The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-19
United stntas Circuit Court here for depreda-
tions upon public lands.
WASHINGTON.
Tbs Claim of Texas for Frontier Defense
Likely to Be Allowed.

WASHINGTON. Feb T-The House Committee
on Military affairs agreed to day 70 report IA
teeretary of War to ascertain and report to
Congress the amount of'money aSpen1eh and
Indebtedness incurred by the Htate uf Texas In
sepeling Indian and Mexican ineursiona.
THE EyEeUTIvE sEssIoN OF TIVE SENATE.
Almost the entire executive session Of the
Senate this eyeninR was deyatad to the discus
sion Of the aom'naticn Of d stioknny for re-
Florida. The nomination WAS reportel nj
versely from he Judiciary COMMITTEES and was
opposed by both tprl Ida sen ators on the ground
gt reappothfment. Senators Ejmunds and
uonkling supported the nomination and en-.
deavrred to make q. political case outof II, and
to show that Atiekney was opposed because he
was n Republican. This however. the Florida
sens'ora denied After o lo,g discussion the
nomination was rel ceh hya vote ~ neatly two
raj Republicans voting against the eonflrma-
tign.
flrmed tha following nominations to be supar-
ysnra of nenena Of Georgia: SECOND District
W n. McWhn,ten Third District Wn ClIf,on ::
Fourth District Ghas II johnson; Fifth Dls-
Il, let. W A. Harris.
THE SENATE FIopUs COMMITTEE.
The aanats Exodus Committee ex xemined to-
day j. u. ayphax of Virginia, and II y Bad
Kss ger = sh o.r"ln me e ,1.ep ,asasa t.
North Carolina. but nothing especially new or
important Waa aloted
THE sgEArE CoMnITTEE ON rrD1AN AFFAIRS.
The senate COMMITTEES on Indian Affairs to-
day agreed to devote their next meatiDR and
| as many more In se1nence as may be- necessarily,
to the ennsiae, alton = the prop psed transfer of
the control Of the Indian eff Airs from the Inte-
| rtor to the War Department, and the collateral
| uueetion raised hv pending hlia which provi ie
| tor the allotment Ut Indians upon lands In
severalty. and for the extensi IN of general lave
In regard to citizenship. criminal oTensea etc,
over all Indians.
THE FUNDING pIII.
| The House Uammltt"e on Ways and Means
met this morning for final revision of the fund
the House this afternoon with the re1uast that
the fret Tuesday In March be assigned for tta
consideration.
| THE REFuNplNg nHI,.
| The rebuilding bill reported to the House to-
day hy Representative Wood. from the Com
mIttee on Ways and ans. emhaltes the essen
tial features Of Representative Wooh's bill rs
risinally introduced. 1t provides, for the re-
| funding t the and per cent bonds maturing
In 1891 hv a bond bearing az per cent interest
and running forty years, with an Opt N 10 the
eoyernment OF A. redsemine at any time after
authnr'aea an Issue Of s7no.ooo 900 Of bonds and
5000 900 900 Of Treasury notes. each baal ing ~
bo redeemed at the option of he government at
any 'me after the expiration Of two Years
provided. that not more than $40 600 900 are re
| deemed In any one year.
THE SUGAR TARIFF
| hill was introduced In the House to day by
| Representatives Gibson. of Louisiana, to secure
n more uniform collection Of duties on Inn
ported sugars. Itprovides that all sugars. the
apparent color Of which. as imported. Is not
above No. Dutch standard In color. md which
contain over % per cent and not over a5 per cent
af nrysaliizahe Q sugar In hundred parts Of dry
4 substance shall be classified ma ali rye No and
not above No 10 Dutch standard All sugars
! the apparent color i which as imported, Is
not above No 10 Dutch standard In color, aud
which contain over a5 per cent al crystall2abs
sugar in q hnpdred parts Of dry substance
| shall ha rIassa6 as above M. 10 aud not above
| No. 19 Dutch standard. The per centurn of crye
tallizaha sugar shall be ascerained by such
means as the Secretary of the Treasury by reg
ulatian may prasarihe
RUSSIAN CONSUL. AT sAvANNAH.
| The President hna raeoRn'zed Joseph Hrlde.
aa vice eonaul OF Russia for tho port of Sa-
vannah.
! WEDDING IN HIaH LIFH.
Mlss Mary e. Hernaon. daughter Of Hon
Thos. H. Herndon member OF Congress from
Alabama was married la this city this evening
to Mr. Richard +. Dashon. of Mobile.
TIN FIGHT BETWEEN RUuKER'a COMMAND AMI
THE1NplANs ptsCRE pttEp.
No official Information haH yet reached the
| War Department. regarding the fight between
Capt. Rueker's command aud hostile Indiana
| THE report Ia danradied hy Gen. Sherman and
other army ftietals.
4 RAIDS OF REVENUE OFFICERS.
Deputy Collector Chealon. Mt Atlanta. Ga. In
telegram to Commissioner Raum says.
Deputy j q Henirix aud party seized the dis
ttllery nf Anderson 4 Mitchell In Douglas
county last night while II was In fnll operation
The sIll was guarded by five men. who were
defiant. reslating the efrlcars with weapons pre-.
scented. Fifteen hundred gallons of beer and
mash we're destroyed. Special Deputy Il. D
Bolton Ia reported "a haying aelzed the die
| ii,lnry of VIM. Norton. In Milton county, on the
seventeenth instant. and destroyed 1loo galons
| tf beer and mash.