, 1870-04-20
WASHINGTON.

On April IL, the Bowen wing OF the colorcd pco-
pie celebrated the Fifteenth Amendment
! The new Usury law enables parties to Ok the
rafe of interest as high as 10 per cent Where not
1xed 1t Is per cent
The President Informed gentleman who
called upon him relative to issuing general atp-
nestJ proclamation, That he had no Intention OF
Issuing one al present. He thought the conduct
! OF the rebels was such that they did not deserve
such an act Of c!emcncy al his hauds
David Rckstein. Of Cincinnati, has been con-
arned Consul al fsncouver's Is,anh. He wrote q
strong Letter 70 his associates Of the Jewish Church
In defence Of General Grants order No. II.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
agreed to report bill extending the general law
concerning town sites oveE the osagc lands In KAn-
| e1A
Prominent present owucrs OF the Atchlsop l.
Central Branch Of the Paclnc Railroad urge the
passage OF I'LL giving them right 0l way and Z
grant OF lands from the present terminus TO the
connection with the Union ractnc' The CON-
pany has abandoned the tdea Of asking for bond
subsidy
Tho Retrcnchmept COMMITTEES will soon pre-
| sent report On the EmugElers' Paradise on the
Rio Grandc,
Nominated a. PnstmasterS-John II. Smith.
raon, Kansas; James ". Rice, Garrett, Kansas:
James 4 Brown, Olashc, KAnsaA
| The House Select Committee on Postal Tele-
graph, to-day. Instructed Chairman Washburu to
.elot. us ol1, heretofore introduced, connecting
the telegraph with the postal service.
Tho st. Tho1n1a treaty has expired
| W Limitation Secretary Seward began
negotiating for the purchase Of the Dan
lab West 1ndia Islands, January :, 1865,
Lat received no encouragement from Denmark. 20
that was July Il, 1866 before he put his PROPOSE
ton Into writing The Danish Government never
wanted to sci, but our peBlstencJ finally got
I tHntr. k1S~f 49,
and half millions Of dollars for ST. Thous, au,l
S. John, WIS aigned October ~, 1861, 1t has teun
twice renewed, WIS never formally conAdeee@
INC senate Foreign Relations Committee by
"1nters ana was reported af;R1nst sor- I'LL this
| aRo' on Inc general ground Qt e1NAS 1t month
territorial acquisition -hon TO outsde
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.,1.s ,s"rs. .nlln c,,n- ,,~- >ps . nave
,hraa $500 ~ rroolc hn.. oa,o. 1s - LUG txo
Th, ~ .sshiueton nron,o hus+ ..u"n+ ae'' 4ae
Wv, s-N enta. Lincoln nron1s tn., ' soos green
~. Ten cents, Jefferson n,,o,a Nv. ~. eoem-
,o,o, nss., 3ne we've cents, Clay pronle bust
4 ster nron,n 49, patWe 1he fifteen cents, Web
crn,s. Srot, nrno,e ~. wanse me t~ent5-fous
,ht,1rths.' t'ouac M nust7 color pure purple The
h,.rt. The nsrn1s ~ hamilton profile bust. cu,or
| urr,n,e hn,, c.1.r. H 1ou'lAodofe o. II. Perry
a m.,no,,.1 r,s.-
.resputxs ~ r" y.9 W. F'eld mas been
!. :.arrtnn. ~ ,.E expressing de-
sire 10 .-. -. Iu ''sns u telcsrnphic cable
frctTcrn Amtl.. w asla,-ersu niles Of cable
| will be required for the "atpose. The bill which
accompanies the memorial r,, nsca the incor-
poration of counany win a csn,.,, NJ - mil
| liouB, ali psjt m within rcsr t1o,, ~. -,
| t!cn Upon the eomnef,on ,f ~ aat,n s-,..s-
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