, 1870-03-30
WASHINGTON,

Funding Bill.
4 Hearing Before the Ways and
Means Committee.
Senate Dcbntc on tl,e San IN.
minE0 Treaty.
epee!A Despatch to The ChicAso Tsibuac
DEATH OF GENERAL 11iu4As
"AsHIEo5os, March 29.-Wotd that General
iAomas d1eu last night was received carlF this
'e1cnoon- 1t caused deep and unftiRnetl sorrow.
anu AAs beeh Tic subject Of general conversation
fneRds Who knew him well, and officers and xo}
a1ess WHO served under him, talk Of the old hero
III PAIN aud tenderness, md strangers to him, men
"no Ane" MN oi'ls b5 his grim and sturdy appear
ance, speak Of him IS though ,hey had lost near
and dear associate. There art shout tfty OF hls
o.a onlcefs In The city, beginning with Secsctar7
GoAs and going down through 6ena1orx
warmer aud SchuEz to Garfield, Slocum.
SceleS, Ceoutn, Beatty, krtchun, Shanks, md
"t"c's IN nigh 1Ds1tuns, mud tAesc will meet TO.
o!4o" u ta1e suitable action In regard to hts
ots'e aad r5ectoua memory. General Sherman
n3s Issued touching aad characteristic o.t5et.
aaa throughout army circles there arc notable and
ucaat!oi s'Xns Of high regard and unsclnsh dcyp-
&oA- 1he great Eol!cr wns endearrd 10 the REQ
lie no lees than to his old comrades In a.1us. and
In slime way this lore and admiration Will md ex-
pst4Sloh honorable u the county he no1ly setyed
11d Cur common humanity, for whose Interests he
stood rs such royal champion.
TIE 1xxAs BILL
Inc leIas I'LL tsut through the Senate without
debate, but not without provoking soue hsrti fee,-
NY so1on9 senatorA 1t came uyc1 frum the
u rhf..
nttte Oh tae 18th tustt prior to which time TINT
t1thmittee las had hut Que meeting md thcn nn1v
t'a't VI !ta members were present. The Senate
naa under debate the Georgia Lii and case Of
otaeth Anes, 10th f1oIn that committee, and I,s
"embcfs thought there WAS no occasion fof tr1px-
lug III 1afther business Moreover, It the CAUCUS
OF last Wcck, there ~as talk Of the Texas bill In,
no ouc manifested Its1e for IN Immediate ~
Snft Nj. 1Iumbuli, In response to tnuuir1e.
y'htesaay. kAld the committee would take 1t IN at
ils necsin8 on Thurtday, and probably repo{t it
tAat day; but sotnc Senators, End notably several
o. th'Ise who hare delayed action Oh tho Georgia
question, suddenly got nutlun that there was
urgent haste for putting this Tcxss bill through
tortl*Ilh, and accordingly Nj. Sherman to-day
!e' Oh III movement that resulted In taking 1t out
u tne committee, when II Was at once c0nsldered
and passed The Question uf getting II |. produced
a E'kh deal Of wrangilng, In the course Of which
TIC Vice President had several chances fo. cn{orc
iaR Inc new fule cutting III debu1e under certain
circumstances Its opetauon somewhat toor
aAark lumber Of Senators who didn't appesr to
faish the ldea Of being deprived Of a chance to
MAKE speech. The amendment made smp}y
Strikes cut tho prorso declaring that the act shall
not Affect the original conditions On which Texas
~as Admitted, and 10 this the House will readily
sGrtt Butler tried to get the bl up u eoon is it
reached that butsy but tho Democrats had conttpl
u tho noor, and hc could do nothing but get # r.
Ikl.FH rnFnt
will probably REPORT 1t In the morning aud pu, Il
through Immediately.
San DOMINGO.
The San Domingo treaty question occupied The
attention oi the Senate for r1Ehcr no.c thxn an
h"ur to-day, speeches t'tinc inaie hy Mr. Nyc in
favor and iii. Patterson ln opposition TO rstitea-
I'll. Ms S5c ts for getting ali the West India
1slandF, and Rpokc Of them Hs holding the satne
lela'on to our country as the outposR Of an a1uF
ho''i TO tho main body Of troops lie aypHed him.
Sell strongly for the Monroe doctrine and callr.I
on tht Foreign Relations Committee To come for, |
war" LII III defence and support Ar. Patterson
ha lite 1uor Tor less thua half hour. delivering
forc!ble aud scholas1y sI~ech. soueWhst In ,he
s2mc line As that Of NJ. Sthurx, slrcadY |
reported C2sscrly will speak next, and opppse |
ratification The President has not ret /
advised the Sc1ate Of any extension In the time
io7 a1flaa. but the understanding among members
Is that he has the consent Of Bacz for ratification At
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ierc, when vote w,ll lie reached. The belief that
thc htW Senators from Tezaz will support the
treaty "As one o! the httong reasons behind the
fnoa efncnt for tic immediate admission Of that
@tac, and the Indications ART that those from Mis-
s!sslff! and the new Senators from Georgia will
'n hfought In soon under the eame belief, It nay
u well bt understood at once that the prenJent
toes not mean 10 he beaten In the Issue this tratJ
ralscsr e.AA i4.- IL l.,s1x
4~ r..1shse.
THE FCSpTSG BILL.
The National Bank men arc here In soma forrc
and quito delegation Of them were to.,.y. te,
lore the Ways and Means Committee. They wcre |
Hall, OF Fosfan; LooniR, Of New Lopjon. CAL
hpnn, Of Scr York; Coleman, OF Trpy: Jutson
ana Teal, of Syracuse; Clark, Of rhlladelphIs:
Nus1tsr OF Baltimore; CoyIe ant huntington. Of
Warrington; and Aeltll, Ecammon. and Ttnk-
nam, Of Chicago The committee was in session
t*o n"nEs md hall, and hcari q long nrgument |
from Charles b Hall, President Of the Boston /
National Hank, anh trleny one from Thomas
Coleman, President Of tho FIRST National Bank. |
SecrctarJ Boutwell, and Comptrolle. Hulburd
were present. and the SECRETARY will probably re-
piy ID sumo form to tho arguments advanced
The hanI men want the committee 70
take out Of the Funding bill the
SECTION making it compulsory on banks to take the
psopoacd new bonds, and, II it ia not stricken out
they thlnk the banks ahould havo relief by a TO
ducuon Of taxation. They sre to have another
hearing tomorrow, when Scammon, Of Chicaeu.
Will KI'eak for the West and Northwest. They haye
askszl the BANKING aud Currency Committee to
Ssse them hearing a1sc and for that purpose
Special meeting hiss been called by Mt. Garfield.
TnK FIFTEENTH A4KSpMEsr.
The President has q proclamation announcing
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment al
ready, and It Is reported, and generally BIZ
IcFcti, that he will sign It a.
s.on - he has approved the Texas
htll, aud it IT, therefore, looked for tomorrow or
next day. A stury has been circulated that the |
announcement Ut ratification, even at this late
date, Will bring the q4prcd nsn Of Connecticut
iht' the field next week as voters; but = talk to-
day with Senator from that State does not kus-
tain The conclusion, thu local laws have not pro-
S1ded for this contingency. Thc Congressman
rum Missouri. ho~crcr. say that proper provision
has fcen made In their state, aud thAt, II the /
proclamation comes out this Week, the colored |
men will vute In the city election next Tuesday.
TIE INCOME TAX.
The Income Tax bill got ont of the Finance Com
fai'tec Of the Senate to-day with m amendment
which provides that the present 8 per cent rate on
all Incomes salaries, and Dividends shall not ouly
be collected this Fr|rug, but also next spring. and
after that the rate shall he rcdnced to rer cent
There is not much probability that this bin can he
got through, for II there Is ans thing on which the
r1nbers q" the House ase resolved, 1t Is in getting
TIL VI tac revenue tax 2s soon As possible,
LOGAN ys. EHEAMAS.
The notable thing In the uouse today wss Lo-
E8ns SPEECH On Sherman. he claimed that the
Genera! Of the Army hal personally assst]ed him
In letter recently publtshed. whatever the
country may think Oh that point, General Logan ia
esen with him now on the whole account for no
such speech As bis has btcn delivered here for a !
long time 1t held the House to close attention
from nrst to last, and won for Logan hearty ar- |
rlause and concentrations
70 THE ASSOCIATED PRFss
NzsTEcr 10 THE AEx1Kr OF MAJOR GESERAL
Gn0RfE H. 1HoAAA
WASHISGTpS, March ga general order from
the hcadGuA1ers OF the army announcing the |
death Of General Thomas, RvcS an account Of hts
life and setrlcek, and sAys the General has known
t'cncr1 Thomas intimately since they sat as boys
On the same bench, and the quality in him which |
n hollis up for the admiration and example Of the
Texax, AMI Arizona, when on duty 1hcn |
Was m absolute Punishment Of other |
desires He went checrtuIy and never |
asaed personal favor. exemption, or lcave Of |
absence. In battle he never wsveretl Firm, and |
OF fu!l faith tn his cause, he knew would prevail
anu he never sought advancement Of rank Of |
honor n the expense Of any. Whatever he earned /
OF these were his "wn, and no one d!snuted bis
1ane. e. Ths s seS Il mamGsEssnas,on @ ot honesty !ntes
Us he bcao Ideal Of the soldier and gentleman.
Though he 1eATes no chill to bear hIs Mans fhe
old Army OF the Cumberland, numbered hy tsns ~
th0usanda, called him father, and viii wecn rnr |
him In .eaFs Of manly grief. His wife, who cheeyed
him with her mekSAXtS Of lore III the darkr.t |
hours Of the VIZ, will noun Gin nov IN sadness
chAstcnet hy the sympathy Of the whole county,
The last sad rites due him As I man and soldier
will he E4id II Troy, n. l., on the arrival Of his
remains and The friends Of bis family, and all Of