Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.

| Washington, A. The comptroller of cur
rency will not hereafter charge L. S. bonds
deposited as security for circulating notes of
national banks, except upon condition of sub
shutting the new five per cents Of the loan Of
July l4th. 1870 and January 9Th. 1871.
| G. r. Tibbali was arrested here yesterday
on the charge of robbing Adams express com
panys Office at Alliance, Ohio. He is held to
| await the arrival Of an officer from Cincin-
| natl,
At & meeting OF territorial delegates held
to-day, it was agreed to urge the senate to
! pass the bill giving the right of way to rail-
! road companies, under the general incorpo-
ration acts of the several territories.
4 4 suit has been instituted in the circuit
4 court of the [. S. at Richmond Va, involv-
ing the constitutonality of the law leyying
an export duty on tobacco. The case will go
to the United States supreme court for final
decision.
The House committee on claims have pre-
! pared bill which ill be reported Saturday,
= aging the awards allowed by the southern
ella inns commission. The bill embraces 1900
names and appropriates 100000.
Sc, -eral days ago the name Of Gen. Burn
side was mentioned in connection with the
I
the staten ant that he never been nor is now
candidate for the honor, nor has he any in
tention 10 alb. 'udon has present business PAR
suits
The House ammittee on appropriations
this morning hea. 4 the statement OF eX-goy-
ernor Seymour of New York relative to con-
gressional aid for p. 'ison reform
The House commit zee on foreign affairs To-
day agreed to recomm and the passage of a
hill to incorporate tile American, Japan <
China telegraph company. with capital OF
$40 900, 900. They also greed to invite tie
worlds statistical congress TO Loii ''eir next
session In 1873, in this country
The ways and means ccmuri,tec has agreed
to recommend the passage Of bill author
izing collectors Of customs to Graat lghl per
mits for vessels to unload.
Speaker Blaine to-day hsvioS GATED Mr.
Dawes to the chair, appeared upon i@e it"of
and saying he had few minutes before mad
an interview in the speakers room which had
deeply touched him. The widow Of Robert
C. Wood late assistant surgeon OF the /. D.
| army, and daughter OF Zachary Taylor, late
President Of The United States. She had
| esented petition, which he would have
read, as it presented state Of facts that
ouoht not to be expected viz: That the
DAUGHTER of Zachary Taylor was in need Of
assistauce. He had assured her that he did
not believe there would be Il vote against the
! bill which he now introduced, granting Mrs
Wood pension of $500 per month, 10 data
from the death of her husband, March 2Sth,
! 1869, and it was passed by a unanimous vote.
| This morning at ) o'clock a cry of murder
! attracted the attention of the police ana on
proceeding to tenement on Tenth stree they
| found man with his throat cat from ear to
ear and also his wife and child suffering from
loss of blood.
The court OF general sessions to-day over
ruled the motion for new trial in the case OF
ex-policeman Charles II. O'Brien, convicted
of the murder of Samuel Cunningham in
July last.