The national Republican., 1867-02-11
gational Gspnblitan.
THE DEPARTM ENTS.

ARMY BULLErrS.-Captain and A. Q. M.
j. ii. Morgan, Military Storekeeper Of the |
Ordnance Department, is granted 60 days
leave.
Second Lieutenant EdsArd Haullard, 32d |
Infantry is granted 90 days leave.
Second Lieutenant Il. W. Stine, 2lst In
fantry, Is ordered to join his company in the
Department Of the Potomac.
First Lieutenant Reuben O. King Is grant
ed 60 days delay in reporting to his regi-
ment, from January 18th.
Captain Charles Newbold, the order re-
lieving him from duty in the Military Dis
trict Of New Mexico, is suspended until early
Spring.
Colonel II. @. Gibson is granted days
delay while en- route to Join his battery OF
the Sd Heavy Artillery.
Breyet Colonel J. Hayden, 18th Infantry,
Is ordered to report to the Adjutant General,
10 submit an improved company desk Of his
invention, for adaptation to army use, and
on the completion Of this duty to return to
his station.
Second Lieutenant E. Clark, 10th Infan-
try, is granted 80 days delay in joining his
regiment at Savannah, Georgia.
During the temporary absence OF Daniel
T. Welles, Brevet Captain james Chester,
first lieutenant Third United States artillery,
will in addition to his other duties, act as
Assistant Adjutant General Of the Depart
ment Of North Carolina.
Agreeably with the request OF the AS
sistant Commissioner, Bureau Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, and with
view to q more efficient and economical
administration Of said bureau in the State Of
Texas, Major General Griffin, commanding
the military district which comprises that
State, has ordered that all military posts or
stations throughout the same, where there
are no agents appointed, the military officer
In command, in addition to his other duties,
will assume and perform the duties apper-
tanning to the position Of sub-assistant COM
missioner for said bureau.
General Griffin in general orders dated the
I'd instant, at Galveston, Texas, says:
"The valuable services Of Major A. j.
Hogan, Hath U. s. colored troops; and the
detachment under his command, in engaging
and routing a troop Of 'banditti at Pugtown,
Texas, forty miles from the Neuces river, on
the morning OF the 18th ultimo, are hereby
acknowledged. The conspicuous gallantry
displayed in the charge made on this force,
resulting in killing three Of their number
wounding others, scattering the band, and
capturing twelve Of their horses, is specially
commended"
The PARIS ExPosIrIoS.-The Commis
sioner Of Agriculture has issued the follow
ing communication:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRioULTURE,
WAsHIsaroS, Jan. rs, 1857. !
SIR: Your prompt and active cooperation
Is respectfully solicited in furtherance Of thu
following joint resolution Of Congress, up
proved Jan. IL, 1867:
PUBLIC REsoLUTIoH-No. 2.
" A RESOLUTION to provide for the exhibition
of the cereal productions Of the Unite,
States at the Paris Exposition in Apri
next.
"Resolved by the Senate and House o
Representatives. of The United States Q
America an Congress assembled, That tn
Commissioner Of Agriculture be, and he !
hereby, instructed TO collect and prepare, 81
far as practicable, and with as little delay a
possible, suitable specimens Of the cerea
productions Of the several States OF tn
Union for exhibition at the Paris Expos
tion, and forward the same in proper orde
and condition for shipment to J. O. Derby
agent Of the United States Government 70
the Paris Exposition, at New York: PrC
Vided That it shall require no further apprC
priation from the public treasury"
An exhibition, such as is proposed, Of tn
finest samples of the best varieties Of wheat
corn, and other cereals would command tn
admiration of Europe. as it would assured
arouse the pride OF all Americans, and II
gret that this Department has not been al
thorized to make collections for this purpos
until the present time. The Expositio
opens on the lst Of April, and collection
should be sent in few days from the receI
ton of this request to be in season for prope
arrangement, packing, forwarding to Ne
York, and transportation to Paris. You wi
render the country essential service by in
mediate and judicious action in this matte
1t is desirable that small packages of th
finest samples Of the best varieties Of sue
products Of your neighborhood should b
forwarded, by mail, in packages Of tw
pounds or less. each distinctly marked wit
name, donor, local name, and county an
State in which it was grown.
Such packages, addressed to the Commi
sioner of Agriculture, can be sent withor
postage from any post Office in the Unite
States As it will be seen, the resoutio
makes no appropriation for this purpos
therefore parcels should not be sent by e!
press in any case, unless at the expense
communities represented.
Very respectfully, ISAAC NEWTON,
Commissioner.