The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-23
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Congress.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Scott, of Penn
sylvania, presented report of the Centennial
Commission in reference to the grand uni
versal exposition and national celebration in
1876, of the one hundredth year of the United
States of America, to be held in Philadelphia,
the city of the great Declaration; and, in SUBJ
hitting his report, MIR. Scott stated that the
subscriptions, public and private, in Pennsyl-
vania alone, would amount to four millions Of
dollars. This start, he thought, would insure
the success of the exposition, and would
justify an appeal to the other portions of the
country to subscribe literally. We are glad
to hear that the Pennsylvanians, who will
''realize" handsomely from this patriotic en-
terprise, are putting their shoulders to the
wheel right earnestly, and in producing the
vouchers of their contributions, and some
fixed limitation of the general fund required,
and they may depend upon a cheerful coop
Grafton by the country at large 1t is ON i'm
portant question for the country to know,
meantime, how much money the Commission
estimate will be the sum required to carry out
their plans-whether ten, twenty, fifty or q
hundred millions.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported adversely on the House
bill for the distribution of the Geneva award
of fifteen millions. This disagreement will
probably lead to new bill, and while they are
about it they would be killing two birds with
one stone if, while providing for the distribu-
ton of this British gold, they were to provide
for that little bill which we shall have to pay
for the equal rights to our people with British
subjects in those Northeastern British fisheries
1t would serve as little sugar-coating to the
bitter pill to our friend John Bull of that &C.
neva award
In the House, Mr.. Myers, of Pennsylvania,
presented the petition of the Philadelphia
Board of Trade declaring that in their judy
ment the underwriters who paid the losses
upon property captured or destroyed by the
Alabama, &C., are entitled to share and share
about in the Geneva award. We suspect,
however, that as the insurance men took their
risks upon this aforesaid property without any
they will be held to that bargain.
Mr. Roberts, of New York, from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, reported the evil
dence in matters of investigation pending be-
fore it Outside the Credit Mobilier), from
which it appears that no member of either
House is guilty; but that the corruption
charge brought against Charles T. Sherman,
United States Judge in Ohio, is a matter
demanding further investigation in view of
his impeachment. The resolution to this
effect was adopted. What mine of official
and lobby corruptions has been opened in this
expiring Congress and the "bed rock has
not yet been reached.
The regular order of the day-the Miscella-
neous Appropriation bill-brought about
lively debate on civil service reform and free
books to the people from Congress- for which
and other proceedings we refer the reader to our
Congressional reports. Having wasted in doing
little or nothing the first two months Of the ses-
sion, excepting the heavy and disagreeable
work of these corruption investigating COM
mittees, the two houses are SO pushed for time
that they could not afford to shut up shop on
Washington's Birthday; but with all their
spasmodic industry at the tail end Of this Con-
gress they may fail to escape the alternative of
an extra session of the incoming in order to
finish up the unfinished work of this outgoing
Congress
Our ENVOY TO MoDocDoM. diplomatic
corps will be greatly shocked and the woman's
rights females as greatly delighted on reading
the special despatch from our correspondent
in Modocdom, published in the HERALD to-day.
A certain Mrs. Whittle, q squaw Of the Kla-
math dynasty, has, it seems, been sent as
Envoy Extraordinary and Big Heapee Pleni-
potentiary from the Peace Commissioners to
His Excellency Captain Jack, the Modoc Min
lister of War. The result Of Mrs. White
mission will be anxiously looked for. There
is no knowing what the illustrious Captains
views on woman's rights in diplomacy may be,
and it would not be surprising if he scalped
her and put her in his little lava bed. We
trust, however, she may succeed in her mis-
sion of peace; but should she, unfortunately,
fail, we will have the consolation of knowing
that Susan B. Anthony still lives and is avail
able. Indeed, it would not be bad idea to
start Susan after Captain Jack now, without
waiting TO hear from Mrs. Whittle