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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-LEGISLATIVE-Continued. SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Sons of the Revolution. The Society of the Sons of the Revolution was instituted February 22, 1876; reorganized December 3, 1883, and incorporated May 3, 1884, "to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in military, naval or civil service, by their acts or counsel achieved American independence; to promote and assist in the proper celebration of the anniversaries of Washington's Birthday, the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, the Fourth of July, the capitulations of Saratoga and Yorktown, the formal evacuation of New York by the British Army on the 3d of December, 1783, as a relinquishment of territorial sovereignty, and other prominent events relating to or connected with the War of the Revolution; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records and other documents and memorials relating to that war; to inspire among the members and their descendants the patriotic spirit of their forefathers; to inculcate in the community, in general, sentiments of nationality and respect for the principles for which the patriots of the Revolution contended; and to promote social intercourse and the feeling of fellowship among the members."

Pres., Frederick Samuel Tallmadge; Vice-Pres., Brevet Lieut.-Col. Floyd Clarkson; Sec., James Mortimer Montgomery, 109 Wall st., New York City; Treas., Arthur Melvin Hatch.

Board of Managers: John B. Ireland, George Clinton Genet. Henry Wyckoff LeRoy, John Clarkson Jay, M. D., William Gaston Hamilton, Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D., Bradish Johnson, Jr., Charles H. Woodruff, William Carpender, Robert Lenox Belknap, Robert Olyphant and the above officers ex officio.

Eligibility to membership is confined to male descendants of an ancestor who, as an officer, soldier, sailor, marine, or civil official, assisted in

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1 Clinton A. Babbit, D.... 2 *Charles Barwig, D. 3 Allen R. Bushnell, D. 4 John L. Mitchell, D.. 5 *George H. Brickner, D. 6 Lucas M. Miller, D... 7 Frank P. Coburn, D 8 *Nils P. Haugen, R.. 9 Thomas Lynch, D...

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Those marked *served in the Fifty-first House. Those marked + served in a previous House. Those marked ‡ were unseated by the Fifty-first House.

establishing American independence, between April 19, 1775, when hostilities commenced, and April 19, 1783, when they were ordered to cease. The annual meeting is held in "Fraunces Tavern," corner Broad and Pearl sts., New York, December 3, in every year. Commemorative meetings by the Long Island members are held occasionally at the Hamilton Club, Brooklyn, and elsewhere. The membership January 1, 1891, was 691. The other State societies of the Sons of the Revolution are the Pennsylvania Society, Wm. Wayne, Pres.; District of Columbia Society, John Lee Carroll, Pres.; and the Iowa Society, Rt. Rev. William Stevens Perry, Pres.

These several societies have formed a general or National Society on the basis of the Order of the Cincinnati, with which they maintain close relations, being organized for the same general patriotic purposes, but including all descendants found worthy, instead of being confined to the eldest male posterity.

The Varied Value of Silver. Silver, in its relative value to gold, has varied greatly at different times. In the days of patriarch Abraham it was eight to one; B. C. 1000 it twelve to one; B. C. 500 it was thirteen to one; at the commencement of the Christan era it was nine to one: A. D. 500 it was eighteen to one; in 1100 it was eight to one; in 1400 it was eleven to one; in 1554 it was six to one; in 1554 it was six to one; in 1551 it was two to ope; in 1600 it was ten to one; in 1727 it was thirteen to one; in 1800 it was fifteen and a half to one. It maintained the latter ratio until 1872, when it began to rise, and in 1876 it attained to twenty to one; it soon after gradually declined, then advanced again, and August 1, 1886, reached the highest point ever known, since which time it has gradually declined.

UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY.

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Society of the General officers-President-General, Hon. Hamilton Fish, N. Y.; Vice-President-General, Hon. Robert M. McLane, Md.; Secretary-General, Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, R. I.; Treasurer-General, Mr. John Schuyler, N. Y.; Asst. Secretary-General, Mr. Thomas Pinckney Lowndes, S. C.; Asst. Treasurer-General, Dr. Herman Burgin, N. J.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by the officers of the American Revolutionary army in May, 1783. Membership is restricted to the eldest male descendant of an original member or of a commissioned officer of the Revolution who was qualified by continental service for original membership. There were originally thirteen State societies and one composed of French officers who had served in the Revolutionary War. There now remain seven State

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societies, viz: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina, and the Society of the Cincinnati in France has effected a preliminary reorganization, and is about to be re-established. General Washington was the first PresidentGeneral, and General Alexander Hamilton the second. The Hon. Hamilton Fish, LL.D., is the ninth. General Henry Knox was the first Secretary-General, and the Hon. Asa Bird GardinerLL.D., is the sixth. The office of the Secretary, General is at Garden City, Long Island, N. Y., where he should be addressed. The next triennial meeting of the general society will be held in Boston, Mass., May 17, 1893. Each State societv is required by the Institution tomeet annually on the 4th day of July.

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*Gold the nominal standard. Silver practically the standard. +Coined since January 1, 1886. Old half-imperial=$3.98,6. NOTE.-Hitherto the values of the standard coins of the nations of the world in terms of United States money, has been fixed by the Director of the Mint on the first day of January each year, and that value has been followed in all transactions for twelve months. In accordance with the Act of October 1, 1890, the Director of the Mint will hereafter revise these values quarterly, and proclaim them January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. The values given above were proclaimed October 1, 1890, and will remain approximately accurate during 1891.

THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
RECEIPTS.

As compared with the fiscal year 1889, the receipts for 1890 have increased $16,030,923 79, as follows:

The revenues of the Government from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1890,

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