, 1880-02-22

blan boundary, upon which the canal n,u,
constructed and the two harhors - tiay W ba
treIaity Of which may be utilized a. as suo e1-
can naval stations, with the reonest t1faett ftt
appropriation su11lc1ent to confirm the sala ~
STAR ROUTES. :
The announcement OF the Postmasts, r..
era that the star service will be redncede Z
deal Of CONSERVATION among memh"goo good
whose districts the star routes mnet1s u
The Democratic members of tie Pnst PIvsuy H!l !le
Committee insist that the party viii jlhyaea ha lug
responsible by the people for failnre ~ - ned M
their malls, and that this will have Ia ~ mss ges
aaaS1ng fbagg e1eft than can possibly grow oatof
proposed $4,000 600 appropriation. "a ~, asc99 re
this danger and to keep the star rontas t.9iu -
operation, Chairman Money, Of Iha ps pnsfs no1 70
fee Committee, intends, If he can eseUl. sase1:
recognition next Monday, to offer bIl ]l1Hase maE
ing me APPROPRIATION, and move to .psss T.
auire two-thirds vote to put the oiil tbronaaaf r.
in this manner, but those who favor itsa Il ~
leyc this can be obtained. =" W.
4 RAILROAD BUREAU.
Nfr. AlcLane, Of Maryland, from the p.o1s.
Railroad Committee, has introduced in net'lc ~
House bill to amend the Pacific Ra;I,es.9s II. s9
act Of 1862 The first seven sections ~ tSoa
bill set forth in detail the manner in wh;as!
the rail1oads shall account to the Goyerns.
Railroad Accounts the Commissioner of R,iI1 Y
road Affairs, and places him at the head ~. n !.
Bureau In the Interior Department. Aiiniie.
road accounts are to be passed upon bV III.
office before they are finally lail be- Be-:
fore fore ~ 4Se s6iGeta 6l rtbs4 Of n4osa.T the Tres
visors, to consist Of the Secretary Of ths
Interior, the Assistant Secretary Of the ~ ~
terror, the Commissioned of Railroad Affaira
the Engineer of the Railroad Bureau, and m
officer from the Attorney Generals Office
This Board is to be placed in control Of ali
money or lands, from the United States
This Board Is also empowered to examins
into the affairs of these roads, and sacnrs
reasonable rates of freight and speed n
travel, and to report to Congress what legi4.
lation Is necessary to, secure these results:
tect the interests of the United Statea
whenever they may be imperfled by the 10.
tion OF any of these roads, and to purchase,
on behalf of the Government, any Of surh
roads, when sold under foreclosure Of Tia.
first mortgage, at price not to exceed tha
aggregate amount OF the bonds secured by
the first mortgage and the amount Of ia
United States. The construction OF anY neT
roads IS prohibited BY the bill, except whera
the express permission of Congress has been
obtained. Alr. McLane thinks the new bill
is more restrictive on the railroads in its pro-
visions than the present law.
DUTY ON BARLEY-MALT. "
Mr.. Morton, of New York. has introduced
q bill to fix the duty on barley-malt al r
cents per bushel of thirty-four pounds, il.
stead Of the present duty Of 20 per cent I'd
yalorem. :
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS. ~.
The total value OF imports during the yest
1879 was S513, ,475, 74S; ditto during iSia
s431 ,s13, 1873. The value Of domestic exports
in 1879 was S754. .656, 155; value Of exports in
1878 was S739, or, ,238 -