The Portland daily press., 1874-01-05
WASHINGTON.
Postal Order.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The Postmaster Cen
eral to-day issued orders providing that section
81, chapter of regulations of the Post Office
April 9th, 1873, shall be so construed as to re-
quire Postmasters to forward all letters or
packages received from foreign country to
places of their destination before permitting
any interference by officers of customs. This
order confirms and enfOrceS the view hereto
fore taken of this question. by the Post Office
Department but opposed by the practice of
certain officers cf the Treasury.
The Civil Rights Bill.
After the morning hour in the House, which
will be devoted to the calling of States, for bills
and resolutions. the consideration of the sup
Elementary civil rights bill will be resumed as
the special order and will be debated on Mon
day and Tuesday, on the latter day till four
o'clock in the afternoon. when the discussion
will close. Representatives Stephens of Ca,
and Lamer of Miss, are expected to sneak
against the bill, which it is said by its friends
will undoubtedly pass.
The Salary Bill.
After the morning hour Monday, an attempt
will be made in the house to pass an improved
salary repeal bill. Great dissatisfaction
with the bill passed before the recess has found
expression from the people and that expression
is supposed to have modified the opposition of
some congressman to the repeal.
Good News.
Mr.. Hale of Maine. after consultation with
the heads of bureaus in the Naval Departments
has prepared bill which will be introduced in
the House early, providing for large reduction
of the expenditures in the Navy Department.
Thc appropriation Gornu1ittc viii recon-
mend the cutting down the forces in the vari-
GUS departments but will not favor the reduc-
ton OF salaries. The committee have decided
to cut down the estimates for the army from
$32, 900, 800 to S2S,000,00O. Fortifcations will
be reduced to 81, 10000 The reduction of ap-
preparations for improvements of harbors, riv-
ers, Notifications and the construction of pub
lie buildings will range into millions. The in
ternal revenue bureau has been able to make
very slight reduction in their estimates
Financial.
Fractional currency issued from the printing
division during the week, S23, 200; shipments Of
currency, 1920, 800; shipments of notes, So 265-
600; amount held by the United States Treas
urer as security for national bank circulation,
$780,, 1885,, $780, TO- public deposits, SIG, $3.50, 200
Internal revenue receipts for to-day, $347, 7O5;
internal revenue receipts for the month, ST.,
1924; internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year t, day, $49, 022 999; outstanding nat iOnal
bank circulation, $348, 515,178.
The United States and Mexican Commis-
son.
The United States aud Mexican Commission
has resumed its business, and doubtless will
dispose OF all the cases on the docket by the ex
piration of its extended term. Within the last
two months the commission have decided at
least 100 cases, including an adverse decision in
the case of David E. Woodhouse against the
Mexlcans known as the Tehauntepec law, in
which the petitioners stated the amount of
damages at 500,000,000.
The claim of Mexico for 1927, 600 on ac-
count of damages from Indian incursions, now
in the hands of Sir Edward Thornton, the UNI
pire, the American and Mexican Commission
ers are divided in opinion. Mexico claims that
under the treaty of Gaudaloupe, Hdalgo the
United Stales pledged themselves to forcibly
restrain Indian incursions in her territory, AID
that whenever such raids could not be prevent
ed the Indians should be punished by our gov
eminent and satisfaction for the same exacted
The United States, on the contrary, insist that
our government could not promise to do for
Mexico more than it was required to do for its
own citizens, and therefore no damage could be
claimed Should, as is reported, the umpire
decid against Mexico in the pending case
Mexico will present the same principle in an
swer to the United States Tor claims for dam
ages to citizens of Texas, growing out of the
incursion of Mexcans into that State on the
Rio Grande border.
Omcial Advices from Spain.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Oficial advices con-
firm, a d. foo Of fbo