The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-20

GAZINE STREET. SOkE AGENT.
tatr uoneany. i hra been .ordat"d further
that All persnDe teoeivlrg natl nndnr fictitious
uames shall he ,'en'ined a. thu netof1ire be-
fore the mail IL delivered TO them.
TIVE SAN ANTONIO AND LAREDO RAILROAD
The Unuaa Committee on Railways and
Canals began hearing this ing upon
kepre entative Upenna hin tn aid tn. q n
-t,uNi..n q thc R.n Antonio ard Laredo Raj
road Massra. Barnes aud nnedy made arAu-
mants pro aud con respectively.
aRN. pEauREaARp AND THE MILITIA BILL.
Gen. Beauregard, w invitation 800. arai be.
| fore the cub, committee of the H.,usa Commit
| Tee IN Militia and urged the p.ss ,9e pfa bill
nend,ng before the committee TO secure y rauter
| efficiency and more Thorough nIEatiza,inn W
tbe national militia and t. increase The Z neral
appropriation tpr their eunirmant,
| AcKIEN's LETTER.
I The following Il the letter referred to III 'ha
| Itvuea repnrt ynat terday IA having b.an annt To
he Clerks desk by Representa- i've AckIen. aud
read
n HouaE Nv REraHaENrAr1vEs |
February IA.
To tho Honorable Chairman ard hau bere of
the COMMITTEES on Foreign a n dr-
\ Respectfully state ~ The Committed an For
eian Affairs that addressed to lie anb \ IN
mittee letter reuunatinR them to notify me
whether tn their oliuion tho rnaouli II traree
mtttea. touching my conduct In matters therein
| refarred to, authorizes them In aaoerialbipg
and rep9aa ing their v'ewa Of the facts: also Z"
rapnr WHnt her my conduct wa corrupt OF 9TH
etwipo, and III tho event they regarded the rec.
oln,ion aa limtted,. 90 to notify me-. In order
whole matter of conduct motive and Intention
fully ana fairly before the lIonaa
now make . aimiar uuest 81 the full com
mitteo. That committed u mistake have al
ready admitted 10 The House and country
| Without knowing what the views W the com
nt'se" are aa I" the fae's ! submit. IN great
earnostneaa. that their report with an absolute
denial of all inquiry y. 10 whether my Conduct
waa corrupt m innocent might b, inpiaation.
carry with them such cnnstr uctinn aa an tnvra-
tigaton of my in tenH ua. motive. and obi ,cta.
| feel every assurance, would make imnnasthla.
| HcapeHully. etc, j. H. ACKLEN.
! A CORRECTION
The nomination John Il, tt'cknov, rejaeted
| yesterday, wac for district attorney for Florida
and not United States marshal. "A stated last
| night
| NOMINATION nEJEcrHp.
| Tho Senate In executive saaaion to-day re-
leraa the ncmit alton nf Hy. II Nihann to ba
Huparvieor nf nepsua for the fliHt district OF
Tennessee
DEATH oF THE FREacaER OF THE CAPITOL.
Constantine Bfnmiin Il we'll known froaco
artist, OF THE city, who has for somo time boon
| engaged in decorating the interior of the rotun-
In nj the capitol with y Herea Of fresco uicturea
| illustrative or American history. dini hare this
| morning.
| THE rEAnopy EDUCATIONAL FUND.
4 AT a meeting of thu board of trustees Of the
Peabody !, Ean"at!nnal Fund today. Chief
tn Of the
board oceaaionei BY the death Of Gen. Richard
| Taylor.
G. Peabody Russell. secretary or tho board
| says that the entire income of the fund has
been principally devoted to common schools In
the Southern States For the laat year, how
terest of normal schools. seminaries etc.
Should meeting Of the board be hold to-mrr-
row. the Secretary thin ks 2 memorial 70 Con-
grasa will be prepared advocating legislation
In behalf of the education of tho colored chit
dren Of the South.
4 wEIIsa NOMINATION.
Tho Senate Committee on Commerce 10 day
past poued action on the nomination of A. q.
Wells as Surveyor OF Customs at New Orleans
| until the next meeting.
GEN. pEAuREaARps VIEWS ON THE LOTTERY QuKs-
At the meeting OF the House Committee on
\ fastof'lras and Postroads today IL letter was
| read from Gen. Beautegard. stating that he
would appear before the eommittee on Monday
next and give his views upon the lottery uucs-
rue SENATE EXODUS INVESTIGATION
Il. g; badger. 2 prominent North Carolina
Republican. testified before the exodus COM
mtttea to-day that the landlord ana tenant act
| In North Carolina placed the entire crop tn the
poss, ssion cf the owners OF the land that u
,,' few Ind men take 9, advantage Of ths to abuse
| law ia beneficial. IA II enables many people 10
cultivate land. who could not do 40 If the law
was not in existence.
| Badger opposed tho proposition 10 colonies
the negroes ot North Carolina on nncult ivnt "a
| land anf said that II would ba better to leave
| them IN North Carolina whore there was Il
growing Improvement in tho a0cial and politi#
cal relations y tween the two ra.ns. ana whore.
In fact. the amicahle feeling between them was
moro pronounced than In any other southern
State.
/ THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on TERRITORIES.
! The House Committee on Territories to day
decided 10 report a substitute for the proposed
\ Oklahoma Territory hill. The substitute agreed
\ upon extends the jurisdiction ~ the disfrict
! Q eurts ia civil and criminal cases to the Indian
! Territory, enables tha Indians 10 acquire citi-
1enship and awards them lands In several dis
4 triats under the prescribed conditions.
| Mr.. Muldrow of Mississippi. will prepare q
minority report In opposition to the bill
| FoRFElTEn RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
Secretary Schnrz presented Il report to the
Senate to-day concerning the liant grants to
railroad eompanies which hRve noj fulfilled the
conditions 81 their grants, He refers 70 the fol-
v lowinE Southern companies, among others
which have forfeited their rights to the
amounts of land set opposite their names:
I Gulf and Ship Island Company o52 600 acres.
VI Gonsn and Tennessee i34 600 acres, Mobile and
| Gtrard $4,000 acres. Coosa and Chattanooga
l5o.MO aereS, Pensacola and Georgia 56s 900
acres. Florida and Gulf Central lsa ooo acres
North Louisiana aud Texas 100000 acres New
Orleans. Baton Rouge and NieksbGrg 160 900
acres.
The report says these companies so far as
i the Interior Department IL informed neither
| intend nor are prepared to prosecute the work
upon their respective grants. In fact 1t Is under
stood that some of these corporations do Not