The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10
From WASHINGTON.
now THE CURRENCY QUESTION CAME Up
WAsUTSoToN. Dec. @

WAsHISoToN. Dec. 8.
The currency question was precipitated
upon the house without the slightest warn
ing, and apparently without any previous
knowledge that It wa. coming up on the
part of any booy but Dawes and Kelley.
Most of the republicans supposed there
would be caucus before the question was
meddled with, and that an attempt would
be made to agree upon some line of policy,
or no policy, but Kelley was burning with
impaticnce to present anew his three sixty
five bond scheme, and Dawes was willing
to crafty him. When the morning hour
business had been finished, Mr.. Dawes
moved to go into committee of the whole
on the calendar, and the house agreed to it.
A little way down the calendar lay Keley's
bill, weighted with an adverse report from
Superintendent business was speedily laid
aside and the bill reached. The rules gave
1t in charge to Mr.. Maynard, but Kelley
protested that Maynard intended to strangle
the bill, and its management was accord
ingly deputed to Mr.. Kelley. Mr.. Cox
closed the debate for the day by dcprecat-
ing discussion as inconsequential, because
the bill, if it passed the house, could not
pass the senate, and, he SAID, turning to
the republican side, eff it did, the presl-
dent would veto 1t, and YOU know it,"
This brought Dawes and Kelley TO the floor
on points of order, but Cox had said all he
wished, and Butler walked over to Cox,
shook hands with and congratulated him.
A SOLLE PROsEQrI IN THE SAFE BURGLARY
CASE.
Attorney General Williams to-day sent
communication to the judge of the criminal
court informing him that the government
has abandoned the safe burglary cases I'M
der the late indictment, which has been
pronounced nudity by the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, owing to the
illegal constitution of the grand jury. The
judge, after directing the communication
to be placed on file, ordered nollc
prosequi to be entered in these cases and
also discharged the bail of Harrington
Whitley and Williams. No iulther action
will be taken at present.
TIE CHEYENNE EXPEDITION.
The following telegram was received at
the war department:
Headquarters Fort Sill Column
Camp on the North Fork, Nov. 23,'74J
This command struck the camp of the
Cheyennes on North Fork, on the 9Th inst
and destroyed it. My effective force was
one hundred and sixty picked men and
horses who pursued them from the Fork
of McClellan's creek TO Canadian, west
ward 06 miles. whence the exhausted state
of the stock rendered return necessary
The Indians were pursued so closely as to
force them to abandon their ponies and
mules that were packed aud were engaged
by scouts on the second and third days
but could not be brought to stand. On
the morning of the 18th violent rain
storm began, changing to slect and snow
which lasted until the morning of the 10Th,
and freezing to death nearly one hundred
animals and freezing the feet of twenty
six men. Signed
j. w. DAVIDSON,
Brevet Major-Gencral Commanding.
INTRIGUE AGAINST POSTMASTER GENERAL.
JEWELL.
New YoRK, Dec. 8.
Woak;prtn,, ,l;snotoha. 81
Flanagan of Texas and Spencer of Ala
bama are endeavoring to organize Il move
ment for the defeat of the confirmation of
Postmaster-General Jewell. Flanagan's
grievance is the recent reformatory changes
in the postal and revenue service in Texas,
by which Il number of his friends came to
grief. The same sort of movement is med.
itated in Alabama against which Spencer
enters protest.
PACIFIC MAIL.
The dispatch says revival of the Pa
cliic Mail investigations of last season, by
the ways and means committee, is talked
of, probably because of the publicity giver
to the internal affairs of that company re
Gently,
WHAT MIR. RECK DID.
In advocating his bill prohibiting con
gressmen from prosecuting claims agains
the government, which passed the house
yesterday for the third time, Mr. Beck, OF
Kentucky, called attention to the cases OF
Senator Conkling in the New York Contra
railroad suits, and Gen. Butler, in the Far
ragut prize money case, in which Butler
as proctor for the libellent, received SS7,
900.
| CURRENCY LEGISLATION.
A Washington dispatch says Senator
Sherman, CHI irman of the finance commit
tee, is preparing bill looking to the re.
sumption of specie payments, substantially
in accordance with the views advocated il
the Presidents message, and set forth il
the report of Secretary Bristow. Tn,
measure will be perfected and INTRODUCED
next week, and referred to the commtte,
on finance. It will occupy most of til,
time of the session, doubtless, in debate
and may possibly pass that body. Blu
Notwithstanding the appeal made by Mr.
Dawes and others in the house to-day TO
action on that question, it is thought to b,
quite impossible to pass any bill there will