New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-27
NETWORK. FRIDAY, JANUARY q, 1871

IOr IL tiiR session.
Both tho Senate md House Committees on Commerce
had under consideration to-day the Ohio Bridge ques
ton. the latter Committee listening to arguments la ts
favor from Messrs. Key and Stevenson
The House Committee on Commerce agreed TO report
favoraby tho bill incorporating the Southern Express
Company.
Tho Cborpcnning claim was thcsubject OF consideration
by the House Committee on Appropriations this morn
ing. Final action was not reached but tho indications
that the encral will be sustained The
Chorpcnnng claim dates far back the Mormon war
OF 1857 Is based on alleged losses Of Mr. Cb0rpcn
ming, then q mall contractor In Utah, owing to the
eoppage OF tho mail service. and the destruction OF
tho stock, &C., by the Mormons He has been industr'
ously at work here for years, lobbying through tho
claims lie presented, amounting In all to more than
100000. Part OF 1t he has obtained Last session no got
resolution passed directing the auditing ard settling Of
his accounts, and thereupon employed Mr. Earle Ex-
Assistant Postmaster General. as his attorney Mr.
Ca re succeeded In working up the case 30 as TO get
800 allowed and the warrants were before the Sixth
Auditor when tho Postmaster General interferod, and
withdrew or denied his approval.
Judge Mercur has been instructed BY the Judiciary
Committee To report fsyorably sundry amendments
to the present Bankruptcy nw which he has introduced
These propositions will change the appointing power Of
Registers In Bankruptcy from the ChefJusnce TO the
Attorney General They win extend the time Tor ming
petition nom to Ave years. and allow reversas OF
0ecrees Cny Uy the courts IN winch they "eio orR"J
issued Thoy also provide that in such reversas tho
evidence Of debt be collected must be In writing Tho
Committee also directed Judge Bingham to report .
bin the House enlargng the power OF the Attorney
General TO bring suits In equity, &C., for the United
6tatee.
Gen. e W. Kinks Of Cambridge, Mass. was before tho
House Military Committee to-day, as o witness In tho
National Afylum Investigation. Gen. Kinks was en-
poyed by Board Of Managers to examine the various
sites offered for tie Branch Asylum and he sub
mado the contract for the purchase Of tho
ground snd buildings finally selected for the purpose
near Augusta Maine and after the establishment OF the
Asylum there he acted for some months ms Governor
He testified that the property was an abandoned water
consisting OF 900 Of land, large hotel
building capable OF accommodating 400 guests, and ses-
cra smaller buildings that the former proprctors spent
more than 100000 upon the place, and that 1t was pun
chased for tho Board for $4,000 After some negoa-
tons tho being unwilling 70 sell for lcFs than
feOcO the property was purchased OF Hrs hickle OF
NewYork City, who obtained II from her former hns-
band Horace Beais Gen. Hnks's evidence showed that
there foundation for the report that Mrs Mcke did
not receive tho whole OF tho rurehase-mcncy.
Tic National Committee, appointed by the recent Wo-
mans Suffrage Convention. held meeting today, which
was quito nurnerously attended by adies in the room OF
the Committee on Education ard Labor The men were
rigdy excluded stray local reporter, who happened
TO he there before the meeting begun, was peremptorDy
shown the door by Mrs Beecher Hooker. who also ig-
norcd The polite inquiries for information made by other
Journalists The business Of the meeting consisted in
preparing plan Of campaign on the new "Woodhull
Platform" 1t is 10 DO observed that Mrs Woodruff
Ind tho saeaeity to protest against tho exclusion
or ignoring OF the press repre- sentaiyes Mrs Hooker
road report letter from the Editor OF The Re1otunor,
relative the movement in England, where she Is now
traveD especially treating Of tho organized opposition
OF ladies there TO tho Contagious Diseases act under
which the police enrolment Of courtesans IL required
Speeches we're made by Mrs Hooker and Mrs woodruff
Oh the necessity OF the ballot and broader political edu
ca,iDp Of woDep In order to properly cope with tho
social evil" Amcng those present were Mrs. Craner,
tho Presidents sister; Mrs. Jewell, vile OF
tho Ex-Governor Of Connecticut; Mrs Gen. McCook
Mrs. Julian. Mrs. Ella, Mrs. Tuock, Mrs Newman, nnd
many other ladies prominent in Washington society II
waa determined prepare tracts and appeals IN favol
OF woau's right 20 vote under "tbe Constitution as
Is" and bIesdames Cramer. Jewell. McCook, and other
ladies' signed the Declarations of Principle adopted
and pledged themselves TO sustain tho Committee In
their efforts. Mis- Grant, who in the Capitol, was
expected, but did not attend.