The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Revenue to-day S56S 900
The steamer Congress will sail in a few day
| for Samana, as flagship of Commodore Green The
steamer Colorado will relieve the Delaware flagship
| of the Asiatic squadron.
The Election Committee reported in favor of Var
Wyck.
| The friends of Virginia seem much discouraged by
the of events to-day. The grand object is te
| bring the bill back into the House. Additional amend
ments and much delay appeared.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-The following Republicans
voted nay on Edmunds' amendment yesterday Terry
fowler, Kellogg, Norton, Ross Stewart Trumbu and
| Vckers.
| WASHINGTON, JAN 21.-Revel the negro elected to
the Senate from Mississippi was educated in Ohio
| He was formerly elected to the State Senate from
Natchez He is elected to fill the of Gov. Shar
KEY, which expires in 1871.
Mississippi Legislature adopted resolution memor
aisng Congress to political disabilities from all
Mssissppians to be presented 20 the Senate by Reve
with his credentials
Details regarding Lopezs position, show him to be
strongly posted with 1000 men and boys and thirty
guns. He has concluded treaty with the Caiquay
Indians who furnish him with $4,000 fighting men and
seven years provisions.
Ohio and Iowa have fully ratified the fifteenth amend
ment.
San Francisco Chinese prostitutes arrested recently
were released on writ of habeas corpus.
Advices from Rio Janero to Dec. 25 state that
Louis Fl. Gotzchalk, while performing La Maitre to
monster audience fell from the piano nsensibe, snd
after lingering three weeks died.
Emancipation in Brazil makes great progress.
Boutwell, has ordered the Withholding of revenue
tax from salaries of Government employees as hereto
fore.
The Star says the House Committee on Ways and
Means, this morning, decided to report in favor
of reducing the duty moasses from to cents, as
they will also reduce the duty sugar. tea and Coffee
tanuip thn hul Df hn IN
District Committee of both Houses after hearing
delegates of the Woman's Rights Convention in ses-
sion here, favor universal suffrage.
Deano decides that farmers selling their own pro-
ducts should have benefit of doubts against special
as producers They are brokers only when they make
regular and constant business of selling.
The only facts that have transpired regarding the
gold panic investigation that large amounts
purchased by Gould Fisk Co, for the purpose
of bulling the market.
WAsHINGroN, Jan. 22.-Two hundred and thirty
nine thousand dollars internal revenue to-day
Election Committee gives seat to Covode.
Commanders of geographical military departments
grant officers thirty days leave and extend leaves
granted by superior commander thirty to sixty days
The Lepsc sails to-day; store ship Guard Monday,
for the Darien Ship Canal Survey
WASHINGTON, JAN 22.-The Department of State
received from the Consulate of Annoy copy of
important order from the Foreign Board at Pekin,
oS>h
Gated to the commissioners of customs of treaty ports
The Consul expresses the opinion that under this order
lawful emigration of Chinese to our Pacific coast will
be confined to Hong Kong, it will be Improbable
from other ports. First Nontreaty power merchants
are not permitted to open emigration agencies. Sec
ond Nonreaty power ships not permitted to carry
cooe emigrarts. Third Coolie emgrants are not per-
mited to proceed under contract to nonreaty power
countries Fourth. Only treaty power merchants can
open emigration agencies; only treaty power ships
carry such emgrants, and it is only to treaty power
countries such contract emigrans proceed. Fifth
The Cooe trafc is prohibited at Macoa. Sixth. The
Commissioner of Customs is to cooperate with the Su-
perintendent in seeing that the rules and regulations
of each agency opened by the authority of the local
or terrestrial officials in accordance with the Con-
venton of 1885, and is to act with the officers de-
puted by the local official in ascerainng that each en-
grant fully understands the contract under which he
proceeds and that he goes abroad and under that con-
tract of his own free will the Commissioner is fur
thermore to sign and seal each contract in proof that
the Coolie understands its meaning and accepts its
terms and he is also to take that the ships
powered to carry coolies are bona fde treaty power
ships.
Annoy, July 23d, 1869. A true copy of the record
(Sipned) CHAs. w. LEGENDRE,
t. s. Consul,