New-York tribune., 1870-05-27

osed of Senators Cragn Drake and Scott have agreed
and to-day report to the general Committee schedule
of pay OF officers Of the navy in place of their present
rates including all officers from Admiral to Ensign The
nav OF Admiral and Vice-Admiral Is not changed. All
discretionary power heretofore given the Secretary OF
the Navy respecting the sSs per cent repealed The
rate is about the same provided in the present law,
including the Si cent hut increases with each five
wears continuous service. Officers retired from causes
arising nom incapacity wholly dropped from the
service and receive pay emouments. The bill has
carefully prepared and will he adopted by the Com
mttee and reported TO the Senate in a few days.
The Senate Postal Committee to-day directed their
Chairman 10 report bill 10 establish steamship Inc
between NewYork and Valparaiso, touching ut Panama
and along the coast of South America. Ii provides
for trips per annum and grants subsidy OF s'toOo
yearly
The House Appropriation Committee, which has been
considering for days the charges preferred against
the in the matter Of awarding con-
tracts for stamped envelopes and wrappers in violation
Of law to-day decided, after careful examination Of all
tbe facts 20 recommend that the contract be set aside
and thai new contract be made for these articles An
amendment TO this act viii be offered by Mr. Dawes and
attached 10 tho PostOhice Appropriation bill
Tho 6ueton Of granting subsidp 10 aid in the estab
ushment OF line Of steamers from San Francisco TO
Australia WAS under consideration to-day by the Senate
Commerce Committee. The Committee, it appears,
not favorlhiy impressed with the importance OF this
line inasmuch the commerce is very small between
those points.
Messrs. Horace T. Clarke Augustus Schen, and A.
Fairchiid OF NewYork l. Chaplin of Massachusetts, as
Committee Of the directors and stockholders Of the New
York Central Railroad Company, had long conference
last evening and this morning with Commissioner Deano
and Solicitor Smith of the Revenue Bureau in relation
to the long pending and important question of the taxes
on the dividend profits of the road The New-York
Central declared dividend, at least added TO the
stock held, an increased value of 80 per cent on
the original issue value, making in point of
fact total dividend of about s23, 100000. For
the past six or eight years the tax of five per
cent this amount is little over S1,lW00O, and
the Company have been assessed to pay this tax 1t Is
TO have this tax remited that the abOve-named gentle
called the Commissioner and his law officer.
They claim that it not dividend Increase Of
capital stock merely promise pay the stockhOld
this amount at future time. The Commissioner
holds that the taxes as assessed due and is under
stood will 50 render his decision in few days. The
Company officers threaten that they will appeal to the
Secretary OF the Treasury and from him to the Courts,
before they will pay.
Two important reports made from the Judiciary
COnmitteC-one by Mr.. COnkling, of the Naturalization
bl with important amendments and the other by Mr..
Edmund in reference TO the property qualification Of
suffrage naturazed ctzens in Rhode Island, to the
effect that there is nothing in the Fourteenth or F1f
teenth Amendments to nhibt a discrimination by any
State in the elective franchise account Of nativity
This opinion Of the Committee has also the effect to
make valid the constitutional suffrage determinations
against the Chinese in California.