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She HRfSfltrg flahtdrakr. » caterpillar killer* and agricultural stantfi. Children, don't disturb their J. VAN 8LYKE, PCBUSHFR. JfoHENBY, ILLINOIS. iSRICULTCltAL A All DOMESTIC, The Potato-Bog*! Depntorc* He loft hi* oloddy chamber, And took his station where lite " greened " potato hrsnrhli the son's fierce glafea. Be stood t grim old hard-shell, * Beneath the stalk which he Bat four-score days before that Had trimmed with useful glee. It then was young and tender, And he was tender, too, But with it's strength he strengthened, And with it's growth he grew. Bat death was now among them. And soon the patch would clean Of all that eat potatoes-- Some called it Paris green. While he thus meditated On things which time reveal*. His appetite suggested Twm Jwther long 'tween meals. Tbe Tine he quickly mounted. Its branches glided through, Cntil he saw a dew-drop Bo fleet the emerald hue. He stopped and there ate dinpej Aod nipped what neotar seemed. Bat feelings soon convinced hta' l hat he had only dreamed. He knew his feast was over, , That he for once must fast, So turned his paws toward heaven Ana calmly breathed his last. • Around the Farm. TOBAOOO growers and dealers allege that it is an established fact that to­ baooo furnishes employment to more people than any other crop raised, or article produced, in this oountry. A NEW HA VEST company is making a new thing to protect trees from worms. The „nv€Jition is a robber band with a single bristling row of brass pins set very close to each other, like the teeth of a comb, in the middle of the strip, and wonus cannot crawl above it. TftfF comb is the hen's pulse. If that be strong and bright, of a good color and fall of blood, shaking with every quick movement of the bird in the combed varieties, the bird is in a normal state of health and in a laying condi­ tion. When the rim of the' oomb and wattles have a purplish tinge the bird is not welL WE urge farmers to gather the leaves for bedding for pigs, sheep, cows and horses. Store them where they will keep dry and be convenient for use. Gather­ ing these leaves gives your premises a cleanly look and furnishes one of the best articles for bedding and manorial purposes that the farm produces..-- A.TiWrivwn QuiiivCuOr* IK regard to the sweet apples for the winter list we have three that succeed in this State to perfection, Baikv sweet for early winter, Ladies' sweeting for winter and spring, and Tallman sweet­ ing, hardy, excellent for winter baking, and a valuable fruit. To be without these is to be without any other sweet thing, and one of them should appear in any list.--Michigan Farmer. IF the crown in cattle is high up, iff is an indication of a quiet and mild dis­ position ; if it is low down, it is an indi­ cation of a fractious disposition. I have seen cattle with the crown two or three inchea above Ihe line of the eyes, and Others two or three inches below. Thirty years' experience has confirmed me in the belief of the correctness of thi« test, although it may not be infallible. It is generally believed to be correct by all who have observed it. It applies equally as well to cows as oxen. I would not buy cattle with the crowns two or three inches below the eyes on any considera­ tion.---Mirror and Farmer. IN storing turnips, select a sloping or dry piece of ground, and gather them into one long heap; cover them wifcjb. Straw to keep out the dirt, and pack the earth on them a foot thick ; do not put any soil on the verv top, but oover that with a board with holes in it, or old fence posts with the butts off. The holes in the board or posts will give ven- tilaticn^a&d should be covcrsd with a board to keep out the wet. Should the W6aui«ii !*u xkjkj eki Voire, loug }.u«r nure put on the north side of the he^p will keep fee frost from going in too deeply. Grade wound the heap nicely, so that no water will stand there. --Cor. Country Gentleman. - IF I could have my entire farm cov­ ered with boards lying flat da the ground a whole year, I would ©spect more benefit than from twenty-five loads of barn-yawl manure to the acre. Now, so far as straw goes it has a wiwiilar ef­ fect. I believe the very best use of straw, except as litter for the stables of barn-yards, is to spread it on the fields. I put straw on my wheat last season with manifest improvement as compared with plaoes where none was spread. I expected improvement to the clover, but in that 1 was disappointed. I noticed small spots where the straw been in bunches the clover was out, having been smothered apparently. I took up boards from a space about twenty feet square, after tkey had laid two years, and planted potatoes, the surrounding ground being also planted. Where the boards had laid I had three times as many bushels as on a like plot adjoining.--Elmira Gazette. SCATTERED thickly over France maybe seen posted the following notice from the Minister of Agriculture: MINISTRY OF AOBBODI/TOBE. This placard is plaoed under the pro­ tection of good sense and public de­ cency. The hedgehog lives on mice, small rodents, slugs and grubs (vers blames), animate hurtful to agriculture. Don't kill the hedgehog. The toad, farm assistant, destroys from twenty to thirty insects an hour. Don't mi the toad. The mole is continually destroying grubs (vers Wanes), larvse, palmer worms, and insects injurious to agriculture. No trace of vegetation is ever found in its stomach. Does more good than harm. Don't kill the mole. The May bug and its larvae or grub; mortal enemy of agriculture; lays from seventy to eighty eggs. Kill the May bug. Birds, each department loses several mill-ifrna annually through insects. Birds are the only enemies able to contend against them victoriously. They are Children will be paid 25 oentimta for every 500 May bugs plaoed in tile hands of the garde ohampever. About the BOOM* TH» paroxysm of coughing may often je prevented or cured % using a little dry salt as a gargle. It will step the tickling in the throat. To BOIL POTATOES.--Peel them and lei them lie in cold water for an hour Or two. Put them in salted boiling water ; when done, drain off all Ihe water and set them back on the stove to dry. Then mash them and add milk and bu|ter. Serve hot. To MASS a rabbit taste like hare, choose one that is of good size. Skin, it, and ley it in « aessoning ]«**>per and allspice, ground, a glass of port wine, the same quantity of vinegar, turn it over occasionally. Let it remain in the seasoning for forty hours then take it out. Do not wash it, but stuff it and roast it as a hare. SMFFKBY-KL X TEA.--Take a table- spoonful of ground slippery elm (or the bark may be used it preferred), pour upon it a pint of boiling water. When oold strain it through a fine sieve or piece of thin muslin. Cold water pour»d upon it, and let stand for six or eight hours, will ptnswer the came purpose find be a much lighter color. To FRY sausage with apples, take one pound of sausage., and & dozen apples, slice eight of the apples as eighth of an inch thick. Cut the other four in quar- ' tors. Fry them with the sausage a fine light-brown. Lay the sausage in the middle of the dish, and the apples round the outside. Garnish with the quartered apples. Serve with mashed potatoes. PEA PIECRUST.--Stew the split peas as for dinner. Strain through a colander or coarse sieve. Then add equal parts good wheat meal and fine corn meal suf­ ficient to make a soft dough. Knead well for fifteen minutes, adding mixed meal enough to make a moderately stiff dough, then roll out and use as any other piecrust. It cooks very quickly. THE Chicago Inter-Ocean says: " We think we can give a recipe to make a wine said to be equal to Heidseick. Take small, ripe tomatoes, pick off the stems, put them into a tub, wash them clean, and then strain them through a linen bag. One bushel will make five gallons of pure wine. Add two and a half to three pounds of loaf sugar to each gal­ lon, then put into a cask and ferment, and fix as you de raspberry wine. If two gallons of water be added to the five gallons of juice, it ttill still make a very " ay be used feSilrfVQ'r- wot? wirtA trtriO| Ryrtwrt ^ instead of loaf, but the wine is much more sparkling when loaf sugar is used." The Next World's Fair. The plans of M. Davioud for the palace on the Trocadero, which is to be the main building of the Paris Exhibition of 1878, are furnished. The building is to be of stone and enameled terra-co eta, and will probably be built so solidly that the city of Paris will buy it when the show is over, and turn it to some account. The architecture will be Arabesque. The palace will be flanked by two extensive lateral galleries for the horticultural and agricultural ex­ hibitions. At the sides will be two lighthouses, each 250 feet high, the lanterns of which will b© visible from nearly every point in Paris. These towers will be used for experiments with ̂ the electric light, and the various international methods of lighting. The slopes of the Trocadero will be dec­ orated with gardens belonging to dif­ ferent nations, and with a cascade, which is thus described by Ph. Burty in the London Academy : "It will spring from the very base of the palace, from the pedestal of a group of large decora­ tive figures in stone and bronze. A grotto nestles behind the curve described by this cascade, which will have a fall of nine metres. Through this sheet of crystal the spectator will see confusedly the whole extent of the Universal Ex­ hibition, with its buildings and its gar­ dens stretching away over the Champ de Mars, as far as to the JEcoIe Militaire, then, beyond and in all directions, the great basin of Paris, drained and inter­ sected by the Seine, and bordered on the horizon by picturesque hills." Double Trouble. There was a double service in a Methodist Church at Nottingham, Mani­ toba, on a recent Sunday. A feud had rent asunder the congregation, and each faction called a new minister. One of them took possession of the pulpit, and the other sat behind the chancel rail. The man in the pulpit gave out one hymn and the man behind the rail an­ other, and both were sung simultane­ ously by the rival factions. The man behind the railing gave out his text, and the man in the pulpit began to read a.'chapter from the Bible. The chapter came to an end before the sermon, and a hymn was interjected; but the preacher went on from point to point without being worried in the least. At the close of the service a deacon ex­ plained that it had been enacted "un­ der legal advice, and to further the of Christ. " One Hundred and Eleven Tears. On Thursday night Alderman Isaac Stewart was called into the house of a colored family on Lake street to perform a marriage ceremony. The couple were Buth Johnson and James H. Carter. The bride is the granddaughter off Frank Whetts, a c-olored man, who claims to be the oldest .man living. He was pres­ ent also. Whetts has documents to show that he was born Jan. 16, 1766, and will therefore be 111 years of age next Janu­ ary.̂ He is still able to read and talk intelligently. He sleeps the most of his time.--Pittsburgh Commercial. PEKBJUB Dtrssis fell into the water at Melun, and was fished out for a dead man. The body was carried te the morgue and laid on a slab safe and sound. Next morning the keepers were scared on finding the oorpse walking about; he had a fit of lethargy, which passed off at midnight, and he awoke to find himself among corpses, whose society he had to endure till the keepers unlocked the mortuary. THE ANNUAL REPORTS. the SMrttaqr sC th« Ti eomij. Prom the anmml report of Hon. Lot M. Morrill, Secretary of the Treasury. on the state of the finances for the past year, we gather the following interesting figures: RECEIPTS AND IXPENDITTTM8 FOR IB VSKUXj TUB swiwo JUNK 30, 1877. The receipts daring the flnt quarter were: Fro™ custom* $ *7,554,798.58 From internal revenue 38,813.336 37 From sales of public lands 252,0u6.63 From taxation on circulation, etoi, of national banks 8,584, W7.87 From repayment of inter** by Pa­ cific railways 97,901.69 From customs fines, etc.. 17,695.27 From consular, patent and other fees . 435,684.75 From proceeds of sales of Govern­ ment property 175,875.36 From miscellaneous sources 2,123,069.*6 Net ordinary receipts Premium on sales of ooin...... ......f *2,991,005.53 119,518 96 Prooeeds of bonds of lfltt, Geneva award S 73,110,594.49 2,403.445.53 Total net ordinary receipts $ 75,513,970.02 Balance In treasury June 30,187*... 191,8(17,732.30 Total available. *197,821,702.32 The expenditures during the suae period weie; For civil and miscellaneous expenses, including public buildings, light- ' bouses, and collecting the re venues. $18, WT,988.41 For Indians . .. 1,484.786.93 For pensions 8,382,357.98 For roi'itary establishment, inotadtag fortifications, rirvr an<! harbor im­ provements and arsenals 9,715,681.35 For naval establishment, including • vessels and machinery and improve­ ments at navy yards 8,174,353.98 For interest on the public debt, in- . 1 eluding Pacific railway bonds....... *7,107,550.83 Total ordinary expenditures $78,761,893.26 Redemption of the public debt $3,618,848.77 Judgments pi Court of Alabama Claims 2,353,634.21 5,972,282.98 Total expenditures $ 84,734,176.24 Balance In treasury Sept. 30,1876.. 112,597,626.08 Total .....$197,321,702.32 For the remaining three quarter* it is esti­ mated that the receipts will be: From customs .$ 89,445,271.47 From internal, revenue 91,511,6-13.63 From Bale of public lauds 800,000 00 From tax on national banks 3,600,000.00 from reimbursement by Pacific nil- ways 900,000.00 From customs fines, penalties, sod' forfeitures 75,000.00 From consular, patent, and other fees 1,300,000.00 From proceeds of sales of public property 350,000.00 From miscellaneous sources, includ­ ing premium on coin. 4,000,000.00 Total net receipts $191,181,925.10 For the same period it is estimated that the expenditures will be: For civil sad H5i«eellane©ns, including public buildings $89,000,000.00 For Indians 4,000,000.00 For pensions 90,000,000.00 For military establishment 26,500,000.00 For naval establishment..... "... 7,500.000.00 For interest on the public debt 81,876,860.09 Total ordinary expenditures 158, $76,£60.09 E8TIXATE8 FOB THK FISCAL YEAB ENDING JUNK 30, 1878. It is estimated that the receipts for the flscsl ve&r ending June 80, 1878, will be: From customs... $130,000,000.00 From interna! revenue 133,COO,000.00 From sales of public lands *. 1,300,000.00 From tax on circulation of national banks 7,350,000.00 From reimbursement of interest by Pacific railway companies 350,000.00 From customs fines, penalties and forfeitures 150,000,00 From consular, letters-patent, and other fees 2,260,000.00 From proceeds of sales of Govern­ ment property..* 250,000.00 From miscellaneous sources 5,500,000.00 Total ordinary receipts $270,050,000.00 It is estimated that the ordinary expendi­ tures for the same period will be: For civil expenses S.. $15,500,000.00 For foreign intercourse 1,245,000/0 For Indians. B,34-2.(00.00 For pensions... 38,500,000.00 For military establishment, includ­ ing fortifications, river and harbor Improvements, and arsenalB 38,509,000.00 For naval establishment, including vessels and machinery and im­ provements at navy yards 16,000.090.00 For civil and miscellaneous, includ­ ing public buildings, light-houses, collecting revenues, mail-steam­ ship service, deficiency in postal revenues, public printing, etc 42,000,000.00 For interest on the public debt 94,386,294.00 For interest on Paclfio railway bonds 3,877,410.00 Total estimated expenditures, exclu­ sive of the sinking-fund account and principal of th'.< public debt.. .$243,350,704.00 Upon the basis of these estimates, there will be a surplus revenue for the fiscal year 1878, applicable to the sinking fund, of $26,699,296. The estimated amount required by law to be set apart for that fund is $35,391,096 60. If, therefore, these estimates shall prove to be approximately correct, there will be a deficiency in this account of $8,691,800.60. The ^ estimates received from the several excsotlTe dsosFtiso&tg as® as follows s ! Legislative establishment Executive establishment...... 3UCUvijai . . . . .... . a Foreign intercourse .77/" Military establishment Naval establishment..... Indian affairs Pensions Public works: Treasury Departments 4,264,198.85 War Department 18,793,227.70 Navy Department..... 2,900,096.00 Interior Department.. 837,983.62 Department of Agri­ culture 13,450.00 Department of Jus­ tice 48,500.00 $2,913,722.80 18,999,11(9 38 - s00.G<) 1,245,9517.50 82,215,595.90 19,430,012.69 5,842,899.12 38,533,000.00 Postal service Miscellaneous Permanent appropriations (including $85,391,096.60for sinking fund).. .. 1*46,506,576 36 36,851,452.97 6,078,267.43 10,653,546.85 any extent, mand. The popular fa^r with which this •oaotment was hailed, looking to the con­ summation of an exigent measure of public necessity, "was modified only by an apprehen- sion of the possible inadequacy of its terms to Mcomplish «s end. A return to tho consti­ tutional standard of values at time will doubtless, to some involve a reduction in nominal prioes, and consequent contraction of the volume of currency, but this is not of itself neoes- *n Pv»l, and, if it were, it is an evil In­ cident to a vicious system, not cured bv the continuance of the evil, while the measure it- aelf is demanded by the highest economic con­ siderations and principles of honest dealing among men. Besides, the trouble? likelv to grow out of enforced resumption are believed to be greatly exaggerated. Restoration of the coDBtitatioiial standard of values by re yum p- tioii, and the extinction of irredeemable notes curveiuI »h money, and the enforcement of payment in coin on demand, of the national bank notes treated as the equivalent of money, are obviously alike of national obliga­ tion and public neoessity. The suspension was the act of the National Government, and to tbe National Government th® people properly look to take the initiative in res mption. Having, under ite authority to com money, assumed to regulate the currencv of the oountry, and as the States are inhibited 'to make anything hut gold and silver ocin a trader in payment of debts." and. as irredeem­ able and iaeonvstiule paper currency is essen­ tially repugnant to tha principle* of the con­ stitution and th© traditional policy of the American people, it i» obvionslv incumbent on the Government to maintain and preserve the money standard of vaMea of the constitution and to enforo* the obligation of payment in ooin on demand, at the option of the of all paper money. BSUK or SILVER con;. Immediately upon the passage of the act of April 17. 1876, the department, through, its several independent-treasury offices, began to issue, in redemption of the outstanding fractional currency, tha subsidiary silver which had been coined under the authority of the Resumption act of Jannarv 14, 1875 To fur­ ther relieve the pressing demand throughout the oountry for money of small denominations, the silver coin in the treasury, previous to the passage of the act above mentioned, was also issued in payment of cur­ rency obligations of the Government. Under the authority for the issue of silver coin granted by the act of July 22, 1876, tho department, in addition to redeeming frac­ tional currency, whenever presented for that purpose, has also issued silver coin in ex­ change for legal-tender notes as rapidly as the coinage at the mints would permit. From the date first mentioned, to and in­ cluding October 80, 1876, there has been is­ sued of (silver coin, as above stated, $22,096,- 712 16, of which amount there has been issued for fractional currencv redeemed and de­ stroyed, #12,953,259.43. * The demand for silver coin for circulation, though growing less urgent, still continues fully equal to the capacity of the mints to supply it. Until this demand shall have oeaued, the ooinage will be continued as rap­ idly as practicable, to the limit authorized by law. KXF0BT8 AND IKP03T8. The ooin values of the exports and imports of the United States for the last fiscal year, as appears from official returns made to and compiled by the Bureau of Statistics, are as follows. Kxports of domestic merchandise.. .*..$525,582,247 Exports of forplgn merchandise........ 14.802,424 Total Imports of goods . two 8H4 fill . 460)741)190 Excess of exports over imports ,$ 79,643,481 For tbe fiscal year 1875 there was an excess of import* over exports amounting to $19,562,- 725, showing a difference of $99,206,206. Exports of specie and bullion.... $ 66,506 302 Imports of specie and bullion }5 936 681 Excess of exports over imports $ 40,569,621 Total exoesa of exports of merchan­ dise and the precious metals over im- P«tB $130,313102 Internal Revenue. From the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue wo gather tho following interest­ ing statistics: The aggregate receipts for the fiscal year were $117,236,825. an increase over the preced­ ing fiscal year of $6,691,471. Th* aggregate re­ ceipts lor the year were made up from the follow­ ing sources: From spirits.... $ 5ft.426.261 From cigars and cheroots 11.3 3,100 From snuff and tobacco 28,557,165 From fermented liquors... 9,571,'.(80 From banks and bankers 4,008,698 Adhesive stamps...... 6,518,488 Penalties, eto W8.625 Total :... .$117,536,625 The following table, geographically arranged, will show the payment of Internal revenne lax for the last fiscal year by the several 8tates and Territo­ ries : Maine .,.....$ 90,650 New Hampshire 360,261 Vermont 47,125 Massachusetts. 3,752,216 Rhode Island 332,675 Connecticut 658,115 Total $299,611,671.00 SEDUCTION OF THK PUBLIC DkBT Principal of the debt July 1,1875. $2,232,284,531.95 Interest due and unpaid, and ac­ crued interest to date. 38,647,556.19 Total debt $2,270,932,088.14 Cash in treasury 142,243 361.82 Debt, leas cash in the treasury $3,138 688,726.32 Principal of the debt July 1,1876.. .$2,180,395,167.15 Interest due and unpaid, and ac­ crued Interest to date 38,514,004.54 Total debt $2,218,909,071 69 Cash in treasury 119 469,726.70 Debt, less cash in the treasury..... .$2,099,439,344.99 Showing reduction, as above Stated, of $29,349,381.3 BXsmoPTiok or SPECIE PAYKEKTB. Iu March; 1869. by an act entitled " An act to strengthen the public credit," the faith of the United States was "solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent, of all the obligations of the United States, not bearing interest, known as United States notes, and of all the lutere.st-bearing obliga­ tions of the United States:" and, farther, " to make provision, at the earliest practica­ ble period, for the redemption of the United States noteB in coin." By the act of January, 1875, Congress de­ clared the purpose of resumption of specie payments 011 January 1, 1879, and to that end, and in execution of the pledge of the act of 1869, provided for the redemption of the United Stares noteB, and for the issue of na­ tional bank notes in lieu thereof, and thus, amid conflicting theories, declared, in effect, a monetary system combined of coin and na­ tional bank notes redeemable in coin at the demand of the holder, in harmony with the constitution and the traditional policy of the American people. Bv this legislation it will be perceived that the United States is fully committed to the resumption of specie payments on a given day in January, 1879, by the method of re­ demption of United States notes current as lawful money, and the substitution therefor of national-bank currency, the equivalent of money by its convertibility into coin on de- Total Eastern States.. $ 4,091,046 Mew York... ...$14,616,724 NewJewey... 3,779,950 Pennsylvania 6,979,432 Delaware 417,593 Maryland %577,579 Total Middle Statu... .. Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan..4..... Missouri.... Wisconsin i.,. Minnesota Iowa Kansas., mm' Nebra- v* utoir $27,365,278 $16,587,674 . ij.iffl.iai 23,730,694 , 2.066,164 2,981,942 8,808,770 348,776 1,212,618 *°fUu8 amount $7,682.15 derived from the tax of 10 per oent. upon authotiaed circulation syst^ml8M teJnly l,i8TO, thTcolhS,. haw ing been mad* without expense to th® Government, except the compilation of the returns In the TreaJ nry Department 1 Collectfons on circulation $33.928,703.18 Collections ondepoajta...M*...M..... 609,891.at Collections on capital.. 4,714 546.9* Total -- ..,..$72,a&t,141,9o Tbe following table gives tho amount and ratio to capital of State and national taxation for the year 1875, by geographical divisions: MEW mUHS glUM. c»pital $164,316,333 United States taxas. 11,937,OIK Btate taxes 3,016,537 Ratio of U. S. taxea to capital 1.3 Katio of Stats taxes to aapital ..1.8 Total ratio 8.0 WDDUI ST ATI 8. Capital $193,585,507 United States taxas 3,300,498 State taxes 4,062,469 Ratio of U. S. taxea to oapital .1.7 Ratio of 8tate taxea to capital ...3.1 Total ratio. Capital United Htataa taxes State taxes. 9.8 •OUTHSBlt STAUH. $ 34,485,483 445,048 498)396 Ratio of U. 8. taxes to capifaU". * 1*.jf ! ' ' *• Ratio of State taxes to capital . .1.4 Total ratio J 3.7 WKSTKBN STATU AMD TKKlUTOBIRS, $111,900,588 United States taxes 1,684,069 State taxes •••>•••.. . ... 3.502.890 Ratio of U. S. taxes to capital. . . '..'.* .1.3 « Ratio of State %axes 3.4 Total ratio. .3.9 , ^otk.--The banks reporting State taxation in 18xi possessed a united capital of $493,738,408. * The Government is receiving a revenne from the osnifs which ia more than equal to all taxes paid by them before the war; while the States are also increasing very greatly the burdens which were previously as great as could be borne. Within the past two years seventy-one banks, and Bince the organization of the system 207 banks have gone into voluntary liquidation, ehieS" on account of excessive taxation \ and during the last year fewer banks have been organized than in any previous year since 1869, and, unless some favorable legisla­ tion is obtained, a large number of banks will re­ tire from the system to engage in private bank­ ing. Report of the United States Treasurer. The Treasurer of th-i United States, in his re­ port, simply reviews the business of this im­ portant branch of the financial department of the Government during the past year. Ho recommendation of amendments or modifica­ tions of the statutes governing the financial opera­ tions of the Government are made, it being con­ sidered that such propositions appertain solely to the ofHoe of the Secretary, and should emanate directly from that officer. The statistical portions of the report give the following exhibit of the busi­ ness of the Redemption Agency. The receipts of nation*) bank notes by the Na­ tional Bank Redemption Agenoy for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1876, amounted to $204,299,- 875,91, a net increase of $48,878,995.46 over the fiscal year 1874 *75. On July I, 1876, tbe cash balance on the books of the agency was $5,036,903, and the un­ counted packages on hand with unbroken seals on the same date represented $994,120.32. The United States notes drawn from the treasury tor redemption of bank notes at the counter wei*> $*,738,379, and " overs" reported in bank notes received for redemption were $16,491.42, making the aggregate operations of the agency $215,086,368.68. Of this sum the agency was credited with$5,000,000 in national bank notes fit for circulation deoosited In the treasury; $24,927,900 notes of failed, liquidat­ ing and redueiug banks deposited in the treasury; $97,478,700 assorted bank notes fit for circulation returned to the several national banks; $78,643,155 assorted national bank notes unfit for circulation delivered to the Comptroller of the Currency for replacement with new notes, leaving a cash huiance of $7,942,539 on June 90,1876. The amount of notes of each denomination redeemed and assorted for the fiscal year was: Fit for Unfit for Circulation. Circulation. One dollar .....$ 216,700 $ 1,312,800 Two dollars.... 182,*00 <93,400 Five dollars....A... ...20,022,300 30,816,055 Ten dollars 24,82^.000 32,18-2,300 Twenty dollars 18,702,000 13,732,( 00 Fifty dollars 11,328,400 4,454,700 One hundred dollars.... 21,061,000 6,790,100 Fi .-e hundred dollars.... 1,092,00(1 476,550 One thousand dollars.... 152,000 65,GOO Net increase, 1,269,528 notes--$45,798,910, iand Medicines, Stntionary, Jew- Virgii^ntl everything belonging to a y«*t -j,i Store. Kenti TeunO one new Willams Combined g^er, 1 Williams Light "Mower, 1 aTs*!)# ^ l*air Drags, 2 Plpws, 1 Missiitotor, 1 Corn Plow, 1 Double 1 Lumber Wagon, 1 double Bug- arkat. new double Harnesses, 1 old Tpttr * e Harness, and all other farming T Color Nev*<o one Ca'ifb.%, ... Oregdn...'... span of yaluable Horses, 49,573 The Army. Gen. V. T. Sherman, in his annual report, says: By the annual Appropriation bill, approved July 34, 1876, the limit of enlisted men was re- enacted at 25.000; yet s proviso permitted the recruitment of the "cavalry" up to 100 men Eer company, "to be kept as near as practica-le at that number," and " a sufficient force of cavalry shall be employed in the defense of tho Mexican and Indian frontiers of Texas." To fulfill tlA requirenu-nts of this law literally would neces­ sitate 13,000 enlisted men for ten cavalry regi­ ments, and further deducting 2.500 for recruiting, general service and necessary detachments, would leave only 10,500 for the thirty regiments of artil­ lery and infantry, or about thirty mon to a com­ pany--practically less than twenty-five--s number entirely too small for efficient service. Subse­ quently, however, by the act approved Auc. 15, 1876, Congress provided for an additional 2,500 en­ listed men, who were absolutely required t o admit of the increase of the cavalry arm, as provided for in the first-cited statute. Under this act recruit­ ment, for the cavalry arm especially, has been stimulated, so that at thiB time the military estab­ lishment consists of: General officers 11 Aides- de-cmpp (not counted in aggisgate).... 32 General staff officers 368 Entfisiecrs. 107 Ordnance 65 Signal ofttoer... 1 Chaplains .«.«••..... .«.*•••. 30 Cavalry, officers 419 Ga^alrv, enlisted men........................ 9,367 Artillery. oflHre>vn,279 Artillery^ •'jiiiricdmen. 2,683 871 ..11,032 ... 242 ... 633 ... 101 ... 280 ... 387 ... 337 ... 300 ... 113 ... 146 ... 314 56 61 Total Pacific States..... ....$ 3,285,206 D.strict of Columbia. New Mexioo Dakota Wyoming Montana-- Idaho .u. Utah Arisons Washington 114,599 33,163 12,156 16,063 30,983 16,1)94 88,332 11,976 90,4 ll Total Territories $ 367.676 The foregoing tables, by States, do not Include the receipts for the year from the sale of adhesive stamps, fines, penalties, etc., which amounted to over $7.000,0110. It will '»»< observed that more than one-half of the whole suuount reoeived tor internal revenue tax originated with and is credited to the Western States. The credit to the Mi.Idle States exceeds that giv>-n all the other State 1 and Territo­ ries (the western States excepted). Seven States-- .Illinois, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, Penn­ sylvania and Indiana--are credited respectively with more than the aggregate of the five Eastern St >tes. Illinois and Ohio oombined have a larger credit than all tbe Middle and Southern States, wnile Illinois alone exceeds the Eastern, Southern and Pacific States, and all the Territories. Two dis- tr cts in Illinois, the First and Fifth, are credited respectively witn $8,971,565and $8,003,048. Report of tbe Comptroller of the Cur- % rency. From the report of Comptroller Knox we glean the following interesting figures regarding the status of the banks : Section 5,214 of the Revised Statutes provides that the national banks shall psy to the Treasurer the following taxes : One per cent, annually upou the average amount of notes in circulatior, and one-half of 1 per cent, annually on the average amount of deposits and the amount of capital stock not invested in United States bonds.. The amount collected by the internal revenue office from State banks, &avi< gs banks, and private banks asd bankers during the fiscal year ending June 30,1876, was as follows: On deposits ...$3,^72,164.97 On oapital 1,416.585.39 On circulation *17.947.67 OVCl Total. .$4,000,696.0$ Infantry, officers. Infantry, enlisted men. Kugincer battalion Permanent recruiting parties, etc Recruits at artillery school. General service men employed as clerks. 'Mcltnce department. j'oint detachment i>i*l stewards " pee sergeants* Frotllissary sergeants Brant • 7. ........ ....... f i t v lp r r 6 C « * V i ' " * • • • • • • •<• • • • • • • • • • • • aLv u f guards at Fort Leavenworth.. Sl71§>tal .....28,581 hich 2,151 are officers and 36,420 are enlisted o that the aggregate number of enlisted men t yet reached the lawful limit of 27,600. En- its have recently been checked in all branches service, except cavalry, and extreme care taken that in no event shall the legal limit ed. It is well known that no military force kept up to the full legal standard, and that mbatant force always falls far below the pa ionization. This now constats of: r • .•y, officers and men ......9,686 ery, officers and men 3,842 Infantry, officers and men 13,803 Aggregate 36,381 The Navy. Secretary Robeson's report shows that there sre belonging to the navy 146 vessels of lt0,157 tons' measurement. They carry 1,142 gnns. Of these, 123, carrying 913 guns, with a measurement of 120,81)8 tons, have steam power; 75 are in actual service, and 4 are preparing for sea. Sixteen may be considered entirely nniit for future service, and the remainder are at various navy-yards, some re­ quiring slight and others extensive repairs, but most of them could be made ready for any special service in a short time. Our navy is now far more powerful for warlike purposes than it has ever before been in time of peace. As a remedy for the reduction of the foroe of our fleet from 8,600 to 7,500 men, and for the purpose of maintaining a trained class of men skilled in their duties and devoted to their flag, the Secretary repeat# the recommendation of last year, thBt Cocgresfl give tbe necessary authority to enlist annnally 730 boys for the navy in addition to the number of men mow allowed. He also urges that enlisted men of tbe bt vy may be allowed an outfit of clothing, and a banking system for the navy such as now prevails in the army. The Naval Academy has kept pace with the changes which have taken place, and the branches there taught are those adapted to the naval profes­ sion of to-day. The Secretary refers to the report of the Bureaus of Astronomical Observations, Ord­ nance, the Naval Signal Service, the Nautical Al­ manac, Surveys of the Iuter-Oceanic Canal, and other subjects conuected with the navy, and speaks in commendation of those who have obtained im­ portant results in thete branches. The estimates for general maintenance of the navy for the next year are $18,646,012. The amount estimated for new buildings and reoairs aud im­ provements necessary at various navy-yards, sta­ tions, and hospitals, is $2,908,590. There is also submitted by the Bureau of Ordnance an estimate for $776,5(i0 deemed necessary to provide propel armament for our large irou-clads and other ships now being fitted for sea. This shows an aggregate sum of about $300,000 less than the amount asked for last year for like purposes. The Feftilon Bureau. mitting ex parte affidavits in rapport of clafmc and the existing system of iwA«i examina­ tions. in reference to the admission of ex parte affidavits, he sajrs that if this species of testi­ mony in support of claims be <»<ntinned it will swamp the office. Last yeer the increase of oeiglnel claims r*aoh«d 40 000, exclusive of 1,000 boonty- land claims. Of the aggregate not more 64 per cent, were pawed. There sre now on file in the office 88,000 unadjudlcated claims, besides 60,COO rejected ones, la corrects on of this much- abused system it ie proposed to abolish the 1,613 examining surgeons, as the local associations and influences dispose them to too great liberality in Passing subjects of examination, ft has been found also that testimony in most oasesis entirely untrust­ worthy. In addition, the number of persons ready to perpetrate frauds seems to be on the increase. The papers of claimants are also five to ten times more voluminous than they were, without adding* cor­ responding amount of trustworthinraa. » la *sc- taomendea thai tbe e&tire counter be divided Into sixty districts, to each erf which a surgeon be ap» pointed for medical examinations, and s competent cieris be detailed to look Into the of aims at the par- txm and make up their pipers, to be sent ia form ready for adjudication by the Peurion Busted. It cart at least * tlian that now in vogue. At present the ®ti.F|g(votes $2 for etch exsmin*» I <x>3ts the Of $100,000 a year, it would Aim imihlir tto fhwn- missioner to mske a reduction «( at least ons-thinl the present force of the bureau. The roRtcfttcs Department, The annual report of the Postmaster General contains a very gratifying exhioit of thebnstasM of the department for the last w*? e^iriwing a very large increase of receipts and a* considerable reduction in tho expenses as compared witn the previous fiscal yew, which endea June 30,187$. The following statement, taken: from the bocks Of the department, shown the receipts and expend!- turn* for the flsc&l year ending Jmia 80, 1875, and form the baste of the annual report of the Poat- Kseter Oeaerai.: - » Receipts from all sources........, .... . J833,6-H.197.50 Increase over last year. 1,852,0*6.91 .'Expenditures of all kinda............. 33,263,487.68 Decrease from last year 947,821.8T Excess of expenditures over receipts.. 4,6i9,290.CS Excess of expenditures for previous year was 6,473,126.99 Nearly the entire receipts of the department are derived from the sale of stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, the receipts from these sources being $26,870,512.10. Among the items of expenditure the following were the principal ones, via.: Inland transportation ..... .. ..$14,745,846.96 Compei<Ration of Postmasters......... 7,397,397.91 Clerks for postofioes„ .... 3,480,730.151 Letter-esrriers. 1,980,796.02 Railway clerks........ 1,323.780.1# Manufacture of stamped envelopes, postal cards and wrappers. 680,610.88 Foreign mail transportation... 329,13$.2C The revenue from money-order business waa $130-,000. ' \ The Public Lands. The following am the main points of liHiniil braced in the re,wort of Hon. J. A. Williamson, Commissioner of the General Land Office: The cash receipts of the office during the flsoal year ended June 30 aggregated $1,747,215; the total number of acres of public tends disposed of during tho year was 6,524,336, of which 2,87f5,i«0 acres were absorbed by homestead entries; 607,985 acres were obtained by entries under the timber-culture law; 1,800,000 were approved to various Slates as swamp lands; 1,001,078 acres were certified to railroads under land grants of Congress, and 640,692 were disposed of by ordinary cash sales. The total disposals were 545,1*43 acres less than those of the preceding year. Tho Commissioner renews the recommendation of Oon n.tastoner Hn*. dotte, that, » the only practicable means of pre­ serving the forest* of the country from waste and destnu tton, the Government timber lands should bo transferred to private ownership by immedi­ ately surveying and offering them for sale in un­ limited quantities at not less than properly ap­ praised valuations. Commissioner Williamson also recommends the consolidation of the PrcsuipUoa and Homestead laws into one general homestead system. < The (*«!•»•«• Rnrsan. Gen. Benet, the Chief of Ordnance, in his annual report recommends a large increase of appropria­ tions for the use of the Ordnance Department for the nest flao&l year over those for tbe present year, lie says the limited appropriations* made by Con­ gress, much below the estimates submitted by this bureau, have in many instances prevented the sup­ plying of the army of the frontier with that superior quality of ordnance stores which the nature of such service demands. Upon the subject of small arms. Gen. Benet says he deems it of the most vital importance that the manufacture of arms be steadily continued in suf­ ficient quantities to render a gradual accumulation of theiu in store a certainty: that a better arm than the Springfield may some day be invented is not at all improbable, and a magazine gun will no doubt bo the arm of the future, but until such an arm suit­ able for the military service has been perfected and approved, a reserve stock of Spring Aside ia a neoee- sity. Tli® Engineer Department. Oen. Humphreys' annual report on the Engineer Department's work gives in small oompMS a valu­ able mass of figures concerning the sums needed to perfect our lake and seacoast syatem ef fortifica­ tions, and the sums needed to continue our river and harbor improvements. Particular stress ia laid upon the necessity of providing an adequate store of torpedoes for marine use. The report shows that of the $5,00(1,000 appropriated at the late session of Congress for river and harbor improve­ ments, $3,000,000 only was allotted for varioiM works under the instructions of the Secretary at War. The Patent Office. The annual report of the Commissioner of Patents shows the Patent Office to have been more than self- supporting during the past year, lis receipts for fees and other services were $787,000, and all its ex­ penses, including salaries, were but $661,000. There were 2'J,40S applications received for patents, and 15,911 patents issued, during the year, besides 3,613 patents allowed, but not issued, for want of the final fee, also 1,037 trade-marks and 499 labels reg­ istered, and 2,943 caveats filed. Only two patents waca extended. , * Tbe Secret Service. The report of J. J. Brooks, Chief of ike flaoict Service of the Treasury Department;, represents "the bueliioss of tho past year to have b«en the arrest ef couutei'leilt'rei iitiu ocae* urouiualii, iue capiuru ef over ninety engraved plates, did, pteases, and other implements for counterfeiting, the seizure of $287,000 and over in counterfeit money, and various other operations, A large percentage of the persons arrested were convicted in court, and about $42,000 was collected by way of lines Agricultural Bornn. The annua! report of the Commissioner of Agri­ culture shows there were distributed during the past year 1,520,000 packages of vegetable and field seeds and textiles, including nearly 95,000 of veg­ etable, 372,000 of flower, 66,000 of wheat, 84,000 of tobacco, and 863 of cotton. Seeds were collected from all parts of Uie world because of their peculiar excellence. A Dog thfei DMn t̂ Live ia Yaife A well known Memphis oo&l dealer, not long since, bad a big dog of wonder­ ful sagacity. He (the dog) stayed around the coal yard, and whenever a coal oart was hauled on the scales the dog always took a stand under the wagon like a ooach dog. He weighed nearly one hun­ dred pounds, and was weighed as ooal thousands of times, and nearly evexy ooal consumer in the oity purchased that dog at so muoii per barrel. The practice went on for months, and was only dis­ covered bv a funny accident. A. negro wanted a barrel of ooal, and wheeled a hand-cart with coal on the weighing inyVm, The clerk in the offioe worked at the scales, and hallooed through the window, " take out a lot of that coal." The negro did so, and kept on uutil all the coal was out of the cart. The clerk tiied the scales again, but the pea indicated too much. " Take out more ooal," shouted the clerk; "d--n it, you have a boat­ load of coal on that cart" " Look hyar, boss," replied the negro, " the coal ia all out, and I'll have to take the wheels off the cart if you want to lighten it." Then the negro looked under the cart, and, seeing the big, fat dog at hit. post* exclaimed: "Lord God, massa, yoa'a selling me that dog for coaL" The deg was missed in a few days, and wss found dead on the scales, the animal having taken some poison accidentally, but he came back to die at his poet. It was a fine example of "faithful unto death.** --Mempiiis Ledger. v PARIS has a grave difficulty to solve, what to do with her dead ? Iwten yeam has this subject been under consilient I tion, and Baron Haus&man complained Uttt the dead him tax mqn froabfe than the living. V *> -aangg>f •• S 1. hi , WW