New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-18
WASHINGTON
The Virginius Released.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE State
Department has information that the Vir-
ginius was released yesterday morning, the
sixteenth instant, at nine O'clock, and sailed
from Bahia Honda at four o'clock in the
afternoon.
SENATE Transportation Committee COM
ing south.
The Senate Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Routes to the Seaboard will leave on Mon
day for Atlanta, Georgia, where they will
continue the examination of the subjects
referred to them and then proceed to New
Orleans and other Southern points.
An Oregon Delegation.
delegation from Oregon, opposing the
nomination Of Williams for Chiei Justics
of the Supreme Court, was before the Ju-
dietary Committee this morning.
Ku-klux Pardoned.
Samuel G. Browne and Robert Higgins,
both OF South Carolina, and imprisoned at
Albany for offenses against the Ku-Klux
laws, have been pardOned.
BeIknap Returned.
Secretary Belknap has returned.
The Salary Bill In tho House.
There was another field day in the House
on the salary bill. After the bill had been
amended by requiring the restitution of the
back pay received by those members who
had also been members OF the last Congress,
substitute was adopted in spite Of the
opposition Of the friends of the reduction
and of the committee who had charge of
the bill.
The substitute makes the salary of men,
bers $4,000, with an allowance for actual
travelling expenses, but it has no retroactive
effect There was great confusion and ex-
cltement in the House during the last three
or four hours, and it was giOt until nine
o'clock that the House adjourned.
Opposition to the Holiday Recess.
Several prominent members of Congress
to-day, while privately expressing their
views against the proposed holiday recess,
said if the Senate agreed to the House reso-
luton for that purpose, more than month
must elapse before anything could be done
for the relief of the treasury. They alluded
to the tact that while the redemption of the
loan of 1853 involved additional obligations
the extraordinary appropriation of $4,000
OOO for the navy exceeded what could DOS
sibly be saved by reduction of the esti-
mates; and, besides, the Secretary had
already drawn SIS, 500, 900 from the $4,000
600 reserve, without which the treasury
would now be bankrupt. The reserve was
constantly being drawn upon, and, there
fore, it was imperative, with due regard
to the public credit, to pass measures Of re-
lief without delay. What these should bo
they were not prepared to say, but they,
with others, were prepared to restore the
duty on tea and coffee and increase the tax
on spirits and tobacco, which were the more
easily collectible, or they would agree to q
temporary convertible loan of say $50, ,0OO,-
600. At all events Congress should not
think OF holiday adjournment until ample
provision be made for the treasury, the re-
ceipts of which yesterday were not mora
than one-third Of what they would have
been but for the effects of the panic.
Commissioner of Claims.
The report of the Commissioner of Claims,
will not be printed before Saturday, and
probably not until Monday. The Commit
print 1000 extra copies.
ADMIRAL Polo Communicates the News,of
the Virginius Surrender.
The news of the surrender of the Viz
,lnus was communicated to this govern
nent this evening, by Admiral Polo, Who
vas advised thereof by Captain GefSral
Iovellar.
The Santiago Prisoners.
No information has bt en- received tonight
concerning the Virginius survivors at San
iago de Cuba; but no doubt exists that they
we're delivered to our authorities.
1t would take some time for the news to
each Havana, and this would account for
he fact that the intelligence of their re-
ease has not been communicated to thls
government.
Dispatch from Rear Admiral Scott.
The following dispatch was received to-
light by Secretary Robeson:
KEY WEST, Decembere7, 1873.
% the Hon. George N. Robson, Secretary of II.
Navy:
The Vlrglnius was promptly put into our
lands yesterday at the appointed s;me
Your orders will be carried into effect with
III dispatch. Further information will be
elegraphed tomorrow.
G. s. SCOTT,
Rear Admiral, Commanding.
The Surrender.
This government insisted that the Virgin.
rs should be given into ita possession at 4