, 1873-11-28
A Joint Committee TO Investigate All
Cases Of Alleged Congressional
Corruption.
Jay Cooke & Co.'s Congressional
Brokerage Business.
Annual Report Of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue.
Recommendations in Regard to
Indian Affilfrs---How the
Sioux May Be Subluod.

Special Dispatch 10 7,hk catcoao Tribune.
the oarDlr ion.hrsn nzvrvAn.
WAau1NoTox, D: O.. Nov. 27.-1nstoad Of =
revival Of tile Credit Mohior Committoe No. q
Of the last House. re aro to lnvo this nesaton, II
is said, q joint seloct comnittoo, to whom slall
w ,a, aeeitea all ,naa.c,s pot."nng TO ta,lroao
ennHdlos, either through bonds orgransH OF lands
by tho United statoa. Tie Committoo will
take cognzauco, 1t is caimod, OF other roads bo-
sass tho ss, md sestssn Pacific sn viii
MAKE general ovcfn"nnns' snch as "ll4 de7elop
all tho carefully concealed frauds that
1t is shrewdly suspected have boon
md mn1,o a,,o showing A. viii viii m ,n1etnlv ovor,
shade. ,,,n rra.,,t MEME. w. ..a.s. m,..
bnaoo" tno etcu'1 Mopl'1or exposure. Iho
resolution provlulhg Tor tue appointment OF tho
Com1nitteo will be mato ut an early day.
HEALTH or THE DISTRICT.
Dr.. Coz, tho President Of tho District Board
OF Healt!i. Las completed his annual report aud
will submit 1t to PrcBidons Grant Oil Monday
next. Tho Doctor urges the establishment OF
a NATIONAL SURGERY BUREAU.
Tho project WAS prosecuted to tho last Con-
grosu hut tho papers never rot beyond Tho pig-
ous,-hoos Of a oomnl.toe-room. It Is urged
that. 1t this Croa: measure is adopted by tho
prcse,t CougreBH, it will mako proud ora in
our hiptory, and refloct lustro upon tho Admins
trntion inaugNratiug 1t. Tho 1aborB OF tho con-
tcniplateh blroau would embrace topo-
graphical, meteorological, mortuary, and
,oproductiyo statiBticB, as we'll aa those
consumption, opidomio anal zymotlo dis
cascs, aud 1nany other subjects Of sanitary
moment; the regulation Of quarantine by pro-
venting tho ingroas Of foreign epll9mics. aud
would atno bo useful in analyzing tho raportB OF
tho various llcaltll-boar1s Of tho county, har-
!nonizing their plans Of operations, and diifuH-
Ing practical information among the people.
at
cation 10 Congrons for tho estnb-
lisl,mcnt Of a public infection hospital
in tho limits Of the District, as well M public
haths. to 10 secured by an appropriation made
1y @ w s sroaS Ssspfs loyal Tae ap for o
construction Of III Executive Mansion worthy
tho name, md adapted to tha dgnifel use for
which it is designed, in all ogbe nnd salubri-
ous location
JAY CooKE:t Oo.'s CONGRESSIONAL CONNECTIONS.
tho adjudication OF the affalra OF Jay Cooke
will, Grent interest," III promising most startling
developments. Those WHO ought to know.
vii viii 81 Snow that large sums M Of p monoy hvs boua @
paid at different tImca to a great many OF tho
most prominent and hitherto unsuspoctcd non,-
bcra Of Congrcas, both in tho Senate aud House.
IT. is charged that the tTanaactious E Of tho firm
Of bribery aud corrslptlon on an extensive scale.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE Committees.
There Is strong feeling OH tho part Of the
Western members lint siioy can furnish nnn
who would run tho Da1ll;ing aud Currency Com
mttco to hotter advantage than Hooper has
done, ana there "ill ne nstrong preHsuro brought
to slut that 1nan out. Upon WHOM the prefer
onco FOR lhe Craftsmanship will fall among
the Western menbcrH 's yot unsettled,
but it is certain TINT strenuous efforts
nro boinnE made to put free-banking man, and
Il possible Western mnn, in the place: Con,
lecture Is Of cotrao, rite upon this subject, nnl
far as tho gossip Of the llolo!s and tho rcBorts
can be roducoa to tangible shnpe, tho bulk Of
the choices stand botwecn Kaeaon, of Iowa, ana
Freeman Clarke, Of Now York. It is
gbnorally conceded that tho Currency
Committee, In Wow OF tho financial
condition OF tho country, will acquire
now Importance dnrinE tho coming session.
r KaBson fails hero, ho ,rll get n place on the
Ways and Mcans Conmittoo.
LEGISLATION ON INDIAN ArrA1ns.
A good deal oil interest il manifested in tho
logialation in tho coming .scssion on Indian
atlairs. It Is we'll known that radical modiaca-
ton Of Tho presont House Committee will De in
sisted on by tic Western md Pnolilc slopo dolo-