New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-01

WASHINGTON Jan. 81, 1862
r.. scbo,cl, viii. at an early day this week, ask
Al o,,ecnt az the WAYS and Means Committee ~
spov him to report his proposition providing ior 'no
,n,eut 81 the interest Of all bonds, except 'uS9
expressly made payable in paper to DC iu'u' i.o,
in gold and to lcgalize gold contracts ;tisIe-
tb nropositjon failed at the last session. - - -
- - IN mass the House. The latter paI1
of the proposition, which IegiDeS e'-N
has already passed the Senate Ill., -,
Al the last meeting of the Senate committee y"
pie poilroo1s after it was decided that Ihe no"
rlan of guaranteeing the interest ana not VIC
nal on the bonds should be adopted
was Amounted, composed Of Senators how''iu' m"i
We" D., % orange general omnibus BILL III
-Lil all the roads to be provided for should DC CON
.oTdoted into one bill The subcommittee nave
been engaged ever since in arranging the DILL anu ~
isexpected they will have 1t ready 70 Iopoi' " "lo
fpll Committee tomorrow. III Is hoI hho"h ~"
-, ,.,oJs N tbe Pacific will be included IN this
hill but il is certain that Northern and Southern
rorto will be designated and the amount stipulated
will not exceed $4,000 per mile, the interest on
which the Government will guarantee
popresentatiye Orth will introduce in the House
+o,rorrov, n resolution declaring that the United
States Government win receive San Domingo ana
Havti as part of the territory of the United states
tnId the people of those countries desire IT. The
Commiftee on Foreign Affairs of the House, at their
meeting on Saturday, Endorsed the proposition.
The failure Of the effort in the Senate, yesterday
10 reconsider the vote refusing the use OF the
Rotunda and other portions Of the Capitol Tor the III
augnraton ball. has resulted in final abandonment
OF the proposition by the National Committee 1t is
said the citizens Of Washington will not take the
matter in hand, and it is not improbable that
oreditable entertainment will be given IN the new
wing of the Treasury Department.
The question Of consolidating several Of the Bureaus
now under the jurisdiction of the Interior Depart
ment the business Of which has largely increased in
the last few years into separate Department with
cabinet Minister at its head has been under con-
side1aton by several Of the Senate Committees for
some time past. 1t is proposed, and bill Is now
accordingly being prepared at the instance of one OF
the leading Senate Committees. to consolidate the
Indian Bureau, the Educational Department and the
Land Oiice into one Department. and creating new
Cabinet Office. 1t is believed that these Bureaus,
properly organized into one Department can be
managed at much less expense than is expended on
either the Indian Bureau or the Land Office. There
seems TO be settled determination on the part Of
Congress to unite these Bureaus, and having them
worked on more economical plan, and it is thought
that these three be better consolidated than any
Of the others.
Gen. O. b. Wilcox in command Of the military
post at Lynchburg, Va, was here yesterday and
leaves this evening for Richmond. He is at the head
of the Board recently created by Gen. Stoneman.
commanding the Military District of Virginia, who
are to make examination of applicants for the 5000
offices in the State which vacated by act of Con-
gress
On Tuesday evening grand Knights Templar car
nival will be held in this city by that branch of tho
Masonic order in this Jurisdiction. Guests will also
r. oTp1,io R,cfc
and other cities 1t is expected that the President
and members of the Cabinet will be present as
honored guests Invitations have been extended to
Gen. Grant and Speaker Colfax and to large mum
Der of Senators and Representatives. ..
The Hon. Thomas b. Florence, editor Of The C0Hst-
tuGOpdl Union for tho past two or three years the
Presidents evening organ in this city,, recently APP
pointed by Mr. johnson to lucrative Office in Phia-
delphia, died yesterday of intermittent fever.
Speaker Colfax, Senator Anthony Representatives
Blaine, Brooks. and Robinson, James Parton, VIM.
Faxon, Henry D. Cooke, aud John D. Defrees were
among the guests at the third annual dinner Of the
Washington Correspondents Club, given last even
ing.
The entire amount of bonds issued TO the Pacific
Railroads to Jan. ], 1869, was $5OO97OOO on which
the annual interest at six per cent is 1905 500 The
whole amount reimbursed 10 the United States by
the several roads from freights, &c, up to Jan. l.
1862 has been 81 16S 526 a. divided follows: Union
Pacific $746,427 10; Union Pacific, Eastern division,
tS7j,94 81 Central Pacific Railroad, $1015S 10;
Sioux CITY and Pacific Railroad SIC q total 81 los.
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The Commissioner Of the General Land Office re-
Gently transmitted to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for delivery to the parties entitled to receive
the same, 2S patents, embracing an area of 53 2s2
acres. for lands in the TenSecton National Reserve
in the State of Kansas issued pursuant to nstrue-
tons from the Secretary of the Interior dated May
o. 1868 under authority Of the treaty of MAY 30
1854, with the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and
Wea tribe Of Indians; also, iunder the
same date IA patents embracing an area
of 1851 acres, for lands in townships 1906 107 and
los north of ranges a. o. o. and o. west of the fifth
principal meridian in the State Of Minnesota issued
pursuant 70 instructions from the Secretary Of the
nVHor dated December l8 1868. under authority of
Si Az toaey OF ApIh 10 1859 with the Winnebago In
~ s anu an aet OF Congress, approved February o.
iooo 9hnted An Act for the removal Of the Winnie
1aS9 Indians and Tor the sale Of their reservations
IN minnesota Tor their benefit" -l l|- ~ !
a recent dispatch said that when Gen TnoaTls Of
the QuagtelmaSters Department. WIS gx1lInined be- |
Tore 1 t5e Military Committee Of the House. he ex
PeSsee MS opinion that the Quartermasters Paw
masters; and ComnSsary Department eonId -be
Riacucaly aud adyantageOusly consolidated into one
pTeent e MIN 9T @ Of The number of officers
and employees" w ''''''D'i VI oiN' 'S
The President has appointed Prof W. p RIaLe If
SSii franeiseo and Edward II. TiltOn of Phadel-
Rna Assay Commissioners of the Mint in piace nf
prot. A. j. Epson, of Hamilton College, and ii, i
OfeNel, OF Philadelphia, declined " -
Fractional currency received from the p,;n,;nr
DuIeau oi the treasury Department for the weeF |
STHuIng to-day Se43 GOO ShpmentsTo tile Assistant
treasurer at Boston, 100000; to the Assistant Trs
r eI az Orleans 500 900 to the Assistant Treas
Depository AZ 1bc,co - 70 the United States