New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-26
BY TIE E G RAPH.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS YESTERDAY
TRIAL FOR BlGAMY AND FORGERY
PENSACOLA AND BlkRArcAs RAILROAD
TEXAS AGAINST G. W. PASCHAL
JUSTICE BRADLEYS OPINION
EXTENSIVE CONFEDERATION IN L0NaWY
COMMANDMENT STILL GOES ON
PENSACOLA AND BkRANcAs RAILROAD
TEXAS AGAINST G. W. PASCHAL
JUSTICE BRADLEY's OPINION
EXTENSIVE CONFEDERATION IN LoNaWY
COMMANDMENT STILL GOES o.
PRUSsIAN DEFEAT At DIJON
WASHINGTON.

Trial Of Bowen for Bigamy, and Rod
erick Butler for Forgery-PensacOia
and BarraDcas Railroad - senator
Blair Seated-Discussing Repeal of In
come Tax Bill.
WASHINGTON. january 25.-RudOlph
Evoldhcide has been recognized as Consul
of Norway and Sweden at Wilmington,
North Carolina.
The sale of ordnance has been stopped.
The trial Of Bowen, member of Congress
from South Carolina. for .bigamy, has been
fixed for February l3.
Commissioner PleaSantOn recommends
change Of the warehousing system, which
Will equalize the tobacco interest through
out the country.
Objection will be made to seating Gov
ernor Clayton as Senator from Arkansas on
the ground that the Legislature which
elected him is illegal.
There were no Southern nominations or
combinations to-day.
The Judiciary Committee will report
against the repeal of the law convening the
next Congress on the fifth of March.
The trial of Roderick Il. Butler, member
of Congress from Tennessee, for forgery,
commences tomorrow.
Secretary Boutwell, argued before the
Ways and Means Committee to-day against
the repeal of the income tax.
House-The bill defining the meaning of
the twenty-sixth section of the act 10 reduce
taxation passed. and goes to the President.
Anon. other things it makes the duty on
imported spirits uniform at two dollars.
Sundry pension bills passed: also. a bill
for the disposal of useless military rcserva-
tons also, granting the right of way
through Pensacola military reservation to
the Pensacola and Barrancas railroad.
The Indian appropriations occupied the bal
anCe Of the day.
Answering questions, Mr.. Dawes saw 10
signs Of repeating the law requiring the new
Congress to meet on the fifth of March, and
thought the session wOuh! extend 20 the first
of April.
.Senatc-Mr. Blair was seated He WAS
appointed on the Committee on Pacific Rail
roads and the Education and Labor Com
mittees.
The bill for the repeal of the income tax
was discussed. The balance of the day was
occupied by Messrs. Fenton and COnkling
discussing the New York Customhouse.
The contest yesterday for the seat from
the Fifth Georgia District attracted mitch
attention. General Young managed the
case for Mr.. Corker, Democrat, while Gen
cral Butler Chanpioned Mr.. Beard tCOlOred),
Radical.
The rrsuit-one hundred and fo-ty-eight
votes for seating Corker to torty-One ad
verse-shows that \ majority of the candi-
dates from the South. provided they can
take the oath, are tolerably sure of seats.
General Young was much appl;,uded for
his shrewd management of the case.
James +. Randolph, for many years edi
tor OF the Brunswick FREEDMAN. is dead,
aged eighty years.
Representative Cox Of New York. enter
tains the Democracy in honor Of Mr.. Hen
dricks. who is here. and Senator Blair, to-
morrow night at the Arlington House
Governors Seymour and Hoffman, of New
York, and Bisler. OF Pennsylvania. are
coming.
Justice Bradley delivered the opinion Of
the court on the rules against George w.
Paschal, holding that Pascha! had lien
upon, and the right TO retain the money in
his hands. until his general balance for ser
vices rendered Texas be paid, that i Texas
is dissatisfied with the fees charged, it must
resort to a suit, in which the defendant
would have the right to plead al! offsets, not
only for fees. but for the $l7 900 due him as
reporter, and that while the State may sub
stitute new council in the Peabody case, it
will be responsible for Paschal's fees.
The decision is universally regarded as a
triumphant vindicatipn Of Judge Paschai.
in maintaining the rights of attorneys.