The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-20
LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPE

AAB LIS seat IN the senate.
a MOVEMENT is now IN progress to es-
tablish new Democratic organ at
Washington. D. c., to be called The
Federal Democrat.
The estimates of appropriations for
the next fiscal year are now completed.
Those for the Navy Department are
smaller than last year, as are also those
Of the Indian Bureau, which are cut
down from fourth to half million
dollars. But there is a slight increase
Of money in the Legislative, Judicial,
and Executive Appropriation bill rem
dered necessary by the increase in tAe
number of members of the House o
Representatives. under the new Appro- |
priationment act, and the enlargement |
of the number of cadet appointments in
the military and naval academies. All |
things considered, the aggregate of the |
appropriation will be the same as here
tofore. The Committee on Appropria-
ton are disposed to keep all of them
within the estimates.
THERE are now before the Commits
sioner of Patents several hundred appli-
cations for the extension of patents on
file, and both he and his assistant will
be engaged in hearing arguments from
counsel, pro and con, for several
months, IN order to lessen the work,
and during this time patents will con
tinually be expiring, and new applica-
tions are received daily for hearings for
o-rAa,o;o,,e FTIJ,o $780,, -, <,e Al -:
ness exceeds the most sanguine anticipa-
tions of the founders of the American
system. Many of these patents which
are expiring are of great value, and
persons who are working under them,
paying a royalty, contend strongly
against this extension in many instances,
preferring to have them become public
property.
THE Commissioners to invest the out
RACES on the Rio Grande border have
completed their report, which is very
long. They spent two hours with the
President discussing the subject on
Saturday. The Commissioners confined
their Investigations to a distance of 500
miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande
to Rio Grande City, and estimate that
the Americans included within that
limit have, by Mexican raids, suffered
to the extent of 1000, 600, to say no
thing of the murders committed by
Mexicans. They think that if they
had continued their Investigations as far
as FL Paso it would have been discover
ed that the total losses, including those
caused by Indian raids, would have
amounted to $4,000 600. They urge
protection to the people on the border
by an increase of cavalry, and think
that otherwise a predatory war will re-
suit. The appropriation for the Com
mission is exhausted, but a new one
will be made to continue the Commits
sion in the prosecution of further inves-
LEGATIONS. There is no doubt the Presi-
dent viii urge upon Congress prompt
Legislation in the premises.
THE Washington Star makes the fol
lowing statements as to the manner in
which the President prepares his mes
snge, The President, in preparing
his annual message to Congress, usually
commences about ten days before the
opening of the session, and devotes two
hours each day, in the forenoon, to the
work He writes rapidly, and with nc
reference to notes, further than to re-
fresh his memory, as to subjects which
he proposes to write about Devotins
two, hours each day to it, he usually
completes it in about four days, or eigh
hours work. He examines thorough,
the various departmental reports, sta
tistics included, before he begins work
and carefully stores his mind with tn
contents. After he prepares the docu
ment he reads it to the cabinet, and re
quests the members to make sach sug
gestions as they desire concerning thei
respective departments. If such sug
gestions meet his approval they are in
corporated in the message, and the doc
ument is then handed to Messrs. Lucke,
and Snifen, who prepare two perfec
copies for the Senate and House, afte
which they manifold six or eight copie
for the press"
LATE Washington dispatch state
that considerable stir was caused i
w bSA4IiSGOA nAAAAJt1J CIRCLES, Dy the re
turn of Secretary Belknap and the ar
pointment of Gen. Mcdowell, to til
Maior-G eneralship made vacant recent
" by the death of General Meade
Gen. Mcdowell, it viii be remembered
headed the list of Brigadiers, and hi
promotion is, therefore, what woul
naturally have been expected had it no
been supposed that the special favor i
which certain other officers are he'll
would further their chances. Gen
Mcdowell will take command of tn
Department of the South, and Gen
Hancock, now the senior Major General
will be assigned to the command of tn
Military Division of the Atlantic latel
held by Gen. Meade. General Hancocl
has been for several years in comman,
of the Department of Dakota, witt
headquarters at ST. Paul, Mimi, an,
this fact has sometimes been mentione,
in connection with the charge that tn
President kept him in the far West O,
account of personal feeling against him
Lately it has been reported that Gen
Grant would cause the Department of tn
Atlantic to be abolished rather than tina
Gen. Hancock should go to Philadelphi
or New York. His assignment to tina
command, of course, ehectually dispose
of that story The only other chang
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