, 1870-01-20
Action on The Virginia Bill in
the Senate.
a Provision for the Enforce
meQt Of the Fourteenth
Amendment Adopted.
Small Prospect Of the Ratification
of the St. Domingo Treaty.
Ocean Penny Postage Established
Between the United States
and France.
Increasing Demand for Com.
missioner Wells Report.

Increasing Demand for COM
missioner Wells Report.
Special Despatch to Tno Chicago Tribune.
WAgH1Nu7oK, Jan. 70.
TIE COIL nETf.
The Wsys and Means Committee give another
hearing 10 partie4 In favor Of free coal, TINS
showing that they do not ress.d the questons
selas,ng to it aa fully closed. One member ssld
this morning that : btll would be reported next
week. and, probably, oe called mp In the House
1or discossIon about the zth or sth Of next month
Another membe1 BaId the high, tRn0 men, IN view
OF the nay pEhi: sentiment Ia chsogdnt. were M
decided wt1t thEJ had better do, and he Wa OF
opinion that the lnal action on the bin By the
House would not be had for TWO Of three
moL1hs. The West will Be nearly
solid agsinat any increase Of rates on the leading
articles, 8nd pse6ent at1ong majority for re-
ducttun On many commodities, ard cnnsidcta-
bic number Of Eastera men Will oppose kome Of
the committee Il Principal Recommendations.
sAx DOMINGO.
The Senate Foreign Rel::iocs Committee dis
'euseed san Domingo matters, going 10 cautiouAly
1hai no member could ger q clear idea Of Just how
apJ Of bis asaoct1les Eoulu act The general
question OF outside tets1'or!al stquts!tfon Na1
Touched upon In way not favorable TO the treaty,
and the terms of that document 1Sef were In-
4ured Into With some Persistence The impress
mon .a'., III The @ Senate TIA, ,.tne. sne com "a
vlsed, u against ratification, and It Is entirely
safe To sny that no OF all the Senators has yet
shown any special dea!ra to endorse the treaty,
Members generally seem 70 be in q waiting att.
tude to hear What can be fatty urged for tho pro-
pcsed rurchsse-
rnE. .sH1rr1sa RrEgEsT.
The House Committee Oh Shipping Interests
tn.S1nT tptafnt fnn1 fenNn Tnnft1t
Mortes at Locdon, gtF!nR some Interesting facfa
and figures bearing On the question under tnEeA-
ti9nton. One OF tie proposals. tefoEe the COIL
1nitiee, on which they 1ooE win some favor, ID
that for encouraging thee lies Of steamships,
by Gtstug them part Of The poatlge money and
something from the naval appropriation, 80
that 20 additional expe1ee aiu be made 10 the
Royefhmels. They are net fully decided yet
-1hat 10 recommend, 1oweves, and cannot bring
III thetr report btforc the last Of next week at
least.
TIE vIRCpn BILL
occuped another day In tue Senate and has not
yetreachtd the nnal stage. The Edmunds pro-
vision for the enlorcement OF the Fourteenth
Amendment WIS adopted finally by pretty nearly
party vote. Quite nuu,her of those who
anEwered In the Negative Hhen the roll vas trst
called changed 10 tie Affirmative as soon as ihes
saw the clsuse vas sure 10 be carried. The bill
Inust now 90 back to the uuuse, where the whole
possibility but no certainly Ihst it will be nn1shcd
b. the Serate totno1row.
DEMAND FOR COMMISSIONER wELIs' HEroKr.
Members OF Congress arc CO SANITY recetTtng
requests tot cor!ea Of Special Commissioner
Wells report. 1t may eeTse a good purpose to
aay that neither branch OF Copgreaa has h3d any
printed. The Senate Undertook to order 1900
copl6s before the recess, but tue House declined,
and II wsa not Until yesterday that they were or
dered while the House haa not Jet called for any.
pAwEs' srEcu.
The tpeech nnce yesterday BY ME DAwe8 hax
been tslked about great dcal here to-day In po-
llttcat circles, and It Is hardly necessary to say
that 1t has given offence to certain officials who
can't see that It may sometimes be neces1a1y to
c7!ticise the coufse OF onca triends. Mr. DAMeB
did not Bpe4k In pAsEion or without due conndet.
alton, sud most of the leading Republican,
heartily endorse hia course- Some Of the plsce-
seekt5R politicians viii probabIg get bearing
sgafnst him ID the pspess Of THIS city tomorrow.
khEEkuK SEIZURES III IHK INDIAN TERRITORY.
Supervisor Mcdonald, Of A1kansas, has tibe!led
all tobacco factories On tie border Of the Indian
Territory. and had the oWner1 bound over by thu
courts fot criminal prosecu1on. Commissioner
Delano viii sustain the Supervisor aud refuse To
suspend proceedings before the courts have iii
acted. 1t present the Ittitan Territory liz she
only Part Of the country cot in 3 collection dis
t1ct, and the CommtsaioDe. has now recommend
ed that It be erected tuto ore
INTERNAL LKxrExuE-coIlEcT1oN EIrErska.
The estimates Of Commissioner Dtlauo for all
'eIrensea attending the collection OF internal
revenue TOR the year ending June next, foot up
s1a.oo6,c ,ceo.
TEE GOLD CONSPIRACY CoxsnrTKx
to-day got lettc1s from Gonld and Corbip, Gould
saJa he Will be here On Saturday ino,plu. and
hopes the committee will get through with him
thst dsJ, 80 he can so back arc LOOK inter h1s fa
ro1d. CoTtln writes from Coringtou, Ky, that he
f. fFh1tt frA
mons 1t present,
AIRLINE RAILROAD scnIHn,
The Housc Railroad COMMITTEES Il struggling
again With the question OF airline railroad b.
tween here and New Iort. They will probably
report in favor OF such ROAD, and rue Baltimore i
Ohio Company will then manage az usual to ssran-
gle thc thug.
TO TIL: ASSOCIATED PRESS.
TuB GOLD CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION,
on "tS,Mknros' 1.1ktn ~ Jsn la-rne Committee
sm,rsa Messr. a Euos elct; SS.p,p ,oo, ~ waj s1
1t5esi bsosets relative 10 their operations Ia gold
day.
ctIL on THE PRESIDENT.
Ihe ue!eRsles OF the Letter casners' Consen.
aured that he regardea treir rre-ent salaries Is
insuf1c.ent, and That be vas in favor Of seeing
TIE rEorosED n1zKH111oxAt EXHIBITION.
Ine comMstee to nrge the pasaaRe Of q bill |
ztannne charter fur the International exntbt. |
tol with Senator's, IN which II vas ssa.ed that no
money waa desired from Cougre-a, on!T national |
Ihe b, prevenstng ia beeonine p1s;1'Gn lsT unta
*sa'oce, ,oue has been subscribed aLd pad in.
ORDER RErrEEn
Tne order relieving LautAlu Carlton from duty
~ Professor Of Military Science ii Miami Univc;.
city has been revoked.
THK X'aARRlulT CASE
Tue Supreme Court EarlnR or+1rtlled n rno.jop
70 fescnu an cider assRnIeR IT Tor immediate n
sumenf: @ ! ne e. cass q tae Ac9a1ranao claim wa |
" Postal 1fEx,
rostnaetcr general Cfcs*e'1 has made arrange.
menn fos an additional weekly despntc1 Of maiie
OF TIE Hamoura-Amer!csn Packe. connsn1. ISn1
neG1t'ok 5Fe1a feGn1as t'..eetly steamship service
aad ssturda,f fns Hsnaafs ' so9psaT 1naso155. So:
ssn'!assa lo5 the Usttsd sac. snd 1rsass @ss
y ~ lAte Postal Convention with Great BtItain
q tu1 compensation for se1vice, nut iso sqree %
saII5 direct mals to che1bo1I1 1t 1 comrenss-
TWO eenta per le1se,. tnas cssas1tssaa e. esn
penny POSTAGE 70 France as well rs treat Britain
Tre intefnai Re5c1ae 4 cemm;szo1as 91a sohiat- ~
ce!sed otncal ietsef1 caEcefl ing lie recent ont
aSes Tae II soot6 ca1oins
sna1 Se1e surrounded ~ hight In citixeo i hnuse
6srao q aooo. ons n2ndEed men. vno made hostile
enffehder Of the man who had been sTrtsted. ~
&c aao q Dernty Collector Turner: 10 AVOID 6iaode
the crowd mort Of whom soon lcft sn sa9na 5aa1aed
m2lIet. however. aid Acot d sentinel and a mar
let orrsr a ;hs oo pa1 :nr6 1s1ee aoe TIE
force of about ftty men ls desired to m1ng tie
county 10 ooUple.e EuhIectlon.
THE EEIrKRHAL FRAECuIsE ASSOCIATION
continued It's session TO day. 4 couutteo was
appointed to tast on the P.csldeul, ana en!itt his
mpasa.ss n benali Of The on1scss of the conyen-
Axteu we're among toe spesLe1s. 4 resolution
frn,ie sasotng re extensen Of sanrage %
:stoWe Oecsuse abe had bten assnIIrN I'm tfc !