Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 March 1878 — Page 6

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JASPER, IXDIAXA. CUKKEXT NEWS. WASMixcrroM. The bill in trod weed by Senator Kellogg; !h M f the New Orleans and I'seiMe Mallresid Company propos to give It the right of wy Yin Alexandria, through public lands ew0rh6aiand the estnt termlaui of the Txa leiHe Kallroad.tegethr wlik a grant of the same number of alterM swtios of publte land per mile a tke 1 ------ r -" the fcuue of catuornia. Tke bill ateo proTMe for a deetanMioH o-f forfeiture of the kiwi graat aad other privileges heretofore eefeditkHtally eoaferred by CoHgre upon th w Orleaas, Baton Rouge and VleksbHrK Kallro4l, it having failed to oomply with tke eonditioae. eent. from that amount to JfiiOO, 8 per cRt. tkHe to $10,000, ami 4 per eent. for all 1sei ia exeeM of that, amount. In tke eempntatioH of income, rents and all taxes are exempted. Tke President has nominated Robert X. Reynold, of Alabama, Fitt Auditor of the Treasury. The House Committee on Railways ami Canals have agreed to report a bill in favor of the Government assuming control of the De Xolfieti Rapid Canal, making it fret". It i estimated that the cost of. maiHtenaHtv will be about $K,000 per year. It l proposed to plaoa the eanal in charge of the War Department. Dr. Linderwan, Director of the Mint, stated before the Committee on Coinage, Weight and 3Ieaure, that the present capacity of the Mint fur the coinage of the new silver dollar was $S,00,000 a year, and that for $60,000 or $73,000 the Xew Orleans branch could be put in working order, m as to turn out a million a month, which, added te the coinage at Philadelphia, San Franckoe and Cartas, would make 442,000,000 per annum. The Committee on Post-office ami lOit- , reads of the House have nearlyeorapleteda bill for the ebmitfeatton of mail matter and rates of postage thereon. Mail matter is divWed into foure!ae; First, written matter; second, printed matter of two kinds, privileged and ordinary; third, other printed matter; fourth, merchandise. The rate new exiting will probably not be changed, lint the claiMcattoH U implind. The bill will prohibit the carrying of mail matter ftHt.-lde of mailtf, and authorize the Pot-waster-General to we return postal cards and combined tetter sheet and envelope. The committee Is divided whether anydiftiaotkm should be made in the rates on sec-end-elaf s matter, ad the probability Is that ' the law will remain as it U, making the rate two and three cents per pound. The Committee of Banking and Currency , have agreed upon a bill providing for the Ksnting of Ml ver bullion eertileates. Thebul- , Hen k to be counted a its equivalent in ' eein, Ies the mint charge ami the oot of i tranportatn. The uertileates are to le , hsued by any silver coining mint or away oiiee, and to be redeemable at the aay otNee in New York and the mint in San Francises. The eertlieates are o be legal tender in the payment of all Government dues. Prof. Sylvester Waterhouse, of the Wash-1 ingtoa University, St. Louie, has t .'.oner to the Parte Exposition. t ThellouCommittVTto whom was re-. ferred the eharges against Doorkeeper Polk, by a vote of aeven to two have deeded to reeommendhte removal on the ground of leose management f hi. oltee in the matter efaFPointment. The DeMeleney bill, recently reported, g and enlarging, ami renting lU find MfM fr ttw um nf ti-- i . STb5 ? iZZZJ tl 'rXlt; repairs and preservation of publle buildings nndereontrolof th Tr.,, I a&Ar. A. . C ,V, WW Custom-house and Sub-treasury, Chicago, $100,000; Curtomhouse and P 1 uul pMt.iaiM iL V mm l est-oaee.St. LoHh,108,G0; Curtomhenee, Cort.houet and Fert-etlee. Xashttlle, Tenn.,f,W0; Court-hetwe and PostParkerlHirg,M'. Va.,,000; for trans, pertatkm of army, etc., $1, 809,000, being defk4eney for the nVeal year ending June Khi 1877. Total sum reeoamended by the bill, Jude Leonard, Representative from Uuhfctna, who went to Cuba a few weeks ago, It wa announeed, on a special minion from rSSti VrTlZSu T mlSr or rf T.l J t grapneit to our 0ntiIGeneral to hare the l?Z?JuZrZ lXh" expeiwe of the lieu e of ReireHmtatives. An amendment ban been put on the Na1 , Mj"' v" lt Hieh h- j ene-fosirth the proceed of the Ml e of pub- ' ,i!nllieturie,U,,rM,.rThe Diplomat k Approprialkm bill which ' ha pl t he iIUmmIxm the salaries the first-claw EmlMiwador to Katkml. Fr3i. 1 S-1'1 . ? ai ,5,W0 lmU;Ml ot liLT The wKty report of the llmm Com - rnXte kthm of the law aHd i w v. trr ... "-j t -nHtn .r.S.!:,:i.n .I)ra' Chairman f the Committee. 1 iox (DO, iim d Sexton, ReptiWleans, and

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ami morgan, iitmoerafc. Meson.. Ceok, Cravens, Garth ami Henrv, Demoorate, Join i a minority rejMirt, whl.h, while Hwmereun mhtakeo on the part of Cel.Polk, emlms that precedent exirted for hh aethm, ami denbwi thai he k guilty ef any firant vkdatkm of law euMekmt to Jntify hk remeval. Seorrtary Kehrz' Hheme to aholfeh the

pwitriB vmwi im vhkii t-vra tn.it nnvt j hud vvth Indorsed by the Hew Committee oh AnproprktWnti. The rttMi ApitrUtloH Mil agreed upon provide that all pen Ions

J )mN krflw be paid by the Jwetary ef 1 Treasury. Tbhs will result 1m a large ' saving to the Government. The I wmh shhhihi appropriates! ny me hiii is I fc,s),0OO. Of this sum h million ami a halt U made noeeoiary ly the sewnd a-et rector ' ing to the pension reiki the survivors of tke War of 1814. The Senate Committee oh Railroad have retwrted favorably on the Texas-Pacific Railroad scheme, tk bill repotted belHgj substantially the same a tke ana a?rdtiu mi by tke House Committee. The Commit, toe at tk same time reported tke Southern Paeitie bill without recommendation. It Is unvi-iwu ia inw menus ui ic miici

measure agreed not to make a minority re- . ment which would change the result of the port of the Texaa-PaelUe bill, in ooniddera-1 election. This was not done." This decltion of the majority of the committee con- J sion of the Supreme Court virtually ends the renting to withhold an adverse report upon prosecution of members of the Returning the Southern Paddc bill. Board. The House Committee on Hanking and ' Henrv AVeee ami hU l.mth pr.ln.1nw

Currency have agreel to reiwrt HardentitlrL'rf hill nllnu nutla-hiadl luiml-G tA of the bill is to allow them to go into active circulation. The House Committee on Judiciary have agreed to report a bill for the repeal of the Bankrupt law. WKST AND SOUTH WKST. The State Rank of Arkansas at IIotSpriHgs, owned by Sumpter, I.atta & Co., has been forced into liquidation, in consequence of loes by the great Sre. A number of persons died from exposure during tins recent snow-storm in Wyom-. Ing Territory, and thousands of bheep were lost. At Au.,tlH,1exas, on the 13th, Alderman Nalle plunged a bowie-knife Into the heart of Alderman Markiy, killing him instantly. The difficulty originated during a session of the City Council. The Texas Greenback Convention, held at Houston on the 1,1th, adopted a platform and appointed an Executive Committee au thorized to call a nominating Committee. IX VOIHIHlUCe. A convention of delegates from Southern t , .u. -" Congress was adopted asking that the Gen eral Government takf cUrw f (.MmKin ! 2! ' .Sr?; "a"M 8 and place it under the care of the marine hospital service. Hew Ainslie, a well known citizen of Louisville, Ky., author of a volume of Scot tish poems of con-iderable literary merit, am Lin 111. The Mobile Board'of Trade is considering .luw..u.:..u..ii.to Aninwall. the m,.ih f M.l-ln. itiv. r ,Vi.i-L n...... "i ., lirowi, Cobh.a rnrn nr A,.r. 1 - . .v , AV...1., V tut; 1-1111,11.1 IOC murder of Gardner, colored, in li78 He protetel his innocence to the last. The family of a farmer named Jesse Noe, rtt4Htn Or4t. n..fr Wv ,u.,t- t.

t , ' , ""'--"-"""- or the Wh, and three Ne t d st Hers conly of sausate made from diseased oork. All 1 .l . L. '

lZVrjeKrmil n ?MWe i . f 'jmr"' i iricHiiia, aim two nave uteu. The Cincinnati Gmttte publishes dispatches from points in Southern Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky, from which it appears that the proj-peet for a large crop of wheat in that area is exceedingly good. The acreage sown last fall is larger than ycr known. The " Honest Money League," an assoeial' w 47 i -37 , 7 , ' TurZf, u ' ' a p,a,for

rfko oI ' JSiJm8 p H1 , . S;urlBe,,i ; Itm and Lr H itM lr!2X Jorlty of tke .Standing ap-'nf'i . ,

""nmgwii, jii., mi uwh again reieaseu mcHmody, there being no proof upon which to found m fmlictment. . . . ' jiuuhi uiieau, v, BUflI ..1- r m. r . pendnlenthe 1Mb. ,ni! u.Jt.r , 02 couple J?i ffiJg? iw,H iw"ip, iee county, towa, were -unlerml on th tit r th, ' j - --- - T3 V v msttf mriia inc House burned In order to destroy evidence of the crime. Their half-burnel t todies, when taken frew the ruini, howel unmistakable evklenee of the crime committed, the huwind's skull being erushed in and the wife's body being pierced with bullet. They ' Um Iiah ntlltfllnk. turttiup mnuuv In null. eipithm of taking a trip to the Fatherland the eoming (summer, ami it Issupi)osed they had at least -fl.ouO In the hoic. The -ose of Walker, Welsh Jb Co., at K'okomo, Ind., has Mended. Liahllltie not stated Th T1 the Black Hills wa tUis Everest ever experienced since the Rttlementby white men. On the lftth the snow lay live feet deep on a level and ail the roads were blockaded. SL ' this year with more than the Usual di-plav in all the hirger towns and cities throughout the miiMti - v. Tht:rm Irnum, otw of the ollet and ' lmt kmvfH hlM I-'PrMors In the cot.ntry, ! died in St. Loute on the 17th, aged 7. years. L Klmlml. County, Texa,, a ? ur s ,bvoivi - w ersnip or a yoke or wh(eb Majir Wr x:i5 .va to be tried. Wright Mted out a writ. replevin against the Brashearbrathi.M.l.tr a ,nmn. un tne memmg of tlie day of the trial, the litigants met in front of the Justice's office, when the defendants whipped out their revolvers! and commenced shooting at the plaintiff, one of their shot taking effect and killing him in hi traeka. The Sheriff of the eounty, backed by a posse of law. ami-order eltlzen, then appeared upon the aeene, and the Brahear brothers were riddled with bullets, their

Mly further execution being tka taking oM' f the Sheriff's brether, who was one of tka

The Louisiana Supreme Court, oh the 1Mb, IH tke t of tke Slate vs. Tkomaa O Andersen, wmviiKea ih tke superior trimlaal Court for publishing as true forged aiul counterfeit election return from the parish of Vernon, ordered that the verdict of tke jury be set aside ami rver!tl and the prisoner dteeharged from custody. The Court held that in order to be a forgery an Infstruiuent whleh It it alleged is falsified I must, if true, be legally oaimble of commit' ting a fraud. Xowhere in law la a eonxolfiiatwi return reulra ao a ilelaratloii of the reMiIt, and its alteration or modification cah in no way anect election. ... It is the esm?o of this crime that It should be committed by a public officer, and on a docu j Frederick Knock, have been arretl ujwh ! .... . . . i . ... j circumstantial evidence again.-t thera. lheCityof Chicago has obtained Judgment against the bondsmen of cx-Treaurer Gage, whoie defalcation In 1871 created such a sensation. The amount of the Judg ment is 5vu.,70a (the original dtldn mid in addition a penalty of $1,000,000. The defendants have moved for a new trial. Navigation through the Strait of Mackinaw opened on March 10 earlier than in any previous year so far as the records fchow. In 1S71 the Straits were opened as early as April IS, and that was commented upon at the time as a remarkable circum1afct wIntw shown b th) f t u t th Mraits have at no time been completely frozen over. A dispatch from Hutchins, Texts , 18th, says: Train No. 4 on the Houston and Texas ! Central Railroad, duo here at 10:03 when on time, was robbed by four masked men. The express matter was taken, the mall plun,lrl ...! tl.n. MM." '... ,ii , ,,. , ,T. ... ( built, dark complexion Pwa tone young men. They made the j engineer, fireman, agent, and a negro who "lv ihuiih, muuu in noni oi tne Ir- car door.so themeenger could not kre as they took leave. They took a northi eat direction, going towards Trinity Hot i tern. The house of a farmer named Hurler, liv lag a few miles south of Adrian. Mich., indTn th ,Ml1 (hi wife and two children were so terribly uu .oon after being rescweti. uurieya-ml three other children cs aHd- T1,C ht W3S Call!iei1 h tl10 exploMon EAST AND SOUTHKA8T. TL. lull - ... l ct i... .. ., ! ""'I? v" " "' " Uet has authorized th linen Lfierein wrfl rrifvH linvan. t Pnll.u'lni- nt tlia ' dictrlct to enroll a poe of citizens to aid in I the recapture of the prisoners and bring the t malefactors to Justice. The coinage of the newdollars commenced l at the Philadelphia Mint on tho 11th. The una two dollars struck were sent to the President and Secretary Sherman. At Yonkcrs, X. Y., on the 14th, Theron Mcrritt shot and killed Ann Kliza Leggatt, a widow, and then killed himself. They were eKhbors, and both wealthy and respected PoiHe. Merritt was undoubtedly insane, as there seems to be no possible way for ac counting for the murder on any other theory. Hon. Robert Hamilton, ex-Representative in Congress from Xcw Jersey, died on the 14th. Commodore R. F. Pinkney died at Baltimore on the 14th, aged 67. At the outbreak of the civil war deceased was Captain In the United States Navy, which he resigned, and entered the Confederate service. The Xewburyport (Mas.) Five-cent Savings Hank has been enjoined from doing business to prevent a sacrifice of securities to meet a sudden demand of the depositors. Near Pensacola, Fla., on the night of the lth, a negro who hail grossly assaulted a child, aged Hve years, causing its death, was lynched by a mob. The Sheriff's posse resisted the lynchers, killing one and wounding live dangerously. Joseph La Paige, alias Joseph Parish, was hanged at Concord, N. H., on the Ifith, for the murder of Josie A. Langmald, aged 17, at Pembroke, in October, 1873. Otis Joknson, colored, was hanged at Rome, Ga., on tke 15th, for the murder of another negro named Alfred, a ferryman. The Lrchtnere National Bank at Fast Cambridge, Mass., was robbed on the 17th by sneak-thieves ef "OOO in cash and $17,K In securities. Commodore John Hodges Graham, U. S. X., died at Xewburgb X. Y., of apoplexy, on the 15th, aged tM. The New Hampdilre election, held on the ( un, irsuiicu in inu ClUCllon m ITCSCOtl, , Republican candidate for Governor, by a plurality of about 1,675 majority, l,i:W, Mr. Georgo L. Catlin, the much quoted funny man of the Xew Yok Gommetchl ArJcertiter, has lwjen appointed United States Consul to I RoehellC'i France. FOKKIO.V. A special from Home says tho Pope Is considering the expediency of appointing Cardinal LedH'howky, Archbishop of Posen, to a put in the Vatican, to pave the way for the appointment of an Archbishop of Posen in agreement with the German Government. Thirty-six persons who were attending a fair at Brest, France, on the I4th, were drowned by the capsizing of a lwrge. Resent advises from Rome state that the Pepe, notwithstanding violent opposition,

baa ordered tke Italian Blskops to legalize their pesltlomi, giving tkom liberty to demand an exequatur from the Government.

This denne the Pope's polley It meana a i of temnoral i oi temporal i taelt aeeeptanue of the loss power rretiideHt Uaez of Sn Domingo U a fugitive from hiii native Ulaml, being how at lrto Hlco. O'Dohovhh UoKsa, tlm Fenian orator, lectured in St. Patrick' Hail, Toronto, on thu night of tlio lSth. Trouble bulng appro bended, the hall wu gttaruvd by nine com imnies of troop ami a largo force of polluo men. A mob of 7,000 gathered In the vlcln Ity of the ball, but tho lecture was conclud i cd without interruption. During tho night me moo attacked Cosgrovu's Tav ern, where it was bolluved Ros sn was stopping, and considerable lighting took place in which several men wero shot. All tho windows in the hotel were broken and the furniture smashed. A slni liar attack was made upon Collins' Tavern the policemen clearing tho xtreots with their batons. There was lighting in various quur ters of the city all during the night, tho nuinner of casualties reported being aft per sons wounded. It is said that Rossa who secretly driven out of the city by his friends immediately after the lecture. TIIK WAR TKOU1U.KK. A lierlln dispatch says: The German Government will not issue invitations to the Peace Congress until all dilllcultlcs about "uwjccis to uc consiucrcu arc removed. Tho gciiumi iiiuci:l is jnriruiu encouraging. ... . Germany will claim the Presidency by nro scrlptlve right, whether Bismarck attends or not. Berlin dispatches of the 14th statu that the 30th of March has been the dato about de elded upon for the meeting of the Peace Congress. The Anglo-Austrian demand that the whole of the Russian-Turkish agreement shall be submitted to tho Con gress, arises from the belief that special and secret arrangements havo been entered into independent of tho principal treaty. It I not believed that Russia will concede this. Tho Powers have agreed to admit Greece to tho Conference. It is announced seml-omcially from St. 'Petersburg that Prineo Battenliurg, the Czarina's nephew, has been definitely pro posed for the throne of Bulgaria. The olllccrs of the British Iloyal "Kngi necrs, the tlrst on tho list for foreign service, havo been ordered to provide themselves with full Held equipments and be ready for immediate service. A Vienna correspondent says Russia has notified the Powers that the treaty will bo sent to them immediately after ratification, Kussla Having no reason to conceal any thing. This seems intended to reassure England that there is no secret understanding. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 17th says: Ratlncatious of tho treaty of peace were exchanged to-day. The conditions will be published as soon as they are communicated to tho Powers. Prince Bismarck has notified thu Austrian Government that Hussla, in consequenco of his intervention, has consented to submit all the peace conditions without exception to Congress for discussion, should Congress make a demand to that ctlect. The Russians have been quietly concentrating their forces around Constantinople and are now situated so that they can at an hour's notice occupy the forts commanding the entrance from tho Bosphorus to me Black Sea. These movements are causing renewed apprehension in Kngland regarding Russia's ulterior designs. The London Time of the lftth says that the latest phase of the difference between Russia and England seems to be that Russia, while admitting the right of the Powers to discuss all points of the treaty, declines to be ultimately bound by decision of thu ma jority of the Powers. A well Informed St. Petersburg correspondent states Russia will not allow interference with points concerning the war Indemnity, Armenia and Bessarabia. CONORKWSjioXAL. In the Senate, on the Kith, the Fortifica tion Appropriation bill wan reported from committee and placed on the calendar. Senator KclIOtttr introduced a hill to nid tint Vnw Orleans and Pacific Uatlroad Company; also, iin.-tiHuii.iu . mini hi :cv uneans. noin . ...... ..'.fnii ...fill Committee on Claims, reported a hill for tho renui oi uook ngentH ot tno M. t:. Church ftoiitn. I'inceu on tnu calcndnr. It un nropnates iso.ooo to comnensato parties for damages done to their property at Nashville during tho war. Senator Teller, member of tho committee, submitted a minority repoit, signed by blmwjlf, McMillan and Cameron ot Wisconsin, against tho passage of the bill. .Senator Matthews willed up tho motion .submitted by hint yesterdavto reler tho communication of tint Secretary of tho Interior In regard to timber depredations to tho Committee on Public i.antis, ami navu it printed in thu Record. .Senator Matthews said ho asked to have the documents printed in tho Record as a mat tor of justice, as tho department from which it emanated nmi neon attacked ycntcrdnv in the fcenati. senator lllaino. who had beretolore, opposed tho printing of the roivort. aifain siioko at lonvth uiion tho suit. Ject, arKttlng that the stumpHKu of ono dollar l:r Hero uxhcico iroir. tno people or .Montana was excessive. Senator Sargent hIso opposed the motion to print, and tho subject was laid aside without notion. The West Point impropriation Dill whs then taken 1111 unit passed, .senator raddock failed un ti nun. ate bill supplementary to an act in relation to the Hot MiriiiKS reservation in tint Ntutn of fVrkansas. It continues tho commission appointed by that Het to hear va it of claimants, etc. until tho 1st 101 uctoimr, 18,8, and provide that they shall each recclvo a eotnueti stuion at tho rato of per hiiiiiiui. ftonator Dorsoy moved tu amend tho bill so as to continue tho commission until February I, 1H79, Instead of October 1, ISTK. Agreed to. He also submitted an additional section an thorlalng the Superintendent of tho reserve tlon to lease sites with privileges for furnish, itix baths, etc., to the Hot .Springs .Mountain H ator Comimny, giving to said coinpauy the right to construct a reservoir on tho Hot Springs Mountain to supply the reservation with water, etc. Agreed to. The bill was then read a third time and passed.. ..In the House, the Diplomatic Appropriation bill was per footed and passed. In the Senate, on the 14th, a number of pension bills passed, nmnngtliem one grant. IngJftOK. month to tho widow of Hear Admiral Charles Wilkes, Senator Vonrhcen Intro, duced a bill providing for the payment of all Hrtoina dutlee and all other debts due the United States) In legal tender notes at par, except in cases where it la otherwise oxmesslv StillKlated on tlm fnnti nt Him obligation or contract. Keferred. Senator

Teller Introdued h bill to regulate tho nan senMertarHHiidfrelKlittraniooii tin o ,?,.r PacTtie Kailiimd and Kansas I'sctHe Jtallwiiv

' un-nUliaa biinliiwM, bulmtim bill In r ' H"1?1 U'H. J ttdHu W.ailroad slnkiiiKllin - and Mr. Matthews spoke in lavorot tho l iImwi ny iiih committee m Mn. roads, and gave notice that ho would iicio after submit it h a substitute lor tlmt reported by thu Judiciary Committee. pmi lug dlaeuHMlon, Mr. Gordon, l,y iwum,t,lini( . duecd a bill to nuthnrlxo tho constriu tloiuit a unmiwKHuif! railroad from Msmarck ti Urn lllHck lllRa. Heforred. Mr, (M.Hstlui1(.y took tlioHoortosix-HkoiiMoinlHVoii tlniik ing fund bill, to which tlmo tho .Senato ml joiirned.. .. .liithu llotwu, Mr. laidenbjrh IntroduoiHl a bill rtwnUtiug ttio n-wivo liind ot national banks, Tim bill uu thorl.tjs hiicIi banks to dUiwi,, oi their reMtrvo fund and Invest tho srtu,,' in United States bonds, whU-h bonds shall voustitutu thu rusnrve fund. b II whs i passed lliultlnx to one the number ol special attorneys Hpiiolnnnl to Hs.ist m triet Attorneys, and tho tco to VoiKi. Tin. House went into Cominlttcu of tho Whole on tho hill extending the time for withdraw Inir distilled liquors from bond. Alter ennltler able discttsHlou tho hill was lepni tod to tho House and passed yeas 118, nays lit! The Senatu was not in session on the 15th. ......In tho House, Mr. Kobblns, fioln the Committee, on Ways, and Means, reported H substituto for thu bill to promote thu d posk of savings in the Treasury and tho rofuudlint of tho .NatioiiHl debt, which uns referred to Comuiitteu of tho Whole. Thu hill provide that, for tho purposes of rofuiulhiK tho out standing 6 per cunt, bonds into bonds boniiuu 11 lower rato of Interest, any person uuiv dtposit at any postal inoneyotduroillce lawful money of thu Pulled States, in sums not les than ll.and shidlbo entitled tortoelvefheio for jmstal. money orders on the Treasury and that where such nionoy -orders shall fid presented to thoTrt'HsuryHt Washington thcv shall bo entered to thu credit ot tho depo-f. tor, and when such deposits amount to m they shall, at tho option of tho depositor, bo converted Into four per cent, bonds. The contested election case of Dean vs. Field from thu Third District of MassaehuseUs was then considered. Afiei-NniiiediMenii' tho Speaker said; "The Chair believes It his duty, though it is a verv nalnfui one. to iv communication before tho House." iiu then handed to tho Clerk and hud roud n tel. egram from tho Secretary of Stnto unnonuc ingtiiodoatti in Havana, of yellow fever, of Hon. J. ti. Leonard, of I.oiiIsIhiiii. Mr mi Judge lA'onard'Acolk'ague. made some tlttlni; remarks, at tho eloso nf which the linn. 1. Joumed out of respect to tliu memory of do Tho Senate was not In session on the bith. ....In tho House, tho bill atithnrlxluir tho payment of certain Southern antebellum mail contiaetnrs was considered nt leni'tn in Committee of tho Whole. At the eonehVlnti of tho debate h motion was made to stiiko out tho enacting elnuse of the hill, wbit h was Hirrced to. Tho House siiheouontlveoii. euiTeil without division, so tho hill was defeated. In the Senate, on the 18th, Senator Ed munds, from tho Committee on Judiciary. reported adversely on thu hill ptovidlug for thoudinUsIou of women to practice In the Supremo Court of the United States. The report says that the Court is authorized to make Its own rules, and tho committee thought this act would makou cll-erimlii,i. tlon in favor of women, as It compelled tho Court to admit women to urn dice when it was not bound to admit men. On titntlim of Senator Sargent, the hill was itlaced on the calendar with tho adverse report, The Fortification Annronriatinn hill whs hhsh.i Tho amount voted Is .f.'TS.nco. Tho bill pro hunting Members of Congress from becoming sureties on certain bonds, paned. The Vice President announeed bis signature to tho bill in aid ol the Polar cxiieilitlrm Un signed by .lames Gordon llonnetu Mr. (iarlaud, from the Committee on Territor es, reported favorably on tho joint resolution disapproving of thu act ol tho Territory of Ail zona granting a charter to the Southern Pacine Railroad Company, passed outhoTthof February. Ib77. Placed on tho culeniliir. Consideration was resumed of the Pacific Italltoad Sinking-fund bill. Senator ClirWtlancy spcakim; in its favor. Petnllnjf discussion tho Senato wen? aito executive session, after which it adjourned. ... In the Houso.hllls were introduced: Hy Mr. Vaiiro-tirnnting pensions to soldiers who enlisted out of m is. una; nl.sojor the payment nf certain mall contractor. (This bill provide that no claims hall 1)0 nald which havn heretofore been until by tho Confederate Government.) Itv .Mr Money (.ranting alternate sections of laud to the Statu nf Mlsolsslppl. to aid in the construction of tho Ship Island, Rlpluvand Kentucky Railroad, llv Mr. ClbsOn For thu appointment of a commission to ascertain on what terms a treaty of commerce with Mexi co can !o arranged. Ity Mr. Vox (X. V.) For tho erection of a monument over the ernve of Thomas .letrorson. Sir. Springer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill uu thormng the coinage of silver on tlm same terms ns the coinage of gold, without expense to the holder of tho bullion; al-o authorizing the issue of coin certificates on tho deposit of silver bullion, similar to thoo now authorized on the deposit of gold bullion. On a viva voce vote tho yeas were in a decided minority, but before the voto could bo taken the hour of 2 o'clock arrived and tho House (under tho rule) proceeded to a consideration of tho business of the District of Columbia. In the Senate, on the 19th, Mr. Matthews said ho was directed by a majority of the Committee on Railroads to report back the two Senate, hills In regard to the Texas Pacific Railroad one introduced by Senator John sou on the 10th of December, and the other by Senator Dorsey on the 11th of December last, with a substitute, and to recommend Its passage. Placed on thu calendar. Ho abut reported hack from tho sumo committee tho Senate bill authorizing tho Southern Pacific Railroad Company to extend Its railroad from its present terminus In Arizona to a point on the Rio Crandu near HI I'aso, and aiding in building tho same, without amendment and without rcconunemkitlun. Placed on the calendar, Mr, F.utls introduced a bill to authorize tho Itarratatfa Ship Canal Company to construct and operate 11 ship canal from Xow Orleans to tlie tinlfol Mexico through the lands and waters nf the Cnlted States, and to grant to said company tho right of way for that purpose. Referred. The Senate bill to amend Section 2,461 of thu ItevNed Statutes, relating to tho cultivation of timber 011 tm public do main, was discussed until thn expiration of the morning hour. During tho discussion Mr. IngallSHitld that thu Timher.ciittum net had failed In every partlculiir to meet the expectations of its advocate. Instead of being a benefit it had been injurious. Tliu whole thing had been asvstomatlo evil shut and fraud, as thu people often claim land after planting a few switches, not J large as a gooseberry bush. Tho Semite bill authorizing tho Secretary of tho Interior to make certain negotiations with the t'to Indians in tho state of Colorado, paThu bill making an annronrlatiou for detecting tresspassers 011 public binds etc.. was debated nt somo length by Senators Reek. Itlalno. F.ustls, Hoar, Dawes 11ml ar u nt, but no vole was reached In t" House, .Mr. Harrison, Chairman of the Coin nllttco on CIVH Service Reform, submitted majority report of that committee on the matter of thu charges against Doorkeeper Polk. It declares Polk to hu unfit for tho responsibilities of tlM place and recommends tho adoption of a resolution declaring tne onion ot Doorkeeper vacant mid devolving Its duties on tho Sergeant. at.Arins un tit the appointment of a now Doof keeper, u A minority report, signed by Messrs. Cook, Cravens, earth at d lletiry declares that, no corruption having been proven or even charged against Col. Polk, it would bo a grievous, wrong to adopt the ma Jorlty resolution. The hill regulating the compensation of United Stains Marshals and Deputies, also of Clnrks and Jurors of United States Courts, passed . Mr. Sinlt h, of Tonnes see, from tho Committee 011 Appropriations, reported a bill making an appropriation for tho payment of invalid nnd other pensions. It appropriated mMXW. Referred to the Committee of thu Whole. Tho Celieral Deficiency bill was considered at length in Com

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