New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-15

"A Year'a Pay to the Families Of tho
Oneida victIms-DlstrIct Attorney for
the District OF COMMUNICATIVE Cns
b,esUuaer the p. ciAc-TarlR Bill re
sumed-3ennxOr Morton on the 6eOr"
gia 0uestiOn-Dereat of ahe WiAsams
Amendment.
WASHINGTON, April l4-lnternai revenue
receipts oday 1884 OOO.
Louis M. Foulke, OF California. has been
appointed Internal Revenue Supervisor for
California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
The Committee on Naval Affairs have
voted a years pay to the families OF the
Oneida victims.
The President nominated Judge George
P. Fisher famous Tor his rulings IN the Sur
ratt case, and for his quarrel with Judge
Bradley, United States District Attorney
for the District of Columbia.
No nominations made today affecting the
South.
House.-Mr. Dawes presented memorial
from Cyrus W. Field, for laying cables
under the Pacific. Referred to the Commit.
tee on Public Lands.
The Committee Oh Patents reported bill
to revise and consolidate the patent laws.
The tariff bill resumed. The Missouri
members advocate an increased duty on
hemp; it retains the same duty as reported
by the committee.
The duty on jute and sisal grass was re-
duced to Elk dollars per ton; this is i'm
portant to paper manufacturers. The duty
on cordage remains as in the old tariff.
The committee rose, and the House ad-
journed.
Sen0te-SenatOr Morton made laDored
address on the Georgia question, blaming
the Democratic party of the North for the
partial failure of reconstruction, and proved
from the proceedings OF the Tennessee
Legislature and other documents that the
Ku Klux Khan really had formidable Or
ganization throughout the South. Quoting
from the Freedmens Bureau reports, he
showed that they were very bloody IN the
South, and showed that, from the various
results OF elections in the South, that II an
election be held in Georgia this fall, it will
place the State in the hands of the Democ-
| racy. He narrated some bloody events IN
| the South, and asserted thai in many sec
| tions the freedom Of opinion was not toi'
Grated.
Finally vote was reached on Williams
| amendment providing that the next election
| for membe of the General Assembly shall
| be held on the Tuesday after the tirst Mon
day in November, 1872, and prohibiting the
extension of official terms beyond the regu.
| lar period named in the State constitution,
and requiring the consent OF the Legislature
to this legislation. 1t was defeated by a
| vote of a to %. Many Senators lodged the
gia extremists were confident this morning
Of carrying this amendment Adjourned.
House EUening SesSion.-Committee OF
the Whole at balf-past seven resumed the
| consideration of the tariff bill. commencing
! at the paragraph taxing gunny cloth. The
next paragraph was that taxing yarns etc,
| forty per cent.
Mr.. Banks moved to strike out the para
graph so as to put on the free list the words
''coir or fibre. and cocoa nut fabrics, which
| was agreed to.
Mr.. TWitchell moved to amend the para
graph by reducing the duty on tow OF flax,
hemp, or jute, to thirty-tiv per cent.
| On vote being taken by tellers no quo
rum was found. A page of the bill was
| disposed of to-day.
| Mr.. Burlington introduced a bill to provide
| for the redemption of nickel coin, which
| was referred to the Committee on Banking
and Currency.
| The House then adjourned.