New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-15
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.

DELAY IN REPORTING ON THE NEW-ORLEANS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN CONGREss-rHE
POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL AGREED ON IN
COMMITTEE.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNR.I
WASHINGTON Tuesday, May Il, 1872.
No hints have been given by the members OF the New
Orleans Investigating Committee which indicate the
speedy presentation OF the testimony taken in Louisiana
and report thereon by the Committee to the House
Inquiry the printing Office brings the same response
which has been gwen to similar questions any time
during the past two weeks that is, that all the copy,
including testimony and papers, which has been re-
celyed has been put into type, and the printer today
reports that it printed that nothing is left for the
Committee prepare this report and submit It, 1t
raw 0e bV Judge seoed but It's import has not been
made public Another excuse for delay has been gwen
during the past few days by the Committee, SO that
IL now looks though report would be made at all
during the present session, the contingency OF nurlng
the ease Of the Administrations the frightfu state or
things being thus obviaed The printer Saturday
ceived letter from he official reporter Of the House
m2ny but whether in the City whether the Committee
will again return to New-Orleans is not known.
The Senate spent the day in voting down amendments
TO the supplementary Enforcement act, aud finally
passed It by q strictly party vote. the Democrats
voting with the Liberal Republicans against the bill.
The bill TO extend the time during which the President
may, under the Ku-Kux laws, suspend the writ OF
babeas corpus until the end OF the next session Con
gress then taken up and Is the unfinished business
for tomorrow.
and House were D0tn SESSION, even
ing the former on business from the Commerce Com
mttee and the House the work OF the Committee
ON the Judiciary Very little interest centered in either
branch IS Senators performing the work of the Senate
and about proportOnae number transactng the bust
ness OF the House. The Senators paid no attention
whatever 10 the bills they came up, ami when vote
was TAKEN no responses received either ailrrna-
lively negatively but the few who were present were
engaged in reading the newspapers or writing letters
The Banking and Currency Committee has decided to
report Mr. Merriam's bill to substitute United States
for three per cent certificates and 1t viii be re-
pored 10 the House when the Committee is called The
bin OF Mr.. Wood, known as the AntLock-up bill, was
laid upon the table Of the Committee
The bill introduced by Representative Palmer OF Iowa,
and heretofore frequently considered by the Appr0pra
ton Committee In relation to postal elegraphy, has
beon unanimously agreed by the Committee. aud Mr.
Palmer will report 1t to the House next week for
action. The effect of the bill is to place the
telegraph system OF the country on the
mept TO egae the OF for the transmission
of messages and control the service III the same way
as the postal service IL now controlled by the Post
maserGenera the contracts being ade with the tele-
Qraph companies do the work under the direction of
the Government.
The party OF seven men who left Fort Benton, Mon
tana few DAYS ago in small Mackinaw boat, 10 float
down the Missouri River TO Fort Peck and the Milk
River Indian rvaton, and whose entire massacre
by war party OF Indians in ambush on the banks OF
the river was reported by special dispatch to this city,
Yesterday, consisted of A. j. Simmons, United states
Judd Deputy IT, 5. Marshal Hand, and III. Beidler,
noted detective aud gilante OF Montana together with
their employees OF the Indian Col Fisk, and
other prominent gentlemen or Montana, now mere ana
Who are believed To- be well acquainted with the stua-
ton under which the alleged Ia said To have
occurred their doubt sto the truth OF the report