Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-04
From Washington.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3.

ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE DAILY SPY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.
A NEWSPAPER OPINION.
The Capital Dom Patt'S paper, returns again
to the senate, and insists that the attempt TO i'm
plicate the administration in a breach of the
neutrality laws was bunder on the part of
Sumner and Schurz, as in its opinion the move
ment is failure. 1t is rumored that the Capital
will soon draw off from the personal warfare it
has been waging against Gen. Grant, with the
purpose of supporting him if he should be NOM
mated at Philadelphia.
PROMISING INVESTIGATION.
The house committee on the District of CO.
lumba finds the investigating of the territorial
government large sized elephant. The in
yestgation is branching out in various direc
tons, with little prospect of a conclusion so
far. Little, beyond indscretion, has been
proved against the officers of the district gov
ernment The thing which looks worst is the
large distribution of money among the news
papers; but it has been proved that the journals
having any circulation fairly earned their share
by advertising.
The distribution among the papers of no cir
culation can hardly be defended; but Governor
Cookies object was TO get the four million loan
taken abroad at high figures, by showing una
nimity of feeling here, and he succeeded. The
saving in this item more than paid all the ad-
vertising bills. 1t is thought, however, that if
ever the committee reports to the house, this
transaction will be censured. There can be no
doubt that the investigation will have a whole
some effect upon the new government here, by
inducing greater prudence in the future. Con-
gress will not interfere with the territorial gov
eminent, by any means, but it will keep a
friendly oversight of district affairs.
WHAT JUDGE DAVIS THINKS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENCY.
Persons here who are intimate with Judge
Davis assert that he locks upon the labor reform
nomination rendered him the other day as OF
| little importance. He is a conservative repub-
| lican, and sympathizes with the fight made
against Gen. Grant, and would be willing to be
elected president by any party; but he does not
regard the chances as very promising at present
He has recently expressed the opinion that the
only way to defeat Gen. Grant is by a combua
ton of disaffected republicans and the demo
cratic party; but he is not at all sanguine thai
such combination is possible.
INVESTIGATIONS.
The evidence taken in the Kansas legisatu,
against Senators Pomeroy and Caldwell will ar
rive here in day Or two. 1t is believed tina
they will ask more thorough investigation
from the senate.
The New York custom house investigation
will be closed in few days, but report cannot
be expected for weeks to come. Indeed, it is
thought by some that the senate will be unable
to take it up for consideration this session. The
senate will not wait for it to legisate reform il
the custom house. SAM WELLER.
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.
| WASHINGTON, March 8. There was densC
crowd at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopa
church this morning, many persons in addition
to usual attendants having been attracted thith
er by reports that the Japanese embassy would
be present Several of the visitors came t
church, but they did not satisfy public exDecta
ton. Before DIR. Newman began the delivery 0
his sermon, he said the announcement had beer
made in the newspapers without his authority
but that next Sunday, as he had been Informed
by Minister Delong, the embassy, or part O
them, will visit church. The embassy thus fa
have made no calls, etiquette preventing then
| from DONG so until alter they shall have beer
officially received by the president.
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
The executive council OF the national board o
trade has been in session in this city during tn
past week, and has had under consideration
various questions upon which the board acted a
its annual meeting in st. Louis in Decembe
| last. The council has memoralized congress il
favor of the appointment Of a commissioner II
be appointed in behalf of the Dominion of Cana
da to negotiate new treaty of reciprocity, be
tween Canada and the United States, on
broader and more comprehensive Dasi
than that upon which the former treaty rested
Some Improvements to the law ofJuly 14th, 1870
relating to direct importations to the interior
cities, in order to make the act more efficient
have been recommended, and it has urged the
formation of a sanitary board of appeals to pro-
fect our citizens and our foreign commerce from
the irrepresSibe control of local quarantine 0ffi-
GERS; it has presented the resolution adopted by
the board at st. Louis, IN favor of a
gradual and moderate contraction oil
| greenback currency, and of a revision of the
| tariff system of the country; so that monopoly
| NAV be checked, and healthy competition in
trade and manufactures be established, and ma
tive industry projected by cheapening neccs.
sares and comforts of life TO the masses oil
people. The council has appeared before botI
committees of congress on commerce, and have
represented the views of the board on the ship
ping question
with great care, in accordance with the express
ed and unanimous opinion of the board. asking
| for permission TO American ship owners to regis
ter under their own FLAG for purposes of foreign
trade. The memorial also recommends the with
drawal of the duty from bonded warehouses Of
| ship stores and supplies and of articles needed
| for repairs.
MORE OPINIONS ON THE ENGLISH MATTER.
| Gentlemen in prominent positions express the
opinion that the articles which arc being tee-
| graphed hence and published in newspapers in.
dicating difference of opinion in the cabinet
| on the answer which has been sent to the British
| views on the treaty of Washington, are calcu
lated to weaken the position OF the United States
| abroad. In point of fact there has not been q
shade of differences ofOpinlon as to form or con.
cluson of the answer which goes out in very
nearly the identical language in which
| it was prepared and submitted in the
cabinet by the secretary of state 1t has been
ascertained that the few changes made therein
were verbal, in order TO give the clearest expires.
sion to the THOUGHT which it was designed to
| convey. The consideration of the paper at sue.
| cessive cabinet meetings was, it appears rather
an excuse for delay in its being forwa ded, in
the belief that time was having its effect in allay-
| ing the excitement in Great Britain. This is
uot regarded as an unfortunate circumstance.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
| James Brooks will on Monday after the recep-
| ton of the Japanese embassy at the White
| House, give dinner to the embassy.
Vice Admiral Rowan, who has been critically
| i'll the past week with pneumonia is much
| better to day.
Internal revenue receipts to-day were S791 :
O50 for fiscal year to date, SS7 62S ,351 for cur
rent month to date 81 ,34S 900
| The japanese kept themselves comfortably
| housed to-day.
General Myers yesterday drew from the treas
ury $4,000 of the appropriation of $4,000 re-
| Gently made by congress to pay the expenses
attending the official entertainment Of the Jap
| anese embassy.
| The secretary of the treasury has authorized
| the assistant treasurer at New York to pur-
chase million Of bonds on Thursday, the 14th,
and million on Thursday, the 2Sth inst.
The secretary sells no gold this month, in
consequence of heavy payments to be made on
account of called bonds which fall due on the
9th inst, to the extent Of forty millions.
The appropriation for expenses of the United
States courts for the current year is exhausted.
No payments can he made to their officers un-
III an appropriation shall be made by congress-
There is clause in the deficiency bill, appro-
priating 81 ,OOO,C0O for this purpose. The Till
will probably be passed at an early day.