New-York tribune., 1872-04-09
NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. APRIL O. 1872.


Pacific stock fell Considerably before o'clock. lie said
take his revenge for being turned ont of the Presidency
of the road The House ordered an to-day;
into the affairs OF "any National Bank which Is alleged
to have engaged in conspiracy 10 lock up currency
with view 70 produce money pa1ie T9s OF eSnrse, %
datey after he passage OF the resolution directing the
MT Hooper nf 70 S san @ he
pcanng Jay Gould, Henry n. Smith, and Palmer, the
cashier of that bank rs Witnesses They expected
TO arrive here Tomorrow and will be Immediately
amined the Committee sitting for the purpose with open
doors.
mttee, to-day, the Annual Deficiency Appropriation
bill, with various amendments. Among the new appro-
priaons recommended by the Committee the following
the most important To pay the mileage OF Senators
during Executive Session last Spring. $2o00 to pay
John Hale late Minister to Spain, his salary to jan
1870 at which time he was far restored to health
as to be able to travel, such sum as may be
necessary; to pay additional compensation to United
States Consuls at Agies, Bouogne Lyons, Marseiles
Nantes Nice and Rheims such sum as In the judgment
the President and the Secretary Of State shall be sur
fcien extra expenses occasoned by the Franco
Prussian war; an appropriation to cover the extra
ordinary expenses of the United states Minister to Italy
caused by the removal Of the capital of that
kingdom TO Rome; for continuing work on the new
State Department building during the current year.
100000 To the section making appropriations for
the Signal Service, the following added: "Pro-
propriaon for the several departments Of the Govern
ment, shall he expended for telegraphing, except at
rates first 10 established by the PostmasterGenera
under Section O. of Chapter 2 of the Statutes of 1867
The section inserted in the bill by the House in relation
TO extra CONDENSATION 10 aborers in the employ OF the
United States, whose pay reduced 20 per cent on the
passage of he EghtOnF law Was vas tdoStea srsfea
inserted in pace That there shall he paid to the
policemen. oilers and shoptenders who were employed
after the Goth day of july 1868 the sums respectively
,t,dapf fia
most important appropriations stricken OUT are those
n afr the asSy ore
en fiscal year. $500; for the extension and repair OF the
$50 600 to s25OOO pay the commissions allowed by the
act of March 1851 to Collectors Of Customs acting as
superintcndents OF Lights $4,000 for the removal OF
the Chippewa Indians TO the White Earth Reservation in
their subs stence for six months S5709 ~
to su6sst the NAVAJO Indians N h o d1g n 'e
sioners revise the statutes OF the United States, re-
duced from $1,000 TO $500.
The River aud Harbor Appropriation BILL which was
framed in the Commerce Committee, and sent to the
APPROXIMATIONS Committee for their approval, was re-
ported back by Mr.. Garfield to-day. The following are
the appropriations for New-York and for the Atlantic
Coast, as far south as Virginia:
Ne,r- -York-Dunlrk Harbor, s25o0o; Buffalo Harbor,
Rondout and Huntington Harbors, ana PeGonlc River,
n oi s9e9 i9fl6n 9 0Fsh4T@ andr sG Wo
Dor, 100000; Hudson River SVOOo East ElVsr' IN IN
RSode Tsiand@Pro1idence, Pawtucket and Pawc,tuck
Rivers and Breakwater at Block Island $4,000 EACH
ana F 9S9 fe pepoSicot ver
$4,000 Kennebec River, 5000; Portland IIarbor and
Buck Bay, si5OO0 saco River, $1,000; Wells HafDor'
5000; at Rchmonds Island, $4,000
Vermont Burlington Harbor, $4,000
COauecficut-Thames River and Norwalk HarboT,
900 each Connecticut River, belowlHartford, ncud-
ing saybrook and bridgeport HaTDSr 5000 eaeh Jon
HoyOke, $4,000; NeU-haven HarDor, s2O,COOi Housa-
aeh,sclts-Hoston Harbor $4,000 Taunton River,
AM Wareham
mouth Harbor, $500; Proylneetown and Wellfeet
ens MFae RqsS Fys SSiwssn % TSenOn and
Bordentown, $4,000; passaie River $4,000
Iennsglrdnaigs,E,s as,, XII u. klDer Rye M m5,cCo @
Maryland- Queenstown Harbor. 5000; Cambridge
HaTbOr, $1,000; WicQmcQ River, $500,
The total amount appropriated by the bill Is se9s0OO
The Senate Committee on Retrenchment and Invest
CATION has about completed It's inquiry in regard to the
New-YoIk Cusomhouse and the politics Of that State
After short vacation tie Committee will probably pro-
ceed with its work under another Of the various resolu
tons OF instruction to the Committee, passed by the
Senate at the time the Committee was organized The
next subject of inquiry is understood TO be the payment
of moneys Tor the lease OF samana Bay ana incidentally
The whole santo Domingo question Several weeks VII
probably pass Iefore the Committee VIII report on the
mana cement Of the New-YOrk CustOm-hOuse.
Copies of the report Of the Joint Committee Of the
Kansas Legislature appointed to investigate the charges
corruption and bribery in connection with the election
of Senator Pomeroy in 1867, and Cauldwe n 1871,
received by those Senators and by the VcePresdent
to-day Mr.. Pomeroy announced in the Senate that he
had received this report whereupon Mr.. Colfax pre-
sented IL the House and Mr. Pomeroy moved to refer
il the Committee Privileges and Elections. When
his reporf was first made Mr. Pomeroy moved Special
Committee investigate these accusations and strong
at work TO secure Select Committee
for this purpose, with power to send lor persons ana
papers.
Senators Trumbull and schurz will speak at the Cooper
Institute Friday evening. the political outlook.
Secretary Fish received to-day the first official evidence
that Dr. Houard is an American citizen 1t was h the
form of dispatch from the u; s. Consul at Havana,
saying that about the time that HOuard was arrested he
registered himself at the American Consulate.
Col. Benet Of the Ordnance Department of the army
and other witnesses before the House Appropria
ton Committee to-day with reference TO appropriations
for improving and cnlargng the several arsenas in the
United States If all the appropriations asked for in
connection with these works and buildings were
granted the amount would reach several mil
lions Of dollars but II iv IL paGSaDe tnns
necessary keep in repair the several smaller arsenas
and will give to the arsenals and armories at Bencla
sums to make the ssary additions and repairs From
the facts in the possession of the Committee IT seems
that the arsenal Rock Island will eventually be the
SG %GtI this III III Ass sea T year viii be nearly
The House Committee on Post-O6ices and Post Roads
viii probably be called tomorrow, and viii dispose OF
all the business on hand Of which the most important
the bill abolishing the Franking Privilege, introduced
advocated earnestly at the last session ny MI
Hill Of NewJersey and also the Dl Tor tne adoPon oi
the penny postal card also introduced at the last session
by Mr.. HILL
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl
The Committee having charge OF the memorial service
in honor of Prof Morse TO be held in the House OF Rep
resentatyes Tuesday evening, 10th instant, held full
meeting to-day, and reported the near completion OF
which will make the event one OF great
interest," Leading members Of both Houses oi Congress
will deliver snort addresses and Oliver Wendell Holmes
will probably read poem written expressly for the 9cea
sion Letters been addressed to the Mayors OF inc
nrncnal cities Of the United States requesting them 10
cali public meetings on the same night, and pan mas
been proposed to hold similar meetings no