The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-11
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. 1877
THE sporroRD-KELLoaG CASE.

WASHINGTON, Nov 10, 1871
THE sPoFFoRD-KELLoGG CASE.
Tho Senate Committee Privileges and Elections
met this morning TO further consider tho Sponord-
Kellogg case. All the members wcrc present except
ing Senator Hill, OF Georgia Senator Hoar expressed
desire to examine thoroughly propositions
which had been submitted by Senator wadleish,
whereupon. without coming to any definite conclusion
TO the scope Of the invest CATION, tho committee
adjourned until Monday next
At tho meeting OF the Committee on Privileges ana
Elections 10 be held on Monday next tho following
resolution win DO submitted by Senator Hoar, OF Mas.
sachusctts:-
mittee shall deem competent The committee viii report
the senate its conclusion upon the following questions
the holding from the Re-
ator as time Mr. Kellogg claims have been elected
o"d.Csn any susseansnt events affect the Legality Of
Thrd-Did tho Returning Board act rauoulently in do
termnng the question 20 whom they should issue certh
the persons who voted TING election
been found entitled have seats BY the respective houses
mertsf
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS
The Scnatc Judiciary Committee, at a special meot-
ing this morning, heard arguments from Horace
White, OF Chicago representing tho Kansas Pacific
Railroad Company; Edward Atkinson, OF Boston, In
behalf OF tho Union Pacific Railroad Company, and j.
B. Ally FOE tho Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Com
pany te subject Of the interest Indebtedness OF
those oor prtaess 70 the United States government
and tho proper amounts they should BIO required to
pay annually for the creation Of SINKING funds TO dts
charge IT.
SLAVES" ACCORDING TO A COMMERCIAL.
TREATY.
The Consul Gonoral of the United States at Cairo
hs cd IN ma Ilopar M ~ Stat
tho convention concluded the 4,h Of August last
between tho OF Great Britain and Egypt
for the suppression OF the slave trade within the
countries ruled over by tho Khcdivc. The conven-
ton Is embraced within seven articles In which are
recited the usual formalies attendant upon the draw
Ing up OF such Instruments The powers and priv-
legcs granted by the Egyptian government British
cruisers to VISIT search, deain, &C., suspected Egyp-
tian vessels very full, the claws delay" in tho
trial Of savers short and tho punishment severe.
Wherever tho word slaves'' In tho convention
II is Immediately qualified by the AFRICANS and
Abyssinians," which qualification, It would secm, was
intended exclude from the terms oil that instrument
tho Crcassiau aud Georgian female slaves, who arc
purchased In Constantinopie by middle and higher
classes in Egypt and held in tho harems under tho
designation OF icrvants wives. These sssoryants,"
with whom the masters 1.-Two In state Of concuDinagc
and who only limited in number by the desire and
wealth OF tho purchasers arc really Slaves but IL is
clear from tho wording Of tho convention that whilo
the will be adopted for tho suppres
sion Of African and Abyssinian slavery, the Oriental
system which condemns the beautiful white women of
Georgia and Circassia to lives of slavery and concub
mage will not be interierod With In any manner what
ever.
OUR TRADE WITH GERMANY.
The Consul General Of tho United States at Berlin
in continu Of his reports the extension OF eur
trade in Germany, has forwarded to tho Department
OF State q communication concerning articles OF
American manufacture in mat market These articles
may DO classed three headings-vz those which
nnd ready sale, those which be made saablo by
proper efforts and those which are unstable First
salablc rticles:-Fino castings bronzed or maroon
colorcd; brcust drills and wrcnches, circular saws
although dearer than the German butchers saws,
try squares, trowels plumbs and levels, augurs and
augur bits although doarer than the Gcrman)
mouse and rat traps door bolts cast iron
stable fittings, shovcls, hickory handles chisei
nlo and augur handles; oil stones and grind
stones padlocks, box scrapers, openers, gas
pliers, mining knives, shoe brushes, leather boots
and Shoes pressed glassware. Our agricultural i'm
plemenss havo long been avorabIy received, but re-
cent imports OF inferior articles havo Injured this
branch Of tho trade. Tho following articles are
sspokes ana wheel rims, known '.bent work -
winamis, vontilators, steam pumps, gasnttings;
toys, for their ingenuity; portable steam en-
gnes, from two to four horse power; wood
working machinery, cheap mctal clocks, housckeep-
Ing and kitchen utensils especially novelties Sec
ond, articles that can be made salabie: -woodon
planes by altering shapes; wrought iron hinges, by
lowering the price; scythcs by conforming TO the re-
quircd shapes machines for making iacks and nails
and cheap furniture, especially chamber sets, by
proper efforts. Third, unsaable articles: -Hanc-
saws, owing to thor shape; back and panel saws too
high priced TO compete with tho French who control
the market; draw knives chisols, gouges and plane
irons, too high TO compete with tho English who con-
troll tho market; coopers' TOOLS not tho required
shapes; cast iron hinges harness and boilor rvets
and horse brushes, too dear; currycombs, TOO light
and sowing machines.
AMERICAN PRODUCTS IN AUSTRIA
The Consul General OF the United States at Vienna
has addressed report TO the Department OF state on
the subject OF fostering the expectation OF articles OF
American production, In which he makes tho novel
suggestion that tho patent laws should DO so amended
as to give any czcn tho privilege to manufacture an
article which Is patented by our laws and to export
TO any country whore 1t Is not protected so
10 enter freely into competition with foreigners ia
the open markets. sMr. Posts argument is that under
the present system the inventor having tho monopoly