The New York herald., 1872-07-12
w A s II I N q TON .
WASHINGTON, July IL. 1872.

The National Military Asylums.
The National Military Asyums are ina nourishing
condition The amount received by the Board of
Managers from deserters' pay, in accordance with
an act of March o. 1885, down to the 3Oth of June,
1872, was nearly three million three hundred thou
sand dollars.
Important Concerning the Sucz Canal.
Commander Adams of the United States steamer
Iroquos, rn route for the Asatc squadron, reports
from the Gulf of Suez that he arrived at Port Said
on the morning OF the 25th of May, and after short
detention steamed through the Suez Canal in eight
cen hours. The greatest speed allowed by the
canal company is five and half knots per hour.
Commander Adams repOrts:-
From NV own observation, and from conversation
with reliable persons, ascertained the following
hss e o s IL esse eres oSsr eet a
and width of over fifty feet. But few
Tcnnes are at Sr and they are
up with sand from the desert The curves are
easily turned. and ship Of four hundred feet in
length, the English steamer Lord Clyde, passed
through few days ago without any detention or
accident Any ordinary steering ship can pass
used more frequently than 1t was last year; the
average number Of vessels for the present year Is
over one hundred month
The Cuban Fi1ibustcr To BE Held.
The State Department has to-day advised Secre-
tary Boutwell, to hold the alleged Cuban privateer
The action Of Captain David Ritchie commanding
the United States revenue cutter Moccasin, has
been approved for OBTAINING the Pioneer
The Chicago Custom House Plans.
The Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster
General and the Attorney General to-day examined
the plans prepared for the new Custom House
building in Chicago, and will tomorrow decide upon
their acceptance. Congress appropriated last win
ter $4,00o00o 81 200, 900 spent in buying real
estate This hardly leaves sufficient balance to
erect such building as Mr.. Muett has designed.
Postal Service Extension.
An extension of the postal service was ordered
to-day on the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad, between Conover and Decorah, Iowa.
Restoration of Rebel Property.
Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, to-day recov-
cred through the District Court small sum- the
amount claimed for property sold by the corpora.
tion Of Washington on account OF his dsloyalty.
Indian Affairs.
superintendent Hoag, Of the Central Superin-
tendency, comprising the Cheyennes Kiowas,
Arrapahoes Comanches, Caddos, Wachitas and
other Indians, reports to the Secretary OF the In
terror that all these tribes peaceable and con-
tnue friendly to the government, and that the de-
predatlOns which have been reported were com.
mitted by bands Of stragglers and have been
greatly exaggerated. Secretary Delano intends
gO seuu commissioner TO vSlt tneSe trtDcS
in the same manner that General Howard was sent
to Arizona.
The latter has received intelligence from Arizona
that Esklmenzin, the well-known Apache Chief
who was reported to have gone on the warpath re-
Gently, after making treaty with General Howard,
Is really peaceabe. and, In fact promptly reported
to the military authorities the unauthorized acts OF
five OF his band who recently LETT the reservation to
commit depredatons 1t Is reported by General
Howard that Eskmenzin expressed desire to
come on to Washington, but finally sent Santo in
his place, for the reason that he could more efl.
cienty control the unruly members of his tribe by
remaining with them.
Fourth Virginia Congressional District
Nomination.
telegram received In this city says that Mr.. W.
H. II. Stowell was nominated for Congress by the
regular convention OF the Fourth district at Farm.
vile, Va, yesterday. Porter is an independent
candidate having bolted when he found the Con.
vention Overwhelmingly opposed to him.