Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-29
THEE NATIONAL CAPITAL

The Fall CampaiEn-Remarka Apa-
 thy Shown by the Democrats-No Ef-
 fort to Capture the Housc-Other Mat
 ters.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-Ihe indifference displayed by the Democratic Congressional c 'mmittee is in striking contrast with the energy shown at the Republican headquar ters, and gives color to the report that the Democrats are not going to make much of fight, from this point at least, for the posses sion of the next House. Representative Thompson, of Kentucky, who is secretary of the committee, will soon be here, and the ac- tive labors of the committee, it is said, will begin. At present they have scarcely room, ! and very little is done. General Rosecrans, the chairman, has good reputation as a 1 manager, but has shown little energy thus far, and will leave the city in a day or two for California to be gone for some time. In the contest for the chairmanship it was | urged, on behalf of Mr Flower, that General Rosecrans would be absent in California much of the recess and unable to attend to 1 the duties of the position. This assertion now seems to be coming true. The commit | tee have little money and have not done much beyond distributing few speeches. | Secretary Teller is expected back Sep | tsmber or a day or two later. Commis- sioner Dudley will return in about fort | night When they get here the selection of 1 the additional pension clerks will be made as | fast the Pension office is ready to receive | them. Fifteen women in all have thus far been appointed in the Pension office, seven l by Secretary Teller before his departure. and eight by Acting Secretary Joselyn. A few i moro will be pnt on tho rolls in tho | lections
 Representative Houk is here to get sine Ts of war for his canvass ln Tennessee. The 1 candidacy of Mir. Rule makes it necessary l for Mr. Houk to put forth his best efforts, 1 though he confident of reelection. | He is a member of Jay Hubbell g committee, and as such has superior facilities for getting at the cash box of the party.
 Dispatches to Surgeon General Hamilton i from Pensacola, Fla, state that there were three cases of yellow fever there to-day, but ] no deaths
 l The exchanging of the surrendered B per l cent bonds for the new per cents. continues at tho Treasury department as rapidly as the l circumstances allow. The acting comptroller l of the currency to day withdrew $3, S79, $50 | of the 34 per cent bonds from the@treasurer s 1 office, where they were held to save National | bank circulation. in order to allow their con l version into the new bonds, which will be deposited with the treasurer in place of the l bonds as issued. The first of the new bonds will be ready for issue by the end of the week or the early part of next week l General William T. Sherman will ask to be l placed on the retired list of the army ln No l vember of 1883 He would be retired under
 the army compulso act February 8, 1884
 at which date he will be sixty four years of
 age General Sherman stated to day that he
 had made up his mind to retire from active
 service in the fall of next year, instead of
 waiting for the enforcement of the law as
 to give his successor in command of the
 army, Lieutenant General Sheridan, an op-
 portunity of expressing to the next Congress
 such views as he may have looking to the
 best interests of the service. General Sher-
 man will make his home at St. Louis.
 Secretary Folger has decided to issue
 another call for bonds which will probably
 be made to morrow. It will embrace all the
 continued G's remaining uncalled and whict
 have not been surrendered for exchange fol
 the new 3's It is estimated that there arc
 four millions of this class of bonds
 Colonel John E. Iourtelotte, Seventh cav
 alry, of General Sherman's stait, has beer detailed to accompany the Marquis of Lorne
 Governor General of Canada, his tril
 across this country. The Governor Genera will be accompanied by the Princess Louis
 and suite. The party are expected to arriv ) in Chicago September 6, by the way of De
 troit, and will then proceed to British Colum
 bia by way of San Francisco.