, 1881-05-22

AL the Five Per Cents Not Unlikely
to Be in by Monday =.
=, DULLNESS.
= THE ITEMS OF THE DAY..

WASHINGTON. D. c. May 2i.-Gen: Stephen A
Hurlbur expects to .sail for Peru July |. He hfs
been reluctant to accept the mission, but the
Administration is anxIo1is'to have him go there.
In the ntteInpt Of tho various Powers to destroy
| the Government Of: Peru, 1t will be found thar
the United Stntes, will be disposed TO lend q
helping hand to u friendly Power:
Z : SECRETARY LlScoLy
will leave for Fort LeayeuWorth Monday. =
! EX-SENATOR BRUCE, +"
tho new Register Of tho Treasury, complains
| that ho 1s already ovorrun with oilicescekcrs.
| lie has no Office to glve..~,,'' :.t
!: - THE PRESIDENT =.
| went to Mt. Vernon to-day, and, for the first
dnyght E fo ress deesotkers 9a seM lis
greatly needed it, MS the illness Of Mrs. Garhc!d,
together With tho cares Of the Presidential olco.
hasSs hayS srfsat'y worn pon him. He is IN excellent
There is no truth''id tho report that o4:eov:
s2p e. faag md
Engraving. .>.:.
- zJERE BLACK .::.<::. = r..
again turns bis face towards the winning side.
lie denies, with indigna ton, that he TOOK sides
one way. or. the ether In regard to Stanley
Matthews confirmation. He says his relations
with that gentlcnan aud his wife are so friend
paper rumor should have risked the iutarrup-
tion Of their pleasant feelings towards each
other ,
TIE FRIENDS OF WILLIAM E. CH ANDLEK
say, now that he has been defeated for tho
Solicitor Gencraship by Democratic votes, ho
VII usa t6Q fAcE Amongthe New Hampshire
ate, TO succeed Nr. Collins. J:
DR.. GEORGE 3. LoR1NG, -:s, /;
the new Commissioner Of Agriculture. IS recov- ::
ertng from the severe sprau OF his ankle which :;
from his buggy. 1i day yasterday I'd ~ eiters snd and
toni Commissioner of Agriculture poured in :
upon him from all parts of the country, and
many visitors called He says. there are many :
other matters in which he thinks his Uepnrt- /
being Given seat IL ihe cao,iaet which III list @ DC
considers comparatively unimportanr- >.
voted with tho Republicans yesterday in favor
Of confirming Chundler.
BENTLEY, .~::: F.. ::::* ::.:*
=, The various candidates for the position of
Commissioner OF Pensions hive con cluded that
there @ Is to 4 oo no Immediate change. Secretary
kfrkwood Is quoted As saying that he does not
expect change. Mr, Bentley has rendered very
efficient service. =.
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS ASD SENATOR 10
will probably leave for the West Monday Davis
will spend most Of u1e. summer on the Pacific
Coast, in a party with Justice Swayne, now re- i
tired from tho Supreme Bench. l
31Ks. GAEF1ELD's CONDITION..
WASHINGTON, L. C-. Any- -l.-MrS. Gnrneld'S
condition remains unchanged to-day. As. how
ever, this is I'M alternate day, upon which her
fever is expected to be higher. the attending
physicians consider her general improvement Us
q most hopeful symptom. -. :
INTEREST on RAILROAD BONDS.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has DIRECTED |
that the Interest on Pacific .Railrpud bonds ha |
hereafter paid BY checks from the Department |
instead of ON schedules Mt tho Sub Treasury Of
tees Ills heretofore. All registered interest paid
bJ tho Treasury will, therefore, hereafter bo |
paid by check. ~ ''~-.' |
TIE INVESTIGATION j.. i
Of the charges affecting the oiIclal integrity Of
Col. j. o. T. Burnside, disbursing officer Of the
Postohco Department, resulted In his complete !
Tho total exports Of brcadstuns for ten months
ended d APRIL Apt lssl. was s"@5 55sol; same period
At meeting this afternoon Of tho Spanish
lie ss case Of jose ii: Mae1as. a hafaralIzed
;itzep n. of the United States who eanso
,mount OF 2BO0,000. principal and Interest," FOR
osses caused by the seizure Of his plantation, |
near Matauzas; in 1862 His United States .citi
scnshtp was admitted, as were the general facts
If tho case, the plantation having hecu seized
1nder misapprchension MS to the ownership. |
The arbtrators having failed to agree upon the
Eho rendered a decision to-day, awarding the
claimant princjpul aud interest amounting to
;.s2,55,0o0 The letter Of Durcut upon naturallza-
&c submitted to Count Lowenhaupt Monday, J..
rhen it Is understood it will be made public.
DELEGATION FROM JERU5ALEM.
President Garfield received this morning |
Knight Tempar Communicates from BOSTON and j
10 greeted them cordially Us brethren. They
tere then shown through the White House. =: i