New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-19

Internal Revenue eceipts-Cofn in
The Treaaury-Georssa Corruption
EesoIutions-Night Sessions OF Bath
ysouses-M All ContrHct Bids Of Bryan
Tyson-BEls Granting Lands to
Memphis end New Orleans Rail.
rond. and Establishing Mail Steam
ers to Mexico-Passsge Of ihe Ap-
nortionment Bn1-Sy pher Entltle d
q Seat In the House-Eaual
Kishts Or the Orange snd AIexan.
dria Railroad.
WASHINGTON, April 1S-Internal revenue
receipts to-day S595 900. Coin in the treas
ury Sl12, $50, 900, including S37 000,0 900 OF
coin certificates. Currency balance SO, ,250,.
O00
The government has no advices regarding
the FeDian raid.
The steamer Sabine was at Gibraltar March
%. All were well.
No Southern nominations were made to-
day.
General Samuel Brick has been assigned
to General Terry as Adjutant General.
In explanation Of the Georgia corruption
resolution, the Star says: 1t has been ru-
mored about the capital, that prominent
Senator was offered Georgia State bond, ii
he would vote against the Bingham amend
ment, and the son in-law of another Senator
was offered a large sum of money to in.
fuence the vote of his father-in-law against
that amendment
In both the above cases, the lobbyist was
sent away with flea in his ear, and the
Senator approached in the matter gave the
information which led to the introduction OF
| Mr.. Edmunds' resolution.
Both houses of Congress are in session to-
night.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1870.-Sir: The
Postmaster General duly received your IA
yor of the eighth instant, in which we're en-
closed circulars issued by one Bryan Tyson,
intended to be addressed to parties bidding
for contracts for the transportation of the
mails, and which you say have been scat.
tered broadcast in the Southwest, to the in.
jury of the department; said Tyson having
proposed by his circulars to enter into q
com bination to prevent the making of bids
for mail contracts by other persons.
The Postmaster General has lately issued
an order to reject sli bids submitted by
Tyson. ghis is done in conformity with the
tweaty-eighth section of the act of July 2.
1886. See Statutes at Large, volume five.
page eighty-seven, which provides the only
remedy for any injury the department may
have received.
Respectfully, J. L. FRENCH,
Acting Second Assistant Postmaster
General.
House.-Among the bills introduced was
one granting lands to the Memphis and New
Orleans railroad; establishing line OF
mail steamers between the United States
and Mexico; for the surveying of the harbor
of Corpus Christi, Texas; for erecting a
cus.omhouse at Austin. Texas. The appor-
tionment bill passed SO to 8S. the Northern
and Eastern members voting nay. The
subcommittee on Elections reported ]. H {.
Sypher is entitled to the seat from the First
Louisiana District. The case is made
special for tomorrow.
The tariff bill was resumed. Pig iron was
discussed to adjournment.
Senate.-The negroes occupying Arlington
desire Congress to lease the property to
them.
The Judiciary Committee reported hnfa-
orably on the bill amending the trade mark
law.
A bill was introduced appropriating land
for the improvement of the navigation of
the upper Mississippi.
Sumner offered a resolution instructing
the committee on the affairs of the District
of Columbia to report bill securing equal
rights on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road.
Mr.. Edmunds rose and stated that charges
had been brought to his attention, in
which the names of parties who were
said to be ready to sustain the same,
were given, to the effect that attempts
had been corruptly made to inf1u-
ence the votes of Senators in the Georgia
case. He did not say upon which side, but
these charges were made in such a manner
that he would be recreant to his duty as a
Senator if he did not notice them. He, there
fore, offered resolution nstructing the
Committee on Judiciary to inquire whether
any attempts have been made to corruptly
influence the votes of Senators on the bill
now pending in the Senate for the admis-
sion to representation Of the State of Geor-
gia, and with authority to the committee
to send for persons and papers. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
The Georgia bill was resumed. Senator's
Drake, Sumner and Carpenter spoke. No
action was taken.
A brief executive session was held, but
nothing traIspired affecting the South.