Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1874, Page 8

e s 8 cee e aviae v savAsoULL Ry JalyUalve &1, D84 —_———— et e == = Ahat tho Senato will pana the Touso bill abolishing the | Mons of tho oritic, but_romarknble as s public | have little Imprévomont in the typo of. g toy wny of thinking, da it rescinded Mr, Waeh- | ranta d8 woré nogotiable and suited thefr ‘pure v WAS H I N GTON. oftico beforo thio oxamiintion is had, . | oxhibition of tho sxcoilont tneto nnd skl of tho | hoads * of committocs, littlo improvomont MARK SHERIDAN. burn' obnoxious Ofder, snd rostorod tho * do- | poso; | Tho matter wan liopt_ vory secrot and M: ndge TAVAGTIOUTEURML BIODUTS 1 o pyy | donor. A Tifoesizo portralt of Mr, Corcoran, | in disclplino, no moro nvorago sitontion posit » buslnoss to s otiginal condition. (Continueil from the Firat Page.) POl L bbbl bl b b I the nomination o€ Mr, Waito save that Grant Ia datbre minad to appoint thoman whom lio considers the bent, @ud piot tho man whom: {ho country eonsidera thé o ¥rom tho Tribunat * OF eourso Mr, Walto fo not Al best tan who conld Lo named for the placs, but ‘thore fano qood reason Wiy ho sliouh fot be promptly onfirmol, o Uit groat mara O sorlous peoplo who Totlove in tho principiea for whlch wo wont to war, and who rogard it a8 tho duty of tho National Legintituro Yo foriity aud defond thoso principles. by atatite, and the duty of tho Juliclary to fnko eara that thoy recelvo , mo dotriment through the hortlo construation of the “aw or Constitution, the corroct political autecedenta of 2r, Woite will socin far moro fmpotiont than all the Zearniug and brifliant abilities of Gon, Qushing.” From the Times: *Tho nomination of Judgo Wato to tho post of Obiof-Justico of tho Bupremo Court i3 n thoroughly respoctabl oue, and will probas Uly moot with littla opposttion from sny quarter, 1ia a0 mon of very high poraonal choracter, of rocog- Tized abillty, and quito suflicient standing {n his pro- Tossion o Iaty tho bello tnt e wil mako a good Qulef-Justico. In nominating Mr. Waite, the Proal- dent hias shown an_honest desiro fo dlsclinrgo a vory difoult duty in & consclentfous mannor, and_withotit xeforonco to party or the private wishes'of any clique 10 Washington o cleewhore,” - tNoTNAATL, Jan, 20.—Tho Commeredal, upon tiio nominatiou of M, R, Waite for Qulof-Juatice, snys : "It Is, from ovory poinit of viow, o respectablo pominstion ¢ ono tiat Wil Do widely fuforsod by tho ar, and satiaf; 0 desires of 6 people,’ 43 ‘o Tnquires says 2 * Though Mr, Waite's name fs ot the most shiuing Smong thio jurists of tho United Blatos, his nomination will sottle tho voxed qostion of tho higf-Justiscalip moro satfufactorlly to tho publio than wo havo dared to oxpect,” Tho Gazettesayn.s * Tho nomiuation Is not only un~ excoptionable in’ overy way, but inan sdmirablo oney nd thers can bono rosson to doubt ks prompt con- Grmation, pa— o POSTAL AFFAIRS. REFGNT OF THE POSTMASTER-OENETAL. Wasurnarox, Jan, 20,—Tho Postmaster-Genoral Ling yeplied to a resolution of tho Senate with rogard to the franking privilego, otc, Ho eays: “Tlo net vica of oficial amps for tho noxt fecal year to cover transmisstons of natior formerly sont through tho mails nuder the franks of heads of departzhcats aro catimated at ££,350,00. A comparison of receipta on four items duri the quardor ondiug Sapt. 30, 1673, with thoso on the samo tema for tho corresponding quarter of tho proceding year, sliows an sggregato Increade of $1,609,445, and an Increase, exclusivo of official stamps, of $014,912.% Thorougbly impressed 08 ho I8 with the ‘bollef that the ropeal of tho franking privilgo waa & wiso ‘mesaure, and will ho productive of the Mtdrc!:;:h III: tal sorvice, ho earnestly rocommends that B e Losed it at 1638t it trial can bo made, n bis Tust report ho rocommented & reduction of tage on books to 1 cent for two onnces. If that suggostion ehould be adopted, he cannot sco Why poat~ _ ago should not bo patd upon Gongrossional doctiments a4 woll aa upon dopartnientsl matter by an nppropris- tion from the Treasury, In cagoof the return to tho distribution of fiold and garden secds ond public «documonts, the Postmaster recommends that they be transported as froight in other than mall cars, He alzo recommends the froo transporintion of weekly mowspapors within tho countics of their publication, “which has heretafore been forbidden, TALTIAL DESTOMATION OF TIIR FIANKING PRISILEGE. i Tho Committce on Post-Offices nnd Post-Roads will eoon raport a bill restoring tho franking privilege to o limited extent., Tho same Comumittes hns decided that thie bonefita of freo Iotter dolivery by carriers should not exteud La citles having less than 200,000 in- habitants, CONFINMED, Tho Senate confirmed thie nomination of Oliatles W. ‘Bobbins, Pogtmaster of Niles, Obio, plellices ok GAGGING THE MINORITY, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribune. & CUANAOTERISTIO BULE, + WASHINGTOR, D. C,, Jan, 20.—The Houso adopted to-dey » now rule, directing that ll motions to sus- pend tho rules, except to gojuto Committeo of tho Whols, sholl, beforo bging eubmitted, bo sec- onded by o mofority.\ This will meke It tmpossilo for the Y minorlty, on Mon- days particolarly, or st duoy timo, to securo n ¥olo on & measuro which ia_obnoxious for sny reason Yo the majority, The practice has been, that on Mon- "y a motlon could be mado {o suspend tho rulea by ‘'sny momber, and ft Was ot once puf. Abuscs Lave cropt in undor this provision, but tho cure ss decided ‘upon to-day OANNOT DR JUSTIFIED, Tho only wuy in which the minority could sccnre an expression upon ils meanures, without great cireumlo- cution, was by thus infroducing (hem on Monday un- der a motion to suspend the rules. As it stands now, Elio minority can nover, by any posstbility, securoa vola ona measuro which it propoees, if tha proposition should bo of such o naturo that (he majorily would dislie, or displeasing to_Denjamin Butler, Jamos G, Blane, Gen, Garfleld, or Hornco Maynard, Tho gontle- men named wero proverbially responsible for the adop- ton of tho resolution, There never was n more CONTENPTIDLE. USK QF POWER lodged in » majority made than that by which theso mon succeedod " to~day. Tho sum of it s tho enuct 1ment boldly and openly of & gag rule of ‘the most un- Just and ahameless sort, for which no shaduw of de- cont excuso can be assigned, PINCHBACK. Special Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune. HE 18 NO LONGER IN FAVOR, % WAsnIXGTON, D, C,, Jan, 20.—The motion of Mr, Aforton in the Senate to-day, to recommit his own ro- solution, offered before the holldays, declaring Pinche back entitled toa seatos a Senator from Loulsiana, was significant, The Committes on Privileges and .Elcctions, it will bo remomberad, was divided s to the Pinchback-McMitlsn case; and ssked, prior to the Tolldoy recoss, to e discharged from furthor consider- stion of the subject, wheroupon Senator Morton, upon bisown responsibiiity, offered a resolution to seat Pincbback, Morlon now wants the resolution recom- mitted, go that the Committes may investigate certain ‘chargea reflectiug upon PINCHDACK'S PRIVATE CHARACTER, Morton says theso charges have come to Lils knowl- edge since Lfs resolution wus fntroduced, but it is a fnct thatiat least ono of the allegations against Piuche buck, to tho offect that he, liko Caldwell, of Kansas, Ead fecured his election o the Scnate by unblushing brivery, was published at nbout the time Mr, Morton’ watrying to have Pinchbuck ndmitted on prima focle evidence of election. Tho result will ‘doubtless bo that Pinchback will follow tho exampls of Caldvwell and RMESION THE €EAT, when it bocomes spparont that an investigation Intotho monner of his clection 18 to bo made, Without donbt au investigation, If properly conducted, will establish tho fact, that the most glaring frauds ‘wero perpotrated in t‘l:ll sham election upon which Pinchiback clajms the caf = T, WOMAN-SUFFRAGE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, 'WAsINGTON, Jan, 20,—The balls and corridors of tke Copitol were well-filod with people at an early hour this morning, Mostof thoso prosent were women, - They wero present to take part in, or to witness, tho procecdings which it had bee proviously announced would come up before the House Judiclary Committee, As 500n a8 tho Commitico-room was thrown open the erowd fairly rushed in, and tbo room was lterally packed-full within two minutes, Presontly tho mem- bers of the Committeo put in an appearance, snd the procoedings began, The businees to bo considercd «as Gea, Butler's bill, introduced yesterday, to strike the word #mula” from the qualitcations for votors in this District, MISE SUBAN 1, ANTHONT sat at Gen, Butler’s right hand, and ucted s Lienten- ant to that officer in munaging the proccedings, -Argu- ments in support of the provisions of (ho bLill wera made by Mr, Fruncis Millor, couneel for Mrx. Sarah J, Bpencer o tho cases fatcly deeled ndverso. Jy by tbe ‘Bupremo Court of tha Diatrict of Columbla; = also Ly Mre, Lackwood, a practiciiiy s courta of this District, Aiss Phoebo Cozzons, aud Mies Francis Ellen Burr, Mins Anthony ~closed'tho argu- Bonta, wheroupon the. Commlltcs sajourud to the ouse, THE WOMEN IN COUNCIL, During ncatly tho entire day tho galleries of both the House and Senato have been comfortably flled with womon-suftagist and aiglitseors, but tlie beer- gaxden presouted greatoat aitraction, sl NOTES AND NEWS, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tyilune. THE ABIATIO QOMBIEROIAT, COMPANY, Wasnxozon, D, 0, Jon, 20,—The schems for the tncorporation of the Asiatic Commercial Company, which was killed ot the last scesion of Qongress, {a vevived and comes to tho front again apparently un- burt by ita mishaps, The schemo coutomplates tho Incorporation of & company which sliall have the credit of the United Btates upon which to doa genoral mer- cantilo and banking business in Japan aud Clifnn, Thoy sre authorized to issue monoy, ko go in debt, and genarally to do all these things which dishonest men are fond of doing, Tho bill fs before the Houss Come cuttes on Commeree, and an argument in ils favor was made boforo that Committen to-day, THE RIVER AND MAWLOL RILL, Mesera Whoeler, of New Yaik, ‘Ssvyer, of Wieconsiy, Oonger, of Michigan, Iooper, of Masiachusetts, Stans ard, of Minsourl, and Holman, of Indiann, compoue the mub-Committes of the Houes Commerce Come- mittes to propare the River aud Harbor bill, OIVIL-8KRVIOR EXAMINATIONS, The Civil-Service Examining Board of {lie Treasury Department have notitiod the publio that an examing- tion will be had to seloct n suitable porson to All the Deputy Commisslonorship of Interual Kovenue mado vacant by tho death of Gen, Swcat, Quito n largo pumber of ambitious gentlemen have slgnified tholr intention ta contest for the place, Tho liat is open to ail, and If some young graduaie should answcr {ho cographical, grammatical, and_mathomatical conun- s which form the principal stock in trada of ©ivil-Bervics Examiners more satisfactorily than good bueinees-mes who bavo boen ant of sclicol fittcen or twenty years, the couutry will sccove tho ciivies of & FaluAbls nun for the plaoe Tho hopa fa indu's maliiug 1t Lo duty'of tho Commissianor to nacertain tho Annnal amontit of every ngrienltural product, in- ¢luding wool ahd tho supplics of animal food, tho Drobatlo Ceinand for cach i thia d._ ollior countrles, g tho oost of slipping tho smine o markets tha pricen reallzed from consumors, nnd o probablo profits betweon producersand cousnmeds ; and, Ho pricos fu tho principal Tocalitivs wirsro produced, The Tiormation s obtntnod fn 16 1o fufnistied to Afnta Hunrds of Agrleultiire, ahid to somo proper officer in cncli coubty in tho Unfted Sinten, MULLETT'S DUILDING OPERATIONS, RAuperyising Architoct Mullott nppearod Doforo tio Uown Aupropriation Committoo to-day and malo & atatomont with rogord tobin ostimates, to the offect thint thioy aro g low na it {a ponstbla to mnke thom with 8 viow to carrying on tho worl on the publio buildinge sireuy comivenced (i varfous partn of tlio couniey. 1o Aid not stato how much 1n tho cngo of cach btll~ ing bio bind cansod tho imits of cost act by Congrem to o exconded by makiug plans and specifioations ont of proportions to tho catimato, A showing of this kind would bo valuable. RECEPTION AT TNIE WIITE NOUAE, Thio firat rogular ovoning recoption thin season ot 1o Whito Lotino_wan hnd this ovening, The crowd wna largo snd fho nccommodations dofestable, Indiana eapecially mado a fafnt shiow of fair women aud brave doen, ~ Only two mora rocoptiona will bo hold this wintor by the Prestdent, [0 the Asroclated I'rass.} TENALTY FOR FRAUDULRNT UNDERVALUATION, WAsHINGTON, D, O, Jau, 20.~Tho _Sennte Finnuca Gomumitteo thixmorulng sgreod to roport, favorsbly Mr. Fonton's bill providing that n cares of fraudilent nudorvalustion of imports tho confincation: ponslty il aoply only to particulss ftom or ftoms undor- wvalued, aud oot to the whole invoice, SUPREME COUNT DECTHIONS, It tho Supreme Court to-day in tho enso of Day ogaluat Micon et al,, tho Court lield thot in_proceed- inga in confiscating’ tho proporty of Judah P, Hon- Jomin, of Conforerate notoricty,thisro weslnat aufliclent. hotice’ to Donjamin’s mortgogoos ; and i, thoreforo, aflirms tho judgment elow _sustainiug tho 'titlo of tho mortgagecs, aud a8 agninst Doy, purc'iuuw, undor tho roccodings. P tho case of Tougres v, John BUCl, alko known in_Confedorato Listory, and others, tho decialon aflems the Judgmet beldw, lioldlng tuat, tho coufls. catlon of proporty passad only o lifo estate, snd did not affoat tho titlo of bis children as hoirs, NEW APTELLATE COUNTS, ‘The Touse Judiciary Gommiteo lins under consider ation a plan for the reorganization of tho United States Cirouft and_ Distrlct Courta, in ordor o reliove tho Suprame Court of tho United Statea of the pressuro of buslaess. Tivo bundred cases ore annuslly appraled to thie Bupremo Cotirt, of which scarcely moro than 200 nre dotermined, Tho plan proposea to abolish tho diatiuction between tho Cirondt and District Judges, to enlarga thelr mumbor, and creato a lower appellato court, VROAI-TENDERS, Outstanding legal-toulors, $382,648,037, pbisiitibunids CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, BENATE. ‘WasnIsoTow, D, O., Jan, 20, THUIMAN'S CREDENTIALS, 3r, BIHERMAN presonted the credontinla of A, G. Thurman, re-elected to tho United Sintos Sennte from glevlln forwix yesrs, from Macch 4, 1875, Laid on the 0. 'TIIF, INDIANS, Tho GHAIR lald beforo- tho Sonato n mensago feom 1bo Prealdent, inclosing tho report of tho Seoretary of the Interior in response to a resolution of the 8th inat, fu regard o tho unsuthorized occupation of Indfan territory by bodies of men in violation of treaty stipus Intions,” Laid on tho tablo, | TETITIONS. TPetitions were preqented from tho Natlonal Board of ‘Trade for & rovision of the Internal Rovenuo hwai in- dorsing the petition of tho New York Chiamberof Gom- morce for tho preventlon of coilisions ot sen; protest- ing ngainist nuy Increano In {ho volume of - the ot Toncy: neking that the Notlonal Dauking uct ba smonded, and that tho volumo of fractional curroncy o reduced, THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION, Mr, OGLESBY presented o petition of tlio National Toard of Trade in regard fo cheap (rausportation, and tuade n speceh in favor of the immedinto ottention of Cougress to tho subject, atating that, in Lls opinton, tho question was of uiore {mportanco than that of nanco. Ar, BOGY spoko in favor of uational legislation to open the natural water-routes fiom ihe West to fhe 8o Tho potition was referred to {he Committeo on “Traugportation Roites to the Seaboard, TINGHDACK, Mr. MORTON asked that the reaolatiou for {he nd- miesion of Mr, Pinchback as Scuator trom Loufsiana be taken up, o4 ho wislied to havo the subject recom- mitted to the Committeo to investigato as to tho per- sonal conduct of - Pinchback Jn couneetion with tho aloction. Mr. MOCREERY eald Lo desired to spesk on the subject on Monday, o being entitled to the floor. Mr, MORTON gave notiva that he would make the motion sfter the specch of the gentleman. LOUISVILLE & PONTLAND CANAL, Mr., BHERMAN introduced & bill for tha payment of bonds of the Louisyille & Portland Canal. 1t con- UUnues in €l forco. sud innkes permaacally dpplisable nrpmprlu(lml! made for that ]’mryonn by the nct of March 3, 1873, and the Secrofary of {ho Treasury to take possersion of the proporty witlin thirty daya after the ensctment of the bill, THI FINANGK REAOLUTION. Conrlderation of the fuatice resolution was resumed, and the remarks of Mr, Brownlow were read by the Clerk, Ho (Brownlow) thought an immediate return 10 specio paymont would bo destrietive to the business of tha counfry, Our present financlal system was very good, Lut capabloof some smendment, oneof tho Drincipal defections being the uncqual dlstribution of ourroncy, Tho Bouth and Weet wauted more, and measurea should bo taken to relieve theso rections, Mr. GORDON apposed o speedy rotrn to epola paymeunts, but did not desiro to bo undorstood as op poeing it when consfutent with tho juterests of tho pro- ducipg classes of the country. To givo the cruutry more currency was to hiu mina the shortest, surest, snd casiest method of relief, If Congress would ane nounce that it would give more monoy to the people and give it flexibility, that vory hour wonld bring relicf 10 the countrs, and bring out_millions of greonbacks now hoarded up. 1o spoko of tho wauls of his soo- tion, and sald e belleved_ thero wns more prospority there when it took $60 in Confedorate monoy to buy §1 in gold in tho days of the war. Cheap money wus what we wanted, and Lo hoped tho dobt-burdened South and Weat' would heed the cry. Tha South i poorer to-day than sho was {ho day Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courl-House, Hohoped the day would como when wo would issue moncy mot founded on old, but on the faith of the Government, recelvable for ail duics nliko. Mr, CHANDLER ogreed swith tho other gontleman tiat “thero should bo moro monef, but Lo wanted bettor monoy, He thought the only plan was for the Government to say it would resume speciopayment on the 16th of January, 1875 ; to anthorize the Bocrotary of the Treasury {o borrow $100,000,000 in gold at that time, Btop tho salo of gold now and, by tho st of Jaunary we would lLave $200,000,000 in gold to hegin tho redemption of our legal-tendors, 1o appoked auy increass in the volume of the ourrency, ovon the fasno ofthe $44,000,000 reserve. Tho resolutfon was lald over informolly, and TRE POST-NOUTE BILL takenup, ~ Mr. BCOTT offerd an amendment declaring all bridges loretofore or horeafter to be erectod across navigable sivers and all publlc railzoads to bo post- Tautes, Mr, MENRILL (Me) offered an_amendment jthat loreafiter no servico aliould o ordered on posteroutes untfl an oxaminatio as to tho becessity thorefor bo made by s special agont aud spprovod by whie Post- ‘mustor.Genoral, r, PHATY cxplained that tho objest of bis amend- ‘ment'waa toleavo tho matter in the hands of tho Dspartmont {o oslabligh theso post-routos, and do away with the noccasity of Postal-Routo billa every yeur, Mr. RAMSEY opposed the amendment, 38 it wonld legalizo every bridge over tho Missourl and other Tiivors, and prevent Congresa ordering their removal A1t ba found that they obstructed navigation, Pouding discussion tho bill was laid aslde, snd the Tinanco resolutions again takon up, upon which Mr, MERRIMON was entitied to the_floor, but, upon come meucing, gave way to a motion for adjournment, aud tha Senate adjourncd, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. INTEINAL COMMENCE, Mr, MoCRARY, from the Committeo on Railronds and Canule, reporteda bill (o regulato commorey by ralironds nmong the wovoral States, Ordered printod and recommitted, NEW WULE, Mr. MAYNARD, from the Committeo on Rules, ro- poried a now rule, providing thatall motions {o suse end the rules, except to go into Committeo of the Vliole, shall, before boing_submitted to the Hotiso, b soconded by » majority, ns in-tho case of the previous aquotion, Tho propoaition gave riae to considerable discussion, tho now ruls. belng advocatod by somo as monns of proventing the Houne' from belug forced to vots by yens and uays on Luncombe resolutions, and belng op- posed by others sa an infringement on tho conatiti~ tlomal righta of the miuority, which wonid_thus bo ot off from tho right to Lavo & voto takun on propositions amanating from it. - ‘Alter an hour's Usonselon, Mr, MAYNARD movod thio previous question, but tlis Tiaiua refused to second it, aud tho_dlecusslon was resumcd, Mosure, DAWES s1d BUTLER (Mass.) oceupylug most of o tme in & Persoun! debate, A, WARD (Iil) moved to lay tho proposed rula on the lable, Negaived—yens 15 1T ‘Then, cr u varlety of yea aud nay votes, e rule tod by a volo of 13480 101, " T “Ilio Liouse then (5:10) adfourned, e -y THE CORCORAN ART.-GALLERY, THE OPENING DAY, &pectal Dispateh to T'he Chicage Tribine, Wasuinaroy, D, 0., Jan, 20.—The munificent gitt of tho Ion, W. W. Corcoran to tha City of Washington, known as the Corcoran Art-Galiory, for which the donor has expended much time and mouey, and of which s grent deal Lus boon written, was yesterday opened (o a lnrge number of invited guests, and will onand after to-marraw be numbered smoung the principal publio attrue- tions of tho city. Invitations wero iksued to the principal ofticors of the Government, reprosenta- tives of foroigzn Btates, aud members of Cougross, who with their families visited the gallory to-day between tho hours of 8 and 8 o'cluol, and this evoniug from 8 till 10 o'vlock. Tho building is an imposing structure, on tho corner of Boven- toonth street and Pennsylvanis ayenue, [u tho immediate_vielnity of tho Whito House, the Trumuxg DB{IN‘!H‘INI‘. and other Government eatablishments, at tho went end of the avenue, PAINTINGS IN THE OALLEDY The main gallery contains ninoty-threo palnt- Iugs by more or less eminont artists, forming a nintod by Elllott in 1867, ** 'ho Death of Juliug Cwenr,” by Gorome ; ' Tho Drought jn Egypt," o famous R\lnuug by Portails, and *‘Bhak- spoaro and His Contomporarios,” by Ford, 1801, aro tho moat prominont pleturoa of tho colloc- tlon, Vandvel, Murlllo, and Cauletto are oagh ropresentad by meritorious worla 3 and Church, Tishor, Huntington, sud Rossitor havo approt rinto placos on the walls, Gen. Jackson, Gon, roono, Baron Humboldt, Napoloon I,, and other historial personagos aro [n tho colloctlon. Thero i o oroditablo group of bronzos from Paris, and o fiue exbibition of raro and modorn prints. A Inrgo room of ootagon shiapoe containg & fow spoofmona of marblo statnary, amoug which nro * Powors' Greok Slave ™ (the orif llll]s) o bust of Blln\mpunm‘ scopy of the “Voiled Nun,” #T1 Popsoroso,” by Rinchart, and * Bacohnuts,” by Gnit. Mr. Corcornn's donation was tho subject of onthusiastio expressions of favor by all pros- eont, and tho gallory will undoubtedly tako rank nmanz tho bost in the country. 78 ——— PRESENT MEN OF AFFAIRS. AN IIATORIO VIEW. . From Our Own Correspondent, Wasurarox, Jon, 10, 1874, During tho contest ovor tho nomination of At- tornoy-Gonoral Williams as Chief-Justico, no porsond wero moro eavage upon tho socinl sido of the Willinms family than Nesmith, Roprescnt- ative from Orogon, and Senator Kelly, Totrito- rial and bordor quarrols have oll the sttributes of Scotch Highland feuds and cow-thiovings, The Btato of Orogon spponrs deetined to a co- lobrity for its political rottonness. Ioro is o Senator from that Btato with an aling, who was n bigomlet, and who sooured his cloction with the uso of a littlo monoy and a bevy of abandonod women. Tho other candidato, Corbott, got out of the way on the discovery that ho was bribing tho Logislaturo by wholesale. And hero fs o story which I have hoard twico or thrico reported by difforont poople, and beliove to bo truo: Aitor tho agony was ovor ae to Mr. Willisms, and various porsons began to oxpress sympathy, & gontloman snid in his wifo's oxtenuation s * Mr. Nosmith was noodlessly crucl, Ob, ho was barsh, and for so littloe provocation! He called upon Mra. Williams after ho waa olooted, and ssked hor togive bim holp in = cortain mining cago, Hafd sho: ' Mr. Nosmith, I will bo frank with you. Don't tell me anything about thnt caso, becauss wo must bo oppored in it, and lot us have no ill-foeling. Ihavo promised my word ontho opposite sido, Iam against you!’ Andfor this fraunk. talk Nesmith went away and became her enomy ! ** Con you seo how unconscious the navrator wasof thomain point? Ituever oceurredto bim that thore could beany error where tho lady bad been frank, Butwhat business bad tho lady ndvocating onoside or tho other of claima? If those things go on, wo shall hava Cabinet Alinistors' wives presontly compelled to apposr before Investigating Commiltees. FREDDY. The young man Grant,—Froderiok, I think, surnamed,—who was rung upon Gon, Bhorman aftor hie had boon whitewnshed at West Poiut, and made n doad weight upon the Genorai around the world, apd who aftorwards crowdod Gen, TForsyth out of his steff aud disported undor Sheridan’s wing, sud who then wont totho Plains with Stanley and roturned untimely, and who now slaghes around Washington, courting, and enjoying himself,—~tl1s man, I say, prop- erly belonging to the regular army, got “ tight," ne Iam told, o little whils ago, and, with another pereon, went to the residence of o Sunday-newspapor editor in tho night, both armed with bludgoons. = The editor had brothor-in-law who was a Member of Congroas, aud bo was tho only person at home, Ho rocog- nized young Grant and his condition, and, being a Genoral filmnull aud & man of force, ho put on “X‘M moral front which scattercd theso chip- monks. Hero waa a.dircot Lreach of pnvllu[.;o bya military officor, althongh the Prosident's son, ond ot the residence of a Momber; for it was hishouso, Nothing but timoly intorcossion by the frionds of tho Bacchnualianes provented one momber of tho Grant fanily golog to tho Capital coal-holo. ‘Tho namo of tho member of Congroes is Gon. Banning, of Cincinnati, Tho shoadyism of Long Branch ins crept upon this oity. Equipnagos have broken out like tha meaglos, Men aro dishonored because thofr wived crowd them on to strain the limit of ox- ponditure. The parvenu and tho blockhead divide example. FOR INSTANCE. It & man could olovate himwelf in the air by tho coat-tuils, lilto Mr, Home tho medium, so as to got an cstimnto of ocurront notabilities by wkfi:ulng the historie viow at will, ho might do o great litorary service for posterity, He could then graduate his admiration, aud writo so true to the mark that folks in the next contury would havo nothing to do but to rend the newspapors of this one, and suflicient for thelr own day would ba tho ovil thereof, Here I mako a suggostion to the Committoc on tho Rovision of tho Hulos in tho Benato: that thoy take the roportors out of tho gallery, and propare o kind of pit for them, such as tho or- cheatra plays in at a thestre. Evory man with & quill must thon look up when he roports o Bonn- tor; wheress, at proacnt, the Sonato is looked. down upon ovory day by tho very persons who ought to stand most in swe of it. Somo such roposition was made to s crude correspondout Ey » Senator, whon the former replied : 4“1t seoms to_me, Senator Xolicity, that yon don't waut to elovate your Bonators so much as their style. 1f wo had highor thomes to writo about, we would give you a higher kind of writ- ing. For me,” said this corrospondent, * I have beon waiting in patience for two months fora respectablo theme to treat in a charitable way, and T doclaro I havo navor found but one, and that was tho negro-man Elliott In his maiden speach.” B To return to the idea of A TISTORIO VIEW of the presont mon who figure in affairs: How many of thom can survivo tho succession of uno Opposition Administration, or attract any reader’s attention a8 far in the future as thirty years? Thirty yearsisa good while for a large and formentlng ,’:opulur nation. About thirty yonrs ago wo fought tho right gallant little Mexican ‘War ; but how many voting young mon can an- swer tn-dn( a leading question ugl{m its Jonding heroos ? Who commanded tho Moxican troops against Gen, Taylor prior to Buena Visla ? Who conoluded the pence with Mexico as Civil Com- missionera ? hat wero tho groat names of those Whiga in Congress who took the Moxican side, and wore forthwith committod to the oxo- oratlon of postority, whioh hss forgotten all about them and the bolli‘i‘oflmtu too? Talo up Bonton's ! Thirty Yeare,” and look nt the titlesof his chopters, and nsk who was Hugh Lawson Whito, or who was John Forsyth, ox Willidin, B. Glles, 0 Suy of thepersans 15 ‘whom he gives wholo chaptors ? Thoro aro but throo olassos of men, and fow in each class, who live over in recollection to the birth of thoir grandobildren, viz.: the lead- ing Dguro in oach important moral victory,—ot whicl” but_two happon in & conticy,— d nis wiscst Marshala; the chief Gonoral in ench roal war, his chiof rival or assoclato, and his ohief opponent on the othor side ; one cccontrio poli- ticiun, snd one political villain, E1Q0. Thero are about three real wars in a century for cacl‘xx‘poamvn nation, and no century cai accommodato more than six phenomena and scoundrels, Taken on this moasuro, Gen, Grant hnd driven Lis pog in famo beforo he becamo Prosident, since which timo his public existonco has boon moro calumitous than the Duke of Wellington's Ministry, and ho bas stood in the light of his own camp-fires, M, Bumnor §8 tho only Senator on the floor who bas driven his peg. In the prosont Housp of Ropresentativos, un- less something unforesecn ocours, nobady will go Into famo, although Ben Butler is » onndidato for either a phonomenonship, or the other ex- ceptlonal distinction I bave montioned, lon never got into larger history for doing only their duty, unlesa they surmount mighty obstucles ; but tho men wo see in public affairs at prosent Liave fuiled to do their pisin duty, and stund st this momeut half on the dofonsive bo- fore their follow-oitizans, feobly mumbling sbout the injustioa of their conetituonis und tho clamor of tho proes, A popular hody, which cannot hold its own bofore the common applisnces of publio assomblage snd printed discussion and challongo, which a frea puorln have assonted to and_protected, must be in oconsclontionsnoss woalker than tho press. WIIY TUX FRESS OROWDS CONGIEAH, Congress hias been loarning nothing for years ; while the pross, aud through it the people, lina boen adapting {taolf with all tho enorgios of ite growth to the usos of the country, InCongress we have bad the same long speeches which the average politiclan has been making for many hundred years, to the enormous_inorense of li- torten nat altagathar raalizing tho antioivae L hrary trauh and rublig rovenuo, In Coneress we to affairs in commlites, olorks who aro maintained for party sorvicos ot condlllitod for thoir offonsivanosn} and to bo an upright man, mingling Uitls In suppoys, hobnobbings, or dravpokor, §8 {0 give ono {n Conjross an un- opulirity which will forover eop him back. 'hio eontost bobwoon tha preas and Congress be- gan s soon 18 the pross wag strong onongh to ahinllongo tlieso orrors of omission and commis- slon, and only neoded n pross roapectablo and ontorprising onough to got tho public confle donga, to walk parallel with Government in all ite dopartments, A REVIEW OF JUDOES, Whilo tho Now York Courts aro sonding Shor- Y Bronnan to Jail, and T'weed sorves porridgo, liko & whist Blstor of Chiatity, on Blackwoll's Isl- and, Unitod Btaton Judgo Busteed, whom Sonn- tor kpuucnr nllogen to have boon corrupt as Tammany Captain-Genornl, writes thus to the Judioiary Qommitteoy " All T want is to bo por- sonnlly on tho spot to confront niy acousors, ‘Thnt was nll tho fimm 1 asked of you boforo whon I wns invostigated. Let me soo them be- foromel" Which nionus that Bustood oxpocls to say: *You'ro auothor, And I Lnow whoro. And you hiavo more shamo than I; so the worso for you." Dusteod is an old Tammany shystor turned earpot-baggoer, who Lins becomo very rich in bankruptoy-putragos, and nover steys in Ala- bnma & day aftor Lo hos gathored his swag and closed lus court. Ho livos on Long Island, nonr Now York, Col. ll\:Fhuu 0 Jato and oreditable nomination for Unitod Statos Judgo in Virginia, roports that tho colebratod Judgo Underwood, lntely de- consod, was without any nicoty of wscruplos. Whint Judgo cau woll bo who_buys a confisaatod houso in the community of tho homeloss Rebel ho has turned out, aud walks to his court surly, aand friendloss, snd old ? United 8taios Judgo Shorman, who rosigned in Ohio aftor long and molitary communion, 18 snid to bavo beon very sensiblo of his mortiflea- tion, Thig nomination was mere nopotiem, and publio lifo has no Josson more distinet than that an ominont man wants lonst of all kin-dopend- ants in offico. United Btatos Judgo Delahay, of Kansas, was a long whilo giving up the Court-House koy. ‘Whoero olse could ho iake hie Jiquor? Caldwoll gent homo, nud Pomeroy shot at, and Ingalls a:x}uqrhne out of confldence, decided the Judgo at Inat. Durell's comploto succees in sotting ug the Kollogg Government gives that United Btatos Judgo fortitude. Senator Carpenter will no longer presumably tako uls friond Warmath's art and borate tho Judge. The Committeo sent 0 investigato him apponrod to be of a powerful- li-lnululva conviviality, But what kind of Mar- shols and District Attornoys must we have whon wo have such mon on tho Benoh ? In Toxaa wo seo tho spectaclo of a Stato which is tho only ono in the South with the spirit to make an insurroction,—having novor boen sub- {}lgnu‘d in the Rabellion, but dofeating the nion troops onland and wator,—thrown into uproar by thrao political Judges giving a docision againet tho pruprlu'l! of an ecloction which will throw them out. This election was hold by suthority of tho dofostod Republioan Governor, ‘whose Bonch now disallows it, taking up a Mox- ican’a appeal'whom tho Grand Jury refused to indict ; and so n majority of 60,000 isto be push- ed to tho brink of a now rebollion. The individ- usl whom, presumably, this may benofit, is J. W. Flanagan, the United States Senmator who stood up the other day with his ?munbnok» roll of sulnr(-m'ab, ond gaid : *Tharitis] Got it who oan | Flanagan's torm oxpires nost yoar. DBesides belvg an ornsment to bis epecies, ho anenm to be o lovor of peace for Toxas. ‘The Chiof-Justico of Arkausas, failing to have the Governor elected by his own party expelled by his vote on the Bench, has coased fo odit tho official organ and bo Public Printer, all the while in tho same ermine. Mennwhile, i tho Wostorn District of Arkansas tho United Statos Court hias becomo a factory for vouchors, mileage, etc., on the Foderal Treasury, aud this wns oue of the most damuging charges against Attornoy-Genoral Williams. QGartn, BRUTAL ASSAULT. A Man Set Upon by Roughs and Beat- e to Benth, On DMondsy night a most unprovoked and brutol aseaunlt wos committed by threo West Bide ronghs upon Dobert Oscar Ferguson, in~ flioting wounds that causod his death yesterday at holf-past 11. It scems that early in the ovoning, several young men were congregatod in the saloon of Edmund Iill, No. 90 South Clinton streot, playing oucbhre, and that, while thoy woro playing, William AMcCuue, Thomas Coate and Thumas Buckloy ontered the saloou and conduoted themselves in a very un- scomly manuer, and after calling for drinks, went out without paying for them. Ono of the card party followed them out and was kicked in tho face by McCuno, a8 he went up the stairs on to the sidowalk. Ho resonted tho blow and gave McCOune a sovere drubbing, They thon loftand wore notagain scen until, about 110'clock, they returned to tho saloon, armed- with clubs, and asked for the young man who bad whipped McCune, When told that ho had gono they wout out, and Hill closed the saloon for tho night. Seeing » party of young mon on tho cornor of Olinton aud Mndison strcets, thoy mis- took thom for tho card-players, and made an attack upon thom. One of tho dyl:m-ty attacked The Commisdioner Hasa Hear- ing at Last. o Gives His Side ot His Trou- bles with the Recent Ad- ministration. A fow days ngo Commissionor Bhoridan an- nonncod that hio wae propared to make somo damnging disclosures concorning tho manner in whidh the Clty Govornment bind boen conducted during tho Amiuistration of Mayor Modill, and, promised, if afforded tha opportunity, to do so nt tho meoting of the Council Cominitteo on Polico, whon tho nomination of M, O, Ilickey to the vacant Peolico Captainoy was taken wup for consideration, Ho wng unablo, however, to fully carry out his intontlon, na tho Committoo. was prossed for timo, owlng to tho number and importance of the referoncos before it. Tho meeting proved 10 bo an unusunlly lively and interesting one, As it was roported at vonsidorablo length in Tax TripuNe Saturday, 16 {8 unnecessary to refor to it now, furthor than to explain that Commis- sioner Bhoridan gave his opinion of the managoment of tho Pollco Dopartmoent dur- ing DMr. Medill's torm briofly snd in & genoral way. It being undorstood that ho had not sald all ho dosived to on that subject, n ro- portor waa dircoted to interviow him on what bad been loft unsaids The convorsation was as followa BUERIDAN ON MR. MEDILL, Roportor—It i enid, Commissioner, you did not hiaye on opportunity ot tho moeting of tho Committeo on Police the other day to give your viaws of the Moedill Administration. Have you any objoctions to doing so through tho columns of Tn TRIBUNE? Mr. Bhoridan—That ia the vory thing I de- siro, It will enablo mo to show tho public that my antagonism to Mr. Modill's policy as Mayor wad not so ful and maliolous as they had boen lod to believe, but waa based op what [ congidered good and sufliclent rensons, I have bocn called & firobrand snd s mischiof-makor, nnd havo nover hind o chauce to show those who do not know mo thnt I waa not desorving of the abuso, Tho avidonces of mismanagement on " tho part of tho Modill Administration wero too strong and conviueing for mo to work hand-in- hand with it. ¢ Reporter—Point out somo instances of ‘mis- mansgemont. Was it gonoral throughout tho municipal dopartments, or confined to ong only? THE TRAUTI COMING OUT. Mr. Shoridon—I have no moans of knowing anything about any of tho dopartments oxcept the ono with which I am conneoted., It will scarcely bo donied, howover, that the Polico and Fire Deopartment ia one of the most, if not tha most, important iu the City Govornment. The events which tranepired in our Board room during the past two yoars siaped tho political movement which was succossful here n Novom- ber, and for that reason, it for no other, the coplo ought to kuow the cansos which led to ho many wianglos among tho Commissloners, The notusl facts have nover been published. A truthful paragraph would_occasionally appear, but, on tho whols, I mny srfoly ea; that tho ronson for my continue opposition to this Commissioner and that Com- misslonor, to tho Mayor, and to tho Supoerintond- ont of Polico, and, in fact, to nearly everybody who wna connocfed with' tho police force, was nevor coryoctly siated, Roportor—Lt in not too Iate now to mako the oxplanation. The subject has lost nons of its Intoreat, apparontly. . INDISCRIMINATE ARRESTS, Mr. Bhoridan—It onght not to loo its interost. It is a good sign when the pooplo arc anxious to road and hesr about what i going on among those whom thoy olectod to ropresont them. Tho first movemont of the Admiuiatration in re- gard to polico mattors to which I took oxcoption was tho systom of Indiscriminato arrests which was inaugurated soon nfter Mr. Washburn's ap- pointment. The citizens recoived shamoful trontmont at tho hands of the polico, and I naturally raiscd my votee against it, EIECIAL OASES, Reporter—In what way were tho peoplo abused ? Mr, Sheridan—Ihave had cases called to my anitontion whero men chargod with such slight offeuscs agninst tho ordinances of tho city as Litching horsos Lo trees and lamp-poats and ob- structing sidewalks were dragged off to the ata- tion-houso, and treated with great cruolty on tho way thoro and aftor their arrival. Tho police wore not instructed how to go about catch- ing thieves and protecting liit‘n and prop- erly, but all the eucrgies of tho force wero directed toward tho arrest of thoughtlesa violators of ordlnances and unfortunato drunk- ards. At ono poriod, our officers were nothing but back-yard apies, employed to hsten at tho koyholes snd peep through the windows of tho vory peopla who Vald the taxes from which their salaries came. When I objectod to that sork of thing I was donounced 88 an incendiary, whoso aim was to bring the ofticors of justico into dis- reputo. TIE MAYOR'S REPLY. was Forguson, who ran in the diraction of the saloop, closoly followed by BlcCune, who was striking him over the head with a heavy club, At Inst Fargueon cscaped and wont to Lllis's cigar store, 44 Wost Madison strect. Horo ho .was carod for and put to bod. Officor Loblum arrosted tho threo men, McOuno, Coats, and Buckloy and locked them up, They weroe taken bofore Justice Seully xeetnxdu moming and flned 826 for disorderly conduct, It was found that Ferguson was soveroly injured on the right tomplo and that his lifo ‘was in danger from the wounds. He soon be- an sinking fast, and at twonty minutos past 11 o died. Ho was a mon about” 24 yoars of nfio, born in Baltimoro, and leaves a wifo in that city to mourn hig loss, He was a tinsmith by trado, nud for some time had boon in tho umsluy of A. Bootl, the oyster-dealor. Aftor being Gined b; Taatico Senlly, tho throo roughs woro rearrosted and aro now in custody at tho Bixth Precinot Btation. Coroner Stophons will _hold an in-‘| st to-dny upon tho body of Ferguson, and the facts can then be dofinitaly kuown as to how tho poor man met his doath. LOCAL 1TEMS. Tho fire alarm at 10 o'clock last evening, from Box 22, was caused by s small fire in the one- story frame building, 175 Monroo street, usod as asaloon and restanrant by John Dillon. The total loss was about $25, not covored by inatur- ance. JIOTEL ARRIVALS. Q@rand Pacific—=The Hon. 0. B. Paiterson, Baltimoro’; D, B, Skinner, Fort Wayno; ¥, B. Mills, Cloveland; X, W. Shophord, ‘Spring- flold; M. Wright, Bt. Louis; H.' P. Bar. ton, MHartford, . . . Sherman House—@. W. Wostlako, Davenport, Iowa; M. H, Norris, New York; H, Colby, Cloveland; tho Reov. J. Carson, Detroit; M. Silverman, Oincin- nati; O. O, Gilmgn, Des Mofnes, . . . . Palmer House—L, J, ooking, Now Yorl; L. 8. Babeocl, Jr., Evansvillo; E. Dlair, Washinge ton; J. C.Hortloy, Braniford, Ont.; J. . Packer, Dotroit, . '+ . . West Side Briggs— The Hon. Wm. E. Henry, Mayor of JoHet; O. A. Pence, O., M. & Bt. B, Tailway. THE WEATHER. Wasnnarow, 1. 0, Jan, 20,—For Now England, contlued ingh'ont. gedduay” i avomoter, un norfliwostorly to woutlierly winds will provail, with in-. crosing_cloudinesa aud probably Hght now by Woduesday afterunon sud oveuing, 1or tho Middie States oud lake rogion, and thenco aoutbward to Ten- nessoe, generally cloudy weather aud enstorly tasouthe orly winds, with reas of rain aud possibly suow in the Inko reyion, For tho Northweat, axosa of rain or suow, with slight ralso of tomperatire aud enstarly (o foutliorly winds, For tho Routh Atlautio nud dulf Stutes, partly cloudy or fair Woalbor aud southeast arly o soutliwestorly winds, and continued higl {en perature. Light raln fa probablo for tho Lower Mig- hlasipnl Villoy, 014 Collego Rules. 5 Bomebody who has heon lookiug over the roc- ords of Willlam aud Mary Colioge, in Virginia, ling mado the folluwmg oxtrack : “Hop'r ye 14th, 1762 . . . 1, Ordorod, yb no eoholar holonging o any school in the college, of what ago, rank, or quuiity soover, do keep any race-horéo at yo collengo, in ya town, or auywhoro in yo noighbonraood, yt thoy bo not anyway concornad in making races, or In bnoklnfi or abolting those mndo by othors; and yt al raco-harkes kopt in ye neighbourhiood of yo col- longe, and bolouging to auy of yo tcholats, be immediately dispatehied and_ sont ofl, aud nover aguin brought back ; and all_this undor paln of yo sovernst animadversion and punishment, 2. Orderod, yt no scholar belonging to ye cal- lenge, of what age, rank, or quality soaevor, or ‘whoréspovor reslding within or’ witkout yo tol- leage, do presume to appear playing or betting at yn’hflllud or othor gaming-tables, or bo any- way concorned in kooping of fighting-cooks, un- der pain of yo like sovore animadvorsion or pun- ishmiont.” vy - B Roportor—What ovidencohavo you thnt Mayor Modill was cognizant that the Polico Dopart- ‘mont was condicted in thi way ? Mr. Sheridan—I apoke to him about it sevoral timos, and frequontly remarked that the people would not loog put up with such tyranny, All tho entisfaction I could get was & laugh and the roply that Mr, Washburn was competent to direct the police forco, and was dirocting it uccording to tho notions of the Ad- ministration, My colleagues in tho Doard a peared to care aven less about the rights of tho citizons, and an unseemly argument was sure to follow any allusion of mine to the ineftieloncy and degeneracy of the polico. WEEDING OUT THE BRUTES, TRoportor—Hhve thero beon any cases of mal- treatmont of citizens by officors lately ? Mr. Bhoridan—Yes, soveral ; but we are woed- ing out the inhuman brutes on the force, and hope in o short time to have 625 worthy men in uniform. Among tho more rocont cascs of gross cruclty was the arrest of a woman at 8§ 8. m., whon she was admitting hor daughter to the house on her roturn from a party, Thore was 1o ovidence to show that tho woman morited even & roprimand from tho officer, or that thoro was tho slightost stain on hor charactor. BSho keepa & grocery store, and becauso she sold liquor also, and had probably refused to give tho officor a drink, gho was imprisoned. Tho Quinlan-Wahi cago, from my section of tho city, - was snother outrageous affair. THE INKSTAND ROW, Reportor—If I remomber rightly, it was that caga which guvo riso to the famous * inkstand controvorsy " between you and Mr. Washburn? Mr. Bhoridan—That wasthe one, I suspended the offending ofiicor until the matter could bo investigated, and tho Buporintendent sent him baok to duty. In this he was supported by tho Mayor aud my colleaguos, and I was denounced in unmoasured torms, But I notice that my Fnsuion was sustained by tho result of ho oxamination, which doveloped the fact that the ofilcor had not tho slightest shadow of suthority in the promisos, and, to_make matters worse, Lind used violonce 'in making an illogal orrest, TIE LIQUON ORDINANCE, Teportor—Did yon raise any objections to othor practioes of the police ? Mr. Bleridou—Yos. I denounced the practica of sending oflicers into salocus in citizen's dross with instructions to call for liqnor—ta beg _ for it, in faot— and then refuso Lo take it, and arrost the vendor. Hero again I wag o{:poaud on all sides, but the pross finally took the matter up, and tho justivo of my position being indirectly concedod by it, tho practico was abandoned, Thore wns sn- other row when I cndeavored to porausde the Bomd not to give policemon the power to gointo anloons and ask importinont questions, Iu the course of tino, the policy was found to bo a bad one, aud it Was also abandoned. * THE DEFOBIT HYGTEM, Reporter—Were you not an advocate of the “deposit” system “of bail for tho rolense of priconers chinrged with suoh minor offeuces as Lém violation of an ordinance, drunkenness, eto, ? My, Bheridan—Yes. I alwuys looked upon that ns ouo of the most Lumane and benoficent provisions of tho regulations of the Police Department, It afforded n far fleplmn of protestion to everybody, but more eapecially to porsons of uudaubtod rospoctabili- ty Who woro (houghtloss enough to violuto u oity ordinonce fn the way I buve montioned. Ihoir {uearceration over night would bo really an out- Tuge, if they woro prepared to furnfsh good Donda that tho debt which they presumubly owed tho city would bo paid. Afayor Medill and his Buporintendont of Polico oould not bo induoed to look on it in that spirit, and the re- gult was that many of our bost citizons wore atrested for offonses which thoy had nover in- tended to commit, and were put "to considerablo trouble to soquro their release, My objece tions to this modo of doing buelnoss woro scoffed at, and another quarrel fallawed, Tho Connoil sonearad to bo of o I gl B < WASHDURN DISCUBSED, . : Toportor—Did Buperintendont Washburn, to yln\;lrtll’x;mwledgo, over-rofuso o prisoncr his logal rights T : A ti\h'. Bhoridan—Yes, Ilo rofused to admit, nt different times, two Inwyers who had beon sont for by prisoners who ware st the timo almost in solitary conflnomont, = Tho altorneys com- Plalned, but no ationtion. was paid ‘to them. Thoro wero othor casos whore counsol waa do- barred, but I cannot now call thom to mind, TIE M'VEIGH DROTHERS. Ttoportor—Can you jnstance a case whoro Mayor Modill was directly askod to do anything whicli would bonoflt tho Polico. Department, an: whoro ho rofused ? Mr, Shorldan —Tho caso of tho MoVolgh brothers is the only ono I ¢an call to mind just now, You will romomber that thoy woro bhiot ond killed by police oflicars in Bridgoport some montha sgo., This DBoard was informod, on the bost . authority, * that ovidonco cowld bo odduced to’ prove thot the killing was a cold-blooded murder, but my oolloagues rofused oven_to glve tho sub- Joot a thought, and tho Mayor declined to have nnything to do with it. It could hinve beon shown that tho officors had beon drinling in tho saloon whoro the MoVeighs applied for ads mittanco, and thdt the disturbance origis tated with tho polico, who were afraid of buinE roported. Dr. . 8 highly rospoctabla man, offored to bring proof to tho Mayor and Commissiovers, but they would not liston to him, aud tho mattar dm;z‘pnd. Ho ury, a8 I should have gono_boforo the Grand 3 advigsod him, but I prosume ho did not want to bo identified with the prosccution whon tho aworn officors of tho clty were averse to doing thelr duty. WABIBURYN PANTIALY Reporter—Did Bupt, Washburn act impartially toward the mon undor him ? Mr, Bhorldau—In my opinion ho did not, but the Mayor and tho othor two Commissionors ganctioned all his actlons and nothing conld be done, I know of onses whera charges of a sori~ ous nature wore proferred against some of his favoritos, to which no attontion was ever paid, and whon I remonstratod I was insulted sud abuned, TINANOIAT, MATTERS, Roportor—Was tho Police Department con- ducted well, financially, during Mr. Modill's torm? Mr, Bhoridan—Far from it, though he may not haye boon aware of tho fact. The Buperin- tondent porsisted in makiog ruinous contracts, and tho ovil conscquences are bocoming sp- Erwe, overy day, to the annoyanco of tho uxd, Wo havo ow on hund & argo supply of useless uniform caps, rotten roso-wood clul which _break when thoy touch a lamp-post, ant moro delapidated :hairs than you over saw in our life, Ho refused to bo govorned by tho ord in . the thn!n of thoso materials, and my voto wont for nothiug. They are now on our honds, and the question is: What will we do with thom ? E ) SUIDARY. Reportor—Was thero anything else in the managemont of tho Police Department to which you took oxcoption 2, Mr, Bhoridan—Yes, and I will summarize briot- 1y, 8 I have businces to attend to. 1I.objooted to the way in which polico affaira woro conduct- ed in Bridgoport, where the people woro kiclked and clubbod . after arrest, and where tho pooplo _woro seifs instead of masters. I de- manded sn lnvnaugnuon, and It wag poromptor- ily rafused, though complaints wers coming to tho Board in dozens, ‘Tho rumor that a large rumber of men from that seotion wore going to Waukegan to.rolonso Rafforty was known to bo without foundation, yot tho Borgeant in command of the Bridgoport Station took it upon himself, without consulting his superior, to cir+ culato the libol and _blast the charactor of the peoplo of the entire district. There ara not throo met in Brld{;npnrc, outsido of Raforty's family, who would .turn tholr hands over to save him drom the gallows. I also objeated to thio refusol of tbo other Commission- ors, tho Buperintondent, and Iboliove the Comp- troller, to pay the bills of doctors who woro called in by policomen, to attond to poor por- s0ns who hind mot with accidontd on the- stroot, I was scoffed ot for this, and for sevoral othor objections 'to mivor matters, I hopo, however, that I havo explainod at sufficient longth, to show tho poopls that thero was roally some ground for tho apparently contrary courso whiohgl havo pursued during the post two yoara, HEAVY ROBBERIES. ‘The Arrcst of Elisha Cowles, Mail Agent on tho Chicago, Rock Estand & Pacific Ratlroad for Robbing the Mails. From the Davenport Democrat, Jan. 15, Ono of tho most astounding systems of mail robberios over known in this State has latoly been upenrthed by specisl agents of tho Post- Offico Dflantmum, and the whole mattor wns mnde public yesterday by tho arrest of Elshn Cowlos, Postal-Agout on the Chicago, Rock Isiond & Preific Mallrond. To gin at tho boginning, suspicions wore excitod sgainst Cowles last fall, for tho first time, On Oct. 6, 1878, Mr. Chorles Btewart, the dry goods merchant of this clty, mailed a lottor at'tho office in this oity, containing 20, directod to o party at Downoy, Towa. This lottor loft Da- vonport on the morning of Ock. 7, on Cowles' “run," but it never reachod its destimation. Postmastor Russoll immedintely reported tho casa to tho Department at \Vwbin(fion and he, togother with Special Agents J., Y. Stuart, of Iows City, and J. B. Furay, of Omsha, procoed- od {o investigato the caga, It took some time to work up the matter 0 as to fasten the rob- beries directly upon Cuwg‘l;h but tho agonts woro fully satisflod of his t in a fow days after taking tho caeo in hand. Bo decoy lotters woro sent out, and other mensures talen to offcct thoir purposo, On Mondsy morning lnst tho spacial dotootives Stuart and Furay arrived in Davenport, and wore 'in consultation with Postmaster Rugsoll for o long time. They also romained here Maonday night waiting for Cowles o tako his “run,” flmyhmfing at last brought the cago to a focus. On Tuesday morning Cowles left tho city in chargo of his cor, and tho detoct- lvos wero a‘{ao passengers on tho same train, Yos« terday morning Mr. Ruseoll received a dispatch {rom tho dotoatives, stating that they had just arrestod Cowles, in his_ocar, near Avoca. 1t is stated that whon arrosted Cowlos had one of tho docoy letters in his hand, and others in his possegaion. He made a full confesaion of all his robberies. The confeasion will not bo mado publio, but it is stated that he has boen_rifling ottors for years past, and that for sovaral weeks ho bas beon stoaling letiers ot the rato of fifty » doy. He oppeors to bave exorcised little caution In his oporations, and to have broken into lotters by the wholesale in a per- feotly reckless and indiscriminate monner. Tho rigoner way taken to Dos Moines and placad in il Elisho Cowles hos had an oventful life, and bas sesn much trouble and many changes. Ho is 52 years old, ia & native of Now Ingland; ho went from his'nativo State to Michigan, whero he wont into business and amassod much wealtl, being at ono timo one of tho richost mon in the town in which ho lived. 'At tho time ho owned and operatod two large saw-mills. and was_prosporing fluoly when misforluno came, and ho was twice burned out, losing onch timo ovor £30,000. About eight years ago ho onme to Yown, bought a tract of fand near Kel- logg, Jasper County, and upon this farm ho has over sluco resided with his family, 1o has boon married twice, his_socond wifo boing a half- sistor to Schuiylor Colfax. Ho hos a largo fam- IIF. consisting of his wife and nino children, the ofdest boing & sou 20 yoars of age. Covles has boon_mail agent on the Davenport “ran" of the 0, B. L. ng‘. for sovon yoars; ho bas always boon regarded as s good, roliablo olerk, but nover na a vory smart or eflicient ono. Holiad always boon rogarded as atrictly honest up to the date of the disclosures last October. I'romt the Davenport Democrat, Jan. 10, It appoars that an Assiatant Dostal-Clork named Dollott, who worked with Cowlos, was lnr-T-oly tnstrumontnl {n detecting the criminal actions of Elishin Cowles. Ho froquontly caught him opening letters, abstractiug_ money thoro- from, and buroivg the rest, It appears that Cowles was taken to Council Bluffa and E]nccd in jeil. Ho was yonturdn{ takon efore United States Commissioner Willinms thore, and, waiving an cxamiuation, gavo bail in tho amount of §30,000, Nfra. Cowles was not in tho one when Ior husband way arrosted, an has beon stated, Sho was nt tho bedside of her fa- ther, in Buohnonan, Mich,, who died yestordny. Sho is a prominont momber of the State Grange, and ono of its oflicers. ited States ‘Treasury of 877,000« Son of DMrs. Judgo Wihlkinimn, nud o Nreasury Olericy Are rested White Endenvoring to Blvposo of the Plunder, 1% 0m the New York World, Jan, 18. About a fortnight ago a room n thoe Troasury Dopartment, Waehington, in which_internal rov- outie warrants, rondy for issue, on Unitod Biates depositaries are kopt, was myatoriously entorod by burglars, who forcod a ekylight, descended, paoked up $75,000 worth of warrants, and 8"‘ out by olimbing baok through the skylight. It was oyldont thnt the thioves know the placo wall and were perfeatly able to selel such war- Iobbhuy tho U «uip, and camo to Naw. hapman, of the Treasury Dopartmont, ome floyod tho Washiugtor poligeto Wric tho' caan ork and instructed the Bub-T'reasury offlclals to look out for the war- rante, Mr, Chapman algo, forfunatoly for the Govornmont, informod Chiof Mateoll of the rob- bory. Last night Mr, John Corooran, formerly of the spaoial sorvice squad, and now private de« toctive of the Hoffman House, was infornied by Mr. Traoy, tho Clorlk, that there wos something wrong in regard to s Transury warrant for over 8600 that ‘ho had cashed. Corcoran commenced an Inquiry, but the man who had got tho draft ohuugind. and who was drosaed and actod liko a gontloman, beeamo unessy, loft tha bar, and disnppoared, Bhortly after, Mr. Chap. man, who wsd ahout to atatt for Washingtou, rocognizod the draft agonoof tho stolon war- rants, and, bolng obliged to go to tho Capital, loft word to havo {ho caso followed up with all dili- once. Corcoran went to the Fifth Avenua 'hoatro, and, sectring the rorvices of Do tectivo Goldon, tho two bogsn to soarch the * hotels; and found tho - following ontry _ on tho Gilsey Iouse bools : “H, L. Masoh, 8an Francisco; Edward Ed- munds, San Francisco,”” Tho tfuucrlptlona ot thoso guests anewered those of the porsons the officors wero in search of, and shortly after their ldnntlt{ Wa8 b{ privato information mrnr- foctly ostablisbod, . Mason being ascertained to bo a soti of Judgo Williams, of Washington, and Edmunds to bo oue Moors, a clork In the Treas« ury Dopartmont. Moore, allas * Edmunds,” was foitnd in an intoxicated condition in his- room, and Corcoran, having soccured a rovolver which bo hdd in his porscssion, wau loft with him, while Goldon solzod a Russia-leather satchel whioh was found in his ?"Edmnndn' ") room, au wont to the Contral oftico, whore Inspector Mo- Dermott decidod on cutting it open. In it wore found Treasury warrants snswering tho descripe tion of tho warrants obtaiued by the burglary. *Edmunds" was brought from -the Hoffmsn Houso in & coach, and in his pocket was a port- folio containing about $10,000 worth of warranta similar to thio ono progsontod at-the Hoffman House and to thoso in tho satchol, '* Edmunds,” on belng questioned, eaid lio no other warrants, and that his baggago at the hotel consisted of & entohel, which contained dollod'linon and s washing bill. He was vory indignant at tho arrost; and was locked up. Willinms, alina ** Mason," was arcested about 10 oolock In o disroputabla resort in Wost Thirty- firat stroot. Ho, too, wos highly indignant, snd rotosted ngnm!t the action of the polico, say- ng that his connectiona at Washington would “'make it hot.” When quéstioned, ho (belng ignorant of tlio soizuro of tho eatchol st tho hotel) sa1d that he had no baggage ot tho Gilsey Houso. When asked if he had a satchol, ho re- Ilnctantly admitted that he had, but said that it contnined & fow pspors and o change of linon. Williama, “in spite of his ~_throats and_ protostations, was placed in a coll adjoining that of * Ed- munds.” Altogother, 191 warrants, represent- ing about $10,000, were rocovered, Tho full particulurs of tho case will no doubt bo obtained when Mr. Chapman_roturns from Washington. The Now York polica ovinced a diaposition to withhold some of tho facts on account of the high standing of tho rolatives of ono of the rigonors,” but the above partionlars were ob- ained through tho ofticors and privatoe sources. Tho prigonors had ovidently beon engaged in a debauch for soveral days, and it {s believed that sovoral of the warrants, which aro as nogotiablo 88 & groonback, have beon changed. ~ ‘‘Ed- munds” was evidontly driven into erime by im- providonce. ~ Last Octobor it sosms he was vory short of money, &3 pawn-ticketa for n watch nni » ring wero fonnd In his purse, oo A ARREAGES: - s COLE~TENNEY—In Milwaul nnl‘-gl 20, 1874, at tho residonce of Dr. Arihur Holbrook, ighth.st,, by tho Rov. H. H, Cais, of Now York, Mr. Albort. B. ‘Cole, of e rgnr{: Bifia Gonovlavo 1. Teanoy, of Milwaukeo. DEATHS, T CITARLES—Janet, wita of Andrew Charles, agod’ 41 orra oral from Iate roald 8 Tluo Islandav., Jan. B e e inen & ovo Hik. " 'Hobax are anorsl of Dolla Sholdon, wife of Thomes Drummand, will tako place at 8t.Jamos Chucab, Thuredny moming at 11 orclook, ODE —Thio funoral of Mrs, Anu J. Odell milf take laco at tho residonce of hor dan ra, J. W, Davis, 318 Michignnav., at 11 arclo ‘m., *Wadnosday, an. 11, by cacriages toRoso OMAS—In this city, Jan. 20, Olsrk Myron, son (hir. and Bes. Williea Thomas, sgod 4 osrasnd 3 No. 63 North Poorin-st., to-day st1p. M. Frionds of thoe family arn fayito ca (N, ¥.) ppors ple Yo "ovening of the 1911 Inat., of paraty- ot Teas g Bsihedil of B, Potor and Panl, 2~ London (Eng.), Hoston (Mass.),” and Now York papors plo: 0] AUCTION SALES. WILLIS, LONG & CO., Auctioncers and Commission Borchant 195 and 197 Randolph-st. Rogular Auction Salos on weflflflldl& and Baturday, FUTENITURE A SPROIATTY, Hrocial attention ivor to.ouialdo shlce, . Iacuras mado I S hours aller salo. Advances miado and Consignmonta solicited. . By WILLIS, LONG & CO., REGULAR WEDNESDAY SALE Jan. 21, at 9 1-2 o’clock, A large assortment of New and Second-Hand Ig‘ll'lnr, Ohamber, snd Dining-Room FORNITURE! O ta, Bt Orocke! Glass and Plated Wike g o™ WILEIE, LONG & GO., ._Auctionee: By WILLIS LONG & CO AT AUCTION, TIURSDAY, Jan. 23, &t 10 &. m., At717South Halsted-st., ek ot e e ery Cinevsaror o geroets, \\"ldbmg'l LONG £ 66 Kimum,.;_ By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, INO. 108 MADISON-ST., {liotwoen Dearbom and Care) ™ bost adapted for LE- O e et of Moronendise s chis ity: REGULAR SALES BUGGIES, PHAETONS, & CUTTERS, HARNESS, &0, On WEDNESDAY, at 10 o'clook, at 108 Madiso DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTH, SHOLS, &:C.y On THURSDAY, at 10 o'olock, &t our salesrooms, 108 ‘Madison-st. LD FURNITURR RAL MERCHANDISE, at 9% d'olock, at 168 Madison.st. 7 BALES BAVARIAN HOPS, :Damhgod by Sea Water, AT ATUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF WHOM IT MAY OONOERN. On WEDNRSDAY, JAHL!II. at 11 o'olock, at our Auoe v 18 Bladls ton Hoase, 1 N A B trERS & 00., Auottonsers. SALE OF Government Clothing, Jackets, Blousos, Ororcoats, Infantry Coats, do- Inivatoo of ufi%"blm'fiffi:; Thcios ol doneatia Hoots and Sboos, on THURNDAY, Jan, 23, at 10 o'olock, at a6 Austion Hpuso, 108 Madisoeat M, A BUTTERS & CO., Auotloneems. By ELISON, POMEROY & CO. REGULAR FRIDAY’'S BALHE. FRIDAY MORNING, Jan, 2, at 0% o'olock, Now and Kocond-Hand FURNITURE, Flogant Parlor Sufts, Walout aud Marblo-Top Chambor Kota, Loungus, Wakdrobos, Dining Tablos, - Stavee, Qrockory, Gurtiots, Hodding, and 8 lurgo varloty of GEN. ¥} 1, SI, do., & 4 ARy b3 Rondolotiat. By TAYLOL & HARRISON. THE GREAT RETAIL SALE AT AUCTION FINE LINENS AND DRY GOODS, Will continue tw days longer. Ladiss desiring o pur chase thons i1 gonls shaufd ot fail A EAYLON &R THOR X nbtlonoors 01 and 206 H{nat Madisor B, . P, 3 % G&&ud fi“%fi.‘d.t’"‘ Q0 Wo shall offer at Auath Jan, 31,8610 & :‘h,?é’ SEnerdas BOOTS ANDSHOES. v GEQ. P, GORE & sz\m..hcb LAty