New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-19
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Weather Probabilities -,eteFa Pre-.
| dicfeA to.day-A Northeaseeriy Gale
Coming.
WAsHneroN Apri! 1s.-The legal tende.
case was discussed all day in the Supreme
Court. The Attorney General appeared in BE-
half Of the government, arguing against the
present decision Of the Supreme Court, that
contracts anti-dating the legal tender act
are unaffected BY the ait, and also af1frma-
lively upon the question whether it was
binding g to contracts since its passage.
Tho following nominations were an
nocnced today; Zachasiah E. Thomas,
United States Marshal, North Alabama ;
Jeese Taylor, Collector, Sixth Tennessee
district; G. T. Garland. United States Dis
trict Attorney, Western ; Texas; Ellen
COndy. Postmistress, Aiken, South Carolina;
James Nimmo, Supervising Inspector Gem
eral of Steamboats,.
The only points in the conference COM
nittee deficiency bill affecting the South
was the concurrence in the amendment
giving $2O,O00 to the Sisters Of Mercy. at
Charleston, and the appointing Of an att6r-
ney to represent the government b0foro the
Southern Claims Commission.
Senate-A resolution passed requesting
the President to detail IN officer Of engineers
to assist in the survey progressing under
the auspices Of Louisiana for strengthening
the levees.
Mr.. Blair, supported by Mr.. Thurman,
called upon the Attorney General to COM
municate the stipulati0ns between the At
torney General and the counsel for Mr.. Yer
ger. Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Conkling wanted to know the object
Of the resolutions.
Mr.. Blair replied, to give tho people infor-
nation; that it was strongly suspicioned
there had been hugger-muggering in the
Yerger case, and the truth should be known.
No action.
The Ku-Klux bill was discussed all day.
The Senate is in session tonight.
HoWse-Exciting general debate, but mo-
important action.
fhe Speaker announced the following
members of the joint committee on the
South: Pollard, Maynard, Sco6eld, Cook,
Coburn, Indiana, Stevenson, Buckley,
Lansing, Cox, Beck, Voorhies, Van Trump,
Waddell and Robinson: also tho following
as members of tho special COMMITTEES on
Mississippi levees: Morey, Ketchum, Nc
Kee, Getz and Duke.
dO0ee o01OufneO. q
The Republican congressional executive
committee met this morning, and the fol-
lowing. 10 the. resident committee to attend
to business during the recess: Senator Har-
Ian, Representative Platt, Henry D. Cook.
Fred Douglas, and j. n. Edm1nds
The Senate, tonight, adopted tho Ku-
,Klux conference report, BY vote Of 80
to l6.
The Democrats in caucus tonight adopted
an address to the American people, which
will be issued tomorrow.
Weather Rcport.-lt 10 probable that
the storm will move eastward, and be 60
verely felt tonight, and ON Wednesday ON
the lakes and southwark to the Gulf States,
Cloudy weather and easterly winds will
probably be experienced ON the Atlantic
coast.
Syndpsis of past twenty -four hours: The
barometer continues to rise ON the Cali
fOrnia coast, with average clear weather.
The bar0metrical disturbances indicated ON
Monday evening as existing ct the Rocky
Mountain stations has developed during
the day, and 10 probably DOW central west
Of Iowa. A northwest gale prevails in
Eastern Wyoming; . southerly gale is re-
ported at st. Louis, and northeasterly
gale on Lake Superior. The temperature
has risen rapidly on Lakes Erie and Michi-.
gan. The weather has remained sensibly
unchanged with slight fall in the barome-
ter on the gulf and Atlantic coasts.