New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-02

eminent shall be made at public auction by an
authorized official Of the Treasury Department. the
time and place of sales to be duly advertised, win
shortly be presented to Congress. "a.raI" OH
Gen. Spinner has expressed his approval of the f.
nancial bill offered by Mr.. Lynch, and thinks that
his plan for specie resumption is more practicable and
less likely to lead to monetary disorders than any
other yet presented. % 1917 mop
The House Military Committee have agreed to re-
store the communication price of the army ration to 80
cents the present price being 80 cents. The propo-
siton will probably DO attached an amendment to
the Army Appropriation BILL but it lis doubtful if the
House and Senate agree to it, .., .,.
Anew post of the Grand Army of the Republic
Department of the Potomac, was organized on Fri
day last large number of exsoldiers of the Union
army enrolling their names There is but one more
post to organize to establish the quota of the Poto
mac Department, ten being the number required.
Senator Henderson and wife took the train TO-
night for NeYYork. and win sail thence on Wednes-
day for Cuba. where they will remain several weeks
for the benefit of the health of the former rra.I
The Hon. Thomas B. Florence is not dead, as tele-
graphed hence. His paper The Daily Union, sus-
pended publication on Saturday ID ''a NIf' lfa'
A number of Western steamboat men and coal deal
here looking after the interest of unobstructed
navigation. They are opposing short span bridges
and urging canal engagements and improvements of
the falls of the Ohio at Louisville Among the party
are w H. Brown, H. w. Beltzhooner Capt. r. c.
Gray Pittsburgh, and Capt d. Q. Ross Of Cincinnati
The proposed Congressional excursion of last Fall
is announced to take place next Spring The object
is to show the vast country watered by the Ohio and
the Mississippi and the necessity for leyees and other
improvements. ..... e. ..-I.lt.s.
The Secretary of State has received dispatch
from our Consul at San Juan. Porto Rico inclosng
- !. Ill A..
Colonies of the Provisional Government of Spain,
dated October last, by which the importation into
Cuba Porto Rico. and the PHILIPPINE Islands of all
materials destined for public works, is declared free
from import duties
Intelligence was recevedihere to-day, from Pensa-
cola that the monitors Oneonta and Catawba sold
by this Government to Peru, will leave Pensacola
this week for Lima.
Delegate Hooper received telegram from Salt
Lake City, to-day. denying the report that Brigham
YOnng has been attacked by paralysis. lie is quite
we'll ..14ss
The case of Joseph II. Bradley again came before
the Supreme Court of the District Of Columbia to-
day. all the judges present excepting Judge Fisher.
The Court said the paper submitted TO II few days
ago by Mr.. Bradley professed TO have two objects.
One TO offer apology to the Court for his language
to Judge Fisher Ia the Criminal Court and the other
TO protest against the Courts applying TO his case
the rule recently adopted excluding from practice in
all the courts organized by the act Of March 1865,
any attorney who may have been dismissed or sns
pended by either of them, 80 long as the
order for that purpose continues in force.
The Court, after, replying at length to that
spirit ON the part of Mr. Bradley there would be NO
difficulty IN framing an apology which would be sat
be creditable to himself. The absence Of this
spirit has hitherto been the only obstacle to his
toraticn We entertain sincere respect for his
fessO earning have fes aS % be nT painful
duty to exclude him from the bar of
| which he was the acknowledged leader and where
we have before witnessed his triumphs. We issued
our rule upon him 10 show why no should not
be punished for contempt of court and pnrposey con-
fined oar charges TO two specifications one the use
of offensive language to Judge Fisher in his criminal
court, which We then Thought was branch of our
jurisdiction and the other the letter to Judge Fisher
10 which repeated reference has already been made.
But his return 70 that rule not such we hoped
II would be, and our order OF dismissal from the bar
was the consequence. He then applied 20 the SUI
preme Court Of the United States to compel TO re-
store him; and that Court granted the mandamus at
its present term. That also was a result which
We had not looked to possible. but we
have obeyed the mandate by resembling our order Of
dismissal Selfprotection, the authority and life Of
the very Court at stake, and this led to the adoption
OF the rule against the application OF which 10 his
Mr.. Bradley protests in the present paper. The
result OF all these proceedings SO far as he is con-
ceTned is that the mandamus which he has obtained
takes him away from the jurisdiction of this Court
in General Term, and RENTS him 70 the Criminal
Court. where the trouble commenced. 1t is not our
intention TO rescind the rule we have adopted OF
shrink from it's application I'm q proper case. But we
recommend 20 Mr.. Bradley, in sincere spirit of con-
Citation that lac make the required retraetiOn and
apology TO the Criminal Court, and thus prevent its
application to his case. The result is in his own
hands.
LII Thought at the Treasury Department that
Government will not loose anything by the failure
of the Merchants National Bank at Little Rock, Ar
kansas, the amount owing By that bank at the time
of the failure to the Treasurer Of the United States
and TO Government discussing officers was less than
100000 The assets OF the bank with the Treasurer
can be sold for an amount nearly equal 10 that
fgure and if there be anything left to the bank at
all il is not possible for the Government to lose.
The House Committee, to whom referred the
bill for the Brooklyn bridge the East River,
The Joint Committee Indian Affairs have de-
cided to report favOrably upon the lOng-standmg
ChOctaw claim Of 10000 for lands coded by the
ChOctaw Nation 1t is iutened to insert that amount
in the Appropriation bill.
Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed against
the committee having in charge the Wells, Fargo a.
Co. contract investigation, and charges are made
against them of paTtiatY in the summonng of wit
being allowed TO testify
The Secretary of tile Treasury has rendered the
Pulled or undressed skins are dutable at 10 per cent
All duties must be deposited III coin deposit OF an
equivalent Ia money Is not allowable.
Where there but deck TO steamer, and the en-
gne aud boilers, which rest upon tue keelson, pass
through that deck the space 80 occupied being covered
in the law exempts from admeasnremont only that por
ton which Is above the deck.
examination and Hppraisenient OF any imported mer-
cAndise from the public stores which can properly
be examined ana appraised a. Them Rutlaole arnees
liable 20 such forfeiture defined I'm Section OF tho
act OF June a. 1884, unless there has been refusal 10
open or 70 afford means Of opening the package or en-
Yeopo IN which they are inclOsed or cOnccamen equiya
declaration Of contents Of package required by Section
sc OF the act OF March 2, 1892
o ana sot h9s cry d SnS Sn ~ sr a. SIX
designation OF "readyInade clothing, or wearing ap.