New-York tribune., 1872-12-04

important question in hurry No very Wanted
position was made to It, but many menneIs %
more time to investigate the subject ada ,yihout ac
eral consent, motion to adjourn was mauo nu'I 10
tlon ON the hill. which went over uu'll W.
morrow Pending the motion 1,seeu 20 MessTs. BROOKS
and Randall The Speaker, aSooruiIItk Itrse w lie
Executive documents upon his table, and among them
was ponderous roll giving the namsS ., pnS
wanted ms prinied Mr. Brooks made strenuous ODeo
% and Ye notice that he should in future oppose the
& " M house was fun OF worthless books printed
at great expense by the Governments ana ne annovo
% % =" nfo the corneen fund of the House. The idea
of an auction of Congress documents caused eds ue
sisted in having the document IN question printed, ana
Mr. Brookss zeal for reform did not induce m TO go so
far as 10 call for division of the House, 40 MT kanua
carried his point Gen. Banks got the bill 10 carry out
the fisheries provisions OF the Treaty with Great ian
made special order for the second Tuesday III January
The House adjourned at early hour until tomorrow
1t reported that President has recently expressed
himself in favor Of policy OF Cancellation toward the
Liberal Republicans and others who opposed ms re-
election and that has advised some of his friends TO
pursue the me.course.i lin Congress.
The Credit Mobier Investigating Committee was
changed to-day by the substitution of Mr.. Merrick OF
Maryland. for MIR. Beck Of Kentucky, who declined to
serve the ground that he had expressed very positive
opinions In the recent as 10 the innocence Oh
some OF the meIabers charged with taking the stock'
Mr. Merrick is a Of much less prominence than Mr..
Beck. He is said 10 be good lawyer, and those VINO
know him well say that there few men in the House
better qualified to conduct important Investigation
without partisan bias and with strict judicial fairness
The Committee held an informal meeting tor organz-
tOn to-day. Many rumors wereln ctculStl9h aoou e h
probable action II noticed that Oakes Ames had
long consultation with Mr. Poland the Charinah uur.
ing the session Of the House Judge Jerry bIack ane
winch brought out the famous letters is IN the city, ana
was G0seteu %i nc one af be stories aaoat h that GEN
Banks. who Is member OF the investigating Commttee, @
stock and refused it, Another is that Mr. Garfield will
give evidence of "a similar purport sun another Is aV
Mr. Ames VIII swear that he never @ wr0Ie e. 'S dgced
1t evident that the investigation VIII be the chiei sen
sation Of the session
The appointment Of an Associate Justice OF the United
states Supreme Court, to ill the vacancy occasoned by
the resignation of Mr. Justice Nelson will he made with
out delay and the question before the Court OF the
construction of the Fourteenth Amendment TO the Con-
sttuon win he postponed until full bench s present
Ward Hunt Of New-YOrk, at present meuner OF tle
Commission of Appeals OF that state Judge Woodruff
Circuit Judge OF the United States for the New-York
District, and Judge Johnson OF western vi aro
York has also been spoken Of IL has been suggested by
the appointment should made from that section II
the President decides 10 take tis view tnVr0 - NH @
u question that Col Brisow late soileit0r-Oeher@ VIII
= !. be be Oh. red the appointment
The secretSfy 81 elnterior has asFed Congress Tor an
appropriation to deiray the expense oil illustrating 'ne
quaro volumes Of the with maps II is supposed
that 90 maps should he engraved, the expense OF wc
will not the Secretary estimates exceed S25OV. 10"
h specimen maps have been prepared, which snow ny
shades Of color the relative density of population in all
parts OF the country, the distribution OF wealth. 'he
prevalence of teracy and the distribution OF the for
eign born population and Of its different eemens',Ihe
maps are so generally commended, as exhibltng AZ
glance information which whont ae eouS tS, 1h
doubt that the seeretarys Recommendation VII pe
approved and the money voted. Among Other sulYecs
IN hn
dnstre the range OF cultivation of each OF the gea ag-
rcnural staples and the prevalence OF particular forms
of disease.
Mr. Hill OF New7Jersey. who IA second on the House
Committee on Post-OGoes, introduced the following
bill to-day:
BE IL enacted 6c That on and after the FIRST Of July,
1873 postage shall be charged on domestic maiaOlo mat
ter az tbe first class embracing all correspondence
wholly or partly i'm writing except book manuscript and
corrected proofsheets passing between authors ana %
uniform rate Of CwO cents for each ht ounce OF aouoh
thereof
4 The Republcan Senate caucus was held in the wait
ngyoom attached to the Senate Chamber, this morning
The invitations which were sent out last evening as
sured welcome to all those who had supported the
principles laid down in the platform Of the Philadelphia
Convention and its nominees Copies of this call were
n sent Messrs. Sumner and Sehurz but OF course
neither them, other Liberal Republican, at
tended the caucus committee consisting OF tue I0l-
eXpedency of revision OF the Committees OF the SEN
ate and TO report at an adjourned meeting or the eau
cl
Maine and Stewart. 1t Is understood tna the question
of allowing the Senate 20 adjourn over Wednesday
account Of Horace Ggeeleys funeral was coDsdled ana
! getermined
The Department Of Agriculture has to-day received from
Major T. D. Griffith, u 5. Agent for the Choctaws and
Chckasaws several samples of cotton grown this year
nv members of those tribes the southern part the
Indian Territory Through the efforts Of the present
agent the Cotton Association OF the Missouri State Fair
at St. Louis extended its premium list to the Indian
fTor
number of bales there, which, wen as the exhibitors
{ Themselves. attracted much attention. Among the
samples are three which secured premiums OF $780, $780,
II aud SlOO respectively; also one exhibited by Allen
Wright former Governor OF the ChOctaw Nation, but too
late to compete. greatly increased interest has thus
been created among these people in the production Of
cotton aud 10 believed that much larger crops VIII
+ result from these well directed lab0rs.
q BUSINESS OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS-AMEND-
MENT TO THE sTEAM-BOILER LAW-C0N-
TINGENT EXPENSES OF TIE STATE DErABT-
MENT-PAYMENTS FROM THE TREASURY FOR
n NOVEMBER.
GENERAL PRESS DSPATCHi
II appears from official statement of the Court Of
Claims that during the year ending Dec. l. l2O cases
were decided 70 Of which account Of proceeds
of cotton captured by the United States military forces
The aggregate amount claimed for the cotton was
aud the award Of the Court in these
81 $4,000 The highest award was $4,000, or 100000