The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.
coNeREs.INAI AND WASHINGTON NOTES.

The conference with the Piute Indians from
| Nevada has been satisfactorily ended. The
| secretary OF the interior has signed a treaty,
| with which Winnemucca and associates ex-
pressed themselves highly pleased.
| The president has nominated James Russell
| Lowell to be minister TO England, John w.
child, now consul general nj Paris to be min
| lister TO Spai n, and Philip ii. Morgan TO be
| minister to Mexico.
Democratic members OF the committee on
| ways and means in Congress have had a con-
4 sultation, and have agreed that IL viii not be
wise or polite TO force revision of the tariff
/ this session. This action Is in opposition TO
1 the opinions Of Fernando Wood.
senator Blaines connection with the bribery
| cases is TO be inquired into. The Fusionists at
/ Augusta have received assurances that the
| Wallace investigating committee will be there
| from Washington within a week to investi-
| gate the charges made against senator Blaine
| IN the bribery matter.
The defense put in by Kellogg before the
| committee investigating him falls short or
| what was expected. II is very generally
| thought by those who had paid attention 10
| the case that there is no chance for him TO re-
/ tin bis place in the Senate, the evidence
| against him being, in the language OF sena-
| tor, overwhelmingly conclusive"
In the House, on Wedn esday, Mr.. O'Conor,
l OF South Carolina, introduced q bill reciting
/ the fact that famine now existed in Ireland !;
/ that 3D0fUO men, women and children are suf-
fering for food and that II became the nuty of
l this Government TO relieve the suffering il IL
can. The bill concludes by appropIiaiing
s50OOOO toward that object, the money to be
expended under the direction of the secretary
of state IL was referred TO the committee on
| appropriations.
The House committee on APPROPRIATIONS
took up the deficiency appropriation bill on
| Wednesday for the pay of United States mar
| ShaIS anu their deputies. and after discussion
| agreed upon and ordered the chairman TO
| report the following bill:
Be II enacted, etc, That the sum of saeoO is
| hereby Appropriated Tor the payment during
| the nscal year ending June 30, 1859, OF the
! lees OF United states IN marshals and their gen.
| eral deputies, but no part of the money is ap
| propriated TO pay any compensation fees or
| expenses of marshals or their deputies for ser
| wees rendered In connection with the regis
ions OF title 25 or the revised sta utes OF the
| United states.
| Mr.. McLane offered in the House, on Thurs
1 day, Dill to carry out the provisions of the
/ Pacific railroad sinking FUND act, known as
| the Thurman act. Mr.. O'dars, cOlOred con-
l testant ior a seat in Congress from North Car
| exodus cOmmittee OF the condition OF the
| negroes i'll that State. The Ingalls, investiga-
tion is still in progress. and the evidence closed
| statement regarding the negotiations with
| OuTay ana justifying the secrecy maintained.
| IL is said that some Of the friends of Generals
| Pope and Mcdowell are endeavoring TO have
| another hearing OF the Fitz John Porter case
| ordered on the ground that the SchOfieid board
was Internally constituted.
| Almost the entire session OF the senate OF,
| Friday was occupied by Mr.. Beck in q speech
/ against Mr.. BayaTd's legal tender resolution
| In the House the Fitz John Porter reports
| were presented and the closing speeches in
| the debate the bank reserves bill We're
| made by Messrs. LOunSberry, rownsheud snd
! Buckuer. A scene occurred between MeSsrS.
| Townshend and Chittenuen. The revision of
| the rules was discussed In committee of the
4 whole. The House banking and currency
| committee has refused 10 postpone the con-
/ sideration of questions relating to the legal
| tender quality OF the greenbacg until next De-
/ the Washington aid society, entertained the
committee investigating the negro exodus
/, on Friday.
/ In the Senate Mr., Platt OF Connections, in
/ troduced a Joint resolution requesting the
president to invite representatives OF the
maritime rations OF the world TO confer with
| the Government Of the United states con
cerning route for an interoceanic canal, and
| Mr.. Bailey, OF New York, introduced a similar
bill in the House: Mr. Ccckrell, OF Missouri,
| requesting the president TO invite representa-
| tives of other maritime countries to meet in
| canal at Darien. Mr.. Vest, of Missouri, intro
| duced bill in the Senate 10 incorporate the
| Interoceanic Transit company, and Mr.. Wells,
| OF Missouri, introduced in the House bill to
| incorporate the Interoceanic Transit COM
| pany, to consist of James b. Eads and his as
| sociates. The bill 20 prevent cruelty To ami
mails in transportation was taken up, and,
! after discussion, allowed TO go over.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Ex-Governor westcott, of Florida, aged -,
died in Montreal few days since.
Annie Kline, aged Is OF Fort Wayne, killed
herself on Wednesday. She had previously
| quarreled with her mother.
| Eleven counties in Pennsylvania have in
| strncted their delegates to the National con-
ventiOn at Chicago TO vote for Blaine.
General George will succeed Senator Bruce
| as United States senator from Mississ ppi.
| Bruce was the only colored man in the Senate.
| The survivors of the AndersonVllle prison
| during the war have established an organiza-
| tion and elected Colonel George Hastings as
| president.
| nanarol CibSon ,vaS nom nofad IN the ITnifad
states Senate by the Democratic caucus of the
| Louisiana Legislature, on Wednesday night,
| to succeed Kellogg.
| The walking cane of President Lincoln,
which was stolen from the box in the theater
on the night OF his assassination, has been re-
covered in Troy, N. I.
Sixty-seven convicts were discharged from
| the Ken lucky penitentlarv on Friday, on ac-
| count of ill-heaitn and the bad sanitary con-
ditto of that Institution.
The friends of Charles w. Angel, who is in
| Joliet, H., penatentiaryfor robbing the Pull
man Car com npanyof sl2O, ,OO0,ars at work try
| inS to seure his pardon.
An old man by the name OF Gray, living
uear bloomington; Ind, was burned up with
| his house last week. de WaS'So years otd-Uoo
decrepit 10 save himself.
Commodore Horner c. Blake, of the navy.
died in New York on Wednesday, of malarial
| disease contracted during the war, and his re-
cent cruise in the Asiatlc squocron.
There is an effort being made to hold the
| next Democratic National convention IN
Washington City. The National committee
| will decide the matter ON the 22d of February.
A special from Trinidad, Col, says: "Seyeral
| hundred cowboys from the panhandle OF
Texas are said to be between here and Las
Vegas Fifteen OF them entered Las Vegas
Thursday night, killed the city marshal and
two citizens, and wounded two others"
New York never before had so many vessels
lying in the narbor awaiting cargoes. On
Saturday last the number reached 671, OF all
grades and for all destinations. or these Do
were steamers, 102 ships, 43l baTques 81 orlgS,
and l62 scho6ners In the main IL is due to the
stagnation in trade, especially in the grain
| and provision markets. The depression in the
| flour market is unexampled.
| The river commission adjourned at 81.
! Louis Saturday noon, to meet again at w ASH
ington February IL. The committees appointed
| two or three days ago on the report 10 Con
| gress and on pans and estimates, have nearly
| completed their reports, and will be able TO
| lay them before the commission on ITS reas
semDllng at Washington. No information
what these reports will contain can be ascer'
| tained.
| About 10 O'Clock Saturday night as Mayor
| Collins, of Columbus, o., was on his was
home. two men suddenly Jumped out irom
| church door at the corner OF Third street ano
! | Broad way, one grabbing the mayor from pc