The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-20

the amount stated out OF any money IN tnt
| Treasury not otherwise appropriated. A mo
| tion to suspend the rules and pass the River
| and Harbor bill was agreed to. MIR. Bloun'
| moved to suspend the rules and pass the De
the Committee on Appropriations. Agreed
| to. A recess was taken till evening when
memorial services were held for Represents
| tive Schlefeher.
Washington.
A NATIONAL conference of colored
citizens is to be held in Nashville, May 6
The object of the conference is to consider
the situation of the colored people in the
South relative to the enjoyment of life, liber-
ty and property; also their education, moral,
social and political condition, and the ques.
ton of emigration.
WILLIAM BUTLER was nominated
United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, by the President, on
the 12th.
Ex-Governor PINCHBACK, on the
18th, accepted the Office Of revenue agent of
the Louisiana district.
The eighty-eighth call for the re-
demption Of $40, ,OOO, 900 $40 bonds was issued
by the Secretary Of the Treasury on the 18th.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, in his letter
to the House on the 18th, stated that the esti-
mate of expenditures for the next fiscal year
amounts to $2S4, $50 419. The estimated receipts
are from customs, s133, 00O, 900; from internal
revenue, $l06, ,0O0, 600; from miscellaneous
sources, SIS, 500 900; total S257, 500 900, leav-
ing deficiency Of f27,062, ,4l9.
The Assistant Attorney-General of
the Post-ofice Department gives 1t as his
opinion that members of Congress-elect are
not entitled to frank public documents.
PosrMAsTER-GENERA KEY declines
to re-establish the Spring Garden, Ala, Post
office, closed On account Of maltreating Spe-
cial Agent Williams, who had arrested the
Postmaster for speculating In stamps. He
says he may reconsider the matter when the
case of Alabama against Williams is dis
posed Of.
The President, on the 14th, nomi-
mated Horatio C. Burchsrd, Of Illinois, direct
or Of the mint, rice Linderman. deceased.
SENATOR BRUCE, of Mississippi, oc-
cupied the Vice-President's chair in the Sem
ate, on the 14th, during a portion OF the de-
bate on the Chinese bill. This is the first
time a colored man ever sat in the seat of the
Vice President Of the United States.
The Commissioner of Pensions has
suggested changes In the arrears of pension
l3Wb. RECOMMENDING tudL y PTONlSiOu oc ulauc
by which SIC, ,000, 900 can be saved. A sub
committee has been appointed to prepare the
required legislation.
The testimony of Senator Matthews
before the Senate Select Committee concern
made public on the 18th, and is a general de-
nial Of Anderson's statements so far as they
relate to himself
THE chairman of the House Com
mittee on Ways and Means reported, on the
18th, a scheme to provide money for the pay
ment Of arrears Of pensions. 1t declares that
the reduction Of the public debt having been
IN the past years quarter more than the sink
ing fund law required, the G overnment is not
the coming fiscal year; that the Commissioner
OF Pensions has estimated that 1t will require
81, 100000 for arrears, and the Secretary has
reported that there will be q deficit of S27,-
the sinking fund, and that the reports of the
Secretary Of the Treasury show that there is
. balance of $130, ,000, 900 in the Treasury.
Then follows q resolution instructing the
Secretary of the Treasury to use this surplus
fund.
Or the $45, 900, 900 fractional curren-
cy issued, there remains outstanding about
SIC, 600 900, of which amount about 81, ,OO0, 900
is three and five cents. 1t is now estimated
- 600 900 of this sic, 600, 900, leaving SIS, 0OO
600 as q profit to the Government-that
amount being lost or destroyed.
PRESIDENT HAYES has signed the act
to allow women to practice before the Su-
preme Court; also the Naval Appropriation
bill.
The General Deficiency bill as passed
by the House on the 18th, appropriates $2,-
5-Q OQ0 IN u,eat da6ciapc;ea On vorious danart
ments.
JOHN F. HARTRANFT was confirmed
Postmaster of Philadelphia on the 18th.
The Secretary of the Treasury on the
18th issued the eighty-ninth call for the re-
demption Of s2O,OOO, 900 $50 bonds of 1865,
consuls of 1867.
The East.
AN embankment at the Ziegler ore
beds, fifteen miles from Allentown, Pa, caved
in on the 11th, burying fifteen persons, killing
one and seriously wounding four.
THE Sayles mill companies at Nor
wich, Conn, have failed. Liabilities $7OO 900.
The assets consist Of four mills with tene-
mcnts. which cost considerably more than
this sum.
BERTHA BURGER. of New York City,
was arrested on the 11th, for criminal practice
on Cora Sammis, who was found in her house
in q dying condition. Another victim was
found with Mrs. Burgers mother.
A COMMITTEE of the Fire Underwrit-
ers have decided to recommend an average in
crease in rates Of about twenty-five per cent.
The risks will be divided into three classes, rs
follows: On goods in bulk not infiammable
in themselves or liable to combustion in an
ordinary fire, 40 cents; mercantile property,
60 cents; light goods. broken stocks and open
lotsof goods Of an extra hazardous nature, 30
cents to $1.50.
The Iron and Steel Association held
its annual meeting at Philadelphia on the 12th.
Resolutions were adopted congratulating the
iron trade of the country upon the resump-
ton of specie payments and the gold basis for
values; commencing Congress for resolving
to maintain in circulation $500, 600, 900 legal
tender notes, and attributing to protection
the present favorable balance of trade. The
Secretary Of the Treasury was thanked for his
efforts to secure the faithful administration
OF laws relating to customs duties and the
correction OF abuses which have especially af-
fected domestic manufactures Of iron and
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