New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

AT ONCE-THE CUslOM-hO"'
TION RESUMED. ,
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNE 80.
w.surSoroS Tuesday, May 81, 1872.
The Supplementary Apportioho". Uis' .,io ~ go
NJ which is urged I'm order 10 save ule oI"Voe Vi
uamnshire and Vermont from losing two Representa-
- oaoh IN the next Congress, again called up
ornine and debated untn the close OF the morning
hour Mr. Morton offered amendment allowing Tue
sta.es whose representation s 10 be Increased Dy Inns
bin 10 elect one member on generalucKet' Ihs "oiu
mont gave rise TO discussion Mr.. Morton malhl'Anins
that IL would give greater dignity to member OF
Congress to be elected by the whole people OF his s
and that the effect OF such practice would Oh 'ne
whole, be good Mr.. Casserly thought that the PlHF
ciple Of electing Congressman at large was
had one, aud gracefully admitted tna1 'no
Democratic party had been wrong N us EIoa' @
contest on this question with the Wings The kin-hluA
denote was resumed at noou MI AlcOrn who spoke sew
era hours last evening taking occasion TO repy 10 soe
attacks made upon him by Mr.. Ames. so severe were
Mr. Aloorns structures upon hs colleague as almost W
arouse for the the sympathy or those VINO heau
him He said that Mr.. Ames did not live In MISSISSIPPI,
and never had that he had paid dollar of tax
fherc and that n short, he did not IN any sense
showed that Mr. Ames from his seat IN the senate & &aq
published ISLANDERS on the people OF MsslssHp au Nf
he could not in any event hope TO be reeecIeu Sr
Aes sat still through the whole or this, ana wnen uI
Aorn had nished uttered Goo1 nSI 5d TETS @S6e % long
and cTefny pTspa2Fsdt sbSfSN s{boeRed with political
speech in which he incidentally defended tne pdo9co
rTfension OF the law Ar clayton, who mas never sce
he las been member OF the senate lnaue speSvm p
cent i'm defense OF his administration In Arkansas
or In reply accusations which nave beeh ,S'tS - si
him. spoke half an hour eX planning ms gCIS1 , IN d t
10 John Edwards the seat In Congress Whch ne0ngeu W
Mr. BOles. and responding TO crlIlciss upon tIt IS
while Governor lie was 4olio"eI y! " rel a
OF Texas whO at 10 O'Clock, has just begun TO reau
long written speech. 80
the remainder OF the session OF the senate 'e Iol
lowing programme has been suggested, after consta-
ton today and viii probably be carried out Tonor
row it is proposed 10 take mp the Amnesty ana CNh
Rights bills which the Administration has concluded
must he passed before adjournment. and to hold the Sen
ate in session until vote upon them is reached whether
the Grant men viii adhere 10 their former tactics and
insist on uniting the bills aud thus defeat them both
again. OF will allow Them TO pass separately, is not
known. Unless the majority have concluded TO change
he entirely wasted. Thursday and Friday VIII ee given
the consideration Of The Tax and Ia1h b II me RI
nance Committee report II Ia time. This COMMITTEE mas
obtained permission 10 sit during the SESSIONS OF tAc
senate anu tI nas ,,ot tI,cv have made rapid
\, S9ll mass Inc Senate with comparatively few amend
meuts IL should be remembered that the bill as ~
passed the House Is not the Burchard tnkelnbuFg pm
which was originally reported from the Ways and Means
Committee which would have had no chance of success
IN Senate but the substitute prepared y MT Dawes
which differs but slightly from tat passed 10y tie sslae
a Jew On saturday, IL intended to take up
the calendar and pass snch DIS upon It @ as are & Uy qD
There will then remain unaced upon the Sundry CiVll
and River and HaI9or AIITopE",tons ni,l', 'u 9 t' me-
completed on Monday and Tuesday.
At midught Mr. Ihgfman is making political speech
reviewing the whole history ol secession and rccoustNc-
ton from Democratic point Of view, and showing that
Morton after supporting Jobnsons plans OF rec0nstrue-
tOn has come into the q nate ana taheA l's tddc4si
An attempt to adjourn las failed.
The Senate amendments to the POstOfice AQDropra-
ton bill were taken up ~ the House, to-day, and dis
posed Of by concurrence OF reference to Conference
Committee There was long controversy over the
amendment doubling The compensation for mail service
20 China and Japan, and nearly al the old arguments
for and against the measure were renewed Messrs
Morgan and Randall got very excited in
their oppositiou to the amendment and
the latter charged that corrupt and wicked
influences been brought TO bear inside ana outside
OF the House its passage. Mr.. Sargent who
has been special champion OF the measure demanded
that Nj Randall should be specific in his charges
and name the members who lad been Influenced in such
"a wav. Mr Randall, however, contented himself with
repeating his general charge, and the anair, winch
threatened q sensation, went no urher. The
amendment making fle increased appropriation was
finally adopted, after three hours spent III
five minutes speeches, by vote o. 100 10 So Inc sen
ate amendment TO increase the compensation pau 10 me
Brazilian line Of steamers from $4,000 10 $4,000 was
non-couCurred iu 1he eoIt 70 secure tlS luSitse WAS
very weak compared with that made f0r ne hin4 me
The vote was "a o. After the PostOce hl uad been
disposed Of me House pGoeeNeu' IN OoIIiui lee, VIII
the suudry Civil bill Mr.. HOar made repeated attempts
10 incorporate amendments securing ten hours pay for
eight hours work all labOTers IN Government employ,
but failed in every instance. When the part OF the bl
making appropriations Tor public buidngS was reach'd
Mr. FarnswOTth made his regular annual attack upon
Supervising Architect Mullett, aud ms attack
that Nulet purchased gas fixtures ana plumbing mate
rails OF a. r.. Shepherd III Washugon' and uansposed
flom for use i'm the Custom-hOuses aud POsOhces al
over the United That he mad sent tures 10
Windsor VI and worse than that iron gutter-ppes TO
Portland, Oregon by Pacific Railroad lie stated that
Shepherd had been paid $4,000 IN the last year Tor
plumbing on public buildings outside Of Wasnng-
ton. MI FaTnswOrtfs most serious charge was
that Mullott had got rejected patent tor
kind Of roofing issued 90 himself that he had sold this
paeut 10 SLepherd and then purchased the roofing OF
SAf uherd 20 the amount Of than 100000 FOR use
on various public buildings Mulett found plenty Of de-
tenders and the got very for lime. NJ.
yauswOrth succeeded IN carrying amendments rcquir-
iug materials buildings 70 be purchased o. the lowest
bidder at the place where each building erected. He
has other amendments, limiting the powers o. the arc
tect, which he Will offer tomorrow.
The Senate Committee Privileges and Elections held
It's first meeting to-day since given power TO send
for persons and papers investigate the accusations Of
bribery against Senators Poneroy and Caldwell. The
report Of the legislative Committee Kansas was it
will he remembered, equally upon both Sen
Rtors. hut careful examination OF the tesh
mony shows but htlie evidence agalnst MI
POmerOy. The Committee has, therefore, con-
cuded 10 take up Mr. POmeroy's case hrst, and has
State investigation, and all others whom they
hear Of No testimony Of any kind ls TO be excluded
but the Committee VIII ho anoW 10 20 upon uS record
hsy evidence which cannot larry be calied such ahd
In order that anything which Is merely gossip may not
u made pubHc 10 the mum OF any one mas N9'eG 10
Keep the investigation secret uhtl IL Is completed Two
% s nnSd "A Ap2@y: % ana 81 sfysTa 0tIeIs Were eX
II viii be remembered that two or three months ago
the Collector of Internal Revenue, at Albany was d.
rected by Commissioner Douglass proceed in the col
Of the Of five per cent Of the scrip dividends
issued by the Ncw.York Central Railroad in lsGs Some
time subsequently the Collector replied 60 the Commits
that he could hnd property 10 distran upon
II claimed that the Central Company had lost its
identity consolidation with the Hudson River Rail-
road. by virtue Of act OF the Legislature Of NewYork
authorizing the consolidation Of these two roads and
that IN pursuance Of that act they consolidated in
NOyemJeI 1903 MI Douglass las discovered an i'm
pOrant iact as bearing on this matter that is that the act