The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-09

number to constitute the higher Court OF
Appeals. II this were not bad session for inst
purpose an attempt would be made to increase the
salaries OF the Territorial JUDGES. 80 That they
should assimilate with those Of the United States
district judges In the different States In the min
ing itlgstiOns in these Territories the judges are
frequently called upon to adjudicate cases involy-
| ing very large amounts.
Butler Breaking Ground for the Presi-
| dentisl Crop.
Buffers surrender to the South the Civil Rights
bill Is the first step toward the Presidency. What
| he now wants is home strength, and this he Will
get next fall, by retiring from the gubernatoriaI
| contest In Massachusetts,, and electing Alexander
| H. Rice. VINO has heretofore been arrayed against
him. Butler will himself be reelected to the
House, he Will permit the reelection Of Charles
Sumner to the Senate. In this way he expects to
have the support Of Massachusetts in the Presi-
Dental convention, and expert politicians say that
| he will receive 1t.
Tho Proposed Army Reduction.
| The House Military Committee this morning
| heard Adjutant General Townsend on the subject
/ OF the proposed reduction OF the srmy, which he
| strongly opposed by numerous cogent statistics
aud arguments.
| Keitey's Convertible Bonds Bill.
| The Ways and Means Committee further in
formally discussed Mr.. Kelley's Convertible Bond
bii but came to no conclusion in regard to it.
Report OF tho Comm ssiOn on Steam
| Boiler Explosions.
The President to-day sent to both houses OF Con-
| gress the report OF the commission appointed
under the act to authorize inquiries into
| the causes OF steam boiler explosions.
| The Supervising Inspector General, who Ia
| president OF the commission, has addressed
the report 60 the Secretary of the Treasury, in
| which is given the results of the investigation
| far MAJ II ifvip 10 ha
to be able to state that, in response to the crcu
| lars asking for information the causes Of ex-
| plosiOns, o number of communications, not only
| from our own but from foreign countries, were
| ceived, many of which contain valuable sugges-
| tiOns. There have been sent and are now
| Ia the possession OF the Commission more than
| 20 safety valves to be tested by them. Most OF
these valves are, OF course, from persons within
the United States, but some OF them have been re.
| ceived from abroad. The report after giving an
account OF certain experiments and the means
used for these purposes, ys:-'The conclusions
drawn therefrom will be furnished in the final re-
port About $4,000 OF the appropriation, which
was 500, 900, have thus far been expended in the
purchase of boilers, machinery and materials, and
in erecting suitable buildings bomb proofs, &C.,
required to carry out the experiments"
| Treasury Decisions.
The Treasury Department. Overrung former de-
cisions, holds, under the provision OF section of
act June 1872 for fruits, that plants tropical
| semi-trOptcal for the purpose OF propagation or
cultivation oranges, lemons and other perisnabe
fruits not elsewhere specially provided for in such
| act, are exempt from duty. The Treasury De-
| partment also announces the following de-
cisiOns:- The route for tine transportation
| and expectation OF merchandise in bond from
any part of the United States by water to Corpus
Christi, and thence overland by way OF Rio Grande
City to Mexico, is reopened. Two trottng horses
which had been used such in Canada, were
| brought by an immigrant thence to the United
States, with the apparent intention of being used
in this country for the same purpose, and 1t further
appearing that such horses were held at high
valuation by reason Of their speed, 1t was
| held that such horses could not be con-
sidered as coming within the provision Of the
| law allowing free entry OF teams OF animals
accompanying immigrants. Copper ore Is entitled
to the 10 per cent reduction authorized on metals
by section Of the act OF June s, 1872. Figs are
subject to duty at the rate OF two and half cents
per pound. Manufacturers Of furs are not entitle
to 10 per cent reduction OF duty as manufac-
turers OF skins. The description Of plants which
are entitled to free entry under provision
Of section s. June 8, 1872. for plants
tropical and semi-tropca for the purpose Of prop
| agation or cultivation, are not only those which,
being natives Of tropical semitropica countries,
are imported directly, but also those which. al
though indigenous to semi-tropical countries,
! are imported from other countries where
they have been propagated in hot houses,
being unable to Withstand q temperate CHI
mate without artificial projections If, however,
originally OF tropical or emttropica species, IL
has, by being transferred to a colder climate, ex-
perienced such change by hybridization or other
wise, that 1t longer retains these characteristics
OF the parent stock which made the latter trOp-
ical or semttroplcal plant, the provision in law
does not apply. TO call iron powder is not to en-
title 1t to ten per cent reduction Of duty.
Requirement OF tho Reports from Ma
tional Banks.
The Comptroller OF the Currency has addressed
q circular to the national banks notifying and
curing them to forward Immediately to his onice
on the latest form OF BLANK furnished for that pur
pose, report OF their condition, as shown by the
books at the close Of business on Friday, the 2eth
of December. The blanks win be mailed to-mor.
Nomination Confirmed.
The Senate In executive session to-day confirmed
the following nOmnatiOns-
John c. Caldwell, OF Maine, to be Minister Resi-
dent OF uruguay and Paraguay; Edward l..
Baker, Of Illinois, to be Consul at Buenos Ayres
oaice az central Gty COL l. K. Hppincott Of
Pennsylvania, to be Recorder OF the General Land
once; sas Reed, to be surveyor General Tor
Superintendent OF Indian Affairs for the Central
Superntendency; James COdd to be Collector
Of Customs AZ Nantucket Mass; Joseph W. G.
Bryant, be Collector OF Internal Revenue for
the Fourth district OF Tennessee. United States
Marshals-George P. Foster, for vermont; Thomas
p. Ochiltree, for the Eastern district OF Texas
Archibald sterling, Jr., for Maryland; Lunslord.L.
Lewis for the Eastern district OF Virginia; CALVIN
G. Child, Tor Connecticut; Gabriel G. Wharton, Tor
Kentucky. Pension Agents-henry Il. Reed,
at san Francisco; b. M. Prentiss, at Quincy, ILL.,
Edward Ferguson, at Milwaukee, Wis; $. fl. II.
Parsons, at Albany, n. y; stephen Thomas, Mont
peier, VT; John [. Bristow, burlington, VT. In
dian Agents-Willfam ID. Crothers, Albuquerque,
New Mexico; Seward K. Roberts, Creek Agency,
Indian Territory; !. L. Mahan, for Chippewa In
dams OF Lake superior; w. f. M. Army, Navajo
Agency, New Mexico.
The Postal savings Bank Scheme.
Postmaster General Creswell was before the
House Committee on Banking and Currency to-