Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME. 7. ‘WEDDING PRESENTS, TIFFANY & €0, Dnion-Square, New York, JAre Gpily rocelving from their Factory now designs and artiolos in Silver, LY suitablo for ‘WEDDING PRESENTS. Their stook of Silverwaro is the largest and ‘most complete in the country, embracing -every article in silver of houschold uso, Completo outfits put up in suitablo cnses «nd plate chosta, 2 Thoy invito partioular attontion to thoir FORKS AND SPOOKS, Which they olatm are richer in design and more flnely flnishod than any bofore offored. Theso pattorns are copyrighted, are not to bo found in any other gstablishment, and are eold at the snme price per ounce a8 the ordi- nary pattorns, . DRIVING GLOVES. DRIVING GLOVES! ‘Wo have just:-received a splendid i 5 . agsortment o: VTS DRIVING GLOVES ! tor and Thread, Tilbury’d for Driv- ing, and a full lino Dent's Russian Calf! Which we have marked at POPU- LAR PRICES. FIELD,LEITER & GO, State & Washington-sts, REAL ESTATE, LOTS FOR SALE IN TAYLOR'S ADDITIOK, This {5 tho finest residence portion of South Chicago, and the Railroad and Barbor facilities are unequaled. Mechanios, workingmen, and others desiring & safo and profitable invest- ment should see this proporty be- fore purchasing, . Office at SBouth Chicago opposite tho brick hotel--Ewing House, Frequent trains on Pittsburgh & Ft. Wayne and Michigan Southern Railways. F¥or particulars, maps, &o., call ot Office 14 and 16 Ewing Block, North Clark and Kinzie-sts. D. 8. TAYLOR. FOR SALE OR FOR RENT Desiring to concentrate our business at our aotory, cor. of Wost Twonty-socond and Fisk-aia,, where our Dook, Yard, Dry Kilus, &o., are looated, wo offer the properly ooou- pied byus.attlo cor. of Olarle and walfth- 5ta., TOR BALE or FOR RENT; One Hun- drod and Sovonty-six foot on Olarkest. by Ono Hundred and Fifty-four on Twelfth, covered with subatantind brick buildings, three and tour stories high, with the excop- tion of Thirty feet on Olark-st. by One Hun- dred and Fifty-four foot on Twolfth. 8o much of tho Muchinery, Bhafting, &o., 08 may be dosirod will be sold with the property. GOS8 & PHILLIPS g&!fi‘%. co. North Dearborn-st. Chotce cornex, noar the Lake Shore Drivo, for sale by 8. 8. GREELEY, Nizon's Duilding. FOR SALE, BATI OF" OLD COURT-HOUSE, In pursiiance of. instruotions from the Hosrd of Com- missioners of Cook County, publio” notlco Is Lioreby wlven e tho omumittao”on Fiblio Bulldinge of said Hoard wolla will PUBLIC AUCTION, from tho Fast door of tho Old Court-louss, o 3 April 25, 1674, at 10 o’cluck ». m,, to the h(lh:ls:&?lr%.fl{! bidder, ‘sl tho material and ilobris_belouging to the County of Uook, on tho Court-Howuo quars o3 ot cons nta of coruor-stono), the purchasor to take down the old buflding, walls, and foundatious d romove all tho matorial and dolils trom tho squarb, and oleac up (he Sousty naviion ofsald squaro, roady (o tho orostioh of & ow bullding. “Tiua workk £ bo coramonced and complotod as shall bo dirgotod by said Buard or Committoe. (h ‘zivos good and aufiolent bond to ssvo tha coliuty harmloss from ail foss and daninge, and for e R 2 e i siniitob 3w Pablte nildin ordor of tho Commitios on Pul 9, Y EDWARD P, Nifiis, ork Board Gommissloners Uook outy. Tho most denrablo logatlon unogoupled fn thoclty. K- oclally il cory or alotuini housd, iro 2011 ifh o i, Hont wbon ANR EABLE CO; ptod to & fanoy sancr ULEVIL] éfinther's Candies, Colobratod throughiont the Unfon, Ixprossod to all Biste @o. por I, Addrows GUNTHEIH, Confootionor, bicago, INDIA RUBBER HORSE SHOES. A fortuno for somo ono who will furnlsh working eapl- tal._Call and seo thum nt Ttoouw §, 124 Denrhorn-st. PIANOS, 5 | STEWAY UPRIGHT - __ PIANOS. The volume of tone of those mas- terploces of Plano art is fully equal to any of Steinway’s best Square Grand Pianos, while the quality is of the most exquisite musical character; pure, sympa- thetic, aind in the highest degree pliable. THEIR DURABILITY AND CAPACITY OF STANDING IN TUNE XIS UNPARALLELED IN THE HISTORY: OF PIANO- MAXKING, and even grenter than that of the best Grand and Square Pianos. e ‘We have sold these superb Up- rights for nearly ten years, during which time thoy have in no in- stance iniled to give tho highest satisfaction. They are the only Upright Pianos that have firmly stood the test of time, and there- foro can be relied upon., Our usu- al unlimited warranty, covering all possible contingencics, accom- panies each instrument. SMITH & NIXON, No. 1.62 State-st., Chicago. CARPETINGS, &o. NEW AND ELEGANT DESIGl\fS ; or s English and American CARPETS, Oil Cloths, &c., &c. AT LOW PRICES, JOSEPH WEST, Cor, Carpenter and West Madison-sts, FINANCIAL. FOR SALEIE. $15,000 SE@D NOTES. Fublio noticola horsby givan, that on Satarday, April oc! offer 2, A. D. 1674, at tho hiour of 12 o'ol A D0, Uity oo, for rala to the highest biddor for oash, at the offico of O, 16, Floid & Co., Ko, 10 Purtiand Block, Ohioaxs, Il threo coupo: notes of 000 encl, duo rospecth Oct. T i (R A A A AL yer cent por anuum, payablo somi-sunually, Sald notes are oxoouted by JOSEPH II. YOUNG, gud tho principal and iatorast of eald notos aco gusran- teed by thio Cliicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Co., and aro sccured by trust doed on roal astate fn the clty of hicago, Tho procoods of salo thereot to b appliad in nant of note of Samuct J. Walker, for tho sum of 43,07 niow ovorduo nod unpatd. . R, FIELD, Attorney for lsqal holdor of Dofo. ELEVATOR. To Shippers of Grain. Tho Floating Elovator at Buflalo has boon thoroughly ropalrod and is in fino working ordor, and will transfor grain st Buffalo this sonson from Vossols to Canal Boats, at rodnood ratos. Wo transterrod during one-balf of last seazon, 2,500,000 bushols, Wo flattor oursolvos that wo havo thoability to tranafor 5,000,000 this scason. Our rocord for shortage s 193¢ 1bs per 1,000 bushols of wheat, and 16 1bs por 1,000 bushiels of rys and corn. No Elova- tor bas & bottor rocord. No offortaon our part shall bo wanting to givo you ontiro satisfaction. We provide floating etarage for romnants—hoping sou will find it to your Intorost tousous, Our charges are o por bushel to the graln, and 4o por bushiol to tho vossol. For fur thor partioulara addrass___O. M. IORTON, Bnffalo. TO RENT, TO LET, VERY DESIRABLE OFFICES In REEED'S BLOCK, 164 aud 166 Kast Washinglon-st., djoining Union Bank Building, and within 800 foot of tha lloard of Trade. Thoso oflcos are furnishod with vaults, grates, mantole, nator, oto., singlo or connoctod, and aro sultabi or Guinmisaion, iteal o, oF Law icos, and oan bo obtainnd at & vory rossannble Appir't SHEAD & OUR, T Lasal DOCK TO RENT. 150 feet of Dook on Bouth Branch, near Polk-st. Bridgo. Apoly at 13 Chamber of Commerce. TO RENT. Fouso 783 Wost Jackson-st., itatnl, axcalisnt cmaltinn hotts PAisied and Aamd mp form out. Will bo xonted low to good tonant. Al 33 MAHEHALL, 97 8outh Clarkcat, TO RENT, OR TOR SALE OREAP. Two-story Cotf with six oty, &o. and lat G0 by 07 foat, oast, front, on 1ydo Pack, one block from 'dopot and ‘twa from tholako. Apply 16 P. GILLUSPLL, Urocor, 146 aad 148 'wonty-zocond-at. TO REINT. Btore 318 and 215 Kinziest. ; also, lofta, size 10x1%0, connooted, Will L rontod oheap, _Call at 203 Kinzlo-at, LUMBER OR COAL DOCK TO RAENT. 460 foot front on Mwoltihest, Aoy biiol to tho Hmpiro Blip, with rai 080 Gonneotons, NOAT T wolfEh-at, bridges APPIY 0 65 Washington-st., Basombnt, TO RENT, FOR LUMBER YARD, Dook f Olloago Risor. Apply to Do i i ke 1 O T R AR B Hitohigan av. LAKE NAVIGATION, Finst Boats for Lake Superior. SUPERIOR LAXKE PEQPLE'S LINE STEAMERS Dok botwaon Madinon and Washington-ste. “Tho Btasmors of thls Iine will loavo for Lake Buporior as 300n as lce permit, Hrolght for all Lake Buporior Porta will bo receivad at our warvhouss on and aftor Wednasday, Apeil 2, AOROLD & AURTRIAN, far MARBLE MANTELS, MONUMENTS AND TILING, THE GOWAN AATIE Ol 11 Horl Clarkeat. s ey QSHIRTS! HARRIS & COBB, 171 BOULHL OLARIKST, cornnr Washington, LEGAL BLANKS, JUEY VERTHORTH worth? ¢ Tribune” forms of lenses. deods, and gonoral legal hlnnks: le b o “fifinfl MoNALLY & CO,, Printors, Stationers, and Engravers, 78 and 81 Madison-st, CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1874, DRY GOODS, ~ HAMLIN, DAVEY & COMPANY, Madson and Franklin-ts, © CEICAGO, Importers and Jobbers of DRESS GOODS, U SEAWLS, Woolens, Cottonades, ' JRANS, WHITE G00DS, LINEYS, HOSIERY, GLOVES TANKEE NOTIONS, Having abandoned the sale of DOMESTICS, we are now EX- HIBITING more ATTRACTIVE STOCKS in the above lines of DEPARTMENT GOODS than ever before, and shall offer to buyers SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS in Terms and Prices. - HAMLIN, DAVEY & G0, 50,000 Yards ELEGANT RIBBONS, AT 25 CENTS. 5,000 Sash Widths 0c. Groat Bargas, HOTCHKIN, PALMER & CO,, 137 and 139 State-st. GRAND MILLINERY OPENTNG To-day and To-morrow, No Cards. All are invited. HOTOEKIN, PALMER & €0, 137 and 139 STATE-ST. The Latest Novelties Miltinery and Elegantly Trimmed Patlerns, At Mrs. D. A, JACKSON'S, 81 State.nt. TEMPERANCE MEETING. TEMPERANCE! GRAND RALLY! A mooting will bo held next THURSDAY NIGHT under the suspices of the Woman's Tomperance Organization, at First Congre- gational Church, corner Ann and Washing- ton-sts., commonocing ot 8 o'clock. Bhort nddresses by Rov. A. B, Kittrodge, Judgo Gookins, Hon, 8, M. Mooro, and H. G. Spaf- ford, Bsq. Musio will be furnished, and o rousing time in oxpeoted. : RESTAURANT. THE ST, ELMO. Messrs. WHYLAND & FOSS, ‘Wil to-day sst bofore their guosta fiTerrapin Sonp, Spring - Chickens, And othor Dolloaols of the Season. GENERAL NOTIOES. BROEERAGE. To Life Ageuts nud Solicitors s Tho Home Life Tusurance Company of New York do ot atlow or pay & brokerage in any cass, and novor have, Dut uch s [ havo latoly snsumod’ tho Ohloago Agoucy, attar having boon with tho Iouio durlng the paet twoivs yoars, and wishing to inoroase tha busiziosy, wlll pay upun imy own oooount a vory Largo Brokerage Upon All Kinds of Polloles, glving the henoflt of ONIZFHIRD LOAN, and uo n zoquired, The daan-plan 1y a flzad polioy Wil tho Hon $nd aollcttors wil know thio advantag this aifords in got: Uy busiooss for a company which has besu 40 managod during tho past fourteun years s to b Ablo to Pay tho Loan of One-Third by Dividends. oA ¥ 3 dd: or pastioulsrs, call or address, 0GR, Qon'l Agont, No, 4 Mothodist Obureh Block, Special Assessment Rebates, Orrics or hx Bornn or Puntia Wonks, HICAGO, ADFINT, I6Td, Publto notico fs lioraby xivon to all Dastios wio b done thelr own work oi atrosta whore apooiai assoasmo eon twade, uch as buitding sidewalks, ourbiwails, oto., tu call at this oilicu and et the proper sortificatas, 5o that the amounts duo thewm oan le crodited on the books of tha Uity Collactor. Unless this is dons, tho proporty wil g0 o e foe s tolal smiountof thoTatious p oar Lasdmiionta. FRIgotvICLE" * o LOUIS WAL, " Tablio Worke. . NOTICOE. MRE, BMITIL rospactially {nform numoraus frlonds'and thio pubiio. wonorally, that s Upaned & TEstionabls ana et iermits Jiat sle eg bponed & oannooted, also furnished rooms at reasauablo ratos, at 86 Laallo'at:, Roeth of Itandolph, whoro abs will ba ‘sl lu wolooiue hior patzol SHIRT BOSOMS. NOTICE TO LADIES Making Bhlrts or Putting Bosoms Into OId Bliiets, PILE PATRNT “REINFORCED” SHIRT BOSOM Taa grot Improvoment un the common Bosom, DO NO'T ORAOK O3 SLIT OUT IN THIE PLAITS. * WIIl lron inucl uoatlior, nd eat, Luftor thau tho od 2od oniy b eosu to . Yo TR 80 o o wwvred 4 Thy o by L) WASHINGTON. What Was Learned by the District Committee Yesterday, - Ingincer TForsyth’s . Happy Mode of Making Mens- urements, Mistakes of 100,000 Yards: In a Contract - Contaiuing . 300,000, And the Mistakes Always Oc- our in Favor of the: Contractora, Speculations as to the President’s "Action on the Finance Bills Outlina of the Report of the Windom Transportation Company. . They Favor the Construotion of Three. Trans-Continental Wator Routes, b The Right of Congress in the Ptemlsgs Affirmed. Report that Richardson Hes Accepted a J!xdgeship in thq _Gnu:@ pf; oy Claims. 0 THY DISTRICT INVESTIGATION, ENGINEER FORSYTIU'S STATEMENT. 2 Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. WasurxaroN, D. O., April 21.—Tho District Tuvostigating Committeo held but ouo sossion to-day. » Throe witnosses wore oxamined. For- Byth, the Assiatant Engincer of the Board of Pablic Worls, undor whoso direction Babcook’s ‘mon Samo mado the measuromonts of improve- ments around the Government proporty, was Lopt on tho stand noarly tho entire atternoon, Tho amount of information which he did not furnish waa prodigious. In thts respect ho was almost equal to Ohittendon. Tho Committeo, howover, did squeeze an important admission from him, which was that ho and 8amo, in mak- Xus up their estimates of worl dono undor the old Corporation around tho Governmont reser- vatioos, and for which tho Government was mado to pay by the Board of Public Works, DID NOT GO UPOX THE GROUND and mako actual measuromonts, but sat down in Torsyth's offico and made up thoir figures from tho lattor's recolloction of tho localitles whora the improvements woro belioved to be situated. ‘While cross-oxamining this witnoss, Judge Jow- wuit inadvertontly mado known the faot that the engingor employed by the Committes to moas- uro- the improvemonts mndo by the Board of Public Works had discovored, us was expeoted, somo BTARTLING EVIDENCES OF FRAUD. The witness was asked if it woro possible for him to have made an error of 100,0i ards in mensuring 900,000 yards of grading, Forsyth roplicd that ho hardly thought it possible for an engineor to_commit suoh & glaring mistako, whereupon Judgo Jowett replied in an oxcite manner that it would bo shown before the Com- mittee fnished this invostigation that A GREAT MANY ERRORS of that kind had boon 1nade by Forsyth, and overy lime in favor of tho contractors, - The memorialiats will finish thoir case to-mor- row in the ovont of tho appearanco of the notori- ous Col, Kirtland, who is said to bo in the city. Should it bo shown by hia tostimony that Ohit- tondou is not tho innocout creaturo he seoms so anxious to appear, but on the coutrary was fally ndvised of tho uses to which Kirtland put the $72,000 in notos, tho counsel for the momorial- fats'doolaro they will prosscute hiim for perjury, PROPOSED NEW FORM OF GOVELNMENT. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, introduced o Joint Tesolution in tho House to-day, which was roferrod to tho Joint Distriot Invostigation Com- mittoo, suspending, till furthor action bF Con- gress, tho sessions of the Distriot Lvifilfl nture. It is proposed by somo of tho frien: District, with rogard to the chango which scems inevitablo in tho form of governmont for tho District, that the wholo matter bo ro- ferred "to tho Joint Investigation Com- mittos, the Committce to continuo its sossion and lnvontlfintmns during the coming recess of Congrous ; that the Committoo during that time bo empowered to carry on such form of Govornment as thoy soo fit—thnt is, that all the powors of Congress in this regard be lodged in their honds ; that thoy bo instructed to sub- b with their roport at the reassombling of Con~ gress guch plan astheirinvostigation maydemon- strate to be best for tho now form of Government, and that they have power moanwhilo to sppoint an Auditing Bonrd to sottle all-accounts ngalnst tho prosent Government. This plan moots with approval from many of the sincore friends of tho Distriot, who hope by it to scouro a form of Governmont whiol will' be as near perfect as can bo mado, attor mature deliberattion, by able, Lonest, and disintorosted gontlemen, possosso of the fullost information to guide thom in their docision, (7o the Assoctated Press.} ‘Wasnmvarox, D. O., April 21.—In the District of Columbin investigation thia afternoon, Will- inm Forsyth, Assistant Enginoor of tho Doard of Public Works, was recalled, and oxaminod with rogard to alleged overmoasuroments. He was closoly qluoul,innud by Mr. Wilson a8 to the osti- mato submitted to Congross by the Board of Public Works, upon which an appropristion of upwards of ©1,000,000 was voled the Board in Jauuary, 1878, to rolmburso them for work dono around the Govornmeut property. Tho object of the oxamination was to show fhat thore Was included in tho estimato work which had never boon done, W. W. DoMaine, an engincor, sub- mitted a disgram to show that in a space charg- ed agninst tho Governmont as s resorvation, thore waro 665 squaro foot, for whioh was paid $20,000 by the United Btates, Counsiel for the memorialista indicated that thoy would be ablo to close thoir side of the case to-morrow. —_— THE FINANOCES, Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BPECULATIONS AS TO TRE FATE OF TUE BENATS BILL, ‘WasminaToN, April 21.—Tho Sonato Finance QOommittee havo doecidod not to cousidor tho Houso Froe Banking bill till tho Prosident has takon action on the Bonate bill, The loading toplo of conversation in all Washington olroles at prosout is whethor tho bill will bo votoed or approved, Tho air is full of rumors, and thero 7o uuy numbor of pooplo Lig with {he thought a TUEY ARE IN THB BEOLET, and bave information whioh moy not bo doubted, As aboub ono-halt of thia number of well-in- formoed poople know that the DIl will be votoed, and the other half know just as cortainly that it will be approved, outsidors, who have not extraordinary facilitios for obtuiningin- Tormation s to tho workiogs of the Prosident's miud, are in & stato of Hm-plexlty. and begin o doubt whother suoh a bill has ever boen passed, On tho Nloor of tho Howag to-dav. tho ubjoot was 4 FARELY DISOUSSED DY ANXIOUS GROUPS, Apenlor Blaiuo took au aolive part in thoe little sido debatos, aud assorted that ho had no doubt that tho bill would bo approved, for the roason that tho Presidont could not, after having so_long coincided with Boutwell and ' Rich- ardson in tho opinion that 840,000,000 ia tho logal limit of the groonbaok oireulation, now declnro officially by votoing this bill, which specifically fixoa that Ifmit, that ho was not - cor- rect in his long-maintainod opinion, of ‘last Baturdny. It is assortod thit tho Prosident Intl- mated to two inflation Bonators—~doubtloss Mor~ ton aud Logan—who have boon sitting up with Ii's Excolloncy over einco tho. adoption of- the il by tho Houso, that 3 JIZ WCULD DETURN IT ON MONDAY * (yeatorday) with his approval,’ The inflationiats wora thersipon quite Rmunut, but yosterday o ohauge scoma to have como over the Prosident's mind, and ho ogam appoared muddiod, enying that whilo he always hold that which tho bill do- olared with rogord to tho limit of the groonback ciroulation, ho ‘did not know how he could: ap- 'prove a monsure of inflation, s his entiro rec- erd showod him to bo agalnst infiation, : 1e dld not like, ho' enid, to go back on hisrocord. Ho waa thereupon 2 h = BOLICITOUALY LATORED WITIH, but up to a lato" hour this artornoon the chiet inflationiata wore very low-spirited, their minis- trations not heving had the desired-offect, Bince the adjournment of tho Cabinot meoiing, how- ever, tho meroury has rison again, aud the infln- tionista aro quito livoly and chioerful. It 18 une dorstood that the 5 MEABURE WAS YERY FULLY DISOUSSED at the Uabiuct meoting ; that n majority of his conatitutional advisera concurrod in rocommond- -| ing tho Prosident to approve the' bill; aud that ho finally yioldod, and consontod to do fo. Tn this connootion it is statod that Grant was | warned by loading Republicans that n voto would bring about not only . % A DREAGI IN TITE PARTY, ¢ 19 but a rupture of tho friendly rolations hitherto oxiating betwoon him and them. Thoy aro snid to have told bim x}nflu plainly and .omphatically that ho would bring, 1o less thau twenty-four hours,. ench a hornola' nost about Lis .onrs s would make him rogrot that ho Lad dintegarded thoir opinions and wishes. It ia doubtful, how- over, whother ho was affected by these thrents, (To the Auscciated Press,) - ‘Wasaryatox, D. O, ril21,—Thore was anoth- er long sossion of the Cabinet to-dny on thoSon- alo Financo bill. All tho mombors wero presont, Lut aftor the meeting thoy doclined to converse on the question thoy bad been discussing, nor would they intimate whother or not tho Preal- dont will approvo the bill. It is confidently eaid, -howaver, by sovoral !i;nntlnmon of oflicial promi- nence, that the Presldont was at firet inolined to vato the bill, his objection boing mostly confined to the first soation of it, but tho probability now is that he will approve it, as all mombera of tho Cabinet, excopt Hocretarios Fish and Richardson, favor such course on his part. i OHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, | BEPORT OF THE WINDOM COMMITTEE, = WAsmINaTON, D. O., April 2L.—The ‘report 'of ‘Windom's Senatoriol Transportation Committeo -|'i8 now printing, 'and will, it is thought, .bo sub- mittod to the Senatoon Thuraday noxt. * It com. prigos a volume of mofo than 100 printed pages. The Committee submit that thecommorce of the country demands the construotion of throo trans- continontal transportation linos from tho Missis- eippl Rivor to the "Atlantio senboard, which might proporly recoive Governmont aid ; ono via the lakes, one in the contral, and the third in tho southern scction of tho country, and theyaro of opinion that these should be wator routes, This scems to be o half-way in- dorsemont of tho Niagara Ship Canal, tho Jamos Rivor & Kovawha, and tho Atlantio & Great ‘Woestern Canal projeats, slthough “thoy aro not recommended by name. On the question of the right of Congroess to. chartor railroad com- panics whoso lines run across Btates that will not thomsolyes gront the charters, the ma- jority of the Committee are of -tho opinion that Gongrozn Lins such right. Thoy urgo hat means ehould be adopted to improvo the navigation of the Ohio and Misstssippi Rivers, but they do not undortake to point out any partioular way in which this should be accomplished. . 7 - TERRITORIAL BILL. © _ REGULATING PROCEEDINGS IN UTAH GOURTS. , Wasmxaron, D. C., April 21.—Ropresentative Polund roports from the Judiciary .Committeo to-day & bill rolative totho Utah courts. It providos that United States Judgoes, Marshal, nnd Attornoy, shall disohargo tho duties portaining 10 ol courts, thus disponsing with the duplica- tiou of such ofticers by the Utah Logialaturo, and, 08 & conseguonce, depriving the Probate Court of civil and criminal juriediotion, which it Das_exeroised undor Mormon suthority, and in confliot with that of the United BStates. Tho Dbill also makea a change in tho mode of solection of jurors. Tho United States Judgo, tho Olork of tue Court, and tho Marshal ‘are roquired to draw the jurors from the lists propared in_ the mannor specifled, froo from Mormon influcnce. Mr. Poland will call up the bill in & fow doys, i it o NOTES AND NEWS. LAND-OFFICE COMMISSIONER DIUMMOND RESIONS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Wasuinaroy, D. 0., April 21.—The hint is thrown out that there is somoe athor roason than that assigned for the resignation of Willis Drum- mond, the incumbont Commissioner of the Gon- oral Lond Offico. It {8 suggostod that the pow- ors that bo wero diseatisfiod with Drummond's administration of the offico hie has hold for a fow yoars, and that the cxouso that tho salaryis too swall'is a flimsy protest to covor up tho leged fact that ho "bad boen invited to " vacate the premises, Old Unclo Joo Wilson, the pre- decossor of Drummond, had ofton complained of the inad oquacy of his salary. Ho was, however, willing to contlnue to serve as Commlssionor of tho Land Office ; but he was almost foreibly do- capitated, and Drummond selected 28 his succes- sor. BICHARDEON, s A roport Ia ropeated with consldorable em- phasis horo to-night to tho effect that the Asso- ciate Judgship of the Court of Olaims, made va- cant by tho recent death of Judga M illigan, ling beon tendored to and accopted by Judge Rich- ardson, Beoretary of the Trosury. PACIFIC MAIL. ‘The Pacifio Mall Company havo a strong lobby hore to dofeat the effort that is making to re- {lanl tho law inoronsing their subsidy. A hear- ing was accorded somo of tholr roprosontatives to-day by the Sonate Appropristions and House Oommerce Committecs. (0 the Associated Preas.) DESIGNATION, ‘Wasnmwaton, D. C., April 2L.—In conse- quence of tho inadequate salary, Comwmissioner Drummond, of the General Land Ofiice, bLas Tosigned, atd will rotira from ofiice May 1. THOYE POSTAL IRREGULARITICS, The Houso Committeo oun Fost-Office and Post-Itoads bad a mooting to-day relative to tho charges mado of alloged irrogularitios in con- noction with mail-lottings, otc., and adjourned till Friday. Itis statod by mombers of the Com- mittee that tho troubles of which complaint ie made sosm to result from dofects in the law do- M;,anod to provent straw-bidding, and do not in- volve auy intontional wrong-dolug by the De- partment. It is also stated that mauy, if not all of tho charges e’)rnhrrnd by Ropresentative Btone, were invostigated in the last Congress, and that the majority.roport of tho Committoe ab that timo fully oxonorated tho Department. 4 REVENUE NOTIOE, : The Uommlsslonor of Intornal Revenuo gives notico that unless ant(un liable to the payment of & special tax “licouso™ under the internal rovonue lawe, make their roturn on Form 11, boforo tho 8lst of May, they will bo liable to & pounlty of G0 per cout. ARGENTINIAN STUDENTA, The Beoret: of War gont to the Houso to- day, & communlcation enclosing & lotter from the President of the Argontine Ropublio, requost- ing that four or six young mon of that' country, graduntes of the milltary school, may be permit- ted to ontor tho Military Academy at West Point ab the oxponso of tho Argontine Govornmont. “Tho papors wore roforred to the Cummittas on Military Affairs, TETIES. Mo . Tho Ways and Menns Committee spont its eoaslon to-dny in considoring the Bauborn re- port of & Bub-Committoe on the revislon of the customa laws, Yho Committeo did not fluish considoration of elthor subject. Iu relation to tha subject uf molotics, the Committeo are unan- imously iu favor of tholr abolltion, Al i CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. BENATE, Nasumarox, D. 0, Aprijal, LOUIBYILLE CAl 23 Mr. BCOTT caliod uo the bilt proyiding for viding that tho provisions of thio act shall cxpirg the paymont of tho bonds of the Loulsville and Portland Oanal Company, tho quoation being on agrocing to the amondmonts of the Houso as smended by the Sonato, v NELIEF DILL, : Mr.. WOODLEIGI, from the Commitio on Mulitary Aftairs, reported without smendmont tho Houeo bill for the reliof of porsons suffor- infihv thoe ovorflow of tho Miualusippi Rivor, and neking huarannnl consldoration, Mr. EDMUNDS submittod an smondment pro- ou the 15t of Boptomber, 1674, Agrocd to, aud the bill was thion poveed, - LOUIBVILLE, CANAL AGAIN, After' cousiderable diroussion, Mr. 'CONK- LING moved to rcconsidor the voto byiwhich tho amondmonts of the Financo' Commitico to | thio Ifouse bill wore agroed to sevoral days ago, and eald thoso nmendments wero conourred in carly after tho meoting of tho Sonato, and be- foro s numbor of Scuators were in thoir seats. "I'ho volo was reconsidered, and the quostion then roourred upon the amendment of tho Fi- nanco Comntitigo, to strilks out the mnendment in tho Houss bill, that tho canal should,not be taken possossion of, nor any money bo patd il the Btate of Kontuoky shouid code to the United Btaton the jurisdiction ovor the sumoe, together with all right to tax tho proporty, and it waa ndnfllnd by yens, 40 ; nays, 4. ‘Tho bill now gdds baok to tho House for con- eurronce in by that body. LOUISIANA DILL. The Sonato rosumed considoration of the Louisiann bill, upon which Mr, Stockton was on- titled to the floor. 2 MY, FRELINGHUYSEN sald he gavo notico n fowduys ago that ho would eall up the Clvil Tights' bill tu-day. Ho now gavo notice that ho would eall jt up 5o soon a8 the ponding bill should bo dfsposed o, . HEROISN HECOGNIZED. Mr. OAMERON reported favorably on the Joint resolution oxtending the thanks of Con- gress to Copt. Bonjommn E. Gleadill and the oflicors and crow of tho steamer Allantio, of the Whito Btar Line, for rescuing the officors and orow of tho brigantino Bcotland, of Portland, Mo., in mid-ocoan. Passed. = MILITARY DILL, .t Mr. LOGAR, from tho Committes_on Military Affairs, roportéd favorably on the bill to author- izo tho. promotion in tho Inspoctor-General's dopartmont of tho army. Placed on tho calen- dar, 3 ¥ Mr. STOOKTON yiolded for oxocutive session, and the Sonate soou adjourned. SR, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DIETRIOT BILL. ¥ * Mr. RANDALL introdnced a bill directing the | tomporary nu!fmnulun of the Logislature of the: Distriot of Qolumbis. Reforred. & ‘00MMITTER REPORTSH. e Mr. LOWE, from tho Committoe on Indian Adfairs, reported o biil extending for ono - yoar from the passage of this act tho timo for com- loting ‘the entrios of Osage Indinn lands in fiunun. Passed, Mr, HURLBOT, from tho Committes on Rail ‘why# ‘and Canalé, gubmitted & long written ro- port on the-bill to chartor a double-track. froight zailway company from tide-wator on the Atlantio to Council - Bluffa on the Missouri River, nad to limit tho rates of froight thercon. Ordored printed and recommitted. Mr. QOBB, from tho Commitieo on Poat-Of- ficos and Post-Roads, offored a resolution for tho printing'of tha testimany takon beforo that Committeo and tho Committee on Appropria- tions on tho quostion of additional mail service to Chine and Japsn. Ado(?tud. A, MOREY, from the Commlititee on Missia- sippl Lovecs, roported a bill to provido for the appointmont of o commission of ongincers to roport & permanont plan for the reolamation of the slluvial basin of tho Mississippi River sub- oot to inundation, and ho procooded to addross tho Houso in explanation and ndvocacy of it, Aftor o discussion, in which Mr, WILLARD, of Vt., oppased tho Dill for proposing to tox the ‘wholo people foritho advantage of tho owners of these alluvial landa, tho il went over till fo- morrow. THE IISSIBBIPLI FLOODS. Tho Sonato amoudment to the bill for the ro- liof of sufforers by tho inundation of the Lower Mississippi Rivor, Was conourred in. GENERAL APPROPIIATION DILL, The House at 2 o'clock wont into Committeo of the Wholo, Mr. WOODFORD in the chair, on tho Legislativo, Exccutive, aud Judicial Appro- , priation billa. \ o About an hour and a half was spent in discuss- ing the question of pay of fi;mgars under the in- tornal ravonuo laws. Tho bill containod a pro- vigo that the maximum_ pay shail be 35 por day. Bfr. BANNING moved to strike out this pro- vlao, and on this tho discussion proceedod, tho most natablo tnings said being the assortion by Mr. FOSTER that while tho members wero vory rondy to practice cconomy agaiust clorks in do- partmonts, thoy were nob 80 roady to do it sgninst officoholdors in thoir Toepective districts, and tho statoment of Mr. Sypher that the ininence of Cinciunati distillors was_oxoraised periodically for the porposo of closing up New Orloans distillories, so as to get control of the whisky market. Finally, tho miotion to strike out was Iost, but o _motion to substituto 87 for 86 & day (made by Mr, Ward) ‘was carriod. An amendment offered by Mr, DUNNELL, to substituto for an item of '$200,000 for postage stamps for the Trensury Dopartment, an item of £5,000 for thoe cost of furnishing oflicial postage stamps, was rulod out of ordor by tho Obairmuu, on tho ground thut the amendmont conflicted with tho law abolishing the franking privilego, and, an appenl baving been taken, the decision ‘was sustawnoed—110 to 38, At thlugolnt'n“ur bnving got through only one pago of tho bill, the Committee rose, Tho slow ratc of progress mndo on tho bill thua far has beon chielty owing to tho difliculty of gattiug a quorum to voto on any proposition. DMuch timo has beon wasted in this way, and in the rosulting nocossity of having tho roll called. “ho bill contains sovonty prinfod pagos, and, although it was reported ovor two months ago, and has boon undor considoration four or fiv wooks, only the twenty-socond pago has boon reachod. The Houso, at a quarter-past 5, ndjourned, the last roll call Laving shown that thore wasuo quorum prexont. 2 e e WALL STREET, A Fevoerish Markot, Easlly Affocted by Flylng Rumors--Uncortointy ns to 1he Fate of the Curroncy Bill-=The Late Falluros. v Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridbune, A GENERAL, DECLINE IN BTOOKS. New Yonx, April 21.—The day on Wall streot has boen more quiet than yosterdsy, though an uusettlod fooling was obsorvable among brokers who take active intorest in the stook market. “Undor tho influonce of _the rumor that the Pres- ident had signod the Currenoy bill, and that, in antiolpation of its requiremonts, 10ans were bo- ing callod in by tho bauks, the market foll from 24 to 3¢ per cont nlong the general list. Pacifle Mail ‘and Western Union wero mout strong]. affoctod, the former falling from 893¢ to 8734, and tho Intter from 713¢ to 034, The dooling (4 thoso stocks is attributed to continued reports of op[mnltlou and compotition. T'he subsoquent donial that the President had Blguud the Currency bill caused a general rally, Aftor the Becond Board, » speoial attack was mads on Ohio, and that stook dropped from 28 to 24, This stook has always boon rogarded as fauoy. Tt aftorward advancad to 263¢, on the ro- ort that the Proaident would sign the Curronoy ill, but would recommend tha pususge of & more desirable measure beforo Congross ad- Journed. THE OAPRON & MERRIAM PAILURE. Thore is nothing new about tho Columbus, Olifeago & Indiana Central broak of Mounduy, ‘Tho creditors of Capron & Morrlam met this al- ternoon, and agraod to sottlo and accopt the prices named {u tho notification of salos seut thom, Col. Tom seim hf’ 12““33.‘;':23'&:5%: tologram to a porson in this ciby, \vmgavur cul“lnu(ud with the 0, 0. & I O alique, a8 was nasortod yoatorday. Et"iHo Diractors took place to o meating of Iirio s - duI;. arwas oxpooted, Ono of tho ofilcars of tiia’ Company unya, in axplunation, tiat tho do- moralization in_tho Auditor's ofice was such that Prosidont Watson biad failad thus far to get AN nbatract of tho figures in the books of the Compauy. Jo o esazies Leecs P OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, » April 21.—Steamships Holland and Jand, shd Pennsylvanis, from Philadelphis, have 1 out, ";il;‘:'} o\’"mm, April 21,—Arrived—Bteamahip Ocennlo, from Lixerpool, 3 Tonnaw, April 23.—Stonmehip Toutonla was spoken Al|:rfl 10 in longitudo 15 wost, under gadl with hor shatt broken. ¥ .the Clty Hall, The Ehicago Daily Tribune, NUMBER 242, THE ARKANSAS REBELLION, Somo Shooting .in the Streets of Little Rock Last Evening. Col. Rore, Post-Oor _ nandant; Shot at . Boveral £ 'imes, His Force Erect a ;‘arricade and Pre- vent a Ge Zral Fight. :Boveral of. ant(: 8-Men Wound« od, One fatally. Baxter Again Announces His Intention to Recapture the State-House. : All Quict Again ot Latest Accounts, 5 i AT THE FRONT, LrrTee Rocx, April 21,—Gov, ‘Baxter's forcol wero inorcascd by the arrival of soveral come panles this morning, The State-Houso party also rocelved somo reinforcoments, .One com: pany of United Statos troops.Is now stationed at The others aro baok on Sixth stroot, and the: cannon have boen withdrawn to & more oligiblo position. ' s A TEMPORARY ARMISTIOE is now In forco, Baxtor's troops can bardly bo hold. Although quict provails and an armistico 18 in force, an outbroak may ocour st any hour. BECOND REPORT. * J Larrze Roor, -April 21.—G p. m.—Sinco the truce this morning, butlittlo of interost tran- spired. It was only by diligont watohing that a contliot was proventod last night. Obe or two companios have arrivad sinco the last report, ‘ - . THE SITUATION. 4 Ono company of tho Fedoral forcos'iis mow atationod at the United Btates Qourt-room with two ploces of artillery commanding Main strcet. Anothor company fe at the. Clty Hall, lylog on . thelr arme, or making a reconuoisancoof tho twa sldes. ‘A benvy guard was foind stationed at Gov, Baxter’s hendquarters, ‘at the Anthony House. Just oppo;lgn & company was stationed in the Wait Blogk ¢ another in tho second atory of Odd.- Tollows' Building ; & regimont tvo. sqaites bo- low, on tho Bame stroot; and anothor regiment on Beott stroot, botweon® Sccond and.Third, A battalion of colored troops wore stationed on Sooond, botweon Seott sud Main sirects, ARRESTS, e Bovoral of Baxter's mon, who were canght bo- gonll Main strect, woro arrosted and taken to tha tato-House, Among othors, one of the Gove ornor's Aids, Col. Pomoroy. On tho othor hand, soveral Brooke mon, who oncroached on Baxter's line, wore nrrested and disarmed. Moscs Reod, the son-in-law of Brooks, was taken in about 1 o’clook in the morning, at the Cairo & Fulton Railrond dopot, by a detachment of Baxter men. -~ AT TUE BTATE HOUSE 1o guards wora to bo soen outsido of the inclog- ure, Ingide, o largo number, 200 porhiops, of NOGroes Wore s0on, among them o few colored womer, Considerable additious were made to their Commissary Dopartment, A fow mon could bo scen in tho rear of the bullding, but the main forco wero in front. Occasionally tha head of & man could be scen in one of the uppor windows. TUMORE, - It is stated here that more Fodoral troops will arrive in the morning. This makes tho Buxtor men anxious to advance beforo suflicieiit tronps arrivo to provent it. It is snid a boat-load of Brooks men is coming from Pine Bluffs, and that o Baxtar troops will capture it if i atlompls to ond. DECOMES EXCITING. Lrrtee Rock, Ark., April 21.—About 5 o’slock thio colored troopw, undor command of Col. King (whita), paraded the stroots, proceded by & braes band. _After marching around soveral streots, they were halted in front of tho Motropolitan Hotel, and the band lplnyod o lively air. The troops fronted tho hotel and YELLED ¥OR 4OV, BAXTER, Ho oppoarod on tho bolcony and made them o Apocch amidst tho wildost choers. Ho steted thnt an insurrection had broken out, and the archivos of the Government were in the hands of the insurgonts; that they had boen called to- gothor for the purpose of vindicating tho rights of tho people of Arkansas, not the rights of Elisha Baxtor. Ho stated_that ho was making propaation for, and futonded to assert bis righte a8 Governor of the State. He counseled thowm to bo paticnt and quiot, to conduct thomeclves in an orderly maunor, and in duo timo tho prop- erorder would bo given them to aesert the rights of the paoplo. At the closo of the eposch tho band played “ Rod, Whito, sud Bluo." By this time Main stroot, abovo the head of Col. Whito’s coluwn, at the ntorsection of Main and Markham streets, was filled with mon, Ednulpnlly Brooks' sympa- thizers, who wore looking on.” The sidewalks were also crowded, and the uppoer storios of all tho buildings around either Lad srmod men in them or citizons, Col. Ttoo was sitting on his horse in tho coutre of thoe streot when the band ceasod. THREE OEEDS WERE GIVEN FOR COL, WINTE, and ho mado & short specch, addressing the Gov- oroor. Ho stated that the colorod men had come horo to sco that Baxtor was roinstatsd in the Btate-Houso, and, lot it take ono day or one yoar, thoy would stand by him. All thoy prayed for were ordors to take the House. At thia thoro was again THE WILDEST OHEERING, and the band commenced playlng. Just then Col. Rose rode up to Col. White, and said some- thing to him about making a hostile demonstra- :li.on. ‘When sowe one in one of the uppor build- 8 . g FIRED A SIOT into tho Baxter orowd, which wae followed by othera from the direction of the orowd standing in tho stroot near the Metropolitan Hotel, This action caused the Baxter men to roturn tho firo, The colorod troops rapidly rotreated from the stroets, and the FINING wAS VERY LIVELY fora few minutes, the Baxter men running up tho streat and tho othetsgiving way, Amid this Col. Ross rode rapidly lo the City-Hall, called out’ Lis company, barricaded the strect tom= orarily with a hook and Iadder truck, aud formed fi(n ‘mon behiud it across the streot in solid column to prevent an advance by the Baxtor mon. AnouT 200 BIIOTS WERE FIRED, Tho stroot was cloared of mou in a short time. Soveral Baxter men were woundod, Maj, D. T. Phall, who was at the Anthouy House, received & wound in the hoad from which le 1 not ox- poctod to recover. Gen. W. A. Crawford ro- cewvod a painful wound in the head, thmlf;h it is not fatal. Ono or two othars woro slightly hurt., In tho midst of this tho company of United Btatos troops at the Federal Court-room, and the two ploces of artillery, were romovad to the corner of Sccond and Loulsiana streots, and HEADY ¥OR ACTION. Gon, Nowton mounted a horse, and got all his mon out on various strects, ready to repel an attack, Since dark tho mon have beon marched back to tholr quartors, aud the oxvitemont Iy about ovor, Duriug tho oxoitomont a colorod woman jumpod out of the socond story of the Alotro- politan and broko her lag, LATEST, ACOOUNT OF TIE SRIRMISN, Lirtee Rook, Ark,, April 21.—Aftor somo paius to ascortnlu the faots of tho skirmis this ovening, the following is glven by a number of eyo-witnessos : Col. Rose, Post Commandant, rode abruptly to the front, his horse knookiuj down eovoral membors of the band, Ho asla White if ho was advauolng Lis {roops s, turther, receiving o nogative roply. Col. White told him Tho ~had ~no” right to ride through in this mauner. A few hot words followed, whon Col. Roso pulld his pistol, cocked, and struck at White. “The Iatter threw “Y\m’ right hand and knooked tho plitol off, which FIRED IN THE AIR, Ool, Roeo's orderly took a pop ot White mme- distoly, and then commenced the fring, Col. T T (Bes B Paxen { { 1