New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-07

mail service OF the country than in any Dfapch Oh
the public service. Mail routes once estapiisned
cannot be Withdrawn, nor can the ser-
vice be lessened without serious ana over
whelming opposition of the people. Inc posta
necessities OF the country, he says, are growing IN
stead Of diminishing and the expenses are increas-
ing in proportion. Mr.. Tyner, who, nrevious to his
election to Congress- had several years experience
special agent of the Post Office Department, says
he thinks 1t was an unnecessary expenditure Oh
the part of the last Congress TO extend the letter
Garner system to cities of 10000 inhabitants IhIs
he will try to repeal, and will also endeavor to re-
duce the number of employees in the whole postal
service 10 lper cent. The bill will not be ready to
report for several days.
Gen. Sherman, Secretary Belknap, and Adj. Gen.
! Townsend were before the House Military Com
mittee this morning for consultation on the Army
Appropriation bill. Gen. Sherman was the only one
who gave his views at length, and his statements
were taken down by the reporter He gave IN
detail the location of all the regiments
and companies of the regular army. and
gave his opinion as strongly against any reduction
of the force below the maximum of 10000 men, he
spoke of the necessities of the frontier and tho i'm
portauce of having available aid to pro-
tect the lives and property of immigrants
and settlers from the incursiOns OF hostile
Indians. considerable force. hei said, was also
necessary to enforce the civil laws in the South and
West and to take of the Notifications and
Government property throughout the country Ii
was evident to members of the Committee
that Gen. Sherman believes that a large
reduction can be made in the appropriations
for the War Department, although his
statement was not finished. 1t is understood
that he thinks a reduction may be made In the stan
of the army and in the attaches of the War De-
| ~, 1nfAn haVn Ia
and expensive stats, and many believe that there
are decidedly too many officers in the Quartermas
masters and Paymaster's Department 1t is not
likely that the bill will be sent back to the Appro-
priation Committee this week.
Gen. Garfield submitted the report Of the sub
committee of Appropriations on the Boston Post
Office site to-day. The subcommittee went to
Boston during the recess, and took large amount
of testimony about the value Of the land selected
for the extension of the Post Office building and of
the structures now occupying it. They found that
instead Of S5O0,OO0, which Congress appro-
priated to acquire the title, the property could
not be had-according to the decision of the court
for much less than $1,OOO,OOO. The court decided,
however that the Government was not bound TO
make tho purchase by the steps already taken; and
as the holders, with two or three exceptions, pre-
ferred not to SELL the Committee thought it CAPT
taking and cover the money back into the
Treasury, especially the Committee did not
consider the location a good one. considering the
future growth of the city, and felt pretty sure that
there would one day be a demand for q new Post
Office in more central situation. The report recon-
mends the repeal of the laws authorizing the pur-
chase of the ground and making appropriations for
the extension of the building The amount thus
Immediately saved will be 100000, of which
100000 was appropriated for the ste and 100000
to begin work on the extension of the building
ESecretary Robson was before the House Appro-
priations Committee to-day, in consultation on the
Navy bill. Item after item was gone over, and
reductions made where il was thought desirable.
| The Secretary explained the expenditures he had
made and said he was in favor of keeping the navy,
as to its cruising force at its present strength Tho
repairs on the monitors and the stores purchased
would not be lost but he thought it would be
wise TO reduce the number of vessels now in
commission, ordinary foresight would lead
to the belief that if any trouble to the United
States, it wonld come from abroad, when the navy
would be the only defense An additional half mil
lion was struck from the bin this morning, 30 that
its total appropriations amount to $16455,OOO. The
marine corps believed to be the most useless source
of expenditure, came under the pruning knife, and
the sum estimated for it was cut down 100000 and
| Inc enlisted IOICc TtuuCcu E,oVo W LOW
In trying to reduce the expenses of the navy the
Appropriations Committee will have to encounter
| the opposition of all the members representing
navy-yard districts. This was made apparent to-
| day when Mr. Hale of Maine brought in the Naval
| bill and wanted it made special order for
| Thursday next. Messrs. Plat of Norfolk and
Myers of Philadelphia protested that there
was not time enough to consider its i'm
| portant new provisions before Thursday,
and several other members supported them in their
| demand for delay The meaning of the movement
was incomprehensible to those who did not know
| that the Committee had left out bodily from the
bill five pages Of the estimates containing the provi
SONS for the support of q large number of
civilian officials and clerks in the different
yards putting in the place Of all these items small
| paragraph allowing the Secretary of the Navy to
spend small sum in his discretion for such services
With very few exceptions these officials and clerks
are politicians. whose services very useful in
| disciplining the mechanics and labOrers in
| the yards into voting the right ticket on
election day. The movement to legslate the
whole body of them ont of office at one stroke by
failing to make any appropriation for their salaries
| is naturally highly Objectionable to the members
whose constituents and supporters they are. The
| and the bill was set down for Thursday.
| THE CONVERTIBLE BOND SCHEME.
INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF THE MEASURE BY THE