The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-07
WASHINGTON NOTES..

The decrease in the public debt during June
was Sl2,56 ,696.
The members of the Arkansas Press ~associa-
ton called ut the white house and paid their
respects to the president.
Thirty-seven clerks in the land office and
twenty-one in the patent office have been dis
charged.
During the past fiscal year $3.50 agricultur-
nj patents were issued from the general and
Office.
The treasury department has purchased
100000 ounces of silver for the minis. The
purchases of silver for the fiscal year averaged
a little over 81, 900 q month.
The coinage ut the mints OF the United
States during the fiscal year ending June 80 is
valued at Sill, S4l ,51i, of which S27, 772, 075 were
standard dollars.
About twenty female copyists at the navy
department have been dropped from the rolls
on account of the failure of congress to pro-
vide payment.
Secretary Chandler has appointed a court of
inquiry to investigate the circumstances lead
ing to tho loss of the steamer Rodgers in st.
Lawrence bay.
Gen. Sherman says he will not fill the vacan-
cy on his staff, accustomed by the promotion of
Col. Dodge as he thinks he has aids-de-canps
enough for his term of Office.
1t is expected that the House will finish its
work on all the appropriation bills this week,
except so far as relates to action upon the
Senate's amendments.
Secretary Folger has. issued an order thatn 10
charges for palace car fares will be allowed of
ficers when travelling on official duty for dis
tances of less than one hundred miles.
Robert M. A. Hawk, representing the Fifth
Illinois district in. congress, died here OF
apoplexy, Thursday evening. He had recent
ly been home to arrange for a denomination,
leaving his family at Mount Carroll.
The diplomatic appointments made by Pres
ident Arthur Saturday are merely promo
tions. Lew Wallace is made envoy at Con-
stantinople, John M. Francis minister to Por-
tugal, and NJ. G. Cramer minister to Switzer-
land.
The general opinion of the best-informed
members of the house and senate in regard to
the probable duration of the session now ap-
pears to be that congress will adjourn sine
die the 18th. inst.
The senate and house conferees on the ma
tional bank charter bill have reached an agree
ment on all the sections except those relating
to gold certificates and the overcertification of
checks, on which another hearing will take
place to-day.
Some comment was caused here by the nom
ination of John Davis as Assistant Secretary
vi CtutSs VIZ ouhOtoi La SOhh DhNio 10
q son-in-law of Secretary Frelinghuysen, and
was, ii will be remembered, talked of as the
probable Private Secretary of President
Arthur.
The Rev. DIR. Hicks preached Sunday on the
subject of the p%ardoning power of Christ,
and said that Christ was able and willing to
pardon even the greatest of criminals. While
ne did not mention the name OF Guiteau or
speak directly of the events of the past week,
It is clear his whole discourse referred to them.
He said, among other things, that IL Christ
was now on earth his life would not be spared
by the people a single week.
Roscoe Conkling held ar interview with
President Arthur Thursday, in the interest of
the foreign steamship companies ofNewYork.
Soon afterward Congressman Deuster and
Guenther vent to the white house to learn IL
1t were true that the immigrant bill would be
vetoed, and found that such was the case.-
There was vigorous English used on both
sides, and there are threats that the bill will
be passed over the presidents head.