Show by tele telegraph a ra P h AMERICAN AMERIC AN washington I 1 matured legal tenders certificates of deposit fractional currency coin certificates SI to total tai tat without interest total ota debt total interest cash eash in treasury coln coin cash in treasury currency decrease of debt duning during november Ho vember deer decrease vaie paie since june 30 1875 bonds issued to pacific II 11 B R co comi cosi I 1 I 1 interest payable in lawful money principal outstanding interest accrued and not yell yet pidd paid ki interest 8 paid jy H U i 07 interest repaid by trans importation of or mails malls ac balance of interest paid by U P a 6 the secretary of the trea Tren treasury sury y to day appointed A 13 wilson of bt louisville to be chief bleik of the abe thel treasury department to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of avery the postmaster generals Generl ls abiu annual a 1 report shown the receipts of the department part ment and tu res receipts exceed exeda those of 1874 b by per cent calt and the expenditures loo the actual amount drawn from the treasury was or less than the previous year the TEO increase on the LT fc S territorial rate on british closed mails transported by rail between new york and ean ban Francis Fraucis rates fixed by the postal convention of 1862 1 I are not paying the actual cost of transportation 7 the report shows the operations odthe various bu bureaus realis reatis of the department concerning which much information has already been published the money order department part ment the annual transactions his bis fis of which have reached about eighty millions shows an apparent profit of of though really in arrear A more than that if the clerk here and the stationery required for business were wera charged cli etl arged directly to its account in war provis provision ion ton should be for the frang trang transport ltv uon of our malls mails on impriano imp ocean route rou siu sin steamships officered and manned by oui our oun own citizens bilzens and sailing under our pur own flag A A atlon excess in excess of posta hostages stages po gei no now allowed wallowed would enable the establishment and aud maintenance of american lines to europe and a moderate modern te mail mall compensation tor for a line to japan sapan and china will doubt doubtless lers leps co continue mail service serpico to those countries jn in Am american eilean ships after the termination a i of the existing subsidy biu riu bidy contract which will exper the of dee dec 1876 I 1 think it safe cosay to asay that the su burn ni of per annu annum ra noW nov granted as a subsidy to iha the china line for ciagle monthly service i 0 on 11 that route route would lifa in addisien addi tien to po stages on mails malls be quite sufficient ju decious i ly apportioned between the re respect spec tive routes to maintain service bygall steamers saili sailing dg under our ohr our flags fias oil oh ali all important ocean routes which should lie be occupied t hv v i nes of american steamers 11 lie iio oas i a the evil of straw bidding which annually involves the department part ment in the loss of many hundreds of caf thousands of dollars can in my jug judgment ment be moved by such change in the lap law as gig w will III ili auth authorize brize the P 11 general em on the failure of oni ay alir accepted bidder to offer the ahe contract con cou tract as at present to lower lowet bidder on the itie list if ir in his J judgment the bid bitt be nut not too high and if it this is not and the lowest bidder declines to enter into luto the he contract turbe authorized to enter iii lii into to contract with a person not a bidder at finy tiny price not exceeding aid ald said next lowest bid the fah fast mail fi ervice api i praised arid the opinion expressed that at no distant day the tho business ortho of tho department wili will be so great 1 as to induce railroad rall rail roAd comp complies mies to run similar trains train s from new nev mew E england to the gulf and ana from 4 the atlantic tb the tho pacific it is reco recommended ni J ni eded tuat that tit at rifi ari cpr reon be perm bitted without liou ilou t additional chal chai charge to write a form ota pres i in a any book lbook pa pamphlet matai magai magazine lne periodical or any other matter mattei Df tuis this class and also that 1 li sender of any package be without additional charge change to writa his or her name and address eirthi outside thereof with the word from above or preceding the same BO so ag wj td 16 inform tha person addre addressed sed of the nn im ue ul I 1 of nf the sender and to write botfly ori nn any t package a caage the number and name of the h e articles enclosed the sending of public documents through the ma mails malls ahas a has not detained the delivery of ordinary malls mails or perceptibly increased their cost As to transient aidi nt printed matter the postmaster general bays 1 I recommend that the postage of transient newspapers and periodicals periodical book books printed matter of all ail sorts soro lithographs and maps sheet music musie photographs and manuscripts designed for publication halle shalle hallbe be deduced reduced to one cent for bac each h two ounces or fraction thereof which was the rate before the enactment of the law advancing it during the closing hours of the jast congress concerning newspaper i postage he says saye the n new ew law which went weilt into effect on the first of january 1875 from present indications will realize about one million dol lars for the first calendar year it is recommended that the compensation of postmasters postmaster stel ef of tae the fourth class be based upon the business of or their respective offices as determined by the cancellation of stamps the account to bei bo duly sworn to for each quarter and returned to the sixth auditor there is a great want of equity in the com compensation p naon of postmasters of ors first son bon d and third class 1 if f th the tha a salaries at the smaller are not excessive those of the jarger cities are certainly too low I 1 find postmasters as a class to be efficient capable and attentive beyond my expectations and their salar salaries ies les should be proportionate to their duties in estimating the fhe expected revenues fer for the year ending coding juna soth 1877 wishing to be on the safe side estimates have been submitted which show an expected deficiency cy of 8 but it id ia believed tha last year will be mu much ch less than the estimates basing the estimate estima teof of revenues at th 4 smallest amount and of expenditures tures at the largest an increase is shown m in inthe the percentage odthe deficiency only of 19 thir ty nino nine orie one hundredths against 21 24 sixty five one hundredth which was wa the estimate orthe of the percentage of deficiency cy last year over that of its predecessor A large number of additional removals in the clerical force of the interior department were ordered today to day DETROIT 1 tho the steamer phil sheridan han has 4 been neen burned on lake erle erie yesterday no lives ilves lost valued at insured for 2 against fire 1 1 ac bicic ma mass ss L lat l rat rab at the conclusion of the private service at the house preparations were at once made madi for removing the remains to the town hall and where the public and final c ceremonies enmon edmon ies les were to take place these wera were accomplished complis hed and by the a i hour houn the casket had been placed planed on the catafalque and the mourners hat been aisig assigned ned to seats especially reserved for thew them A special 1 train hal hai bal bad in in the interim arrived from boston bear bearing ing the governor a portion of his staff and several beveral members of the executive council committee of boston city hen han marshal winslow congressman i henry pierce and the offic officers ers of the fifth maryland regime regiment ut and of the Inde independent corps of ca deto also tho the boston volunteered as an escort for the day A procession was formed and the distinguished guests were escorted ta to the hall a great crowd filling every available portion from which to io view its pro progress grest gresi through the streets tg the mourners wo arnera having been assigned seats at the right of the platform plaU orm the invited guests were wert eat seated in rows in the body the ball tho the pill pil bearers who were P top toy townspeople on the left gladar grard grand army my post standing to the extreme leotaud lef lert taud tand and aud citizens ing into the remaining area and packing ho the galleries about 1 thousand found admittance to tho the th edifice while the seating cap cad capacity city was wah was limited to wa rev ev franois mi M Plou blou bet mr wilsons Wil sons pastor pasto r opened the services by reading the khe hymna lymna god god pod is i our strength pe be ginn glnn ing with the words man in his weakness needs a stronger stay man the holiest hollest and the best which wasl was sung by the alpine quadrille of boston following foi I 1 0 I 1 g this was the by 1 bevna t t vp LX B reynolds and be rupture readings rea dinga by rev bev J S wheadon to the tile response res alade Abide with me was yung sung by a quadrille tho the addrell address was delivered by the rev edmund dause of sherburne who mainly touched upon his inter aa q p personal friendship and the great grent quat quail itice of the latteri latter aa as displayed jn in the midst of the people who had bad aown known and were intimate with him from his hig youth the quartette then chanted chantes a poem written for th the oc occasion caslon an address by the bev rev M plaudit followed consisting of personal reminiscences of mr wilson the hymn nearer my god to thee which was an especial favorite with mr wilson and in singing which the entire audience joined was given with grand effect the benediction by mr re loubet closed the last rites over the remains of the vice president the procession then formed in line of march embracing nearly every street in jho tho town it was not until four that the hearse bearing the ho remains reached the grave III irl in dell park cemetery the casket was transferred from the hearse and conveyed to the side of the open grave ready to receive it the grand army pest past formed a square about the grave while the military escort were drawn up in line in the drive way the mour mourners ners nera and invited guests bavin havin having assembled in a body the band meanwhile playing a solemn dirge the casket was gently lowered to its final resting place mf al F pronounced th the 0 benediction the relatives and friends took the last look dropped a few flowers upon the casket lid an and aud di the last rites attending the demise of henry wilson vlee vice president of the united states stans were at an end BUFFALO N Y 1 the atlantic atlantie express for the east which left here ab at pm collided at the batavia street crossing four miles from the city eity with an eastern bound freight train throwing a smoking ear car and the first and second coaches well filled with passengers from the track and ca capsizing P asiz them the passenger engine and tender and two baggage cars smashed through the rear of the freight train lifting it from froh the track and precipitating it flagmann flag mans him underneath der neath the scene sc oneat at the wreck was indescribable H F wood of lima new yorki york was wasi almost ln in scantly killed J doty collins lost a leg which was taken off and he was injured internally he be cannot live catherine wilson of eon nom pondu fondu da lac was very dangerously injured many others were more or less cut and bruised but none seriously BOSTON bostos L 1 mr wilson has left a will which is in his own handwriting and dated april 1874 by it he bequeathed his entire ed estate real and personal to his hia nephew dr wm D coolidge in trust for the support of 0 wis hla mother inlaw in law 1 mrs irs mary howe now in her ninetieth year yeary for thee the education and support of his adopted da daughter u gh ter E eva va LI littie little t tle tie a girl of so some m b ten summers and for other minor and designated purposes trusting trustin it all as ho he expresses it to tze tee the friendship discretion and sense sensa of right of mr coolidge me he also con mr air coolidge his executor directing that no bonds be required of him either as executor or trustee in regard to the completion and carrying through the press of the thild and last volume of his history ot of the rise and fali fall of the slave howerin america left fearly nearly completed it is je expected that it will be attended auly auby the we rev samuel hunt a life ilfe lifelong long iong friend and associate and his dormer former pastor for seven years his im private secretary tary tars and who more inore than thau all others assisted him in the tile tion of the work I 1 tha the iron dassat league deague island ara ready forsea for sea and anti will leave tomorrow to morrow morning in tow of vessels which are to accompany faem to the norfolk fleet which wil consist of nine or ten vessel among whong them the powhattan TaZ laposa alliance alert huron dispatch ras as doc dic et and wyandotte Wyan dott RICHMOND ya vai L 1 tho the legislature met t today to day the governors message shows the receipts forthe for fon the year ending sept soth to be sa disbursements balance on hand interest paid pa state debt 1 I annual aggregate interest on state debt dent and other accounts suo sUc showing kwing a defeet defect lofever of eyer oyer to be provided for the tho governor declares that virginia cannot sibly ro rosally ever p py sv y alit t it porton potton of the public debt lt tv vs a i he recommends recapitalization of the state debt by substituting for the bonds now out opt others bearing fuir fuit per cent gold interest with I provision provisions a fonts for its certain and prompt payment A constitutional amendment fora return to a viv viva avow abow voce sya tem tern of voting is advised the government concludes with the hope that lVir virginia giula will take an active part in the philadelphia centennial CHICAGO I 1 this afternoon an unknown delivered at the U 8 S express office in ln this city a barrel addressed to thomas greene co iowa city iowa some suspicion having arisen the barrel was opened and found to contain the bodies of a very handsome some young woman apparently about 22 years ol old oid dand and a still born child the circumstances go to show that the woman was refined and nud evidently from the upper walks in life the eX Dressman drossman declares that the barrel ivas was taken from a bamon babon barn on wabash avenue in one ono of the most fashionable neighborhoods in the city he further stites that he can identify one of the two men who employed him OSWEGO N Y 2 the schooner J T gi G jonkins jenkins foundered in a gale on tuesday above and all on board lost as follows captain john brown of 03 oswego wego first mate john smith second mate sam mcdonald seamen hugh doran john i stewart steward james williama williams michael branty wm win bruner all ati of oswe go and a woman cook from buna buffa lo 10 the vessel was insured for 8 and the cargo for N ni r Y aids awa residence with the ings at hillsboro willsboro Will vore wore burned last night loss insurance ALBANY N Y 2 jno harris formerly S senator died at 11 a aln ain am in today to day NEW YORK 2 patrick toney last night saturated the clothe clothes sot of his wife with kerosene kero ke roseno seno aeno and set them on nire fire the screams of the woman brought the inmates to her rescue and the flames were extinguished guis gui shed tied she was terribly burned however and is mot not expected to live A private letter from Ra ragusa gilsa dalmatia austria laj from a lady who 14 is is 14 an eyewitness eye witness of the of erthe the refugees 0 contains the following very many of ane children had |