The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-12-07


Hewitt AZ New York will be the Chairman
OF the Railroad Committee over which
Clarkson y. Potter declined 70 o1ieiate-
Mr.. Hewitt i supposed 20 Be oppc~ed % an
subsidies for railroads, but - the majority
Of the committee j. known 70 BE- In fzsorcf
the Texas and Pacific Road, Mr.. Hewitt. n
he i Chairman, il l. supposed will report the
bill. ana leave II 20 the House for action
Gen. sherman was before the House Com
mittee on Military Assirs on the 2lsi, and
was examined al great length with reference
10 the Mexican border troubles. lie gave
il A. his opinion that the military force on
the Rio Grande was insufficient 20 afford
proper protection 70 the citizens there. and
deemed il necessary that the regiments now
stationed in Texas should be increased 70
their fun strength, and that an additional
regiment Of infantry and one ~ cavalry be
sent there
Since Mefcalfe, Of Missouri, was sworn
in, the Democratic majority i'm the House =
only Is. The Republican majority In The
Senate i now only 4.
Sir Edward Thornton has becntransferred
10 the British mission Al Madrid. and viii
be succeeded At Washington By Hon. Lionel
Sackyille West, brother and heir-preSump-
tive Of Lord SsckviiIe, now British Minister
At Buenos Ayres-
Judge Wright, OF Indiana, who committed
an assault upon ex-Secretary Delano IN
Washington some weeks ago, has been IN
dicted for assault with intent 10 kiIl-
II : understood that four Republican
senators, Messrs. Christisney. Burnside,
Matthews and Hcar, refused 10 he bound BY
any caucus pledge 10 vote against The con-
frmation u Democrats Who might be Nom
mated by the President
The senate Committee on Privileges AMI
Elections have decided. BY strict party
vote, 20 raport in favor Of Kellogg from Lou
isiana-
A new Democratic da:lE paper = u be
started II Washington, under the manage
ment Of Stil~on Hutehins. formerly Of the 81
Louis Times, and John A. Cotkrill, former
~ Of the Cincinnati Eaq8frsr-
senator sharon Of Nevada. whose absence
from Washington Al q critical paIiris2i june
ture was strongly deprecated by hi Republic
can colleagues, telegraphed 10 senator Ss.r-
gent on the a4fh that his private business
would not permit him to 20 70 Washington
before the last Of December
According 10 a Washington dispatch,
both Official and unofficial adyiee-
from Mexico show that President Diaz
i DESTROYS Of not only treating the
United States with respect. but pre-
serving the peace, and with thi- view only
has recently ordered large force TO the
Texan and Mexican border. The War De-
partmenr denies the report that Gen. ord
has applied f0r'a an additional force 70 bs
used in an anticipated collision with The
Mexican trcop~-
The senate judiciary COMMITTEES hare re-
ported favorzbly upon the nomination o.
Gen. H1rlan. Of kentucky, for Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court. The nomi-
nations 0f Gabriel G. Wharton, United States
Attorney for Kentucky, and W. Fitz~im-
mons. United s,afes Marshal for Georgia
were both reported adversely. An adverse
report was also made by the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee upon the nomination q III
$. sanford. Minister to Belgium. ard !
favorable report upon that Of H. W. Hifllari,
Minister to Brazil.
The Commissioner Of Internal Reyenue in
his annual report, gives the following fg-
ures: Collections for the past fiscal year
were S11s,s7O. oss, and for the months d
July, August, September and October, pres
ent fiscal year. 50, 90, 81, grand total d
SIS, 50 collected since the beginning "
the lat fiscal year Amount Of tax collect
ed from capital and deposits Of banks
for year ending May n, 1877, S3,s55,--99;
value Of stamps imprinted On checks, 81
9-7,-76: amount o. adhesive stamps -oid foI
checks, <sl1 is; amount Of tax collected
from matches, - o. .e5s- The Commission.
er recommends that the tax on matches h
removed, and also the accent imp0=t on bznl
checks, in ease the Government can dispense
with the revenue collected therefrom. The
Commissioner recommends that the rate d
taxation on spiritS and tobacco be not
changed.
An analysis Of the vote In the House d
sumption act shows that 100 Democratsycted
for the repeal and - cast their votes in th.
negative; and that - Republicans favored
the repeal, while q were opposed thereto
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
James Rosenburg Hawkins, colored. aged
-, was hanged II Towsontown, Nd. o.
the I'd. for committing an ztrccious oufrag'
upon white girl in April last. He made
I'll confession before he died.
Gen. McClellan's majority in New Jer~e.
il 13,.l0-z.l more than Tilden received Las
fall
Moses H. GrinnelI, formerly Collector o
the Port o. New York, and for many year
. prominent merchant, died on the Gath
aged IS.
The Virginia rivers rose % high on IN