Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27. GIFT_CONOERT, 4th Grand Gift Concert FOR TIU: BENITTT OF THIE Public Library of Ky, OVER A MILLION IN BANK! ARD A FULL, DRAWING ASSURED! Tuesday, the 318t of March noxt, INSURANCE, INSURANCE ASSOCTATION. CASH CAPITAL, (0t Nillion Dollar Cash Assets, $1,800,000. For Insurance in above-named Asso- clation spply to TEALL & FISHER, Agents 148 LaSalle-st. GENERAL NOTICES. NOTICE T0 THE PUBLIC, g v T At a moeting of tho underalgned, Coal Dealers of thia L D O e oWk, ARS AOLD OB | olly, {tvwas unnimmualy votnd thist Noraator, all oo} NOT, AND THE 12,00 GIFTS ALL PAID IN PROFOBTION 70 uld be PAID FOR WHEN ORDERED, tho object TUE NUMBER OF TICRETS BOLD. nzpenso of tho businoss by dhhnn!l?f with o8 OF SIORTTS, 1o protost thomacivos from {mposition by Only 60,00 tickots hiavo boon {ssuod, and $1,500,000 Dividod Into 12,000 Cash Gifta, will bo distribated by lot ‘among tho tickot-boldors. LIST OF GIFTS: inl, 12,000 ALL OASIT, T Rnaanting to 81,600,000 * TTI¥ CONCERT AND DIATRINDTION FTA WILL POSI- partios not deserving of crodit. A¥hola Ti 8 50) B Tickola for. o000 | PRobort Law, Liak, Whitahouso & Co,, Te. L Tedstrom Tnivos 1 11§ WholoTlcke o0 | & Co., Togors & Go., Bagle & Co,, Minok T, Amos & Go., enthe i coapon b 27 Wholo Tickots for 10,000 | Talloy, Alorloy & Cow, Waldron, ‘Niblnok & Go., W, 1 11 Wholo Tickots for... 500 JTohnon, Rono & Little, O, 5. itiohardson & Co.,' Dyor & ‘No discount on loss than 8! wnr;:i of (4;1:3;.5;' Gy Wort, MoGary & Uog, J. T, Hatliowar, ‘ijn dor & THO. E. BRANLETTE r, Haztwoll Bron., O, alo ) Agont Publio Lihry, Ky, aud Managor Gilt Concort, | Crololiton, Wolia Griifs, 0. W Gott, W. 2L £ J. - Ol Pubito Library Buliding, Loutsvills, Ky. Or, Chontar & Ca.e Ja' D. Stono, Vous & Snydacker, T. fis Jivans, Noil Bros, MERCHANTS, DRY GOODS MEN, GROCERS, &C. Watts & Co., Room 47 Motropolitan Blook, cozner Randolph and La- Salle-sts,, Oliicaga, LIl ARTISTIC TAILORING, ONLYXY Wo hiave all fucilitios to doliser 10,000 Parocls PER - SR BRI Iy X % our Y 5 TWENTY-TWO days more in | 2800 PieG 0 0 Pirias. collectod free"of sharge. Rates 16 conta ond 35 conts, Bpecial arrsvgoments with wtoady cuntomor AMERTOAN OITY COMMISSIONATRE 00. Gonoral Ottice 183 Kaat; Madiso NOTICE. After Fobruary 1, 1674, the promium upon purchass of TAX CERTIFIOATRS, hold by tho city for clty tazes of 1873 will bo raised to 5 PER OENT. Chicogo, Jan. 20, 1874, 8. B, HAYES, Comptrollor, ywhich we sell our goods at 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT. Our s‘[n'lng Goods are now arriv- ing, and our Spring Fashions are jssued. “A word to the wise,” &e¢. BELY & CO. Notice of Election, (Established, 1854.) Tho aunual mooting of tho Stackboldors of Tho Ve PROPOSALS. Uwnars' Towing Con) nng, for the election_of Dircet e PROPOSALS, . | of'nid Company, will bo held on Tuosday, ¥eb, 10, 1871, ROTORATY S FOR MASONAY, OARPENTRY, | at Androwad Ryorson's, 253 South Waterst., at13 6'olook Tton Work, Palotigs srd Glapiny, Plumbing Gas! | hoonof thai duy, o V. TAVLON, Sec'y: Fjtting, and Hontlng for the bulidisige for tho 1itino = - aritablo Eyoand Lar Infrmary. - ¥ GiiEAdo, Fopruars 1 161, REAL ESTATE. Propagals aeo Invited for tho. Masonty, Garpeoti, Iron i and Glazing, Flambing, Cav it and Sortihy, tor u hilding {006 oreotod a5 pwoserlbnd L o 1l ] o State of Illinols, approved titlod *“An Act making an apj o Groction, and for tho complo Tuffotn Ghariiabla £y agd. Lar Intirma- Ruma of monoy are mado Qut of Real Extato purchasod Under fuvorablo sircumstances., Tho time for such purchaaos hias arrivod. Fonoawo tion in ald ‘of th Cualiange attention to our list of {butlding for'tho o E; i 5 (R8T Biiding to o orpotod on tho Northwoet oo ouscs, Lats, and Acro roporty suro to i A aima and Bhociooata.. 1 the ity of CRIGRROs - orosso with tho growth of Chicago. Wo olfor Acra Property at South Chicago, {5oud oppiortuniiies for invoatmont at South Obleago, ¥l piana and specifications of tho worl k can bo seon st itho offic of lidward Burling, Architoot, corner of Olark *and LaSallo-ata.. Ohicago. ¢ x}v‘m‘uf::p‘?}'-lm Dosind ‘coplcs of tho abovo act of tho [} OWH 3t Akt Olicago, and o 4 cago roppssiy should by tn soslod envelopes marked Pro- Lot and Acro Proporty, posalt for (Stato work) of bullding for the Illinols Oharit- HAGE & ABELL, #blo Lya snd Lar Tafimay, and addrowed to 164 Doarborist. FO] 2. W, RD, Pres, of tho Board of Trastcos, Chioage, TI1. FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE. Must have money. A lot on Third-nv. {Dearborn-at, front), south of VanBuren-at. One.third cash. Mako an offor. Address V' 27, Tribune office. " FOR SALE, AT A GREAT BARGATN, IF S0LD THIS WEEK, 50 fot N. W, coruer of Wabash-av. and Thicty-third- at. Ensy torms, ALF] JAMIE, 8. W. cor. Madison and Clark:sta. STARCH. T. KINGSFORD & SON'S 0SWEGD STARCH. 288--1,000--PURE. THE VERY PERFECTION OF QUALITY. 37~ Familios, Hotels, and Lo VI IR thems ot (o Al honaee Y MU0 T Pronamald will bo openod st tho préscnt I o, d 37 North Morxan-at., i tho prosonco of the Trustoos biadore, comiiencing 8t 108, . on. Moadaz, tho 9 rosurved (o refoos hay or g1l bids. Tneruational Bxhiton, 1876 To Contrnotors, Bufldors, Lumber Merobants, and othnrs whom it mny concorn ¢ Tho Unitod Statos Contonnial Board of Ninanco will roccivo Proposals for tho supply of Lumber, fron, and Gtlior matorials, and for tha oxecutlon of ccrtain ‘worke Yequirad in tho oreotlon of tho Main Exhibitlon lnilding, Coguring B aores, in Fairmount Park, Philadelph Plans and ngunlflcnlnnl for tho eamo mny bo scon on and after ob. 9, 157, at tho Offica of the Contcnuisl Board of Finatice, No, 004 Waluut-st., Philadolphin an caled bids, In cohforinity withi thio spéclications, will bo xoceived for tho wlole or part of tho ullding up to noon on T'ob, 23, 1874, at the samo place, Tnforiation a3 {o tho naturo and extent of tho w e Mo w_bo_nbtalned at tho offico VAUX & RADFOID No G Broglia, o {iDEIIOI FRALEY, Socrotary Centennial Bosrd ©of Finance, Avproved A.T. GOSHORN, Director.Genoral, OCEAN STEAMSHIPS, " WATIONAL LINE, NOTICHThis Company takes thorink of insurance (u 10 Sh0000Tn eld) o ook of 18 Atoatore, hun piving bocEongors tha okt bossiblo. Kuarantad 1or safoty and ESoldatco ol davger ot oa, T most. southorly rouio lias always boon adoptod by T S s GURBNGROWN, from Pl o LIVE] An LN Iy from Nos. 41 and 47, North Rivor , Now York. o or) LOTTERY. $300,000. Qapital Prize, $60,000. Missouri State Lottery. ow HoLLAY o b, 4, 8t 8. m. Grand Single Number Scheme. Cabin Favsnke, $70, €80, und SU0 Currency. | Draws tholastdayof ov th, 6.6 Teturn tlokols -ufl‘flm%’tg Pamousors booked o | Sifert 'm?‘“';;m:x&fr ‘%3"?5["‘" “"i'(}""r';:é%? St or from Gornanand Sonudinavian nolnts at Jow ratos, | Louls, Mo EALITE .90, Fok B0 Bl ho Steamships of this line are tho largostin the trado, Drafts va Great Iritain, Iroland, ana the Continent, st Nortlieast cornor Glark and Randalpliats, (Gopasite: dow Bverinan ifoumo), Obtcas, WILLIAM MAGALISTLR, General Wostern Axont. NEW YORK TO OARDIFE. WANTED, WANTED. Soller of National Bank of Tinofs Stock, and buyor of 16,000 Woot Division Rall 4§10, i w;&'."p'.'“w&-sé'i‘.’i o 0:67.“ K, PARTNER WANTED, With aw‘m 10 25,000, oither Activo or Spoolal, in a Gompany's Now rod, Clyda-buitt Stoamehips will Bonneyivania Knllrod Whart, Jorsey Oly: 31, | GLAMORGAN...Tob, 2. e PEMBROKE. ..\ Har, It nd prssongors ab through ratos Haitea enses and Canada fo poria 1n tha ], and all othier pointa in Kngland, Tho Sonth \Walos Atlantlo Steamshly Firs oo Tulionotad: O butle from s, il uilt exprosaly for the trado, aro pros | gnad payfng, weil catal i bng sided ity ol i ltost improvemonta for tho ooifortand ;ifi':i’ ‘2%’.»"5:5:3!11‘:E‘mfi‘,'g'lfi:‘m“;'&:‘:'s;..l’.}“':",}lu.‘;l‘..{7 Tieat GATIN AND STEERAGE PASSENGERS. L glon ohice. o 3 econd Cal R AN s COMMISSION MERCHANTS. cran 30 . BroDal SiGoEaie SHHUHICALSS 7018 ORRdI . oessorves - B Draff !l]:‘l;.cl ln&lll wards, ly fn Cerdifl, at the Ce = parifeuinrs, , at the Com- llces, o s Unaioiiors, and {a Now York to AROHIBALD BAXTER & CO., Agonts, Ho- 17 roadiny. STATE LINE. C.T.WHEELER & CO., General Commission Merchants, Room 17, No, 126 Washington-at,, (Exchange Pluce), CIICAGO, 1LL. r¥ERENOEE—Unlon National Bank, Cli fotro- T alon Nattona) Bank, hicagor Meteo For fi pany's Ol - lifap Natignal liauk, New York; ¥ Con Yo Glnsgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Tondonderry. &, | Now York: Rational Mevors lnak Hostan; Morchanish TATE OF GEORGIA... safl Nationn) Bank, 8t. Louls: Natioua{ lsnk of Tupnblis, i‘m’n«f OF BEOROIAya pll-irir fatorday Fob 7 | Eiladopii Moschanty Ratiopul Bank Albany, . X3 PATE ' o rmors he (. e B izans' . TA'TIE OF VIRGINIA. aails, aturdas, Mareh 1 | fissal Rask, Dicisburghs Deuk of Caltiorais, Ban Tran. FROM PIIR 5, NOR ER, N. ¥, atonof pus ookl Sailings noxt Sumisor, ates of passaga: Cabin, §60 and §% gold: ra £80 curroncy; propaid, B oot Bt S o ates, Yor further particulars apply to AUS’ 2 P spry to AUSTIN BALDWIN & ciseo, O: STOCKHOLDERS® MEETING, TheNational Watch Company, Office, Monroe-at., near Btate, 010G, 111, Jon. 9, 1871 Publlonotlco s beroby glvon that a sposlal) meotin of {Hio Stackholders of sald corporation wifl bo leld ou tha 24th day of Fobruary, 1874, at the hour of 2 'olock p. m., for tho purpase of cousidoring the question of changiny o namo, of"this sorporation Jfrom * Natlonal Watch wig o a1 3 ¢ S i Natonl W AV, T AIATTHEW LAFLIN, 0er Agonts, 73 Lroadways Now Rark: 72 . EARLE, ‘Goneral Wontorn Agont, ‘&0 Olarkent., Ohichgo. PRINTERS , STATIONERS, &o. BLANK BOOKS! 'TATIONERY and PRINTING furnish Tt Ditta by od prouptly and T. MML. = O NES, n l:}gg.}?:. 101 AND 106 MADISON-ST. i g0 Ty, TO RENT. — Direotors of National Wateh Conipany. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE, COPARTNERSIIIP. ‘The undoraigmed h: 1 1 d & copartnorshi wnder e fr e of JAG, 7 ENIRER" U0 o the Piehose o1 Gareing on (o wiiliaale trado In il snd ‘anoy Grooories, at Nos. 28 and 80 Riyor. " TARE-ST. STORE, “;‘lk;l l:;"l‘li;ulul ngrb ‘I;IIZ Lake lll'a oast, fl!tE)llI,k, 150, A hoatig And holsllng apparatus finL ey o e RVALIGIET, tsom 55 Portland S —— Of tho 1t v o TN e SMITIL T __DISSOLUTION NOTIOES, | Ohtesro wublHE0 1™ difiti & Tt DISSOLUTION. SOOLETY MEETINGS. o Ve A i Tuo eopartacrinlp oratafore ?'xlnl:‘;z‘u': "I ..‘.,‘Ill’..,}n.:»",fm Masonie, o e o this day distolved by mus | Orlontal Todge, No. 03, A., I' & A, M. Regular com: T . Plio affuira of th il , A T & AL M. e ot 1k araess & 67»5";'5‘ '.:Fa by | municatlon thia (kelday) ovabiniy st 1 o ook for b usi L AT AR RN . N: TUCKER, Soo'y, = o = Masonie, SOA}-‘EAS.:WW M’rb:"fl.nn;h‘olz ";ng;cgnlnx:t lfidu-‘. fi”‘ A I. and A, ¥ ) kD 10 aity s FAIRBANKS® il of il Tadgo .;h?{;u;"fii.'q: .'35:'.‘;:;;“:“3;;’7';4 BEANDARD OO prreny, fooy, O V0 MAWRENOK WAL 1S OO.QEL&EE s Masonie, . 218, i1l be a Publio Tnst A\ 1A TRDANKS, MOHSE &GO | siioiys sostot Dosriien Totus, Hor 3o, A otoh e 2, No. 10, Ary 6 I8 in tho Auiorica Kridsy ovonlog, Feb, D o, LG i 0 ::i‘gm I AND N5 LAKE-NT, RHODE ISLAND| CHICAGO, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1874. WASHINGTON. . Corcoran Asserts that there is Something Rotten in the District. Tle Repels the Insinuations of a Subsidized Press. A Beview in Detail of the History of the District Government. The Attempt at Refrenchment Not Encouraged by Hecads of Departments, Lending Points in the Eleotion Bill. Louisiana Yesterday's Debate in the Senate on the Bankrupt Bill. House Bill Possed to Encourage the Growth of Forest Trees, THE DISTRIOCT RING. Special Dispateh to I'e Chicigo Tribune, MI. CORCORAN'S NEVOLT, ‘WasmiNatoN, D, C, Feb, 5,—Mr. W. W. Cor- corax printa a lecter in the Baltimoro Sun of this morning, addrossd totho citizons of tho Dis- triot, roviewing the courso that has boen adopted with regard to him by tho Distriot presa and ofli- cors aincoe it has transpirod that ho signed the petition for investigation. Mr. Corcoran I8 ono of the wonlthicst and oldest citizons of tho Dis- trict, and has hitherto boen regarded by all asa most cetimablo gontloman. On the eccasion of bis rocont presentation to tho District of a mag- nificent art gallory, togother with an sppropri- ato building, orected at groat cost by Mr. Cor- coran to accommodato tho art treasuros, THE PRESS FAIBLY GUSHED in his enthusinetio praise, Tho moment, how- over, that Lo signed the obnoxious petition, ho was assailed with all the Littorness that could bo omployed by these same publications, and de- nounced for his pregent nnd past life with such virulonco a8 would lead one not acquainted with circumstances to wonder that such a monstor should bo pormitted to go av large, This nat- urally surprised Mr. Corcoran, nnd in tho lotter roforred to ho roviewa briefly somo of tho facts which Iod him to sign the potition. In noticing tho conduct of tho preas, Corcoran says: ‘The abuso which has_been heaped upon me by tho pross of this District has been such aa it hins yurely fallen oven to the lt of n fclon to recoivo, snd not oue of them has even dono mo tho kindness to sk A BUSPENSION OF MUDLIC OPINION until T could be beard, but with a full chorns—and abuse of mo, whon it does come, ia about the only song In which they beartily unite.—thoy have for moro than o weok in tho daily, also Iy laeuce, ventilated my past Ufo and s oings, questioning the motives with which certoitl onterpriscs have been undertaken by me, when theso samo enterpriscs havo recelvbd the lne Jorsement of the same press which now deeries mo for apending my monoy in o way that seemed, after advice from snfo counsellors, proper snd for tho Doatty and advancoment of this District, Why I am selected for this work I can't concelve, ' I am ono of o scoro or moro who signed the peiltion, when as many hundreds could avo beon obtalued, ond, it I am gullty, others re cerlainly equally so, A REVIEW OF THE OASE. Reforring to tho fact that this misroprosonta- tion lss not been confined to tho press, Mr. Corcoran xoviews the attack mndoe on him by Gov. Shepherd in his momorial at somo longth, and, a8 an intelligent statoment of the caso from one whose opinions must bo respected by all i parties, it is thought best to givo a protty full nbatract of the letter, Mr. Corcoran ssys: To show that 1 am deflantly refusing to pay my taxcs, it is stated that I, a8 one of the largest proporty- Lolders, havo personnlly paid nofhing on sccount of tho improvemonts againgt which I pm(clt.{ in detlance of the law of Congmuu approved Feb, 21, 1871, pro- Jiding thiat upon tho property wdfolntng and lo be apecially benclited by tho fmprovements authorlzod by law, thero shall bo nssesacd & reasonablo proportion of tho cost, not oxceeding one-third part thereof, To this document i3 appended sn oxbilit of nssessments impoted for improvements pretended to liavo been mado under said nct of $17,320,42 still duo by me, I would state hero that I am unequivocally fn £avor of tho real sud substantinl irmprovement of this Dintrict, and every part thereof; and that at no time lave I tised elther my meana or influence in opposi- tion thereto, but I us emphatically doclino to allow ¥ MONEST CONVIOTIONS 25 to tho manner iu which tho work hna bieon dono in his Diatrict to be stifled by tho only reply that has a8 yet been atfompted to bo snade, sud thot the” flimsey one that no objection or oxamination should bo ade on account of tho beautifylug work that hns boon done, and because such & courso will de feut approprintiond by Congeess, Tho act quoted by tho ofbeinl who presented the memorial provides fhat o reasonsble Fmporuox: of tho cost, not oxcecding ono-third, eboll bo asseracd upon e praperty adjoining and especinlly honelited by improvements authorized by Iaw, Under this act, tho weok- dlsconnt, T havemo comment to make upon this now Wiy of paying taxes, I can only ny that mino wore pnid in fall i curronoy, and I osk no credit for doiug what wos aimply my duly, TAX LIENS, With rogard {o tho refleation mnde wpon Mr. Corcoran that winlo o withhold this money, an army of poor laborors woro owt of work snd starving, ho saynt Tho fact Is, that cortitéaten of ton finvo beon bentted against nearly,all property upon which esessmenta have tren dlade, sud which aro nnpaid within s cer- tain timo ; that tho authorities have hypothecated or noli thosg cortificalon and zecelved tho money thore- for ; that contractors Lisve heen anttlod with, cithes in curroncy cortificates of bonds, towards tho' payment of the juterest upon which bonds tho re. colpts of genoral taxes have contributod. flio laborors aro nupald, I am mot fo Dlamo ; for against my own property thoro iaa boon iasued o lien which, if fogal, In 8 cliurgo upon the ssmo, ond fa now hold presumably at o lirgo dfscount by somo capitalists, private or public, here of elewhoro WoroIta pay thoce Hone tordayy tio ome would bo boneflled bitt the holdor of the cortilcate, who holds tho sain ot pnly at & discont from tho face, bt with tho lilgh Fate of 10 per cont Infercat thereon, I doubt whethet in any other community on tho faco of this brosd oarth, nhd not under, tho government of mililona of mouoy I8 intrusted to ono man, or set of men, who, 1u fhelr own way, without restraint or check, contruct mdebtedness and givo out work to be done withont campetition, and to whom thoy pleaae, ot tholr own. pricos, and ' paying thorofor fn whatovos form they chooac, eithier in cortifioil botuls oF caali,~—nodes of poycht vatying h valte from 43 conta to §00 vcits on ihe dollar,—and thus creating a dobt to bo pafid at sowe future tiio by tho property of this District, . BPBCIrG WRONUd: Mr. Corcoren thett prococded to glve, a8 nn inatnnco of the wrongs that have beon phrpotrat- od it Tavying the sower-tax, wheroby proporty worth 4'conts n foot haw boon faxced 2 conts a foot, whilo in weolthier noighburhoods more olaboratol¥ improved; the tax is 11 mills per foot on proporty worth 21s foot. In cerntuding, hio snys @ TIE MUNICIPAL CREDIT, No Governmont ever began w:th i falrer prospect thon thiy desplle {0 oltaclen whieh, . ny nlleged, *Hliadvised people ™ nud interposed in “ite When tho $1,000,000 loab wWas offorod {n tho stack mnrkets of Europo, that amount was roadily taliet at or neat par, and throo mea tho wim wanted wan offerod, Hud our finnncen boen woll manngod, and tho moucy oxpouded ouly 6 taceived, our 8 per cent scourities would bo toudsy it bigh faver for local inveatment, wheross we a0 now borzowing in New York Iargo suma of moncy for tho paymont of Intoreat on our’ dolt, mislag $100 ut o bigh rato of fnteroat, pledging as collatoral eccuri- 4 tlorcfor 4200 o onir 8 per cont acouriticn, No oppo- sition 6o very foctious and cntiroly devold of marit an tho one in oiir midat fa_characlerlzed o be could do thie damogo 1t i chiarged with, and eapectully in tho facoof tho indorsoment, cxocutlve, loglsintive, Judicinl, nud popular, climed for this District Governmont, Thers hos been TROUNLE AT Tif¥ HOOT af 4110 whole yetem, Klinwing ltaclf {na variety of mal- ailministration, and rosulting fu the inanciul troubles Which hove surrounded it. EFFECT OF THE LETTER. "Tiis lattar has producad & deop Improssion in all circles. Mr. Corcoran has not hitherto taken any pect in tho factious opposition, and Lns always boon rogarded. as n pra- rossivo gontloman who, having lurgo ntorosts boro, wonld gladly support aity meas- ures that wors in tho intorest of tho District. Holis nequired au jmmenso fortuno hero by auperior business sagacity, shd has used it wit muniticout liberality for the advancement an in bohnlf of the city and District, 'he qualitios which mado him weslthy, aud at the samo tima Liboral, aro such as peculiarly qualify him to judge well of the morits of the question with tegard to the chargos against tho ring, A BUDSIDIZED PAPET, Tho Eeening Star, in criticisivg the letter, says: *Mr, Corcoran claims that bo should be oxompt from criticism a8 a memorialist, because ho is & public honofactor, 2which s a pitiful begging of the question.” Tho Slar then proceeds to berato Corcoran becauso the Pafriol, » Domocratic ,mpnr formerly published hore, and owned, it s assorted, by Corcoran, was especially vigorous in its trantmont of the Die- trict officials, r. Corcorau nover bad anything to do with tho management of the Pafriof, but that is not coneidered. Tho articio shows that the ring ate badly frightonod by tho bold and mastorly manner in which their abuse has boon answorod, NP FENATORIAL INVESTIGATORNS. Mr. Carpenter undortook this aftornoon to namo thres Seuntors to composa the Bonatorial soction of tho Joiut Belect Committeo to investi- guto tho affairs of tho Dietrict, His first choleo foll upon Messre. Frolinghuyson, Noutwell, and Thurman, The gentlomen from Mass:schusettsand Ohlo stuck, but Mr, Frolinghuysen héggedto ‘bo oxcuged fromserving, slloging thatl was alresdy ovorloaded with work, belug & momber of five cominitteos. Ho was let off, and Mr, Conkling substituted, bu the handsome New Yorker de- clined the honor, frankly confessing that his re~ Intions with the gontlemen sbout to bo invostigntod wore of such n charactor as to muke it impossiblo for him to servo as & Judgo sgaiust thom. His oxplanation was deemed a good one, and tho Sonato excused him. 1t i8 not known who will naxt bo hit upon, -~ ANNEXATION OF GEORGETOWN. A sub-committes having reported favorably upon the oxpodiency of consolidating Goorgo- town with Washington City, tho House Com- mittee on the District of Columbin has directed the Delegate from $his District tg propare and roport a hill providing for tho couralidation, el RETRENCEMENT AND REFORN, Suectal Diapatel to Tha Chicago Tribue. THE ATMY APPROPRIATION DILL. ‘Wasmixatox, D. C., Fob, 5,—The debate in the House on the Army bill to-day was quite livoly and intoresting. Bunsot Cox mnde tho first characteristio speech tbat ho has delivored this session on tho Cowlos & Broga nppropria- tion for tho provention of tho destruction of clothung by moths, [Io succceded in surround- ing himaelf with all tho membors of tho Houso inn deop maus, and o kopt thom ronting with Iaughtor at his witty specch, which fer excaedod tho limits of time Lo whic' ho was entitled undor therules, Tho Cowles . 'itagn nppropristion was, however, passed Wir.out sorious opposi- cortain laws have beon passed Dy our local Logislz- turo providing for improvements, 1t is tho opinfon of - mnny, ond no Court, as I wm advised, Liny a8 yeb decidod 10 the contrary, that tha oporations conducted thore- under have not been in compliance with the organic act; and ono of tho princlpal reasons that no such de- oision hias boen made 18 that the law-ofiicers of our District havo interposed TECHNICAT, ODJECTIONS, which bayo proveuted o full hearing by the Court. Time aslono can furnish the circumstances upon _which o slanding in court can be obtalued in mmx{ of thess cases, The moie in which this work hns been done, the ab. sence of compebition, the fact that the prices wero fixed by the Board of Publio Works, and tho work fven {o be done by persone of la own choosing, the fargo bills thot hiove been preaented fu all quartors for an fuconsiderabla proporilon of the work dove, givo Tiho to & very well-groundod suspicion, at loast, that tho susessmont upon adjolning property has beeu AN EXOESSIVE COBT for tho whols work. This work hus been In o great de- arce improporly dono, and the chargo for flio maing often double ita value, and tho systorm of assessment ins high degreo OnOrous,—in Homo Cikes BmIOUNLs ing (o more than tho valuo of th property: whilo tho neoless changea in tho graica of samo of tho sircots and pacticularly In Georgotown aud §n ita principal thoroughfarcs,—~where, i some places, Alliug up and cutting down Jin been’ made {o the otent of 13 or 14 fect, nnd that, too, nguinst the almost uuanl wmous protest of sll {uterested,—sbows tho urbllmr{ conduct of thoso under whoso directions {his worl han been dono, The tax for thls work is a burdon suficiently onerous, but when thers f8tadded thereto the much Inrgor cost of adapting the houses to these new grades, THE WONDER I8 Tow persons of moderato means Wil be able to west theao churges without relief srom the conrts or use nistance from Congress, in 8 way that will melu for tho_ debt now " oxiallug.” Tho lomes wil, in many cuses, have to bo sold, and I need not tell you that that work liss even now begun. (Groat censurs has boen attompted to be cast upon me by this statoment of tho failure to pay spoclal tuxes, and it 18 supposed, souio at loast, who cunnot distinguish ono Tax-Collector from anothe er, uulor ouz presout ayilean, (hat Yotn Wl inie chc Tirely n defuult for all publio’ dues, Had the ofticlal wha'so diligoutly paradod to thio publio guzo my- ju- dobtedness on ons neeount been prompted Uy the samo diligence, tempered with a madorata dogreo of fofrness, he could, by an inapection of thoentries made in the ofice of the Colloctor of genmeral fuxcs for this Dlstriol, on the 0th —day of November, 1873, gscortnined and informed tho ublio thut thoro was pald by mo $12,40107 In full of my individual und judiclary accounts for gen- oneral taxes for tho yoar endinyg Junp 0, 1874, ‘Lhis ‘paymiont was mado with my check payablo on tha in- stant, in current funds, aud with the allowanco of the thon legal discouut of 6 por cont ; und tlat, too, after T had been approschied by au edilor aud_proprictor of oo of tho dutly psperu o tlio Distecl, sid prominont i tho Iato assaull upon me, with a vequest fliat e Lo allowed to tako my general tux bills sud roturn them 10 e rocelptad, usking for thut GENEUOUS AND PATHIOTIO HERVIOK ‘Tho amounit of {ho account, Jeas 16_per cont, when payers wero then by law ouly sliowed 8 yor coit dla- Gount. T tender mysolf ready, when properly culled on, (0 name otlicr canda i which general taxes for tho cuirent Xoar havo bosh paid, sublect to thia sxosslyy tion. ‘Whon the appropuriation for the Springtield Armory camo up, Mr. Daives,for the frat time in thoe disoussion, took the floor to urge fhat thin eatablishment, which s within his district, should have nmple appropriations to earry it on, VENJAMIN DUTLER, who is #nid to own & patent on the. swinging- brooch of tho Springtiald brooch-loader, now alopted as the standard arm of tho United Btntes, also, with patriotic boat, ndvocated ap- propriations to continvue the manufacturo of tho guns, Further on Lo took occaslon ta rail at the pinching spirit of economy which_seomed to bo governiug Congrossmen In acting Whon thedo Dills, Ie i8 notin favor of logislating as though the mation is banksupt, o also toolt occasicn to indicato himeell as tho propor msn tolend tho Communistic workingmon, who aro Ingisting all over the country that Natious), State, and city governments shall furiiish them with employment, whethor their Inbor ia neces- sury to tho public or not, Jlo urged that in theso torriblo times the Government ought not {0 think for & momont of any sort of aconomy that would dischavgo s solitary workmau. RENTS PAID FOR QUANTERS. In tho courso of the dobate, a statement of tho routs paid by the Quarlormaster's Depuri- ment for quarters for army ofilces in . this city waa sont by Mr. dunlol, of ‘Obio, to the Clerk's deslt to be rond, whivh resnlted in tho dlscovory thut the Military Committos has by értor” tbm- Dbined the amounts paid for two years, and takon. it for tho amomt paid in ono yeur, #o thot tho awmaunt, instead of boiug somothing more than $120,000, is only a littlo moro than F60,000. For {hrea or moro weeks the Military Committow hava been billonsly doleful over this mistake.| 44 JREDUGTION OF THE ALY, ‘Tha question of tho reduction of the army has ‘boon considered for some iime Ly the Housa Committeo on Military Affaive, and & groat many offigors liuvo boon oxaminod by thou In rogard to the matter, 'I'ie woight of fho tostimony hiny baon in favor of s roduotion, Lhoy stute a bill willbo drawn up ina fow days covoring their Views, INOREASE 01 GLERICAL ¥OUUE, While Congress is siriving to out down tho oxponss of running the Governuzent machivery, tho hoads of departmonts ura striving with equi onergy and portiuacity to udd to those expouses. The demands of the Stato and Intorlor Dopnrt- mants for au fnorouse of the numbor of elorky havo alvendy boou noticed, and now the Post- nastor-Genoral joins in tho ery, It is vory evi- dent that these gentlameu do not proposo to pay any attontion to tho law of 1896, providlughthll clerks shall be kept at workaveraglng nine hours s dnz thoyent round, f thislaw wore enforcad, ho prensing nood of clorka would not be so sp- paronts THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING-OPFICE Lina grown te ba an jmmense ostnbiishmont. 1o domands upon 1t for all sorts of work aro incronsing onch yoar: A groat varioty of printe Jiig 1s dono in tho establiabmont whiclt of right oupeht to be dono by outside offices,—for instauce, whon Inwyers comd hero to srguo casos boforo tho Supromo Oourt; thoy can, by sceuring an order from one of tho Justices, have thelr briefs and othor papers printed at tho Govornmont rinting-ofiice, for whicl they pay the barocost to ho Govornmont, This is hut ono of the many pimilar Insiancos that might be quoted whoro tho Governmont, by outering Into a general rrlul\ng ‘buainess, crowds out levum onterpriso. 'he Govornment purohases allite paper and mn- tarial fn such quantition ns to sccuro lowor pricos than &rl\'ntn coneorns onu obtaln, which makes tho tompelitidii pecullarly unjust to private rintors. A dologation of ilioge latter wero hoard this mnn\ingron this questiott by tho Sen« nte Committeo on Printing. ECONOMIZING EXPRESS CHARAES, From statoments mnis by roprosgutatives of tho Adams Expross Company to the Houso Com- mittes on Appropristions todny, it sppears that that Compavy carrled for tho Qovernmont dur- ing lagt yoar $700,000,000 of sctual monoy, and moro than 8800,000,000 somplote and unfinished bondy, hotes, and fractional ourroncy, for which sorvios tho United Staies pald tho Company $260,000, In ordor to economizo u[fl'use chargos and othbrwiso, tha Committas will recommond that ot loast & pottion of the Ciavornment print- ing and ongraving, which has heretéfors beon dono in New York and Philadolphia, shall bo ivon to tho Columbian Bank Note Company of s olty, which, it is claimad, can do_auperlor work, and quito na obonply 88 it can bo done olsowhore. —— LOUVISIANA. OANPENIGI'N ELEOTION DILL. Wasmvaros, D, Q,, Fob, G,—Mr. Carpontor's il to rostoro the rigts of tho Btato of Louls- iona declnres that there {s no Govornor, Lieu- tenant-Govornor, Beorolary of State, Attorncy- Gonoral, Auditor of Publid Accounts, Suporin- tendont ‘of Education, or Logislatura slected by tho legal votors of tho Btate nccording to tho Constitution and lawe; that thore is no provision in the Conetitution aud laws for tho olection ot Stato officors boforo November, 1876; that the oflicos aro’ now filled do facto by persons claim- ing to hold them undor & pretonded, fraudulent, snd void canvasa of votes, given at the lnst gon- oral electionj that o protended Logislaturo has beent orgnnizod, in_pnrsuanco of illegal ordora jssned by & Judgs of the United Sitates Ciroult Cowrtj that tho Presi- dont’s proclamation rocognlzing thoso porsous as logn) ofticers of tho State was jesucd upon repro- gontationa of those porsons, who, it now appears, are not logsl officors; that the pooplo aro in doangor of boing oppressed and involved in vexa- tious litigation by acts of tho protended Logls- Iature; and that the ponce is now preserved, and can ouly be presorved during tho existing stato of things, st tho exponse of tho United Btatos, and by retaining a part of tho army in the State. o bill provides for holding an election in Loulsiana on tho fourth Tuesday in May, 1874, for State oflicors and such mombors of tho Lnfi~ islntnro as ought to have beon choson Nov. 4, 1872. Tho Presidont of tho United Btatos is re- quired to appomt some person, or designato some ofiicer of tho army not bolow tho rank of Major-Gonoral, to suporintend snid clection, This Superintondont is toappoint two citizons of ZLouisiana,of opposite political partics, to bo State Regiatrars, Tho registration is to bo commenced within twonty dayv aftor tho enactment of this Dbill, and to bo completed ton days provious to tho date of the election, Thoso Rogistrara aro raquired to sppoint two Buporvisors of Regis- tration of tho opposite political parties in esch parish, oxcept Jofforson snd Orlosus, for tho formor of which thore are tobe four Super- visors, ond for tho lutter twolve in each war The'bill proceeds at grost longth to prescribo tho dotmlsof rogistration aud eleotion, theso Provisions boing substantially the samo ab thoxs sustainod in Carponter’s bill of last year. In cnse tho Prosident appomts a civilisn to bo the Superintendont of EBlection, tho latter is to re- celva #5,000 for -his sorvices, and if an army officer shnll be appointed Suporiutendent, and ehall willfully 1sll to perform tho duties proacribed by this bill, bo shalljbo flned not ex- coeding 1,000, or {mprisonmiont ot hard labor not cxuuodlng ono year, The Dill also provides that it shall be lawrul for the Prosident of the United States to omploy such part of the land and naval forees of the United Statos ns shall bo nocessary to aid in tho execution of a judicisl process £o cerry out and enforco its provisions, and to maintain subnn poace, nnd to sustain the ofticers appointed under this act in the diychnrge of thoir duties, and any act dono by any person oloiming to bo an officer of tho Ktato of Louis- jana, or any process {ssued by any Stato Court oflicer to anjoin or interfere with the sxeccution of this act, i to bo treated ns absolutely void. ———— THE BANERUPTCY BILL. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. THE DILL IN THE SENATE, ‘WasmixoTox, D, ., Feb. 5—Tho Sensto to- day renewed 1ts consideration of the Bankruptey bill. Mr. Shorman’s amendment fixiug 83,000 s tho lowest amount upon which s man con bo thrown into bankruptey was fvst discussed. Ib was bitterly opposed by Mr. Edmunds, snd,when brought to a voto, was dofoated. 'Finding it 1m- posuible to make keadway in that direction, M. Sherman noxt attempted a movement on the enemy’s fank, with an smendment giving the dobtor ninety days’ timo in whioh to convert dlgoredit upon Gen. Van Buren, and with this turthor oxonoration and vindication, the Score- tary thinks the Bennto mny consistontly confirm tho nomination of Van Buron to ho QOnsul at Koungwa, withont turthor palaver. UALED AND MYRA. Tho Hon. Caleb Cushing hns flled n lconntor olnim to that of Mrs. Myrs Cialnos ngafust him- solf. Yo hiolds that, under judgmoents progured by hiw, Mra, Ghines rocovored o largo amount of praposty in Now Orloans, and damagoes ngainst tho clty, and that by compromise, ota., she bLau recovored largo amounts, IIo charges that by the express torma of tho contract, heis entitlod to 6 per cent of all tho property and damagos recovered. Bho Lo refused or mogloots ed to pay ithe samo account to him for hia sharo. Ilo furthor nlleges that tho rocovorod a doocos for 4,122 acres ontitled to ntent, and certificates for over 64,000 ncres, Ho tharefore prays for a_statement of account, thit #lio may bo decreed to pny such smns ay may bo dre, snd may be made to discovor what proporty she Lns racovared, otc, " NOT A DEPAULTING PAYSABTEM, Col. Dawtel MoClure, whosa nsme uppoared in your dispatchion of Inat night In tho st of de- faulting Paymastors,appours to bolong tliero only tochnlcally, 1o is now and hiay beon over since tho war, on nctlve duty, and no fault has beon found in him. Ho publisbos ncard in the Siar this ovoning, in which Lo states that tho differ- encos in hig account to which roforonce is mude, arlso ont of mouay charged to him neatly twolve years ago, and which he claims shoulld not in Fustivn or equity be charged ngast him aud, 8 tho subject is ono whioh roquires judieinl iuvestigation, a bil to nccomplish that pumose i8 now before Con- roys, Binco the alloged deficit, Col. MeCluro has disbursed over 100,000,000 of public moueys, and in a rocent sottlement Liag account- ed properly for overy doliar of it ; und it scoms fuir to prosume that his assortion, that tho f}mrgo is a technicul one, in worthy of cousidera- fon. . THE BUTLER-KELSZY J0N, Bonjamin Butler, with o great awaggor, de- clared to-dny in epeskiug of the Butlor-Kelsoy oD, that Sauborn should not be tried, the con- tracts should not be made public, nor should the law bo repealed. As tho Ways snd Menus Com- mittoe, however, dotermined to push things, nmllleq they ara backed by almost all the N%w Yorl, Madsachusotts, and Now Jorsey delega- tiona, there scome o ho a chance that Benjamin Butler will for once miss his reckoning. Thore will be a hiard fight over thho mnttor bofore it is done with. (o the Associated Press.] ADASHH EXPRESS, ‘WasmNaTox, Feb, 6.—The House Committeo on_Approprintious to-day hoard Col. Sanford, and3 Messrs, Bhoomaker and othors ofyfthe Ad- ams Express Company, on _tlhe subject of a cof tract with that Company by tho Goneral Gov- ornmont. 'The Company Jast sear carried 700, 000,000 of nctual monoy for the Goveru- mont, and ovor 8300,000,000 of ~completo Dbonds, unfinished .bonds, notos, and fractional curroney, ete,, the” Company recelving for thiy sorvico 8200,000.: . Honry Sanford, Genoral Man- agor of the Adsms Expross Company, exptained to thio Committee the general featitres and work- ing of the contract, showing that in viow of tho largo sums transported for the Government, tho character of the sorvice, and responsibility nas- sumed, the rates charged are oxceedingly Iow. LEGAL-TENDLRS. Outatanding logal-tondors, 3381,484,737, Custom reeoipts for tho week ending Jun. 31, wora: Boston, 924,544 ; Now York, $2,440,348 ; Philadelphia, 3185,784. NOINATIONS CONFINMED. Tho Sennto confirmed the following nomina- tione; Gaorge Ritcboy, Receiver of Public Mou- oys at Boonaville, X Jumes L. Jounings, Re- coiver at Ionis, Mich.; IL.C. Kemblo, Now Jorsuy, Tndian Tuspector ; Ebonozer Saith, Postmustor st Central City, Colorado. THE BUSTEED CASE. Tho inveatigation of tho charges agaiost Judge Bustood commencad to-duy. THE GAINES CA8T, Caleb Cuamni; lins filed o Dill ngainst Mra. Myra Clsrko Galues praying for n rtatomont of acconnts, that she may be decrcod to puy such sums 88 muy be due. PROPOSED OANAT: HURVEY. Tho Cominission appointed to oxaming and ro- port upon tho rontes and surveys by which it is roposed to construct & ship-canal between the Atlantio aud Pacific mot to-day. The Commis- sioners, sccompanied by ominent engincers, will poss over thoe routes already surveyed, and re- Jort upon tho feasibility of the work proposod. Ihlamnd-htinnnl survoy will eccupy about two months. % —, UONGRESSIONAL RECORD. SENATE, ‘WAsIINGTON, D, C., Feb, b, TIE UNION PACIFIC, The OHAIR lnid bofore tho Senate acommu- nicntion from the Secrotary of tho Iuterior, in rosponee to o resolution of tho Sonate, inclosing roports of Governmont Directors of the Unio Pacific Railroad, Laid on the tablo. DISTRICT OF COLUNNIA. A foint rosolution from the House, nuthoriz- ing the appointment of o joint committee of the Senato and Houso of Representatives to investi- gato the Governmont of the District_of Colum- Dia, was laid befors the Scunte. Mr. HAMLIN said ho bad the honor, a few duys ago, to present a memorial from thn Goy- aruor of tho Districr on the snmo subject, Ho hoped tho resolution just read would recaive tho wnsnimous. n%p!ovnl of tho Senate, and moved that tho number of Sountors on the Committeo Do throo. Agrood to, sud the resolution passed, LOUISIANA BLECTION DILL. his sssots ond cecapo bankruptey. Mr. Rd- munds made n epoech in opposition to the amendment, and Mr. Sherman replied to him angrily, soverely commenting upon the por- tinacity of the Judiciary Committeo in uphold- ing all tho provieions of its bill. MR, LOGAN backed up Mr. Sherman iti an excited spoech of an hour’s duration. He charged that o com- bined offort wns being made by the United RAtates Blarshals throughout tho country and their aesistnnts to_prevent the repeal of the Bankrupt lsw, and espocinlly tho fourtoen ddays clouso, Horead a circular signed by five United Btatos Marshelg, calling ugpon tha profos- ston to do what they could toward maunfactur- ing public opinion against repoal. Mr. Logsn then run foul of Senator Thurman on the Iaginl defluation of tho words * bankrupt” and * wolvent;” und the rosult was n sharp tilt, both producing authoritios and both showlng they wore correct, ‘Tho Senato adjourned boforo a voto was had on tho amendment. It {u thought il difforencos of opinion will be compromisod aud the bill as o wholo brought to a vote to-mor- TOW. P A TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS. Speciat Disnateh to The Chicuyio Tvidune, MUETING OF THE SENATE COMMITIRE. Wasitixaroy, D. 0., Feb, 5.—A maatlog of tho Sonato Committeo on Transportation Routes to thio Seabonrd way bield last night,nll thes mom= ‘ors boing prosent oxcopt Conover and Norwood. No busiuess of importauco was ‘transactod fur- tyor than taking an informal vote on tho ques- tion of the right of Congresato chartor rritronds across sud through Statos, when such Statos aro opposod to such chortor. Tho volo jndieated that the Committeo wero of the opinion that Congrous hind such right. DUEDGING TI3% BISSISHTPE. Wi Bounto to-day took up and pavsed the bill glving the Seoratary of War control of tho chiiu- nol at the mouth of thoe Misnissippi River during tho time {he Governmont is dredging the same. Tho rensou for asking for this authority of Con- gress, 08 has already ‘boon stated in your dis- ‘patchiok, s Lo prevens tha Now Orlenns Low-Bont Ausovintion from placing obstructions in tho way of nuvigation in order fo thoroby incroato itR ZDVOUUOH. WOTES AND NEWH, Suechts Dispateh to Tho Gideayo Tribune. THE VAN BUREN ¢AU Wasu:NaroN, D. 0., Fel. i-Beorotary Fish isenid-bo have decided to writo a lettor to tho Honato Foroign Tinlations Conanities, virtunlly declining to furnieh tho corroupondonco oallod for by that Comndbtoeo in ordor 10 ounblo the lut- ter to examino inte- the caso of (Iou. Van Buron, and his connection with the Viomna Exposition scandal, Mr, Flels isundorstood to ontertain the opiuion that thove §3 nothiug in tho corresponds onao in tho State D) spariment whiab sefleote Ay Mr. CARPENTER introduced a bill, of which he had givon provious notice, to restore the rights of tho Btato of Louisiaug, and seid o de- sired to havo tho bill printed and lic on the table, Early noxt weol ho would ask to take it yp for reforence, and would ask the mdulgouca of the Senato to submit some remarks explona- tory of tha bill. The bill was ordered printed and to lis on the tablo. DULUTIE BREAKWATER, ' MMy, RAMSEY iutroduced a rosolution request- ing tho Secrotary of War to inform the Senate ag ta tho condition of tho breakwater nt Duluth, Minn.,, and tho cost of ropalring the same. Agread to. NAVAL QIADES, Mr. CRAGIN, from the Committeo ou Naval Affaivs, submiited an amondmont to the Naval ‘Appropriation bill, providing that no further ap- pointmont or promotion shnll bo made to the wrado of Commiodora in the Nayy, und that, after tho, In‘pan of that grade, promotious shall be mado from Captains to Ronr-Admirala, WEST YIRAINIA BENATORSMIL, Mr. LEWIS prosented e mamoriul from Joseph Sogar, of that Btate, dotailing the circumstances of tha olection of T, J. Bordon us United States Senator from Virginia by tho Wheoling Legisln- ture in 1863, Tha death of that gentloman whilo sorving in tho Sonato, and the subsoquont olec- tion of the claimant by the Aloxaudria Legisla- turo to fill Borden’s unexpirad term. The peli- tion farthor statos that hio (Sogar) was kopt out of thoBenato by the division of tho Stato, aud coneludos by elaiming componsation for tho un- oxpired term of Bordon, In prosenting tho Ys- tition, Mr. Lowis askod thatitbo read, which was doue, and the otition was roforred to the Committeo on Priviloges and Elcctions, MISSIBSIPRI IMPIOVEMENTS, On motion of My, TIIURMAY, tho bill to facil- {tato the oxocution of eud to protest certain wublia works at the mouth of tho Missisippi Rivor was taken up. Thoe bill was passod-—yens, 80 ; nays, 9. ¢ “Pho bill divects the Seorotery of War to ussune full control over the partienlar chuunel at the mouth of the Mississippl River In the courso of oxeavation or improvemont by the Government of the United States, 8o far on may bo nocowsnry 10 the carrying on and protaction of such oxca vution and lmprovement, and uutil the snmoe bo comploted, and_bo may’ establish such rogula- tious na o shiall doom noodful to fully protect tho channol and to facilitnto the axcavation, im- proyement, and uso theroof, Suoh rogulations Khall ho promulgated by publication thoreof for ton days consoentively in two daily Jmpum pub- hehed in Now Orloans, Lu,, aud the sume mny In ke munnor bo changed from_time to timo, and nny porson iutorforing with or ovstrcting, o attempting to obstruct, kaid im- provement, and any porson who shall wilfully or negligontly atrand “or sink any bont or eyptt in sud é’hnunnl, or who shall wiltully or no;il[gmn.- Iy obstruob #nid ohaunal, or causo impairment, ingury, fMlling up or, shoaling (horeof, ahall bs guilty of misdomoanor, nud on conviction thereof whall bo punished by n fine not exceodiug 500, or imprisonment for not more thun * six months, orboth, in the disoretion of tho Gourt, DISTRIOT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. The Chairjaunounced as msmbera of tho Sen- (Sep Eixuth Paxos The Chicagn Daily Teibune, NUMBER 167, FOREIGN. Bismarck’s Designs on the Ul- tramontane Party. Letter from Earl Russell in Suppori of the German Govornment, More Bloodshed Resulting from the T ‘ish Eleotions, Q Closoof { %, English Campnignin Ashantee, 10 £ 90 £ | AND PREMITIL i 2 FROM IANL RURSELL, New Yond 2 b, 6,—Tarl Rusgell, In n lottor to 8ir Joln. % ray, on the relations oxisting bo- twoon Rom¢ ,d Germany, noys: “Tho very samoprinely vhicl b ound me to ask for equal freedom for-wuo Romon Cathiolie, tho Protostunt Dissentor, and the Jew, bind mo to prolost agoitet n conspiracy which aims at confining tho Gormau Empiro in_clmins, nover, it is hopod, to bo shalen off. I haston tu declaro, with nll tho friends of frecdom, nud, I trust, with o majority of tho English nation, that I could no longor call myself o lover of civil and religlons liberty woro Iuob to proclaim my sympnthy with {he Emperor of Gormany in tho noble struggla in which he *is ongaged. We bave nothing to do with the dotails of tho Gormau lows. Thoy may be just, they may be harsli; we can only leavo it to tho German peoplo to decide for themselves, a8 wa havo docided for ourselves, At all ovents, wo are ablo to seo thnt tho causo of the Germuu Emperor ig the causo of Liboxty, and the cauko of tho Popois the cause of stavery.” FRANCE AND GERMAXY. Alettor from Pariseays: *Tho general be liof in educated ecircles is that while Princo Bia ‘marok would avoid u war by preferonce, hia would fiot miss o pretext whicl would give Lim the ap. pearance of right and enable him to crush, once for all, tho ullramontane party.” : "Thio Franch Bishops aunounce their intention to resist any attempt to muzzlo_thom, and Pius TX, has caunseled thom to * fight the good fight of faith" ovon unto martyrdom, Asacorollary to all this tho Parls Bourse has beon falling frightfally for the past threc dnys, spreading constornation in flnancial dir cles, Tho recent oloctions {o the Prussian Pulia mont hnva domonstrated the extrome improba bility of Prince Bismarck's succoss by pur logal or Parlinmontary means, Tho Cathalics have gninod thirty-fiva ments in tho Lunding ovor atit above what thoy had, and tho Liboralt havo gained considorably. —_— GREAT BRITAIN. TLoxpox, Feb, 5.—Tho elcction returns thit forenoon show thut the Conscervatives gain one Inember in Bovwicls, Lowes, and North Allerton, and tho two seats for Nottingham. The twe seats for Ponryn Luvo boen gained by Liberals, who have again triumpled in Cackermouth, Dowsbury, Glasgow, Merthyr Tydvaio, Roch- dale, and Bradford. In the last-montioned lace \Villigm Tdward Forater recoived a major- ity of 1,700, Duncan McLaron and Mr. Cowon, Liborals, bave beon chosen in Edinburgh. McLaren wat nmember of tho last Parlimment. Ashton-under-Tyno and Biaby Bridge have again choron Consorvatives. "I'ho Conservatives gain 55 of tho soata formor 1y hield by, the Liberals, and the Liborals 19 soate formerly hold by the Conscrvatives, showing » claar Congervative majority thus far of 23. T.oxpos, Fob. B,~—Tho Times anticipates a Jargo majority for tho Consorvatives in tho En- glish olections, but says tho Beotch and Trisk votes will turn the sealo in favor of the Lib. orals, £ At Wittouliam thoro was n serions riob yester. day during tho cloction. Sovoral porsoni wora fatally injurod. Trouble is also reportod at the hnstings in Windsor. The Liberals gained ont soat in Southampton. "Pwenty-threo Conservatives and fifteen Libor. als wera olected or roturned unopposed to-day by twenty-four constituoncics. Tho Conserva: tives gnined ona seat cach in Cricklade, Norwich, st Sussox, North Staffordshire, and Btoke-on l'ront, and two soats in Ipswich, The Liberalt gainod o scat in Bolton. The Home-Rule candidates have been refurn: ed from Dungowan, Samuel Plimsell hns boen re-clected in Derby and Holms in Hackney, The election of the lattor will doubtless be annulled. The O'Donoghue was elected at Tralee, by o majority of 3, ovor a Homo-Ruler. ‘he Liborals carried Dudley by a majority of 968, Elections were hield in tho motropolitan dis- tricts to-dny, No results aro yet annouuced. 'ho count of votes connot bo comploted until lato to-morrow. Rioting was general yesterday in the pottery districts of Staffordshive. At Handy there wng u desporato fight. Ono man was killed and many persons coverely wounded. Among the injured are sevoral special Conatables aud police- men. At Timstake the authorities closed all tho public houses, Tho mob geized tho batlot- Doxew, which wora rocaptured by the police. Similar scenes were onncted at Longton and ‘Burolems. "o Mayor of Wolverhampton and magistrates of South Stafordshiro tolngl‘l\l)hml luto yostor- Quy nftornoon for military, sud_nslking for the jmmediato dispateh of all evailablo troops. n Ireland tho feoling runs high betwean the Clorical and Nationalist partics, espeolally in Timorick County. A fight ocourred yostorday ‘Dotween the supporters of the rival eandidates in Asleaton, in which firearma wore used, snd thrge men killod. ’ Mossrs., Ashbury gnd Sbute, Consorvatives, v beon electod nt Brighton, which was yep- regonted in tho lnst Parliamont by Fuwcott and White, advanced Liborals, 3r. Faweott yestor- Qay atood at tho bottom of the poll. Tho polling in Alanchestor, yosterday, rosultod in tho sloction of two Couservatives and one Liberal, Sir Thonins Bagloy, momber of the last Payliamont. Jncob Bright stood st the Lottom of the poll, and the Cousorvatives gnined one seat. 'lhe Liborals gain u sont at Bluckburn, and the Con- wsorvatives hold thewr own at Sanford. —— GERMAN 3 Beney, Fob, 6,—The sossion of the Reioh- stag whs openod fo-dny with n_spooch from tha “I'hrono, dolivered by Imperinl vommission, The Emporor regrots that ho cannot attond tho opon- ing in porson. o onumaratos, ay among tho \riucipal monsures to bo submitted during’ tho sosgion, bills Teluting to tho army, the prees, tendon-inions, and marine juisdiclion, ~ Tho apeoch eoncludes with tho agsurance thab all nu- tions of Furopo uro resolved to Presorvo ponce. Herald Special, . Benuan, Fob, 5. —Archbishop Lodochowaki will Do triod on tho 11tk inst., on no other ahurgn oxcopt hin rofusnl to pay fines, 1lo may yot be yeleased if tho fines are puid. The Emporor has deolinod to interveno in the case, notwithstand- {ing tho gront influonces brought to boar in tho Archbishop's favor, e SPAIN. Mapip, Fob, 5,—T'ho Ministor of War has ro- ceivod intollironico of o dosporato engagomont, near Lorida, botween the ltepublicuns and Carl= ists, Who lnttor woro defeatod, with & heavy loss In killod and wounded. s ITALY, Rour, Fob. 6.—~Gon, Della Marmonn to-day requested pormiswion to resign his sost iu the Cliambor of Doputies, but tho Chamber rofusod to nccopt hin ruulginutlon‘ and decided to grant hini two months' lonve of absence. e INDIA. 2 Oatcurrs, Feb, 4—Tho famina is incroas- ing. It i ovtimated that 160,000 natives aro alrondy soveroly distressed. ol AUSTRIA. Viexxa, Fob, 5.—Thirty thousand unomployed workwen of this clty have potitioned .tho aoy- ernmont for reliof.