The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-11
Washington Gossip.

WASHINGTON, March l0.-lt is understood
that the subcommittee of the house com.
mittee on ways and means have virtually
agreed upon a bill reducing the internal
revenue tax on whisky and tobacco. and
removing entirely thercfrom u number
of articles embraced in the schedule; that
the total amount of the reduction in inter.
nal revenue to be effected by the bill is cs-
timated at about $40, 100000. The bill will
probably be reported to the full committee
nett Tuesday. Secretary Folger contem.
plates issuing Friday next call for bonds
continued 6s) to the amount of $15, 900 900,
payable in three parcels Of about $1,000, 900
each, on the 3d. 10th and 18th of May next.
The house committee on foreign affairs
to-day resolved to conduct 'T'ith open doors
their investigation into the supposed alb
straction OF important correspondence from
the files of the state department, which
correspondence had reference 10
the so-called Peruvian company,
and which it is supposed will determine
whether any diplomatic representatives
OF this government have involved them.
selves in schemes, the success of which de-
pended upon the intervention of the United
States. Examination of witnesses was be-
gun this afternoon. The first witness was
Francis q. st. Clair, chief of the consular
bureau Of the state department, and
until recently index clerk in the same de.
partment. He remembers indexing n
portion OF the correspondence on this sub
Ject, and that when the letters were subse-
quently asked for by Walker Blaine they
were not to be found. st. Clair then sug.
gested that they were in possession of Tres
colt, who was attached to the dep
partment, and nothing was heard of the
matter until the congressional investigation
began. st. Clair explained that Trescott
was frequently called upon to make briefs
OF state department correspondence and
documents, and being regarded as counsel
Tor the department was permitted to
have whatever documents he called for,
and In this manner had at times
retained possession for months of papers
from the state department files without the
circumstance being regarded rs singular.
For example, he had thus retained for a
long period some of the correspondence in
the fishery question with Great Britain.
From these circumstances the secretary
advanced the opinion that the correspond.
ence which was the ground of this inyesti-
CATION is probably among the Trcscott pa.
pers in his house In Washington.
L. John Newton, who succeeded the pre-
vious witness, as index clerk, testified to
having indexed number of letters which
were specified, and which were marked
!, Private, return. to Shepherd" Trescott
iiad never called on witness for
documents; the last knowledge witness had
OF the letters in question was their being
had never seen Shepherd at the state de-
partment, had never heard of his being
there; he expected that Shepherd, himself,
will appear before the committee to.mor.
row.
To-day ex-Assistant Postmaster-G General
Brady was required TO give bond In $4,000
on the star-route indictments. Ex-senator
Dorsey gave bond In $4,000 In the same
cases. His brother, John w. Dorsey, was
not present ,bnt his counsel stated he was ON
way here from New Mexico TO answer, when
bail in q similar amount will be required.
Dorsey's clerk (Reydell did not appear. lie
will be called upon TO give 5000 bail when
produced In court. John X. Miner
was unable 10 furnish security In
ut present, but certified checks for
that amount were accepted until real estate
security can be furnished. Samuel G..
Cabell gave bail in 5000.
Senator Hill, Of Georgia, Is quite COM
standing rumor that he was dead, which
got ailoat early In the day.
Comparative Cotton Statement
NEw YoRE, March i0.-Comparative
statement of cotton for week ending to-day:
Net receipts at all United States ports dur.
ng the week, 5s.63s; same week last year,
37,755; total receipts to this date,
!, ,0s0 400; total TO same date last year, i,7E3..
I5I. Exports for the week, l0f 40, same
week last year, W0J3. Total exports 10
his date, 1881 ,232; sane date last year, g..
l5i,G1s. stock at all United States
, ,orts eoSol oS sane date last
Interior towns, i59, ,002; same time last year.
03,s3i. Stock at Liverpool, T34, 600; same
hue last year, 12S,000. Stock Of American
float Tor Great Britain, 1000; same time
asst year, $4,000.