Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Minisser Comfy, of the Hawaiian islands, has made a report to the State De- partment on the trade of the island, especially in relation to its bearing upon the reciprocity treaty between the islanIs and the United States. He gives the total value of exports from the island for the year 'S1, at $6,714,S25; value of imports, $4,547- 975; value of imports free by treaty, from the United States, $3,735, ,035. Among the principal articles exported to the United States were 92,376.924 pounds of sugar, valued at $6, ,174, ,000; rice and paddy, 6,S40,870 lbs, value not given. The amount of duty lost to the United States on these articles was: On sugar, $3,S5S, ,75O; on rice and paddy, $l71,02l; total, $4,029,- 772. Against this is placed the total value of all the goods sold to the isl. and, $3,735,035. Comfy writes: I will ask that the Secretary of State will remember that there would not have been any such increased pro- duction of sugar on the island ex- cept for the treaty, and that much of this increased production is the result of capital and energy of American citizens who are treated wholly by the people, as citizens of Louisiana would treat those of any other state.
 The House resumed consideration of the South Carolina contested cleo ton case of Small vs. Tillman.
 Sewall presented a communication from Brevet Major General McQuade transmitting resolution adopted unanimously at the recent annual meeting of the society of the Fifth Army corps at Detroit, asking that justice be done General FitzJohn Porter. Sewall gave notice he would call up the bill for General Porter's relief the first Monday in December next.
 General Barris, President of the Republic of Guatamela, and party, arrived this morning
 WASHINGTON, July 19.-- The house seated Smalls.
 The Alabama case, Smith vs. Shel. by, was taken up; the house then adjourned.
 The Senate took up the tax bill, agreeing to Beck's amendment fixing the tax at twelve cents per pound |. The motion in relation to tax on checks, etc., over one thousand dol. lars in amount, rejected. Voorhees, moved to strike out the proposed re. daction tax on banks capital, depos. its, stamp tax, etc.
 Pending this motion a resolution continuing the present fiscal year until July 3l, was adopted. Ad. journed.
 Wilson w. Hoover, of San Jose, has been nominated for associate justice of the supreme court of Ari. zona.
 WASHINGTON, July 20.>-No off cial advices have been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Nicholson since the ombardment of Alexandria. "A few days befor, the bombardment," said Secretary Chan dIer tonight. "we telegraphed the Admiral to send a ship to Tunis and Tripoli to remove the records of the United States consular offices in those cities, as Congress failed to make any appropriation for the mainten- ance of a consul at Tripoli or Tunis. On the morning of the day the hom- bardment began we received tele- gram from Admiral Nicholson, an nouucing that fact, and saying that the order of the Department would be obeyed. The Department has not heard from him since. The story telegraphed from Alexandria that Admiral Nicholson informed Arabi Bey that he would fire upon the forts if the forts fired upon the United States fleet is false. I suppose our marines were ordered ashore to aid in the preservation of order in Alex andria, at the request of the Egyptian authorities, and to protect the Ameri-