The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-29
From Washington.

SECRETARY FOLGE has issued the Oat
hundred and. nineteenth call for the redemp
ton of bonds of the five per cent. funded
loan of 1881, continued Mt three and q hall
per cent. from August II, 1881.
ENeINEEE MELVILLE, in his narrative be-
fore the Jeunnette board o finGuiry, said tina
in the retreat from the vessel Captain
DO Long relieved Mr.. Collins from duty OF
account of disobedience of orders.
ANNUAL reports from the several Indian in,
dGstrial schools have been received. Al
Hampton, Va, the total attendance during
the year was 9G, and there arc now there 81
pupils-D girls and 81 boys; at the Fores1
Grove (Oregon) school there are 81 pupils
81 boys and 81 girls-and at the Carlisle
(Pa.) school 1888 boys and 102 girls were in
attendance at the end of the fiscal year
There were over 5000 worth of wagons,
harness and shoes made by students during
the year. The progress of the students III
their studies is regarded as highly ~satisfac-
tory.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says that the OBJ
jact which George Jacob Holyoako came to
this country from England to further-that
of obtaining a national guide-book compiled
from materials collected by tho government,
revised under its authority and published in
its name-is steadily advancing. In Mr.
Holyoake's late interview with Mr.. Freling-
huysen, the secretary assumed the desira-
bility of such a work and considered alone
the devices by which it could be rem
dered practicable. Tie object of the
guide-books is to furnish intending omi.
grants with trustworthy information con-
corning the United States.
GENERAL WRIGHT, chief of engineers, in
his annual report, says that an a%ppropria.
ton of $15O,0OO shouldbe made for examina.
tions and surveys and contingencies for river
and harbor improvements for which there is
no special appropriation. The estimate fol-
tho amount required for military surveys,
reconnaissance and surveys of military
reservations by the engineer officers attached
to the various headquarters of military
divisions and departments, is $4,000, being
an average of $1,000 for each of the nine
| military divisions and departments west OF
the Mississippi river and 5000 for publica.
ton of maps.
A LARGE amount of unfinished business
| will come before the second session of the
Forty-scyenth Congress. During the last
session of Congress there were introduced
in the Senate 2,2S3 bills and joint resolutions
and in the House of Representatives 1882
bills and joint resolutions. About 500 propo-
sitions were reported favorably to the House
of Representatives and about 300 bills and
joint resolutions passed that body. The Sen
ate passed nearly 500 bills and joint resolu-
tions, but of these only about 300 found their
place on the statute book.
A WASHINGTON glazier asks the board
auditing the expenses connected with Presi-
dent Garfield's sickness and funeral to assist
him in securing a government appointment,
because one of the bullets fired at the late
President lodged in his glass and putty box
and shattered its contents
ABOUT seven-tenths Of the mail that is sent
from Washington goes free under frank OF
in free envelopes. The Office ranks second
in the United States as to the weight of the
mails dispatched, New York being first.