Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-30

WHEREAS, Satisfactory evidence has been
given to me by the government of his majes-
ty the emperor of China, that no discrimin-
ating duties of tonnage or imports are i'm
posed or levied in ports of that nation upon
vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the
United States, or upon the produce, manu-
factures or merchandise imported in the
same. therefore, 1. Rutherford B. Hayes,
President of the United States of America,
by virtue of the authority in me vested by
Law, do hereby declare and proclaim that
foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and
impostswithin the United States are, and
shall be suspended and discontinued so far
as respects vessels Of China, and the produce,
manufactures and merchandise imported
thereon into the United States from China
or from any other foreign country, so long
as the exemption aforesaid on the part Of
China of vessels belonging to citizens of the
United States and their cargoes, shall be con-
tinued, and no longer. In testimony where
of, have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this 23d
day of November, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and
of the Independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and fifth. (Signed)
By the President, RUTHERFORD B. HAYES @
VIM. III. EvARTs, Secretary of State.
NAVAL BUREAU REPORTS.
Chief Easley, of the naval bureau of con-
appropriated for the fiscal year 1879-SO,
$1,5OO,0O0 amount expended, 100000.
The present number and class of vessels
comprising our navy as follows: In COM
mission, steamers 20; sailing ships A. moni-
tors, 6; torpedo boats, 2; total, 43. In Or
dinary, steamers, 18; sailing vessels 8; mon
itors, q; receiving ships, steamers, 8; sailing
ships, 81 storeships, steamers, 1; sailing
ships, g. on the stocks, steamers, 4; sailing
ships, ]; monitors, 4; ironclads, 8; repairing
steamers, 0. At the naval academy, sailing
ships, 3; monitors, /. Public marine school,
sailing ships, 1. Tugs of all kinds at yards
and stations. 25. Total number of vessels.
t5e.
In concluding the report Chief Easley
says: "A brief inspection of the foregoing
list of vessels will show the necessity of an
increase in the number of efficient vessels
for the navy. The finishing of five moni-
tors and two cruising ships, now commenced,
and improvement and repairs to the "Dio-
tator," are of first Importance. respect
fully recommend the building of two az
mored ships of displacement, $500 tons
each, and of three unarmored gunboats hav
ing displacement of 700 tons. The esti-
mated cost of these vessels under this bureau
is So, 100000, but an appropriation of only
81, 900 will be required the first year.
The appropriations asked for this bureau
during the next session of Congress are
summed up as follows: For preservation
and repair of vessels, purchase cf tools, ma
telials, etc., finishing the New York and
Mohican, and repairing the Dictator, $2.000,-
600. For building three gunboats and COM
mencing work on two armored cruising
ships. 81, 100000. For finishing and re-
pairing the monitors Terror, Puritan,
Omphitrite, Monadnock and Mianto nomah,
SS,122,836. Total appropriations asked
for, $7,122,s36.
Chief Shoch, of the bureau of steam epgi-
neeripg, reports the amount appropriated
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880
100000, and the total amount expended,
1874, ,G13. The departments under cog
nizance of this bureau at the several navy
yards are reported to be IN good working
condition.
Commodore Jeffries, chief OF the bureau
years 1872, aggregating $306,3 He
says: "Our first and most pressing want is
guns of the latest and most approved system.
At present our ships are principally armed
with small bores or smooth bores converted
into rifles. These converted guns have
proved very safe and efficient and use higher
charges than before conversion, giving
greatly increased velocity, range and accu-
racy. The progress of gun construction has
been so great as to reduce to tho second
class the entire armament of the navies of
the world, but this bas been so recent that
only model guns have been made and there
is not at this time single ship afloat armed
with the latest type of effective ordnance.
He recommends the use of larger class of
machine guns as of great value against the
attacks of torpedo boats.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
No. Il; East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor-
gia railroad company vs. HANDLER county,
Tennessee. Judgment affirmed. This case
in the opinion of the court, is governed by
that of Morgan vs.. Lo 1isiana, SO o. s.,
217, in which il was decided that immu-
nifty from taxation is not such franchise of q
railroad corporation as would pass by sale
under mortgage Gas property and fran
chises of the company"
November 18th, City of Louisiana, Mo-,
vs. Thos. j. Wood; in error to circuit court
of the United States for the eastern district
of Missouri. This was suit brought py
Wood to recover back the money paid by
him through broker to the city of Louisl-
ana for lands which purported to be valid
obligations of that corporation, but which
were in fact invalid and void, for the reason
that the city authorities antedated them to
evade the State registry laws. This court
holds that although the bonds are clearly in
valid as obligations of the city, for the rea-
son above given, the claim of their holder
for restitution of money which he
paid for them is just and
must be sustained. He was kept in ignor-
snce Of the facts which made bonds invalid
and did not knowingly make himself party
to any illegal transaction. The only party
that has done wrong is the city. The money
was gotten from the purchase of bonds by
imposition, because the city, with intent to
deceive, pretended that tie false date which
the bonds bore was true one. If city OBJ
tain money Or property of another fraudulent
Iy and without authority, the law, independ-
ent of any statute, will compel restriction or
compensation. Judgment affirmed with
costs and interests.