New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-14
BY TELEG GRAPH.
WASHINGTON.
McNIillen,

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had by Congress protecting them from in
dividual distinctions iu the enjoy ment of
privileges at hotels and other public places
| of convenience and refreshment, in public
places tor amusement and in enjoying other
civil rights, including entrance to public
| schools, without reference to race. They
want the denial of these rights punished
with penalties.
Williams will be Confirmed.
Persons who have poled the Senate are
satisfied that Judge Williams will be con-
firmed Chief Justice
General Spinner Going to Florida.
General Spinner, United States treasurer,
goes to Florida in q few days for his health.
Reynolds to Succeed Jenkins.
Commodore William Reynolds will sue
| ceed Rear Admiral Jenkins, who has been
| retired
| Cheap Transportation.
A meeting of the Western and South
ern members of the House is considering
cheap transportation tonight.
Judge Underwood's Successor.
The President said to the Republican
members of Congress from Virginia to-day
that he would, Monday, nominate Colonel
Hughes as Judge UnderwOod's successor as
district judge for the eastern district of
Virginia.
The Louisiana Case.
There have been no new developments re-
| garding Louisiana affairs. 1t Is understood
there is an informal caucus or consultation
| OF the matter tonight by some Republican
Senators. The counsel for the parties,
Messrs. Billings, Mari, Ogden and Dibble,
| have gained for themselves considerable
reputation, though the questions from mem
bers of the committee occasionally threw
them off thrir intellectual feet.
| Messrs. Billings and Mari led in the argu-
| ment and engrOssed the attention of the
| committee. Messrs. Ogden and Dibble de-
voted themselves mainly to the facts and
| techniaalities of the case. Upon the whole
the case was ably conducted throughout.
The result is doubtful, and the decision, it
seems conceded on all hands, will not be
| reached until after the Christmas holidays.
1t is stated by Mr.. Pi1ehback's friends
that in no case will he qualify in the lower
House, though his credentials, which are on
the Speakers table, the same upon which
Sypher and Sheldon were seated, will bar
General Sheridan.
IL is thought by some shrewd congress
sional lawyers that should Pinchback secure
his seat in the Senate, General Sheridan
will be seated in the House as Representa-
tive. of the State at large.
The Louisiana Delegates.
ut utleSdUtb W CN0 civil FlyQtS COnV6Q-
ton from Louisiana are here Some of
them will remain to assist in the McMillen-
Pinchback contest.
sheridan's Case to be Taken Up Monday.
There will be a meeting of the House
Election Committee on Monday, at which
General Sherldans case will come up for q
preliminary consideration.
Mondays Session of the Senate Commit.
tee.
1t has transpired that the meeting of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections on
Monday is for the purpose of considering
whether they will make their reports upon
the facts before them or hold the case open
for further evidence.
The Special Appropriations.
In the Senate the Committee on Appro-
priations will hold a meeting on Monday to
consider the special appropriation bill for
$4,000,00O asked tor the Secretary of the
Navy, which passed the House yesterday.
The committee will amend the bill, making
the appropriation $4,000, 900 the amount
originally asked for by the Secretary, the
amount appropriated by the House not
being sufficient to meet the necessities of
the navy.
Proceedings Of the Transportation Meet
u ing.
! The meeting called for this evening in the
3all Of the House of Representatives to
Eompare views on the subject of rapid and
cheap transportation, was presided over by
Representative Dunnell, of Minnesota.
Representatives Clements. Of Illinois, and
Stone, of Missouri, were chosen ecntaries.
Fifty or sixty representatives were present,
together with Senators AcOrn, OF Missis.
sippi, and Stevenson, of Kentucky. Mr..
Sypher, of Louisiana, read the call for the
meeting, which, he SAID, was signed by over
one hundred members.
This meeting, he remarked, was not for
the purpose OF committing any individual
to any project. The East was interested in
this question equally with the great West
and South. In his own Judgment the i'm
provement Of the natural channels was the
first question to which they should address
themselves. This would secure the ends
they sought to a greater degree, and ut less
expense to the country than any other pro-
iect of artificial means which could be
devised.
Alter speaking of the vast products of
the Mississ ppl valley, showing the excess
of Western products seeking Eastern and
european markets, being in amount over
one tenth of the gross yield of cereals, he
said these cereals were transported by three
great water routes, viz: the st. Lawrence,
the Hudson and the Mississippi. The aver
age freight rates per bushel and time OF |
transit are AZ follows: From Chicago to |
Liverpool via the St. Lawrence, forty Ave |
cents per bushel and fifty three days time; |
by the Hudson river route, forty nine cents |
per bushel and fifty eight days time; by the |
Mississippi, from St. Lonis, thirty-seven
cents per bushel and thirty days time.
The two first named routes we're ice-
bound five months ont of the twelve,
whereas the last named was practicable the |
entire year. While he was an advocate,
and pressed the advantage of the Mssis. |
sippi route, he desired to be distinctly un- |
derstood that he did not antagonize with |
the other project. OF the Fort St. Philip |
canal he spoke especially of it's necessity, |
the natural depth of water at the mouth Of |
tho Mississippi being only fourteen feet. |
From seventeen to twenty feet had been |
maintained by the government dredge |
boa q, but this was not reliable
de continued to speak at length of the !
Importance OF this subject end OF tho great |
advanl age, not only to the people of the
Mississppi valley, but to the entire lcountry.
Representative Harris, of Virginia, spoke
of the improvement of the James river and
the James river with the Atlantic, affording
the great West an outlet to the sea.
The work was favored by many of those
who framed our government, including
General Washington, himself a practical
engineer. A survey had been made by order
of the government, and all the engineers
as to its feasibility. 1t would not
cost over $47, ,0O0. 600 or 100000 900.
This SUN is not large a. compared with |
the benefits which would result from it, |
Water communication, though slow and
tedious Was the only cheap transportation.
Liverpool was 1000 miles nearer BY way
OF Norfolk than by way Of New Orleans.
He was prepared to go into an examination
of all the improvement projects and to give
such Of them as were proper his cordial sup
port.