The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-08

WASHINGTON

AVNs
The House Committee on Public Lands
have agreed TO report = bill FORGETTING all
land grants TO railroad corporations which
have failed 70 fuiill the conditions upon
which such grants were made. II IL esti-
mated that the bill, II passed, will restore
20 the public domain about 0 ,oo0,0oo acres
OF land. Among the roads enumerated are
the Northern Pacific, Texas Pacific, Atlantic
and Pacific, Little Rock and Fort Smith, ~.
Louis and iron Mountain, New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and vicksburg, and several
Others.
The Senate has voted TO restore the frank
ing privilege, and II Is believed the House
will concur.
An official statement to Congress regard
ing the recent war against the Sioux shows
that the estimated cost Of the war Is $2,3l2,-
531, and the whole number OF persons kill
ed were Is officers and a65 enlisted men.
There were two officers and l2s enlisted
men wounded.
Oficisl notice has been published az the
Withdrawal Of all offers OF reward for in
formation a. TO Illicit distillation in various
Southern States, as more effective methods
for its suppression in those localities are
now being put into operation.
The Senate has rejected the nomination Of
Williamson, to be Collector Of Customs at
New Orleans, by a vote Of ~ yeas TO 81 nays.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker made an adj
dress before the Senate Committee on Priyi-
leges and Elections on the I'D, on the sub
1ect OF woman suffrage. A number OF ladies
were present.
r. W. Taylor, First Comptroller Of the
Treasury, was stricken with paralysis while
nj his desk In the Department AZ Washing
ton, on the 18th, and died two hours after
wards. Taylor was appointed BY President
Lincoln during the administration Of Secre-
tary Chase. He was from Ohio, and was
about "a years OF age.
The House Committee on Education and
Labor, TO whom was referred various mat
tiers in reference TO Chinese immigration,
report that, inasmuch as the great majority
OF Chinese immigrants are unwilling 70 con-
form to our institutions, 10 become perma-
nent residents Of our country and accept the
right and assume the responsibility OF citi-
zenship, that the President be requested to
open correspondence Immediately with the
Governments Of China and Great Britain.
with a view OF securing a change or abroga-
ton OF all >tipulations in existing treaties
which permit unlimited immigration OF
Chinese 70 the United States.
Representative Clark. OF Missouri, has in
PRODUCED in the House a bill providing for
the removal Of sunken vessels in the Mis-
si-sippi River and its nayigzble tributaries.
The bill provides that after % days. notice
the Government boats shall proceed TO re-
move any sunken vessel and make whatever
disposal OF the same the Government OIL
cials may see ft. At present there l. no
salvage law affecting the Western rivers,
and the owners or underwriters can use
their own pleasure.in removing such OBJ
ftructions.
Representative Scales, Chairman OF the
Committee on indian Affairs, In his report
In favor Of the bill for the transferring OF
the Indian Bureau from the Interior 10 the
War Department, shows the present man
agement costs the Government Sz3.05 per
capita, while under the proposed bill the
cost TO the Government will not exceed S4.2s
per capita.