Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-16

any one day since the panic in 1873. The
/ large receipts are in a great measure the re-
suit Of anxiety on the part Of the business
Interests affected by the pending tariff S5iiii,
| to pay The taxes Immediately and get the
goods now iE bond out of the ware
| houses.
The Way the Money Goes.
The House Committee on AppFopEis-
tions to-day, completed the sundrv civil ap-
preparation bill. TIE principal new items
are one million and sixty thousand doilas
Tor the Governments share of the EXPENSES
Of the District Of Columbia, fifteen thou
sand dollars for the purchase Of Mrs. Ran
SONS portrait Of General Thomas, and
S25,OOO for the purchase Of Carpenters
painting Of the signing of the Emancipa-
tiOn Proclamation.
The Pacific Nail subsidE BusfBeSs,
The Ways and Means Committee exam
ined A. d, Whiting this morning. He
! swOre he received only $500 from Irwin
! Tor MS services in promoting the passage Of
the Pacific Mail subsidy bill. This was
wholly contingent on the success Of the
| bill. He received it after the bill passed,
and it was all kept by him. He was EN-
! ployed with the special view Of influencing
Senator Cole, Of California, but found he
needed no influencing, being already in
favor Of the subsidy and fully committed
to 1t. Witness did nothing for his money,
except TO talk with everybody he knew and
! set forth the national advantages to result
| from granting an increased subsidy. His
/ inst arrangement with Irwin was to receive
$4,000 year during the term for which
! the subsidy might be secured, but before
he came to Washington it was agreed the
whole thing should be compromised at
S56.5OJ IS above stated.
Representative Storm was recalled at his
own request, ard said be opposed the sub
/ sidy from first to last, and never received a
dollar for his vote or influence.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The Pacific Mail
Directors have approved the action of Ru-
fus Hatch in ordering the institution of
suits against those parties alleged to have
| received subsidy money, About thirty
persons will be involved,
The Steamboat Bill.
The Steamboat bill. as reported back to
the Senate, is changed by the Committee
/ on Commerce in the following particulars:
1t is amended so as to prohibit carrying ex-
/ plOsige and dangerous materials on any and
all passenger steamers, except ferry-bOats,
whether or not there are other means of
conveyance cnth same route; life-preserg-
eTs must be capable Of sustaining "a pounds
each, instead Of only Is pounds each: a
clause is inserted requiring at least one
lOcked-up safety-yalve on each vessel.
Political Purpose Of the Extra Session
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Senators generally admit that there is
now little doubt that an executive session
will be called to consider the Hawaiian
treaty. 1t is not expected that the session
will continue more than ore week.
Twenty-thTee new Senators are then to be
sworn in. One Of the political purposes
Of the extra session, which does not ap-
pear upon the surface, is that Angus Cam
erOn and Judge ChristianCy, and whatever
other Senators may be called Inde-
pendent, viii be compelled to define
their political position as regards the
Republican Senatorial caucus. The invita-
tiOn 10 Senators 10 attend caucus never
contain the word caucus but request all
Senators who irdOTse the principles Of the
Republican Platform adopted n Philaael-
phia in 1872 10 gJtend. The acceptance Of
this invitation is regardsi under the code
Of political honor here as a recognition Of
the Philadelphia Platform and Of party
Repu6liCanism. This feature of the Exc
cutive session VIII be Of considerable i'm
pOrtauce to the new Senators, a. the COM
mitte-s will be reOrganized at the begin
ming of the Executive session, and will
doubtless remain as then constituted until
the end Of the next succeeding long ses-
sion.
The New Tax Bill.
It's fate is still uncertain. Secretary
BristOw declares that if taxes are not
raised in amount sufficient to enable him
TO retire for the sinking fund, as required
by law, he will take the necessary amount
from the appropriations for other purposes,
as the law directs, beginning with the ap-
preparations for public buildings and rivers
and harbOrs. 1t viii have great effect to
heve it generally known that the appro-
priatiOnS for public buildings and rivers
and harbOrs are liable to be diverted from
their legitimate purposes.
Prospects Of the Bill on Southern
Affairs.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette
The general opinion about the capital is
that the caucus bill will not pass. Mem
beTs opposed to the measure, who made a
partial canvass Of the House to-day, report
that fully fifty Republicans will vote
against the section authorizing the sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus. There
were only siXty-siX present at the caucus
Saturday night, and some of the most
prominent then opposed the hill.
Grants OmfnOus Threat.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
There is no doubt that the President is eX-
tremely anxious that the enforcement bill
shOuld be passed. He has fully resolved
TO apply the most extreme and repressive
measures TO the Southern States. The Re
publican members of the special committee
TO investigate affairs in Alabama had a long
interview with him on Saturday. There is
good authority for the statement that be
declared that, in the absence Of definite ac-
tiOn by Congress on the subject, he may be
compelled 10 adopt measures during the
next six months which would make more
profound impression upon the public mind
than anything that has yet been done in
Southern affairs.
Desperate Game Played and Lost.
The best Republicans Of the House,
headed by Blaine, are opposed to the En-
fOrcement bill, and many, who would lack
the courage under ordinary circumstances
to vote against a measure indOTsed by the
PARTY in caucus, would no; hesitate TO vote
AGAINST It under the shelter Of the example
Of such men as Blaine. The game Of the
Observation-Disclosures party has been a des-
perate one. played with desperate nerve,
but it has failed.