The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-17
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

FRANK HETroN, Of Iowa, First Assistant
Postmaster General has arrived In Washington
for the winter.
THE disbursements of the ouartermaste,
Generals Department for the last fiscal year
wore 81, 705, ,296 less than the appropriation,
Sf3,857, 1877.
JoHN G. NEW, Of Indiana, it is stated on good
authority, viii be recognized by the present
administration. BE will probably be appointed
Minister to Russia.
1t Is stated that Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin.
has been selected for Attorney General al.
though he has not yet been formally offered
the place.
ATTENTION having been called to alleged
adulteration of beer in New York City, Com
missioner Raum says he intends to cause a
general examination to be made of the ma
terials used in its manufacture all over the
country.
The annual report of the Secretary of the
Treasury will this year be made up by two Sec
resaries. Secretary Window will make up the
tlens to Congress will be written by Judge
Felger. -z5 :.
ALI the personal effects of Mrs. Garfield
slowed in the East Room of the White House
we're last week shipped to her at Cleveland,
O-,io. They included all the books, pictures,
household decorations, etc., brought to- the
Waite House by General Garfield, and pur-
chased by him while there.
The bonded Pacific railroads earned during
tho year for military transportation 1886, ,63S-
withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, to
be applied to the liquidation of their indebted
rates service rendered the War Department by
the railroads during the year, q, ,S07, $50.
]. A. GoAI.DER, who was short time ago
appointed o Postmaster at Shackelforda, King
and Queen County, Virginia, has returned his
commission to the Department, and declined
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Of Shackelfords we're "Funders," and as he
wss Readjuster, they would not let him have
y house to opensthe mail in.
Bon INaERsoLL's argument in defense of the
Star Reuters contained more of anecdote than
authority, more oratorical pyrotechnics than
legal principles and precedents, and while it
pleased the audience by ludicrous illustrations,
fell with less weight on the judge than the eff
fort OF JEFF Chandler, of st. Louis, whose ad-
dress was rich in legal erudition.
THERE is something of a rumpus in the War
Department, owing to the publication of the
reports OF several Chiefs of Bureaus before the
report Of the Secretary of War has been pre-
pared. Secretary Lincoln feels that his dignity
has been hurt by being thus ignored by
hiH subordinates, and he has issued q circu-
lar to the Chiefs of Bureaus, forbidding them
heseafter to give ont their reports to the press.
ACCOUNTS show that there are about 80. OOo.-
600 of Confederate bonds now in the United
States Treasury. These bonds were captured
at different times and places during the rebel
lion, and are all duly signed and in proper
shape, precisely as the bonds that are now be-
ing sold. There is no intention to sell them,
nos indeed could this be done, perhaps with
ont authority Of Congress.
GENERAL b. G. WRIGHT, Chief of Engineers
of the United States Army, has submitted his
annual report to the Secretary Of War Dur
ing the past fiscal year work upon the sea
coast defences has been limited in accordance
with the terms of the act of March 8, 1881. to
their protection, preservation and repair. He
calls attention to the Importance of early and
reasonable expenditures on the sea coast de-
fences.
TIE following is the worst fling at General
LIE Due we have seen,. and is enough to make
him feel very bad. Says Washington CORE
spondent: "It is announced here that as the
final results of General LIE Dues experiment
IN the manufacture Of sorghum at the United
States Sugar Mill In this city, it has been
demonstrated that he can manufacture an ex-
cellent article Of sugar for about s125 a
pound. Full particulars of this great triumph
viii, doubtless, soon be given to the public,
which Will increase the cost of the fall crop of
sugar for this year to about SL50 to 50 per
pound"
A PROMINENT member of the Criminal Court
Bar at Washington, who is in no way interested
in Guiteau's case, said, the other day: Cork
Eill has made the greatest mistake of his life
in attempting to try Guiteau here. He may
loe hno ~ Oub I'LL Inc erlal lB almost over. L
have no doubt that Scoyille and Robinson will
worry him over the insanity plea SO as to en-
gross his attention until the jury is to be in
structed, but he will be, in my opinion, startled
out Of his confident security when Judge Cox
is asked TO instruct the jury that the Criminal
Court Of the District has no jurisdiction, and
they must ind for the defense, and Judge Cox
grants the prayer"
PROMINENT post-ofics official in Washing
ton says that at first he was greatlyin doubt as
to Mr.. Brady's guilt in the Star Route frauds,
but that now there is no question in his mind
OF it. He adds: "It is likely to be an instance
Of honor among thieves. If I, as a public Of
hcer, give you fat contract, and you slyly di-
vide the profits with me, and neither of us can
be made to tell of it, how is it to be proved ?"
That, it appears, will be the trouble in their
Prostcntions. Those who have profited by the
robbery don't propose to elighten the public on
that point. and get themselves into the peni-
teiitiary. They will not expose each other, and
there is nothing but train of circumstances
tn expose them, which may not hold water
when put to the legal test. But the routes were
expedited and the money is gone.