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Show GENERAL. Fi'om Washington. ! "Washington, 1J. Tho committee on j public buildings and grounds was in i conferoncc to-day, with tho committeo on appropriations. Tho lattor has agreed to report back Farwcll'a bill with an amendment, reducing tho appropriation from $0,000,000 to 4,O00,UO0, for tho erection of buildings in Chicago for all government purposes. Attorney-general Akennan has resigned, re-signed, and Williams, of Orogon, has boon appointed to succeed him. The X'reaident to-day Font to tho senate the name of George H. Williams, of Oregon, to bo attorney general rice Akerman, who.se resignation is to take eirect January 10th. Also tlie nomination nomina-tion of S. JoBOph McCarry, assistant justico of tho supremo court of "Wyoming, "Wyo-ming, Benj. 3. Swcot, Illinois, lirst deputy commissioner of internal revenue. The wur department, in general orders, announce to tho army tho death of brigadier general Kobcrt Anderson, of Port Sumpter memory, and pay a handsome compliment to his military service and private character. On the arrival of his remains on the ahip-of-war Que nit v, orders will bo issued to do them honor. George li Williams was unanimously confirmed by thosenato to-day as attor-! attor-! n ey general without a reference to the committee. In tendering hn resignation of altnr-1 altnr-1 nay general to tho prn.-ident, atthere-! atthere-! quest of the latter, Akerman expres-es j his grateful sonso of the uniform kindness kind-ness of tho president, who replies in a very complimentary leltor. Sew York lie ml. New York, 11. Tho receiver of the Ocean bank believes that $2i,iJlK) of $"20,0Ck1 ''' discounted bills of the bank aro good. Tlio Commmii.-t general Wroblow-:ki has arrived here from Pari-. Small-pox is now said to be :ui epidemic epi-demic in Urooklyn. A challenge of Yum. Kelly lo Joe. Coburn for a pri.e tight is published. The board of police commisiioners have passed a teiuluLioii instructing ihe department to tako tho necessary measures meas-ures to prevent any breimb of the peace on the occa?iou of the International pro-ce;;iou pro-ce;;iou ou Sunday, and Vl protect the public from disorder and violence This afternoon Miss i'anuio C. Clallin appeared at the Jetlevson Market court and complained to justice Shandloy that I her father and mother were tho source 1 of continual annoyance to her aud Mrs. Woodhull. She "complained specially that they went to her residence- on Wednesday evening aud created a great disturbance. Justice S hand ley i.-sucd I a summons for their appearance lo-i lo-i morrow to answer the charge. Monetary oint Stocks. ! New York-. 14. .Money Grin at 7 per cent; goiddull; sterling'': governments : quiet and lirm; s;.io!;s unitlrd. W. ; V. 'P., !: l.'uick-llver, W. P.. : .7; Paeiilc Mnii, 4.'. |