New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-10
FCREIGN AND MISCELLANEOUS
Market and River Reports
WASHINGTON.

3 BILL Onrt OF Claims.
WASHINGTON, January 9.-Ssnnte-Nu-
merous petitiOn9fOr the removal of polite
al disabilities and memorial from. the New
York Chamber of Commerce, upon the i'm
pOrtance of a cable from the west coast to
Asia, were presented.
The Judiciary Committee reported a bill
that Presidential Electors ard members of
Congress be elected by ballot.
The House bill appropriatiRg $1,000 for an
amanuensis for Mr.. Schenck, and the mint
bill, was considered TO executive session,
when the Senate adjOurneA
Ho1GSe-The following named bills were
introduced and referred:
Asking. for an additional federal Judge in
Alabama; granting the right of way
through public lands to the New Orleans
and Northeastern Railway; giving money
arising from the sales of public lands for
tive years to the common schools of the
Soutlg reimbursing Texas for frontier de
Tense expenses; relinquishing government
title to certain lands in East Baton Rouge;
defining swamp laws, and relief for grape
brandy distillers
A resolution constructing joint COM
mittee of five Senators, and eight members
OF the House on ocean telegraphs, with
power to send for persons and papers,
passed
motion to take up the San Domingo
bull failed receiving a twO-thirds vote, all
the Democrats and Amber, Beatty, Boyd,
tinkleburg, HOar, Peters and Willard voting
nay.
LNoTE.-It requires only the detection Of
seven Republicans now to defeat the meas
ure, requiring a two-thirds vote.
The bill came up again when Mr.. Amber
moved an amendment, that nothing in the
resolution be construed as committing Con-
gress 20 the policy of annexation of Domin-
lea: Several Republicans cried that is
right" The Democrats tilibustered, but
finally agreed to vote at two o'clock to-mor-
row. House then adjourned.
1t is understood that Amblcr's amend
ment will be defeated, as it would cause a
delay, and the resolution will pass as it
came from the Senate.
Mr.. Abbott will contest Governor Vance's
seat in the Senate, on the ground that the
votes cast for Vance were null, as being
cast for an ineligible person, and that he
tAbhottl received a majority Of the legal
votes.
Robert w. Fitzhugh has been nominated
Collector of Customs at Natchez, Missis-
sippi and William Hunter Appraiser Of
Merchandise at Mobile.
The Judiciary Committee considered the
appOrtionment bill, and also considered
fsvOrably an amendment to the bankrupt
bill, providing that it should not divest
the dover of bankrupt wife, providing
The Motley-Fish correspondence covers
thirteen thousand words. The details are
mostly personal.
Mr.. Motley declined to resign and at
tributes his removal TO Mr.. Summers course
upon the Dominica question. The following
illustrates the aHimus of the correspondence:
Secretary Fish TO Mr.. Moran, Decem-
Der 30, reviewing Mr.. Motley's course.
Gays: " 1t may possibly occur to some
sensitive persons that delieacy, not to saw
propriety, would suggest to retired official
OF the government, wishing 10 place his views
in its official archives, to make q request
to that effect; which would certainly have
been most cheerfully accorded TO a gentle
man OF Mr.. MOtley's eminent distinction, and
great ability, but Mr.. Motley having closed
his mission asks no permission, but assumes
as q right to place his statement on record,
Questioning the taste and DENYING the
right Of this assumption, |, nevertheless.
allow a place in the DIPLOMATS records of
the country to Mr.. Motley's history of the
end of his mission. Ii is not for me to
question the measure of Mr.. Motleys ap-
preciatiOn of his position in the confidence
in his government, but can not accent his
statement that no shadow of a difference of
opinion existed between the President and
his government and himself as to our rela-
tons with Great Britain
The secretary then reviews with consider
able severity MIR. MOtleys course at Ienrtb.
and states that the instructions given to Mr..
Motley at the time of his appointment were
not July carried out by him as minister
and censures him for submitting to Lord
Clarendon q dispatch for ratification before
submitting it to his own government.
The secretary says, i'll commenting on Mr..
Motleys statement as to the unanimity of
the Senate on the occasion of his confirma-
tion, and as to the cause of his removal: 1t
remains only to notice Mr. Motleys adoption
OF the rumOr which had its origin in this city,
III source bitterly, personally, and vindict-
lively hostile to tho President. Mr.. Motley
says ait has been rumOred that he was re-
moved from the post of Minister to Eng
land on account of the opposition made by
an eminent Senator, who honOrs him with
his friendship, to the San Domingo treaty"
There can be no question as to the identity
of the eminent Senator, at whose door Mr.
Motley is willing to deposit his removal.
and it is unworthy OF Mr. Motley's real
merit and ability, and an injustice to the
honorable Senator alluded to-to whose in
fuence and urgency he was originally in
debted for, his nomination, to attribute Ia
him the cause OF his removal.
Bir. Fish says Mr.. Motley must know that
many senators oppose the San Domingo
treaty openly, and with as much efficiency.
as did MIR. sumner, and that they continue
to enjoy the confidence of the President
Mr. Fish proceeds, at considerable length,
to point out the untenable nature of the
ground taken by Mr.. Motley, and shows
that the time chosen for Mr.. Motley's re-
moval was the proper one on diplomatic
considerations.
The Court Of Claims decided to-day that
document certified by a department of
this government could not be offered in eyi-
dence unless there was proof as to its au-
thenticity. This question originated in re-
spect to the archives of the Confederate
government affecting the political status Of
claimants in the court.
WASHINGTON, January 9.--Mr Clarke. of
Texas, to-day introduced Joint resolutiop
appropriating one million dollars to reim-
burse the State of Texas for the expense Of
aiding the general government 70 preserve
the lives and property of the citizens of
that State from ineursiOns of hostile Indians
from Mexico and territories of the United
States. The preamble states that since the
close of the late war nearly 800 persona
have been killed and f2,0Q0,000 worth Of
property destroyed.
MIR. muiiett, supervising architect, starts
for New Orleans tonight, for the purpose
of making q plan and estimate for COM
pleting the Customhonse in that city.
MIR. Eschalz was to-day confirmed as "a
Weigher in the customs department, at
New Orleans
An application was filed for a State ma
tiOnal bank at New Orleans, with a capital
of es00 a00 " Kannadrr rsaofflor.4