New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-23
WASHINGTON.
The Reported Pardon of Avery.

The Reported Pardon of Avery.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Avery has not
been pardOned. The statement is not even
premature, as there is no present prospect
for the pardon Of any of the whisky fraud
convicts, unless the President changes his
mind.
The Fast Mail Service at an End.
WASHINGTON, July % All postal service
on special or fast trains is withdrawn.
The service in other respects remains the
same.
Mr.. Vail, superintendent of the railway
mail service, says the department is not as
much crippled as was generally supposed.
From New York to St. Louis and the South
west, mail leaves at 5:55 P. NJ. over the
Pennsylvania railroad. Mails from the
Southwest will be forwarded East by way
of Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, and the
South west will hardly notice the change
except to New England. No changes are
noted upon the South Atlantic coast or the
Middle South routes.
The Silver Bill.
The Star says the President has not yet
signed the silver bill. Treasury officials
say that the action of the bill authorizing
the exchange of 100000 900 in silver for q
like amount of legal tender notes will be
practically imperative. from the fact that
the Treasury has not the silver on hand,
and the amount being coined is only suf-
fclent for the redemption of currency.
Nominations.
George F. Talbot, Of Maine, solicitor of
the treasury; Thomas s. Brady, of Indiana,
second assistant postmaster general c. C..
disc, Mobile; Colonel BENJAMIN Alvord,
psymaster general, with the rank of Briga-
der; George Andrews, attorney of the
middle district of Tennessee.
The Committee ON Commerce and the
steamboat Bill.
The Senate Committee on Commerce held
a special meeting. Mr.. C.. w. Copeland, of
New York, argued in opposition to the 'per-
sonal liability" provision of the steamboat
bill. He also, in behalf of steamboat own.
ers, advocated the insertion in this bill
of sundry features of last years bill,
relative to patent appliances. Captain
the advocacy of various amendments which
he proposed with q view to enacting
higher standard of qualifications for pilots,
engineers and inspectors. The committee
will hear Mr.. Burnett, inspecting supervi
sor Of steamboats,, Wednesday next.
The President signed the bill authorizing
the Secretary of War to purchase q parcel
of land on Key West.
A Letter lfrom General Sherman on In-
dian Affairs.
General Sherman, in q letter to Tappon,
one of the Indian peace commissioners of
1868, calls attention to his frequent exer-
tions in behalf of the Indians, by their set.
Element on reservations, notably in the set
tlement of the Nevajoes in Arizona, and the
Cheyennes, Kiowae, Arrapahoes and Co.
manches on Canadian and Cimarron rivers
in the Indian Territory.
The General states that he has never
favored the wanton destruction of human
life in any instance, nor has that been the
wish of any officer or soldier in the army.
At the same time he believes in compelling
these Indians to remain upon the reserva-
tions set apart for them. He states that at
no time were the Indians kept in more
wholesome subjection, or in better protec-
ton, than during the brief period of partial
administration Of Indian affairs by the
army.