New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-05
Warrington Gossip.

The most important measure before the
Senate on Saturday was the bill for the ad-
mission of Colorado. The amendments OF
the committee on Territories were consid-
cred. They provide for the election of &
new Legislature, which is obliged to ratify
the fourteenth amendment to the Constitu-
tion Of the United States, and If it fails to do
so the act of admission becomes null and
void. After long debate the Senate, with.
out taking vote upon the amendments.
went into executive session. The House
was engaged most of the day on the river
and harbor appropriation bill A motion to
postpone the bill until next session, and
another to substitute different bill for that
reported by the committee, were voted
down. The bill was then considered item
by item, but the House adjourned before
they were all taken up.-Nel1 York Tribune.
The Senate Finance Committee worked
about four hours Tuesday on the tax bill.
The taxes on whisky and tobacco will stand
as fixed by the House. There is some Cd.
position to the idea of so many penal pro.
visions as the bill now contains, but the
most of them will probably be retained by
the Senate. The committee expect to take
final vote on the bank section in the morn.
ing. Indications are strong that the tax on
this interest will be reduced from the House
figures, and that the reduction will be sus,
tanned by the Senate.
NNhOAuA " aAAGnf VIZ rs SuululOlEU
Washington by the Senate Postofice Com.
mittee to give his views as an engineer re.
garding the bridge question, now interest
ing the people of the West, will probably
report this week. There ia no doubt that the
question of the width of span of the bridges
across Western rivers will be decided &C.
cording to the facts of each case, and that
no uniform system will be adopted for all
the bridges. 1t is probable that the com.
mittee will recommend the appointment OF
a commission of military or civil officers To
determine the width of span for each
bridge applied for, with the span, etc, upon
which it shall be constructed.
Another book job seems to be preparing
the way for an assault on Congress. A man
named Barnes, who has got out sort Of
sh5tChy dictionary Of tue thirLy,nintn Con
gress is now doing the same thing for the
4stieth. He bores members for their biog.
rdphies, and bores them into paying fifty to
one hundred dollars each for steel nlate
engravings they never ordered, and there
are hints that the work will be ready by
next session to lay before Congress for cir
culation and an appropriation.
The report of the Impeachment Investi.
eating Committee of the House is being
drawn up entirely by General Butler. About
twenty-five document pages are already in
print and ten or fifteen pages more will be
added, 1t may be delayed three or four
days longer. -
There is report that General Banks is
to be appointed Minister to Russia in a
short time. Street gossip says, however,
that the appointment is contingent on the
agreement of the House to the Alaska ap.
pointment.
A large delegation of whisky exporters
are here from Boston, urging the repeal of
the tax on distilled spirits for export They
have been before the Senate Finance COM
mittee, but no action was taken