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scene Of his futurp diplomatic tr!umphs. Mrs.
Chrstiahcy will aeeomnany her husbunl.

Chr'sttancy will aeomnany her husbund.
uNCLx pIcK oGLEspr,
~ he Is generally called by his brother Senators,
6tat'tiS fair chance Of receiving tic appoint.
Ss sd Of 'ss Il fees S fS snrx III ,q sS ae,eg
there. uncln Dick Will be missed iu tho Senate
wllsfe he Is a general tnvoritc, ausl wl,ern l,tt
atla'nt "reminiscences and humorous storica Ut
hates One Of Ills best stories ID tint chapter OF
is military exncs!enco III tho last War, wlen he
t'ati g0ne 70 Cairo in comnlnnI of Tho Eighth
Illinois Regiment, ntAl becarns " seniority COM
rather shaboiEy drcsscd, camc to hcadquurters
With cnm;,anion. who introduced him IA Gen.
f'rnnt.. Ogfcshy dttl not catch tho tile, but
recognized In t!,c ;ahahhy little fellow Cant,
aptingfIcld. acting as Military Secretary. Grant.
without ceremony, sat down at shc table, asked
Tor sheet of paper, and began writing. Oelcs-
hY ll!ougllt linn rnther prchutnIng, hut Was
written. ltwas an orier Relieving Col. OelcsbYot
thu coIi1nlaIM Ut The post, anil placing Gen.
,Stcclcr1and IN command. signed U. s. Grant,
Iirira'iler,tisnera!;; Z Qecsb{, who had sccl
thu Mexican War wearing tho Insignia of their
rank, could not easily believe that he was ont
ranked BY an,l unler tho orders OF tho shabby
little titan In cits:ers dress before MIN.
THE FtHE-ANr COMMISSION
ls now being considered BY tho Congressional
Committees On ,he Library Mrs. Fnssett's
c!'angcs of selling her great historical pict,lru Of
tie ELECTORAL Commission TO the Government
a,e Eood. she ',as been busy during tho RECESS
room Witch site haa 50 .ruthfulIy portrayed,
am! general !ntcres. IL taken III her SUCCESS.
Miss sansom fms fallen on the uskn. price py
ler ~ Mf.llt-iength portrait Of Ucn. Thomas from
s@)000 to S5,0oo. hut the Committee cyittenflv
pieturs oi HYankee Doodle ~ ns is: bseu bronehs
y tue Corcoran AZ Gallery, in the hope t1at
Congress will buy 1t. AckeTman, New York
ster, douglas. and Fesscnden which m ho hopes pe
to disnose nf for $4,0oo. II ho eau gc. s4oo ho
will be- we'll paid.
THE LoBnfEs.
As the close OF the session approaches, tile
sired legslatfon. Ex-Hov. Ramsay tnarshals
the Northern Pacific cohoft; E1-dov Brown
flu southefn ractt!c; Huntington the Central
lncttic;> Raymond tie revision Of the Patent
Co9mpany; Dick sspol1ord tho War premium
Alabama claims; Alc{iarrahan the Nuw tdrta
quicksilver mine clatlns; III short, there arc at
lcast hundred smart, kcen men here. each ono
hlll boioro Congress. Then there are lclega-
tions from, oil oycr tlse country, asking appro-
priatfons for public buildings, the Improvement
Of rivers and lfarbora, lcvccs on tho Mississippi.
work has been that OF tic tobacco manulact,,r.
ers, who have accomplished their chd, and
Secured tho reductions Of duty which they
ctAmea.
ONE UHMrT1uATRD HuMnuG
has hccu tho closing Of "tlle Centennial safe"
This has been for sunni vclrs past tlle occupa-
tfon of o po,t1y daHle who l,as importuncd oiil-
Gals Tor hlcir portraits and autographs to de-
uosis In safe, wllilo sho has permitted indlYitt-
uas to recorl their signatures for postot1ty for
pecualary consideration. Having 1T last closed
hcr safe. thu next piece o, The programme ts tc
nsli Congress- for IN appropriation TO defray tli6
expenses. 4 more useless affair Than this cam
not well be tH,agined; yet she has obtatned con-
siderable sums from the ambitious.
UEN. snIELD5
went over to Baltimore mud addressed the Meg.
iran Veterans on tho I'd, ind on tlu 4th u
Alarch he Is to address tho Irish Americans o.
ttls city, WHO will then celebrate the alnlrer
taFy Of the death OF Robert Emmct. THIS o!t-
vttcrau is In excellent health ami spirits.-s
Senator VITO has represented three Htatcs 10 tile
SENATE, - soldier who las fought III three wars
THE p1NE DEPARTMENT
wns reviewed IN front Of the Capitol on tho eel
und moved with the prcrAtul, H,ll celebrity u {
battcry 1t light artillery. Tile column, com
posed al ok steam tlrc.r1!Gincs ullt1 two hook
and-audcr trucks, performed n variety vi pvoll.
tions. uutl WIS then reviewed by the Con,nlttco
Of Congress on thu District of C0luubIn. 1t
was att Imposing epcctaele KAcoaTErR.