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MI. FOsier, -Amerlcan Minister 10 Mexico
has been summoned home 20 testify bsidr,
the Congressional Investigating Complies
in fegaFd 10 our difieuIties with that iia-
ton. .i-iuuHrQ l.g ~ 3lEs ldi i.Il.
Hon. Simon Cameron has settled the
Widow divers acknowledgements suit by
paying her 5 200. II, ifts,;l iir,r,,s ..,l.f.
The.silyer wedding Of the President and
Mrs. Hayes was celebrated at Che White
House on the, evening OF The 3lst ult II
was a quiet and sociatieaifafr, those present
being mostly the relatives ana old friends OF
the family. i,iH ~ .i5d1Gin 1lf ni -iHu
The President and~ Nrs~Hayes received
New YEARS. callers AZ the White House.
During the forenoon the Diplomatic corps,
members Of the Cabinet and OF Congress,
officers Of the Army and Navy, etc. etc,
paid their respects in aceordance with the
official schedule, and from 10 O'Clock the
general public were admitted.
L. S. Grant, ,,jr., has fedn' APPOINTED is
sistant United States District Attorney AZ
New York. as~ evoh s9yUIgml 1idEii.
A commission composed Of two army eai-
GERS designated by the President and third
member to be selected, by Coy. Hubbard, Of
Texas, is to investigate the affair at San Eli
carlo, with power to summon witnesses. and
take testimony as 10 the part borne in that
bloody business by citizens Of Mexico.
The Washington Post and Herald, both
Democratic papers. say thatall the Demo-
cratic Senators, with the possible exception
OF Eaton, will hereafter vote for the con-
firmation OF such appointments as may be
sent TO the Senate by President HAYES, an
less the nominee should be personally OBJ
jectionabe.
The public debt statement for December
shows a decline in the debt for the month Of
81 ga, and the following balances in u
Treasury: Currency, s., 49S,s 44: special
funds for redemption OF fractional curren-
cy, Slo0, 900; special deposits Of legal tenders
for redemption Of certificates of deposit,
S32S,3 800; coin, Sl39, 5ls, 495, including coin
certificates Of S3S,424,9O0; outstanding legal
tenders, S349, 943, 77e. -... i#I a l
A new Pacific Railroad bin viii bepre-
scented to Congress at an early day. The
eastern terminus is 10 be at Memphis, tbere-
by forming a connection with the present
railroad facilities to all points north, east
and southwesteIly. The proposed route Is
from jefferson, Texas, by the international
and Great Northern Railroad TO san
Antonio, thence in northwesterly
direction to FL Paso and Del Norte, to
connect with any road or roads to the Paci-
fic Ocean, now or hereafter to be built, thus
affording communication with various mill
tary posts on these lines and the Valley of
the Rio Grande. The projectors Of the road
ask for $4,000, 900, all to be refunded to the
av,F H.,
earned by the transportation Of mails and
Government supplies. ~ ..-..-. .... ..r.
Senator PattersOn's resignation is spoken
Of as decided upon by Washington corre-
spondents.
The contested election case in the House
from the Fourth California District has
been decided by the committee in favor OF
Wigginton, Democrat, on the ground of
illegal votes cast for Pacheco.
1t is reported that a bill is now in course
of preparation, providing for the issue by the
Government Of bond OF low denomination
for the purpose Of funding the public debt.
The idea is to adopt, as near as possible, the
French system, and make the denomination
of the bond as low as s., in order to bring it
within the reach Of small depoSitors i'm saw
ings-banks.
The name Of Gen. Badeau, Consul Gen
eral at London, has been dropped from the
Army Register, in conformity with an act
passed in 1868, applicable to officers Of the
Army who assume the duties Of civil offices.
The Secretary of the Interior has dismissed
from Office Chief Clerk GaIpin, Of the Indian
Bureau, for dereliction Of duty. .ta
The report to the Secretary Of the Interior
Of the Board Of Inquiry appointed to inves-
tigate the Indian service shows a very lax
state OF official morals and discipline pre-
vailing in that bureau, the responsibility
for which seems TO he divided between the
late Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, the
Chief Clerk, Correspondence Clerk, Annuity
Clerk, and Stenographer. The present SUI
perinteRdent is also found to be an ineom-
petent and inetiic lent officer. The COM
mittee severely denounce the ex-
listing system Of Indian Agen-
cies and post-traderships, and say:
The business, as at present instituted, con-
Quoted and continued, is simply license 10
an agent and his proxy TO cheat and swindle
the Indians in the name of the United States
Of America. Evidences have been numerous
of the accumulation OF fortunes by persons
in that service upon salaries that would
barely provide for the necesssries Of life.
That this has been true is a serious refec-
ton upon the former administration Of the
service and reproaeh to the whole nation"
The Secretary of War has designated Col
Jno. II. King, 9th Infantry, and Lieutenant
Col. VIM. II. Young, 18th In fantry, as two
officers to serve with citizens OF Texas APP
pointed by Gov. Hubbard TO Investigate the
FL Paso disturbances. -.a
Col W. r. Shafter, commanding the dis
trict of Nueces, Texas, was examined on the
18th by the House sub Committee on Military
Affairs, concerning the condition of things
along the Rio Grande. He testified that six
or seven persons were murdered by Indian
and Mexican raiders in 1877, and said the
number of raids was much smaller
during the past two years than previously. (
The object of these iRoarsi0ns was plumber.
not to make war. In his expeditions into
Mexico he had always been treated with 1
great cordially by Mexican officers and re-
spectacle citizehs of the frontier towns, and /
the Mexican troops expressed strong desire .
to put a stop to disturbances which produce (
so much hard feeling on both sides Of the /
river, and had, on two or three occasions,
started in pursuit of raiders, but their move
ments were SO taTIy that-they were not at [
tended with success.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
G. W. Gustin and w. II. Dessin, two
young lawyers OF Macon, Ga, fought duel
with pistols on the 9th. Both missed.
George B. Bigelow, prominent Boston
lawyer, is. chaEge6- with eTnbeszling - 0tesi
70 arust estate. 4Ie has given
bail for SSas9oe. 3. A. A. ~ S@Af
John Bonner d Co., a well known firm Of
New York brokers, failed on the 21st, with
liabilities amounting to some S4eO,peg;no
assets. The suspension also brought down
the Bankers and Brokers' Association, with
which they had large dealings. .aQoAIOF
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