The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-09
ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON.
MEXICAN VETERANS.

meeting last night, agreed upon circular
to be distributed throughout the country for
the purpose of having enrolled the survl
vors of that war, and the whereabouts OF
such veterans, with view of laying before
the Pension Committee of Congress the eX-
| act number of persons entitled to pensions
| for services in that war, and what amount
Of money will be required to place their
names on the rolls of the Pension Office. The
Commissioner of Pensions states that the
number of survivors is about $4,000, but
the association thinks this is not a fair esti-
mate.
! FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ORLEANS.
A dividend of % per cent. will be paid to
the creditors of the First National Bank of
! New Orleans as soon aS the necessary sched-
nles can be prepared, making the dividends
sixty per cent in all to creditors of that
oahk.
| CLAIMS FOR INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
Delegate Mccormick will tomorrow intro
duce a resolution directing the Secretary OF
the Interior to furnish the House with
complete statement of the character and
amount of all claims for Indian depredations
presented to the Interior Department during
the past ten years, together with the action
of the department on each claim. This re-
solution will be made the basis OF a move
ment to secure their adjustment and pay
mcnt.
| THE FINANCE BILL
The following is the finance bill as amend
ed and as it now stands before the Senate:
A bill to provide on for the redemption and
| reissue of United States notes and for
free banking.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That the
maximum amount of United States notes is
hereby fixed at four hundred million dol
| lars.
SEC. ?. That $46,OOO,0 900 in notes for circu-
lation in addition to such circulation now
allowed by law shall he issued by National
banking associations now organized, and
which may be organized hereafter, and such
increased circulation shall be distributed
among the several States as provided in
section one of an act entitled "An act to
provide for the redemption of per centum
of the temporary loan certificate and for an
increase of national bank notes. approved
July II, 1870.
SEC B. That each national banking asso-
citation now organized, or hereafter to be
organized, shall keep and maintain as a
part of its reserve required by law, one
fourth part of the coin received by it as in
terest on bonds of the United States de-
posted as security for circulating notes or
Government deposits, and that hereafter
only One-fourth of the reserve now pre-
scrbed by law for national banking assO-
Citations shall consist of balances due to an
association available for the redemption OF
its circulating notes from associations in
cities of redemption, and upon which bal
ances no interest shall be paid.
Sec 4. That nothing in this act shall be
construed to authorize any increase OF the
principal of the public debt of the United
States.
| Especial Dispatch to the 81. Louis Democrat
| THE GENEVA AWARD BILL.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The House Judi
ciary Committee have set the final consid-
Grafton of the Geneva award bill for the
18th inst. The majority of the committee
will insist that the bill shall be reported to
the House for consideration Immediately.
The committee is united upon the PROPOSE
ton that the matter should be definitely
settled before the summer adjournment,
| and unless it can be soon acted upon by the
House, the prospect for finishing before
adjournment is regarded as very slight,
since long and tedious debate seems in
evtable in the Senate, ne matter what the
final bill sent from the House may be.
The committee is pretty
EVENLY DIVIDED UPON
the two propositions to collect these claims
through the courts, and to collect them by
commission. 1t is believed that the bill
which commands the support OF majority
Of the committee will be as heretofore
stated. namely: One ignoring the claims of
insurance companies providing payment OF
actual losses of uninsured also the pay
ment of war risks, and where cargOes are
insured for less than their real value, the
payment of indifference.
SUDDEN ATTACK OF INSANITY-SNOW STORM
! ON EASTER.
CHICAGO, April S. A special from Musca-
tine, Iowa, says Hon. Jacob Butler, Vice
President of the Marine Bank of Chicago,
who was on business visit to Muscatlne,
became suddenly and violently insane on
Friday last, and yesterday was removed to
the insane asylum at Mount Pleasant. Mr..
Butler was for many years prominent citl-
zen of Illinois, but moved to this city about
a wear ago His friends say his insanity is
caused by failure of health and business.
A snow storm began here about O'Clock
this morning, and continued for nearly
twelve hours, about six inches having fallen;
notwithstanding which Easter services in
Catholic and Episcopal churches were
crowded; most of these churches were
beautifully decorated with flowers.
THE WHISKY WAR.
CINCINNATI, April 5.-A Mount Vernon, o..
special to the Enquirer says Judge Davis to-
day attempted to enforce the ordinance
against obstructing sidewalks, and ordered
a sentry box used by the crusaders to be re-
moved from the front of the grocery OF
James Rogers An excited crowd of men
and women interfered and prevented the re-
moval of the box. The affair occasions
much excitement and fears of a serious dis
turbance.
The Worlds Consul m ptton of Cotton.
According to Mr.. Pechens report which is
highly commended by the European press,
the following is the present consumption of