New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-22
WARRINGTON.

seven Hundred and Twenty Thousan,
| Dollars Iaternal Revenue Keceipts-
| General Jordan at the Capitol-Cslu
| Gold Certificates and Currency In tn
| Trcasury-Indlnn Kaid ON the Kansa
! KaIrOHd-Newaham W.. Ryan-Ryal
| Declared not Entilled to a Seattle y .
ham Declared TO be Entlsled to n Seat
Motion to KeconAider Postponed I'll
Monday-auits against Ex-Revenus
| Collectors.
| WASHINGTON, May 2l-Internal revenue re
| Celpts to-day S72 O0O.
Hereafter the House will meet at IL A. II.
| and adjourn at P. NJ.
General Jordan was at the Capitol to- day
Coin in tAe treasury sos 900, 900, inclu
ing $36, $50, 600 gold certificates, and pearl,
| $40. 600, 900 currency.
Kate V. Jennings, quadroon, has beer
! appointed to clerkship in the Fourth Aud.
| isor's office.
The official report of the Indian raid or
the western end of the Kansas Railroad
states that five hundred Indians were en-.
gagged, and that they killed eight men and
captured three hundred head OF cattle,
They moved toward the Platte river.
The House, after the disposal of the regu.
lar routine of business, resumed the Louisi-
ana contested election case of Newsham vs.,
Ryan. One of the points in the case turn.
ing on the alleged disloyalty Of MIR. Ryan.
General Banks, who, as commander of the
house and grounds at Alexandria, bore testi.
mony to the reputation of Ryan, as being
opposed to secession, and loyal to the gov.
ernment. The debate being closed, the
House proceeded to vote on the resolutions.
The resolution, offered by Mr.. Kerr as the
report OF the minority, declaring Mr.. Ryan
entitled to the seat was rejected without q
division.
The first resolution, reported by Mr.. Bur-
dett on behalf OF the majority, declaring
Mr.. Ryan not entitled to the seat, was
adopted without division.
The vote on the resolution OF the MAORI.
ty, declaring MIR. Newsham entitled to the
seat. was taken by yeas and nays.
At the close of the roll call.there was,a
maj jOrlty OF six or seven against the resolu.
ton. but several of the Republican mem
bers then voted, changing the result to, yeas,
7S; nays, ~. All the Democratic members
voted in the negative. Among the Repub-
licans voting in the negative were the fol-
lowing: Messrs. Amber, Asper, Beamon,
Betty, Bingham, Blair Bufiin Gton, Bur-
chard, Cook, Davis, Dawes, Farnsworth,
Hale, Ketchum. Orth, Pfs,ssz Strong, Wash
burne, of Massachusetts, ssnd Willard.
Mr.. EldridSe moved to reconsider the
vote for the purpose of offering resolution
declaring the seat vacant.
Mr.. Cox said he would prefer q vacancy
to usurpation.
Mr.. Morgan moved that the House ad-
journ, which was negatived.
As there were signs of flibustering, Mr..
Butler, of Massachusetts, rose aud proposed
that there should not be any further OBJ.
structions of public business, but that by
agreement the vote should be taken at two
o'clock on Monday, when the House would
be full, and that the House go on now and
finish the consular and diplomatic bills.
Mr.. Merceur objected.
motion to adjourn was put and carried
$40 P. NJ, adjourned.
There are thirty suits against ex.revenue
collectors, which amount to So 900, 900.
Major j. II. Burnham has been ordered
TO the department Of the South as Judge
Advocate,