The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-21
TELEGRAPHIc SUMMARY.
UNITED STATES.

| UNITED STATES.
WAsHINGroN.-Senate.-R desired n
day set apart for business from the Committee
would deem 1t his duty to renew the civil
rights discussion. Further colloquy followed,
t linen 1, the subject was dropped: The bill for
rect taxes, in the South, passed. Petitions
were presented against the renewal of Will
So9 Mas Sewing n Machine patent
appropriates IS 600 900, passed. 1t gives 1885,
goo for the mouth of the Mississippi, SIS, GOO
ior , Calcasieu Pass. $4,000 for the Tchefuncta,
dom dom %a oog to the tIangipahoa river Mr. Shel
and obtained $4,000 for the New Orleans
C1stomhouse. The Committee Foreign
hnaIss on the 18th considered the resolutions
heretofore submitted to them, declaring that
the claim of the Government for indirect
damages ought to be waived before the Geneva
Arbitration. Gen. Banks, Chairman of the
committee, was requested to communicate with
the Secretary of State on this subject and to
make report to the committee next Tuesday.
ea oP Pm is generally expressed that the
postponing if not defeating an adjustment of
the pending question between the two coun-
tries. The object of consultation with secre-
views as to to the proposition of declaration
by Congress in order to relieve the Govern
ment from the position in which it has placed
itself by the claim for indirect damages. The
Secretary of the Treasury has prepared and
snbmitted to the Committee on Ways and
Means . bill abolishing the Office of Collector
and Assessor of Internal Revenue. providing
perform all the duties of Collectors. The bill
proceeds upon the assumption that all taxes
are to be removed, except those collected by
have agreed to abolish the stamp tax upon
matches, and reduce the duty on copper one
cent per pound.
NEW York. = Two enthusiastic meetings
ball NJ -
the Cooper Institute of Liberal Republicans,
the second, ut the same place, of Grants sup
porters. At the former Schurz, Trumbul and
Greeley were the only speakers: sehurz's eff
been no such meeting in New York since the
war. The speakers. like the audience, were
Republicans from the State, recognized cham
pions both in the council and ON the field
The speeches were worthy alike of the speak
ers, audience and cause. The Torld saws 1T
! is now certai that the Cincinnati Convention
| blunder is perpetrated in the selection of can
didates, that ticket will unite the elements of
! opposition. The Democracy do not put OBJ
struct'ons in the way OF movement which
| must nevertheless reserve Judgment until
the present hopeful anticipations have risen
into established facts. Tammany Society has
elected the following named officers for the
ensuing year. Sachems-Horatio Seymour,
John T. Hoffman, Charles OConor, John W.
Chandler, Samuel J. Tlden, Edward L. Dom
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Altendorfer, VIM. Connor, Augustus Belmont,
Miles B. Andres and John Fox. TreasurerC
Arthur AT, a. Leary: secretary-Joel o.. Stevens
| The strike of the journeymen painters in
Brooklyn has terminated successfully, the en-
ployers having to accede to their terms which
were eight hours and three dollars per day
strike for eight hours and three dollars a dav !:
work. N''
M1ssIssIrr1.-Jackson, Miss. April 1s.-The
prrfh hnr md kro:
leans, Jackson aud Great Northern Railroad
: was wrecked to-day at halfpast three O'Clock
p M, by the breaking Of an axle of the truck
of the smoking car. which ran off the track on
an embankment fifteen feet high. The smoking
car and ladies car were thrown down the en-.
bankment and turned completely over. The
left hand side OF the ladies' car was entirely
torn oil. There were no persons killed, and
only one seriously injured, Mrs. A. w. Pierce.
of Beauregard, Miss, arm broken and nose in.
jured, also received flesh wound on her fore
head. The ing is q list of the wounded ::
Barney Carroll, of New Orleans, J. T. Lacy.
Chicago, Matthew Kelly, of St. Louis, j. Open.
helm, of louisville, Hon. G. S. Mcmillan, Mon
tioello. Miss, DR.. Lawrence and wife, late of
Summit, Miss, j. b. Wilson, Grenada Miss, ::
N. T.. Bridgeford, Louisville, Ky. Conductor
McCalley cut slightly on head. The train was
running about fifteen or sixteen miles an hour
and the axle was new one purchased the 9Th
of March Col E. ID. Frost, superintendent of
the road, was on the train, and sustained
slight injuries also Hon. Thos. ShackIeford.
his body, but not seriously. Accident occurred
near Dulaneys Mill, six miles south of Crystal
Springs, Miss.
! FLoRIDA-Reid, the carpet-bag Governor.
against whom articles of impeachment were
brought short time since in the assembly.
having attempted to regain possession of his
! lost powers, Lientenant Governor Ray, has
issued proclamation publicly warning the
people and officers of the State not to respect
the authority of Harrison Reed, the Governor.
Gov. Reed sent 10 communication to the su-
preme Court, asking for an opinion as to the
| gubernatorial contest. Tho petition was
granted, and the Court ordered that Tuesday.
the 23d, be assigned for hearing of the parti es
interested in the questions involved
UTAu.-Elder A. NJ. Musser, the Mormon
telegraph superintendent, in an address to the
conference now in session in Salt Lake City,
said that rather than snrrendeE one single
principle of their religion, the Mormons would
make Moscow of Salt Lake City, tear up
railroads, break down telegraph ZINES, and de-
stroy millions worth of other property. He
spoke of Judge Mexican dried-up corrupt
old dog, and of the President as Useless
Grant," and stigmatized him and others as a
corrupt set. He also included the Presidents