, 1870-04-11
The Shipping Intcrest---What
Various Committees
are Doing.
Slow Progress in the Cuban
Bond Investigation.
The Legal-Tender Issue.
Erccdmcnss Bureau InYcstfGu
ton.


WAaHtNGf0fs April 1o.-Ihe .cor1miIee OF
MAYA and Aeana and the Committee on Appro- |
l1tations have agreed that the Special Committee
On the Shipping Interest shn1l hare the floor OF |
the House, 20 fat as they arc concerned, as soon |
AZ the Tag,G bIll is out Of the WY, and, unless
Hanks brings In the Cuban question, Lynch sill |
then come forward With h!s bills 1t 1s noticeable
thai since the report OF his committee wes made |
othet committees are taking action on matters |
therein treated. The Ways and Aeaus Committee |
has disposed OF the question about tonnage duties
TO it, own satisfaction, and will en-
t3cavo. 10 have 1t settled In the Tariff bill
The Commtec on Commerce IN each branch of
Congress Is also diminishing with the ship question,
md the Senate :.Pust once Committee has even
1nanagpd to Eet hold Of it In some way. 1t Is es:-
dent enough, therefore, that wien the subject
comes up for discussion, there Will u rather lively
timeA
crBAx uoSps INVESTIGATION.
The House Investigation into the use here and
elsewhesc Of Cutan F.onds hna not oEEessed very
rapidly Of late parity because Butter and his 1880
clates have been busy With other members on the
Tariff bill, and partly because certain OF the Wit
neas.=e have proved somewhat refractory. The
other hraneh Of Buffers Investigation,
VIZ. into snc premature publication by the
New York Times Of the gold conspiracy
evidence, there Is reason TO believe, Il about coh-
,clu.ied. The ub-committee-Butier, Cook, and
Edttdge-hhs obtained such power ~ 1t neealS
from the full committee, and the Cuban bond w.t.
nesses will ind 1t advisable, when ne1t called, to
1capond 70 the ChalEman's inquirsea- Butter viii
soon t11ng In hia report on the Aforeaa!d psem1-
aure publication, and then take such time a8 he
needs On tht other matter OF inquiry.
TIE LxGAt-TKNnER ISSUE
Tne iegaI-tcnder cases come up for argument In
the Supreme Court to-morpF. The coursc Of
public and private discussion. Htncc the Chief
Justice rendered his decision In The Kentucky
casc, shoxs thAt there was little disposition to
accept II Il nnal and conclusive, and even II 1t
were ceytain that this .le~ssian would be re-
affirmed ihr Attorney General thinks 1t best to
have tehealtng before full bench, 80 that the
t1ccis1on may be the work OF the court as whole.
He uuds that individuals and corporations arc not
settling thclr hchss in AcenEdahce with the pf1n-
c,pes laid down BY Nj. Chase, and believes that
the country viii not TX satisfied that the questions
at tBue arc settled till they have been passed upon
by the nine Judges now on the bench.
NAIL AND AEyESCx FRAUDS IN TEXAS.
The Rettenchment Committee has lately been
-4lo!nx good work IN looking after matters tn
Texas, and IN The RIO Gsande. It took eonsld-
cradle evidence relating TO the mali service IN
-Texas; found that great NEongs had got tootho!d
during kaudalls days In the Post once Depart
nent: iaid thu facts before Ar. CresNelt, and hi
has tssued orders that will save the goyernmen
at least S1on, 900 per nnnum Another result OF th
committees labor In that section appears In SenA
tor pattesBons bl, introduced yesterday. 70 breal
up the whole system Of transportation OF goods il
bond TO Mexico overland. or nt lnlAnA nA'esas "
The reason that 1t Is full Of frauds
1HE FLORIDA SENATORIAL CONTEST
The c1ainl ot Hart fof The sehator1A scas 11oE
Florida, now held By Gilbert VIII surrey oe II
lecttd. The 6toty connected Win IS lonR cue
but the essential fact Is taAt me flof1aa sena'
1rfused 70 go into Joint eohsenaon Al inc un
Hart was elected, beneslhS 1ne aoshes Saelo
legal and that HAT was chosen o5 Tue VOC
certain members Of the House. AND less tnan Ia
the memuets of the sena1e, VINO Went Ii ~ ino
vtduAts- .....-
RIVER AND HARhoR BILL
Tht River and Harhos hlu has ABDUL gol
Though the Huuse Appropriation Cnmmltaee, ~
some portions Of Il hnre s!so been considered
the Committee on Commerce. The Chief Engine
OF the ay1ny asked for about twelve million dollar
but Mr. Dawes and his associates think the hasbo
will hAyr to get along this year with about II
mtlltons.
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT CELEBRATION.
The co}ofc,I peprle Boys In Blue, nnG yat10r
local organizations are to celebrate the rattle
t1on Of the Fifteenth Amendment on Wednesd
evening. They have been very busy getting rea'
for IT, and, y the night is favorable, will have
torcnlight procession. with outdoor speaking
CHRONICLE ApyER1HrsG H1II-
Thrrc is a somewhat interesting history e
nected With the payment Of the chTU"hk sdF
tistng bill, to which hllustou Was maze II
HOUSE On FTdaJ and SATURDAY II Was 1or
never authorized l,y law, amt It +1t'eS ntt seem