The New York herald., 1878-06-13
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Juno IL, 1873.
THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION AND HOW ITS
EXPENSES WERE PAID-A DISCOVERY By MR..
GLOVER.
Mr. Glover, chairman Of the Committee on Expopdi.
lures in the Treasury Department has discovered that
tho moncy to deray the expenses of tho special
mission which went to Louisiana settle tho dispute
between the Nichols and Packard governments was
borrowed from the First National Bank OF Now York.
MI Glover has gotten hold OF the document rotating
to this transaction. In the first place ihere is
ter from tho late Assistant Secretary OF tho Treasury
Mr.. Conant, requesting tho bank to advance the
loan and promising to repay 1t out OF deficiency
TO be obtained from Compress. Mr. Conant
asks the use OF the money for tho pub
lie good He says in his letter that tho
purpose to settle the trouble IN Louisiana harmon
matters, restore peace and put end 10 sectional
feeling For theso purposes ho asked q loan OF
$4,000 The money was advanced ana placed to the
credit OF Mr. Powers, empoyo OF the Treasury De-
partment, who was detailed as disbursing ollcer
Tor the commission. Powers accompanied tho
commission to New Orleans and paid all
It's bills, drawing drafts the First National Bank
OF New York, which cashed by the Sub Treasury
in New Orleans Al Secretary Sherman's request
senograpner detailed IRON tho Interior Depart.
mont by Assistant Secretary Bell 70 60 with the
commission. and messengers and clerks were
furnished from tho Treasury Department These men
have all testified bofore tho Glover committee that
they drew their regular pay from tho government
while they served the commission, and that their
psnses 4 we're paid out OF the $5,0U0 A do.
called account Of the expenses or the
commission Is among tho documents. 1t shows
that the hotcl bill OF tho party
amounted 70 nearly $4,000, ana thas 81 900 set
apart compensation for the Commissioners Tho
expenses OF the Commissioners to and from Washing.
ton and whic In this city also were paid. An at
tempt was made TO get a deficiency allowed by
tho house, but tho Committee on Appropriations
refused TO allow II, and then, It is shown Secretary
sherman wrote q note to senator WINDOW, chairman
OF the Senate Appropriations Committee. urging tho
passage OF n deficiency bill Mr. Glover has subpG-
the officers OF the First National Bank, for the
purpose OF finding out whether or not tho loan has
ever been replaced and II so, how and BY whom.
THE DUTY ON sUoAR-ACTIoN AGREED UPON
BY THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
II is likely that tho vexed question OF tho rate or
duty to be imposed on sugar will be settled far rs
the Ways and Means Committee is concerned at the
meeting OF that committee tomorrow. Large ana
influential deputstons OF both tho loading branch O.
tho sugar interest havo been heard daily by the
committee. the members OF which intend TO hold IN
executive session the morning TO agree upon tho
bill TO be reported 10 the House. The present system
OF ad va!orcm duties will DO wholly done away
with and Two tets oi specific duties imposed
The committee is agreed upon SO much and has ad-
visod both importers and renners compromise upon
stan ndard below No. 10 as the dividing iins OF tho
two duties. rho rcnners do not wish this line
10 60 above No 13 and the importers
are anxious to tx Il at not less than No 49, Tho I'm
preston now Is that the committee will settle upon
No. IL or No Is. Tho duty sugar under and up TO
tho agreed upon number will be and half cents
and sugar OF higher grades three and half four
cents pound. most probably four cents In tho ah.
scncc OF tarn bill the matter may tnko tho shape OF
n joint resolution TO insure early action by both
housoa