The Russellville Democrat., 1881-11-17
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.
Washington.

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 SECRETARY BLAINE is of the opinion that by the first of January President Arthur's cabinet will be composed entirely of Stall warts.
 THE annual report of United States Treas. urer Gilfillan shows an increase in receipts over the previons year, as follows: Customs $11 ,637,6l1 internal revenue $1l, ,i05, no; sales of public lands $t, t75, ,356 TniscelIane- ous sources $3. IT, TOP; increase in surplus revenue S34 1855, ,75i.
 LARGE numbers of cases of violation of the law prohibiting traffic in postage stamps are now receiving the attention of the postoffice department, and special agents are hunting up offending post masters all over the country. Postmasters are forbidden to sell stamps except to the locality to which their offices belong but many of them violate this law. One post master at small town in Virginia has made 8 profit of nearly $500 in the past few months selling stamps to Baltimore merchants at ten per cent. discount. The postal authorities say they are determined to break up the traffic.
 ALL the personal effects of President Garfield stored in the east room of the White House were removed to the Balti- more and Potomac depot for transportation to Mrs Garfield at Cleveland, o. They included all the books, pictures, household decorations, &c., brought to the White H use by Gen Garfield and purchased by him while there, Mrs. Garfeld's dresses &c There were about thirty boxes. The Alderney COW presented President Garfield was also placed on the train of special cars placed at Mrs. Garfeld's disposal by the Pennsylvania Railroad company. The goods will all be taken direct to Mentor but the COW win be taken to Cleveland, where Mrs. Garfield has her residence for the winter. The horses purchased by Gen. Garfield have been left in the care of Gen. Swain, and the carriage and harness stored with McDermotts.
 THE order of the war department in re- scinding it's order for court martial to try | Mason for an attempt on Guiteau's life has caused considerable comment, some inti- l mating that it's purpose was to let Mason | off without trial. At the war department officers say that evidence going to show that Mason is really insane has been sub mitied Upon receiving this the depart ment recalled the order for a court martial, and directed that Mason be placed under medical surveillanance, with view of ascertaining whether or not he is insane
 He is HOW in charge of the surgeons at t6e arsenal, who are keeping a close watch upon him. II they report him insane he will be sent 10 the government asylum with | out trial; but if they report him sane, an other court martial will be ordered to try him.
 A NEW method of mutilating silver cur. rsncy is being employed by numbers ol patent medicine vendors and others to ad. l vertise their goods and wares. or late large numbers of coins have been received | in the treasury which are stamped on one side with advertisements. The stamps l used are some sort of die which cuts let ters and words into the coin. In most in- | stances the name of the owner of the arti- | dle advertised is not cut on the coin, but the advertisement simply recommends a certain nostrum or article. As the coin 1 is stamped only on one side it can be pass ed very readily, exposing only the perfect | side. This IS a m utilation of tho currency and a violation of the law. The secret service has been directed to investigate this and hunt out and prosecute the offend | CTS
 REDFIELD telegraphs: President Arthur | is understood 10 have commenced the | preparations of his first annual message to | Congress. He is expected, among other | things, to commend the three-and a. half per cents (Windom's); to express himself in favor of the speedy reduction of the public debt; to speak well of the national | banking system to refer to the large and | constantly increasing accumulation of sil- yer dollars in the Treasury; to appraise the star route investigation unreservedly; to condemn polygamy, and to touch ap- | provingy on the movement for the admis- sion of Dakota as State, and on the move ment for a national bankrupt law. In | speaking of our foreign relations he is ex- pected to enunciate the revised version of 1 the Monroe doctrine. Large appropria- | tions for the increase an d improvement of the army and navy; the necessity for ma iOnal aid to secure the education of the illiterate are, it is said, to be spoken of His friends say that it will be a State paper of which no man need feel ashamed.