, 1870-05-30
WASHjN 6T0n.
The Deficiency In the Customs
Revenue,
A Good Thing for the Female
Clerks,



WASHINGTON, May 22.-Thcre was considerable
| debate In the Senate Saturday, on nppruprtatlut
9l,40o.0o0 for deficiency IN the Customs Revenot
=! Bureau Of the Treasury. This deficiency WIS no
discovered by the Secretary Of the Treasury until
after the annual deficiency Ind gnne throusn thf
House. He explains It by showing that the avail
able balance at the beginning OF the current 1sce
rear VAS I'll LEES than at the beginning Of las,
year; that there has been m Increased expcndt
ture during the present fiscal year Of 1891 000 aud
that the amount estimated Us receipts from dnes
ETC., u esos8s8 less than the actual receipts fol
the preceding year, which Ia tlue to the fact
that comparatively few compromises have been
made during the yea&. and that many cases which
might have been compromised, are now In court
awaiting adjudication. He further sags that the
customs Ycce1rs Of the year will be ten or twelve
million dollars more than Of last rear; and In
reference to the increase OF nearly one million
dol1ars In the cost Of collection, he remarks that
while he has In some cases increased the salaries
Ct the more responsible and arduous positions at
several ports, the main bulk Of the
item is due to the fact that the increased
business has made It necessary to
hare larger force than heretofore In this con-
neeton he brings out the fact that the Increase Of
imports, excluding free goods, during the first
eight months Of the present nscal year, Was over
seven millions Of dollars, on two-thr,ls Of which
average. The result Of this, he says, II that the
average rate Of duty on goods imported Is con-
sdezablJ less than It was during the first eight
months OF the preceding ascal year, anL also that
the amount Of W0Tk performed at the Custom
House has heen tllsprorortionately increased, as
compared with the increase OF the GROSS revenues
received. The bill In question was easily carried
through the Hcuse by Mr., Dawes, but Morrill, did
not get 1t passed By the Senate yesterday.
WOMEN cLERKa
The amendment In relation to women clerka,
which vas, bT vote Of 50 to eo added in the Sem
ate to the General Appropriation BILL provides that
tho compensation Of the female clerks, copyists
and counterF. whose appointments arc made un-
der provisions Of Law, shall, from 2nd after June
3tl, 1S1n, he the same as male CLERKS performing
like or similar SERVICE and it shall be the suty OF
the several heads OF departments Eo
to classify said female emp1oyes as to
caEfy out this provision. Headsof departments are
hereby authorized to appoint female clerks, who
may be found competent and worthy, to any Of
the grades Of cie1ksh1ps known to Law, in the re-
spectiye departments, with the compensation be-
longing to the class to which they are appointed.
The tlrst provision Is, that this amendment shall
not authorize any Increase IN the number OF cIerks
81 that, II It should be agreed to by the House,
there need be no rush Of women for clerkships,
except OF such as think they can make places for
tlem6elre3 by Een1nE men turned out.
TIE STANDARDIZATION TREATY.
The naturalization treaty recently laid before
the Senate Is based On the protocol made eighteen
months ago by Reyerdy johnson and Lord Clarcn-
den. The Senate gave its assent to the protocol
early In the session Of the last rear, and will, OF
course, at once ratty this tre8ty, the formalmnk-
ing Of which Was delayed By the necessity Of get
ting certain changes in the existing laws from the
English Parliament. To arrange things for this
treaty was the tlrst business that Mr. Seward
charged upon Rererdy johnson, and though he
failed In the San Juan and Alabama claims trea-
ties he conducted negotiations In reference this
naturalization question With vtgor and discretion.
The treaty ia eimIlar in scope to that concluded by
Bancroft with Prussia
GEORGIA BILL.
The Reconstruction Committee Is anxious to
have Butler report the Georgia bill Since the
publication Of the evidence Of the Senate Judi
cla1y Committee In the matter Of brtbery the sen-
tEnent In 1ayoE Of Btngh1m's amendment has IN
Geased In the House, and = strong attempt to At
tach It to the bin brought In by the majority now
seems probable,
TIE ENFORCEMENT Bill
It appears that there was g lively time In the
conference committee over the Enforcement bill,
the sharpest contest being over the clause auhor-
lXt1E the President to use the military forces.
Judge Bingham expressed hls opinion Of the bill,
az 1t came from the Senate, by saying to some Of
his associates that II the Senate ever sent such an
other measure to the House, he would move to lar
It on the table. and. II that carried he would then
enter motion to burn the manuscript In public
DECORATION DAT.
Since Friday morning We have had an almost
rain storm Tonight there Is
allght wind from the northwest, which gives
Email prospect for fair weather tomorrow: but
eren If this does not fall, the roads to Arlington
and AL the country thercabouk4, will be 30 dread
ful with mud, that the promise for Decoration Day
Is not at all favorable The programme Of cere-
monies as a11angcd includes an grafton bY Gene
raj Logan; and the choral,
"A strong castle is our God,r
By the Marine Band and 500 voices, and another
choral by a large body Of children.
ITO the Associated Ptg1e]
INTERNAL REVENUE.
NAsASo1oS. May ea-The receipts Of internal |
sD, indicating that the Commissioners estimate
of f175, 900 Will be reached by the end Of June
sA1Es or GOLD AND PCRCMAsE or BONDS,
The Secretary OF the Treasury has directed the |
Assistant Treasurer at New FORK to sell one MILL
on gold On each Wednesday Of June-the nrst
hird, and nth on account Of the sinking fund, |
and the second and fourth On account Of the Epe-
:ial fRnd: also, to purchase TWO millions bonds on
ne nfst, third, ant nth Thursday, On account Of
ne EpeciM fund, and one million on the second and
ouIth Thursday on account Of sinking fund. Ax-
:Teeate gales Of gold, hve million 3 aggregate puf-
:hasea Of bonds, eight millions.
FUELiE DEBT.
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