The National tribune., 1882-04-08
CAPITAL, TOPICS,

think this is the last Indian pow-wow we
shall have here while l am commissioner" said
commissioner Price the other day, in talking
about the Sac delegation. at is perfect non
sense, their coming here. They don't know
what they want when they start, and the
longer they stay here the less they know; and
it is only waste of time and money"
The sub-military committee of the Senate
investigating the Soldiers Home had before
them at their last meeting the steward ana
several former inmates of the institution. At
the meeting next week a number of the pres
ent inmates will be examined.
At the conclusion of Judge Reagan's argu-
ment before the House Committee on Com
merce to-day, in favor of his bill TO regulate
Interstate commerce, a resolution was adopted
declaring it to be the sense Of the committee
that some measure relating to Interstate COM
merce ought to be reported to the House.
Ninety thousand copies of the first volume of
the new census report relating to population
have been ordered to be printed.
The Secretary of War has directed that
10000 rations be issued to Commissioner James
at Memphis, and the same amount to Commits
sioner Pittman, at Tiptonville, Tennessee, all
for the benefit of the destitute in Tennessee.
He has also directed that the balance of rations
at ST. Louis-S0,O ,O00-be transferred to Commits
sioner Hemmingway, at Memphis, for the ben
eft Of the people of Mississippi.
z. P. Brooks, United States consul at Cork,
has sent to the Secretary of State his resigna-
ton of that Office in order to accept the posi-
ton of editor of the Peoria (Ill.) Daily Tran
script.
The House has passed a resolution author
izing the appointment of twelve additional
folders, under the doorkeeper, at the rate OF
S721 per annum each. The doorkeeper ap-
pointed, at the request of Representative Urner,
Thomas Gallagher, of Maryland, to one of these
positions. Mr.. Gallagher was a schoolmate OF
Mr.. Urner, and is badly wounded soldier.
The new fve-cent postage stamp with the
portrait Of Garfield will be issued on or about
the 10th of April. Its color will be chocolate
brown. About the same time the issue of new
five-cent stamped envelopes, to take the place
of those of like denomination now in use, will
be commenced.
Secretary Kirkwood had final conference
with the Sac, Fox, and Iowa Indians, at Whlcn
the latter finally decided to go home and send
a delegation to the Indian Territory to agree
upon suitable lands there and report to the
tribes for their decision.
The employees Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing are considerably exercised over
the announcement of furlough, which was
made necessary by the exhaustion of the
appropriation for printing internal revenue
stamps. A paper has been drawn up and signed
by every employee in the bureau, agreeing that
if they were allowed to continue work without
salary they would forego all claims against the
Government for their labor and trust to Con-
gress to reimburse them.
at is rumored," says a contemporary, that
President Arthur receives more dainty souve-
Mrs than any unmarried clergyman in the
land. His aesthetic blue bedroom at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion shows nHmberless haadker.
chief-cases, glove-boxes, pin-cushions, scent
bags, clothes-b -brush-hol wall-pockets, and
the like, mostly labeled Remembrance,
'Teken of Friendship and Forget-Me-Not,' OF
bearing similar suggestive legends"