Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-04
SHIP RAILWAY.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Capt. JAS B. Eads
has arrived here from New York. During
the past two weeks he has been in New
York consulting with capitalists on the sub
ject of constructing ship railway across
tho ISthmus of Panama. 1t is understood
that he can secure means to test the practi-
cabiIity of his scheme if he can secure the
proper authorization to begin work. bill
will be introduced in Congress next session
to remove the preliminary difficulties in the
way of beginning the work. Capt. Eads'
scheme is to get ship into basin mounted
upon trucks and by steam power to convey
the ship and basin upon rails across the
Isthmus. The Nicaraguan government has
informed this government that it is opposed
to DeLessep's plan. In compliance with
request Of the Nicaraguan authorities, Civil
Engineer Menocal, Of the United States,
has been given leave by the secretary of the
navy to complete his survey of the Nicar-
aguan route for canal across tho Isthmus.
The work was begun by Menocal some time
o.
THE ''sEwARD RING"
will suffer again when Congress meets. Geo. F /.
Seward, minister to China, who is at the head
of the ring, will probably resign as soon as the
Judiciary committee of the House, which
has charge of the impeachment proceedings
of the last Congress agains>hiu, can report.
David III. Bailey, of Ohio, consul general to
Shanghai, who is Hayes especial pet, will be
the next member of the Seward ring to fall
Evidence has been prepared and will be sub
mitted to Mr.. Clymer, chairman of the COM
mittee on expenditure in the State depart
ment, showing that Bailey, while consul at
Hong Kong, appropriated $40, 900 of money
belonging to the government, received as
emigration fees. William M. Evarts was
notified of Bailey's misdeeds six months
ago, but, in the face of all the charges against
him, Mr.. Evarts chose to labor with Senators
to secure Bailey's confirmation consul
general at Shanghai
GEN. FITz JOHN PORTER.
ARMY circles here are convulsed with ex-
element over the new move that is soon to
be made by Fitz John Porter. The court of
inquiry left the case to the President to rem
edy the injustice done him during the war.
The President has taken no action, and
made no suggestion to Congress sincs the
adjournment of the court of inquiry. Ger.
Garfield, who was upon the court of inquiry
that condemned Porter, has rallied all the
Republican inAuense he could against the
President taking any action whatever In
this he has succeeded up to the present time,
but Gen. Potter is not the man to wait idly
for restitution. Gen. Mcclellan, present
Governor of New Jersey, is very anxious
to have Porter righted, because
his condemnation during the war
was an indirect reflection upon him, SO Nc
oil hoC had xUikh oofr
Randolph, of New Jersey, chairman of the
Senate committee on military affairs, and
Randolph has agreed to introduce and press
through his committee bill restoring Porter
TO his rank in the army of major general,
with all his pay and allowance since his dis
missal. This has been computed to amount
to about $4,000. So prominent Demo
GRAFT as Mcclellan will be able to do great
deal for Porter. Gen. Sherman is quietly
upon POrters side, which adds to the GER
tainty of his success in advance of his resto-
ration.
GEN. MCDOWELL.
1t is believed in army circles that Gen.
Mcdowell, commander Of the department of
the Pacific, will be put on the retired list and
Porter given his place. The project to re-
store. the general will be one of the first
things to be considered by Congress when it
meets again.
COUNTERFEITS.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. -Information is re-
ceived by the secret service division of the
treasury department that a Photographic
counterfeit five dollar note on the Globe
National bank of Boston, Mass, letter Co.
and Dedham National bank, Dedham, Mass.
letter co. made their appearance Saturday at