The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-21
TELEGRlPHIC News.

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Texas Pscifc Railroad, one introduced
by Senator Johnston, of Virgins, OIL
the tenth of December and one by SEN
ator Dorsey, of Arkansas, on the elev-
enth of December last, with the substi-
tute, and recommends it passage.
Placed on the calendar.
He also reported back from the same
committee the Senate bill TO authorize
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
to extend its railroad from its present
| terminus in Arizona TO a point on the
Rio Grande near FL Paso, and TO aid in
building the same, without amendment
! and without recommendation. Placed
\ on the calendar.
| The House bill to authorize an Amer
lean register to foreign built ship for
the purpose of the Woodruff scientific
expedition around the world, which
WAS discussed at length yesterday.
was called up to-day and passed with
out further debate AZ it came from the
House.
Blaine, of Maine, Ivy request, nitro.
| 6uced bill for the better protection
OF acting plays and dramatic literature.
Referred to the Committee on Library
The Railroad Committee of the Sem
atG agreed, by decided majority, to
report faYorably on the Texas Pacific
bill, and to place on the calendar with.
out recommendation the Southern Pa
ciiic.
The bill reported favorably upon
gives government aid TO the enter
prise from Fort Worth, in Texas,
westward, but the road from the
vestern terminus must be built, with
out aid, to point on the Mississippi,
not north of Memphis, located by a
commission of five, Consisting of three
OF the ranking engineers of The United
States army and two appointed by the
President. IL is the same bill which
the Pacific Railroad Committee of the
House was directed to report as soon as
the committee was called for. Friends OF
the Texas Pacific are in high spirits
this morning.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House has agreed TO report the bill
repeating the bankrupt law.
The Committee ON Territories has
agreed to report the bill taking the bal
lot from the women of Utah.
WASHINGTON, March 10. The De-
partment of State.Is IN receipt of Off
cial information down to the fifth in
slant from the United States Consul
General at Havana. He reports that
up to that time the number of surrend-
ers in the Central Departments was
over 1000. The insurgents, still I'M
accounted for in the Eastern and Los
Villas districts, are variously estimated
at from 1000 to 1000. The terms given
the insurgents are generally regarded
az honorable to them as to Spain.
The rancoTs and animosities be-
tween the Cubans and the SpaniaTds,
which marked the first years of war,
ave, to great extent, disappeared,
ard the Consul has no doubt that the
remaining forces, before long, will give
In their adhesion. The time is, on the
whole, propitious for the introduction
of the long promised reforms on the
island.
The President has approved the act
aiding young Benefits efforts To cir
cnlstc the Herald around the North
Pole.
The Banking and Currency Com
mittee have agreed to report bill al
lowing national banks to replace legal
tender notes by United States bonds
bearing interest not e&cecdiug four per
cent. These bonds shall be held at
par as a reserve fund required by law.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
eiiue has compromised the nineteen
important tobacco cases in Surry coun
ty, North Carolina, in which the par
tics offending the revenue laws were
arrested several months ago. The
cases have been pending in the courts,
and now the Com missioner has agreed
to compromise on condition that the
accused shall plead guilty of violation
OF the revenue laws and sentence will
be suspended dunng their good be-
hivior. In addition to this the parties
under indictment are required to pay
1920, 600 tax assessed to the govern
ment. The action of the Commissioner
is concurred in by the Attorney Gen.
eral, from whom the authority for eff
fectlng the compromise was derived.
The action of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana in the returning board suits
and HamptOn's proceedings in sup
port of the revenue officers in South
Carolina were mentioned in the Cabi-
net to-day, and elected expressions
The President did not hesitate to say
that the events noted should be regard
ed as an indication of proper state OF
feeling In the South.
Secretary Sherman gave an account
of mis- appearance before the Senate
Finance Committee in opposition to
the repeal OF the resumption act, but
the Secretary Will not youchsafe SEN
tence of what he said in the Cabinet or
before the committee.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Secretary
Sherman was before the Finance Com
mittee, and questions were discussed
with regard to the practIcabliity OF
specie payments and the effect of the
silver on resumption, and whether the
bill assisted or retarded resumption
the amount of gold and silver In the
Treasury and in the country, aud other
questions. In that connection the
members made various iDqnirIes, to
which the Secretary replied, taking
the ground that the remobe ization Of
silver was an aid to resumption. Tho
silver bill dad some good and some
harm. One way in which it WIS harm
full was in the return Of the bonds !
from abroad, but IL produced
good by increasing foreign confidence
in our bonds, by reason OF the fact that
our own people took them up in large
quantities. He was strongly opposed
TO the repeal OF the resumption act
He stated IN reply to further Inquiries
that in bis opinion resumption of sre-
Gle payments could be permanently |
maintained without retaining the legal
tender function for about three hun.
dred million dollars of United States
notes; or, IN other words, that the |
legal tender notes after reaching per
should be paid out again for govern
ment disbursements.
ToRoKTo, March TO- 0'Donov ~
Rossa's lecture last night, coming As q
lecturer, was q compile failure. II die
appointed all who heard IL, ana hi.
principal supporters, before he wa.
half through, advised hm 10 Gus =
short II was not nearly 50 treason.
able nor inspiring as Gen. BuTke's harzD-
que of the fortnight previous. AL
the lecture he was oervous t.,
q painful degree. The peopl
to-day are beginning to coun
he cost. Nine men hsye been re-
p rted 70 the Young Irishmen's Society
as having been shot, one % iousIy
through the upper lip. How many Of
the opposing force were hurt is not
known, but none are believed 70 b.
dnu0erOuslv WOuDded rnnaf ~ th. !