The Portland daily press., 1874-12-01
WASHINGTON.
The Cause Of Etefeat.

Inc CaUSc Oh Deleats
WAsHINGToN Nov. 30.-The committee of
the Union League of Maryland to-day present.
ed resolutions of that organization to the Pres.
ident, attributing the Republican defeat in that
state to the appointment of the obnoxious men
against the wishes of all true Republicans.
Dominion SHerchantsisc.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided to
institute general revision of the modes of
transportation of dutiable imports across the
frontier. Some relaXatiOnS of the law asked
by railroads crossing this frontier were admit
ted IN 1877, which have proved injurious in
practice, and those have been recalled. Several
of the special agents have been assigned to
duty under direct orders OF the Secretary in
correcting abuses IN this transit trade, aud par
ticularly the abuses that have grown I'D in the
use of locks and SEALS
Hetrcnchmens.
Baldwin and Waldorf, special agents of the
Post Office Departments detailed tovsit the large
post offices to ascertain where the expenses can
be properly reduced, have recommended tb at
the post office at Brooklyn be discontinued on
the first of January next, and consolidated
with the New York post office. They say this
consolidation would improve the service for
Brooklyn and cause saving of over $50, 600
annually.
Various Matters. Iii
A number of Western delegates to the Chcap
Transportation Convention, to be held at Rich
mond, Va, Dec 1, have passed through this
city to-day. Ii is generally understood that the
convention was called for the special purpose of
giving support to the James River Kanawha
Canal project
Rolesick r. Butler, Representative from Ten
neSSee, is i'll trouble on account of charges
made against him in connection with the noted
Sug Fort claim. He has engaged prominent
eX-Congressman as his counsel.
United States steamer Wachuset.s sailed from
Key West on the % inst, for Norfolk.
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day at noon. The report of Major MacFa--
land of the Engineer Corps of the e. S. A., on
the Napp and Nicaragua routes, and vOlum-
nous papers on the subject prepared by Prot:
Nourse of the Naval Observatory, were read
and placed on file. The committee meets to-
morrow.
Chief Engineers Report
The annual report of Chief Enginn.ser Wood
of the bureau of steam engineering IN the Navy
Departments, details the operations of the
Bureau and says that the machinery, &c, I'M
der contract for the eight sloops OF war IS
either ready or nearly ready for erection OF
board the respective vessels and some of it is
now being forwarded to the navy yards where
it is to be erected. 1t is expected that these
engines will De completed within the next
three mouths and some probably at an earlier
date He also recommends that the number of
engineer cadets appointed to the academy be
increased to such number as will give not less
than fifteen graduates per annum.
Supreme Court Decision.
In the Supreme Court (64) vanneypr ct al.
VS.. Bryant in error to the Superior Court of
Massachusetts. In this case it is held that it is
too late after cause is heard and decided in a
state court to ask for its removal to a federal
court; also that the case within the point de-
vided in the sewing machine case Us WalD
that an action by plaintiff, who was citizen
of the state in which the suit was brought
against two defendants who were citizens Of
other states. and third WHO was q citizen of
the same state as plaintiff is uot removable to
the Circuit Court under the act of 1867 upon
the petition of the two nonresident defend
ants sa.f
The chief justice delivered an opinion that
the annual report Of the Comm,sssary General
be passed exempting tbs proceeds of all sales ii
upPs from tb Seng S s9ys5sd IN
aya;a bIa fnr tSs our chase Of fresh supplies to
n replace th aue and sa $500 Of TIC
rmeS General of subsistence prior to 1st of
g 5ie 1875, to purchase shipments to posts on
the upper Missouri, Fort Pembina and distant
pnsts in Texas and Arizona.