New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

perseded by the President. but that no change VIII 10
ada untn sborty before the dissolution Of the present
Congress- and .that the delay will be occasoned ,'
desire Of the President TO appoint sonc emDr Oh
present House who ia not elected 10 the next
Judge Loughridge OF Iowa has been avoraby nenoheu
in connection with the Office The long delay IN the op
pontment OF Commissioner Of Patents IN place OF COL
Fisher who rcsgned last October Is accounted ior on
the same ground
The Senate Finance Committee to-day agreed to report
fayoraby the nomination Of Cen Pessonton as Commits
soner of Internal Revenue aud he win be promptly con-
lned when his comes up In Executive session. IL
is thought that he VIII charge OF his new Office
on the st Of the new year. that VIII be tho beginning
of quarter and convenient time for the settlement or
his accounts as Collector.
The hostile attitude which the House maintains against
all land Jobs does not appear 10 discourage the ends OF
such schemes in the Senate. Yesterday four new Rail
road Land Grant bills Introduced in that body
proposne to subsidize roads IA Alabama Louisiana,
Texas Wisconsin, and California. These bills VIII no
doubt easily slip through the Senate and join pile or
similar measures resting the Speakers table IN the
House.
Mr. uoars bill 20 establish system OF National Ednca
ton proposes that when any State fails to make pro
vision for tue establishment and support of system Oh
common schools tho President shall cause tax to he
levied In such State for the purpose OF maintaining
national schools, Which 10 be established by state
superintendents aud subordinate officers tob appointed
| by the President. .
Several bs have been introduced recently to create
new judicial districts in Western States The authors OF
these measures are In most cases gentlemen VINO are
under the necessity OF retiring from Congress on the ih
of March, and who look upon u S. Judgshp for Life as
| q good thing TO fall back upon.
The Committee Appropriations is the most industFi-
ous Committe OF the House. this session. Two OF the
regular Appropriation bills are already finished re-
printed and made special orders for next week. and two
ara Is
apparent In the appropriations for the next
fiscal year. owing TO the fact that all unexpended bal
ances were covered into the Treasury by the law OF July
last These balances have heretofore contributed con-
siderable fund at the command Of the heads or certain
Bureaus, by drawing upon which they were able to re-
duce their estimates appropriations The actual expen-
ditures allowed for the next fiscal will materially
differ IN amount from those Of the present year. The es-
Inmates the several Departments OF the Government
have been prepared with strict regard TO the legislation
OF last sesson and this has greatly facilitated the WORK
OF the Committee this session. there being necessity
70 repeat the laborOus work Of pruning down tie est
| mates which took 50 much time last session.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed the
Atlantic Cable bill this morning. Several amendments
were offered but final action was taken. The Dill is
likely to he adopted by the Committee without I'M
portant changes.
Some important tables, prepared in the Treasury De-
partment to accompany the annual report OF the
Secretary have just been printed One of them shows
the cost. in currency and gold Of each purchase OF
bonds by the Government from May, 1862 TO November
so and the average cost OF all purchases made prior to
the end Of each MONTH and Is particularly interesting
from the fact that 1t shows that the financial policy OF
the present Administration has caused constant appre-
citation OF the gold value Of u bonds, except during
few months last Summer when the price was affected by
In Europe The following table shows the gold
price Of bonds purchased by Mr. Boutwell, the last Of
| each month since May, 1862: