, 1870-02-23
WASHINGTON.
a NeH Civil Service Bill Re-
ported in the Senate.
Recommendations Of the Gen.
sus Superintendent.
Further Evidence Regarding the
Cadetshfp Traffic.
The Banking Committee and the
Fifty Million Imitation
Bill.

4He oduhluE Oeul1lukN6 A4lt tlo
Fifty Million Imitation
Bill.
Detailed Account OF Colonel
Bakers Recent Indian
Fight.
The Cuban Question-Further Cor
respondence.
speeh1 Desrasch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
TuR cApE1tniP Traffic.
The uonte Military Committee wa IN session
on the csdetship inquiry a!l Gay. Peter, Of the
i&st Houte appeared by his uexs friend, but did
not succeed In breaking tho force Of the evidence
taken agatnst him NJ D. LErdon returned to
the city Voluntarily, End appeared before the
mlttee. He testified that he capsed tbs AdEa1.
nsemenr which appeared in New York, and which
ied 10 the inquiry Of she House, 10 be Inserted but
that be did It OF hts own motion and
With DO regard to sny particular cadetsh1p, He
VA the broker IN the case Of Commodore Uoson'a
con. appointed b. Hage, o! South CaroiirA
He received 3t.soo TO 70 to Annapolis and prevail
upon the one nret sprolnted by Hoge to withdraw.
1sndou RlJa he psld $500 20 the Annspolis party.
There ts no evidence that Hoge vas Awarr Of tho
use OF The E1nCey. TniB 1andon u the Same who
figured u -utor In tht case OF DALEY, appointed
by Wnittcmort- he appear1 to hare been h,isk,y
engaged IN the business ol ootaining cadttahlps
far 4ftA tHA @f HafiA -
appointment, the committee has evidence
that 5000 was paid in connection with
tho Transaction, but thsrs Ia nothing Jet
to show thst III. GolladAy was In any tense i'm
plcated II the rustteH. Two persons from the
Easy Department were examined At length, WITH
out relating anything new. Whltsemore was nor
at the Capto! at ali today. WhEther he viii Of
will uot attempt defence of himself to-mo7uE
u not knoHu, ~ ha has mostly declined to zee
v!Atsorr. The Talk Of .hose who show d1spol.-
ton to speak In h!s oehslf u that member Of tbs
Core1eau canLot b. expelled for an act done Ia =
previous Congress-; hat this argument Ia
secuted By laxJera. AF. SIpher Is cir
cnl4t:ng = card. ID which he explicitly
oer,ea all charges affecting HIN. There u great
dea1 Of untaAtness among all those implicated, ~
everybody understands that II Judgment Is exc
cu,ed sgalnst Wkittcuo1e that Gsne1al Logan WILL
report ssainst others It once.
ANEW CESsCa Hr1-
GeEe1al Walker, Superintendent OF Census, hss
made careful examination Of tho ceuAua Law.
and comcB TO the conclusion thAt some minor
changes IN It are both advisable and necessaTJ.
The Draft Of thort bill, with letter Of explains
,t!ou, WAS tent to Secretary Cox. aud By him. to-
day, N21nly endorsed 10 Congress. The original
resu1ns made ~ the erunetators Of tho ceusus 60
TO The SecIctA1y Of each Commonwealth, and the
practice heretofore has been to send one copy
thereof 10 the Census ONCE and another to tho
EouutY Clerks onlSe. Getcsal Walker holds that
this list psmed copy isfEholly needless, and rec
om1neLls III AbosnCoent rs 1ay!ng 70 th.
Treasury Of nearly oEe.thtrd IN the co1t OF paper
for 1eturre, and hundred thousand dollars IN
writing. Tho klAvc schedule must OF cour1e be
discontinued. Schedules nte row ret1rnab1c b.
thu rlGd.e Of November, int Mr. Walker
adyi4es legislation requiring tho retusn o.
schedules Of population and mortality
by tho uiddle Of August, 30 tnM u
EeceEaaty rhey can be used in making up basis
OF representation for The next Cougrese. The
penalties aEe now imposed on petSans Who refuse
70 anawef queatlons IN soue Of the schedutes, and
he recommends that these be extended TO al Of
them. Asai1tant Mammals and euumezAtoLA arc
uow appointed bJ Matshals, aud he strongly urges
that tho appointments shcud be subject 70 the re-
v!Aon Of the Secretary Of the 1ntcs7oE to The end
that good c.aas OF may be secured. szpeciAl-
II IN the South, where Il Is expected that the de-
1Qef&lZ4u0Q CGlIeIu6us ui0Q k4b NH WIZ ItuIc1
1t tlfslcult IN any eveut to get correct Eetu1lA
THE KCR1AU OF EDUCATION
has successfully gone through the Committee OF
the Whole u the House, b. vote OF 81 To 58,
which IL = nctn fasoFanle vote than 1T u1oss
salguiue friends expected. The Committee On
Appropriations had not cnlJ refused Il any money
but had inserted In thef bill provision repeating
the law ty which II Naa create1 This provision
vea tnled out laas Saturday on point Of order
6av Hq+ nF m T,Y34
uittee On Etucauons moved the insertion
OF 4 paragraph appropnauog $4,000. This VI
opposed BY Nessfs. FMuBForih and Lawrence
auong the Republican,, and Beck, McNeely
Wood, Nibiack, and Coz, among the Democrats
and supported BY Garfield, Kelley, HoAf, Roots
Towntend. sirpeot, Banks, Buckley, and Dawes
the latter speaking against the committee ant
for the bureau, with great force and effect. Th
vpte Was pretty nearly on party Iines, the mega
tive being mostly made up Of Democrats. TIL
paragraph has yet 70 undergo 4 yea and nsy not
when the bill comes Into tha Hoa4a from Ii
Committee OF the Whole
TIE IoCoHR1p0A CURRENCY Rk3oLUIlol7.
The Housc Banking Committee to-dAy took Il
the Ionah1idge Instructions yesterday adopts
BY the House. They were found 10 be susceptible {
two widely dlnc1e1t Interpretations. 6one pe,
Gons held that they might obey the order by n
porting the Senate Currency bill with the addlt1o
Of nTe nllllonE. Othera held that the House IL
tended 10 provide for Tbs issue Of nnY millions
addition to what ls given bI the EtDAte blu. II
committee 0na1J decided to adopt the lAst-usu,t
g1eH, and ~ soon Il II can be drawn up will 81
nounce thsir feadtncas TO repozt a new bill 10
80 600 ,0oo addition 10 our circulation. 1ayoga
bic vuse On this biIl of course, viii be yote 10
70 nucn tndauon. 1ta paAsge By the House I
doubtful ano IT. defeat In the Senate II - ce1tai
- anything In the future can be.
THE KtkcT1oN cuxXITtKE
1ae mcseaAe N tao nunaoe1 OF tne Souuu'1te
on ElecNoLs VIII have the eject 10 MATERIAL
hasten Ill pending caaea. Tney Will be At On,
t4ts.y1nnfAd snnn,v rho nva cnnn,ttan. .,S .
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The pe1Aopal explanation Of Ts.,nAA, tn A,
In ths Homie attracted rrrat st.ss..- u'
n ~. t.et e.1-... a"ensiou, aao NJ
Impression on members. He deried In tae mo
cxrueas manner that hs hid evrr h~en a n.n,h,
at ,rr Eny1ht. ~ ,ha co,.., r,.o1. -, -. -
o.ns- .a.s, W. II. .Is no,uso encse' o1 OF NJ
o@4e8 see7es PoAkca4 assocsaaon-
TO TuK ASSOCIATED pPRss
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-,n.s anns.sn, feo 95@Ine documents On ID
~ sTnM4,,st eeH. 70 toe Aonae ana referred
notc 10 s.iyea soanisS nini.isr nS oI ats,s ssne
- ~: ss III 1!s*!nR koe Guef previously mAd
t.nsE Ms Evoa omees CT tne United States with II
% u. eject that spain nad sceepted ,as anee1s ns
rs ht1asuao. tnouGn 6ac ooold not accept ii
%n;rh " .nlen vA founded, ~
tA1snt,,1 cnnnt,,o, sppeasa constituted q
hrscs shs ~ ~ nneht soelo not accept thes
rrhs hsesEs. " .- rnas9 ~. Ine laoependtnce {
h;. ,Sa,e zen II tae5 F11ed II, Il Has &c
mnns ~ sAte ~ oeln!T.euee 70 sneot 70 dhmenbel
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