New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-27
FENIAN RETREAT FROM PIGEON EILL
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED WEDNESDAY
Fenian Movement on Huntington
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS



Admiral Far~agut's Address at shs
Naval Academy-Iilneas of the Preai
dent-Cust0m houses MT Baltimore anS
| Philadelphia Closed Decoration Day
| NominaliOns-Rlver and Harbor Ap
propristions-Mail Steamship subsi
dies-Drawbrldge Over the Great Rig
olet Channel-A dditional Bnbsidies u
| Northern Pacific RailrOad-Excite
| ment Over the CoIsred Cadet at Wes
Point.
! WASHINGTON, May 26.-Internal revenue
receipts to-day $685.
| Admiral Farragut will address the gradu-
ating class at the Naval Academy.
| General Butler has returned here. 1t is
supposed the Georgia question will be soor
resumed.
| The President is sick.
| Secretary Boutwell, orders the Custom
| houses at Baltimore and Philadelphia closed
| on Monday in honor of the decoration of the
soldiers graves.
The President has made the following
nominations: A. j. Larkin, United States
| Marshal, North Alabama; F. Beaumont
Postmaster, Port Lavaca, Texas; Mr.
| McHenry, Postmaster, Macon, Mississippi
Thomas M. Hogan, Postmaster, Columbus.
Georgia; George Lander, Postmaster, Fay
etteville, North Carolina.
Major Luddington has been assigned tc
duty, connected with collection of indebted
ness of Southern railroads to the govern.
ment.
The river and harbor bill, as reported
| to-day, gives the Upper Mississippi, fo1
dredging and removing snags, $50 600;
Rock Island Rapids. $3.50, 600; Illinois river,
S10O 900; mouth of the Mississippi river
$500 600; mouth of the st. Johns river,
$4,000; Falls of the Ohio, $3.50, 600; the Mis-
sissippi, Missouri and Arkansas rivers,
Sl5O,0C0; Ohio river, $50 600; Mississippi
river above Falls of St. Anthony, $50, 900;
S25, 600, and authorizes the Secretary of
War to make many surveys in Southern
waters.
Senate-The bill to aid in carrying the
mails between the United States and the
west coast of South America was reported
to-day.
It gives s3l 900 to the North American
Steamship Company for each round voyage
between New York and Valparaiso, via
Panama.
A bill was also reported requiring the New
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad to
maintain drawbridge over the channel of
the Great Rigolet. 1t makes the width of
the draw l50 feet.
The naturalization bill was reported with
amendments.
The appropriation bill was continued, and
publication of laws to important measures.
1t was agreed to dispose of the bill and
amendments tomorrow, Friday.
House-A Joint resolution granting addi.
ton al subdies, and the right to mortgage
land and road, to the Northern Pacific Rail.
road Company. passed without an amend.
ment. Yeas. l07; nays, IS.
The Committee of Conference on the bill
to enforce the fifteenth amendment re-
porfo1 1ahota WaS oOrpad fO vOfo
on it tomorrow.
The bill to revive commerce was resumed
and the substitute discussed.
A motion to lay the substitute on the
table was rejected by 81 yeas to los nays.
The House then adjourned.
West Point special to the Sun says a
colored cadet from Mississippi has arrived.
creating great commotion. The taverns
refuse to entertain him.
The river and harbor bill authorizes sur
veys of the coast, and Alabama rivers and
Mobile harbor; Ouachita. Little Missouri
and Petit Jour rivers, Arkansas; Bayou st.
John, Rgolettes, Louisiana; Indianola and
Corpus Christi harbors, Buffalo Bayou and
White and Black rivers, Texas. These sur
veys are preliminary to appropriations for
the improvement of the rivers and harbors
above mentioned. The total appropriation
amounts to nearly So, SOC, 600.
The New York Sun has the following
epecal from West Point:
WEST POINT, N. Y, May 26-The entire
National Military Academy were almost
breathless with excitement yesterday, at
the introduction there of a son of a colored
American citizen, in his new role Ofmiiitary
cadet. There had been rumors that colored
boys had been appointed to the National
Academy, but the absolute arrival OF an
African, commission in hand, is too much
for West Point human nature to endure.
Professors and jaunty cadets are speechless.
The time for the breaking forth of their iu-
dignation has not yet arrived. They can
not do the subject justice, but their counte-
nances and OminiOus looks indicate the
coming storm.
Cadet Master Charles Howard, colored,
comes from the State of Mississippi. His
appointment is from the Secretary of War.
and was recommended by the Hon. Legrand
w. Perce 1.-The newly elected member from
the Fifth District Of Missi 'sippi. Young
Howard is tull black, Of sturdy physique.
He measures five feet in height-regulation
size-and is as bright boy as was ever
seen. His hair is cut tight ard his accent
smacks decidedly of the plantation.
"What you gwine to do wild dat bag, sab, :"
and "you dun let dat drap," were his ques-
ton and exclamation to the hotel porter,
who accidentally took up his carpet bag.
His nose is slightly retrousse and his face
is shiny with health. 1t is settled that he
cannot be rejected physically by the Medical
Board.
The first African cadet landed from the
ferry boat with jaunty air. and lifting his
military nat he inquired for the West Point
Hotel. On arriving, he registered his name
and asked for a room. For the first time at
this hotel cadet was refused room.
Charles said something about his rights,