, 1881-11-12

now an agent OF the Connecticut society.
They claim that all moneys have been ju-
diciously expended. and that all statements
and reports put forward in the name of the
society are truthful and accurate- ~ +; -
--Surgeon-G General Barnes says that the
Medical Department. Of the army will mead,
S25oodo for the next fiscal year. ! Tile DEATHS
from all causes among the white troops dur;
Ing the fiscal year were 1871, or 0 to every
1000 men. Surgeon Barnes reuews his rec:
ommendation for 4 fircproof building for 4:
medical museum aud library, and quotes ex-:
President Hayes in support Of the recon-
mendati0n. >:-:-.:s~ =:
Lord Harrington, replying to a tleputa-
tion yesterday, said that the Government
| could not Immediately recommend the abo-
lltl0n OF tho Import duty on cotton goods
sent to India, but it was probable that the
tariff On gray goods would be removed. Hc
limited that the Government would soon be
compelled to prohibit the opium trade in
India OIL account Of the growing anti-opium
agitation.~ -
-Guiteau says that he is anxious that his
| trial shall be proceeded with, and that the
| case be disposed of, lie buses his hopes Of
! acquittal Oil the grounds that the court has
no jurisdiction; that the wound was not nee
esSarily fatal, death resulting from NAL
practice; .nnd that he is not legally RESPONSE
Bile, his act being the act Of God. He denies
that he is insane, or that any Of his relatives
have been insane
| Premier Sagasta boasted in the Span
| ISL Chamber of Deputies yesterday that no
European country enjoyed greater liberty
and order than Spain at the present time.
lie prefers the present Constitution to any
| previous one because it is more liberal in
the matter Of religious toleration. He wei
coined the adhesion of Martos and the
Alonarchical Democrats and announced
that the Cabinet was united on home and
foreign policies.
| THE celebrated Phillips South Park
condemnation case will have hearing in the
United States Supreme Court III few days.
| .Nlessrs. Melville W. Fuller, Z. C. 1ngersoll,
Robert Rae, William g. Goudy, Robert c.
! Schenck. and ex-Judge Williams are now in
| Washington attending to the case for the
various litigants. Atlidayits were filed yes
terday in which the names Of Paul Cornell,
Richard S. Thompson, and Thompson's
| partner, Leaning, figure rather conspieu-
| ously.
Bismarck threatens that the newly
elected Nelchstag will be dissolved if it re-
fuses tovote the necessary funds for the in
corporation Of Hamburg in the Zo!lverein.
The Cologne Gazette says Of Bismarck's
threat to resign that the Emperor will not
accept it Us far as the guidance Of the for
eign policy of Germany is concerned, but as
far as domestic and social policy it hopes
that ' i'll Gods namen the conduct Of it will
be intrusted to some less hasty and more
skillful hand. -. =.
The various departments at Washing
ton have completed the estimates for the
next fiscal year. Nearly every department
will ask for an Increase over the amount
voted last year. The Secretary of War will
ask for s., ,ooo, 600 on account of the increase
in the price OF supplies. The Interior De-
partment will ask for S100,000,000 for pel,-
sions. of which SG5, COO, 600 are for 81 accrued"
pensions; and the Navy Department will ask
for S31 600, 600 for new ships. Tie post-Of1ic
Department is nearly self-sustaini1g, and no
demands will be made on Congress for any
large appropriation.
Col. Cook, Of the prosecuting counsel
in the star-route cases, says that the defeat
Of Thursday does not mean that the star
route cases will be abandoned. Tn the con-
trary, he says the prosecution will be visor-
ously and zealously pushed. The cases will
be brought up in the Police Court in few
weeks, when it is expected that the ringsters
will be held to the next grand jury. Col. Cook
and his associates have no faith in the
present grand jury. 1t is reported that the
prosecution has obtained additional informa-
tlon and have learned that no evidence of
Importance will be barred out BY the statute
Of limitations.
Attorney General A1acVeagh had an
interview with the President yesterday.
4 fter the Interview he told a reporter that
Ills relations with Gen. Arthur were quite
cordial, and stated that the recently-pub-
lisIled stories about the Cabinet-sccne in
which he and the President were represented
to be the chief actors were pure fabricationS.
No such scene ever took place. lie says that
the abuse poured upon him by the star
route ringsters and their friends was what
lie expected from that quarter. He insists
on leaving the Cabinet, and says that the
star-routo prosecutions can be better coI-
ducteu by somebody else. !
The Irish landlords and their sympa-
thizers are howling against the decisions OF
the Land Court reducing rents, and the lantl-
lords are demanding compensation from the
Government Lord Portarlington, pro-
Catholic Peer, writes to the London Times
that if rents be reduced on old hereditary es-
tates, where the rents have not been reduced
for years, the cry of contiscation. will he
rightly raised. 4 Liberal member OF ParlIa-
ment, who voted for the Land bill, also
protests against the reductions. The reduc- ;.
tlons i'll the Monaghan and Limerick cases
have been appealed against The sub-com-
missions at Downpatrick has reduced tie
rents of sixteen tenants-in two cases over
50 per cent. In one case the existing rent
was confirmed.
Cen. .Dumont, Supervising Inspector
General of Steamboats,, in his annual report
recommends that the Board Of Supervising
Inspectors be abolished, and, instead thereof
that the Secretary Of the Treasury be e1n~