The New York herald., 1873-12-08
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WASHINGTON, Dec 7, 1s73
Probability OF Row the Eack-Pay
Business.

Business.
There has been deal OF informal caucusing
and intercnanging OF opinions to-day ON the back
pay queston-that is, on the restoration OF the in
crease OF pay received by members OF the present
Congress since the 4th OF March last. All avow In
public their desire to have this increase deducted
from the reduced pay to be received yet all
secretly hope that they can keep 1t. IL will not
be AZ all surprising IL there be yet grand row
in the House on this back-pay question, in which
masks and cloaks may be merclessly stripped from
hypocrital wearers.
The Salaries Bili-Majority and Minor
ity Reports of the Committee To BE
Made.
The Special Committee appointed by the House
to consider the repeal OF the bill increasing the
pay OF members OF Congress have finally agreed,
by OF TO ., TO report substantially Niback's
bill, repeating the present law and reviving the
old law far as 1t relates TO the pay OF the Vice
President, Senators, Speaker, Representatives
and Delegates to take effect on and after Its pas
sage. The President, members of the Cabinet and
Supreme Court escape. This would nx the pay OF
members at 81, 600 per annum. Provision is made
to allow actual travelling expenses and to cover
into the Treasury all amounts turned in by men,
bers or not yet drawn. Mr.. Kasson will submit
minority report to the effect that the bill
should reduce all the salaries increased,
save those OF the President and the Judges OF the
the Supreme Court which are protected by pro-
vision Of the constitution. Mr.. Niblack proposes
that no travelling expenses shall be allowed for
this session, the increased pay to date from the
passage Of the proposed bill and to be accepted In
lieu OF the allowances to be made after this ses-
sion. The bill Will not be acceptable to q majority
OF the members, and when it comes up for discus
sion Duncombe speeches will be in order.
An effort will be made to press the confirmation
OF Attorney General Williams tomorrow, and his
friends are confident that he will go through with
aIarge VOTE
Senator Carpenters Sentinel.
Senator Carpenter is reported to have purchased
the Milwaukee Sentinel and will not hereafter de-
pend upon other journals 1or yindicatIon OF his
character.
The Revised statutes mt Large.
Senator Conking and Judge Poland have on their
hands, as charmen OF the Senate and the House
committees the revision OF the laws, that gigan-
tic legislative elephant, the Revised Code. After
dozen lawyers, less, had tinkered on it for
a dozen years, at considerable expense, 1t was
placed last spring in the hands Of that able
jurlst. Thomas J. Durant formerly OF the New Or
leans Bar, with instructions restore all the ell
minated portions and to give uniformity to the
added side notes showing the origin OF each provi-
sion. The two committees must now sit in judg-
menL over his work, and then the Revised Statutes
at large will be ready for approval and enact
ment by Congress. They will have to be read at
length in each House, and the committee hope to
put them on their passage without discussion. II
the noodgates OF Congressional oratory are once
opened on them no one can say how many months
will be thus consumed.
A Huge Railroad Scheme-A Proposed
Air Line from New York to Chicago.
The greatest scheme that has yet shown its hand
in Washington is a bill carefully prepared, and to
be introduced In the Senate at an early day en-
titled ''The New York and Chicago Air Line Rail-
way and Telegraph Company" The road is TO be
commenced within two years and finished in SIX
years. constructed with double track and laid with
steel rails, with permission to lay double branch
tracks to Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Cincinnati,
and st. Louis, and privilege TO extend the track
from ST. Louis to Omaha. The capital is fixed at
$780, ,Oo0 with right to purchase existing roads,
which shall be reaid with steel rails The rate OF
fare Is to be fixed at not more than three cents
per mile. In return for their franchise, carrying
the mails and sending government kilograms at
Its own rates, all the company asks is permission
to import, free duty, all the rails and material
necessary for the construction OF the road
decision In q cuban SequestrAtiOn
Case.
The United States ana Spanish Claims Commits
sion have decided the or Foulke, administrator
OF Edwardo Cisneros and guardian OF Maria and
Emma Csneros. The claim was for damages grow
ing out OF the sequestration OF estates amounting
to s1s,o0o, with interest. The claimant urged that
by the laws, both OF the United States and Spain,
and by the express terms OF the embargo
itself, the title Of the parties affected
by it was not dvested, and that upon
the death OF any such party the
property embargoed passed to his distributes;
that by the laws OF the United States all persons
born therein are citizens thereof and entitled to
protection against unlawful detention OF their
property, and that Emma Cisneros is such citi-
zen, and her property cannot be detained by Span
ish embargo. The brief shows that Edwardo Cis-
neros was formerly resident OF Havana and re-
moved to and resided in New York from the 18th
OF February, 1862 to the 4th OF May, 1871 when he
died intestate Emma Cisneros was born In New
York in April, 1870 There being difference OF
opinion between the United States and Spanish
arbitrators, Baron Lederer, the umpire has de-
cided that the child Of spaniard, born In the
United States is not citizen OF the United States
within the intent OF the Convention.
"Carpet-Baggers'" Civil Rights Con-
vention.
There is TO be grand National Convention or
colored citizens here this week, which has not the
approval OF many OF most respectable residents
OF African descent. They say that it has been
gotten up by some ambitious ''carpet-baggersn OF
their race, who have located here and who seek
notorety. Some rs or 80 bona ide coored citizens
OF different States will come, but the balance win
be composed OF restaurant keepers, hotel walters
department messengers and other "carpet-
represent States as delegates. Fred Douglass
was urged TO dignity the assemDage by presiding,
but he has lett a lecturing tour. About 10
delegates arrived to-day, including those from
Louisiana, headed by Colonel James Lewis. 1t Is
supposed that Ex-Governor PInckback will preside
over the Convention.
Post Office Changes.