New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-21
WASHINGTON.
The LiQuoF Traffic.


WASHINGTON, January 2O-The Senate
Finance Committee will report favorably
on the bill for q commission on alcoholic
LIQUOR traffic, amended to include fermented
and all kinds of liquor in the proposed in
9uiry.
Special Counsel Appointed.
Thomas P. Ryan has been appointed
special counsel to conduct the revenue cases
in San Francisco.
n Centennial Bank.
The Centennial National Bank with q
capital of $2OO, 900 is authorized to com
mence business.
A Fog Bell at Cherrystene.
A fog bell at Cherrystone Light Station,
Virginia, will be struck by machinery dur
ing foggy weather, two strokes in quick sue
A Committee with . Clerk.
A clerk has been appointed to the levee
commission.
The Sixth Auditorship.
Judge j. j. Martin, postmaster of Mont
gOmery, is here before the Finance Com
mittee regarding the nomination of McGrew
as sixth auditor. The committee reached
no conclusion. Mr.. Martin leaves home
ward tonight.
The st. Leais lRailread Committee.
The memorial committee of thirteen ap-
pointed by the recent St. Louis National
Railway Convention, waited to-day upon
the President of the Senate and the Speak
or of the House and presented the memorial
and the proceedings OF the convention in
favor of government aid to secure the
prompt construction of the Texas and Pa
cific railway as competing line to the Pa
ciic.
Hon. Stanley Mathews, of Ohio, the pres
ident of the convention; Colonel William
M. johnson, Of North Carolina; Hon. w. p.
Thompson, of Missouri; Hon. j. H: Kennard,
of Louisiana; D. Felsenheld, of California;
C. X. Marshall, of Mississippi; and A. C..
Clopton, of Texas, we're present. These
documents will thus officially reach both
houses of Congress where they will receive
the consideration of the proper committees.
The committee has . letter from the Pres
ident, inviting them to call ON him tO-mor-
row at two o'clock.
Oklahama.
The House Committee on Territories will
hold Q special meeting to consider the bill
for Q Territorial government for Oklahams.
There are 10000 citizens Of the United
Indians, with no regular laws or punishment
tor crimes. The expenses Of federal court
at Fort Smith will reach $400. 900 per year.
X00 VACANT S0009O8O0lWe
Attempts to verify the rumors regarding
the Louisiana senatorship have developed
the fact that the real obstruction to Pinch.
back is at present whether there is . de j,sre
government in Louisiana, and until this
question is finally settled by the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections Pinchback
will not get vote of the Senate on his case.
Should Governor Kellogg sppoint . new
man he will ct and in no better position than
Pinchback.
Cotton Frauds.
The grand jury to-day had under consid
GRAFTON the alleged cotton frauds in the
cases of Parkman, Brooks & Co. Several
prominent treasury officials gave testimony
before the jury, among them First Auditor
Mahan, Deputy Controller of Customs
Lockwood, Cashier Guthrie and others.
Ex-senator Sawyer has written Q letter
disavowing any completely in the matter.
Postal TeleErapky.
Senator Sargent's bill for postal tele-
graphs allows lines in the postofices, and
makes the postofices receive messages; al
lows . combination of postmaster and tele
grapher, fixes the tariff, and gives the gov
ernment business precedence.