The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-18
INTERESTING NEWS FROM WASHING.
TON,
Via st. Louis and Chicago.
Antoine, Brown and Jim Lewis on The
Situation.

!, WAsHiSGToN, March Lieutenant Gov
= ernor Antoine, William e. Brown, colored
Superintendent OF PGblic Instruction in Lou
; isiana, and Col. Jim Lewis, a promnen
/ colored politician Of that State, are all here
f They are bitterly opposed to the terms Of the
q Wheeler compromise, ard give notice
that unless the conditions change mate
rally, it will take force on the part
OF the United States authorities to
. carry out the agreement to unseat the
Republican legislators. They may, however
probably be appeased if they are personally
recognized 10y appointment to Re ieral offices
Antoine wishes a second-class foreign mis-
sion, and proposes, If he gets it, to take
brown with him as Secretary of Legation
Col. Lewis has good reason to believe that be
will be appointed Naval Officer of the port of
New Orleans. The place is now held by
Dillingham;, brother law of Matt Carpenter
The Office of Postmaster of New Orleans has
been rendered to Pinchback, but he refuses to
accept it.
In his speech tomorrow Andy johnson
will. it is said, argue that Pinchback is ineli.
gible to seat to the Senate, because he has
not been citizen of the United States for
ten years, the length Of time prescribed by
! the Constitution as necessary to perfect eligi.
| bility. Pinchback became n citizen in lsGs
a. Ie
| strated by Mr. Johnson.
The Commissioners Of the EreeirncA's
Savings Bank, Messrs. Cresswell Leopold and
lurvls, VIII not probably be permitted to re-
sign. The law officers hold tAcir resignation
cannot be accepted till they have wound I'D
the affairs of the bank. 1t j, though. that
the assets of the bank will no. 1c.ciA t~eutv
per cent 81 the Indebtedness
Casey denies emphaticaly That Ne il cani-
date for the Senate, saying that if he did once
have such ~ aspiration he does not care for
the Office now
The long deferre3 Adjustment os the Ma
val Station at New Orleans has at last been
ordered by TIE government. The guns
being those which were removed from the
Old monitors that were sold az auction last
year, and the other ordnance stores, have |
been sent to Pensacola, while the fire engines
and apparatus have been ordered 50 X V |
West.
The government pleasure steamer Dispatch |
leaves here Tomorrow for New Orleans di- |
rect, where she will take on board the parties
of Senator's and carry them around to Vera
Cruz. One of the things to BE- done by that
grave and reverend pleasure party is to ex-
anime the Island of San Juan De Ulloa, to
determine the expediency Of establishing a
naval coal station at that point
1t Is said that the court to which Attorney
General Williams 10 to be commissioned is
that of st. James,
Il is supposed that Amy johnson will de.
liver his Louisiana speech tomorrow.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuyrq
WAsnINaToN, =. G., March r. The Louisi
ana Conservatives who are here are very con
ldent that the Congressional Arbitration Com
mlttec nov sitting in New York city, viii
return Conservative mlioritv on ioInt BAL
az M / !
md the Senate should declare pinchbacl to
laye not been elected, which now seems Ger
ain, the vacant chair from Louisiana. will lie (
occupied by q Conservative. Frank X2clare y
'ho has been largely instrumental in secur-
ng tins compromise will, in that event. be a z
candidate for the Senate His |
rlends say that he will start with forty votes. E
\ friend OF Pinchblck. who h IS clnvAssei y
he Senate, says there is a certain majority |
seven against Pinchblck. |
The statement is made her. tha. thirteen !
members Of the Louisiana Lc.ris. II
!turc have agreed to vote for Casey in ease he I
'oEk' to socur. the defea. .f piuchla.ell. This +
As created some'. ,itement among tn. y IN. G
Gratis IN the Senate here and they hay. sent Z
sveral telcglams to-day ia New Orleans upon :"
e snhIeeio They say shey yrcter S.nc.4bacs
; Casey.
The New York gri'lme illustrates e'.e ruin.
IS cost OF supporting Grantism hy an sx-
bit and comparison Of official ti.ur,s "
Inch may be easily verified taAin. the 80 "
andlturJs OF lsGS. the last complete wear of .
ndrew Johnsons administration ana 1874. =
.e fifth of Gen. Grants. In tn. first place =,
% subtraeted four branches of public *. !
'ndlture between which 70 comparison -
N be fairly instituted. There are the in. :,
rest 90 tho public debit pensions. inter. n
i revenue, ant was expenses making j II
tai OF S2'1,'20,'3S in 1NliS and Sill fNfo .,
y III 1874 The tosai expenditures of lsGS :,
Mounted 70 S37o 3}9, III but su1tracting =.
{ four classes mentioned there remains an =
cregate Of S11llS,t9s ana the same
ocenS applied tc 'h- total a. 1874 'eaye. =,
VS. |3}.NNO. an increase III sA year. OF
!. 9fo..is3 or III 1re than ~ per cent axclu. =,
Is 81 the tttet millions received from the ~
'Yernment Of Great Britain and invested fcs -,
e benefit wi 'hs Alab ANA claimants But -
resort Of Secretary McCuloc4 III sSts ~
lted that no department Of the Government So So
run "lth proper accuracy and he made an Il
innate ot what The average expenditures
ouli he Tor the next ten wears. The oI- 49,
mixtures for civil service the army. navy n
4 pensions IS however over titty-thr5e nil. ~
rs above his estimate for 1871 SO Il seems ol'
are at least the distance measured bv that ;,
n lway from reasonable economy. and in
tie OF the plausible representations of re- ta4
ng congressman more reuenclment should Z
rlsidly insisted upon. Of
ma
owe IN the Indian language is 'SSchimlendan- the