Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-15
Our WASHINGTON LETTER

lUUh WAOuJV0 ] w Letter
Special Correspondence Of Courier.
WASHINGTON, n. O. |
\ sept. 1. 1875.
I'll. weather is 50 exccedin " delight
ful th.t It m .k+s one feel CAD that b
is sliye and Will enough to enjoy it
Notwithstand this. Secretary Morrill, let
mere this morning for Maine, TO take par
lin The State elec. ions which will be heil
.[Sepr. 10Th.
Twenty-ei9ht employees of the Pension
office received noaificatio" yesterday tina
their rs.igns,i rs would be accepted. ant
that they would receive one months pay
from Sept. 10th. The doomed .lerks il
the other departments will receive similal
notice in u few daye.
Senator T. w. Ferry. president pro
TEN. Of the Senate. whose term expir.,
March 81. 1877, will probably be returned
to the Senate by the Michigan Lcg'sla
ture. Secretary Chan Ter is not. Is hal
b-en stated, q contestant for the scat
Gov. BOgly. however. Is.
It is q singular coincidence that Mr..
Ferry's journey t" Washington last fall.
just previous to the opening of the g. s.
|sion, VS. 10 attend the o,,stquies of Vice
President Wilson. tn" pr. siding officer of
the Senate, and his journey home. vt the
close III the session, was with the remains
Of Speaker Kerr, the presiding officer of
the House OF Representatives. The action
of Mr. Ferry. in idelagi"x hts departure
from Washington when he received in
telligence If the death of Mr. Kerr, in
ord'r that he might pay his tribute of
respect to the dead Statesman by accom-
pauyi"g his r mains 10 thri' ii lsl resting
place. is spoken Of as being highly re-.
spectful AMI appropriate, aud many
friends IF the decea.ed Sp ak-r express
their appreciation of the thoughtful and
courteous course OF the presiding officer
Of The Senate.
There is now fair prospect that the
v Washington monument will be pushed
forward to completion. TIE secretary of
the Monument Society has received 81
from the Secretary Of
Stat" transmitting the opinion Of thei
Attorney General on the act oi Congress-
making ;h~ appropriation. The At, osney
Genera states that the first step to b
taken is the trsnefer and Conveyance 0fl
the monument anh grounds by the Monu.
Nent Society TO tile United States. Thi
done, The commission is au, llorlz' d 10 K
pend such sum as Is necessary to test
The strength Of the foundation of ihet
monument. If found insuffl.icnt. no
hing further can be done till further
action is taken b. Congress: but If found
sufficient, the commission will proceed oil
,nce to press the work TO completion,
making no deviation whatever from the|
present plan. A epecial meeting of the
Society was held yesterday. and he neces-
',ry steps taken for putting up cont,lbu.
lion boxes o. the Centennial grounds.
Philad. lphis.
Congress. at Its last session, authorize.
ne President to appoint three cOmmls.
''oners TO investigate the pay of rail-
o IDS for transporting the mails, and re-
BORT ut The next session Of Congress.
The President has appointed til" follow
ng As the commission: Frank w. Palm
r. of Illinois, Gardner G Hubbard. OF
Mass .chuseIts, AM Daniel L. FIX. Of
George D. Bassett, for
many years clerk to TIE COMMITTEE on
Ways and Means, has b en- appointed
'lcrk {" tn commission. TIL cummis.
ioners will each receive $50 pr month
md the clerk $500. All their expenses
vii be paid by tho government.
TIE N. Y. Herald, Of the 23d inst.
avs: Intelligence MAS r.c-ived in Jer-
ey City yesterday that the beet which
g shipped from the abattoir to Eng
and BY the Cunard ste amer, Abys>inia.
rived in excellent condition, and ,
Fought good prices in The Liverpool and ,
.ondon markets. The meat was as
resh and tender Us If killed only two
'ys previously, and the English cattle
Merchants wers amazed. The American
EFT was rapidly bought 10 at !. IS than
alf the price charged for English beef.
low that regular ice compartments have
cen made. IN certain steamers, arrange
rents have been made for shipping five
undrtd cattle per week to England"
There Is little doubt that in . short
the vessels will b. provided expressly
n this business. and this together with
'e really sale that is row found f.rl
mer'can horses in England, opens alt
sw field for our enterpns,ng graziers.
SAXON.