New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-27
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Decoration Day at Arlington.


WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Patter-
son, of South Carolina, has received a reply
to his letter, concluding thus: "NO order
relative to the decoration of the graves at
Arlington, on the thirtieth of May, 1874,
has been issued. fairgrounds of that ceme-
terry will on that day be opened to all
orderly persons who desire any OF the
graves within that inclosure decorated"
The impeachment Cases.
The Judiciary Committee took no action
on the impeachment cases to-day. 1t will
investigate the Arkansas case.
To be Closed.
The government offices will be closed
Saturday for decoration.
Printer Clapp to be Investigated.
The Senate Printing Committee has been
directed to investigate Public Printer
Clapp.
Invitations to the Centennial.
The bill authorizing the President to in
vite foreign pOtentates to participate In the
Centennial passed.
Eulogies on Congressman Meilish.
Eulogies on Congressman Mellish were
delivered.
Richardson's Prospective Resignation
Delaho to Succeed Him.
There is no doubt that Secretary Rich
ardson will soon retire from office, but some
of his friends say he will not do so until
definite action ehall have been taken on
the subject of the SanbOrn contracts. The
President leaves to Richardson the fixing of
| the time of retiring, and will nominate him
| to fill the vacancy on the bench of the
| Court of Claims, which he is now prepared
| to accept, in view of his intended resigna-
ton as Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Committee on Ways and Means will
| not, according to present understanding,
introduce their resolution of censure Of the
| Secretary, assistant secretary and the
solicitor of the treasury. An impression
prevails in senatorial and official circles
| that Secretary DelanO will be appointed as
| Richardson's successor, although there Is
no positive autho ority for the statement.
! senator Ramsay's Postage Bill.
| In the Senate to-day the bill introduced
| by Mr.. Ramsay to provide for the prepay
lnent Of postage on printed matter and for
other purposes is copy of the bill resently
| reported from the House Committee on
Postoffices and Postroads. In its main
features it provides that newspapers shall
90 free through the mails to subscribers IN
the same county and also for the free trans
| exchanges, and it proposes to establish q
rate of one and half cents per pound to
be prepaid by publishers and news agen-
cies on all newspapers and periodicals
mailed by them to regular subscribers or
news agents.
Compliment to an Ex. Confederate General.
General P. NJ. B. Young, of Georgia, was
to-day appointed by Speaker Blaine as one
of the board of visitors to West Point, on
the part of the House of Representatives.
Thirteen years ago General Young left the
Military Academy to join his fortunes with
those Of his State
River Reports.
The signal officer reports that during the
past twenty hours the Mississippi has risen
one inch at st. Paul, fallen from Lacrosse
to Dubuque, risen ten inches at Davenport
and fallen from Keokuk to New Orleans
The greatest changes have been at Cairo
twenty nine inches, and Memphis seventeen
inches. The Missouri has fallen from Yank
ton to Kansas City, risen from Lexington
to Jefferson City, and fallen thence to its
mouth.
The Ohio has fallen at all stations except
Paducah, at which a rise of four inches
from the Tennessee is reported. The Red
river has risen three inches at Shreveport
and the Cumberland fallen two inches a,
Nashville. The Allegheny has fallen at Oil
City, but risen at FreepOrt. The Monon
gahela and Arkansas have fallen slightly
The only rainfall reported in the river
watersheds is three hundredths of an inch
| at Knoxville in the Tennessee.