Show py by telegraph IM ren western UNION TELEGRAPH congressional SENATE washington 22 21 0 on motion of sherman the pending bill to pio pro vide tlde a better government for the district of Colum blawas biawas laid aside and the senate proceeded to consider the bill to provide for the re of specie payments sherman disclaimed any purpose of reopening the financial debate of last jast year but assured the senate that every word and line of the bill would tend towards the announcement no ement in the title he then explained the iland billand bi lland liand said the first section providing for the redemption 01 of fractional currency with witt coin met the approval of both the secretary of the treasury and of the president the second which repealed the law making a charge for coining at the U S mints required a sacrifice on the part of f the government to the extent of per annum the third section provided for free banking under the present law banking was virtually nil nii free in some of the western and aud M southern states but in the great groat commercial states it was not this free banking section therefore provided p rov aided for the enlargement of the volume of the currency in case the business odthe the tho country demanded it it also proposed to reduce U S notes to the extent of eighty per cent in the amount of new bank notes issued the section did not elther olther the contraction or expansion of the currency leaving that t to 0 be governed go veined verned by the business wants of bf the country the bill niso aiso S provided ample means to maintain and provide for specie resumption and no one doubted doubt edff edif if the bill became law that specie payments would be resumed by the lat of january 1879 washington 23 nager rager in introduced tro a bill for the relief of banking associations issuing notes payable in gold referred to the committee on finance the senate was called to order by the chief clerk who read a communication ni from vice vlee vice vlee president wil wll son stating that he be would be absent from the city upon the meeting of the senate and requesting him to inform laform the senate anthony offered a resolution that in the absence of the vice president senator carpenter be chosen president pro tern tem of the senate Stephen stephenson sun moved that the elec tion be by ballot agreed to anthony nominated carpenter stephenson nominated thurman and the ballot resulted to t carpenter 33 thurman 18 on taking the chair carpenter briefly returned thanks for the honor west said he yesterday in deference to the wishes of his colleagues from the southern states objected to the consideration of a resolution for a holiday recess he now moved to take up that resolution which was done and the resolution was agreed to without discussion cus sion washington 23 edmunds called up the house bill to provide for the authentication of the revised statutes of the US and to preserve the original laws passed the memorial of fish mills sculptor of general Rawlins statue asking remuneration was wag referred house kouse donnan from the tho committee on printing reported a resolution for printing 2200 copies of the agricultural report of 1872 and 1500 coplea of 73 stating that the former would cost 42 cents each and the latter 40 the resolution passed burleigh Burl nurl elgh I 1 h moved to reduce the item for far the contingent expenses of the navy creamer favored the resolution and assaulted the administration of the navy department declaring that it was run for political purposes and said that the course of the department had brought the government and the republican party into contempt he charged that tho the secretary of the navy was the boon companion of 0 contractors and jobbers who were constantly swindling the government ern ment ho he denounced the appropriation of five millions last session as one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated on the government hale archer and gooch defended the navy department chittenden recognized the fact that th thu brooklyn Brool Bro olyn ilyn navy yard was mui a r sink of corruption but though it w was a s I 1 in n his district his election was independent of it the motion was rejected in committee but the tho house passed the bill bil the speaker presen presented ted led the application of many members for leave leive of abse absence neey nees the number being so large that garfield and eldredge expressed doubts if a quorum would be left the applications were gran granted t page introduced a bill to exclude chinese emigrants from the benefits of the naturalization acts adjourned jour ned bradley from the public lands committee reported dabill a bill for the sale of the timber lands in california oregon nand naud and the territories terri tonnes tonies at a minimum price of an acre screand tind and in limited quant ites excluding lands containing gold bar copper or coal and also a bill to amend the act of february 1873 in relation to mineral lands and a bill granting the right of way for fora oora a toll road in lutie little cottonwood utah all of which were referred to a committee of the whole upon a point of order that they were bills to dispose of the public property herndon from the same committee reported back the senate bill to create an additional land district in oregon to be called the dalles laud land district passed orr of iowa from the same committee reported it a bill grAd granting ting to the iowa iron co the right or of way through the public lands for a railroad and telegraph line cox offered a resolution directing the secretary of the treasury Trea wrea sury aury to I 1 lequire e from the president and cashier of all national banks in new york city a report under oath within ten days lays t of the exact amount of gold coin certificates and checks or memoranda memo rauda of individuals held by such banks and at the close of business on the 06 of december to transmit the same bame to the house referred the speaker announced the appointment of a select committee on alabama afna afra affairs irs ins as follows coburn albright cannon buckner and luttrell Lut tren resolutions ing 2500 dollars ron lor the payment of the expenses of each of the select committees to louisiana mississippi p and alabama were adopted adjourned until january fifth I 1 I 1 AM AMERICAN NEW ORL orn ORLEANS ANS 22 23 the returning board today to day threw out poll four of assumption parish which gave the conservatives majority thus defeating two conserva conservatives tives Ilves and electing two republican members in the legislature the conservative serva tive majority in the house it is understood has been reduced to two the eleven parishes yet to canvas elected eighteen conserva conservatives conservative es and one orle republican to the house on the 2nd and of november A committee of seventy composed of f leading citizens have issued a long address to the people of the united states reciting the wrongs which the people of the state have been subjected to by the kellogg government and detailing the frauds by which the returning board are endeavoring to wrest from the people the fruits of their victory at the polls in november last as L louisville 22 at lancaster ky last night A W hodges postmaster was shot and killed by ebenezer Ebe nezer aezer best his brother baw family troubles were the cause MILWAUKEE 2 only sik six sik six men were killed by the boiler explosion in shawnee co yesterday another was probably fatally injured philadelphia 22 the father of charlie ross boss ou ers ars reward for the boy and no questions asked washington 22 the president has nominated M C bollea nolle 4 ter chief justice of idaho jas C mark dark rk associate justice of idaho and anda J M H co Coi indian agent for the papago agency arizona ex G governor verlor bradford declines the appointment of appraiser of merchandise at baltimore on the ground that he has no knowledge knowl edye edro M of the principles and details of th the e office and that the duties should be discharged hy by one who has SAN 22 the tho mail steamship vasco dc gama arrived this afternoon from hong kong rong via yokohama her latest dates are hong hodz rong rodg november and yokohama december ath the attention of the japanese government is now turning upon the establishment of a representative assembly which has been in abeyance during the ell eil dispute with china and there is a likelihood that it will come into operation in early spring an important failure has taken place in ID the firm is that of ono co who were esteemed as ranking among the wealthiest and safest in the whole i country and a short time tim e back in conjunction with mitsui BE tsu tau 1 the great german ban bankers kerg established the once so called national banks contributing no less jess than one million dollars toward the capital the gazette in describing the peace festivities ti tivi ties says the streets of the native towns presen presented presente tc unanimated an animated and brilliant appear appearance arice atice the night was bright and fine though chilly the exceedingly muddy aa te of the thoroughfares being the greatest drawback to outdoor enjoyment despite this the streets were crowded with sight seers among whom not a few foreigners were to be seen it pretty well known that thal on the first of january next th japanese government will undertake the carrying of the postal service between tile the U 8 and this country in the terms of the convention entered into between the two powers the following ems are collated from the hong kong daily press yellow river near its mouth has changed its course causing t widespread inundation and d distress istre aa about twenty ml miles les ies from horchow holchuw the country is one vast ocean the japanese anese indemnity of taeia is b being I 1 ng drawn from the n national treasury at shanghai from funds received from custom lues dues the stat statement dment that the emperor of china had refused to receive the tile belgian minister is incorrect ills liis excellency having lieen been received in due form the daily press learns from corea that the government there is really in ift the habas of a young man twenty four years of age and that trade with china has been resumed under strict conditions the new england society of this city toi tonight to tol night light celebrated the anniversary of the landing or of tile the pilgrim Pai fathers liers speeches were delivered by isaac fi bailey president of tile tiie society henry ward beecher gen gerk hancock and ahel others in the tweed case a writ borcer was subsequently granted by justice lawrence and will be argued at the general term tomor to mor row NEW vork YORK 23 03 A petition t the governor of massachusetts fog fol the pardon of f spence petters petter the forger las jim been sigi signed fed by the presidents pf af the stock exchanger erie railroad rall rali road NY N Y central and chicago c and worth north north western rail rall roads road 8 the western union telegraph co fourtly national bank and lay alij nearly all the ban bah kerss kerff in wall street us ils well as the officers i of many babkin banking g n corpo M lla lia in boston the signers represent bout four hundred millions petters fetters has made some astounding discalo they are areto tobe to be made public after his case is is decided N I 1 extensive preparations eions are being made ut at the windor dindor vind ar hotel for the entertainment of king Rala kala kalakaua kaua and by the city the king h nas has requested that whatever courtesies are ten teu derei derel him be ast avi much as possible indoors as he suffers much from the cold weather today to day is fine for the first time timo since friday last but ver very coad d if the weather should be bulf unfavorable e on his arenal arrival here the king k in ng will relli remain ain nin ons ouy onay only one day and then proceed to boston the falling faung of a bucket in the shaft abaft in the new railway tunnel at lt bergen at new jersey yesterday yesterdays killed four workmen the chief cook cudock of the japan is drowned and en engineer lineer brunett and quartermasters hutton and harris are missing the secretary ot of war at the suggestion of general schofield Scho neld recommends the breaking up of the tile generality of the small military posts including camps mcdermot and hallack hal hai lack with witti a view of locating a new and larger post probably near carlin ney nev CLEVELAND 0 23 3 the board of fire commissioners commissi onema onera yesterday examined the tha charges of malfeasance and corruption in office brought against chief engineer hill and decided to demand his resignation washington 23 1 axtell ax tell teli s nomination as governor of utah was urged by sargent in view of Ax artells tells telis confessing ills his democratic sing sins and stumping ohio for grant the secretary of the treasury has hag directed tile the payment of interest due january to be commenced tomorrow tomorrow without rebate mr hir childery Chil derei derEr first lord of the british admiralty visited tilo tho navy department to day and afterwards accompanied by secretary robeson Ko beson inspected the signal bureau the senate to day confirmed co fran francis cis H goo 4 win U US S mal mai shai for arizona king kalakaua laia iaia kaua left for new york this morning the members of the cabinet accompanied him in tho the presidents president carriage to the railroad station MEMPHIS 23 last week win kingsbury jordan ivery van halfeld Hat feld henry wood carey caroy young and vincent petty prominent co colored lored men were arrested at west wes t point miss hilss for systematic robbery of freight trains on the mobile and ohio RR BR their method was to have llave one or two enter ente r tile the car and throw opt the goods which the rest picked transferred to the store of ivey who is an alderman or that or of petty who is county con I 1 fesser first and the others sube quent ly the amount boolen is sup loyd to be many thousand sor dollars worth CLEVELAND at chief engineer hii Hil fillat lat lap a special meeting of the board of fire commissioners tonight retted refused to resign in accordance with the arje solution resolution passed by that body last night saying that the charges against kim him him were svere not specific thereupon il a resolution was passed discharging him for incompetency pe and installing ng his successor 23 atel A telegram tele uram cram to gena gen ord from col bradley says that an indian came ime to spotted tall tail yesterday reporting that of men mon were entering the eastern part of the black hills hilis country they tiley came from missouri general ord telegraphed instructions obal the party should be expelled pel lad by a military force sent from the nearest available point NEW ORLEANS 23 25 the return ing board announce the following result of their thon work four conservatives and two republican cong 1 a 1 en e ejected e acte d moncure is elected electea state ta by 4 sai majority and ano 71 conser couser conservative vatie and 37 republic republicans ams aus were elected to tile the legislature carroll parish is excluded from the count of the returning board the conservative com coin cittee today to day withdrew from the board because of its arbitrary ruling mr arroy armay also withdrew he her will give the reasons tomorrow to morrow foghis for his withdrawal the co ale aie despondent tonight to night and the republicans publicans public ans jubilant ubi lan ian t washington 23 irwin is confined to his bed with nervous prostration this evening the physicians only admit his hio private secretary NEWYORK NEW YORK 23 tho the anglo bra zob temes times of nov sst says kays that on october ath a tragedy ed on board the american ship king y rl phap 1 11 P 1 from baltimore for califor nia ia U undergoing n d ergo ng repairs the master ort on going on board found the sto ste stoward steward ward afred adred 31 |