, 1875-02-21

Special D,spafh to Tie ChtcGon Tribune
WAsH1Saros, D. c., Feb. 20.-The State De-
partmept has discovered great variety Of very
serious blundcra in the chapters OF the revised
statutes relating to that Department. The Sec
retary Of State will tranEmit letter to Congress
Asking that these errors may bo corrected. One
Of the ludlc1ous oues is the law-making proyi-
8lon for o United States Minister at Prussia,
years after that Embassy has been merged IN
that Of the North German Confederation.
THE clyn~n1GHTs 8ILL.
Tne passage OF the Ciyll-Rights bill in tho
Senate has uot been abandoned. There will be
another Senate CAUCUS On Monday morning to
determine the order OF business. The New En-
gland Senators baring the bill il charge intend
to autagonize ali other measures with it.
THE MINT HILL
It now seems pretty certain that the attempts
to the passage Of the Chjosgo Mint bill ut
this session will not be successful. The psinci~
pal trouble is in the Senate Finance Committee.
That Committee, after repeated positive appoint
ments, this morning again failed 70 give tha SUBJ
ject final consideration. It Is evident to Chicago
people interested in the matter that tho Finance
COMMITTEES is unwilling to give the subject the
consideration it deserves. There is good rcaaon
to believe that il the bill could be brought before
the Senate it would pass. The rival applicants
from other cities coneede this fact, and Lave
made arrang gamcnt9 to defeat the pa6Atgo Of tho
bill in the HOUSE,
OUR RELATIONS v1Tn aPA1I.
. The very sensational runlors respecting the
consideration of 6 new treaty with Spain BY the
Cabinet Yesterday, and of new fIbusterns
ton: The only mention OF Spain 1t tho Cabinet
msotlng was the reading Of dispatch from Caleb
Gushing, at Madrid, in which he stated that the
negotiations regarding the vlrginius arc con-
cluded, and thai They will be formally exchanged
mont shall arrive in Madrid. Secretary Fish
states that Cusl;ns'a credentials to Alfonso
should arrive in France today and tho Virgnius
nents next week.
fzo NE Assossaxa Prsa&.1
TrL1GEApu1C INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. o0.-The Suh-Com-
mlttee Of the HouGa Committee on the judiciary
began to-day an inquiry authorized By tue 1880
luton introduced IN the House By Mr. Dawes,
Company declined to send the messages OF she
American press Association Oil the ground Of
the criticism OF the Western Union Company.
n orton. President Of ths Western Union
Company! Tas t., esamined, .t, II appeared
Is" NTH tla' Company " afo re- aliEe Ike
different rates being charged for dif-
ferent classes Of service. Tho Company
could afford to charge less to those who did q
large regular business orer its wires than to par
tioa who sent only small quantities, on the
principle that a railroad company coald afford to
charge cheaper freights to wholesale deaacrs
than to occasional customers, who sent but little
ovar its road. Mr. Orion WAS asked whether tho
sahy bad not greater daeifsa as than
paper could not obtain thor dispatches cheaper
than those Of less prominence. He thought !
hey could, because OF the larger surface
,oEered in the arrangement The reason
lie Western Union could not make Contract
With the american Press Association was that,
~ tal1ing OF part Of this business OF its best
customers and serving that Association for less,
heavy loss to the Company. would have been !
'ccasioned. He VAS asked Shether, in the case OF
paper not III the Western Associated Press ar
angement, there would ba difference in the !
charges to that paper for sending |
L. .006 words, and she charges to the Associated !
,rees for sending exactly the same matter.
III. 0tton replied there would. a. business With !
ne single paper would be but a single transac- |
ion, and Independent of any previous contract. |
FALSE RUMoRs-
4 statement is circulated that Atty.-Gen. Will
ANS is to accept q foreign nlission. and that !
len. Butler will succeed him in the Department |
It Justice. Gen. Butler says he would not ac-
ept Cabinet position and Air. Williams says
70 at present, ho will pracsce his profession, and |
ot accept another official position.
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS,
William e: Tiltou has been appointed Internal !
.eyenue storekeeper for the Eighth District Of
kentucky, and David Wilson gaugei Tor the
,,hiru Missouri District.
DISTRICT FINANCES. .
Tie report Of the Board of Audit for the Dis
riot nf Goumbia shows tbs amount expended
u improvements BY the Board Of Public Works
nd Commissioners as audited and allowed by
he auditor of the Board and the Board ot
udit, from June /, 1871, to Dec q 1874. as fol-
ows For work on streets, $11, ,4l5,434 for
ewers, s3.2s21 1020; TO. roads outside Of the
tiles, .55b6, 200; for raising, and undermining,
nd otherwise repairing private buildings dam
ged By improvements, s24s,4sl.. Total, sl5,-
So, 139 This statement does net include audit
4 claims for damages I'd real estate.