New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-23
WASHINGTON.
Progress OF the King of the Carniva

| ITOSTceS O1 lHC AAH8 Ol Int OUfulS
| WASHINGTON, January 2.-The State De-
partment has confidential advces of the
progress of the King of the Carnival
| While Withholding details, Secretary Fish
authorizes the assurance that Rex will
| reach his favorite city of New Orleans on
| the seventeenth day OF February OF the
present year.
Appointment of Consul.
The President, through the Secretary of
| State. has rendered the BeyroOt consulate
| to Coioue! Fisher, of Augusta, Georgia.
Louisiana Matters.
! There is a lull in Louisiana matters. The
| Issue will be approached on Monday.
There is no occasion to correct the impress
! sions produced by the dispatches Of the last
| two days.
Lct.i'-Sheiion. Sypher, Harris and Pit
! kin called on the President to talk against
| a new election.
Carpenter and Butler also called upon
| him for the purpose of a consultation oyer
the features Of the new election bill.
No Nominations.
No Southern nominations to day,
The Atlanta Postmnstership.
The contest over the Atlanta postmaster
ship is fierce. Three Republican members
! OF Congress from Georgia visited the Presi-
dent to-day on the subject. The President
adheres to Bood's nomination.
/ Memorial Of the Kansas City NsoarA Of
Trade.
1.-THE New West and Its Outlet to the
| Ocean," is the title of memorial in pam
phlet form distributed in the House to-day.
| 1t contained the views Of the Kansas City
| Board of Trade, submitted to the TranspOr-
tatiOn Committee of the Senate during it's
| sitting at st. Louis. and details the re-
sources, agricultural interest, commerce and
| transportation, and the needs of western
| Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Col
orado.
The relief asked is, first, the improve
| ment of the harbor at Galveston so as to
| allow of ocean going vessels to land at the
| wharves of that city; second, the removal
/ or avoidance Of the obstruction at the
mouths of the Mississippi; third, to aid in
securing a connection with permanent deep
| water and permanent freedom from ice
| with the Mississippi by railway from the
mouth Of the Kansas river to Memphis.
| An s'AuthOrized'' Statement Pinchback's
Determination.
| The following statement is authorized:
PinchD back at first thought that Senator
Mortons motion to recOmmit jeOpardiZed
| his chances for admission to his seat in the
| Senate. out he now feels certain that upon
! full and complete investigation of his
case. the charges made against him can rot
| be sustained.
He is fortified IN his determination 70
abide Che issue in the Senate, having been
rendered the unanimous support OF the
true Republicans Of Louisiana. The appre.
tensions Of d new election grew ont OF the
unexp xpectedness Of Senator MOrton's mo.
tion; but the surprise being ever, 1t -
generally believed that his. Pinchback's.
case should be fought out upon its merits.
If he should be defeated, and it is ascer.
tanned that his defeat IL the result Of
treachery on the part Of certain white Re-
publcans in Louisiana, he will un9uestioa.
ably favor new election.
It 10 leplorable that The Interests Of \
great State like Louisiana should hinge up.
on whimsicalities and personalities.
Carpenter and Butles Visit ahe Attorney
General
After visiting the President with CHER
skeleton of the new election bilf Carpenter
and Butler went 70 Williams. Williams
was utterly refractory about new election.
While the Senator and Representative were
with the Attorney General, note reached
| him from the President.
Williams Called TO the White House.
After Mr.. Williams had discharged his
Visitors the Attorney General repaired TO
the White House. 1t 10 impossibse 20 sell
what u S5 all about.
Warmoth Knows All Abcus Il, gu. Can,
Tell.
Governor WaruSth says h. k0owA but 10
in honor bound no. to tell.
..hs PresidsDl's Views.
II may be stated that while the PresiGen.
tavors new election, the disposition - 70
tide matters over, and that while Pinch.
back will be held in play, the Louisiana
| State government will be allowed to run
! Its course The ore conservative say there
| is little left of the State to steal.
! The Secretary of War to Control the
Mouth of the Mississippi River-Sena-
! tor VESTS biii.RepOrted Upon Favor
ably.
The Senate Committee on Commerce held
| meeting to-day and agreed to report IA
vorably on the bill giving the Secretary of
| War full control over the channel at the
mouth Of the Mississippi river, now being
dredged by the government. The Secre-
| tary is authorized to prescribe regulations,
| violation of which shall be punished by
| the United States courts by fines, ETC.
Senator West, the author of the bill, Sen.
ater Window, and Representative Steiner
of Missouri, were before the committee, and
exsmined and explained the necessity Of
the passage of the bill. They represented
that the tOwb0at association does every.
thing in ita mower tn nrovAnt tia imnrove