The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-12-06
BY TELEGRAPH.
specia, to .he Miner.

l \ayy York Dee 2-The sun has t"' column abstract of the Presidents MesSase | It is shor: and does not make many feeolii mendatious for new legislatiOn- The tresi dent stroucIy advises Congress 10 make nt change in the currency laws, leaving uh | tou.hed even coinage and silver, and try l year of rest in financial legislation. he uIi 1 ies with Secretary Sherman m recoihHenu ing the issue of a 3.65 tond of as iow "e' nomination as ten dollars. On the Southeri
 question he admits that what Is called 'hi' 1 poiicy'' is failure. and takes extreme | pround but suggests no legIslatlon. It may | be said upon authority that this part oi tht
 message will provoke < formal reply ifoh ! the Democrats.
 The President quotes with approval Me ' Crary's criticism of lhe posse cohlltatus clause of the army bill. Without commit ting himself To either W lar or Interior Depart menis, in their dispute over the care of the ! Indians, he recommeI ds a new department | 10 which this and other like administrative | interests shall be contitled
 On the Southern question he dwe.ls partlc- ulariv upon the dishonest elections held III
 south Carolina and Louisiana. He speaks
 of outrageous frauds p,acticed i'll south Car olina-where there was no serio,.s intlmlda- ! tion but what there was lacking in this re-
 spect, was amply made up in fraud and bal | lot-box stuffing.
 He reviews the report of the Cabinet of
  ment. He reviews the Texas boundary trou- ! bles, and calls attention to the improved con- dition of affairs on the Mexican border. The President takes most ch eerful view
 Of resumption, and expresses himself upon the subject as he has in his reported speeches | on that question during the fall. He en- dorses Sherman's repolt in everything. He makes no reference 10 the proposed transfer of the Indian Bureau 10 the War Department. The Postclhce Department re- ceives a passing mention, and a few of the recommendations of Key are appoyed. The
 work of the Interior Department is briefly reviewed. The message heartily endorses Secretary Schurz's suggestions relating to the preservation of the government timber lands.
 The only suggestion concerning the De-
 partment of Justice, is Co appropriate $780, 000 for extra expenses of the United States Courts, such as for the payment of Deputy Marshals and witness 1ee<. While this IS asked for the l.. S. Courts of the entire coun- try, it is understood that the money is for the purpose of enforcing the laws in the South.
 Washington. Dec. 2.--HOJ JSE-The gal lerieS to-day contained rhe usual throng at the opening of the session. At noon, Speak CT Randall rapped the House to order. The roll called and showed 229 members present. The new members, Bailey and Majors, then took the iron clad oath.
 SENATE-Anthony and Bayard were ap- pointed a committee to join the House Com mittee and notify the President that Con- greSs had assembled.
 Washington, Dec. 3.--There will be no difficulty regarding most of the appr0pria- tion bills. The only contest now is the army appropriation bill.
 Senator Matthews called up the Texas Pacific railway Dill for consideration, and addressed the Senate. He argued that the government would merely guarantee the payment of interest on bonds of that road to the extent of less than two millions per aunum. It was manifest that the indemnity to the government, under the bill. was per feet, and any ultimate loss by the govern ment was rendered impossible unless it should turn out that after the completion of the Toad it should not be worth the accrued i, but such d proposition was not to i be entertained. He did not believe the gov ernment would be callel upon to make any advances out ef its own treasury The l Texas Pacific road, skirting the Southern | of the |. $. would form a base ! line from which lateral lines would ratlIate. ' new and profitable trade, and | soon a market would be found for the pro- duets of the United States in Mexico. The | general influence of such 3 trade. over our national interests, with Mexico, would be powerful. The construction of the Texas Pacific road would open by legitimate means the northern states of Mexico 10 industrial colonies. The construction of the TeX.s Pacific would result in i saving to the gov Of more than two million dollars per aunum. It was not fair and just to dis pose of 1t upon the summary objection that t was subsidy. He then spoke of the c..R- powers of Congress ,e regulate commerce., ana said that the bIll should be 'asaed aS matter of justice to the South rn States as the government owed protection O all and demanued obedience alike from Ill.
 Washington, Dec. 4.-!The President ta- lay sent 10 the Senate :. large number of most oF tEem being for inc onhrlaatiop of appointments made durino ne recess. Among them are the following: Albert E. Paine, Wisconsin, Commissioners i Patents; Lewis Wallace, Governor of >ew Mexico; Algernon $. Bittinger, Post laster at New Orleans
 ia the House to-day Schleicher. of Texss tiered resolution caiIitg 4n inc President 9t ennt ot the dispatch of October 9th. o'o, rom Secretary of State to L. $, Mia ''er h Mexico, together with .he other ocqments Gn the sablec oi cur commercial -i'tions with Mexico. Adopted
 \ motion by Mstthews to now take m le Texas Pacific blli, was reiccted-yeas, ,; nays, -. This was on the ground that
 would lead to long discussion. Y North Platte, Dec. IA hcr,ler iust in om Nebraska Fiyer reports that NorthE .Ach, on Dismal river, was burned by in. larS who have already run ogi 500 lo..i -. olSes rom that range. ID" oi .fiiiiying lheA.siv~-' 'leFderS are iFdEoo,i at fratts ranch, on a
 '5reat fears are entertained for ie safety of supply party of five men now iirty days out from tine North Platte.