, 1875-01-16

1nittco in favor of Tom scot.'s Southern racil1o
hill. The probabilities Ut the parsaEe NJ M ti.is
bill ar6 generally discussed In the llolac: 1he
9tinnl- of tho Bill iuriRt tint they will have
n,aiurity of two III tho Committee ~ itH fnyar
Tho opponents neist. on tho otlter at'''' ttat
there IL \ iorits of two in the COMMITTEE
against tho ti!l. 11lcro IL ono tacnnry IN tho
Committed owing to the death of A1vah Crncker
Tl.uao who sllol1ll bo vel! Informed predict that.
ut tho utmost, tho bill catinot receive moro tlIan
eighty vutrH iii tho lItse. AMI tat tleso IL no
possibility Of It's narAage.
rN!yATE EIIi1a.
Tie lfouao devoted the. day to private hills.
Tiie dr4io Tor economy which ~ manifest III
both Houses WAS especially naticcahlo upon tho
call of bills upon tho rTisato calendar, Vcrs;
few wcro paxse.l, mnst OF them beigR ratorf9d
Ing for exclusion Of patents worc tejectcA. lll1H
confirms Sam Wards thcosy tint tho thing most
difficult to obtain from Congress In tho extension
ot patents. Tho greater portioi, OF the day Waa
occupied In debate upon the bisl for the re'iof
OF tllo officers and c1ewH OF tho United States
slins Wyoming aud Tuking. The debate ILL.,
yolyed the history Of
THE IArAsEsE 1SrEMSTTr rrSr.
It wns maintained ngai,lst tho hill that tlia fut,h
was not pnid by japan NJ All Naturalization for
damages, and that 1t should not be diverted to
rnrposrs foreign to tho object for which tlo
inna waB originally created. 1t waH AFRO urcI
that the bill was based lipon doctrine respect
Ing prize-monov which IL entirely at vaEianro
with tho existing theory upon thnt subject. The
drift Of thu argument On tic other hand was
that the Indemnity fund ~ not a trust
fund, but mn Indemnity for nm ATTACK
urot, American vessels. and for tlle foss OF tho
lives OF American ssalAo.. 1t WIS claimed by
tho friends Of Tho officers of whom Hen. lMtier
WAS champion that tho fund WIS tile 1scorle n
money. carlled by sailors blood from HAfaEcs
Tho point was mado that ono cause Of tho dc.
cIino Of American commerce is tho neglect Of
Congress to DO Just to olir sailors. Judge urtl.,
of Indiana, naslo Tho strong point tllat tha
claimants lavo no legal titlo to tho fun.l, and
that any Eratnity TO be given them s!'nnld co'no
from the general Trcnsnry. This tlnally proved
to DO tile opinion of the souso.
THE HAWAIIAN rrfATY. -
The Cabinet was III se:aiun frn.n mon TIL
about 2 o'clock to-day. thu subject nttloE c0r1d.
Grafton being tho Hawaiian treaty Rnd postal
}Ie fhr 4t*sn .trirt Pyr,..]
An ExpREHs CnMrANr's EVIDENCE.
WAsHlSnToN, d. e.. Jan, f5.-E. \. sanford,
Of tho Adams Express Company, WAS hcnr. by tho
House corntnittoo OF Tost-Oilces today. with
reference to tic Inv allowing packages Weighing
less than 4 pounds to pars through tile nails
at the rate Of IN cent an o,lnee. MIR. Sanford
ciaitned that tho Express Company pays tho
railroad companies more. than double this
rate, md hnye notified rallroad cnnapanseB thai
IL tho express business continues to be plls
into the mails, tile Company casaloe continue to
nav railroad companies tise r.1tcs now charged
Tor ita exrrets-packages. Tbs present post-
Office law, w}rtlo injur,ng tho Exrrcss Company,
involves heavy loss to tito tioveTnmont. Tho
| Express Company asks ttrst the evil ahali DC
retueliel There will 10 4 ftrrthbr hsArlus.
| TO ro<TMARIERs.
Tie Pnst- Oaice Department III 3esr0us OF hAv.
Ing it understood that II. G. Van LenteI.. ot
! McGregor, 1a,, is no lorgar specHl agent or 1T
any way connected with tse Department.
The Senate to-any confirmed tho following
| nominations: s. l.. Thelps, Commissioner ii
| tie District of Colu,nbis; Il. #. 1'hu,lfo1t