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WASHINGTON, February 6.-lnternal
Revenue Detective Carolan reports to
Commissioner Delano, under date Of
Augusta, January 31st, q very success
full raid in the Fourth District OF Geor-
ola, In which Is Illicit stills were cap
tured, and a number Of men engaged
in running them. The distance tray-
eled was over 700 miles.
CHIeAao, February "a Washing.
ton special says the President Is decld-
eddy opposed to appointing a man
from the Southern Circuit to the SUI
preme Bench, and so Is Attorney Gem
eral Hoar. They declare all those
named unfit. An effort Is made to Sc
cure the appointment Of Jas. d. Will
son, of Iowa.
In the month ofsJanuary the Post
office In Washington sent over 237, 900
franked letters, at a. cost of about
$4,000; and IN hundred tons Of
printed matter, ut a cost of $3S,00
WASHINGTON, February 5.-The
House met for discussion, with about
thirty members present. Mr.. Sargent
made a speech v~indicating a remark
Of his In o recent discussion on the
general disloyalty Of the Democratic
party.
The other speakers were Mr.. Pack
ard. Of Indiana. OIL Che support Of the
policy of the Republican party; MIR.
Sheldon, of Louisiana. OH finance; MIR.
Raynor on the abolition of the frank
ing privilege; Mr.. Biggs on general
politics; Mr.. Lawrence on the mode
of paylng the pensions.
Adjourned.
WAsuuNGToN, February 5.-Thc
President will, on Monday next, issue
a proclamation to mtify the treaty be-
tween the United States and China,
and giving the full text Of the same.
The House Naval Committee hope
to be able to agree OH a measure salts
factory to both the staff and line Of
ticers of the Navy. They IRE opposed
to the bill proposed by Secretary
Robson. Neither staff nor line will
get all they demand.
Brigadicr General B. ID. McKinny;
unattached, is detailed for recruiting
service and ordered to report to General
Hoffman, superintendent Of recruiting
In st. Louis, for assignment.
The following officers, unattached,
are relieved from duty as Indian
Agents, and ordered to proceed home
ward to await orders: Major j. A.
IIern. Captains W. II. Merrill and 0.
c. Knapp, First Lieutenant j. X.
Stiles.
The following are detailed from
duty as Indian Agents and ordered to
report to Commissioner Parker for as-
signment: Captain ID. NJ. Sells, First
Lieutenant NJ. II. Bourne.
There Is 10 doubt that Minister
Hugh Ewing will be recalled from the
Hague: His friends have ceased their
efforts for his detention.
Representative IIOag, Of Toledo,
died tonight at nine o'clock, of pneu-
monia.
Runner OF m Attack to b. Made on Prince
Arthur.
New York, February ga rumor
reached the police last night that m
attempt would he made on the life of
Prince Arthur. An officer was detailed
to watch the Princes party, and rs
they proceeded from the Brevoort
House to the residence of Judge
StoughtOn, corner Of Fifth avenue and
Seventeenth street, a party of ruifians,
stationed near the Brevoort House,
approached the officer, drew revolvers
and told him to leave; the officer got
reinforcements, returned and attacked
the ruffians, and after q severe fight,
arrested William Murphy, Pat Null
hide, Charles Gardiner, John Tough
and Michael McNulty. Tough is an
Englishman; Gardiner Is a native.
The party refused to make any ex-
PLANTATION of their conduct. They were
arraigned in the Police Court this
morning, oil a charge of assaulting
officers; there not being sufficient
proof to establish q design OH the
Princes life, they were committed.
NEW YORK., February g. Prince
Arthur left this afternoon for Boston,
to attend the Peabody obsequies OH
Tuesday. There Is no more truth IN
the report Of an attempt to assassinate
the Prince than in the rumor that such
thing was intended. Several arrests
have been made. The Princes friends
deny the correctness of the story. The
men under arrest profess to know
nothing of 1t, and the belief Is general
that it Is q hoax.
A large quantity Of spirits was
to-day In the r~ectifying estab-
lishment Of Trott and Kearney, for
alleged violations of the revenue law.
An explosion occurred yesterday in
the dye house Of the New York Dyeing
and Printing Establishment, OH Staten
Island. Four of the employees were
burned. The loss is slight.
The following were chosen Directors
Of Wells, Fargo q Co.'S Express:
Leland Stanford, Lloyd Tevis, NJ. s.
Latham, ID. o.. Mills, e. P. Hunting
ton, w. G. Fargo. A. II. Barney, j. 6.
Fargo and B. P. Cheney.