The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-12
CURRENT NEWS.
WARRINGTON.

A third attempt 10 burn the NAVY Depart
ment building at Washington was discovered
and frustrated on the 10th.
A Charleston, :. c., dispatch OF the 10th Is
AS follows: Go;ernor Chamberlain, In ac-
cordance with the recommendations OF Judge
Mackey, has issued proclamation disarming
the turbulent colored militia Of Edgeiield
County, aud disbanding all military organiza-
tons Of every kind in the county. The Gov
ernor also proclsims that he Is ready to re-
move county officials, upon reasonable proof
Of misconduct in Office, and enjoins all citi-
zens to refrain from all acts tending TO pro-
duce excitement Quiet now prevails In
Edgefield.
Captain Groom, Sheriff Of Clay County,
Mo-, with posse Of men. surrounded the
house of Mr.. samuel. the home Of the James
boys. on the morning OF the 10th, and cap
mred George James. Edward Miller and Ed.
Samuel. on suspicion of their being accom-
plices of the James brothers. They were
taken 20 Liberty and lodged in Jail.
package was received At the Desd-letter
Office in Washington, few days ago, con-
taining half dozen snakes, two dead. the re-
n4inder alive; one was a copperhead, I'VE
feet long. The reptiles were in tin box,
addressed TO Germany. but had been stopped
81 New York on account Of insufficient post
age.
The Associated Press reports that the Re-
publican Senators were in caucus on the 30th
for about five hours on the Louisiana ques-
ton. Amer much debate, it was concluded to
support the President inwhat he had already
done relative 10 affairs in that State, and TO
stand by him i'm future in support Of the kel-
logg Government, in all awful authority. IL
is said there were eight Senator'S who dis
sen'ed from this position Of their Republican
associates.
The Secretary Of War has forwarded to the
House reports of the Quartermaster-General
snd Commissary General Of Subsistence. Civ
ing in detail the cost 10 those departments Of
the Modoc war, amounting in the aggregate
to SAIL. 900.
The Secretary of War has sent 10 the House
an estimate of Majors Comstock and Weitzel,
Corps Of Engineers, of the expense ofdeepen-
ing the nayigable channels Of rivers connect
ing Lakes Erie and Huron, TO admit the pass
age of vessels drawing twenty-five feet Of wa
ter. The figures are nearly s4.0o0.000.
The House Committee on appropriations
recommend an appropriation Of siT.45sOoo
for inland mail service next year, a reduction
of S5l4,-96.
The Smithsonian Institution has received a
telegram announcing the discovery OF n new
planet at Berlin, in the right ascension twen-
ty-three degrees, declinstion eighteen degrees
twenty-six minutes north, twelfth magnitude.
delegation Of colored men, headed by
r.. A..
can Senators at Washington, on the 1t, and
informed them that. i'm their judgment, to
recognize Kellogg and refuse 20 seat Pinch
back would be construed by the colored peo-
pie a. an invidious distinction against the
colored race. That the recognition Of KEEL
logg carried with il the validity of Pinehback's
credentials, both having been the outcome Of
the election of1s72.
Following Is the recspitulstion of the pub
ic debt statement, February ist:
six per cent. bonds. 157 ,0s5 100
Five per cent. bonds. J52 .Gs5 200
Total coin bonds. 10, ITO 800
Lawful money debt..........-.s I4,g7s 900
Matured debt .....-................ III ,3tS go
Legal tender notes....... ......... 3s2 .01s .Ii7
Certificates Of deposit. ........... 45, 40J, coo
Fractional currency. 4J ,08I .U14
Coin certificates. - ,do5, 800
Total without interest..........s AZ. l69, ~
Total sleb. o., 2l2 .sOi o.
Total interest. 500. s25
Cash in treasury, coin. ...........s 90. 465, Ca
Gash In treasury currency. 10. 343 0s0
Special deposits held for redemp-
ton OF certificates Of Deposit. IS ,405 600
Total in treasury l25 .sls. 1855
Debt less cash in treasury las .spe .l72
Increase during J1nuary.......... ,3g- SO
Bonds issued ~ Pacific Railroad,
interest PAYABLE in lawful money,
principal outstanding. .......... 4,ess. SO
Interest accrued and not yet paid. 32s. III
Interest paid by United States. ~, 354 l02
o. ........................ 5,e0s, I6J
Balance interest paid ~ United
states -...........-.-.-....+-+-. 2OsDl NE
The Senate Committee on Civil Service and
Reirenchment has reported favorably the bin
reducing 10 per cent. all salaries, in every de-
psrtmeni Of the Government service. both
civil and military, which exceed sl.2OO per
annum.
The President, OH the 81, sent to the Senate
the reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian
Islands, signed IN Washington, January Both.
Publications are TO be exchanged within
eighteen months, and the treaty to remain in
force seven years thereafter.
EAST.
Gold closed in New York, on Feb. 5, at
1894.
Mrs. Mary Fclones. wife Of Col. John Fe-
loncs. Treasurer Of the Chelsea savings Bank,
at Boston. was so badly burned on the 3lst,
from her clothes taking fire at the stove. that
she died two hours afterward. Her husband
was also badly burned in his efforts to extin-
giii>h the flames.
Five masked armed men bound and ra1ced