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TEE SENATE CURRENCY BILL

ANoan ~ ~ eA4'e AZ Au0k M pSASloe4 AQAI Le pa.
per nay 60 TO prets IN good season.
TIE SENATE cuRREEcy BILL.
The patsage by the Senate Of the Finance
Committees Currency bill gives hope that
our legislators are cropping toward the light
on this much-befogged question, and that
at day not far distant The country NAV be
extica:ed from some of its varst finaoc,a1
difficulties.
The bill aims at three objects VIZ.
l. To withdraw Sou, ,Oo0. .tAto OF their nras.
cnt National Banking currency from tba
States tc which currency has bean ;ssnea !,
o1cess Of thei, lust urnno,tion.
IL To add a,5lnnn, mn IN ,ha .v;at;na
issue {S3to, 900, 600, of National Bank notes
by issuing them tn Rank;no Aps,.;ot;,,s
formed in States having 1esa than tha;r
quota Of currency. in n,aca of ~
amount Of per cent certificates ub;ch .,e
to be redeemed and cancelled M fact a. n a
bank notes IRE issued /. and.
Ill To authorize National Bant;n,5.s g.,
kociatioas to issue. without LIMIT +ba;r g.,
notes, reaeemabte at mar in oo,d an 1.-
uaud, upon securing their redamntion bv
deposits of bonds with the Comntrolla- ~
the Currency to an amount vhose mar shs
b. one-fonrth more than that Of the noses
issued.
First. The equalization of the amount of
currency Issued to associations in the
VARIOUS States according to their capital
and population is measure about which
yer much was said On both sides a wear or
two ago. but which has not recently scanned
Of much practical importance. The notion
that the quantity of bank notes needed by
people is in proportion to their numbers
and The extent of their business, if it has
any truth at all, is open to the standing
exception that cities and COMPACT
town populations, so far as they
conduct their business bv checka
and drafts, dispense with the use of bank
notes AID have very little need of them.
Thus the one million of population in New
York city, who perform nineteen.twentieths
of their exchanges by checks instead of the
bank note, and who use the bank nota onrr
rs the small change Of thei. commerce. have
much less need Of currency than ana million
of people in lows and Minnesota. vhere III.
.ha,t !. ,,noh ,a.. $50, ~ ~ IN W
excban PES reouire the note- Nfaesacbnsa+te
t.s o''e' nAaeeacooset's
11-s ps 4oukn4s oa'a ~ neeo po' = 'eo1n as
oanA uo'es As ne1 poPuAa1oa "oold
~osofo sea''eteo over zen umes ~ much
area Ii to1s point Oh new II ~oul1 be, per-
naPs' IS sound mode OF dlsfrnnttpg curren-
g among States to Issue 1t according to the
number OF square mules inhabited by the
popnlauon as TO regulate 1t oJ the number
OF tae population. We're our National
bank note currency practically redeema~
b'e' lis frequent return to the banks Of
1ssue' 10 De 1eiSsueo IN new loans anu dis
counts IN .ee11 s'cmlts' *oaid confer
great superiority on those localities having
Ell excess OF currency over their just pro-
poshon- buf, 50 Long as our currency con-
tnues practically 1rTedee-aable, no bank
note returns to the bank that issued il, but
simply flows Us mere drop in the COMMON
national reservoir Of currency, whether
HreAnbacE 0r hank nota IN the mimi trhnra
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Gtt:tcs a1k'. articles N tee .ttl1stic No:.Ag7.
;ev. a. J.syr sec eb. led a. Nos.A cl . P.auist
4c3ef.'c,,n nj N,Ite+, Fse!ca a:d rs:.: a-cd
+. s:sthsr hsrd, a'routh be used En-'.s nu.
.r1z. 4. srh IS Ges', II. ltslsp. AID s2aa:s7,
PTS 10 v,it:rs A. d co: sersa::ea-
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Recorders Court


TIE civil cA1et daf OF this court fer the Febrcary
term AL te 'Akeu up on Ttesday EEK. Uhe nu:.
estn ato t*o c osea haFe beea nsuced for tr1nL
STALL
MORE STRAW BA1IOkA
Jenn {. M.ef-, ttttsr 1rown III the circle In
Fhlch Ee 1oEts - Cap. Ien.s, WAS YESTERDAY
area Cd uP1n i ptrcn warTaLt atd Iolztd IN iii
Oh ctatRe OF pefjuEs. tue act charged acaLar
Elm b+liR tbs: 0Le juhn FafFrlt LelER iedlc. ed
hr ro', Inc .tenred, with = view to bali the prs
OF e!, fa4eI skose that he o~Led the hou%. and
~ No s'a south Jeref8cn s.:ee, IN thia city, the
sttie f*ftE N sle OVID mare, Lac properly un!o-
cun bs1to. at is value Ss, ,tto. lie also kEore
that tt old I O. o. e to exceed sEl The h4l Was
tecspt* q At the TINT, ApEu Last, and .ae r1o;oas
O1eldft lett,
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WAS HtH9r0H.
The Eslfable Committee.

It's Attitude on the Tariff Bill.
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Dess is already dune principally on gold
bssis. II that be true, no harm would be
doue 10 the disciples Of the grecnbaek sys-
tenn. Senator fentoo, in opposing this
feature, was SO unfortunate as to cite in
opposition to it the familiar statement of
economists that, Of txo currencies Of DIFF
fereLt ylIues, the less valuable would al
ways dnve out the moro valuable. Bat the
casta referred to By economists were those
In which two currencies, nomlaally equal,
hut actually different in value, are c'rculat-
ing SIDE ty side. In ull such cases the
more valuable currency disappears that is
to sa1, it goes to s3ne place where it can
purchase property exactly equivalent to its
value. lie present as not merely q diff erens,
but an opposite. case. No att>npt wou.d
be made to circulate the present dopre-
ciated currency at tho sane rates, or for
tie same values, a. theee gold notes. Tht,
destroys half the analogy AID when We
add that paper currency, at PEI with gold,
is no deA1ct or more costly, as medium oI
e1chaDge, than one worth only eighty cents
per dollar Of gold, the remainder Of ths
supposed analogy Is gone -...
The objection that VIC cannot do bus1
NESS il two cuf1encies Of different stand
ard, is t}isproved BY the fact that for eigh
years we have do.e business, in spite O
ourselves, with t~o currencles- Ever.
daily bulletin Of tho premium Oh gold pro
clairns the discoun: on our paper curfene.
compared with the standard By Which II
in fact judged. Ne have Tor sif Sea0
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his rest understanding Of The representative COZ
p;e1ton OF CoeErss. Scuoer:nR nans, 1ve Of
thee constitutes ntjorltJ, aId 700 Will open
Jour po.s1o-l1sp very wtdr, ny friend, wnta 5oo
Tar shx1 II nse ot the NaIs aud Means sgret 10
fon eshrg, the other ioEr oust shut up Ike deaf
a1d,dulb teople. Tate this Little pece Of debate,
ny It'll ect It pstro., 10 sno what nea2:
NJ NxncSS. o; Nes iofl. rise 70 4 q1HstioR
OF fE9n-er. l dea!ie 10 sub III se2ar1 tfvn the
n,L0rl , OF The cnuntssee
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IKE = tpos'. II "a qIe~Iitn far the Ho &c to
a.f-:nLe y hetheF tueh REPORT ssAl be feceised,
III. bscoES, I Sss 1o.s- wao oo.e:,a:
Nj. nNkxy Il naoptu OF Frten corn f1on Lan-
cas tr County, FetIsJ .satsah Gbtee
MI. cnx- Tne Sen:'eEan from Pea1i1'ssuss
NJ. BAoeks. q New Tori. co no: o:asne h,:a.
Tbe SFxtxkx tblareh The resolution, uude.
the rule, viii &c Fr:ettcd 10 tie Cot1nut:te Oh
VI. BEaoks, Of New Tork- nae to point Of
ue nlncr1y Ct tbs Commit. Z bf Was a1a
Aearf, and suon.; sss1 10 ssnx:e nenoes haa !.
.eb- 10 0: jecs It II question 10 te Determined
ly the H1iontJ Of ,ae noute
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tast ,es1e IL 70 sch Ting - sns ,t nEh:
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~ con 1'sse e,ss no rsn; 70 1spSEs e1sss:
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l.use TO fetefUtEe Haethef q 1Do<1tJ Of com
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! TO d:dsls!ce. "
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! 81 Instance IN Hhc4 an opportunity 70 tuonl
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS
WASHINGTON.

Neutrality OF the United States Between
Spain and Contemporaries to the Ac.
quisitson OF TerrltOry-A ssixnmens of
Associate Jastlces-Bale of BrOOklyn
Navy Yard PrOperty-Utah POlygamy
Hill Discussed Indefinite Postpone
ment OF Bill TO Strengthen Legal Re-
serves-RepOrt Against Gene al Ames'
Eligibility rs q Senator.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Committee
on Foreign Relations have agreed to report
resolution of neutrality between Spain
and Cuba, and repeating the neutrality act
of 1918.
The committee, in addition to their action
adverse to the purchase of San Domingo
and st. Thomas, have agreed to set their
faces against any acquisition of territory.
Associate Justice Strong has been as.
signed to Judge Grier's district.
Justice Bradley will be assigned to the
Fifth District, comprising the States of
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas.
The Naval Committee, by vote of seven
to three, favor the selling of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard property.
Spain has SO vessels, 600 guns, and Is 900
seamen in Cuban waters.
Bishop Thompson is dead.
Fxnternal revenue receipts to-day, Sl69, 900.
House-The Elections Committee have re.
ported IN favor OF Booker, IN the contested
case OF Booker versus Tucker, from Virginia.
The Utah polygamy bill was resumed and
discussed to adjournment.
Senate.-Mr. Summers bill to strengthen
the legal reserves and promote specie pay
ments, has been Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Jones introduced a bill to divide the
State of Virginia into two judicial districts.
The Judiciary Committee have reported
that General Ames is ineligible to q seat as a
Senator from Mississippi. The report was
discussed to adjournment.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
MARKETS.
Domestic Markets.

New YORK, March %, Evening.-Bonds of
1881, Id; 52Os of 1862 1909; Of 1864, l0Ss ;
of 1865, l09; new, 1913; OF 1867, 1881; OF
1868, l0S&; ten.forties 105; Alabama eights,
sc; fives, 70; Louisisnas, 76; new, 73; Ievees
skies, 76s; eights, SO.
New YORK, March %, Evening.-Cotton
closed lower; middlng uplands 23c; sales
to day. 2200 bales. Flour. tavors buyers;
State and Western ST 45; Southern droop-
ing at SIS 65@9 Is. Wheat 1@2c lower.
Corn unchanged. Pork steady. Lard firmer;
kettle rendered l45@15c. Whisky unsettled
at $1@l 0ls. Rice \dull. Sugar quiet.
Coffee firm. Molasses quiet. Naval stores
quiet. Freights unsettled.
NEW YORK, March 22.-Money closed
easy at 5@6; sterling 81; gold closed
at 1l2a. Government securities closed
steady. Southern securities closed strong.
CINCINNATI, March z2.--Flour-extra
family 81 50@s4 75: family S4@415. Wheat
ST. 06@s1 0S. Corn 75@76c. Oats 49@54c.
Rye 83@SSc. Tobacco, sales to-day $50 hhds
at S50060. Whisky nominal at 92c. Pork
S26 so. Bulk meats: Shoulders 9Ac; clear
rib sides 1890; clear sides 144c. Bacon:
Shoulders l04c; clear rib sides 14lc; clear
sides 155c. Hams 164@l8c. Butter 3l@37c.
Eggs 22@23c. Cheese l540l7c. Sugar 4c
lower. Coffee, Rio 1s022c.
ST.. LOUIS, March 22-Flour quiet; fell
superfne, 81 25@4 so. Wheat: No. 2, spring.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
Communicated
irish REPUBLICAN AsSOCIA-
TION0

'1RlSH REPUBLICAN AsSOCIA-
TION."
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
Seeing notice in your paper of the TWEEN.
ty.second, under the above. head, 1 feel it
my duty as an Irishman and Republican
to expose the shams and humbugs CLAIMED
together as set of boilers from Irish Re-
publicanism, and assuming the name. Pre-
vious to the election of General Grant, when
I was Secretary of the Irish Republican
Club, the mottos, badges, and other things
required by the Seymour and Blair clubs,
were profitable source to some of our
would-be Republicans, and afraid of losing
it, or that being identified as a black
and tan might cause. this loss, Mr..
Joseph P. Murphy, the now President,
sent in his resignation to the Irish Republi-
can Club just when Republicans were
wanted, stating that we were too Radical for
him, and insulting us by his advice to be
more Democratic. I have his resignation
yet, which l will print if his assurance goes
any further. Perhaps some more of these
bogus Republicans are beginning to feel un-
easy for their positions under the city gov
ernment, and they think to make them.
selves stick by this political ruse. All the
sensible Irishmen they will get to play sec,
Ond fiddle to these selfish transparencies
will never make much of list. Men who
will stand up in such meetings as they con.
vene and ask, "Who would read the Irish
Republic" are uery sick Republicans.
P E. COLLINS.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23

A DIsINFECTANT WORTH KNOwING.-We
illustrated Midland Ne,os), dare say very
few persons are aware that coffee is valua-
BILE disinfectant. Experiments, however,
have proved that it is the most powerful
means, not only Of rendering animals and
vegetable eff1uvia innocuous, but of actually
destroying them. A room, in which meat in
an advanced state of decomposition had been
kept for some time, was instantly deprived
of all smell on an open coffee. .roaster being
carried through it, containing pound Of
newly roasted coffee. In another room, ex-
posed to the effluvium occasioned by the
clearing out of a manure pit, so that sulphu.
retted hydrogen and ammonia in great
quantities could be chemically detected the
stencil was completely removed in half a
minute, on the employment of three ounces
Of fresh roasted coffee. while the other parts
Of the house were permanently cleared Of
the same By being simply traversed with the
coffee roaster, although the cleansing of the
pit continued TOR severa! hours after. The
best mode OF using the coffee as disinfect-
ant is to dry raw bean, pound it in mortar,
and then roast the powder on moderately
heated iron plate, until it assumes q dark
brown tint. when it is fit for use. Then
sprinkle it in sinks, or cesspools, or lay it on
a plate in the room which you wish to have
purified. Coffee acid, or coffee oil acts more
readily in minute quantities.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
AM USEMENTS.
St Charles Theatre.


Every night there are crowded houses to
witness the grand impersonation of Fritz
by Mr.. j. K. Emmet in the original drama
of "Our Cousin German As this is the
last week of this fascinating actor the rush
will be greater each successive night
Academy OF Music.
This evening "The Sea of Ice" is again
presented to the patrons of the Academy,
and the spectacle will be well worth seeing.
Miss Kate Reynolds, who takes the role of
Madame de LdScOurs and Ogd1ita has but
four or five more nights to complete her en-
gagement. She is well supported in the
play,
Opera House.
Tomorrow evening, third night of lies
Bibelots du Diable."l Saturday, grand
matinee at twelve o'clock. Monday even
ing, benefit of Mr. Michot.
Varieties Theatre.
Last evening, again, the second repre-
sentation Of Wallace's grand romantic and
spectacular opera of "Lurline," which has
been noticed at length in these columns as
Il piece of peculiar merit. Miss Charlotte
Thompson, who will open next Monday
evening at the Varieties, arrived here yes
terday. This evening the last time of
Balfe's opera of the Bohemian Girl To.
morrow evening last time of "Lurline.''
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23

THE KILLING OF THE NEGANs.-We ad-
wise those who desire to get at the truth
about this sad occurrence, and also some
knowledge of the Indian Ring and the white
roughs, to examine the official documents
in the Army and Many Journal of the
twelfth instant. Some Of the details are
unfit for our columns, and the whole story
is too long to be copied for general readers.
But such as are interested in the question
will discover, by following our suggestion,
that the military are driven into difficnlt
and delicate position, and that. in the
necessities of the case, the humanity
is with them. The policy General
Sheridan has to follow, appears to
be forced upon him by unmitigsted
white rascslities and unmitigated savage
outrages. If that policy seems, for the
moment, horrible, it is not of his choosing
or making. apparently; and if his stern
treatment of the aborigines awakens atten-
ton to the villany of the civilians dealing
with them with cool bloodshed, treachery
and avarice, the country may be the gamer,
by being shocked into something like
honesty and justice. The conspiracy to de.
fraud alike the government and the red men
does not seem to have abandoned its ne.
farious purposes, and to that fact may be
ultimately attributed the sharp action of the
army and the consequent efforts to malign
the commanding Generals. Tran
script.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23

EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT OF FEMALE
BLACK MAILER Sarah Gore, a white
woman, convicted in Philadelphia of per.
jury, has been fined five hundred dollars
and sentenced to the Penltentary for seven
years. Judge Paxton. in passing sentence,
thus addressed the prisoner:
"You deliberately and falsely charged q
respectable citizen with high crime upon
your person. And having made it, you
brought him into this court on trial, and
upon that trial you committed wiliful, de-
liberate and corrupt perjury, in order
to convic. him. You did all you could
to consign an innocent man for long
term of years to the Penitentiary, and to
blast his reputation for all time. Nor is this
all. l have Judicial knowledge of the fact
that you have made similar charges against
several other respectable citzens for the
purpose of extorting money. and that in
some of these cases you have been success
full, but Dir. Weiner did not submit to your
demands: He appeals to a Jury of his fel-
low.citizens, and they have vindicated him;
and he has also brought you to the bar of
justice, for which he deserves the thanks of
every good citizen.
'YOur ofense is one which can receive no
mercy here. While we give burglar the
extreme penalty of the law, we can do no
less in case like this. 4 man had better
have twenty burglars in his house than one
such woman as you. A burglar may steal
the property of citizen. You would rob
him of his good name to make him infamous
in the community, as we'll as sow the seeds
of disCord in his domestic relations
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23

Shirley Dare, writing to the Chicago Re.
publican, from Washington, gives the fol.
lowing sketch:
Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, in physique,
we'll balances Sumner. They are both large
men, Mr.. SumneS<having the advantage in
height. Both have the same way of carry.
ing their heads lowered, as if about to run
a tilt against some enemy; but Senator Car
penter's fairly rests against his breast, his
shoulders are 80 bent forward in an attitude
of concentrated schemipg. There is dead
weight OF ambition in that man, whose cool
impartial eyes and air weigh and measure
everything that approaches them. It is not
easy to read that bent, involved face, but
the traces of many passions are there. Woe
to the man who makes Senator Carpenter
his lifelong enemy. He has the Yorkshire
nature to carry a stone in his pocket seven
years, turn it, and carry it seven years
more, and send. it against his foe at last.
His face smolders with pride, feeling, and
self will-streDgth and humor under and
everything all. Mr.. Carpenter and Mr. Sum.
ner have the deepest voices in the Senate,
and it almost makes the spectators start
when their elephantine nays in vote come
rumbling into the herd of light voices.
They are the quietest men in the Senate,
ALSO
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
yesterdays Evening Dispatches !

tAWo0huoJ . GSoAiAB DfSp""SAoo'I
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Supreme
Court, in the cotton case of Benjamin Flan-
ders VS.. John P. Tweed, from Louisiana.
the judgment below was reversed, and the
case remanded for new trial.
QUEENSTOWN. March 22.-The steamer
Samaria, has reached here, all well. The
mails and passengers were forwarded by the
Java.
PARIS, March 27.-The trial of Prince Napo-
leon commenced at noon to-day. The ut
most solemnity pervades the court.
Paschal GrOusset was 80 irrelevant and de-
iant in his answers that the court refused
to hear him.
MADRID, March 22.-The truce heretofore
existing between parties III the Cortes has
broken. General Prim, in speech, said:
''Since the Unionists give us, the Radicals,
battle, let US defend ourselves"
The cause of the rupture was that the
Unionists supported Senior Flguero's amend
ment to the new loan bill for ten millions
sterling. The amendment was defeated by
1913 to III. A crisis is regarded as immi-
nent.
General Prim's victory apparently involves
the retirement of Regent Serrano.
Admiral bierowgere succeeds General
Topete in the cabinet.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
DOWNWARD CAREER.
a Vessel Owner Becomes Pickpockst
Romantic Ma nrrla9o and Divorce.
From the Chicago POST


Romantic Marriage and Divorce.
[From the Chicago Postl
The demoralizing effects of disreputable
company, and the degradation sure to fol-
low those who frequent the haunts of vice
and crime, are eXemplifed in the course
of the now notorious and despised John
Dowd, whose name has become familiar
through police annals. The latest phase in
this mans life has eked out in the shape of
divorce bill, filed by his wife, who alleges
extreme cruelty, non-support and desertion
as causes for separation.
There is little bit of romance in Dowd's
history. He halls from Philadelphia, where
he carried on q lucrative business, having
been the owner of several vessels on the
river and canal, and having ample means at
his command. Six years ago he fell in with
Missouri Russell. a young lady belonging to
one OF the first families in the Quaker City.
She was handsome girl of about eighteen
years, and became so infatuated with Dowd
that she consented TO leave friends,
home, and its many comforts, and an
over-fond father and mother, with him.
The foolish girl ran away from school at a
favorable opportunity, and msrried her
lover. In couple of years afterward they
came to Chicago. Here Dowd fell in with
all sorts OF bad fellows, and finally opened
q saloon in South Water street, which be-
came rendezvous for all classes of Grim:
inals. He became notorious, and was often in
the hands of the police. His den was broken
up, and he has since been con the town.
He is DOW thirty-five years old. His wife is
still a fine looking woman, but bad associa.
tions have tended to affect her morals
greatly. DoTd ASSERTS that she has an
ulterior design in suing for divorce-in-
tending to marry a clerk in a well known
dry goods house.