Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27. CHICAGO, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1874. ‘TO RENT. Goal or Trangpartation . Astonishing Disclosures Made i DOCK. by the District Inves- . The, 840 feet of Dock Proper- tyflgt t.hg westland %fu lI;ialse-gty B % , formerly oc ] the G ON Tyl;‘ANSPOR’I‘A- TION COMPANY, TO Rent' I Contracts APFLY TO MATTOCKS & MNASON. 523 WABASH-AV. AT BRIDGEPORT, WASHINGTON. tigation, Confract-Bounty Bestowed on Officors of the Gov- ernment, Recently Perfected for Work Done Several Years Ago. DOCK TO RENT |Sienstutce Aised by Horicy D Eastorn Rallroad 0 & Alton, &, BRAINAKRD, . 156 Washington-st., Room 59, TO RENT. Bocond story of stores 208, %07, 209, 211, 13, and 316 Kin- e Boneboron Hlra 1001 0. asancotods adilabio for manufacturin D“&n sos, with room in basoment for at! Kinzio-at. wtoam powor, Oal HATS. BASTER HATS] . SPRING STYLES. J. A SMITH & (0, 161 STATE-ST. R () SEE THE A 7, 8, BARNES & 0., 70 Madison-st. REAL ESTATE. I WILL SELL 10,000 to 20,000 feet of the best ground in Hinsdale for one- third its value, to dealers, and make terms to suit. 0. J. STOUGH, 72 Dearborn-st. FOR SALE. ‘WABASH-AV,, north of Fifty-ninth.st, 100 faet, enst front. Will close them out at 50 per foot (half cash,) . I'. GUYTON, 10 & 21 Randolph-st. Groat e e Chicag column. Apply to FINANCIAL, Preston, Kéan & Co., BANKERS, 100 Washington-st. BANEK OF DIBOOUNE AND DEFPOSIT. Investment Securities. STERLING BILLS diraect on London, and GOLD BILLS on Now York at NEW YORK RATRS: BUSINESS CARDS. LIBERTY work WORKS. FRASER, CHALMERS & CO., Props Late Partuors and Mansgora of SAGLE WORKS Mo ufsctaring Co., manufactarers of Steam Y«m}lnel Bof ers, Btamp Mills, Saw and Flour Mills, Minfng, Hoint- ing, and Goneral Muchinory. We havo purcliascd all tho ‘Machinory Pattorns of Kaglo Works Manufacturing Com- ‘pany, who have ceasod to manufacture, Oce and Works, 139 to 145 Falton-St, Chitago, DENTAL CARD. ro- DR. M. W. SHRRWOOD'S Dontal-Rooms are moved to tho northywoat, cornor of Stata sud Madison Doare Block, Room 19, Tho bost srtificlal tosth aro m: Givea Vitalized Air, and oatracta tooth without patn. MARBLE MANTELS, TS AND TILING. THE GOWAN MARBLY 0o 11 NowH Olarkest. e e e GENERAL NOTICES. NOTICE. wgned will, from nosw ersonally super. fifi"%i?‘:,é:.'a‘:’: ontablished mw'.'s.d.fiu. an lu::»'r'u. " Yiam, Shouidors, and Latd. ?f:.!."u".nn'e‘?:lu-m‘o:% a1 i Tio Nort Haion-ot. car L T S —— Property Owners, Attention ! Until 15th inst, ax Salb Cortiicatos hold by th City of foags can bo fodoemod at 10 por cont, promium, afier which dato the rato will bo inoressod to 2 Jior cont. 5, 8. HAYLS, Oity Comptrollor. OmioAao, April 1, 1474, LUMBER AT AUCTION, Tumbor on th { Yauntloroy & Co., corner Socond and Moresmsig.s wil bo Tweonty-s orcan.a 6 s0ld ot Auotion on Baturday, April 4, colmmonoing nt 108, . “Torms—3¢ pasablo fn 8 di in 60 days, snd 35 ‘ntorest 878, 3¢ in 80 d Eflor's) dava. “Tiubor to b Jemaovod n 2 deger SEWER BRICK. Tho understned aro prepared to| cont; 00,0 t0 005,000 R Urioks 1o 56 Wefisored ce-os 8, o mear Fullerion-ay, ; full 3'536'."135°fi 2hour olic TOILETINI, DAUGHTERS 1" X our mothers from going **over tho ?uf:?u'lg';":moffflnfun." Deautity yonr facos with TO% LICTINIC and sour beatt longinge Wil b salsfied, sous dentinios falilfod, gold thrown at your foot, and ‘hearta o i3] L, Bam box for two stamps, sad Boumes at yout disposai, Kaiple boz for two stam 144 Madison-st, EASTER FLOWERS, &o.’ EASTER FLOWERS. ROBES, ROSES, ROSES. POOL'S GARDEN, 07 Oakley-st. Dime Plauts by Thousandu, LARGE PLANTS st IIALE PRIOF. All must ba sold befora June 1. _Avall yourseif of tho Hargaius, DISSOLUTION NOTICE. DISSOLUTION. 0 copartnership herotofore existing un- fll;{l}iho rim noms %f B0, LA.WBEN&E & 00, was dissolved by mutual consent on the firat instant, . W, B, Uondiot will nssume and oy all tho liabilities, and is alone authorized 0 oollect all mongys duo said firm, The business will he continucd as_hereto- fore by ALBERT PIOK, at the old stand, 105 Bate-nts ¥, 0. LAWRENOE, : W, t, GONDIOT, Chicago, April 3,1874, . ignation, Yesterday’s Action in the Sen. ate on the Finance Bill. An Amentment Increasing the National Bank Circulation $46,000,- 000 Adopted. The Free - Banking Scheme Thought to Be Losing Friends. An Interesting Debate on the Cur= rency Bill in the House. Sanborn Again Fails to Appear and Testify. ITHE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. Special Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, A DAD DAY FOR TUR RING, Wasmwotoy, April 2.—Tho most dsmaging ovidonco yot produced agoinst fhe Distriot nuthorities, pst and prosont, was that which was pregented for tho consideration of the In- vestigation Committeo to-day by witnosses sum- moned by tho memoralists. Gov. Bhepherd, his sttornoys, and the numerous rotainers and linngors-on of the local Government who con~ grogate about the Committoe-room each day, waro COMPLETELY TAKEN DY SURPRISE, and, in their agitation, the counsol for tho Dig= trict made admiesions which may result most disnstrously to their causo. Soamuol Strong, tho contractor who was sont by Bhaplerd to intorview the memorinlista some weoks ago, and to botray them, if possible, into the hands of his omployers, was again puton the atand this morning, aud made to:produce his clieck-book. The object of compelling the wit- ness to bring in his eheck-book was to show that Lio iad paid monoy fo Willinm A, Cook, attornoy for tho District. Whon previously interrogated, Strong prevaricatod whon pressed for an answor rogording his transactions with Cool. Tho pro- duction of the check-book to-day, and an oxam- ation of the stuvs, e 'EERVED TO REFRESI HI8 MEMONY to an extraordinary degroe. JIt not only dis- closod tho fact that he bad paid Cook soveral sums of money, but Judge Wilson, whils turning over tho lenves, discovered that Strong also had liborally contributed to the bank-account of Gon, Brbeock's engineer, Col. Samo. This lnst-named gentleman madethe measuromont of tho improve ments around the P-straet circle, which improve- ments were constructed by Mr. Contractor Strong. T'he measuremont, it hns been nscor- tained, is greatly in oxcesa of tho amount of work actually porformed, and constitntes one of the charges of fraud made againet tho District Government by tho memorinlists. But for tho face that soveral 5TUDS HAD DEEN TORN from tho check-book, it is not unlikely soveral ‘more recipionts of Mr. Strong's bounty would have been unearthed, ‘Tho witness, aftor tolling of his effort to get into the coufidence of Columbus, Aloxander, and othor memorialiste, for the purposcof ase cortaining their intentions, sand_then botraving thom, was dismissod and ordered to return to- morrow morning and bring with bim all his boolts coutainiug any ovidouce of his connection with the Bonrd of Publio Works, Mr. Sovoranco, o civil engincer of forty years' standing, who has been making mensurc- ments and calculations for the-momorinlists, toatified that Gen. Babcock had doubled the measurement of Lho roadway around Rawling Bquare, and cherged the Government for just twice tho nmount of worlk that hnd beon dono thoro. 1n orogg-cxamining the witness, SENATOR STEWALT BECAME QUITE EXCITED, and mode & most lamontable dispisy of his ignoranco of the plainest rules for caloulating measuremont, Mr, T, T, Fowlor, tho witness between whom and Gov, Bhophord thero oxists s differonce of opinion concerning tho lattor's counection with & paving company, was recalled this aftornoon and allowed to correot his tostimony of the doy before. o stated that tho alleged interviow between himself and tho Governor occurred in Augast, 1870, and not 1871, as ho had testified on Wedneeday, With (hat oxcoption he main- tained tho truthfuluess of the remainder of Lis evidence, Following him camo WILLIAM . XNOX, He i contract-clerk of the Board of Publio Worke, and hna hold the position since Jun, 1, 1872. ‘The object of bringing forward this wit> ness was to prove the . 4 ALLEQGATION IN TIIE FIRST OHARGE of the memorianlists, which is that thoe Board of Public Works bad not compliod with the law in tho oxecutlon of contriicts; and, notwithstand- g the painful squirming nnd provaricafion of tuo witness, he was compelled to udmit all that was chorged againes the Board, He went fur- thor, and told of THINGE NOT DREAMED OF by the memorialists, and was sustaiued by Gov. Bhophord and Col.: Harrington, who, discovering the wrotched coudition into which the witnoss bad twisted himself, boldly acknowledged what ho Liad #worn to. 'linox admitted that the con- tractors wero not compelled to sign thelr con- tracts and porfect their bonds, in many instancos, until after tho work was dono; that thoy racoly- ed their pay whilo the contracts and bonds wers 1n imporfoct shapo; that contracts eutercd into in 1872 woro not perfocted in & gront many cases until 1674; that thirty or forly contracts had been perfootod sinco the investigation was be- un; aud finally, to cap all, ho sworo that ho imeolf had CABRIED CONTRAOTS TO MENIY D, COOKE within o fow woeks, and Lad thut gentloman #ign thom as Govarnor of the District, ana this notwithstanding Ilenry D, Cooko wns. succoeded 88 Governor by Aloxuudor 1f, Bhopherd over four months aga. Wituess algo admitted that no bondd were over attached to the numberless contracts hiold by 0. E. Evans, but explalned that the bonds, with Mrs, O, E. Evans us suroty, woro in tho offica of William A, Coake, Attornoy for the Distriot, Ho aceounted for tho absenco of abond in the Do Gollyer & MoOlelland con- tract Ly stating that Wiillam A. Cooke held & mortgago bond sgalnkt the contructors, hACa\‘l.lnml for the momorielists claim that tho; o . ONLY JUST DEOUN to show their hand, and promiso within the next fow days to present evidence of . fraud and cor- ruption on the part of tho District suthoritien which will startlo the entiro nation, Tho frionds of tho Bhophord Governmont, sinco tho dovolop- monts of yostorday and to-day, have consed Dblustering nbout tho innoconco of their pots, and display on intonso anxioty to conciliate tho fnde- Eondont corrospondonts, whom, s fow wacks ack, thoy thought wore 'hnv[ng too much awing in thls town. Doforo closlug this roport, it may be well to stato that thore is just cause for complaint nFnlnB'. tho charaotor of tho reports of the inves- tigation gont from this ofty by tho Assoclated Tross. Whon it is stated that thoso roports aro furnished by one Noyos, who {8 o Clerk of ‘tho Bonrd of Pablic Works, further commont on their rollability and falrness is unnccossary. (7o the Astociated Press.) WasnnvatoN, April 3,—At the morning session of tho Distriot of Columbis Investigating Com- mitteo soveral witnosses woro oxamined as to tho valuo of the real catato in the eastorn eoction of £ho city, which Los beou subjoct to s gencral sow- or tnx’ of 2 conts por square foot, to show that the tax smounts to a Inrge part of tho renlvaluo thoreof. MIr. Todd, of Hoston, testified that ho ‘owns improved Empcrty in tho eastorn soction of tho city, whioli ia nssossod at nbout 819,000, and that tho aggrognto of his taxos this yoar, including the: spooial improvements, sowor ond gonoral taxes, 18 over $11,000. Bamuol™ Birong, o Into contractor, waa quostioned ot lengih in regard to tho monoy he had paid to Williom A, Caoke, Attor- noy for tho Distriot of Columbia, Ho donied tho imputation that ho had been foolng this at- torney to decide in his favor, and showed that Cooko had beon his lnwyer for somo yoars and ;hnl tho monoys paid -wero logltimate counsel oo, 3 INFLATION AND CONTRACTION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE DAY IN TUE HNOUSE. ‘WasmNaTox, D. 0., April 2.—The strange and rathor refroshing spectaclo of a Southern Con- grossmon with onough of common seneo aud norve tomnke aspooch ngainst inflation was prosented In the Houso to-day. Tho Hon. Jason Nilos, of Miesissippl, is tho 1ndividual who hns achioved this favorable notoriety, His speech was that of A PLAIN, PRACTIOAL AN, without any very groat amount of culture, and was freo from tho fanciful embollishments with which the wauld-bo scholarly secck to graco thoir argnmonts. Whon Mr, Niles took tho floor thero was a display of languid indifferenco all over the House, but this soon disappoared nn- derthe influencoof his business wayof putting o praotical proposition. Mr. Niles and ex-Gov. Olymer, of Pennsylvanin, aro made somowhat conspiouous by the fact that thoy bavo put their autoblographical atatemonts in tho Congresatonal Record each in two linea of epace. The ordinary Congressional mind and dignified self-respect is soldom o?\ufl to tho gacrifico involved in such a remarkablo condensation, ‘ THE ASPEOT OF THE FINANOIAL QUESTION seems to bo porpotually changing. To-duy the current s sotting against foflation; to-morrow tho wind may voor about again. Tho emphatic protests that havo been coming in from tho peo- Flu ngainst the action of the House in voting to logalize the issuo of tho resorvo, indicating ns thoy do tho fooling ogainst cxpansion, is un- doubtedly having some effect; but whether that offeot will Lo permanent or not romains to be scen, IN THE BENATE, In tho Sonato there was o diffarenco_in somo E\runulm from tho scene prosented by tho fouse duriug thedebato on the finances, Thore was o protty full attendance of Scuators, and tho gallerics woro tolorably well filled. No Joss than oven difforont propositions wore offered and voted upon, all of which wero rejected oxoept that of Moerrimon, incressing the Natfonal Bank circulation £40,000,000. Boveral Seonators who voted for this proposition oxplained that as it was evidently the purpose of the inflationists, who wero in tho majority and had control in ‘ho Bonate, to oxpand tho curroncy, thoy thought it bettor to talko tho lonst of tho several throatened ovils, and adopt tho ®46,000,000 -proposition rather than go farther and probably fare worse, bocnuse, if this should be rojeoted, TIE FREE-DARKING PROFOSITION for which this £46,000,000 amendmont was of- fored os o substitute, wbuld quite likely be ndopted, providing for an incromse of tho mxmml Banking circulation smounting to$110,- ‘hb project to transfor or redistribute among tho Wostern and Southern Statos $50,000,000 of National-Bank ciroulation, which amount it was proposed to take away from Stetes having an ‘oxcoss, was dofented by 20 against 81 votos. 'FRELINGHUYSEN'S BUGGESTION, that tho surplus rovenue of the Government should be hoarded in the Treasury until s suifi- cient amount had been accumulated to enable the Becrotary of the Treasury to begin the re- demption of greonbacks, was also voted down, notwithstanding it was explainod that tho pro- vision would have no offect for a yoar or two, but would probably thoreattor avail something, Tho Chairman of the Finance Committee voted for it becauso it was an indication of public pol= icy, and would have tho effoct of apprecinting our ourrency. 'THUBMAN'S AMENDMENT, . maling greonbacks recoivablo in graduated pro- portions, after stipulated amounts, for customs utios, was lost by 1910 27; and tho proposition of Morrill, of Vormont, to roquiro National Banks to provide an additional cr cont ro. servo for redomption of their ciroulating notes, wae defeatod by sbout the name majority. Lato in the afternoon,Senator Anthony moved that when tho Bonate adjourncd. to-day it be to mect on Monday noxt. ‘[ho point of order .was made that tho motion was out of ordor, where- upon ho movod to lay the: Financial bill on tho tablo for tho ym:lpom of taking tho sonse of the Sonato on Lis ndjournmont proposition. Sonn- tor Morton insinuated that this was A DODGE TO CONSUME TIME, — o filibustering move on the part of the minority to defeat tho bill undor cousideration. Seuator Anthony denied any such motive. Ho said hiy object was simply to got & voto on tho question of adjourning ovor Good Friday; but Morton and Yogan thought the desire to pay respact to thoso religious holldays was not sutlicient oxcuse for auch graat delay to an* important measure, which shoy insisted tho country was domauding should bo™ disposed of one way or the othor at once. Tho motion to lay on the table was car- ried by only one mnjorify, whereupon an exocu- tive sossion wos agroed to, and, aftor n‘nunnounfi somoe oxecutive business, the Honato sdjourno till to-morrow, thus killing tho proposition to adjourn until Monday, TUE PINANCE BILL LIES ON THE TADLE, however, and it may tako all of to-morrow’s ses- sion to got tho mensnvo beforo the Bonate for considoration again, for it I8 in tho powar of the opponents to consuine the entiroduy in debnting 0 motion to takoup. . The inflationists will do all they can to ocut off dobato, but their tactica are limited, and will not amount to much if the opnonents of ivfla- tlon oo fit to resort to’ what are considored ay ilibustering measurcs. ‘Tho worst has, howov-~ probubly been slready dono by the inflation- ists, and itis Fosalblu that delay in arriving at o final voto on the bill will bave no good ufact non tho Senate, aithough the adoption of the |. u bill a8 amouded is not altogather a sure thing yotu COMMITTEE WORK. Special Disvatch to T'he Chicago Tribune. ‘Wasursarox, D, C., April 4.—Tho Secretary of ‘War and Gons, Shorman and Shoridan have sont. to Congress n strong appeal for tho construction of aline of telegraph from Tucson, Arizons, to Banta Fe, New Mexico, claiming that it wonld ba of immonsa benefit, bath from a military and commiorcial point of view. The mattor has besn appropriatoly roforred for consideration. POTAL TELEGRALHS, ' A majority ot the Sonato Committeo on Post- Ofticos, to-dny, made & roport in favor of tho #chome to cstablish postal tolegraphs, and au- nouncod tho carly presontation of o bill on the subjeot, from whioh, thoy promiss, would be omitted all the objoctionable foatures of the original bill which the Committee has beon cou- sldoring during ths pust throe or four months, U CLINTON BRIDGE Tho Sonate Commitics on Commorcs to-dny llstoued to arguments in tho Olinton Bridge con- troversy by the Hon, Iyman Elmore and Gen, Van Doyor. The Committes, it ts thought, will make o report oarly noxt week, TEMNPERANOE LEOISLATION, On noxt Monday u sub-Commitice of tho' Houso Distriot Commitioo will give & hoaring to tho pastors of soveral churchos in the city, and the Ohlof of Pollce, on the subjoot of the.tom- _perauco logislation for the Territories and tho Dintriot,Jproposed by Mossrs. Lfiwrence and Monros, of Oblo,, Judgo Lawrenud' proposes a Inw similar to tho Ohio Adair law, and tho fact Lins orontod consldorablo intoroat, (7o the Associated Press.) THE DISTRIOT COMMITITEE.:, Wasmmiarox, D. 0, April 2,—Congrossman Robort 8, Halo, o New Yorlk, haa placed in tho hands of tho Speaker his rodignation_a Chair- man of tho Houso Committoo on tho Distriot of Columbin, Iia resignation is eald to bo induced by the failuro of the I{ouse to suatain tho various rocommondations of the Committeo lately. Rop- resontativo Harmor, of Pennsylvauin, is sccond on tho Committoo, but, it is smd, will doclino tho Chairmanship. Mr, Colton, of Towa, stands noxt on the list, and will probably be Chairmau, NEW MEXICO. The Honso Committoo on Torritories, by a. voto of 0 to 1, have u{mmd to recommond tho pustngo of n bill for tio admission of New Mox- ico a8 & Stato In tho Union, DILL APPROVED. The Prosident hos signed the act to remove tho disabilitios of William 3. Cabol, of Loxns. ———— NOTES AND NEWS, Speetal Dispateh to The Chicaqo Tribune, A LIDEL SUIT, ‘WasnixoTow, D, 0., April 2.—A libel suit has beon brought by H, Wilder, an Indian con- tractor, against Willinm Welsh, who has had chargo of tho worl of oxamining vouchera for supplios furnished the Indions. Wolsh, in o lottor to George H. Stuart, of the Indlan-Com- ‘migsionors, cbrrgad that Wildor had made fiaudi- lent entrics in vouchdrs aftor thoy “had boon signed by Indian Agents. Wildor is a citizon' of Minnosotn, and donica the charges of fraud ; and catimates his damagoes at §100,000, Tho Democratic Congressional Committeo aro arousing thomselves in rosisting a sult brought against them in ono of tho city courts, by a clork omployed by them, for servicos from July, 1870, to August, 1872, A TOUCHIKG SIONT. The Sub-Committeo of tho Philadelphia Con- teaninl Committee, who have been cireulating nbout the.lobbies of Congrees all winter, trying to get n nationnl contribution and -recognitio; for tholr proposed show, will go on a dendhen oxcuraion to Trodricksburg, Va.. on Saturday, to woep over the tomb of the mother of Wash- ington. Tho speciacle is expected to be voi touching, and will bo duly heralded to tho worl: at Inrgo. g TENSION FOR CAPT. HALL'S WIDOW, Mrs, Mary Ann Hull, of Cincinnati, widow of Capt. Charlos F, Hall, the Arctte exploror, to- day potitionod the Sonato, through Mr. Shor- man, for a ponsion. Bho sote out that lier hue- band died while in public servico, and in the rumnit of kmowledge which would bo of benefit 0 oll mankind; that his doesth lenves hor in n dostituto condition, and tho .solo support of two childron, ono 18 and tho other 17 yoors of age; and flnally that she regards horsolf justly ontitled to considoration nt the hands of tho “nation, Her yetition is warml commended by Gon. W. T\ Sherman, Gen, Shori~ dan, W, W. Oorcoran, and other ominent porsons, LIGUTHOUSE FOR WHALE'S BACK DEEF. ‘A bill has recently been introduced into tho Houso and Sonnte providing for an Alpm'nprinfion of 820‘000 for tho construction of a lighthouso on Whale's Back Reef, in Groon Bay. It is claimed thar tho establishment of n_suitable light at tho point indicated -would overy yenr nob only rosult in saving from destruc- tion of & grest smount of proporty, but would bo tho means of preserving many voluablo lives, ‘During ncarly overy sesson of navigation, lumbor-laden vossols ara cast up on the hiddon rocks known ns tho Whalo's giek TRcef, and their cargoes lost. On one occasion, tho entiro_crow of o lumborman woro drowned thore, It is boliaved that the ngfrnprlntlnn will be modo at an oarly day, and the work ordered commenced this gongon, il [To the Associated Preas.) GADINET MEETING, . ‘Wasmixorow, D. C., April 2—The President will leave Washington to-morrow on a briof visit to New York. Oun that account, the Cabinet gos- sion was held to-day. 'horo was . considerablo convorsntion botsweon tho members .presout on financial tooina, hut it waae inforinal and not with o viow to iy action by tho Prosident in the mut- ter. Boorctaries Fish and Dolano were sbsent from the moeting. . THE SANDODN OASE, The Committeo of Wnys and Meaus did not liavo, ting morning, its usual hoaring in the mat- tor of tho Sanbora contract. The personal at- tendance and statoment of John D. Banborn bad Deon cxpected, but ho failed to malo his nppoar- anco, and the Committeo proceoded with tho consldoration of ordinary businoss. Tho Uom- mittes will examine BMr. Button, Supervisor of Internal Rovenue at Philadelphia, to-morrow. . OENTESNIAL DOAGD. Tn accordaics with the ordor of tho President roquiring tho appointment of a Board, to be composéd of soven B“mn“’ ono person to be named by each of the Exeoutive Departments which may have erticles and matorials to be ex- hibited ot the Contennial Exhibition; also one )[mnmu 10 bo named in behnlf of the Smithsonian nstituto, and one in bohalf of tho Departmont of A loultum, which oy hove chargo and decide upon tho articles to be em- braced in the collection, tho following have been named by the hoads of Departments: Tronsury, thoe Hon, F. 3. Bawyor; War, Col. 8, 0. Lyford, U. 8. A.; Navy, Admiral I\, A, Jou- king, U. 8. N.; Iutorior, John Enton, Esq. ; Post-Oftico, Dr, Clarles T, AeDonald ; Agrieul” ture, Willism Baundors, Eur‘. ; Smitheonian In- stitute, Prof. 8, I, Baird. Tho Prosident bas designated Col. 8. 0. Lyford, U. 8, A., as Chair~ man of such Board, . NOMINATIONS. Tho Presdont sont the following nominations to the Benato: Postmasters—Martin Mulville, Delavan, Wis. ; E. A, Tribon, Tecumsoh, In. NOMINATIONS CONFINMED. ., Tho Scnate confirmed Daniol R. ‘Anthony, Postmnstor of Leavonworth, Kan. THE OWARD INVESTIGATION, About a week ago, Gen, Shorman, a8 Provi- dent of the Roward Court of Inquiry, received an anonymous lottor containing corfain state- monts which wora intended to influenco the Court in Howard’s cese. The communication wag handed to Gon. Iloward, who instituted soarch nnd invostigation. It was suspeoted that the doocumont was writton by some- body in the War Department, snd two oxports who compared tho hmdw-rltin? cortify thab tho handwriting of the anonymous Jotter is that of a confidontial clorlk of tho War Dopart- mont.: I'he intimetion from tho -Dopartment that the loiter wae writton by tho Rev. Mr. Wilson .at Athons, , Toun:, is positivoly. de- nied by tho latter. Tho Becretary of War_ yestorday roquested Gon. Sherman to lob him have tho lotter, but Sherman do- clinad... The search for the writer of the com- munioation is to be continued with a view to publishing thoe suthor. ‘+" BENATOR TOUTWELL, quite pale and worn from tho elfocts of his re- cont illnoss, mado his appenrance in the Scuato to-day, for the first tima this weolk, ———— GRANT.-MORTON--SOEURZ. ~-" F'rom Qur Qun Correspondent, WasHINGTON, March 25, 1874, © ‘The President has given a moral support to tho inflationists by taking notico of & nows state- ‘ment In the New York Tfmes and having tho As- socioted ‘Pross robuke it, Tho statoment was temperate, sud intimated thut the Presidont “ adhered to his previously-oxpressed convic- tions, a6 recorded in his sovoral messages, that any unwise loglslation—axprossly anything tond- ing dircctly to permaunent inflation—must run the gauntlot of bis veto.,” T'his was an easy do. ductlon from the charactor of him who fights it out o his line if it talos Congross all summor, But the Presidont flanks his convictions by the loft. - ) ‘YA LEADING WESTERN BENATOR * gaw Lim yestorday.” Ah! there is ment for mystery! A loading Wostern Bouator? Lot us thiuk, It must be itcheock, "Iis tho very mau, For, doyou ace, e awaps lots at tho cornera of Omaha, Ho b lioves the Oity of Lincoln, Nob.,hasa motropolitan future boforo it ; and, on the intarnational quos- tion of - whothior baggage shall be smashed or 1o at tho Omaha bridgo, aud the Weatern World Dbecome two homisphore at that point, In tho fn- teronts of the hotel-runners,—on that question, L #ny, be is deoply brooding, Buk, again, it way not bo so, Molhinks that loading Westorn Sanator must bo farthor West, in order to load off at tho boginning, Kausns las tho man,: "Iis Ingalls, dutedom t6 a duoe . MInsIONS 1n tuo Whtto .tho inflation of the curronoy: _The Chicago Daily Teibune, NUMBER 223, at! For Ingalls, a8 you know, Is authority, His mind to him a Kingdom: is, his pockot somo- thing moro. Hoalways m panoth sterling biz, snd ho rams a country-st ore. Thoso qualitios with some pootry affixed, If ko fringe on n Blook- Bob eoalp, conceds to Inga lls tho leading West- orn Bonatorshin, Wo ntter 1y spurn tho sugges- tion that this leading Westo:m Honator was John A. Logan. Hois too mode st to olaim it. Wo rofuto, and wo rofuto it boldly, that O. P. Mor- ton was thoman; forheis not o leading Sona- tor, bat lays bis car to f:ho zophyr of pub- lic opinion and voles ‘mccording to the wind, Thon it was Ingallls, or Hitcheook, or Hipplo-Mitcholl, or anybocly but Gou. Logan; for, cortos, tho ' papor 6oyt leading Wostorn Bonntor, ‘Well, this atntosman saw. Lho face of his Prosi- dont, and wept. Dy the wi'lows of Babylon ey wopt.at such misinterprcitation na to lavo nf~ firmed that the Prosident would stand by his convictions and messngos,. Tho deduction was monatrous, and would ostn blish the fmputation that tho Prosident novor mcived forward nor por- formed nny ovolutions, Al)truo atatesmanship is for tho presents, { Togothor, then, this lond) ‘ns Wostern Sonator —who can hio bo S—and _ouy: Ulyssos shot au ar- row into Contraction. Thc) Sonator bent tho bow and drow the arrow to [tho head ; tho Prosi- dont told him to lot drivo. | Tho Prosident aays, ‘IF HE WERE A MEMDE [l OF CONGRERS, he shonld mginrd an futim lltlon of n vato in ad- vanco of legislation a8 nn_vinbocoming thiroat by the Tixecutive, and should| rosont it," Bo said tho Inhel tiod to the nrraw. : Theronow. The Prosidiat, if & mombor of Oongress, would resont tho /intimation of o voto from tho other ond of tho | Capital. Bo would any President if & mombor of Congress, Bo would you, or I, or any man-, Somo bad Prosi- donts have intimated ‘as mt wch, 88 Andrew Jack- 80n ; but not” our Presiden t. Again, he would resent it That means he w ould voto tho wrong way on purpose, doed it not ? Ordoes it menn that, if be were s momber o [ Congress, ho would roturn u[;‘nn bimsolf and 1t lict a porsonsl as- sault with his legislative ar.m upon his Exeou- tive hoad ? A Was it aleading Wostor n_Senator who con- vorsed with bis Presidont? Wo ara mwuch at acn, Nelthor Xogalls, nor ! Hitcheook, nor Hip- plo-Mitcholl would resont & maoro intimation of n voto. Wo bardly think B6 nator Logan wonld, but then ho fout futo the llate War. ~Whon his blood is up, his hoir rises. Whon his dander is riz, on {luance particulsi‘ly, yon mayas well boud the hoavons and coy.a0 down. He would, we fear, resent the inti:mation of a veto. e would go for himselt in a gor way, in behalf of that glorit) us curronoy which it founded on the best blood 1) £ the country, Aud bore wo oo how enr1:0st politicians never tiro. Ivstead of taking couusel from their onomios and falling back am their school-hooks, to waste tho quostion thoy' Lavo pracipitately blundered into, thoy go up rind bully the Presi~ dent to bully Congress and. HEL? ATOKG A DO'N XEY-OART that hasstuckinasharp turi1 . Tho Presidont is so tirod of the curronoy questi on that he will say anything for a loading Wost >rn Benator, in order that such & Dutchman a8 8¢ aurzsholl bo brought low again, Ho has unde istood. that Schurz pitched 1nto all tholoading 1, Festorn Sonators tho other day, Rot & .lnu%; h on them, dou- bled up, and drove {hom into caucus, whoro ‘thoy rallied by faiirs, like a num- bor of cnts when o terrieir bounces at thom. It this Schurz is getting any r oputation out of tho truthe of flnance, wo will 138ent thom with all our Exccutivo patronago. 17 hotruths of finance are horeby forbidden to bo 1. tudied in any Cus- tom-Houso or Revouue-Colloctor's oftice what- soaver. Tho sofest course for Lcifan and Morton to talke, on o selfish plano, i’ Jnnt what thoy have done. It would tako them Bs veral yoars to pull up to tho level of logicnl investigation and knowlodge attained by gomo «)thor Sonators, and they moy safoly trust to tho «ixistenco of a lrgo percontage of ignoranco ad crodulity in the wountry,—onough, conjolned with tho projudico of #cgtioualism, to kaop thoit 1 leading Nonntors for awhilo longer. Bhould thy sdmit conversion and talke tho souud courso, th oy would gonerally Do sccond flddlos in tho Bcnat o; and this, I sub- mit, is nsking too much of 1,308 who fout into tho lato War, and nlrowd‘{ 600 Lhoir titles clear to Uueer; Lob-ua ha ohura itable, and romombor what ‘a man in a similar situation 0ald to his Maator: ° “Mfaster," said ho, *what.iihall I do to inherit etorunl truth ? " ¢ The Mastor looked at him, .tnd sgon that he was full of what was of noco osequénce. So ho said: **Go goll ol thatthou h sst, and give it to tho poor, and come and follow e.” But Logan and Morlon went away sorrowfully, for thoy lind great prepossassic Ins. X 7k MORTON BUTCIZ IED. Tinat Monday Idropped iubo the office of the Clork of Printing Rocords on t'he Sonate side of tho Capitol. Senator Anthoriy'was taking his lunch at tho momont, aud bo & pis 4 @Gath, it is very fnony to-duyin the Bonate. Schurz is after Morton again, quoting his spu;n‘hes of ono year ago, an«l Morton is vory oad I wont into the Sonato, and 1°ound it interopi- ing to seo. Dlorton Lind doli vored ono of his long hnrangues on finance, 8 tting in his chair in «ull earnest, snd with bis flat, plain voico striking off inclogant sontoncer s, and building up un unsfablo column of ‘argum:: nt, with side-hits ¢t Carl Bchurz, who had let bin 1, ran slong until bo protonded ' to quoto from Jobn Suntt dlill, when Seliurz comnered him wild & donial that thoro was auy suoh parsgraph in Mill's works, Morton then attacked the posit ion that the do- preciation of our curroncy aniuod that wo had toomuch of it. Heenid tha” doprocintion was due altogothor fo tho fact theis the groenbacks wero not o logal-tendor to pit y tho publio dobt and to pay customs-dutics. |Such statements mado the staple of the entire acl dross, which was heard without curiosity, aud i 10wed o potoring out of the resources in misinfor: nation and cun- ning of the Lnflationisls. Schurz's firat sontenco in_ ri)sponso_showed oaso and mischiof. Ho romarkor | that Lis formor epeech had put tho mountsin in - labor, sud that, aftor a somowhat painful proces 3 of parturition, throo full-grown elophants hail been brought forth,—meaning the specchiesof Forry, of Michi- gan, nguu, and Morton. Of thoso mon it moy bo sald ¢.uat thoy are In- flationists for difforent roasons. Forry s a com- paratively-coneciontious man, w1 has boon pur- suing the subject partly for ‘ing niry, and partly as o business-man innood of ¢ upitnl, who hag construcd the axtromity of hisi eighborhood to . indicato a national insutliciency . of dollar-prom- iscs. X do not recall anythiug Jharsh, personal, or acrimonious, whick ho hassal 3, Tiogan, howaver, represonts uc 1 more than the prido of opinion, andmortified 8o If-outoom which arino trom tho sharp strokos Sct urz bas ropoat- edly got in on him. o takes Lt + brimstono and molassos harder thian any mau in publio lifo, Morton's courss in the flnancix'| dobato is to be directly traced to demagogery. Ef » thought moro greenbacks would be & good cry i3 0 carry Indiana next yoar, Having talon this 1 wsition, ho wos sot upon by Sohurz, abandoned b y Chandler and Bhormas, aud exbibited to tho ccaintry a8 o nin- compoop. Agoein and again ho laie rushed into this_forlorn hiopo, only to get :m oro brimstone, reinforced with & #panking by wa y of muking it sottle. It wass sndday for Mcirton whon ho toitohod financo, and, the further ha goes on jn the venture, the more forlorn Lia v ppours. HOLURZ STARTED 'I1{ with ono of thoso neat parallelicins which have more forco thon simile, bocaut o they can be mado, with a slight defection, to: answer throo or four purposos at once, and all . are tho strongor for tholr homeliness, Buch was tho preliminary romark that ho should hava roqu ired his sutag- onists to assont to cortain funda nentsl proposi- tions ut the beginning. Baid ho: “Whon a gentleman who wi'nis to discuss Mathematica with o assorts tha t two and two may make four in anothor countr y, but not here, ‘1-‘ nhlfll&ollhhu, *You had botter ¢ 20 to your horne oole,” Horo were thrae birds killed with ono stone; and the mean fmputation that Sc hura might bs wiss onongh o8 o foroigner, but n ot as an Ameri- can, was disposed of almost withvut allusion to 1t. ‘Then, roferring to Logan n nd Morton, ho oxprossod tho astonishment ol o oltizon of tho world that such gliwing sborra- tions of tho human miiad woro to control the finauclal polioy of thi. United Statos and bo Prcummnd in tho Hens.le, 1o thon quoted Morton in debate with 142 ssendon in tho IoUu\vlu({ languago : **1 Liad hoped (hnt the Sonato 1 1nd got past tho timo when 1t was nocowsary to an e the ovils of 1iho goneral in- cronso of spoculation; the me ral diminution of productive industry, aud the r ;murl of speci- Iation insteud, , . | Evorythit.s acquircs two prico: ths ronl prico and the sp:'oulutive prico. + o+« Wheninflation takos plni o, labor is the last thing to bo intlatod, and tho! first thing to Joelthoevlsof it. . . . Bhall we makotho | ' ! ngoont agaln, that wo may hiava'ngain tho rainous doscont from- inflatlon?” I trust not. Bir, wo hnve n dobasod and doprociated currency to-dny, not worth more than 70 cents on (ho dollar. A groat many peoplo have the ides thnt You can mako monoy plonty by simply fesuing it in largo quantities ; ‘and » great many think it ought 0- distributed per onpita, or in somo othor way by which ovorybody should hava some. .« . . 'Thislics at the foundation of all our financial troubles, and I beliove the way to bogin Is to bogin at the foundation—to tako somo step dircotly in tho direction of roturning to spacie -payment,” Such wero Mr. Morton's opinig - in_ 180D, gommont upon euch baokeliding suld Lave son 3 2 ONUELTY TO ANINMALG: ¥ Behurz hisd too much respect for ¢magolf, and top much art a8 s debator, tond ~ioro to thix nnked record, oxcopt to fmy t* cMorton had Doen on two sldos of evory quos{ ~: and that, if tho truo businous of atntenn kship wes to chauge onc's opinion, ho wag on = the model statcemen of “tho ago, To = Morton do- murred ; but Schurz remarkod : | ho dificulty with tho Sonator from Indiay %is, that ho changes his opinions always tho worse. Toa changoe for tho bettor I sliould have no objection.” Bchurz thon appealed to the presid- ing officor a8 to Morton's double position as to Rocoustruction in Georging but Morton though homeant to rofor to hia suppoft of Androw Johason in 1865; consoquontly, in the vory not of explanation, Morton convicted himeelf of stitl athird chango of position. Ho was quotod against froe-banking as follows :. © “1 would n gteat doal rathor tlist the volume of banl:curroncy should bo limitod than to mald it froo. If wo havo froc-banking, it ought never to como until specic-payments aro permanontly establishiod, 6o that thoso banks shall absolutely redoom their notos in coin, and wo %hall hava that eocurity against tho inflation of the curron~ oy by tho incroased issuo of banlt-notes.” This spooch was deliverod Feb. 4, 1878 ; and yot, within twolve months, this forgetful domn~ goguo was found riding in the inflation-balloon, and throwing out quantitios of dirt-bellast upon persona who staud on tho solid ground undor- neath, Of snch materisl thoy scok to make Prosidonts nowadays, - Aganin: MMr, Morton was quoted as a rengoner sgninst the practicability of gotting moro rosl capital by shifting tho eurtauoy from ouo soc- tion to another; and ho had cloarly domonstrated tho fact that it would cost 9G00,000 for the peoplo of n noighborhood to get $500,000 of eir- culation. The lucld way in which ho showed this faot twalve months boforo Schurz did the same thing, cleatly reveals Mr, Morton's infirmity to be moral and not montal. His head is good enongh, but ho Lias NO CONVIOTIONS OR PRINOIPLES, #ayo such as will serve o momentary turn. It is sato to say thnt no suoh reckloss man ling ever como nonr tho Presidoncy, nor had it in his porr to mold tho financinl policy of the United tates. . Mr. Morton was o droadfnl object to ook upon when Sohurz got through with™ him. His oyos wero poxpping littlo globules of firo. Languago failod him. All ho could do was to call Schurz ¥*a professionAl forcignor,” and taunt him with baving gono to tho Cincinnati Convontion. Ina fow minutes, howorver, it struck him that it might do to accuso Schurz of having cribbed tho illus- tration nbont tlie cost of national ourronoy, aforosnid, from his own old spoech. At thig point, Conkling unceremoniously tripped in and snid to Morton : #Whero did you stonl it from ?" Behurz roplicd that he could not lorve Morton that last comfort : “ I did not take this, or any other of my arguments, from anything the Sena- tor from Indiaua over suid. I was naver under such necossity.” . Conkling then took the floor, and mado one of bis clear, agrocablo statoments on tho flusncial question. . Buch is Congrees,—the ideas sll one way, and tho votes'the other. GaTi, g RS CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. BENATE, k ‘WasaiNaTox, D. O, April 2. < . THB MINING BILL. ; Tha Senato bill to smond the not to promote the dovolopment of the mining resorves of-the. Unitod States, s roturncd by the House of Rop- resentatives with anondmunts, wag, on_motioa ol M BARG! Dinos and Mining. LOUISVILLE OANAL. Tho Hougo having nlso roturnod the Sonato billin relation to tho Louisville & Portlend Ca- nal with an amendment, Mr. THURI moved £hat tho Scuate non-concur in tho amendmont and asl for » Conforonco Committoo. i Mr. BARGENT objected to a bill of such im- portance boin intrusted to o conferonce commit- teo. 'Tho amendment should be considered by tho Sonato. Alr, THURMAN presented rosolutions of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in favor of tho Government taking immediate possession of tho | Caval, and urging that Wheelor's amendment to tho bill be rojected. . My, SHERMAN sald that the nuturo of the amondment was to obtain the cousont of the Kontucky -Liogislaturo upon the matter whore cousiont had already boon given, and ns that Log- islaturo did not moot again for two yoars, if the smendmeut bo adopted the monopoly would bo continued two years longor. Mr, THURMAN said hodid not understand the objaction to this bill, whick was of such Impor- tanco to the commerce of Okio and tho Alissia- sippi Valloy. At tho suggeation of Mr. MORBILL (Vt.) tho bill was laid ovor. i THF POLARIA SURVIVORS, Mr. CRAGIN prosonted »_ momoridl of surviy- ors of the Polaris Exvedition, sotting forth tho privations which thoy bad suffored on the ico- floes during o poriod of 196 days, and tlnt_thoy aro still eufforing, physically and pecuntarily; that they were promised o handsome roward by Capt. Hall whon thoy shipped, and that tho Ger- man Govornmont grave the members of jts ex- pedition $1,000 each, Thoy ask such rolief ns mey be propor in the promises, and that the Esquimaux Hannoh and Joo bo moluded in any moasure for roliof, Ieferred. 4 PENBIONS PRAYED FOR. Mr. SHERMAN presented a_potition of Mrs, Moroy Hall, widow of Capt. Hall, of tho Iate Arotic Expodition, for & ponsion, Roferred. In presenting the potition, Mr. Shorman said ho kuew of no case which appealed to the sym- pathy of Congress as much na this, Capt. Hall diod 1n the sorvico of his country, leaving a wifo and childron destituto, * The potition s indorsed by Prof. Henty, Gen. Shorman, aud other prom- inout persons, POYTAL TELEGBATH BILL, Br. RAMBEY, from the Committeo ou Post- Oflicos and Post Ronda, roported & bIll ta pro- vide for the transmission of vorrespondenco by, tolugm[)‘h. Placed on tho calondar, The bill is’ tho Hubbard Postal Telograph minor bill un- changod, excopt in mattors of dotail. 1t propo- ses to incorporato Gerduer O. Hubbard and his assoointos as n postal tolograph ocompany on condition tliab it shall contract with tho Poat- master-Genernl for tho trausmission of cor- respondenco by telograph at rates and in accord- anco with tho provisions_eluborately prosoribod in the bill horotofors published in all essontial fonturos, TIHE OURRENOY DILL. Tho morning hour having oxpired, the SBenato rosumed considoration of the bill to provide for the redemption and relssue of United Btates notos, and for freo banking, Mr. BIBRRIMON offorod as a subatitute for tho third section of tho bill us reported by the CQommittoe, the following : ¥ "That $40,000,000 fn notes for circulation, in addition 10 suck ciroulation now allowed by luw, shall bs fssued 1o tho Natlonal Manking Ausoclations ' now orguntzed and whileh may be oriaufzed Loreafter, und sich creased cironlition shull bo_distributed among {has crat Hialeo, o8 provided iu See. 1 of thoas of July 12, Mr. CONKLING Inquired what had bocomo of tho amendment for free-banking_ offered by tho gontloman from Iilinols [Lognu‘J Mr, LOGAN snid ho would withdraw thot amendmout to allow that of bis friend from North Carolinn to bo offored. It was very evi- dent that thore wore & nunibor of Sonators in favor of more curroncy, but opposed to freo- bauking; and ho wanted o voto. o would not pross his amondment, . My, BAULSBURY offored an amonament pro- Jhibiting tho Scorotary of the Trossury from pay- ing intorest on bonds which huve boon, or may heroaftor bo deposited in the Lronsury to seoure circulatlon, oxcopt in oxcoss of tho par valuo of such bonds over tho average clroulation of such associations during tho curront Emnr, whilo such Donds ehull romain on deposit in tho Treasury to sooure such eciroulation. Rojected without divislon. Mr, DAVIS offered a substitutofor that of Mr. Morrimon, providing that $60,000,000 in Nption- al Bank ciroulation shall be withdrawn from the (Beo Elglth Puge.) ENL, 107erzed to'$ho Commitiog on- THE LABOR QUESTION. All Quiot Along tho Line of tho Erle Road, Trouble Threatened Among the Striking Miners of the Hocking Valley. AN Quict Along thoe Erie Rond. suecial Diopatch to The Chicano Tribune, ‘WiLkespAnng, Pa., April 2.—Tho snccial trale of twenty-six cara which loft Susquohanua Dopot yostorday aftornoon with tho troops uidor com- mond of Moj.-Gen. E. 8, Osborn, roached this city shortly beforo midnight last night. Thero were on bonrd tho First aud Ninth Rogimonts of tho Ponnsylvania State Quard, tho formor in command of Col. Bonson, on route for Philadel- phin, tho Intter commanded by Col. Bwank. Tho Wyoming _Artillerists, of Wilkesbarra, with a buttory of four gunn roturned on the samo rain, - [To the Associated Preas,) SuBQURUANNA Deror, Pa,, April 2.—Every- thlng 18 now qulet along the lino' of the Liris . TRoud, and tho nrrengoments for moving droight aro working woll, -~ Ni lere sinco noon on Monday. Tho troons loft yosterday, and no further trouble is anticipated. All tho men required by the Company are at worlk In the shops, and the diesblod enginos ara again placed in running ordor. Strilkes In and Near Philndelphines The Bolt-Malkers, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tridune. PrizApeLemia, April 2,—The weavers om- ployed in Glazer's ‘hosiory-mill, Konsington, ara agitaling a strilio for a roturn to tho old prices, Theo plaid-weavors of Rhodes & Brotler's mills at Linu, Delnwaro County, inve gone on n striko for Inst summor's prices. ; "Mho journoymen carriage-bolt makors have struck for an advanco of -10_and 15 per cont on their wnges. Boing sll employed on pieco-work, thoy lave n rogular bill of prices. Undor tho old senlo of wagos, good workmen could mako from 215 to 320 weekly. An increaso of 16 por cont on holts up to 61-8 inchos_ diamater and of 10 per cant on ‘larger sizes is domanded. They also domand that rogular tool-makers boe omployed nt 920 weckly. Horetoforo many of the workmon have mado thioir own tools, Day worlmon aro to rogoive 83 por diem. Tho em- Ploym assort that this malkes a renl averaga ncronso in wages of about 20 per cent, and ro- turns thom to o higher rate than when they reduced wagos in Qotobor last, It s moro thi probablo tiat tho omployors willat an onrly dato avorably concedo the scale domanded, owing ta the swnll number of this clags of artisans In thit ond surrounding citics. . An additional demand wps mnde this morning Hf 20 und 25 por cont for mon making their own tools. The LaSalle Mines. - Swecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, LASALLE, Ill., April 2.—Notico was given yos terdny by tho Superintendonts of the three coal- mines of tho Northern Illinois Cosl and Iron Company in this city and the Ilinois River Vals ley, and tho Kenosha con! mines in the southern part of tho Townshipof LaSallo, that tho wages allowed for conl-mining, until’ further notico, would be 60 cents & ton instead of 31, the prica pald since * last. fall, Consoquently, the miners susponded work for to-day, in order to doliborato and decide upon the question of ace copting or rojecting the reduction. About 400 of the man marched through the principal strocte of the city this morning, earrying tho National colors and tho bonner of tho LaSalle Diviaion of tho {National Association of Miners; and this afternaon John Siney, of Cleveland, O., Progi- dent of tho Miners’ National Association, ar- rived. Aftor a briof discussion, the maeting ad- journed to meot at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. The Striking Miners of ‘the Hocking o © Valey. e ;- ./ Svecial Diepalel o The Chioaio Tridune, New SrrartseiLir, 0., April 2.—Tho uuions at all points on the Hocking Valloy are on a strike. The police-force from Columbus have been called on to presorvo the perco. Strikke of Railrond Laborers at Clicves / 1and. 5 CLEVELAND, 0., April' 2.—At 10:30 this for encly 0,000 cms buve pussal <o - noon, tho laborers st tho Union Dopot, struck for an advance of wages from $1.60 to $1.75 por | dny. 'Tho gang numborod over 300 mon; and all were prompily paid off. ! CANADA. Indignation Meeting in Winnipeg in| View of iiel’s Impudent Protension =eSicsolutions Sent to Parlinmoute * Misccllancons Rtems, wpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, . mEL, TonoxTo, April 2—~The Govornment organ this city publishos this morning a special fro Tort Garry, Manitoba, giving the particulars tho gxisting excitemont in that proviuco over th| reported presence nt Ottawa of Riel, and thi; result of a large indignation meeting hold Il\ Winnipeg yesterdny. The meeting, which was' detormined, wns. orderly, TFollowing are the principal resolutions carried : That we, citizens of Winnipeg, In mass-mocting as- ‘sowmbled, tako this firat possiblo monient to oxpress our unqualified Indignation at the attempt of Louis Riel to tako bis scat in the Commona of Cunads, and demand of Larliament to perform its duty and purgo itsolf of s pregonco ; and couso bfs arrest and ‘transmission 10 thia provice to tako his trisl upon chnrges of trearou und murder, of which he here standa charged. At os Jav-abidlig subjects, wo bolieve violation of the law shiould at 1o time bo permitfed to ga un~ punishied, and that the only way to iusure respech for In 3 by ts enforcement; aud wo foel thatif Louls Itiel is permuitred to escapo trlal for the murder of “homas Scolt, of which he now stands charyed, it would be an everlusting disgrace to our institutious, ond o deflanco of our laws; nud wo wish to impresa ou thio Governmeut thio fack that, whilo we respect ilia Iuw, ot tho same timo wo demand {ts enforcemont in tho' caso of Tiel, othierwiso we shall consider it our duty, in justice to ourselves, to tako such atéps as wilt iusure tlie enforcement of tho law, XNOX COLLEGE. ‘The corner-stono of the proposed new build- ing for Xnox Collego was luid this aftornoon. 1t will bo an ornament to tho ecity and a credit to thio Prosbytorians. PERHONAL. Prof. Nicholson, of University College here, will lowve shortly to tal o professorship in the Dublin, Iroland, Collego of Bcienco, Brydgos, late manager of tho Grand Truak Teilroad, is mentioned ns the I)robnblo Super- intondent of the Inter-Colonial Railway. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicaan Tribune. Toxvox, April 2,—Tho Bherifl of Middlesex County bus & lettor from Texus dotectives giving particulars of the murdor of a man who flod from Cunada on account of witnessing the mur- der of an Indien Doctor in St. Thomas, in 1872, Saarch is boiug made for tho mafo of this man, who committed the murder.- [4' the Associated Press) OTTAWA, April 2,—Tho intenso excitomont of yestorday rospecting Itiol has subsided. It is inid that Riol is in Ogdoneburgh. “Tonoxto, April 2—A dispatch from Fort Garry, Manitobn, says that intouso excitement provailed thoro on the recoipt of the intelli- anco that Riol was in Ottawa, and had taken lio outh. 'hio largest mass-meeting ever held in tho Province assembled in the open air, and passad o rosolution exprossing unqualitied indignation ot the attompt of Riol to take » soat in tho Houso of Commons of Caunda, and demanding that Parlisment por- form its duty, purge iteclt of his prosenco, and causo hig urrost aud trausmission to Manitoba to stand trinl on the charges of treason and murdor. The City Council of Fort Garry also {m‘llnl s mooting aud passed oqually strong rogo- utions, R A MILWAUKEE VESSEL-OWNERS. Sectal Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, . MiLwauxer, April 2.—At n meoting of vessel- owners to-dny o potition of the Canadian Par- Hament wos ciroulated nnd oxtonsivoly signed In fuvor of Tort Maitland belug made tho lioad of the Wolland Canal, 'The moosillg thon effeot~ od a pormanent orfiuu(znuuu of tho vosgol-intor- osty, With D, M, Drigham us Prosident, Capt. Lovoland a4 Vico-Prosidont, and Louis Bloyor na' Booretary and T'reasurer, Nocessary committecs woro appointed, and aftor an infornisl disonssion tho mooting adjournod, yo ~