The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-27
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON.

-la. Treasury Balances. .Ila
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The balances in the
Treasury to-day were as follows:-Currency,
$6,646, 370 coin, $97, 157, 152, including 25,510
700 in coin certificates.
Nomination.
The President to-day nominated Robert H.
Milroy, of Indiana, Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in Washington Territory. slaf
7a Indian Hostilities. T
There are now collected at a point lying
southwest of Fort Bertsold, distant 100 miles,
about 1000 hostile Indians, composed chiefly of
members of Uncpapas, Minneconjons and Ogal-
lallas, who have declared their intention to op-
pose the progress of work on the Northern Pa
cific Railroad this summer, They have torn
up the stakes planted by the surveying party,
which marked the route of the road in Powder
River county. The above mentioned tribes
have been engaged in war during tn past win
ter with the Crows and Nez i'erces IN which
the former lost a great number of horses. This
has rendered them desperate, and they have
expressed the determination to obtain horses to
replace those lost, and to this end from about
the LIST of May small parties have been de-
tached from the main body to endeavor to cap
ture horses and other property from Forts Blu
ford, Stevenson, Riel and Totten and from the
settlers and others in the neighborhood of
Apple Creek. When the railroad company
shall have pushed their work to the west side
of the Missouri these Indians contemplate the
concentration of forces for a general hostile
movement against the company. All are well
armed and equipped
senate Tariff and Tax Bill.
The Senate Finance Committees bill takes
effect July l, 1872, the same as the House bill.
The Senate provision regarding coal is put in;
also potatoes, 10 cents per bushel. All the SEN
ate lumber provisions are put in; lumber, etc.,
81, instead of 50 as before provided. All the
Senate lead provisions are inserted without
amendment. In the 10 per cent. reduction it
reduces the duty on steel, as in the Senate re-
port 1t adopts the House provision on wool,
metal and india rubber, and the Senate provis-
ion on earthernware, glass, glass ware, etc.,
leather, manufactures of skins, bone, etc. The
wire rope increase is retained. Coal tar and
like articles and plate glass are stricken from
the section. The book newspaper and periodi-
cal provisions are changed entirely, the specific
rates being done away with and the present
rate reduced 10 per cent, except as included in
the accompanying free list. Goods arriving
from east of the Cape of Good Hope in other
than American vessels pay 10 per cent. extra
as required under the present law. This puts
10 per cent. duty on tea Section of the House
bill is amended by striking out freestone, sand.
stone, granite, ETC., leaving them as at present
The ship section is amended SO as to apply tC
all vessels. instead of wooden sailing vessels
built in the United States, and allowed to en-
gage in the coasting trade three months instead
of two. The words ''ship-stores" are stricken
out, SO the ship-stOres are not admitted free
Liz duOWduOc VI Ouc-tliuQ u tue uuUleS IL
greenbacks is stricken out Salt used in curing
fish shall be absolutely free. The tax ON sales
of leather, tobacco and whiskey is abolished
The rectifiers tax is abolished and licenses kept
The ten cent stamp represents the rectificrs tax
The whiskey export bill stand exactly as tho
House passed it. Section As amendments are
all striker out The whiskey tax is consolidat
ed at 70 cents. The tobacco tax is fixed uni
formly at "a cents The bonded warehouse
provisions are kept exactly as the House passed
them. Every tobacco peddlar who has not pait
a tax must pay Immediately all the taxes undel
schedule b and z. All stamp taxes, except OF
| liquors and tobacco, are abolished Claims fol
| refunding taxes are debarred after two years
1t repeats the shipbuilders' and manufacturers
tax, increases the peremptory seizure limit t.
| $500, 900. Borrowed money of banks is declared
not to be capital, The total reduction by tn,
bill is estimated at $60,000,000. A section is in
| serted abolishing notifies to internal revenu,
| reformers, but the Secretary of the Treasury i
authorized to employ and pay detectives out o
| an appropriation purposely made of 100000
! The President is directed to reduce the numbe
internal revenue districts to sixty prior to mex
! January.
Adoption of the Supplemental Section o
| the Treaty.
! The Senate at 9 o clock this evening, after
continuous executive session of more than min
hours, by the requisite two-thirds vote advise,
the President to negotiate an additional articl
| w 0ne Ai0"ey v, w "onihSgon, oh 1he oasio nc
Gently, proposed by the British government
though i'll form somewhat different from it
but not altered in principle-the amendmen
being designed to secure reciprocity of obliga
ton on the part of both governments withou
placing the United States in an attitude of re
ceding from their position as if in complianc,
with the requirements of the British govern
| ment. .
The action OF the Senate tonight is KEEP
more than ordinarily confidential, as if the Sen
ators had been placed under additional oblga
ton OF secrecy, but there is no reason to doub
Whatever the truth OF the foregoing settlement
--q . The Treaty.