New-York tribune., 1872-04-24

. - L. ,to ,raronce NJ the railroad and telegraph,
that the Voorhees, bill would 90 h raI man Sns
ban5 now have 70 paw for fashionable dresses and
,iinary their numerous wives require. Ex-Dstrict-
,y tascnm of Utah argued question from the
Gentle point of vew fayOrlnS tne psHaee ui nc ="
any Legislation which would enable he oenes IN Dtah
70 control the affairs OF the Territory and punish me
MormoDs for their polygamous prae'oes , , ano i oo
which members have expressed, II s probable that
majority will be adverse 70 reporting H'
Congress is often engaged In worse than Vot
ing money support churches nevertheiess souhueu
somewhat strange to-day to hear In the House the te
of hill making an appropriation for the benefit ~
the Presbyterian Church at Mnrfreesboro Tenn wneh
was introduced by Bright and sent To the Committee
Claims
The report OF the Secretary OF War lately transmitted
70 Congress- contains statement of the NUMBER OF col
ored soldiers enlisted during the late war The total
number enlisted was 1898 OF which 426 were slaves.
The Secretary states that in the bill now pending
before the senate Military Committee passes providing
for the payment Of bounty TO enlisted saves s@ov"
will be required 10 pay the bounty allowed.
Mr. Elliott, cOlOred member from the Columbia D u,
District who ia also delegate TO the Philadelphia Con-
vention wishes IL understood that in what he has said
of late respecting the denomination Of Grant he did not
profess 10 speak for his delegation and that the reason
u nv he declined TO sQuarey indOrse the President IN
the dispatches TO the NewYork meeting. was that such
action might be cons trued as committing ne de.e gae
70 Philadelphia, the members OF wnleh are uhins'Fueteu
and independent
The Private Lands Committee OF the Senate was IN -
sion until after o'clock last night. listening 10 one II
Thomas Scott took the Senate District OF COLUMBIA Con-
mitee on excursion over portion OF the ne" Dali
more and Potomac Railroad this afternoon.
Considerable inquiry has recently been made at TIC
Departments in regard TO the Governments contTacs
with the Western Union Company fol- official Telegraph
ing II has lust been discovered. by some who are ne
ested in this matter that contract was made Nov
1851 by the Secretary the Treasury with Hiram sbV
for the building OF telegraph Line from the western
harder OF Missouri 70 the Pacific Ocean. IMs cOntrat
was made in pursuance OF law authorizing the cecr
tary OF the Treasury enter into such an agreement VIII
the lowest responsible bidder Sbey offered 20 construct
such a line provided the Government would pay NM
for periOd 0f ten years. $4,000 year In return ne
agreed that the Government should at all times have tle
free and prior use OF the line for official dispatches until
s bin at ordinary rates amounted 10 $4,000 ana tnat u
might connect the line with any mllltry post OF tDe
United States. The line also to be open al an times
for the dispatches OF the Coast survey smithsonian
Institution the National observatory Tor scehtlnc
nurpOses THIS contract expired by limitation last No
vemDer INJURY il two OF the bureaus among
them the signal Service Bureau Of the war department,
shows that no reduction allowance was made in those
bureaus by the Western Union Company, 10 whom the
contract was assigned for several years past IN accord
ance with the terms Of tbs contract on dispatches sent
bv them over the In other words, the Government
has paid $4,000 a year, and. as far a. has yet been
learned il addition paid just much Tor s Telegraph
ing as though IL had not paid TINS subsidy