Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04
NEWS BY MAIL.

+ General M. d. Leggett, the newly appoint
ed commissioner of patents, arrived in Wash.
ington Thursday, and at once took the oatf
of Office and entered upon the discharge Of
his duties. e
4 George Woodwork, an Incorporate man
of Meriden, Conn, under arrest for assault
ing his wife, hung himself in the station HOUSE
in that place on Wednesday. a4
c. A. Benedict, editor of the Cleveland
Herald, whose son was killed in the New
Hamburg disaster, has forwarded fifty dollar.
to the Doctor Simmons fund" -
Royal Briggs, aged "a, committed suicide
in Sherman, Conn.,, on Saturday, by hanging.
He was insane. His father drowned himself
last September, and this makes the sixth case
of suicide in this branch of the Briggs family.
A prize of $500 offered by the Frenchmen
of California for the first Prussian attle-fag
captured in the war, is claimed for Ricciotti
Garibaldi, who captured the flag of the sixty
first Prussian regiment at Dion, January 23d
The Ways and Means Committee deter
mined to report bill reducing the duty on
salt 81 l-2 per cent, which would make it six
teen cents per hundred pounds in sack, also
to reduce the duty on pig iron to five dollars
ten per cent. ad volorem. Mr.. Mccarthy
was directed to report the BILL
The House has passed resolution indoors
ing the policy of the United States with ref.
erence to the education of the freedmen
complimenting Gen. o. O. Howard for the
organization and management of the Freed
mems Bureau, and declared him worthy Of
the unqualified support and Endorsement OF
tho American nnnyto nd al II ~. l.
acquitted of the causeless and groundless
charges lately preferred against him.
The Republican Representatives elect to
the Forty-Second Congress met Thursday
night in caucus to nominate officers. Horace
Maynard of Tennessee, was called to the
chair, and Speaker Blaine, Clerk Mcpherson,
and Door-keeper Buxton were successfully
renomined by reclamation. The Southern
members had wanted to have one of the House
from their section, and had presented as their
candidates Gen. Heron of Louisiana aud Col
Stokes of Tennessee, against Col. N. G. Ord
way of New Hampshire, the present Ser
geant-at-Arms. The result of the ballot was
Ordway 76, Heron %, and Stokes 20. So
Col. Ordway was declared the nominee. On
the first ballot for Postmaster, King, the pres.
ent incumbent, had 70, and there was nc
choice. On the second BALLOT he had 65, and
was declared the nominee. The Democratic
Representatives in the next Congress also held
a caucus, over which Fernando Wood pre-
sided. Gen. Morgan of Ohio, was nominated
for Speaker, receiving 45 votes against 2S for
S. S. Cox; Col. Barrett of Washington was
nominated for clerk, Nicholas Isenberg OF
Norty Carolina for Sergeat at Arms, and
Owen Thorne for Door-keeper.
In the Senate Thursday. the conference
committee on the legislative appropriation
bill reported that they had been unable to
agree, and new committee was appointed.
The deficiency appropriation bill was then
taken up, debated and passed, also the forti-
fication bill, after which the river and harbor
appropriation bill was taken up. In the
House a bill was passed appointing acommis-
sion for the examination of claims from LOYAL
citizens of the South for supplies furnished
the army during the rebellion. The Senate
amendments to the army and navy appropria-
ton bills were non-concurred in. A resolu-
ton was passed by strict party vote declar.
ing the charges against General Howard to BIZ
false and approving his conduct. Another
attempt by Mr.. Hooper to take the bill re-
pealing the income tax was all in vain. Mr.
Dawes from the conference committee on the
legislative appropriation bill reported at length
his reasons for refusing to concur with the
Senate. He was supported by Mr.. Logan
and others and new committee was ap.
pointed.