New Orleans Republican., 1875-12-02
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WASHINGTON.

The Next Case.
WAsHNGT0N, December I.-Genernl Bah.
coak received dispatch from District Al
torner Dyer, St. Louis that the next oaee
involving the question of the Conspiracy Is
set for December Is.
Debt Statement.
The debt stassmsnt ! .sa oen shows decrease for
Coin in the treasury s74,5oo, 900; currency
$l2, 900, ,000 =
Public Printius.
The report of the public printer showp
total COST Of printing, binding, lithorraDh-
ing. etc., TOR the year ending September 50,
1875, of &I.50O, 600, besides printing the
Congressional Record at the cost Of nearly
$4,000. Compositors are allowed eixty
cents per 1000 ems, or 81 per day of eight
hours. E
Suits In the District.
The District commissioners have brought
suit against ex. Treasurer James A. Maoru-
der, of the Board Of Public Works. and bis
A. Shinn and H. M. Sweeney, for e5O, 900.
The amount received by Magruder and
partly disbursed by him was over $l4,5OO,-
900.
Chief Clerk Of the Treasury.
A.. e. Wilson, of Louisville, Kentucky,
has been appointed chief clerk of the Trea-
sury, vice Avery.
Bufrlel the Butcher.
The officials have nothing to communicAte
in reference to the statement that Burriel
had been summoned to court to answer
about the Virginius affair." They say it 10
likely the information is correct.
Death Of Minister Avery.
The State Department has adyices that
| Avery, American minister to China, died 1t
Pekin on the eighth of November, but NO
particulars received.
| Mail Steamer.
| The steamer King Richard, leaving Bal
timore December 9, takes the Brazil and
West IDdia mails via st. Thomas.
Faster Time to st. Louis. n
The faat mail leaves New York this
four to thirty-six hours. The present time
between the two cities is forty six hours.
| Discharge of Clerks.
| A dozen patent office clerks were dis
missed yesterday. Others were notified of
a reduction of salaries.
Excitement About the Speakership-Foel
Selling.
Willard Hotel was the resort of largo
crowd of persons to night, q number Of
whom were pert ,nally interested in tho
election of officers of the House, and the
remainder drawn thither by curiosity.
The respe i've friends Of Randall and
Kerr repi,esnt each as ahead. though
nothing positive can be ascertained on the
subject at pr sent, as there are only about
ninety members of the House in the city.
At the Imperial Hotel there was crowd
to witness the selling of pools on the speak
ership. The highestprice bid for pools was
$50. The betting was most curious. Ran
dali started off as the first choice, betting
even for him against the field. Kerr was
then sold for $50, as first choice against the
field, and finally the field sold for $50, with
only $40 for the fret choice.
The pool selling is to continue during the
remainder of the week, and candidates for
clerk, sergeant-at-arms and door keeper
will also come into the scramble hereafter.
Representative Cox, who was left out by
the pool sellers, is also in the field, and has.
so far as known, fifty votes to commence
with, or enough to turn the scale for either
OF the other competitors for the speaker
ship.
Tomorrow Messrs. Randall, Kerr and
Cox will meet to select the officers of the
caucus and to make other necessary ar
rangements for the meeting next Saturday.