, 1875-01-19
NOTES AND NEWS.

.epeeiat Dspa.th 70 Vie chiea2o Tribune.
WAsn1Snros, d. C., Jan. iS.-An amendment to
the postal |awH haa bcon proposed by afr. Nor
RAM, IN tho 1loueo Of Representatives, providing
that when letters received and opened as deal
iottors at tho Iost-Oilico Department, in accord-
auco with Law snd Inc regulations of tho DEPART
mcnt. shall contain information Of tho commits
sion, or contemplated comnllssion, Of crime, it
siall ho tho duty OF tho pottulaAter~GeD to
transmit tho letter Ct letters containing the in-
formation to tho prppor Offices nf ths GoYern
Incnt to rronccuo the offenders. or 70 tako such
action an tho nature Of tic case may demand
4 SOUTHERN MEAsrEE.
Tho Southern Republicans tllreo weeks ago,
in Ca,scus, decided to recommend the ndop:,on
of Mi nu1cndtnent to t1e Arnv Appropriation
bill. providing that appropriations hllal! now bo
inar&e for tho army for two years. thas not been
expected that this proposition wonld roceiTe a,iy
considerable attention. hut tho Southern Eepub-
llcan bcha.urs tonight state sha. the amend
mcnt will certainly 10 adopted. III tho acnHse,
anl that II tho House tiocH not clooen to accept,
tho Appropriation bill will bo defeated.
FEES OF CLAIM AGENTS.
Fam Ward tlcea net secm to Du without in-
fence in the jisjls III Congress. 1o-lay Jsmcs
lack introduced bill to regulate the Ices Of
agents and attorneys rracticinE before Congress
that all such agents or a;torno:B, befoEe Being
permitted to prosecute any claim slla1l ftlc a
htatc1nen. showing tho amount of compensation
tl!ey expect 10 receive, n.l1 that no El!it!Uual
compensation ebali te allowed or Fald tlctn.
FIGHTING 4 rATEST.
Wisconsin dGlcoati5H is hero to Ecc,lto tho
repeal of tho law b3 which the sheer Of fin pat
| CIT: baHm law ,7aB passed tso yesrs ago. i pri-
rate bill bccatne a law giving e1cluxre right to
tLis paleut TO d ccltaiu pcrAOu. This law was
enacted notwithstanding a0iaaytB nerc s'refent-
cd snowins that tho patent hal leen In nge eiuco
| 1854. Tue owners Of this patent have already
| brought suit 10 tho amount Of $4,000, Of
| which :2j5 o00 is against tho M:ssis=ipni Log
| Giny Company. 10.
70 The Assoeiati Prss'.1
] snatsATIo*s.
| WA:n1.eroH, =. e., Jan. H.-The President
eont the foiossng nominations TO the Senate tt'-
I day: Col. Alexander L. SlllrzA, Assistant Com
,niksary- General. to to usigadc-.Gencrai a,1
Conl1nlaRa1s Of Suhsistenco; Lieut.-Eoi. M. p
| l.. L. Simpson, Assistant Cotn:uissary- General,
| nj Of Subsistence: Mai. VI. ". Burns,
| ftommissarY Of Subsistence. to ba Lieutenant.
Colonel and Assistant Co1aulFary sicleral o
| HatBisLcnte Capt. J. T.. Hawkins. Comm;Frar,
uF Subsistence. TO bc Major and Conn'lssNry o.
! Subsistence. -
postn,astera--Clsarlcs J. Eawu, Wheeling. "
Va. Eaw4 Wlal1ov. 1'rairie tln Chtcn, Wia.
II. q. WiEits. Michigan City, Ind; s. Ggorc
Mexico, Mo-; J. B,Wen, Bloomfield, II.
! AUTHORIZATIONS.
Tbs 1fouHe Appropriation COMMITTEES to-1n.
| as7eed to insert III The S1ndrr Civil Arrro2rla
lion bill itc1us Of ss75,0no for pirnal scrrics
Weather reports. n,a 4!50, eco for tic improve
,ncnt OF the CsJitol grounds.
The estimated expenditures OF tho Distric
Government fer tile fscal gear eudiuS June 80
1916, aro e3, laD,S0H. Estimated recenta, 81,
9DS, DIT. Tho deficiency viii llayo to be ptosides
for by Congressional appropriation.
| TIE st1ss1ss1rr1 1kTEEa.
EcnaIo1s aud Representatives, from Mises
sippippi. Louiriana, ntld Arkansas held Meet
lug tonight aud npl,osnted . co1usn.ttce to was
on tho President to e.uast Linn to Een1 a rec
o:nineullatiou to CougresH for aid iu reconstruct
inc thu ieyees Of The Hiss1ssirai.
Mn1.SET7 Eorss UT.
John Hope ]Iodnett gives ont that lo hs
bean retained ~ counsel for LeA1oyus again+
Farwtll i'll tile c!ccon-con.est htte next Nli1iei
| lloanett thiuka ts eau 500 in his retainer Fat
wells crack Of doom.
TIE FITz JOHN PORTER CAFE.
hfr, GaraM has introduced o jC!nt resolution
authorizing tho President to appoint Boarl {
. officers. Of high rank in the army, uucounecte
.. | with tho Arineu or t1a,lEacksoEa in ques
tIon, to examine the proofs alleged t
Lavo been discovered, and have bee
, III tue possession at Fitz 1ohu Porter. uua:tait
ablo at tho time OF Ills trial. and report what.
, any bearing s1.ch eydencc ii established, woul
hare in the fil,dlngs and sentence of tbs cour
martial.
Ills r.gttiar record n Cona7.tston1! pro:tfdQs
b. sj9uiII pu tic iSfkih It1Je.