The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-01-19
General News.

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Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege will meet in New Orleans on
the Gath inst.
The fresh ground -four from the
New Orleans mills has been thor
oughly tested and pronounced to be
superior to any sold in that market.
The Advertiser hears on reliable
authority that official information
has been received in st. Petersburg
that the Chinese have massacred
$1,000 men, women and children
ut the Kashgsrian town of Manas,
committing most frightful atroci-
ties.
The Scotman's London CORE
spondent understands Lord Derby
will inform Prince Gortschakoff
that the British Government is de-
cidedly opposed to Russia making
peace without the conditions being
first communicated to England
and the other great powers.
Many Fenian conyicts have been
pardoned, among them Mccarthy
and O'Brien, who were received In
London by the Irish POLITICAL pris-
oners' visiting committee. They
are well but look preInaturely old.
No condition has been made as to
their residence outside of the Uni
ted Kingdom.
The tax collectors in all of the
parishes but one have made their
final settlements last year, and have
presented collections made that
surprise even the Auditor. The
situation" of one year ago was
somewhat different, as then there
were fifteen or twenty of the old
Republican collectors who had not
finally. and some had not settled
for six months previous.
In Washington, on 18th inst the
House Committee on Commerce
had under consideration what is
known as the Copeland bill. for the
improvement and greater security
in the navigation of steam vessels.
and after amending several impor-
tant features of the same, agreed
to report it favorably. The Mis-
sis.ippi and Red river improve
ment bill were also passed upon,
but a motion to reconsider was
subsequently adopted. The COM
mittee at its next meeting will take
up the river and harbor bill
The agents of the Texas Pacific
are actively ut work, preparing for
the passage of their bill. They
claim 1876 votes in the House and u
majority of ten in the Senate for q
purely Tom Scott bill. They are
preparing documents to show that
the competition of the Southern
Pacific road with the Union Pacific
will be of great benefit to the gov
eminent and to the people. They
claim that the rates of through
transportation from New York to
San;rancisco by the Southern route
as compared with present, will be
AZ 100 to 135.
The earnestness and determine
ton of the silver men in Congress
is well illustrated by the utterances
of Mr.. Buckner, OF Missouri. and Of
the principal leaders OF the silver
party in Congress. He says if the
Senate fails to pass the silver bill,
or if it is passed and the President.
should veto it, will. the first
convenient day thereafter, move a
suspension of the rules, get bill
tackled on to the general Legislative
and judicial appropriation bill. This
can be easily done. Once on the
bill it can't be- taken of, and we
can say to our opponents, ''If You
won't give us silver, you can't have
any money"
January 10th was the last day
upon which application for repre-
rentation ut. the Parish Exposition
could be received at the Office OF
Commissioner Mccormick. The
number Of applications. about $50,
by far exceeds tue space allotted
for American goods. About FIVE
times the amount of space allotted
has been applied for by exhibitors
fAe largest number Of applications
are from New York and Pennsyl-
vania Applications from New En-
gland and the Western States
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