New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-09

that the Marshals Registers and other ofhe'ais Oh
the IT, s. District Courts have realized large sums
from the fees in bankruptcy cases. in some Oh INC
Southern States the Judges have appointed inc same
man Receiver in every case and in this way created
a new office. Some of these Receivers have made
almost no dividends among creditors ana nave
themselves grown immensely rich
Mr.. Logan who also had a copy of the circular IN
question, read it to the Senate MI lhurman'
while he did not approve of this way t deceiVihg
Congress in regard to public sentiment on any
subject said that these officers had COED precedent
for what they were doing. 1t was not very long ago
since the head Of one Of the departments sent out
10000 petitions printed and distributed at the
Government expense, asking for the rpeai OF the
Franking Privilege.
THE FORTIFICATIONS APPROPRIATION BILL.
TIKI ORIGINAL ESTIMATES CUT DOWN lore THAN
TwO-TrIRDs-THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED ABOUT
s1,OOO0O0.
GENERAL PRESS DisPArCHl
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The House Commit
tee on Appropriations this morning competei the for
ncations Augmentation BILL cutting down the estimates
more than twohirdf, or from some ssccoao 70 ABOUT
q 100000 The bill, when reported to the hose ny mr.
starkweather will be found to recommend 'ppropr'a-
tons as follows:
For Fort Preble Portland, Me, 10000; Fortscammel'
Portland Me $4,000 batteries in Portsmouth Harbor'
H. tso CO., batteries Long Island Heat B 500
Harbor 10000; Fort Adams Newport asrpc ;,s ofs
,n nn Fort on Dutch leland wss so0c sni
trance e.. ,sS,e% saiae Of soo Fort
New London Harbor rocco; fort on WiiS,s .onn a
East River N Y 10000 tine original estnts was
as oco~the re yised estimate spproved Fot schuy
ier East River $4,000 torgina estimate
New Work Hsrbor 10000 (a that asked fort on
site of Fort Tompkins, New-Yors Harp0r; s'oV ~
spS4 CoV was Battery " Hudson, NewYork Harhor
sisoco ali that asked Fort Delaware Rver
sso COO; New Fort opposite Fort Delaware 5000 Fort
Fooe Potomac River t2ooco; Fort WasnlngTn Itre
$4,000 Fort sumter 10000 appropriations tr i. Forts
Johnson at Charleston and Jackson at Savanna s,aHV
an were stricken o1 Fort Kew f@ West.
s2OOOO: Fort Jackson. Mississippi E"r.. 400 GO
GO Fa rSrf po s entrance to SAN
$4,000 oIiginal estimate OF $4,000 was ~ San
Francisco, $4,000; for torpedoes for harbG defense
and preservation OF the same .aoo ~ and re-
yised estimate OF 100000; for contingencies OF Tor,
acaons $4,000 educed from 100000 for surveys anu
reconnaissance IN the military ay esma,eof 5000
continuing explorations and surveys o, G
the United states OF the LOON MERIDIAN sooV
from ginal estimate OF sl26,VW
No appropristions are recommended for Fort Coium
bus or Fort Wood for which estimates OF $ooOo anu
$40 600 respectively made nor is there any item IN
the bill for continuing work on Tort MIND
Delaware River. No appropriations are recon
mended by the bill for fortifcatiom at Lime
Point, at the entrance TO San FRANCISCO Hafpor
or for San Diego Harbor. Cal, although the
Engineer Department estimated that the amounts OF
sI2s 900 and 5000 respectively would be required o
them. The revised estimates, however mt down the
first item TO 100000 and omitted the atG altogether
The original estimate for Alcatraz Islsnt was 10000
The revised estimate Of $4,000 approved by the Com