New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-05

Court appeared with Chief-Justice Waite IN 1ull
robes bringing up the rear. The Associate
Justices then took their seats, the Chief
Justice taking seat the desk of Mr.. Middle
ton, the Clerk of tho Court The cricr then
opened tho Court. Mr.. Justice Clifford
directed Mr.. Middleton, the Clerk to read the com
mission, which being done, the oath was admins
tered by the Clerk. 1hcrcupon the ChiefJustice
passed around 10 his chair, and as he approached
the Court arose, and, facing about received nm
standing. All then being seated, the Chief ustice
bowed to MIR: Justice Field, who proceeded to the
reading OF opinions. Thus the installation was ac
complshed. and in future probably until many OF
those now on the Bench shall have PASSED away,
the Court will he announced az The Honorable tho
Court of the United States" Tho " iron-clad oath
was administered to the Chief-Justce i'll the Clerks
room before he came into Court.
PRELIMINARY MEETING OF THE DISTRICT INYEST1-
eating COMMITTEE.
preliminary meeting of the District Invcstigat-
ing Committee was held this morning at which
rangemonts made 10 begin work at once The
most important action taken was the adoption of
order allowing the counsel of the memoralists and
for the District Government to examine at all suit
able times and make copies of, any of the original
papers which have been sent to the Committee by
Gov Shepherd. This is great gain for the citizens
of the District to start with. They have been
forced ever since the Board of Public Works came
into power, to pay their assessments without
measurements or any other data necessary to con-
vince them of the correctness of the assessments.
Applications for permission to inspect contracts or
other papers in the office of the Board of Public
Works have either not been answered. or the per-
mission has been refused by standing order of the
Governor The counsel for the memoriasts availed
themselves at once of the COmmttee's order, and
spent the entire afternoon in making extracts from
contracts and other papers. The first subject OF ill.,
vestigaon will be the of the school fund of the
District, and subpenas have already been issued to
several Witnesses who will give their testimony TO-
morrow morning. Ii may be remembered that the
teachers of the District have not been paid for sew
eral months. Mr.. Hale of New-iork Chairman OF
the House District Committee, is very slow IN obey
ing the order of the House, given on Monday, to
report forthwith a bill which shall compel the
payment of the wages of the school teachers of the
sand District which are re- it is aeged many haCy
reported yesterday, OF to-day at the latest.
SENATOR CARPENTERS SECOND SPEECH ON LOUISE
ANA AFFAIRS.
Senator Carpenter made another OF his convincing
speeches to-day in favor Of his bin ordering a
election in Louisiana and, is always tho case
when he prepares himself for special effort, com
manded the attention both of Senators and of we'll
filled galleries. His previous speech this session was
a full and careful exposition of the whole question,
and was the foundation for his bill rather than an
narrower in it's scope but none the less effective.
Mr. Carpenters object to-day was to show the
sity for Congressional action the duty of Congress
to see to it that Louisiana has republican form of
government; and finally, to answer objections that
had been raised TO his plan for accomplishing this.
The mastery way in which he disposed OF the
claims of the Kellogg usurpatiOn was one OF the
most striking portions of bis speech That usurpa-
ton bases its claims upon the canvass of the Lynch
Board; "but," said Mr.. Carpenter, there never
was any such Board; secondly, the persons who pre-
tended to compose it were under valid injunction
not to act thirdly this Board had been abolished
before it pretended to act; JOaFhty the pretended
Lynch Board never had any returns TO canvass
6fthIy, they proceeded in an illegal manner; ana
stJthy their proceedings were so tainted with fraud
as to make them wholly invalid" This is but a
specimen of the teTse clean-cut arguments with
fail to have a very marked effect upon the minds
especially of the lawyers Of The Senate; Senator
Morton, who represents the heIlOSS slue, unIoI-
tuDately was not in his seat.
THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The House appears to be in 10 hurry TO go to
work on the Appropriation bills. An effort will be
made by Mr. Garfield tomorrow to set the Trans
portation bill aside for that day, TO have general
debate upon the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
BILL but it will be long time before it is likely to
come up for debate and action. The Indian bill was
reported to-day and made special order after the
Legislative Executive and Judicial bill is disposed
of The Committee intend, in reporting the remain
inc bills to have them in like manner, made special
orders Immediately following each other, SO that
when the first is taken up the whole train must
move through without break. Ii this arrange
ment is made. month OF steady work would dispose
ot them all.
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION.
The Committee on Territories bad the floor in the
House during the morning hour to-day, but met
with bad luck Much of the time was spent upon
bill authorizing the County of ThuIstoD, in Wash
ngton Territory TO issue 100000 of bonds to build
a railroad The Illinois and Iowa members related
the experience of towns and counties in those States
which had bankrupted themselves to aid railroads,
and fought the bill so actively that its friends re-
feIred il to the Committee of the Whole to save II
from Immediate defeat. The Utah Persecution bill
was next reported and disposed of i'll the same way
on a point of order. on the ground that i created
additional offices in the Territory. 1t will not be
reached for month or two, if at all this session.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WAsHHGIos, Wedne sday March 4, 1874
Edwarfs Pierrepont, Rufus Hatch, and Geo.