The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

r'iids tn"ntin0ed or provided for In the |
sct Il February %, 1875, to provide |
ar t''e settlement with certain railway |
companies, any discrimination of diff |
'~fence IN treatment has been made by |
Unlted States officers in favor of one |
ur more such companies as against |
Others, and If so, Whist further legisla-
tion, If any, on the subject is expedi-
cut
Penile.on introduced-a bill to au-
'hoTiz The appointment of medical In
spy cara IN the navy TO the office of |
chiei of bureau of medicine, and to
remove the disabilities of the present |
incumbenls.
C.ke presented q memorial of the |
State Grange of Tex4s praying for
the reorganization of interstate COM
megce.
Morrill,, from the Finance Commit
tie, reported adversely on bill to es-
tiblish The Ofiice of Assistant Unfted
States Treasurer at Charleston, South
Car7i;aa, and It was indefinitely post
poued.
Mr.. Morgan introduced bill for the
-s.iet of the Medical College OF Ala
psma. Referred.
\ number of bills OF minor impor.
ta:ce were introduced and referred,
and several private pension hills passed.
Then the Senate resumed the con-
siieration of the joint r, solution with
drawing the compulsory legal tender
power of United States notes, which
had been reported adversely from the
Committee on Finance.
Baysrd made a long speech in sup
pot of the views of the minority of
that committee, at the conclusion OF
which the Senate a. jourued.
H UsE-Goode OF Virgins, chair
man OF the committee on Yorktown
celebration, reported bill TO carry into
elect the resolution adopted by Con-
gress III O2tober, 1871, in regard 10
monumental column at Yorkt ,wn.
/ Passed.
Cook of Georgia, from the Commit
tee on PJstoffiees aud Postroads,
reported back the bill declaring public
roads and highways post roads, and
authorizing the Postmaster General to
put postal service on ell such routes
when public necessity r. Iires it.
Upon objection 10y Dlount of Geor-
| gia. the bill WAS withdrawn.
The House then went toto commit
tee of the whole on revision of the
rules. The new rules n far rs rule
seven were agreed to Without any i'm
poTtant amendments.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, January 81. - The
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds to-day agreed upon the
bills appropristipg money for the erec-
ton OF public buildings at the places
and in the amounts as follows: Mont
gomery, Alabama, 1925, 900; Jackson,
Mississippi, 800 900; Lyrchburg, VIr-
gina, $75 900; Charleston, West Vir-
g MA, $50, 900.
AUGUSTA, Me-, ,nusry 27.-The
Fusion Legislature assembled to-day,
but adjourned until tomorrow with
out transgc.iug any burness.
Bo TON, January GA Herald
special ssys there have been quite
large arrivals of Fdsionists from Lew
General has information that q COM
pany of seven,y-tiye is expected this
afternoon from B,ddeford.
Leadng FGIonists say that any at
tempt 10 arrest the officials of their
government will be resisted 10y force.
Tbe Governor has been urged to
cali the Portland b ucs and Mont
eomery Guards TO this city, aud it has
been suggested to have them qusrtered
in hall rear that in which the Flu
sioujs,s meet.
The Governors proclamat on is ex
pected to follow close upon the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court.
BANGOR, Me-, January 27.-The Su-
prrmc Court has rendered a unanimous
decision declining to recognize the Fu-
sionlsis bodies at Augusta and explicit
| ly declaring the House and Senate now
holding sessions in the State House to
be the legal Legislature of Maine.
CINCINNATI, January GA special
from st. Louis Gays the tide of the
negro emigration from The South has
set IN again. About hundred arrived
on the steamer Scudder Sunday and
left for Kansas, while as many more
came in by the steamer John B. Maude
last night. All of these people have
some money and came from East b atom
Rouge, La, Washington county and
Grenada, Mississippi. Those who
have arrived say there are hordes to
come. Numbers are awaiting on the
banks of the river for transportation.
| The colored man acting as agent has
sent to the relief committee a list Of
900 families, who he says will wish to
come North within a few days Seven
hundred eRigrsnts have reached st.
| Louis.
NEW YORK, January 27.-A special
frsm Atlanta says that two barrels
shipped 10 B. F. Avery 81 Son, Atlanta,
| pillow manufacturers, were opened yes
terday, and found to contain the
corpses of three half grown persons,
which, owing to recent developments
IN this city regarding boiy snatchlng,
caused considerable sensation. The
police were notified, and it was soon
found that they belonged to another
Avery, druggist, and were for the
Atlanta Electric College, and came
from near Cincinnati.
GALVESTON, January 27.-The state
ment in this mornings Meus to the
effect that the stock OF Freiberg, Klein
g. Co., of this city, had been levied
upon and the doors of that establish
ment closed Is pronounced untrue and
there are no grounds for the assertion
The business Of the firm has suffered no
interruption.
New ORLEANS, January 27.-The
new steamship Louisiana of the Crom-
we'll Line, from New York for New
Orleans, grounded Monday morning
of Grand Grosier Island, twenty miles
north of Pass A'Louits. Tugs have
gone to her assistance. II is believed
she will get off.
WASHINGTON, January 27.-The fol
lowing Is an abstract of BIyard's
speech in the Senate to-day on his res
olution: He said his object in urging
the adoption of the present resolution
was to bring about actual resumption
of specie payments. WhNteyer else
might be effected by tie resolution was
secondary, aud m rcly Incidental to
this one cardinal obj ct; sound
prosperity must rest upon q sound
basis, and real money is u sound cur.
rency. To resume by the existing sgt
TEN is as Idle as to bail water with
sieve. Paper notes are essential auxil-
liary to coin, but they are not coin
nor money, but substitutes for It,
Their acceptance must he based on
their credit, on taeiE convenience. and