The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-31
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
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METAL CURRENCY
The New Coinage Law.


WASHINGTON, March 30.
The new coinage act will go into operation
Cd The lst Of April. The mint of The United
States Ia established as bureau OF the treas
ury department, embracing in It's organization
and under Its control all mlnts for the manu-
facture OF coin, and all assay offices for the
stamping of bars. DR.. Tinderlann Will be
appointed as the director of the mint. There
is no change In the gold coiss, bnt in the
silver coins there is to be new trade dollar.
The TWO cent piece is abolished, the minor
coins being FIVE, three and one cent.
Important Legal Argument.
An argument of great importance is set 10
the United States Supreme Court for the Sd
of next month, Involving questions which are
regarded with much interest By the legal fra
ternity. Under the 25lh section of the origl-
nal judiciary act writ OF error lies to The
Supreme Court of the Uniled States to levlew
any question decided by the highest courts OF
the States where the decision OF such highest
court has been adverse to the clalm get up al
leging the supremacy of the constitution, or
treaties or laws Of Congress. The uniform
practice of the Supreme Court Of the United
States has hitherto been to restrict this juris-
diction to the consideration OF the single ques-
ton growing out Of the constitutional laws or
treaties OF the United States. But In 1867
Congress passed q new law upon this subject,
which, It is contended, gives the Supreme
Court where the jurisdlctlo1Rl question arises
In any case, to consider and determine that
particular question and all other questions
which have arisen In the State court. This
claim of further power In the Supreme Court
will, If sustained, enlarge its Jurisdiction 10 0
vast extent In the matter Of reviewing the de.
cisions of the highest courts OF the States.
The Postal Service Trouble.
The select committee on transportation
routes commenced to-day their investigation
into the postal car matter. Pos,master-Gene-
raj Creswell appeared at the request OF the
committee. and gave q detailed statement oil
the demands made by The railroads. It seems
that there Is now paid to the railroads about
ak million dollars fer transportation Of the
malls, which Is q greater amount than is ex.
pended by the department for transportation
by as4pther conveyancea, Including the costly
stage and pony express routes In the large
sections Of the country where there are no
railroads. The postmaster-general comedies
that there may be justice Ill the demand Of
the railroads for increased compensation for
the postal car, but wonld regard the with
drawel OF the cars, under the circumstances,
as totally uDjustfabe. He, however. is OF
the opinion that the railroads will conclude
TO continue the running of the cara. 1t is
probable that The committee will request one
or more Of the prominent railroad officials
concerned In the threatened "strlke" 10 give
their views, although the positions of the rail.
roads on the subjecI was pretty thoroughly
explained 10 the Hoase committee on appro-
priatlons when the subject was under consid-
GRAFTON at The last session.
Country Postmasters.
To save trouble and disappointment to the
hundreds and thousands of people who con-
tinue to send applications here for country
fprahiDp In intprpaf Them IN 0o
informed that The peslmaster.general stated
to-day that there would be no firther remoV-
ais of pos;masters made except for cause.
Cuban Emancipados.
A dispatch has been received by the Secre-
tary OF State from General Sickles, United
States minister at Madrid, stating that the
government Of ,hs republic haa a di5eGlea III nSa tne
violation of the decree of 1870. They are Oh
the class called emaucipados.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Jesse E. Grant, son oil the President, Will
leave this week with Senator Coles family
for the Pacific coast, when President and Mrs.
Grant will go North.
The sward Of s2ss, 900 to Farragut and bis
been confirmed. The government resisted
the claim.
The postmaster-generalt thinks that the great
railroads Will appeal to Congress, but hardly
dare to withdraw their postal cars In the mean
while.
of Colonel Scruggs, as minister to Bogota, was
carried, but the second vote was not taken,
and, therefore, Colonel Scruggs was not re-
jected by the Senate.
The State department is 10 receipt OF many
applications for Offices of all grades, but there
Is only one vacaucy-the mission to Bogota-
which will be filed by an application from the
South.
The assistant treasurer at New York has
been directed to purchase half million OF
bonds on Wednesday, April 9th, and Wednes.
day, April 23d, each, and TO cell one and hall
million of gold each Thursday during the
month of ApTIl-thus purchasing In all one mil
lion OF bonds and selling elk millions Of gold:
Tne mixed commission on British and
American claims disposed Of fifteen cases last
week, awarding about fifty thousand dollars.
The commission have thus lar settled two
hundred and lhirty-nine cases, leaving Two
hundred and eighteen yet on the docket. Tne
co;nmisson are confident of closing up It's
bnsiness by September next.