Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Commander Winfield Scott Schley, of the Greely expedition, has been nominated by. the President for the post of Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, with the rank of Commodore. An appropriation of $7,000,000 for seacoast defenses will be recommended to the House this year by the Committee on Fortifications. The committee does not concnr in the recommendations of the Naval Ordnance Foundry Board, which suggested the establishment of gun-foundries by the Government The joint-committee appointed to investigate the manufacture’ of steel cannon is engaged in the preparation of an elaborate report.... Secretary of the Treasury McCulloch says that there is a disposition on the part of banks and individuals throughout the country to hoard legal-tender notes in preference to silver certificates... .Lieut. Gen. Sheridan is confined to his house by illness, which, though serious, is said not to be dangerons. He is suffering from a derangement of the stomacb, and his physician has ordered him to remain at home and rest... .Although the excess of the assets of the United States Treasury over demand liabilities exceeds $137,000,000, no bond call is to be made at present.