, 1879-02-28
Is tor tho Improvement Of the rivers and

MuakcRon, Mich .....,.............. 4.600
1lis!sn n1issSsny fy Iys 1na It french creek d
Quincy. M...+...............s'...t -. ~ n@oo @
tosaa; X ..'''' X HMa' XXI
MusRtnR,m, Ice -harbor... ..""..,...." 10, QUO
Tile Committee strike out tho following
amounts which were granted by the House. .o
Hfpa'11 W. Ill., &C. >. -. '.. @
Hawasseo River. Tenn nn.........,......... a,ooo
The not total added to the blll BY tho Senate
Committee Ia about 81, 100000.
4 VERT SMALL HOLE.
Tho Chairman Of tho Executive Committee Of
the Nnttonal Grecnback party addressed q latter
to The Secretary Of the ,liopcst-sioney League,
less tho Honest Money LeaCuo "can show that
1t is authorized to speak for one or both Of tic
rcgulnrly organized political parsfca,"
- DIED.
Prof. Mordccal Yarnell, Of the Naval 0bserya-
tory, died suddenly tonight of apoplexy.
slNkcuRE.
Frank Burr, who was until lust fall manager
ot the Patent 0p1te 0asetM aud gfIetal, Aatrr-
E1penditurcs in the Interior Department to-
day, and made statement showing tic cnuse
Of tho variation Of the cost ot maintaining tint
brauch 0f the Department. ne stnted that
many persons were carried On The payroll Of
the Gdsetts VINO rendered littlo or no service to
the Government, and cited one particular case
where no duty ras performed BY party draw
ing salary from that bureau.
TIE FOUR TER CENTS.
!. SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 the per cent Governmcnt
loan since ycsterday aggregate $1,0850o0.
poTTER's FORTHCOMING NHronT.
DisoatcA 10 St,o FORK Hern'd.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.--hir. Potter has his
report ncnrly ready, and will, It Ia believed pres.
ent IL to the House on Frtlny or 8aturilny. Iie
has been engaged for conailerap)o t{tue in
it Il Understood thnt bis repors viii takc tic
nrnnnti tfat the rritienco taEen shnw. hcvoni mi
nosstbttty of contradiction tint Florida md
Louisiana were righttulIy carried by Tic Dcno.
statcs were cast for tho Republican ticket
wron0ft1ilv, illegally, and fraldujantiy: lint
tho cnrlrte of tic LouIsinna RctnrntntT Boartt
md tbs manner In which It con.iuctcd Tia
scrutiny Of tho returns lyas in most imnorfont
mntters in violation OF the law al Tia StnIo mn
der which il existed md actcti: tnat ia
frautnicnt md ILLEGAL ncts wero t,ncn' nn1na,ic'
md nniirntnb]n: tlint tic rnouner In whirh nrt,,
tnsts were m,nuufacturoi and returns nitcrci nnl
@anlpnlatea was 81 n Il defiance e tle laws, a,,
bcars liz mark of f1a,,d, foreery. Ind ilicraitv.
FnrthSr thnt tI,esr offenesa wS,a " in anmr ~
frthercu at,l in Others silently approved by tlla
Rtpub]eon yisIttsE n ntcsEncn. md tlaI tic tcs
Fior,da md Louisiana. il tic Returning Bonr,l ri
had strictly observed The laws Which We're in
tended to rille tietr conduct thc Electnrn votes
Of those Statcs musr have hcen rast for the
DcnneratIc cnnililntys. md thnt It waa on1v hv
fhe clrarest gnd vroascst nl,fjnns nj ancc;fl.r
laws. md the nost unbiusl,Inr iTa1,,,a mil forsr.
c,irs lint fho nrpnsc nj Tin nrnnin n.,] t,,r rr
sult Ut tlle elccton waa defeated. Furtcr. Tint
lin tcstimony nry,yes ronciuu|ynly Lila Inv at,]
dcbascd cllaruucter OF the men Who wcru tl,c
bunerysors nnd clection o{ilrcrs. to nlnninuint,
{hr c}rrtinn. fhnt nlmntt evcrv nnn ri