Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1874, Page 1

e Ehicagn Dailp Teibune. VOLUME 27. i DRESS GOODS, FIELD,LEITER & €O, State & Washington-sts, Have recently opened 200 pieces of Cashmere Beige, Beige Diagonals and Camel’s Hair Berge. These goods are all- wool, light weight,and will not shrink, making & very service- able article for Suits and Polo- naises. 100 pieces of Maxrtelle Cloth at 40c, a Special Bargain. Pure Mohairs, in grays and ‘browns; Silk Pongees, Clouded Mohairs, Turkish Suitings, and many other novelties adapted to the season, and at popular prices. S REAL ESTATE. FURTY-SEM[ENTH-ST. Drexel Bonlevard, ‘Tho awner of the sonthwest eornor of Drexol Boulovard and Forty-seventh-at., boing about ta romovo to Now York, ofters it for salo (00x316 foet), Thohouso 1s a large doubloe houss, two starios and Fronoh raof; has Inrgo dry orago, gas throughout, wolls, raln r, marblo maatols, gratos, aud fur- naco; bath-room, wator-olosat, &o., on fiest and socond riosy twolve rooms, besldos bath-rooms, store-rooms, d ontiro Fronch roof; hot and cold wator in each roomj plato glass, black walout doors, painted walls, &o., &o, Also, large barn. Tho wholo first-olass|n sll rexpoots and in porfeot repale; surrounded by forest olms and onks, and nlco lawnj so- cossiblo by stoam and horso-cars, Will soll house and ‘barm, with 100 foet of land, or tho wholo, a3 may bo do- sirod. Torms, X cash, balance to sult; might tako somo first-olasn proporty in part paymont, Addrom n{mx.nn BOULEVARD, 109 Lako-st,, up stalrs; or oall, e Grand Auction Sale! PAVILION PARKWAY PROPERTY 15 ACRES, Subdivided into 98 Large and Eli- gible Lots. THMTY TOTS on Parkway, HIRTY-FOUR LOTS, Sunth front, on Fifty-stxthst, HIRTY-FOUR LOTS North front on Fifty.aixth.st, Gormering o Stovartev,, Horkiey and Wiilnao-sta: Pavilion Parkway is 200 foet wido, macadamizod and saw- ‘orod, bonutifully ornamonted with largo Kims, Inid within one block of thesolats. Thoro 1 uo proporiy dround Ohloaro that will inrease morotapidly {n valus than this, bol : wost: of tho South Park, on 4 Doulovard 200 Tonding to the Parky Kndiowood adolniog on tho Souti Ghicago on tho north, Parks on the cast: lake wator aud sowor.on tho proporty, Ohanaos to buy proparty like this oldom offerad,; NOW IS THE TIME! Property bonght at loss than ita vatao will 2 Bl will tako placa on the Kround el MONDAY, MAX 11, EW-Furthor particulars in futuro ndvartiscment. KLISON, POMEROY & 0O., Auctionoers. TO RENT. Warehonse to Rent, Three-stories and basement, situate on N. W. corner of Cass and Michi- an-sts.,, now occupied by H, W. ogers, Jr., & Bro, Apply to . MATTOCKS & MASON, 523 Wabasgh-ov, TO RENT. The 4-story and basement brick b\llldlgg nt 0 southeast corner ofWuuhin%nn and - ot-sts,, formerly ocqupied by ¥'icld, Bono- ot & Jo. Wil bo ronted for a torm of yeara 0 & singlo tenant, or divided up to suit.” Ap- "¢ 8. HUBBARD, Jr., 168 Washington-st. TEFOR REINT. VETOED Tho three-atory brick bulldink, with basement, 6075 oo N and 37 North Olinton-st. ‘Thoso promisos | The hopes of speculators who aro asking 815 per foot for e e 3 lon, Jith Infeestoraro | lots In MELROSE and WEST MAYWOOD. Wo aro [ Pt R A i o oy o | ordered to o)l 500 df tho choloest Jots botwoen Depot and g pus 3 A D faron of yeath At Feolorate raot TORBAYI K oot mpeaia asicr pih era prog & o P &E"& ‘aud W. D, KIRFOOT & G0 8 Hast Washing. TOoO IL.EtT, In Reed’s Building, 154, 168, and 188 Washington.st., Offices, singlo or cone T A aoles ater: Sieus Anise i 00 orion, 5 very Jow peiser. 5itiAD & ODL, 163 Laballo-st, For Rent—-Cheagj L Large Dook Lot, Kingsbury-st., fust south of bridgo, Apolyto RENO & LITTLE, 63 Kingabury-st. LUMBER OR COAL DOCK ey running back to tho Empire 8lip, with raile road conneotions, near 'l‘pwuu‘eh-sc'. bridge. Apply to » PEIT" v PPIY 10 ) 43 Washington-at., Basomont. Oar Bpring Works, at 87 PER FRONT FOOT, 10 por cont cash, 10 por-cont 1 3oar, balance within 8 yoars, 8 por cont interost. Title porfoot. B.F. (LARKE & (D, Room 4, 122 LaSalle-st. AUCTION SALE, REAT, ESTATH ON Drexel Bonlevand, CORNER FORTY-FIRST-ST., Thursdey Afternoon, May 7, at 2 o'olook, AT OUR BTORE, 8 & 88 RANDOLPH-ST, Threo Lots on Droxol Bonlevard, 164 foot front, Will soll this proporty in 1ot 8ix140 foat, on corner, and 2 Lota PO il ol oot B9 802150 {ook cach, adioling ou the fouth, "Thla 1a the most desirablo cornor on the Boulevard, bo- ing only one Black from the torminus of BTRICKT OARS, | and 1 Hlocke from Steam Cars, Oakland Station, just out- OR FOR SALE ONEAP. Two-stary Oottage, oontain- | fido of city limits, snd surroundod by handsome im- provemanta, and 1s'proporty that will inorsase zapidly in Titla pertc me, alowets, &a., lot 60 by 207 fcot, dast. front, 1, E’é?m’:flfi;., Tide Pk, oulgong block from depor: uire oniy-assond-sts S "5, QILLESPIE. TO REINTL. Storo 918 and 218 Kinzloat. ; aleo, lofts, size 100x120, connostod. Will bo ronted oheap, Call at 205 Kinzle-ot. e GROCERIES. &o. FINE GROCERIES, Teas, Wines, and Cigars, Belootod especially for Family Trado. CADY, HODGES & 00, No. 47 State-st. Goodls delivered in all thros divisions of tho oity, FURNITURE. EASHIONABLE EURNITURE. W. W, STRONG FURNITURE CO, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. valuo. Absiract furnisiod. Torms mado knows at timo o salo, 1LISON, FOMEROY & CO., Auot'rs, FOR SALE OR FOR RENT Dosiring to concentrate our business at our Factory, cor. of Wost Twonty-second and Fisk-ats., whore our Dock, Yard, Dry Kilns, &g., are looated, we offer the property ogcu- 4 by us, at the cor. of Olark aud Twelfthe 8ts., FOR BATH or FOR RENT; Ono Hun- dréd nnd Sevonty-six foot on Olark-st, by Ono Hundred and Fifty-four on Twolfth, covered with substantial brick buildings, throe and tfour stories high, with the excep- GOS8 & I’HILLIBS ?MF‘:E. CO. STOVES, RANGES, &o. GET THE BESTH BATHBONE RANGE Fearless Stove, ‘With Mioa Fronts and Olinker Grate, PACIFICO COOE, And mapy othor GOOD UHEAP BTOVES., Manufac- turod by RATHBONE, SARD & 00, ooForaaloat rotall by prominont, doslers in tho oity and - e NURSERY. . mmavenn_____| Sheffield Nursery. MERCHANTS EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK | ssqmes, e, 20, s ottt 200 Bartered In 1820, Jtoo ed tn 1805 : flupll’?‘l’,oé; ll].’ggfi.oxgo :fluur:; 2050, 488 LA , Prasidont. JOLN Gy DAY IS, Vioa-Presidont, ALLEN B, APGAR, Cashler. Accaunts respeotfally solioited from Morohants, Man- i ciarors, Danks snd Dankors tironphout the cauntts. Al Feraiitancos promptiy advised amd atatoronts roms gorod mont Real Istato Seouriis, of primo quallty, in sume of 51000ty $2,000, promptly Oashogs o, GmER, Building, husby, by tho doz, or'100: Fruit Troca Shrube, Rososy &0, mprosing sabdlvisions with modfum-sizod trees s Ipdotaliy. ALl &t fho lowoat plos, hii A 44 Racino-av,, olty. Take Chionga and Glybourn.av. cars. BUSINESS CARDS. FORST&FLANDERS, ARCHITECTS, Ington Block, southywost cornor Fifth.av, and Wesh- o omme 16 and 17 W.C. WATTS & CO., 21 Brown’s Building, Liverpool, s Sallolt consignments of Provislons, Lard, &o., and exo- r No.10 Tribuno REMOVALS, e oo e, | B340 ordar for tho purolinso and sala of samo shipmont or delivory. _Advaticos mado on conslgnment afallTndormation adordad by our ffonds, Moksr. I &'¥iash, No, 25 Willinin-st., Now York, ° MISOELLANEOUS, NOTICE. {holate David Baldgrston, of 8 Rogontest., Groon J. D. HARVEY haa moved his oflce from 174 LaSallo-st. to 95 Washingtcen-st., main floor, Parker'a Building. Will buy and sell ronl eatate} nazotinwhne lowest ratos, loans ok, for wm!olr yoors. Loans on collatorals, | haring by, bt traat, diy oeltion, and wotticinont loft & ogacy to Ara : Or Backonzio, 5 commeroial papor, eto. | VKGR 6 Whiiam “Muckoneier somotimo. bioksmith i or, ron, no o tit - 8, Macy Baldorada, or backoneis, 1l afive, or, 1f dcad, o hior ohilldzan, are rendirad 1o olafu tha snid hoquost and to gisbliah e It thnrott within o yones from thaddth ny of Kobruary, 1413, tho dato of tho sald David lalidor- stou's duatih, aud that if shio or thoy fail 1o do so Mr. I totho fddary"Togntaon, 'aa diroctad by (ho said e atitns on {ho wubjogt 1 16 addosenot vo SOIN i o'wui ! o g".'\‘tlmgunu.h. ‘Sollaitor, Maaalon J1ouso, Gruonooks otiand. MOVING. trucks and e: b TR SRotica: Madison-st, DISSOLUTION. o Portnership of 'Wisnor & Tallman as e ot 15 distolvod by Tabusl consent, WISNER & TALLMAN. . hiongo, April 34, 1874, A ALBRO & DIX, Commission Merchants ond Flour Dealera, romoved to No, 4 Hast Washington-st. Oholce and Fanoy Family Flour always on hand, Orders solicited. FOR SALE. AWBERGS LETTER HOLDER, FILE, AND BINDER, ‘WITIH INDEXLS, OULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & 00,, 118 and 120 Monroe-st., Chicago, GRANITE MONUMENTS, SUBUREMAN & IAND MANTEL 00, = Molgan-av coyuar Yan Huren-sty " ! othor ortonond furniture Glilas 128" SHiotiganes CHICAGO, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, Sanborn, but not othorwiso with him, Mo did not Jnow that Sanborn was an omployo of tho Qovernment, never having soon his annm. Ho thereforo could not swoar that Lie was in tho em- ploy of Goverumont. \aunm did not know whothor any momber ot Cougross wreta bo Binborn, urging him to sottle with Waddoll, 1lle did not recolloct that Ban- ‘Dorn over safd ho had a contract with tho Gov- ornmont, Witness thought Snnborn o most po~ culinr man. Witness did nothing wrong in his transactions, Mr. Niblack sald ho thought it was strange that business betweon the witness and Banborn shiould rosnlt only in favor of Fay. Thoro must bo somo peculinr relations botiecu thom. The witness romarked ¢ “Thero aro nono ; I swoar it." Tho Committeo, aftor furthor clogoly intorro- gating tho witness, adjourned until aftornoon. The Committeo this aftornoon examined JAMES E. CALDWELT,, of Philadolphis, who teatifiod that the confiden- tial boolkkeopor of the firm with which ho is con- nooted stolo cortain invoicos and othor doecu- monts, and placod them in tho hands of B. G. Jayno, Govornment Specinl Agont, of Now York. Cnldwell wont to Now York nnd saw Jayno, who, with tho stolon papers boforo him, sald thatthis wag tho most complote caso of fraud he liad over had, and clatnied that they had for- feitod $80,000 to the Governmont, but that ho could ottlo tho ongo in_two minutes, Ho conld cithor take the matter into court or compromiso. 1t was finally ngroed to compromisa for 850,000. ©Of this sum, $82,600 Lad been paid, and now Il&nllcnfloh Lind boon mado to tho Bac- retary of the Treasury to rno{wn tho oase, Wit~ Wood, an ox- WASHINGTON. Congressional Eulogies on the Late Sen- ator Sumner. A Notable Tribute by Lemar, of Mississippi, Testimony of Fay, Sanborn’s Turopean Agent, But Little Information Gleaned from Witness. Secretary Boutwell to Appear . he ittee. Before ¥ CommJttee ness related that William P. -Gov- ernmont Ohtof-Dotactive, come to him sayiny that Mr. Dans, of the Now York Sun, had sgroo to givo him §10,000 for an articlo containing all tho'facts in the Caldwoll case. Witness con- Suspicions of Great Frands in the Indian Confract Business. aultod his partnors, who_ said lLioro is suothor ¥ and dangerous blow, and it this man haz possos- sion of ‘51 the facts, and can spread them in such away as to damago our oradit, we hnd bottor i i closs with thia proposition, which wns A Batoh of_IE‘;g}zlmuE Billg Introduced e payions ot l,s"';z.ofin; B0 ier wie oldin, tl elo, oan ho other a0 k26 Houss, 81,0000 for_ bl infitonco st Washington, f—— Dila monoy wa paid, snd Wood gave n paper SUMNER. signod by Limsol?, saying that from an examina. tion of the case, ho believed Caldwoll & Co. did not intond to defraud tho Government. During tho cross-exnmination, witness snid tho article which Wood prepared did not appoar in tho Sun. Snectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, EULOGIES DELIVERED IN CONGRESS. ‘Wasmnyaron, D. 0., April 27.—At a littlo after 1 o'clock tho rosolutions of the Senate making tho formal anuouncomentof thoe death of Charles Sumnor were received, and, upon motion of E. Rockwood Honr, similar resclutions wore adopt- od by tho House. Judge Hoor thon pronounced & oulogy upon the gront Scnator, and was follow- od by Lamor, of Mississlppl, Dawes, Rainoy, Kolloy, and othors. Tho spoech of the day, however, tho ono wih evidontly made tho deopost lmprossion and olicited the highest raigos wag the ono delivored by Mr. amar., It was & fooling, touching tributa to the gront virtuos and noblo qualitica of Mr.Sumner at the hauds of A mnn wholeft Con- gross In 1861 to go into tho Confederato sorvice; & man who hne boon rogarded as ono of thé most dangerous of the flro—oltinF closs of secession- ista, Intorwoven withthe hig hencomiums thathe passed upon the groat apostie of human liberty and oquality, the ono who was alwaya bold and foarless In donouncing tho aystem for which the Confodorates fought, Mr. Lamnr wrought o manly, moving onflaponl for & moro completo res- toration of good fecling and mutual confldenco Dotwoon tho North and Sonth. He.spoko simply and with but littlo uso of tho arta “of tho orator, with his voico well modulated nnd toned down to suit tho gravity of tho nccasion. Ho hold tho full house and packed gallorics spoll-bound till the conclusion of his remarks, whon » spontancous burst of applauso broke out all over the floor, coming up hearty and warm, especially the Ropublican side. Thero worq fasny who, in tho blttornoss and heat of partisan strifo, had wn spparently callous acd insensiblo to good professions from those whom they havo fought and distrusted as traitors; who woro moved to toars by tho sim- ple, manly appeal to their botter nnture. The speoch will livo, and will have a matked and benofleial effoot in tho future. r—— THE SANBORN OASE. Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, FAY'S TESTIMONY. ‘Wasmmaron, D, O., April 27.—Tho Ways and Menns Committes are protty genorally of the opinion that Fay, tho witness oxamined by thom to-dny in the Sanborn mattor, is woll up in the art of keeping back such things as ho docs not wish to tell. ‘They aro convinced that he ovaded and answered falsoly in tho wholo course of his oxamination. Benator Boutwoll hns finally con- oluded that it will bo proper for him to nppear Dofore the Committeo and tell what ho knows of tho courso pursued by Sccretary Boutwoll in tho Sanborn contract affairs. Ho may possibly bo heard to-morrow. A strong prossuro is being brought to bear on tho Committeo to Lave thom BUMMON PRESCOTT, the Boston lawyer, to whom banborn pnid & $25,000 foo, Drescott was, up o within o vory short tima of tho receipt of this foe, o clerk in thio "Tronsury Dopnrtmont, nud it s belioved that ho was paid the largo feo, not for logal sorvices, but for giviug_informntion whilo in tho Dopart- tont. o Committao may possibly coucludo to summon him, but they are grown somewhat THE FINANCES. DILLS INTRODUGED IN THE HOUSE, Wasmnaroy, D. 0., April 27.—In the Iouso to-day, & numbor of bills woro introduced in the morniug hour, anda bill taking tho conatwiso .and Inko trade ont of tho oporation of tho Shipping Commissionors net. Tive flnancinl bills wero introduced, One by Judge Poland, of YVermont, providing for freo banking and the ro- domption of National Bank notes, and a speedy roturn to specie payments. "I'ho following 1s a synopels. It roproronts tho cssontinl featuros of tho compromige proposed by Enstorn mon : BSec. 1 ropenls all the acts lmiting tho fwotint of bauk circulation. Seo. 2 provides for issuing ciroulation toall banks which may bo duly organized under tho oxisting laws, who furnish the required securities. Suc. 8 provides that, ns fast 08 the circulation is issuod to tho banks, 50 per cent of the smount shall bo rotired in greonbacke until tho amount of groenbacka sball be reduced to '$250,000,000. Sec, 4 suthor- izoa the Issuo of 400,000,000 of Umted States bonds, at 5 per cent, for tionty yoars, or 43¢ per cont for thirty years, to bo used exclusivoly for rotiring groonbncks, nnd provides that overy holdor of greonbacks may oxchango tho samo for such bouds, snd all grocubacks thus ox- changed to bo ocancoled. Bee. 6 provides that - after July 1, 1875, tho Govorn- ment sholl pay all United ' Statos notes in coin, on prosontation, aud that ono-half of ‘all oustom dutics *mny’ bo paid in Unitod Statos notes. 8oo, 0 forbids tho fiuymcnt of intercst by Natioval Banks to otherNationalBanks on de- posits, except by banks acting s r¢deeming agonts for other banks, and then oniy to the amount that tho law suthorizes theni to keop as,| l.holrt reservo in tho hands of snch redeoming agonts. One by Mr. Hooper, of Maesachuseits, to increase tho 1s8ue of. National Bank currency in States and Torritories having less than tho volumo tequired, and providing for a return to specio paymouts, - One Judge Lowv- ronco, of Ohio, to facilitato & retutn to specio payments and to provont fluctuntions in the valuo of United States notos, One by Mr, Fiold, of Michigan, to nrovido for tho convereion of logal-tendor notes and interost-bearing bonds, and to reduce tho_interest on tho pubiic dobt, And, lastly, one by Mr. Shoomaker, of Pennsyl- vania, to provido for frop banking. Mr, Fort, of Hlinols, introduced s bill imposing o tax on the income of ocorporations and porsons whore thoy oxcecd £5,000. [0 the Ansociated T'rean} BANK-NOTE PHINTING, Wasmxaroy, D. C., April 27.—For the last four yenrs & portion” of tho logal-tondor and fractionnl curroncy notes has beea grinlfld by ench of the Now York Bauk-Noto Compantes, loaving tho finishing improssion tobo oxecuted by tho Trossury Departmont. Owing to tho ro- cont cstablishment of the Columbia Dauk-Note Gompany in Washington, which is now printing tho Govornment notes, ropresontatives of tho New Yorl companiea aro hore and have bad o hearing beforo the Houss Committeo on Bank- despondent at tho oironmstanca that thoy always | ing and_ Currency, the object being to unJ’ this olass of wituossos capablo of lying | have o law passed restoring tho former ubout gll of tho fraudulent foatures of the caso, | position of affaira 08 regards to and 8o it is hardly worth whilo to summon more | thomsolves, TFredorick R. Stanton to-day of tho rascals. [To the Asrociated Press.) WasnmyoroN, April 22.—Tho Committeo on Ways and Moaus to-day cxamined A, Goodrich Fag, who, belug sworn, was_examined by Mr. appearad before the Committeo as o roprosonta- tive of the Columbia Bank-Noto Compauy. Ho was asked by Mr, Hubbard, who, in part, repro- sonts tho combined Now York Companios, about L by tho issuc of $40,000 stock of tho Columbin Com- Bocl, Ho said that ho was a Iawyer, nmdmé; in | pany to Stanton as trustee for 8. P, Smith, of Now York, His bueiness conncctions with San- rluw York, Stanton’s suswer brought out the born commonced, ho thought, in 1850 or 1800, | fact that tho alock way givon &y a considoration and had referonce only to tho stock of a West- | for Smith's influenco in obteining the contraot oru ratlrond, and of tho Adams Express Com- | from the Trossuy Dngnrlment for the Columbin pany. Ho had salways Company. Assisiant Rocretary Snwyer protested agniust thé proposition of the Iubbard mon to oxamino employes of the Troasury Department without first applying to the Bocretary, the De- partmont plways bolug reudy to give tho proper facilitios for that purpose. e FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS. ADVIBED WITIL BANDORN ina frienaly and professional way. Ho had nover had aby money transactions with Sanborn oxcopt ns to the matter just stated. As to Seo- born's contracts, he never knew that he bhad a casoin Brookiyn. In amewer to the quostion why bo wont to Buropo, the witness stated that ho had contemplated for years going p ) e abroad to oducats his ohildren. ~ Ho ‘m"mm’iflfi"‘,;flz:r’“cfl;z’m“m""" mentioned _this to Bauborn, who eaid . ‘Wasnmorox, D. 0., April 27.—Soma timo ago Congress suthorizod tho appolutment of N. P, Langford to bo Superintondont of tho Yellow- utono Park. 'Tho appointment was mado at his own solicitation, and ho was to il the offico Ho did not know who Drought about tho ap- | without elary. Now it is statod thnt Lo hug polntment, Ho mado nothing out of this ap- | presented a bill to Congross amounting to ointmont, Thero woro some things bindgo, THE MODEST BUM OF §23,000 ond of tho Special Agont Buroau, said ho could by way of paymont for Lis sorvicos, Asho Las finish up. s 2 i hod “the placo not to oxcoed two yoars, In answor to further inquiries, witnoss said ho it for that long, snd it s mough; was thoe advieor of Bauborn to accopt ihe torms of sottlemont proposed by Waddell, | that this sum will amply romunerate DLim, _In this connecction it np)sroars that nnd for this gorvico mever receivod a cout. ifo did not know who madoe thoe ap- | while Langford is a stookholdor and Dircctor of plication that ho ehould bo appointed | & National Bank in Holous, Mon, Wor,, ho also agont abroad. Ho never ssid a word to auy | holds the position of United States Bank-Ex- mombors of Congross about it. Ho did not | aminor for tho Pacille Coast. 1t ia charged that think anybody advised him to get tho oflico, | he has beon writting lotleis and using other Sanborn was anxlous ho should obtain tho ofiice. | means in bis powor for the purpose of Tho business he was to attend to in_£uropo was | DOLSTERING UP VARIOUS WEAK AND TOTTERING with referonco to customs undarvaluation, Thore was cortain information submittod to him, and his businers was to visit certain consulatos und com&mru the ovidence with the consnlar rec- that whilo abroad he could attond to some im- portant business for tho Govornmont as woll 1a to his own privato affairs. It turned out that, while he could not bo appointod ns counsel, ho oould go out a8 AN AGENT FOR THE TREASURY. BANKE in Lia fleld of aporations, and thal lie s racent- Iy beon notified by Gomptrollor Inox that & ropo- tition of tho offenso will cost bim his position, ords, and iind out whuthurmfiy ‘wéro good casos | Altogothor Langford seoms to bo an oflicial or not. o did the work. 0 could not give | of tho most ~ undosirable stripe, whoso | tho names of thewo cases, Ho did not moke & | placo would bo better supplied n{:wm roport, and knew of nolist, Tho namosof the cases were in tho departmont, but there was nothing thoro to indicato that ho had anything to do with them, Tho business was RID QLOYE OABES. Almost all tho trade jn thot article in Now York was on the list of cases, Bauborn was furnishod with tho list, Ho supposod Sanborn was Lo,worl thom up as au agent of the Govern- y an honest man. It is undevstood that Hoere- tary Delano will sustain him in *his domaud for the §26,000, THE INDIAN DUREAUB, Tho Houso Indian Affairs Committoe heve boen for gomo time engaged to all appoarancos fuvosntigating alleged frauds and carmPtions in tho Indinu contract systom, Thoy sit with closed doors, however, and no iutimatlon of their pro- ‘rathior thau acouraoy. mont. The commirsion wituesa rocoived was signod by the Seorotary of tho Tremsury, It stated that ho was to praceed to Europe and ox- osediugs is allowed to reach tho publie. From the clroumstanco that ono or two mombors of the Committco oxpress Eflmt ~ diegust with o] amine Into certaln casos fllod by Banborn, It | the mannor in whi the Iuvestiga- was not thought necousary to fnstruct him, but | tion ~fa being couducted, sud tho to lenvo tho mattor to his~ judgmont. He would | additlonsl circumstauco that those not to-morrow furnish the Committeo with tho com- mission, the plrasoology of which he did not | ings churged, und aro intorostoa in the caso, ure remember. Madgo cmfid glye tho names of the gmwing mutf\’n, and aro inolined to ohargo that suepooted parties, o could rocolloct only one | tho Committeo aro dotormined to whitewasl, thoro seoms to bo ronson for belloving that thore aro roally grounds for complaint, Tha doors of the Commlttoo ought to bo thrown open. As long ns thoy aro closod thero is no oud to the meana by which honest inquiry may be stifled, It is only when the public are frco to &ldga and to oritlolse that Oongressmon 'with white- rormation of | washivg proclivities be foroed in Congress who Lavo knowledgo of tho miado- (Juglao, of Paris), who had a hougo or agont in Now York, A man named Mooro, in Europo, furnished the secrot information, Ho so ubdor- stood, 'The componsation of witness In Europe was 85 & doy, with all expensos addod, During tho oross-examination, Fay sald he ad- visod with Banborn aftor ho wes indicted, o ,mado monoy on the atocks o inf can 1874, to do pood honest work., In thls caso, portioulatly, thoro can Lo no justification, for tho adoptlon of {he star-ochambor stylo of carry- ing on tho Invostigation, 1, as tho Committoo would have it appoar, nothing wrong Is davelop- hf' tho publication of tho faot will do no ono injury, whilo it will olear innocont men of tho susplolons that haye boon put upon thom, A littlo daylight in this® §s imporatively domanded, ~ and unloss tho Committeo, adopt tho propor coursn at an enrly day thoy will Lo compolled, doubtloss, by order of the Iouso, to do so. The Committoo may bo unjustly suspocted of n doslro to whitewash, but thoir rofusal to Iot tho public know what thoy are doing can but strongthen such susplclona. — THE DISTRIOT INVESTIGATION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. WaemmaroN, D. 0., April 37.—The Joint Dis- trict Invostigation Committeo held no scsslon to-aay, but will sit to-morrow. They hopo to ooncludoe tho taking of testimony within two wooks. THE RING ARE TOO ZEALOUS. 'Tho impression that Gov. Shophord is making In his offorts to appenr firat and most dosirous in tho movement for a change in tho form of tho Distrlct Governmont is not s favorable ono; onpooially 8 this tho caso with the mombora of tho Committas. While thoy aro very prop- orl; roticont 88 to their . foolings ang judgment. with rogard ‘to n‘f. evidonos . adducod before them, thoy indieato unmistakably that thoy are proprred to oppose Auch proposod Congressional action as will allow anyo! tho officials of tho prosont Governmont any place or position in tho new order of thioga. THEY CANNOT DE TRUSTED IN TIE FUTURE, They aro ovidently inclined to rogard this ox-~ tromo zoal as stimulatod for tho purpose of call- ing attention sway from tho maladministration, fraud, aud corruption cloarly proven aud cstnb- lishod by tho tostimony alroady given. The offort will bo o failure. {70 the Associated Presa.) THE DISTRIOT LEGISLATURE. ‘WasitNazox, D, O., April 27.—The District of Columbia Ln;galntum ‘met and organized to-day, when Gov. Bhephord sent a mossago rocom- monding that the body adjourn until Congross disposes of the investigation now being conduct- od, and tho pending joint resolution contom- Bln“ng tho suspension of tho fuuctions of the iutrict Logislaturo. Tho messago was roferred to s special committoe. 3 —— NOTES AND NEWS, Special Dispatch o The Chicago Tribune, A MAMMOTIE MOTEL PROJECT. * Wasmnarox, D. 0., April 27.—Mr. Parkor, of- Misgouri, has introduced & bill in tho Houso chartoring a company to do tho hotol business for tho Yollowatono Park, and to afford travel- ing facilitios for tourists, Tho project doos not look well at first glance, as it cstablishes o mo- nopoly which mny grow to bo oppreasive und ex- tortionate, TIUE FREEDMEN'S SAVINGS DANK. The Houso Banking and Ourrency Committeo will report a bill, nnd urgo its passaga a8 apocd- 1y a8 possibly, nuthorizhli tho Diroctors of the Froodmen's Snvings Bank to closo up tho un- rofitable branches, .and to eventuslly wind up ho affairs of the whole concorn. 70 the Associated Pross.) ‘WasmixaroN, D. O,, April 27.—Reports were in circulation to-day that tho Freodmen's Bav- ings Bank had .closed its doors, but they were unfounded. During tho forenoon a fow dopos- itors called at tho bank with their check- books for tha purposo - of closing their mccounts, but, fearlng a rTun on the institution, the management applied thorulo in their- charter, which authorizes tho bank to require smx days’ notico provious to the with- drawal of deposits. The dopositors requiring monoy for curront business PUrposes Woro ac- commodatod, < Special Dirpatch to The Chicago T'ribune, NEw Yonx, April 27,—The ofticors of tho New York brouch of the Freodman's Bavings nud Trust Company, of Waslington, roceived, late thia aftornoon, Information of tho failuro of the mother institution. They say that thoy shall opon to-morrow morning as usual, and Pay oub tho monoy ss long as it insts, ——— CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. SENATE. WastiinaTox, D. O, April 27, This being tho day fixed for culogies upou the Jato Sonator Sumncr, the gallerics of the Sonate Chambver wera donsely crowded long beforo the hour of meeting, Tho bust of tho lato Senator, rocontly finishod by Proston Powers, was pluced i]n adcouuplauoua position, and sppropriately raped, i ioc-Presidont Wilson was prosont, but did not accupy the chair. Prayor having baon offored and tho journal read, Ar. BOUTWELL eaid that, in acoordauce with tho notico proviously given, ho now submitted to tho Sonato tho fol- Towing resolutions, und askod their considera- tion : JResolved, By tho Sonnto, that a8 an _additionsl mark of respect o the memory of Charlea_ Sumner, long the Bonator of Mussachusotie, business bo now suspended thiot tho fricnds and assoclates of tho deceased muy pay o fitting tributo to his public and privata valuo, Jteaolved, That the Secretary of the Senato bo in- structed to presont theso resolutions to tho Louse of Reproscntatives, Tho resolutions were agreed to, and Mr. Boutwell then began his “speech. o spoke of tho puro purposes of Mr. Sumner in private ‘aud publio affairs, and ssid, although at times in advanco of the peoplo of is State 1n bis hostil- ity to tho institution of slavery, and_tho recon- struction of the Governmont upon tho basis of freedom, he novor msropresented Massachu- potts, In tho causo of liberty ho wns tho npostle, murtyr, and fnally tho cou- quoror. is lifs, ns ho ofton mnid, wns o life of " controversy. ~Ho was dovoted to liborty—not to_English liberty or to ‘American liberty, but to liberty. Ho ncoopted, in their fullest seuse, the words of Kossuth : “ Liborty is liborty as God is God.” Mr. Bum- uer was & follower of ideas, and not inclived to trust gonoral declarations and cmbody thom in the constitution and lawe, o wes impationt of dolay, and henco nccepted, roluctantly, those amendmeuts to tho Constitution which to others soomed sufilciont for the protection of porsonul and public rights. Therofore, in tho business of the Governmont, and for tho time in which ho lived, Mr, Sumnor was not always a prectical ‘ statosman, but his namo will always staud awmonyg, the great leaders in teat k;r tho overthrow of .slnvor{. his labors, fdolity, snd sufforings in tho causo will justly claim consideration in other lands and irom future times., His lifo, ehnractor, and publio sorvices, especially in favor of human'liborty aud universal poaco, will avor be hotd in gratoful romembianco by his country~ men, and the knowledgo thoroof transmitted to posterity as an examplo for futura gencrations. Sonator THURMAN alluded, iu_feoling torms, to tho friondship that had oxistod botween the decoasod Sonator and himeolf, aud said ho de- wired to spoeak, not of the politicien or of the statosmnu, but of the man. Ono of tho pecu- liaritios of Mr. Sumnor's mind was broadth A devotion to o gront Jidoa, without due’ regard to 1ts unavoldnble limitations, Intollect, rofinomont, and tasto marked his conversation, sud tho aminbility, high-broeding, and politoness of his characler will ever command our reepect snd adimiration, Ispeale over his grave my beliof that ho was aroat n intollect, profound in leatning, sincoro m his couvictions, truo in his friondships, urbaue and amisble In his intorcourse, an wholly unussailablo by corruption. Al this I axm truly eny; and moro than this ho would not, if living, wish ma to say, o would not ask mo to surrender my woll-matured opinions, or ap- plaud his views o1 his course whon thoy wore op|posol.l to tho deliborate judgmout of my own mind, Mr, BPENCER spoke of the many good traits In tho personal clisractor of Mr. Bummor; his ability s o statosman, and his olforts aguinst the ovil of human slavery. 3r. MORRILL (V£.) roforred to tho personal lors und to the greater lous of the Housto itself by tho death of Mr, Buwinner. IIe alluded to his brilliant efforts in tho Senate, sud said that by alifo of unstinted and unsolfish lobor in the causo of humanity ho sccured tho undying gratitude of an umnuu‘l]pnlell 1ace, and the goner- al approval of maukind, Upon internatioual law hie was moro profoundly learnod than upon the eubject which most contribnted to bulld up and support bis reputation. Deducting whatover truth may domaud—na storn deductlon deceasod nover omitted—the brightnoss of hisnamowillnot sarvo to paipotuato the momory of any stain apon the purivy of his privato or Emblln charaoter, and there will still remain the lmporishablo rocords of a momorable careor, omething that tho highs est nmbitlon aims to grasp, and that heroos h(u to obtain, or much of tho roal oloments of groat- uoss und all the {;lory of a historjo namo, Mr, PRA" snld, oaa loglulator and statesman, Mr, Bumnor doserved to tho con- and 0 hold up a8 an oz~ ample to others, Ho was oarnost and unsworv- ing in his convictions, and dovoted his yoars from oarly manhood to the overthrow of human slavery and the cause of clvil rights, It was no mero puasion for motorlety that inspired him, Iloncoforth, Bumner would divido with the martyred Lincoln tho love nnd rospoot of tho colorod raco. No ono over venturod to nesall tho purlty of Mr. SBumnor's publio or rivato lifo. Inconclusion Jio sont to tho clork's osk and had read tho ’lmmmblo and_resolutions ;daptod by tho colored poovplo of Loganuport, nd. & Mr. BARGEANT spoke of the courago, manll- noss, and high achiovements of Mr, Sumuer. Mr, BHERMAN satd that at no provious porlod of Bumner's life would his death have cousod atcl gonoral soxrow, Tho heat of tho recont conlillct wne passing away, nnd Chnrles Bumnor was by tho gudgmout of his assoclatos hore, by the love and confidence of his consti- tuonts, by the genoral volso of tho pooplo, tho foromost man in the Clvil Bervico of tho United Siates, Tho trao -criticlem of his courso is that ho hns_ often beon 80 eagor in the advanco that ho did not sufficiontly look to tho practical measures to sccuro tho progross already mado, Blr. Sumnor was aggressive. Lo enuld broolk no opposition, Ha was always for a cloan victory or & clean dofont. o would not yiold evon on_minor points, and would often fight for n phrago whon ho ondangored A prin- ciplo. Ho would somotimos turn his warfaro upon his best frionds when they did not koop eoxactly abroast With him, Thio fonturo of hin oharacter lay.at the foundation of maoy of his controversiés with his nesocintes, and was tho wonkest point of 'his charactor. Ar. 8horman spoke of the Industry, fixed con- viotions, stondy purpose, and honesty of Mr. Sumnor, and concluded a8 followa: * May we boeo guided hore that whon our timo comes our asgocintes may bo able truly to say of us somothing of tho good that ia thls day eaid of Chatles Sumner,” Bonators WOODLEIGIH snd ANTHONY also dolivered speechos culogiatio of tho lifo and pub~ lie sorvices of Mr. Sumner, and the Bonato ad- Journed. HOUSE OF REPREBENTATIVES. NEW BILLS. Under the call of the ‘Statea many bills wore }ntrodncodnud roforred, including the follow- ing : By Mr. LAWRENCE—To facilitato the re- sumption of specio poymonts, and to provent uctuations n. tho "valuo of Unitod” Blates notes, By Mr., OROSSLAND—Ropealing old laws im-~ posing v tax on Stato bauke. By Mr. FORT—'f'o impose & tax of b per cont on all incomen of individuals and corporations oxcoeding #6,000, By Mr. POLAND—To provilo a freo systom of National Banking, and for,tho resumption of spoclo paymonts. > ' : OIVIL SERVIOE REFORM. Mr. FRYE offored s resolution directing the Committeo on Rtoform in OCivil Bervice to con- sidor curefully and forthwith the subject of ofil~ cers of tho Scnato and Houso with a view to ro- movo any inequality or injustico existing. Adontod. . BUITPING OF BEAMEN. Mr, HALE (Me.) introducsd s bill amonding the Shipping Commissionors’ at &0 s not to apply to sail or stoam vessols engaged in coast wiko trade, orin lake tradoe touching at forcign ports or ntherwise, or in trade,batween tho Unit- od States nnd tho British North Amorican pos- Bossions, or in any case whoro the soamon are, by custom_or agreement, ontitled to participate in tho profits of o course or voyago. Pnsscd, By Mr. BRIGHT, declaring it oppressive to imposo additional taxation and inoczpodiont to rotronch on necossary appropriations alroady made in tha interest of commerco, and providing 18 & monsure of tomporary. rolief, for tho issue of 50,000,000 of logal-tondor notos. TIIE LATE SENATOR SUMNER, A mossngo being roceived from tho Benato in reforenco to tho death of Scnator Sumuer, Mr. E. R, Hoar offered s rosolution that as an addl- tional mark of respect to the momory of Charles Sumner, long Benator from Mussachusotts, and in sympathy with the action of tho Sonato, busi- noss bo mow suspended in the House, %o allow fitting tributes to bo - paid to his pudlic snd prirate - virines, - The resolution was: adopted, aud Mr, E. R, Hoar addrossed the House in culogy of Mr; Sumner. Mr. Hoar altuded to Mr, SBumnor's life, and Flvn o briof history of bis career to the hour of iis death, which ho attributed to the sassult of Preston Brooks, No doubt ho died a martyr to tho cause of liborty as truly as thoy who fell on the flold of battle. The bludgoon precaded tho bayonet and tho bullot in tho civil war, which bepan borore 1861, and did its work of death as suroly, if more slowly. Alr, JIOAR poid a high tributo to Mr. Sumner' gront honesty and integrity, and sumnied up by apply= ing to him tho oulogy that had boen pronounced on Milton, Ho aliuded to Mr. Sumuer's dying romarlk, that ho was o weary, aud closod by say- ing, *Tho weary aro at rest, Tho good and Efi’l:}qp sorvaut s ontored into tho joy of his ord. sipceches wero also mado by Mossrs, LAMAR, Oll&‘fl. TRAINEY, DAWES, POTTER, KELLEY, NESMITH, G, F. HOAR, CONéEl!, and PHILLIPS. The most notablo spacch was that ot LAMAR, of Mississippi, who spoko a8 fol- ows Mr, Seeaxen: I rise to second the resolu- tions preeonted by tho member from Mussne chusotts, I beliovo that they oxpress o senti- ment whic pervades the hearts of all the peopla whoso reprosentatives are hero assombled. Struu%«. s in looking back upon the rast, the asgortion may scom imposeible as it ould linvo been ten years ngo to make it, it is not lesy truo, that to-dity Mississippi rogrets tho death of Chatlos Sumuer and ss singoroly unites in_pay- ing honors to his momory:* Not because of tho up?undor of his intellect; not because of tho high culturo, ologant scholarabip, and varied learning which rovealed:thomiselvas 80 clenrly in all his public offorts us to justify the application” fto Lim of _Jolnson's' folicitous oxprossion: *Ile touched nothing which ho did not adorn ;" not this, but beosuso of thoso po- cullar and strongly-marked moral traits of his character which gave coloring to tho whole ton- or of his siugularly dramatio public carger, mak- ing bim for u lony periad toa largoportiow of his connbrymon tho objoct of as deop and passion- ato n Liostility ns to anothier he was one of en- thusinstic admiration, and which are not tho loss tho causos that now unite all thoso partios #0 widely differing in » comwon sorrow to-dny over his lifolss remains. Mr, Lamar wonb on to speak of tho high moral qualities of Mr. Sumnor, and of tho char- acteriatics whiol brought thoillustrious Senator, ust pssed away, into direct and bittor antagon- ism for yeurs with his own Btale and hor sister States of tho South, Charles Sumner was born with an_instinctive love of froedom, und wag educatod from his catlicst infancy to the beliof that froodom is tho uatural right of all having the outward form of man, To behold o human boing, or & race of human boings, restrained of what he deomed their natural right to liberty, for no crimo tl\or had committed, was fo feol all tho bolligorent instinets of bhis nature roused to combat., Thoe fact was to him & wrong which no logio coued justify. It mattered not to him how bumblo in the sealo of rationnl boings tho subject of this' rostralut might bo, how dark his sk, or how donso his ignorance ; bobind all that lay for bim the great principlo that liborty is_tho birthright of “all lwmanity, and that ovory indi- vidun}, of evory raco, who lias n soul to tave, Is ontitled to fropdom which may onablo him to work out his salyation. 1t matters not to- him that thoe slavo might Lo contented with his lot ; that his actual condition might bo immensurably moro desirablo than that from which it had transplanted lum ; that it gave him the physical comfort, montal elovation, and roligious truth possossod y his mace iu no other condition; that his bonds hed nmot boon plncod upon bhis hands by tho llving goneration; that tho mixed social systom of which Lo formed an oloment had been regarded by the fathors of tho Ropub- lic, and by tho ablost atatosmen who bad rien up aftor them, as not caloulated to bo thrown up w?thnm danger to socioty itsolf, or ovon to clvil- ization, or, finally, that the actuul state of thiugs Lind beén recognized and oxplicitly sanationed by tho vory organio Jaw of tho Ropublio, Woighty ne theso consideration® :aight bo, formidable as the difticulties in tho way of tho practioal onforce- ment of Lis groat principle, ho hald not tho lows that it musb, soover or lator, be onforced, though ' institutions’ and constitntions shall have fo ivo way alike boforo it, Bub hore lot mo fin thin great man tho justics which, amid the oxcitoments of thestrugglo batween the gectious now past, I mayhavo boen disposed to dony him, In his flery zeal and his earnest war- farc against wrong, ns Lo viewed lt, there on- tered no enduring porsonal animosity toward tho men whote lot 16 was to be boru to'the sys- - (8oe Kiftk Fugos) NUMBER 243, . * FOREIGN. Indidents of the Religious Cru + .sade in Poland, The &:sople Commanded to Embrace thy féfluasian National Religion. " [<3 Man}; Persons Thrown into Prison ana Otherwise Perseouted. Lin . The Luedive of Egypt Takes Possession of tho Suez Canal, POLAND. New Yorx, April 27.—A Iottor trom 8t. Potors« burg gives somo particulave of the disorders in Poland, growing out of the attompta to forco the inhabitanta to attach thomsolves to tho Rus- slan national chureh, Tho prieats of twonty-six porishos in the Govornmont of _Sledloe wara all. = thrown into prison for rofusing to oboy tho gon- oral ordors of tho Ruseo-Greck Church. Tho ponsants rofused to recognizo the Russln prioats, or attond the churchgeu, whoreupon flm; wworo sont thero by forco, In'somo placos tha ponsantry stons: tho pricats, and in tho villago of Cralif rosistanco was mnda to tho militory, ond soveral soldiors and officors, wero wounded by pikos and stones, T'ho soldiors firadon the possantry, and a Iarge number woro killod, In lEo Villago of Protulin, a similar disturbance took place, in which soveral officers and mony soldiors wore killed, and somo ifty-soven pessants wero shol down, The prisons at Siedles and other chiof towns aro crowded with prisonors, Bosidos the arrests which woro made, the inhnbitants of the troubled dintricts wore sontanced to bo beaton— tho men with fifty blows and the women with twonty-five, whilo obildren rocoived ton blows oach, without distinction of ago or sex, Boma of tha women, who woro violontin thoir lan« guago, recolved ss many s 160 blows. - —— GREAT BRITAIN. Loxpox, April 27.—A story is told that there haa been a eorious difliculty, roquiring even diplomntic intervention, in regard to tho rank and precedonco of tho Duchoss of Edinburgh, At all ovonts, thero scoms to bo some disop- pointmont at Clarocnce Houge. It is sald that the Duchess has been atruck by tho suddon ohango from the cordial domonstrations which graced hor rriva), and tho humdrum obsourity into whioh sho has sinco fallen. Nobody knows lIx’nr.k or takes any notico of her, oxcept in Hyda ark, LoxpoN, April 27.—The Houso of Commons Thas finolly approved and dieposed of the budgot. Tho Khodivo of Egypt took military possos- sion of the Sucz Conal boforo M. de Loasepr yiolded to the decision of the International Ton- nago Commission. 0N, April 28,—In tho House of Commons this oveniug, Cross, Homo Sacrotary, iu?raduccd a bill amending aud considorably amoliorating tho Liconsing act. Tt fixes tho closing-hour of public houses at half an hour later at night. ——— HOLLAND, LonnoN, April 27.—A letter says that the Ozax 18 oxpoctod at the Haguo on the 12th of May, at the celebration of the King of Holland’s ace fosslou, and will errive in England a fow days ator. T CUBA. HavaxA, April 27.—Capt.-Gen. Concha has ordored a draft for military service, to take place May 1, from tho class befweon tho ages of 2% and 85 yeara. . The muil-steamor which leaves for Spain toe morrow takes out 460 Oarlist prisoners to be ox= ohanged. St S —_—— GERMANY.. Pants, April 27.—Count Van Arnim, Minister of Pruesin, at Paris, hns written a lotter to Dr, Doollinger criticieing tho eccleslastical policy of the Governmont. i SPAIN. Bavoxne, April 27.—Gon. Palaclos Valles, with 6,000 men, has entered and taken possession of tho Town of Chelva. THE SOUTHERN FLOODS, Drashenr' City Overflowede=Ald Ree colved from Various Quarters, New ORLEANS, April 27.—A resolution of & publio meeting in West Baton Rougo states that 800 families 1n that parish havo boon rendered homeless by inundotions from crovasses. Brashoar City is overflowed, the raiiroad om- bankment belng their only thoroughfara, Tho merchants have noarly all built bridges connect- ing with tho ombankmont, aud raised their store floors, Bmall boats aro in genoral use, Col, H. 0. Hodges, Quartermaster U. 8. A., ro- coived yosterday, and turned ovor to the Dise txihuunlav Committeo for sufferers by the over- flow, 25,000 lined sacl coats, 25,000 fornging caps, 25,000 pairs of shoos, and 4,000 blankets. The Cotton Exchanige-ronds 92,000 contributed by citizoun of Savaynah for the overflowed district, Advices from the Techo country report s cro- vause, 'Tho wator ia till_rising, and the indica- tions aro that Morgan's Texas~ Rauroad will ba partly overflowad: . ‘I'no Now Yorl mail of the 221 was rocolved to~ ¥ dey. The mails of the 1Gth tothe 10th inclu- sivo ero missihe, SAVANNAT, Ga., April 37.—It Ia reported that tho lower Cliattahooohie River is overflowed its ontire longth, and that considorable damage has boen done, Serara, Aln,, April 27.—Tho Alabama River is two foot nbove lhigh water-mark of July, 1873, and rising slowly, Tho water lacks bub two inchos of boing sixty foot above low water-mark. o low lands Gouth of Solms aro submorgod, and grent damago has boen dono to pluntations and crops. WasuiNaron, D. 0., Aprll 27,—Tho Secrotary . of War lins dirccted the 1ssue of 20,000 army ra- tions daily for twonty-five days, aud also & propor supply of army clothing, for the destituto peopla in tho overtlowed rogion about tho Mississippt. Tho distribution is to bo made by oommlt{nnu agreed upon by tho authoritics in Now Orleans. ‘Tho cost to the Government will bo $90,000, and tho Socrotary hna asked Congross to nppropriato thint amount to mect the oxponses. Bosroy, - April 27.—Contributions for the Louisidna sufforers now amonnt to $98,000. CAPITAL AND LABOR. Stone=Cutters? Strike at Lansing, Spectal Dispateh o 7'he Chicago Tribune. LansiNg, Mioh,, April 27.—The stonc-cutters on tho now Capitol struck to-day for 83,75 per doy, tho samo that thoy roceivod lnst soason. Tliolr wages wero cut down to $3,25 por day last full, and the contractors will pay only” that amount this geason for ton hours” woik, The contractors say thoy have stono cut enough to last the senson, ‘Threatenod Strilce of Buildors in New . York City, New Youx, April 27.—Inquiries among build- ors and earponters fudicate that there will be a fimmml atoppage in the building operations on lur 1, until tho question of olggt or ton houra' daily work is sottlod, The men, it is said, will re- alst tho movoment of employers for ten Loura® and stroug opposition is oxpeoted, ospecially on the part of the masons, who only work eight hours now, They rely on the large amount of Jjob-work whioh ‘muss bo done at onee, and tho nooessity that contrnctors will have to bo- * gin tho ercction of buildinga thoy have contracted to finish within a certain timo, As both sides aro equally dotermined to hold out, tho contost will bo o long ono, and it is fentod, bring much sufforing to many families, Mill-Operntivos’ Sirike at St, John, o B3s 81, Joux, N, B,, April 27,—The diffl 3 tweon mlll-:wperntlvnul and mill-owners o%::‘l“m?&:: T‘l'xo mllll‘-ln\vmru :ll;mlnrs fihn‘t thoy will shut ap overy mill rathor than ¥ K thort’rn(go'u ather linnsul t to the tyranny of —— —The now Miohigan State Constitution, with notes, will bo priati ook Ppriatod and issued at Laneing tos