The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-13
WASHINGTON,

NATIONAL AID TO rHE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1i.-An official document
gives II statement of the amount of UNITED
States bondsissued under the act of Congress
to the Pacific Railroads.. The following are
the figures Union Pacific Railroad. SS160,-
0G0; Union Pacific Eastern division, 81 $780,
600; Atchison and Pixies Peak branch, $780,
900; Western Pacific, 100000; Central branch,
Union Pacific, $780, 90; Central Pacific So
O74,000; aggregate, S20,7l4,0G0 On these bonds
interest has been paid TO the amount of $685.
S68. The books of the Treasury also show that
the various roads have 3een allowed $322,900
for army transportation and S45,13 for carry
ing mails. seAA5t3Sh @aNtat th"4 4
MEETING TO ASSERT THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN
Also CITIZENS. 'E
Mayor Wallach presided at mass meeting
held here last night to assert the rights of
American naturalized citizens abroad.
Montgomery Blair was the first speaker, and
was followed by Senator Wilson who said that
his sympathies we're with the oppressed all the
world over, in ireland as in Italy, in the Caro-
ilnas and wherever man was endeavoring to
assert his God-given rights Speeches were
also made by Congressman MARSHALL of llli-
nois, kayanaugh of Montapa, Robinson of
Brooklyn, Van Horn of Missouri, Carey of
Cincinnati, and Conness of California. Let
tiers were read from Speaker Colfax and from
Gen. Banks. The General wrote: d.
~ am deeply interested in the subject which
will be presented to the meeting, and shall be
iaDpV at all JllleS to give 1t my earnest
port in the full confidence that the day is not
distant when this most delicate and difficult of
all international questions win be settled in
favor of the naturalized citizens of the United
States and in recognition Of the just principles
oil public law so long asserted by the Ameri-
caL Government. ] shall omit no opportunity
10 give it every support in my power"
THE SAN DOMINGO PUoHAsE.
1t is stated that San Domingo will be called
upon to settle the GuanO Island outrage case
before any negotiations will be entered into
for the purchase of SANTANA Bay.
TIRE wHIsKEY TAX.
A 3rtion of the whisl1ey committee are of
the opin,0n that unless the tax is largely re-
duced the revenue therefrom the coming year
will be even less than last year.
THE SUPREME COURT. ''f
NEW York. Jan 11.--Washington specials
say that the judiciary Committee will soon
introduce bill declaring that in cases testing
the validity Of any law passed by Congress
two-thrds of the Supreme Court only shall
effect decision; also provision will be made TO
reduce the quorum OF the Court from six to
five, Tor the reason that as the Court now con-
sists of but eight Justices instead of ten, the
number of d quorum should be corresponding
ly reduced. .H-I
THE COTTON TAX.
The Committee on Ways and Means, in con-
sidering the bill for the repeal Of the cotton
tax as it passed the Senate, decided to non
coucur in the Senate's amendments suspend
ing the operations of the law one year. They
intend to adhere TO the bill rs it passed the
House, and viii so report it. "A
PETITIONS FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE
FIsEEDMEN's BUREAU.
A Washington special says the Committee
on Freedmen's a fairs have received an i'm
mense number Of letters and petitions from
All parts of the South urging upon the commit
tee the necessity of the continuance of the
Bureau. This correspondence represents the
negro as not yet in a condition to warrant the
extinction of the only protection he has. The
disposition of the committee to exclude Mary
land, Kentucky and part of Tennessee has
ELECTED a considerable effort from those re-
Gions against such action. The grounds of ex-s
clusion are the reconstruction of these States
aid restoring TO them the management of
their own domestic Affairs The committee
have not determined upon their action in this
particular.
RECALL OF THE GILLIAN KINILTER.
w AsHINGToN, Jan. 12.--Yesterlay Senior
Don Albertl i'iistgara, Charge d'Affairs of
Chill 10 ms doYernment, took official leave of
She Secretary Of State. 1t is understood that
he has been entrusted by his government with
an important mission to England
NEW COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL RryEN1yE
IL is reported in financial circles here that
the President will at an early day send in to
the Senate the name of Maj. Perry Fuller, for
She position OF Commissioner for the Internal
Revenue. Maj. Fuller has long been connect
ed with commercial interests in New York.