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the plisonora ia boi!y.stlntol,iny. Thoy were al
neittcl to bail for fItnro examinations. In til,
possession Of tic man Christian was fo,,,nl +
curious dsary containing ontrlea OF start
ling nat,ne. Tho diary, which l8 in COO
1873. and oonuludoH with the 8ih inst
1t contains record Of the robbery Of over Aft,
graves, and tho nnlo Of Iloir contents to ,notli.
cal colleges In nil parts Of tho country. 9oy.
sral s physicians residing in md about
Waallir'gton,, aro implicated in tho trans.
actions Of tho prisoners. Among tho patro1.a
Found }S 10, 1 lEn Inn 1s9oFSng s r r. to latter
Of Ann ,:A1bor, Mich. Among tho antrjea IN
chiistlana diary wo:o tho following:
sopt. 2:--Wont out prospecting tllfa evnntnG, and
succeGtltd In getting tlo lmdy Of DcRu Hickman. Il
waa lovely moonlight night, ana everything went oil
si,srt a-lero was urcat hue ana c,y IN MI The
Hly lera to-iny, noont thu graro OF neau IscAnnan
sseae 70 know VIC 1t itl it. '' "''A "s ''e "n0
Chrlatfan IL u yos,ng man. and previous to Gu
terlns upon the b tsl1'ezs Of rob1ng graves was
OF this city. At tic time OF Ills ar-
reat. There waH found npon him a
stiicaso Of 'nomboraLlp in the Young Mons
Chriatian Association.
POSTMASTER AT c1Nc1HNArI,
=, Tho nnme Of 0uBtny Wanle WAS sent by tho
| President to tho 8cuato to-day for confirmation
III Postmaster nt Cincinnati.
| fTo Tic daaocfafcd Frcss.l
| NOMINATIONS.
, WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Tho President sont
tho following nominations to tic 9onnto: john
I. Pennington, Of Alabama, to be Governor Of
nakota; Amos NJ. Brackctt, llccclvcr, Of Public
Kogistcr Of tho Land Office at Eau Claire, Wis.,;
Hiram Idinga. Pension Agent at Fort Wayno'
Ind; L. L. Aakor. hogistor Of tho Land Ot}lco
at Alexandria, hlinn; Oscar Whitney, Secretary
Conen. knoxyillo, ILL.,; Sam Bard. A.lanta, Ga;
William I. lost, Tontonytl1o, Mich; Cl1arlos
I. nicls, htaHsflou, o. John q. Pool, Collector
Of Customs for tho District Of satiusky, o,
crn District Of Virginia. Hiram Silver, Marshal
| for Dakota, and ". Il. WAcolor, MarsLal for
| Montana.
THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
| Ihe l1o'ise Committee on ,Appropliatons to-
| tlay allotted tho work as follows: Lousl,rdgc,
| PARKER, nnd Hancock nro charged with lie
preparation Of tho Inliau Appropriation bill
0'koll g with tl!e Pension bill; swaun With tho
DIPLOMATIC and % consari startwe1hof, Forit
Navy Appropriation bills respectively. Thc
Deficiency, suudry. Civil, aud bill making ap-
preparations for legislative, executive, mud
judicial expenses Of the Government were not u.s.
tignct', but Chairman Garfield will havo cLnrgo
OF tue latter,
1MronTANr DECISION.
The Supreme Court to-day decided tho caso
Of the Union paciilo Railroad against pcnniston
Treasurer Of Lincoln County, Mob, aalsn. on an
appeal from tl,e Circui: Court OF that State.
Judge Strong delivered tho opinion, tho court
hoIi!'ng Tint tho taxing power Of u State il au
ncudo9, nnr'ti9 Of sovereignty TINT exsts indo
United States. md not derived from
tint instrument, and that it may b. exercised
to IN unlimited oxtont on NIL property, trados,
business, and voeatlons existing or carried on
fur Us las boon surrendered to tho Federal Gov
crumcnt, either expressly or by nocossasy i'm
plicntlon Tho Court, therefore, sr,stains tho
,,1sht Of tho State Of Nebraska to tax
nailroad within tho VI boundaries Of d"'tho the
sail Statc. Judge Bailey read q dissonting
opinion, holding that lilo tnx Was M unlawful
interlorenco with tho illstrumentalittes created
W tho National Government in carrying out tile
objects md powers conft rod on it BY tito Consi-
tll!ion Il road may bo taxed. il may DO seized
mud sold for no,-payneut Of taxos in part aud
PARCELS and thus tho whole purpose Of Congrcahin
creating the corporation aud establishing the
Field concurtod IN the opinion with Bradley.
Mr. Hunt dis:outed from tho opinion Of tic
Court Mr. swayno gave hia viows III Ills own
way but coilcured in the conclusion roachod by
the lna fority Of the Court.
Tho Supreme Court today adjourned without
Inc transaction Of tho ordinary business, out OF
reepoct TO tho memory Of The late Justice Mel.
Eon.
John A. A1ichner, III charge Of tho Doad Let
ter Oihcc was arrested to-day Oh charge OF
abstractii:g money from lottors. Accused was
held to bail i'll $4,000 for further hearing.
THE C1itEF-JUSr1cEsulr.
Tho Scnnto WAS in executive session several
1oara thus afternoon on tho nomination Of
George II. Williams to ho Chiof Juatico and afl-
lo'lincd without confirming it, Some doubts are
expressed by several of tho Senators III to 4 |
favorable result.
THE PUBLIC DEBT
Tho Secretary to-day, utter tho necessary ex-
animation, ascort anel that tho public debt las
Increased, since ts,e lst ihet., It. .000, ,000
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS, |
Tho Postn1Autcr-G enerat. in algnlng the im-
portanco Of his postal savings bank scheme.
quotes statistics from. which ho; draws |
tas;,.s Tho conclusion hasn that the Io:oas in tho
greater tan tho whole dopositH in Tie I
sayings banks OF Hroat Britaiu aud tl,o whojo |
United Kingdom. The poBtmastcr- General in |
f. fer i, th3S from tAo following figures: Deposits
III tue New England States. as30, ,000000; do
pohitH III Now lors, els2, ,000, ,00D Bnt tho roal
facts arc, us shown by exports in tho Treasury
Mho Lave compiled tho reports recently received
h!'owlnE tho condition Of the savings hans in the
above stated iu tho Nov England Bta.os aud
State Of Now York aro in reality nctual savings
deposits, the bnlallce being mercantile deposits,
;lepoaitet With those savings banks as tl,oy would
0~A~SA
day.
coNaREss1oSAb sA1Au1Es.
Tie House Special Committee on SalnrieB held
4 mcoting this morning. nnd decided to report \
new oil: fixing tho futnro sala,y of Congroes-
'non ut 80 60u, with actual travelling expenses.
FoRTY.THlRD CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, d. e., Dec. 15.
SENATE.
Tho Clsaplalll, III Ills opening prayer, invoked
1io 1 DIVINE bleass''g upon tho newly-olucted
plohdout pro tom.
hs. SUMMER presented tho petition Of oiti-
ze''h OF po'n!sysania. asxing Congress to tako
stsps 70 p'oYl1o fura settlement or our foreign
petition was u rnsponso to the resolution of the
British House Of Commons
THE rtNClinAoK CASE.
-, lar. alO1trOA. from tho Colnmittoo on Priv
teges ara Elcesiona, submitted u rcpo,t that tho
Committee EAd coMnidcrol tho contested election
M ;aAe OF I. u. y. Plno:6ack Ind Con. ato,lllnn,
''amng GoatA ar Senators from Louisiana, |
Islsott That tho wt'o!c matter be leforrol to tho