, 1870-05-13
Another pay Of Slow Progress
On the Tariff Bill.
Additional Facts Brought Out
in the Howard Iuvest1-
cation.
Passage Of 1he Army Bill in 1he
Senate.
The San Domingo Question Again
Special Despatch to Tic Chicago 7fabu1c-

tho Datfr farm enterprise. The oruer unaeI
which start WIS made, dated April g. 1867, Is ass
fol1ow1:
WAR DEPARTMENT, BCREAU OF REFTGEEs,}
FEEEpMEs, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
WAslI1SG1oS, April q, 1861 }
b4eget prls Rrieaaer dc General George Y. Bullock,
Chief DIsbu1sInE Omcer Of this Eureau, wall
transfer the SUN Of S.. 600 to Board Of Trustees,
q. o. Howard, this amount to be held IN trnst by
them for the benefit OF three normal colleEtate n-
stttutons OF universities, embracing the education
being located, one in tue District Of Columbia,
one 70 the Statc Of Virginia and one In the State
said Sc 600 In land, with view to rellcvins the
1mmed3ate necessities OF tho class Of poor colored
people In the District Of Columbia, g rental. ey
aale with deferred payments or IN such ofhe1 WY
MS their Judgment Stall direct for the ru17nse pro-
y1ded. Al proceeds, interest," Or moneys rcceised
exrensea, sha be Annually transferred to said IN
ssitution- and, in Ill cases, to be divided e9nans
By order ed of Major General o. Q. HOWARD.
Commissioner
Another order, dated February 81, 1865, traus-
feI1ed TO these same Trustees the further SUN OF
900. 4 farm Of 374 acres WAS purchased and
divided Into acre lots-so0 sold in part to freed
men. Over six thousand dollars was expended In
grading road, 50 that lumber could be lau1cd over
the premises. Charles Howard E1s appointed to
take charge Of It. and several hundred tenements
were erected OF the lumber he purchased In Maine
Besides this, from the game lumber, eighty y-stx
threeBory frnne houses were built in this city on
land purchased by the bureau for the purpose
6eyenty-BIL Of these, with two entire city
pouRres, EaFe been since turned over to the sano
Tut es. nnd the other ten Of these with the four
lots on which they stand, to the uoWatu Ualyer-
sit.- -.-....---.
TIE TARIFF BILL
The ant-Tarif bill speech Of last night IT MI
Cosodc has been the subject Of some talk to-day,
rs Indicative OF the view Of tho Penusyfr2nans to
give m the measure without further waste Of
time General Schenck, however, In calling it up
this afternoon. declared, with some show Of feel
Ing, that he meant to stick to It, and said but for
continued opposition it might be finished in few
-days Twenty-one lines Was the progress 1o-iag,
every paragraph gtFtng rise to more or
less OF contest The rates Of the
committee on nickel, zinc, and mixed
ncsals were sustained. md arc generally
an advance On existing figures The committee
&c .mlnend cents per pound Oh old type 1T onlr
for 1cmnnufncturc, which is now on the free list.
Nj. Brooks put in few words for printers and
newspapers, aud the paragraph WIS cut cut BY
eeyen majority When paragraphs Oh nour and
live animals were reached the Inevitable struggle
for protection to farming interests began. and 1t
viii probably be continued tomorrow, The
cGmmlttee had recommended that the present
duty Of 20 per cent on 1--we animals he retained,
but the sheep interests Of Vermont demanded q
3A&AE4 AtAEt AAA II U<s9 A404!$ uAEA a. oV Rf4
Cent
1uE s4v DoMrsGo TREATY QUESTION,
SO far as the Senate Is concerucd remains Just as
It did when the document expired, four or five
weeks ago, by limitation There Is outside talk 10
The elect that an extension to the end OF this
month has been agreed upon, bnt no Information
If this k1id has been Laid before the Senate 4
strong effort has been made In some quarters to
create tic impression TINT many Senators have
changed front, and that the treatr can probably
.be carried The Senate now numbers e
members, Of whom IS must yote at1lr1na-
Hrely to give ratification. The last care
tUl canrasa made yesterday, shows ss
for it, 80 against It, aud doubtful II all these
last named vote for 1t there would still he slx
less than two-thlrds In the affirmative.
TIE NEW RoCUTr BILL
passed By the House early In February was favor
aly reported In the Sen4te this morning. It gires
the same bounty to heirs OF soldiers who enlisted
for ytr End szIe71 wcre Killed in the aerTice
As Is now gwen TO two year soldiers It also re-
pcals the Limitation in the act Of 1863 as to time
for tling claims, aud says they mar be pre-
sented at any time. 1t further gives one
hundred tlo1lars bounty to ell soldiers who en-
listed between Hay 4th, 1861, and july esd, 1861,
and were honorah.y discharged or mustered out
The last clause is In accordance with tho decision
Of the Supreme Court In the case carried up by
Major uosmeE. OF a Massachusetts regiment
TIE ARMY n11I-
It's not at all possible to tel yet In what shape
the army bill viii go to the President. The Sen
ate has provided that after july Of next 5ear the
army shall be reduced to thirty thousand men;
1hat the par Of officers shall stand IS II does
ut present, md that officers On the retired
list, like General Sckles at Madrid, General Bad
eau at London, and General Fessenden at Port
land. shall not hold civil of1ee. The House bill
and Senate hin will now go into Committee Of
Conference.
Afalge number Of leading citizens here have got
up IN excursion down the Potomac, On Saturday,
on steamer Of the new Norfolk line Halt the
members Of Congress will go, II the House does
not Fit on that day. The President and members
of the Cabinet have been Invited, and some Of
them will probably go. II the day Is pleasant The
affair will undoubtedly be pleasant one
G, H..
The Grand Amy OF the Republic had con-
tdcrahle of time to-day, the question Of elect
ing Commander for next year. General Logan
beat General pleasanton, and WIS reelected by,one
majority. The talk among delegates Is, that Pleas
anton had the influence Of General Sherman and
those who oppose logPu's Army bill
TIE IL pREwHs
4 delegation Of brewer, from Pittsburgh, called
on the Com1uissi ioncr Of Internal Revenue today,
in regard to the proposed enforcement Of the law
allowing one bnng- hole to q keg or barrel The
custom prevalent OF late Of draining ale or beer
A@HAA e"e' - ~ 49, '4'A'k.N- 'te7 t0I<7a1A-4-
ted the opening Of an additional bung,
with which, Rs get, there has been
no of11clal interference: hut the Pittsburgh
@''s ~ tue eoaet.oi tAeic
that the aF #oula pe s1f1cffy enforced after July
] next, and having large stock on hand, CON-
patn that the transferring Of ale or beer to other
.,.tu xxr,,1d 1,a Y,,nore m II. ,r.,tt~ ~, 49, 1
protection far the quantity already manufac-
tureN Is concerned. They were informed by the |
Commissioner that 1t was case without the jnrs-
1,+ton nr con,ress con1a aiona enn,r ~ .as;,
remedy.
CIT roL1T1CE.
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tons Of the Republican Executive Committee, Was
-Tecaied to-nieht Istcharls preyfnns1v nomInated
~ +he vecn,,T f,e]crates wjthare,r ~ tha 49,
FeuuoA lutA aeeA101o IL Aa'tF u EtWe1Es H. |
dependent, By unanimous yote. This leaves !
EuHen in the 1urch as candidate on thc re.,u1ar
1Icret nn II IL hc1sere,, tnsnrca his efeo+ v ,hr
thonsana ha}ota1s-
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