The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-02
From Washington

HE other day Mr.. Butler, of South Caro-.
lima, was the only Senator present when the
Senate was called to order. The Vice-P resi
| dent said, The Senator from South Carolina
will come to order" and after the prayer
was delivered Mr.. Butler moved q call of the
Senate.
The retirement of General Sherman from
the army in n few months will advance Gen
eral Sheridan to the rank of general of the
army, and probably General Hancock to tho
rank of ieutenant-gereral.
FOLLOWING are nominations of United
States consuls made by the President: Al
bert Rhodes, of New York, at Elberfeld, Ger
many; James +. Montgomery of New York,
ut Trieste; Olson V. Tousley, of Minnesota,
at Leipsic; Charles p. Williams, of New
York, at Calais
The secretary of the treasury reports the
DEFICIENCIES in the appropriations for the
various departments for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 to be: State, $20,095; treasury,
$36,S31; war, S1,O1G, 1913; navy, S13,340; in
terror, $396, 1858; postofic $17,5oO: justice,
$3,0S2. Total, $1,504,OO.
LORD LoRNE, encouragement of Canada,
minister, and have been entertained at din
ner by the President.
LEADING Senators of both political parties
held caucuses relative to the pending tariff
bill. The Republicans decided to use every
effort to bring the bill to an issue before the
end of the session. The Democrats decided
on the curtailment of the debate as far as
possible, and the avoidance of the appear
ance of filibustering.
Tus tariff bill, as presented in the House,
makes large additions to the free list, and
the decrease in revenue which it would oc-
casion is estimated at $50 S55,709.
FOREMAN WILLIAM DICKSON, of the first
star route jury has been indicted by the Dis
trict of Columbia grand jury for corruptly
endeavoring to influence his fellow-jurors in
that trial.
AT the recent convention of agriculture in
Washington f. d. Curtis, of Charlton, n. Y,
read an interesting paper upon swine. lie
said that notwithstanding the suspicious
which have been cast upon American pork
by foreign health commissions, and the
edicts of governments debarring its importa-
ton, the records of mortality in America
demonstrated beyond dispute that fewer dis
orders are caused by its consumption hero
than in any other country of an equal popu-
lation, and that the swine of the United
States were freer from parasites, and from
disorders of all kinds, than are those of any
other portion of the globe.
Ex-CoNGEEssMAN ACKI.EN of Louisiana,
has withdrawn his contest FOR William p.
Kellogg's seat in the next Congress.
COLONEL O. II. IRGsH, chief of the bureau
of engraving and printing, is dead.
DURn;G his visit TO Washington the Mar
quis of Lorne, Canada's governor general,
was the recipient of many attentions. He
appeared in the Senate chamber and was
presented 10 the Senators. In the House an in
formal reception was held, the marquis being
presented to the House committee on foreign
relations first, and then to the members
generally. Queen Victoria's son-in-law at
tended the first reception given by Mrs. Me-
Elroy president Arthur's sister, at tho
White House, and reception given in
his honor by General Sherman. On
Sunday he dined with the President