Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1874, Page 4

s e ————T T A DA Xy ARG H 25, e —————— - TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TETMB OF AUNSCRIPTION (PAYATILR 1 ADVANOK), '0 Datly, by mal 00| Sund ; Tilakpale s S E00 | fumdns i} Portsolnearat thn stino rate, Topravent dolay and mistakos, lin aure aud give Post ©f ceaddresn i full, inoluding Stato and Counts. Remitiauces may bo made oithor bydratt, oxpross, Post Otlca ordor, or in registored lotlors, at our risks TERMS TO OITY BUDAOMINKNS, Datly, dellvored, Bunday evcontoa, % coute por weok. Delly, aclivorad, Sunday included, 10 gonts yior wook, Adaress THR TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruor Madison and Dearbos Uhlcago, Il TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. HOOLRY'S THEATRI—Randolnh streot, hotweon Dlarkand Laalle. ¥ngagomontof Jorrett & Palmor's Combination,” ** Unding." " Aftornoon and evoning, MYVICKKR'S THEATRE-Malison areot, hotwean Donbarn and Sy szt Wybert Reovo. **Tho Woman ln White . ACADEMY OF MUSIO—ialstad atroet, batwoon Mad» SN toaregs Homasoom of M dammen S Ot Combhusilon, <" Bavard APELRIL TUEATIY: Sooe f Mttt o aud evaning, ¢ GLOBE THREATRI-—Dosplaine: dzon and Washington, " Engagement of and Ubarlon Obrirde’s Paniomiine Truupo, ©'the Wisp." Aflernoon and ovoning, treot, botwoon Mad. thoJgo, Brothars o Wil MYRRS' OPERA-HOUBE Monroo strost, hatweon Dearborn anii Stato. Arlington, Cotion, and’ Kemblu's Minstrele, Minatraiy and comicalities. ** Larnuw's 'be Watcl-Dog, Baby Liephant, SOCIETY MEETIN! STATED COMMUNICATION OF GARDEN OITY LODGE NO, U1, A, I, . Waoduoeday lwl'nlml. B rer Viaitom continiy tomttore " iy e it 8o Qekron: iy, iivitodt, w. 3 ™ O . HOLCOND] Booroters, BUSINESS NOTICES. COD LIVER OIL, AND LIME.—THAT PLRASANT and active agont in tho oure of all consnmntivo aymip. gt dvor Ol nu £omus, + Wilbors Gompountt of Para God . L, ts Boing bnivotsally sdopfed tn modival praoticos STy tho rasriotees A e LI Cronmia eo: ol tou, ‘| Canal Convention. whioh mot in ook Island 3 yostorday. body wore admitted fs dologatos. Mr.J. M. Alion was choson Prosident, Ex.-Liout.Gov. ricos. Mesn pork was very aotive, and 106 per brl highor, closlug at §14.66@14.70 ensh, and B4 0@14.72}¢ wollor April. Lard was quiot and 234@No por 100 Wk highor, closing ab #8.05 @8.97)4 cauh, nnd §8.0734@0.00 wellor April. Monty wero quiot und strong at 5i¢@34o for shoulders; §7.00@7.95 for short ribs; BY@ 8o for short cloar; and 1@10%40 for sweet- picklad hams, Highwines woro quiot and sleady nt 92¢ por glion. Flour was dull aud nominatly unchangod. Whoat wos nctive and 3o lower, closiugg flim at $1,173ocasl, and S1181@1.18%¢ sollor April. Corn was quiot. and (o higher, closing at 617@020, sollor April, and 64%o sollor May. Oats wore quiot and firm, oloslug at 483¢0 cosh, nud 46340, soller May. Rye was quiot and 13¢@2 bignor, closing at 87c. DBar- loy was quict and fivmor, at $1.43@1.50 for No, 2. On Haturday ovoning lnst thero was in storo in this city 5,437,672 bu wheat; 2,787,660 bucorn ; 866,746 bu oats; 85,916 bu ryo; and 293,658 bu barloy. TLivoliogs wero in botter do- mand aud reled firmor, with salos nt $6.00@0.00 for common to choice. Cattlo wore active and strong. Sheop met with a good domond at ateady prices, me———e— Nourly 900 persona wore in fll.:;\dnncn on tho On tho recowmendation of the Committee on Credontials, all porsons pres- Treasuror of tho Jmmml‘Compmy. Mr, Bray- man tentiflon thus : - On returning from isconsin, as & member of tho Company, T was fntorested 1n what had been dono and what wus about to be dono. T Inquired, I gen. oral mannes, what they had been about, and I rocol lect I roquosted that X should not bo Informod . of the purticulnem of tho transaction, I did not wish, it per- #ona ud beon hired to withiliold thelr bids, to know Who thoy wore, how it was done, or how much thoy got. 1 wanted to oloso my cars to thiat, nud look only 1o tho gonorul lutoroats of tho Company, I rovolloat, i & conversation with Mr, Phillips, 3rr, Iallhsoho Deing preaont, I think, .%o camo to n sort of under- atandlng that, as ndividnal persons, wo should not know anything sbout this; ot tho Jonrnal might Xknow ns mnel aa thoy choao 28 a corporatlon, Qu—About what thing? A.—About theso {ransactions,—this purchaso of bidders, 1 rocollict that I romfuded them that Just #cli o good-looking sct a4 Isco around hero might Dposaibly get aftor them, Wo dil not want to get into A position that would compromlse ws in tho orginnl transaction, I did not wish to do it personnlly, for T ik not approvo of tuat way of dolng things, and did not wigh to eampromise myuelf, Me, Phillips con- curred with mou that. o was away at tho Umo, and wauted to kuow ns littlo as possiblo s to the way theso perrous wero bonght ofr, When s man wants to know vory littlo about » contraot a8 an individual, while knowing very much about it as tho third partof o corpora~ tion (baviog a lively appprehonsion of an In- vontigating Committee), it justifios, wo think, tho presumption that ho approved the mous by which tho contract was obtained, and henco that ho cannot plead “thnt hois an innocont third ont intorestod in the subject befors tho Bross, of this city, addressed the Convention at longth in favor of tho Rock Island & Hoonopin Cannl, and mado & ‘thorough review of the trausportation question and the meeds of tho West for an ndoquate outlet for its pro- duce. 'Tho regolutions of the Convention, whilo The Chisags Tiibune, ‘Wedneadny Morning, March 26, 1874. varticularly oagorting tho bonofits of the proposed camal, arc favorablo to other practicablo transportation routes by water, and recommond the improvemont, of the mouth of tho DMissleaippl. Mr. Hawley'n bill, now bofors Congress, for o ecanal There Is & painfal humor in the account of the resulls of tho tomperance crusade 1 Dayton, O. 3iuco the Gth inst., ssy the dispatches, four taloons have boen closed—but, they,add, 302 Somo doubt has been expreseed in regard to the lnst report of Dr. Livingston's doath; but it must givo way before the announcement that the remaius of the great oxplorer have arrived &t Aden, in Egypt, whonco they will bo taken to Senator Shermnan explained his new Currency bill to the Senate yestorday. It was a compro- 'migo, ho said, and had all the strength and wealiness of such a mensure. The Finance Com- witteo bad fixed upon $382,000,01 of the currency, as that was the amouut now in Benator Shorman uttored the time- 1y reminder that all this legal-touder must be sedeemod in gold. Ho hopod Congress would not adjourn without proparing some plan for re- deeming this increased currency. If it did so, 'Dy’u the limit to conuect Lako Michigan, tho Illinois and Itock Rivors, was indorsed, A committeo of thirtoon, with Mr. Allen at thelr hond, was appointed to memorialize Congross in favor of the canal, and tho Btato of Illinols was advised to cedos tho control of tho Illinois River and the Illinois & Michigan Canal ag navigable highwaya to the TFedoral Govornment, if, in roturn, it wonld age sumo tho coustruction of this now water-way. There was some preliminary and informal balloting for o Senstor yosterday by the Massn- chusotts Logielaturo in seporate session, Tho highest number of votes cast in the House was 69 for Br. Hoar; in the. Seunte, 17 for Mr. Dawes. In tho House, Mr. Curtls camo uoxt to Hoar, with 63 votos, and Dawes was third, with 61, Charles Francis Adams got but12. Inthe Benato, Curtis and Honr came noxt to Dawes, with 10 votes each on tho first two ballots. In jolut session 187 votes would bo necessary to an oloction, aud in yestorday's voting Dawes fell 59 below this number, and Hoar 61. It is worth noting that all tho avowed Butler men went for Dawes. the country would be dishonorod. it el Y Minority sud majority reports on the public | furtbor than to show that the claus are so bindiug of tho Btato hayo beou made by tho | ovonly balanced that the' oloction may talto a long time. I tho clection which resulted in tho Tarmer consider tho contrack not unreasonablo, | choico of Senator Bumnor, sovoral months were to have boon woll | copsumod. Sposker Banford, of ‘the Ifouse, appears rathor unoxpectodly with sixtacn votos, and stands fourth in the compotition. In case Printing Committeo of the Legislature, Tho end roport the work done. Judgo Bradwell states, on the other band, that the work was badly done, rod that & great mony volumes wero | § bound in cloth by the order of the Printing Commissioners, but contrary to the law, aud at 2n unwarranted extra cost of $6,369. Tho bind- law allows 80, and Mr. Bradwoll recommends & joint resolution of the Legislature forbidding the Commigsionora to allow more than 25 conts % volume. Jayne hiaa bad his day, and now the merchants of New York, whom be hos plundored and out- raged, ara to have theirs. Rufus Storey & Co., from whom he squeozed o ponalty of 100,000, covered ho forgot to ronder to the Government, ‘The Lonest follow nccountod to the Government Tor only $80,000 of tho forfoit. M. Storey is Mtor the missing $20,000, aud professes his j willingness to speud §100,000 moro to recover it. As Gen. Butlor was Jayno's counsel, ho may | y know gomething sbout It. Anothor Now York | whore ho assumed the rolo of bartendor whou tho Indies came. Ho kept Liu bat on whilo they prayed, and lectured thom after thoy had tinigh- ed. When Mr. Saladin Hesing has orgauized trespass in geizing thelr books and papers, the Auti-Orusade army. in Springfield, we presumo he will procoed to Kouth Bond, whore Thon he will cast about for new worlds to con- quor, aud probably invade Qalo. wo shall expect to see Mr. Saladin Hesing como book to Chicago with twban on his lead, babouchos on his feet, and roundod soimitor banging at his side.. Tho Anti-Dixon Lill may R0y whilo ho marches against Dio Lewis and Van Polt. “No pent-up Utica firm, Platt, Boyd & Co., whom Jayno has beon tryiug in vain for neazly a year tn.gnnke compro- wise, have sued him for €50,000 damages for Jayno atill holds the books, but Judge Blatch- ford has decided that he has no right to keep them any longer, The attendauce at the Congrogational Counoil, wlhich convened in New York yestorday, shows #u slmost unanimous response to tho fuvitation, and indicotes that the Congregational churches, u8 o rule, do not agree with M. Beecher and bis congregation as to the proprioty of bringing tho questions in issue before a Council, Seven- ty-nine chucchos were invited, and soventy-four Lave sent delegates. These, with a number of 160. The oterest of tho public in the proceed- | I ings is described s intense, and the daily pn- pers of Now York and Brooklyn are discusging Tho matter with & good deal of heat and persou- ality. Tho question whether Plymouth Churoh ochers has boou sottlod aflirmatively, Tho pro- ceedings were conflusd yosterday to organiza- on. AMies Anna Dickineon gave her promised loc- taro (whick &he failed to do tho last timo sle was in Chicago) to & reasonably-lurge audience Jyoutorduy evening, composed mainly of tho rog- ular locture-goora, Thoso who were attracted by pruriont curiosity because of tho indol- doate theme under trestment wero probably disappointed; the otbers, to whom Miss Dickinson s very familiar, wero likoly an well pleased as thoy expected to be, Tho reat subject of tho laotura was the * Sooial Evil,” but i was thinly disgnised by the title * Botweon Us Mo Trath.” Mies Dickinson did not ndhora very closely to the title when she uttored a Jibel on Tue TrinuNe, which woprint in the roport of her lecture, Btill it seoms to have boen antlel~ gated that sho would not epare Tue TamuNe, whatever olse sho might say or do, for the 8t. Xouis Democrat of yestorday morning predicted it ne fallows: ‘Woll, Anna Dickinson s on the point of belug por- wuaded to deliver her nuuglty locture beforo a Ohilosgo sudience, and Tits ThIsUNE tells the goutle Anna thut @ aice young ludy * hudn't ortor *! lecture ubout somo- thing which a nice young lady *hadu't orter” kuow anyihing about, Now slio will looture, and she will @ive that TamuxE editor A The Omuns ‘produce markets were generally 20r6 Aotive yeuterds Theso figures do not rovoal tho future, any effort to olect onc of the old stagors, ns it has been prodicted would bo tho, ovont, B8)eaker Sauford, or some other one of tho young won of Ing of these volumes cost 58 cents, while the | whom the Springficld Republican is so fond, 1ay be tho succossor to Sonator Sumnor, who iu to oppose tho modern crusade of the Women against the saloou-keopers, Ho fought Lus first battlo yesterday. Ho wont to Spring- fleld ostensibly in the interost of tho new May- or’s bill, but really, a8 it turns out, to set his burly body against the progress of the praving have sued him for $20,000, which thoy have dis- women, a8 an incidont in our temperances dis- patchos shows, The country mombors did not fall down as Mr. Satadin Hesing approached; and bis nppearanco in the Iouse scemed rather to Party measure for getting Dixon out. He, mooting of the Council, thac potitioners, anti-sa- Professors and Doctors of Divinity who will ba loonisty, and others of the class known aglobby- Ppresent, will mako the number of delogatos about ists, bo oxcluded from the Council Chamber, orat given until business matters bhave beoa ncted upon, i an oxcellont ono, and its offect would bo salutary both i prosorving the dignity of the Couneil, if it has any dignity worth progorving, should be fuvited on the eame footing as the | in oxpediting public business and ju purifyiug logielation. As,the pnssage of such a resolu- tlon, Hesing bimsolf, aro sont thore to supervise the votes of the Yoople's Pavty Aldormen, political loafers und bummors whose intoresta these Aldormon aro oxpooted to wubsorve, fhoro Is littlo hope that tho resolution will pass, Tho only excoption to bo tauen to the resolution is in ity classing the lndies who recontly visltod the mombased, t should be found necessary to abundoen tho Mr. A, 0. Heeing Ling como out as tho Saladin varty, There ia a cortaln franknoss about Gou. Brayman's statomont which dulls tho odge of critiolsm, elso it would bo easy to mako & spec- tacle of Lim in tho doublo capacity of a private ignoramus and o well-informed President of o printing company. Mo hos comploted the pio- turc g0 well himsolf that nobody can im- prove it. . THE $44,000,000 BILL, Tho Mouso of Reprosontatives, aftor four months of deliberation and dobato, lave acted ou tho question of intlating the curroncy. Thoy have fixad tho sum of £400,000,000 8s tho mnx- imum smount of legal-tenders, It will. bo remombored that in & former act of Congrosa authorizing tho iseuo of lognl-tonders the na- tionat faith was plodged that tho amount snbuld nover excood $400,000,000. Tn 1806, Congross authorizod the Sscrotary of tho Treasury to rodeem and cancol theso notes at o rato not ox- ceading 34,000,000 a montl, and, undor that law, Socrotary McCulloch rodeomod nnd caucoled 844~ 000,000, loaving outstanding $356,000,000, ‘L'ho ciroulation romained at thut amount until 1872, when Becrotary Boutwell allowed himself to bo persuaded thet the $44,000,000 was o * roserve Tund,” and was induced to deposit goveral mill- ions of it in tho New York banks to savo a ot of epeculators from desorved bankruptey. In o short time Lo withdrew this over- iesuo, but last fall Secrotary Richard- gon ngain issued it, and av this time and for somo woska back tho amount outstand- ing s been about $382,000,000. Tho House hus now legalizod this roissue of tho notos paid oft and cancoled sovon yoars ago, but has ro- peated ihe declaration that the issuo shatl never excoed 400,000,000, Bo the matter stands pre- clsely whera it did twelvo years ago. Novertheloss, thoact is one of inflation, so far ag itgoos. It will bo accepted by the world as an actunprocedonted intho history of Governments, Thero is no example of ‘s nation in time of pro- found peace, in the midet of general prospority, free from intornal dissonsion and extornal men- aco, resorting to a forced loan of 44,000,000, This issuo of irredecmablo paper, in the absenco of any national daugor, peril, or necessity,. will stand in history a8 & porpetuni roproach to tho intelligonce and patriotism of the Congross that suthorized it. And, sftor all, the result at- tained ig mot worth the trouble taken to resch it. Tho inflation, in point of fact, is less than 220,000,000. Tho Scerotary had already wrong- tully issud 26,000,000, but, so long as tuat over-igsuo was not sauctioned by law, the credit of tho nation was not seriously impaired. Nover- theless tho inflation to that oxtent was a fact, aud now, though tho othor $18,000,000 ara to bo fesned, and by authority of law, it falls many miles short of tho domands of tho spoculators who have beou claworing for more currenoy. It is #0 smuall that they will never feel the diffur- copardize than to forward the new People's berofore, sought & mneighboring beer-anloon, Lo has alrondy boen announced. Meanwhilo, ote., ote. Tho resolution offered by Ald, Bailoy at the Inst loaat not accorded the privilegos - horetoforo however, would rule oil his out Mr, honchmen who aud the crowd of ouco, ho sclllemen! of the question will doubtless Live a favorablo effect on busincss, but the expansion will'ju 1o wise meot the wants and nccessitios of the men who have been clamoring for it Tho actual inflation ($18,000,000) will hardly excoed tho ordi- nary avorage currenoy balauce kept in the Tressury, Tho increased issuo will bo buts drop in the inflation bucket, and, whilo it will sorvato exasporato all those who kuow that wealth cannot bo created by multiplying bits of papor; and that injustico lssure to bo committed, it will not entisfy tho othor side. So that, after all the lubor, the Houso has resolved to impair the national credit by making & forced loan in timo of poaco, and yot has done nothing to uppease the appotite of those who want to pay G0 conts op tho dollar, and has dona thisin direct violztion of the platform of tho domiuant party, ‘While the action of {ha Houso is to Lo greatly rogretted, the country perhaps hes renson to bo thankful that the action was no worsa, CORNERED AT LAST, Bomo time since wo characterized the North- weslern Christian Advocate s s untruthful shoot.” Wo have Lind occasion severnl times to prove ite untruthfuluess, and we are now called’ upon to prove its editor, Mr. Arthur Edwards, to bo an untruthful person. A fow weeks ago ho made cortain statoments jn the columns of his paper concerning an alleged interviow between the Ntev. Arthur Mitchell and Mr. Horaco Whitoe. Before wo had timo to reply to it hosentusa noto retracting, as bo seys, one-third of Lis alle- gations respeating tho alloged interview, and maintainivg the truth of the other two-thirds, Wo thon published a nate from the Rov. Mr, Ditohell stuting (hut no wuch nterviow ever Council Chismbor In the same category with tho professiousl lonfors who muke a business of “lobbying, Fhose ladies wont in au orderly, quiet, ond respeolable menner to present a Ppotition, and did so without any lobbying orattompt to in. fluenco tho Council, ‘'hey recoived rough troat- ment enough without having the additioual fy. dignity placed upon thom of belug olassed with Peopla's Party bummer, The Bpriugfield Journal asks s to state the evidonae ou which we bLayed tho moral reflection that *Mr. Phillips, haviog approved the means by which the Btute Printlug contract was ol tained, eaunot now pload that he is an innoceus third party.” We nnawer that thoro is o good doal of evidenco tonding toward that conclusion inthe tostimony .taken by the Tuvestiguting Committoa. Perhapa tho most humorouy 1 that glvon by Gen. Draymau, on pagea 100 and 161, Draymon, Bailliacho, and Phillips, it will bo re- were Prosldeut, Sewetary, aud | took placo,—thus cutting sway the remaiutug two-thirds of the stntement. IMr. Edwards theu declared in the Advocate that bo had heen **{uformod " that such an intorviow Lad taken Pplace, and that ho could prove thet he Lad been 80 informed. Ho added that if the allogod: in- torview did not take place with tho Rav. My, AMitoboll, it did tuko plnco with the ofiicors of the First Presbyterian Oburch, Wo ropliod that no guch interview had taken place with the oftlcors of eald chureh; and, since the wholo thing was a lio, we expressod the belfof that Afr, Arthur Bdwnids had never been 30 informed by anybedy, snd ealled on him to prouuce his informant, This was a tolerably direot challonge, and how Lins it boen anewored? Wo publish the auswor in anothor column., Tusteud of glving the au. thority for huu statement,—instoad of r0aflirm- Ingit even,—hocoplon o 4llly article from tho Poet and Mail published two duys atter bis own artiole kiad boon publiahod—an artlcle in which We aro aula to count 10 leds than fivo falashoods, aad whioh, even if 10 wore all frus, doss noh 1874, afiirm tho samo things that Mr, Arthur Edwards aftirmad, and is, therefore, wholly frrelovant, * Wo havo now proved our orlginal statemont that the Ohristian Advocals fs an untruthful shoot, and that its editor s an untruthtul porson, It any wno havo followed the controversy alinil infer thut tho oditor of the Advocafe is alao n slouch, and nnflt to conduet any kind of a nowa- napor, wo shall ot djsputo such o conolusion, TIE TEMPERANCE REFORM IN PLAND, Tho Indios of tho thrlving little town of Plana, in this Btato, hve takon hotd of tho {emporanco businesy In a sclontiilo mauner, Instend of pray- ing In saloons aud on muddy sldewnlks, and loaylng tho rosult to Divine Providenco, they liavo gone to worl thomsolves, and have virtuals Iy suppressed intomperanca in tholr midst by or- gauizing publio opinion agatnat it, sod forcing tho rumsoller to close his businoss by arrayiug thie gontimant of tha community sgalnst him in such a mannor that his businoss beecane unprof- itable. Thoy commencod oporations by filling & vacanoy in the Board of Villago Truatoes with a stroug temporanco man. The olection show- Ing that o majorisy of the votors wore on thols sido, thoy took frosh courage mnd in- stituted & vigorous cnmpalgn. A poti- tion was placed fn the lands of tho prominent businoss mon, asking them not to omploy any ono who was addictod to drinking, and this wos very gonorally signed, Thon thoy oiroulated n potition among tho young ladies of tho town, pledging thom nob to reccivo tho at- tentions of young ‘men who fraquonted saloons, and the village girls vory readily signed it. Huving fixad thoso throo poluts,—that 1s, socuring & Trusteo who would insist upon the cuforcomont of the laws, dobarring saloon- {froquentors from obtaining work, and cutting tho sume clasy off from tho prospect of having wiven and cluldren to abuso, they next moved en masse upon tho saloons, not with prayers and pealms, but with entreatics to saloon- keopors to closo up their business, und, with tho moral effectof their preseuce In tho saloons, to suinmo visilors from diuking. Largo numbers wero kept away iu this manner, gnd the business of tho rum-shops perceptivly decreased. This ouraged tho rumsollors, and shortly led to por- sonnl violence, Their noxt move was to hold large tewporauce mootings, sud at the same timo to briug suite agaiust the saloon-keepers, Ay fast us tho snloons close, the suits ave with- drawn, and the prospects now aro that tho ladies will not havo to comploto any of their Buits, and that the entire businesa will bo broken up s vory short time. Tho Iatest move of tho Jadics is an eminontly wiso one. If the saloon is abol- ished, somothing olse must tuko its placo. Very fow men nro mo denrnvad that they go o the suloon with the deliborato purpose of gétting drunk. Thoy go thore beeauso thoy moot congenial spirits and for recroation, and to pass away timo which is hanglug heavily upon thoir hands, 'Thero must bo some place pro- vided, thorofore, whore men can find the recrea- tionand moans of passing away time ploasurably which they find ot tho saloons, The frst move of the ladies in this direction is an effort to establish & library aud reading-room, and this Las 80 far advanced that it is o cortainty. Hav- ing ostablished these rosorts, others will follow, "Tins 15 the English plan of dealiug with intem- peravce. The most effective meusures in Bn- glaud to counteract the influence of the liquor shops aud public houses have boen publio houses conducted upon temperance principles, whoro tho workingmen ean congre- gato, rend the nowspapers, have light and wholo- somo rofroshmouts at o chiosper rate than the saloons can soll liquors, and the diversions of tho bowling-lloy, billisrd-tablo, quoits, draughts, and othor games. When o workingman is of~ fored an opportunity to road Lis paper, smoke his pie, Luve his cup of coffee and sundwich, an opportunily for pleasurable diversions and a cliance to meet hiu follows, choaper than he can bavo an evening's entertainment at a saloon, tho chances aro that he will go to tho former instond of tho latter. When,to thoso attrac- tion, concorts, xendings, popular lectures, and attractive shows aroadded for o moso pitiauce, 18 in Bugland, the inducoments are so iucroused that tho suloon stauds Little chanco of patronage except from tho hopelosaly besotted. In contradistinction to this rational mathod of dealing with intemperauce, aud supplying something olse in its pluce, lot us look for a moment at the rosult whivh has beon achioved by tho tomperance movement as conductod by. what are known a8 the praying bauds of women, who massall their efforts upon the offect of prayor nnd psrlm, The contro of this kind of of- fort has'beon tho State of Obio. It has provailed tosomo oxtent in Indiaus, Kontucky, Illinois, and Tows, but in these States thers has beon no thoroughly orgnnized and concerted movemont. In Obio it has boen fairly tested, and tho Inter evidonce gocs to show that the praving bands aro plowing a sea whioh closes up behind thom. In Columbus thoro are 400 places whare liquoris sold, and, after soven wooks' incossant praying, half-a-dozon low divos and ofo billiard-fall have succumbed. The unprofitablo dens yiolded, and tho profitable oncs a0 do- ing rathor more business than ever, and tho praylog bands are daily diminishing At DMorrow, whore most of the dog- gorioy yiolded, Oinclnnatl flrms are making arrangoments to opeu now places naxt week, whilo thoso which did not yield are doing move busiuees than ovor. At Ciroleville, liquor can- ot be bought by the glasa, but it can bo bsught by the bottle all aver town. At Xeals, the ro- sult iy the samo, From overy quartor comes the same raport. Thore are but two towns in the whole State in waich all the saloone were oloned, and in those two intomperance still pro- vails, To nny onewho haslooked boyond the ox- citements of the moment, thia result will not bo surprising. ‘Clhe mo vement from tho exclusively roligious standpolnt has not succeaded becauso, in tho first place, it hns not commanded the unpnimons support of the Church itaelf, many, not ouly of tha laity but of tho most inflitential clorgymon, both in tho Protestant aud Catholic denominations, baving declined to give it thelr nanction, Ithas nov succoeded in tho second placo, because intemporanco cannot be stayed without organizing public opinion against it, and praying in the streots doos not accom- plish thie. Thore s, in addition to these objections againet tiie meroly roligious wmovement, another danger which has not boen sullclently regarded, and which may bo evon more deploreblo than the evil of wtemporance, If this movoment fails, as it gives signs of dolng, thon the failure must ronct, against the Olurch and paralyzo, more or less, its inftuence for good in othor directions, If ro- 1igious people put prayer to the test in this mon- nor, aud prayer fells to acoomplish ita object, the result will be disastrous to all religloun ef- fort, will encourago the vicloua classes, and ine oreses the army of the suoffors, It would be ab lonab prudens; thiatefore, for tha taligloud elee -mont was callo mont of the community to look a little boyond tho oxoftomont of the momont and ascertain not only what tholr efforte aro accomplishing, but try and woo whora tho movoment I leading them, ———e At tho North Bida Conyontion of the Poop o' Darly to nominats eandidntes for town offlcep, A orolutlon was passod thing thg town ofticors owa it to thomuelvos and tho commumity to levy 1101n0ro taxes than aro nocossary to conduct businoss. This fs tho most cheorful amonnoe- went of the wonsun. Horotoforn Lo community hns owed tho town ollicors to an unlimited ex- tont, but whon the town ofloors aoknowledgo that thoy owe the communily somolhing, there i8 hope for tho future. "TKiR MASSACKUSEATS SERATORSIP. Result of the Voles in tho 'Fwo Houses of tho Legislature, Dawes Aheed in the Senate and Hoar in the House, Dawes, Hoar, and B. R. Curlis Run Nearly Even on Joint Ballot. A Loung and Bitter Fight in Pros. " pect. Svectal Disnatch to The Chicago Tridune, Dosrox, Mavs., March 24,—As tho hour set for tho firat ballot appronohed, tho State Houso was throngod by tho friends of tho eoveral candi- datos, who, for & week past, have had theirhond« quartors at the hotels in tho vicinity, Mombers of the Leglalature admitted thoir filonds to the floor, until all tho eparo room wam oceupiod, whon an order was paesed forbidding any moro admisslons. THF GALLERIES WERE OROWDED, and the stairways, ‘ante-rooms, and Dorio Hall woro all filled with animated partisans. Thoro wora almost a8 meny opinions about tho rosult a3 porsons, Fow auticipated that the ballot~ ivg to-dny would cleatly indicato tho ultimato choles, but it was gonorally coucedad that Mr. Dawes would havon plarality, his moro san- fuine friends clalming that ho would recsivo 100 to 116 votes, and placing Mr. Hoar's vote nt About 80, 3r. Hoar's friends concoded Dawas from 00 to 100, nud. claimed botwoen 89 and 90 for their eandidate, Tt was throo minutes past tha our of Lulf-past 2 whon tho svocial assign- for in tho House. Spoulkor Bauford recited tho slatute under which tho cloction was hold, and ‘ THUE VOTING DEGAX, ovory mombor was provided with a chovk-lint, and almout all kopt tatly, The calling of the roil acoupiod about twonly mivutes, and at o quartor pust 8 the result was procisimed. Thoso who kopit a tally noticed that first Judge Curtiy, tho Demacralio canaidute, led, sud that Ioar fud Hnwes. ‘'hese thros kept very near together all tho timo, but, to averybody’s suiprise, Dawos 1t 10 time canght up with Hoar, Thoe voto was ane nounced as tollows: - . Tto Benjomin I, Curtld, Heivy L, Dawos Jubn E, Suuford; Charles Francla N, P, Bunks. .. Gov. Willlam B, Wushi ‘Wendoll Phillips,, 2 Ex-Gov. Jobn H. Clifford, John B. Smith (Summer’s colored friond), Charles D, Evens, Jr., William Lloyd Garrison, ox-Gov. A, H. Buliook, and Charles Holo had ono each. There was but one Lallot, THE SENATE }md threo ballots. The firat two resulted as fol- ows 10 4 . . .1 Ou the third ballot two votes changed from Ilosr to Dawes, aud o now vote for Dawes made tho latter's voto 17 aud Hoar's 8. THE RESULT IN BOTH HOUSES aggrogates as fullows Wholo nuwmber, Nocesaury for votes of a majority, and Hoar Incks 61. - Hoar would et moro of tie weattering vote than Dawes, but if it wereall thrown for cithor it wonld not make a majority without some chauges from Hoar to Dawes, or vice vorsa. Almost ali the known BUILER MEN VOTED FOR DAWES, Spenker Sunford’s voto was cmu)l)llmeutnry, but ho 18 povertholoss among the talkod-of rosorts swhen tho breuk comoe, Thoro i an effort to mako Banke promiuent, but itis not likely to succeod, Adaws is rather a possibility than a provability, The politiciaus are morbidly anx- ious lent KR COME TO THE PARTY. After the voiing, somo of Mr. Dawes' fricnds gavo out that thero would be e party caucus to- night, and some of Ar, Hoar's friends declured they would not take part mit. Tho manufac- turing interosta horeabouts aro workiug hard for Daywes, in payment of o dobt for sorvices i boe Lelf of tho tanfl. In cousideration of this, tho WORCESTER “gey™ | m-flmf Bays 2 1 tho geutlemen suppose that they Linve any apecial interest in A, Dawes' clection, we wonld remind the mombers of tie Loglulature that cotton und woojen iullucucos bave not aiways been puch as Maseachus: Yoo willing to Lo goveruod by in tho clioico of a Sou. ator, If thoy Lind Loen consiited Mr, Sumuer never would Lavo "become Senstor, And when we ave chooring ifs successor it 1s not the time to studf our eara with cotton. Tho result of to-day's balloting does not indi- cato a specdy election. (1o the Assoctated Press) New Yorx, March 24, ~Tho Boston Post this morning says in rogard to tho Senntorship : A riunor {4 current tuut soveral of the lesding supe yortera of Judge Honr are propariug to bring for- ward the namojof ox-Gov. Clittord when it bocomos apparent thot Hoar caunot reveive & mmjority of the Joint convention, Bpouker Sanford's mimo is also mentfoned in this connection, und thero scems to Lo # feeling in certain quarters that some ono not promi- nently mentfoned wuy be this succossful man, SECOND DISPATCH. Special Dwspatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bosroy, Mans., May 24.—Those who expected to know all about it afrer tho first vote on the Seuntorship 1 tho Legislature this aftornoon reluctantly admit that they are no wisor than thoy wore this morning, except that they can- not figuro up 80 many votes for Dawos a8 thoy oxoected. Thoy don't undoratand it, and what is worae, thoy cannot put their flugers on the namos which they confldontly oxpected would be conuted for Dawes, AT THE OAUOUS TO-NIGRT, Tho Hoar party said nothing, but Dawos’ frionds woro cxtreinely neryous lost thoy should Do bound by the action of tho caucus, and this anxiety givos color to the chargos that avo fieely mudo to-night that they will o TRADE RATHER THAN SEE FIOAR ELECTED, ‘The sixteen votes which Sanford kad to-duy will Do dwided round to-marrow, bus . thers will probubly bo mno sigus of yielding on ho part of the Domacrats, They are Jubilaut over the fact, of whiock thoro now can bo no quostion, that so long as both sldes romnin firm there con be no clection without tham. ‘I'horo is lttlo oxoltoment to-night, the canvass Lolug by common consont postponed to to-mor- row night, . OFINIONS AE DIVIDED sehetlier more than one baltot will bo risked to- morrow, when thoy moot in convention, In Wash. ton. £ 1 Dispatoh to I'he Chicago Tribune, WAoo SHarcts e lisefaatons” futor- ent lu displaved hore iu the pending Senatorinl alovtion lln Masunchusetts, fu tho House to-day membpers congregated v kuots all over the ‘floor reading the froquent tologramy that wero rocoived, annouucing the use poct of pffaira in Boston, It s the general opinion horo to-night that nelthor Hoar nor Dawes will receivo the coveted honor, Davwes 14 credited with ssying to-doy: '* Last winter I was dofoated booauss Hutler opposed mo, and this wintor, it seems, 1 am to be de- teated booauso Butlor is underatood to to be for Tho bollef tuat Adauts will be slected in l‘nflnfiu ghounds { coushed b the WASHINGTON. Scnators Sherman and. Thur. man ‘on the Financo Question, Yosterday’s Tostimony in the How- ard Investigation, Additional Charges Mado Against tho District 0ffcials, Alleged Frauds in tho Making of Gone tracts for Indian Supplics. . A Singular B'a‘e of ' Affairs at the Red Cloud and Whetstono Agonoies. DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA. Spectul Dinpateh to The Clicago Tribune. THE' INVESTIOATION, Wasmxaroy, D. 0., March 24.—Tn the Dig- trict luvostigation to-lny, tho memorinliuta filed two moro charges motang forth that the Board of Public Works have created o mullitude of noedloss ofticers in dicect violation of the or- ganic aot, cspecially in tho appointment of a ‘Lreaurer of tho Board, to whom they causod ll monoys belonging to the District to bo turned over, aliiough expressly forbidden to do 80 by act of Congtews of May 8, 1872 i ond that they havo charged and made ascosemonts for swork nover done by them. ‘I'ie Commislaa wora notifiod thas Lut ouo moro chaigo would bo pro- sontod by the memorialists, WITNESSES EXAMINED, s Thornton 8mith, a contractor for the Inying ot concrote pavemonts, but who bas not hid sny contracty with the Board, was oxamined withouy doyolopitg anylhing stnfing. Johin O, Evans was also examined in a prolimi- nury way, withoat roaching anything of partiou- lor interest. The foreman, cs Suporintendent, Abrahams, wag oxamired and teatified in gonoral forms as to tho poor matorinl used by Evans, and_the poor worlk douo by hum at vory high figutes, Hontated tins tho concieto pavement luld by Evans at §1.20 and 93‘50&)01 yard could be_put down at 2,25, and & good profit bo ranlizod, bourn was not exnmined. NON-TAXAULE FIOVERTY, - It eppoats by o list waieh has baon propared by the Donrd of Public Works, that thore i non- taxeblo proporty, such as churchos and school- housen, in this District, to the amount of over §7.000,000. [To the Awaocinted Presa.) THE DIKTRICT INVESTIGATION, Wasixarox, Muveh 24 —The District Investi- gotwg Cummftteo this morning exwnnmod “Phornton Bunth, one of the_succossful biddors for the concrata coatract Ho testiliod that the puvement faid by C. E. Evaus, on Pennaylyanis avenua ani Mudwon placs was inferior to that in frout of the Atlington Hall, the latter boiug tao rerlluiml standurd, alchough paid for,at the same rato, " FRANKLIN MACE, of Maryland, testiiled that Evans & Co. had not paid biin the royalty clnimed by him s the owner of the Boharf puvoment patent, and that the puvemnent Inid by that company was composed of forior mutorial. LOUIA CLEPHANE ‘was oxamined by counsel for the memorislints, to show thet he went on vatious contractorst bonds for amounts laxgor than the total valuo of bis property. At the timo ho tostified he was worlh ot oxceeding %G0,000, and supposod he bad sigued bonds wmounting to 160,000 in the aggregate. ‘The Committen took a recess. Un tho reaswombling of tho Committee, the. counagol for the momorinlistas offered 1 evidence extracts from the published roports of tho asuets of Jay Cuoke, shiowing the extent of the iuter- est of that firm in the Marylund Froestone and Mining Company. J0nN 0. EvAvg was thon examined in reforoace to the trans- actions of various paving aswociazions ‘with which ho has boon connected. Thore was never any secrot or othor arrangement botween witness and the Board of Public Works by which ho or bis partiers wore to obtain contracts, There was 0o truth in the statement that witness was ever favored over other contructors by the Bomd. Witnoss novor paid nor agreed to pay to sny momber of tho Board of Public Works any micney to soeuro o contract ; never divided or proposed to divide profits with any of them, g INDIAN SUPPLIES, Special Diapateh to The Clacugo L'ribune, ATLLEGED YRAUDULENT CONTRACTS. Wasmnvotoy, D, C., March 26.—Among the spocifications of chargos fiied with tho Hodse Committee on Indisn Affaira upon which au in- vestigation ia to bo hud are tho following: For beef for tho sevon Upper Missouri Agencios for tho present fiscal yoar, the following awards wero mado: The Whetstonoand Rsd Oloud Agencies to A, H. . Wiidor, of St Laul, Al i, at §2,72)¢ por 100 pounds; Upper Missouri und_ Graid River A tencies to J, W, Stavens, of Kansas City, Moy, 4t $2,7J per 100 pound; aud forthe Santee, Yauktow, and Cheyenue Agencies to J. 3. Dodge, of Tows, at $2.763¢ per 100 pounds, These awards were mado in New York. It is assorted that when TUE FINAL CONTBACTS woro mado at Washington the Dodgo and Slay- ens agencies were exchanged, and the contract price raised 8 cents por pound trom the awards made in Now York. Responsiblo mon, offer- ing good boads, put in bids at much lower figuros, Ono of them, J. B, Harlan, of Town, &t such rates s would havo made & differenco in behalf of tho Goverumont of about $86,000. In other casos tho snving would have been less, but still con- siderable. These biddors flled their protests with the Interior Dopartment at tho tgun tho awatds woro made, For tho Blacktoot Agenoy, L. B. Ohuroh bid to fwiuich boel at £2.25 por 100 pounds, whilo tho award wag mado to a Mr. Stoxfl at 82,83 por 100 tha. For the Crow Agency, Montana, William Nowlan, of Moutana, offorod to furnish XXX flour at 1.0 per 100 Ihs, whilo tho award was made to 2, A, Lurgey of thio snme Territo at §4 por 100 pounds. "Tho boud offered by Now- lan was perfoctly zood, Ho has wiitten to Maj. Maginnis, the Delegute from Moutans, to have the matter ventilated. DD FOR TRANSFORTATION from Rod Cloud to Chejennc wero filed as fol- lows: J. W, Slavens, 81,40 por 100 pounds por 100 miles; D.J. McCUpnn, $1.20 do; Georgo Marshall, '$1.10 ‘do; R. Middieton, ‘5 oonts do; Hooht & May, $1.17 do, MceCunn recoived tho award at New Yorl at §1.20, which, it In esserted, wag uftorwards incrensod to R1.76. Thisis but a snmplo of the complaints flled for inveutigation, ‘Tho Committeo aro undoubtedly DETERMINED TO PROSEOUTE TIUS INVESTIGATION with thoroughuoss, aud it is now' quilo safe for all partics who have boon wrongud by the nction of the Advisory Board in awardiug cootracts for the lunt two fiseal years to oomo forward, and give #pecitications,” It is bolioved therofs a large numnbor of such porsons, &nd if they, or others, who know of wrongs to_committed Wil sond fn” formation to the Hon, Georga M. Adaws, of the Comnittoo, thoir communication will bo trested us confldential, The name and addross of the witness should bo given in order thut he wuy be subpunsed. ) TUE INDIANE AT RED CLOUD AND WIHETSTONE AGEXNOY ‘The Socratary of the Intorior hus forwarded to Spoaker Bluiue a lotter from tho Commis- aloner of Indiun Aflaiis, doitiug forth that the contract for supplying the Indians ot Red Oloud aud Whotstono Agoncios with beot expired on tho 16ih, but that the contraotors bad cousonted to continuo tho supply tiil thelnt of April, Tho Commigsionor vequosts that on approprintion of over 200,000 be made ut oncw to supply those Iudiaus with beof till the 16t of Jauary, when tho uew appropriation will begome wvnilable, Tho Seorotary joims in urging speody wotlon, Thers wcoms to be soveral poiuts sbout this worth attention, If it takes wnora than $200,000 to supply bnof for thoso In- dlnus duriug the summor mouthy, the cost tua whole yoar must be cousidorably more thuu 800,000, It nooms just A LUFTLL BINGULAR that this coutract exrlruu throo sud a half mouths beforo tho fiscal year 18 ot mstead of ab tho end of tho yoar, und that s roquost for & now appropriation is delayad till the contract has ex- pired, and until within about n weok of tho time up to ?l'fleh‘thu‘ ohomrmlfim a8 npflul-l favor Qousent to furnjsh aupplies, when it comos Vot et e, 258 “Fasd that war may onmuo If the beof in nnt at o rovided for Is most dlgnificantly wot fortl ndor such n prosunia, it would bo hut natur that Congrosn would hasten to maila the zpprs printion without* asliug quostions, Tt may bl milrlghty bubifitina Job it in abiy put up t auccsod, * i COMMITTER WORK, Speeral Drancteh to The Chicago Tribune, TROPAGATION OF FIHIFES, WisiiNoron, D. O, March 24,—The Tloura. Approprintions Committeo have agrecd to rece’ oummond an uppropriation of £16,000 to cacry on’ tho work, of propogiting food fishes, Prof, Bulrd, who L hind clirgo of this work, ap. ' peared before tho Commitico ta-auy, nna wudo | an axgament In favor of tho appropriation, Iy TAXATION OF RAILROAD LAND-ORANTE, H Mr. Crounse, of Nebraskn, was hoacd by ths | House Public Land Committeo to-day in nde ‘vocacy of & bill introduced by bim doclartig that tho lunds grantod to the Pacific Railroads may botaxed by Btate authority, but no conclusion wad reached by the Committoo. . A NEW LAND-GRANT BATLUOAD. The Houre Unilways and Cunals Committeo heard arguments to-day in favor of the Lill grontiug Govornmont aid to a projeotell narrow- gougo railroad to conneot tho Central Pacifio Ttailrond with tho Colunbia River vin Portland, Orepon, The road ia to bo 700 miles long, nud 20 miles of it will bo bulc by tae 8tato of bmauu # und, to aid in tho construction of tho romaining 500, the Govornment is anked to puaranioe tha tailrond companios 6 por cont bonds at the rate of 810,000 por milo. It is nswerted that €20,000,000 bivo been subseribed to build the road, ond that 10 por cont of that nmount cau ba at onco realized it this bill passes and tho construction of the road is imwodintely com- wonced, Tho Comumittoo aro inclined to rogard the proposition favorably, THE IAGERSTOWN DANK; Tho Senato Finauco Conmitteo havo docided to roport adversely on the bill authorizing tao National Bank at Ilngorstown, Md., to movo to this oily, whioh rocently paasod tho TTonsn, [T the Assielated Dress,} DEFICIENGY APPROPRIATIONS, Wasmixaroy, D. C., Maroh 24.—The Honso Commitice on Appropriations to-dny agreed to insort the itom of £16,000 fu the Do- ficlency Approprintion bill, to be uwed in catryiug on tho work of food-fluh The Committeo nlwo had nrzgmgntiun. under cousidorntion, and will proLably mrant, the cstimates of tho Interior Depaitment for approgristions needed to supply tho duficion sins iu the amounta appropristed lnst veay: for tho Iudian servico in Avizons and Now Mexico. e THE HOWARD CASE. Wasitixa Tox, D. C., Mareh 24.—The Howard Court of Inquiry to-dos continned tho hearing of Gon. Ballock, witness for the proseution. ‘Tho tortimony principally related to the rothod of payiug Lounties to colored soldiers. W eucss teatified that no vory general rules bnd been adopled for this purposs, 8 cach case 1ecarved apeclfic fustructions, Gon. Howard supervised L notion, cither by porsonal examination or by an mspection of his books at the -end of each month. Instend of approving all voucliors by Gon. Ballock seria~ tum, Qen. Howard, on account of the Joss of bis right arm, got pormigsion from the Sceond Comptroller to approve tho abstractsof vouchors paid, which rocited aud doseribed tho vouchers and accompanied thom. In mnny instances Gon. Ballock had vouchers sent to him recoipted by claimants before sending the monoy to the anb- agenta to make pavusouts, snd in some instances tho paymonts wora not mado becauso of mot fluding the claimants, The examination of Gum Baliock witk be continued to-morrow, j———— NOTES AND NEWS. Special Lispatch to the Chicugo Tridune, TUE CENTENNIAL. ‘Waamxatoy, D. C., March 24.—A petition hxg beou sout tu Congrens, headed by Petor Coopex and eigned by & number of tho prominent busie nogs men of New York, urging an appropriution’ for the Philadolphia Centennial Exposition. THE LATE JUDGE DENT, The romains of Judge Louis Dont wero ship- ped to-day for 8t. Lonin. Thoy wers sccom. paniod by Dr. Alexandor Sharpe and Qol. Frod * ont Graut. [70 the Associated Press.) BPEOIAL AGENCY DISTRIOT. Wasnmvaton: D. C., Maroh 24,—The Bocrotary of the Troasury hus eatnvlishod the Seveu- toenth Spaciel Agency District, embrucing all ports witlun the Collection District of New Orlonus north of Paducah, Ky., aud Nashviile, Tenn,, ond including those ports, The lioads quarters aro at Cinciunati. Special Agert James 1. Morris has been assigned in charge of the Diuerict. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED, Tho Senate contirmed Duvid Reid United States Attornoy for the Weuiern District of Fonusylvania ; Frederick Herman Hchenck, of Indiats, Cousul nt Burcolona ; Giles B. Ove:m‘? Receiver of Public Moneys at Salt Lake, Cii 3 Thomas E. Burus, Collectorof Internal ltevontfy, Fourth District of Kentucky. The nomination of Thomas B, Van DBuren,as Consul at Kanugowa, which wos confirmed u fow days ago and laid nside, op motion to toconsider, was to-day flnally confirmed. . P —_— CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, SENATE, WABHINGTON, D, O,, March 24, MEMORIALS.. Mr, SCOTT presentod a petition of citizens of Blair County, ’enn., dep:ecating the ro-concte mont of the duty on ton and coffoe. Referred. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN prosonted a patkion of citizens of New Jersoy, asking for the passage of o law d))mvmmg for 8 65-100 convertiblo bonds. Reforied, 3Ir. BIORTON presented & potition of citizens of Indians and Keutueky, asking that the law of Cangress relative Lo bridges over the Ohio River Le amonded &0 a8 to require that the bridgesover that river shall have 4U0-feet spaus and o pivot- draw of 160 feet. Roferred, SHERMAN'S FINANCE BILL, At the expiration of the morniug lour, the Seuate Inid aside informally the bul to equalize the distribution of the currency, and took up tho novw financial bill reportod by Alr. Shormuu, from the Committee on Fruauce, yestordey. The grovlslunn of the new bill wero explained by Ar. horman, i MMr. SHERMAN said the bill reported vestor day, and just takon up, was not a satisfuctory one, us it wag in the natura of & compromise’ and, whila it had the strongth of & promise, it slso lad the weakness of such a mensuro, Thore was 8 necessity for thoso on one side to iold thoir views, to some oxtont, to othars, and, uuless they vhould 8o yiold, 1o bill could bs passed. ‘Lhiora’ must be #ome middle pround agrood upon to make tho bill satisfuctory to all. It only rowaius for tho Seuate to say if this was & fair compromiso, whotlier it would improve our ourroncy and give tho relief dsmanded. Ho then had the bill road by sections, and oxplained the ~provisions of each, Jirs enid United Blates notes at this moment are uncouvortible, irredoemable, aud dopreciatod at tho rate of 12 por cent. ‘They bad depraciated over gince their issue, at ono time bolng worth only 40 cents in §0ld, and oven now worth only 90 gonts. The Committee had roported in favor of flx(ugflm amount of United States notes ut 89,000,000, that being the amount now oute stunding, but ho hoped it wowid soon be prac- ticablo to Eab Dacls to $356,000,000, aud rocovor tho ground lost by the panic.’ Tho 982,000,000 had been fixod upon not becauso it was the best amount, but bocuuse it was tho smount now in citoulatlon. ' Tho time munst como. when those notos wuet bo redeomed in coin, and somothing aust be done looking to thut end. e quoted the annual production of precious motals in this country, the coinngs, ete, sud ssid Lia was not propared to say that any day could bo fixed now for rosumption. He hoped Coa- gross would not adjourn with the inereased cure Tenoy without sy plan of redemption. If such courdo be pm‘suud‘ the country would be dis- honored, 'fho Unitod States Was rich enough to ndvance its notes topar in goid, with its 40,000,000 of the most prosperous poople in tho world, Thonerease of National Bank capiial under the bill would bo about $110,000,000, ile did not tbink it would bo uny violation of confideuce to atats that the Bocrotary of the U'vensury wished to retire an equnl” amount , of preenbaoks, sy the National-Bank notes were Jssued. It had not been tho dosign of the Fioanco Committes to onter upon wuy serious modification’ of the Na- tional Yankuing nct. In conclusion he said this was not a party or sectional strugglo, but a quos- tion involving the faith aud houor of tho coun- try, and Gonfmsn must provide a National cure youoy well distributed, und one gradually ap- proaching redamption in gold, v, THURAAN enid o had never made a per- soual oxplanation, but ho was forced to do so now by what hud boon eaid by the Benator from Michigan (Forry) in ono_of his late spooc) ‘hat Konator had arraigned him bocause he kopt quiot through this disousslon, s it was mnot @ morlt not to spoak, He (Thurman) thopght that to delay legisiation by npa;kl&wfi nmat M\fl; “’{h:fimnul kY