The New York herald., 1870-04-07
Expeditions Mode Of Settling a
Vexed Question.
Buffers Resolutions for Annexa-
ti0n of Dominica.
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Serious Charges Preferred Against
General Howard.
Publication of Income Re-
turns Prohibited.
Passage Of the Deficiency Bill
by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April g. 1870.
Summary Mode Of Settling a vexed Ques-
tiOn-nutler's Resolution for Apncxing DO-
2 nsiniea.
General Batter proposes to cut the Gordlan knot
o. the 81. Domingo question and settle by sum-
mary process what the Senate has been unable 10
accomplish. AZ soon as he can get on opportunity
Butter win Introduce the following joint resolution
for the annexation Of ST. pomlago have u referred
TO the Committee on Foreign Affairs and get action
on 1t as soon as possib-e:--
Resolved, That Congress doth consent that the
territory properly Included within anu ri2ntIully
belonging To The Dominican republic may become
81 Dominica, with the Consent OF the eXistnx GOV.
ernment thereof anu the assent OF the people cX-
pressed through vote o. the majority Of the people
there0f; prOviGeu, that Said dominican government
suaii re10uace all nghts VI sovereignty as an inde-
pendsa! soyereig1 nation aud cede those rights 70
tho united states, win lis territory, ~ be lncor
porated as an ntegrai portion Ol United STATES
subject 70 the same rules and regulations as
that such sns aSss ,es a
property shall be given III all the pubic buildings
iUracasions n,s aors haroofs navy Yards magazines
pubic documents, and all property and rights Of
properly VI said Dominican republic.
SIC. And De II further resolved, That the cti-
xens o. the Dominican republic shall with their own
assent a. - heienbetOre f0rih become cltizeus
Oi uae united States dwelling III one 0i It's Icrrto
ries and shall be maintained ana protected in the
full enjoyment OF liberty ana property as such cti-
the Union AZ q Slate upon sucn terms and condi-
tons and AZ sucn time as Congress may provide BY
SEQ. g. And be It further resolved, that the
United States shall pay .he sum Of $l,350770 %,
IN gold COIN Of the Cnted States, or SO much thereof
formable 10 the laws Of SAID republic such debts Of
said Dominican Republic may De found Justly dae
governments which snail be in iu cOnsideratlon Of
tne cesslon oi said territory aud 0her property by
said Doininican republic; provided, that the United
nn any IN do nf nntd
Dominican republic In excess OF SAID amount.
A New Washington seasatiOn-serious
Charges Preferred Against General How
ard.
The sensation in the House to-day was the presenta-
ton Of charges against General G. O. Howard by Fer
nando Wood, OF New FORK. Tne charges are OF
serious character, duplicating General Howard in
pcrverting the public funds OF the Freedmens
Bureau 70 hts own use for the erection OF the How
ard University. General Butler intimated thar II the
charges should prove, on investigation, to be
groundless the House would have power to deal
with Mr.. Wood; whereupon Mr. Wood retorted that
he presented them on his own personal RESPONSE.
billy, and he proposed that after the House got
through investigating General Howard they
should investigate the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts. Butler, amid the laughter which
followed this sally from Wood, shouted
'You may investigate me as much as
you please, sirl" An effort was made to have the
charges referred to the Committee on Freedmen's
Affairs, but lnasmlch as there was no democrat on
that committee the motion was opposed by the
democratic side OF the House on the ground that the
republicans might make whitewashing report II
there was not some democrat close by to watch
them. 1t was finally agreed to refer the charges to
the Committee on Education ana Labor for investi-
CATION. There Is one democrat on that committee,
Thompson W. McNeeey, OF Illinois, and one inde-
pendent republican, Anthony b. q. Rogers, OF Ar
kansas, who according to Sunset Cox, is Us good as
any democrat. howard's friends allege that there
Is no truth II the charges preferred by Mr.. Wood,
but the investigation, II 1t Is lalry conducted will
bring out the facts.
Message from the President and Documents
from the State Department Relating 20 the
Canadian Fisiicries.
The following message was sent to the House OF
Representatives to-day by the President:-
In answer TO a resolution OF the House Of Repre-.
eentatves Of the 7lh Of March, reiaLng to the
fisheries Ia British waters transmit report from
the Secretary or State anu papers whicn accom-
panied 1t, ard have to sta5e tlaJ The commanding
officer OF the naval steamer ordered 70 the fishing
grounds VIII De Instructed 70 give his attention,
should circumstances require H. to cases which
% be- mads In Das tie British laws s'sn arecns s
the fisheries witbin British jurisdiction, with
view to preventing, 50 lar as it may lie In Ills
power, inractions by citHens oil the United States
ID
United States and Great Britain OF 1918, the laws IN
force relating TO the fisheries within British urisdIc-
ton, or any Illegal interference with the pursuits OF
U. s. GRANT. j.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1870.
The Secretary Of state, to wnom the resolution OF
the House OF Representatives Of the 7th of March
was referred, calling on the President TO communi-
cate any Information IN his possession az TO the de-
termination OF the Canadian authorities In the mat
ter Of the fisheries IN the Gulf OF St. Lawrence end
coast Of Canada, ana whether any steps have
been taken for the protection OF tue interests
OF American citizens engaged IN the fishery
trade &C., informs the President that on
the of the receipt OF the attesed copy Of SAID
resolution by the Department OF State, no inIorma
sion Of any such decision as that described in the
preamble OF SAID resolution had been oticially COM
muncatcd through the department., and that up 10
the present time none mas been officially communica-
ted through the British Minister accredited TO the
government or through the Minister OF the United
States at London, that on the 18th OF March, In the
abscuce OF such information, application was made
to William A. Dart the Consul General OF the United
States at Monsreal for statement Of the facts In
reply to which, on the 18th, he addressed to the
department the despatch, No. 81, an ex-
tract from which IL submitted, forwarding
with 1t an accompanying newspaper report OF dc.
bate in the Parliament OF Inc Dominion OF Canada,
referred TO therein. that on the 22d Of March the
same Consul General, with despatch tNo. 50) en-.
closed cory OF the bill introduced into the same
Parliament, which had passed TO second reading
on the ed OF February last, an extract from which
despatch with cory OF the bill referred TO- accom-
panied this report; that these communications
tain all the information in the premises which has
reached the Deparsgent through Official channels.
Informal teleeIaphic reports, or summaries to the
same effect have, however, appeared in the public
prints with reference 10 the steps taken TO project
the interests Of citlzens OF the United States,
ard 70 secure Ia them fIa nrxedsi which they have