The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-17

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES.
WAsHINGroN-Mr., Summer introduced Q
bill for mixed schools in the District ofColum-
ample viii be speedily followed in the States.
Mr.. West introduced the following: Resolved,
That the Committee on Finance be requested
from the payment Of customs duties all mate
rails, including iron ties, imported into the
United States wbich.are used for the purpose
OF baiiing OF bagging cotton" Mr.. Bingham,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported bill
fixing the first Mnnday in November, 1872. as
the time for holding the elections for choosing
electors for President and Vice-President.
Messrs. Bingham and Sheldon explained the
necessity of the bill arising out of some pro-
visions in the Louisiana Constitution. After
some discussion, the bill was postponed till
the second Wednesday in January. The ap-
portionment bill WAS resumed in COMMITTEES of
the whole, and an amendment adopted that
hereafter no State shall be admitted with a
less population than required for q member.
provides the House shall consist of 2S3 NOM
bers, with 3 distribution as follows Maine, S;
New Hampshire, 2; Vernon, 2; Massachusetts,
Ya,k Rseae Nal leland cop1sesiSIs NsY
Delaware /; Maryland, g; Virginia, .; North
Carolina, g ); South Carolina, s; Georgia, 9;
A ah;b na, z; Mississippi, 6; Louisiana; !;
ana. Is: Illinois. -; missouri, Is Arkansas,
Michigan, 3; Florida, l; Texas, 6; Iowa,
9; Wisconsin, 8; California. Minnesota. 81;
OTS&Ous Aa0686s w coU Virginia., d Ne
vada, l, and Nebraska. l. House then adj
journed. Attorney General Alderman has re-
signed. The President has accepted his resig-
nation, and will nominate Geo. HI. Williams,
of Oregon. to-day, as Akerman's successor.
New YoRK.-Much excitement was created
in the cotton market by the announcement of
the failure of the houses of w. p. Wright &
Co.. Adolphus G. Schafer g. Co., and j. Leay-
craft. The Police Commissioners, having pro-
hibited the International demonstration in
New York city last Sunday, and Governor
Hoffman having declined to interfere in their
behalf, the demonstration was postponed.
having repaired with flags, etc., to the place
from which the procession was to have started
were arrested and confined till Monday, when
they were released. The Committee has de-
cided to parade to-day and the Police Commis-
sioners have resolved to allow the parade,
simply instructing the Superintendent to pre-
serve the peace. Great excitement prevails in
Brooklyn ON account of the smallpox. which
has broken ont in the Jail. corps of citizens
have been detailed to vaccinate the citizens
Tho Bible war, at Hunters Point, has been
compromised and the expelled scholars rein
stated. Catholic children are allowed to re-
main in class rooms during Protestant reli-
gious exercises. There has been another
school difficulty on Long Island, where the
female teacher mixed white and colored chill
dren. The Trustees dismissed the teacher,
Arrivals from the West Indies state that ves-
sells passing Turks Island are boarded from
there, asking vessels to bring cargoes free of
DAILY states that the Communist Cluseret had
been here since the 9th of November, having
arrived via Halifax, and that he left last Sum
day night for Mexico The Tribune has the
following in special from Washington An eff
fort will be made this winter to induce Con-
gress to pass a law directing the refunding OF
the cotton tax collected in the years 1865, 1866
! and 1867. memorial upon this subject from
the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, is
now before the committee of ways and means
which argues that the tax was unconstitution-
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the country. This will be supported by SINH
lar memorials from other commercial associa-
tiOns, and petitions from farmers who have
paid tho tax, which will soon be filed. The
amount that the Treasury would have to pay
in case the tax should be refunded, would be
| SO enormous that there is almost no probabili-
ty of such bill passing, even with the aid of
be brought to bear. That movement is or
ganizing to press the scheme for refunding the
cotton tax is undoubted. By information re-
ceived hero from trustworthy source it is
learned that spectators haze been busy in
West Tennessee buying from the planters, for
trifing sums, the assignments of their claims
to the tax paid by them. One man in Mem
Jag to several millions of dollars. The whole
amount of the cotton tax collected is said to
have been over S10O,00O,Oo0.
NEW HAMPsIIIRE.-The Democratic Conven-
ton nominated Governor Weston for Governor.
The resolutions denounce the suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus in the Southern States
as unconstitutional. The President of the
Convention fayors q fusion with moderate Re-
publicans, such as Schurz and Trumbull.
TESNEssEE.-A number of Memphis women
have registered for the purpose of voting at
the next municipal election, under a clause in
the charter allowing all property holders to
vote.
NEBRAsKA.-Last week an emigrant train
camped in Saline county, Nebraska. The men
went for wood, and not returning the women
went i'll search of them. The children left in
the wagons were the only ones saved. The
men and women, seventeen in number, were
frozen to death.
WYoMING.-The bill to repeal the law, in
Wyoming, giving women the right to VOTE
passed the House. the Governors veto, not
withstanding. The repeal was lost in the
Council for want of the requisite two-thirds
vote.
UTAu.-The Mormons continue to yield
obedience to court processes. Several of them
have been arrested alleged murderers of
DR.. Johnston, in Oct 1866 DIR. Johnston was
called professionally and murdered in the
streets at midnight.
ENGLAND.
The most intense excitement has prevailed
throughout the British Empire on account of
the illness of the Prince of Wales. From the