, 1870-04-18
Further Facts ELECTED in the
Freedmen's Bureau
Investigation.
An Anti-SKteenth Amend.
ment Society Or
ganized.
Western Governors Working for
a Ship Canal Between Lake
Michigan and the
Mississippi.

SHIP CAkAL FHo1ECI.
WAsHHo1uS, April 17.--Four Western Gogc4n-
ors.--FaiEchtid, OF Wiscunsin; Austin OF Mime
sota: Merrill, OF Iowa, and Harvey, Of Kansas,-
arc urging Congress to make m appropriation for
canal for ste4ul standardization between the
AIsstssipri End Lake Michigan, ria the Wisconsin
Ano Fox 1usctS. The plan comprises the CON-
p1eton OF the improvement Of he channels Of
the'e itScfs aEd cuuurc,lng canal OF a.,out 1so
mtles In length. 1t will cort nlout 1900 00o and.
it Is estimated, would cheaper the cost Of s1ain
transportation II cents per busneL 1t u proposed
that the canal tolls shall reimburse to tue spr-
ctuncnt the cut uf Its construction With interest
On tn: onuay; after which the tolls arc Il, ..3 r-
ouceu 10 tht amount required TO keep th; work tn
sera1-2 result which would he reached, it is
Chained, In Eve teH1n utter Its completion.
sAuGuL1sd on TIE MEXICAN BoapkH,
The AeAcans hare for 5calA perHstetl In maIn-
tanning Tree belt All aluug The Rlo GrauLe Into
HhlcA suo<lo con 1T t.4eu without the payurlt
oE duty This singular custom arrangement has
Inc stH'rle eject III encouraging, Mexican CON-
mcfec, W facilitating The introduction OF smnGgled
Euoas INTO the United HtAtts, and works 70 Eelt
that hit It e1tet It Is practically impossible for
Us 70 Prevent smuggling Limit Its amount.
AemouftTauccs made ilS our Minister have had so
Little cnect, that the Mexican Congress his
actually passed law extending this smugglc.'s
rafa1lse up to E1 faso, nPlomacs hAs been e1-
hausted without tntct and the Hetrcnchmeut
Con4mtttt La1r tctn :ur soulc tirlc Investigating
the subject aud have taken a vrcat de,I ~ All.
dencG, showing how thtuxs yorked. an, rpnn,4
IL now in rrrpa1at;ou giving TIN. fnr.. dnr-1o,oa
In the investigation,
TIE fnEED4Exs nCRRAu INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Investigation and Labor be-
gan lta schaton yesterday, by try1ng to ascertain
Low the tes:tmouy gut uuI. a4d upun aaestIontnp
Witnesses 1t w4s ks:eEt1iut71 ilai 1tcy had tsktat-
ed tAcl1 evidence. This tho committee has no
power to prevent, md, as most Of tho Witnesses
to liz callsl on tho nrst nn1r Of tbr chnr7e .na
well Known lIere, the 1IYesttzatIou nrOnfs,s IN te
pretty fully sepprt.sl. The czuas+xau,tua,iuu Of
ifumsey, tic contractor, was continued by Genera.
1foFaEus ccansel lie testified that both the
private house. and church upon which the bureau
hal loaned funds werr good securiuca When
asked II he had not signed withdrawing re-
port regarding the fail OF the hospital he stated
that snch report had been drawn m, but be
refused to siKn it, ad insisted that au concerned
SHOULD E't censtrr'l liz liked fur thousand dol
lars ~ the cost Of putting tn the iron columns to
take on tic tlttr, ali the roof Ut the walls after
tie lattcs were found IL lie unsuun.L lie wss
mixed II he had anything to do With getting up the
charges presented against General Howard, and
declared that h. bad not. Henry Scarf architect
OF the university and hospital, Awors that he knew
nothing OF the worth IT thu material; did not
sec It, Tut got NJ Lis ta.: With the understanding
that 1t vas tu It used The original purchasers u
~ ''sA~ ~ N@e .Ae 'iAeA s'''sIA"H neEe were fen-
eral 3Iuwar'f, coluHCi Hlit:lrs.y, Superintendent
AlruY1l Gcnrral t,h.,,,.s tI,,x,r,i htw.f a..,.n
~ ,.-,> .,,. 80. ~, - e''' "NN onc
- A"o "''e!H aIo+t INC haiF1o. IHe Mlcainc was
fist ctrctt1l un the university gynunlS N1th the
understanding that tile buildings thcrn rert m ~
t,nnstrnr,e,, NJ tho ,,,nt.,,., .,-,,,..,, - ~,
.,.,r, -, t...-' T 1,t, ~ - Ing ital-
N " oe'sioi 11""at" HHs 'ne nfst STRUCTURE
pal ulA Al sa'ssein=:t lHEae,i t.tucsat Howard
made snme arrangement wifi the President Of tho
compauy sAput his own s,nrl Thc c,,,mr.oo
nntnurur, ,,u <rr..t,- ,rh., e., ..,1,
-s.,< '' ""e4' SeN'A VIII w cA-
<aAA1aeo AUAHe1'
17kAvEIISG LEGISLATURE
Both the Congressional DELEGATION frnn f,h,o
and the Assoctat.nn NJ tut,n. ba,. h.,, e.
49, ~ 4A0eo~'"A4on u olianh Aafe Aela meet-
T1 -. M, ~ % 1,.,,na w." .1saa iisn !as Party