The New York herald., 1871-03-03
inrton Territory; Joe, Palmer, Indian Agent at
Elletz Washington " rritOry

n. 7. Chpmar, to be Secretary Of the District OF
oe,%mna' CeIa ans q - Brown 3 Muet A. & T. Sher 2,
Public Wotss for the District OF Columbia; \. $
LIncoln LIN aaa - Verdi H. A Willard, John M Longn,
tle blstrf.t OF Columbia Narcsse Connoyer TO be
agent ic., the Indians OF the unatilla Agency ~
WasmRY ton Territory: Edwin Eells, TO be Indian
Aaent' Washington Territory; John Smith, to be
inaiaii Agent al the Warm Springs Agency, oregon
Ahfeo D. Smlth, Postmaster al Poughkeepsie, n. \.
EiEasrs e' Revcnne Reformers to Secure
Control Of the Ways and Means Commit-
tee--Republican Refo, mers Refuse 10 Coar
lessee with the Democrats.
A quiet ngnt has been going on for the past two
days between the tarn men on the one side ana the
revenue reiormers and free traders ON the otner
about the organization OF the next House OF Repre-
sentatives. Several prominent revenue Teforners
from New York, Chicago and other western cities
are here doing what they can 10 secure men or
their way of thinking upon the prominent
committees. The Ways and Means Coramstee Is OF
course tie Done of contention. The revenue re-
formers are anxious TO keep men like Judge Kelley,
Of Pennsylvania. lrom being placed at thefe OF the
committee. They do not expect 10 get an absolute
flee trader as chairman, but they argne that they
ourht at least TO have moderate tariff mana sort
Of hali and half-and they name General j. A. Gar
field, Of 0hlo their choice. Garleidleans strongly
Ia The direction of revenue reform, 1t is under
stocd and expounded by David A. Wells, tate Special
attempt was made to get Speaker Blame to commit
himself upon this question before be was nominated
by the republican caucus Various
adopted TO wiring from him IN advance The name OF
the gentleman he intends making chairman OF The
ways and Means Committee in the next House; but
Blame was too sharp to commit htmse1 ana
he was too strong candidate for
speaker to be compelled 10 make any promises in
advance OF his nomination and election. 1t !s there
fore, unknown yet what ne Will do 1t rs stated that
the de mocrats made overtures the reform
memt ters Of the house to come and organ
ize TIE House interests free trade and
serv. itsm With the democratic strength 1t
I wou Ia have required only twenty republt
| cana TO have accomplished this !; but
| mu ca as the revenue reform republicans
ha,e the tarT men, they cannot very wen afford TO
de ~ party discipline aud virtually throw the organ
zason OF the House nto The hands oil the democrats
Tie gentlemen mentioned in connection with the
Craftsmanship of the Ways and Means Committee
ere W. D. Kelly, James A. Garfield ana
Henry l. Dawes. or these three Kelly
is the only one who is now o men,
Der OF the Ways and Means Committee.
He is generally regarded extreme tariff man,
though nc says he Is IN favor OF Judlcous tard.
not hign and Of large reduction or internal
taxation. lie is in favor OF the repeal Of
the tax incomes, and many Of the obnoxious
and annoying taxes now incorporated III
the Internal Revenue act Garfield is half free
trader aad ha tariff but he Is not considered quite
sound Kelly on The matter OF reducing taternal
| taxes Dawes says ne does not want the place, ana
! would prefer 10 remain as Eow-charman of The
| important Committee on Appropriations. His views
on the tariff are those OF the majority OF New Eng
| land men In the House.
The acuon OF the republicans TO- night in renoml-
mating speaker Blaine BY accamatIon, and the fact
I that nothing was said in caucus about revenue
/ form, leaves Blaine untrammelled In his arrange.
ment OF
| Reduction oi Duties on Salt, Iron and
! Lumber.
/ The Ways ana Means Committee agreed to-day to
! a bill reducing the duty salt TO thirty three ana
one-third per cent. on pig iron 10 1--WE dollars per
| ton and on lumber ten per cent al ud,orer Mr..
Mccarthy, oil New York. was instructed 10 report
! the Oil. II would seem that the committee was
forced into this through fear OF having joint reso
| luton pushed tnrou h the House aboiishIng the
| duty SALT Just as the duty on coat
| was abolished the other day by the nank
| movement OF Fernando Wood. Mr. Reeves,
| or New YorK, had prepared such resolu-
ton, with the intention OF Offering 1t at
! the proper time. Mr. Mccarthy, Of Syracuse who
Is largely interested in salt manufacture happened
TO hear Of Reeves resolution, and, iD order
ticpate IT, had the bill which he proposes 10 offer
| agreed to by the Ways and Means Committee. Mr.
Mccarthy dld not report the bin to-day, does lie
intend report it unless he should be forced 10 do
| SO by the appearance OF the resolution OF Mr..
Reeves. The pig iron and lumber put into the
bin with view 70 securing such combination in
the House as to prevent twc-thlrds vote, even
should the bill be reported. OF course the Pennsyl-
yanians have no idea OF allowing heavy reduc-
tien OF the duty on pig iron, nor will the Maine
and those from the northwest interested In lumber
| allow 50 heavy q reduction il the duty that
| article.
Treasury Disbursements for February.
| Payments by warrant for February at the
! Treasury were as follows:-War, s712eo2 10;
navy, sl,253O56 30; Indians and pensions,
$685. 542 03; civil and miscellaneous So SOS, ,3l4 40
| The above sums do not include payments on
account of interest principal Of the public deot.
! Commerce of the United States and Cuba.
The commerce OF Cuba and Porto Rico with the
United States is 49, 9T9 tons; with Great Britain,
29.1s3 $50; with Spain, z4,500, 1885, with France,
leo75 S15; with Bremen, 1855 62 with the British
Possessions in North America, 2,975 1858; with Bel
GUM, 2,6s3, 163; with Holland, GAS, sO7. The com.
OF the United States with Cuba is ess ,s23
tons; with Porto Rico 1l,13s,s56. Our imports OF
merchandise from Cuba for the year 1866 was
167o7,913 for 1850, as4ss,9so; for 1865 3co8o 1885,
/, for 1870, 53,777.1os.
EHecS of the Abr0zation Of the Canadian Re.
| CiprOcity Treaty.
The report Of Mr.. Bouchette, Canadian COmmis-
soner ofCustoms OF the trade and navigation OF
| the Dominion for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1870, received to-day at the State and other
| ecutive departments. Tue following paragraph
from the report astonshes OF the advocates OF
| recproclty:--
With tne United States while the sum total OF the
! trade n imports and exports has increased by up
wards OF GOO the whole OF TINS increase has
| been In our exports TO that country, the imports
| froul Il having, on the contrary, fallen OF. The
comparative statement OF imports from and the
ports to the United states Tor tue years referred to
IL as iClDws:-
IMPORTS. EXPORTS.
lS6s-eo. S2s,477,e7b 1ses-6e... s27 si6.ze1
J569-fG. "a. 12s. i6G lS69-T0... 81 sS4 652
Decrease. $74o,S09 Increase. S5,l3s,19l
The returns would thus show tnat our trade with