, 1870-04-02
WASHINGTON.
Public Debt Statement for april.
Decrease During the Fast
Month, $5,766,3 6,349.43.
The Supreme Court Decides to
Reconsider the Legal
Tender Decision.
Il" Tariff Bill Considered in the
Honss il Detail.
SstIt Introduced II, T.t:lt1T<,e the
t-,>,i-;...1- ri 1fse Tin c e,.ta>
Amendment.
1;eneral Ames admitted to Seat in
The Senate.


he Senate.
SFte1si aAe.,--..' Ii.< t-tir-st = li4t-
TIE FIGHT M TIE TARIFF Blti-
WASHINGTON, April I-Thcrc aIt two new moves
in the taHn fight one Of which, at eazt, promises
To 70 good Way IN making things lively. Certain
gentlemen from Alabama came up here some time
ago to eec what could he done for cotton. Thcy |
began ty asking that machinery fur spinning mills
lie admitted free OF d1tJ for ono year, Failing to
get this concession, they set at work organizing
the Southern members of the House against the
Ta1tG but The Ways and Means Committee re-
considered The questions Involved, and have now
voted to ut all cotton machinery on the free list
This at once raises mnsa among New
England mcnlt,e1s, who claim that it will be bad
thing for TIE Inncsineshops OF that section 10 ad-
NIT machinery free, while the duties on tfon and
steel remain ut present rates, Of nxct1 as In the
new ttL The second r1uye in the contest comes /
from New Jersey. Senator CAttell has received |
papers, sgnc.1 by some 5000 citizens Of bis State,
setting forth that the Suggestions male by Com
missioner Wells, aR to the cost Of manufacturing
pig ttun, art not tr1c, and calling on Congress to
appoint commission to Investigate the matter.
These papers he Will present 1text Monday, hut no
one eau get tell what that trody will 10
with them. Wells friends anxious tu lave the
tnvcstiga:ion mstlc.
The LEGAL TENDER DECISION 70 he RECONSTRUCTED !
The sensation OF the .lay here Is tho action Of
the supreme CAur1 IN the legal IentfrF question.
There arc tT0 cases OH thu teket Involving the |
constut!onaliiy Gf the net If 1=G2 hut the natter
having bstu SO much argued. the court soMe time
ag0 ortlGfel that hu more arguments would be
lcar,l, the understanding fcluG that when these
cases were reached tey would Ike decided On the
PRINCIPLES laid down lit the .lt.cslDn rrcritly mat5f
The Attorney General yesterday asked tie court
Ia reconsider this ortlcr and allow argument on
these two pending cases The Chief Justice to-
day announced 1hat The mutton was granted, and
Muntl1y, the llth inst, whs set for heafinS-
This is not technically reopeucs Of the legal ten
der question, but It practically amounts to that,
because il the full court was satisfied with the re-
cent decision there would lc occasion fur hear
ing further arguments. 1t Is given out that Miller,
Davis, Swaync, Strong, and Bradley voted for the
Attorney Generals motion, and ChaEr, Nelson,
(uHnru- anu Field against it. Pretty much every
body to believe that Chascs decision IL 10 bc
reversed, and the consttrnti0naiity Of tho act tn
question fu!ls affirmed, slid II Is conceded Oh ail
hauIls that Whit II dune should be done quickly
CONNECTICUT roL111cs-
Quite numt,er uf lrttcFs tsum Republicans in
Connecticut have keen Received here In lhe last
two Of thrrc days, the substance Of what their
wrtets say Ii that the r!cct!nn Is Simply for Stae
Officers; that there has nut been 90 much Interest
usual in the CANVAS; tlat thc Democrats 1lavc
not pushed things with u,uch vigor; that, during
lhe last fortnight, Tile Republicans lssvs donB q
great deal Of ha1ti work In Il quiet manner; that
ting nrr little disappointed .. mt getting the
Fifteenth Amendment Ii t.me for the color..l men
u yolr, hut arc c!cslng the canvass with conf
t'.nce In thr sc-eicltion, next week, OF Governor
Jewell
TIE TARIFF ELL.
The House, after allowing farty-thrce '.'ecches
t. bc Ilr!lycnsl, HIS 1lually gut t1 WoEE IN tat;
Tariff ,llL General :scseark ussei1 another tiar
for sleersl-maklng, on things generally, hut Mr.
Dawes joined Issue With him aud sald there had
fNrn talk enough, AMI announced That he would
hereafter do what he could to Keep the House .,
work. lie was sustained, and hereafter the
buncoInf,c men must condnc themselves to tht
crening. No progress, whatever, was male Will
the h!t to-day, aluu; hour being spent on TIT
Item Of tea without reaching conclusion.
TUE uARIEN siIlr CANAL TREATY
xas laid before the senate to-day. II Was yer,
long document The essential points hare II
Gently ls,cn given LII letters irum Panama. 1t
nut likely that there vii! be any action on 1t a
present. Hattncation 1nny take place nnr tint
within eighteen months The President SAYS TIT
San Domingo and Da1en treaties arc parts Of ou
policy, aud VIC canlot get tlr full beIsr1t Of th,
ship canal unless We take San Domingo.
IpS6REss,osAL E1Ec17oNs-
'Tbr f,on7,ut,na mn Elerfiors nj +he 1ost cnn
-,.. th,,.,-,,, NJ I,,roa nro,rh. IN a mi rr1rt
kttes "'tuea -@'. b~s ~ eAouH ~ = o LN.-'
the 1ues*iat a1lcf Inc Afst Aohuas III >o'en1ut'
The day on which Representatives In Congress
shall be elected In nil the StateA. II wa* nc: pos
unI tn c4t n ,t,rnrh tbat f,orurc.s mn, f;aners
C.ss- r.. 49, t...,,.h. :. SO ~ c,,,., ,rd
oeHus1 uas ~" uF"uS"s !. into III Stnn'tr ta'l
aHa"sc tAG SAiH VI AA1e s1aoe1'f NIL As n-4a " "a
cure tts massage.
shNA.oN ~
iae long sEruRge ta the otnAte oser tnt flRnt
tte,f IN h,s farnr md HI. ia nnw fhe cn1tearnc E
1,o1s,s .17. 1,'n,,,,cars .b, x,,a.1 I'm, th.r ~
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Af~' 1'~ u@'n = i.'''t' ~ " e'~ H.0>S ~ >"N e4
hts election, wcfc Carpenter, Cuukl!ng, sthuf7
and EamuudS.
.,o1 1hsos A. ho".s ~ ~ n.s,,,,,. - T.,
- -
tcEterc In behalf OF his City Hall ring. Bo~r
instructed 10 support him In TITS contest for +,
s,a7,,t,o,,o, .rI III +,,rnr1 ont WIN n.frs. IN ,
,one, ron e,,u The 1,r,.st,rn, very ,,,rht,xalr n
~ t ~. 1., pn,-,,.., 49,, c..is
ltseh 10 hbl1e1e- Ae-as' t'o"t"s han ft'al
took delegation u1 to sec TIC lFrsilcht am 10
rIff Bowen In his demand, The Enccess Of the