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SHoT DEAD.
a Man shoots the Alleged Destroy er
of His Home.
CsignedI

OF His Home
HARRoDsBURG JUNCTION, Ky. April 81
Hon. Phil b. Thompson shot and killed
Walter Davis. wealthy merchant, on a
train here to day. Both lived at Hsrrods-
burg. The former charged the latter with
the seduction of his wife. They accident.
ally met on the train. 1t is said that
Thompson previously killed three of
Davis cousins in trouble over law suit
The excitement is Intense.
From the hotel registers and ether
sources 1t is asCertaine6 that Hon. Phil B.
Thompson and wife took supper at the
Burnett House November 2SGh 1888, with
Miss Buckner, q cousin of Mr.. ThOmp 'ou.
and Mr. Thompson went on to Washing
ton, while the same evening Mrs. Thomp-
son went to the st. Clair hotel, where Miss
Buckner was boarding and was assigned TO
the same room. The next day "W. Davis,
Hsrrodsburg," appeared on the register.
This is known to be the name of the de.
ceased. During the afternoon be aud
Mrs. Thompson went out together,
and when they returned, between
nine and ten at night, Mrs. Thompson
was perceptibly under the influence of in
tcxicants. He and Mrs. Thompson left the
hotel the next day. The hotel proprietor
refuses to say anything about the circum.
stances OF their leaving. There are reasons
to believe Miss Buckner notified Mr..
Thompson of Davis attention to Mrs.
Thompson.
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NATIONAL BANKS,
A STEADY Iucrease tn Strength ass
NumoeP.1

NuUOrbsu
wssulSaroS April gT.--The NAtloni
Banks continue TO steadily increase In
strength aud numbers. The report OF the
c, mptroller OF tha Treasury just issasd
shows the number Of National Banks 10 bs
s,343. This Is a larger number than ths
country has ever had before. Ton ysafs
AGO there we're .976 OF these banks Tbs
growth has not been ., all phsn >menL
yet il has been very gratifying one 70 the
friends OF the system, aud the principal
subject troubling them Just now 10 that u
mutt come TO an end when the bonds ex.
pirc few years hence During the presant
year the number OF banks added TO the lisS
has been shout lao. By the close OF the
fiscal year the increase will probably roach
l75, and perhaps . larger number Than
that.
Comptroller Knox shows In bis report
lust out that the loans Of these banks on
March IS were 81, ,2it. .0O0. .O0O. against $780,.
COO,OC0 in 1873. The total resources 90
cording TO the present report are t2,2S..
OOQ 900, while ten years ago they wore but
81, $50 OO0, 600. Compared with one year
ago, however, the resources show Q faiiiuG
oil Of nearly 500 .0O0. 900 The cspital stodk
OF the banks now 10 t400.Oc0OOo. IN In.
crease Of nearly 5000 90 over one year
$50, and the total liabilities 2,2Js. 10000
sgainst s., 80, 900, 900 in October Of last
year. The smount Of deposits II abost
&iCO, 900 900 less than one year ago. and the
bonds 10 secure circulation about fj.Op.-
coo less than q year ago.
Free Horses and Carriages.
The new Postmaster General arrived ct
the White House. to attend his first CAbi.
net meeting, driven behind . handsome
iron gray stopper, and few minutes later
Frsuk Hatton, tho First Assistant Post
master General. drove up behind another.
evidently the mate ~ tho first one. Il
guess the Postmaster General didn't Ike
10 drive round with the same team thst
Howe used TO drive" said ono OF the at
taches Of the White House, 40 they got
him this new team"
who got III" was the qucried response.
"Oh, the man who has charge OF that
branch Of expense accounts Of the Govern
nent"
do you mean to say that In" Gover.'
nent furnishes horses - the Cabinet oi-
ECtny'
"Certainly. and s,abley, too, and horSs
feed aud harness and carriages snd drivers.
DO you see that old man sitting on the
seat OF Grssham's carriage Well, he las
been driver for the Postmaster GeneralS
for years and years. Oh. yes. all the Csbl-
net officers sre furnished teams; 20 are
good many Of the other Government ON.
clsIs."
II uni.rs'sn',' chimed In smother. that
the chief clerks 81 the departments have
them. aud that their wives have them. to-.
when they go out calling-all free Of oost.
you know
How many horses are kept In the PrssI.
dtnts Stables7" sOm,hody asksd.
XoSn' oSs ls,"s. "IsD ,os, so%. oas 'eP ;i.n.
believe are owned by the President him.
self. In person. There IL one very prstty
little black mare which Mrs. Arthur. ]
hear, used TO ride. The President tbiaks
0 rood deal OF II, and could not be In.
duo,d 10 part with It under any circum.
tttrCT,"
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ROBBED A RAILROAD.
Immense DefaicRtiOns Charged 10
Philadelphia Bankers.

Philadelphia Bankers
PHILADELPHIA, April G.-George F.
Work and his brother Samuel have been
arrested, charged with defrauding the Peo.
pies Passenger Railroad Company out Of
moneys, stocks, bonds and other valuable
property, TO a large amount. They gave
bonds for IS, 900 each to await hearing,
the ting Of which has not definitely been
fixed.
The amount OF The defalcstion is closely
estimated a. 1865, 900 No such losses have
been known since Morton ruined the Mar.
ket street car line by an over issue OF stock
five years sgo.
George Work assumed control OF the
Peoples Railway Line in October 1880. and
was president for fifteen months, when 1t
was discovered that the company's accounts
were being mixed with those Of the bank
irC firm Of Work & Co., who, by that time,
controlled S majority OF the stock and
majority OF the board OF directors and were
the financial agents Of the company. They
were found to have sold, resod and hypoth
ecat, d the company's stocks for the benefit
Of George Work and Work & Co., and to
have sold them at ruinous prices 10 the
mattet and at high prices TO the company.
The balance sheet for Decem Der, 1892, the
FIRST month examined, showed, apparently,
a profit of $4,000, but an examination
showed deficit Of $l0O 900. Such had been
very nesrly the average defa!cation Tor
year and quarter.
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Trading IN sQuAWs.
seriuuS Charges Against an Indian
Agent.

sfriouS Charges Against an Indian
Agent.
W. ,sHINGToN. April 27.-Gravo charges
u u ade sgalnst Indian Agent Wilcox Al
% san Carlos Agency in Arizona. 1t is
u Z, rstoOd that they are substantiated by
N Tvrous atlidavits of such a character
"a, it will require more than a mere as
,erti.n that the allegations are made by
rersr.- Who have Interior motives to set
Ehsn g>ide. The charges are various and
nnr.25Uus. Among other things it is al
"a q hat contrary to law Agent Wilcox is
nnnIg the post leadership. lie Is
Nd 10 have his sOn-in-law nomin-
u in charge but that he himself furn'
~ - the goods for the establishment, sup
Eklsts the management, and takes the
u IN received At the close of each day,
HSIa,ss. 1t is understood that man by
"a awe of Hise has made sworn state
- o.; 20 the elect that he sold out his bus
20 Wilcox in person aud In part pay
Mit took notes iTom Wilcox. ms Is
tpg p 70 su5Star tiste the charge that VIII
- 3, managing the post partnership IN
~ s..G that his SDn-in.law IS
A1ere FISnrehead.
v~s one OF the post traders before
Nl.urN arrived, and the property he sold
~ t.e gent Was his store, which became
"a jos, to him after lis license RAJ out.
Nut lrly are there charges Of the viola
n ni the law preferred, but allegations
n lie ssainSt his moral character OF the
2. '.arsliUg nature. Among other acts,
Utd that he bought a young una
b." nom L+r parents, paying s25 IN
~! sud government wagon for her;
. e. tC"k her 10 the house and kept her
n rua time until scandal was caused
~ .' curse; that he finally returned her
# Iarrr's, but where he continued to
"A ''r iCr immoral purposes General
'- were made that ne had been guilty
IA r"C'ins Young Indian girls scarcely
~ . ' he age OF childhood
|+ ~ hat IS charged sgainst this man
4. ''ae, Senator Dawes can rise to as fine
- IN the Senate next winter as hs uSed
=" when the POHcls afforded = text for
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CRIMES DEVIOUS PATHS.
A Yonng Girl ChIoroTOrmed and Rain
ed by n ScOnndreL.

Troy, y. y, April 27.-Lulu Post, pref
y girl Of lS procured warrants this morn
ing for the arrest OF Walter Scott Brooks,
James Z. Lansing and Sarah Hill. Brooks
is charged with abduction and the Others
are accused of aiding and abetting him.
According to the girls sworn statement she
formed the acquaintance of Brooks at her
home in RondOut about six months ago.
On the % Of April he called at the house
and asked her TO take a drive with him.
She consented, and, while away, she al
leges that he administered chlorotorm to
her and brought her TO the Wayerly House,
in this city, OF which Lansing Is proprie-
tor, where Brooks accomplished her ruin
and left the following day. From that
time until this morning, when she man
aged to escape, Lansing and Mrs. Hill kept
her in the house BY furce. Lancing and
Mrs Hill have been arrested, but Brooks,
who was seen 10y NJ, N,sI oa the streets
hes HID the city.
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WASHINGTON.
Tho Civil Services comml.sio and
r. Keifa.
NATIONAL BANKS sTnL INCREASING
Cabinet Officers and 0;her CM:lis Wa,
are Furnished With Horses and Car
riages-0t Black on the Pres
idents Illness.

wAsHrYerox, April N.-Ths Civil Ser.
vice Commissioners are reported to be sur.
pris.d that the leading Republican new
papers Of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,
published in the State from which the
Chief Examiner has been appointed. unite
in criticisins the appointment and 10
chsrscteriIlne the nominee - . person
Who has been more identified with the old
machine system than with civil service ~
form. ..---s-. > I
stif'tssunsurnuTFvhoss No ought y
know are true, the surprise reported -
manifested by the Civil Service Commis-
siorers 10 hardly disinsenuoua
Tho truth 10 that Mr.. keim Vas undoubt-
edly appointed chief examiner Of the civN
service because he was the friend OF poliu-
clans. and OF some OF the niOst influential
politicians Of tho time. The friends 81
civil service In Washington certainly ooa.
slider that the com missioners have N Ads Q
BAD stsrt in their organisation, and that
they have been controlled throughout BY
desire TO give undue influence 70 the
rcomme ndstions of politicians. The more
that is learned uf the number and r-cords
of the persons Who we're considered Tor
this place. the more 10 IL clear that oon-
tistsnt rec ord a. earnest civil service advo.
Gates was not the consideration which Goa
trollsd the selection OF the chief examiner.
The rules of the commission have not yet
been promulgated. but II tho someWSst
sn.erirg comm which have been made
upon them by at least one member OF the
cabinet are q r. tieX Of the views Of the ID
minisirAtion. they certainly have not been
fsyorah,y received
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FOREIGN.
Michael Pagan Sentenced TO be Haog
ed, Fac.

Ell, EIc.
LONDON. April 27.-Mchael Fdgan, in
Dublin, this morning, was sentenced to be
hanged. This is the third conviction for
the Phoenix Park murders, Joe Brady,
Daniel Cur,ey and Michael FaIsn
being condemned. Kelley's re;rial, which
commenced Monday, is causing some ex-
element and speculation.
The examination OF fourteen mon, ar
rested in County Glare, charged with con-
spiraCy to murder, has begun in Eanls.
Convict informer John rubbridy is the
principal witness. He testified that as a
stranger he attended several meetings in
Ennis whose object was the for.lation Of
societies for the purpose Of numbering
landlords and all officers sent to inter-
feTe with the Land League programme
OF protect those against whom the agltatOrS
decided. He SwearS that meetings were
made possible by the assistance OF the Land
League leaders, by whom money for neces-
ssrv expenses was furnishe: The prison.
ers' cOu nsel did mrch to b:e"I the value Of
Tubbridy's evidence by pres~!ng him close.
" on cross examination Z 70 the times.
places and circumstances O. the meetings
which he claimed TO have ATTENDED. Tie
answers we're not satisfactory. Counsel for
the Crown ohjecred TO the examination IN
that direction, claiming that the proceed
incs were only preliminary.
Rumors which have been in circulation
for the last few months in regard to the
retirement of gladstone are soon to become
a reality. An intimate personal friend
and q political supporter OF the statesman
has disclosed the fact that the atti rmsttye
bill is the last Liberal measure the Present
Premier proposes to Introduce. Cs-dinsl
Newman is the only disnitsry of the
Catholic Church who supported
the Affirmation bill. EngliSh Catholics are
greatly aStonished at his ac'iOn. Toe gov.
ernment expects to carry the bill by small
msiority only. The Liberals intend u in.
troduce at no distant day the County Frau
chiSe bill Gladstone will retire from he
Premiership with the title sf Earl Md
lothian.
II is reported that an extensive dynamite
fact, " has been discovered in Nvr champ.
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EhIAL COLLISION.
I've Pslinan Cars 0'sssl - sD1
kevePal PeFsNas kilIsA.

CHICAGO. April q "A very serious seci.
dent occurred st two o'clock this morning
to the Pacific Express on the Chicago snd
Grand Trunk Rsilrosd near Bellvue. Mich.
A train composed Of through baggage and
mail car,, . second class coach, tso first
cIsss coaches and . Pullman sleeper from
New York. Montreal and Bay City 10
the order named left Port H1roa
about an houI late. The train had bssa
Obliged 20 s,"p on account OF the brezksge
Of . pipe connected With the air bfsksa
A heavy fright train vas closs behind snd
the warning vas % bret. the trsia being
on the down grade that the braksmsn vsfs
unsbIe to pring II 10 bait, although they
npck to their work :nsnfully. Too Poli-
mans we're wrecked. the rear one bring
sroupd tn sioms and the other split vide
op@n snd bali ground mp.
A large bpmb~r Of persons we're injured,
sone Of sbom quite ssriDusly.
C,rGucior Wall died st tb. scene OF the
accident. Hiegin. on the way 10 Bellevue,
Yry. q; Battle Creek ~ $50 A =. The sc
r,d,rt Csrurr~d ,ton' "a n. A later Gle.
,y,cb s'.rrs that " !, f-a,rd tbst Sr. and
W., Bs!l, gh are te'iou,iy Injured in'rf'
IaA!.
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THE IRON TRADE.
Iron Age on the MISUNDERSTANDING
Trade.

PTTrssUEGH, April 27.-speaking of the
depression in tue pig metal market, the
Iron Age, just received, says: Under
such circumstances as those which exist at
the moment in the iron market, it is the
worst kind OF folly 10 shut ones eyes to
the facts of the case No one is deceived
by false showing OF firmuess when prices
are hopelessly weak and tending
downward and the producer who holds
on, hoping against hope, and refus-
ing to blow out his furnace when
he cannot meet the market without
loss, and when nothing but y curtailmeut
healthy tone, has no reason to complain II
helped to decision he is so reluctant TO
make for himself All connected with the
iron trades will have reason to 90 glad
when bed rock is reached and prices cannot
decline further. 1t is possible, bat not
probable, that this has been secured by
cut Of Two dollars q ten on pig iron, aud II
another reduction of two dollars is nece5.
sary, the best interests OF the trade demand
that it be made. We are sorry that the
necessity exists, but since it does exist
We are glad to see the market prices
put down to TIE figures at which
X. Il
Congress might just as well see what the
farce of tariff revision has done Tor the
country. Cold stacks and idle mills will
more strongly emphasize the folly oil the
last Congress than even weak market
Vith an over supply of iron. Let Us see
just how badly We are hurt There must
be q bottom somewhere, aud II 1t IS not
reached until we touch a figure at which
few furnaces can run, and none make q
L.
ure the sooner will confidence be restored
and consumption show healthy increase.
Meanwhile we shall witness decline In
the cost Of production. and the furnace in.
terest will be In good shape 10 take adytn-
tsge Of an improved market rs soon aS In.
proyement shall come"
At Pittsburgh.
The local pig iron market continues in
Sn unsatisfactory condition, and there is
not much prospect OF immediate improve
ment in the demand. AS stated before, it
is not at all likely that the GO,00O tons OF
Marshall iron will be placed on sale, at the
same time the fact that all this iron will
be placed on the market ust as soon as 1t
can be disposed OF is not without effect,
and consumers, as in the past, Will con-
tinue for the present to buy only as
their immediate wants require. II Is
worthy of mention that the banks holding
the iren to which reference has heea made
will not sacrifice it; some Of them cannot
afford 10 sell much below present prices
without losing money, and Il is not likely
that they will do anything to break the
market As compared with a week ago,
prices remain unchanged, as follows: M. |
foundry, $2l 5OGg22 so 4 mos. No do $40
G2l, mos; neutral gray forge, slS 5Og
10 so, mos Bessemer iron. S22E922 %, 4
mos. cold blast charcoal, $3O@35, 4 mos.
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OR. BLACK,


The Phystrtao 81 the IsueoSess.
speaks Or The Psessdssrs 1Iissss
W,suisGToS, April T.-Dr. B!sck, The
physician Of the Tallapoosa, who attended
President Arthur during his recent illness,
Was in the city today. lie spoke Of ths
case freely, In substance ~ follovs:
y vas called 10 attend the President lsts
that night; and found Linn suffering fro0
intense pain caused by collie. ] sdmints-
tered at ones an smetic, which he tmusdi.
distsiy threw of. Seeing thal the cass -
,evere, 7 admin istsred morphine 70 a0sses
The pain. This vomitsd him severely.
throwing OF the entire contsnts Of Tbs
stomach. A. the pain was not 70
iisvsd, ! was sstishsd the irhtsunG
osn.ss were still In his systsm, and d.
tited TO administer IN injection. He Sss
in . somsuhst critical, though NOT dan.
gsTous ttats, at this time. Aftss The To- jso-
iiop the reaction I hoped for sst 10, and
his system seemed 10 be thoroughly eissn
ofsytTy thing that wSs iniurio1s. / thea
sdninis,ered ssdatisss 20 bin, which
Soo,hed him. and after tvo hourS bard
work the danger parsed on. He vss unfsf
the influence OF thsss Dsdstisss oaStog
The morning. ] regarded the es,s -
severe one. but dangerous only 10 tbs pos
,ibiIity. 10 not probability. Of the sstuag
In Of iE 6sm m alton ot the sto0sco. Ihis
contingency vas the only one which
nost dreaded, snd one from which tbs
PrtSident fortunately escaped
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4 Family Drowned.

t'DDLETowS, o., April 27.-John O'Cnn'
his wife and two-year,o!d daughter
e drowned at o'clock yesterday near
20 residence, about a mile above this
'e' In the hydraulic canal which passes
= Z, 'he!r house. The child was plsylng
Is o"l 4, HheR it fell in. The mother,
:" =! lear aud anxiety, lesped in after
~" ia'hCr, attracted by his wife
! w. -. "n 10 the spot TO rescue them.
Tee were drowned. The water
= 'h"u' sixteen feet deep. The bliy
''' 81 Vas recovered, hut that of the
! -" is'le. bad rot yer been up O.
"'L!Dg.
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$4,000 Deficiency.

PIrrsBURsH, Pa. April "A dispatch
ssys Crunty Comptroller Sperr. VINO hs>
,nditirg the books If County Clerk Arch
Rowsrd. announces that he has discovera
6,fci'r'y Ia thhe returns Of iqnor
fines nf 80 co.,. Rnwand claims 10 b.
,A'e ~ tIlrin the matier satisfactory
when called upon to do 50.
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Nur<irr.a. Assault.

CoLUNBUs. 0. Apri, &c. W. at. Clair
9 (o' lored) barber formerly "f Pniladel
phia, msde a murderous assault nn his
wife with hatChet ami then cut his own
throat with rsznr. Both are stiii liviu',
but it is thought the results will b.
fatal
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orIsndo Hensen, With bis wife md to
little dsusbtsSs, vsrs tstsa vio'sauy ssk
st Troy. spd the nsxt 70 tbs yosaesss
dsushter, sesd three. died st o'clock iron
having ssiep bClfeBs ssusses pfDeorsd o.
Hov.y 4 Nifchsl's plses. Troy. % sooa
The lie a Mr. Hspssa sss sis0 dcspsifea
~, snd The ofhsrs wers 6seeseoosiy ht.
Tb.1 fesidsA st Carp. uters Pa. hsd s-.o
'i,iiipy :, Bur.'rg:on. end Srs "a s's
ISL hvms.
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Thobss Bstes. wife and daughter. rssid.
ing in Tps-tsnsburs. Pa. vefs taken sud-
denly 81 Saturday night With severe psias
in the!. stomsebs. accom- panied viii ven
ting. Mr. Bats died Tuesdsy nsssiag
moi terrible suffering. His wife. -
susb.sr ere ,all IN . critical eoodItieA.
No cruse of the sudden sttsek 10 lsssasd
M 10 the pgep<nt
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n, ss~Ss Lac.

Coluxsus. o.. Apii THE sttosney
gen. raj eUmmencsd msndsops preess6-
ibgs In the supreme Court todsy aesisN
ibr sudnor Of Athens county 70 tsSs tAs
rorsIitmiosslity Of the Btsis li9uoe taG
isx. lie btssiDg is set for nsIt TnunlAy.
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ration for corn planting; otherwise farm
ing industries have progressed satisfacto
rily,
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HANGED.
Two Men Who Protested Innocence
Till the Last

Till the Last
ELIIApKrHrowN, n Y, April 27.-Henry
Desbosny wss hanged today for the mur-
der If his wife near Essex, August l. 1857.
While standing upon the scstf1ld he was
in view of thousand people, gathered oI
the outside Of the Jail yard. He protested
innocence. Deshosny yesterday sold his
body 10 physician for SIS and it Va, duly
delivered 10 day. This morning he in
spected the scafold and examined the
rope, suggesting that the latter should De
sOsped.
WALuALLA, 6. c.. April 27.--Frsz'er
Corelln nd was bsnged tc-,isy for the .mur
dc; of Mr. John HInri.Utt 90 the second
of December lsst. From the window
The iail be informed III crowt tina, ne -
inno, ent Of tae cTuDe Tor when he ss>
sentenced To die.
Why suf-r from a S'ste Of ill health? :?
Nby bs rrcub'cd VITA dVsos ySiat Brown e
vu;li rnre V,yl.
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Base Rail-.
zINENELD FOR COURT.

CLEVELAND. O., April 27.-Clevelands, /
AnCghonys, l.
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HON. GEO. r. BLACK.
4 Note of ExpIanatiou.

SYLvANIA, GA, Feb. f7.-Editor Morn,
ing NescS: In your issue of the 10th inst
Hon. John c. Nichols, member elect tc
the Forty-eighth Congress, publishes a
card stating: II am constantly in receipt
of letters from various parts of the district
asking my attention to distribution OF
seed and other official business. These
letters are directed to Washington and
are forwarded to me here. AS many as
twelve came by one mail. have done the
best l could with these requests; / have
sent them to the Hon. George r. Black,
our present member, to whom they should
have been originally referred"
In this my friend, Colonel Nichols, is
correct. am the proper person to be adj
dressed ON these subjects. And nOtwiIh-
standing | have been unable to be present
in my seat at Washington during the pres
ent session, | have been attending regu-
larly to all the routine business apper-
tanning to my position as a member of the
Forty seventh Congress which has been
referred to me. Much of the department
business can be, and most generally is. at
tended to by correspondence, and does not
always require the personal application
or lntercessiOn Of the Congressman,
whether he be present at Washington or
not.
Through the kindness and efficient CO.
operation of my colleagues in Congress,
the interests of my constituents have suf-
fered nothing by reason of my illness and
unfortunate disability from taking my
seat.
All of my letters which are not sent di-
rect to me here are promptly forwarded
from Washington by the Postmaster of
the House. l regret that the letters which
Colonel Nichols says he has sent to me
have never yet reached me, but when they
do they shall have prompt attention.
GEORGE II, BLACK,