Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-15

letters mailed with insufficient
postage will be forwarded and the
deficiency collected from the person
addressed. 1t provides, also, for
the issuance of the new stamps.
The Mexican War Pension BsiI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14th.-4:30
P. M.-The House, in Committee of
the Whole, amended the Mexican
war pension bill so as to include
within its provisions all survivors
of the Union army of the late war
against rebellion. The committee
rose without final action and the
House adjourned, after making
Willis's bill to restrict Chinese i'm
migration the special order for the
2Sth instant.
| Congressional.
WAsHINGToN, Jan 14th-SEN-
ATE.-The e-President laid be-
fore the Senate the proceedings of
the Convention held in Chicago, In
November last, for the promotion
of American commerce. That part
referring to commerce was referred
to the Committee on Commerce
aud that part referring to railroads
to the Committee ON Railroads.
The Senate then resumed consid-
GRAFTON OF unfinished business, be-
ing the bill to amend the patent
laws.
Matthews stated at length his OBJ
Ijection to the bill.
The amendment submitted by
Morgan several days ago, providing
that "whenever the court shall be
of opinion that the suit OF the
plaintiff or the defence Of the de-
fendant was vexatious or malicious
or an Infringement was wilfull, the
court may award against the party
guilty of such vexatiOus or mali
cious conduct or said infringement,
such sum, by way of counsel fees
and expenses of suit, as it shall
deem Just and reasonable. Agreed
to. The bill was then laid aside as
unfinished business.
Adjourned.
HoUsE-Com mittee of the Whole
on the Mexican war pension bill.
Goode moved to embrace In the
benefits of the bill officers and pri-
Yates Of the marine service.
Adopted.
Sinnickson offered an amend
ment granting pensions to soldiers
who served sixty days in the mill
tary or naval service Of the United
States in the war of 1861 for the
suppression of the rebellion.
Williams, of Oregon, moved to
clude the survivors of Oregon and
. Washington Territory in the Indian
! wars in 1865. Adopted.
In the standing vote on Sinnick-
sons amendment the ayes were 81
and the nays 70, and on the vote
by tellers the amendment was
agreed to-96 to 83.
Hewitt, of Alabama, moved to
. strike out of the bill that portion
granting pensions to the survivors
of the Indian wars aud also the
amendment just adopted on motion
Of Sinnickson.
Burchard offered as q substitute
an amendment striking out of the
first section everything but the di-
rection to the Secretary of the In
torlor to place on the pansion rolls
the names of surviving soldiers,
including militia and volunteers of
the military and naval service of
the United States, without speci-
flying any particular war.
, Hale offered an amendm ent 80 as
to leave III the section simply the
amendment Just adopted in rela-
ton to the late war. Birchard
accepted the amendment. The
vote was then taken on the substi-
tute by tellers and resulted 81 to
81. Chairman Eden cast his vote
in the negative and the substitute
was defeated.
Cabinet Mceting Confirm adams.
i WASHINGTON, January 14.-At
Cabinet meeting to-day Secretary
Sherman again called attention to
financial matters, and especially to
the success attending the resump-
ton of specie payments. He read
letters from Assistant Treasurers
stating that more gold is coming in
than is going out, and showing a
preference by the people for green
backs.
| The Senate confirmed l.. B. Prince
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of New Mexico, s. A. King of Mer-
ced, and H. s. Fitzgerald, of Yuma,
A. T., Postmasters.
Madame Auderspn's Walk Com
pieted.
| New YORK, Jan. 14th Madame
Anderson completed the task OF
walking 200 quarter miles in as
many quarter hours tonight.
Improved Financial Condition.
New YORK, Jau. 14th.-Govern
. ments are firm, and the immense
subscription to the four per cent.
loan have impaired q general feel
ing of confidence in financial cir
cles. The subscriptions to o.day
were Sl5,9S0,0O0. On the Stock
Exchange the chief interest CEN
tered in Northwest, both common
and preferred closing at the high
est figure yet reached. A large
business was transacted in Lake
Shore and Delaware, LackAwana
and Western, which also touched
the best prices of the season.
Flood in the Roanoke River.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 14th.-The
recent heavy rains have caused an
extensive rise in the Roanoke river.
The water near Weldon is as high
as during the great freshet of 1877,
and still rising.
Derxtn Hanged.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. IA
writ of error in the case of Bergin,
the Molly Mcguire, has been re-
fused, and the execution took place
as arranged.
The Rene Court OF Inquiry,