Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-31
Capitol Cuttings.
What is Transpirins at the
Fountain Head of the Fed.
eraI Government.

| OF poSt-Ofhce changes now waiting the
presidents action.
Mr.. Goldman of Boston has not, a repOr-
ted, been offered the civil-servicc commits
siOnership tosucceed Mr.. Eaton.
VIM. \. Vincent, chief justice of New
Mexico, who appointed Stephen ". Dorsey
| member of commission to draw grand and
petit jurors, has been suspended by the
president.
Secretary Bayard is said to have lost Wade
HamptOn's friendship by removing from Of
| ficea Republican consul. South Carolinian
who had served in the confederate army.
Secretary Bayard says he has heard moth
inR of the protest of the Catholics of Rich
mond against the appointment of Rev. Dr..
Curry. the Baptist preacher, as minister to
Spain. I'VE have no religious tests IN this
country he said, land certainly not in this
department.'
The latest gossip about wedding at the
White House is set at rest, for the present
at least, by the announcement that Miss
Folsom, who has been guest at the White
House for several days, will go to New
York the last Of this week. She intends to
sail for Europe the first of next week.
Col. John c. Kelton, assistant adjutant-
general assumed charge of the appointment
commission and personal branch of the ad-
| iutant-generai's Office, war department, re-
lieving Gen Chauncey McKever, who will
| take the station al san Francisco.
The fortiticatiOn board will meet at the
| war department to receive reports from its
subcommittees and compile 4 report 10 con-
gress. One of the plans contemplated for
harbor defence is a number of floating tur-
rents. with sufficient machinery to move
them from place to place. For the defence
of New York harbor, it is suggested that
number Of these monitors be constructed of
| 1000 tons each, drawing not over eight feet
of water and mounted with four lG-inch
| rifled guns.
The p0Stma steT- general has decided that
the department was under no obligation 10
deliver mail matter thrown into IFS cOllec-
| ton boxes bv Wells, Fargo ~ Co. afte" they
have cancelled their stamps, and postmas-
| tprS have been instructed 10 refuse such
matter. 1t appears that it has been the
practice of the express company to trans
port letters as far as their lines extend and
| then place them in the United States mail
| for delivery when the point of destination
is beyond the limits of their own service.
Secretary Lamar, Assistant Secretary
jerks and the assistant attOrney-general for
the interior department listened to the re-
argument to-day on the appeal of the
| Southern Pacific Railroad company from the
decision of the commissioner OF the land Of
| fee in what is known as the Backbone
| grant" in Southern California. The rail-
road company was represented bv Mr.. Sid
ney Dillon and prominent counsel. The
| point at issue is the old one concerning the
| ownership of certain lands where the
Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific railroad
grants overlapDed.
Edwards Pierrepont has written Con-
gresham Warner letter. in which he saws
| the Judgment of the country favOrS cur
rencv composed of both gold and silver, and
as silver is too bulky to circulate extensively
he proposes to substitute for the Bland act
| a law that will allow silver notes to issue on
| a deposit of silver sufficient to make the Sc
curity equal in gold 20 the face Of the note.
| or as nearly so as practicable. The money
lender. he saws, desires contracted curren-
CIV and opposes silver coinage with the cry
| of imitation. but an unhealthy imitation from
gold and silver alone is impossible.
| The consul of the United States at Guaya-
mas, Mexico, informs the department of
| state that the statements made by various
newspapers that there are 1000 Cinnamon in
| his district, and that the same are being sur
repti.iously introduced in the United States
| in contravention of the restriction act of
| congress are untrue, as the total number OF
Cinnamon in that consular district does not
exceed 125. and these are nearly all employed
i'm shoe and tailoring factories and have nO
desire to leave their present profitable posi-
tons. No additions are being made to then
number.
All the bureau and department officers
are engaged in the preparation Of their an
nuaI reports and the president has sent
word around that he wants everything com
pleted and in his hands before the 1st OF
November, when he win commence tht
work upon his message. This is accompa
MED by an order prohibiting the eommuni
cation of the contents of any of the report.
to the press until they shall first be read ant
approved by the president. This is some
thing new. Heretofore all the heads o
bureaus have given out abstracts of thei
reports month or six weeks before bein!
submitted to congress and the president ha
never wanted to see the documents eithe
in manuscript or print unless there hap
pened to he something of unusual impoI
tance or significance in them requiring nj
tention in his message.
Auditor Chenowith has developed littl
difficulty with the United States Insane asy
lum and the National Deaf and Dumb asy
lum. Both institutions are supported b
congressional appropriations, but enjoy a
additional revenue from the care of the pr
vate patients, of which no account is mad
to the treasury. Judge Chenowith saws ths
: as it is ckimed by the superintendent Of th
Natioyal Deaf nd Dumb college that tits
: private corporation and that the governmer
is only a trustee, he will recommend TO cor
. gress that no more appropriations be mad
) for its support unless there Is coupled wit
the appropriation authority 10 the treasur
: department to supervise and audit ihe az
counts. This institution has refused fC