, 1870-03-16
WASHINGTON.
Ihe Finding Dill Referred to
the Ways and Means
Committee.

Passage Of the Texas Admis-
sion Bill in the House.
The Pert Of Entry Bill Killed In
the Senatcs
Adverse Report on the San
DomfDgo Treaty.
Correspondence Relative to the Miss
ing Indian Bureau Records.
Special Deapatch to Tns Chicago Tr1ouna
WAsu1S8ToK, March 15.
ImoRTAST CORRESPONDENCE.
The following correspondence hss ju1t passed
,.,etVeen the Chairman Of the House COMMITTEES
~or 1ncIau Affairs and the Secretary Of the In1e-
I1or concerning the mutlauon Of departmental
history Of certn,n mat!ers called for By resolu-
ton Of tho Senate, and ordered to be printed by
that body. The directions to print dere sub1e-
sQuentE1ecalled bJ the Senate, but after this the
edist order was again renewed:
HoCsE or RkrREaESTA11yEs}
WAFH1EGToN. D. C.. March s, 1870.
Hon. J. e, Coz, Secretary cf the Interior, flashing
DEaa sR: ta7e the honor transmit here
with senate executive docamans No.
~ being JoaE leaes eonuuaieat'ng.
senate of Dec il, 1865, papers IN relation to ths
tsaln af cettaln lands Of the SnAwnees, and Known
as me Black Bot lands, aad also pnrporttng 70
This Maer so i COW peo1e III Committee IL sc On efIs a.
-t14n AnAu OF the HouAe OF Repfete nt1ttTes. and,
1ion 1ss recently psssed py tae Ho1se requesting d
tie Senate to send 70 the uonse, ior refertrce TO
tEe Committee o. lldisn Anst1s, sti papers re.
nom The House, it Was stated oJ the ChsirMAn OF
tne Committee On Indian A1Airs Of the Senate
ana hence could NOT be furniAned until printed,
atd reao.uuou Was Temporarily laid on the
table An EXAMINATION Of th:ss ps2ers, as printed
a comparison with toe or R.nAls On die IN Jcur de-
pa11mt nj, .w1l, am confident. prove that tnla
= document ia partial snd Ra1b,ed publication, ana
that The great nody Of rhe papers IN the cass me
Omitted attcgetner. Al am informed by those
familiar with pz.cedenIa In b,th noascs Of Con-
fT,deu; 10 all that tnts suppression Of an impor-
TINT portion t1 1ecofu Is most extraordinary
and 1mprorer, Submit The whole subject to you
toedd that Tas 1ecensl5 Informed that Hon. E.
=. G. RuAs, u1e OF the SetatQs1 from the Sac of
Indsn Anarg In The senate, prepared tue sfore-
.Satd pApels for the pfintcy but must add, also,
that an SLOW 70 believe that United ssatei
Sci ntcr. cefo1e whom IN important tusIect ike
thin Ens pend1cE Tor otnclal action, wou;d Rarole
!. oE suppress pIpe1z. for aty p1f2ose whatever.
ssnsa 5o'F obj sEHn4 s5.ssat cn.uk
sece.s1y Coz, after having the Senate docu.
:nent compared with the original in the lies, re-
nlled as tol1oHs;
DkpAHTKES1 or The 1STEs1oR,}
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Marcn Is. Z
1us ant, have cauaed examination to be made ia
determine What po1tlon Of H. papers sent By NE
to the Senate, IN cuu plianCa with rue resolution
OF December 1a 1862 calling for psp:rB in relation
TO the Black B0bt 1ande ct thu Shawnee indians,
aid printed IN The Senate executive document
No ~. Of the current session. enclose, hers
Wt'hs copy Of letter f1u1. commissioner Parker,
q the 11tn mt, from which it Appears thss tue
document IN question contalns about oue-fonrth
OF The pspera trznsrRtt1ed by ne to the Senate.
AZ It pu1pcrts to furnish all ito5e pspers N not
merely . selection from them, and ~ am aware
Of no reason for kuppfer8iLg any OF them. shall
= csll the attention OF the c3s.rm.n OF the Sanate
Ecminittee On Innaa Affairs to ;he matter, and
: explanation = hich may receive, VERY respect
j. D. Cox. Secretary.
Irdtan Affairs, Hoaae Of Representatives.
Secretary Cox las addressed the Senate Indian
-SunHdstee On the sub}ec1, and tbs matter ts one
winch Will doubtless come before the Senate
-Ihe case ID pronounced By some OF the oldest
-DEmberB as without psececent
NEW SAFETY VALVE.
In view Of the great nunbsr OF boiler explnx.ops
IN the country OF late, much intc7est aseacaes to
Che eeEfss Of experiments tust 1ntsned a. the
n Washington Nsvy Yard. undes the direction OF
-AdEl1al Dlhsgreu. with u double action aafety
valve, invented By q nj, Bcden, Of Louisville.
The 1tst u1M was hydraulic, the second
HnA% WI
In making III latter, The boiler, having no water
IN II, Nss heated to as high a tempera:nrr as was
: deemed neceaeary, and then kuddenly s2pptled
with water through ten.t1ch aperture. The
steam formed tna1antly. tne puser valve 1ose, the
fn1eT valve fell, xnd the necessary relief WEE
E1Ten- This t1la1 at the navy gard Il the fifth to
which the Boden Ta.re has been subjected, the
1IsI having '.ten by req hest,-the secaud hy
'.;.scE liens aLG 11e having beep q deliberate Ct
-xeupr made by practical steambost engineers,
wt.h the inventors consent, TO blow Al old boiler
to atoruA TIE a.terp: fAiled
TIE wokK OF CONGRESS.
a comparison Of the progress already made In
the busiresB Of Cone1ess With the rate OF previous
year., shows .ha: 1t ID at present veil ADVANCED.
The Georgia bill Is causing uclay, and the meas
-,ares Of the Wars A1d Menus Committee are BE-
hind; but the Judgment OF Speaker Blaine Is tha.
an adjontnneLt can take place eafiy IN June.
BUTLER, OF TENNEsaEE.
There IL likelihood Of snarn debate IL the
~Hcuse 10 morrow over the report in the ca4e Of
Butter, OF Tecueasee. The whote of to-day has
BEEN uted in the most vtKnroug lobbying among
me1npefa uf the committee and Of the House To
saEe HIM It waa QUIZ after much persuasion that
-6ume members OF the committee were induced TO
a21ee upon cenEure only.
BAN poxEGp TREATY.
The rejection Of the San Domingo tTeaty By the
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, created
Nrr hIrAf Hfrnxo tn
DECISIVE character Of the Tpte-lye to two-WEa
announced I; ;b regarded ~ hardy poss,be tt1t
nj h m adEerse report, TO strongly supported hy
the committee, the MEASURE can be carried IN tne
8ecate, where tvo-tntras vote is necezaary.
THE FUNDING ruL
The general opinion In the Hoale, af.ar the de
-bata In teterorce to the Funding bill, seemed X
be thzt the 1nAi espoatt1on made OF It ny sending
10 the Ways ard Means, instead Of the Banking
ard Currency Committee, had no Hpec!8. EguiG.
caDce.
TENNESSEE.
4 delerat1cn Of colored men fr1u the Republ1
,-can Convention Of Tennessee, called On the Pres
OF that 6sate ard give his Influence to the more.
1uent 10 Set aa,de the present government Their
v1eva met with rely little escou7ageneas-
TIE POET OF ENTRY B11L-
The Senate Committee on Commerce TO-DAY
euted to report adEesely on the bill a!1o wing the
1-anspotta:iou In built Of imported goods to ra1.
ous potntz In ths interior.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON, March 1o.-The Committee on
Reconstruction to-uay heard the co1oTed men on
Teu1estee anatrF. To-morruw they examine the
presiding ot1cers Of the Lege1atCre. Tue CON-
n5stee ate Lot Jet prepszed 10 report bill.
ELECTION CASE.
TIE Indications are tha, the Subcommittee On
ELECTORS viii report ID 1avor Of s.ra1er, Dsmo.
-GTat, a. entitled to the Ee2t from the Cincinnati
40i6iuct
TIE TAzIFF ELL
Tho Committee In Waya aud Meara were en-
sEaRed 10 DAY making 7etbA corrections IN the
1a1t1.
TIN GEORGIA ELL.
The friends of Governor Bullock, Who say they
'aass cansassed tbe ssnafs expIsss them1eiSes ere
TIE 8lf DOMINGO TREATY
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to,
Gay decided to report agans: the 1as!ne5tton Of
favor, and I'VE against IT,
AN EXPLANATION.
1t appear4 th&. the appointment Of the new
Dlstr1ct Il attributable 70 tie FACT tnat explana-
-1on4 1to1a The present incumbent, A1!Ahan. Is to
The lnFestgaaon Of the returns OF income in pre-.
were unsat1stacror3.
The SenAtoT1 std RepreSenrat.FeE-EleC from
"Texas, accompanied BY sena OF wilson, Of Masss.
-Ghnse1b, paid their respects to the Presdent to-
SENATE EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
The Senate TO dag cocrrled the noul1ation OF
a Motton was trnmedasely thereafter made 70 re-
-ecnaldff. q fote on which 1s low pending.
ECDAk BEll1GEEENCY.
+ II reported to-u'Gnl taa. the House Commit
mites On Foreign Aneits has sgreed TO recon-
etent ftghU to the CnbAr Insufgenta
KONIG4TtoNs coSFIRSgo
0a ffHj6 Ro-tHa