Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-15
TELEGRAPHIc
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC SIDE.

NEW YORK, Jan. Al the adjourned an.
nual meeting OF the Plymouth Church BODY
tonight, Rev. Edward Beecher, chairman OF
the committee on arrangements to call n
| mutual council, reported that as Mrs, Mopl.
tons council had got NO reply from churches
invited to attend, the whole matter would
have to rest awhile. They hoped to c'ose Ia.
bors by Monday Rev. E. Beecher. r, w
Raymond and T. G. Shcarman re nm.
pointed committee to represent the church
in the council On motion of Henry Ward
Beecher vote, extending hospitality 10 every
pastor and delegate, was passed and the
meeting adjourned until next Friday, unless
sooner called.
The Mutual Council.
All the churches invited to the mutual con.
Gil have accepted The list includes some of
the most celebrated clergy in all dcnomina.
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After tile Ring.
Tweed's attorney and bondsnen have
brought suit against the members of the ring.
| asking that all except Tweed, be compelled
| to refund, and asking that q receiver Of all
claims against them be appointed. The city
| and county, the attorney general of the cor
poratlon, council and others, are made de.
| PENDANTS.
Crooked whisky.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.-Intcrnal Revenue
| Supervisor Fulton, Of this city, has received
| instructions from Secretary Bristow to pro.
| coed at once to Chicago to attend the trial
arising from the seizure of distillerics etc.,
made by him 10 May last. The secretary
directs the supervisor to be prepared with
| evidence for the posecution of each person
indicated, as no promise or understanding
has been or will be made looking to COM
promise of any cases. Fulton will leave
| Monday for Chicago, accompanied by the
witnesses and all the evidence collected i'm
the East to prove the duplication of packages
etc., The treasury department has know.
ledge that seven large liquor.houscs in this
city have been dealing in crooked whisky.
Most of them have been called on to explain
| by Supervisor Fulton, who states that while
there Is no doubt that these houses have been
dealing in the crooked. yet there is no posi-.
tive evidence they did it with guilty know
ledge.
| No More Changes.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Secretury Chandler
authorizes the statement that no further
| general change is contemplated IN the in.
terror and it is useless to make application
for appointment.
Step towards war with Mexico.
| The Sun considers the House resolution for
special inquiry into the Mexican robber in
cursions into Texas, the first step toward a
war with Mexico. II Mexico cannot restrain
| her bandits and will not authorize the United
her soil, public sentiment tends towards the
employment of force to compel ample re-
dress.
The Texas Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Information indi.
Gates certainly that the House railroad com.
mittee strongly favors Tom SCOTS Texas
Pacific Railroad measure, but II Is not yet
fully determined. TO press 1t to vote this
session. Many who secretly favor the
measure perfer to postpone difinite action I'm
til after the presidential election.
Anti-Chinese BIii.
Piper's anti Chinese emigration resolution
will be supported by the entire Pacific coast
delegation, but Eastern members are eithei
indifferent to the project or believe cheap la
Dor SO valuable to the country that only hard
work will effect any result.
BILLS Before Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Piper's bill in aid of
the construction of the sea wall at San Fran
cisco. proposes an appropriation of 81 ,0OO.-
600 for the purpose.
/ Luttrells bill TO carry into effect the
Hawaiian treaty, merely embodics in the
treaty a schedule of articles to be placed on
the United States free list. The bill respect
ing California Narrow Gauge Co., grants
the right Of way over the Denicia reservation.
Luttrelrs bill to survey the Sacramento
river appropriates $l0, coo for the survey be-
tween Tehama and the mouth of Spring
J creek.
Lanes harbor improvement bin appro.
PIRATES 500, 900 for Coos Bay, and $1OO, 600
for the mouth of the Coquilie river.
J The Mitchell and Kelly bills for the open
, ing of Umatilla reserve 10 settlers requires
the removal of the Indians now occupying it
either to Nez Perces, Fort Hall or Yakima
reservations, provided the chiefs Of the Wal
la Walla and UmatiIla tribes and Indians On
/ the last reservations consent to such an ar.
rangement As an inducement to the former
: IL il proposed to continue their annuties for
ten or twenty years
!, The resolution inquiring into navy yard
frauds for partisan purposes, empowers the
, committee TO call persons and papers. IL Is
| anticipated that Marc Island affairs viii be
ventilated ts4
PAGES resolution, inquiriug into fraudulent
entries under the soldiers homestead act, Is
applied first to recent entries of timber lands
/ in California The land office however
. holds these entries were within tue letter OF
the law: so IL Is improbable that entries here
to fore made will be suspended. &
: WILMINGTON. Jan. 6-The following Is
the full text OF the bill Introduced day before
. Yesterday by Morrill, OF Vermont to provide
for the redemption of legal tender U; :.
notes in accordance with the existing law:
Be IL enacted, To further enable the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to provide for the re-
demptionrof legal tender U. 5. notes In &C.
s cordance with existing law that the Secretary
{ of the Treasury be authorized to issue. sell
: and dispose OF at not less than par in legal
tender L. s. notes. either OF the descrip'
lions of bonds of the United States, bearing
3 interest ut q rate not exceeding II per cent;
a descr;hed i'm the act OF Congress, approved
! Julv IL. 1870 entitled an act to authorixs the
funding of the national debt. with like priv
ileres and exemption to the extent necessary
a 10 carry into full effect the Act OF Congress
= approved January II. 1875. entitled an act
Z for the resumption of specie payment and
u use the proceeds thereof for the purposes
sforesaid. and that said legal tender notes,