Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-06

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WASHINGTON.

upon the retired list by the president, the
retirement to date from January 2
A FINAL conference was held at the in
terror department on the 4th inst with the
Indian delegations, relative to obtaining
right Of way through the Sioux reserva-
ton for the Chicago and Northwestern and
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road. All the Indians agreed to the
terms proposed by the railroads,
and signed an agreement granting
right of way. Under its terms the Sioux
nation will receive - per acre for every
acre of land taken by the railroads.
IT appears that Secretary Evarts is re-
ally a candidate, and that he thinks he is
an active candidate, FOR the United States
senate, to succeed Senator Herman.
Friends of his, of whom Collector Merritt,
of the New York custom house, is said to
be the chief, are reported as intending to
open vigorous campaign this week at
Albany in behalf of their fayorite The
New York congressman here consider the
alleged candidacy of Evarts a Joke, and
assert that he is practically without polit-
zeal influence in the legislature.
It was stated, prior to the democratic
nomination, that Gov. Seymour was a
hopeless invalid, and that, if he should be
renominated, the excitement of the cam
pagn would undoubtedly prove fatal to
him. Dispatches now received here from
Utica state that Gov. Seymour has been
forbidden by his physicians from speaking
or writing on political or other exciting
topics; that he is confined to his room, and
permitted to see no one but members of
his family. He is said to have been great
ly disappointed at the result of the cleo
ton, and particularly at the fact that Gar
field carried New York.
GENERAL HOWARD. since his designa-
ton to West Point, indicated the course
which he should pursue as commander of
the academy. His own experience as a
cadet was unpleasant. He was ostracised
or sent to coventry" for nearly two years
by his class, of which Curtis Lee was the
leader. Towards otiense was the recog-
milton of his guardians son as a social
equal, who was then a sergeant in the
corps of engineers stationed at West Point.
Howard committed an additional Ofiense
against the pro-slavery cadets at West
Point by his opposition to the extension of
slavery. Howard thinks that there must
be an abandonment of this policy of sepa-
ration, and that, without surrendering dis
cipline, there must be closer relation be-
tween the officers and the cadets. The
spirit of caste must be broken down.
ONE of the most interesting election
contests in the next house of representa-
tives will be that of Lynch against Chal-
mers, from the sixth Mississippi district,
The contestant is a colored man. lie was
in early life a slave. He was a member of
congress from the same district before
Chalmers obtained the seat. Lynch has
already filed his notice of contest and
Chalmers his answer. Both claim to be
elected from the "shoestring district" So
called because of the gerrymander of the
region of Mississippi bordering on the
river. Chalmers asserts that he is entitled
to his seat, and holds his certificate of
election on the ground of illegal republi-
can ballots which were thrown out in the
count. If they had been counted Lynch
would have had ma jority. These ballots
were thrown out on the ground that they
bore distinguishing mark, in violation
of the state law. The mark consisted of
printers dashes. Gen. Chalmers saws in
his an3wer that there were republican
tickets printed in Jackson, Miss, under
the supervision of the state executive COM
mittee, like the democratic tickets, with
out any mark on them. He holds that the
contestant could have procured such UNI
marked tickets in jackson for his district
at 81 per 1000, and yet he paid 81 per
600 in Nicksburg for these marked tick
cts.
I he state dinner-set at the executive
mansion has been enlarged by the addi-
ton of 800 pieces. making the whole num-
Der now nearly 1000. The set originally
contracted for by the government with the
house of Haviland x Co.. the details of
which were arranged by Mrs. Hayes, was
delivered last summer, and comprised
all it was intended ii should form
the state dinner service. The original de-
signs were to illustrate all the fauna and
flora of the United States, but the presi-
dent thought the set incomplete without
some reference to the matter, and SO to-
day, in the midst of driving snow storm,
Mr.. w. l.. Briggs, of the house of Havi-
land & Co., arrived with two large casks,
direct from Limoges, France, completing
the order with fish, game and dinner
platters, salad, oyster and Indian
plates, and Individual butter plates,
sauce boats, aud Ice cream trays and
plates, the latter in the form of Can
adam snow shoe, which Will be, the presi-
dent remarked, "A perpetual reminder of
the Canadian prophets prediction OF
eleven feet of snow" The set is now the
most complete and orna mental of ANY in
the United STATES. and is only eNcelled in
value by the services of gold and silver
owned by the Europeen potentates.
THE court-martial in the case of Cadet
Whitaker has been ordered TO convene al
West Peint, Tuesday January Is. The
following is the detail for the court:
Brigadier Gen. n. \. Miles, president OF
the court; Colonel II. 4. Morrow, Twenty
first Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Pinck-
nev Lugenhell, First Infantry; Lieutenant
-, II, 4.