Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27, OROOKERY, OHINA, &o. Bargains!| i all Bjs FEIN D CROCKERY CLOTHING! CIEIIN.A, GLASSWARE, &c. BOWEN & KENT, 262 & 264 Wabash-4v. IRA P. BOWEN, TIOS. B. KENT. EDGINGS, INSERTIONS. &o. HANBURE G00DS! We will open, THIS DAY, April 15, a Fresh Importation HAMBURG EDGINGS, INSERTIONS, &c., At a slight advance on ma.mlfnq- turers’ prices, fully 25 per cent under recent rates! e, Leitr & U0, State and Washington-sts, REFRIGERATORS, &o. JEWETTS TERRCERATORS + Wholesale and Retail, at MERWIN CHURCH WATKINY', 202 & 294 STATE-ST. TO RENT. TO RENT. OFFICES ON LASALLE-ST. One front oflice on firat floor, with private room, One large suito of basemoent offlces, from front to rear, and one rear offico on second floor. All have fire-proof vaults. Apply to BAIRD & BRADLEY, 90 Lin8alle-st. TO RENTL. One Store, three Basemonts, and three Single Offices on sccond floor, in now building just finished on OLOTHING. ‘Weo have now in stock over 1,600 BUSINESS SULTS, Made from tho best brands of French, English, Scotch, and Amor- ican goods, the very latest patterns, and all our own mauufacture. ‘War- ranted equal to custom make. We would nsk buyers to inspect our stock and get prices before purchas- ing elsewhere. Our stock of MENS’ and BOY'S SPRING OVERGOATS Is vory completo. Pricos of all Garments {placed at tho lowest rates. WILDE, BLUETT & (0, State & Madison-sts. BOT 15 DAYS MORE! Now Is Your Time! I shall soll my entiro stock of Oloths, Cas= simoros, nnd Gonts’ Furnishing Goods In the noxb 16 days to tho Lifahost bid 3, rogardloss of cost. 206 Washington-st, corner Franklin, LINENS: A SPECIALTY LINEH STORE! Confining our attention exclu- e D e sively to Linen and Houselkeep- ing Dry Goods, we offer to the Y public a large and complete Stock of these goods. Imported S O directly from Europe by our- selves, they will be sold at the patutsind Mol Mottt frade et lowest market prices. CARTER &WARRIN, Tmporters aud Dealers n Linen and Housekeeping Dry Goods, 7T State~=t. REAL ESTATE, FOR SALE OR FOR RENT Desiring to congentrate our business at our Factory, cor. ot Wost Twonty-second and Clttu‘k-st.dLow rex(xit; to desirablo ten- guk--v.al.. wl:efio our ]L)rool: Yard, Dry Kilns, ents, and immediate possession. | &o. arelocatod, wo offor tho property osous i6d by us, at the cor, of Olark and Twolfth Appiy to Dl BORBALE or FOR RENT: One Hun- BAIRD & BRADLEY, 90 LaSallo-st. TO RENT. Storo sud Nasomont n fron-front bullding, 143 Lako-st. Low ront to destrablo tonant. Apply to TAIRD & BRADLEY, % LaSallo-st, DOCK TO RENT On Sonth Branch, near Hlsted-st M, RIPLEY, Awiie W S Sth Wator-at, TO RENT. LUMBER OR COAL DOCK ¢, 20 foot front on Tuolltiat., running back to T T e Sl Fatiroad Gonnoctionssmuns Dwii(ihe Wt bridko. ARy o BETRIS, 151 Washingt basamont, FOR SALE. FOR SALE, AT A BARGAIN. Two very fine Upright Show Casos. Inquire of HAMILTON, ROWE & 'CO., State and Washington-sts. LEASE FOR DALE! ‘Tl most dasleablo logatlon unoscuplod in thoolty, Es- 0 and Boventy-six foot on Clark-st. by One Tundred nnd Fifty-four on Tweifth, covored with substantial brick buildings, three and four storios_high, with tho oxcep- tion of Thirty feot on Clark-st. by One Hun- dred and Fifty-four foot on Twelfth, 8o much of the Machinery, Shafting, &c., as may be dosired will be sold with the property. GOS8 & PHILLIPS SIF . 00, PATTERNS, FRENCH PATTERNS, Having just rocolved tho Intest imported Fronch Pat. tors, 1am proparad to fill all rdors sccuracy, Thoso who desiro drer clothing, &c., &o,, will pleaso avall thomsolvos of my olegant rooms and groat facllities for accommadating oustomors, T'radu also suppliod with Fronch Pattorns. MRS, A. J. HOVEY, ci BUSINESS CARDS, IRON LIBERTY woRks. FIRASER, CIIALYMERS & O0., Propu., Lato Partnors and Managors of ££AGLIS WORKS Man- ufacturing Co., manufacturors of Stoam Yngioes, Boit ors, tamp Milis Kaw and Flour Mills, Minfng, Howt- ingt, and Gonoral Muchiory, We havo purchasnd sll tho Machinory Pattorns of Liagle Works Manufacturing Coxte Dany, who have coased to annfaoturo, Office and Works, 139 to 145 Fulton-st,,_Chicago. S0DA WATER APPARATUS, tod 10 8 T o foth ) B X3 e wiets 2,080 ook with o sinto. ent HABTT MANUFACTURING 0O0., enally fow, 109 Eaat Badisan-at., botwoon Olark and Manufacturers of Boarbori. OLEVELAND PAPER GO, | SODA & MINERAL WATER APPARATDS, Partlenlnr attention paid to ropalring, oty Sollsrsonates Culeayor. TS 24 sud 20 JOHN G. ASHLEMAN, Watohes, . Jewelry, and Diamonds, BEST PLACH I CITY, 199 State-st., corner Adams, . C. Vierling, REAL ESTATE AGENT, Room 18, 120 Donra bornest,, Reuts Hounes, Collects Itonts nnd doex n genoral enl Estuto Buniness MARBLE MANTELS, MENTS AND TILING, THE GOWAN MARBLE Cor 11 Rorth Olark-st, Gunther's Candies, ot the Union. Fxpromed to_ all tgfl?%’«':." o o ok GQUNTHLELE, Gonfootianer, Dot DISSOLUTION NOTICE. DISSOLUTION. The firm of Nogos, Messlngor & Oo., compozed of the Bndesaypned, 6 disrolvod, [ 13, Moshinyor will coutlnuo fiicas'at tho old atand, No. 161 Michlian-sv. A patition in hnnknlplli) has boon filed ngalnst Georgo R & Willinm D, Mewingor, upon an fudubtedners e Tiam s, ovidoneod by Ruto mado by thei e 45, undor thoir then Arm Rawo of Georgo I oyon's Mossingor, 10 croditors of Noyee, Mossingor & Co. ato fn no way gfasted by thowa ‘yrocoudings, and tholr intorosts will not Do prejudiced tharuby. GHONGE: 1t, NOYE: i 12 D MISHINGETR, TDENTAL CARD. DR, M, W, SHERWOOD'S Duntal-Rooms nro ro- ‘moved to the northwost tornor of State and Madiannate,, arondé! Duro Block, Koom 19, Tho bost artitioiait Gives_Vitalized Aie, and oatrauta teoth wi __MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, __ MSEIRTS] ORDLER THEM FROM FHARRIS & COBB, 17 BOURILCLARIENT, REMOVAL, _ rmmmnaA A =2 s . REMOVAL I have removed to 108 Dearborn- at., to sell Roal Estate on Qommis- sion, GEO, H, HESS, GENERAL NOTICES. 6 Cts. a Glass. IMPORTED LAGER BEER. dozon of bottled, for famll; t 812 th AR PLULAR Sotitor Randoliiyand Takallontr WANTED---TO RENT. . uitalle for nb-lottl L Toakis Fooinas Adion B Meiabe -Ditchell and Sawyer, of Wi CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1874, WASHINGTON. Final Passage of the Senate Currency Bill in the House, Maynard Handsomely Over- reached by the Wily Butler. The House also Passes Its Own Inflation Mopsnre. ‘Which Will Probably Fare Slim in the Senate. More Rich Devolopments in tho San- born Contract Matter, How the Mysterious Man Took Tolls from Moneys Going into the Treasury. S Testimony Concerning Early Con~ tracts Heretofore Un- heard Of. All Abont a Pacific Mail Subsidy That ‘Was Misappropriated. Teport of Sceretary Richardson Relative to tho Funded Debt, NATIONAL FINANCES. Special Dispateh to The Chicaco Tribune, THOE END OF THE TNOUDLE. ‘WasmingroN, D. 0., April 14.—~The members of tho Houso congratulate themselves that thoy nave dieposed of tho financo question at Inat, and can caleulato with somo degroe of cortainty upon the time at which tho session will closo. At the oxpiration of the morning hour tiio strugglo waoa resumed, sud steady work was had till the ond was reached by the adoption of both the House sud Senato bills. OX MR, HOAT'S AMENDMENT, providing for o roturn to specio payment on tho 4th of July, 1876, tho following Wostern men voted ayo: Qarficld ond Smith, of Ohio; Ar- thur Cross, of Kentucky: Rico, of Illinols; isconsin ; Waldron and Willard, of Michigan, Immediatoly upon the adoption of the Houso bill, Butlor moved to tako the business on tho Bpoakor’s tablo, which was agrood to, and in duo courso of timo tho Senato Dbill was reached. Maynard at onco moved its adoption, and de- ‘manded tho provious question on lis motion, lexli]lug which Mesgrs, Goorgo F. Hoar and Ger~ ol MADE THE FOINT OF ORDER that, as it was in effect a tax bill and made ap- propriations, it ought to go to the Committeo of tho Wholo boforo boing considered in the Houso, The Chair oxplained that if it was such a billat could not properly originate in the Sonato, and ought to bo rotained, but eaid that tho Houss must decido, not the Svonker, whether it did como improporly from the Senato. On_this Garfield raised the point, and the House, by a vote of 66 to 179, decided that it was nprolmr ‘measuro to originato in tho Sennte. It wae thon adoptea by a voto of 140 to 102, oud becomes o law WIEN THE TRESIDENT BIGNS IT, which it is gonorally belioved hio will do st onco. Tho principal Teason upon which this bo- lief is based lies in the fact that tho Prosident has held, with Socrotaries Richardson and Bout- woll, that _tho amount of greonback circulation authorized by law is 3400,000.000. and as tho Sounto bill spocifically iixes this as tho limit, hio canuot consistently put his voto on it. 1t is thought . THE BENATE WILL NOT ADOPT THE HOUSE BILL. Comptrolter Knox's theory that the Benato bill will operate practically a8 a mensure of con- traction, while 1t is not universnlly ncceded to, attracls universal attention, and is discused with groat, interest. Thoso able statos- mou__ who originated, engincored, and passed the bill in the Scoate aro interested to an oxtent that rnises the significant doubt whother they, not being wiso enough to foresco the effcet of their own lcgislation on the financos which thoy discuesed so wordily if not loarnedly, nro ‘really filling iboir placos or moroly ratiling around in thom. 70 the Assoctated Preas.) THE YUNDED DEDT. WasmNaTox, D. 0., April 14.—The Secrotary of tho Tronsury, in complianco with tho rosolu- tion of the Houso, roports tho cost of refunding tho national debt into 6 per ceiit bonds, author- ized by tho act of Cougress July 14, 1870, aud Jan, 80, 1871, ete. Tho wholo amount of bonda rofunded is $814,416,160, as follows: Tonds bearing 6 por cent intorcst fo bonds ¢ DEATING Busvsvoseron s vasessones s 1§000,401,150 Donds bearing B por cent, foan 1838, to Vonds beartng & cut, funded loon, 8l,... . 1 Tho cost the 0> Secrotary Richardson Lns mado nogatiations for tho oxchanga of 500,000 now 5 por cont bonds for an equal amount of 6 per cont 5,20 bonds, par for par, adjusting intorest to tho timo of nxchunfu on each, snd allowing only one-quartoer of 1 per cont commission. This iy one of tho most favornblo sales of now bonds ‘whicli has yot beon mado, —_— THE SANBORN CONTR AQTS. WHY OERTAIN RATLROAD TAXES WERE NOT PAID, ‘WasmNaron, D, C., April 14,—Tho Oommitteo of Ways aud Moans this morning examiued A. J. Odell, Treasurer of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Wostorn Raflroad Compuany, and Lu- cien [awley, Buporvisor of Internul Rovenio for the Stato of New York. Odoll stated the circumstancos under whick his Company lad paid £00,685 back taxos to tho Government. Tho delay in the payment had boen caused by contlicting decitions of tho Commissionor of In- tornal ltovenuo, Plessanton hind decided thut tbo income tax for five months of 1872 should bo only 21¢ por cont, and his succossor decided that the rato ehould be § por cont, and the question had beon ponding for the deelsion §n tho conrts, With that oxception, all the taxos duo by the Company wero rogularly cutorod on its books, and woro from timo to time-commuuleated to tho Aswessor. Finnlly, the question having been decided, tho statomont was made up by Odell, and _the tax way paid in conformity wltfl it, 1fo had nover soon or hieard of Banborn or any of his agents In_connection with tho mntter, aud was complotoly surprised when he subsoquontly snw by printed ofticinl duouments that half of the amount had boen {""d by the Gavorument ta Sanborn, His atton- fon wiw culled by o mombor of the Committea to tho fuct thnt, although ho had sent a cheok for the smount direot to the Soorotary of tho Trensury on the 6th of Junuury lust n lettor from Hanborn to tho Scerotary of tho Lroasury, dated two days aftorwnrds, sfatos tho amouitt and number of tho check, and that the mouey was collocted by him_ (Hsnborn). ‘These par- ticulars conld not hinve beon ascortainod by San- boru except through the ‘Froasury Departmout, HAWLEY'S 8CATEMENT showed that, although Bunhorn's contract for railrond taxes was duted on tho 7th of July, 1873, Do hnd ohtained the vo-operation of himsolf and Lis naslatants ot loast two monthe earlior. In tho oxamination of Ilawley, he gave, as the rea- son why ho way not astonished av tho Snnborn contragt, that ho Lind already been oporating u collcoting dorelict tazcs in :{{aw York under a contract with Willlam P, Wood. Ho had eol. | Jectod 11,000 from ono Houry Howard, and 490,000 from s man namod' Wallaco, Tho oxistenco of such contracts sntorior to . Banborn's soomod to nstonish tho Committoo vory much, Tawloy gnve tho namos of Alden, Stowo, and Btinor, wlo wero in tho om- rlnymnnL and pay of the dnvummonc, ond had hoon turned ovor to ald Banborn, Io did not o thint Sauborn had paid thom anything, but ho did know that thoy had roceived their pay rogularly from tho Govornmont. Ifo was in- «quired of by Mr, Roborts: Q.—DId Banborn give_you any information in any case a8 to taxos, or did ho simply nawo the cases? A.—ITo nover_gavo me any writton informn- ton, Ho would namo n caso, and sometimes talk about it, Q.—Whnt advaningo was It fo sou or to tho Govornmont to_have Banborn connected with tho Dolowaro & Lackawane Compnny matter? A.—Moroly to call attontion to it, and eot on foot an oxamination. ® - Q.—Was it not yonr duty a8 Supervisor of the District of Now York to seo that Asscssors and Collectors did tholr duty ? A.—Tho law makes it my duty to sos that all hméa and instructions aro oboyed sud carried out. > Both witncsses woro instriotod to furnish the Committeo with copios of cortain telegrams and communicnations, i OIVIL RIGHTS, SUDSTITOTE FOR TIFE DILL OF THE LATE BENA- TOR BUMNER, ‘Wasmyorox, April’ 14.—~The substitute for Bumnor's Clyil Rights bill roported by the Judi- clary Committeo to-day, provides that nll por~ sons within tho jurisdiction of the United Statos shnll Lo ontitled to the full and equal enjoyment of inms, publio convey- ances,—on land or walor,—thentres, and othor places of public nmuscmement, and also of common gchools and public institutions of learning or bonovolence supported in whole or in part by gevoral taxation, and of cemotorios 8o supported, subject only to conditions and limita- tions cstablished by law, aud applicablo aliko to citizens of every race and color, rogardicss of any previous condition of gervitudo. Any person donying to any citizen any Eflvllugca conforred by the bill shall Euy $500 10 the porson aggrioved, and shall nleo be decmed guilty of misdemennor, and, upon couviction thoreof, sball bo fined ' not loss thon €000 nor moro than §1,000, or bo imprizoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year. Tho District aud Cirouit Courts of tho United Statos aro given, oxelusive of thoe courts of tho soveral Btates, cognizance of sll offonsca ngaiust tho Dill, and actions may bo X:uancumd inany United Stales Court, whoravor dofondant mey bo found, without regard to the othor party. Any District ‘Attornoy who shall willfully fail to institute and prosecuto the proceodings required, shall, for ovory such offonso, forfoit and pay the sum of £500 to tho porson aggrioved, and, upon couviotion thereof, be guilty of o mis- domesnor, and bo fined not less than $1,000 nor more than £5,000. No cltizen shall bo dis- qualifiad for sorvice ns o grand or potit juror in any Stato or United States Court on account of ngo, color, or provious condition of sorvitudo, end any officor who shall oxcludo or fail to summon any citizon for that causoe shall bo fined not more than $5,000. All cases nrising under 1his act may bo roviowed by the Suprema Court of tho United States. s 8" B Ry COMNMITTEE WORK. Special Dispatch to T'he Chicago T'ribune, COMNMISSIONER DAKER. ‘Wasmxaroy, D. C., April 14.—Tho Houso Pensions Committeo agrocd to-day, in the caso of tho charges ngainat Commissioner Buler, that they did not fecl warranted in recommonding that any investigation should bo had. Gen. Critten- don, of Dlissouri, iusisted that, inasmuch ag spocific charges had beon ‘proforred, and as the Commissioner lumeolf had asked for an investigation, it ought to bo recommendegt; and offored & resolution to that offect. Of tho ibreo Domacrats on the Committeo ono was ab- sont, and Orittondon’s rew>lution rocoived only hig own vote. 3 zquautziza orfuouxTizs. Tho Houso Military Committeo hove been endoavoring for somo days to hit upon some method by which eoldlors’ Lountios may bo equalized, but thoy hiave not ns yot succeedad in agreoing upon any satisfactory plan. DEATIL OF OIVIL-SERVIGE REFORM, Appearances indicate that tho overthrow of Civil-Servico Reform is about compassed. When Bonjamin Butler sceured o place on tho Committeo having charge of that subjoct, ho doubtiess did o with the intontion of abating tho nuisance. During all of the sossion, Lo Ling boon laboring faithfully with this ond in view, ond now the results of his labors are becoming appsrent. Tho Committeo have sgroed to yeport an amondmont to tho Goneral Appropriation bill prohibiting the appropriation of any more money to carry out the system, and declaring that oflicials sholl not bo dotailed from the depnrtments to make tho oxamiuations and perform other dutics undor tho rules adopted by tho Commission. Thero ig ronson to Doliove thiat the amendmont will bo adopted. THE POSTAL TELEGRARI BCHENE. That the postal telograph project atill lives is ovidenced by the fact that to-morrow evoning hns been set apart by the Iouse Approprintion Committoo for the purpocof hearing argumonts ou tha subjact. NEONGANIZING THE TREARURY DEPARTMENT. Mr. Kollogg, of Conuccticut, roported from tho 1louse Civil Servico Iteform Committeo to- day, o bill for the reorganization of the Trens- uxy Department, which %as referred undor tho rulos to tho Committeo of the Whole, ‘I'ho bill rovides Lhnt tho Auditors, - Rogistor, and jolicitor shnll ench receive o safary of $4,000 per annum § abolishes tho ofice of "Chief Clork to Buroaus, aud creates ingtoad iho oftico of Dopu- ty; raisiug the snlnrios bolonging to thoso posi- tions from $2,000 to $2.800, except in tho Comptrollor's - oflico, whera tho Doputy ghall roccive $8,000. By the construction of thobill, women are placed on & level with mon in tho way of promofion to tho highor rades. As the lnw now stands, women caunot o promoted to any position higher than the $000 clorlship. THE CONTINENTAL DAILWAY. Roprosontatives from & company who wish to buld n continental truuk ling doublo-track froight railway from Chicago and St. Louis to Now York, appoared and made an argiment be- foro tho House Ruilways and Canals Committoo to-day. Thoy reprosent that their lino will ho 128 miles_shorter than by tho Ponnsylvanin routo, and 194 miles shortor than by tke Neow York Contral routo. The distance from Now York to tho Miesouri Rivor at Omaha, by their projected route, is 1,921 miles ; to tho Digsisgippi, 925 milos, ‘Cho muximum grade on iho routo is thirty foct to tho mile. It is proposod t6 run cighty trains a day, at ton miles an hour; aud “thoy agroo to carry grain for 61§ mills por ton por mile, ~ At this rn{u the cost of transporting wheat from Chicago to Now York would bo 16 conts por bushel, and from §t, Louie 18 conts, It conty ab prosent 85 and 40 conta. Thoy ask o chartor and indorsement of iheir bonds from the Covernment, Thoe . intorest for which tho Government would thus bo mado linble would amonut aunually to somo- thing in tbo noighborhood of $7,000,000. ‘Thoy clalin to havo seourail chartors from Pounsylva- nia, Town, and Now Jorsoy, sud o huvo organized under tho Indiona and Ohio Stato laws; that they havo alroady ox- ponded 2,000,000, aud have 200 miles of graded road in Ohio and Indiuna, having ’)\lmhm«mu the old l'iffin & Fort Wayna road-bod, "They own tormmal facilitios opposito New Yorlk City. 'Tho job has boon reforred to & sub-com- mittoe, sud thorols u reasonablo hopo that It will Lo roported Lipen adversoly. (o the Aswelited Press) WasinsoroN, D, O, Apil 14.—Troner W. Park, ropresenting the Paciflo Mall Stenmehip Comj nm{ and John Roneb, in bobalf of the whip-building intoresta of tho couniry, mndo an argument before tho Ilouse Postal Committco to-dny in advocacy of tho continuatce of the £1,000,000 subsidy for a somi-monthly China moll sorvicd. A utatomont was mnde by Park to tho offcct that it had beon discovered thnt $500,000 of tho famoun 000,000 fund placod at tho disposal of the ugont of the Compauy, to o used in_averting compotition and seonring inorcased subsidy, was tragsforrod Dy tho agout to biu sistor, aud’ fnvosted in rool ostato in l‘hnndolphlu‘ end that the Company expected to rocoyer this amount, TUE GENEVA AWAED, The House Judiciary Comumittae to-day, b{, » g = majorlty of one, votod to report and recommend tho pnesngo of a bill for the distribution of tho Gonova nward, THE OSTAL TELEGRATH BOMEME. Tho Houeo Committon lins fixed Wednosday mnoxt for tho conslderation of tho postal tele- graph schomo, and the Postmnster-Gonoral And tho Presidont of tho Wostern'Union Tolograph Company will bo notified to be presont and sub- mit guch argumonta a8 thoy may desire. MISSIGSIPPL MIVER BAIDGRS. Tho Houss Committos on Commerco lo-dn{ hoard Prosidont Mitchell, of the Milwaulkoo d 8t Paul Ratlrond Compnny, in advocncy of tho Dill authorizing the Company to butld a” bridge over tho Mississlppt River, from a point noar LnCrosse, Win., to Ln Croacent, The Sccrotary of War haa refuged to givo his consent to any othor location fok tho bridgoe, oxcopt thnt soleot- od by the Govornmont Lnginoer, dircotly in front of LaCrosso, The [Touso Committeo on Qommereo havo do- clded to rn{mrb adversely on the bill which pro- posos to throw opon tho Olinton (In.) hr]:\gn over tho Mississippl, now controllod by tho Chi- cago & Northwestorn Roilrond Company, to thoe use of nil railronds willing to malo a roagonable compensntion thorofor. The miuority of the Committoo, nompr!slnfi Mensra. Olayton, Hol- maw, and Btanard, will recommond thot tho DLill bo pasacd. —_— SOME OF SHEPHERD'S BILLS. ROOFING THE NMARINE UOSPITAL AT CHICAGO. From the New York Tridune, April 13, Wo publish this mornlng o romarkable letter from Washington respecting a transaction be- twoen Mr. A. R. Shophord and Assistant Scc- rotary Bawyor.’ Mr. Shophord it scoms has a contract with tho Government to furnish o cortain patent rooflug for the public buildings on tho following terms: Tho Ufited Btatos is to pzhy the cost of the mntorial and labor, and Mr. Shephord is to recoive a commission of 16 per cont_on these paymonts, beside n roy- alty of 26 on each squarc of the roofing, Accidont led to an oxamination of tho bills rendored by Mr. Shopherd for roofing tho Ma- rino Hospltal ab Chicago, and & sories of ro- markable discrepaucies appoared bobwoen the bills and the vouchers, ‘Tho cost of matorial was invariably marked up from 8 to 50 por cent abovo tho true fgures; tho quantitios charged for wero apparently in oxcese of tho quantitios netually furnishod; royally was paid on moro . squares than the roof contained ; and thore was strong ronson to beliove that some of the bills waoro paid tiico, Tho gentlomsn who mado theso discoverios, o Mr. Wheoler, supposod thnt ‘an orror hnd been committed, and respectfully waited upon Sooro- tary Richardson with his informotion. Tho caso wai roforred to Assistant-Socrotary Sawyer, and o timo was sot for Mr. Wheolor to moot Sawyor with sworn copics of tho bills, vouchors, and other papors necossary to an oxamination. At tho np{mlnled hour Mr, Wheoler presont- ed himsgoll with tho documents, and in- stend of ouncountering Mr. Snwyer ho found awniting him a lettor from tho Sccretary, stating that Mr. Sawyor bad “oxamined” tho charges (this, bo it romombored, boforo tho proofs jif¥] been submitted) and fonnd them “‘not sus- tainod in any dogreo by the facts.” And there, 80 far as the Dopartment is concorned, tho caae still rests. Of coursp, thero may bo an oxplanntion of tho apparent discropancies in Mr. Shophord's nc- counts; but the eircumstances aro in tho hizhost degreo suspicious, If, in tho ‘‘ ordinary comse of busincss,” somobody ehould start on ils rounds through the Treasury an order for an ox- amination of this cage, and” that order should chance to to be roforred to Mr. Richardson, wo hopo the Secretary will chance to sign it, "Mr, Shophord's roufing compauy has contracts for covnrini: & groat many public buildings, sud wo ghonld liko to know upon what priuciple tho worl is paida for. e NOTES AND NEWS, suectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, TIE DISTRICT INEVETIGATION. ‘Wasiivotoy, D. 0, April 14.—It.is un- derstood that Mr. Goorge B, Chitton- den, nccompanied by Mr. Emory A. Storrs, of Ohicago, will arrive hore to-morrow, in obedienco to tho summons of the Investigat- ing Committeo. Mr. Btorrs accompanics Mr. Chittondon in the capacity of connsel. Thero was no session of tho Committeo to-day, an rdjourn- ment having boen takon from NMonday ovening' to Wednosdny morning, in order to givo timo for the arrival of ‘Mousrs. Chittonden, Jeukins, and Ray. THE LOUISIANA QUESTION, After the adjournmont of the executive session of tho Sooato Lo-day, the Democratic Senators held u caucos for tho purpose of doliberating on the Louisiaua queation, aud deciding upon the course to bo pursucd by thom with rogard to it. The dizcussion wus not prolonged, and tho meoting adjourned withous having roachoed a doflnite conclusmon, . (70 the Assoctated Press.) NOMINATIONS. Wasnixarox, D. C., April 14.~—The Prosident sont the following nominations to tho Senato : F. G. L. Struvo, Wisconsin, Consul av Loghorn ; Joy T Howard, Vonnsylvania, Consui at Que- bec; Thomas itussall, ‘Massnchusotts, Minister Ttosidont at tho Ropublio of Veuozuola, CONFIRMED. The Senato conflrmed David B, Hooper, Post: master at Kirdsville, Mo. CANAL SURVEY. The Secrotary of War seut to tho House to- dny tho raport of Daj, Morill upon an ex- ploration authorized by Gongress with o viow to the extension of tho Chespeake nnd Ohio Cnuals to the Obio River, from Savage River to the Cumberland. 'The distance is 30 miles, and the estimated cost $1,793,000. i i CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. SENATE. WaniNaToN, D, O,y April 14, COMMITTEE REPOITS. Mr. 8COTT, from the Commitice on Financo, roportad backs'the bill to provido for tho paymont of the bonds of the Lowisvillo & Portlnud Canal Company, with the recommendation that tho Houso substitute for the bill bo adoptoed, with cortain smondmonts, Placod on the calendar. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from tho Committeo on dudioiary, reported bacl tho Civil Rignts bill introduced ou the fitat day of tho sossion by tho late Scnator Sumner, with tho ainendment, and tho rocommendation of & majority of the Com- mittes that it bo passed as amonded. Placed on tho calondar. x Tho Finauco Committeo roported the L.ouis- ville & Portlund Canal bill with tho following smondments: Btriko out tho so-called Wheeler proviuo, postponing the takivg possossion and assuming the liabilitivs of tho canal until tho Stato of Kentugky shull have coded full jursdio- tion to tho United States. Striko out tho st clause of tho second section of tho bill ag it comes from the Touso, provid- ing that no monoy sball bo pail undor this nck until all clnims for taxes assoswed agaiust tho canal shall have boon roloased, aud add to the i the following now seation : Bro, 4, That if at any timo it becomes necessary to enforcoilio livn of mortgogs on uald caual property for the heuofit of the Unlted Stutes, it shall bo lnwful for tho Trustces who niny bo appoluted in pursusnco of tho laws of Konticly, to conumenco proceodivga thorcon in_nuy court nvilg juriadiction thereof, with notice to tho United States a terre tenant pro forma mud orvo tlio proctas ou auy allcer of tho Unlted Statea who shall hays tho suporintendenco of eaid caunl, whose duty 1t shull bo Lo nolify the Altoruey- Gouoral of thio United Btutos of suld sorvices, whereupon sujd Altorncy-General shall enter un appearance in unid caso, nd tako o1l thio neceusnry stops o roprosent am defend tho intereats of tho Uniled Blates in wuch proceedinge, so (hat the samo may bo couductod fn the Hamo manner and with Hke offect us if the sold Louis~ Villo & Portland Canu Compuny wore slill in existence us o corporution, ho Finntco Committeo rocommon that, with thoso amondments, the substituto paused by tho Houso be concurred in by tho Sonute, 18, MENNONITES, Mr, WINDOM ealled up the bill to enable tho Monnonites of Russin to offcct u permauont vottlomont on the publioc lands of tho Unitod States, In "fl‘mmfl“'lf the pamaage of tho bill, Mr, Windom epoko of tho Mounonites as being an industrions and onorgotic elass of pooplo, und Hald thnt to sceure their sottlement in this umm!r;v it wan nocessary to have liheral legisla- tion. 4he Cnuadinn Governmont had offorod gront inducomonts to have them sottl in Mani- toba, but thoy nreferred to come to this coun- try, It was not their intention to como horo In body and take posscssion of largo teacts of pub- lio land. 'T'heir oceupations were difforont, and they would distribute themsolves throughout tho Weatorn oountry, Ponding discuseion tho morning hour expired, aud _the bill wont over, TIE LOUISIANA BILL, Mr, OARPENTLR moved that tho Bonato pro- cood to tho conaldoration of tho bill to provide for & nay oloation in Louisiaun, Mr, BHERMAN said ho Lopod the bill would CUhe @hrcagy LRVl eryommne, not bo taken up. 1o did not doslrs to provent nny Sonator muklng & spooch on tho subject, and, at the propoer fime, ho would move to Iay it on tho table. Mr. CARPENTER anld g6 far a8 ho was con- corned ha moant busingss, and_wantod tho Hon- alo oither to pass the bill or killit, Ho did not bring it hero for n foot-ball that speoches might be made, but for action. \ ‘Tho bill was thon taken up, Mr. FRELINGIIUYSEN ‘made, & logal argu- ment na to the powers of the Presidont under the Constitution, and contended that the appoul madoe to him to interfore in Loulsiann was ono srhich ho wnscompelled to hoed, bolug sworn {0 oxoouto tho Inws, Tho procedure contom- plated horo was without procedont in the history of the Gonoral Governmont, and if the Federal Governmont, In tho oxercigo of arbitrary powor, was to sot nside State Legislatures ond Stato Governments, thon there would bo an ond to .all Btato rights, Congross had bottor far 1ot o Siato suffor for {ts own misdeeds, ovon lob the innocont suffer with tho guilty, Tho Fedoral Government had guarantecd to Louisinna a Government when its troops woro song thero, If thore had beon {frauds in the clection and usurpation of office, lot tho remedy bo found in the courts of tho United Statos. If Congress should intorfera 10w, it should bo to install McEnory rather than order o now olection, as the Benntor from Wiss consiu (Cavponter) admitted that ho (Melnory) 1iad 9,600 mujority of tho votes. If thors had boon fraud on hig side, it mado no differenco, a8 he had a prima facio clnim to offico, and it was for the courts to put him out aftorwards, upon boing eatlsfled that o fraud had boon porpotrated. 1le did not want to bo underatood NUMBER POLITICAL. - 235, Yosterday's Votes for Senator in the Massachusetts Legislature. A Compromise Proposition Ponding Between the loar and Dawes Factions. ‘Western Municipal Elections. The Massnchusctts Scnatorships Speeial Disvatch to The Chicaqo Zribuns, Bostoy, Mass,, April 14.—In tho Convention to-day, six ballots wore had without an olection. 'T'ho chiof work of the day seoms to have been to precipitato ohros, A CONFERENOE DETERMINED UION. tho morning, the friends of Mr. Hoar mot i neultation, and passod tho following votes: .dled, 'Mhat 8 committes of five, on tho part of & friends of Judge Hoar, bo appointed to con- «*with a like committeo of tho supportors of S . Dawes, for the purposo of sccuring the a8 ontortaining the opinion that MoEnery should bo Governor, #8 ho did not think so. Under Kel- logg tho poople have ordor. Mo is Governor in necordnneo with the will of the pooplo, having had o majority of legal votes cast. In conclitsion, ho argued that thore conld br no possible proprioty in Congress ordering & ney election. As to tho Loglslnturo of tho:State, It e would say nothing, as an election would b ho! in harmony with all the Inws of tho Stato. Mr. WES', boing entitled to the floor, yieldea t? Mr. Morton for a motion for oxeculivo 8os- sion. INDIAY CONTRACTS. Mr, INGALLS introduced a bill to regnlate ‘ids for goods, supplios, and transportaiion on account of the Indian sorvice. Ho said tho bill had boon Rmnnmd by tho Secrotary of the In- torior, and had boen' approved Ly the Committao on India affairs. Placod on calondar. Tho motion of Mr, Morton waa ndopted, and the Sonate wont into oxecutive session, and soon aftor adjourncd. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. COMMITTEE REPORTS, Mr. WOODIFORD, from the Committeo on Oival Servico Reform, reported o bill to provide for n Commission to reorganizo tho customs sor- vico, Roforred to the Committeo of the Wholo on tho State of the Union, Mr, KELLOGG, from tho snmo Committes, roported n bill for the roorganization of tho Tronsury Dopartment. Bamo referance, and mado tho apecinl order for 28th April, Also, o bill abolishiug tho ollica of Appralsor of Imported Merchandise ot Providouce, Port- land, Cloveland, Milwaukoo, Momphis, Evang. villo, Louisvillo, Norfolk, Mobile, Toledo, and Pittaburgh, snd providing that thoro shall Lo only ono Appraiser of Importod Morchandiso at Philadelphts, Baltimore, Charleston, aud Sa- voannab, : Mr. DAWES intimated that the Committea of Ways and Moans had boen at work npon the same clnsn of Lusiness which really belonged to his Committes. Still, he did not objact to thisam- Dbitious young Comnifttee on Civil Borvico Re- form doing n grand work, but ho wished to bave soma notice of what it was doing. Mr. KELLOGG defonded tho action of the Committoo on Civil Bervico Roform, and eaid that Mr, Dawes, in his famous spocch some months ago, had called attention to the neccs- sity of this roform. Tho gentloman (Dawos) lind beon always lond-gpolten io favor of general roform, but never tried to bring it homa to ape- cinl enges.. That wns what tho Committeo on Civil Horvico Roform was seoking to do now. Alter an suimatod colloquy betweon Mosses, KELLOGG, DAWES, CONGER, EVANS, MYERS, and BCOFIELD, the lntter moved to atrikoout Philadelphin from the list of thoso ports o bo confined to ono Appraiser. Mr. RAMES moved to strike ont Providonce from tho list.at ports whero the ofico of Ap- Praiger was to bo abolished. Mr. PLATT moved to strike out Norfolk. Mir. PARSONS moved to strike out Cloveland, All thess amondments woro rojected oxcopt i tho cnso of Philndelphin, as to which it wns ex- }Jlniuud by Mr. Kollogg that tho bill would not ntorfore with tho Genoral Appraiser there, who wonld still havo an Appraisor imder him, Undor that oxplanation, tho amendment way withdrawn. 3r. PAKSONS then moved to iay the billon tho tablo. Kegatived. T'he bill was then passed. ELVOTION OF SENATORS Mr, GRAMER introduced o joint resolution submitting to the Logislatures "of tho soveral Statos an Amendmont to tho Constitution of tho United Btates, providing for the election of United Statos Senators by tho peoplo of tho re- u{\vo\:llvn States, Roforred to the Commilten on the Judiciary, TIV. CURRENCY DILL, The Houso thon took up the Currenoy bill, and Mr, Butler (Mass,) withdrow his motion to _sub- stituto the Senate bill for the House bill, giving oy his roason that he had been assured by tho Chairman of the Banking Committeo that aftor this bill bad passed, ho would move to go to the %puakm"s table, aud tako up and pass the Seuato il Mr. MAYNARD, Chairman of tho Danking Conunitteo, stated that it was his intention that when tho pending bill was disposed of, to move to go to the Spoukor's tablo, nnd tako up und puss tho Sennte hill, sud that ho should move tho pravious question. Sovoral amendments wero offored, and _then Mr. Maynnrd moved the provious question on tho bill'and amendments. I'ho provious quostion was scconded—114 to 83—ana the maiu question ordered. "Pho first vote was_on_tho following amond- ‘ment, offorad by 1. R. Honr : Section—That Trom snd nfter the 4th of July, 1876, nothing but gold and ellver coln of {liw United States sliall bo o legol-touder for the payment of any debls thorenftor conracied. Section—1hat_from and after the 4th of July, 1870, avery holder of United States notes shall buvoth right to oxchange them at tho Troasury of tho United States In sums _of §100, or wsny mulliplo thercof, for Louds of the Unlied States coupon’ ar registered, besring interest ab tho rato of 43¢ por cenfum o year, paynblo somi- annually, which bonds shall bo rodcemen after ton yours from _their date, at tho pleasuro of tho United Blates ; and payable at thirty years from date, payable principol and oterest fn gold, und tho noles ko ox- chunged shull bo_eanceled nud estroyed, and not ro- tasued, und no now notes shall -bo- issued in Heu thereof, Ttojcotod—Yons, 70; nays, 171 “ho uext vote was on the amondment offorod by Mr, FOSTER (Ohio), providing that whou- over the Natioun! banlk-noto circulntion shall ox- cood 400,000,000, legnl-tendor notes shall be redoomed and canceled to tho oxtent of 45 per cout of snch oxcess until the oulstanding and unpaid legal-tender notes shell be reduced to 8200,000,000; The amendmont was rejectod— Yuas, 100; nays, 133, "I'ho question then reourred on tho bill roport- ed by tho Committoo. It waos ordered to bo en- grossed and rond o third time without the yeas and uays, x ‘I'ho 1louso proceeded to voto on its passago. e bill was passed—Yons, 138 3 nuys, 116, "Tlio followiug is tho toxt of tho bill : Dot enacted, de,, Lhnt Seo, 31 of the net entitled “ A uet to providd n nationnl currency scoured hy u pledgo of United States bunds, und o provide for ‘tha cireulatlon und reduction thereof,” approved on tho dd dny of Juno, fn tho year 184, bo £o umended tbat tho soveral assaglations theroln 'provided for shall not horoatter bo required to keop on hand auy amount of monoy whatpver by renson of tho smotut of thel vespoetive cireulations, but tho mancy required by #ald dection £o bo kopt'at all times on Jund sbull Do deterniued by tho amonntof deposts i ull respouts us provided for In tho ki nection, 810, 2, Thint Bev, 24 of the uaid net, nnd tho scvoral amendmanta thoroto, so fr asthoy reatrict tho amotiit of noten for circulation nndor sald act, bo and thio uamo uro heroby ropeulod ; and {lat Sce, 1 of the nct entitled #Au nct to provide for tho rodemp- tiou of tho § per cont femparary loal cer- tifleates and for _ou fuerewo of Natfoual Dauk nol appraved dnly 18, 1870, ' bo- amended by ropealing tho acoond provitio fn suld oo~ tion contatited, ansl the act entitlod uct to amond an ot ontitted i ngt_to provide n national surroucy Becured by plodge of Unifed Btatos houds, and Lo pro- o tha ciriation and_redemption ihoreof, up Provad ou tho dd af Mareh, 1835, be, and the same Is Rvoby, ropanted ; and _Bud, S1af tie original uct, to NI 1o het Tant afaresutd 14 un amendment, b, and 1h uatno 18 heroby, Te-cnacted: ‘B0, . That every nswoclution organized or to b orqunizod under tho provisions of tiio ndd uct, und of fhio soveral acts fn mmncndment thevoof, shall b all (Sco Elglth Page.) +thdrawnl of Mossrs, Dawos and $loar s can- ;‘dnluu for'tuo offico”of United States Senator, = ad for tho furthor purposo of uniting in con- 2 oronco for the solection of n candidato to bo « tupported for that oftice ; . Voled, 'That tho Committco conslst of Mossrs. Hnawes, of Bristol ; Sprague, of Farmingham ; Charles Robinson, Jr., of Newton; Nye, of tho ‘Tslnnd District ; and Mnson, of Plymouth, This meneuro had the purpose to place the {riends of Hoar on record as desirous of AN AMIOABLE ADSUBTMENT of tho differences of the party, Not rauch ex~ poctation was ontertained that it would be fa- vorably considered by the Dawos factton. It was furthor undorstood at tho conforenco that all should voto for Honr on the first ballot, but that geutiemen woro froo to indulge their prefor- onces afterwards. Tho voto of tho Hoar men was communicated to Mr, Dnwos' friends early in tho day, but waa not considered until aftor tho adjournmont. Theo result of the first Lallot was as follows: Tho wholo numbor of votes cast was Necessary to B choico..ee s Whittier. Dliman, Learned . eever 1 A motion to adjourn waa dofeated, and tha noxt ballot was regarded with groat intorest. TWENTI-FOURTIK DALLOT. ‘Wholo number of votes, Necessary to Rellogg. .Ylfill‘l‘u H, Zolll Again o motion to adjourn wna dofented, but & recoss of ono hour was agreed to. #Thoro wns some oxpoctation that tho Dawes men would improve tho : OPFORTUNITY FOR A OAUOUR, bat they d¢id not, Tho hour for renssombling was the hour for tho oration on Charles Bumnor, in Fanouil Hall, by Congressman R. B. Elliott, of South Caroline, but the firat vote showed only six absontocs. 'The following is the result: TWENTY-FISTIL BALLOT. Wholo number of vatcs cast. Necersary for 5 cholce. Dawes, 1loar a8 Curf 0 Adamg 24 anks, 10 Bullock, Suanford 8 Washburs 13 Tearned.. 8 Chiarles Halo, Whittler, Dierce, Goorge B, Toring. Trabiuson, of Chicy ‘Wiiliam Gray. Albert Mason, J. K, Baker, of Dennl . . Another ballot was insisted on. This was tho twenty-gixth. Tho long contest ending in Sum- ner's elsction was concluded on the twenty- sixth ballot, wnd the oxcitement incroased on tho floor and in tho gallories, ; TWESTY-AIXTIE DALLOT. ‘Whole number of votes cast, Nevessary for a choico., Dawes received, Lyman Muson... Joun G, Whitticr. The twenty- nth ordered, with the follow] TWENTY-BEVENTH 1 Wholo number of votes cast, Neceusary to o chole 130 Dawes, i3 Honr... a7 Ourtfs, o8 Adams e 28 ‘Washburn, ... 23 5 13 2 E] 2 2 b 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 roment was_ dofoated, ud the n twenty-eighth bullot orderad : TWENTY-EIONTIL BALLOT, ‘Whole number of votes cast. Necessary to cholco. Dawes recolved. ., Adjourned. ‘Flis Convention thon adjourned, o Dawes wen immediatoly LELD A CONFERENCE, ab_which the proposition of the Ifoar mon was submitted, ‘I'kio leadows wore cisposed to ignore it altogothor, and showed o very ugly tompor. Nobody was willing to appoint & commuilitoa Lo counfor, but 1t was finally, in spito of some oppo- sitlon, doclded to appoint & committeo to con- stder the proposition and roport at .half-past 10 o'clock to-morrow. MRt ADAMB' CITANCES. Mr, Adams suffored all doy on nccount of tho absonce of two or threo who have stoadfastly supported Lim, but {6 will bo noticed that o hag ulrendy outstripped Mr. Hoar, who is now virtuelly ont of the fight. DBut fow Domocrats huvo got scattored. A GOMPROMISE CANDIDATE, ‘Unloss & compromiso candidate for the Ropub- lionns fu sgroed upon to-morrow wmorning, it sooms inevitable that the contest honcoforth —_— (Boo Fifth Pages)