New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-03
Review by the Crown Prince
VITALITY OF CUBAN INSURGENTS
u American Citizen Outraged
WASHINGTON.

POstmaster Of Neridian-FOrty Cadet
Nominations by cext COn9ress-Ths
High Commission at the Capitol-Bil
REGARDING RnilrOads-COmm issiOner,
to Examine Claims Of Loyal Citizens
in southern Staten-Relieving 20 litical
Disabilities Of Confer.
ence Committee On Texas Pacific Rail.
rOnd Agree-Branch from New Or.
leans to Narshal-SynOpsis of the
Weather.
WASHINGTON, March 2-The latest ac
counts from the coal regions represent the
labOrcrs, operators and carrying companies
equally stubborn.
j. L. Smith has been nominated post
master at Meridian. Mississippi.
The President will receive no visitors
during the balance of the week.
The next Congress will have the nomina.
ton OF forty cadets.
The members OF the high commission
visited the Capitol to-day; the event elected
several stump speeches.
SenUte.--The bill which passed the Senate
and goes to the President, regarding rail
roads. is as follows:
"WHEREAs, Certain suits are now pending
in the United States courts within the State
OF Tennessee against certain railroad cor
pOratiOns in that State, ON account of
property sold to said corporations by the
government, which suits are contested by
the defendant corporations; and whereas, it
is for the interest OF the government to
speedily adjust and collect the claims of the
United States. while avoiding litigation and
loss by the insolvency of any such railroad;
therefore.
- Be it enacted. That the Secretary of
War be. and is hereby authorized and re-
quired, if he shall deem it advisable. by and
with the advice of the counsel of record in
sucn suits for the United States and Attor-
ney General of the United States, compro-
mise, adjust and settle the same, upon such
terms rs to amount and zine of payment as
may be just and equitable and best calcu-
lated to protect the interests of the gov
ernmcnt.'
The Cincinnati and Southern Railroad
bill comes up for u third reading to-
morrow.
The appropriation bill was resumed.
The Senate Is in session tonight.
Ho"se.-A bill passed providing for three
commissioners to examine the claims of
loyal citizens OF the Southern States for
army stores furnished during the rebellion,
including the use and loss of vessels en-
plOyed by the government. The commits
siOners are not to be residents OF the South
ern States; shall hold session at Washing
ton, and then adjOurn'tO such places in the
Southern States as they may select, and
report proceedings at each session Of Con
gress.
A bill passed restorin. James Belcer TO
his rank as ma or and Iuarterlnastcr. The
bill goes to the President.
The bill removing the political disabilities
OF seventy-one Kentuckians, which passed.
the Senate in July, passed. and goes 70 the
President.
House adjourned.
The conference committee Oh the Texas
Pacific railroad have agreed upon and re-
port Il branch from New Orleans ~ Mar
shall, Texas. via Baton Rouge and Alexan-
dria. a branch from Marshall to San Diego
and /. branch from the Colorado river near
the thirty-sccond parallel. Parliamentary
courtesy requires that the House must act
first on the report.
The House adjourned. and the Senate
will take no action tonight
K. Clark was to-day confirmed Assessor
for the first Georgia district.
The following IS synopsis OF tie weather
for the past twcnty-IOur hours:
The pressure has been diminishing
gradually since yesterday evening On the
gulf and South Atlantic coasts it has been
variable. On the East Atlantic it has dimin-
ished rapidly. On the lakes fair weather
has prevailed. On the South Atlantic
'iiC"tcniHS weather. Witn LSut idlLS. on
the gulf and lower lakes rains have fallen.
on Lake Michigan and the
country south and west of Ohio. Fresh
southwest winds are now reported from the
gulf to Lake Ontario. Fresh and brisk
northerly winds on Lake Michigan and in
the extreme Northwest.
1t is probably that the rains west Of the
will, on Friday. extend general
~ along the Atlantic coast, with fresh and
brisk winds, and that fresh winds and
cloudy weather will prevail ON the upper
lakes.
In the Republican caucus to-day Messrs.
Blaine. Mcpherson and Burton we're nom
mated by acclamation. Ordway, Is: Her
ron. -; Stokes, 90 Mr.. King, postmaster,
was sre-nOminated.
The Democratic caucus nominated Gen
eral Morgan. OF Ohio, Speaker,