Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Secretary Lincoln, -with a full appreciation of the character required by the Judge Advocate General of the Army, addressed a letter to President Arthur, reciting the circumstances of the affair between A. E. Bateman and Gen. Swaim, and urging a court of inquiry for the vindication of the latter officer. The President coincided, and Gens. Pope, Augur, and Sackett have been appointed to investigate the case.... The Greely expedition, consisting of three vessels, has been ordered to sea by the Secretary of tbq. Navy, under command of Commander Schley, who goes uninstructed.... Hon. J. W. Foster, United States Minister to Spain, has returned to Washington to confer with the administration in regard to the proposed commercial treaty. Gen. D. S. Stanley has been assigned to command in the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio. Gen Stanley was at San Antonio when Gen. Sheridan was in command of tbeDepartrnentof tlieGulr.... The collections Of internal revenue for the , first nine months of the fiscal year were as follows: Spirits, $55,497,893, an Increase of $2,102,440 over the corresponding period of the previous year; tobacco, $13,854,535, a decrease of I $13,755,393; fermented liquors, $12.658,fe59.ian increase of $895,778; banks and bankers, $2,392, a decrease of $3,741,534; miscellaneous sources, $440,904, a decrease of $6,008,539. The aggregate receipts were $87,454,084, which are $20,505,253 less than the collections of the last fiscal year. John A. "Walsh, the noted star route witness, has written to Mr. Springer, Chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures of the Department of Justice, urging that Secretary chandler be summoned before the corinnittee to give evidence in reference to a letter which he is alleged to have written to Attorney General Brewster Ju connection with the star route cases.... Senator George; of Missi-sippi, from the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, will soon report a bill proposing to prohibit thp Importation or immigration of foreign laborers under contract to work in this country. ... .Senator Cullom’s bill for the regulation of interstate commerce has been adopted by the Sens e Committee on Railroads as the basis for legislation on that sub ect..].. Postmaster General Gresham, with his wife, left Washington last week for Jacksonville, F1a.... The House* Committee on Fostofflces has ordered the preparation tof a bill for a contract system of postal telegraphy. Holman, Carlisle, Hurd, arid other advanced free-traders on the Democratic side assert that the Morrison bill will pass the House. .They say they have reliable information which justifies . their prediction tnat they will secure a majority for the measure. Mr. Morrison Is also confident,... The value of Imports for the year ending March 31 were S6B ',258,64% against $742,50 ,- 875 for the preceding year; and*tbe exports were $761,733,431, against $103,727,802 for