The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-20

pennies, will be introduced in II. q the
House, the same muddled condition exists.
The forthcoming remarks Of Hon. Fer
na,do Wood, on the financial policy Of
the administration, are looked for with
considerable interest. From Mr.. wood's
position, on the ways and means commit
tee, and being one Of the prominent Dem
ocrAts OF the Hou,e, his cay will command
attention.
ApPRoPRIATloNs
The appropriation committee have been
very much in earnest in trying TO cut
down the expenditures, and despite the
opposition met with, will report reduc-
lion in tho original estimates Of nssrly
four million out o! twenty million. The
committee think that the treasury depart
ment has had sufficient experience In
placing our loans 90 s 81 BE able 10 know
the specific eoss by ,hi. time. The bill as
reported requires detailed report Of the
manner in which the sonungen, fund Of
the several departments aud bureaus is
expended.
sQCIEMISG
When SEQ . man make . wry face.
the inference 10 something hurts, espcci.
ally II he says d-p. The yelping Of a
cur indicates psin-so with the squirm Of
anevspAper, and the Evening Star of
this burg, yelped, squirmed and made
wry facee, last evening, over the manner
that the joint Congressional commmi,teo
TO investigate the District Of Columbia
Affairs purpose TO act. The star is largely
owned by A. r. Shepherd, governor and
boss and of course, az are all the Jour
malls here, 10 in the in,ere., Of the Board
OF Public Works and If its howl ls.,
evening VA. not An indication of fear ard
anguish then words mean nothing.
NO REFLECTION.
The bull reported: unanimously from
the Committee on ways and means rc.,air.
ing the Secretary of the Treasu y from
reminding customs duties, unless in pur-
suancs of special appropriation, was in
tended - check upon Secretary Rich
ardsou, who has been In the hsbi. Of re-
versibg his own rulings and those Of his
predecessors, thereby taking large sums
OF cash out the treasury. The announce.
mont that no reflection WAS Intended upon
Mr. Richardson bu. that the object wss TO
correct evils in existing laws, is entirely
too gosssuer, for this practice hs, only
grown up under bis administration;
SAINT HOWARD
This Freed man Bureau Ssint-O. O.
Howsrd-will soon be in the hands of the
Phillistines The President has named
as the court 80 inquire into his nisdoings
Generals Sherman, Mcdowell, Pope, Holt
and Meigs, and Major Gardner, 1s. Artil-
lery, ss Judge advocate. The court is
considered = fair ono, with the exception
Of Joe Holt, who, IL occasion or iuclina-
ton should prompt, would either hang or
whitewash Howard, without 3 grimace.
There will DO no whtewssh applied to the
saint this Il ne n In congress
FUN AHEAD.
Attorney General Williams got hi.
back up and wrote sharp letter 10
the senate judiciary, rejecting on il for the
manner in which his name was treated
before that committee 40 nominee for
Chief Justice. The committee in self de-.
fence and a trihs in spite purpose
making a report Of the matter and
making public Williams letter, when this
gentleman will, most probably, come 10
tho conclusion that letter writing is q dan.
gerOus business and that the less said
about dirty bushes the better.
THE COOKIES.
The creditors of jay Cooke * Co, have
bean receiving CIRCULAR from Philsdel.
phis firm, Offering to buy their claims and
desiring to know what they will cell ior-
the market value being 80 cents on the
dollar. The impression is fast gaining
ground, that tho Cooke, did no. fail empty
handed, and that after their indebted ness
is bought up they will again splurge. /
do not know the reasons for such sn i'm
preston but such does exist
THE ISFoRMuKs.
The bill to repeal all laws allowing
moie.ies To iniormers, will bs considered
to-day by the ways and means committee
The New York board of TRADE will be
represented in favor OF the bill, while the
custom.house clique is to be represented
by special agent Jayne, in favor of the
law rs il now is. This official hos re-
ceivsd for his share of moieties during
four ycars-up TO November ls13-the
sum Of S7lG,2is VI, and lie a fitting repre-
sentative to urge continuance OF such q
good, soft thing.
SENATOR MITCHELL.
yesterday Senator Kelly, Of Oregon,
presented memorial from that state TO
the Senate, which was a rohssh of the as
saults mSde or Senator Mitchell some
time since. Senator Kelly, in presenting
the memorial, paid Mr.. Mitchell a worry
high compliment, and said that having
known him for twelve years, he had nevor
beard word derosatory to his character.
These chsrgss are evidently the work Of
spleen and malice, and so understood by
the Senate as we'll as by Senator Kelly.