, 1873-10-21


quito . ,'unbor hero Mt prosent, l,ayo MI po-
r,,sod tho correspondence pulilisho1 IN d New
York paper today, md have arrived Of tho con"
io ha s ta aner, there r Ia hnohng dn n oor tH oofo to
hts aggriesvod frlond, olarkHon,, Which proyos
duol, or tint Clnrkson noant to fight at oil. It
ia, howoyer, doubled by son,o %hoIhor equal
contained IN tho letters will bo indalged
by tho voters OF tho Republican party
Of tho, statc,, or by tho courts, into
which tho mattor viii probably bo takei. s;n
correspondence Ia gonuinot which flnghoa'
fricnda seom to boovo 1t to bo, aud ia construed
to moari that Hughes knowingly. carried olinl-
lengo to fight q dnol, he is, by tho laws Of tho
State, ,liHfranohiBod ait Disqualified forany State
Office Of truut or enonmont.
TIE couNTERVE1TEn9 OF T1nnE-tArEn.
!. A letter received from rittshurgh ahuertB that
tho United States District attorney ne that place
tho parties who have successfully cotlnterfotod
tho tlbro-papor npon which greenbaokB nre print
ed, mud WIN aro also believed to l,nye made mud
uttorod tho counterfeit $500 United Staten NOTE.
Thc arrest, it waa thought, would bo nndo I'M
modiatoly.
TTo tho dssocta.ed Irtsal
ouTsTAfD1Nq LEOAL-TESDERs.
WAsl11NoToN, Oct. ~.-Outstanding loyal
tontlors, $3.50, ,47o, ,488. .
su1,uE,1E COURT DECISIONS. T..
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2o.-Tlo Supreme Court or
Of tho lowor Court in tho appoal Of tho Now
York Central Railroad from tho decision of lilo
Circuit Court, Southern District Of Nov York,
awarding damages to a drovcr named Lock-
wood WHO received injuries whilo riding on q
drovor's pasa. The Court directs tho, payment
Of interoHt usually paid ut tho usual rates Ill
euoh cases In Now York, sustaining tue rulings
hollow that tho contract mndo by defendant,
aud tho pahs Issued to him, was no ilnpedimont
III the. way Of recovering if l.o 'sas not guilty
Of neglect Of ordinary. caro mud prudence, which
contributed to Ills injury, and that there was
| no such negligence on hia part In leavng tho
Cur a1ld proceeding to fook after htH Cattle, It,
matter statu(1, as would debar recovery. Judge
Bradley delivered tho opinion: ..
Davidson ys. The United StatcR, error from
tito Circuit Court for Indnna, affirmed on au.
thority Of Daro rs. Tho United States, No. 90 Of
last term. No opinions
rr1E. PANAMA TROUBLES.
The action Of Admiral M'ny In protecting
tionary disturbances il commended in oficial cir
CloD.
THE MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMISSION. }.
Tho assent Of his Government having been
obtained, Sir Edward Thornton haH consented
to eorvo as umpire on tho United States and
Mexican Claims Commission, and has signed tue
requisite declaration IN office.
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY.
WAsuINaToN, Oct. 17.-.rlo annual report OF
tho Auditor Of tho Treasury contains tho follow
| lug summary of tho yenr'a business:
-Four thousand ax hundred and fifty
four roQli1attons drawn by the 8ecrc-
tnrfes Of War and Interior. SOL G93 %
Claims paid during the year. 1903, 400 Us
| Five thousand four hundred gnd Afty- -
seven accounts settled. ............ 0G58, ,s31 76
Thirteen thousand nluo hundred aul 1fty-
tireo accounts unsettled .......... e,4so,eio.s9
| Tlroe thousand four hundred md sixty $751;.
Qnartcrnaacra accounts settled %, ,oG5, G2G8O
| Ninety-seVon Signal Office accounts set
ono thousand one hundred and ioriyyo
Subsistence accounts sotlod. ..:... 4,a72, ,77oaa
Fourteen refugee, freedmen, and aban.
doned lani accounts settled. 11s,1os14
counts settled d.........,......... $3.50, ,4436e
Eight original State clai1na ...... 1,70l, ,41B2a
I Twenty-Five suspended State war claims 81, 4t
Tho pension account shows tho number ol
pensioners on the roll at present na follows
Revolutionary, half-pay, 1,557 invalid, 90,804 !;
widows, s; md others not including children,
112ose; War Of 1912, $3.50; total, ;Sa 2ae, ,7oo
sioners, and 0,4o7 have received comnutation in
lieu thereof. The amount appropriated to
pay army pousiona for tho flaoal year ending
June 30,' 1878, was $4,000 600. Tho amount
paid to pensioners during tho yenr WAS $685. 958,
852.o5. Tho balance will be covered into tile
Treasury.