New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-10
WASHINGTON.

Committee on EiectfOns-Filibustering
Over Salt and COuI-Dr. Newman Re.
Elected Chaplain of the Sennte-Bill
to Incorporate Branches Of the Texas
Pacific Railroad COmpany-C Committees
Of the Senate-Weather Reports.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Housc-The
Speaker announced the following named
gentlemen as Committee on Elections:
Mcssrs. McCrary, Stevenson, Hale, Poland,
Finkelnburg, Thomas, Kerr, Potter and
Arthur.
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia, made personal
explanation that he had voted for Mr.. Nor
gan, whereas the Globe reported him as
voting for Mr.. Blaine.
The House was occupied all day in fill
clustering over salt and coal.
Adjourned
Scnate.-Dr. Newman, on motion Of Mr..
Kellogg, was reelected chaplain.
A number OF old bills were reintroduccd,
including one to incorporate branches of the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company, under
the name of North Carolina Extension Rail
way Company.
The companies to be consolidated are the
eastern and western divisions Of the West
crn North Carolina railroad, the Whining
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford railroad and
the Spartanburg and Union railway Of
South Carolina. The purpose being to es-
tablsh Il continuous railway communication
from New bern, Wilmington and Charleston,
via Ashville, North Carolina, and Duck
town, Tennessee, to Cleveland, Tennessee,
or Dalton, Georgia, connecting with the
Texas Pacific railroad, to San Diego, Cali
forna; alsO reviving the grant OF land to
the North Louisiana and Texas railroad,
being to connect Nicksburg with the Texas
Pacific railroad: also, Incorporating the
Shreveport and Red River Improvement
Company; also, Shreveport Il port Of de-
livery.
The report makes four hundred pages OF
printed matter.
The vote placing Cameron vice Sumner
head Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
was 26 to 81.
.Senate-The following are the names of
the committee on foreign relations:
Messrs. Cameron. Harlan, Morton, Patter-
son, Schurz, Hanlon and Casserly; finance
committee, Mr.. Sherman, chairman; ap-
preparations. Mr. Cole; commerce, Mr..
Chandler; private land claims, Messrs.
Davis, Ferry, Sawyer, Bayard and Blair;
Indian affairs. Harlan; pensions. Edwards:
claims, Howe: patents, Ferry; territories,
Nye; Pacific railroads, Stewart, Ramsey,
Wilson, Harlan, Rice, FentOn, Scott, kel
logg, Hitchcock, Blair and Kelly; political
disabilities, Robertson. Bowman, Ames.
Gilbert, NlckerS anu stevenson: leVeeS OF
Mississippi river. Kellogg, Trumbull, Schurz
and Spencer.
WEATHER REPORT-Synopsis for the past
trentytour houiS.-The low barometer
which was, Wednesday evening" central all
over Iowa and Missouri, after extending its
influence with high winds to the gulf, has
travelled due northward, and now covers
Lake Superior. High southwesterly winds
and gales have been experienced from the
gulf northward, with heavy rains in the
gulf States. and light rains and SHOWS Oh
the lakes.
The pressure has somewhat recovered on
the gulf and south Atlantic. 1t has re-
manned nearly stationary on the middle
and east Atlantic, with cloudy and threat
ening weather; its especial OffshOot from
the low pressure in Missouri passed west
ward through Kentucky into West Virginia.
and is now pursuing north-easterly course
along the Atlantic coast with all the char
acteristics of Il feeble tornado.
Probabilities of fair weather is indicated
for 1.-THE Gulf and south Atlantic States on
Friday; fresh winds OH the middle and
east Atlantic and lower lakes. and brisk
winds on the upper lakes.