The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-03

1850 900 worth OF their cotton and other
property seized In Mississippi during the
war.
John q. Nicolay, OF Illinois, succeeds COL
psrsons NJ Marshal OF the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
The Supreme &c urt Of the United States mas
denied the writ Of prohibition in tho case OF
Warmoth against Kellogg. deciding unah-
mously that it had no jurisdiction In the
matter.
Quito q sensation was created by the tes"r
mony Of H. 8. McComb before the Credit MO-
bilier Investigating Committee. that no W.T.
messed the payment Of number OF shares Oh
stock to Congressman Brooks. to DO USED III
influencing Democratic members. Mr.. breohs'
however, stigmatizes the testimony OF NC
Comb as utterly false. Vice President CoHaA
vent before the committee and made gen.
eral denial OF the charges made against him
during the campaign.
The Methodist Book Concern OF Nashville
Tenn, has filed claim with the House Com
m,ttee on Claims for neatly $1,000 for the
,,sc of their buildings by Union soldiers dur
ing the war.
The President has sent to the Senate the
following nominations for Postmasters u.
Eaton. Albert Lea, Mimi; j. ID. II. Anter.
Webster CITY, Iowa; A. II. Wilson, Pella,
Iowa; ID. H. Frost. BeIleplain. Iowa; A. D. Z.
Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio; H. Grant, Stevens
Point, Wis.,; Z. Stewart, st. Joseph, Mich;
T. Z. Clapp, White Pigeon, Mich J. IL. Hug
gins, Palmyra, Mo.
II in announced that the President has con-
cluded to pardon all persons now under con-
yiction for Ku-Klux offenses, where such Is
asked for by thsir reputable neighbors.
The,s was stormy time a; the me..-ig OF
ia, C.e.;. Mo3.l.. Committe, :. { lie LAY
when Cakes Ames submitted his statement
rejecting severely upon McComb. The latter
became greatly excited, and demanded the
RIGHT IN examine Ames, which the committee
refused. Judge Jerry S. Black is counsel ior
McComb, while Ames has employed Caiep
Cushing to represent him before the COM
mittee.
Tho House Committee on Territories has
unanimously agreed to report bill enaol'ne
Colorado to form . State Constitution pre-
parstory to her admission into the Union as
State.
The British and American Mixed Commis-
sion have disallowed the claim OF Barron
Forbes l. Co., the English commercial hrn
, doing business in Mexico, who ask compsnsa
ton for $4,000, 900 for quicksilver mines
taken possession of by the United States II
1916.
The House Committee on Postoffices ant
. Post Roads have agreed to recommend IN
establishment of letter-carrier system IN a
: cities Of 20, 600 Inhabitants.
The Developments Of the Credit Mobile
investigation have become the sensation
Washington. Cakes Ames the other day pre-
sented statement which disagreed decided
g with several Of the denials printed during tn
= campaign, and also furnished . list OF mem
It hers of Congress to whom he had sold stool
d His testimony, with that which has gone bt
!. fore. has fixed direct or indirect ownership
II interest in the Credit Mobilier upon nearly
3. OF those whose names appeared in the NJ
IN Comb list.
N The President has signed bill for the col
ia struct,on Of bridges across the Ohio river.
10 A new Civil Rights bill, with Al Amnes'
D. bill tackled on, has been introduced into u
,e House of Representatives by Mr.. Morey,
,y Louisiana.
!. The House Committee have rejected Il
4 claim Of Richard n. Garrett. Of Virginia, Il
he compensation for the destruction OF his va
:. in the capture of J. Wilkes Booth.
~ Cakes Ames, in his testimony before q
Credit MobiIier Committee, on the 18th, me
toned the names Of Bingham. OF Ohio. Al
= Hooper, of Massachusetts,, as persons
:. whom he had sold stock; also that sor
WAS sold TO the wife Of Senator Wilson, q
offered to the Senator, but that he declined
buy.
A delegation Of citizens Of Louisiana. rep
De sentiug the commercial and business intere
he Of the State, called upon the President
in other day. The delegation was headed
re- Hon. John A. Campbell, formerly an Associ'
Justice Of the Supreme Court, who acted
\. spokesman Of the party. As means OF .
,es Ting the disturbed condition Of Affairs in Il
,.t unfortunate state, the President was reque
Nv cd to send there an Associate Justice OF
for Supreme Court and . Circuit Judge from
Of other State, to hold term Of the Giro
Court, that the matters in difference may
ma fairly and impartia.Iy adjudicated.
A bill for the admission of Utah -
ty. State Of Deserst has been introduced i
full Congress.
WIN The President has sent to the Senate
{ a following nominations: Charles B. wilkins
ut Collector of Internal Bevsnue for the 81
ed. District of Missouri. Postmasters-B.
ich Crawford, wamego, Kansas; J. ". Whip
New Lexington, Ohio; L. T. Chevsr, D.
an, ware, ILL.,; Mrs. Eliza Sellers. Pekin, III.
W. Trip, Farmer City. ILL.,; Samuel Mstths