Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-07


Secretary of the Treasury to pay th
Alabama claims
HoUsE-This body passed bill e1
4 tending the time in which iudictmS emit
- may be found to three years. This j
\ intended to reach the safe burglar
conspIrators.
. A message was received from tn
Senate to the effect that that body
O ready to receive the impeachmeD
managers.
The committee on military affair
, were directed to inquire and repor
! the United States officers travelling il
foreign countries.
The impeachment managers asked
leave to retire to present to the Senate
IN due form and m inner the impeach
ment articles. Granted.
The correspondence regarding Con
sui General Seward, now minister to
China, was referred to the committee
on expenses of the State Department.
Schiugher. chairman of the Texas
frontier trouble committee, reported a
Dill to provide for the protection of
tue Texas frontier on the lower Rio
Grande. It authorizes and requires
the Pr .sident to 81 alton and keep on
the Rio Grande river from it's mouth
to the northern boundary of the State
of Iamalifo, above Loreda, two regi-
ments of cavalry in addition to infan-
try, for garrison duty, and to keep
each troop up to the full strength of
| 100 privates. It also authorizes the
President, in view of the inability of
the Mexican COVER lment to. prevent
the lnroads of lawiess parties from
| Mexico into Texas, to order the troops
| to cross the Rio Grande and use such
means as may be found necessary to
recover the stolen property and to
check the raid. guarding, against I'M
necessary in Jury to the peaceable in
habitants of Mexico. The bill Was
made the special order for the Goth of
april, and from day to day until dis
posed of.
The bill regarding the employment
of special counsel, requiring that the
Judge certify to such necessity aud fix
! the fee, passed the night session.
Gossip: The details for the transfer
and removal of the accounts of the
navy from the Earrings to Clews & Co.
were arranged at a midnight meeting
by Huntington, the cashier of the
First National Bank, and Secretary
Roteson.
Bayard and Mcdonald will repre-
sent the democrats on the commi tee
10 Investigate Mississippi affairs
Maj. Merrill, while serving in South
Carolina. received $2l 400 reward uu-
der Gov. SCOTS proclamation for
fSrreting out and couvicting Ku Klux
Gen. Gustav charges Merrill with tax
ing bride from the accused before
court mar 'ha! in Texas, of which he
was Judge advocate. This Merrill
denied tefore the committee Merrill |
is now on duty at the Centennial.
. The military committe of the Senate |
agreed to report the fortiication bill |
as passed by the House with out amend |
ment. !
Neutrality-suspicious. McMil!en of |
New York for Consul General to Rome
The total coinage for the month is
So. 500, 900. The Virginia consolidated |
mining company produced three mil
lions III March. The Treasury De-
partment received two hundred thous |
and dollars III dimes and one hundred
thousand dollars in quarters to day.
The Treasury circular issued Satur-
day was 9ene:al. It orders superin-
teudants of all public building to stop
feel hight and water expenses and dis
charge all persons paid fir N appro-
pyiations for those purposes on receipt
of the CIRCULAR. The matter was dis
cuased in CABINET meeting to-day, but
no remedy was found. The circular
does not apply to postoffices kept else1
where than IL public buildings.
Gen. Gustav was recalled by the War
Department committee and stat i that
he did not give information of the
looseness in post traderships because
an army order dated March, 1873, for
babe it. Such things must go through
the regular channels and would have
been oigeonholed in the Secretary of
Wars Office. Gen. Hazen tried it aud
was sent to Fort Bufort, where there is
no civilization but what al officer takes
with him. The people of Kansas are
agitat ng against mixed schools which
the last Legislature legalized. The law
is disregarded at LeavenwOrth.
The Senate in executive session re-
iected Dana as minister to England.
WASHINGTON, April 5-SENATE-Ed-
muuds and Thurman were appointed
a committee to wait upon the Chief
Justice of the Supreme COnrt and in
vlte him to attend in the Senate at 1
o'clock o-day and administer the i'm
parchment oath to the Senators.
Tue bill authorizing payment of the
Alabama com mission judgments was
The bill authorizing the sale of the
Pawnee Indian reservation was passed.
Chief Justice Waite administered
the impeachment oath to the'Senators.
The Senate organized itself into a
court of impeachment and a sum mons
was issued against Belknap, return
able the 18th inst. The impeachment
court then adjourned to the 18th inst.
at half-past twelve.
Legislative business was resumed,
and the bill regu iating third class
mail matter was taken up, on which
Hamlin made @ long speech, and the
Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-The committee on bank ,ng
and currency made their first report OF
the season by bill regulating nation
al bank receivers.
The Secretary of the Treasury was
directed to furnish an itemlzed ac-
count of the $500, QUO appropriation
for light and fuel for the year ending
Tune 80, 1876.
The bill to regulate the winding up
of national banks was passed. Cox
explained that the object of the bill
was to enable insOlvent banks to
speedily close up accounts in the IN
terest Of the public.
The House went into com ni'tee of |
the whole on the bill transferring the
Indian bureau to the War Department, !
out without action the House took a |
recess.
The committee on the War Depart
mnnt had the cashier of the Park Bank |
of New York before them, who said |
that Pendleton's account Was closed |
and all his checks, &c, sent to Gin
cinnati bank.
Park was before the Emma mine
committee to-day. His testimony
shows the value of the mine when he
owned it. In four months it yielded
nearly one million dollars. He found
English parties eager purchasers.
They selected Silllman to examine the
mine The testimony has not reached
Schcnck's connection yet.
Che committee on privileges ana
aIaotiOps had q secret session regard