American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-15
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WAsHMGToN. March 9.--The Secretary.
Of War to-day COMMUNICATED to the House,
in compliance with a resolution, the Report
oftSe Art Commission. who reco umenJsd
an appropriation otsi6. 7ooto be expended
for slatusry aud pictures, ior the adornment
Of the Capital. They suggest \ preference
10 be given to, AMERICAN Artists. aud tina,
the Embellishments SHOULD be purely Of a
national cheraetet In this connection they
do not SPEAK 10 complimentary terq,s of .the
ancient subjects blioseu for the wall pic>
lures Of Committee rooms. They say that
as general principle. tho true. method Of
procuring designs for statuary aud pictures,
is to invite competition. =. =.
The receipts Of the Treasury during the
past week were $2 6OS, 900, including
Treasury Notes. The dra is paid were
over $4,000, 900. The. amounts OF drafts
issued were nearly $3,758, 600, The re-
duclion from the amount ON hand on tbe
previous, week was 81 ,05O.0oO.
WAsuINGToN, March l0.-At the con-
ference OF the Opposition members from
Psnnsylyania last night, in regard to the
Tariff, they agreed to recommend to the
Comnlttee on Ways and Means; to fix
specific duties on iron atthe following rates:
On pig iron 81 per on; railroad iron, Sl2
per tol; common bar, SIS per ton; fin bar.
one cert per p9und; boiler iron. / cents
per pound; Russian sheet, l! cents per
pound ,...
These are ,ibs principal descriptions,
though scraps aid other minor kinds are
provided ior, The proposition has not yet
been submitted, % the Ways and Means
Committee, aud may be modified before he
ing presented in the new bill to the Huuse.
n. Il is probable the tariff bill will be re
ported about the middle OF the next week,
before all the appropriations are submitted,
to give it proper position in the order Of
business.
Twenty. millipA dollars Of Treasury notes
granted bs, the ladt Congress viii expire on
The tst Of July; and the House will not au
t69rizB re issue,. but require them to be
iuhded., u is now proposed to connect
Tia Joan with the tariff bill, as the revenue
derived from that service, after defraying
the regular expenditures of the Govern
ment, will be applied to the ex inclon Of
indebtedDess, there being no other resource.
The Senate, which resisted before. will
yield now, and may compel some conces.
sion on the taJif. s 5--.. .... .u
A Washington dispatch says: ,, o..
S. @. Boyiuaton, Appointed clerk in the
stationery room, Of the House of Represen.
tstives, in the person announced as having
absconded ,Fith money. He never served
day 10 Office, but W ek or two ago he
obtained from his copfientlal friends near
!, ly 100000 worth Of uans(erahlo post.pf-
foe certificates. made payable to him. The
report is that he raised upon them ip New
York about eighty cents on the dGllar, and
LEFT for Europe; at any rate he has not re
!, turned here. He has been serving the Ad.
; ministralion for severa years, in Que Of the
Departments The Government Loses
nohing by him. pr,, .,
$ WASHINGTON, March 1. The Nsw0r
: leans Picayune Of, Wednesday contains an
; act passed by the Louisiana Legislature au
thoTiSing greater rates Of interest or dis.
: couuttban 8 per. cent, but a,companisd
with proviso that written obligations shall
q hot bear more than that amount per aunum
: after their maturity till payable.
4 ~ The subject Of the impeachment Of Judge
Wa.rops Of Texas, will soon again be
/, brought before the House Committee on
!, the, Judiciary, ,si Il, 3. .@e, a-a
! The friends ofAhe admission Of Kansas
y !, Under the Wyandotie Constitution are be
y coming more hopeful Of the success Of the
;. measure before the expiration Of the pre-,
. sent session. ~, "a 1,,' az, W
u , The ssnate's committet on hetudioiA.
n Iy reported sil fos lherelef of Sweaney,
Rittenhouse. Fsut tS Co.. who eLined in
U dempiiy in consequence Of ah alleged vic
}: alton Of contract ny the Secretary q the
q Treasury, Twas in reference tp hisspro'
y posals for the ten million loan Of 1858 -
It The bill directs the Secretary TO iund the
n one.pot cent. deposited as security by the
o bidders, and, refers the question Of copse-
u quen.ial damages TO the Court OF Claims
IS The House Committee on Pdbliu EIpep-
6 ditdres have examined edtheswituAssss on the
6 subject of.lhs printing They will proba-
+ Bly atsths end OF is'week hihks.a report,
IS showing the extraordinary profits, and the
a deppralizlnE nee to yhieh aPorIiohNof the
u money bas been applied, ,s1L .st ,ps~.
u About thirty Of the forth Or moro cases
. affecting Califprnjs land claims bave been
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