Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — WASHINGTON NOTES. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NOTES.

Lieut. Bullis, of the Twenty-fourth Infan try lately struck tho trail of a band of thieving Indians near the Rio Grande, in Texas, pursued them across the river into Mexico, attacked and drove them into the mountains. A large number of horses which the savages had stolen wero recaptured and restored to the rightful owners. A full report of tho affair has been made to the authorities at Wasliington, and tho President and others in high official station express themselves gratified at the success of tho affair. Tho receipts from distilled spirits from all nomces the last fiscal year wero $57,700,000, against $50,462,000 for the year 1870. More than 7,000 applications for consulships are on file in Washington, and there is but a single vacancy. The Attorney General reiterates his decision that tho departments are by law forbidden to pay for advertising more than the rate of 40 cents'per 100 words for the first insertion, and 20 cents for each subsequent insertion. This is equivalent to about 8 cents per line. Statistics collected by the Government Bureau in Washington show that eighty-seven per cent, of the grain shipped from the West to the seaboard last year was transported by railroad. John M. Langston, the colored lawyer, has accepted the Hayti mission. Gen. McDowell telegraphs tho War Department at Washington that the situation in Idaho is growing serious. Chief Joseph’s band had received large accessions, and it was feared many other reservation Indians would join him. Gen. McDowell has sent forward every soldier he could scrape up west of Arizona, and yet the force opposed to the savages was too small to think of taking the offensive with any hope of success. At the earnest request of Gen. McDowell the War Department has authorized the raising of 500 volunteers in Oregon and Washington Territory. With this reinforcement it is believed the troops now operating in the Sold will be enabled to whip the rebellious savages into good behavior.