Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-12-19
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WASHINGTON, December II.
| The House went into Committee of the
Whole and took up the bill appropriating
$4,000, 900 for extraordinary expenses for the
naval service.
In the course of discussion Cox criticised
the course OF the Administration in the Vir
glnius matter, and made some reflections
upon the apparent temper Of the House on
the subject
Hawley replied ia q sharp speech, In which
he paid high tribute to the dgnifed and
conservative course OF. the Administration in,
the matter. saying. thar nothing which Grant
ever did from the time he left and passed
through the Wilderness and came into the
Presidency, does him more honor than the
patient firmness with which he has faced the
Spanish difficulty and settled il to the salts
! faction of ag.
Beck also took occasion to eulogize the
! Administration for its course on Cuban af-
fairs, saying, that if there was anything the
i President had managed well 1t was the nego-
tiations with Spain. The President might
have plunged the country into difficulties and
perhaps have aggrandized himself at the ex-
pcnse Of the country, but the course which
/ he had puraned had been extremely mod
esate.
/ The discussion was carried on for some
\ time longer, when the committee rose and
reported the bill to the House and it was then
passed. The. House adjourned until next
Monday.
WASHINGTON, December II.
There Is general lndisposition among
Congressman to increase taxation, and it will
] not be done without the necessity is shown.
i The recommendation of the Secretary of the
Secretary of the Treatury will he discussed
in the committee OF Ways and Means to-mor-
ROW. No Tasty action is anticipated.
The Treasury Department is somewhat
pressed for money, not only by the falling off
in the revenues but by the extraordinary APP
preparation of four or five millions for naval
purposes, and the early approach of the re-
,iemptien OF the twenty millions loan of '58.
Several prominent Senators have expressed
surprise at the action of the House in devot-
ing so much time to the debate on the salary
question, when the country is looking for
legislation to relieve the present financial
embarrassments and restore confidence In
monetary affairs. The Senate is ready to en-
ter upon legislation at once, and, If possible,
afford the necessary relief before the holt
days. 1t is certain there is less disposition in
the Senate than In the House to agitate the
| salary question.
WASHINGTON, December 10.
| Secretary Richardson, In letter to Repre-
sentative Dawes, reiterates his previously ex-
pressed views, that 1t is better to obtain the
necessary money by taxation than by an in-
crease of the national debt by a loan. lie
says he selected tea and coffee because the
public would feel tariff on these articles less
than on any others, and as articles OF taxa
ton pertaining to the Internal Revenue Blu
reau the money can be collected without al
| ditional expense to the Government.
| The Secretary to-day. after the necessary
examination. ascertained that the public debt
has III creased since the LIST inst. fifty mil
lions. ~
/ Communication or Rnznine's sentenae.
PARIS, December u
| President MacMahon has COMMITTED the
sentence OF Marshal BaZane TO 20 years Sc
cusion and to bear the effects of the degra-
dation from rank but to be spared the huinili-
ating ceremony.
LONDON. December II.
Marshal Bazaine addressed a letter to his
counsel yesterday thanking them for tier
efforts in his behalf. and concluding as fol-
lows: 81 shall not appeal against the sem
! tence to prolong in the sars OF The world the
spectacle of such painful struggle. look
no longer to men for judgment. Strong in
my conscience, which rcproaches me with
nothing, confidently await the justification
which will come with the lapse of time, and
the subsistence of party passions"
| The conservative press generally approve
of the commutatlon of the sentence. The
4 Steele says it will create a painful feeling of
surprise In the country.
The Berlin press regard Bazaine's verdict
as the result of political intrigue, and censure
the Duke IL Aumale.
The Island OF Marguerite, off Canness. has
been selected as the place of confinement for
Marshal Basaine, and he will be sent there
this week.
CHICAGO, December Ii.
A Times Washington special says the let
ter of the Secretary of War arraigning Cen
eral Howard, late Commissioner of the Freed
mems Bureau, for fraud and malfeasance in
Office, together with voluminous official dccn-
ments bearing on the case, were submitted to
Congress to-day. The total amount of money
missing is 927s,oO0, some of which the War
Department think can be recovered by suits
against the Howard Church and Young Men s
Christian Association here who have received
some of the money. The official inYestiga-
ton of the Ndjutant Generals Office shows
that most of the money taken belongs to the
Colored Bounty Fund. and the claimants
neither got the money nor can Howard pro-
duce voucher, His only defense seems to
be that the Government could not hold him
responsible for the money after it passed into
his hands, that he selected disburing agent
4 ,ct, 80 or