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WASHINGTON. Putting Dow'a the Tarift in ths, Senate. Travelling Round the World in a THE/SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT. Californian Charges Against , * gg for the time between the Ist d: Auguss, 1870, and the lst day of January, 1871, Judge Field. England After Rosian Treaty Intrignes—Cuban Beltigerency— Wildcat Money in Georgia— The Labor Inquiry— United States Court House Jobs, 4 WasniNnGTon, Jan, 16, 1872, & Teetetal Sixteenth Amendment—The Dutics on Sale Coal—itefunding Taxes. ‘A Dew means of agitation was developed in the ‘Benate this morning, creating tn its advent con- ‘etderavic amusement, fier the usual prayer and Journal reading a funny interlude was begun by the Presentation of a number of petitions from the “American Temperance Commission,” asking that Congress “hereafter prohibit within the jurisdiction ef the government of the United Siates the manu- facture, importation and sale of all intoxicating Uquors to be used as a beverage;” anu also @ memorial asking that an amendment to the constitution of the United Statea be adopted and submitted to the States for fatification, providing that no candidate shall Bereaftor be eligibie to any federal oMfice who 1s addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors as & beverage, and that drunkenness in any incumbent Of such office shall be deemed at any time suffl- cient cause ior immediate impeachment anu depo- fitio. Reference of these was moved to the Judi. lary Committee, which was resisted by Mr. Trum- bull, its chairman, He thought the frst properly belonged to the Finance Committee, aud the last to what op ‘‘Klections and Privileges,” because it was @nly a question of privilege, but whether to the committee or others, the Senator did not explain. ‘The Michigan Senator and one or two others looked as if they did not desire their privileges abridged, while the Vice President and Mr. Wilson, who ‘ts President of the Vongressional Temperance So- ciety, grew more and more smiling at the funny Comments this little fanaticism excited. The im- peachment proposition was stated to be urged as a real, not simply jocwar, idea, Messrs. Wilson, Fen- ton, Pomeroy and Scott were the Senators interested om the temperance side, Those who would have natu- Fally objected discreetly kept siient, Nye smiling more than usual and Chandler looking flercer and grimmer than commonly. Trambull succeeded in his motion of reference, and then Mr. Fenton got it econsidered, amid considerable laughter, and ‘nally the Judiciary were charged with the whole business, which 1s, of course, the end of it. After this was disposed of Mr. Sherman reported from the Committee on Finance an elaborate Tariff Dill, the effect of which would be to largely reduce -@il dutie<—on manufactures of iron and steel ten per cent—and to place about five nunared additional articles on the free list; bituminous coal to be re- @uced to fifty cents per ton and salt avout one-half of present rates. It will be remembered that the bit passed last session by the House, repeal- img the duties on salt and coal, was referred to this committee by the Senate. This bili is the result of their labors. Its appearance reverses the old adage of the moun- tain laboring and bringing fortn & mouse. in this age the mouse produces a mountain, Mr. Trum- Dull charged that the intent was to prevent the re- peal of the duty on salt, and animated debate arose. Mr. Sherman moving torecommit, Mr. ‘rumbull called for the yeas and nays, as he desired {o bring @ vote direct on the simpler proposition, The result ‘Was deemed by some a test, but must be regarded as only causing delay. The vote stood 32 to 38 Mesars. alcorn and Sumner were present, but did not vote. Messrs. Davis, of West Virginia, and Vickers, of Maryland, voted with the majority. An the one State, the Kanawha salt works exercise @reat influence, and the other is affected by the Cumberland coal mines, Messrs, Cole, Ferry of Connecticut, Flanagan, Logan, Sawyer, Schurz, Spencer, Sprague, ‘Tipton and Trumbull, repupil- cans, voted vgth the minority. General Logan then delivered a set speech it sup- port of a dill relative to restoring the records lost dy ti Chicago fre. A bill reported by the Finance Committee and advocated by Senator Scott pro- ‘poses:— That all taxes upon dividends, interests and undivided profits heretofore assessed or collected trom the corporations meationed in section 15 of the act approved July 14, 1870, entitivd, “An act to reduce internal taxes and for other or all ‘de remitted or refunded upon claim made theretor, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1s Bereby autnorized and directed to remtt or refund she same, as in cases of other taxes improperly as- essed or collected; but nothing in this act shall be #0 construed as to prevent the collection or author- ze the return of any taxes upon such dividends, Anterest or undivided profits for that part of the year 1570 prior to the 1st of August, and assessed @r collected at the rate of five per centum. ® Thw is the same question on which General Pleasonton and Secretary Boutwell had their Orst @ifference, and the appointment of which and the ‘enforcement of which will take about two miilion dollars from the Treasury. Senator Edmunds op- posed the bill, and Messrs. Scott and Sherman de- fended. Pending a vote the Senate went into executive session and then adjourned, ‘The House Going Round the World—Circular Debate About Consuls and Everythiug Kise ‘The Great American Traveller. The very small number of members occupying their seats during the reading of the Journal in the House of Representatives this mornimg were indus- trlonsly devoting themselves to their constituents im answering letters, Tuesday’s members linger by the way willing to reach their seats atver the read- tng of the Journal, which is neither novel or in- ‘teresting. In compliance with a resolution adopted yeaterday, the Speaker appointed Messrs. Scofield, MoCrary, Smith, Voorhees and Marshall a commit- tee to go ona voyage of aiscovery, having for its ‘objective point the New Orieans discorders, Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on Appropria- tons, reported a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to expend an appropriation aiready made for the employment of men at the life-saving ‘Stations on the coast of New Jersey, Mr. Cox, of New York, embraced this opportunity 10 compli- ment, in an easy and graceful manner peculiar to that gentleman when in his pleasant moods, the Member from Massachusetts, and to arraign the republican party for dereliction of duty generally, and particularly in the matter of securing tne aid now asked, in giving protection to life along tne seacoast, He claimed credit for the democratic side of the House in taking the initiative in this matter, He commended the proposed action ang expressed pleasure in being able to act for once* ‘with the party in power. Mr. Dawes quite sur- prised tne floor and galleries by offering a bill for relief to Chicago sufferers from the iate fire—a be- nevolent role quite new tothe chairman of Ways and Means; but the provisions of the bili explained the anasual step when it was found not to consist of an appropriation, but in admutting gifts from abroad free of duty and allowing ® drawoack upon baliiding materials imported at Chicago for one year, to date [rom Octover, 1871, which passed. Mr. Packard, of Indiana, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the proper ofMicers of the Treasury Department to settie the accounts of F. M. Cordero, late Consul at Rio Janeiro, and Mr. Banks, irom the same committee, reported a bill to fix the salary of the United States Consul at Tien-tsin, China, at $3,500 per annum, Upon these two bills sprung a debate embodying the tariff, iree trade, decline of American com- merce, civil service reform and Mr. Keim’s report upon the condition of the consuiates of the United Of pratse to Mw Cordgyo, a geniloman he'said who considered his greatyt misfortune in life to Ue in the fact that he was #Ov an American citizen, and whose brighiest hope Wes in prospect after death of being | able to go ta.atmerica, Mr, Sheliabarger spoke upon the subjectvef the meagre pay given to our consular service, and denouncing it as “penny wise and pouna footish.”” He declared it was high ume that tne whole system was changed and put upon a basis more fitting the dignity of a great nation. Mr. Dawes, ever on the alert vo show why this sort of thing should mot be done, with charcteristic inconsistency dragged Keim forward as a retatation of Mr. Shellabarger’s aspersions against the meagre pay given to our foreign consuls abroad. He fol- jowed Keim through nis travels “around the world,” and for which he said, in dolorous accents, he drew mplleage at the rate of ten cents a mile for 54,441 mules and a fraction of a mile, “This,” Mr. Dawes triumphantly exclaimed, “is a specimen of the poor compensation paid in our consular service.” Mr. Banks facetiously asked if ne thought the agent could have done any more than he had if he had tried nis best, Mr. Dawes thought not, aud suggested jor him the title of The Great American ‘traveller.”” Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, having always @ liking for the “under dog in a tight,” came to the rescue of this accused peregrinator, and ne also took occasion to speak of Lhe ase sianders put in circulation by the newspapers upon the Consul General at Alexandria, and was pleased to say that on agent nad been sent Wo examine him and his work. Mr. Brooks, of New York, 10 speaking of the importance of the Con- sulate in Chima, which nad been tne subject of Mr. Banks’ resolution, took occasion to make a speech on the tart, and utihzed the informa- von gained by nim when in Europe to show that the ascenuancy gained by Americans in Chinese waters before the war was to be attributed to the pecullar skill, industry and NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. this subject have been asked from this city, among others by Aaron M. Poweil, of the Reforin League of New York. A Swarm of Court House Jobs. There has been large diminution in the number and amount of landzrab schemes belore Congress this session, but there is much activity in pressing Sppropriations for governments buildings all over the country. Hartford wants $300,000; Brook- lyn, $600,000; albany, $350,000; Syracuse, $50,000; Charleston, West Virginia, $150,000; Parkersburg, in the same State, the same amount; Cincinnati, a sum in blank; Quincy, JIL, $150,000 ; St. Lonts, $1,000,000 ; Oshkosh, Wis., $300,000; La Crosse, $200,000; Lynchburg, Va., $200,000; Nashville, ‘Tenn., $400,000; Brunswick, Ga., $100,000; Muntsvilice, Ala., $80,000; Key West, Jacksonville and Cedar Keys, in Florida, $50,000 each; Austin, Texas, $100,000, ana Tyler, Texas, twice that sum; and many other large ana small towns are dowao for big or little Court House jobs. These pills will all be pressea with great per- tinacily by interested Congressmen before the Senate and House Committees on Public Buildings and Grounds; but the whole busi- ness 18 likely to break down by over weignt, especially a3 past experience has clearly shown that the first appropriation is always used to open the doors to many subsequent ones for repairs, pre- servation and completion of the buudings. But there are sanguine expectations that with such court honse and river and harbor appropriations as can be got out of Congress foreach State the party funas van be considerably uided for the great election. The Labor Inquiry Bill Before the Senate Committee—Candidates for the Commission. The selected Senate committee have the act for & labor commission passed by the House before them, The proposition is regarded favorably, and will be- come law in some shape. Senator Wilson proposes enterprise of the American shipbuilders and work- mea, the latter of whom had been taken to the ship- yards in Great Britain, and even to China, to work on British vessels, and charged the present decline of American commerce in Chinese waters to the nigh duties which had been imposed by this country on snipbuilding materials. Mr. Farnsworth asked if that was the way the high protectionists pro- tected the imterests of labor —by exporting it. Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, promptly (ook up the issue tMade by Mr. Brooks, and defended, with his usual ability, the imperilled tariff. Mr. Brooks’ history of the rise and fall of Ameri- can commerce had not fallen on fertile soil, in Mr, Kelley’s comprehension, who claimed that tne introduction of iron veseels had caused the de- cline, and not the tariff. Mr. Myers, of Pennsyivania, attempted an inquiry in regard to cheap iabor affecting the question under discussion, but failed to have it considered. Mr. Banks, seeing from whe interest mantiested in the debate that his consulate ‘was being lost aight of in the midst of the running debate on the tariff, reclaimed the floor and said tne pyrotechnic display was quite to his taste, but as the eommittec had something to do he could not listen to it, as he would like to do all day. He, therelore, moved the previous question, which was ordered. Alter some further discussion, in which the civil service question came in fora mere mention, Mr. Butier took occasion to ventilate bis opinion upon its merits by declaring that he considered himself quite as Competent to select good men for office as @ board of broken down schoolmasters, Mr, Dawes sald, upon this subject, that if the presentation of a letter from @ member of Congress recommending an applicant for office had the effect to cat him of Such @ provision would do more w reform the ser- vice than any code of rules tnat could be adopted. Alter some iurther discussion the vill passed. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and had under consideration the jvint reso- lution authorizing the survey of the boundary line between the United States and the British provinces from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Moun- tains, and was discussed by Messrs. Morgan, Kob- erts and Banks, and amended by reducing the ap- Propriation ‘rom $100,0v0 to $50,000, when the bill passed, specie Payments—Issue of Wild-Cat Money in Georgia. ‘The House Committee on Banking and Currency held a meeting to-ay, when the bills providing for the resumption of specie payment, some six in number, were talked over, but noting cefinite was determined upon. ll the bills on this subject have been referrea to a sub- committee consisting of Messrs. Hooper, Cox, Waldron and Monroe. The bily of Mr. Merriam to punish bank examiners or officers for taktug bribes or loans, &c,, tramed with the special view of punishing such crimes as is alleged against Callender, was referred to the sub-committee already appointed to inquire into the cause of the suspension of the national vanks in New York and Philadelphia. Tms committee is prosecu- ing its investigations and has cailed for statements from the officers of the suspended banks. ‘The Vom- mittee on Banking and Currency has received trom the Comptroller of the Currency a note marked “twenty,” of the shape of currency, and issued by the Georgia Central Railroad as curreacy, but without anything to indicate its value ex- cept tnat it will be received as fare on the railroad, it 1s doubtiul whether the company ts a banking corporation and author- ized by the State of Georgia to issue notes, but they have already issued notes which to the company 18 equivalent to $40,000, and have been used in the purchase of exchange on New York. Accompany- ing this note was a communication from the Inter. nal Revenue Collecturs of Georgia asking for the passage of a law preventing the circulation of this species of wild-cat money. {tis not certain that the law of the United States, which fixesa tax of ten per cent on all currency issued by State banks, will be sufficient to suppress this kind of currency. As it is mtended to issue four or five millions of the notes io Georgia, itis supposed the company can pay the tax of ten per cent with profit to the concern. Neither do the committee show whether the" laws of Georgia authorize the issuance of this species of currency as money. If there is such authority, the currency is subject to @ tax of ten per cent, and if not, the officers of tne railroad are amenable to the criminal laws of Georgia. The matter has been referred to a sub-committee to examine the suyject and re- port what further legislation ts necessary to make the currency of the country uniform. The pretext by which the railroad or banking company expects to escape the penalties or forfeitures under the laws of Georgia or the United States is this—that they nave not used the words dollars or money in the simili- tude of the bank note, but that they have issued their notes for the payment of fares as a device to escape the penalties of the law. Recognition of Cuban Belligerency. Cuban agents are here in force and propose an active campaign, with the view of securing belliger- ent recognition, but have as yet developed no plan of action. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs is relied upon by them to report favorably on the proposition. At its meeting to-day the sub- Ject was not referred to, nor was the bill of General Banks for the enforcement of the fishery articles of the Treaty of Washington taken up, as was ex- pected. The committee agreed to report in favor Of raising the St. Petersburg and Berlin Missions to the first rank, fhe Cubans confidently expect a majority report in their favor, ana even intimate that the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ts favor- ably disposed. Seiior Rutz, who nas been Here and in South American capitais for tne Past three years a8 an agent of the Cuban revolutionists, has just returned to this city. Colonel Macias, who has been in London in the same Capacity for the past year, arrived to-night, accompanied by General Mc- Mahon, of New York. Colonel Cespedes, brother of the Ouban Chief, and one of the Commissioners re- cently arrived from Cuba, has been here for some days past. These gentlemen are quite elated over the intelligence brought by Colonel Macias of the good feeling manifested, it is claimed, towards their cause by the Britisn government, ‘The Public Lands and the Puplic Schools. The House Committee on Education ana Labor Meet to-morrow to perfect an important bill re. cently reported and recommitted, which, if it snould pass, will provide that the pubiic lands shall nere- aiter be devoted to educational purposes, one-naif to be divided equally among the States and the other half in proportion to the number of common schools to increase the commissioners to five, extend the time from one to two years and reduce the salaries to about three thousand five hundred dollars. A great deal of interest is manifested in the measure throughout the country, not only by labor reformers, but by others. Among those urged for appointment as representatives of the wages or mechanic classes are the names of ira Steward, President of the New England Fight Hour League; O'Neal, of the Massa- chusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics ; J. H. Finney, of the Anthracite Miners’ Union; also Mr. W. J. Jessup, of New York. Hons. George W. Julian and Benjamin ¥, Wage and President Barnard, of Co- lumbla College, are among those named for chair man of the commission, while Robert Dale Owen and Dr. Elder are also mentioned, England and Russian Intrigues. It ts stated im well-informed diplomatic circles that the English government, which has of course had even a larger interest than our own in the un impeded and peaceful relations of the two nations, some time ago instituted inquiries into the matter of Russian dipiomatic intrigues to prevent the conclu- sion of the Treaty of Washington, The result of these inquiries has established, it is claimed, not only the truth of Mr. Fish’s charges against Mr. Cata- cazy as to the latter's intrigue, but also that Russian agents were at work elsewhere for the same end. The English diplomats are congratulating them- selves and their country on what is regarded by ‘them as the virtual end of the much-talked-of cor- diality of feeling between the Great Republic and the Sclavonian empire, The Syndicate Inquiry—The Report of the Committee—Probable Condemnation of the Scheme. The Syndicate transactions have been made a Matter of close investigation by the Committee of Ways and Means. The exact nature of the con- clusions arrived at by the committee has not reached the public, but the report will soon appear. The HERALD is enabled to anticipate this report in a general way. The resolution under Which tnis inquiry was made was offered by Mr. Cox, of New York, This resolution asked whether the Secretary had, in deflance of aw, increased the Public debt for a time to the extent of $150,000,000, orto any amount, and whether he had expended more than one-half of one per cent in commis- sions and expenses of placing the said loan. When the Committee of Ways and Means assembled Mr. Cox, as the author of the resolution, was requested to attend for the purpose of asking Mr. Boutweil certain ques- tions, ‘hese interrogatories were submitted in writing by Mr. Cox. He asked the Secretary whether, in the first place, he nad made any in- crease in the public debt. Mr. Boutwell replied that the debt haa been increased to the extent of $130,000,000, 1t was impossible to place the loan without this temporary increase of the debt. Tne Jaw as written was impossible of execution, and he construed it for the best interests of.the country, ashe was bound by express enactment to construe it so as to insure the success of theloan. He ex- cused himself unqualifiedly for this temporary in- crease of the debt. Mr. Cox then asked whether the Secretary, by his action, had not made a precedent under which he could, if he Pleased, increase the debt six hundred or a thousand millions for three months or for any tmd. The Secretary replied that, as he understood the law, it gave him this discretion. Mr. Cox then questioned the Secretary as to whether he had increased the expenses of the Syndicate to any sum above the one-half of one per cent allowed by law. The Secretarv replied that although $7,000,000 had been appropriated for the pur Dose of placing the whole $1,500,000,000, he had a right, under the law, to use any portion of the $7,000,000 for the expenses of any portion of the whole loan, and that on this point the law gave him a sound and Iiberal discre- tion. Mr. Cox then asked the Secretary whether or not he had increased the interest of the public debt many manner. The Secretary replied that there was an increase for three imonths; that during this tume the Treasury really paid eleven per cent upon the $130,000,000, Mr. Cox then asked how much the government had lost in this increase. The Secretary replied that he «id not see that the government hau lost anything, con- sidering the ultimate gain to the people in the ultimate reduction of the interest. ‘Time upon the $150,000,000 interest was lost for three months. This gain remained to the syndicate. It was under their option and control, and was in excess of the amount allowea to the Syndicate under the Jaw as expenses, At least one or one and a@ haif of the whole amount had been realized as @ profit by the Syndicate. ‘The reason of the uncertainty as tothe real amount of the gain was from the testimony of Jay Cooke, who would not undertake to say how much had been gained in the negotiation. The resuit of the inquiry, many members hold, is that Mr, Cox 18 justified in his resolution, The York papers, that he had declared that he would | it necessary to shackle the two things together. If . } u es iunout the Civil oppose Grant if Senator Wrison were put on the | jhe, Amnesty bil CAD be passed Wino i bull ticket with him for Vice President. oer be passed wauoe te Auanaeey bill, oiita —_ “Well,” 9a jene: “ r oppose | Will be gratifying. poth can be passed, nate a. ee Semere, “we E hal biotres | be better sull: but ‘f both are defeated by insisting 4 ison 18 nominated wit Vnat they shall not be disunited, where will be the be supporting him as long as | Live.?? Tue Charses Against Judge Field. advantage? We mae concede that the Civil Rights le ‘The House Judiciary Committee, at its session this bill ig in its principle @ more important measure than the Amnesty vill: but as the case stands, the Civil Rights bill is no More likely to succeed in con- morning, directed Mr. Hastings, the petitioner for | nection with the Amnesty bill than on its own the impeachment of Associate Justice Field, of the | merits, _— the latter is pretty certain to be Supreme Court, and United States District Judge | W°**ened by the umion, Hoffman, on the charge of malfeasance and corrupt practices in the California United States courts, to submit his charges to writing and present them on Saturday next. This complainant bas been nere for the last two years ana probably has no beter chance than before for success, The petition 1s too diffuse and vague to impress upon indifferent per- sons the mevessity of so severe a remedy. California appears to be @ fruitful field for such accusations, They grow out of similar trans- actions to one that the Hon. George W. Julian is now engaged in managing on the part of settlers affected thereby. The General Land Oftice have under con- sideration @ case involving the title of 18,000 acres of land in California, which is claimed as swamp land, and nas been taken possession of by specula- tors under a State title. Instead of the land being swamp or overflowed it is situated 4,000 feet above ude water, and 1s occupiea by over fifteen hundred persons. The region and the soll are 90 dry as to require irrigation to enabie the farmers to produce grain crops, Itis for sustaming frauds as charged in Mexican land grants, swamp land, &c., that the Impeachment of Judge Field 1s asked, Democratic Caucus. The aemocratic members of Congress met in cau Senator Sherman’s Bill to Regulate Import Duties, IMPORTANT REDUCTIONS PROPOSED. Duties on Coal, Salt, Tea, Coffee, Cotton and Woollen Fabrics To Be Reduced—Five Hundred Articles To Be Placed on the Free List WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 1872, duties on coal, iron and salt:— Be it enacted, &c., That on and after the Ist day of July, A. D. 1872, m leu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on cus thi evening in the hall of the House of Repre- | (hrcuacics mentioned in, this section, there sliall be levied, sentatives, Fernando Wood presiding. The object eo an Te ee | eepategs Tromp forelegs Cola] Was to determine upon the policy to be adopted by | teas of ull kinds, ten cents per pounis gh collec of ail kinda, o Gandallon, root, raw oF prepared, aad on all substitutes tor dient, alter some debate, to mark out at this ume a | Coffee, two cents per pound; on all extracts or > » fee, Afty cents per poun Il bituminous. definite line of policy, poate Aly Ot UR Ab op ‘until some future ume, and it was therefore deferred | cents ‘per ton of twenty-eight’ bushols, siabty pounds o The Printing Paper Contracts. bushel; on sait in bulk and on all rock salt or mineral sult, Dine cents per hundred pounds; on suit in bags, sacks, Tels or other per hundred'pounda; on le ed ri facets ye ba ly called vt ‘ice jean in ; tle for supplying the government print- | $3" and < e-fourth cent “oer pound; on funcieaned ing office with printing paper were made to-day by Lise eager ME haa lb lis ar li ak A ar ad addy, thre irthe of a cent id; on potatoes, ter the Joint Committee on Printing. There are 30,000 | Gente per bushel; on all timber; squared oraided: novoter wise provide plank, deals and’ other lumber of spruce, hemlock, white wood and basswood, #1 per thousand feet, board measure; on ail other varieties of reams Of Class 1 to be furnished, and the quantity was equally distributed between Wheelwright, Mudge &Co., Hoffman, and H. M. Clark & Co., at prices ranging from $13 80 to $14 19. Seventeen thousana reams of Class 2 were divided between Wheel- wright, Mudge & Co, H. M. Clark & Co., Smith, Crosby & Oo. and Jessup & Moore, at from $16 84 to $16 62, Class 3, 8,600 reams, was all taken by Jessup & Moore at $16 62. McGarghie took all of Class 4, and the small quantities of the three ianed or inish here shall be levied and paid for each side so finished #1 per thausand feet, and iF poet on one side and tongued and grooved, $2 per th0usand fect, and if planed on Oo sides and tongued and rooved, per thousand feet; on, hube for, wheels, pod wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun-heading bloc! blocks or sticks, rough hewn or sawed, only twenty per cent ad valore: nD pickets, palings and laths, twenty-five per cent ad valorem ; on all shingles fifty cents per thousand ; on on spruce clapboards, pitg, Clapboards, 2 per. thousand otner classes were awarded to Campbell, Hall & Co., 1 60 per thousand; on nouse or cabinet turniture, in pleces or rough and not jinished, thigy pe lorem; on Woolworth & Graham, Wheelwright, Mudge & Co., and casks and barrels, empty, " y ” king boxes of wood, not otherwi vided for, five per the Sag mous Faper Contpany, Smith, Crosby & Co, |: Sie’ ak vaiesen “peorluen that canes: barrels or cortoraed and Jessup & Moore. inited giter vessels and grain bags, the manufacture of the Unite ’ jates, if ex; containing American uce, and decla- The Elgee Cotton Case. ratlon’is made of intent to retura the same empty, aball be Inthe Court of Claims to-day it was decided to | admitted free of duty under such regulations as aha'l be pre- sented bv the Secret ‘of the Treasury. allow the counsel for Woodruff ana Burchard in Bec. Ae that ne naa aioe the Tat day of July next, in lieu ty by law on the articles in this’ section what is known as the Elgee cotton case, until the peep 4 be levied, collected and paid on the Sth of March next to prove the genuineness of the or > Wi dm ancien in this section eoumorated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, ninet contract submitted as evidence yesterday, and to per Gant of the several duties aud rases al deny now hoposea which the Assistant Attorney General objected, as law upon said articles severally, it being the Intent of this section to reduce existing duties on said articles ten cent of such duties; that is 10 say, on ail manut cotton of which cotton ts the component part of chief value; n all wools of the alpaca goat and other like animals, and on all manufactures of which wool or such bair as the component part of chief value; on all the manuractures Of silk which are now subject toa duty of sixty per cent ad valorem; on all iron ana wteel and on all manufactures of iron and steel of which elther of such metals ta the compo- nent part of chief value, excepting pig iron and steel rails; on all metals other than fron and steel, and on all manufactures of y them is the component part of e kins, bone, ivory, born re and glassware; on all hides, skin Joather, and on manufactures of either of’said articles, or of which either of sald articles tn the component part of chief va'ne; on all Juda rubber, gutta percha or straw, and on wilcloths of all deacriptions, Sec. 3.—That on and af Lat day of July next the lin: portation of the articles ennmeraied and descri u section sball be exempt from duty—that is to unmanufactured, almond shells, asphalt tures of th toa, bass, or bast brick and Bristol stones, Brazil pebbles for ing, stuiled birds, bladders, crude, and all integumnenta of Auitmais not otherwise provided for: bristles, brooms, brass, and fit only for remanutacture; bulbs and bulbous roots, t, roman and water lime; chalk, white, French and wil Coal, stores of American vesucls provided that none anwrought pipe clay, tire clay and kaolin, fuller’s earth, crucibles of sand or earth, or pote of black lead or plumbago, io whole or in part, chemicals, drags, dyes and medicines, amber beads, angelica root, antimony, crude Or reguius; aniline, Arminian stone, ammonium and carbo- Date of ammonium, salammoniac, annatto extract, aqua- fortis, argot dust, arrowrout, eliric and chromic acida, Peru vian ‘chincona, Lina, cattiaya and all chincoua bar Diexching powders: or chloride of lime, St Johns bean Bezoar stones, black sults, black tang, ‘Brazil paste, sur. gnnuy piteb, copaiva, fir, Peruvian and Tolu balsamas borax, cinnadar, calome:, cobalt ore and oxide, charoval, crude camphor, cow or pine pox or vaccine virus, curry and curry powders, cream of tartar, tartar emetic, ‘carbolie crystals, chamomile flowers, cincona root, colcutha, dry or oxide ‘Was stated in these despatches yesterday. Presidentin! Nominations. The President sent to the Senate to-day the follow- ing nominations:—Charies E, brown, to be Pension Agent at Cincinnati; John 8. Boyer, Receiver of Pub- Mo Moneys at Walla Waila, W. T. Senatorial Confirmations, The senate, in executive session, to-day con- firmed the following nominations:— Consuls—Adolphus G. Studer, of Iowa, at Singa- ore; Daniel Turner, of Pennsylvania, at Osaca; james Faulkner, at ‘Tompes; Arthur Morreil, Vice Consul at San Jose, Costa Rica, Assessors Of Internal Revenue.—William J. Davis, First District, Mississippi; D.C. Lam», Third District, Wisconsin; Charles U. Brown, to be Pension Agent at Cincinnati; J. H. Wing, Receiver at Bayfiela, 18, Columbus Dunham, Postmaster at San Diego, Registers of Land Ofices.—James Sibley, at Hunts- Ville, Ala.; C. S. Zane, at Springtield, IIL; John 0. Holdman, at Vanconver, W. T. Navy and Revenue Marine,—Captain William B. Whiting, now on the retired list, to be a commodore In the navy, on the retired list; William J. Herring and William Hand, of New York, to be second lie ts in revenue marine; William L. tald- win, Of New York, and Edward Burke, of Wisconsin, to be third heutenants in revenue marine. Army.—The following were confirmed as second lleutenants in the army:—Edward P. Turner, late @ private in the Fiith regiment cavairy; William Lewis Pitcher, of the District of Columbia; Morris | of iron, coltsfoot, crude dru C, Wessel, of Connecticut: Jacob R. Pierce, of Ill. | cowage, down, cyanite, dried bu, nols, and John L, Clemm, ae a iat named een dake df nae: an 4 ata eaten is Known asthe Drummer Boy of Shiloh. He has | see 4 recently been an assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, | %2¢ glucose, ginsing rout, hellebore root, liquor of indigo, which oMfice he to-day resigned after nis confirma- Jeaf, crude musk, oxide and ore of manganese, marsh mal- uon, lows, sugar « ik, maronde muriates of gola or stroutrush, Immigration Leaislation. orange buds and lowers, pelltory root, polypodion, pulaé I Tout, red_ precipitate, phosphorus, ‘bicarbonate an irate Secretary Boutwell has received memorials from of po thot ri pedielba)s Pearlush, saleratus ‘ae ‘cal- several of the State Legislatures urging 4 rigid en- | cium, af ae ane salts of ‘i potash , other- " or raw forcement of all laws on the subject of immigration, | Hochelle salts, resin’ or’ rosin, seuced boot. stavecte’ and to recommend such additional legislation ag | storax, sirontia, succinic acid, spunk, sulphate of magnet epsom salts, jae: sassafras, sealin may be necessary. Mr. Boutwell says that the bill | wax, sumac, already introduced in the House providing for the pilots establishment of a bureau of immigration, If passed, | will remedy existing evils. Rebellious Clerks Executed. The insuboraimate clerks m the Third Auditor’s office, who accused Auditor Rutherford of ordering accounts to ve closed that lacked, in their opinion, documentary evidence to warrant the order, and refused to comply, were to-«lay informed by Secre- tary Boutwell that their services were no longer required. The Secretary has also dismissed the charges preferred against the Auditor, Steamboat Inspectors. The Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam. boats begin their annual session in this city to-mur- row, when the reports of operations of the Super visors of the ten districts for the past year will be submitted, The result of tests of inventions adopted al the previous session Will aixo be suomitied, nake root, sponges, crude. plea, tripolls ts, Tyrian dye, talc, terra alba crystals, Ton: nin, tin liquor, ‘oxide of tin, oxide of urauium, fenice turpentine, beeswax, bay or myrtle and shoemakers® wax, citron, green, dried and ved in ; buuler fibre, leaves, shells, rocahoot and wine of cocoa, coir, ox and ship chronometers and parts of the same, did copper, dried biood, dried and prepared flowers, prepared or ‘manu: factured dulce, pulverized emery, firewood, flinte, raw or unmanufactured fish aking, enamel, meerschaum, palm leat funs, Jeathers and down for beds, feather beds, French sand, filtering and polishing felt for marble cutters’ use, mat factured or Unmanufactured fitering stones, banan pine apples, pla all kinds of currants, ge tine, gineer root, gum, gum substituces, sitting oldbeuters’ moulds and skins, old or irefuee gunny bags, air of hogs, curled hair for beds or mattresses, hones, honey, harness liquid, hop roots for cultivation, hides, Angora goat skins, raw, without the wool; and raw'and manufac: tured asses? aking, Isinglass or fish’ glue, Joule or Tampico fibre, insect powder, India or Malacca joints, andiarubber, yarn or thread, jellies of all kinds, kiesevite, lithographic Stones not engraved, scrap leather, lemon or lime juice, Dutch metal, mica, mineral waters, magnets, moss, seaweed and ali vegetable siostances used tor beds and mattresses, maccaroni and vermicell), gut strings for musical instruments, Hologna sausage, usage tk flowers, the following named o and rectilied ; amber, apiee or at | monds, ampery athos Almond, essential, crude ced, fixed’ or expressed al- or rosemary, expreswed bay or | laurel,” berg cajeput, cekrat, carraway, cin- Steam Gauges. | Ramon, eitronella, or lemon, . grase clvety cu. To-day the House Committee on Commerce heard { Jamu, dium, lavender’ mace, acatefoot, poppy, otter ot dium, ‘lavender,’ mace, neatefoot, poppy, ottar ol Toses (red and white), thym:, sesame, valerian, ossenutn, in. vidinm, ofleake, oxyizing paste; also the following paints and colors:—Frankiort black, mineral blue, mineral and French green, mineral kermes, smaits and trostings, dry and in oll), paladium metal, parchment, rough’ p for’ spectacles,” bid pewter, plumbago, prepared ‘or pared quills, quick wood, sago, sago flour; the star, caraway, chia sugarcane parteree (for or ornamenting hats soap stuffs, round and unmanulactured timber, teazles, tin in pies, bars or blocks, and yeast cakes. SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCES. Proposal of the Union Trust Company to Compound the State Debt at Fity Cent on the Dollar=The Governor in Favor of the Scheme, the argument of Mr. Edson against striking out of the Steamboat vill the clause requiring the use of his recording gauge. ©. W. Copeland, of New York, On bebalf of the steamboat men, advocated its rejection, On Thursday the committee will hear arguments for and against the Ashcraft gauge. The Vinmond State Protesting. J. H. Riley, Consul Generat of the Orange Free State, has received the proclamation of President Brand, protesting against the act of the Governor of Cape Colony in occupying a portion of the ata. mond fields in that State as a violation of the Von. vension recognizing 1t8 independence and as an encroacnment upon the nights aud territory of that repubji¢. grass root, root flour, ralroad followinu seeds Anise, anise CotumBIA, S. C.,, Jan, 16, 1872. Mr. Wesley, on behalf of the Union Trust Com- pany, proposes to accept the financial agency of the State in New York, if it is arranged by the Legisla- The Scott Statue, The Secretary of War has asked Congress to ap- propriate $42,000 to complete the marble statue of Lieutenant General Winfleld Scott, with its peai- government has lost the interest on $130,000,000 for three months, During that time the money was in the hands of the Syndicate, under their option and absoluve control, thoroughly out of the reach of the government, which had no security for the money whatever, The contract was extremely partial to the Syndicate, and as a busi- ness experiment assumed an unnecessary risk. The Secretary, it is understood, does not seek any further credit inthe matter of funding the loan, until the whole matter 1s approved by Congress; nor will he seek to piace the remainder until tnis approval is given, and so end all further syndi- cates, Interest on the New Loan. The transfer books of the registered bon«s of the new loan were closed to-day im order to give the Treasurer time to prepare checks jor the third quar- terly interest due on the Ist of February. the checks will be mailed to holders of this clasa of bonds in the latter part of this month. Counting the Cash. ‘The committee entrusted with the examination of the funds in the vaults of the United States Treasury have so far progressed with their work as to an- nounce that they have not discovered any evidence of defalcatiuns other than those of Marden and John- son, The committee are now overhauling the sealed packages, and unless these have been tampered with, which is very doubtful, the aggregate amount stolen will not exceed the sum already reported, Massachusetts and Republican Unity. The presence of Governor Claflin, of Massachu- setts, here is attributed to his anxiety for harmony in the party. The Governor 1s understood not to be in favor of the renomination of General Grant. A reporter of the HERALD called on General But- States abroud. Mr, Munroe, of Unio, gave a tribute julhey orgauize, Several requests for @ hearing on | Jer and asked Dim if it Were true, gs stated Ip New } ture to compound the State debt at fifty cents on the dollar, He recommenas the issue of new bonas, which the Trust Company wiil guarantee to arrange on this basis, and advance the aecessary money for the payment of interest and the redempiion of the stock hypothecated by Kimpton. Governor Scott 1s said to entertain the proposal. Mr. Wesley leaves for New York to-morrow. ment, &c., in accordance with a unanimous joint resolution of Congress of 1867, What Sait Has to Sny. On Thursday, February 1, at half-past ten o'clock, the Committee on Ways and Means will give a hear- ing to the salt men. Agricultural College Land Scrip. All the States entitled to Agricultural College Land scrip bave received the same, except Arkansas and Florida, FUNERAL OF BISHOP M’GILL, RICHMOND, Jan. 16, 1872, The funerai of the Right Rev. John McGill, Catho- lic Bishop of Virginia, took place to-day, Bishop James J. Wood, of Philadeipnia, officiating. Bishop P. N. Lynch, of Onarleston, 8. C., delivered the fu- neral discourse. The ceremonies were of a most impressive and solemn character, and were wit- The Honesty of the Executive, nessed by &n immense congregation, while thou- d3_were unable to gai ir u (From the Providence Journal (republican, Senator Cathearal Bishops Becker. of’ Wilmington. vel Anthony),Jan, 16.) and Gibbons, of North Carolina, together ‘The President has disposed at once and effectually vee number of priesis of the diocese, partici- of all discussion as to the faithfulness of govern- | “ ‘The remains of the deceased Bishop were interred ment officials in the Custom House at New York or | under the Cathedral. elsewhere. When he says that attainted officers— ali nptietichiandidicty not ofciais legally convicted of wrongdoing—snai | | THE VETERANS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ManNcugsreR, N, H., Jan. 16, 1872. to che purity of tue Executives There Rowcentt a8 to the purity o1 . There been, there always will be, dishonest fr The New Hampshire Veteran Union hela their into public position, just as there are hypocrites in | annual reunion at the City Hall this afternoon, and at aa ee ‘We esreus adminis- | the following oMcers were elected for the ensuing re coe year:—President, Generali M. T. Dononue, of Con- men out, and that if they get in they sh: a8 they are found out, be ‘afsmisesde” hide cord; Vice President, General Walter Harriman. A banquet was given by the citizens of Manches- Civil Rights and Civil Service, ter at Smyth’s Hall, and about two nundred of we (From the ee Advertiser (republican), Jan. 16.) | vy. ans, Ay ladies, La oF, press ade by General * * * Not because we entertain any uniriendii« poe the Cimane sreceee We Daniet Clark ness to the bil) Mr. Sumner is urging, but because A. F. Stevens, of Nasnua; ex-Senator jet a Governor Weston, ex-Governor Smyth and others, we wish nO hindrances to be putin the way of a A grand bali is to be given to the veterans to wneads seneral amnesty, We roaret that he thine J Righh wrung Withers.” There {s no foundation for the rumors that the officers on duty at the Executive Mansion will re- sign in consequence of statements growing out of the Custom House investigation in New York city, Consul Recognized. The President has recognized Carl H. Méyer as Consul of the German Empire at Philadelpma, The following ig the important bill reportea to- day by Senator Sherman, trom the Committee on Finance, as a substitute for the House bill repealing for, one cent per cubic foot; on sawed boards, awed Jumber, #2 ver thousand teet, measure—provided that when lumber of any sort is in addition to the rates herein provided planed or per of carmined, including all extracts of iron, japstick, matties 3 “LET US HAVE PEACE” Warmoth’s Fondness for the Mili- tary Rebuked. The President Will Not Interfere in the Louisiana Muddle—Attorney General Williams on the Situation—All Quiet on the Mussissippi and No Carpet-Bagger Molested— Murder for Practice Only. WASH!NGTON, Jan, 16, 1872, The President recetvea a telegram from Governor Warmoth last night transmitting a resolution passed by the Louisiana Legislature, requesting the President to place the military forces in the vicinity of New Orleans at the disposal of the Governor. The latter, therefore, asked that the request of the Leyislature be complied with, Tne President re- ferred the telegram, with instructions, to Attorney General Williams, who forwarded the following reply:— GRANT'S HEAD LBVBL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wasuineron, Jan, 15, 1872. Hie Laie H.C, Wakmoru, Governor of Louisiana, jew Ori Sin —Thi lent has referred to me your despatch of this date, Fepreventing that the Legislature of the State hag asked to have the military forces of the United States placed. at your disposal to preserve the public ke. ‘here is a conteat aa to the legality of the election of the Lientenant Governor, and also us to the existence of the lower branch of the Legisiature, despatches having been re~ ceived here from two persons, each clalming to be Speaker nd the President does not fee! that h matancea, and is unwilling to Interiere to State matters with the miiitary power of the government, except in a clear case of legal right and overruling necessity. Very re- spectiuiby, your obedient servant, GEORGE H, WILLIAMS, Attorney General. LET US HAVE PEACE, A despatch was received from New Orleans to-day stating that, In view of the repeal of the obnoxious laws by the Legislature yesterday, it is hoped nar- mony will be rescored, A Disturbed State of Affairs—Who is Who t— Murder by a Lunatic. New ORLEANS, Jan. 16, 1872. The Legislative trouble continues in about the Same condition, The Metropolitan Police, armed With Winchester rifles, sull occupy the approaches to the State House, When the Senate met this morning there was no quorum. This ts looked upon as unfavorable vw the Warmothites, The session of the House was bois- terous and disorderly, In the Carterite House the members appear to have spent their fury. ‘They falied to put in an ap- pearance in force to-day. The Senate ts holding a caucus; but nothing as yet has been learneu regarding it. ‘The President’s refusal to interfere gives very general satisfaction. Mat Logan, of the firm of Logan & Patterson, shot and killed Clarence Johnson in an altercation this afternoon. All Quiet on the Mississippi-Harmony at Last and No Further Difficaliies Appre= hended. WASHINGTON, Jan, 16, 1872, Despatches received at the Executive Mansion to- night from General Emory report aifairs quiet in New New Orleans, and it was supposed there would be no further dimcuities, The absent members of the Senate were return- ing ana legislative proceedings were progressing har-noniously, Protest of the Wayward Senators—They Don’t Like the Gleam of Uncle Sam’s Bay- Oucts. New ORLEANS, Jan. 16, 1872. The absent Senators have addressed a commani- cation to the Senators assembled at the Mecnanics? Institute, protesting against the presence there of an armed oody of men, They state that Senator Pinchback 1s not nor has he ever been the legal President of the Senate, and refuse to recognize lis authority as such, The document concludes as follows:—“When these armed forces are removed, and not until then, Wwe will voluntarily consent to take our seats in your body and participate in your proceedings,” ‘This ts signed by sixteen members, who, with one absent sick, constitute one-hail of te present Senators, WEATHER REPORT, War DerarrMent, OFFICE OF THE Citigv SIGNAL Orvrtose, Wasninetor, D. U., Jan, 17—1 A. M. Sunopsis for the /’ast Twenty-four Hours, The area of low barometer which was Monday night on Lake Huron and Erie has moved eastward to Connecticut, and light snow is now reported on the New England coast. A subsidiary area having developed in Western Virginia has moved eastward beyond our stations. Cloudy weather has prevailed very gen- erally during Tuesday, with occasional light snow from North Carolina to Michigan and eastward. Clear weather bas continued in ihe Southern and Gulf States. The area of highest barometer extends from Tennessee to Lake Superior, and light south- east winds are reported on ts western edge. Cloudy weather and falling baromter have continued at the Rocky Mountain stations, Probabilities. Rising barometer and clear or clearing weather, with light winds from the north and west, will prob. ably prevail on Wednesday east of Michigan and Tennessee; falling barometer and increasing winds trom the south and west prevail to the west of that line; clear weather, with light winds, prevail in the Southern and Gulf States; an area of low barometer move eastward into Minnesota and lowa, with cloud and posstbly snow im those Staves by Wednes- day night. Dangerous winas are not antictpated for to-night, Supplementary Werther Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—7 P, M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, Snow continued to fall last night at Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Onio; Detroit, Mich.; Indtanap- olis, Ind,; Toledo, Ohio, and Port Stanley, Canada. Snow was also reported from Baltimore, 03 Buffalo, N. Y.; Davenport, lowa; Rochester, N. Y.; ‘Toronto and Port Dover, Canada. There was a very light fall of snow in this city, —be- tween ten and eleven o’clock, last night At St. Louis the weather was cloaay, with a brisk westerly wind. Upon the summit of Mount Wash- ington, N. H., the weather was cloudy and the tem. perature four degrees above zero, while it was per- fectly calm. Light snow continued to fall this morning at Cleveland, Ono; Rochester, N. Y.; To ledo, Ohio, and Toronto, Canada, It was also snow- lag at Knoxville, Tenu.; New York city and Phila- deiphia, Pa, The temperature at Duluth, Mino., was S$ degrees above; at Kingston, Canada, 7 degrees above; at Key West, Fla., 61 degrees above, and at San Francisco it was 50 degrees above zero. It was still snowing this evening at Toronto, Canada, Snow was also reported from Buffalo, N. Y.; Cleve- land and Cincinnati, Ohio; New London, Conn., and Pitisburg, Pa. The temperature was 56 degrees above zero at Galveston, Texas; Lake City, Fia., and San Francisco, Cal. The Weather in This City Yesterday, The following record wili show the changes In the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, a indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street: — 1871. 1872, 53828 1871, 1872, 50 23 Average peral Average temperature for correspon last year, New Line of Ocean Steamers Proposed to Run Between Halifax, the United States and Great Britain. Hattrax, N. S., Jan, 16, 1872. A meeting was held here yesterday to consider the expediency of organizing & company to estab- lish steam communication between the United States and Halifax by a boat touching the principal ports of the western shore, The company was organized and $40,000 sub- scribed towaras ee tek & powerful sieamer to run between Halifax, Portland and Boston, calling “wv Lavervool and Yarmouth,