, 1874-05-12
WASHINGTON.
Passage of Three Appro-
priation Bills in
the House.
Western Items in the River
and Harbor Bill.
The District Investigation Vir-
tually Closed.
Gov. Shepherd Takes All the Re-
sponsibflity.
Provisions Of the Bill in Aid Of
the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
Debate In The Senate on tho Gonoya
Award Bill.
The House Favors the lncome.Tax #
More Revenue Is Needed.
Pacific Railroad Lands Subject to State
and Territorial Taxation.

RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
PROVISIONS OF THE ANNUAL APPROXIMATION BILL.
speefa! Dispatch to The Chicago TF1yne
WARRINGTON, D. G., May 11.-Tho passage Of
tho River md Harbor bill, under suspension
the rulea, to-day, i, without parallel in tho
history Of Congress, and demonstrates two
thlngs: First, tho hot weathor Ia beginning to
have 1ts influence on the House that there will
ho moro hastn displayed from thiB on to dispose
OF the busluosa necessary to bo done. Second,
that tho managers Of tile bill hnve boen this
year moro than usunlly successful in harmonic
lng all ,ntorests. 80 as to secure prompt ac-
tlon. The precedent i8 not good one.
and tho indication is not healthy. Tho
amount, appropriated is large enough to
fullest diEcussi on, but it was allowed 10 slip
through, when q bill to increaao the pittauce Of
. pension to private soldiers widow would havo
1eon quar- ovor for hours. In this connection
it is but fair t. note TINT Gen. Garfield, fow days
ago, brought up again the assertion that q great
economy @aB accomplished in drawing this bill.
the Chiot Engineer's estimates called for
ever ~ ooo while the bill only appropriated
were never allowed in full. Nobody knows 1t
better than Garfield. Twenty per cent of hls
estimates hare. as rulo, Geen appropriated.
Ihe river aud HArbor bill at the last session a1l-
plopriatod between s5,o0o,o0o and S6,o0o.o00
amounts 10 only something between 91,0oU000
and s., GOO 600, Gen. Garfield ought to be sat-
isfed with this. which is really moritorious, At
far as it goes, and ought not to eudoayor to OBJ
tain credit where mono Is duo.
WAsu1NaroS, D. c.. May 1.-THE River and
Harbor Appropriation blll which passed tho
House House to.oay makes the following sppEopria,,
ontonagan, s2s,o0o; improvement of tho on
trance Ut the inner harbor Of Duluth $4,000:
harbor Of Marquette, 5000; For aud Wiscou.
sin Rivers, sou, 900. harbor at Green Bay, Wis.,,
Sl0, 600; harbor ut Menomoneo, Wis, s25. 900; !;
harbor at Two Rivers, Wis, sl5. 900; farbor at
Nlanltowoc, Wis, $4,000; harbor nt shoboygan,
s1o.U0o; harbor at Port Washington, Wis.
s1o,ouo; ,harbor at Kenoshe, Wis, s1U,-
Sop SSeg .. h'FeSf SeIuu It qhe'se Cos 1890, ,ossa hs5
City, Ind, $4,000 Trankfort, hllch., 9lo,o00;
River, $1,000; AIuskegop, $l0,0O0; Grand
Hayon, $50.00o; Black Lake, Gil, 900 Sauga-
54nok S129oo 3 i,d sSn5h ooa Hayen $4,000 St
Sheboygan. Wia., s15,0o3 St. tlair River at the
mouth Of Black River. $4,000; hn.bor Of
1etuge Lake Huron, $!5, 600; harhor at Monroe,
Aloh.IS A,o $1p;9eo as st 9S1 MS|odo g. s7so1e at
Mt Ver1nllton. $50 oo6 at Black River, s2o,ooo !;
Ohio; 1000; i As1!tssshula, !ss ss5, ,9o9| !;
GonnesSt ssH nm oohio' g. o et a7k nanair IG
Aicott Oak Orchard, =. I.ultnoyville, and v yiitng-
ut 0gdenBburg, $1,000; for Falls at it. Anthony,
hlinn:, s5o,oo0.; Minneso.a River, &c, 900; Up:
nor ahllssssippi River, 900; Illinois River,
G15o9o s9 ,ISs Dr. SnS 5 1 hads noi
and Arkai1Has Rivers, sloo. 900: .Wlte River,
above Jaolsbonport, s50,000; Osage River, in
Missouri, $4,000; alississippi River, b.
%aGssh SiSe,, sss, ,se9; H., sionensstss III H!yer' S
ia "fss Rver o55; ion1essoe ass" enf"s Riyer
above Ghattanapga, s35. 900; below Chattanooga,
S1oo 900 mouth Of tho h1iasssippi River slo0,
86o, 600 ;harhor at Mobile, Ala, 500 900 hnrbor
$1,000 Rappahannock River, 10000; Jamcs
1toanoke River, North Caroline, $4,000; Cape
Fear River. North Carolina, a100, coo !; Delaware
Riyer,fat Fort hllillin Bur, ss50,000 Delaware
liyer, between Trenton and Bordentown, a10t-
900 Galveston harl,or, Texas, 500, ,OG0 remov-
bor, e2d, 600; Milwaukee harbor, Wisconsin,
$4,000; Saginaw River, Michigan, $15,U00 :;
Boston uarbor, 100000; examinations and
surveys aud incidental repairs, 375, 900.
OF tho S25, 600 Wabash River appropriation,
not moro thnn 10000 shall ba used by the Soc
rotary Of War III hia discretion for tho oxtia-
guahlnent Of any right, title, Or claim Of the
Wabash Navigation Company in tho lock and
dam ut Grand Rapids md other property, OF
right to interfere With the navigation claimed
by aaid Company.
For continuing tho Improvement OF tho Ohio
Niyor, $780, 900, one-llRlf Of which shall bo OK
peuded above and the other half below the sus-
pension bridge butwcen Cincinnati, o., md Gov.
ington, Ky., $40 GOO Of tho aboye amount, that
| IL TO bo expended above tho suspension bridge,
mny, IT Improved By the Chief OF Englnaars, be
| expendad In a permanent Improvement OF nnvl'
| gation Mt Pittsburgh, Pa.
| kul!yEYH ARE ORDERED IN PART
| AZ followh: Tennessee Niyer, above the mouth
| Of lIolsteIn to the Chilhomee Mountains. Tenn.
| HinwasBee lliver. below Benton, Tenn; Mime.
sofa Riyer, tor further examination for improve.
1na,,t by canals, lockB, and dams Wolf I.Rkt
| Cut, 1ndana Ohippowa River, bolow Chippewa
| Falls, Wis.,; Dakota River, between tho Southern
Dakota Railroad and Northern Pacific Railroad
| DahotA Territory Cleveland, o., broakwater
! new estimate for four fRthom Of water Guy.
| a.dotte lliyor, below Logan Court-HouBe, "
| Va, aud not to e1coed $4,000 Of the above ap.
preparation may DO expended In continuing tht
| exploration Of routaD for tue extension OF tht
| chesapeake X Ohio Canal to tho Ohio lliyor, b,
| tho North and South Branches OF tho Potomac
| luyar.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
THE CLOSING BcENEH.
Special Dispatch 10 Tho Chicago Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. O., MRy 1l.--The inyestfRa
tion into tte afftira Of tho District OF Oolumbia