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WEST v1W1fHfA.
Special D'srateh 10 Tat Chteaqo Tribune.
WARntNnroS, D. G., Dec. GA tispntch from
West Virginia stntes TINT. In tho triangular cor-
test fnr Senator from Tint 8tAtc to succeed
Hereford, tho chnnces botwoon Camtiet. who.
i,as mich Influence, Matthew'S, tho present 0ov-'
ornnr. Rn.l 1Iorof0rd, the sitting sonatoH, aro
about equal.
LANfEn.
]. Floyd King, Of Louisiana, hns finally hech
scryn1 With f0rnlnt notlcD OF contest III the Fifth
Louisiana ConRrceslonnieltstrlo By Lunicr. tho
present Deputy Collector Of 1ntcrnat Noscnuc,
Who has practically hccn driven frum tho parlsh
ly hulltoztng. I.Hnicr mikes very Startling
charges ngnfnst King, tho prlncpal ones Of which
hnyo been outlined.
1EN. IE puc,
Commissioner Of Agriculture, writes horn ti,at
he hns successfully cstah!tahcd ar experimental
tcr-fnrm nbout twenty miles from Charleston.
THE REDUCTION or TIE runtto pEnr ro1, ur.
CEMnEn
will he nhont f3G09,000. There hnyo boon very
hcary disbursements this month In all tho Dc.
partncnts Of tho Government, tho payments
OIL account nf pensions nono rcnohtnE Il, ,0oo.0 900.
at'nowEtlt.
An army officer, commenting on tho faot that
Gen. Mcdowell oasno from San Francisco to
New York to vote, say8: "Gcit. Mcdowell has
bcen rowartlctl Tor having como from tho Pacific
coast to Now York to voto for Garfield,
but his votc cost tho Government about 81,cO0.
Tic got IN order from tho War Department for
hsmaelf md Aidc-do- Camp to como Enst nntl,
tntor that order, both OF them drew tholr roy
unr tntlengo and allowances, amounting t,
about $1,.oo. THO record will show tho fact"
F1rzsIMMnHs.
Senators Till md brown, Of Georgia, and
Representative Alexander Stophtns huyc unit
ed to defend Eitzsluln,ons. tho present ex.Con-
fedcrato Murshnl Of TINT stato. ngn!ust tito uu-
favorable report mudc by tho Spoo.a1 Avo,1t who
has been Investigating him, These Gcorgla
Congrcssmeu say that tho Ghnrgcs
apntnst Fltzs!mnons nre malicious, aud tllut
thoy lavo poan Invented by n lot OF
reckless mon who woro appointed DEPUTY Mar.
shals. Tloso Conprcssn,cn, however, DO not OK.
plnln how It happcnc.l that Marshal FItzsitn-
mons should hnvo appointed ns Deputies what
thoy slpw cail IN reckless, had lot of men,"
Fttzsnimons ia charxed with being about s3OOO
In dofault.
THE Ex-cosvEpEnArE GENERAL 1onfso,
Until recently, TINS not been able to smother hIs
contempt for tho United States to such au ex-
tent TINT ho would co.,sent to roturn to this
country to 1.-Two. ia anothor candidate for Uultol
Statcs Senator from Flor!dn.
B1Lvgtl.
Treasury officials say that the demand for ell.
ver dollars ia not rs grcnt ns it was when tho
crnps wcro bctug moved, and that tho orofa trt,u
tho South and West, which wcre then very large,
nrc talling otf. Texaa led nil tho othor stutcs IN
catling for silver. Tho coin, they eny, Ia now
finding It's way back Into tho Treasury. nnd from
this tho uttcsnpt Ia made 10 arguo TINT silver Is
unpopular. Whatever may 10 sntl about tho
alleged ratrogrado movc,nnnt OF tho silver
dollars. 1t IL n fact that, while sliyor nny to
finding Its why back tuto tho Treasury, tho sil.
vcr certificates which rcprcsent them aro in
circulation,
THE NAVY.
Tho President hQs found so much difficulty ID
finding s,ltablp person TO not gs Secretary Of
the Navy for two months thut to hns partially
decided to request Eccrotnry rlntuscy 10 perform
tho duties OF both the Navy md War Denart-
n!ents until March l, and tn order to comply
Nth tho technical la1,gpnRo OF tho statute, viii
rccosnmisslon him sucrctnry Of tho Navy every
ten tlays.
cIlnlsr1aNoy,
Tho friends Of blr, ChrL.tInney nro yory posI-
two that tho testimony Of Elll Giro in New
York ycstorday and to-t]ay hos -hecn tn
Christtanoy's advantage, au.t agalust Mrs,
Chtlsttauoy. Mra. Cbratjanrv hnrse1f
Is not now In WushInutou. md
no statement directly from har cun
be ol1tAlnod, She hns RECENTLY snju to
frIontls hero, however, TINT. when Giro was nx.
amInel, 1t might 10 that Chrlsttancy's lawyers
would DO nb!o TO proyo that lle had rcneivod Iet-
tors from hor itn.o rim ,fIvnrcc snit houou h,+
sho sa,l tt,at mono Of her friends nccd four TINT
these lc{ters wouli tend to etow tint thoro wns
auy criminal int!.nury Lotwoan than: thot. NJ,
nm contrnrv aha on,l 3tr, ,vnrc ,,,oroI rrt,,I.
Tic l,at bep1, 1. fr1cnt, to her In south AmnrJcu