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Show GENERAL. i ' WASI5.IXGTOX. The Wheeler Expetlilion t'lt'Xfts Otnre-holdors Chinese Chi-nese Cheap Labor. Washington, 17. The main party of Lieutenant "Wheeler's exploring expedition has returned to "Washington. "Washing-ton. Lieutenant Wheeler and Or. Yarrow have returned to hasten the publication of their report. There are still eight parties of the same expedition ex-pedition in the field, who will continue work as long as tho weather will permit. per-mit. Ex-Govcryor Davis ! and Boulds Baker arc at the head of the delegation delega-tion from Texas which arrived here to-day to assist the authorities to select men to be appointed to federal offices that are to be vacated. The removals decided upon are the postmasters post-masters of Dallas, Galveston, Houston Hous-ton and Brigham, the collectors of customs at Corpus Christi and Galveston, Galves-ton, of internal revenue at Galveston, Benham and Tyler. The internal revenue districts of Galveston and Benham are to be consolidated. Chinese cheap labor has appeared in Washington. A company has established es-tablished a laundry. Post Chaplin Mose3 J. Kelley, relieved re-lieved from duty in thedepartmentof Columbia, is ordered to tho depart ment of Dakotah. The Secretary of the Treasury di-1 rpotq that interest becoming dn on the 1st of November be paidwith. re-1 bate on and alter Monday next till the' 25th inat., from which it will be1 paid without rebate. I The October returns of the Depart-! ment of Agricultural show that thej wheat crop is equal to or greaterthan' last year's in all the States except 1 Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, 1 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and' Kansas. In connection with Delaware, Dela-ware, South Carolina and Illinois, it i3 about equal to last year's crops. Other States, including New England, have increased their yield. Maine has increased her yield of 33 per cent. The quality in these States is considerably consid-erably improved. "The middle States have considerably enlarged and improved im-proved their yield. |