New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-11
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
Reopening Of the New Orleans Mint.
WASHINGTON, February 1O.-General Sy-s
pher was before the House Appropriation
Committee, today, and made long argu s.,
ment in favor of reOpening the New Orleans
mint.
favor Of Sppropriating $50, 900 for that purs .
pose.
Marshal Packard and Appraiser Pitkin. .
OF New Orleans, aTa here.
Dr. Taylor, OF Louisiana, one of the rec
Gently appointed assayers of coin, arrived
here today EN- route for Philadelphia.
Affairs ON tho Rio Grande.
No excursions from the Mexican border %
into Texas have been reported since No
vember, when band of Mexicans and In Q
dians made raid near San Diego, killing
twenty-five Americans.
Colonel Mckenzies pursuit of the In,
dians into Mexico in May last has intim-
dated unlawful invasiOns of Texas soil,
while the disposition of mounted troops on
the border, scouting between Brownsville
and Fort Clark, has resulted in protecting
Texas from Mexican cattle thieves.
The posting of troops on Captain Richard
Kings celebrated rancho, between Corpus
Christi and Laredo, on the Rio Grande. not,
lar from the principal point of invasion, has
so far had the moral effect of giving the
Texans in that section comparative securitys
The above information is derived from Col.
Onel Robb, late of the commission to inves,
tigate the subject of depredating on the
Rio Grande.
Cabinet Session.
There was brief Cabinet session, all the
members being present.
TIuA Rna
Several witnesses were examined in tho
Busteed impeachment case to-day. Busteed
is personally conducting his defense.
Virginia Postm,istress.
The following nomination was made to
day: Mrs. Z. G. cambridge as postmistress
at old Point Comfort, Virginia
Georgia Contested Sent.
The argument before the House Commito
tee in the case of Sloan vs.. Rawles, from
the first Georgia district, closed to-dayo
Rawles, the sitting member, concluded hies
speech, which he commenced yesterdays
The Bankrupt Bill Passed.
The Senate to-day, after weeks discus
sion, passed the bankrupt bill, Senator Ed
munds, who had charge of it, having per-
sistently pressed it upon the Senate. and rec
fused to allow any measure to be intro
duced which might set it aside for any time
whatever The bill is very much more len
lent to the debtor class than the old law
one of its principal features being that I.
debtor who suspends the payment of his
paper can not be forced into bankruptcy
under forty days.
The bill further reduces the fees of banks
rupt officers to one-half OF that which they
received under the old law, and prOyides that
any arrangement for settlement between
bankrupt and his creditors shall be sign.
ed by at least one half Of the creditors rep
resentiHg One-half Of the indebtedness.
Suits to recover all sums under $500 may be
brought in State court under another
form. a federal judge having charge OF the
estate. Bankrupt officers are required to
make full reports of all facts in connection
with cases coming before them to the dis
trict courts, and the clerks of the district
courts are to report to the Attorney General
every year.
The Particulars of Gordon's BIZ.
Mr. Gordon's bill granting aid to the At
lantic and Great Western Canal Company
directs the Controller of the Currency to
Issue to the Atlantic and Great Western
Canal Company currency notes to the extent
OF 1900 per mile for each section of ten
miles OF canal that shall be constructed,
provided the cOmpany's first mortgage forty
years bonds to an equal amount have pre-
vlOusly been deposited with him as security
for the government. The currency so issued
is to be redeemed by the company's paying
into the United States treasury
sum not less than six per cent Of the total
amount issued.
Jones Wants Twcnty Cont Pieces.
Mr.. Jones bill authorizing the coinage of
twenty cent silver pieces, proposes to make
hem legal tender at their nominal value,
tor amounts not exceeding five dollars in
any one payment, and applies to the new
nj ha aft 1avy o1oti 70
abasement or cOunterfeiting of all other
coins.
Bonded Warehouse for Rice.
Mr. Scott, from the Finance COMMITTEES.
'epOrted, with amendments. the House bill
elatiDg to bonded warehouses for rice.
As amended, the bill authorizes the Secre-
ary OF the Treasury to establish, at any
,ort of entry, bonded warehouses, to be-
lsed for the storage and cleansing Of i'm
ported uncleaned rice and paddy, intended
or expectation to foreign countries.
Committee DIeetings.
The House Committee on Railroads and
,anals will hear Colonel w. Il. Frobell on
lr. Bells bill on Friday next
The commissioners for the improyement
the navigation of the Ohio river are hold
ng their session here.
he Eads Conspiracy ARniust .he Com.
merce Of New Orleans.
Colonel Eads, of st. Louis, is here indus
riously advocating his jetty project for
improving the mouth of the Mississippi
lver Tho Louisiana delegation are oppos-
~ him and making fine use of the views
+ Professor Forshey against the plan of
cities and in favor of the Fort st. Philip
anal L p to this time E.ds has made little
eadway. The committee and the House
eem to remain firm. The friends of the
anal regard it unfortunate that after the
ngineer's department has decided in favor
the canal that another project should a.
his late day be presented which can only
ave effect in producing some diversity of
pinion res arding the bill agreed upon by
he Committee on Railway and Canals.
Louisiana A0airs-Pitkin to Rxplala.
Tho Lou,siaaa people here have become