The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20
WAITS.
q Collection - Neu. Nofes n! Nove OF lA0
Interest ION the NAiioaaI u al.

4 Collection - Neu. Notes o' Moro OF lAO
Iptcrest fsom the NAtioaal CIpual.
WASHINGTON, Aug. la-7he Mexican
comp. icaiiol IS watched here with intense
Interest, aid IN tie present pzuciiy OF topics
o! an exciting nature i tie absorbing theme
~ common, in AL public places. While
TIE war feeling has teen somewhat, pro
n"unced. il was yi-ibIy heightened ,e.ier-
day b. the publication 81 dispatches, be-
Iievsd Ia he TeIis0'-. show az that the
Mexican leaders w.rc Disposed to ce be.li-
cose ard boasifal. The published state.
ment that enc: Palace.o. the newly sp
pointed Mexican minister 10 Spain. eN-
p.~~s-d the opinion III the New York
pay~r, that as Mexico had a .-ll equipped
snd organ zed army o! 10000. size could
ls4., IL construed 70 mean that Mexico -
ready. II necessary. "a accept tie ISSUE az
war. III. hostile feeling = specially no
ticeatle among Southern men and eS Con-
'eGrrates. who f~rz.rrn.Ls freely with er-
Federal soldiers upOn the Issue of q war
with M-xiro.
The Mexican trouble was the subject ~
q scu>sion At Yesterday Cabinet meeting
While nothing definite can b- learned OF
what TRANSFERRED Il the meet u. 3: !. under-
Stood that ia. President viii await the Ir-
SUIT OF the correspondence HON - progress
between the tvO counties before deciding
upon any course OF action.
NASHIS.I"S. Aux. l$.-TEe Fostmas-
ter Genera io day made a rrGui>t inn on
the Treasury Department: for c5>0.OJO for
COMP ensa,Ion of postmaster. TeadJU>t-'i m
der the act OF March 8. leHG. ihe depart
ment will not he.in tie payment OF these
claimS until after September |.
The CHEF OF Tire Bureau OF Statistics re-
ports that the total values OF the exports
81 domestic bread>tuIS from the Uai.-d
States dur.u. III. month Of July,
1856. and during the seven months
ended July 81, 1886. a. compared viii
similar reports during the coTresISnd,n.
periods Of the preceding wears wsrr a. fol-
lows: July, $50, SIl,5.0.c4g; JAY. 1875.
Ss.l.2,sIl; seven months ended July 81,
lss6. S~Sl.432,2i5; 1855. Sej.i15, i%5.
W.sHINGIoN, Aug. l3.-Thr lines. OF
T.. NJ. Lawion. tire d sbursing clerk % the
War Department, has given rise Ia III
interesting question, and orc which 10
causing tho clerks OF that department
som. unsasinesS Mr. L.awton is the only
officer Of ia. department. with one excep
ton, Who is under bonds. Saturday il pay
day for the /. 200 clerks Of tie Department.
The question is whether they can receive
their money AZ the hands of any other per.
son. The question: was tie subject OF a con-
sulia'iOn WILL the Secretary az Wal. Tire
latter carried the warrant {" Mr.. IawtofSs
house. hu. that gentleman was unconscious.
and n0think WAS done. Mr. IAwton -
paialyzed in the left side. and Il lie should
recover consciousness. may Ice able 10 sign
the warrants. IL not, unless some arrange
meut is made, the clerks can not D- paid.
WAsHINGToS, Aug. I%.-The receipts 81
the Government since July | have been
81, 600, 900 in excess of the receipts during
the ann period Of last YEA. The Increase
was about s.. GOO, 600 from customs and
about 81. 500. 900 from internal revenue.
These figures are said 10 I've indicative y! a
good state of progress throughout the cOun.
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