New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-13

Sneern1ioob anA discrepancies u tnc cnnoseA
1nonce reports Of the Treasury OePasy
0ept g tO tho annual expenditures snu
ssoeipts Of tie government ana puSISse SSo =.
117l fneIusiyo, and changes end aitera-
~ Involving large amounte. and nc
srGs1nCtory explanation ApposstnE On tine
- Of tAece reports fur the same; there
80, That committee Of avs BE- sp-
rsintsd 70 investigate the books ana 20
eoaate Of tho Treasury Department, par
Sss.l.rlv vith rsferepce 10 the discrepancies
~ sitsrstions in amounts and figures tAes
Snve ne6s therein, especially IN the an
1nal sfAAe nents Of the expenditures OF the
-verm,nemk reyeuue collected, ana inc
9ahNo debt conta,ned in said report, and II
~ diteeepaneies and alterations exnt, 10
anouft the same, and the extent eno nature
TaerooT. the years wherein they occur, ana
n Vhst authority made, it euy, Of the
s:aaona that induced them, and 70 report
lnnsrally such Olher information bearing
3uon the subject - may eeem best, ana that
aid committee have power to SEND 1or per-
sons and papers.
A Panic In q 6choolheuses
There we're $50 children in the Stevens
~olored school, Several were hurt py rnsn'
in9 and Jumping from the windows. Inc
1re oriefnated 10 heating apparatus, and
va extinguished with little damage.
Cs1arnasisns.
-0tickney.. assistsnt attorney general.
Northern district of Florida; ID. I. COr6ln,
assistant attorney general, south Caro'ina;
,Kerns, United States marshal, Eastern dls-
asict Of Te1ss;L d. Ball, surveyor genera,
1tile. a. oreia; Miss handle, Oxford, Aissis-
sFp'C e--aee.ry 0ener.I Macfeely.
The Military Comm,ttee Of the Senate
vill roport fsyorably ON the nomination OF
1gAcfsely - commiasa.y general.
0shsen,s nlexican Treaty Bin.
Tho Joint resolution offered by Repre-
nnnkatiye Gibson, of Louisiana, to-day, su'
eAorises the President to appoint three conn
missioneyr, by and with the advice and con'
sent of tho Senate, to confer with other
oonmissioners duly authorized by tho gov
ernnent of Mexico, whenever it shall sp-
pear to b the wish Of that government to
aopoint such commissioner, and to inves'
ti9ute snd ascertain on what basis treaty
0freciprDcal trade for the mutual benefit Of
Is people of the United States and Mexico
eon be negotiated.
4xepos,tasa % Abelish Capital Punish.
Senator Wright's bill proposes to abolish
aapitsl punishment for any crime commit
ted against the laws Of the Omitted States
o. t6e District of Columbia, and also tor
nny offense hereafter Committed BY any
Uhitsd States soldier or Mariner and trial
81 military or naval tribunsls, except in
tine Of sctual war. 1t provides that the
punishmons for all crimes hereafter COM
0ittsd, which arc now by law punished BY
Aosth, shsll b life imprisonment.
The last Of IsAian Agent Issalis.
The President conBiders the ground upon
which Indian Agent Ingalls, was dismissed
and hte papers seized insufficient, and has
vitAdrswn from the Senate the nomination
Ct his successor.
Charles A. Pilsbury has been appointed
clerk of the Committee Of Agriculture and
Manu- factures.
Ex-senator Henderson, who was dis
nissed from tho whisky prosecntons in St.
tse President, had . prolonged interview
with Attorney General Ple.repont to-day.
Marine Disaster.
Tho Secretary of Stste has advices that
the. schooner Hartford, from Charleston.
Aouth Carolina, with cotton, for Revel, Rus-
"a. stranded on the Swedish coast, and Ii
pr0bably . total wreck. The cargo Is being
fAken 20 Elsinore by wreckers. The officers
and crew are destitute.
Republican National Committee.
The Republican national committee meet
1e-norrow; nearly ell the members arc here.
Delegations are present from Chicago,
Cleveland. Saratoga. Boston. and other
places, to secure the meeting OF the cnnven.
I'm.
A Caaeiea - Cigar Dealers
Tho commissioner Of internal revenue
writes to Supervisor FOulke, of BOstOn, that
1ie-Practiss OF dealers in FASTING their own
aames - prOpsiet0rs over caution notices
81 namss Of manufacturers Of cigars on
boxes subjects them to fine Of 80 for each
aZenD0.
Troeps In the South.
The dk tributiOn of troops ON DeOsmber
vas - follows: AlAbsms five companies;
1lieG1ssippi elk companies; Arkansas two
66upaniee; Louisiana nineteen oOnpanies-
291l mon.
The NlOO0l Disaster.
Tho list Of persons injured or lost by tho
Nloeel disaster at Bremerhsven contains NO
Southern names.