The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-29
FROM WASHINGTON.

The United states steamer Plymouth.
Special Despatch to The Evenirg Telegraph
WASHINGTON, April CO. The United States
steamer Plymouth, which accompanied the
Monarch with the remains of the late George
Peabody to the United States, has nearly COM
pleted her repairs at the Portsmouth, N. H.,
Navy Yaid and is under orders to proceed as
soon as ready to the European fleet, touching at
Lisbon, Portugal. The passage out will be made
under sail.
Naval Personals.
Commodore NJ. Smith, Chief of the Bureau of
Equipment and Recruiting, Navy Department
will start in few days on tour of inspection
connected with his bureau, to the several navy
yards.
Commodore A. Ludlow Case, sChief of the
Bureau OF Ordnance, is under orders to proceed
to Newport, r. l., and Boston, to examine the
condition of the torpedo station and ordnance
establishments at those places.
Agreeably to the recommendations of medi-
cal board, Master VIM. II. Mayer, Jr., of Newark,
N. j., has been granted leave of absence for six
months to recruit his health.
The President to-day nominated George A.
Crawford to be chaplain in the navy.
Secretary Robson has accepted the resigna-
tion of Second Assistant Engineer p. j. Lange,
of Lower Merion Pennsylvania.
Tie Fe0lnn Raid.
Specicl Despatch TO The EUenilG Telegraph.
WAsHINGToN, April 29.-Secretary Fish stated
this morning that most of the information which
his department had obtained about the proposed
Fenian raid into Canada came from the news
papers, and it was not true that he was in the
receipt of official information to any important
extent, such as had been indicated. The Cana
dians had been unnecessarily alarmed at the
stories OF invasion.
The Winnipeg War.
The Treasury DEPARTMENT has letters from
Collectors of Customs along the Michigan lakes
that the British Winnipeg expedition is certainly
making preparations to go through the St
Marys Canal. Instructions have been issued to
prevent it, and the gunboat Michigan has been
ordered to keep lookout.
The Indian Campaign.
General Sheridan writes to General Sherman
that he will go to Sioux City, in the western part
of Iowa, in few days, to see about the DISPOSE
tion of troops for Dacotah to prevent the Indian
raids. Advices from Wyoming state that the
Cheyennes have made no new depredations.
.. The Funding Bill.
The Ways and Means Committee again dis
cussed the Funding bill to-day. The statement
is authorized, all reports to the contrary, that
the committee have not decided on a single
feature of q new bill.
The Income Tax.
The conference committee on the disagree
ments between the two houses on the income
tax had another meeting to-day, but utterly
failed to agree. The Senate side was firm for
House committee wanted it left open.
Postal Telegraphy.
President Orton, of the Western Union, was
| before the House special committee on the pos
| tai telegraph, to-day Gardiner Hubbard made
| a speech in support of the system, but opposed
to the pending bill. No vote. Orton also OPP
| poses the bill.
The German Radicals
| met in mass meeting last night and utterly repu-
! dated the municipal government here, declaring
| that the negroes were idle and worthless and
| supported at the taxpayers expense.
| Pacific Railroad Projects.
| An effort is being made to harmonze various
| Pacific Railroad interests in the Southern States
so as to get them all agreed upon one general
| road. Several parties are here before the Senate
and House Pacific Railroad Committees to-day
| advocating the concentration of all projected
roads upon Fremont's transcontinental route.
| Nearly every Senator from the Southwest has q
road of his own, and it looks as if, through per
sonal quarrels, nothing would be accomplished
Fremont processes to have enough strength tC
get his bill passed independent of other combi
nations.
The Tariff Bill.
The Ways and Means had the Tariff bill up il
committee again to-day, and considered the pro
priety of striking out several paragraphs likely
TO lead to protracted discussion. An effort viii
be made next week to lay the bill on the table
in order to test the House. desire to get rio
of it is becoming general among members.
The Banking and Currency
Committee are ready to report Ingersolps forty
five million bill, but the general opinion is thai
it will be defeated, and that Shermans bill fo
the issue of ninety-fve millions national banl
notes and the withdrawal of an equal amount o
greenbacks will be adopted. The COMMITTEES
will not make favorable report on Ingersoll'
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