Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-12-21
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l6

WASHINGTON, Dec. lG, 1872.
Legislation in Con sress the past week has
not been of tue startling order, neither has it
been unimportant The Introduction and
relcrence Of bills have gong on as usual, while
such matters,as do not challenge discussion,
have passed smoothly through.
The bill reforming (?) the Internal Revenue
service, passed the HOUSE. went to the Sn.
ate, aad WAS til! ere slightly amended, but on
Its return To the House for approval of the Sen.
ates amend ments, ii encountered opposition
and yesterday committee of conference was
appointed to confer with the Sanatr on the
disagrccinG votes. The main point of hostility
to the bill is In lhlt It pratnnl5 to a rcdlction
OF the Internal Revenue collection expenses,
hy disseminating the assessors. But in lieu
thereof, the bill as amended, provides that their
places shall be substituted by batch Of Inter.
nn Revenue Detectives to traverse the districts
This feature of the bill leads miny Congress.
mon to the opinion that little or no saving of
expense or improvement Of the gcry zee will re.
suit from change,
The bills for purchasing additional grounds
Tor the Boston post oaile, anl to abItc duties
on material TO be used in rebuilding tho blrat
district in that city, have given occasion for
the expression Of views ofant.stato sovereign.
ty doctrines, quite adverse to our old New
England notions. 1t is plainly to be seen
that this question Is sooner or later to become
one Of grave imports this country, and already
are our aMcst srtcsm'n at Yaricnca upon l..
The Senlae committcc Oh naval aEIirs after
listening to Secretary Robcspn, agreed To report
II bill in favor Of the construction or tsR new
naval steam >rs irStehl.o of six ns voted by the
House. There is n, Diversity of opinion
among naval constructors ip tAiir preferences
for WOOD. over i.pn In tue construction OF sea-
going vessels. The inevitable ten lrncy to
corrosion in iron and their liability TO break
At the point of rivc.ing, and thus ill AMI l0un.
der at sea, l'al miny to atllrm that very spoa
iron will be discarded foy the hnlls OF vessels
TIE vast numb n of iron vessels known and
supposed to have been lost by r!asnu Of break
age from cprroson would seem to Justify the
growing want of cpn6dencl in iron for ship
building.
Tne Two II 'useS have agreed To adjourn
over from Friday, the 2)ih, to the 3 i of jana
airy, The llpusc committee on appropriations
have agaeed to report 100000 To d1fIHy the
expenses Of thr Am'ricil pIrt in the Vienna
Worlds Exposition A vote has b'en receiv.
ell to pay $4,000 to d9tray the cost ofprinting
bond or script for subscription, 10 our own
Cantennisl Exposition 10 b1 holden at Phila-
| delphia In 1879 Gen. Banks proposition to
incrcasee the Presidents salary 10 $4,000,
| has given rise To n good deal ofdiscussion, and
opnion-is divided as to its probable success.
The postal telegraph system desired by Mr.,
Crtsswell, Is being vigorously resisted, aud we
doubt Its success in this Congress
| The Investigation Of. tho Credit MobillrI
| Scandal is an absorbing Congressional topic
| Tue investigation Is conducted as secretly
as such things ever can be, and yet ii Is eyi
denl that there Is lAm"ntable amount oI
trltb In much that has been, given TO thC
county by the reporters, That a question:
BILE disposition of this stock was made, does
not seem 10 be doubted hy anybody having
any knowledge OF the subject,
JoHS T. n NIooLAy, OF Illinois, the for
mer private secretary OF President Lincoln
was on Saturday appointed Mlrshal OF tn {
United States Supreme Court H. had ouly
four hundred aud ninety nine competitors,
Tho Commissioner of Patents has recent
iy decided that an article. of manufacture, IN
order 10 be patenabls as such, mast be 50 dif
lcrent from others as not only to be dslin
gushable, but indicate invention, He has. al.
so rejected an application for patent, because
the alleged invention exhibited only me
chancal skill and judgment, and was not sur
6cently useful and important in view of III,
advanced state OF art 10 which It pertained.
cTEiee President Coliax has accepted tn
editorship OF the Tribune His saluatory ma!
be looked for in few days Ii is said ortoI
has offered the position Of managing editor Il
Easssfd and be viii probably accept, VIII
HasseY1 ie Ss the ansstlan