The New York herald., 1871-02-13

their UTMOST cuuc0VOrB
passage OF bill embracing the objects set forth In
Be il further resolved. That copies Of this pre-.
Of the United States to the sldent Of the Senate
and Speaker Of the House Of Repres ntauves OF tne
Cougess q the United States and each % q me me
Congress OF tn@ N, United Stated
The ..:,on I.easue-The s..setIns Next week.
The meeting Of the National Executive Committee
OF the Union League OF America In Philadelphia next
week promises to be one Of importance. promi-
nent member OF it furnishes the following for pub.
lication:-
The condition OF the political anairs Of Arkansas,
Missouri North Carolina ana Florida mas called
petition from leading colored men in North Caro-.
lima w be presented praying for the interference OF
the republican party to save them from destruction:
members Of the League who have been threatened
and intimldated In the attempted exercise OF their
latter state the farmers have combined together
and resolved TO employ no one who Is known to be
Union men a. in az Renucky ss Is represen,ea sem as Gepo.
rable in the extreme. In the Congressional
district known as the Harry Clay district -
less than 9 hundred majority, and the bad feelings
eng endered by such not contest has brought forth
nssty IN this ana other SOUTHERN @ rn states u is
members OF the League that the time for this am
nesty has not yet arrived and that II 1t Is attempted
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State.
The Weather Signal servicc-Forccasf OF
Weather Changes.
The War Department has concluded to yield to
the pressing demands made upon the Signal ONCE
by ship owners and commercial men generally for
the daily publication Of reliable forecast OF the
w a mi nj M and ytl hnUi
the work during the present week by Issuing daily
from the Signal ONCE, Washington, q synopsis Of
existing weather throughout the country and the
probable change during the succeeding twenty-four
hours This synopsis will be based upon the three
daily reports now received and VIII be prepared by
competent authority. Arrangements are now max
ing to give them wide and speedy circulation.
The New Loan.
The Secretary OF the Treasury expresses great
confidence In the full success Of the new loan and
in receipt OF assurances from many financial sources
to the effect. 1t is thought, should the favor
able prospects continue, that In less than month
all classes Of United States securities will have
reached an enhanced value.
Preparations for tho Carnival.
President Grant has formally accepted the parlor
and balcony at one OF the hotels, rendered him by
the Committee on the Carnival for his use on the
days designated for the carnival displays on Penn
sylvania avenue
Travel Pay for Resigned Officers of tho
Army.
The fifteenth section OF the act OF January 29 $780,
enacted that whenever oficer soldier shall be
discharged from service, except by way OF punish
ment for an offence. he shall be allowed his pay and
rations or an equivalent in money for such time as
shall be sufficient for him to travel from the place
Of discharge to the place Of his residence computing
at the rate OF twenty miles to q DAY. The war de.
partmen and the accounting officers OF the Treasury
have always held that discharge. to carry travel
pay, must be on the moSen OF the gov.
ernment, and that officers who went out
by resignation were not entitled to IL. The
Court OF Claims In the case OF Lieutenant
J. w. Price, resigned offcer, overruled this con-
sruction and gave Judgment In favor OF the officer
which on appeal to the Supreme Court was adnrmed
by an equally divided court Comptroller Brodhead
has decided that this Judgment applies only to the
case in which 1t was given, ana it is understood
that similar claims Will be rejected as heretofore
until majority OF the supreme Court shall give
Judgment on the principle involved. All officers
who have resigned under facts stated since the war
OF 1912 are aected by the ruling OF this court and
would take more tnan million of dollars to liqui
| date their claims.