The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-10
WASHINGTON.
Gen. Hawley ON the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Mr Hawley of Con-
necticut, says that the Interpretation given to
his remarks in the House last Saturday, that
New England was ready to abandon protec-
tive tariff was not correct In reply to the con-
slant intimatons that New England desired to
protect monopolists, his argument was that
were all protection removed New England
would be injured, but not ruined-that protec-
ton is more needed for the new regions of the
West and South than for New England, where
many manufactures have got a firm foot-hold
and that aside from the question of protection,
an English free trade tariff is unequal and un
just taxation.
Statuary.
The Joint Committee on Library to-day au-
thorZed their chairman to contract with Hora-
ito Stone for Marble statue of the late Sena-
tor E. d. Baker, provided for by the last act of
Col gress. The statue is to cost $4,000 and is
to be placed in the Capitol.
The Committee also considered the respec-
tive propositions of Messrs. Jones, Simmons
and Swayne to finish the busts of Chief Justice
fancy and Chase, author :zed by the recent
law, to be provided for the Supreme Court
room. The models are to be submitted to q
committee at the next meeting The contest is
said to be between L. ID. Jones of Ohio, now
resident in Galveston, Tex, and Mr. Simmons
of Maine, who has come here from Rome to
execute bust of Admiral Porter Senator AL
lison have notice that he would at the next
meeting of the Committee offer resolution d.
recting the Congressional Library to be kept
open on Sundays.
The Supreme Court.
All the Associated Justices are here, Davis
excepted, engaged in writing opinions to be de-
Iiyered on the re-assembling of the Supreme
Court session on the I'd of March. There are
on the docket about 400 cases, $50 of which it is
supposed will be acted upon before the adj
journment in the spring.
Boutwelps Financial Bill.
Boutvelps finance bill, introduced to-day,
consists Of two sectiOns,-one prohibiting ma
tional banks from paying or receiving interest
on deposits, and the other requiring national
banks to keep IS per cent. of their reserves at
home.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day:-Currency, $5,243,07; special deposit oil
legal tenders for redemption of certificates OF
deposit, S47 100000; coin, $S4 1884 907, including
coin certificates $44 923, 900; outstanding legal
tenders, 1881, 906.999.
The lsthmus Canal.
Capt. Salfridge presented copies of his re-
port on the Nappi route to the Isthmus Camel
Commission to day, Capt. Shufeldt's report on
the Tebuantpec route is laid aside for the
present.
Major Walter Mcfarland of the engineers
now on duty at Chattanooga has been detailed
by the Secretary of War to pass over the .wo
Isthmus' routes and probably will be accompa
MED by Capt. w. H Henery, Mr. Waltan,
civil engineer of New Orleans, Miner Roberts,
late engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
and Mr.. Shadley of the Hoosac Tunnel have
been invited to accompany the exam1nging
party. Two weeks will be spent on the Napipi
route. Thence the party will sail north to
Brito the Pacific terminus of the Nicaraguan
route and cross to the Atlantic. returning tt
New York 1t is expected that the entire ex-
animation will be completed early in April.
Various Matters.
A Washington dispatch states that Mr.. Sum
ner is opposed TO the Centennial
Ex-senator Paterson of New Hampshire, is in
Washington, seeking a revision of Judgment in
the Senate report against him atthe close of thu
| last session, and which was not acted on.
The number of bids for mail contracts have
never in the history of the POST Office Depart
| ment been as numerous as at the present letting
| The authorities expect to be able to make
| much lower rate in consequence.
The actual amount of the defaleation in in.
ternal revenue office at Lynchburg is only So,
| 800. The government will suffer no loss what
| ever.
1864, 1886. ~ ''p'' 'o'u"' "e''
| DIR. Christian, convicted of Decorating {
grave and removing dead body, was to-da,
sentenced to one years Imprisonment in iail
A novel way of relieving the people Of Fair
FAX county, Va, was presented in the House
to-day, in bill providing for the payment t.
the overseer of the poor in that county the sun
| of 81 ,595 for timber cut from the land of the
Toor House by the Federal army during TIN
war.
| The Committee of Ways and Means NEE
tomorrow to resume the consideration of tn,
| Boston tariff bill.
The Committee on Banking and Currenc,
were engaged to-day in bearing statements OF
the financial topic. One of the members say
| the views of the financers are so much at va
| rance that their arguments are more calculate,
to confuse than instruct the Committee.
| Lieut.. A. E. Bateman of the Revenue Mar
inc is ordered to special duty at Portland, Me