, 1870-05-21
WAShlhGT0N
An All-Night Session Of the
Senate On The Fifteenth
Amendmknt Bill.
Both Houses Agree to Ad-
jonrn Finally June Is.
Facts Brought out In the Georgia
Bribery Investigation.
Commissioner Wells Replies to the
High Tariff Men.

Commissioner Wells ReDl1eS to the
high lar1n Men,
rx, -tr. e,.,
SprcA Dr+pateh t The Chicago Tribune
THE Fr3pEG ELL
WASHINGTON. MAY eA-Thc Funding bill does
not come up In the WtyB and Means Committee
again till next week, md Just now nfelty careful
INQUIRY is making to 81 what chance It has for be-
coming Law. The chltf ground for believing that
some sort OF bill Houkt re, through has for ser-
e1al weeks been the fat that the Secretary Of the
Treasury Was using N his power to push the
measure The Sensie bnI died u soon a. 1t went
n,o committee, but many persona thought the
SccfctnrY NopId Ia able To Eecnfc another
one Of satisfactory character. Some
TIL bold to ttat view, while others
hsye, within the present week, reached
he conclusion that no1hiux will be done with tho
q ucstion They a1gue that scheuck and Sherman
arr in dcc,t3eo opposition TO each other: that The
uuuse will not agree 70 ANYTHING isc contraction:
that the financial orin}ons OF meml,crH are In
chaotic condition. and that 1t will be an utter i'm
noss,h,],,v tn draw .nanr h,,l In wh,rh maturity
Of ,so,h branches esa mite Secnrtarr non,veI,
still holds to the view that soncth,pr viii he done.
ami his fnends say thu, Congress viii m, dare
adiouru in the fnee Of hEs dcclarat1on that TIN
or twclye m,l,.ors tn interest can bc
saved annually by the massage Of
the hlll. This Is the exact condition Of Affairs,
anl with such eoadIct OF Judgment. no one eau
say With rositivcnets what will be done. The
state Of other puLnc business shows that the
House cannot give nnch time to the discussion Of
the p II It does cone up, and the Senate Is still
worse III In this regard
TIE KEARsAE6E n111-
cnmrensating the Officers an'l men Of That vessel
for the destruction q the Alabama went through
the House To-day, without serious objection. II
gives them fi6a,aa, Ia addition to the $4,000
adtndtcated to shem under the general
Prize bount! 1kF. This amount sa to
caHc out Hf the Japanese indemnity fund, An
effort was made to farTJ q bill compromising the
mtn and officers Of the Wyoming. hut tho House
rejected 1t BY dec&led majority. IN 1865 certain
Japanese boats made an attack on the Pembroke
and othess Of our vessels, md the Wyoming was
sent TO punish Ecm, which It did IN pretty
Thorough manner. The Japanese Government, In
the following year pal ovc: to Us shout SIX hun
slrrs1 thousand dalaEs IS suarr a:1ac5, cat OF
which the kearsaye bill comes.
-. AAHUFAcTtREs~
Inc minority t1Fpft from the House Committee
on Aahu1actatrf Was sent to the Govern.
theht fThung umce tnts morning. II
Is document 1al which the majority was prob
ahlJ not lserasep 1t seems that the 1ntn-
Oily, bS fermiesitn, farnishe't the points Of the
In7testty report to Commissioner Wells, and asked
his views on the natter in writing. These he fur
nishct, and they constitute the h0t!y Of the min
ortfE refoFt HeihFtngs out mass Of facts and
ncurrs In surpottof the position heretofore taken,
and uses 4 deal Of material he could not etn,oly
in his annual rcput Of last wluter. The majority
anil minority repSyts are to be printed and sent
out together, 20 that everybody interested mag
have the whole ctse ID one volume,
THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT or CONGRESS-
Tie adjournment of Congress has finally been
fixed for the 18th Of Jrly elRht weeks from today
noon Tho struggle tn the Scnate Has pretty
sha1p though there was decided majority in
fayur Of pa.uln1 the ,lar at once III. Dsal. rx-
eprte4i to his notunususl method Of crackln1 the
rar7r vhn orer The shoulders oY 1hns~ WIN yrnntc,
to adjourn eaFly and WIS Handsomely rebuled
~ Mess1s Cameron. T1ptpa. and Flauscan. who
told him that sort OF thing had gone on long
enough. The amendment agreeing TO the 18th fn.
stea OF tho 4th Vas auopted by the House as soau
rs It reached that BODY. and the question NAV.
therefore, be ct1sIiered settled.
TIE CHRONICLE
docs not say much to-day about tho evidence and
testimony In the Georgia bribery case and For
neys other daily paper docs not even aliu,e to the
mattel. The Chronicle PROMISES to give its inside
to the subject ao.mof1oN, md viii mint a 1on1
rcYry of the frrcstiratjon into its Affairs twill
hold that no neycsstopal Committee has the
right to force nevspa,pr ptupr1ciors tn ,,lyu1pe
their business kNairs and that its advertising rates
at. 80 much hIAher t,an those uf other tnnrna1s
here as to feuGcr the comna.tson made Ia the eyi-
dcnce quite unfair, The STAR this evening tutts it
about the advocacy OF Bowen's reelection for
Nayor, aud atEB how much It is na!d ner1lrc
TUE PENSION APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
is etIl In Couttnittec Of Conference, where 1t has
ssen for SOME weeks. Tha chief point in dispute
is that rc!Attne to the naval pension fund- The
House voted that this should he covered into the
Treasury, though the Law Of July, lee9 says it
shall forever remain apa1t TOR tic pay1ucus OF
naval pepsion8 The Senate Insists that this pr,,-
Vision OF the Old law shall be observed and aus.
tAlned, and 60 voted unanimously. The Confer
ence Committee docs not md II easy to Settle the
differences.
THE GEORGIA ERtDERY EVIDENCE
in the Georgia bribery evidence psiute to-day, Ia
that portion Of Governor Bullock's Testimony.
which rclstet 10 some of Senator Pomeroy,s
friends Bullock sBorr that onc Chairman cnn
nectsd with the Port Ro,al K Aueusta RAFT
yoie through that Senator's 1nter,.sr In ecrtain
Southern railroad schemes, AMI that Cuapmuu had
tried to tnluce him {Bttllocl} TO 20 to romeroys
hnnsa In n,,-t Wr WINS ns,,o., xns.a ~.
-, -. ItS ING!
.eusH uA'. ''f eoAaa'n"ai 1@'As ou1 huuock
uechnetl oae queer part o1 the case is that VIII
1!s Gaysor, Ia brother-in-law Of pomeroys nnd
"1ta ohanna un ~ .s., =, as p'n
.'pa. haAsAs ~ toat Htatn.s' 1nas fo.ae'os III
&fedneeu tnc biA ~ the Senate FOR the Port Royal
Road that GAYLORD WIS understood to be one Of tho
parties ant that person named GaFlor1 nlso fp
usrs Ia The impeachueut Investigation in IN
ou tho integrity Of senator pome-
10y. VI course As' FomeFas denies any
Soni'eeuon .! n'nisesl ot us os'hsf'lh-law with