New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-19

half the Congress, ana then, a1ler ndnuS ho.outn!
Iobbod the House 10 come In, pleading Ior sympaa'y
az martyrs and have bill rushed through paving the
what they wanted that their plan oil o ,Sev received
Sos 600 for these indexes In the last anu ,
only proposed to deduct 5000 oG iea donr dollars
worth OF for it that they claimed tae rsn xn No.
make the redupcaon and wanted hioed and had in
ali cost the Government more than hall mi on do
lars Of pages Of useless ns co"sesas that he
had offered 10 pay them up to March and they naa
refused that he had offered to pass au t ub Congress
could authorize new contract, and they had feiu ISL
this that they had refused to allow G 20 and that
they had made false statements In an article %
in The Globe Of saturday. Mr. Kelley madeno repy ~
tice in The Globe which Mr. Beatty had been attacking
sufficient answer TO the latters remarks; MT MI.
field demanded that the contract proposed Dy hVes%
Bailey, which the bill directed should be accepted,
sy S TeaG wSaa Kelley
the previous question and stopped tine uepae. ~
evident that the House had been th9foug eaoeS 70
vote for On ordering the previous question: .h wyn
the note the Ysss YEA anu
which it would be hard to account for IN view OF .
thorough opposition this session. to ing act has
The Giobe proprieOrs are themselves Democrats. rh
Ing the S ns too M to permit any
amendments to be offered, Messrs Beatty Dawes, Gar
field Farnsworh and other Repnbcans ea tne WoTse
consented TO adjourn The bill comes up again
Mr. sypher OF Louisiana introduced bill to-day TO ex-
tend the Enforcement act which Is now applicable only
to large Cities TO the whole country as far as apples
TO the election members Of Congress and Presidential
Electors He says he wishes to prevent any further
counting in OF men who are not elected by the fasca
OF Governors and other State officers he THINKS tns
be done by making the national election system gen.
eral in its operations
The House Committee on Expenditures In the war
Department held meeting this morning. Gen. Dyer's
health not admitting of his being examined The Chair
rIu HaU
and Mr. Acker gave notice that he wished to have certain
witnesses summoned. The Committee will probably
close their Investigations within two weeks
The Select Committee ordered to investigate the
charges against Secretary Robson have not yet received
reply from the editor of The Sun. who was requested
to furnish them with the Of the Information from
which he obtained the alleged facts about the secrearys
conduct. The Committee satisfied that the norn
DEPARTMENT. and they hope before their next meeting
which will be on Thursday, to be furnished Win TIC"
names.
The Seneca Stone investigation resumed, to-day,
by the House Committee. The only witness examined
gave good deal of hearsay testimony, but no facts
which prove anything improper in the conduct OF the
Supervising Architect in the use Of that stone for par
ton walls in the basement OF the new State Department
SUCH Character as leave in the minds Of the Com
mitee the impression that he was ignorant OF the re
particular stone which is the subject of this
inquiry Prof. Henry, who, some years ago, made
scientific test or tu3 seneca hOue VIII NC suHihoucu
before the Committee and also the President OF the
Quarry Company the latter to state the amount or stone
aud the cost OF that furnished tue Gpyerm leu
Will develop who are the Shareholders IN the seneca oon
pany, and whether any Improper influence s peen Ca
crted have the stone used by government ofncefs'
The Hamn Committee TO investigate the sale of arms
concluded to-day the examination OF Col Crispin ana
be gan that OF Col Squire the agent of Remington IN the
purchase OF arms in 1870 and 1871 Mr. schuz by cross
examination of the first Witness attempted to prove
that Ordnance Bureau did not hesitate to break up
contract to sell material, after margin had been
put up the request Of the purchaser and therefore,
might have broken the bargain with Remington made
on 18th of October after his relations with
the French Government had had CON
cases cited were those where c. X. Garrison bought
lot batteries and put up the margin but before they
back what lie had already paid Crispin could not see
how the lost anything by the failure OF this
contract since there demand for these batteries
from any other source Mr.. Schurz thought that az
the bargain was considered an advantageous one for
the the very fact that there was no other
demand for batteries made n desirable that Garrison
should have taken them The other case was that OF an
award of Enfield rifles to Gen. Franklin, Oct 90 1870,
which he refused to take the award had been post
poned several days Crspns testimony settled only TWO
other points. Tie first that the custom OF demand
Ing margins TO bind sale was first established during
| the French war; and tho second that Thomas Rlch'
arSn who bought the large lot of Springfield breech
| loading rifles in December, 1870, was not required
to put up margin though he was not known as prom
incnt armsdealer. Col squre's testimony was substan
tally the same as that given by kim before the House
Committee last week Previous TO Oct 49, 1870, he con
sidered samuel Remington as q favored buyer of arms
for France and not an agent of that Government
Sauires custom to bill the arms he bought 70 KEN
ngton and then collect the money Tor them IRON tne
agreed to deliver the arms in France ana wait nteeI
DAYS for his pay SO that on 9c t 49, om so ne edo
three-quarters Of million dollars worth OF arms Wnen
Remington returned from France IN December . d ne
to purchase arms in the United states atnougL
ocniv from General
belonging to the French Governments IN his hands. Col
Squire then repeated ms Hor .ne snd
Austin Baldwin u Co., aud Herman Boxer Co.. 70 pur
for ms aa sd% that
ton the real buyer. sources testimony VIII NC con
Guided tomorrow.
The House Appropriations Commttee!to-day heard 8
long statement by Gen. Babcock in behalf Of increased
aupropriatIons for the sundry expenses required by hin
s Commissioner Of Public Buildings and Grounds. The
appropriations last year for the purposes required were
over s76OO while the amount this year over s5osO0
being nearly double the appropriation or last year Gen
did succeed In convincing the Committee tbal
this unusually large Increase was necessary although
might be used with profit.
Gen Bankss bill 10 carry out tho fisheries clauses OF
the Treaty OF Washington which he reported to the
House several weeks since the special order for to-
morrow Nothing will be done with it, however, as
Gen Banks desires Its p0stponenent until all doubts
about the intention OF England to 60 before the Geneva
over until some in April or May. The friends Of
n Ts Without debate They do not want to have
The Alabama controversy opened and the Washington
Treaty discussed fear that good to them will come
Oft.
The controversy for the possession OF the land re-
claimed by draining Beaver Lake in Indiana was settled
by the House Committee Public Lands to-day, who
agreed to bill declaring the disputed territory public
land. and permitting persons who have established
caIus AT Land Office to portion OF 1t to buy such
portions at 81 % acre. the remainder to be sold al
public auction.
Gov warnoth of Louisiana was upon the floor Of the
House to-day. He expects to return to New-York in
day or two and will from there for Louisiana in
about fortnight When asked IL he intended go t.
the Cincinnati he said he could not tell
and that II would depend upon circumstances