, 1870-04-27
WAShINGT0 ON.
The Tariff Debate In the House.
The Ways and Means Fig
ures in the Iron Sec
tions Further Re
duced.
Tho Senate Finance Committee
Report Against . Change
In the Hhlskey Tax.

Probable Action by the Banking
Committee On the Cur
rency Question.
speessl D-srAteh 10 The Chicago Trib7ne.
Tnk TARIFF pKBATR.
WAsHts07us. u. c., April 9d-The tsrt6 debate |
OF thit afternoon again brought defeat to the Ways
and Means Committee and The iron interests.
They proposed duty Of Te2.a on large bar Iron,
aud the House, ~ fifteen majority, retfuced 1t to
$50 per ton, while the motion to reduce to sl8
failed III ontf one vote Six days hare DOW been
spent on the Iron sections, and In that time hut
i've Of ita twenty-sl1 paragraphs hare heen hn-
ished In Committee Of the Whole. 1t wants
hut two days Of month Rnee the nsc-mln-
ute debate on the blu began, aud hut fourteen
OF the forty y-nine pages ART nhlAhct- Most Of the
Iron men Toted after the duty on bsr Iron Ind
been reduced, against their wishes, 10 strike out
the paragraph and care the rate It Is IN the cx
tst1nE law. The iron interests hare protested to
believe, ever since the rate on ptg Iron rAsfrc-
duced to S th4t1t woud be restored to 81 IS soop
Ag the bill c1ne out uf cuuultte, hut the fact. II
variance with their theory, Il, that correspond
Ing reduction has bccn carried On every form OF
iron thus lar considered ty stronger majority
than on the nrat yotc.
Scvcnty-nvc to ninety members arc conlta11'y
absent, many Of whom will probably appear In
their sca.s when the hna1 rofc comes, u 1t ever Is
reached Of whom, It Is fair enough 10 presume.
majority will not he for the high dsurc, and It
aeeEns safe to assume, therefore, thai the lost
ground eau never tt recovered A good many
New f;nglanh men, tn-day, Eignifct their reafli-
nr&s to abandon tho bill, and 60 for one or another
OF tho short hills
TUE CURRENCY QUESTION:.
The HanklnK Committee, at lta session, to-day,
60 tar developed !ts Views that some Idea
cau nuw he given of what it Will
do when called upon for business 1t
nha under consideration 1oughridGes order to It.
poTt for lfty million Increase of currency and the
Senate bill retiring the three PCT cents, and iAsu-
Ing Of forty -nve million additional National Bank
notes. The cou.nLttee will prnhahly agree rpon
the bill retiring the three per cents, now amount
Ing to about turty fire and half millions, WITH
drawing a.a,.t nifty rnnlons OF 1eCaltendets, aud
authorizing the tssuc OF ntuety-nye millions Of
National Bank cifcniatIes hased On ZONE form Of
new bond. Watcher they viii 50 further nnd pro-
y1de fur thIs new tonl IL not Enuwn. Some Of
the membcra $40 atfpng for fire bank
lug, hut IL cannot yet bc sail how
the majority will stand on tha point The fnds
roston 10 ee- redistribution attempted is, how
ever, strengthening the conviction Ia favor Of free
Ranking, and the F!sttm viii get nun erons
supporters.
7uR rREEpxEs's HrKEAC INTERPOLATION.
Rev. Or. Sunderland, second President Of How
a1d University, vs2 examined to-day In reference
to the Investigation into matters connected witt
the fail Of tho hosptal lie testified that the Build
ing c Anm.ttec took the optnlnna Of builders anf
Others. conducted scr1es OF tests OF the matcriA
with government machinery, and were f,natiy 81
divided ui,Un the question Of safety as to hccess1
ta,4. the submission Of te evidence takea Wthou
any Recommendation After The commission has
t.een discharged, this report was suppressed, an
subsequently three Of the TTuksees Tublished
the city rayets what rurportcd to be the conciu
sions nI the commission, but instead Of being th
report /, WAS ga1h1ed and distorted documcn,
Or. Sunderland was directed to submit cortes o
al the rapera Among them are letter. nom OF
GERS Of the Anlztsani church, New JezBey, usgt1
The commission to stand 1y the patent brick, &
they had t11ed It In their new house, and knew
to he good thlhg. The p0lnt in this letter Is thu
the MorrisaRt church ctit1ce tumbted down
few weeks after It Has written
tNE 6FEct1L AGENT HkKyicE-
The Rctrcnchmcnt Committee carried th.ou2
the House to-day, on The report os Go
er1or Nciker, OF Ohio, q somewhat IL
poE&ant lall reducing AMI teosRanlxing Il
fpcch1 Agent Seryice of the Customs Burcs
in the TREASURY Department The number ofthe:
agents Is uow serenty-tHo, while the bl!I rcslac'
employment of any moIc on any prrtext Wha
ever. They nrr to he employed IN the rrcvcnt1t
and detection Ut fraud, mud have authority to C
anime the bouks aud accounts Of Customs Cole
tora- Two Of them arc 10 receive so per dA
seventeen, - per day: ftxteen, IS per day,
eighteen, IS per day. and The necessary e1p:ns
OF Iii are to lie paid ly the department The n
sage Of the bill will elect a saving Of $3.50
$4,000 per yess.
RHvESrE ntAskA
A cinulas was issued by Mr. Delano, tod
giving full directions to the use Of the new 10
OF tooE blank, Form g. The following "a
graph dEHruscs Of the claim Of ktsh Co to s
clal privileges: "Those who orc required TO ke
the books IN the form prescribed hare right
provide themselves with the same OF any sizs Il
mar adapted to tho extent OF their basine
and 10 procure them from any source they n
8ee nt without claim Of damages On account
any copyright, or pretended copyright, hs part
Heretofore asserting such claim, the only regal
meat Of this once being that the accounts OF I
tiled Rrfr1ts received and sent out shall be Rep'
the form prescribed"
FEELING AcA1Ssr coL0REp pHSs1ctA>s-
4 reJ strong efEor, IL making bJ the con1ts
tive members Of the National Medical Ahzo
ton to rally votes enough, at the coming sebs
to te hr1d here in Nay, to exclude colored pf
tctAus. On the othar hand, liberal members
the profession herr, who believe IN men hs
treated Is men, arc e1estlnz themselves TO thu
the movement
xANsAB RAILROAD BILL
: The House Nailro7d Committee has agree
report bill authorizing the Central Atcai
j Branch to continne Its ruad to connection =
u the Union FAeinc NJ point not west Of
h hundtsth meridian No snhstdr In bonds Is t
q raid, aud TIC land grant Is n1ed At twenty
T. tiOhs to the mile, and such lanls As Ase alst
taken up hy the ST. Jose 3h Denver Road Ar
Sxa,l 4x. 1-$&~ AH$hn ut4Ss
issue tte own mortgage bonds on e1sension to
=. smount Of SO 900 rer mile.
- 1NL Ntss1sS1rT1 AEp LAKE MICHIGAN c4NA
JEc7.
Governors Merrill aud Fairrhtl1, ami Sec
Ramsey. appeared before the House Comm
On Commerce, to-day, 10 argue in favor Of tn
for the improvement Of waser communicate
tween The Mississ1pp! and Lake Michigan.
etnor Butler, OF Nebraska, will submit his :
OF the question to the committee In within
THURSDAY 1txt-
NOT 50.
The 1epo.1 1hs1 Ju',xe OEth. Of Indiana. Is
Ing the appointment as Minister to Turkey /.
tirsly eI1pneOus He has not said Turkey on
Ito the Assoeat-d PreeAl
NOMINATIONS.
wAsn1soToS, April s6-The President has
se { @ea coa sS he n
l>ssa1tet Of Ts1aa r'es Wat1ena 5eu!t1 @ On tnh
CANAL TREATIES
The Senate conmittce on Forsisu Rels
oi Inc DaTaen and Tehuaascpcr icsnal Ire
Admiral lor.er md General Mishlcs are
present Al the next meeting. and gtye !nsoru
Sc secsetary oi he Tsessusy SENDS to 10
gress 70 o-morrov, 1Ill prrpared ~ the
Gompt1ollcr Of the cu,frnc!, rcfat1nE IN to CO, CO
sdd.tions and a}tess,ions, sn1 proposes i
rcnse With silver tsolaFk The secretsz
recommend the passage nf The olL
The Supreme Court will not meet again
saturda1, when the adjournment fot the
@Ae" P'oee TIE ONEIDA p1sls1rH
The Navy Department rereiyed ~ ne
pertaining 10 the Oneida and Bombay 1aAr
int1al To7eE sass that attera = thorough nv
11on OF Al 1he 1ae1s Ut tne cAse, the departn
led 70 the belief that the bombay IS soirl
wholly 70 blame fes tho accident TIE rel
ea 1a ne i, sta H. csua 81 III II tns re ut
Ing the deck ln charEe Of u mltishlpnan.
eaYB the One!da ha4i full complement, ~ 4
Of Admiral Rowan, on Gle II the Navy Depas
Another sceoapt sayt: An officer OF on
tuat trom @ aoao9ana, 9hsi H! ss'4 Il W. tSllalIt
would have stopped hts @cskci After runn
the Oneida but tot the ltnplorat1ons oi Lad
Ole, wife Of the British Alrltcr, who WAS
hensiye OF shlpWreck The usriuion II fol
is that Captain Eyre ts weak rather IL
ua2n-
formed one Of thr topics nt the Cabinet dis
foday. Tue War DepaFt tnrnt and Indian
4re Dfpmrty advised Of eFentA tfanspi
ryefT cfIott Will tc made to securr tnoEoI
CONTINUED tranquility In the county.
REckF11aS 1T TIE wH11x n0CsH
Mrx Gssnt held m afternoon reception
which vas ntRely attended
7HK Crsnrk NAVAL corET AARrIAI
today examined Witnesses Win fesss1
ai'esed cadet c''1nP,1en1 P,asqs,xrn
General Sherman will not st2tt upon hts