Connecticut western news., 1879-01-22


 Two members of the subcommittee ,aid. after the session, that ill their judg- nent no further steps will be taken in he matter.
 During an interview of Father Reardon with the President the latter ,poke at some length of various causes which, in his opinion, operated to pre- vent the success of ths peace policy among the Indians. He said that as the white settlers pushed forward their set dement's they were continually encroach- ing upon the reservations set apart for the Indians, and, as the hunting grounds were narrowed in their limits, 1t became absolutely necessary to feed the Indians, and the task of caring for them devolved upon agents who were poorly paid, and hence came the temptation for the latter to steal and rob the Indians of even the scanty provision made by Congress for their support. For the first of the evils the President said he saw no remedy; for the second he was doing all in his power to purify the agency system and fill the positions with honest men. It was serious problem, and one which deserved the earnest attention of every friend of humanity.
 At Q meeting of the Committee on Ways and Means, Representative Glb- son moved to reconsider the vote by which the committee last Monday de- cided to recommend changes in the sugar tariff, but the motion was losts there being only five in the affirmative and six in the negative ...
 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury tI,ot r, Will. Hams, Special Agent of the Treasury Department, has not been guilty of smuggling or swindling as recently charged, and that he has been faithful and true to the Government, and has fairly accounted for all the money in- trusted to hin, and has not made, directly or indirectly, one dollar of profit beyond his fixed compensation.
 Representative Atkins has prepared a substitute for the Burnside Army bill 1; it is conceded that the latter cannot pass. .. a'.....r.. r........
 Tt is not believed in Washington that the Burnside Army Reorganization bill can become law, and a substitute for it has already been submitted to the Appropriations Committee by MT. At kius.
 MT. Regan's Interstate Commerce bill will probably be rejected by the Senate.
 Senator Chaffee proposes that a protective duty should be put upon sill yer bullion.
 Secretary Schurz has been buying land of the Colorado Ute. Indians in the interest of the miners.
 Senator Davis, of West Virginia, introduced joint resolution instructing the Agricultural Committees of both branches of'Congress to see wbAt can be done to foster the interests of the farm CTS and encourage agriculture. In SUD- port of his resolution, MT. Davis spoke of the progress of agricultural develop ment. He showed that the country owes to agriculture the large balance of trade in it's favor, and in 1878, he said, the agricultural exports reached $536, ,038,- 95l, or fully three-fourths of the entire exports. The densely populated coun tries of Europe, he said, must inevitably overflow into this, and the latter has ample farming lands and room for all persons devoted to honest industry. Russia, he said, the greatest rival of <AhtSAA0Ses oPC44b III ouPpO1b O1 ttSIlCu1- ture and in respect to public lands more than seventy times as much as America does, and the little kingdom of Sweden more than three times as much as this great Nation. Nearly all the vast sums paid to foreign countries for the im- portatien of sugar, melado and molasses might have been saved had the over flowed and swampy land on the Missis- sippi and other rivers been reclaimed and the overflow provided against. How long, he asked, would France, England, Germany, Russia or Holland suffer such a vast body of fertile soil to lie idle and go to waste while paying for what might be produced upon it annually nearly a hundred million of dollars.
 The Potter Committee took testimony at New Orleans, and Mrs. Jenks was again heard from indirectly about the "' Sherman letter." the alleged copy of which Mir. Potter declared to be a forgery.
 The Senate appointed committee to act with the House committee in making preparations for Representative Schleicher's funeral. The bill ap- propriating $250, 900 for the erection of Q fire proof museum adjoining the Smithsonian Institute was passed.
 Mir. Davis, of West Virginia, made a speech in support of his resolution directing the Committee on Agriculture to consider the subject and report what the general Government ought to do tc advance agricultural interests. Mr. Christiancy presented the petition oi 2,000 Gentle women of Utah, asking for such legislation as will make effec tive the anti-Polygamy law of 1862.
 The Senate agreed to the conference committees report on the Military Academy Appropriation bill and to { res olution calling for information re garding the escape of Indians from For Robinson. Messrs. Wadleigh, Conk ling and Matthews discussed the bill t, amend the patent laws. MT. Anthon, (Rep., R. l. introduced 8 bill appro priating money for the payment o bounty to the officers and men of Far ragut's fleet.
 MT. Windom (Rep.) offered resolu tion looking to the partial removal o the colored population to a State o Territory by themselves. The bill t | grant arrears of pensions was passe' after debate without amendment, an, now goes to the President.
 HOUSE.
 The House adopted a resolution pay
 ing the remainder of MT. Schleicher'
 salary to his family, and requesting th
 next House to make similar appropri
 ation, as he had been elected to it. M
 Schleicher's funeral was held in the Hal
 of the House, the Senate, the Judges c
 the Supreme Court, the President an,
 his Cabinet attended.
 The bill providing for the payment c
 pensions to soldiers of the Mexican wa
 was considered in the Committee of tn
 Whole. Various amendments designe
 to restrict it's benefits to invalids wer
 rejected. Finally clause was adde
 granting pensions to all soldiers wh