The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-01


was considered and agreed to-
Reaoiged, That the Secretary OF the Interior be
rdlttc tcted TO communicate TO the Senate the
numhCr and names Of the deputy marshals,
batlitis, and criers in the District Court of Oo-
lumbla, who have received compensation in the
year 1866, the rates of compensation, and the
amounts paid each.
Mr.. RAMSEY (Minn.) introduced the following
to-
Resotred. That the Secretary of the Interior
be and he is hereby respectfully requested to
report to the Senate the condition Of the In
dians now located in the vicinity of Lake Ira
at the time of the outbreak in Minnesota In
1862; the part they took in connection with that
outbreak; the cause of their being allowed TO
remain near the Minnesota frontier when the
other surrendered Sioux were sent to the Crow
Creek reservation in lS63 whether they have
been uniformly friendly in their relations with
the whites since the outbreak or otherwise.
whether they have any reservation allotted
them and whether they have been the recipients
J from the Interior Department since the out
break of animositles of clothing, provisions or
agricultural lmplements, and whether their
removal from their present location to a point
more removed from the Minnesota frontier is
contemplated by the Interior Department.
Mr. CONNEsS (Cal.) called up the resolution of
fered by him yesterday. calling upon the Secre.
tary OF the Treasury to know ifin his opinion it
would advance American interests to make a
reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. GRIMES !Iowa.l objected to any attempt OF
dent, to control the legislation of Congress
through q commercial treaty.
MIR. CONFESS said this was a mere resolution
calling for information. 1t would be time
enough to object when the treaty came up. The
resolution was adopted
MIR. SUMNER tMass.) called up the resolution
offered by him yesterday, calling upon the Pre-
sident for copy OF the letter upon which the
Secretary of State predlcated his letter of in
quiry to Mr. Motley. Also, the name Of the
writer, ec.
MIR. DAVIS O<y.) thought this matter was too
trivial for the attention Of the Senate.
Mr.. SUMNER thought the country had right
to know who this spy or eavesdropper was, upon
whose Information the Secretary OF State had
writer letter which did great dishonor to the
country.
ter could injure the fame of the great historian
of the Dutch Republic. He hoped the Senate
wouldlet the matter pass into oblivion.
Mr.. DooLITTLE (Wis) said he understood
MIR. sumner to state yesterday that he had re-
ceivel a letter OF similar import to the one re-
ferret to by Mr.. Seward He would like to in
quireof Mr. Sumner WHO that letter was from
Mr. SUMNER said it was from person SO ut
terlyobscure that ne regarded il as practically
an Anonymous letter. 1t person abso-
luteR obscure and yet on that letter the Secre-
taryof state had indicted accusations against
Mr.. Motley
MI Doo1ITTLEmThe ,E honorable Senator fails
wasthe author of the letter he received?
Nj. SUMNER-The name was so utterly OBJ
scu'e that 1t has passed out of my memory.
Mr.. DooLITTLE submitted that although Mr..
Sumner might be familiar with great number
of1ames, it did not follow that because he (Mr.
lSumner) did not know man, that man
therefore obscure Ought no man to be believed
Olrespected il Mr. sumner did not know him?
Iseemed TO him (Mr. Doolitte) that it was un-
necessary to make this inquiry. The cores
plndence was before the Senate.
Mr. HENDRICKS (Ind.) maintained that upon
the information received by the Secretary of
state, and mentioned in his letter the cores
Iondence with Mr. Motley, was Justified. He
did dot agree that because Mr.. Stewards inform
int was unknown to Mr. Sumner he was there
ore obscure person,
Mr. SUMNER only wished to know II the
writer OF the letter was a spy or an caves drop
per. He did not mean to convey any such irn-
preston as that, because man was unknown
to him (Mr. sumner) he was, therefore, OBJ
scure.
Mr.. HENDRICKS resumed the floor in con-
tinuation of his defense of the conduct of Mr..
Seward in writing the letter of inquiry to Mr.
Motley, but before reaching vote on the reso-
luton, the morning hour expired, and the SUBJ
ieCt went over till to- morrow.
The Tariff bill game up at o'clock.
Mr.. CATTELL IN. j. moved to amend by in
creasing the duty on cast-iron steam. gas and
water, pipe from q cents to Ia cents per
Mr.. CREswELL Md moved to amend by in
creasng the duty on chromate and bi-chromate
of potassa from 4 to AZ cents per pound
MIR. WILSON Mass moved to amend the para
graph, putting a duty Of 40 cents per pound and
80 per cent. ad Yalorem wooden cloths COM
prising broadcloths, cloalHings, cassimeres,
ladies' cloths, doeskins, tricOts and all other
fulled felted goods or fabrics, woolen shawls,
hannelS and all manufactures of wool of every
description made wholly or in part ot wool, not
herein otherwise specified, as follows-Nalued
at 81 per pound, so cents per pound and 35 per
cent. ad Valorem; valued at over 81 and less
than $3.50, so cents per pound and 40 per cent ad
valorem; over $3.50, at 90 cents per pound and 40
per cent. ad Valorem.
This led TO debate in which MeSsrs. Yates,
Wilson and Grimes participated.
MIR. WILSON said the pending bill was West
ern measure, originating in the brains and
pockets of the wool-growers
Mr.. GRIMES said that on behalf of the West,
which he represented in part he was here to
deny that assertion. The West did not want
this tariff, and would not remain quiet under
IL.
Mr.. WILSON subsequently modified his
4 amendment to make the duty on woolens OF
less value than 81 per pound 10 cents per
pound and 30 per cent. ad Valorem; A.
Wilson'S amendment and 1t was agreed TO-
Yeas, 10; nays, 10. -...... ...
on motion OF Mr. FEsSENDEN (Me), the sec
tion of the bill allowing drawback on all
articles that enter into the composition OF
ships, was 30 amended as not to apply to steam
MIR. SHERMAN Ohio explained the necessity
for the amendment. If IL were not adopted
steamboats, and vessels for service on the lakes
and Western rivers would be built entirely OF
foreign material, and the Government would
not receive any revenue from them
Mr.. SUMNER (Mass.) moved to increase the
4 duty on cocoa and chocolate from to cents
per pound. Disagreed to-
4 Mr. SUMNER moved TO reduce the duty on oil
paintings from $50 on each painting valued al
less than 500, and $50 and 10 per cent. ad va
loren ON all over $780, to $40 on each painting
valued at over 5000. and on all paintings valued
at over 5000, $50 each and l0per cent. ad valorem
MI. SUMNER moved to amend by adding
books in foreign languages to the freelis Dis
agreed to. -, l., ,..
amendment voted down last night, authorizing
any railroad company TO import iron for theil
road within two years, any provision Of any
law to the contrary notWtLthsStanaalthg; Sat
fic Railroad, which by the existing laws Is com
PEELED to use American iron. The amendment
was agreed to. , ,.-
animals Imported exclusively for breeding pur
poses on the free list. Agreed TO.