Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-27
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The President
to-day signed the bill admitting Virginia to
representation in Congress.
Attachment for a EroIhcr-in-Iaw.
Several days ago the Committee on
Banking and Currency received letter
from A. b. Corbin, giving excuses why he
neglected their summons. Another letter
was received at the meeting to-day, in which
COrbln reported that a chronic disease pre-
vented him from being present, but not
giving any promise of a future action in
that direction. It is probable that the
Com mittee viii send an attachment after
Corbin.
Sugar and Salts.
The Committee on Ways and Means had
the tariff bill under consideration to-day,
and were engaged some time on the sec
tons relating to paints and chemicals The
action Of the committee on sugar is az fol-
lows:
On refined store, dried. loaf, lump,
crushed, powdered or granulated sugar, four
cents per pound; on all raw or Muscovado
sugar two cents per pound on clarified
sugar three cents per pound. The same
committee have agreed to reduce the duty
on opium from $50 to 100 per cent. per
pound, and morphine in proportion.
Another Financial Plan
Secretary Cox to-day sent to Senator
sherman a draft of a bill providing for re-
imbursing United States money discussed
on account Of interest falling due on the
bonds held in trust by the States which
failed to pay the interest on their securities
as it became due from the United States as
may be necessary to satisfy the principal
and interest on such bonds due andUnpaId.
Mr.. Sherman introduced the bill to-day.
Butler UnbottIed,
The object Of Buffers speech was TO
show to the unthinking and unrefecting
that the first year Of President Grants
Administration called for an appropriation
of $40, 6S2, 537 more than the expendi-
lures Of the Last year of Mr.. Johnson
Administration. OF course the temptation
of those outgoing Secretaries was to
make a show Of economy by abandoning all
public works and understanding every
possible expenditure, so as to embarrass
the incoming Administration and cause 1t
to bring in a deficiency upon which the
Democrats might fOuIda charge Of eLtrav-
.gance against the Republican party; but in
their widest imagination they could not
ftave deemed that the Republican Chairman
of the Committee On Appropriations would
Be q willing instrument Of their designs. A
still more fatal conception Of the truth by
the Chairman Of the Committee, and a still
still greater deception on the country.
whether his intention or not, was, in
overlooking the fact that the estimates of
Andrew johnson were based on larger IN
expended balances-the balance for navy
then being thirty-eight millions, and for
theQuartermaster' Departmental thearmy,
lFala
expended. aud substantially every dol
Lar available for the future would
have to be appropriated from revenues. Ii
was hard to believe his colleague did not
know that greatest and deteminingfaC
which answered his attaclupon the Repub-
liCan party, and il was still harder to be-
lieve that. knowing, he concealed
1t. Had he been seduced by the
fact that his predecessor, Mr. Wash
burne, Of Illinois, had, by cutting down the
appropriations upon the strength Of the
uneypended balances, got a reputation for
economy, and was patted on the back as
the bull dog of the treasury. Was it posi-
BILE that his colleague would sacrifice the
interests and success of his party to his own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT In this connection,
Mr. Butler read a letter to himself from
Secretary Boutwell,, giving the unexpended
balances of June, 1858, as follows War
Department $40, 1913, 32l; Navy Depart
ment, SIS, 500 652; Indian and Pension
Departments, S2,527,9SS; Civil Service
Department, SI3.iH,G5S: total, Slj6,-
i2G,459. Resumlng bis argument,
be SAID that Andy JOhnson's Secretaries
III 1865, should have made their estimates
in view Of these balances, while Gen.
Grant Secretaries in 1869 made their es,
r1k 3ol
Guces being substantially expended
As 20 the War Department, the
estimates for the wear ending june
50, 1863. were SjG, 900, 900, aud II to that
were added the old War Department.
paid ID would bring 1t to $4,000 600
army expenses for the year ending June 30
1870. first year Of Gen. Grants Admins
ration. were SI4 600, 600: reduction IL
army expenditures from the last year Of
johnson Administration TO the first yeal
Of Grants Administration was SIP 5S y25
and the estimated reduction Tor the mex
wear was ST. Ii2.li5, and he trusted that
the reduction would still 90 on.
As to the postoiiice Department bis col
Jcaguc knew nearly ST., coo, 600 = ostlma
ted excess was o clerical error. Why omi
stating hat His statement was an ungener
uus plea for M adversary Of the Admins
;rali0u eudcayoring to ftsteu upon 1t thu
charge of extravaganza. The whole amour
asked for the Pos'oflica Department. in
stead ot being So, 1874, 7Ul, as alpcare,
IN the book estimates, was S21.ia2, 633
Ought not the Chairman of the Commit
Zee uu Appropriations. before he made a
attack upon the Administration, Of whiC
BE stood in its place as leader in til
House 10 have asccrlained such crrCr
But the error Lad been discovered at III
Department Oh the 1th Of December, an
his colleague had been notified Of its 7,