The New York herald., 1870-01-31
WASHINGTON.
MurmurS Against the Repeal Of tho
Franklng Privilege.
Arrival OF Revels, the C0IOred
Senator.
Revision Of the New Tariff Bill
in Committee.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 80, 1870.
The New Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 80, 1870
The New TariG Biii.
Tho Tariff bill will probably be reported TO the
House on Tuesday. IL u about finished and would
be reported tomorrow but for the illness or General
Schenck, who was anxious 70 revise some
portion OF It. The bill win be reported
and taken In charge BY Samuel Hooper, the
second member OF the committee, "a General
Sohenck, the chairman will Immediately turn his
attention 70 the revision Of the Internal Revenue
BILL The most Important changes In the bill are the
reductions on tea. coceo, sugars, spices ana pig
iron. ana the enlargement Of tho free list. Tea is
reduced from twenty-five to twenty cents on the
pound. conee from fve to four and spices from three
TO dve hundred per cent ad valoren This viii leave
the duty on spices about what before tbs war
Pig iron u reduced from nine TO seven
dollars ton. The committee has placed
on tho free list large number OF articles chiefly the
products OF tropical climates none OF which can bs
raised In this country, and all OF which enter largely
INTO our manufacturing industry. The Gd p0l0rsm
system. the committee ascertained operated injuri-
ously to our merchants. They have therefore pro-
vided for is abolition, and substituted specific
duties on imported goods. There was sharp con-
test on coal the New England men joining with tho
rest to get free coal. The protectionists, however,
0OupAOmlccu ou tuH " COnbcuLuX 70 0LOW 0ntnra
cite 70 be put on the free lst-a concession which
did not inJure them. a. the amount OF anthracite
Imported IS very small, and cannot come into com
petition with Pennsylvania. The average reduction
on raw sugar ts from twenty-five to thirty per
cent, and proporuonately on the higher
grades The bill Will meet with considerable
opposition In the House. because while there Ii
an apparent reduction in some things the tariff list
taken al whole is advanced from thirty to forty
per cent At least that II what the democratic
members say OF II, and tho tarl men say It Is the
best bill they have had for years.
General Logan's Army Bill.
The army officers are getting up quite q LOBBY to
defeat action on General Logans bill TO reduce the
number Of ofncers and to fx the pay OF the army.
The number mustered out, should the bill pass, will
90 quite large, and no person can tell exactly who
VIII be discharged and who retained. The reducing
Of the pay also obnoxious to larmy oficeu, ana ls
is SAID petitions Will bo sent to Congress setting
forth tnat on the present pay ana allowances the
omcers cannot do moro than maintain Themselves
ana there Is TO be reduction they will be forced
to resign. The committee, however. have made up
their minds to the provisions OF the BILL and General
Logan - determined TO push It through the House
on the war CRY OF economy He IL prepared to
show that II win be o saving OF several million
dollars year to the Treasury and no detrment 10
tAo puOuC BorVlco
Tho Air Limo Railroad.
At its meeting to- morrow the Committee on Rail
ways and Canals will resume consideration Of the
air line road from Washington to New York. The
nrs question 70 be settled the right Of tho federal
government under the constitution to 60 into states
and construct or grant franchises for the construc
tion OF public works. Several parties interested In
the matter are here TO 90 before the committee and
make arguments for and against the bin.
The Franklng PrivileGo-The Other Side.
FOR the past few weeks Congress mas been bs.
! seged with petitions asking the abolition OF the
franking privilege. Under the pressure OF this
| popular clamor the House OF Represen tatives
| passed sweeping bill, without any deliberatlon
whatever. The House bill nxes the time TO take
effect July 30 1870. There 10 talk In the Senate
Of putting the bill through with an amendment to
take effect Immediately, ana thus send it back to
the House. The people appear to have gone into
this matter bndly, and now that bill has partly
become law they seem to have suddenly discov.
cred that the privilege Is not 50 much Of an abuse
after all. Country newspapers have already set up
Isa howl The national lawmakers are already
annoyed BY letters on the other side Of the
| subject Should the present bill % passed
| the business Of the government would be almost
entirely suspended, N there ID no provision for
postage stamps. Some OF the bureaus OF the Trea-
sury Department alone mail one thousand letters q
day. II the law goes into eject, and no other
arrangements are made for the transmission OF
| government mall matter, the departments win
drop their letters into the Post once without stamps
The Postmaster General win then DO able to solve
| the difrlcuty In his own way.
An Address by Dr. Draper.
J. W. Draper, LII. D.. Of tho University Of the
city Of New York. Is 70 deliver an address in Wash
ngton on Monday evening. before tho American
Union Academy OF Literature, Science and Art, re-
Gently established In this city. The President OF The
United States and family together with statesmen,
divines and distinguished literary gentlemen ana
ladies, Will be present Dr. Draper ID the president
| OF the Academy.
| Tho President Anxious About tho Snmana Ba y
Treaty.
But little Is said about the ratification OF the
treaties for the lease OF Samana and the annexation
| OF st. Domingo. The President however, is very
| anxious that these measures should be consum.
| mated. Although his administration had nothing
to do with the treaty Tor the acquisition OF the
island OF st. Thomas he recently expressed himself
to friends to the effect that he considered the United
States had 80 committed themselves TO the measure
1 that they cannot retire from It with credit.
Banks Discontinued m Public Deposit0rfes,
The Ninth National Bank OF New York ana the
Central National Bank OF Boonville NO., have, at
their own request. been discontinued as financial
agents Of the government and repositories Of public
/ moneys.
Proposition TO Keep Open tho Mouth of the
/ Nfssissippi River.
Colonel Louis Wolney, Of New Orleans, was before
the COMMITTEES on Commerce OF the House recsntly,
| and after giving some information regarding the
mouth Of the Mississippi river, submitted PROPOSE
ton for keeping It open. Tue matter was referred
i IN an ntnttv
| sheldon ana Sawyer. The Information and propo.
i aItinn ara.-IhA mnafinn nf salt Warer ffdaa and