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Show WASHINGTON. The War Correspondents Can Find Nothing Noth-ing New Oilier Items of Interest. Washington, Dee. 31. Within the past two days 45.UO0 pounds of Brown powder and 'iOW pounds of gun cotton have been forwarded from tlie east to San Francisco. The Brown powder is intended for the great naval guns and the cotton for shells and torpedoes. tor-pedoes. Beyond these facts nothing has been learned at department this morning concerning the war preparations. Secretary Blaine introduced the new French minister to the president this morning, morn-ing, and then received the Mexican and t hilean ministers at the state pepartiuent. 'Ihe ollielals at the war department are watching the situation on the Rio Grande wilh great concern, but without news from General Mauley this morning. They are ap. prehensive that Captain Bourke's force may j he very much out-uuiiihcrcd by tho revolu. tii mists, hut they feel confident that tho oiiieer will conduct himself with all necessary neces-sary prudence and that lie will soon be reinforced. rein-forced. Minister llomero said this morning that he had heard nothing except from the newspapers news-papers about tho assassination of Ceneral Gcrcia and the desertion of his iroops to the revolutionists, lie 'did not credit the story hut army olllecrs familiar with the character oi the Mexican soldiers on the frontier, are more inclined to acccp! it as probable. |