New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-13
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Secretaries Robe
son and Belknsp, General Sherman and sew
eral army officers have gone to Harrisburg
to exult over the exploits of the army Of
the Potomac. The Arkansas imbroglio de-
tanned the President here.
Papers by the Pound.
The Postoffice Committee of the House
have agreed upon bill for the prepayment
of papers and printed matter by the pound.
Nominations.
Philip Clayton, of Georgia, consul to
Callao; John c. Abbott, collector of
customs at Wilmington.
Judge Lawrence's Report.
Judge Lawrence, chairman of the Com
mittee On War Claims, who as sub-c0m-
mittee has recently had under considera
tion the question as to whether the govern
ment could take without compensation the
property of citizens in the lately rebel
lious States, after August 20, 1866,
when the war was proclaimed closed,
will report to the committee tomorrow in
the negative, and that the government is in
honor bound to pay for the use of any
property appropriated by the military au-
tborities without reference to the previous
political status of the person whose prop
erty was thus seized.
The Virginia Tobacco Men Want Licor-
ice, sugar and Sweet Oil Duty Free.
There was a partial hearing of the Vir-
ginia tobacco committee, composed of w.
p. Barwell. of Richmond, and Messrs. Nc
Gill and Williamson, of Petersburg, before
the special Committee of Ways and Means
today, asking that licorice, sugar, sweet
oil and other essential Ingredients Of man
ufactured tobacco be allowed to enter the
manufactures free of tariff duties un-
der bond Mr.. Barwell advocated this, on
the ground that it would greatly increase
the American and foreign trade in manu-
factured tobacco, and while tie treasury
might lose $750,00O in the remission of these
duties. he contended that it would more
than double the export in this article.
which at the average rate Of the tariff,
| thirt y-eight per cent, would put more than
ST, 200 900 back in the treasury.
A further hearing of the Virginia delega-
ti0n will be before fuller committee next
week, when an opportunity will be given
those opposed to the measure to be heard
at the same time.
The Geneva Award.
The Geneva award bill, which authorizes
the appointment OF special commission or
court to adjudicate claims and distribute
the award made by the Geneva tribunal
passed with but two amendments. one OF
which directs that claims be set
tied upon basis of United States gold
coin at the time of the loss of the
vessel: the other authorizes the Secretary
of the Treasury to pay judgments in coin
and directs him to issue and sell bonds to
raise the necessary means, such bonds to be
| redeemable at the pleasure of the govern
ment after ten years. The amendment to
strike out the provision excluding the claims
OF insurance companies was rejected.
Sco.t's Texas Pacific Railroad Bill.
The substitute reported by Scott. from
| the Senate Committee on Railroads, for the
bill relating to the Texas and Pacific rail
| road, introduced by him on the twenty.
| third ultimo, proposes to empower the
| Texas and Pacific railroad to secure by one
| or more mortgages upon the whole or any
portion of its line the construction bonds
| heretofore authorized to be issued, and to
| cancel the mortgage now on record with
| the Secretary of the Interior, SO far as the
| same can be done without prejudice to
! existing rights and to substitute therefor
| the mortgage or mortgages hereby au-
| thorized, which substitute mortgages shall
| expressly reserve all right which may have
been acquired under the existing mortgage
| provided that the aggregate Of the said
bonds to be Issued under and secured
by said mortgage or mortgages shall
not exceed the limit heretofore fixed
by Congress, and said mortgages fol
! the division east of Fort Worth
| shall embrace the roads and property
| of the Southern TranscOntinental Railway
| Company, heretofore merged and censoli
| dated with said Texas Pacific Railway Com
| pany. under the laws OF Texas and which
roads so merged shall for that and for al
other purposes be declared and taken to b.
| a part of said Texas and Pacific railroad
and shall hereafter be subject to all th'
provisions and limitations OF the act of Con
gress Incorporating said compeny, and o
the supplement- thereto.
Professor F0rshey's Collections.
Five hundred dollars more is remitted b,
Professor Forshey, collected from the citi
zens Of Washington for the sufferers by tn
| flood.