, 1870-06-20
WASHING ON.
The Indian appropriation Bill
and Indian Policy.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
Issue,
Psmcrsy Gets Another Of His Rail-
reads Extended.

dXs9c14l AEHpASE1 10 4He Nh1E4to AH0h+!s,
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.-T1e Indian Ap-
prpp1iaaon bill will reach the House again in .
day or tKo, with report from Dawes committee
on amendments made thereto By the senate
These afe efghy-tEo IN number, and add ABOUT
sac goo 70 the aggregate amount appfop11aseo'
One class Of amendments Is TO l2akc good tac 1ef-
mer IndIan payments Ii currency, where our
treaties called for payment IN gold. 1ne amount
under this head ia not large, and "tA niuNaHiy
he giyen. The amendment dispossess;ns the
Os4gr Indians Of their Iauda In Kansas, and pro-
ytd1ng Tor their removal to the Indian Te11ato15,
IL reiected. The numerous amendments
sending fhsmers and nechanics, on salhaes, 10
yRrtous u1bc4 In pursuance Of the discretion co.,
ceded In many old treaties 10 the President will
mostly be reported against, though Emall lumber
OF them hrc likely to hc saved in the Conference
Co1nmtrree, to which the bill must finally be re-
5crred. The great struggle In the House, as also
in the Conference Committee, H1ll I've over the
amendments carrying out the provisions Of the
trcsttes made two or thrrc ycass ago by General
*herman's Peace Commission The movement for
this commission originated In the House, hu,
1Aat body did nut like Its work,
and has pesEtstently refused to eauc-
ton its treaties ty appropriations Of money
to give them effect. Eye1yLod5 knows that much
OF the tonhle on the plsins il due to the fact Of
now as ever, and seems willing to g1re cause for
Further difficulties hy further Refusal to observe
fRt1h with tho Indians relating 10 their trcatiea
Tic Amount OF money Involved is rather ovar tra
aud 4 hail millions, nearly half of which should 60
to the great tribe OF Sioux, TO which bands Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail telong. Dawes and his
committee think It il Useless again to asl the
direct assent Of the House to treaties Of the
Peace Commission. out will endtaFor to
give the President contto1 u the greater part Of
the money for which they call, allowing him To
use 1t ut hts DISCRETION. The cummtttee 70 far as
they are concerned, do not mean 10 promote an
Indian wat by refusing OF nteitcttnG to lutnisl.
the Prektena with the meana for earring out his
peaceful ppbey. They hare had good deal Of
conference on the matter With the Secretary. OF
the Interior, End, as Q wlule, 1nd themselves in
general sympathy with his vicrs- Hc says the ad-
mtntsua1on has been more successful In dealing
will the Indian question than Il had Asason,
year ago, 10 think 1t could he, and the
President himself Is quite hopeful
Of the future, II sustained by Congress With the
necessary appropriations. The new 1ndtan Agents
AMI Superiutrnlents uow understand their busi-
ness, and Will be much better able than hereto
lore to distinguish herween thieves and honest
men among whites, aud between tnnse WHO arc
well disposed and tAnse who are evil Disposed
s.raonX lndI1ns. The SECRETARY Will exercise the
utmost care and caution In making new treaties,
and holds that expedlency. - we'll as fair deAl-
ing, requires the observance ot these The now-
existing committee, as already stated, thinks 1t
uscless to make any further effort At present
to getfh formal aequiescence Of the House in
the sherman treaties, but will strongly advise thst
the President be given what money ts needlu,
TO be used in l1is discretion, under responsibility
to Congress, and they will also concur III apprp-
priattons for the expenses Of the present unpaid
Indian Connmtssioo.
6pCTHERS Pacific RA1IRokD.
The Southern Pacific Railroad question comes
mp II the Sennte Tomorrow morning, that body
holds to the unanimous agreement 1T made On Fri
day. TheEe ere two bills: One reported bT How
ard, and tic one for which Sherman stands spon-
sor. Howarl's nsm-A seventy gentlemen Is corpo-
ratoTK, and EheunanH one hundred and
twenty. Most Of those in HoWand+a are
uIron GhetMan.s, while the additional nifty
In the latter are Fremont md his friends
or, IN other words, 6hcs1nans is the Fremont bill
while Howa1u.s Is agonistic to Fremont The
general features OF the two bills are about alike
The proposed road ia from Narsha1l Texas, On
the thtt5second parallel to Ell Paso, and {thruugh
New Mexico and Arizona 70 the Pacific coast at
San Dega, California The land grant In Texas
comes from the State Government The grant In
California Is twenty, and LII AtixonA and New
Mexico forty sections per NILE, all In odd-num-
bered SECTIONS, and to be sold to SET
tiers at s2.so per acre, afrer i've years
fIom the completion Of the road How.
ards hill provides that the whole Ane must
he hullt OF American iron or steel EhermAn1 al.
lows foreign i.un to be used In Texas, where the
grant comes from the State Sherman.s lnsures
completion IN ten, and HoEard*s in eleven years,
Howard authorizes the company to issue first
mortgage bends m all it= n.epeItr and rirhts Of
properly to the extent Of S40,e coo per mile. Sher-
mans authorizes land bonds to the extent Of
Ae
ton bonds to the extent Of <s0.eo6 per mile On
track End personal property OF the company. Both
bflls give the right Of CONNECTION, with twenty
tons per mile grant, from San Diego
to San jose, Ca1.; connection from New Orleans
to Marshall With ten Section per nile grant, nud
connection from Fulton, Ark-, to near Dallas,
Texas, with pothing hut the right Of way. HoE-
1rd cxlIs the main lIne II The Texna Pacific Rail-
ruad:~ while Shernan's names Il The Southern
Transcanttnental" The real point OF light over
them IL whether General Fremont and his friends
shal.be allowed to hare hand fa the work.
THE TAX ANn TARIFF.
The Tax and Tariff bill will be reported from
The Eesate Finance Committee tp-EnnrToW in q
greatly modified form. The TAX sections mostly
give way to the Sherman bill, which does not at
tempt eodtJ the internal Revenue Law At all; but
simply aloalshes taxes on sales, gToss receipts,
IegacieA SUGGESTIONS, carriages, watches, go1d and
6tlver p1ate, passports, and all special taxes, ex
cept these On bankR and brokers, 4nd leaves
nothing hut taIes on spirits, tobacco, 1e1mentet
liquors, gas, tncome and banks and brokers. TIT
committee also abolish the stamp tax on receipts
and snaa1l notes The income question is to bt
settled The tax On whiskcy is not changed In AM
respect Al the meeting to-monow morning TIT
committee win probably go with the House for .
per cent rate, nnd e, 900 exemption TheJ do nc
altogether Ike the 3dea Of tnkefing with the tasiN
but accept what the House nas done with tn,
several changes. The reduction on tea to dfteei
cents, coffee to three cents. pig iron To seTel
dollars and scrap Ion to si1 dollars, il concuHes
in. Bessemef steel Is not set settled. The Hous
rates On splces Of various kinds are mostly re
jectcd, and the 1ates left rs In the existing Law
The free List Is satisfactorily retained as it cam
from the House. The classification Of cigars l
somewhat changed without affecting any mate
1aal difference In the aggregate Of duty imposed
The Increased dufr OF the House on nickel
wines and imported eptrtts, 10 rejected
is is also that on tuts. The uous
duty on imported books Ia retained, as are ais
duties on oils Of all kinds Figures FROM tn
Treasury Department chow that the hill, as
Gomez from the committee, win effect reducto
OF 9bout seventy five mltlious In revenue, VII
Twent5-four on tariff, and nfty-ooe on INTERIM
taxation This IL about ten or twelve more tha
Schcuck said his bill would effect.
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS ELL
The only one Of the appropriation Hills not II
reported In the House is TINT for the army, Hhic
has been held back 10 see II Congress wou1
agree On GONE measure reducing the nun
her OF pf3cers and n1lng definite rate Of pa,
General Log1u has carried the conference repol
through the House, and III. Wilson will TT to &C
action On 1t this week In the Senate. The Pal
master General has furnished the Dawes Con
Iuttee with tables, from which 1t appears thar ii
appropriations for next year are Increased 5000
eco by lesieistion embodied In tbls report, gre:
part Of which is for officers Who rQst 20 OF
within the next year, hy resignation or dtscnarg
with one years. par. Some ror1ton OF II, howeve
il necessary for the payment Of oneers who "!
xemain In the service: for while the pay OF thos
from the grade Of Bngader General up 1s reduces
the aggregate compensation of every one belo
the grade Is Increased.
st. Louis ARSENAL
The bill for the sale Of the St. Louis Arsen
ground, introduced by MI. FtnGelnburK, as repor
ed by Colonel Dyer yesterday, and passed. 1t d
mates to St. Louis for park, all the ground lri1
between casondelet avenue, Fourth street, Ars
mi street, and Wal street, being about two a:r
xnorc than the former grant. It reserves al LII
portion lytng between Rlver Point and SecoE
strees TO the government, to be used as militia
station for qu2rtermaster, recruiting, IL
p!thtr purposes. The middle t1act, lying betTee
Second and Fourth streets, Is to be sold IN lots,
public auction. with the privilege reserved TO Il
city OF St Louis TO purchase the whole at I
appraised value.
roAEsoY,s RAILROADS
Hi. PomeTpy got another one of his railroads e,
tended IN the Senate yest+tday-uo ane npno
ing, except Mr. Thurman. The AtcaIson. Topel
j Santa Fe Road was authorized to continue
Zine over 800 mics to Albuquerque, with uraat
Of 100 1n1lea or naorc, which, hy the ter1us OF /,
ILL, without the fact appearing On tts face, can
run through the Usage lands This appears TO
yan m Tnv fo-1