Uncle Sam's Treasury

Tiic animal report ol 'Ireasnrer New ' shows tliat out of a total nominal balance of $173,876,064.05 on hand June 30, 1875, there were deducted j able items" aggregating $29,094,075.95. I The principal item was $28,101,044.91, ! due from the States to the United States on account of the act of Congress, approved June 23, 1836, which is omitted from the statements of cash balance of the Treasury, but which is carried j ertheless from quartcr to quarter and from year to year in the account of the Treasurer. The other "unavailable items" deducted were: Balance duo at the outbreak of the rebellion froin the United States Depository at Galveston, Texas, and the Branch Mint at Charlotte, N. O., and Dahlonega, Ga., amounting to $60,728.69; from the SubTreasury at New Orleans (May & Whitaker defalcation iu 1867), $675,325.22; from the First National Bank of Selma, Ala., (failed), $38,985.75; from the Venango National Bank of Franklin, Penn., (failed), $217,391.38. -In addition to the above the following items are also unavailable, and althougii theywere not deducted they should be, namely: Due from First National Bank of Washington, 1). O., (failed), $194,948.24 (against which the Treasurer holds $100,000 Union and Central Pacific bonds as security); amount stolen from the Treas ury June 2, 1875 (uo part of which had been recovered at the close of the fiscal year), $47,097.65. Déficits in United States Depositónos as follows: Pittfmore, in 1870, $1,196.87. Déficits in Sub-Treasuries, as follows: New York, in 1867, $87,206.70; New Orleans, iu 1867, $5.566.31; Philadelphia, in 1875, $882.50, together with $765,966.37, special item of deficit in the bullion fund of the Braneh Mint at San Francisco, Cal. , which occurred in various ways fcween 1857 and 1869, amounting to $419,243.84. It appears, therefore, that there should be deducted f rom the cash balance, as reported in the monthly debt statement of July 1, 1875, the total sum of $765,996.39. The Treasnrer says three years will probably elapse beíore a final settlemeut of Gen.Spimier's accounts can be made, as many of tliem are outstanding, and the Auditors and Controllers caimot pass upon them before that time. The number of national banks organized and which deposited security for circulation, in the fiscal yoar of 1875 was 127. The number organized to July 1, 1875, was 2,282. The number doing business June 30, 1875, was 2,089. Thirty-five failed prior to July 1, 1875; three failed in the fiscal year of 1875. The number that went into voluntary liquidation prior to July 1, 1874, was 97; in the fiscal year of 1875, 36. Ten wound up business for the purpose of consolidating with other banks. The total number of -official letters written during that period was 104,163. The total force in the Treasurer's office consists of 396 persons, their salaries aggregatinfr $414,292. Prevention of Crnelty to t hildren. Whatever may ba thought of Mr. Bergh, in a general way, we take it that no humano person can withhold approval of his act in arresting an infant prodigy and the reputed father thereof at the Tivoli Theater, New York. The prodigy in question is called "Leo,'' and his prodigiousness coneists in his precocious abilitiea in the trapeze and tight-rope lines. He is only 6 yearB of age. Bergh sent two ofiiccrs iuto the theater, who, when tlie child appeared and began liis performance, rushed upon the stage and took him into the wing, whero his parent was found and arrested. Whon the audience found what the disturbance meant, they expressed their indorsement of it in a "storm of applause." The trapeze business is a bad business at best, even when i'ollowed by adults. A certain class of persons may derive moral improvement from looking on while a man or woman who sees ut to risk his or her not very valuable neck in " flying leaps," shoots between the balcony aiul tho footlights over their heads ; thero mav be a demand lor snch sights tliat inakes their production in soine sart a matter of managerial necessity ; but there i is absolutelyno sucli excuse to bc olicre 1 for the paint'ul exlnbition of yonng children in the like entertainments. Peopue sit and watch tho motions of these poor little "prodigies " with commiseration, and a mark of sympathy, and m;t of approbation. There can be litflo pleasuro drawn by a rig'it-iniudf.d mau frorn the display of childhood robbed of its childislmoss and distoited into a speculation. For the fathers and mothers who trade upon their little ones in this way 110 words of eondeimiation are siivcre enough. W: hope JIv. lijrgh's vigorous prot(;st will be followed by :i general war that will drive this barbarous i and cruel business from the American i stage. Wliat ('onstit utes a Car Load. Nominally a car load is 20,000 pounds. Tt. is also 70 barrels of salt, 70 of ilonr, 60 of whisky, 200 sacks of flour, 6 cords of soft wood, 18 tt) 20 head of eattle, 50 toöO head of hogs, 80 1o 100 head of sheep, 9,000 feet of soiid boards, 17,000 feet of siding, 13,000 feet of flooriag, iO.OOO shinglcs, one-halí leas of hard ! lumber, one-iourth less of green laiabpi, one-tenth of joists, scantlmg and all oth.'i large tiiabffl; 300 bushrls oï wliout, -100 bnsh.'ls o!' coin, CSO oi VM, 400 of b&rley, 300 l flaxseed, 800 ol apples, 430 of Irish potatoes, 300 "i sweet potatoes, 1,000 of bran.