The Morning herald., 1876-02-11
WILMINGTON, DEL. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1876.


nine-tenths Of the officers 9of tho State Of
Mississippi were held by Southern men TO-
the manor borne men whOhad fought brave
ly tho battles Of the Confcderacy. Il
Mr.. Singleton-I know exactly to the
Mr.. Lynch Then regret that my col
league is not better informed. (Laughter.)
He went on to show that the people Of Mis-. |
sissippi were taxed only 0L mills on the |
dollar, Of which only four nills went for
general purposes and SN for interest on the |
State debt, and that they paid compare
lively nothing for the support tho General
Government. rsp = y.N.s
After speeches from several members,
Mr.. James g. Blaine arose and proceeded
to address the House on the currency ques-
tionI he entered into long and able ar
gument to prove that speedy resumption
was tho only road to financial success. He|
concluded his speech as follsws: In any
event, Mr.. Chair man, whatever we may do,
or whatever We may leave undone on this
whole financial question, let US not
dslude ourselves with the belief
that we can escape the specie standards.
u rules Us to-day and has ruled US through
out the whole legal tender period, just as
absolutely as though we were paying and
receiving coin daily. Our, work, our fab-,1
RIGS, our commodities, are all measured by
it, and 40 long as we cling to irredesmable
paper We have all, the burdens and disad-
vantages of the gold standard, with none Of
its aids and gains and profits. "The thing
which hath been Is that which shall boz
The great lsw-giver of antiquity
records IN the gsry opening chapters
|of Genesis that 'sthe gold Of tho
land Of Haviiah is good.b And with
another precious metal, It. has maintained
it's rank to this day. No nation has ever
succeeded in establishing any other standard
of, value no nation has ever made the ex-
pertinent except at great cost aid sorrow;
and the advocates of irredeemable money
to day are but asking US to travel the worn
and weary road, Travelled 80 many times be-
fore--a road that has always ended in dis
aster and oftsn in disgrace. b y-ay7 r,ra.s-
Mr.. Kelley called up the bill to extend the
time for the completion of sthe Northern
Pacific Railroad bonds. After several
amendments among them enc providing
that the laid part should not interfere with
the claims of the former settlers, and anoth-
! er providing that the, act could at any time,
be altered or amended; the bill passed.
Aum1ssisn sf New Mexico, 4 =
BY American Press Association. N
WAsHING7oN,E Feb. 10.-The Senate Com-
mittee on Territories te-dsy continued the
consideration Of the billto admit New Mexi-
GO as . State In the Union. Some details
remain unprotected, but the expression Of
the members of the committee p-day shows
that the bill will be reported faYorabIy and
also unanimously. 49,
lI Improper Literature,
BY American Press Association.
WAsHINof TON, Feb. 10.-The House Com
mittee on Post Ofiees and Post Roads to-day
gave a hearing to General Slocum, of Brook
lyn; H. E. Simmons, Secretary of the Exec
utive Committee of the New York Society
for the suppression of obscene literature,
ETC., through the mails, and to Mr.. Com
stech, the agent of the Society, on the pend
| ing bill to amend the act imposing penalty
| for mailing obscene books and other matters,
and prohibiting lottery circulars from pass
ing through the mails. ....-......-..
The delegation do not ask the privilege
of opening letters, and say the charges that
they have tampered with the mails u abso-
| luLely uuCIuc. 1uc CUululUtCO WILL AU1uuCA
| consider the subject.
United states Supreme Court.
By American Press Association.
|fsWAsH1NGToN, Feb. 10.-The following
case was submitted in the United States
Supreme Court yesterday:
| al. Shipley ct al. W. Cowan ct al. Err.
ror to the Supreme Court of Missouri
This was suit In equity, commenced by one
Mcpherson, and continued by the plaintiff
In error his executors, to divest the title o.
defendants, who claim the lands in dispute
under patent from the United States, anC
pre- -emption by one Chartrand Mode in 1885
and continued by his SONS in 1S46, up te
1896, when the patent was issued to them
as heirs. The Mcpherson claim is based on
location made by officers of the United
States in favor of the State of Missouri, ano
a patent of the State made under an act o.
Congress of September, 1841. The Court
below held that the State location was void
-Ibecause the land was specially reserved by
act of Congress, and the State Department
had so Instructed its officers at vt. Louis
that it twas reserved from sale on entry o.
any kind to satisfy the village of Carondelet
under the acts of June, 1919, and May
1894" The bill was dismissed, and 1t II
here urged that the decision was erroneous
Ebecause 1t was not established on the tria
that the village of Carondelst ever filed an!
claim to commons, such as to make 1t tn
subject of reservation. -.
The defendants in error maintain the cor
rectness Of the Judgment below, but submit
that as both parties to the suit claim undel
indepenent legal titles, wholly adverse. d
each other, therefs no equitable Jurisdiction
in the case. Glover & Shipley and 2. Phil
for plaintiff inerror; Montgomerr Blair an'
3. A. Hill for dsfendants. bag ,vssn'T :
Il aDdI Notes. g7rang
!, WASHING TON, Feb. 10.-The Senate con
+ Armed. in executive session to-day, tn
, nominatinns of e. G. Billings, to be Unttet
States District Judge for Louisiana; Mrs
4 M.rv n McNair, to be Postmaster at Yel