The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-07-08
VERY LATEST NEWS.
A Record of Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

THE report and recommendations of the
Judge advocate general in the Whitaker
case are now being copied, preparatory to
submission tothe secretary of war.
TIE citizens of Washington who had
subscribed a considerable sum to fire a
saluse over Grants nomination., declined
to have it used for salute after Grant
was defeated
\ NEW post office was established, on the
24th inst, at Hickory, Oconto county,
Wis, and G. II. Treacartin was appointed
postmaster.
A DISPATCH has been received at the war
department stating that the expedition of
the filibuster, Marquee, who was moving
upon Condor, Sonora, has been abandoned
and that the men have sold their horses
arms and clothing, and are making their
way to their homes.
OWING to the great inconvenience that
would follow, the controller of the curren-
cy has decided not to withdraw all the
800 national bank notes, in consequence
of the counteiting of this denomination,
but gives notice that no person should re-
ceive any notes of this size on banks, the
notes of which have been counterfeited.
These banks are: the National Revere
bank, of Boston; the Pittsburg National
bank; the Mechanics National bank, of
New Bedford, Mass. the Pittsield Nation
al bank, of Massachusetts, and the Nation
al Exchange bank, of Baltimore.
SECRETARY OF WAR RAMSEY does not at
tach much Importance to Mexico's refusal
to let General Hatch cross her frontier in
pursuit of Victoria. He thinks the latter
will soon grow hungry and tired in the
land of the Greaser, and return to fight the
troops or to surrender, as may best suit"him,
within few months. Should damage re-
suit from any further raiding after the
hostiles recross, the secretay is of opinion
that Mexico vii! be held responsible for
damages.
GEN. SHERMAN has received large
number of applications from army officers
who desire the place on his staff made va
cant by the death of Col. Audenreid. Be-
fore leaving for St. Paul Gen. Sherman de-
cided to detail no officer to the vacant
clerkship, but, instead, he transferred the
work of the late Col. Audenreid to Gen.
Poe, another member of the staff. Gen.
Sherman now has three officers on his
staff.
SECRETARY RAMSEY says he has not ex-
amined the Whitaker case, and will not
until after the Judge Advocate General re-
views the papers and makes some recon-
mendations. 1t is, Of course, possible that
the finding of the court of Inquiry may be
set aside, as well as the recommendation
that Whitaker be dropped from the roll
of the academy for failing to reach the
minimum standard in certain studies.
Secretary Ramsey says he does not intend
to give any attention to the case until his
return from Minnesota.
JUDGE KEY has not received any in
formation as to when his successor Post
master General Maynard, will arrive, and
cannot, therefore, say when he will resi- gn
the post Office portfolio. The president has
not yet commissioned Judge Key as United
States Judge for the eastern district of Ten
nessee and probably will not do so until it
is positively known when Mr.. Maynard
will arrive. Under the law, none of the
assistant postmaster generals could act as
head of the department for longer period
than ten days, and if Judge Key should
leave the department now it might en-
barrass the president and necessitate the
assignment of the other cabinet officers to
act as postmaster general.
\ PROPOSITION is pending between the
postoffice department and the managers of
the PENNSYLVANIA road for fast mail
train to Chicago Superintendent Thomp-
son, of the railway mail service, says he
hopes the negotiations will be satisfactor-
lily concluded in short time. Railway
managers are now considering whether
they can afford to accept the government
proposition or not A meeting of man.
ayers of several southern railroads was
held not long since for the purpose of
negotiating with Superintendent Thomp-
son in regard to establishing two fast mail
routes to New Orleans and Jacksonville,
Fla.