The Morning herald., 1878-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondents TO the EHRALp.
-s KAaNYxarnN. ID C. Mar q

Special Correspondents 10 the EHRALp.
WAaxrxsrox, D. C, Nov. H..
Unless the e1csssss Of Thanksgiving dsy
shall overcome Too many Gongressmen ".
shall have an unusually full house and
Senate on the opening day of The coming
session. Ainch mors than the usual nun =
Der Of members have made their winter
arrangements here. Only one COMMITTEES
has had mestings-,be House Committee
on ApproPriarans--and il. work is much
less than 1suai fom the f.ettttb n the sscr.>
tEries hGve had tie god sense 10 ca, do m
their estimates 10 about .hs ssue figures
80 The appropriations Of lac; wee. TIE
Post Ofaoe and War DepartneDrs ask for
morF Isat not for ordinary expenses. The
COMMITTEES will have the appropriation
bills ready as fast as the House can dis,
pose of them.
Among the siiis to come up early in the
Senate, having already passed the, Eouss
ia that giving to psrsens drawiug pension
on account Of the late var a pensicn back
70 the time when, if soldiers they we're
discharged, or, If relations OF soldiers,
back to the time The soldiers died. The
supposed neesssity Tor this ae,- arises from
me fact that, under existing laws, uuless
the pension claim was made within Eve
years Q! the time the hight accrus5- the
pension does not 20 back. The - mated
sxpsnse under ths aet is from len millions
10 thirty miiiio!s, out probably nesr the
latter amount. There is an sppe,.snee
justice in the proposition, but hcpe the
senate will look irto the subj Ct ca fullv
before voting away Ii. money. 7. - ma
to me thst wtst the eY.soldIers O; the
country most want j. the pr .npt exscuti an
0 laws siready in force. The bonds Of
ihe q overnmeut are above par, but the es>
tabIshed claim of q soldier, on account Of
unnecessary delays and FORM sli.iez, i. not
10 day worth ffty cents on the dollsr.
A meeting Of Southern, Wes,ern sud
EasleTn h'la ress men will be held st New
Orleans on Decemver 81, 10 consider SUBJ
lects connected with the materisi interest.
Of the country. TIE three proposition, 10
be discussed are the Improvement of n,yi-
cation en- the Mississippi and i,s tributa,i ies
ihe building Of the Texas & Pacific Rail.
road, and the means Of promoting orr
com meres With the West Iudia IsIards
Mexico and South America. The f,. Of
theee, The improvement, Of navigation in
The Mississippi and the wonderful sysea |
of river which enter il, will be beneficial |
especially to the West and Southwest. |
There is not elsewhere, in t1s world so
y.st productive region as that drained bv |
the Mississippi and its Tributaries Tbs
fexss q Pacific Railroad is more e..I
pecialy Southern work, but as, If bull
IT will be exclusively under G yerumen,
control as terases for fraisht, &C.. il viii
inevitably compete With the present mo.
nePely and % be Of general benefit. Whst,
ever encourages trade With foreign oouu
tries mry b csrtsinly said 10 be far The
common good, and 40 US the nsrl.ta ofi
South America and N.Noe will be .ln,os,
Ike those Of nesly discovered countr;ss
Their trade, vhiea Ehould come to- ma
goes almost entirely to European eop,ty;a
A Altogether, the New Orleans meeting d
'er,ss s.tertien from the peopls Of MI
parts OF the country, and il judi,iops IN
rs aciion and Recommendations i. win b.,s
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