Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-12-20

atofss Ifumbull aud Sohuu 10 arp0int
committee, whose duties sail h. 10 n
throagh the different departments 70 10
vesiigate the miscellaneous charges Of cor
rupiion; and IN the Republican caucus
yesterday. il Is said. that these gentlemen
expressed themselves a. wishing the
country to know that they were srst and
foremost IN advocating such Investigation
There certainly can b. no reason WHY
proper investigation should not be sane.
toned, but whether sch men as Senator
Trumbull aud SchurI should dictate as
prime movers in the matter for political
capitol when il Is understood here that the
President and the Heads Of the different
Departments are desirous that Congress
should at once throw around them safe
guards whereby frauds may be entirely
prevented, is a question.
The Women Fighters the Social Evil
Club, aud the different Temperance socie-
ties Of the District Of Columbia, are be-
coming very active in arranging their re-
spective associations for a vigorous CAIN
paigu. Congress may exT ect to be be-
sleged by them this session aud ever after
wards until their prayers are satisfactory.
ally complied with.
Large delegations Of women suffrapists
are now here button.holing the Members
of Congress in the interest Of their cause.
They claim TO have a majority Of the Re-
publican members who are favorable TO
voting an enforcement act by virtue Of the
fifteenth amendment.
Mrs. Dahlgrecn, Mrs General Sherman
aud others of the anti-icmale suffrage so.
eiety, presents their stroug-minded sisters,
for their edifcation, list Of thirty-fye |
hundred names Of respectable women pro-
testing against woman Suffrage.
The Presidents Fish Caiacazy embroe- /
lilo has furnished a great deal Of fuel Tor
social as well as political gossip here in
Although the apparently
elaborate newspaper publication Of the
Ease hns, to some extent. appeased the
suffering Of the anxious public, it has
opened a mine, the contents Of which are
unknown to any one save those connected
With it, affords matter for curious specula-
ion. Those positions of the Caiacazy'sl
etters which we're suppressed, are what
he public now wants to know, aud neither
Fish, or Senator Cameron can
yell afford to suppress anything connected !
nth the case whether or not it may have
ny bearing on the subject. The guid
amos are after them. 4
The brief stay Of Alexis in Washington
accredited to that difficulty, feeling as /
e did that so long as Nj. Catacazy WI. :
linister, he could not ignore him, and $
ilhout ignoring him, his intercourse with y
Ither the President or Secretary Fish
ould be formal, not social J.
The income tax expires by limitation a
n the 3lst inst. The modification of il n
lst year to wit from one thousand to
NO thousad exemption and a reduction .
y per cent, was at that time consider. 7
compromise; and it is now thought !,
lat those who opposed modiffcationEast h
ear will make an effort to continue it in II
S present shape year longer DID,. II
Our city Jail is fast filling up with II
overnment defaulters. Their tri ais will al
'obably take place during the present
ssion of Criminal court.
The case of ex.CoDgressman Stokes, to- n
ether with other persons charged with re
inspiring to deiraud the Government out IL
sixty thousand dollars by presenting to II
e WaIDepartment fraudulent mastering W
lis, will be tried this munth and will be y
tended with much interest. oil
Senator Corbott of Oregon, has intro. CO
iced bill to restore the office of direc.
+ Of the Bureau of Statistics-ap Office OF
lich Congress abolished some three years Dc
o, as the on y measure of aboIishing one CT
the greatest official nuisances of the
nc, the irrepressible Delmar. Upon n
exit OF that functionary the duties of =
office fell by law, into the hands of ;,
G special Commissioner of Revenue, but al ~
re really performed in the main by the o.
lputy. Special Commissioner. For the
It year-and'a-half however the office of pa
ecial Commissioner of Revenue has not te
en- in existence, having expired by legal an
ltation on the Both OF June, 1870.
e Chief of the Bureau of Statistics G
S, since then, occupied somewhat an -
alus position in point Of legal status, al
'ough the duties Of his office are among ev
most onorous and important in the lit
bile service. The office during that
Rod and for few months previous has III,
en- admirably filed by Hon. Edward a ,
Jung, whose administration of its func- ito
US duties has been eminentiy satisfac-
y. The expenses of the Bureau have
~ steadily reduced, as is indicated bv th(
following statement of the average ~
nthly salaries of officers, clerks, and
ployecs for the periods designated Ho
ar ending March 81, 1868 S6,53I.52 the
8 f" g" 1870 5,e24.0S low
ieteen months ending Oct. 81, 5.17l 3S pre-
this reduction, the ope.
ions of the Bureau have been extended y,
her than curtailed, and its regular sta =
lcal statements have been brought out
marked promptness. DR.. Young cle'
IN the meantime prepared two impor. Cd
special reports. Tho first, which is Ho'
was published last spring con
has attracted much attention at home Oy'
abroad. 1t is, in fact, most timely In L
valuable publication. The other re. attr
mentioned, is On the tariffs of the Nee
ted States, being concise history of TO I
Il Legislation from the foundation of the
eminent to the present time. This is M
yet published, but is now about ready :
Lhe nress and will dnnhtlnra .A..a..a l. -