The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The President has nominated Miss Aba -
sweet a. Pension Agent At Chicago, vice
Biakeley resigned. Miss Sweet j. a daughter
Of the late Gen. u. J. Sweet, First Deputy
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. The
Senate confirmed the nomination without the
usual reference 10 a committee.
The District OF Columbia Investigating
Committee have announced n ruling, in sub
stance, that they. in their discretion. issue
subpenas dEces tecHm 10 compel the produc-
ton Of private papers; provided there be
first filed with the Committee an affidavit Of
some person. or professional written state
ment of counsel, ayerring 10 the best Of hi
knowledge the existence Of such papers, and
showing they are material evidence in the in
yesiigafion with which such Committee is
charged. The Committee will then decide A.
TO the ACCESSIBILITY OF issuing the subpenas
asked for. II i also announced that the Com
mittee will not be restricted TO such charges
and specifications n the memorialists may
choose 20 submit, but will take such action
and send for such persons and papers a may
be necessary and proper to secure = thorough
and impartial investigation of all matters en-
braced IN the resolution Of the Senate and
House OF Representatives creating the COM
miftee.
A counterfeit Of the new fifty-ceni note has
been received at the Treasury Department
IL j. poor imitation.
Senator schurz has been selected 10 deliver
the sumner memorial Grafton in the senate.
Judge Dent. brother Of Mrs. Grant. died n;
his residence in Washington. u. C.. on the
cid Of tumor IN his stomach.
A Washington correspondent, having tele-
graphed 10 the New York papers that the
President had recently expressed himself to
the effect that /" any legislation tending 10 in
flation must run aground on his vofe.- the
agent Of the Associated Press telegraphs de-
NAL Of the alleged statement. expressed by
the President in a conversation with leading
Senator. The President said that :. he had
conversed with no one on that subject al all.
and that il he were himself member Of Con-
gress he should regard an intimation Of the
veto in advance Of legislation a. an unbecom-
ing threat
An analysis Of the vote in the House on the
legal-render bill. passed on the 23d,is given =
follows by Washington correspondent: Of
the forty-six Republican votes, twenty-one
II
New York. three from Michigan and two from
Ohio. There were forty votes from the South. 4
one hundred and twelve Republicans and
fifty-seven Democrats voted for the bill a. il ]
passed. There were fifty-one not voting or
absent. chiefly from the Atlantic States. Iii. I
claimed the bill will pass the Senate with fifty
votes. There were only three Western votes
given for the contraction amendment II
Dawes. and but five from the South.
The nomination Of Thomas Il. Van Buren, 4
as Consul At kanagawa. which was once con- 1
frmed and then laid aside on motion TO recon- \
slider, was finally confirmed on tn 24fh.
The House Indian Committee on the oath \
commenced an investigation into some alleged 4
fraudulent contracts connected with Upper \
Missouri agencies.
The Committee on WAYS and Means gave a
hearing in the >anborn contract matter on
the s4th. John ID. Coughlin. formerly A.
si-tant Assessor Of Internal Revenue in the \
City Of New York. but now acting under an \
agreement with Mr.. sanbOrn, testified that 4
he had made proposition 10 the Secretary Of 4
the Treasury before the sanborn contract was 4
made. offering 10 collect :he delinquent taxes \
in the City Of New York at a commission Of 4
ID per cent. sanborn subsequently got the 4
same contract at 70 per cent. and Coughlin A
testified that he really performed all the
work collecting the same
The Secretary Of the Treasury has estab-
Iished i7s special agency districts, embracing
all ports within The collection districts ofNew
Orleans. north Of Paducah. ny. and Nash I
will. Tenn AMI fualudfug fho.a ,.orf. with
headquarters at Cincinnati. Special Agent
james Il. Morris has been assigned in charge
of the district.