The New York herald., 1869-01-26


vices; and third. military ofcials are prohibited
from holding civil ofnces at the same time, except
where ad Interim appointments are made.
The Fate OF tho Alabama Cllims Treaty In
Doubt.
The following is the text OF the joint resolution
introduced by w. z. Robinson, OF Brooklyn, In the
House to-day, protesting against the ratification OF
the treaty for the settlement Of the Alabama
claims:--
Resolved &C., That the people Of the United States
the settlement OF the Alabama claims nor OF any other
treaty with England while she holds our citzens "a
S the se' nes sass think
the Alabama claims OF very little importance any
how.
Whatever may be thought of the resolution OF Mr..
Robinson there Is reason to believe that the Senate
has no intention OF ratifying the Alabama claims
treaty Its present shape No action has, OF course
been taken yet but the Senators have all read the
treaty and have nearly all made up their minds
exactly how they win vote upon it. The terms are
very generally denounced, and there is little doubt
that 1t win be defeated.
Gigantic Railway Jobs In Congress.
II all the applications urged on Congress for
United States guarantees for Pacific ana other rail-
way lines through the Territories were conceded
the sum total that would be added to our national
debt would be in round numbers about $780, 900.
Two bills alone-the Northern Pacific, advocated by
Mr.. Window, Of Minnesota and the Atlantic and
Pacific, known a. the Omnibus bin, and said tQ be
supporte by strong srlngH Of Southern members
and senators7include about 5000 miles Of railway
and territorial grants Of land In the aggregate
larger than the State Of New York. In addition
to these immense land grants, which they claim
20 ho IoFo <hoon
aim at getting as distinctly set forth 10 their re-
spectve bills, the guarantee Of the United States for
$4,000 mile-making gross amount Of
5000, 100000. Besides these modest applications
there are from dozen to twenty other striker"
bills, the authors OF which aim at getting shown
in with the big, would-be monopoliss, by means OF
few hackers In Congress- One OF these is worthy OF
mention as claiming consideration on the ground OF
merit. This is project known as the Atlantic and
California Railroad, the projectors Of which propose
an extreme southern line near the thrtysecond par
allel OF north latitude. Mr.. Barrett, OF New York,
Kentuckian by birth, Is at the head OF this nice
little speculation. His father made lucky hit
in tobacco at the commencement Of the
war, and realized fortune, which his
enterprising son has Inherited But he wisely does
not propose to spend his patrmony for the benefit Of
the poor Southerners for whom he entertains such
benevolent Intentions but Is willing to use his innu
ence with Uncle Sam. His colaborers, and, as 1t is
said, his mentor in this benefcent scheme for de
veloplng the national resources" is Mr.. or ACen-
efalu Rust who is running the machine" here.
Their plan embraces, according to map, numerous
'sbranches and connections" by which these gentle
men "spread themselves over large part OF Texas
ana the Southern Territories aud States What their
lines foot up to in miles it Is easy to determine
but the sum total cannot be less than $500. This
scheme at $4,000 O mile viii call for another
$lOO 900, 600, making, with the other two schemes
$500, 900, 900. or course enormous inducements in
stock-whch is all to be free Of calls Of any kind
and lands and contracts are held out to members
and Senators to support these grand projects for
national development and for paying the national
debts for is argued that the true way OF paying the
debt is to borrow three or four hundred millions more
and lend the to these disinterested lobbyists,
who know by rule Of three exactly how 1t will work
out. The resolution passed by the House the other
day to declare that 1t is inexpedient to make any
further grants Of bonds credits In aid Of railroads,
and Senator brakes 70 the same effect, introduced
in the Senate yesterday and referred to the Commit
tee on Pacific Railroad instead Of discouragng these
benehcent gentlemen 1t is said, has favored their
plans They now know exactly where their 'labor OF
lover can best be expended. The vote In the
House stood 90 to 67 The 81 are checked on as
sou rIQnL' anu SOmc twenty VI uoIc hUscutccS set
down In the same category. "Now,n coy the know
ing ones, .ar we have to do Is to deal with twenty
more-only twenty-and we shall put our bills
through the House with q rush, In the Senate
they claim to stand better than In the House, but
there are some people here who "don't see it,
Nevertheless the amount Of .log-rollingn and bar
gaining and trading going on exceeds anything
ever before heard OF. these lobbyists talk OF mil
lions as their predecessors before the deluge the
war; used to talk Of thousands-but then the mil
lions generally mean stock when members are Ito
be taken care Of" Possibly the best chance the
country has to escape the "blessing In dis
guise'' Of an addition OF few hundred millions
to our debt is to be found in the fac,
that the array OF capitalists" names In
the various bills actually represents but Just
enough cash to pay the lobby agents for running
them. Nevertheless, there is danger after all that
the present Northern, Southern and other combina-
tions may carry through several OF these bills in
some modified form or other. involving anywhere
from 800 to $500 900 OF government sub
sides and as many acres more OF the public lands.
II s therefore, time 10 warn the public OF the plans
OF the lobby.
state Dinner nj the White House.
Invitations have been sent to the members OF the
Cabinet TO the Justices OF the Supreme Court and
about six Senators, requesting them TO dine with the
President tomorrow evening at haipast SIX O'CLOCK
II is probable that instead OF giving state dinner
every week, as the President did last winter he viii
alternate by dining the dgnitares one week and re-.
cefving them the next
The Bradley Case-Wrif Of Mnndsn,us Served
ON the Justices Of the supreme Court Of the
District. Z.
The following is the writ OF mandamus served
upon the justices OF the Supreme Court Of the Dis
rict Of Columbia this morning In the matter of the
restoration OF Joseph H. Bradley to his franchise as
q member OF the bar Of said COURT
United states Of lmericd.-Tne President OF the
United States 10 the Supreme Court or the District
or columbia aud the Justices theyeoL. Greefi 9g:--
whereas II has been made TO appear to the Su-
preme Court OF the United States that Joseph ii.
Bradley was duly admitted and enrolled as an
attorney and solicitor, authorized TO exer-
clse the rights, privileges and franchises.
said supreme Court or the district OF Columbia,
without reasonable cause, have unjustIy removed