The New York herald., 1870-04-25
WAsTZIMGTON.
The Bingham Amendment to the Georgia Bill
The Alabama Claims = The charges
Against General 0. 0. Inward.

The impression has koue abroad, par.fy through
wiiul Misrepresentation and partly through ms.
take That what Is Eeu orally knowa as tae Bingham
amendment 10 the georgia bill was 0efeated in the
Senave, and by a coal,t on beGwes4n a minority oi
REPUBLICAN, senator's with the Sessvcrats. Tns
10 incorrect. The amcnamcnt which passed
s0e Senate was offered by Pomeroy as a
|oubsttute ior one by Wilson, who wansed tie
term OF service Of the General Assembly of Georgia
10 date from tae 26th of January ls7l and TO con.
ttnne until lnose chosen the Tuesday alter the
first Monday of November, 1917 as members OF tho
General assembly ofsa.d stas, are qualiied. Pome.
roy's amendment, which adopted by y
vote. Of thiltrsx 10 twenty-thfee. whhe
u turned back tae State TO mhitary rule,
stAl provided for an election on Tuesday,
the 10Th OF November, 1870, for all members of thc
General Assembly. 1lys Pomeroy amendment Is
IN point OF iact the same US the Bingham amend
ment clothed Ia different verbIage. Blnehanl's
amendment proytied an ELECTION next tail,
% as 10 avoid le2isiaung Bullock and company
INTO ONCE 1or two years longer. Under
ahe Pcmsroy amendment precisely The same thing
Is accomplished. Iae trutn is Also tnat OF the thirty
six who voted E favor or lbe Poneros amendment
twenty-nine we're republicans and seven democrats
while only twsnty-three republicans voted against
II. so tna in reality the thing was not passed by
minority OF republicans uiling win the democrats.
many erroneous announce.neats nave been pat ON
record
The AinbaMa Clains-NO ReoPening Yet.
There Is indication whatever OF reopening
OF the Alabama claims question. Iae SUBJECT has
not been officially mentioned for several mOntns
Ii appears that government is waiting Tor the
other TO advance in the resumption uf negotia
tions, which were suspended by The Sena;e's ieJec
Sion oi the convention Neither the United states
nor Great Britain intinates O disposition to yield
any OF the ground heretofore respectively occupIel
Doth parties closely adhe hering t. their former ex.
pressed positions There s nohag to exclude the be-
sef that Great Britain Is desrous or early settle
ment OF the poiats at issue, in order To AVOID
difficulties winch might possibly arise from them IN
the future and TO draw the two nations into closer
friendship. IL is known she heretofore proposed
thai the only practicable wav OF adjustment was by
means OF ajoint commission, with the intermediate
and OF an umpire, In previous arrangement for
The settlement OF claims. The subject, however,
scarcely ever mentioned bv persons authority but
when 1t Is the hope Is expressed that some means
may be devised to settle the entire subject claims
10 the honor Of both nations. No one however, has
yet suggested how this ma be accomplished
Chance of the Tariff Bill Bong Defeated.
NOT lew members oil Congress think that the
Tsrin bill now pending is IN danger OF defeat
Friends OF the Peunsylvania ron interests, while
Ways ana Means Oh taaG article. VIII voIe against
the bill should the House concur the further re-
ducton made Dy the Comm ,ttee OF the Whoe. They
say that pig iron ut only five dollars Ton wOnd
cause nearly all the furnaces III pennsylvania to
cose; bat that seven dollars would afford p.olec.
ton.
Report the Parngunynn Question.
the House Committee son Foreign Affairs win this
week make their report on the Paraguay question,
the time OF the Wasiourn difficulties with Lopez.
The testimony, which is very yoluinlnous Will be
submitted with the report II gives complete MS.
tory OF events ia that country since Lopez succeeded
10 the dictatorship. ana especially oil those IN con-
nectOn with the ate war between Paraguay and The
allies.
The Charges Asasn.t q. o. Roynrd-~I,i pe-
vriopment..
The Wood Howard Freedrnen's Bureau investlga-
tion has been nedgsd VITA slch secrecy by HOwards
friends tnas neither persons outside lose inme.
dlateiy concerned can get anything beyond The mere
dnppngs Of the evidence. > NJ. Arneli, OF fennes-
see who IS ut The head OF the committee charged
with the investigation. has an idea that his
friend Howard's reputation can be best ben
elited 10y keeping everything quiet, as If the
people who dre mucn inleres ed n The mater as
eitnyr Howard or Arnen would never the testl.
Dony. The Witnesses examined thus fsr, according
Is anything tut favorable to Howard. Ii is not, OF
course. denied that he was Comm ssioner or the
Freedmens Bureau, that ne had the charge and dis.
bursement OF It's funds, and that lie has that CO.
paclty, disposed OF millions upon millions OF
The public money. The prosecution con.
tend that they have already proved thar
Howard purchased the ground where the Howard
University nov stands ana erected the buildin
c the funds appropriated Oy Congress for FREED
that he was largely interested IN the manufacture
OF The patent BRICK out or wnicn the Howard unl.
versity Is constructed; that the money for these
BRICK was paid out OF tue Bureau iuads ard pat
Irt0 tue pockets OF General Howard audhis assOci-
aes. 1t is also 10 evidence that he asked and wed
an acre OF tne ground purchase for the Howard
University by the burcau funds, for himself and tEat
lie has erected private residence upon IT, all at the
expense OF the bureau. The trustees OF the Unlver-
sty have testified tnat the insulation Is private
corporatDu, IN no sense connected WIN the govern
ment; tua the government has control OF 1t, ana
does not receive any revenue benefit from At
the same time it's held that the money torlts cree
ti"n wes 9ad out OF the government funds and that
me salaries oi is professors AID teachers are now
pad ont OF the hGreau fund Builders and arch-
tecls have testified to the fact that the material
k,Hwn as toe patent brick, out OF when The buii-
lEs vas constructed is worthless for building pur
poses aOd that l. would not answer Tor private
DWELLINGS, III ch less for large public building Some
I1teen Witnesses have been sunmoned for next
week on the part OF the prosecution. There ts no
prospect tnat the investigator VIII soon end Mr.
" o0d, VINO made the charges Is determined 10 silt
the matter 10 the bottom and Will rot he put or
With any attempt at wh,tewasning ihe man point
so far ellcted is with regard to the Howard univef
sity and The manner OF s construction. 1t is said
however that the prosecution has evidence OF a
more damaging character, which they viii bring
up ia due time.
In nSeiuoriaH the Occida Dead.
The following papers nave been received al tho
Department or otatc:--
NAGAaAgI, Feb. 20, 1870.
SIR-The committee app0nle, at the meeting
heic at The Nagasakl CLUB on ne 10Th last. TO draw
up an ADDRESS OF confidence TO The friends and reia
flvc5 G1 those who were lost United States cDr
vette oneida stbe honor TO naBu on here with