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| Washington to obtain an additional militar,
/ force for the Territory.
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER GEO. d. EMMoN:
| has been ordered to duty at the washingto-
Navy Yard.
THERE is NO DOUBT, we take it, that Hon
Edwin NJ. Stanton win succeed Judge Grier or
the Supreme Bench; at least those about us who
ought to know, say that it is thing settled upon
The House FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
have postponed the Cuban question until after
the holidays. The Paraguayan and ocean cable
matters also go over.
Mr.. REAvIs, the Capitol-mover, has left town
and cord or more of his pamphlets are on sale
| AT secondhand bookstore, cheap for wrapping
| paper. :
| PERsoNAL.-Ex-Senator Foster, of Conn.
Hon. Z. Z. Bowen, of s. c., Rsbt. b. Roosevelt
OF the New Fork Citizen, and Governors Wells
and Walker, Of Va, are at willards.
THE INTERNATIONAL ExHIBITIoN.-The Sem
ate Committee on the District of Columbia held
a meeting this morning, and agreed to the
House amendments to the Senate bill in favor of
the International Industrial Exhibition.
| The SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE has
requested list of consular appointments from
the State Department. The object is to discover
how appointments are apportioned among the
various States, it being claimed that New York
has received the lions share.
THH HOUSE MILITARY COMMITTEE has au-
thorized bill to be reported providing artificial
limbs every five years, or an equivalent in mon
n mir xo;lo 4
out on account of being in battle or captured or
from other cause not growing out Of their own
fault.
The SENATE POSTAL COMMITTEE had under
consideration yesterday the proposition to abol-
lsh the "franking privilege" and it was found
the committee favors the apportionment of
ostalstamps among members Of Congress. The
subject is to be considered again after the House
disposes Of the bill pending.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS me-,
this morning and had under consideration the
subject OF compensation to members whose
seats are contested. The committee will mature
and report some plan by which uniform rule
may be established regulating the pay in such
cases.
SOME GOOD IN ALAsKA-Colonel Wicker, the
Special Treasury Agent for Alaska, has discov-
cred some good in that abused land. One hun
dred thousand seals have been taken on the
Islands Of st. Paul and st. George and he states
that If oIr laws were enforced it would Weld a
revenue to the Government of $500 900 per an
mum.
TELEGRANs were received here yesterday
morning from Freeport, H., announcing the
serious illness Of Gen. j. w. Shaffer, the newly-
appointed Governor of Utah. So alarming was
the tone of these advices that Col. w. F. Shat
fer, his brother, Immediately started for Free
port, but since then nothing has been heard of
the condition of the invalid.
LOUISVILLE CONVENTION DELEeArEs.-Tbe
committees Of the two members from each of
the States represented in the Louisville CONNER
cial Convention are beginning to assemble here
These from Georgia have arrived. Their object
is to urge upon Congress the propriety of assist
ing in the construction Of Pacific railroad on
or near the thirty-second parallel. in accordance
with the resolutions of the Memphis and Louis
vile Conventions.
THE SUNNY FACE of our old friend Prof Will
cox illumined The STAR establishment to-day
for the first time since his return from Europe.
The Professor told us a number of good things,
but at the same time placed the seal of secrecy
on our lips, so they must remain lost to the pub
lie, for the present at least. He is in excellent
health, but looks a little thinner than of old
from worry, we are afraid, at the bad way in
which woman suffrage matters have been man
aged during his absence. We call on him to
straighten things up.
INDIAN AFFAIRs.-Major General Ord, COM
manding the Department Of California, writes
to General Sherman in regard to outrages per-
trated upon the Indians by white vagabonds ON
the Plains, and traces to them much OF the
trouble that is experienced General Thomas
advocates the extension OF civil authority over
the Indians as the only means of protection for
them, and General Sherman makes an endorse
ment that 60 citizen may murder an Indian
with impunity, but If the Indian retaliates, war
results, and the United States must bear the
expense"
TREASURY EMPLOYEES NOT TO ACT AS
CLAIM AGENTs.-Mr Schurz introduced in the
Senate this morning bill to prevent persons
who have been officers or employees in the
Treasury Department from aiding the prose-
cution Of certain claims against the United
States. 1t provides that whoever having been
an officer, or clerk, or employe in the Treasury
Department, shall act as counsel, attorney, or
agent for prosecuting any claim against the
United States which was pending insaid Depart
ploye, or who shall in any manner, or by any
means aid in the prosecution of any such claim,
shall be punished by imprisonment not exceed
ing one year. or by fine not exceeding $1,000, or
both, as the court in its discretion shall de-
termine.
FRAUDS ON THE REvENUE.-The Internal
Revenue office is in receipt Of information from
Cincinnati which indicates frauds on the rev.
enue in that city nearly equal in extent to those
recently exposed in New Orleans and New York.
An investigation into the affairs of single man
ufacturing firm, heretofore considered in high
standing, shows that its profits during the year
amounted to nearly million of dollars, of which
income no return was made, and upon which no
tax has been paid.
A comparison of the quantities Of malt liquors
manufactured in that city returned for taxation,
and upon which the tax has been paid, with the
statistics or the chamber Of commerce showing
the amounts Of barley brought into and shipped
from the city, the quantities Of ale and beer
manufactured and consumed in and shipped
from the city, etc., etc., establishes the fact also
that but little more more thai half Of the enor-
nous quantity of liquors Of that class manufac-
tured in Cincinnati has paid the taxes required
by law.