re- | numbered six that Captain Buddington, who succeeded tothe | fiscal year ending June 30, 1575, is 80,500. He | cash. - brovement second in importance to noub now | Corresponding four months included in the first | Move abont thirty feet of earth which fell in | city of eae, chiet com®and after the death of Gaptain Hall, | refers to the fact that the Commissioner of ‘he suspension of currency payments fol- | wider consideration by the Department, Satie rere Oe this board of 167 births, and a | and which will take three or four days more. | * Poiut in the line » proved bimseit od seaman, and that in | Patents again earnestly invites attention to the | lowed, and was at first confined to the banks af THB KIGHT HOUR LAW. relative decrease for the seventeen months of | The caving in of earth and “slips” are now panda BY Pose:l in bim, in assigning him to the command | issued’ by reason of ‘non-payment of the final = * Cangerous positions in which the Polaris was | great want of additional room for the proper | New York city, but afterwards extended to other ver. Idestre once more to call attention to the | 444 births. ‘These facts are evidencesof increas- cps placed. b's conduct as commander was skillful | transaction of official business, large cities because the New York banks could | eight-iour law believing itt be allie injarioes | iz indieposition on the part of thoes resvonsr: fa tee arene Se eee (20) feet, the and judicious, sult of good 5ude- | cnereare now betes. . not Fespond to the demands of their. correspond. tu the best interesta of the Government and to = oe Le pedd he png Ser eapon - bapa largest in the country, has been bored throug sald stroct and place of beginning; with all the im- » a ong sea, and in com- rhe upon ie pension- ents. immediate cause o! ie Cl @ | the workmen fi entl; - he requires rtificates of wu boar: vorements tl Consi*ting one mand in northern latitude the names of 415 widows of soldiers in the rev- | Controller construes as follows: matin ae ear oe the most treacherous earth, and its construction, | fr a comfortable ad laborers cuiployed | andexhibit the necessity for a rigid enforcement | as iy well known, was attended with many dif aL a Pe ficull comt.. the Government and those employed by | of the law. ities.— Richmond Dispatch, Nov. a mntractors are required to work om tho Bane ‘THY NUMDER OP REGISTERUD DEATHS ae iars, voetbese uilding, aud at the.same time. Those em- | from all causes for the seventeen months ates of the year has arrived when | fy 1 the sight of a 30 pound dog drawing a 90 pound Set tele ding ed by the Government work but eigut | September 30, 1873, was 3,462, of which there a Hem, walle thoo senpiayed by ta oontracters | Were 1,000 while and LOWl tolieed-on sacar | tenet et eae eek e eine ee fats of olght ner cout. p-r atiwum, and wecg 5 THE NAVY YARDS. cluttonary war, a decrease of 28 since the last ‘The money market bad become overloaded ‘The Secretary save:—I beg to renew the rec- | annual report.” The names of 1,195 widows and | with debt, the cost of railroad construction for ommendations made’ in my annual reports of | children of ssidiers who served in the wars | five years t being estimated to have been former years in reference to our navy yards, | Fubsejuent to the revolution and Prior to tre | $1,706,000,000, or about $340,000,000 annually; aud to urge that their resources may be in- | late rebellion, excepting the war of 1812, are | while debt based upon almost every species of ours, while th ogy eloped to meet emergencies of | borne on the rolls, being 52 less than the pre- | property, State, city, town, manufacturing cor- hours per dienl. This caasss mach | White over colored of 458. The white popula- | tacle—Ctica Herald. ars to which eren the most e loving ceding year. The whole amount paid during porstions, and mining companies, had been sold | seeing, and it needs no argument to prove that | tion of the District is estimated at 94,017, or | gg-The Colambus, Ga., authorities are rigidly re liable, and which are best aver the year to invalid military pensioners was | in the market. Such bonds and stock had been | {t js unjust, and that the mechanic who per- | 6° (4 per cent. of the entire population, and the enforcing the law inst carrying deadly by & readiness for action, should they be thrust | $10,564,*25.51 and to widows, orphans, and de- | disposed of to a considerable extent in foreign | forms ten ho work ts taxed for the benetit of lored at 40,983, Or 30.36 per cent.—an excess | weapons, If that practice were di in upon us. At the most of our navy yards little | pendent relatives, $15,385,644 7: nd total | markets,and as long as this continued the eale of | the more favored workman who has friends and | Of white over colored of 53,034, or 3.9 per cent, all cities murder trials would decrease 5% per could be done during the past year beyond | Of $25,083,470 28, which includes the expenses | similar securities was stimulated, and adlitional ‘ j intloence sufficient to obtain employment for | From the foregoing it will be seen that cent. ae the repairs necessary to keep them | of disbursement. (n the 30th day June, | amounts offered. When the sales of such sec bim on Government work. It ie eiee ta direct THE MORTALITY AMONG THE COLORED, -— from failing to decay. Isv3, there were on file, unadjusted, 32,051 | rities could no longer be effected abroad, t yiolation of the principles of civil service re- | according to the relative population, was \UNS. GUNS. The Secretary most earnestly recommends | claims for invalid i 29,615 claims of | bonds of railroads and other enterprises of ‘like form, tnasmach as it converts the employment | largely in exceas, the | wing of deaths of G — that ample provision be made for the support | widows, orphans and dependent reiatives, and ‘ure which were in process of construction | of mechanics and laborers {tema basiaess ques- | the white population berg 2.07, and the col- of the Ordnance Burean, in order that nothing | 5.004 claims of soldiers and of widows of soldiers | were thus forced upon the home market, until : DY's, tion of competency and industry to a question of | ored population 3.6—an excess of 1.53 per cent., PEABO! may interfere with its efforts to arm our ships | m the war of 1812, making a total of 64.673 un. | their negotiation became almost impossible. litical pat ; ce | the reasons fur which are apparent. The a: (Ho. 625 Lovistana A with the most powerful guns. P| adjusted’ claims, a decrease of 11-515 slace the | The banter ef hee 0 ye Nay pe geet rary rete VENUR,) city of New York, who were | f'do not hesitate to say thas cost the Gov- | jority of the colored population flocking into | Isthe only house in the city that makes a spectalty pee oes nant (oTytte ROxt fiscal year are | last annual report. ‘The commissioner repre- | burdened with the load, could notrespondte the | evan etitate aillars, witout uonetting [he Dusit, daring ued dluee tae tact eer, | ot 2.252.253, and to these is added the sum of | sents the necessity for @ reorganization of the | demands of their creditors, tho numerous hold- | the mechanic or laborer in the slightest degree, | from the rural districts ot surrounding States, | GUNS, FISHING TACKLE, AND SPORTING (Successor 0 HARVEY & MARR) S64,59 for current repairs of buildings, docks, | office. The amount that will probably be re- | ers of similar securities became alarmed, and | or, as iar as I am advised, any other persons | many formerly slaves, and having no knowl- Couns. Niet and ‘incidental expenves in navy SS; | SETS {Sr the pension service daring the next | the panic soon extended throughout the coun- | {).in perambglating snd pol agitators, or the | edge or appreciation of sanitary reqairemsnts, | sem S@"SIGN OF BIG GUN, lo. 034 F Brauner, betwen ond Tent. ‘These estimates ate less than those of last year | fiscal year is 25,490.00. $ claim-agents who have instigated lifigations | crowded into hovels built in the and in OTICE TO THE PUBLIC METALLIC BURIAL CASES AND CASK EER by rather more than #2,000,000, but they do not EDUCATION. ‘he present financial crisis may, ina great | aud ciates for theirown benefit. The law has | the lowest and most ee kee of our N i) 7 include any extraordinary ane for per- During the past year this office has steadily Ps be attributed to the intimate relations | been fairly and fully tested; the expertence of | cities, bringing with them filthy, careless alae warl-ly SHKO manent improvement of navy, nor the | pursued the course of work laid down for it of the banks of the city of New York with the this Department, a@ well as of private estab. | hebit« of the plantation, and subjected to all Ww. lad deet, nor f0F the coutinoed Eroscet ee ee | Lenore rary of the bureau has received | transactions of the stock-board, more than one | Vichments, bas soa Toet tLe oe ae eae | the teehee aaa overcrowding | The dgrirons of reductog thei very | RICHARD W. BARKER, clad fleet, nor for the continued prosecution of portant accessions, capectally of foreign edu- | fourth, and in many instances nearly one-third, | sble for a man to periorm as much labor se In poverty, combined with absolute ignorance | large stock of CABINET FURNITURE, Guime, great works, necessary to the proper con- | cational reports and literature. About 7,000 | of the bills receivable of the, banks ince the | ton ter Me ye Der ore performs leas work | of the laws of health, no wonder the relative | have Cabinet Maker and Undertaker, dition ef our volumes 56,000 pamphlets, published by the | late civil war, having consisted of demand loans per hour under the eight-hour system. It isa | mortality is #0 marked, and is a con- PREPARATIONS FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. burean, bave been distributed Garing. the past | to brokers and members of tho stock-board, | watter of neither interest nor importance to me | s'ant indication of the necessity for watch- ‘The Secretary says in conclusion, the forego- | year. The commissioner recom: an in- | which transactions haye a tendency to impede fulness snd care on ths part the Board, ing is 2 general report of the condition, witu: crease of the permanent force of the office com- and » instead of facilitating, the legiti- and the co-operation of all good citizens who tion and movements of the United States navy | mensurate ith the inereasing amount of work | mate interests of the whole country. desire the promotion of the general sani! for the past year, and until the commencement to be done, and the setting apart of the net Previous to the war the stock board and She elevation of the present month. Since that time, how- | ceeds of public land sales in bebalf of have consisted of only one hundred and fifty that Upon ever, events have taken place which make it | instruction, and the printing of a larger number merabers, and its organic principle was astrictly labor: thn for the protecting influences of civiliza- Proper that the navy sho: be put at once upon i ot his annua! report. comm'ssion under a andcon- iP the tion and instruction in the radiments of sani- &@ footing for active service. TER CENSUS. servative constitation and by-laws. The close thus mak tary setence, that they may be led to It is neither nee -ssary nor: that Lsbould | After referring to the work of the Census Of- | of the war found the membership of the stock- igher that conduces to enter b ‘aoe i the board mereased to eleven hu and com- happiness and futare well- been accomplished in vigorous of the law and ordinances of the of | the ymsee of mis- Y cin orcad venture the assertion Rot ‘of be caine yoar, bat