New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-20
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[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1871
Considerable anxiety has been felt IN TINS cy' u"I"e
the past two days, concerning the heath Oh ooia.oi
uer and many painful rumors were preVaen'a' 'e up
tol yesterday, in regard to the nature anu
srt OF his indispositiOn. Mr.. Summers olseAso 10 s
,,cioris kind OF neuralgia OF the heart causing Ei
lent spasms in which the heart ceases acuon' u',enu
by intense pain. The physicians, DIS Bliss anu 49,
first administered bromide OF potassium "ho' 80
duced the severity OF the spasms Dut olu NV f
them They then had recourse to more po"eiiul
edv and administered injections OF morphla' "hi0n
proved efcacious The physicians say that nc VIII nov
Ia .he IN resume his duties the Senate Tor Tour Vi h'e
doys and that e ought to do 80 this session. apy "
olent exertion excitement being liKey u oiihk
second attack, that might prove fatal 1ne oeiN'o
understood to have speech in preparation s'ins i
Their expression OF his views upon the san Domingo
ton, aud defending the position NC asSuineu al VIZ w
bate upon the subject
Senator Uowe's bill TO encourage the laying OF ocean
telegraph cables and their use to the Ohteu
States proposes TO establish Commission, conssnsi
John f. Miller OF California, Andrew E. Elmore OF "l'-
consn VIM. G.. Fargo OF New-York, John Rice Oh Ieii
sylvana Bradley Barlow of Vermont, Robert Taylor Oh
Pennsylvania Perry Med. Collins OF California, Richaru
g Fay of Massachusetts, Paul spofford Of Sew-York,
John T. King OF Massachusetts, Moses II. Grinneh OF
NewYork and John D. Corse OF Illinois, to organize two
cable companes-one for tho Pacific ocean, from tue
United States to China and Japan, and the other 10
Europe via tho Bermudas Azores, and other Auahuc
islands and to prepare bylaws for the companies The
Commissioners are also TO open the subscription DOCKS
OF the companies and see that opportunity Is Afforded
for all persons who desire 10 subscribe. The captaI
stock OF the Atlantic Company Is to De t''~oVo'
and OF the Pacific Company N2,OW'OOo' INC
shares TO be at 800 each Tho bill proposes that INC
companies shall issue mortgages on their property 70 ts
81 10 saa
AOOoOOo for the Atlantic Company, and sOOcl-
200 for Tho Pacific, and the companies are
N be allowed to issue so year per cent
bonds for these several amounts, the coupons Oh
which shall be Endorsed by the Postmaster-General'
These bonds are to be issued in nsalmentS OF <ooOo
for each 1000 miles Of cable laid At the emu OF Ve years
they are required to begin the accumulation OF sinking
fund for the payment OF the bonds. II either company
detauts the General is to be allowed to take
posesson and operate henes first TO provide the sink
ing fund and then to repayment OF any interest
which the United States may have paid Ihese fohpF
MES are TO be at all times at the service OF the Govern
ment az rates not exceeding s. for ten words on the Az
lantc lines, and SIS the Pacific these messages 10
have priority all business The Posmaster-Generai
IS also authorized to appoint sworn confidential opera
tors at each end Of the line. The companies are otou
den to consolidate make arrangement with any foreign
company, by which the tariff shah be increased THESE
companies are have the entire telegraph cable Dusl-
ness of the United States The last section gives the
United States the right purchase the lines at prem
| ium OF 10 per cent
The bill Of the Committee Banking and Currencyt TO
provide for replacing the mutated notes Of the national
banks with notes printed from plates OF new designs IS
expected to be brought up Tuesday, by motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill was recommitted
Gen Garfield thinks that the whole volume OF the ma
onal bank currency will be replaced in two years under
the operations OF the bill great part OF 1t is already
much won and will be sent in as soon as the bill passes
Under the present law the banks send only their own
muated notes and it is for the interest OF the bank
that as many of its bills should be worn out and lost as
possible but few furnished TO the Treasury The new
bill proposes to obo each bank TO send for replacement
| with new notes all the mutilated notes 1t receives,
whether Of its issue or that OF other banks The
section OF the bill which requires the bank to stamp the
word counterfeit I'm large letters upon tho face OF each
counterfeit bill offered their counters will. it Is be-
leyed be an effective Of diminishing the quantity
! Of counterfeit money in circulation.
In the debate about the pay OF army officers in the
House. on Friday and Saturday one appeared to be
able to give clear statement Of the difference between
the old system and the established by the act OF July
last. Under the Old law officers compensation con-
sisted Of the pay proper Communication OF ratons OF ser
wants pay OF servants clothing, and OF servants ra-
lions. This the officer received from the Pay Depart
ment. II mounted officer he drew forage If detached
from his regiment, stationed in city he drew from
the QuarteInascrs Department Communication for fuel
and for quarters lie entitled to from two TO fifteen
rooms according to his rank. at SIS $40 per
! This made the compensation OF officers stationed
| I'm cities onethird greater than that Of
officers Of the same rank serving on the
frontiers and caused great complaint among the latter
! class Last session Congress passed Gen. LOgan's bill
establishing scale OF fixed salaries in lieu OF all allow
ances and communications. These salaries were made
little higher than the pay and allowances OF officers serv
ing with troops but much lower than the amounts
received by the officers stationed in cities The original
intention was that no quarters should be furnished to
officers except tents and barracks and that those who
lived I'm cities should hire their like officers in
the civil service but the staff officers about the War De-
partment made such active opposition TO this that the
bill was changed to allow the Quartermasers De-
partmen to quarters for officers duty in cities and
furnish them with fuel enough to them. An Off
GER therefore, gets beside his salary the mum
Der of rooms and the quantity of fuel pre-
scribed by regulations. An officer cannot, az
under the old system live in and draw com.
mutation money for four five. Which system costs
the most has not yet been shown by any accurate
parson and cannot well be until the system has had
a years trial II ought be understood however that
there any intention to reduce the pay of Off
GERS serving in the field who before the passage the
Pay BILL were receiving the same amount in green
backs which they got in gold in 1860.
According TO monthly report No. OF the Bureau OF
Statistics furnished by Mr. Young. chief the imports for
the IL months ended November So 1870 exceeded the
exports by l559 while for the corresponding period
of 1869, the OF imports SSi,Og9Ol9 Making
due allowance for the difference in the warehouse ac
count, the true adverse balance in 1870 is sl59OGl6
showing an Improvement over the period Of 1869 Of
$59G99i OF the total imports for the IL months ended
November 49, 1870 s2s 556ss consisted Of merchandise
and s2i,22O,6j6 gold and silver. or the merchandise
$Oss6i5sl dutable and sl9i9lIO7 free Of duty OF
the total domestic exports s3H6l6 G2 was merchandise
and 500 253 specie and bullion The value OF the for
eign commodities remaining In warehouse November 80,
1870, was s5l3s2,2ll compared with Ss795 2 Noyem-
Der 80, 1863