The New York herald., 1871-12-20

changes made BY the committee except In soms
TON nuRPnY's rssrInoNY.
rne committee had nothing 70 blame themselves
taxing ss the Gs 3Ss Sn s.sn er come ,ns
pleted Collector Murphy came here and asked
Psrm,s,Un s, e b 60 over the sessoay + wa, Was
New. iork and the testimony i' was put into ms
hands He went over II all and made sucn changes
That have snce thought, was privilege that the
committee ought not TO have given HIM; Dut SO
we thought 1t best 10 permit the revision although
the Collector had seen the testimony before.
M sad had also been ras u
to California and other places, ana hag
drunk wine and driven r isst horses "a. al
the committee mad charged the government nothing
but ordinary expenses, and those only tor the DAYS
cSss cSsraed 1 ne l Se anu naa 'n
me shs s e .d ;s no s
government one-eighth Of hrs expenses.
Mr.. PATTERSON contrasled the expenditures Of
his committee with that 0f the Committee ON South
ern Ou:rages The latter has spent $4,000 since the
lst OF January, 1871, while his committee during the
$4,000. 'eA'' : - ''''A's A'D 'p'A' WY
Mr.. SCOTT, chairman OF the Committee on south.
ern e ou.rages said that Us principal outlay had
over SIX hundred witnesses.
MT. ScHURz orered the following as an addition
whether any charges for storage or carting have
been or arc made by officers u the Custom House
tom House, which charges are not authorized by law
aud also whether presents have been acce pted by
ordinate TO them Or acting under their control, and
whether the officers making such presents have been
selected by preference to attend to the dichargne OF
steamships; and also whether officers OF the Gus
tom House connve at frauds In passing the bag
gage OF passengers arriving In the port OF New
YORK; and also whether articles OF merchandise
while under the control OF officers OF the Custom
House, have been abstracted, ana whether any such
wnether any onicers Of the Custom House nave been
punished Tor abstractng articles under their control
misIng with merchants delralding or attempting
to deiraud the revenue has prevailed, and whether
any aud what pecuniary benefit mas been derived
therefr0m by the officers making sucn compromises
MIR. CoNKLiNG accepted the amendment
MIR. Upton rep.i or Neb.. offered the following
OF said Custom House nave used their influence to
control oilher OF the two last State Conventions OF
whether assessments OF money have been made I TO
be used TO control primaries, to delegates to
sste eSnyenons @ Of d1r p,nsr Roticai purpose
Mr.. SHERMAN said ne would vote for both the
amendments, and he wished TO call the attention or
the country 70 the TACT tnat there was no difficulty
In getting any proper resolution Of inquiry through
Mr. BAYARD (dem., OF DEL, offered an amend.
ment directing tho committee to inquire whether
any OF the oiicers In said custom House have been
or are being used as instruments OF poiitical or
MIR. CoNKLING accepted this also.
The resolution as amended was then adopted
yeas, 81; nays, n0ne
A Message was received from the President trans
mitring the report OF the civil Service COMMISSION.
A motion was made to print 1000 extra copies.
Referred 10 the Committee on Printing
ST. DOMINGO.
MIR. SUMNER moved to take up his resolution Of
fercd last March calling on the Secretary OF the
Navy for Information about the number OF ships
ginning OF the negotiations for the acquisition OF
part OF that island; and also to the cost OF send
ing and keeping them there's and ne announced
that, whenever THIS Information should be obtained,
no would move TO refer II 10 the Committee on In
vestigatlOn anu Retrenchment (Laugher)
MI. CoNKLING objected, and the resolution went
over.
Mr. SUMNER afterward onered It as new resolu-
tion but MI ConklnS again objected, and II went
over.
Mr. BLAIR, tdem.) OF No., offered q resolution,
which was adopted, directing the Committee on In
vestigat0n and Retrenchment TO inquire whether
any Minister VI the UniLed States In any foreign
country Is engaged In any mining company, aud
using his Oficla position for the promotion OF Its
interests, and II SO, whether his dong SO Is CON-
Mr.. POOI, (rep.l OF n. O., at his own request was
excused from serving on the Committee on Investi-
CATION aud Reirenchment.
SWEARING IN. le8.
The resolution reported yesterday from the Com
mittee on Privileges ana Elections declaring Mr..
Norwood Of Georgia, entitled seat In the senate,
was agreed to- ana he was then sworn In.
MIR. SCoTT called up his resolution directing the
Sergeant-at-A Arms to arrest saunders, refractory
witness III South Carolina, and 1t was passed.
Camp, OF South Carolina, gave rise To discussion,
and witnou. reaching vote the senate, OF hafp
O'Clock, went into executive session, and soon
after adjourned.