The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-20
NEWS BY MAIL.
DEFICIENCIES.
The Money Already Given out In several
Departments.


stacles to the postponameht OF the extra
SESSION OF Congress is the deficiency In
the Department of Justice and the Navy
| Department The former department
| Is very hard up, indeed, aud has not
money enough to keep the United States
courts going until the end OF the fiscal
| year.
The United States Marshal for Boston
came here to-day for the purpose OF 80.
curing further provision, the sum of
money allotted to him being exhausted.
He succeeded In obtaining barely enough
to pay the jurors aud witnesses during
the May term. There will be d heavy
deficiency In the court expenses at the
end Of the year. and several courts will
probably have to be closed.
SENATOR oGLEsBy.
lHe Fails in Line with the Presidents
snusEsern Foley.
IN. Y. Tribune,
The two Illinois Senators visited the
Legislature OF that State last Wednes-
day, and improved the occasion to make
addresses. Senator Oglesby In his re-
marks declared In favor Of the re-
monetizing Of silver and ~ conciliatorv
policy toward the South. He said II
am In favor Of the return OF the era of
good feeling. ! have no more bitter.
ness toward the Southern people than |
have toward the people Of the North.
/ wish the era of good feeling to come
when the people Of the South shall
bow respectfully before the flag. 1t
would not be in good taste for me to go
self tangled up, and get you tangled
up"
where England win Have to Get Her
Grain.
TCour,er-Journal.1
The American and European grain
dealers are beginning to speculate on
the war rulnors and the possible closing
OF the Black Sea ports, the outlets of
Russia's great producing region,
from which England alone has in the
last ak months drawn 4,554, $50 hundred
weights OF wheat. The English, how
ever. assert that they will in q few years
draw their whole supply of grain from
India. Great Britain's importations OF
wheat amount annually to $40. 900 900.
but it will not do for her to rely upon
India. as the fearful droughts in that
country make it hazardous source.
She gets about half her supply now
from the United States. during the last
| six months having imported 7,19G, 135
hundred weights of wheat from that
source.
STATES RIGHTS.
The Sovereignty of n state over All Mat
tcr= not Transferred TO the Federai
Government.
tEuurier-Journsl.I
WASHINGTON, April 1G.- The United
States Supreme Court yesterday decided
in the caae OF the United States va. Fox
that the United States could not accept
or hold real estate devised to 1t in State
whose statutes forbade such a transfer.
The property In this case was the entire
realty of u man, Chas. Fox by name,
who wanted the government TO apply
the proceeds to the extipguisbment OF
the war debt. The right OF State to
: make such prohibitory laws. the deci-
sion says, follows from It's sovereignty
within its limits as to all matters over
which jurisdiction has not been express.
ly, or by necessary implication, trans.
!, ferred to the Federal government"
l. NEW MEXICO.
Another Rotten Borough for Radical
i Senators.
Q Correspondence ST. Louis Republican,
It is reported that the preliminary in
II trigues for the admission OF New Mexico
u ~ q State are in process OF elaboration
v and development at Washington, per
q haps with tho beneficent intention o
providing John Logan, Of Illinois, ol
i. possibly u. s. Grant, late of Galena
J. with another opportunity in life. There
, are many good reasons why the laz,
u and venal "Greasers" of New Mexico
should not be placed upon politica
u equality with the inhabitants OF the
n Eastern, Southern and Western States
r In the fact that they are Of another race
a speaking another language, and Of very
A nearly the same character as the natives
= OF Santo Domingo, whom the late la
mented u y. Grant desired to annex
y In the proposed admission OF New Mex
t leo we may be sure there Is concealed a
: personal plot which bodies no good tt
by Nevada and Colorado, two rott er
r boroughs created by and for the dirt,
a tools Of Radicalism. No more State:
> should be admitted until the Senate i!
= Democratic.
MUNITIONS OF WAR.
o Both Russia and Turkey Armlng Them.
selves In this Country.
my. Tribune.l
0 It has been ascertained that Turkey
Y is much better supplied with arms thar
was at first supposed, she having re
ceived over 10000 stand OF arms from
Providence, IL. L., Wltnln Che past tW(
: years, under contract for 500. 900 Pea
O lar to the Martini-Henry rifle used ir
q England. These rifles are still beinf
: manufactured for and delivered to the
q Turkish Government, several officers o
which have been in this country for
= some months past inspecting the arms
and experimenting their manufacture.
The Turks also have contracts with va
rious firms in this country for 200, ,00o, ,00J
rounds Of metallic cartridges and for q
l large number Of cartridge cases, which
: are now being made at Bridgeport and
q Russia has also received good sup.
| nlu Of arms from this country In nllr-