Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-02-06
Correspondence o, the oOid Hill Daily Ssu..l
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a, 1879.


the forty-hith Congress passes into
history.
THE PENSION LAw.
The President Saturday signed the
bill to pay arrearages Of pensions. The
Commissioner OF Pensions estimates
that the amount to DO paid out under
this bill. to pensioners already on the
rolls, will be $50, 00O, 900 the first year.
and 80. 00O, 900 the second year. But
he says no man eau estimate the amount
to be paid out to those not on the PEN
sion rolls. Secretary Sherman opposed
in tho Cabinet the signing Of the bill. ON
the ground that it would take $3.50. OOO.-
OoO from the Treasury. but the Presi.
dent. Notwithstanding. decided to mako
it a law by his approval.
GENERAL RICK.
Chairman OF the Pensions Committee OF
the House. said he believed that II ths
President vetoed il Congress would pass
il over his veto. But since ii has become
. Law. he says Congress intended, as a
matter OF justice to the crippled soldier,
or soldier whose health was destroyed.
that his pension should commence from
the date Of his disability. aud that this
law simply carries out m implied con.
tract. He IL waiting TO hear from the
Commissioner OF Pensions a. to whether
there IL ambiguity In the law or difficulty
In Its construction. aud he intends to see
that II shall be perfectly plain and that
the money Is appropriated to carry 1t
out. There is Que point that will per-
haps 20 at once to the Attorney General
for construction.
u SEw LAW
| Says that the arreaages OF pensions
shall DO paid at the rate for which the
soldier was originally psnsionsd. As
| Congress has changed the rate several
times. aud the latest applicants have
originally received the largest pensions,
the man who gets pcnsioned now gets u
big SUN in arrearages. The totally dis
abled man originally got - per month
now he gets s12. The question then in
the case Of a totally disabled new PEN
sioner il whether he should be paid ar.
rearages ut the rate Of S12 or IS per
month. The decision OF this point will
be looked for with great interest. The
Commissioner will ask Congress ut once
Tor an appropriation to carry ont the
Law, and that it be made Immediately
available. lie says il will not be Us dif.
iicult ~ people generally suppose to
carry IL out because ths additional evil
dsnce needed in cases Of those nov re-
eeiving pensions will be very slight. He
will ask for n small increase Of clerks,
and will ask that the present pension
agencies be redistricted. which he says
can be done without increase Of force.
ESERA saIELps,
Senator elect from Missouri. arrived this
morning. His commission. however.
has not come, anil until 1t does he can
not be sworn in. Senator Armstrong
retains the position until General Shields
qualities. Armstrong IL very indignant
at the shabby treatment he has ex.
perienced from the Missouri Dem
ocracy. His friends think that after his
long service he should have been per-
mitted to serve until the fourth OF
March. and attribute the election Of
Shields to a desire to soft.soap the Irish
element.
TuE rorrER COMMITTEES.
10 half the stories which are atioat
are true. the last days Of tho Potter
Committee promise to be busy ones,
and important developments are said
to DO in store. In its issue yesterday
one Of the New Orleans papers charge
that the Packard government was
induced to disband and 90 over to the
Nichols legislature by the money Of
the Louisiana Lottery Company. IL II
asserted that prominent Republicans in
Louisiana have called ON u Of the
members Of the Potter Committee to
bring before II a number OF persons who
are supposed to be full OF information
on this point. that he will adopt the
suggestion and will soon bring the
question before the committee for dis
cussion. Among the names furnished
are those OF Lieutenant Governor Wilt.
Senator Stevens. Duncan +. kennar. eS.
Senator Robertson. John Philips. J. ID.
Hill. Senator Texada. ex.Speaksr Bush.
j. A. Morris, Charles L. Howard. Gov.
ernor Pinehbaek. Sen. Demas Wayne,
Mevsigh and Judge Harlan. On the
other hand. 1t Is said with equal positive
ness that the committees report on the /,
original question at issue IL already
begun. and thai the remaining sittines
Of the committee will DO devoted sx-
clusively to an investigation Of the
cipher kilograms. !
x TYPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. ,
II Is claimed in favor OF tho new gen.
eral typographical survey OF the United
States embraced in the legislative appro- A..
p~riation bill, to be reported to the House :
tomorrow or Tuesday, tina, 1t will show /
that nearly all prominent interior lines
and supposed locations Of important ,
cities are now out OF place on the pres. :
ent maps. Thus. 1t Is said that Colum. !,
bus, Ohio. Is about a mile from where IL =
should be on an accurate map, and that
Salt Lake City. Utah. is several miles
out Of its place. II is also asserted that
some portions OF the present boundaries
OF nearly all the States are i~naccurat,ly
located; and that the same Is true in a |
lesser degree OF nearly every county di. I
vision. especially those which are formed
OF lines established by the surveys OF the '
Land Office. Ii Is further stated that I
the geodetic survey has already demon /.
strated the fact that the United States is ,
FuLL NILE wipSR !
Between the oceans than has been sup |
posed. So much opposition has been |
manifested among Western members to
those features Of the original plan which
contemplated interference with the pres
ent public land system. that this portion !
OF the proposed reorganization Of our ,
survey system has been struck out by !
the committee. The prospect Of intro ,
dueing boundary contests between near. ,
ly all the States. and many Of the coun. !
ties In each State, is naturally causing ,
no little apprehension among conserve