, 1872-10-30
Increased Cost Of the Post Office
Department This Year. : :
The German Convict Nuisance
in the State De-
partment.
Corcoran's Princely Gift to Colum-
bian College.

nrrS1srEn wasHnnRyr.
Sne~;o7 Doo1o,rh u ~. f7b;,oao 7.r;,,,o.
w.o>1no.r ,,. ,p,s' 49,. ~ 90 10 e"yu Ta o. a.''. T1;t
.,,'. "H1alNoioN. Nv: @-1Ae hon' nnnu D.
Washburne arrived from New York this morn
ing, and went direct,to the White House, where
he WAS engaged nearly all iIav with the preaf-
dent and a few nrorn;nont of;o;a1s ,vho oa11aa
,7non liz, n,,,;Io. 49, o..oso.s - .x
.2 upon - him, Dartns Inc afternoon ne Grove ons
Miller, of the Supreme Court, and q lengthy con-
yersation took place. Mr.. Washbnrna 1eft thia
av,n;n,, ~ Ga1a,a ~ ,.;11 ,ot-,-, ,r;tt,;:,
le-. ~. s4~'o, .1o - .1r "ts4't- :"
s'lor' 'l1e anu stay several Gays IN tne c1tg. ne
Mr. Fish as Secretary OF State.
The oaaa ~ Tho ha;rs ,dr@~ - A1ho-+ nr a;h.,
10 .a19 " :uo none ~ 1Alp01e IL .1ihen'
1~ne[ on inc
and Confederate Governments usually took place
during the war. ia before tha sontharn cla;na
ro,,eaa;o,, Ta ,o;-a - 49,, s1a.e oeE ~
oo001on' 1oo :, noue VI a.As1 o1ain1 @o''o.''
United States. Two. Witnesses, neighbo1s Of
Aiken, to-day testified that he Was an active and
bitter Confederate, Lorenzo Thomas, late Ad-
jutant General Of the Army, and General John
E. MnIford on the Other hand. .testi-
whose intimate acquaintance they made while
engaged in the exchange of prisoners, was q
Unio2 man. The Commfssioners haYe decided
that they cannot reopen any case reported to
Congress- as disallowed and hear additional tes-
timony in support, except upon the discovery Of
new and material evidence not known or obtain
able at the time of The oripinal hearing.
TIE CABINET.
Only two out of the seven Cabinet officers are
in the city, the five being engaged in trying to
petnaT IN oee ea ~s is
Gabinat da7. Messrn Fish and BeIknap nro-
ceeded to The White House with great dignity.
and it il presumed they did what vas neceseary
to keep the Government running. The other
Departmentg we're represented by subordinateg.
and vet the Star says that the Cabinet met at
noon to-day,
POST OFFICE EXPENSES,
The report Of tie Sixth Auditor vag finished
to-day, and submitted to the Postmaster Cen
eral. From it, it il ascertained that the total
axnensee far the nast fsca1 vear s1ieht-
~ a~oaa5ad soe hnn nm o'SA ~ 5o"A ;,arsaaa
ore oyer the previous year of g, $500
alleged, to additional railroad service, the cost
nm fTha ravanuea NJ thn offica wara alsn n
creaaad a. mn mn After f1e1not;no a1l a~nan-
9;tase 2Guooottg1. t;1. xatet aeouo1nE 81 eApgu
oitafes there Sun remains a.. q ealance aa 10 the
credit OF the Department Of $300,0 ,00o. The esti-
mates ,t ot appropriations TOR the next fca? year
pected that the reyenues proper will be in
eera.eo3 ~ tba .o,,e ,,rono1,;aa "NNN ~ -
THE GERMAN CONVICT NUISANCE.
Inc tresloenI staled To-Day, n reference to
the action Of the Dnchy Of Meeklenburg in
eu1igTating to the United States. that. go far
from being idle in the premises. the State De-
a+,ron+ Saa ~ sor,a ~, beo aor;,,s1 n.-s1 -,
paftment 9as lor some t1me neen carrying On
tt;a h,'sa ~ r.. 'n1 ~
~ ta .en.: nouao 0o1uIuS ea5o ,.o1t tn1t
- laoaxon "a VIZ :AAe9y IS
" +ta = anaSt - n ranot;t;on ~ 10 M leG[seo tnas 1s
D4ag o.1;s, y" u Nv ~. 9or
dad u VIII 10 aiReu 70 st ahe - ue- e
T1.;tad atatas S0 "s "t10' ~ ~ De"AA " 'n0
oH4'eo o.1.es, D.. - o, o,
ror U ouA n oihar sansar M,o s
-: eoAie teaeou pt utuet esnato1 uat1aA u
~ mot11us W atettu ssate " eAcltenelt over
~ foiio.. e!'uIao 1;i = 1{ u1 uouo7-!es
tne 1otlo"lng, ~nlc9 is placea 81 the heaa OF the
GU t. "a .a4 a1ain eualuo q, y nla pnpol
nene1e Gab % the resss w
states and who fight it's battles at the safe dstance
which the places between its shores and the City
Of NeW 1ork are again making their appearance. The
~ piess M Is ,enaing ts columns to patriots who
We believe to be Trustworthy tosdn 1tn IT, On wnas
plan has been devised Arrangemeuts ara sS;no ~ tn
send to tho Isle Of Cuba Tor perhana e bns
already been done) one OF more Americans Of unque
o. c %no are 10 e asG e % to be
~ Tannta aTa ~ he sant ~ ~ @
stStea y Iosshe IN tbs eve Of hc eecon 0 ~ 1'
duce an excitement On which to appeal to the sympa
fhie and to the feelings Of our people, and in
denunciauon Of the Government That such plan is
IN anticipation, We nave good reason to believe The
m pupo nay w sp v neae VI 1ene"eo oo11a8es
on "ius1ac'A1' e'1tae4s. t,1s:
EhaoEn1 h1"Aa2.
!ne marrow escape OF ftesloent Grant from
seIlols in1uly, mug a1l'lne nis iractious colts
1ne otn9r uAy, anu "nlcn "as 10 lnene1oneo n these
tha 4nI =. tuq ~ ~ 1eemS 1o ma5 G"g 10
saasea earar nns"1oe -. &
~ aa1eu Governor DouG4hss, WHO a11esteo the
a19At VI tne 1eaA, a1u a1ueo a1H IACe1ency TO
GET out OF the buggy. 1t la now stated by the
A. ADMINISTRATION organs that the President has
hnera4y rewarded douglass ny presenting him
With handsome amount OF money.
MAas1F1cEaf DONATION.
". Y. Corcoran, whose magnificent charities
nave Already enr1ched the pubic institutions OF
tu4o c41J to tne 6Ate1t VI oue ml1on Qo1af6, now
3 ann nonnces me g1t Of valnabie tract OF land
ZOE tne oenent n OF Colump!an GoHege. !ne tract
3ons1st6 OF LOU acre8. IL Is valued at S2oo,0UO.
,u 1NoREAsE 2 N FOREIGN MAILS.
Ihe Fos1mastef ttenefai reports remarkable
4c1eAao u tuo 1ole1en 1ua!ls 1of tne year JUST
= :iosea* Ihe percentage OF increase IS greater
man TOT any osher year III toe history OF the
postal service.
laAt LAsn offlcE nEfoHT.
:, 14e 9nly ieaIases " n;etese 70 a Gne Hest IN