The New York herald., 1879-02-28

Carr Pctsrsburg Va; Ephraim McMurtre. for the
district % Minnesota.
Indian Agents oliver Good. Of Ohio. Quinaiet
Agency. Oregon: Linus NJ. Nckerson. of Oregon.
kismaih Agency. Oregon; John O. keaae of Wash
inEt"n Territory. 1uialp. Washington Territory;
wyman l. Lincoln. OF Wisconsin, Gros yentres. Mon
tAna; Lsban l. Miles. of Iowa. Usage. Indian Terri
:orys Thomas H. Ellis. Of New York. Fort Berthold.
Dakota; Joseph A. stephan. OF Indiana. Standing
Rick. Dakota; Henry H. Mallory. of New York. Colo
rsio River. Ina Arizona.
VAST AMOUNTS ron PROPOSED RIVER AND HAIR
Dor IMPROVEMENTS.
Tho ~ nate COMMITTEES ON Commerce reported the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill to the Senate
this afternoon. with amendments proposing numer-
Gus changes. The committee recommend the fol-
lowing additional items Increased appropriations
for THO Improvement Of the rivers harbors
named:--
Penobscot. Me-. $4,000: Portsmouth. N. H..
$1,000; Bridgeport. Conn. 5000; Thames River.
$3.50; Norwalk. $1,000; Boston. Mass. $25.0o0;
scituate. Mass. s2o.0oo, Providence River $4,000;
Woods Hole. Mass. $4,000; Flushing Bay. N. Y,
eio.0oo: Harlem River N. Y. s50.0oo; Delaware
kvcr. $4,000 Delaware River. Schooner Ledge,
&2s0Oo; Baltimore Harbor sG00oo Norfolk. S25. 900;
Appomattox. $4,000; James River. $4,000; Curri-
tuck Sound. N. c.. s25.ooo; Cape Fear River.
n. c.. t75.00O; Neuse River. n. c.. $4,000;
Charleston Harbor. s. c.. 100000; Brurs-
wick. Ca. $1,000: st. Johns River. Fla.
$1,000; Pensacola. Fla. $1,000; st. Mary's River.
Fla. $5o.ooo: Touched Feore. $1,000; Laquille.
Ark. $4,000; Arkansas River. $4,000; vicksburgyr
Miss. s23.ooo; Usage River $1,000; Missouri River
Fort Leavenworth). $1,000; White River. $500;
Missouri River. above the Yellowstone. $40. .O0O
Missouri River ut Nebraska City. S5.O0O
Missouri River tsurvey). 5000; Yellowstone
River, S50.O00; Missouri River. at vermlion d. T..
5000; Missouri River. at Omaha and Council Bluffs.
100000 Mississippi River. ut Dubuque. $4,000;
Mississippi River tsurveys for reservoirs $13.OOO
Fox River WIS.,. $50 900; ST. Croix. 50 000 Red River of
the North. $5.OOo Duluth. $1,000 saugatuck Mich.
s2OOW; Muskegon. Mich, $4,000; Michigan City.
Ind. $4,000; Allegheny River. at French Creek.
100000 Quincy. ILL.,. $4,000; Toledo Ohio, s1O0OO
Ashtabula. Ohio. $1,000; Muskingum Ice Har-
Dor, $4,000; Breakwater House Of Refuge. Pa
cifc coast. Sl50.OOO; Sacramento River. CAL.
$4,000; Coos Bay Oregon. $4,000; Cascades. CO.
lumbia River, $4,000. Tho committee strike out the
following amounts which were granted by the
House:--Southport, Conn., 200; Housatonic River.
Connecticut. $4,000; Woodbridge. n. j., $4,000;
Mispillion Creek. Delaware, 5000; Urtana. Ohio.
$1,000; New River. West Virginia. $4,000;
Roanoke River. North Carolina. $1.5O0: Hiawassee
River Tennessee. $1,000: Savannah River. Georgia
above Augusta). $1,000; Aransas Pass. Texas,
s35,OOo; Buffalo Bayou. Texas. $4,000.
The net total added to the bill by tho Senate
mittee is about $1,1O0,0O0.
CONDITION OF THE sUNDRY CIVIL APpRoPRIA-
TIoN BILL
The Sundry Civil Appropriation BILL though nom-
inally reported to the Senate this evening, was i'm
medately returned to the committee room and ut
late hour is still in tho hands of the
Chairman and his clerks. Iwho putting it
into shape. with oil the numerous amendments
adopted by the committee, to DO printed
during the night for the and information Of the
Senate tomorrow. majority of the Senate have
sanctioned an amendment which provides that the
public printing shall be given out by contract.
condition that the work shall be done at cost of ut
least ten per cent less than the present cost.
THE CHARGES AGAINST SPEAKER RANDALL.
The following letter relative to the statements
tanned the communication of Special Agent Williams
to Major W. B. Moore, making certain reflections
upon Speaker Randall, forwarded to Mr.. Randall
to-day
WASHINGTON, Feb. o. 1879.
Sm-In reference to the letter of Special Agent II.
L. Williams to me. OF September 3 1876. which sp
pcared in the Post this morning. have say that
WINS not the supervising. special agent at that
consideration. neither did it's contents figure In any
way in the removal Of Deputy First Comptroller
william Hemphill Jones. On its receipt made thor
ough investigation of the records relative to WILL
Jams charges and found them, far you were
concerned, absolutely false.
interview with Senator John Sherman at his resi-
dence. out of which interview grew q letter from
officials in the department. including myself.
That part OF Williams letter to the Secretary
against YOU in the letter Of september = ms smbss
quent events appeared TO justify the assumption that
Secretary Sherman approved tho methods Of Will
Jams. and failing TO get hearing furnished num-
Der of personal friends. who had been
informed of the contents of the Sherman
letter, with copies of the letter of September
as an evidence Of williams unreliability and nm
truthfulness. l have no knowledge to how
Williams letter TO me became public. but. have
true in fact and inference. W. d. MOORE.
Late Supervising Special Agent, U. s. Treasury.
REVIVAL OF THE PgANKISG PRIVILEGE
Attorney General Devens has given an official
opinion to the Postmaster General overruling O de-
cision Of the Assistant Attorney General for the
Post Office Department with relation to tho right OF
members Congress elect to the Congress to the
frankng privilege. The Attorney General decides that
members of Congress entitled to tho frankina
privilege from the commencement OF the term for
which they elected. although session is act
ually called and they therefore not able to take
the oath of office. Under this decision members of
the Forty-sixth Congress will be entitled to the
franking privilege aftor the 4th Of March next,
whether sworn in not.
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
The President has approved act to promote
knowledge of steam engineering and iron ship build
ing among students of scientific schools an act 10
amend act entitled IAN act making appropriations
sunry civil expenses Of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1879, and for
other purposes; an act relating to the Cumberland
road in the State Of Ohio and to authorize the same
to become free road; joint resolution authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain off,
GERS Of the internal Revenue service the amounts
due them for their services such officers previous
to the time of executing their bonds and taking the
oath of Office prescribed by law; act for the
relief of tho Richmond Female Institute. Of Rich.
mond Va.
OPPOSITION TO THE SENATE AMENDMENTS.
Tho House Committee on. Appropriations 10.