New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-25
WASHINGTON.
Beer.

Beer.
WARRINGTON. February 24.-The Com
mittee on Ways and Means have appointed
q sub committee to examine into the treas.
ury regulation requiring brewers to make
barrel Of beer from two and a halt bushels
Of malt.
NIerchandfse in the Mails.
Mr.. Hubbard addressed the P6stoffice
Committee in favor of excluding merchan
disc from the mails.
Discharged.
Forty-two persons were discharged from
the Pension Office, including twenty two
No Southern Nominations.
There were no Southern nominations.
The Deficiency.
Secretary Bristow was before the Ap-
preparation Committee about the def
cheney in the engraving and printing bu-
| reau. Early action is expected. Ia the
meantime a currency famine is threatened.
Emma Mine.
The House committee on Foreign Rela-
! tions have invited Secretary Fish to appear
| before them with all the documents relating
| to the Emma mine. The correspondence
| now before the committee shows that
Schenck declared he was director in the
| Emma mine, and not ashamed OF 1t, as 1t
was private business. but to please the
| President has resigned the dictatorship.
| There is no confirmation of Schenck's re-
signatiOn.
The Levee Committee Coming.
The sab levee committee to visit the over
| flowed lands consists of Ellis, Hatcher,
Wiltshire. Morey, Money, Roberts, Sneak
ley and Wallace. Messrs. Morey and
Money have left; the remainder will leave
in a week, to rendezvous in New Orleans.
They will visit Eads' jetties, Bonnet Care
and all points up to Memphis.
New Railroad Bill.
The railroad bill introduced by Senator
H amilton to-day provides that whenever
Moses Taylor, William E. Dodge, John J.
Cisco. Samuel Sloan, Joseph l.. Barnes, D.
w. McWi!iiams, Joseph P. Lloyd and
Henry G. Marquand, Of New York; Thomas
Allen and 5. H. Latin. of Missouri; w. j.
Hutchine, A. Groesbeck, j. II. Giddings
and others, of Texas, or their successors,
shall be created body polite, under the
style of the Central Texas and Ell Paso
Railroad Company, or become owners CT
an existing charter they shall be author
lied to build and maintain railroad from
the Western terminus of any railroad now
completed in Texas, at San Antonio, Austin
or Waco, to Ell Paso, and bridge the Rio
Grande at any point within twenty-five
miles of that place. The bill also provides
hss built d road to q point within one
hundred and fifty miles of the Rio
Grande, the above named parties shall
be empowered to build westward to
meet the California road and enjoy the
Texas and Pacific Company's land gran
for that portion of the line. But if the Cal
ifornia company reaches the Rio Grande
before these parties have constructed their
road to point $50 miles east of that river t,
, the California company shall build east
ward ON the Texas Pacific land grant to
junction.
Cheap Transportation.
Senator Cragin's bill to provide for cheap
transportation on the interior waters and
restore the ocean carrying trade OF the
United States is duplicate of the House
bill proposing government aid fOE the estab
, lishment of ship building yards, etc, by the
International Steamship Company.
, Pensions for the Old Veterans.
The House Committee on Invalid Pen
sions, on reporting bill granting pensions
to certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexi-
icap, Florida and Black Hawk wars, and
sailors of the same, say the soldiers OF the
Mexican war suffered incredible hard
ships under q tropical sun and in
q malarious climate, and by their
f endurance, yalor and indomitable en-
a | ergy vanguished the enemy and crowned
our arms with victory so glorious as to
entitle them to the gratitude of the govern
: ! ment, and now in their old age and poverty,
!. | the government should take care of them
| and their widows. And there can be no
> question as to the duty of the government
. to pension the aged soldiers of the Florida
q and Black Hawk wars in the light Of Just
legislation on the subject of pensions. The
pensions are to be at the rate of $8 month
to all only who do not now receive pen
| siOns.
Death Of an Old Publisher.
George 5. Gideon, who, during Fillmore
. administration, published tie Republic, is
: dead, aged sixty.
Suggestions from the Postmaster Genera l.
The Postmaster General has submitted a
letter from the superintendent of the rail
+ | way service to the Committee on Postoffices,
recommending q distance rate on mer.
chandise by mail as the only means of pre-
venting an increase of the large deficit in
| this department. He recommends the rates
| ranging from eight cents to fifty cents per
: pound. He proposes to reduce the rate on
transient newspapers and magazines.
/ The Cabinet.
8 A member authorizes denial of any cc
0 | currence in the Cabinet indicating rup
| ture.