Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-30
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COMMITTEE on expenditures vi tho war
Department have nearly concluded the
examination of the sales Of arms.
There is but little interest now ex-
pressed among public men relative to
the Alabama claims, and some of those
who were the strongest friends to the
Treaty now say they are Indifferent as
to whether or not its provisions are car
ried into effect There seems to be no
disposition in any quarter to yield to
the British view Of the question.
Vice President Colfax made tenn
perance speech at Lincoln Hall tonight
to large audience.
St. Louis; March 24.-Trains on the
Bellcvile and Southern Railroad have
been stoned lately and the lives of pas
sengers endangered by gang of scoun
drels near PickneyvilIe.
Louisrille,( Ky) March 24.--SIough,
the wife murderer, committed suicide
! in iail at Richmond, Kentucky, last
Monday by hanging himself to the top
bar OF the door of his cell with a rope
mad, OF "a towel and two pocket hand
kerchieis.
San Jose, March 26.-Twenty min
utes past 2 A. NJ had sharp shock OF
earthquake, which aroused every one.
Martinez, March ga slight shock
Of earthquake was felt here about 2:20
| A. VI No damage done.
Antioch March 26.--A slight shock
Of earthquake was felt here about 2:2O
An Clocks were stopped, but no dam
age done.
Shasta, March 26.-J. II. Grant,
one of the gang implicated in the stage
robbery on the Goth of September last,
! was tried yesterday and fouad guilty.
New York, March 24.-C~ncalor
Strahan testified yesterday before the
Judiciary Committee TINT after the pa
pors were drawn up in the celebrated in
| iupciiea sut against his Tummany as
sociatcS, he decided that ifany man had
the hoidness 10 act jndicially In the mat
Ter, it was Barnard. Judge Barnard,
ou being applied to, accordingly granted
m injuctiou, causing the present nd9e,
Barrett, to remark that II was some.
thin. he would not have done il he were
Judge This injunction entirely stop
p,d the city government aud broke up
| he Kim No modification Was M q
Of this injunction except upon recon-
meuda,iou # Comptroller Green judge
Il BrnarJ gave valuable aid tn the com
mi,t,o, aud made the INJUNCTION still
stronger.
Jay Gould testified tna, he never
paid any meney 10 Judge Barnard
J. /. Bu hnell. Of the uniou Pacific
Raiiway. tc~,ijc1 that thr late eolo-
nel Fisk told him that te never rccelv-
cd the amount of So 900 paid ~ the
Union Pacjfic R4ilro1d Company 10 c&-
Judge Fullerton II will hc rrmctn
bcrei that Fullerton testified tic other
day that be paid the money to Fisk.
The committee i now anxious 10 know
where the money went Ia.
No testimony Of interest was ad1uced
bcforc the conmittec regarding the
County Clerks Office Some lawyers
said they had no knowledge of any abuse
The County Clerk in his tetimoRe sta
ted that he had not more than $4,000
A protectorate tor Mexico meets with
favor from President Grant.
Washington, March p In the Sen
ate a nu ulber of bills from the Commit
tee on Commerce were considered and
passed, including the following: \ bill
to extend the Custom and navigation
Laws over Alaska and adiaceat islands
acquired by the United States. A bill
to amend an act to regulate the Consul
lar and Diplomatic system of the Uni
ted States. \ bill to increase the sal
aries of various Consulates, including
London, Paris and Havana. n bill to
amend 40 act protecting American citi-
zens who can discover deposits of guano.
A bill authorizing mail steamship SER
vice between New Orleans aud certain
Mexican ports.
In the House, on motion Of Hawley,
the rules were suspended, and the Sen
ate bill to enable honorab'y discharged
soldiers, their widows and minor chill
dren to secure homesteads on public
lands, was brought up and passed.
A resolution was adopted providing
for a colossal statue of admiral Farra-
gut, to be erected n Farragut Square
Washington City, to cost not exceeding
$50 900.
Washington, March 26.-Atter con-
siderable flibustcring, Mercer presented
the conference report of the bill for the
removal of causes to the United States
Courts, which was agreed TO.
In the Senate bill.was passed grant,
ing right of way to the Mobile Grand
Trunk Railway.
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