New-York tribune., 1872-03-28

THE ST CRoIx LAND GRANT JOB AuAiN ,v nr, ~
THE sENATR-CONTINUED pbAp-LoNh ,N
,,r norSr-rur CusTom-HOUSE NVEsU-
cAr,oN-rHP EAST RIVER TUBULAR bhin"E'
TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBUNEl
w,syrscroS Wednesday, March %. 1871.
o,o vote was reached In the Senate this morning on
a., s., Crox and bayfield, Land Grant hill. which came
- from the House. last week, so amended that IFS
levers hardly recognized II. This vote was ON the
motion Of Mr 70 In the House amend
,,enis and was rejected after some deha'e-Yeas' l6;
Navs 20 Mr. CaSserly then offered an amendment pro-
x,o,nc that settlers along the line of the road shall
t entitled either receive back from the United states
tho money pai far lands 10 receive SO acres in
addition to the amount held 10y Them Debate
arose not particularly this amendment but on the
general hill aud the morning hour expired before any
further vote taken. Among the speeches made on
,his hill today the which seemed 10 throw most
hight upon it was that of Mr.. Robertson who briefly
remarked that he had visited many OF the lands TO
which the bin applied; that they were covered with
valuable Tue timber. and that II great mistake 10
suppose that the settlers upon would suffer il this grant
not renewed. These men. he said. had paid only
" 70 an acre for the Land. and II could not be
bought for less than s. while great portion OF
was held high S25. IL noticeable that several
Senators Who by their actions when the OH mr. nrsi % came
back from the ousc seemed f0 he in favor OF the HoS
amendments. were to-day either in favor OF the gram
that has appeared in Washington for years has
been pressing This measure with the greatest
zeal aud though it has not been hncd that nnproper
Influences have been brought 10 bear upon any Senators
th' change IN the disposition OF many to~aIu me @ o
could not fil 10 be remarked. After ihe morning honr
& bill to T%pea the duty on LEA aha @ eThee e con T Of the
Ssnate yesterday had convinced hin tat II Won" "o
hest TO pass the bl ss II now STOOD rather than ui M
any risks by moving 70 take mp the orgnai ,p pl.
az the Finance committee as ne s eaNS "v 49,
made 10 add various articles TO the free H5t
all Of which r,jected MI BAR moYea 10 M aH @ S,s
10 the free ls repeating the old arguments whlGl ",Ie
long AGO tbr,adbae in favor OF ilte s'ii |ir'
taut
could not hc questioned he showed that Mr. Blair posi-
ton was founded false figures that me protection ~
salt Of American manufacture had reduced ,lhe
amount imported only two millions @ @onsneS
per year, while il Increased tIS amount "l h~tNcl ~ ~
obtained and finally, that all the protection gwen 70
this Industry protection Of labor ana cewil as
the raw material brlnc. was Mhoy ~tn9u M I'm H. fee
Conku's speech was PROBABLY the most ehre'lNe eIe
az THE much-abused interest made ia Congress thls
session lie followed 10y Messrs. Chandler ana Cald
well the same side of the question when vote was
reached. Mr HlairS amendment defeated. p 10
Is Mr. sumner then moved to place hooks pimtc'i
in ancient aud foreign languages the free ilSt aud
made a short speech in lis deeuce Mr. Morrill, 0 Yer
mont called attention 10 the fact that ho branch oi me
summers amendment was also defeated Pending a
the section containing the free list the s'ua
adjourned II is doubtful If the Senate completes tAls
bafl before fhe eni Of the week.
The deadlock in the House sin continues end nothing
was done to-day bat 10 call The roll on d!atory motions
g. prevent the majority from ordering the previous
question on The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Depot
bill Mr. Stakweath ther. who has charge OF the hll,
offered at O'Clock 10 permit two hours debate.
" the minority would that there should
be no more hnibn.teriac. Nr. Btgk reiu,ed
10 accept this compromise, unless there 'oid
ho vote the amendment offered ny me
nnuor,t, of the District Committee lie ,"d @ tl%{ me
minority demanded as Hsit that tloy 'ii 'io'',u -
PERMITTED record their votes ON the ai1elpluei
wllch expressed th,c views. Nh slarlwelthcr would
moi ac.cde 10 this proposition. Nj. Dcky shouted,
Ga With the funeral and The tedious ro-cal h-
oononent carried. The following is the enond-
U,t which the friends of tho Depot hl viii not ptr"nt
to1c voted upou. l. wa~ offered by Mr. Crchcs:
fiei Thai lsor. he Washington AID Pc.onae R ,s1 Com.
,' '' 's1 @n ION. % et o. Fc' % S iI o' % & '. , ,Dl
r.; G r,s ,i, or ,5e r Sse, ss meet soi ske aat1 o. the
~ eash 'alasto9 Of tn goo9 at., which sun ai 'h. e
svps he Teur' receipt for the same; a0i hai on obtaining
- 70 @ ' % ~ ID M M ,5 as ,g ; 'i T ya. 1S f ao q s se g s
,Tae..,r Of ihc .aii Conplay.
Tr majority do not wish 10 90 upon the record as vot-
furass, requiring the Company PAY fair price for
ground takcu, and hence arises The whole difficulty.
H. b. Catherwood pAo has often been mentioned since
~, Cu-ior-hou>c INV estiCaton BEGAN, Of the
ru,.t, I'll Tie famous Wizards Hotel dinner this city,
h 20 su NJ "f I,6s when It is supposed that the
Ianc made by which Lcet got the General
dre5 "pl0n.' the ouy witness the sand before
s..ator bu,buglHIn> Committee to-day. Testimony
f an Interesting expected from this witness
bu Ike others who have been called upon 10 tcs
if iu regard o. the matter, no afflicted with
Every Gc'ccJiYe mtmOgy the essential points to which
tbs iuqnir, va, directed. wood wen ac-
1u.inea with Ieot about the time Of Gen Grants inau-
eiatonand often talked wirhhim about warehouse
iu NeW-IOlk which Lcct hoped 70 get He did
rot remember having been present AT a meeting OF Mr..
Glp,I with Lect Gen. Porter and Others az Wnar's
Hote when thc General order business talked
Tr.,nce ,ftcr Iect got control Of The General order
Of the BiNby store. he told CaherwoOd about
sand be T. realize 5000 year a. ms share Of
Inc business. The witness told him that he
iooi,I I" give up his position IN tine army which was
permanent for al uncertain business paying no more
Ihsu 5000 Witness supposed that Loct would at
once resign his commission in the army. Catherwoof
said ttat ne had no intimate relations with LJct;
only itt!c more than speaking acqnunt.nce He
uiercd very little about the famous dinner Iie
lad uincd with Lee and Grnne. hui not that
Pnrir wa, present. prrsunCd however that ne was as
dinner. Dc did not remember that The General Order
lHsinc-. mentioned III his hearing, Witness
Lcct and Lindsay lu private consultation at Wizards
about that time, ilt DID nOt know what the subject of
their ,atioD was. brother Of his knew much
tn. uv,.t cation l., that whue Leet 10 have
iold his tailor Nhte), CatherwoOd with whom he mad
500 General Order arrangement, he never mentioned It
io Porter BahcOck, his most intimate friends.
n" summon any more merchants before The Committee,
tney refuse 10 De- Instrumental in causing honest
order "a have their business transacted 70 give test
mony which, though II may not be used against them IN
pros c1Ou j. 10 Ice made the basis Of criminal pro
Cedings against them. These Senators consider the only
-'utcC from which they hODed 10 get information in
regard to abuses IN The New-NOrk CustOm-house As
-oscd 10y tho Presidents order 10 the District Attorney
prosecute merchants who, by the testin Ony,
shown Ia have paid money 10 officials VIM. OrtOn is
yc'd to he before the Committee tomorrow. to tel
knows the split Iapuhlicau party N
NrN-York state.
Representative Kelsey Of New-Jcrsey, who. the
tWumittce had charge Of the matter viii report
vorably " the House Committee Roads and Canals
The Dill Incorporating tue New-York and Brooklyn
Submerged tubular Bridge Company, whose object is TO
tunnel OF tube under the East River between the
t1,cs ~ New -fov and Brooklyn. The bill proposes to
authorize tue layhg OF tube OF wrOughtron feet
length GO feet IN sTeadtb ia the clear ~ high
al of $25COOOO facilitate traffic between the CT
ics named ny accommodating not only foot passengers