, 1885-07-29
WASHINGTON WAITS.
A Protest Against the Burial of
Grant in New York.
Report Of the Mexican and South
American Commissions.
Davenport Gets Mixed
Up in a Scandal.
Wellington Notes.

h"ASiiNtloN, July plainta
having beer received at the department Of
agriculture that sorghum seed distributed
this year failed to grow, samples of it
were tested in the gardens of the depart
ment and it has been found that only
about 10 per cent of it would sprout.
Gen. Hazen to-day brought charges
against Sergt, Michael McGaron, Of the
signal corps at Pensacola, Fla, and asked
that he be tried by court martial for re-
fusing to receive Private Green (colored)
who was sent to assist him. McGaron is
regarded as an efficient officer. He re-
manned on duty through the yellow fever
epidemic.
Gen. Hazen, chief signal officer, will
sail for Europe Thursday, to be absent
until October.
Gen. McKeever, of the adjutant gem
erals office, on duty at Washington, has
been ordered to San Francisco, Oct. /,
relieving Col. John q. Killon, who m
to this city.
Col. I. +. Barr, Judge advocate and
military secretary of the secretary of war,
has asked to be relieved. He has held the
present position the past five years. 1t is
understood the vacancy to be made
by Col. Bars departure will not be
filled.
The president to-day appointed Robert
Murray surgeon general of the United
States amy, Francis NJ. Gunnell surveyor
general of the United States navy, and
Rev. Byron Sunderland, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, to be visitor to
the government hospital for the insane.
Bedford Mackcy, United States consul
at Rio Grande de Sol, Brazil, arrived in
Washington to-day on leave of absence.
Mackey is the consul who some weeks
since had a shooting afFray with a Brazil
liam editor, the latter having published
scurrilous attacks upon him and his
mother. Mackey was tried and honorably
acquitted. He reports that the colony of
ex-C Confederate soldiers is located in South
ern Brazil. The colony numbers about
500 persons and is doing well.
Judge Scion Thatcher, of Kansas, n
member of the commission appointed to
visit Mexico aud South America in the
interest of trade between those countries
aud the United States, arrived in Wash
ington to-day from Liverpool and called
upon the secretary of state. He landed
in New York yesterday. Curtis, the sec
rotary of the commission. is expected the
latter part of the week. Thatcher said
to lay. in every country we visited,
except perhaps Chill, we found the
authorities and the people DESTROYS of
strengthening the relations between their
country and the United States. In nearly
every case they said: We look upon the
United States as our mother country, but
have received no attention from her.
Foreign powers have sent commissions to
visit lis and have endeavored to
strengthen the feeling between themselves
and our country. This visit Of yours is
the first intimation we have had that the
United States takes an interest in us.
Our reception in Chill was indeed chilly,
officially, though personally we were
treated very cordially, The authorities
did not express an cagerness to promote
commerce between the two counties. In
the other countries the people said the
United States was a big and rich country,
and they looked upon it as a guide. The
judge said the establishment Of steamship
lines to the ports of theee countries was
the solution to the problem. and pointed
out that France, England, Germany,
Italy and Spain all had already established
such means Of communication. In
most cases the South American
states would aid in establishing
American lines. Thatcher added that all
the countries visited were in favor OF "A
convention Of the North and South
American countries 10 consult on com.
mercial and financial interests, the United
States to take the initiative and name the
topics. These countries were particularly
interested in education. There were al
ready American teachers in the Argentine
Republic. These countries also all advo-
Gated the adoption of a common silver
coin, especially the nations which mine
sl yer. The commission will make reports
of its visits to each country. While the
commission is not called upon to make
recommendations, it will probably suggest
that a convention be called, to which all
Central and South American countries
and Mexico be invited to send delegates.
A meeting of citizens was held to. night
to protest against the proposed burial of
Gen. Grant in Riverside park, New York
city. Among those present were ex-Con-
gresham Dezendorf, Of Virginia, who
presided; Gen. Whitaker, Hon. A. NJ.
Clapp and DIR. Bliss. A committee Of
five on resolutions, consisting of A. VI.
Clapp, r. g. Bell, DR.. Pursell, II. j.
Mohan and A. b. Cunningham, was APP
pointed. 1t presented a long preamble
and resolution, which were unanimously
adopted, protesting against the intermcnt
Of Gen. Grant in Central or Riverside
park, New York, on the grounds that the
selection Of n place of amusement and
recreation for this purpose will violate the
eternal fitness of things, and such inter
ment will "localize his ashes to a single