Year: 1870

- The San Domingo Treaty.


WASHINGTON, June 9.-After a rather


stormy time yesterday the Senate or


dered special committee of seven to in


vestigate the negotiation of the San Do


mingo treaty. Tuesday such a proposition


was voted down in secret session, but the


documents presented in open session yes


terday we've such that even Sumner de-
clared that Gen. Babcock, one of the COM
missioners who negotiated this treaty,
ought to be cashiered from The regular
army if he had conducted himself as had
been represented, and subsequently he
added that Babcocks conduct was dis
graceful as an officer and dishonorable as a
man. In view of the fact that Gen. Bah
cock is on the Presidents staff, these
charges produced considerable of a senss-
ton. Mr.. Chandler declared that man
named Hatch, who had brought the dOcu-
ments before the Senate, was a worthless,
troublesome scoundrel, who ought to have
been hung long ago, and whose word no
one would take. Mr. Ferry replied that
be would take Hatchs word as quick as he
would Chandler's. This is specimen of
the heated discussion.


Our Indian Relations.


Gen. McCook has forwarded letter here
from citizen of Colorado mentioning to
him the apprehensiens of the people of
that Territory that the Indians, who are
becoming dissatisfied with the condition Of
their relations with the Government, may
create trouble. Reports from the Grow
country allude to q strong inclination on
the part of that tribe to go on the war
path for the Sioux, and they even ask our
Government TO provide arms and ammuni-
tion to them for this purpose. One of the
principal Crow chiefs, at q recent confer
ence, made a strange request for ten ne
gro women, which favor, the warrior az
serted, would be reciprocated by the be-
stowal of sll his land upon the Govern
ment.


FinaneiaI-GarfieId Hill Defeated


The general feeling in Congress against
any legislation on the finances was most
forcibly shown in the action of the House
yesterday, in its virtual defeat of the bill
to redislribute the National bank currency;
to cancel the 3 per cent. certificates; to
provide increased banking facilities, and
redeem forty millions of legal tender notes.
The Committee on Banking and Currency
saw yesterday. from the discussion on
their bill, which way the temper of the
House was running, and they therefore
held meeting this morning and decided
to abandon the funding portions of the
bill, which was done by submitting a
virtual substitute for tie measures at the
close of the debate. 1t came out at
this stage that ordering the previous ques-
ton on the substitute would cut off vote
on two other substitutes offered independ-
emily by members, and at the same time
prevent the House from acting on
some thirty amendments to the origi-
nal bill, notices of which
members had given amid most extraor-
dinary scene of confusion. An adjourn
ment was moved and carried by four
majority The House, understanding the
vote to be test on the bill as an afirma-
tive record, carried the same to the bottom
of the list of bills on the Speakers table,
where it would hardly be reached this ses-
sion, certainly not in time to be acted on
by the House The Eastern and New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New
Jersey members voted to kill the bill and
were reinforced by some Western Demo
cratic and Republican voters. Members
state that if the vote had been on reject
ing the bill if would have been killed by
large majority; but some voted against
an adjournment in order to keep the bill
before the House and secure q vote on
scme amendments. The Western mem
bers were desirouS especially of getting a
vote on Mr.. Randalls proposition to sub
stitute three hundred millions of legal
tender notes for the present issue of bank
currency