Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-26

Notwithstanding uW ucctatattVus Wueu Gun
.cuting to become a candidate for the
Senate, that he Intended to leave the
army aud reside in Mississippi, anl rot
wi,hstandiug his subsequent resignation
from the army, which was accepted by the
President before signing the bill to admit
the State.
WASHINGTON. March 19.-The nomi-
nation was sent to the Senate to-day, of
Eugene Schuyler as Secretary Of Legation
to St Petersburg.
a majority Of tho subcommittee on
elections, in the case of Newshaw, Repub-
lican Representative, against Ryan, Dem
ocrat in the Seventh Louisiana District,
have prepared q report throwing out a
sufficient number of parishes which gave
Ryan majority to elect Newshaw by 100
majority. Mr. Kerr, from the minority,
will report in favor Of Ryan.
The Senate Pacific II. r. Committee
has agreed to report bill authorizing the
extension Of the Kansas Pacific r. R.,
from point not further east than Els
worth, via the Arkansas and Rio Grande
rivers, to the Mexican boundary. The
bill subjects the entire road to the pre-
ferred use of the Government, the same as
Union Pacific. The land grant is twenty
miles on each side of the road, alternate
sections.
The President has signed the joint res
olution giving the widow and children of
Stanton one years salary as Associate
Justice
Capt. Slocumb of the schooner Saladia,
from Jackmcl, reports that on the 18th
inst, in latitude 81 degrees, longitude IS
degrees he saw curious creature GO feet
long and "a feet broad across the back, re-
semblng the so-called sea-serpent.
n correspondent says the lobbying in
the Butler cadctship case was open and
disgracelul. OF the votes against expul-
sion twenty were Southern members, and
the list also includes all those whose
names have been before the committee.
The report will be made in the case Of
Covode, Hoge and Mungcn tomorrow. In
the case of the former the report will ex-
press disapprobation of his course in np-
pointing a cadet outside of his district.
Hoge aud Mupgen will be entirely exoue
rated.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Sumncr in,
troducel an amendment to his bill for the
resumption Of specie payments, providing
for gradual substitution of coin for frac-
tionaI currency, beginning July .4th. next,
with smalcr denominations and ending on
Nov. l4th with fifty cent notes.
Fcnton introduced a joint resolution
providing with the assent Of the Mexican
Government, for a survey Of the lsthmus
of Tehauntcpcc, with reference to a ship
canal
Wilson presented memorial from the
Choc.aw Indians against the passage Of
bills to consolidate the Indian tribes, and
to organize Territorial government for
them, and authorizing the construction o.
railroad through the Indian Tcrritoryf
NJ rton introduced hill for the increase
Of pension of the willow of Gen. Rousseau
Vessels Lost.
CHICAGO. March l9.-A TribMne's
New York dispatch says four vessels went
ashore ON Long Beach yesterday, and three
ON Long Island. The crews Of two were
all lost, and three of another.
members of the Legislature, in caucus last
evening at Jefferson City, adopted resolu-
tions declaring the cxpcdency of call
for n State Convention to nominate candi-
dates for State officers at the next general
election. The House Committee have re-
ported a registration bill for the rcgistra
ton of all men, without regard to race or
color.
ST. JOINS, N. b., March 1S.-A por
ton of the bottom of the harbor, on the
Carleton side, sunk bodily SO that where
before, at low tide, there was II beach, is
now twenty feet of water. Some wharves
were destroyed.
CoRRlNNE, March 10.-Owing to the
success of the snow sheds and fences re-
Gently constructed on the line of the
Union Pacific Railroad, very little damage
to trains is caused on that road by the
late severe snow storm, which is said to
be the most severe Of the season. ~,
Democratic Nominations In Oregon.
PORTLAND, March 25-Thc Demo.
cratic Convention at Albany nominated j.
+. Grover for. Governor; j. II. Slater for
Congress II. Il. Chadwick, Of Douglas,
for Secretary of State; T.. Patterson, of
the Henld for State Printer. The tickle:
gives universal satisfaction. IA
SwINoMIsM, w. T., March 24--At the
Republican primary conventionA held 10
this and Skadgit precincts, the delegates
were instructed to vote for Gar6elde's
nomination.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-In the Sen
ate, Harlan, from Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported a bill to promote the civ
ilisation Of the Indians, and prepare them
for the rights aud duties Of citizenship.
1t provides for the appointment of five In
spectors from Indians, who, with the Sec
rotary Of the Interior and Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, shall constitute board
of supervisors for the general management
of Indian affairs.
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