Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-16

frrirui Of Gm@ u aassr AID Satc-4ls Fa'nre hors-
a.nts- Proceedings Of the Adrdi tnartS--RestqHt-
nation Of an irng Of3ccr-AgpaatmeHt Of Light
House hetpers-c n,fofnid Mad Contract etc
WASHINGTON, june IL. 1887
Gen. Walker, Co.'s Lockridee and Waters and
Capt. Fayssoux arrived here AT III o'clock from
the West. They nrc qoartered Mt Browns
Hotel.
General Walker has been quite lion. in rrl.
vai' way, Stree his arrival Many OF the disiln-
gui>hed politicians Of the country uow in Wash
ingion have ,hrnuged hi room, mud invitations
10 dine pour in upon him. Iii, short stay, how
ever. prevents al acceptance. lie AYES here
to morrow afternoon tor Philadelphia. where he
Will spend til" day, arrving at New York on
Sunday night. Gen. Walkers quiet manner and
soft articulation ARE the subjects ot much com
rneGt with thnsr who have been fortunate enough
to ,rr The errat 6lhbu,irr But few of those
whn cali n,r admitted 10 his presence as h" de.
-irr> Il pm, through the city without parad".
HIS business here has connection whatever.
he assures me. with our government, nor IL II
certain that h.. will let the President know of hs
arrival. II" will remain in New York only II
few dnyS. utter which oircum- stances will control
his movements. He declares himself citizen
ut Nicaragua, nor will he again resume n citizen
hip IN the United States. AS regards his tn
tnre prospects, hc speaks rs confidently as could
Napoleon II |, do 81 his France II. says he viii
soon fe'urn 10 Nicaragua and again tnNe charge
"t his government. His return to the United
States, he and his friends think, was altogether
II stroke al policy. II not necessity. Gen. Walk
ct l. peit' city mum ON matters conn, cted with
his business, but converses freely and laughs
heartily with his friends all ether topics. lie
SAWS his trip tins far hns been gratifying and de-
rehful, though very tniiguing yesterday over a
portion of the new railroad. IL l. worthy ct
not" that vet ertny was til" second anniversary
at Gen. Walkers arrival in Nicaragua. Th"n
he WAS bur II student bow he is study for stu
dents.
rhe Postmaster General has concluded II con
tract for the mail ,ouie bet San Antonio
aud San DirFn with James +. Blch. E.q., of
Sacramento. California. Ia commence on til" lst
81 July, at the rate of one hundred and ttynine
thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, with
he under standing that the Department may dis
continue this roate at discretion, ar may contract
ut my time for any other runt. hat shall include
this one. The distance is Que thousand five
hundred miles, and the service will be semi
monthly.
The exterior lines Of tho Fort Riley military
retraced, according to the original field notes, by
the Surveyor General of the Territory, under in
strnction, just issued from tbs General Land
Office. lhrt the Deputy may close the lives Of
the public service thereon. The order which
cmanated f,om the department will prove of
great service to those owning property in that
vicinity, as there have been several surveys of
this tract which exhibit considerable discrepanci-
ea. l his was the scene If Gov. Reeder's ope-
rations.- Cor. " j. Herald.