New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-10

cots of clerk. Soon after the bonds were
abstracted, . Congressional committee Wa
appointed, Of which Roscoe Conkling Wa .
4 member. The committee exhonorated Mr..
Thompson Of al blame. The report says:
"The committee deem it but just to add
that they discover nothing to involve tho
late Secretary, Hon. jacob Thompson. in
Secretary should, perhaps, have exercised
moro watchful guardianship over the stocks
and the movements of his subordinates.
None of the committee agree politically
with Mr.. Thompson"
Mr.. Chandler claims that the Confederate
archives in possession of the government
show Mr.. Thompson held come unexpended
be paid to the United States.
Mr.. Thompson has receipts given him by
the Confederate government on the final
settlement of his accounts. This suit may
put Mr.. Thompson to some expense and
trouble, but nothing else Is apprehended.
In the suit the fifth count charges that
the defendant, on the twentieth of August,
1866, received the sum of 81 900, 600, icing
the amount received from the eo-called
said sum reverted and became the property
of the plaintiff, which he retained and did
not pay over to plaintiff. The suit is for
q, O00, 900, one with int rest from 1867 and
the other from 1866.
Committee Clerks Idle.
For the first time this session the official
reporters Of committees are idle. Nothing
is going on at the Capitol.
Nominations.
The following nominations were made to-
day: V. Smith, of Mississippi, as collector
Of customs at Duluth; Richard s. Taylor,
as postmaster at Athens, Georgia; Richard
McAllister, Jr., of Mississippi, as CONSUL at
Gusyaquil.
An Ex.Secretary Wanted.
Ex.Secretary Of the Interior. J. p. Usher,
has been summoned to Washington to
testify about Kansas Pacific bonds said to
have been obtained by Mr.. Blaine.
Steamboat Legislation.
The changes proposed by the Senate
Committee on Commerce in the House
steamboat bill, as reported from that COM
mittee by Mr.. Dennis to day, are all merely
verbal, except the following: The words
nitro glycerlne is stricken from sections
twenty three and twenty -four, which relate
to the mode of packing, marking and ship
ping dangerous articles. The committee
also strike out the whole of section thirty
five. which provides that pilots and engi
neers of all steam vessels who shall license
- such shall be considered officers of said
vessele, subject to the same obligations and
entitled to the same privileges as other |
licensed officers of steam vessels, and that !
none but American citizens shall be licensed |
- pilots and engineers.
The personal liability section is amended !
by the Senate committee 80 AZ to read az |
fOllowe:
whenever damage is sustained BY any |
passenger, or his baggage, from explosion,
FIRE, collision or other cause, the master and
the owner of such vessel, or either of them,
and the vessel shall be liable to each and |
every person so injured to the full amount |
Of damage, if it happens through any
deelect or failure TO comply with the pro-
visions of this bill, or through known de-
fects or imperfections of the steam
er's apparatus or of the hull, but
Il such explosion, fire, collision or
shall occur without the fault,
privity, or knowledge of the owner or
owners, the total liability of such owner or
owners respectively shall in no case exceed
The amount or value of his or their interest
IN such vessel and freight then pending,
md any person sustaining loss or injury
through the carelessness, negligence or will
.ul misconduct of any master, mate, en-.
yineer or pilot, or his neglect or refusal to
hey the laws governing the navigation of
|uch steamers may sue such master, mate,
Engineer or pilot. to recover damage for any
uch injury caused by any such mate, en-
,ineer or pilot, and such officer may be also
Imprisoned not exceeding thirty years."