The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-24

~A&A0Ns
In accordance with Instructions OF IN.
House Committee on Banking and Curren'
~, Representative Phillips has prepared
and has been authorized 20 report 70 the
House . bill directing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to reissue, In denominations ~ 81
and 81 United States notes. the sum OF
$4,000, 900. held In reserve In the Treasury
for redemption Of fractional currency not
yet redeemed, and requiring that the
same shall be paid out on demand for cur
rent expenses Of the Government, 30 Is to
place II in circulation. The bin also pro-
vtdes that any fractional notes not destroyed
which may hereafter be presented for re-
demption, shall be redeemed from coin or
notes In the Treasury, and any sums sccru-
ing from this reissue, and needed to meet
appropriations, shall be employed in pay
ting and canceling bonds Of kind subject to
the call bearing the highest rate OF interest.
The House Committee on Public Lands
have decided 10 recommend the passage OF
the so-called 5-per-cent. bin introduced this
session BY Representative Sapp, Of Iowa.
The bill provides for the payment by the
General Government to the States OF Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wis
eonsIn, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada and Colora-
d0,of per cent. on the localities Of military
land warrants therein, estimating the same
~ $1.2b per acre, the payment to be made in
Treasury certificates, running 20 years, bear
Ing interest at the rate Of s.65 per cent. per
annum. Several million dollars are involy-
cd. A report against the bill will be pre-
scented BY Mr.. Patterson, in behalf Of the
minority Of the committee.
The President has nominated Gen. Geo.
A. Sheridan, Of louisiana, to be Recorder
Of Deeds in the District Of Columbia.
Captain Eads IL In Washington endeavor-
ing to secure from Congress a modification
Of the act providing for jetties at the mouth
Of the Mississippi. He states that upward
OF 80 per cent. Of the whole work required
to complete the enterprise has been done,
and less than 20 per cent. Of the contract
price has been paid by the Government. The
delay In payments under the present act, it
appears, is 50 great that Captain Eads
nnds II impossible TO push the work as
rapidly rs the public interests require.
He therefore asks that . part Of the large
sums In the hands Of the Government NAV
be paid over TO him at an earlier date than
the present law authorizes, in order 10 re-
lieve him from financial burdens and ena-
bic him to prosecute the work more vigor-
ously. The latest surveys show good nav
igable channelto the sea, with least depth I
Of % feet and depth OF 20 feet through the \
entire jetty channel, except q distance OF
- feet. The depth when the
Jetties were begun was less than
eight feet. A report prepared on the sub
lect shows that all the large shipping enter
Ing or leaving the Mississippi uses the jetty
channel, thus saving to the Government an
annual outlay Of $4,000, expended for
dredging under the old system, when there
navigable depth Of over Is feet.
Capt. Eads says he will secure the maximum ,
depth Of 30 feet within the time required by !
ne 1etty act. He does not ask to have the .
lepth Iessened, but only such notifications
= engineering experts may deem advisable.
Congressman Schleicher has made public ,
ne contents Of letter received by him ,
rom one Of his constituents at Corpus !
christi, Texas, detailing at length the most :
horrible cruelties practiced by Mexicans, .
disguised - Indians, who have recently I.
,een committing depredations in Webb.
Duval and surrounding counties. The
writer claims that some 10 persons were
nurdered,il us Of whom were children. and !
rom 800 to 600 horses stolen.
a Washington special Of the 10th saws.
The published statements Of communistic
atherings In various parts Of the country =
ave received sufficient consideration from =
be Government to lead to an investigation 2
? 70 the strength and character OF the re- J.
orted preparations, which shows that the
ccounts are very much exaggerated. In
Dc meantime, however, the Government !. y
III observe all operations Of this character = :,
order to be prepared for any emergency ;, :.
hould they in the future extend to dinen-
ons threatening the peace Of the country.0 =
Ihe majority report Of the Committee on ~
expenditures In the Navy Department saws -
ut the administration OF the Department
ON 1889 u 1875, inclusive, IL characterized q
the greatest extravagance and a total dis az
gard Of all legal restraints, the result az N
nich u that the several bureaus are now 90
deDted to the aggregate amount OF over
,vV'OUO, Notwithstanding the current by
preparations for those years aprre- 10
We $l49,O0O,OO0. For this vast outlay. fr'
~ the report, "there Il nothing TO show Sc
ve navy contemplate even In compari- err
q with those Of third and fourth.rate
'wers' The committee recommend an ap- no
cpriation Of $3,2l7,7 3s to enable the Sec In
tAry Of the Navy to paw all claims agains, es'
Department, and also recommend that pu
existing contracts for the completion o. FIR
unfinished iron-clads be cancelled the ar- un
egste amount Of which II $500 ,283. This cal
port y signed By Representatives wins. 12t
hitthorne, Carlisle, and Pridemorc. The ter
nority report Of the committee, signed bv ont
representatives. Page, Hubbell, and WI. for
ms Of Oregon. eava that thsv -. ,,..h,- va