, 1881-12-28


spteta1 Dtspdteh to The Chicago Tribune,
WAstllEaroN, D. O.. Due :7. THO Ad|utant.
Generals olce undertook somo years ago 10
prepare, as n supplement- Of tho Official rcporta
Of tho Into Wnr tlow belng printed. collection
ut portritts Of nil tho general officers eom,n!a.
s|u1lcd by President Lincoln fru.n 1891 to 1855 p+
elusive, and circulars requesting tliom wero sent
out. III return over 501 photographs havo nI+
rcndy been received, tnAny Of thon accompanied
by the military record Of tho original. Congress-
will he nskcd tn nuke an appropriation to pes.
feet and publish this ooEteution.
INDIANS.
10 the Tptstefn Annotated prksk.
WAsu1N0ros, D. C., Dec. :7.-Cummfssiouet
Price this morning received Il 1otter from tha
Indian Agent ut tho Kiown, Conanche, and
Wichita Agency, informing him Ut tho burning
Of tho Wichita school building By an !ncendtary,
The IntustrINl building adJolhIng wis also
tutally destroyed With ali It's contents. Some Of
tho teachers and employees bnrely escaped viii
tholr lives. Tho buildings aud contents are
worth &lUD00.
PATENTS.
Tho weekly 1ssue,o or tho Patent ONCE ag8ro.
gntes $40 pMtents, nineteen dcslgns, and twenty.
four trade- murks.
SENATOR HECK
Is preparing IL speech on tho tariff question,
which he will deliver euon utter tho rcassun.
bling Of Congress. lIo opposes commissions aud
fnynrs the policy Of Congress retaining control
OF tho lnnttrr Of ruvlslon.
TIL: TlsEAsu,sY DEPARTMENT..
1,ond rclcnlpttons under. tho to5,h call, up ta
t!atc, amount to sl7.0s.Go. 1'cdcn,ptions ia
nte Under tho lD0th call, exclusive Of t,nnds re.
cctyed In New York sinco last Tuesday,
amounted to *o.1Oe,4 lou. National bank notes
reeclycl for redemption tnduy. $5J7,0W.
Thoro Will be no further changes Of officers Ia
tho Tronsury Department until aftcrthc rcturn
or Secretary Foger. who Is not cxpcctcd bcfora
Saturday. -.s....-
sEcflETAny LINCOLN.
Secretary Lincoln intenas to bo III Washington
SaturiIny.
aAffKATs!ts l'DL1r1Ca.
Ex.Eongrcssman Wiltshire, Ut Arkansas, wha
Is hero On business, says tho prospects for To.
pubtIphn xucecgs In Arkansas lre bright. Tito
| rnrty will rcorganlze independent of Its past
differences, and. taxing advantage OF tho tntcr-
| nal differences Of tho Dcmocrnt,u pnrty. carry
! tho Slate hs tho cot,lng ELECTION. : Unu wing of
| Tho Democratic party fAs0ts repudlntinn of tho
/ Slate dgbt, 1nh Anntnor opposes 1t. Either by
uniting wlth the lattrr. or by nominating Roni
eo1ny sns as1S snoy ro o
| TUE OHIO aENAroHs1Ilr.
There sconH to DO no doubt that spcukcr
Kptfur Ia 10 he the caudlditte fnr Senator 10 suc-
psI9 1w yEafy sSS ssa fn scaas
hhorinnn Will fnVor him rather thun SEQ foset
got It.
THE NEW CHRISTIAN ClluItCl1,
tho funds for which wuro raised III honor OF
QMrtleld il to DO begun IN lhe sprsna. Thirty
thousand doliMrs have been i7llsed hilu lot plF-
| uhnscd.
PUBLIC PRINTER
Last evenings Critic sud: ''rIlo cmpoyts Of
tho Ouvera,n, cnt prlnt Osce vii! receive tug
news TINT John d. urlrecs VIII bo reuloted
frus,, tho place he bus .llsg!ucu1 for aver four
yenrs M teir bcat Christmas Eft. lie has Jcetl
thtr pcrs!atunt uncny. nrtl hns Inst Ilo ch'1iea
| tn 9rind tftBni tIrEn AM! cut HuWn their Hileei.
Tbts mornings icpnItisan snys; IT cha u !
ltuiis,ds, 0f Chloago IL to receive no appo1n;,,
mcrt vi Public prtntcr, und that BITS name VIII
| lie sent to tho bennto fur the Hnstlon ut Il scfy
curly tatS utter tho reassssubl'u4 OK coapfess !"
1ups OPENED.
| bids for tho roof Ut tho Cincinnati Custom.
House vese op1,lcd today me lu%est & was IT, I'M 9n
tsext ~ tho highest wns kinsear I'rds. u M''ict'
OF Chicago, $l3,1N,
GEN. SHERMAN
has rcturnod FROM .Lenvol!wortt1, where no yts;
lied ths tralnluR-snh0u. llc rep.rts thu scneo
Iii excellent condition. aud likely 10 prove !
grput bcnctit tu tho army.
- I.E DUat.
Lo DUO late Unttgd EtAtes Comm issioner Q!
Agriculture, hAs been oloctoA Il tnetnber VI saS
NItIonal Hucsciy Of Agriculture Ut Ftanco'
THE 0uSDt,4Ar EssEX
lcayas Norfolk tho LIST Of Jan1lnry f0rthc iAclo
Tn tho wny sho visits li!bertu to infcst'oa't
matters botwoun tho natltes and nnthnri'ss ~
hnvo Mrtsrn since the AlaskH wns thcrc. y i, y
believed that tho trtattcs thon e'ltarcd in1o "
| the uutfyGY Ar0 not properly eoMpllou Will