Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1873, Page 8

8 5 RAILROADS AND WAREHOUSES. [Continuted from tho Fifth Page.] wiflolont importance to bring to tho notico of Your Excolloncy. Tho coso aroso in this way: An onrly ns August, 1871, tho Board wes In- torwed by 8. R. Moove, Iisq., of Kanlkalico, thut o had commenced proceodings beforo o Justico of tho Peace to recovor baek o amount of faro Crom tho Lilinois Coutral Raflrond Company, helug au overchargo of tho maximum 3 faro ollowed undor the net of ‘tho Legielaturo cutablishing n ronsonnlla nazimum rato of charges for tho transportntion »f passougars, In forco July 1, 1871, and nuking for our c'u-n]wl'nl.iol\ by advico and furnishing 1Emo(. Tho Bonrd did exprens thelr viows Lo +him, and offerod {o furnish Lim nll necesanry papors or eyldonco on record, in order to prout- ctito lis claima offoctually, Mr. Mooro kept ns advised, from timo to timo, a8 to the progoed- 1ngs in Court, which did, howaver, not torminate u8 enrly a8 lio and tho Board had oxpected. In tho Clrcuit Court, tho fucts of the caso were ngrood upon, and, on tho 4th of Decomber, 1874, tho Court decided tho cane agamnst the pleintiff, principally ou tho ground that tho charter of tho Company was n contract with the Loglslatura ; *and that, a3 long 1 it wasnot shown (nud nothing in the caso, the Court raid, did ehow it) that tho ichargos mado by tho Company woro unreasona- Ble, thero could bo no judical Interforonce with tho powors gilvun to tha Compnny in their char- tor to rogulato tho passengor fave; nor could tho Logislature, at any timo, fix tho faro, ns it Dag no judielal power, and 1o monns of ‘ascor- “taining what is ronsonablo or not. It in not our desiro, or our privilego, to raviow and comment on this decision, Wo would morely sy that it does not militato ngainst tho dncfsflun of tho McLean Caunty Court, mentioned in our annual roport. uo Court, in the passengor-faro case, fully congades to tho Logislature the right to proseunt discrimination in charges and extortion +by proper legislative onactments, and only de- /aies tho powor to ostablish tariffs, innsmuch as -it cannot oxerciso xmucm but only logisla- Jtive functions.: 8 to tho last position, we would barel; suggest that it does not seom to lave Loon considerod {hut whilo itia trne that nlmoat evory Btate Constitu- tion contains genoral. provisions dlstributing oxacutivo, logislativo, and judicial powers to different persons or bodics, yot this goneral principlo s hardly, in any ono of their funda- mental ncts, strictly prosorved, To tho Gover- nors important legislalivo power is given by Eflmflng them tho authority to voto bills ; to ono branch of tho Logistature (tho Sonate), o partic- ipationiathe appointing power hasbeen allotted; and oven the Judiciary, undor somo Constitu- tions, ina moroe or loss_appointing or exocutive power to exercise, The people, in Lheir gov- eroign "g“"&" when Dby their representatives asrombled in Constitutional Convention, have o right to strictly ndhicro to the genoral principlo of diyision of powers, or to partially, or ovon thll*~ disrogard it. Now, in this instance, the Constilution of Ilinois hns, byagpeclal provision and special provisions in Conetitutions override geuoral ones—provided that the fixing of tho masimum of freights and faro (if judicial) “should be conceded to the Legislature, trauting that they would inform thoisalves, by evidenco, or otherwige (which thoy well ean do by Com- wmittees, ns ia dono overy day in Great Dritain), of what is rcasoneblo or not, T'Lo Constitution Lns made by oxyreus torms, and not by implica- tion, the Loginlaturo w jndge in this matlor, and so no Conslitutional right scems to havo ‘been violated, It isonly in tho case when tho maximum fixed s seriously impaiving or destroy- ing tho franchiscs, that tho question of impnir- ing the obligations of coutracts, nnder tho Cou- stitution of tho United Stetes could ariso, Tho Logislaturo, in this instauce, Las ceriainly actod with duo considerstion of cquitablo vights. 1t Lias fixed tho rates with referonco to tho pro- ductivencas of tho roads, and, shonld some other :Bd lfl.l:l'ol' test bo desived, would undoubtedly opt it. T'o leave the pooplo no other remedy than, in evory instanco of oxtortion, to have & Inwsuib with'tho Railrond Company, to aveortain by & Jury what was or was not a reasonsble chargo, to be decidod diffovently, porhaps, iu each coun- ty, or oven cach Justico's precinct, would bo, as o havo alroady intimated in_our formor report, bardly more than n mero mockery, Mr. Mooro has at onco talien an appoal to the Sufrcmo Court, 8o that now threo cases relating o the most important part of tho sories of the Rnilroad and Warchiouso lnws passed by the last Leglslatura aro bofore the highost Stato tri- ‘bunal, G. KognNERm, . D. 8. HaAnvoND, SrnivorzLy, Dec., 17, 1472, To Ilis Excellency John M, Patincr, Governor of Iili- i ; Bin: Tno undersigned, ono of the Railrond and Warchonso Commissionors, is unablo to concur in the additional report, dated Dec, 17, 1872, signed by Mossre, Kaorner and Hammond, relating to the_case of Moore vs, Tho Illinois Contral Railroad Com{n\ny, rceently decided in the Circuit Court of Kanliakee County, for tho following reasons : First—That the action was prosecuted by the phintiff aa an individual, to recover back tho excess of faro gflifl Dy him oyor that allowed to be chargod by the act regulating pausouger farca on railronds, thoufih noclageification of railroads had then been mado ; and that the Commission- ora had no official connection therewith, cither in the institution or tho prorecution of said suit, and hayo no official knowlodgo of tl:e pro- ocecdings had thorein, . Second—Bocauso, so far a8 the undorsigned is informed, the hiatory of that cago, a8 givon in tho “ Additional Raport,” in_incomploto and imi= {lorfect £o ag not to furnish information with ho fullness and accuracy roquisite to mafoly ido the action of Your Excollency, or of tho oneral Assombly, Third—The undersigned algo deems s0 much of tho * Additional Report" ay is devoted fo o logal argument roeviowing tho_decision as stated to have been made by Judge Wood, not within tho propor lin of dity of tho Commiesionors, thoy being in no sensé an_appoliato tribuual nu- thorized to reviow tho action ot Civenit Courts, Fourll—Tho case spoken of having heen ono over which the Commigsionors have no control, oithor in its inception or prosccution, aud (o Commissioners baving no information whatover of the line of argument adopted by either party hoforo that Court, and the proceeding being strictly a private action, it reems improper {0 the undorsigned that tho Commissioners slould malo any oflicial repork respecling it. Fifth—The decirion roforred to wan not ren- dored until aftor the close of the ofiicial year to which tho goneral roport of this Board ref and, if the Genoral Assembly, whon it convone, desires full information in ¥gard fo that cnso, it will possess power, through its propor Com- mittoes, by compalling the production of pereons and papers, to obtmm it, which power is nut vested in this Commission, YVery reupeetfully submitted, Iottano P, RUAY, Jit. NEW YORK. Miscellancous T.ocal Newva, ven jurors wero oh- Nrw Yonk, Jan, 8.—! tained to-day in tho ad cave, as follow: Louis Arnbam, No, 2205 Fhird avonno, clothior ; Honry Warren, No. 83 North Moore streat, clothing merchiunt; Michael Peppard, No. 320 East Sixteenth etreet, stabler; John D, Hamlin, No. 100 Weat Thirty-third streot, auctionger; John 8, Rockwall, No. 127 East Twonty-ninth Btreot, liquor denlor; 1lonry Hazieton, No, 815 ‘Wost Fifty-fifth slroot, piano manufacturor; Thomas W, Roche, No, 234 Eighth avonue, pro- duce dealer, Btokes wns remanded to the custody of Bherift Brounan to-day, and lia immediately placed doputios in churgo of tho prisonur, who niny he Temoved to the well-furnished coll occupied by him beforo his senlence, A rumor was current to-dsy thnt Phelps, Dodge & Co. have heen sued by the Government to recover £1,800,060 due on fraudulent invoices, and that the fimm offorcd to compromise for $200,000. 'Tho United States District Atlornoy denien that thero is any foundation whatever for tho rumor, 1t in gonerally roported that United Fistes Mm’shfi Bharis will be appointed Surveyor of ihiy port, A P obitunry, Special Desputeh ty Thie Cllcitqo Tribine, Wasnnaroy, Jan. 8,—Intelligance vuy recoly- ed to-day nt tho, War Departmont of tho recent death in Toxas of General Jumos A, Carlton, Phln oficer wan o Major Gonerel of Velunteers during the lato war, and conducted what was Jnown ns tho ¢ California Colanm of froops from Californin and Mexico to T'axan. o eom- manded in weveial hattles, and subtequently to the war was for Homo yests in command in Ari- zona and Now Moxico. New OnveaNs, Jen, 8,—Androw HcDonald died yontorduy, ag~d 104 yorvu, o won s native of Tréland, and for 21 joars s yosidont of this oity. PO S The night train on tho Chicu; ern Railrond, going Bouth, w ) y frack yostordny nenr Caledonin, Wia,, tipping o, passonger car on its wido ina diteh, Cyrus Libby, B Bololt, had his collar bone broken, und O, i1, Reed, of Boston, Blaes, was hurt intornally, Othozs wera slivhtly infurat X Northwest- thrown ofi the - WASHINGTON. Alley’s Cross-Examination in tho Credit Fobilier Inves- tigaticns Correction of the Testimony Given by Ames Concern- ing Scofield. Two Prominent Bankers Oppose the ‘¢ Syndicate” System of Funding. Proposal to Increase the President’s Salary to Fifty Thousand 4 Dollars, Proceedings in Congress: Yestorday. Special Despateh to The Chfcago Tribune, FOUTIERN RMOITH IN CONGRESS. Wasnmvartoy, Jan, 8,—The Southern Repub- licans aro boginning to discover what thoy con- coive Lo Lo their rights, and, like freemon, thoy propose to maintain thom, Not contont with , making an effort Lo havo oither the Speaker or the Clerk of the next Houso from their scction, tho Bouthern members and Senators aro now bent on having n membor of . Presidont Grant's next Cabinot, Horetofore, Iostmastor Goneral Creswoll hng Dboon supposed to ryopre- sont tho Bouth in the Cabimot It would appear, Liowover, that o is not accepted by many Slates eouth of tho Potomac a8 o ropre- sontativo Bouthorn Republican. The complaint is mado (hat hie d oes not represent nuything but M aryland, a comparatively smull portion of the South. Sinco tho dofeat of tho Hon. John Pool,” of North Carolina, for the Sonate, hig friends in snd out of Congrees havo boen actively at work niaking combivations to recure him n Cubinet nppointment, ‘The arguments in his favor are strong, 88 well as numerouns, Firat of all, he in “a native aud to tho manner Dborn* Union man, In tho Sonate ho was uu- fairly neted with by the Republican party, and Iiaa beon ono of the steady supportors of tho Administration of Presidont Grant. In his own Stalo, ho bas been rogmded as tho leador of the topublican parly. 1ndeed, it is held that but fox his efforts there would have been no Re- publican party to-day in Novth Cavoliua. Ho wats amonyg tho most cflicient and carnost ad- vocatos in Congresns of {ho punishmont end aupprossion of the Ku-Klnx orgenization. 1o in rogardad ag tho first lawyor in his Stato, ifhogoarasomeof the argumentsurged inhisfavor by his friends, who think ho is eutitled to o placo in Gonersl Gruit’s next Cabinet, It is undoratood that Sonator Pool aspires to (he Postmester, Genoral All of the Soulhern members and Bonators who rofuse to Bif,’ll appointment of Croswol in~ favor of Honator Pool. Nor will thoy bo content withs this. Tt is undoratood that thoy will wait upon the Presidont in a body, and porsonally urgo Mr, Yool's claim, In addition to his Southern friends, Mr, Tool will be sup- ported by several prominent Iepublicans from tho North, nmong “them Seuntors Morton and Beott, TITE ADANS CLATM, Tho Senato, to-day, aftor n protracted debats, pnwuud tho long-pending Theodore Adams claim, Ihis claim aroso out of a coutrnct with Gonoral Fromont, whilo that ofiicor was in command of tho Department of the West, and wns mado for tho Dbalance dus Adams by tho Govornmont for (ho construction of mortar boats and steam tugs. Tho amount al- lowed by tho House is $112,740, but the Henate subsequently cut it down to 989,242, A confor- onco way usked, when the Committco agreed "to tho lattor gurd, which was. tho - frat sum al- owod, n petition for the proposo o sign THE CHATTANOOGA TOST OFFICI, Bam, Bard,of Veun,, had an inlorview with the Prosident to-day, whotein ho eought to convinee tho lattor that thio opposition to his being con- {inued in the Chattanooga Postmastership did 1ot ropresent tho real soutimont of the people, but only the projudices of the small fry politicians, Providing that Lip cannot hold that oflice, Bard now appears to bo anxious to know what qiher goft place ho can ot. It does not appear that Lis chances in this ino are worth insuring, although he is sanguine that ho will cowo ont all right, COTTON TWINE, The lowest bid for cotton twine to bo fur~ nieghed to tho Pont Ofiico Department for the ensuing {um‘ in from the firm of Wilbur & Wolly, of Ciuclnuati, tho bid boing 81,24 for 101 pounds. 'Tle award has not yet been made. PERPETUAL J10TION, Tho Commigsionor of Patonts, lo-day, rocoived {ho following interesting lottor: CINCINRATI, O,, Jan. 6, 1873, Commissioner Esquirea of Putent Offec: Dean Sina: I you will eend no 31,000 caeh, T will invent nimpraved sclf-operating nutomaton machiucs ¥, and one million ufter tho mmchiuo proves gatisfac- tion, If T dow'l accompifrh iL T will refund the moncy in ten yeare, Yours obedicnt sorvant, (Sigied) AUGURTUS KAPIEI, No, 82 Eust Iront sireet, TERRITOL. The Committeo on T'erritories passed & num- ber of Lills through tho iouse in the morning Liours. ‘Lho most important wasu bill of Mr. McCoimick, of Avizous, udvancing the snlarics of the Torrdtorial Governor to 28,600, and those 1o {Lh Scerotaricy £2,000, and making the pay of tho membors of tho Legislniures $6 per (*uy, thus cqualizing ealeries in all tho Torritorics, 1t consed . quite & diecuwsion, but was finally Dby & mgjority of 17, the yens and naya caled. It was chargod by Mr. Holman and ol]ml‘r\xmnt it would inereazo tho expondi- turcs of (llo CGlovermmont, but Mr, McCormick ingisted that if it did, it was no moro than o just measure, which by restricting tho sossions of tho Logislatura to forty days and making them DLiennial, it would nctually reduco tho Territorinl oXpenses. THE APPROPRIATION BILT, ‘The Excentivo, Logislativo, and_Judicial Ap- proprintion bill wag tnken up’ ia Conunittee of tho Wholo, and so large !mrlinu of it disposod of as to mnko itw completion probable to-mor- row. 'I'ho quoktion of increasing tho SLDEX ALANY was spruug upon tha ouse by an amendment offerad by Sargont, who proposed to udd to the line moking tho nppropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars thesze words: *‘ Providing that aftor tho fourth of March, 1873, tho Prosident’s salary shall bo Aty thousand.” Tho ever- watehful Holman was promptly on his fect with an objection, thint this boing now legislation, it was not in order on un Appropriation bill under the rulo. Dawes, who was in tho chair, over- ruled this point of ordor, whoreupon Holman ineu.lnd, and (e House gavo only twonty-two votos to sustain tho Chairman's ruling, = Sar- gent was unwilling to give it up, and so chang- el the form of the nmendment, and moved to strike out $25,000, and insert $50,000 in tho toxt of the bill, Tolmnn ngein rmised the samo point of order, uud”Dnwes again overruled it. Annppeal was thon taken to tho Houso ns before, and thers wore 60 votes for sustainin tho ruling aud 65 opposod. Tho ameudmant failod in its now form, An effort will bo mndo (o put it on in the Senato, Bubsoquently, tho precodonts waro examined, aud the Iouso eoncluded {hat Duwes was right, and sustained him for a1iui'ar ruling on au amondmont to in- crenso tho ralary of some potty ofticial, T'he onty thing in the bill which gave rige to much debuto, Losides this question of the Prest- dont's galury, was & proposition to slightly in- croaso the appropriation for tho NUNFAU OF EDUCATION, There aro a number of mombera who think thut this Bureau is n uscloss appoudago to the Cloyernment, und who novor fail'to muko an at- thek on it ovory yoar, when the Appropriation Dill i undor considoration. On {hi oncasion, Larnsworth led {ho opposition in n gatrieal speech ou {ho creation of little bLureaus, which, ho #aid, began husiners in u room in the third story of _#omo public building, with n Commissioner and a pinglo clork, and lopt growing until thoy ot a bigs Luilding to themnsclvos, nt a cost of willion, Tho Iducation Bureaw way well do- fended by Hoar, Guarflold, and o thers, the formo whowlng " thal it vas sprending n lnowledgo of the Amorican aystem of odueation over tho world, and {hiab It hnd eided the_Japancee Gov- ornmont fo eatablish tho yemurkabla syntom of uchooly rocently put in operation In that Ergpive. - THE CHICAGO DAILY RIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1873, Tho ITouse adjourned without voting on tho quostion. cIvin Annvion. Tho Clyvll Bervico Committoo finds considorn- blo diflculty In gotting n quorum prosont o transnct business, ‘Che mooting to-dey was nlimly nttendod, und tho discussion was of tho most informal nature, It iw oxpocted shorily, Tiowovor, that a bill will ho ready to bo roported, which, Losidos giving logal offect to the rules of the Civil Horvico Commission, nlao contomplates an entiro roconatruction of tho slnrlos of tho higher gradon. A majority of the membors of -the Commiasion are in favor of abolishing tho wido distinetion which noy oxjats botwoen the malo end fomale emplayeb of tho Government. (To the Assoctated Prees,] ONEDIT MOBILIER, Wasmnaroy, Doc, 8,—Tho Oredit Mobillar In- vortigating Committeo mot this morning, sll the members proscnt, oxcepting Mr. Banks, . ALLEY ORONG-EXAMINED, The cross-cxamination of John B, Alley was rosumed, 1lo sald that up to Decomber, 1807, the Orcdlt Hobillor shares had no markot yaiue. o know that two shores wore sold at 95, and eomo wero offered nt 75, but lato in December, 1807, after Amos ngroed on the basis, tho stock 1080 in valug, bringing 160, and in January 200, and lator 226, Tho Chiairman having nsked o quostion foln- tivo to tho 100 shares stending in tho namo of Noilson, son-in-law of James Lrooks, the wit- nesa i o hnd 1o personal Imowlodyo 03 to who was tho original ownor of them, or who nid for thom. 1t nppearcd on tho Looks that cilson was tho owner, and was entitled to fifty pharos more. Thero was no conversation he- tweon the witness and Brooks in relation to thoso fifty shares of Noilson. He presumed Noilson paid for tho shares. D1, MoOrary asked tho witness whothorhe knew how many sharos of Credit Mobilier woro dis- vosed of to mombors of Congrons. . Answor—Ames' subacription, I bolleve, was on tho books, and Hooper's, Grimep, and my own, Senator Wilaon agrood to tako h\-nntn nros, and Dawes ten shares. I took fivo hundror shiaron, but thoy were not oll for mysolf, Aftor Juu. 1, 1868, I do not know that any wora sold to any mombor of Congross at par. I did not Jnow that tho succoss or fallure of n rond wonld depend on frioudly or unfriondly legislation. It did not oceur to mo that any further leginlntion would bo roqnired, snd none as to tho pocuniary matters of the Company. If tho fullest in- vestigation could bo mado into this subject, tho public would havo boon bettor eatisfied, cs- pecially after tha M'Comb sult was institited, iwhich gavo rise to so much misapprehousion. "The romoval of the oftica of tho Union Paciflo Railroad Company to Boston was » matterof lifo and death to tho Company, tokecp it out of tho clutches of Judge Barnard and Fisk. Mr, Fisk wanted tho witness to settlo with him for £100,000, but the witness said ho would nover bo willing for - tho Company to pay him'a singlo cent, Baying to Fisk, ¢ All your interest is only 2240." "Fisl replied it was a mattor of dollars, and that if tho Compnny wonld not give him 100,000, Tio would danago it to tho extont of o million, and Fisk did damago it to tho amount of soveral millions by his raid. "Iho witness was asked whether be did not get ond have under bis control £100,000 to causo an annulment of tho Sccrotary of the Treasury’s ruling as o the intorest on tho Union I'acifie Government bonds, to which tho witness angwor- cd thet, so far as ho was concornad, he challong- od investigation. Ifo novor hiad any mcney, not a dollar, to use dircetly o indirectly for huch purpose, nor did ho believe that Ames bad the ilightest idee of influencing legislation of Con- s by allowing his {riends to bave stock. Tho witness #aid he eold his stock at 200 iu January, 1568, Il impression was it incinded all tho dividouds, as he himecl? nevor got any dividends on the stock thus sold. He sold this stock to Peter Butlor, of Boston, who, o undoratood, bought it for Bardweli, of thal city. Question—Po you Inow how much money Onkes Ames put into the Crodit Mobilior stock 7 Answor—I do not. Tho books ehow. I do not know of my own _personal knowledga that Tio peid 3300 & shavo for overy share of stock igsued to Lim, H Question—Dbid you not pay, yesterday, that ho put in fivo or six millioa doliars only ? Auswer—No, sir, Idid eay his individual in- torest in Lho Forty-saven-million-dotlar coatrnot was Debwoen ©5,000,000 and §6,000,000, and_my own individual intorest leas than half a million, Adjourned full to FURTIER HTA 1Y MR, COLFAX. During tho oxaniination of Vico President Qolfax, yosierdey, before tho Credit Mobitior Commftteo, his full suswer to Merrick's ques- tion, whother it ocourred {o him, in 1868, that t'iero was mornl wrong in Credit Mobilier, was, {hat ho proforred not to decido whether the conduct of othiers, not within his knowledgo was moral_or not, bub tho Dnpressicn on his mind at the time’ ho would givo frankly, Ifo nind hoord that mnny railroads wera built by turning over their mortgugo bonda to tho con- tractors at nbout 70 cents on the dollar, which tho road had ultimately to pnr for nt par, aud ho inforrcd that, as #o many millions had x tho building of auy Pacific Railroad asn ba: entorpriso, tho priucipal stockholders undor the chartor offorad By the Government lind decided to build it themselves for o subsidy whether it proved profituble or uuprofitable. = With such 1mpressions, whether correct or not, tho idea of immorality had not occurred to him, but he withdrow from it nearly five years #go, to avoid being mixed up in its litigation. Colfax osked that Ames and 3M'Comb, who wero present, should cross-cxaming lim, bub ench stated that thoy hiad no questions to nsk him. BUIT AGAINAT ‘THIE CORPORATION. n nccordanco with tho resolution adopted by tho Houso of Roprosontativos Inst Mouday re- uosting the President to omploy two_attornoys ?0 commence suit agamst the Crodit Mobilier and its stockholdors, corporately and individual- Iy, In propor court or courts, in order to recover what may bo .duej or what may Lecome due to tho Uni ¥t Pacific Railrond, in Jaw or Bqllili', the Trosident, it is understood, hns nelocted, and will nppoiut, tho Honorablo Aaron F. Dorry, ox- membor of Congross, of Cincinnati, and Genoral 1iatlan, of Kentucky. ANBS' CORBECTED TESTIMONY. Mr, Amoas yestorday corrected that portion of his testimony relating to Mr. Beolleld, of Penn- kylvanin, It scoms that Mr. Scofield gave Mr. Amos $1,000 to buy gome of tho Credit dobilier stock, and taok a Yeceipt therefor, but, upon ox- aminntion, he declined to take risks, snd nob huving roceived the atock, or any dividend, the money was returned to him by Mr. Ames, and he guvo up the recoipt. TELEORAPH MATTERS, I'he Hon, Wm. Whiting, to whom tho Attorney QGeneral lms roforred the quostion of paymant to bo mado to tho Kansas, Union & Contral Pacilic Railroad Companios for sending tele- graph mesengos for tho Govornmont, will, upon requost, appear boforo the House Appropria- tions Committeo to-morrow, and proposc an amondmont to the chartor of thoso companios involving & now system of rates, It ia under- stood that bis plan will be satisfactory to the companios without prejudice to tho interosts of tho Governmont. v Tho Postmaster Genernl will havo publishod in & oity lmyer to-morrow & complete detailed roply to tho statoments and urgument of W, Orton, Presidont.of the Western Union Tole- graph'Company made boforo the Iouso Com- mittea on Appropriations, relating to Postal Tolegraphy gonerally, and tho cost of construct- iug tolegraph lines. OI1I0AGO JUDICIAL OFFIOERS. Mr. LOGAN introduced a bill authorizing the Attorney Goneral to recoive socondary ovidonce in support of the claims of tho judicial ofiicors of Ohicago, for foos due, and servicos rondered prior to Octoher 9, 1871, Referred to tho Judi- clary Committeo. ADVERSE OPINIONS ON TIY ¥ BYNDIOATE," ‘Wagimnarox, Jau, 8.—Willinm B, Duncan, of the banking firm_of Duncan, Bhorman & Co., Now York, and Mr, Josoph Patterson, sonior membor of the bmxkluj; firm of Iattorson & Co,, Philadelphis, appoared before the Committos on Ways nnd Moans, this morning, in rosponsa to an invitation by tho Committeo, and oxprossed tholr views of tho subject of refunding the G er cant into 6 por cont bonds, The Chiairman, Ir. Dawes, intimatod that tho Committee de- sired to biavo the viows of gentlomen eminent in financial matters in thoe groat cities who woro not at all idontifled with tho operations of tho eo-called * Byndicato,” The whole anb- joot was gono into ut considorsble length, the anbotanco of tho opinlons given, Lol Funk tho oftect of tho oporation throngh the * Byndicata” wat to take tho United States bonds out of the handy of small invostors, whoro they had tho sreatost Eermunuuey and to put them in tho lands of banliors aad broliors and larga lvest- ors in the groat financisl centres, whero they woro liable to be aftocted b{ tho froquent fluctu- ations in tho money market, 'This, My, Duncan rogarded as on_evil, which should bo avoided, tonding ns it Ald to losson the populurity of tho bouds, and to that uxtuut doprociate tho crodit of tho Government in tho markotn of tho world, Doth gontlemen coinoidod in this vigw, and alko in the opiuion that tho botlor polioy would bo not to endeavor to force tho markot at the present timo, but to walt until tho money market is in o more favorsblo condition for tho refunding of the debt at lower ratos of intorost ; to lot tho matier bo done undor the immediata coutrol of tho 'Lreasury Dopartmont withoul tho aid of Intermedinte parties, and that the Lowmla should bo of a uniform charactor #u to ralo of iulerest, us to tho veriod for which thoy aro to fun, which should bo n lon;{ poriod, and a8 to tho l: nco whoro thiey are to hoe made payable, which should bo at tlio Troasury of tho mited Stutos, g Nr. Boutwoll was present at the Inlorviow. RURAL FOSTNASTETS, Tho Presldent ront the following nominationa to tho Ruonate: Postmnstors—I. Dowd, Ttock- villo, Indinnn; M, O. Frost, Marshall, Ilinols. CUIAN AND MAWAIIAN IIELATIONR, New Yonx, Jau, f.—Beerotary Iish is roported to havo snld, yostorday, that the Cuban revolu- tlonists, not having peined any moro ground than thoy poesessad three years ago, aro not any moro onfitled to Lelligeront rights now than (Lion, ¥lo also said that our Governmont hag no pehoma of nnnoxation in sonding o uaval forco to tho Handwich Tslands, CONFIRMATIONS, Tho Bonata Fxorutivo session to-dny confirm- ed the tollowills{ unominations: Irwin McDowoll, Major Goneral in_tho army, vice Mando, de- conted, A, W. Hawking, Collcotor of Intornal Tovenue, Soventh District, Tonnosneo; William Caroy, United Statos Attorney for Utali. INTENNAL REVENUE EXPENSES, Tho estimate of tho Commisnioner of Internal Revenuo for tho exponses of that ofiico for the noxt fisenl yonr hing boon sont to tho Committeo on A‘p roprintions, Thoontire estimatoamonnts to 84,700,000, but of that smonnt nenrly two and o half millions Is to pay Gaugors nnd Btorekaep- ors, undor the act of Juno 0, 1872, pickasasoi CONGRESSIONAL. BENATE. 5 PUBLIC BUILDINGS % On motion of Mr. MORRILL (Vermont), bills wore passod for the erection of yuhlio buildings " at Evansville, Ind., and Grand Rnpids, Mich. FEDYRAL COTRTE, On motfon of Mr. CONKLING, bills wore pasaed for additional torma of tho Tinitod States Oir- cuit Court in tho Sonthorn Diktrict of Now Yorl, LOUIBIANA LLTATION INVISTIGATION, Mr. MORTON offorod a resolntion approprint- ing ©20,000 to dofray tho oxponses of an investi- ation to bo mnde by tho Comimnitteo on Privi- ogos and Elections into tho election troubles in Louisiano and Arkanees, and conforring author- ity upon tho orsons o bo doputed by tho Com- mitteo to mako tho invostigation. Mr. Morton £aid that it would be impracticabla for the Com- mittoo on Priviloges and Elections to go to the Btatos in quostion, and thoroforo it would bg necessary Lo appoint other porsons, a8 permitted Dby a ronolution of the Sonato adopted yostorday. Mr, HOWE asked whother there was not some doubt as to tho powor of tho Bonato, Ly rasolu= tion, to authorizo such Commission na tho reso- Iution propozed, with power to administer onths and compel the attondunco of wituesses, Mr. MORTON said the que:tion .lad boen xaiged, but ho did not think thoro was much doubt on the subject, If, however, any witnessos shonld prove refractory, thoy might be broug to Wash) mf'mn. - . Mr. FERRY (Cotin.) and Mr, Conlling (N. Y.), oxprossed thoir doubt of tho power of tho Henato to authorize tho Committeo to delegalo its powers to n Commission ; aund tho Intter sug- geoted thut tho invostigation might be mude by #elecling « forw witnessos familiar with the factn in tho respective casos, and examining them in Washington. Mr, "HURMAN eaid that, to moXke the Com- mission satisfactory to tho Sonate and to the public, it must bo composed of porsons whosoy charncter would be n guarauty of ability and’ good faith ; und, an such poraons must: bo liber- ally lmid. he thought $20,000 too small n sum to pay tho exponses of the inveatigation, As to the queation of authorify, if nccessary, a bill conforring oll the noedsd authoriry eonld bo pagsed by tho timo that fit persous could Lo fonnd to act as Commiseionord, On motion of ir, THURMAN, tho resolution wwas amonded 6o a to authorizo tho Commiseion to have witneeses sworn by any Stato or United Stutes officer puthorized to undminister an oath. o resolution g0 amended was adoptod. TILE FTODOO INDIAKS, On motion of COLE, tho Supori! dent of tho Interior was dirceted fo comnumicato any information in bis possession_touckiug tho difii- cultics with tho Modoe and other Inditns in Cal- ifornia and Oregon. CURLENOY AMESDMENT. AMr. CORBETT introduced & bill amending tho Netional Currcney act.- Referred. tho INDIAX ATPROPRIATION DILU, |, - and at 4 o'clock went into exocutivo sossion, and 6000 aftor ; Adjourned, # HOUSL, THE BANKRUPTCY AOT. Mr, BUTLER (Mnss.) intrcauced n bill to amend tho Tankruptey e, so that State corpor- ations, such ag insurancs companies, &c., shall not be ubjeet to tho l)m\‘x'nlonh of that act, but to tho jurigdiction of tho Stato conrts. TERRITORIAL MATTERS. A number of bills rolating to the Torritories woro reported and diaposed of. DILLS PASSED. ' ‘The following billa wera pased : To readjust tho western oundury of Dekola Territory. Transforring the control of certain Torritorial - Ponitentiaries to the sevoral Territorios in which they are locnted. iann{vroving certain legislation in tho Terri- “tory of Washington. Regulating tho componsation of members of various legislativo assemblies. BOSLON IOST OFFICE. Mr. GARFIELD, from tho Committes on Ap- proprintions, aeked loavo to roport a bill nppro- l)flutiug two million five hundred thousand dol- nrs for the purchase of an addition to tho sito of the Post Oflico building nt Boston. i, FARNSWORTH objected, THE APPROPRIATION RILL. Tho Houeo then wont into Committee of the Whole, and resumed the considoration of tho Legislative, Executive, aud Judicial Approprin~ tion bill, Mr, SARGENT moved an amendment increns- ing the appropriction for tho resident's salary from 25,000 to £59,000, and flxing the salary heroafter at 250,000, Mr. HOTAN mado tho point of order that the amendment changed an esisting law, and was, therefore, out of order. ‘Tho CITAIRJIAN ruled that, although tho anid amondment changed en_existing law, still tho practico of tho Houso had been uot to treat amandments to incronso snlarics as being n chiango of oxisting laws, Although he did not nlnnf see tho distinetion, still, undor the prac- tice, he overmled the point of ordor. Mr, HOLMAN appealed from tho decision of the Chair, and the Committeo did not sustain tho Chair, tho sfirmativo vote hoing only 22, Hr. SARGEN' then modified his amondment | by omitting thnt part of it making tho proposed increnso o permanent ono, The samo objecflon was made by Mr, HOL- MAN, and overruled by the Chairman, and on an appeal being faken, tho decision of the Ohair was not sustained—uyes, G0; nays, 7. So the amendmont wsé docided to be out of order, and was nob recoived. 5 An animaled discussion took place on the roposition to increase tho appropriation for the l’lm‘eml of Education, £ Without disposing of the quostion, the Com- mittee roso, and tho Houso Adjourned. WALL STREET, Roviow of tho illoney, Gold, Bond, Gtoclk, and Produce Markets. Spectal Lespateh to The Chicagn Tribune, New Yonx, Jan. 8.—Money aciive aund oclose to-day, yt 7 por cont to 1-32 for call loans. Tho bulk of tho business was at 1-64 to 1-32, and the closing quotationa were 7 currency to 7gold. Discounts woro unchangod al 9@12. Qovornor Dix's recommendations in favor of Now York Contral s that moro stocl {n to bo is sued for quadimplo traoking, and that tho orl fnnl holdors will have the now ttock insuad gu thom s n paymont of 0 per cont of valuo, TRODUOE. Light nrrivala of flour glvo eellors some ad- yantage, No. 2 and suporilno aro falily nctivo, Tho market clones netive and hottor for family brands, and stronger for choico No, 2and mq‘mr- flnen, In wheat liitlo way dono at tho opening. Choleo qualitios aro flrmly held, bLub_common yulod dull and honvy, The market closed fr- rogular, Common whent onsfer; chofeo com- parntively firm 5 domand llght‘uhlnllf{lo Al np: winter rl]ulut but firm for good, York wns dud ot §18.76@14.00 for wholostlo lots on tho #pot. Out mioalu—dry solted shouldars firm, and held ot 6 ‘conts on tho spot, 40 boxos heavy pickled bellios nold at 7e. Bacon Tairly nctlve, with nales of 600 boxes at G 8-1dc for Westorn'long cloar on spot; 7i{o for shiort cloar for January; 600 hoxos sborb clonr for gg(x’n{‘l;\;y, in Cll"\lc:\gxlr‘.laolél n;fluxging\{[l\ wontllm;; cos city sold at Tlgo; 7)o bid, and 8o nsked for Westorn, ot J OLITICAL. PINCHBAOCK'S VIEY!S ON GENERAL GRANT AND LOUISIANA MATTERS. Nuw Onteans, Jan, 8,—This ovoning's Ple- “Tho Souate then rosumed tho consideration of | aytoie roports thit Pluchback, in an Intorviow, enid ¢ “ You soo I nm bound to live hero in this city, I bavo a houso lhore, and plonty of frionds, If I wont nuj’whoro olso, I would not know what to do, and it is, thoreforo, I think, tho intorest of tho poople to holp mo along becauso I cn-mot but holp thom. Thi Inst fight of mino ngatnat tho Cnstom Houso Ring on tlio Bonato quostion lng rather made thom i(c d thoir hand to tho eolorad {moplo, aud it it wero possible, I believo the colored paoplo might bo nduced to form a coslition with the true, honest nntivo white peoplo of tho State and overthrow all this chicanory and {he tricks of the Custom Houso liiugi." Y After giving his opinion how the prosent com- plication might have boen avoided, Pinchback 8 it iy, tho programmo has beon arranged, and will bo'oarriod ont by tho Uniled States Governmont., 'Thoy ‘intend to recognizo only our Governmont, and unioss Erovunttl by Con- rns, will carry it out to tho bittor ond. ~Thero- fore, tho outsido body ecalling thomeolves s Logielaturc hns no chance to succeed unloss thoy can provail upon Congross to send a Committeo of Investigation whon tho wholo facts will bo Inid before them, and they can then decido which is right, The intorest that Gonornl Grant takon in the fight ia purely of n porsonnl nature. Ho does not caro one ‘cont what the peoplo ony against him now, as ho has reachied tho holght of his ambition, in boing olectod Presidont: for n second torm, It is o mistnko mado by many to supnose that Goneral Grant wants to Do Xmperor. Ho only desired to bo considered a sort of second Gonoral Washington. Washington was victorious, you know, in n great rcbellion ; so was Grant, Wash- ington was clected to two terms; 8o was Goneral Graut, and uow he is #atisfiod. Ho has not got eabitlon and tact to make n groat revolu- tion like ihat would roquire, and, if ho had the puo}{lu of tho cquuh‘{ would not submi ‘Lho real couso of Genoral Grant's interest in +tho matterlos in hia porsonnl onmity against Warmoth, whom ho concidera ono of Lis bittor- ot ongmies. You know how ho hay abused him. ‘Woll, Grant never forgives an insultlik that, ando ns long ns Do thinks tho pooplo of this ftate support Warmoth, = he will bo oppozed to them, Mo really docs not Limself understond tho situation. e belleyes that it is o Warmoth fight to got to the United Stales Seunto, 50 hy can fight him. Naturally enongh, ho oppores thin, atd mon hero havo taken advantago of it to place tho presont Gov- arnment in power. Why youcaunotimagine what & poor opinion the people of the North have of us, aud 16 is kopt alive daily by tho outragoous stutoments of ‘whito Republiceus and othors, who say that it is imposeible for a white man or 105¥0 t0 live in this city unless ho protonds to Lo'a Domocrat or has Democratic friends, By {his you will seo tho sympatiics of the pooplo of the North nro oagaiust us, ond ng long a3 wo malke any disturbunce ot all it is at oncoe cried out thot tho Soulh lg still in rovellion. Now you seo what 1 want to do is tiis: T dosiro todo Tight to the |1co&lu of thia State. 1aim a repro- eentativo colored man of this Stato, tho South, and tho Unjon, and_ ns wuch, havo strongih with tho Ropublicn pavty. As I'was horn hero, live hore, “und have " my wifo, my _childron, aad my proporty hore, I enly’ desire to ho nllowed o chance, a falr opon chance, and I willshow how Lum aud can bo a truo friend of our Imuplo.' “Ihero is o preat, mighty change going on in this country to-dsy, whicli fow sce, ond yob in it I know thoro i4 o diseolution of the'grent Southorn Radicnl Ropublican party, composed of negroes led by Northorn white men: This party has, einco tho war, been opposed 1o resident whito men, beenuso thoy hava liardly Locn allowed othiorwieo, but the time is coming, and coming rapidly, whon tho whito and black people of the South will be united in & bond of unity, fuas for as their eeveral positions lie, and” when that time cories, tlore is tho only hopo for thopeople. Give ma a chanco, and tho rest of tho colored picople s chauee, and wo will o with you all in fairnoss and lioncaty of deal- ings. 1E will be bound to conjo some day, and tha pooner the better for tho Houth and the peoplo.” To-morrow's I’im[v(/uyw will contain o long lolter from Pinchback, in which surprise is ox- rosged that o conversation, casual and desul- ory in its choractor, should’ hnvo beon horaldod a8 a formal utterance of his upon the condition of Louisinna politics, and claims that both tho tenor and L‘pm-pcu-t of his remarks were mis- reproseuted, . Tho Picayune will state conditionally that tho interviow was roported corrcetly and published Dy consent of Pinchbeck, 'The followingis Pinch- Lnelds oxplanation of what ho said about the Prosident : “I expressed tho opinion that Prestdent Grant had taken Genersl Washiuglon se Dis amd uxemplar, Both were great chicftaina n ' revolutionary yierlods, Dbad been slected {o a sacond term, and hat the Pree- ident'a largost ambition was fully satisfied_in emulat~ the Tather of hig Country, I coutd 3o that the President " had uny p ling du this conteat, unless so far a4 it might nriso from tho fact that Warmotl, his pub- Mo traducer, was leading the opposition; but a por- sonal motive, under tho clreumstances, of this sort, could not reasonubly bo supposed to exisi, and influ’ cnco the conduct of the President i tho premisea, With his highest ambition eulisfled, T did not belleva tho President intended to g0 outaido the law nud tho dutios of his oftico ; to sub- Herve in {hiy caso o personal or party end, aud'that no gobor-minded Amerlean desires or” contomplated. tho cstablishment of an Empire in thio United Stutes, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Covnconp, N. H., Jan.8.—At the Demooratic Convontion, to-day, James A. Wostern was nom- inated for Govornor on tho first ballot. Honry Colony, of Keono, was nomiuated for Railrond ‘Commissioucer, Resolutions were adopted rociting as the in- troduction the uoventh ‘articlo bf the Bill of Tights of tho Slato of Now Hampehire, in which tho sovercignly of the Stato is_doclared, This is follnwmf \); o resolution in which the usurpa- tions of the P'rosident, tho Credit Mobilior scan- dal, tho illegal use of mouoy at elcations, eta., aro strongly denounced., Buttorflold, of Concord, offersd the followlng, which was adoptod : Resolved, That wo sincerely regrot tho untimely death of tho late Tiberal candidato Tor President, tho Hon, Horave Greeley. THE WEATHER. now Storms««Detention to Var Department Prognostis ing the oxamyle «f not 1 Violent wraln cationd, tho enlargewant of the Erlo Canal, the ropeal of tho usury laws, and the abolition of the tax on mortgagos, mocts with o hearty response in financinl circles. The rocommendation for o ropoal or modification of the usury lawa will, doubtleas, bo cmried into offect by tho Legis- Juture, If tho law wore ropenled to-dny, tho fact that monoy was worth 1837 por cent per annum would bring to Wall streot hosts of capitalists. Boven por cont per annum is & farco, a8 evorybody knows who has borrowed or lonuod monoy. The Furopean markels for securities aro re- ported strong, with an aavancing tendenoy and onoy oasy. . TONDA. Govornmont bonds wore active, and prices mado a furthor advance, The upward teadency of prices iu nuslsted \? tho flrim condition of tho market at London, Tho largest doslings were in 1881's, ‘Tho Gorman banlora continue to buy honds on orders from Em’ogu, but the lmited supply checks businoss, lrivate compotition for Govornment bonds a8 an investment horo and in Baropo has carrieil pricos above par In zold,—tho logal limit of the L'reasury in purchas- ug. aoLn, (old wan strong and higher, and ranged from 11137 to 112%¢, 'This advauce way based on the 1ise :u oxchango cnd prospootive spevie ship- monts, BTOCKH ‘Tho stook market opened firm, but declined, closing dull aud stoady, Tho Infost slory about ‘War DeeantyeNtT, OFrior or Tne OHIEF S165AL OFFICER, DIVISION 0F TELEORANH AND Reronts ron tue BENEMT or CowMeucE, WasniaroN, D. 0., Jan, 8.—Probabilitios— For Now Lngland, cloudy weather and snow to-night, Dut winds probably slifting to wostorly on Thureday, with elearing weether, Tor the Middle States, winds whifting to worth- esterlyend southwestorly, witheloarandecloating wenthor on Thuraday, Ior the Southorn States, onst of the Mississippi, northerly and northwest- orly windy, with genorally clenr woathor and lower tomporaturo. From tho Ohio Valloy and and Missourl to Lalke Erio and the upper lakes, 1ising baromoter and low temporature, with winds veoring to westerly and northwoestorly, and ;irmluull{ diminishing in forco, and cloar and clearing woalher, Special Decpatch to T'he Dunuque, lows, Jan. 8. tovior show provalonco of tho soverest clectric storm ovor known iu North Iowa. Tho wind is roprosunted ny terriblo, 1In places tho snow was carriod in n perfoot whirlwind, 8o it was impossi- blo to koo ton foot aliead. The track is covered to s dopth of two foet and over with drifted snow, and travol on tho Tows Division of the Ilinois Central Rallrond west is onttroly stopped, the tealns boing all suow-bound, The train duo hore Inst nlght is now at Maunchostor, and thoe ano which loIt horo at 7 o'clock lnst nfght s ot Earlville, while other passongor traing uve stuol 1 tho snow at Cedar Falls Juuction, Plainflold, aud ono betweon Fort Dodge and Bioux Chicano Trivuns, Tteports from the in- City. 'lolograph communivation with tho Iatior pofut 14 sovered, and tho oxact location . Minneapolis, cannotho learned, Horo in tho cily, whoro we aro partinlly protected by tho bluffs, tha wind s porfoctly firious, drifting tho enow badly. Tho stroots aro nlnost desorted, no ono vonlurh:{; out, unloss necossity compols -1t. Rail- rond travel cavnot "ho resumed until the wenthor modorates suffiglently to permit mon o work out doors and clonr tho tracks of tho accumulatod snow. As it s now, mon eanuot stand out on the pralrics for five minutes witbout fear of freozing. 'The thormomater ranges from novon Lo nll; it dogroes bolow zoro, whilo West it is much.coldier, — o STATE LEGISLATURES. WISCONSIN, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago T'ribune, BENATE. Mapisox, Wis, Jan, 8.—The Wisconsin Log- fslaturo mot for the Twonty-sixth Annual Sou- nual gogelon at noon to-day, tho Bonnte bolng quite full, only threo membors of tho Sonato be- Ing nbsont. Licutouant Governor Potlit called tho Bonato to ordor with tho following remarka: GENTLEMEN oF Tui Barate: The hour fixed Dby Inw for tho annual meeting of the Logiulature Lan now arrived, and for a time v.0 aro to devote our Inbora to the enncting of such lnws ns e doom for tho bost intorosts of our Btate, The dutios of o logislator aro mlways lmportant, Crent interesta ‘aro conunitied to his caro, and tho finished law, a8 It passos through his hands, should bo the result of good judgmont and earo- {ful attontion, and bo a8 near porfect a8 human forosight ¢an make it. In no State aro thoso du~ tios more important than in Wisconsin, Tho dovolopmonts of its rosources by tho building of railronds, tho oponing of now ohan- uels for commorce, and its rapidly increasing population ' by immigration, make the gaumnn of legislator one of great re- sponsibility, and in commencing our work, I ask you for a continuanco of patience aud forbonr- anco, 8o kindly extendod to mo during tho Inst sesalon by yoursclvos and prodecessors,and now, o thon, I promige fair and impartial troatment of all. "Trusting wo may apply ourselves to the work boforo ué -with diligonco and cornestness, with no occosion for, or oxistonco of, bittorngss of fooling, I hopo our sossion will bo o short aud pleasant ono. Aftor tho roll of Sonators had beon callod by J. H, Waggouer, Ohiel Clork, and the new onocs sworn into oflice, J, Il Waggoner, of the Rich-~ land County Republican, was thon re-slectod Obief Olork by & unanimous voto, and A. Em- mongou, of Columbia County, recoived a liko unanimous vote for Bergeant-at-Arms, Tho Assombly way ected to bo informed that tho Bonato waa organized and roady for business, The rules of tho last sossion wore adopted, Bonators Pratt and Lindsoy woro npgo ted on tho purt of the Scnate on the Joint Committeo to wait upon the Govornor and auk if Lo had any communication to melko, The Bonato tool a recess until 4 o'clock p. m., when it adjourned till Thursdsy morning. SEMBLY. Hon. E. W. Young, Chiof Clork of tho last As- sombly, called tho Assombly to order. Aftor tho -members had subscribed tho oath and reported tho numbor of miles travelled, thoy.wore sworn into oftleo by tho Attornoy General, 8. 8. Barlow, and ITon, H, D, Barron, of Spuk, was then electod Spoulior by o volo of 63 to 92 for L. B, Vilos, of Dano; 3 for Josoph 8. Curtis, of Brown 1 for H. L. Palmor, of Milwaukeo, On taking tho chair, Mr. Rarron mado tho following romnarhs: . OENTLEMEN OF THE AssExmry: Tho assem- bling of the Logislatura of Wisconsin’ back in onrly ycars was un ovent more rare and intorost- ing thinn now. 1ts novelty lins ceasod, Our ane il organizations to-day are only marked by the importanco of mensures to bo ‘presed upon and disposed of, and yet, as common as liag becomo our comiu% togethier, our constituonts, our Foveroigns, without thought of party pro- clivities, regnrd euch and overy ono of our movements uy importaut to thom. Wo are to decido whothor tho now and untried lows by whicly oy &hall bo bound aro to bo cuncted; whotlior the stalutcs under which thoy hayo porformed the dutics of cilizonship are to bo chavged and now responeibilitios imposed on them. 1t is for us to determine whether the lin- DLilities which thoy regard thomselves loyally and legally Lound fo discharge shall Do mod- eratod or oxcessively incurred by us, Not be- cause_ it is popular to do so, but bocauso itis ight snd propor T favolco from yau your Dbest offorty toward making this n sgession that shall not without real cause onact chauges or spend the tino on embnrrassing ond_uncalled for bille, or prolong; our sitting to o day which, in the estimation of thoso whiom wo ropresont, should como soouer. For tho honor you have conferrad upon me, I thank you. I cannot dig- chargo tho duties of this oflice wall or reputably without your help, sympathy, and support. That Imost carnestly pak. L. V. Young, of Sauk, was elocted Ohief Clerl by o mnjority of 62 to 84 for Albort Bemler, of Washington County, and Colonel O. O, Bisoll, of Fonddu Lac, was olooted Sergennt-nt-Arms by & vote of 63 to 81 for Goarge W, Peck, of tho LaCrosse Democral. Mossrs, Vilay, Somlor, and Peck wore nomi- natod by the Domocratic caucus this morning, A rocess was then takon till 8 o'clock, On re-assombling, the first businces was the choosing of soats by lot, Hon. H. L. Palmer gotting tho first choice. "Phe rules of the laat seasion woro adopted, and Meeurs, Leland, Hubbel, and Clark wore ap- pointed on tho Joint Committeo to watt on tho Govornor, Adjournment was then taken till to-morrow. Tho Govornor will dolivor his message at 2:20 P. M., L0-INOFTOW, ‘Tho following appoiniments have been made thus far by the eleoted ofticers of tho Assombly : Assigtant "Clork, Fred. 8, Dennott, of Shoboy- gan County ; Bookkeeper, Roger 0. Spooner, of Dano County; Assistant Sorgennt-at-Arma, W. H. Bell, of Walworth Cpunty; Doorkeapers, Jokm Gale, of Waukesha County ; W. W. Buker, of Vernon County; H. J. Btoordack, of Roclk County. S S, MINNESOTA. 81, Py, Doc, 8.—The Legislature organized by olecting A. P. Hall, of lonnopin County, Speaker ; Samuol Nichols, of Ottertail, Chief Olork; G. L, Slocum, of Winona, and J. W, Cun- ningham, of Olmstod, Assistants. Hall was Bpoalor laat yoar. . In tho Senate, A, A. Harwood, of Mower, wag ro-clectad Secretary, and Charles W, Johuson, of Assistant, Tho oflicinl voto for Stato oficera was cane vassed to-day, resulting as follows: State Audifor—0. P. Whitcomb, 50,087; Albert Bchefor, 4-]1_»175; seattoring, 02; Whitcomb's majority, 5,657, A lerl: of the Supreme Court—8horwood Hough, 59,030 : Jas. Georgo, 43,603 ; scattoring, 41: Hough's majority, 9,428, 5 Tho Governor's messago will bo delivered to- morrow. It will bo longer than the Prosident's ‘moksngo, and troats of n great varioty of topics. The nssessed valuation of proporty in the btate is placod at £108,373,820, an increaso in two years of ovor £16,000,000, Tho Bchool Fund now amounts to §2,780,659. In 1872, 350 miles of railroad woro lid, making the total amount in tho Btate 1,006. All the railroads rofuso to oboy the law regulating freights, and a tost caso ngalnst tho Winona & Bt. DPotor Railroad is now proceeding iu tho Bupreme Court. The Governor prococds ot considerablo lonfith to condemn the railronds for keeping down tho prico of whont and refusing to carry wood. Ho favors the Fox and Wiscon- sin River improvements, advocates bienniul sos- sions of tho Legielature, and says tho Stato Prison isin an mcnmplfn aud unsatisfactory coudition, 1o calls sttoution tothe fact thut Wisconsin is appropriating money and employ- luf: counsol to destroy the harbor at Du- luth and build up one at Buperior City, and urges our Logislature = to malie an appropriation to dofend tho suit, Tho Blato University noeds aid, and he Buf;goa!s & momo- rial to Congross asking u donation of the Iort Snolling resorvation for that purpose. There aro 1,606 malo, nnd 8,066 fomalo teachers in tho common _gohools, and 180,000 childron. Tho mossago {8 o very Intorosting and valuabla local roviow. No bueiness has beon transected by tho Logislature, and nothing of consoquence will be dono until noxt weol, et MISSOURL, B, Tovs, Jan. 8.—A meoting of Domacratic Bonators nnd Ropresoutativon was hald at Joffor- gon City lnst night to determine whother a cau- cus for the nomination of Unitod Btates Sona- tor shall be held, and, if so, when, and whothor tha majority of twoethirds or threo-fifths rulo shall provail. After somo disoussion a Com- mittco was nEpointml to draw up rules forn caucus, tho Committoo to report on Friday night, ' Sonatoriul arpirants havo boen fuvituit to nddress tho moeting, whercupon Culonel L, V. llug{ und ox-Guovornor oynolds, of 8¢, Louis; Colonol Geo. O, Vost, of Bodalin; Judgo Napton, and Genoral Edwards, niado spoeches, expross- ings their viows onuatfonnt affairs, Noither Sen- ator Blalr nor Qonoral Pliolps wors prosent, both beug too pick to attond. Despatclics eny thoro Is a prospest of n large railvoad lobby at” Joffersou City, o preat pus of whioh will bo attracted by a bill; which will soon bo Introduced, to catablish o Board of Rail- road Comynissionors for thu Btato, who aceord- will constituto o Court.. ing to tho proposed bill hofore which nay be Inid ol complaints rolative, fo_ the munngoment of aflrandy,” {ucluding un-- Junt diseriminations In froight tnrriffs, over- chiarges, inattontion to the comfort OI&iuM\flll ors ¢ and carelessnosa in running traing, This Com- - misslon, whiclh s to conslst of threo. gontlemon appointed the Governor, will linve power to mako polico rogulailons and. havo comploto control over theraad, 'Thoy will slond betweon individuals and corporations, aud asolat tho former in tho fight against tho Inttor, As in tho easo of o murdor, tho Hinte assumes. chargo of the prosccution, pays ils oxpenses, and furnishoes the Prouuuullnu ; 8o tho Commis- sloners, aflor honr{ng tho individnal's complaint, will prosceuto it for him. It is nesorted hero: that this bill, or sometling like it, will pnss at. this nession, owing to the, indignation which is oxprossed over {ho allegod mismausgoment of somo of our roidu. ———— TENNESSEE, NasiviLLe, Jan. 8,—The Sonate, having coms Flotcd its organizntion this morning, ndjourned il to-morrow. T'ho Houio, after numorous additiorial hallots, olected this aftorncon W. 8. DMcGaughey, of Greong, Indopendont, Spoaker. , The minor offi- cors, oxcept doorkeepors, were nlzo cloetod. Thoso will bo disposed of to-morrow, and thn Goveruor's medsego road. . PENNSYLVANIA, Hannispura, Pn., Jon, 8.—Covornor Geary's. mossago was submitled to the Legislature fo- dny. Tho Btato debt has heen reduced during the yenr nmx;{ #2,500,000, leaving tho dobt, less nssots ou hand, ein,am,uso. The Governor re- fors to tho doath of Genoral Meado, and rocom- mends an appropriation for tho orection of n monumond at Getlysburg in commemoration of his serviceds . oot MICHIGAN, Speotal Despaich to The Chicago Trivune, LANBING, Mich,, Juh. 8.—Tho House commit- taes woro annouuced this morning, No other important business was done. Tho House.ad- journed over tho aftsrnoon, to allow tho Assool- ation of Michigan Soldicrs and Bailors tho use of tho Representative Ill. 5 SR GEORGIA, ATLANTA, Jan. 8.~Tho Georgia Leglslaturo mot to-day. 8. N. Trammell wan ocloctod Prosi- dent of tlio Bonato, and A. O. Bacou Speakor of tho House, FOREICN. GREAT BRITAIN. x Loxpoy, Jan, 8.—While Charlos Dilke wae epenking on tho subjoct of land and poople, iny Dorby Inst night, o mob attompted to dispersc: tho meoting. Tho adhorents of Charles Dilke resiatod, and o sovoro stragglo onued, in Which soveral persons wero injurod, and many windows broken, the fighting lasting overan hour. Grent oxcitemont provailed. Order was at longth re~ stored, and tho meoting brought to a closo, * A. large orowd arrived with sticks and bludgeons,, and escorted tho speaker and his wife to their: hotel. A dospatch from Chiselburst, at 8 o'clock thik: aftornoon, says that Napoleon is worse. Itis: roported that meoting of Bonapartists is to ho: held at Chigelhurat rolative to tho course to La puraned in tho ovont of tho death of tho ox- Empoeror. Lxtraots from tho yoarly circulars of promi- ment brokers say thaé tho cotton trade was not 80 good in 1873 as in tho provious year, sud tho «ates obtained wero not oven remuncrative. Spinners and manufacturers_commonce tho new year woll undor contract, Businoss for tho resent will be mainly influenced by the quan- ity of im{n‘urls, and tlio presont scaraity is Lilely tobo tided over without any onbancement af rices. ” As to the sugnr trade, it is stated that the con- sumption in 1871 by Europo and the United States was increasod in 1872 by about 2!4 por cont. It is expectod that the now crop will bo ot least 14 por cont botter thau tho lzst, whila stocks aro fluctuating and a deprecistion in pri- cos is cortain, 2 Tn regard to the timber trade, it is said that. the forastn, which aro boing clentod for supplick,. recodo continually further from the seaports, aud an enhancoment in prices is probable. Tha petroloum trado s in o setisfactory con- dition, and tho business is cortain to increaso. Logislation, howover, is roquired, o8 English merchnats fire only allowed to import oil infiam- mablo at 120 dogrees, while thoxo of the Con- tinont can import it only at 110 dogreos. ‘I'ho wool trade is in nn unsatisfactory stato. Tho imports, for the first timo in itg history, Tinve fallen off, and the doficit has oviddntly gone to tho United Btatos, Tho steamship Pladda eand off the coast of Northumberlaud,while en route from thiscity for Dundeo, No lives loat. The United Btates stoam frigato Hartford has loft Malta, where sho was ropaired, for the Chi- neso wators, via the Suez Cancl. Loxnoy, Jon. 8.—Tho cnrringes of the aris- !norwuibenioged the residonce of Napoleon at Cbiselhurst thia afternoon, to recoive the 3 o'clock bulletin. The announcoment that the ex-Emporor i8 worsa croates much alarm among tho adherents of tho family, Loxpox, Jan, 8—Midnight.—A despatch from Chiselhurst, to-night, says Napoleon's suffur- inga aro acute, but his strougth and endurancs aro great. —_—— FRANCE. Panis, Jan, 8,—1It i expocted that M. Rioviere will profiont Lis final report of the proliminary invastigation in the cuso of Marshal Bazaiue to tho Aegombly within o fortnight, It is suid that tho conclusions arrived at by the Investigating Committes aro decidedly unfavorable to the Mavshal, His trial hae, for political reasons, boen postponod until tho Gorman troops nave completely evacuatod Fronch tflrritmg'. Count do Remusat, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, received an important despaich Ettll:-dny from M. Corcellos, French ropresontative at tha ‘Vatican, "I'he Gorman customs officials refuso to allow tho freo admission of Fronch printed fabricsinto Alsace, and the Fronch Mivister at Berlin is now negotiating with tho Gorman Government in rolation to tho matter. : A moeting of tho members of the Lott Centro in the National Assemuly was hold to-day, to seloct & Chairman. M. Cnsimer-Perier, who was tho most prominent candidate, failed to securo n sufliciont numbor of votes to inkure his oleotion. ‘Tho party i hopelessly divided. - — AUSTRIA, ViExa, Jan, 8.—Tho Vienns Post, official, donies the rumor whioh was curront. in London sevoral days ago, that tho Austrion Government hs detornined to disponse with tho sorvicos of Count Vou Boust. —_— CUBA, TIAvANA, Jan. 5.—Goneral Chinchilln and the troops who accompanied him to Holrlnlu, have returned to Havana. Tho rogulars will probably resumo their duties of guarding tho forls about hore. The mail steamor from Cadiz landed 476 soldiors at Gibara, —— The Arizena Indian War. Speciul Despaleh to the Chicago L'ribune, ‘WasuiNarToy, Jan. 8.—A lotter rocoived to-day from Genoral Crook, aunounces that he iy proca- cuting & most vigorous warfaro agninst those Indisus in Arizona who refuse to go upon their resorvation. At the writing of tho letter, Bix Em-t{en of soldiora wore out in pursuit of hostile audy. MARRIED, HENDEE-KENNEDY—In this olty, Jan. 6 by th o Tt ol Tannehize; ¥ illiam o1 ondco and. Aargaros itk of 1elihton. DIED, TBREWSTER_Tn this cily, Jam. & of dipht] LAt A ORI R BMacy If, Browater, nizcd b yoare, 3 inoiths, and days, Funeral from r. 63 of hior pareats, on Friday at 9 0'slock p. 1y PALMERIn this oll Ggorgo 8 Pulmer, wiod & Lunigraf from 1110 Ml g ut halt-past 10, T nd Indiana-av., Bth Instant, Barah, wifoo) 4 uv., this (Tharsd; . St et e e AUCTION SALES, ~DRY GOODS, , Oustom-Mado Olothing, Shirts, Drawers, Eto, Ou PILUREDAY, Jun. 6, nt 15 u'cluck. WM. 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