Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1873, Page 8

* ean bo affected . papors - -money - and .must invost it. WASHINGTON. L Continued Jrom the Firal Pago.} acted for Nollon in paying Dursnt, in }mt $8,000 by draft, to be dedusted rom tho loan duo mo Jan, 22 by Du- rant, and in part $7,000 by olieck. If thoro bo any error or wrong In 8o publio and natlonal an act, T am [ncapablo of soeing it. If Ilad boon plot~ ting for concoalmont, as insinuated, I cortainly should not have glvon my right to purchaso to s son-{n-law, but Lave becomo n dummy to somo John Doo or Richard Roo (whoao connection by mnrriage conld not bo traced to muz in all the booka of tho great national corporation. Tho fifty additional sharos nurjhnund by Neilson himself, on or about Fab, 2J, 1808, wore nocos- parily sold to him by virtue of my agroement with Durant, and, whon a statement of tho fact was mado to the Company, it wag conceded that fifty shares belonged to him upon his payiig for them tho 7(mr yaluo, with Interost ~from July 1, 18067. I nover spoko to Alloy, nor he to me, wupon this sabject, &8s sworn by A'Comb. Our rolations woro mover confidontial, and ho never gavo mo theso fifty, nor any other nhnrun‘ with or without consldera~ tlon, nium for myself, or toinflucnce or bribo Demooratic membors of Congresa. Now, in the setting forth of those facts, I do not wish apologotioally to convey the idoa that Ideclined ownorship in the Credit Mobiller stook, bocauso £ was n mombor of CUongress, for ‘4t Ihad nevor boon namod » Govornmont Di- rootor, I should probably hnve beon owner of large smount of stock to thia day. I havess muoh right to own paper stook s live stock, or sheep, or spindles, or a lead, or iron mino, or barley, or timbor, or steam cngincs, or foundrios, with two or throo thous- and tariffod artiolos, largely indorsed by Congrensional logislation ; aud no conatitutional fuorum can over b got in elther Houso of Con- grees, it tho mombors aro to own no species of stock, alivo or dead, agricultural, manufacturing, or commorelal, whon their intorests aro to be legialatod upon. From April 6, 1860, to DMaroh 4,71807, X was not in Congross, and during that tlmo, 03 a privato citizon, whonover I had lols- ura, ¥ oxortod all tho Influcnco, fongiie or pon could give mo, to Intorost capitalints in tho building of the Pacifio Road, borrowing monoy for it and loaning it money at great risks, too, which lod, whon I “was not n membor of Congress, as Mr. Durant ehows, to his promising me the right to purohase ome of his shares in the Orodit Mobliior, and what ho statos I here itornto, that tho busincss transsotions botwoen us wero in no way to in- fluenco Congrens or logislation, but wero natural business trausactions botween man and man. Now I have only to add, that I have nevoer beon asked to give, or have glvcn avotoin Congresa, that was unjuat to tho Government, or for the profit of tho Union Pacifio Road, nor have I, ng chargod by M’'Comb, asked Domocratic membors of Congrus to vata for the Road, and I do not romember over to have spoken to any Domo- cratio membor upon any logislation, rolating to the Rond. AllX havo done was, whon not a memker of Cougress, to accopt an offor Durant mado to soll me al par cortain sharesof Credit Aobilier stock, and when not & Government Di-~ recter of tho Road to transfor toNeilson the offor mads me, whon not & Congrossman, If this ba » wrong, moral, socinl, pofitlcn], or conslitution~ wal, it Is ;:ol w_rl‘mn in any code I'vo over read or eard of, Rotorring to his oxplanation in tho Houss, Mr. Brooks sald_he confined himself to fifty shares, and_puid nothing about the hundrod ares, as M'Comb hnd oharged spocitically 5 that all thoy hiad givon him wore thots sharos, Besidos ho consumed the hour allowed him, snd ceuld not say sll he wantod to. . By Niblnok—The witness fell enough intereat {n the mattor, aftor he bocamo & Goyernmont Direotor, to 8o that his son-in-law should got hia fifly shares, which ho was entitled to. The first impulso of the witness, when lo becnmo a Government Director in the road was to soll tho Oredit Mobllior stock ho had, and pocket tho wwocoeds, but subsoquontly ho thought he could transfor It to his son-in-law, MY, Niblack—Well, to be frank with you, Mr. Brooks, I think it would havo beon better iu you to rotain the slock in your own name, thah to * transfer it thus to your son-in-law. Brooks—I think mnot. Lot mo ask you, Mr, NRiblack, was it right for me to hold Governmont bonda during war, Niblack—Oh, well, I don't go into thatsubject. 1t is argued that we should hold nothing which 4 by logislation. As to mysolf, I ‘have always made it a polnt never to hold any kind of stock. Brooks—Oh, well, if we are to own nothing in $his world, I fear the Demooratic party will never get any votos, IsLnnghtur]. What would youhave dono, Mr, Niblack, had you ownod & ‘waluablo righit lika that? Niblack—Woell, I dou't know. Inever was 80 fortunato, Brooks—Well, I suppose I havodons my share in nbnamg{ poopls in the newniznpem, and I am gotting sbusod now. Tho news- urt thomselves, however, by' cir- culating these sonndals, as they forfelt that respect which they should maintain, have Inovor let my monoy layidle. If Ishouldonly get 2 per cent’ a yoar I would invest. I invested -in United Btaten, stock during tho war, Some poople (thought it patriotio. I did not, butdid it as an inyeatmont. By McCrary—Nevor recelved anything from Nel{mn growing ount of the Credit Mobiller mwuon, excopt $10,000 which he sdvanced SENATOR PATIERSON wgain sppeared volunt-rll{ before the Commit- tee. Heo 6aid the only logitimato inquiry bofore the Committoo was whether logislative action bad been im royorlfy influenced. \hat property, or how much he might 080, Wa8 not open ¢o logislative investigation. His objeot in com- l:fi bofore the Commitiee was to explain moro fully s point _on which he differod from Ames' Euuunt uimlm‘ Having some money to invost, phoe«i it in the hands of Amos, without n thoughtthat thisstock,—Crodit Mobilier,—reprc~ sented 8o valuable, was in the market, and with the underatanding, on my part cortainly, that ho was to _gecure for mo atock or bonds in the Union Pacific Railroad, and disposs of this sum in ench timo and wey a8 ho could realizo tho most for it. On one occasion, I have no recollection of any other, he paid me somo money, which I then nnd now believe came from the ealo of stock or bonds which he bad pur- chaged ond held for mo. A day or tsvo since, hie came to my room and snid he had again been called bofore the Committeo, and showed me for the firat time & memorandum in which he had credited mo with thirty sheves of stook in the Credit Mobiller, and two dividends on the game. Bup‘posinxl\\'ln to receive stock or bonds, or their prooceds, and nover lmviuli rocelved any- h thing olso, I thought I lmd gobt what I paid for, bat es, it ecems, nob wishing me to suffor from my ignorance of tho mystorios of Pacific Railrond ‘managoment, had put me down for ,ateck in the Orodit Mobiller, and nssigned mo what I recoived ag dividends ou tho samo. 8o far as this invos- tigation la concerned, it is & mattor of indiffer- onco to me, whother his undoratauding or mine is corract, for in efther cnup it was simply an in- vestmont for profit, and had no conuectlon ‘in thought or act with loglslation, but if Lo is n%fl, somobody owes mo & fow thousaud dollars, which If they will have the good- nees to cash, X shall ind my vouture moro profitable than I hod any reason to oxpeob. At tho last session of Congross & gentloman ceme o mo and snid that the Hon. L, H, Rol- lins, who was a competitor for my placein tho Senate, was roportiug that I wns an ownor in this Crodit Mobilicr, and that heshould usoit against 1o in tho cauvasy, Meellng Amos, I ropeated what I had hoard. Ho wrote a letter to Rolllng, in which ho donied that I owned stock in that Company, and camo over to the Benate and showed it to me, T gaid it was ontiroly satisfao- tory. Onreaching Concord, I found tflnt among other falso and malicious storios concacted to injure my gubllu roputation, this was aflont, I donled, au I do to-day, that I had ever owned any of the stock, but ‘stated, as I liave testified to you, that I had bought stook aud bonds In this road, To confirm my stalomaut, I telegraphed 10 Amen 8t his homo' Lo teud nio & copy of hin Iottor to Mr. Rollins, My tologram renchied him in Washington. J. rocsived replios, whiok I will now read, so far as thoy rolato to this subject. WARIIINGTON, Juno 9, 187, o the Ion, J, W, Patlercon: Dxau Stn: I have your telegram asking mo to glve you fhe enbatance of Lho letter I wroto liollin, You Eaw tho lettor, 1 ndded nothing to It after you saw it, aud it is the only letter Lhave written him, The sub- ntance of i won that I lioard io wos mnoking charges sgainst you, or reprusenting you uaa holder or owiur of ktuck fn the Credit Mobilior, and that there were wrong or {mproper influences in relation toit, I wrote himi that 1 did not tkiuk you ever had any of the stack, and, If you lind, there wis no more {mpropriety In 1t (hen dwnlug bunk stock, Yours truly, (Blgned) . = ‘?Auull Afifi. onTat EASTON, Junoe 11 5 Hon, J. W, Patterson: ! g Bim: 1 wrotayou from Washington, in reply to your telegram, Ihave your letters of the 8thand 13th, thiseveniug, hers, onwmy srrival homo from Washinglon, Isiated fn that letlor the substance of amy letter to Rolliun, * You saw the letter I wrote him, 8nd there was nothing in that Lut the truth, and that Rollius should say that the Oredit Mobiller of America wee s fraudulent concern, and that those engaged in it perpetruted a fraud on the country, the commile nity, or stockhcldars, {8 simply untruth, The stockholders of that Oompany contained some of tho beat men of the country,and Rollins knowa it such men as John T, Cisco, ‘Goueral Dix, William 11’ , Dillon, McCormnick, James Drooks, and many olhern of New Yorks O, _G. D, Willlams, Ezra Brkor, Ellsha Atkins, John Duff, Bamuel Hooker, Oliver: Ames and myself, and many others, I am proud fo mny thet I was s dtockholder in i, end_tint Tiaro is and was nofhing rong in Lolding slook any more {hat in owning bonk or raflrosd stook, and Rollins should bo ashamed to mako wuch » ohargo, ns Af yon hiad_boen a stockhioldor and insnager in the Company, which you wora not, If Tollina can find Hothlng Sgaiust yiu moro tian bolng a stockholder in the Oredit Mobiller, you muat be the purcst man fn Now Iampsbire, or in {ho Unitod Biates Sonate. Tr\ulln[{ hiat you will not aufler on account of boing & stockholder with me, snd not realizing tho profits, X, amjsoura truly, Oaxen AmEs, I havo only to add that X have mnover recoivod any cortifieato of stock or other evidence of ownerahip in tho Oredit Mobilier, and am not .enough of alawyor to know how I could draw dividends on what I did not own, With thfa ox- rlnuluan, I am donoe with this oxamination, Of his outrage, dono to the fair famo of men who lavoe lived without reproach for half a contury, by driving them into tho gazo of the publio with nucourgo of opithots which should bo Iaid upon tho lowest criminal; with lashes of torlure inflioted upon mon sonsitive of thoir good namos, by subjooting thom toa logislative inqni- eltion without sufiiclont ronson, X may take ocoasion to spaak olsowhere, but hero I closo by afmply romer) ln[i it such thlnFn aro to contlnuo, all é’auont men Wl il loavo publio lito, asIdo, with ploasure and not wilh regrot. DMr. Pattorson was thon quostioned by Ames, who asked him ifhe (Pattorson) did not pay Amos 83,000 in Jnmmz, 1868, Tho witness roplied he did. Amen thon stated that he lind returned to Pat- torson §2,228 and thirty sharon of Union Pacifio s!‘usk in lt‘ubmnry, and 1,800 in cash on the 19th of Juno. Patterson replied that ho might have rocelved tho ‘lgmnoy, but he did not romombor having ot it. & Amea—Tho difforonce betwoon Patterson and myself in that Inu‘y ho purchasod of mo thirl ehares of Oradit Mobilior, and received tho diyi- dends thoroon. Pattorson at’ first says ho did not. If he mow says ho did purchaso atock, there Ia no further difforenco, and my statomonit 1s corroot. Pattorson sald he bad no recolloction of over having rocelved nng cortificato for thirty shares of staclk, and ho did not boliove he over did. Amos snld it was his fmprossion, that he had dolivered tho stock cerlificate to Patterson. If lo did not, then ho had lost a cortlficato of ll\h'tx shnres, Ames furthor stated that ho roceivo Union Paciflo .bonda as dividonds at 80 per cont, and gold thom at 97, tho procoods of which ho turned over to Patterson, aftor doducting cor- tain intoroat, Tho $1,800 was a cash dividond, and paid {o Pattorson in monoy by tha witnosa, ANES AGAIN. 5 Judge Poland then guestioned Ames na to the lottors ho wrote to Pattorson, during the cam- nlfin, whorein ho statod that Pattorspn did not old stook, and asked him if ho thought tho {n~ terprotation put upon these lettera could bo ox- -cl;? in nccordance with the Gospel, [Laugh- ter, Ames—Woll, Pattorson did not appear on tho books as a tockholder, Patterson was anxious that I should write something to oxonerate him, and I wrote thoso lotters. Niblack—Well, Amos, if you regarded tho wholo matter of holdfng stock as honorable, why did you attempt to cover up anything, Ames—I nover did cover up anything, unloss it was thoso lotters. Pattorson wanted me to write Tottors covering up cortain points for im. Niblnck--'*I regard the mistakon of persons connooted with this thing as very bad,” and he inquired of Ames why ho assistod them in skulking. Ames—Becauso X am kind-hearted, and wanted to help_everybody. [Loughtor] Ames denied thint he had ever writton n_ lotier to BI’Comb about Colfax. could bo influenced ns Speskor, DI Comb said ho would look among Lis lotters, and if ho had such ho would produce them beforethe closo of tho investigation. BROOKE' CHEQK-BOOK. Brooks here Froduccll hia checle-book, which ho had just received from Now York by expross, and oxhibited to the Committeo that no chocks had been given on account of the Oredit Mo- bilior for 810,000, 37,000, or §5,223, and eaid ho showed thia fo prove that he had not drawn chooks for that stock as charged. Adjourned until te-morrow. ——— CALDWELL, ‘WasmNgToN, Jan. 21.—In the Oaldwell bribery case, to-day, C. B, Stillweli, of eaven« worth, Xan,, testitled, and - . BIDNEY CLARK was cross-examined at length. ) b The witness said kio intonded from tho firat to proseonto o thorough {nvestigation boforo tho Committoo of tho Logislatura at Topolk, until he found it was not conducted_légitimately. Tho invoatigatipn .was secret. No prosccutor waa presont, and only ouo witness at a time. The witnoss thinks the romt of the tostimony wos nhang{nd'au the way throngh. The reporter was an intolligent, upright . gentleman, but out of praotice, ‘Tho Committeo Was not composed of enemies of Caldwell, and tho Spoaker, who appointed thom, Was not unfriendly to Caldwell. ’I&nlrruport was unanimous ngainat Oaldwell, ‘| Tho witness was not influenced in bfln%ing tho matter before tho Honate by tho consideration that Caldwell had not pald his (Olark's) ex- penscs. 2 EDWARD MANNING testifled that he was a momber of the Lower Honso of tho L\:‘giulatnre, by which Caldwoll was oleoted. Ho did not know anything sbout tho uso of money to secure his election ; know that Olark had money to influence tho olection ; tried to borrow $1,000 from him. HENRY F¥ORT, of Loavonworth, testificd thal ha knew nothing of any money traneactions on the part of Cald- well's Trionds 1n the canvass, GYORUE H, SMITH, of Leavonworth, said he never knew or henrd of {lnnnuy belng used to wsecurs votes for Cald- well. JORN L. PENDERY, of Leavonworlh, teoslified that Wm. H, Carson told tho witnesn that he meant to make monoy out of this investigation. IIIOMAS P. PENLON, s Domocratic member of the lower House, said that he voted for Caldwell, becauso ho was from Loavonworth, aod o fit man, and thoro wag na chanco of electing a Domocrat. It waa tho gen- oral talk in 'Lopola, that monoy was bolng used, buthe knew nothing of any improper induce- ments belng accepted or offered for votes, On the day whon the first vote was takon, he intro- duced n resolution, directing tho SBpeaker to ad- minfeter to° tho mombera an oath that their votes had not been_and would not be influenced by & money_consideration, ‘The rosolution wos adopted, and about fwo-thirds of the mombers took it. Ono of tha arguments against his rogo- lution was that tho mombora had taken an onth whon they tool thoir soats, and that was “awear enough.™ - Tho votos of fhoso who rofused to tako tho oath, were scattoring, Ho introduced the resolution bocause of the general rumors of corruption that provailed. JERRY CLARK, Postmastor at Loavenworlh, testifiod that in his prosence Carnoy denounced Oaldwell and Bmith, and declared with an oath_{hat he would oush tho lattor from bis seat. He wroto Celdwell, asking for the Postmastorship, and supposed it was given him throngh personal friendship. Ho Tapficed Mra., Jobutan, . widow, befors o term oxpired. When Onrnoy throatened to oust Caldwell, he said thatnix years bofors, ha (Oarnoy) was runiing for tho Benato, and lncked only ton votos of o majority; that ho gove Len Emith $26,000 to secure those votes, but that Bmith sold him out and kept tho monoy, and that Cald- woll was in the conspiracy. 2 OARNEY took the stand, and Orosier asked him if he told Olark that ho gave Smith $25,000, or any other sum, a8 describod. Carney—Nover, ono cont, Other witnessos wore oxamined, but thoir tes- timony waa unimportant; ———— CONGRESSIONAL. BENATE. DILLE PASBED. Bills were passed for tho protection of own- ors of saw millson tho Missieslppi Rivor ; 'for the erection of publio buildings at Nashvillo, Tenn,; for the salo of a portion of the lighthouse roseryation at Fort Gratiot, Michigan ; to onablo the Commissioner of Iudisu Affaira to purchaso cortain improvementa within the Nez Percos resorvation in Idaho, FINANCIAL. Mr, SIIERMAN, from the Committes on Fl-' nanco, reported as an amendmont to the bill to raquire the Nntional Banks to restoro thelr capl- tal whon impnired, and to amend tho National Curronoy ack anld bl boing an original bill re- ported from the Committoo on the 16th inst.), o proviso pormitting sevings banks, herotofora authorized by Congrous to use the word “ Na- tioual ¥ in their corporate namo to continue to do 80, DIFFERENTIAL DUTIEA. Mr. MORRILL (Yermont) roportod from the Tinanco Committoe au original bill authorlzin) the Booretary of tho Troasury to rofund the dif- forentinl dutios on_artioles mtunll%you sbluboml in Fronch vessels destined for the United Hiates, on the bth of November, 1872, BALADIES, Mr. SHEBMAN, from tho Financa Qommittoo, reported a bill fizing the salaries of cortaln oxec- utrva offlcors, with. smondments. As amended by the Oommhna, tho bill provides that each of He never hnd an idea that Colfux: . THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1873, the following-named offlcers shiall bo pald an an- nual salary of 84,0001 Asalatant Beoro! nl'y of tho. Tronsury, Assistant Bocrotary of iho Imterlor, Asniatant Postmastor Gonorals, Bolioitor, Regiu- tor, and Buporvising Architact’ of the Trossury Doparimont, Comminsioners of Patonis, Indinn Affairs, Gonoral Land Offico, and Pousions, ‘and Customs, Auditors of Treasury, ‘Buperintondont of tho Monoy Order Bystom, and Bupsrintendont of Foreign Mails, POBT MOAD BILL. Mr, RAMBAY, from the Committes on Post Offoss, roported tho snnual Post ioad bill, with amondmonts, NEW DILLS, 3 Bills ‘wero Introduced by Mr, WRIGHT au- thorlzing & reforonce to tho Court of Claims, of tho claim of tho hook sgonts of the Mothodist Eplacopal Onuroh Soubh. g y Mr. PRATT, logalizing. tho titles of sevon sars’ sottlors. onlands to which Indisn titlea ad boan nxlln%nlnh d. By Mr. STEWART, suthorizing the Toxas and Pacifio Rellroad Company to makae p-finble in Iawful monoy, the bonda which it has, hitherto beon authorized to issuo. ENTER TINOIDAOK. Mr. WEST prosonted tho crodentials of P. B, B. Pluchback, Bonstor-olect from Louistans. MISBIRRIEFT LEVEES, Mr. ALCORN introduced & bill to provide for the construction of lavecs on the Missisaippl River, which was roforred to the Committeo on T.ovoed, and addrossed tho Bouato atlongih on tho pubjoct, Ha aleo discussed at longth the subject of cotton production. THE APFROTRIATIONS, | Mr, MORRILL (Mo.) from tho Committso on Appropriations roported the Legislativa appro- priation bill, THE SLOOP DILL. Tho Senato thon rosumad consldoration of the bill to authorizo tho comstruction of six now sloopsof war. DMr. ORAGIN offerod an amendmeont limiting the sggrogate tonnago of tho vessels. to 10,000 tous, and tho sggrogato cost to 4,000,000, Agrood to. r, BAYARD offered an amendment providing that hulls of at loast threc of the sloops ehall be built of iron. The amendmont was rejocted. Mr. SHERMAN offerod an amendwmpnt pro- viding that neither of tho vossels shall be com- mencod until complete plans, modela and speti- fications for its construction in all its parts shall bo made, and that, when the plana Lavo been approvod, thoy shalt not be changed, oxcopt upon !ga recommendation of a board, composod of at lenst five naval oflicors, approved by tho Secre- tary of tho Navy; and that, whon such changes aro mado, the aotual cost shall bo estimated by such board. Without further action tho Senate went into Exccutive Session, and soon after Adjourned. . 110UBE. i THE TELEGRATIL 8CHEME, On motion of Mr, MOREY, the Committes on Appropriations wero instructed to Inquire into the prosent valuo of existing telograph lines, tho cost of constructing the same, and the probable cost of now linos, . . BETIRED ATMY OFFIOERS. On motion of Mr, BUCKLEY, the Military Committeo wero instructed to inquire as to the logislation for oqualizing the pay of rotiréd army oftloors. GOVERNMENT LANDS. 2 On motion of Mr. BTOWELL, tho bill waa ] agsed authorizing settlern on untimbered lond 0 ontor 40 acres of timbered land for. eyery 160 nores of untimberoed land, at 31,25 por acro. A CONTESTED BEAT, 4 Mr, MoORARY, from the Elcetion Committes, roported that Mr: Niblack, o contestant, was en- titled to tho soat from Florida, as againat Walls. Tho report will come up, whon Walls will bo ropresentod. ©OLOTIADO. The bill for the admission of Colerado, was taken up and debated, Mr. BARGENT moved an amendment thab tho Btatos hereaftor admitted sball -not deny or abridge tho xight of citizens to vote by reazon of 80X, Mr. TAFFE argued that as Nobraska had doubled ita population sinco it was admitted ns n Btato 80 wouid Colorado. Thore wasno hezard in ndmitting Colorado as o Biate. It was not only a mining country but an- agricultural and stook raislng country, Territorial governments wero unaatisfaotory, and the communitios did not thrive with them. Such governments woro nevor intended by tho Conatitution. At tho ex- piration of the morning hour_tho Colorado bill wont over without action, and tho xest of the day was given to the Committoo on Commorce for considoration xeports from that Committec, "The first bill considored was that reportad March 11, 1872, for tho encpuragomentof tho FOREIGN COMMENCE of the United States, It providoes for o Board of Qommlssioners or amereo, conaisting of the- Beorotarios of tho Treasury, the Navy, ml“h Inuxlm-é t:nd I’toulmn;l;r wit] L3 jooretary 0 appol by the President of the United Statos. This board is to allow bounties of 815 por ton for iron stoamships, and 12 P“ ton to other steamships built in tfie Unitod States, to nn amount not ex-. ceoding 100,000 tnnun{nu; ond is to provide for ateamship lines with one or moro of the rinoipal poris of Great Britain snd of tho Con- ?lnunt of Europe, with tho West India Islands, and Moxico, and betwoen Han Francisco and Australis. Mr, BHELLABARGER, Chalrman of the Committee, made a specch in explanstion and "ndvocacy of tha bill, Mr. COX opposed the bill, He considerod tho only solution to be froe registry, or low tarifls, and » resumptlon of specie &n{’munh. Tho bi}i croatod a now Bureau, sure 8 corrupting in. timo, and usclpes in practico. Everyman should have » subsidy, or nono. "RELLEY (Ponnsylvanis) roplisd to . Cox’s free trade atguments, and closed with tho romark that e bad “walloped" his competitor. Without action, the House Adjourngd. i LOUISIANA. Note from Yudge Elmore. New ORLEANS, Jon, 21,—W. A, Elmore telo- raphs 1. V. Ogdon, & member of the Loulsinna %ummlnen in a'nuhln ton, ag follows : In his statemont to the Prosident, ne publish- od in telograms this morning, Attornoy Goneral: Williama says : '* On tho morniug of {he 22d of Noyember Ilmore procceded with an mrmed mob and seized the Bighth District Court beforo tho hour to which it Lad sdjourned. This atate- mont is utterly false, Having duly beon clcotod Judgo of the Elghth Distrlot Court by a'msjor- ity of over 10,000 votes, commissioned andi swern, 1 opened the Court without objec- tion. Theroc was mno mob present, armed or unarmed. About half an hour after- wards, Judga Dibblo appeared with ex-Bhberift Lauvinett, and attempted to take possession of the Court. I thoreupon ordored Harper, the racognized Bheriff of the Coutt, to oject him, STATE- LEGISLATURES. United States Senators Elected in New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. 'The Benatorial Question in the Kansas Legislature. WISCONSIN. 8pecial Despatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, Map1son, Jan, 21.—Far.the ionth timo, Wis- consin has olected o United Btates Senntor, and, fortho firat timo, hoe honorod & Scoator by a third eloction, and that in & monnor to make tho compliment tho highest possible, without tho formality of o caucus, and ho receiving the votes of mevoral gontlomon who acted with tho opposis {ion at tho laat eloction, Wisconsin hes Lad six Senators: Isamo P, Walkor, Demoorat, oloctod June 8, 1848, and rc-olcoted for & full term Jan, 17, 1840; Ilenry Dodgo, elooted Juno 8, 1848, and re-cleoted for s full torm Jan, 20 1861 ; Oharles Durkoo, : .olocted Tebruary, 1856 ; James R, Doolittle, elocted Jan. 23, 1857, and ro-olected Jan, 23, 1863; Timothy 0. Iowe, clooted- Jan. 23, 1861, and: re-clected Jan. 24, 1807 ; Matt. H. Carponter, olocted Jau, 28, 1669, Tho peoplo of Wisconsin havo impliclt con- I1§flumm onator Howe, and rejoice to do him ONnor. A Sonator Johnson introduced the following ros- olutions in tho Benato to-night, and they woro {mmediately adopted: 3 Renolved, Thet the Committeo on Nailronds be directed to dnquire iuto the advisability and expodiency af the coactment of & law providing for the appoint- ment of & Board of Raflroad Oormumisnioners, whoso dutfes, among otliors, shall embrace tho rollmvflm: To carofully oxsmino into tho condition of all rail- roads in the State, moro partioularly in rogard ta thoir pafoly to passongers and tholr prozptncss and impar- Tty tn Fho trasaporiation of frorght. . Tooxamino into tho .cost of ench ruflroad in tho Btate, and {ho amount of capilal stock and indobted- | noss of each, tho salary of ofticers and employes, and geueral economy in management., To make duo Inquiries whelher thero hns been any resort to ¢ watering ” of stockin any of thoroads, and 1€ 80, what wore the probabla rassons thorefor, 'To'inquire into tha pessenger and freight tariffs of each, and make a full roport thercon, and,ss far as practicable, make a comparison of the samo with roads in oflier patia of tho country, and whether in their opinion such tariffa aro reasonable, ‘That such Commisslonera bo required to submit s full detafled report ot the oponing of each annual scs- slon of tho Legirlature, That if the Committos on Raflroads shall doterming that the interosts of the Btato requiro tho enactment of such a law, they aro licraby {nairucted to roport a bill for tho appointment by the Govornor, by and with the consent of the Benate,s Board of thres Commissionors, at least ong of whom ‘shall boa practien] ongineer, whoso duty shall embrace the above named and such othors s may bo deomed neoessary, which duty shall $o clearly dehned . tho bidl, Resolved, That the Commitico on Ratiroads bo in- atzuctod t0 roport on thess resolutious by bill or other- ‘wiso, beforo the 5th of Februsry next. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. # Mapison, Jan. 21.—A voto was takon in onch Houso for Unitod States Bonator to-day. Tim- othy O, Howo had 22 votes in_the Senato and G1 in the Assombly. Honry L. Polmer had 9 votes in tho Sennto and 80 i fhe Assombly, and ho voted for Charles Aldridge. Sonators Brown (Liberal) and Wagner (Domoarat), and Assom- blymen J. W. Davis, Fay, and Tobin, all Demo- crats, were absent. Baveral of tho O) &nsnion bad expressod thoir intontion of voling for Howo, and there woro ?uho o numbor who did not wish any nomination made against Howe. Thoy wero ovorruled, howover, in the Opposi- tiononucus held this morning, at which was a suggostion to complinont oo Liberal Ropub- lican, partioularly Stophon Maraton, the de- Zonted candidate for Qongrens, but it did_not meot with favor, H. L. Palmor, & straight Dem- ocrat, and an_influential man- 1 tho Assembly, <wos tominatod, and he_secured the yotes of all not counted ss rogular Republicans, oxcept Senator R. B. Davis and Assemblyman Evana, The Assembly ndopted a resolution for a joint convention at noon on Wodnosday to comparo the journals of the two Housos on’ the vote for Unitod States Bonator. Other logislative business to-day was light in- ‘both Houeos, Theroweraeconsidorable numbers of potitlons fora rofmnl of the law exempting Propurty from texatinn. BENATE DILLS were introduced requiring County Treasurers to malto an annual statomont of the” money paid to city and village, 88 well as Town Troasurors ; authorizing the Enbflcnlnn of the list of lots and Innd on which taxos of 1870 are unpad in cortain counties in & German' nowspapor ; that no joint atock firo insuranco cnmdmxa' shall bo incorporated with loss that ©100,000 capital, actual ziv {plld in oash, nor shall any company bo formed for the purporo of doing tho businoss of insgrance under the mutual plan. ASUEMBLY. A-resolution was adopted granting the use of ‘the Assombly Chambor on the evenings of Feb, : 5th and 6th for & *Joint Convention of, and ad- drosges before, tho Btate Agricultural and Hor- tioultural Bocietiea. i Tho consideration of a rosolution offered Inat evening directing the Governor to opon corres- ondenco with the authoritios of the States of ew York, Ohio, Indlana, Illinois, Minnesota, Tows, and Mussnchusetts, in rogard to the canal ‘between Buffalo and Albany, with & view of as- cortaining at what prico tho State of New York ‘wonld agros to sell aatd canal and keep it in good repair ond freo from tolls, snd what co-operation could bo socured in purchaso of sald canal, was mado the speoial order for noxt Tuesday. A fow looal bills were introduced ; algo, ono to provide for recording certain lifes pendens and other like papors ; for the botter presorva- tion of game, including ducka and their oggs ; to provide for building a coal-vault at tho Cupitol. The Assombly .went into Committee of the ‘Whole_for the first timo this session, and con- sidered and ordored to s third roading tho only bill in the genoral filo, —_— IOWA, Deg Mornes, Jan, 21,—In the Benate, this mormning, the Commiiteo to whom was' roferred the resolution rolative to Congress regulating railroad tariffs, roported the samo back, recom- mumlin% its pansnge, Tho chapter of tho code on county and township organization was taken ‘up and an smendmont toretturn to the old Buper- visor system was voteddown, An nmendmentwas adopted, giving counties having a population of ‘more than 12,000 tho powor to appropriate nob "This was dono, and Harpor is the rocognized Bhoriff of a1l the Courts. St S W Tolegraphic Brovities, Princo Napoloon and bis wifo, Princess Clo- tido, visited Quoon Victoria on Monday. ‘Tho roport of ‘the exislonce of & new Lorse disoaso in Now York is an pxaggeration. Mrs. Mary E. O, VanHorn, sn Episcopalian, ‘who died rocently, left pmpufl( to the valuo of $500,000, the groat bylk of which is bequeathed to charitablo istitutions in Now York Oity. Last ovoning John Hchrodor, the Bheriff of Grundy County, accidontally shot himself with a revolver. Howas in the act of closing the 1551 door when the revolver was dlnobnrgod hfi ho door coming violontly In contact with it, while in his pooket. Tho ball wonb downwardain his right leg. Tho wound {snotso dangerous os Bevero. et e 2 ‘The Modoe War, BAx Fnanoisco, Jan, 21.—~Four companies of Unltod Btates troops, two of artillery, one of in- fantry, and ono of cavalry, started for the thoa- tro of the Modoo War to-day from this oity. Tho artillery will take the field as infantry. The total number 18 about 800, Lator intelligenco from the scens of tho bat- tle with the Modocs, gives fourteen whites killed and twenty-three woundod. ~The troops ‘were obliged to leave the dead on tho fleld, Tho volunteers will leavoin a fow days, as their term of service expiros. 5 ——— Nebraska Xtom Onana, Jon. 21.—Granville Hail, Deputly United Statos Marshal, and Dr. Wolf, Deputy \Postmnater of Nobraska City, wero shot at “Wyoming, Nobraska, lo»dl.{{ by & person namod ‘Woodson, of Migsouri, while attempting to ar- rost bim, An itom appoars in tho Eastorn g;vau to tho effoot that the Bupreme Court of Nebrasks had dooided that the issue of bonds by countics and procincts, in ald of rallroads, was vold, The de- olslon wan that thoy wero valid. 5 —_— . Asphyxiated, Torepo, Jan. 21,—Two ladios—Mrs, Rosa Trusnce and Miss Ids Majors—were suffocatad by coal gas last night at the boarding house of 8, 8, Hajors, on West Bt. Olair stroet. Four other inmatos were nearly gone when resousd. s RSl i, Obituary, Bosron, Jan, 3L—Mrs, Harrleon Gray vt dled this morning. LoxpoN, Jan, 41.—~The Hon. Biephen Lush- ington, D. O, L, died yoaterdsy, . oxcoeding $26,000 for & hrhiifl superstructures 3 lso, that tho Buporvisors shall, January of eaohfunr, soleot tiro papers having the largost ciroulation, to publish the proceedings of tho Board at tho expensa , of the county, amond- mont was adopted, roquiring tho suroties on County Treasurors’ bouds to examine thelr accounts four timoes & yoar. An amondment_was aléo adopted, requiring Saper- ‘visora to order an. election for an increass of Bupervisors, on n potition of one-fourth of the qualified voters. Thochaptera relative to Coun- ty s Troasurer, Bloriff, and Recorder wore ndtgnafl withont change. The chapter relauive to Coxonors was amended o as to allow a rea- sonable compenaation to physidians as oxports, and adopted. The chapter on County Burveyor was taken up, when the Souato adjourned. In the Houso, this mom‘nfi, the chapter rela- tiye to insano persons was taken up and amend- ed 8o a8 to make porsons having e of such rosponsiblo for damages; also, that nomem- ber of the Legislature can bo one of the Truastoes ‘of the Inmano Asylum; that dis- charged patlonts must. be romoved at once from the asylum, when tho chapter was adopted. Tho chapter on animals waa taken up, when the House adjourned, In tho Rankin investigation Hon, Oharles O, Nourso -appeared as counsel for Rankin, and asked timo for preparation, which - was granted. Tho Committes resolved to aummon. President ‘Wolch, with tho books, at once. PRI i MISSOURL. Br, Lopis, Jan, 31.—The testimony takon by tho Sountorlal Bribery Invnsut;nlon Committeo, in secrot sossion lasf weel, in Jofferson Qity, was given out at alato hour last night. Quite s number of witnosses woro oxamined, but nothing direotly implicating any candidate, aofar,has been olioited. It was shown, however, that Goneral Dorrls, of 8t Louls, for whom one vote was cast in tho caucud, got woveral §1,000 bills changed at two Jofféraon Oity banks for smallor notes and drafts of §100 eaoh, payable to the boaror; that Colonel Kitchen and one or two other parties had large notes changed in a simi- lar mannor; that Dorris had given a man namod Wilson, of Kansas City, $3,600 to assist In his (Dorria®) elootlon ; 'that Dorrig mado him refund $1,100, Benator Essexsteatified that & stranger came to him, while in one of tho caucuses, and, after a littla convoreation, left on his desk & paper upon whiok was written §300, which Essox construed to mosn a bribe to voto for. Bos{. Mr, Wade, from Boott County, tosti- fled that ho bhad besn told that any membor could have his expouses during the winter paid by voting for Dorris. Mr. Mallencott, of Bt, Louls, teatiflod that M. 0. Bmitk informed him, provious to the caucus, that thore wohld by no oaucus nominoo, in which caxs thore-wounld bo a'chanco for him (Mallencott) to make 81,000 or 81,600, He' pointed out two membora of tho Houno who then bad 8200 in thoir pookets, nnd would got £800 moro aftor the eauous ; that thay woro to vote for Bogy, and that monoy was to ho usod to oloot Bogy, Smith furthor statod that tho roll was kopt in Bogy's room, and overy man who acceptod [ proposition had to Bign the roll and rogelvo his money, This witness undorstood, from an Interview with Smith, that Bogy furnished the monay, and that as many votes aa could Lo got, both Hepublican and Domacratio, were to bo bought for Bogy. With tha exception of tho tostimony of hankers rogarding the changing of large bank bills into small drafts nnd notes, all tho evidenco o far has heon hnnrn{ or scoond- hand. . Tho bankors think about €15,000 was in circulation during tho contest. " Mr. Stanart tostified that on tho night of tho cauous he handed a ullp of papar to Bon- ator Esrox, with ‘¢ 300" mfitun thore- on, and told Famex Lo lad bettor tako that and voto for Bogy, but it wes snid in fun, without authority, and not for the purpose of influencing the gentloman’s vote, anu ho ro- grotted vory much tho soriousness it had as- sumod. . D, A. Button had heard that Mr. Edens, ox- member of . the Houae, had pald money to five membors to influenco thair votes for BY, but ho know nothing of his own knowledgo. Mr. Allon had o conversation with McSmith in Gonoral Blair's room, in which McSmith sald Edons had $265,000 belonging to Davis. Allen's improsaion was that McSmith was nhlln%ol)h(r. overcl othor gontlomon testifled atroot rumors of monoy being uaod, but knew nothing positivo. 4 —_— INDJANA, - Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, BENATE. Txpravarorts, Jan. 21.—Tho Sonato this morn- ing commenced the conalderation of n bill to amend the Divorce Iaw 8o a8 o require_a: throo), yoars' residonco, but was interrupted h& the Bpecial order, boing & bill for tho taxing of bank stock for munioipal [mr{nuu, which was disoussod till tho timo of the rocces for dinnor. Tho disoussion was resumed at tho aftornoon sosston, and ' flnally tho wholo mattor was roforred to tho Committeo on tho Judlciary, by—yens, 25 ; nays, 19, Tho Epuvlnf order was takon up, the rights of married women in property. Tho bill, after dis- cussion, was indofinitely postponed. : Tho Divorce bill was takon up. Various amendments were proposed, when the wholo subject was roferred to the Com- mittoo on Rights and Priviloges, with instruc- tion to make wilful abandonmont for ono year o oauso for divorce, and to add two othor causos --hn%;)!nnoy and tho conviction after marriage of cither party of a folony. . ADbill to regulate desconts 6o as to socure to tho widow, in cago of hor subsoquont marriage, somothing more than a life interost on the prop- orty of hor eatate, and_to make- it her soparate eatato. After nfung discussion, it waa indofi~ nitely postponed, Tho House bill in regard to the amendment of tho Constitution prohibiting the payment of the canal bonds, was amendodas a8 to make tho cloction on the 18th day of February. . ) HOUSE. Mr, Branham, from tho Commiites on tho Binking Fund, roported a bill to consolidate cor- tain mortgage bonds bills recoivablo eto., bo- Ionging to the school fund into ono_non-negoti- ablo mortgags bond of the Btate. The proamblo finds tho aggrogato of thoso bonda o bo 17,647,843, and tho bill is to_simpliy tho nc- counts of tho Commop Bchiool fand. The bill from the Benato to submitto a vote of tho poopls, tho Constitutional smendment to prohibit the Legislature from myhig the dobt ohargeablo on tho Wabash & Erie Canal, ‘was changed from the 28th of Janusary to tho 18th of Fol n:lr{. ¥ ‘The Houso bill to stop paymont of aid voted to railroads till the road is permanently located wwaa passed by ayos 86, nays 0. ‘Tho Houso then :d]oumod till 9 o’clock to- MOrrow. : —— MICHIGAN. Special Deapatch ta The Chicago Tribune, Lansino, Mich.,, Jan. 21,—The chief mattor bofore tho House was the bill abolishing citizens mootings in Detrolt, and leaving all_ordinary muncipal expendituro to be dotormined by the Common Council. Thero is much excitoment in Dotroit, becauso it involvos tho question of tha establishment of a park rogarding which thero is much sitagonism among the citizens, - Fivo Fncillouu, u:ntnlnin? the namos of nontly 2,000 of ho most responsible citizens for ond sgainst tho bill were introduced this morning. The bi Way cunnldesad 1o Committoo of the %Vbnln this aftornoon, Mr. Grousel, of Wayno, offored & ;éruvlm ox- cluding tha Council from sottling oxtraordinary =4 = exponditures, which waa voted down, and tho Dill passed without smendment in the Commit- teo. A warm contost is probable horeaftor. Tho appropriation bill for the payment of mombers passed without allowing the Uppor Peninsular members the extra pay nsusual. Cl{,hu concurzent resolutionfwas pnssod asking the Michigan Congressmen to advocats tho eatab- lishment of & National Parlc at Mackinae. Tho Pomological Bocioty is ocoupying the TRopresentatives’ hall this ovening. ———— KANSAS. 8r. Lous, Jau 21.—Tho Republican’s speocial {rom Topoka, Kan., says Jndia Lowoe has arrived from Washington, and is gathoring considerablo etrongth sbout him. An addross was issued to- * dny, setting forth thocorruption of Benator Pom- eroy, the popular %ppoaitlon t0 him, and eoveral lottors written by Pomeroy and his friends dur- ing ‘tho campaign last concerning the distribution of o corruption fund. Popular demonstrations against him have beon mado at -various parts in tho Stato, and Ropublicans fn- structed to voto sgainst his re-election, Tho opposition to him will hold a caucus to-pight, and if they cannot unite on Governor Harvey or Judgo Lowe, it iu thought they will take up some -now man. A spocial to tho Democrat says: Governor Harvey's friends claim that ho is "the strongest opponent of Pomeroy, while, on tho other hand, Pomoroy's friends claim thaf the Administration organization of tho Logislature, tho State ‘Ad- ministration, nnd the lobby, arc on.his side, and they can't see how ho can be beaten. A despatch from Parsons, Kanens, says a letter revoived thero from Topeka, state Iomoroy's friends are ready for a ballot now and have no Toar of dofaat. S ———— PENNSYLVANIA. Hannisnune, Pa, Jan. 21.—Tho oloction of TUnited Btates Bonator took placo to-dsy. The vote stood in tho Sounto: Camoron, 18 ; Wallace, 11; Wright,1; Marshail, 1. In the Houso: QOameron, 69 ; Wallace, 37, e The inaugural procession of millm? and olvio organizations this morning was the finest seon for many yoars. Notwithstanding the sovere snow and raiu-storm the stroots were jammad. After passing over tho youte sslected the proces- sion marhedto Capitol Hill, whoro, at noon. Governor Hartrantt was sworn in, and delivored his address. Pumavrrenia, Jan, 21.—Colonel Quay, of Bosver County, Tias boen appointod by Governor Hartrantt Bocrotary of tho Commonwealth, g NEW YORK, Axvpaxy, N, Y., Jan, 21.—In the Sonato, npon momination for United States Bonator, Koscos Conkling received 20 votes: Charles G. \Vhentun, 6; Henry R. Holden, 1; Wm. M. Evarts, 1. In tho Assembly, Conkling received 93 votes; ‘Whoeaton, 26, Theolection in joint session takes placo to-morrow. e GEORGIA, ATLANTA, (a., Jan. 31,—The following is tho rosult of the vote for United Btates Bonator in tho Goneral Assombly to-day: Gordon, 93; Stophons, §6; Den. Mill, 81; Fioldor, 17; Akerman, 13, Tho indloations favor the eleotion of Gordon to-morrow. —_— = OHI0, COovumnus, 0., Jan, 21,—Billa were introduced to provido that individual members of Build- ing " Assooiations shall return their sheres to Assossors for appraisement and taxation tho samo as othor stocks; to authorizo Ohlo in- surance companies, doing a local businesy ex« olugively, to do businosa on $100,000 oapltal. o —— e The Schwab Bribory Oase in Olucine natl, OrNorNNATE, Jan, 2l.—Petor Schwab, of Ham- ilton, way arrosted, to-day, on a charge of at- tompting to finproperly influence CGovernment witnesses, o was brought before United Btatos Oommissioner Malliday, ‘and held in 1,600 bail to anum for proliminary examination noxt Baturday, £ . CiNoiiNatr, O., Jan, 21,—Tho Reglater in Bankruploy to-day took evidence ot T, I' Saun- ders, ouo of those witnessos who, Joseph Will- {ams test!flod lage Saturday in the Bohwab caso was £0 sharo the 20,000 in” case the Governmon! should lose in tho suit triod last Juno agninat the Plank Road Dietillery. T. P, Baun- kors testiflos _that in “rosponss ta an invitation from Josaph Willlams he wont to the Ht. Nioholas early in May, after the Olnocinnatl 5 i Conventlon, where, In & privato - room, ho found [, bills '.mq,ed 10,be sworn to by Garvey wero not - Honator Bohwab and \, P, Pato eitting bfi A ta bloon which woro lying groonbacks, Bchwab tmaid --to wilnems, ““You ‘sre just tho man .want .soo. . I want " you tocount that money.” Witness countod it, and found it was #0,000, Witness says then Will- |, isms took Bohwab out of thoroom a fow min- utos, whon both returned, and witnoss went out with Williams, and askod him what this meant, xuanlv{nig the answer, “* You will find out somo Witnoss then monde inquiry as to what Leon done with tho monoy, and Joarnod that Hohwab had _deposited it in_ tho .safs, whoreupon Lo prodictod fo Willlama that when the -envolopo was openod it would contain no monoy, adding that ho had Toard of atuffad packngoe i whoreupon Willlams grow mgm and wont away. - “Witnosssaid he did ot soo tho disposition of the moma{‘, but had <onversed a fow timos casuaily with Bohwab about it, and onco told him ho thought thorewas nomoneyin it, Witness didnotuntil aboutaweok ‘beforo theicloso of tho trisl undoratand what dis- {maulnn was to be mado of that monay, at which imo Williams told him 84,000 of it wan for him, if ho wishod ft, Had a convorsation oftorward with Bchwab aud - Pate; about the disposilion of tho _ monmoy. It ‘wes _undorstood, - though not distinctly statod, that Lo shonld rccn%vo $4,000 of it. VYit- nons eald ho would not recolve it ns a gitt, but would like to haye about 3,000 aa & loan. Re- colved of Bchwab $30 in paymont of a loan, but 10 other money of auy oo of the partics. FOREIGN. s & FRANCE, Pants, Jar, 31.—In the Assombly, to-day, after a noisy and undignified discussion, M. Ohristo- lilos’ motion, approving: the cfroular of the nistor of Bubllc Instruction, on_educational roform, was ndogted, by & vote of 420 yens to 86 nays, 'The mombera of the Right abatalned from vn“l‘x]:g, but in vain, and the vote was declarod valid. 2 The Orloans Prinnés, to-day, for the firat time, attonded mass in commemoration of Louls XIV. at Obapol Explatoire. The circumatance oxcitos commont, and is rogarded by some of the jour- nals as~an indication that tlio union of the Llegllgmnhln and’ Orleaniats has boon com- ploted. - = L hie 2% Teneullly, DoCamp, and Beuat, throo Com- munieta undor sontohco of doath, will bo shot to-morrow muminf at Batory, In tho cases of ton other Communists, who wore toliave boon oxecuted about tho sametime, the Presidont has commuted tho sontenco to imprigonmont for life. : o court-martial soiting st Alglers con- domned to denth oight of the porpetrators of the Palestro masancre, and sentenced thirty-seven othors to yarlous torms of imprisonment. Prince Orloff, the Russian Ambsasador, has roturned to Paris. CUBA, Speetal Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New- Yorg, Jan. 21.—The Minisior of the Cuban Republio at' London, Colonol Jusn Man- uel Macins, after a sojourn of a_couplo of years in that city, has arrived in Now York, He says if tho Unitod 8tates grant belligerent rights to + Quba,; England will follow suit at onco, her Q:uny being to 1ot this country take the initiative in re~ 5 to sn island 80 near our ehores, Tho Lon- on Anti-Blavery Society hau caused meetings to 'bs held at tho principalcitios in the United King- dom, at which resolutions wero paased condomu- Ing elavory in Cuba and Porto Rico, and request- ing tho Dritioh Government fo take such steps as may be - most desirable in tho mattor. Colonel Macins snys, before loavin, London, “I csused to printed many thousand -pamphlots, containin; oxtraots from spoeches mnso m tho Spanisl Cortes on tho abolition 'of slavery in Cuba, ‘Those pamphleta have been sent to all the newe- papers in Great Britain, whilo I am now causing othors to bo sent from here to all the leading -journala in this country and Canada.' Oolonel Macias, since 1847, has been working for Cuban indopendence, and has been for many yoars uuder sontence of death by the Spanish Govornmont, Ho was an Aid-de-Comp to Eo- zeg and agent for the gro cotod oxpedition to Juba of Geneoral Quitmanin Ifloridn and Georgis. —— RUSSIA. Loxpon, Jan, 2,—A special from Druasels contradiota the statement, that Count Bchouve- loff has failed in his misslon to securo the co- operation of the British Government in meas. uros contemplated by Russia in Contral Asla,. g GREAT BRITAIN. TLoxpoX, Jan, 21.—Thoro is resson to hopo that tho strike of tho iron miners in Bouth ‘Walos will soon terminate. ——— = 8 AUSTRIA, Loxpoy, Jan. 21.—Tho World’s Exhibition, at Vienns, will opon in May. The American Com- mission s vory active in Beouring space, and l)rovldh:g accommodations for exhibitors from ho United States. e = EGYPT. OArno, Jan, 21,—A contract of marriage be- twoon tho heroditary Prince of Egypt aud & daughtor of Elhani Pasha was signod on the 16th inst,, In tho presenco of tho Khedive, the Cah- mot, tho highoat offlclals of the Vice-Regal Court, and the representatives of foreign powors. - Ench Consul roceived a presont of 's Osshmers shawl and o dromedary.: On the 18th thore wero races, and in tho evoning n grand ball was given. Tho Sultsn sent nnngmmhmn and honors to tho Khodive and the membors of his family. NEW YORK. Stokes Likely t6 Have o Now Trial— Recont HMomicides—Foster’s Caseo— Tho Oonl Corncx—The Tweed Trial—. Miscellancous Local ftcms, Spectal Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Youk, Jan, 21.—The belief is now gen- oral ju logal circlos that Btokes will be granted s now trial, for the ono resson that two of the jurors made outside examinations of a gun- smith’s shop and at the staircase of the Grand Central Hotel. A jury in Roohester, on & certain occaslon, whilo out for exorcise at the close of tostimony, visited tho scone of the homicide and the Supreme Court granted a now trizl on the strongth of this circumatance. The two shocking, deliberate homicides that hiavo ocourred in this city this week, in conjunc- tion with the announcoment that the Oourt of Appeals has rofused to give Foster, the car-hook murdoror, o now trial, has plunged ¢ Murderer's {?lov:," in tho Tcg‘nbs, l‘:‘t t‘llm‘g.?pnnt hglong). ‘oster wag greatly agitate ay when he heard that his doom was sottled. Boy!.\ld o long and painful intorview with his wifo and- daugh- ter, but refused = peremptorily to con- verse with nndy of ~the' numerous roporters who callod. Mo said to tho jailer that it was hard to be ainglod out for the gallowa {from among men who used pistols and kniyes, whereas, he employed only an axtempoxiznd weapon whils in an irrational condition. Prosident Gowan, of the Reading Rallroad, is publishiug ltters dofénding his_anthracito coal corner, to affeot which ho 18 wsld Lo hiave bor- rowed §25,000,000 from English capitalists. Mr. Gownu argues that tho Company, at their new ratail yard in Philadelphis, can_ afford to soll coal at, $6.85 a ton, and make a profit of £160,000 & yoar on totnl ealos of 100,000 tons per anuum. . To retail a like smount, under the old systom, in Philadelphis, required thirty- throo ‘dealers, who charged $6.70 a ton. Mr, Howard sbrowdly asys nothing about the coat of cosl in other Eastern cities, It is from b to 20 ¥qr oont higher in Now York than one year ago. iy concossion in Philadelphia is made becauso tho Legislature of that State I8 to bo kopt quict, (70 tho Associated Preas.) New Yorg, Jan, 21.—In tho Tweed osse, Gar- vey's oross-examination acoupied the wholo day. Tho witnes toatifiod ho was not 8o poor as to be required to work for the county, if Le know that ho would havo to go through a ocourse of crime to got his mnu:fir. Ho told Mayor Hall that his (witnoss') bills wero just to oreato effct. The witness' explained tha mannorin whioch he and Ingoersoll made up his bills, Theso billa woro ', partislly just, ' Thoro was not 85 per cent of apny bill dus from tho county, Each bill was presumed to bear the samo proportion of his olaims, 0Of those claims only $241,000 was due from the county. No part of any bill was enirely truo, Tho wit- noas didn't dofinitely know how much was true nohody saw the bills until the witness rendero thom ; he kopt thom ontirely to hlmaall‘ tho Youchors nccompanied tho Warrants for those bills, Io got directions from Watsou how to mako out tho bllls, Twood's name was on somo of his Dills, Tho prices charged for work wore rogular, but tho amouuts woro Iucreased. Ho put fn 86,000 {u oue bill on his own hook to pay eleotion exponses ; witnoss had no ldea of concoalmout in nalung up his bills ; did not know how many bills were not sworn t0; many woro not sworn to; remember swearing to ona which was an lonest bill, Woodward dirooted him to make the deposits of ths payment of some of his bills to his own ordor., The defence wanted to show that somo of the rified, but the Court would not allow {6, The olonce alac wanted to show additional perjury i in tho witness, in swoaring that Twoed onlary tho bils 16 por oent, bub tho Court thought i olevant, £ . On _furthor oxamination, the witness stated, that hb only sworo to ono affidevit, which was: on hin first bill. The witnens rncogn‘zcd & num-- ber of warrants, in which-othor names wero in- sortod 1: payces. Bomo of thoso names were. corroet, > ¥ . d ln'rhu dofonce hioro wanted to show that’ Garvey’ virtunlly forged somo of thoso namos for tho: purpose of durmndlng tho county, altering tho names slightly to profaect himnolf’; aleo, that the witnoas was angaged in indopendont uyuuhuon, and did not dlv?dn the monics, an stated. Aftor atgumont, tho Courf dscided {0 oxelude tho tos- timony. * ¢ Tun’crouu oxamination was continued. Garvey sald he novor roturned to tho couuty a cont of tho $18,000 ho got from Woodward for word done for him, . Tho 00,000 which 1io gave Twood, and says .he wae ropaid by tak- | ing it from the county; the 4,000 for Walter Rocho, the $50,000 which Mo contributed to olection oxponson, or tho 6,000 to gave toward ‘buying up tho Committoe. ourned till Thursday, A Br, Flynn was arronted {o-day vhile nogo- tlmn%a 8500 bond stolen in- 1870 with'. 803, -more from Dabney, Morgan & Co. MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL ITEMS, Dr. Beohe's residence, No. 053 Prairie avonno,. was slightly damaged by fira at_about half-past 6 o'clock yoaterday afternoon, Tho flames wora: extinguished by & police officer, and no alarm. was sounded. ™ A woman named Ella Warron, who rosides at: No. 128 Weat Randolph atreot, had her right arny: broken in o fall whilo gotting out of an omnibus: at tho cornor of Desplaines and Madison stroots, yostorday. Coroner Stephens hold an lnr{:mnt. quterdny,. at No. 78 Liborty stroet, on the body of a woman named Anna Wachtor, sged 24 years, who waa solzod with convulsions on Monday, and dled. One of tho koopors at the House of Correc- tion roportod to the polics of the Fourth Pre- cinct Biation that » prisonor named Charles: Graves, who was fined 850 about four wooks: nEa, had mado his escape from that institution. at 8 o'clock last ovening. Roundsman Day wns. -dotailed to look for him, axd, after a shork search, found him at the house of his wife, on. Lock streot.: . A consumpiivo named Honry Bweltzor, who hod been suffering from the dread disgass for- soio yoars, foll dond while standing in frontof | No. 280 Weat Lake stroot, at 7 o'clock last oven- ing. ¥ohad been at work during the day, and | froquontly complained of focling mora than usu- ally bad. Doceased was an Amorican, 42 yeara ‘1’1‘1 8go, ond has two little children in hrceporb, The alarm from Box 62 at 10 o'clock last night. wa# occasioned by tho bronking out of fire in the: three-story brick building, Noe. 167 and 169 Ar- cher avenis, ownod by William Bartlett. ‘[ha ‘before modical aid could bo procured, The ver- dict of the jusy was in accordance with the facts. in the caso. firo first appoared in_ & rour Toom in tho third ! story of No. 167, which was occupied by s con- fumed incbristo, and it s supposed thot he kindled the blaze, 88 ho could not bo found whon tho excitemont lad subsided. The building was damaged sbouk $9,000; insurance unknown. Conlan & Spelling,. Eoccru who occupied the first floor of No. 167,. d tholr stock dnmagod to the extont of shout $8,000; insured for $1,600 in the National, of Pennsylvania. The other two floors wore ~ocoupied- by Messrs, Waller and Bmith as boarding-houses. Each lost about 8200 worth of furniture; no insurance. The basement of No. 160 was occupiod as a saloon by A, Hinkens, Loss, $100; no imsur- * snce. Tho firat floor of the same building was nlso used as & saloon by John White, Loss, $200; fully insured in the Girard, of Philadol- phia, and Browers’, of Milwaukes, On Mondsy, an old woman named Catharine Outlor, sged botweon 60 and 70 yoars, who was sddicted o tho inordinato use of intoxicating drinks, was found lying dead on the floor of a room tho misorablo shenty No, 74 Carroll streot. Yesterdsy ° tho Corgnor hold an_ inquest upon her remains. The head and faco wore found to be bruised in such & way that suspicions of murder were instantly arousnd, ond it was decided ta Phyaician porformed this duty. Ho discovered that denth%mi not been the rosultof any injurica to tho hoad, but had beon cgused by the fifth and sixth ribs ‘being forced through thaliver. Tha Jury, after carefully examining tho surroundings Bt hstcnmg to the tostimony of a large numbor of witnessos, came to the conclusion that the old ™4 womnn fell against _tho cornor of a stove, whila intoxicated, and the injuries in her side wera P The New York Canal Board. Axrpaxy, N. Y., Jan. 21.—At a meoting of the Canal Board to‘d? a rosolution pasacd that the toll sheet of 1874 be adopted as the toll sheot {or 1878, with the concurronco of the Logisla- ure. —_— To Bo Ianged. Avpany. N, Y., Jan, 31.—In the case of Foster, the New York car-hook murderer, the Court of Appeals has affirmoed the judgment of the Court below, and has ordored that Court to effectuata its sentenco. - Twew Orlenns Marlcot. NEw OnLzANs, Jan, 21, -BREADSTUPEE—Corn easion at 74@75c. Oats, 800, * ‘HAv—Firm; cholcs, $10.00@42,60, PROVISIONS—Pork frmer at $13.76@14.00, Bacon {n betier supply and casler ot B3o, 9X0, 03(c. Hume, gg(@mxo. Xard eastor; tierco, 73{@8x(0; kog, O 340, GriooznrEs—Molssses in good demand and firmer; common, 45@930; folr o cholco, 80@0Ge. Others une nnged, Corron—Active and prices stiffer; sales of 6,000 bales, - dood ordinaey, 113fe; low middiing. 184G 1850} midaling, 10340} mic dl]flz Orleans, 1050, Roe coipts, 0,581 balos ; exportsto Liverpool, 1,910 baloss stock, 180,106 bales, AUCTION SALES. By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., WM., A, BUTTERS & 00, ATOTIONBEBRS, 2 (ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 18%). Offge aud Balosrooms, Nos. 55 and 57 South Canal-st., Wil hold Woekly Bales throughout the year 1878, dnys—REAL RSTATE, e Honia AND SHOES. Npeduesdays—HORSES, OARRIAGES, AND HAR- Thamdars—DRY GOODS, OLOTHING, HATS, dc. Haturd LD [OUBE] 2 HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND GENERAL s Tiado ou secelpt of Merchandise. Con- Great Catalogue Sale CARRIAGES, Top Buggies, Rockaways, Phaetons, Open Buggles, Cutters, Donble and Single Harness, Slelgh and Carrlage Robes, AT ATCTION, On WEDNESDAY, Jan. %, 187, salo commenciog at 10 o'slock 8. m., at the Oarriage Depository, Noa. 25, 37, 20 and 31 West Wa , NOAT Corner \ Canal-st., Chieago, ¥ Balo peromptory for cash. Erory Oarrisgs guarane toad, ‘WM, A, BUITERS & CO., Auctionears, DRY GOODS, -CLOTHING, Furs, Hosiery, Boots, Shoes, &oi, AT ATCTION, n“ a %\3&??’&?, Jan, 23, at 10 o'clock, at 55 and 57 WAL A, BUTTERS & 0., Auctionsers, By GEO. P. GORE & CO. 800 cAsES BOOTS AND SHOES - 'WILL BE OFERRED AT AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, at 9}, m, by TGO By QOB A 007, B0 Saits Randeto.at, JFue-linod Gouds and Rubborw'aro facludud in tho abav By HARRISON & CO. - REGULAR WHDNESDAY’S SALE OF "DRY GOODS, Notions, Furs, Ohromos, & Cigars, Balo oommonces at n)!'-, m, HARKIION & 00., Austtousers, 08 Bouth Canaiat. ! make a post morfem_examination, The County | thua inflicted. i / s