Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-03-20

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West are now cutting under each other to
secure the freight The report that the Union
Pacific is about negotiatinga lon of q, 600,
600 to place to the credit Of Ffifc Mail Co.,
is officially denied. Ml
The civil Rixh - suas n HtSatgomery.
4 MoSTGoMERv. March 13IThc negroes
sworeout q new WARRANT forg Col Wagner,
proprietor of the MiniStrell tfpnpe. and his
ticket agent. The former vas discharged
aud the mel, latter gave bones T 10 appear at the
several theatrical companies TO cancel engage.
ments for this city.
Business Prospects.
New YORK, March 14.-Aii indications at
the East point TO a cheerful spring with fine
business, and . growing feeling that the PEG.
pie have recovered from the panic and pros
tration, and that the long expected revival
has commenced of all branches of product
i've industry ar ~ TlFy
Pomeroy Gets me Fan, Gus 1000 Brib-
cry Money. and tho Suits TO be Dis
CHICAGO, March IA Topeka, Kansas
dispatch says that the famous $4,000 package
Of greenbaeks, which II was alleged Pome
roy gave State Senator York two years ago
as bride to vote for him for United States
Senator, and which has been in the hands of
the State Treasurer, where York placed 1t,
ever since, was finally disposed of yesterday,
the Attorney General having decided that
the State had no right to the money, and the
several legal actions pending for Its recov-
cry having been dismissed the. custodian
turned it over TO Pomeroy, paying out Oft
the costs incurred 10 the prosecution of the
bribery suit against him, amounting to. about
g., 600 This, 1t Is understood, win end the
whole matter, and the criminal suit now pend
ing against Pomeroy will be promptly dis,
missed OF the next term of tlecourf.k -
The New Americas CardinaI. 1Sa
ROME, March 14.-Thc Archbishop OF Bal
timore has been designated by the, Vatican
to confer the Berratta on Archbishop Nc.
Closky, who will receive The other insignia
of Cardinalate when he visits Rome Roncilte,
the delegate to notify the Archbishop of New
York Of his appointment, 10 also charged
with q mission from the propaganda In re.
gard to new dioceses in the United States,is ,
The Tennessee xBrihery Case. ~
WASHINGTON, March ia letter received
here from the person who circulated the
bribery charges In connection with Andrew
Johnton's election to the Senate, admits that
he makes no charge that johnson was cogniz-
ant of any purchase Of votes. -.
Redemption of NHutilated Green backs.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
to return to the old method OF 'redeefnfng
mutilated United States currency, under
which II deduction was made proportioned
to the number of notes missing. IS The change
takes place on the list prox.y -. ..aJ.,'-..,.
d, Piachback Possponed. ~, a..
WASHINGTON. March l7.--The postpone.
ment of Pinchbacks case was a sudden
~ IL al vasuaA
after 1 >areful canvass showing his certain
rejection on direct vote. Their reasoning
is that the Wheeler committees arbitration
may result In such change In the Louisiana
Legislature as will cause the election Of some
body as Senator more Objectionable than
Pincbback. and that, In such q icase,9 the
latter may be admitted 10 order to exclude
sumes that the Republican opposition, is on
expediency. not principle Ali the Republt
cans opposed to Pinchback voted u post
pone. except Christiancy and Hitchcock,
who voted no. EdmunGs was silent. Tie
tendency of the present situation is to pro-
mote Casey's election to the Senate by the
aid of Conservatives who are against Pinch
back irrevokably, and who fear the choice
of o Conservative would seat Rinchback.
The Postal Riundsr Again. es
Jewell says 1t is impracticable to enforce
the modified postage. on TRANSIENT printed
matter, as thousands of tons were in the mail
before the change of the law was discovered.
Meantime care should be taken to inform the
public that newspapers except when pre-.
paid regularly by the Office OF publication,
are one cent per ounce. tss 9al 4ult!s
The situation I'm L0uisians., sa,sss
While nothing official is ascertainsble, the
Wheeler compromise, forwarded TO kellogg,
New Orleans, yesterday, Is believed to seat
one additional Conservative State senator,
and give the Conservatives twelve majority
in the lower House, which will tie the legis.
lature on joint ballot on sny party vote: II
Speaker Hahn VIM vote for 4 Conservative
sooner than for Casey or anybody else not
Q bona !fids citizen fcf the Statc2
His vote, viii settle the senatorship. nj 4eviif
Terrible 'Floed in Port xexvis.sotG
PoRT JERvIs, N. Y, March 17.--At six.
o'clock this morning the large shop whistle
warned the people that the flood was rising
with fearful rapidity. The telegraph had
previously announced that the Ice had SWEPT
through every barrier above, and was coming
down upon the city, riding upon crest OF
Seven O'clock 4. M The water Is rising
rapidly, and King street 10 inundated. A
large charge Of nitro. glycerine was exploded
which did great execution to theice, damaning
up the head Of tho gorge. ~ The Delaware
Railroad bridge, three miles west, has been
swept away. The flood Is coming with in.
conceivable force. and the inhabitaRts are
fleeing In confusion from the fatsat Stss Tnl
Eight oclock,--The gorge remains firm,
but the volume Of water has made river of
King street, carrying all before IL and, sub.
merging great part OF the lower portion OF
the town. The flood is now within 100yarts
OF the telegraph Office. lgaaus pa fgat
S:45A MA great shout of .thankfulnesg
has Just gone up. The gorge has bfokep and
water in the village is ioweflng. The Bar
rett bridge is standing though badly DAM
aged. Probably. thirty blocks were sinun-
dated, and some houses carried of, Al far
as heard from no lives lost. The wrecks Of
two bridges being carried great way. down,
stream, suspension bridge miles below is
felt 70 be doomed. About 800 houses III Port
Iaruis tarorer afuuaen fha railuax and the.