New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-07

scrbes the method OF keeping several OF the most
portant accounts the Treasury Department In snch
way that tnev Will he iuteigfbe 70 the average Con
gresham. II some law could be passeo S
Departmegts but I'm The yarions bureaus OF the same
Department, there Ia doubt that nncn cIoIiC lsDv
might be saved. and at the time tho treasury &C.
counts that ara now sealed book TO the outside world
would be understood by at Leash IN CONGRESS
Senator Frenghuysen introduced BILL to-day, Whlch
taken to tho printer with such haste as to lead 10
the belief that 1t not intended for the public Tbe
bill relates TO the Mormon question: which the President
and DIR. Newman determined ~ have settled this
Winter il their exertiOns are OF any avail The bill pro
videe for regulating the Judiciary on the principle
adopted by Judge Mexican but reversed by the Supreme
Court with regard to ures 10 also provides for pre-
venting poYgamOu5 marriages IN iutufe but does not
propose TO interfere with those already existing The
senate Judiciary Committee will bold session on satur
day for the special consideration OF the Utsh question
in accordance with the Presidents request.
Mr. ConklinZ did very graceful act this morning. In
making personal appeal to the Senate to allow MI
Blair to call up bill to zye the Court Of CLAIMS Jurs-
diction Of suit o. the people OF Cdrondeet, Missouri
against the United They desire 70 some
lands. the title to which they say they were forced
against their Will TO give up. Mr.. Blair attempted 70 get
itup Yesterday. but Mr.. Eimunds in his coldbooded
way. objected, remdrng that lac remembered these old
private land claims led by Mr.. EdmuhdS the senate
would. without Doubt nave refused TO take MP the bill
made. The measure brought before the house and
passed. Mr. Conhllng voting IN che negative.
The Foreign Affairs Committee not likely to report
members obviously favor continuance OF Secretary
Fishs let alone policy. It rumorod that there is
financial lobby here urglg action by Congress
looking toward interference between Spain and the in
surgent and that these gentlemen are influenced largely
by the possession 81 quantities Of tins bonds or tho Re
public OF Cuba. which are now worth only about hve
cents on the dollar.
The Railway aud Canals Committee had the morning
hour IN tho House. to-day, but unfortunate in the
measures they submitted. The Memphis Bridge bill and
tha Wvo nd R,1 Wprp boil re-
committed 10 them from defeat The latter mad the
name OF en-. Philip Sheridan among those named az
cOrpOratOrs IL opposed by Mr. HOar on the ground
that It equired subscriptions of stock ana specified
time WITHIN which the road should be built.
The friends OF the Sherman Resumption Free Banking
bill will engage effort TO get 1t before tue
Senate and to pass 1t shape. Mr.. Stevenson
moved this morning reconsider the vote Of yesterday
aud as the majority then only two it Is possible
that the bill may yet be taken from the table and be sun
further debated and amended.
Tue House judiciary Committee have prepared a re-
port on the proposition to the salaries Of the
tCatdnet officers Supreme Court Judges, and
congressman II is prepared with much adroitness and
makes the most that could be made on that SIDE OF the
question. Many interesting facts are stated, ana copy
will DO placed IN every members hands,
The disabilities Of Robert NJ. r. Hunter of Virginia
were removed by the House, to-day. Mr.. Hunter was
Speaker of the XVIII Congress, and member OF
the Senate from 1s7 until he Joined the Rebellion IN 1861
He was at one time Secretary OF State of the Conied
eraoy. There no opposition to granting him an-
nesty.
The Appropriation Committee with its customary lib
era feeling toward Prof. Hayden, who every Summer
goes out the West for the discovery OF remarkable
scenery and cahons has agreed to allow him the same
generous sum he had last year, namely, fo'OOO
The House voted 1880 10 pay the expenses OF the
election contest made by Bowen of South Carolina.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl
The Secretary OF the Treasury will issue tomorrow
call for 500 Of bonds OF 1862, in the order Of
the numbers OF the bonds Of that issue still outstanding
as was done IN The Syndicate to-day noti-
fed him of ts readiness to take the above amount hence
the call The funded loan subscriptions in the United
states and Europe to-day have been so heavy that the
Secretary Treasury in order to stop interest has
issued the call for S0OOOOo Of $40 bonds OF 1862 In
advance the closing of the books Friday evening Adj
ditiOnal calls will issued follow shortly, the Secre
tary having declined call at time more than $780,,
OF the clerical labor involved III pre-
pairing, receiving and delivering the bonds.
Orders have been issued to the cOmmandant Of the
United States forces operating against the Modoc In
dams TO make such disposition OF his forces as will
tend to protect the settlers and their property the
neghbOrhOOd and to suspend further hostile proceed
ings against the Indians unless absolutely necessary,
until the arrival OF the Commission recently appointed
to investigate the which led Capt Jack TO wage
upon the whites and the result OF this inYestga
ton is made known.