The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-27
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FROM
WASHINGTON. Juns 25.

WASHINGTON, June 25.
The President has nominated Alonzo
B. Cornell Assistant Treasurer at New
York.
The coin balance In the Treasury is
SIP, 133. 05s. and in currency S21 ,974.-
62e. and in coin certificates, S34, 523, 800.
In the Senate, Nye, from the majority
select committee TO investigate charges
made by Dawes and Hatch against Gen.
Bsbeoek, made a report. 1t is quite
lengthy and goes into an elaborate analy-
sis Of the testimony taken, reviewing at
length the evidence Of Babcock and of
Perry, commercial agent of the United
States at San Domingo City, and con-
Guiding with a recommendation that the
petition Of Hatch be indefinitely post
! poned. The committee state that while
Gen. Babcoek had been guilty Of some
indiscretion. there is nothing in the evil
dence TO show that be was in any way
guilty Of an attempt TO keep Hatch in
prison The minority report. signed By
Perry, Schnrz and Yickers. eensures the
conduct OF Babcock. and charges that he
conniyed with certain parties in San Do
mingo to keep Hatch in Jail. for some
purpose best known to the parties them
selevs- They recommend that the fifty
thousand dollars damages. set forth in
the petition Of Hsteh, against the Do
minican Government, Be collected by
the United States. The reports were or
dered printed.
Abbott introduced A bill for the con-
solidatjon 81 certain North Carolina
railroads for the purpose Of constructing
q railroad to Cleveland. Tenn, and IS
tablishing q continuous railroad from the
Atlantic to the contemplated Southern
Pacific Railroad.
The resolution Of the Foreign Com.
mittee on Cuba vas taken up, and Gas
serly continued his remarks commenced
yesterday. untl the expiration of tn,
morning hour. when the subject wen
over.
The House Naturalization bill was de
bated by Drake. Salisbury and yickers
In the Honse, Morrell. of Pennsylva
mia, asked leave to report from the Com
mittee on Pacific Railroad, the Senati
bill granting the right of way through
the public lands TO the Midland Pacifl
Railroad. Benjamin and others objected
The Senate bill to ~re-organize tn,
Marine Hospital service. was amende,
and passed; also, Senate bill TO incor
porate National Bolivian Navigation
Company.
Bingham, from the Judiciary Com
mittee. reported, with resolution, for tn
punishment of Patrick Wood for assault
on Representative Porter, Of Virginia
by imprisonment for three months in tn
District Of Columbia Jail. The repor
and also the views of the minority wer
ordered printed.
The Sunday Civil Service bill was con
sidered and amended in some particulars
The appropriations for the New YorI
and Boston postofices are returned, an,
the Secretary of the Treasury is author
lied to proceed with the building in ad
vance of appropriations.
The Conference Committee on th
Currency bill is in session to-day. The
have reached NJ conclusion. and il i
probable that additional facilities will b
given banks South and West to the e,
tent of $4,000, 600. by absorbing the $45
D 600 of 3 per cent. certificates. an
transferring $25, 000, 900 from the Easi
ern banks. There is likely to be no actr
al expansion of the currency, only s
far as this may result from the author
| cation OF the gold banks.