Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-14
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Senator Blaine's lllness-His Connection with the Incoming Administration Revival of American ShipPing-statis- tics of fImmigration-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Senator Blaine has been confined at his residence for several Idays with severe attack of rheumatism. He had intended to visit General Garfield at Men tor last week following the electoral count, but was prevented by illness It is said he Twill go to Mentor as soon as he is able to travel. Many persons have expressed surprise that Mir. Blaine has not rendered his resigna- l 5tion as Senator to the Maine Legislature be- I fore this. While there is no doubt at pres lent of MT. Blaine becoming Secretary ot \ State, he will not tender his resignation as aSenator until after he has another meeting 2 with MT. Garfield, which win probably be next week It is understood that Garfield < will not arrive in Washington until the sec $ ond day of March.
 The proposition to assist in the revival of
 the American mercantile marine by granting increased compensation for the transporta ! tion of ocean meails now pending in the Sen 7 ate is in 8 more muddled con %O1G1On uOH Iudn dG d11y I1lu0. 5 the Senate, by majority of nearly two to
 one, agreed that the Maxey amendment ap-
 propriating $1, GOO, 900, to be expended fo1 mail lines from the Mexico Gulf and Pacific
 ports, and requiring vessels to be used in suct
 service to be built of iron, owned and manned Hoy American citizens and accepted as sea-
 worthy after inspection by the Secretary oi \ the Navy, was in order. Following this meeting MT. Hamlin offered an amendment 1authorizing the Postmaster General to make
 contracts with the lowest responsible bidders
 to carry the mails between home and foreign < ports for ten years at rate of compensation not exceeding $50 per mile one way fol Htwelve round trips per annum or the same
 proportion at a quarter or less number oi trips per annum and providing the same
 regulations for the ownership, equipment and
 safety of the vessels employed as in the
 Maxey amendment. As before stated, the
 Senate decided the Maxey amendment not to
 be general legislation and therefore in order. # By nearly as large vote in the other diree- < ton the Senate Saturday declared the Ham 4 lin amendment to be general legislation and
 not in order. Tomorrow the question will 2 first arise on the amendments proposed by
 Mir. Morgan allowing foreign built ships to aenjoy the privileges of the act If the vote 8by which the Maxey amendment was ruled to Hbe in order is any test of the sentiment of the Senate on ocean mail subsidies, the Maxey
 amendment will be adopted, and it's friends
 in the House appear confident of passing it. E The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics Furnishes the following information in regard
 to immigration into the United States :-
 There arrived in the ports of Baltimore, Bos-
 ton, Detroit, Eastport, New Bedford, New
 Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Fort Hu-
 ron and San Francisco during the month
 ended January 31, 1881, 15,224 passengers,
 of whom 13, 134 were immigrants, 1,553 citi-
 gems of the United States returned from abroad
 and 536 aliens not intending to reside in the
 United States Of this total number of i'm
 migrants there arrived from England and
 Wales, l, ,745: Scotland. 312; Ireland, 737
 Germany, 1888; Austria, 319; Sweden, #211; Norway, 96; Denmark, 66; France,
 207 Switzerland, 3Sa; Netherlands, 70
 Italy, 1,027; Russia, 126; Poland, 36
 Hungary, 512; Dominion of Canada, 2,927
 China, 547; Australia, 113; all other eoun.
 tries, POI. The number of immigrants ar; 9rived at the above named ports during seven
 months ended January 31, 1881, was as fol 5lows: From Germany, 77,4O7; Dominion
 of Canada, 74, ,839, England and Wales, 34 i,
 292; Ireland, 29,265; Scotland, 7,5s6
 China, 8, ,213; all other countries, 63, ,345.
 During the week ending yesterday there
 were I20, ,495 standard silver dollars circu
 hated, against 13S, ,997 for the corresponding
 week in 1880.