Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

of louisiana, at Kingston, Canada
Charles Bartlett, of Maine, Guadalupe
Albert q. Porter, of Indiana, first comp
troller of the treasury. Edward S
Neatly, collector of customs at Bath
Maine. Jas. II Simpson, of Iowa. col
lectOr of internal revenue tor third dis
trict of Iowa. Edward H. Morrison
Jr., register of land office at Boise City
Idaho Commodore Edward F. Nichols
to be rear admiral Of the navy. Alex
G. Botkin, Of Wisconsin, U. S. marsha
for the territory of Montana.
sg.Ha CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: Bayard Taylor, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary to Germany John Baker O.
! Illinois, minister resident to Venezuela
VIM. G. Goodlow, of Kentucky, minis
ter resident to Belgium. VIM. B
Mitchell, receiver of public moneys al
St. Cloud. Minnesota. VIM. II. Green
leaf, receiver Of public money at Ben
son, Minnesota. a' $3.50 ~
.r THE MINIS AND COINAGE. 80
AT a meeting of the house committee
on coinage, weights and measures, the
following resolution was agreed to
unanimously: g. >..t. INK.
Resolued, That in view of the increas-
ing Of coinage, it is the sense of this
committee that there should be an in
crease in mintage facilities. 1t was was
also agreed that the sub committee of
congress in April next shall proceed to
the several points from which petitions
have been received for the establish
ment Of branch minis, namely Char
lotte, N. c., New Orleans, st. Louis,
Denver, Helena, Montana, Chicago,
Quincy, Illinois, and Cincinnati, and
upon their return submit u regular re-
port of Investigations to the full COM
mittee .r
| THE SILVER CERTIFICATE BILL.
The following is the full text of the
bill introduced by Senator CockrelI,
to-day:
Be it enacted, etc, that the secretary
of the treasury is hereby authorized and
directed to receive deposits of silver
bullion or bars with the treasurer or
! any assistant treasurer Of the United
States, in sums not less than twenty dol
lars estimating 4123 grains troy weight
standard silver to the dollar. to issue
certificates therefor in denominations
not less than $50, each corresponding
with denominations Of =. S. notes, and
such certificates shall be in the form of
certificates now authorized and issued
for gold bullion, and shall be payable
to the depositor or bearer and shall be
receivable at par in ment for duties
or imports, taxes and all public dues
and shall be payable by the treasurer
or any assistant treasurer of the u. S.
on demand in silver dollars or U. S.
notes and when SO paid such bullion
shall become the property of the U. S.
THE ARLINGTON ESTATE.
Dispatches from Washington Of the
Sd inst. state that an argument was
made yesterday at Alexandria, in the
ejectment suit of Gen. George Wash
ington GUSTS Lee, son of r. E. Lee,
against Fred. Kaufman, the United
States superintendent Of Arlington
Heights, on the Virginia side Of the
river, near this city, and several hun
dred freedman who now occupy the
estate by license from the United States
The Arlington estate is at present the
resting-place of the remains of upward
of thlrty-siX thousand union soldiers.
1t IS not the intention Of Gen. Lee to
disturb the cemetery part of the estate
if the suit should be decided in his
favor. He is willing to sell that portion
of the estate to the governments at q fair
price to be determined by a board of
arbitration. He claims the land
through the devise of Gen. Gusts to the
mother Of the wife Of r. Z. Lee. The
government claims the estate by virtue
Of tax-sale certificate similar to those
which have been declared void by the
| United States supreme court. The case
is being tried in the United States cir
cult court before Judge Hughes, il.
Lewis represents the government, and
L. r. Page the claimant. Mr. Page, in
his argument yesterday. held that the
| plaintiff cannot be deprived of his prop
erty except by the verdict of a Jury.
Argument by counsel for the govern
ment Will be made tomorrow
THURMANS RAILWAY BILL.
Washington specials of March 18th say
| it is Sen. Humans intention, at an
earl y day, to press the consideration of
his bill forcing the Union Pacific rail
road to give the government good Sc
curity for its Indebtedness. Under the
ruling of the supreme court the interest
is not due until the maturity of the
bonds. When this time comes II is
folly to suppose that the governm ent
will ever realize the enormous sum that
will be due at that period, for the rea-
son that the accumulated interest and
amount of principal will aggregate a
much larger sum than the entire road
and its properties are worth. The
Union Pacific railroad company, after
having had the use of the road and its
immense profits for years,
WOULD THROW UP THE ROAD
to the government rather than pay their
Indebtedness. Jay Gould is understood
to be close pressed in carrying the stock
of this road, and he is here watching
very closely any legislation looking
toward forcing the road to pay its dues
to the government. Any such result
would undoubtedly depress the stock,
and possibly prove his ruin.