New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-21


Pacific Railroad TO the House tomorrow amended
to cut on all branches and additional land grens TINS
securing main trunk line II viii be put Ia passage
Immediately after the reading OF tho Journal. IL
thought that the Senate will Immediately concur.
there il great anxiety to give the Southern section Of bs
country the advantage Of road across the continent
Senator Sumner "a better to-day.
The bill introduced In tho House this morning by Nr.
Van Wyck, 10 prevent fraudulent Iractccs, provides
that my person printing or depoiing In Tos.occ or
causing 10 he printed or deposited who sls hayo
possession with intent 10 orculatc any circular. and
bl or advertisement Offering purportng offer fer
sale or gift any false forged, cOuut, ricit Treas
ury notes. bonds, coupons stamps any Jao sDies OF
SUCH shall upon conviction le punished by imTriscn-
ment for term not less than nor more than tlres
years. and by fine Of not less than 500 tLan
5000.
Educational bin introducgi in The House
to-day by Mr.. Burchard cf Illinois H'proyides for
division among the states Of the net proceeds Of the saos
OF all public lands OF the United States Tie money To
he finally apporiioned each year among tie school dis
tcts Il at have maintained common schools for at least
six months in the year.
Mr. Van Trump introduced In the House to-day long
preamble setting forth an the facts tic controversy
between the Internal Revenue Bureau and the New
York Central Railroad, concluding with resolution In
strucng Commissioner TO forthwith Enforce the col
Of the tax OF 81 assessed against the road
In March o, 1870. Tho preamble and resolution wero
A. usual Mondays number Of resolutions express
sing the yiaws OF State Legislatures questions pend
ing before Congress introduced and referred in tho
House to-day. Among others we're resolutions OF tho
MASSACHUSETTS, Legislature recommending the passage OF
q law to enable shpOwDcrst to buy all dutabe snip stores
I'm bond. OF duty. Also, rSolutons OF the Nd1h
Carolina Legislature favor OF large reduction In tho
ON whisky and tobacco asking that the proceeds
Of land sales may be apart for the aid of educaonn
the South.
Tie bill making appropriations for sundry civil ex
penses OF the Government was completed by the hp
propriatons Committee to-day, and reported To ts
House. II apprOpriates 100000 The principal
items are for the construction and repair OF puzzle
budlng, throughout the country including poeOiees.
e1lsio1-houses armories, arscnas. &c. for the er
pcnses OF the lighthouse service, and OF the revenue
cutter service, for charitable Institutions Tor the
expenses Of the United states courts Tor surveying
and selling the public lands, for the coast sur
yey for the FREQ linens Bureau Tor the census
for expenses OF printing bonds and notes. and for q
Great number and variety Of other purposes. Six NIL
lions is appropriated to settle state war claims sl1o"
for census expenses S65OO for the Freedmens bureau
s2OlO 900 for expenses $1O25oo for the Cap"i
and Capitol grounds $4,000 to extend the Governments
printing Office and $4,000 for expenses OF the Joint hIgh
Commission relations with Great Britain. Ihe
hill will make more than so printed pages, and VIII Icad
10 more discussion than either Of the other appropa
| ton bills. -
good illustration Of personal considerations which
influence much the minor legislation done by tho
Senate is afforded by a bill passed last week. young
lieutenant IN the lme anxious for promotion and for
! comfortable staff appointment, came TO Washington.
and prevailed upon the Chief Of Ordnance TO say that
there great need Of another captain in the Ordnance
Corps The lieutenant then abOred with Senator'S until
finally a bin passed TO authorize tie appointment OF
additional Captain of Ordnance, Win the understand
ing that the eneIpIising subatern to step into the
| place Tie fact that the Ordnhnee Corps Ia
already much too large for IT. duties seems
| In have been altogether o, erlooked The
corps ROW contains 70 officers ranking from brigader-
cencraI DOWN performing only the triRg duty OF sup
plyng cartridges and shot TO cur tt army OF 5000
| men. and keeping their guns in repal Ten othcers
could easily do all the work. The OILY way in which
any show Of duty kept up for ts officers is by tho
system of maintaining q arsenas the greater number
which useless AT each OF these arsenals two or
three officers are Stationed to watch few stands OF oa
arms, and uSse monthly report OF Their condition.
! The Legislature OF Kansas has SEM to Congress
memorial asking the exnguishmcnt OF Indian titles 10
lands ia that State which have been settled ana I'M
proved by white men, but which have been reserved JOE
the exclusive the Indians This a. the old game
OF squatting any valuable lands Owned by the In
dams and then asking the Government ~ steal II for
| them.
The settlers in Muddy Valley Nevada have petitloned
Congress to restore their lands to tbd jurisdiction Of
Utah. from which they separated 10 the recent rec
tiff, alton of boundary line bewcea that Territory
and Nevada. They say that they have hauled lumber
$50 miles over sandy desert, erected $50 dwellings,
spent 100000 in digging canals TO irrgse their lands
ard successfully raising cotton grapes apples &C.
They complain that Nevada taxes their property three
per cent In gold and makes them pay pOl.toI OF H.
and that they have market for their PRODUCTIONS
they have money pay these taxes and will be COM
PEELED TO abandon their homes II relieved. The real
cause OF their trouble is understood to be that they are
f..Tf from Ilrfty
Young and the saints.
The United States Supreme Court to-day, affirmed the
constitutonaty Of the Cotton by divided Court.
j. Milton Turner Of Missouri, nominated for Consul
General To Liberia, is q cOloTed who formerly q
slave in st. Louis County. He is a young man, only
about IS years of age has received good education.
having studied at Obern. and is credited with the pos
session Of remarkable oratorica ability. He tho
loader OF the cOored citizens in the last canvass there
He is strong advocate Of protection to American indus
try and In replying Senator Schurz, In the state Con
yenton where the party divided Turner is declared 70
have SO completely rofuted his Revenue Reform arg
ments as to elicit cheers from the Senator's friends
The Senate in Executive Session, to-day connrmedtns
| following nominations:
Cofors CustonsD NJ Roberts al Belfast Nj S'epneh b"s
%", rr~W,sm IT, Streeter HoughOa Mich: Levi LeD
-, lTcis Ispuum Schuglsin Haven n : Pairs
fb"mssovn Ne Glade. McPsdden Wseryie Me- p b@-tl-
anowcl Me; G. T'lor ln lara, Cal T. q Li' io~efN-'
| Iowa; Frsacs BROOKS Deasncc, Ohio
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