The Portland daily press., 1883-09-26
WASHINGTON.
Candidates for superyisinv arehi,ec,.

Candidates for Supervising Architect.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Secretary Folger
says that he will confer with the President be-
fore coming to any decision as TO the appoint
ment of a successor to Supervising Architect
Hill. There is but one new applicant for the
position. The papers of the other so-caIled
candidates have been on the files of the de-
partment for months.
Supervising Architect Hill says he will re-
main in Office long enough to complete his
annual report, at the end of which time, if his
successor is not appointed, he. will inform the
| Secretary that he does not care to stay longer.
Counferfeiting Silver Certificates.
The Secret Service Bureau has information
of the operations of a gang which has oper-
ataa evtensively in the ennntarfeiting of silver
certlhcates, which have been principally Cir
culated in the West.
Fixing the Boilers at the Capitol.
The officials of the Capitol, taking warning
from the numerous boiler explosions, are hay-
ing such thorough repairs made to the boilers
at the House end that the new congressman
need have no serious apprehensons.
Democratic Divisions in North Carolina.
The hopes of the Republicans in North
Carolina rest largely upon divisions in the
Democratic party, which are as sharp and
aggressive as those of the Democracy 10 Ohio.
The Republicans are also encouraged by the
fact that former Democratic leader, Patrick
Winston, has come out in open advocacy of
the Republican party, and has published a
pamphlet, which has been circulated through
out the State, reviewing the Democratic policy
and characterizng it as the party of the past.
He invites the young men of the State who
look to the future to cut loose from the tradi-
tions of the past, which he declares have been
hindrance to the development of the South.
Gen. sherman's Retirement.
General Sherman has fixed November 1st as
the date he will turn over the command of the
army to General Sheridan and virtually retire
to civil life, although he will not be placed
upon the retired list of the army until Febru-
ary 0th.
Cattle for Western Ranches.
Mr., Sutton, consul general at Matamoras,
has addressed to the State Department COM
munlcation on the subject of beef cattle in
Mexico and the United States, having refer
ence principally 10 the question of how best to
supply the demand for cattle for ihe ranches of
the Western States. For the past two or three
years, he says, the cattle men have began to
look beyond Texas and into Northern Mexico
forthis supply. The chief cattle range of
Northern Mexico, he says, lies between q line
drawn from Guayamas to Tampico, and in
cludes the States of Sonora, Chihuahua, Cola.
hula, Nuevo Leon and Tamalinpas, an area of
100000 square miles, two-thirds of which is
grazing land. There may be in this section,
he thinks, 6.500,000 animals, divided about as
follows: Goats, 100000; neat cattle, 1,500,-
600; horses, 100000; sheep, 100000; mules,
100000
Imports Of live cattle from Mexico have in
the past paid an ad valorem duty of 20 per
cent, but under recent Treasury regulations,
the scope of which has been established by a
test case, he says that animals for breeding
purposes can be imported free Of duty, the per-
son importing them being only obliged to
satisfy the Consul and Collector that he i'm
ports them for such purposes. The decision in
this test case, he says, is already known the
whole length of the frontier, and he an
ticipates that stockmen in Texas, New Mexico
Arizona, Kansas, Colorado, ETC., will take ad-
vantage of it and go to Mexico for breeders,
and that it will give great impulse to the cat
| tle-raisi1g industry in Northern Mexico.
miscellaneous,
The Bar Association of this city has received
| letter from Lord Chief Justice Coleridee
accepting proffered reception, the time to be
hereafter agreed upon. A committee of seven
| has been appointed to make all necessary
arrangements.