, 1870-04-18
WASHINGTON,

spee5A Dseyatch to Thc Ch,cakp Ttit:ue.
SAN poNtS01.
wAsu1xGFpa, April 16-Tness ID prospect Of
further movement tu the ssu Domingo matter.
The President waA 1T one time IN farnr Of putting
TIE annexation through By jolns resolution, but he
Stems to have At length giveu UP that idea lie
has talked good deal, roo, about sending down u
the Island another commission OF Investigation,
but he hasn't get done anything In that direction
Some New York gentlemen who 1te interested IN
the san Domingo trade, have been over here this
week and talked with the President. AMI, to-day,
It l. g!ven out In White House circles Thar the
treaty Is BY no means dead.
BC7LKRs EsQrtsl71oS.
General Buffers commlttee continued It's inTes-
nE8t10ns to-day, and examined the correspondent
Of this paper and cne OF two other journalists "a to
the pledges the5 gave on getting Advance copies Of
tho gold conspiracy evidence Your correspond
ent testlned tha+ the Pledges he gave we're fully
ob6eEFed by the paper. Three Witnesses were also
examined On the Cuban bond question One Of
them, an ex-rehes co1one., named Pickett, ds-
clued to answer certain questions on thc ground
thst Whist he knew came TO him as an attorney.
He wiu be examined aea ain nezt week.
TIE RIVER AND nAKroR BILL
The House Committee on Commerce lad meet
ing thta morning to further consider the River aad
Hartot btil They are strongly pressed trum var1-
oCs quarters to make large appropriations, and
WILL IsI1Aut3 AXEtG kteCuul14EAG A.tCut SSttIptUl.
rAHAGEATAS MATTERS
The House Foreign Committee also met aaL hail
m raraguayAn matters, hri were not able 10 huaa
the matter. The point Of public interest In con-
Iee!E1u herewith, II their effort to rut naral
olEceFs and dlrl3m attic otacers on Enaze cordial
fouttng, but there Isn't much prospect OF leRtsia-
ton On the snhIscs At the preseat session.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
cHASGEs IN MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
WAsHIS61os, Aprsi la-Genera! Orders M, II.
fru. headquarters of tbc srms, a:stxa Matot Geu+
h. discontinued ate. the 1st Of Jaiy, the Ter
r!tc.y attached to The Department Z! Columbia,
ntnt Is crested. stJlt+i the ucas.mvnt Of Arizona
embracing AHzona and Soutaeen California, Gen
sa; ssa z.oT;man !: A.: + g. sasF res
M;ssru,, whrn va"stc,' hs G,a, ri s.:h,~
s' 'nas emhrsec Il he 's Whole Sylne, !: f. f.I
I a. far tast az Lake (kamplain. end tsrlesai Cnf
Is assters n tic tcnlEaat after June i. Virginia
1andei T. ,rTai NcDos il Tae se pxos1;esn ~ esn.
| Of tkt Cumberland Is t* .Guttadet Tr1,S- It III
IN the latter 'erarrurrt wi1 ''e a;:se!,-l y ~
DEPARTMENT OF the suuth, General Te,7y COM
| naaolns.
RIyEE AND H4EBaa BILL.
1ft llcESs S'tt-t olua:f:ee OF C'tlE'e:'c have
PREPARED LII EakttE appropriations t'- H.. I'LL
:sra: ssEe1 !,pon ~: For ns;iatass Itsrias, iii H.
distractions al: frvi1 the Mississippi Riyer
slnl tributaries. st:t'.t.': for tlle 0hi5 Ktvcr,
ttaH9-o, aad fuF the lnuukts " tic Mississippi
Rltcr, .c{1.f1.
GENERAL AotvArD AMI 71;E Ec.:EAr.
TIE HoEsc CaInnfttee q: EiEca'!a1 and Labor
fe1f session today, ami ronr!na"h tho iuyc-t!-
catinn of the charges agatn<t General Howard
Tr>:l;a"nF Wis rHs:HCtll showing that tirueral
Howard Gnh li$ hru;hr Charles arc the owners Ut
tht rSiehi ar;tl ont Of which the How lrt Cuiser-
II: i l,a, I'D thu: they paade . large sum Of
N>Etr GCt VI It.
THE c4r.ncAr CASE.
II was expected tia: tr f'isnrt III the Pa-:.nl--
Na.lbuEee 1nytstl:auan w6.i1d he submitted 10
the FrFrEn Adars Committee today, Int " asp-
rlul apN ars., AID IL NaS postponed. The Tepttt
Covers 20 printed ptgeA
The CEHRENCY,
The Baking ari Currency Committee hala
H"rtanc ir+tta9 on th~ hi for the redistribution Of
the currency, nut owing to the absence Of quo
rltn no acton was 12Eep-
TIE ARNT BILL
Senator Wilson has 40 far drcltutI to meet with
GtEesal LcE-l for conftrctct on tat AEElf t,E
1t Il uyueYstGed that Wilson IS rorxlns uuetir
seincitttce until It will be too late to bare acIon
1ron IL
TIE w1sroSs1s IMPROVEMENT rnnJEcr,
t'oTcru0r FalrclI1d, Of WistousiI., and Governor
Merrill. cf Iona, Will he hc.c to-!ac. II coajlnc-
TIN With Governor Harvey, Of Kansas, they vii
press ntnH Congress, nexf week, the r1ssaca Of q
I'LL praFtHg for uninterrupted steaEa csslntnun-
cason between the Mississippi River and Lake
Michigan ht way vi the Wisconsin and Fox KiyeHL
TIE Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company
have row the sole franchise for the Fox River hut
III arrangement Will probably b. effected with
them bF which The government viii ohtau the stle
control of that portion Of the rnnte The estlnsa.
Probably he heard ty the Commerce committee Of
the House next week.