Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27, “ b s T INSURANOCE, mom - WASHINGTON. 2 ; Ira Holmes, of Chicago INST INCE COMPANY. 8 SURA AT Before the District Committee. (ool Al - < $29,220.875. | Ay 1 e Dl Sy, - $9,760,504. | .~ UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF THE PROPRIETORS. ‘HisStory Concerning His Deal- Lo atd 1ot Tl S, - $16000,000. | Lases Pl n Ghtago snd Boston, - $4,800,000, | | ‘ mg&w&&gfii@ tad o Bixty-Day Olauso in Policies, and no Doduction for Interest, Chicago Office, Orientel Building, No, 124 LeSalle-st, Brominait. Wisten Ttk n L : ? - the River and Har- WILLIAM WARREN, i bor Bill, i : ) GEI‘!;ERAL AKSENT TOR THE NORTHWESTERN BTATHS. k& REAL ESTATE, ) ' OARPET LINING: ' Grad Auction Sale! MOTE:“P“R“@”F” "t I tho s, PavflionPa.El_{_@yProparty. (loiks- to ‘Do Classified to Corre- 15 ACRES, @M?ET MNHH@ : spond ‘with Congressional Districls, Bubdivided into 98 Large and Hl- ) . gible Lots. THIRTY LOTH on Packway. THIRTY-FQUR LOTS, South front, on Tfty.slxth.st, THIRTY-FOUR LOTS Nortu front on ¥iffyoaizt mertng on Btewactar,, Horkicy and Wallico-sts Pasilion Parkway {8 200 foot wido, masadamigod and sew- omamonted with larga Kims. Water jow buing Inid within ono black of thoso lois. oro 1y no property around Ohicaka that will Ingcoose | . mororapidiy In valug than this, Lolng ouly s few bleck ¥ Gh_enp and Durable, The Indian Appropriation Bill Considered in the House. onthe Bfiulhd Cost of tho Indian Wars for For- ty Years Estimated at “Broporty boushit at Jess than Jts value wili pey you well. TERON, "POMRHOY & Qv Auotibuoora. © We heve for sale, on casy torme, the BEST FIFTY LOTS AT RIDGELAND, Midway batwoen Austin and Oak Park. Oholco olass of* residouts. Bome thirty now housos alroady under con: Tha safo fs poroun! aud will tako place on. the N - i AT AR At s #500,000,000, Ry Bsdizon and Ce ot ot alinsp - DB o 2k 3 HiND, Foo i serieet, Astgcs fambbod, 140 Lake-st b B TG ARTO ! : 4 Special Dispatel to.The Clucago Tribune, Wasnivarow, D. C., April 20.—Tho District In- “estigation Committoo conducted its proceedings to-dpy with olosed doors, -the only persony allowed access to the room.being tho witnosses and officinl roporters. Duxing the forenoon, tho SEGARS AND WHISKIES. I give ordors for Direot Importation, nnd re- * '56ive doty freailota of "% ¥ HAVANA SEGA g | herd, Mr. Mattingly, .alt for tho Distriet Gov- traat for erotion this summer, ' Fheso Iots aro the pick | Ta An d, S Ar ornmont, aud the fathor-in-law of Wilcox, tho ~ of the place for residenco usos, Also, for sale the P foppbells, Amegioan Jockor | @ who barbored Kirtland during his It visit s K1 Doslgnto, Blamend Raglo, Onroltan, b g BEST 5 THIRT (BT La Fscupoldn, Hordelozo, ' Kepanold, to this City. Tho aftornoon sossion, whick was E jubs, A 5 Honry Olay. 'r:--. fatimtiaa! {’m.?' m.,,,. o shiort one, was dovoted to 3 flor da aaut innils, nanbrable, MR. IRA HOLMES, OF OHICACO, z Manuol G ® ) ) i At Northwestern Oar Works, T oo, llatte Bomdor This gontloman lnd beon summoned for tho 4 {ho best 1 the place for bustness | Voar¥ Villar, o Winliold Boots, = Upmage. purposo of aecortaining whother he know svy= Oshana and Honrados Clgarottos. X, O, Barkor & Oo." Amorioan Faglo Chowlug'foonoch, Hlonrades Bmoking Tobacco. Ialeo roecive from the distillors, J 'NED WHITE BOURBON AND MARYLAND RYE WHISKIBES. C. TATUM, Wine Merchant, 146 EAST MADISON-ST. TO RENT. Warelouse to Rent Three-stories and basement, situate on N, W. corner of Cass and Michi- gan-sts., now occupied by H. W. Rogers, Jr., & Bro. Apply to MATTOCKS & MASON, 523 Wabash-av. PFPOR REINT. The throe-story brick bullding, with b e orth Citonist, “home peecatson light and access on threo sldes, with. Uiroad company hiss declded to push up fast as possible, aud this property 1a sure to TURNER & MARKH, ' 102 WASEINGTON-ST. B3 We make a speclalty of Oar Works, Austin, Ridge- (20d and Onk Park property. AUCTION SALE. REAL ESTATE ON Drexel Bonlevard, OORNER FORTY-FIRST-ST., Thursday Afternoon, May 7, at 2 o'clock, - AT OUR BTORE, & & 8 RANDOLPH-8T. ‘Tiirea Lota on Droxol Boulevard, 164 feot front, WWill eell this proporty in 1 Jot of 64x140' feot, on comer, and 3 Tots c0x15d fact oach, adjoining on tho sonth. G, the mast desirabla corner on {he Bonlovard, be- ing only ono ock frum the terminus of ATREET CARS, and 4 Blocks from 5 ‘Gakland Siation, just gut:. side of oity limite, and’ surroundod by haudsvme jm- thing of tho disposition Kirtland had made of tho proceeds of tho uotes recelved from Chit~ tonden for his influence in’ obtawing contracts. Mr, Holmos' tcafimnn{l waa compact, and to the point. Ho admitted the purchnso of tho notes, which came into_hid nosscesion m two batchos, For tho firut lot ho patd _cash, and tho second he got ou a trada for soma land. Ho pald Kirtland #27,000, but afterwards got brek £5,000 of it for & pair of trotting hornos. The Jand was ° UEAVILY NORTGAGED, Most of it has sinco been sold to satisfy tho Toldors of the mortgage. Kirtlnd roalized little or nothing from the real estate. AIr. Holmes bind made many offorta to ind from Kirtland tho nmes of porons.with wbom hohnd agrood to divido, but utterly fafled to obtain nny informa-~ tlon ou the subjact. Ho was tatisfled in his own mind that Kirtland bad Largained with porsons in Washington to * whack up, with them but he was convinced from his knowledgo of the man that ho lad failed = to kae) bis promise. He folt convincod thet Kirtland nover gavo up a cont of tho money ho obtained on tho notes. Mr. Holmes exhibited to the Committee all the notos Lo had roclaimed from Kartland, and by his straightforward testimony produced a favorable improesion upon the mom- bers.” Ho was discbarged from furtler attend- ance, and will return homo to-morrow. Tho de-, Iarge storago Provemonta, and 18 proporty that will incrosso rapldiy in | dapnetiy awd oantaing 5 toctives pub valoo, "g’mflg:{k Sl Aecaste; taroishod. ;J;nlfl':d‘nmm‘lc Yfor i‘ni’.'fn?.&r?a?.‘,’n’i.‘r‘;‘&o.‘.‘" i"l‘x:‘y“:n.i i nm'ox THE TRACK OF KIRTLAND TLISOR, POMEROY & 00., Auct'rs. O e aonPaneeie) Siacorate fOB o) pro. | B¥O not succoedod in unonrthing that fugitivo.' Ho is boliovad to bo biddon somwhero i the city or its vicinity. vh‘l,gm. A‘nly to ARTHUR RYERSON, 44 Portland on thrown out by that . D. KERFOOT & CO,, 8 Kast Washing. From carcleps exprossions Mr. Emery Btors, it is FOR SALE OR FOR RENT concluded the lattor - gonilo- ‘Desiring to congentrate our businoss at our r I ‘0 RE NT Jonetuion - that AR . rateng Eaotory, oor. of West Twentyoescond and | .~ ol § . with whom Kirtland divided than ho 18 inclivod Fisk-sts., whore our Dock, Yard, Dry Kilus, ®o., are ioanted, we offer tha property ooou- plod. by us, at tlo cor. of Clark and Twelfth- 8ts,, FOR BALE or FOR RENT; One Hun- dred nnd Seventy-six foet on Olark-st, by One Hundrod ond Fifty-tour on Tweifth, coverod with substantial brick buildings, three and four storfos high, with tho oxaep- to divaigoe to tho Committce, Itis rolated that Storrs anid to ono of Gov, Bhepherd’s nttornoys that t1: ~ Diatrict Gavernment could better afford topoy aurtland $100,000¢han to have him n;:punr S aatify. Ihis may hove boon said by Lmery for tho purpogo-of frightoning tha lawyer, or ho may have mado tho statoment us tho attoruey of Kirtland, The Committce still rofuse to dis- charge Ghittendon from attendanco, To the Associated Press.) ‘WABHINGTON, April 29.—Tho Joint Specinl Com- mitteo of Investigation into tho Distriet of Co- lumbia affairs, Lio{d a seoret sosslon this morn- ing, ond oxamined Edward B, Grayson and Will- jam F, Mattingly, No facts concorning tho tes- timony can be obtained, but it is alleged to relute to tho whereabouts of A. B. Iirtland, Grayson's son-in-law. - 5 The Committeo renssombled in oxecutive sos- sion at 2 o'clack, ond oxamiood Irs 1B, Holmos, of Obioago, who purchasod tho DoGolyer & Mo~ Qlolland notes from Kirtland, At3$ o'clogk the CGommittas convoned in publio session, aud again called ox-Gov. Cooke, Vitness stating thnt ho desired to visit Philadelphla on businoss of ia- portance, Lis oxamination was doforrd, It 18 probable that to-morrow's sossion will bo pablio. L ——— RIVERS AND HARBORS.. TTEMH IN TUE APPROPRIATION DILL. The Four-Story and Basement Brick Building, At the sonthoast coruorof Washington and Markots formorly accupiod by Field Bonodiet, & Co. Will bo ront- od for = form If yoarsto asinglo tensnt, or divided up tosuit, ADply to G. 8, HUBBARD, Jr., 168 Washing: tonst, $10 A MONTH LARGE OFFICES In Exchange Building, corner Clark and Washington-sts. TO RENTL, OR FOR SALE, GHEAP. Too-story Cottags, contain- ing six roomns, olusots, #o., lot 80 by 307 fect, cast on’ Cornall i, ouly ony ‘Dlock from.depot: e A U A sire o a0 oty L 8a s P LB G, oo, South Side Residences. Pwo fine marble-front Residences, on best streets of South Side to bo gold at a sacrifice; worth $15,000 and $30,000. Address A 7, Tribune office. olt-st:, Hydo' Parl -8ty . F. GILLESPIE, e o S0 0 DOOR, .-"25p running back 10 tho Bmpire Blip, ! ToRT oo tonn, ot TR, B "Appiy to L. PETRIY RIBBONS, 25¢c = 2 © WasmiNaroN, D. O, April 20.—Tho Houso Buys o yard of ologant 103 Washington-st., Basomont. | gommitrao on ‘Commorco bave complotod tho dphon 1n om Rivor and Harbor Bill. Owing to the finoucial 1 to 5 in., all colors, TO RENT- condition of tho Governmont, tho Committso and 80c buys S88h | Biore 913 and 315 Kinslest. s aleo, lofte, atee 100z12, | bave concludod not to roport in favor ‘of now ‘Widths that are worth | connootod. Will be ronted cheap. Call at208 Kinzlo-at: ks, but confine their rocommendations to the #2.50 per yard, This is |- en) o presorvation and completion of those alroady : ‘fé'fflgis e of Ribbons, FURNITURE, commoncod. Among tho largest items of ap- o adies will do well to Em%;flaunna in- the bill aro_ the following: provetheopportunity arbor of refuge, Ohloago, ©76,000; hatbor of HOTCHKIN, PALMER & CO, 187 & 180 ST ATH-ST. PRINTERS.STATIONERS, &o Railroad & Commercial PRINTING. CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & 00,, 118 and 120 Monroe-st, rofugo, Oalumot, TiL,, 825,000 Mloi.\bsm City, €50,000; Grand Haven, $60,000; Ht. Marys Tells Oanal, ezoa,oun‘ harbor ‘of refuge, Lake Huron, 76,000; Toledo, ©75,000; Cloveland, $30,00; Buftalo beakwater, 875,000 ; harbor of rofuge, Oawogo, @75,000; Talls of 8. Anthiony, 60,0005 Upper m’mimm}{, 25,000 Dos Molnos rapids Oaunl,£400,000 ; Roclk Ieland Ropids, 850,000 3 improvoment of o Miuslasip- i, Missours, and Arkaness Rivors,8100,000 ; ro- moving Rod River raft, $50,000 ; Jmproving tho mouth of tho Mischsipht Tiver,’ $180,000 ; Mo- bilo haxbor, &76,000 5 Whito Hiver, above Jaok- souport, 860,000 ; .Osage Biver, §26,000 ; Misnis- slppl Rivor, botwoon the moutlia of thoDhio and EASHIONABLE ; FURNITURE. W. W. STRONG FURNITURE 00, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. FINANCIAL, Miseouri, $200,000 ; Ohio River, 160,000 ; im~ MISOELLANEOUS, MMW k f SM].W rovnmhn‘fin of' ‘le‘,' asrfmgun%{mm. élfioi'aon; RarRe pper Monongalioln, $25, ‘ennossos River Bursuant o the Order of the Conrt {n Bankrupley, OCKB 101 KL, | i e, 0. ana borows Cuntin: The undoralguod offers for salo tho stooks of 'x"‘.i‘é"'%.‘i"‘?‘“’"b ” uofig‘lv including “ munoleaaoah&lgu. Ell‘!fl.flflfl; Lox Tiats, Caps, Straw Goods, Gloves, Furs, &e,, l;‘llllu\m uthern Oar Co. and Wisconsin Jivers, ,000 ; Duluth harbor, Gaps, 3 , Furd, &0, g0 Tty Rollwsy, $10,000, ho bill authorizoeabout farty aurvoys Tolengi o ha ato it GaGE, satLomy & cb, |3y ™ “RASNGND & aaom, o wasbinatont._ | £ o mado, ttoon of thom in tho Houtt, - o outiro amount of " thoe appropriations is $4,600~ 000, or £1,000,000_ loes than the amount of the Dbill roposted to tho Houso Jnat year. ————e IRON AND STEEL. Bpectal Dispatch to 2'he Chicago Tribune, MEMORIAL OF THE STEEL CONBUMEUS, ‘Wasuinaton, D, 0., April 20,—T'he Ways and Moans Committeo continued to licar the con- sumors of stoel, commoncod last avoning, This moruing M, D, D, Dana, of tho Douglas, Mass., Axe Manufagturing Oompeny presonted in briof thio memorial of the consumors, ‘Lhoy demand TUE BEDUCTION OF THE DUTY on Eoglish etoot, and o chango fu the modo of sssosuing the samo from ad valorem to, specifio. The reasous presonted in tho momorial* aro, that {ho present duttos are tao high and burdensame, “for the conanmers are compelled to use Laglieh stoel to retain s reputation for thelr goods, aud the imported artiole ia at tiwenty cents aud tho 170 and 172 Madison-t., 53,000; took and Fixturos at 114 Ol gdby B30} BLCH: and Hiatucos at thisror il of tho abuvo stooks, untll 190'clook, B3y, whon bids will bo oponed in tho Tho undoralgnod resorvos the ods and invoutories may be od on applivation to the undarsignod. ROBEIVT I, JENICING, Provlstoual Assignios, 100 Lubalo-st CAUTION 1 horeby cantion ihe trado against oashi n) » Arkows thgs T by & Mt Anmod LY ALAN, Sr peyiug 63 SEA b Satuioy o 1oy BCSoumR, EDWARD A, Olgar Biunufaohuro ‘Money to Loan On Real Eatate, for throo or flvo years, on good collater- als, ouo to alx months, By HAMMOND & GAGE, %6 Washington-at, ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. BANEIRS AND BROKERS, No. 18 Wallat.. Now York, szeont K8, Tt ARy SBTCon g iemdors for STOOKR: EOTS, fid rauanl ‘wkonoral linakig and Lrokorago BMITIT, ow York, (Gunther's Candies, - Celohratod_throughnut the Unlon, 1t ;;‘r‘f-,"%)u. o e oae "G U NI, onteationtn o0, GRANITE MONUMENTS. SUHUREMAN & HAND MANTEL 00y ‘Miohigan-AY , ooraer Van Burea-sf, TAGS. o e DENNISON'S RELIABLE PATENT BHIPPING T'AGS and oh T AGS.&I\!\'N\:? o Thcet wase, ‘aee-ack by (e o ) 4 NISON & GO 1 Uleekcats "*H0ors, aad” by DitN= DENNISON'S MEROH oF Tiariiog. oners Dol hoaos: TAGR: glor sale Ly stativiors ever whore, aud by [ pe DTN 4 60 3% ; """ CHICAGO, THURSDA ‘| Anothe; - Clvil-Servico :Reform Bill. liomo manufacturad at fteon conts por pound. TROTEQTION NO LONGLT NEEDED, 2 Thoy soo no necessity for- tho prosont exoos- sive protestion 3 whilo roduced dut; would on- able them to oxport their goods to Bouth Amorien, tho Provincos, and Ausiralia. As the tarif is 1iow, says the motuorial, the appraisors in the Custom-ITouses arbitrarily dotormino tho inivolco prico regardloss of tho sworn involcos, Thoy state, aleo, that aa it fa uttorly imposni-* ‘ blo for ovon an oxport to dotormine the quality of tho first and acgnnd grados of oast utool, tho Govornmont would gain in roventies by ALL GUADES OF BTERL belng rated at a spoaiflod duty. Mr. Daua tostified that ho gad ofton used Amatlcan stool, but that onch tuna it had result- o in » fniture; Lo could not uso it aud memba rink g roputation for fitst-oloss goods, 1Io di not cato for n duty on axes if b could only huye Dis matorials chieap ;. ho could export bis sxea to all parts of the world waro this tho caso, - r. oorgo Darmon, tho gront mowing nnd ronping machino manufacturor, of Syracase, teg- tified that, owing to tho prosent dutivs -on stocl, hxm:i:y ‘manufacturors in the Stato of New Yorlk, a i ‘ ZATADLISUED FACTORIES XX CANADA to onjoy chosp labor, Ho hed asmall oxport {rado with Cannda, snd Lad . thought of estab- lishing » factory theto, but hb proforred to keey his industry undor ono_ roof -and on homo soll. Ho.was_obligod to mako twelve montby’con- iragia for his stoel, aud undor tho proscnt sya- tam ho could not dotormtine what {t would cost Dim on‘orfival. Aspeoilld rato would enablo Lim to know this, nnd to regulnte "his businoss: ac~ cordingly. 2 a . P TIE MG DUTY FREVENTS TIE EXTORT OF AMERT- GAX QOODS, ; . : A yeduced duy wonld also onablo bim to ex- ort hia mowing and reaping machines to Gor- many iid Eogland, u spite of thoir cheap labor. Thera woro.5,000 of theso machines exporied: Inge yoar, but there:would be cousiderably. more ‘it tho canaumors’ potition. wore grauted. . It was nocessary to have cheap raw materials, sinco tho foreignors would “soon manufacture these ma- Committeo oxamined Ex-Gov. Qooko, Gov. Bhep-* chines on the patent, and ho could not compoto with them without oheap materials. . g, TRE STEEL INTEREST WOULD NOT BUFFER. Ho bolieved that tho Amorican steel interest would not suffer from' tho {»xowund change, since tho consumers of English stoel would con-. tinuo to uge it" regardless of its price. Ho was not afrnid, of the chenp labor of foreign coun-, tries; ho bolloved that the Amerloan mechanio could moro than mako up for tho difforonces in wagos by gronter energy, intolligouco, and sl OIVE JIII ONEAT TAW MATERIALS _ond ho would not ask for any_ botter protoction, ‘Tho hoaring will bo contloued to-moysow, o [T the Associated Press,} s Wasinyaron, D. O., 'April 29.—The ' Bonata Tinanco Committea to-day bad o spucial oot ing, sud heaid o dolegation, bended by tho Prea< idont of tha Iton aud Hteel Aakoolation, in advoo. aoy of a ropeal of tho 10 per cont' reduction clougo of tha Tari® act of 1872, . Tho statomanta: aud arguments presented” woro substaitially the samo a3 mado by tho delegation to tho Ways snd Means Committeo yosterday. b . AMENITIES OF OAPITAL SOCOEITY, " Bpecwl Dispatch to Tho Chicapo LTribunss . + .. UMDRELLAS ¥OR TWO. ' ‘WasmysaTox, D, 0. April 20.—~Washington goclety is becoming sadly demoralized. Nearly overybody who fools offondod ot any ot of his neighibor now takes tho law into his own hands. A fow weoks ago, two wcll-known newspapor corrospondonts sottled ~thoir dlficultios by's rosort to umbrollas, * Bince that momarablo eri+ counter, searcely nday hab passed without a row of some kind oceurring. Less thni a fortnight 8go, an_onraged Congressman emate with hig Littlo ratian o eick ian, becaues tho Intter had tha misfortune to resd: tho proof of an articlo which designated the Al O. a8 o pimplkin-hoad. No later than Monday eveniug, thocorrespondont of a Boston paper dafaced the oyos of o, Wash- | ington cditor with nontuess and dispatch, Tues- dav ovening, o littlo party of goutlemon sat down :]n i\ xo{:m at ono of tho prominont hotels fo jn- blgofn .. S . . . T4 FABOINATIONS OF LiAW POKEL. Tho party included s Hoproboutative in. Jon- -cga from the Paciflo ¢onst and & Pacifla’ Mail obbyist from New York, Nothing ocourred to mar tho pleasuro = of iha” “évering, un- il the lobbyist: discovered,- or thought ho discovered, the "Congressman in the ack of supplying tho defcioncics of ‘his hand from the pack. Thon a row ensucd, duting which the lobbyist struck tho Congrossman in the face, o Inttor loft tho room vowing ievenge. 'This mnruing tho lobbylat, accomponiod by ;» friand, paced tho sidwalls in. front of : tho Congress- mnn's houss for over an hour, thieir purpose by ing to aflord Lim an opportusity, to ool satis- 1action, - Ho did not comno forth. . While the two soutinels wore thus occupied, i . ANOTUER APFAIL OF TIONOR " was in progrois at the Ebbit House, Thiswas & cowhiding soraps, the participsuts being s son, of Lorouzo Thomas and 'a young man namod. Vickery, & Tuasu:Iv olork, Thomas ‘i repro- sontod f0 bave porformed tho whaling in firat- Y, APRIL 30, 1874, sidorod tho nnmlnauox; of Gon, MoQook to bo Govornor of Colora y Tongth, bt adjonsmed ithout s ‘Wasnivaron, D. Q. ‘April 20. COMMEROE, Mr. BYENOER Introduced abill to facllitato and rogulato' commorco among {ho. soveral Htatos, nnd with forelgn nations, . oforred. Eh DILLS PASsED, B ; Aftor tho introduction of-some billa of a per- monal naturo, the Bennto ‘proccoded S stdoration of bills on llmpcnlumlnr ::dn;:l:::ld among othors, Houso bill to auond the thirty- “firat sootion of - tho aot of Maroh U, 1803, for on- rolling and ealling out National militia, Also Sonnto bill amondatory of the not_for a rostora~ tion to tho homostend ontry and to market of 'i‘a?fl“n lands in‘Mishigan, approved Juno 10, — OON! GRESSIO;VBAL PROOUEEDINGS, NA! k PAGIFIO RAILNOAD ACTS, Tho Bonato bill declnring tho truo Intent and monning of the Uniou Pacifto Railrond acts, ap- provod July 1, '63, July 2, '8, and July 8, '66, was road, Dut objection was mndo to its prosent canslderation, on.tho ground that it would eanvo dobate, and should not bo. consdersd iu the morning hout.’ » Mr. WRIGHT gavo notloo, ns the bill was of important nuturo, lio--wonld t#ovo tu-talre 1t up, MINNESOTA TIATLROAD DILL. “ Mr. RAMSEY nskod to tako up: for considor- ation thy billto’ revlde, to:contlnuo: cek- toin grants of lands. horetaforo made to tho Qerritory and Stato of Minnasota to ald: in- con- structlon "of Bévoral " lirics. of - tlie Bt. Paul & Pacifio .Rnilroad . Conipany. Objoction .was.| mado and it wont ovor, L e g ci OIVIL BEBVIOR. - - Mr.. WRIGHT introducod & billiin..rolation to salaries and civil servico, It providos for tho roduction, from aud aftor ¢i:0 18t -of Octobor hoxt, of 10 por_cont ln the compenantion of all offleera and_omployos of the Senato inotudin tho. Capitol Polica, oxcopt Seoratary, - Obio! Clork, - Borgeant-at-Arms, and agaistant door- keoper, .and oxcopting olorks of . committecs, whoso .pay’ it Yropmzus to .oub - down; 380 por cont. _The bill aleo proposaa to repaal the Inw,af Matoh 8, 1871, under which tho Oivil-Sor- vico Commissionors were appointod and noiv hold offico, and proyides that olorks shiall bo sppointed to tho varions Exeoutivo Departmonts subjeob to such examinations na the hends of respootive do- partments may prosoribo, tho bill, however, pro- Viding that tho olorks in enoh department ‘shall bo classifiod géographically to correspond with tho Gougroastonal Diattlote; . and, thnt, . when. o | ‘| yacanoy ooours, i slinll bo filled from tho disttiot ivbich g tho- lonst represontation,; mutil the “elorkabips, otc., shall bo equally divided ,among: 4l the Congrosaional Distriots. o it , __PENSION. AGENTS, o T At " M, WRIGIT" also introduced a bill In rogixd, {o_Ponsion Agonts, . It proposos. to ropeal tho Iniv,whick allows them 80 conts for each vouchor propared snd paid by them. - | . w T | ..CODIT OF OLARNG, ..~ . 7 Mr. EDMUNDS introducod s.bill felating’ to thio Court of Olaims., It provides that & majori- of its judgea shall conatituto ; & quorum, and that no judgment shall bo rondored without 'tho concurrenco of auch majorit) o ... . OIVIL RIGNTE, o The morning hour 'baving expired, Mr, FRE- TINGHUYSEN moved that the Senate proceed 1o the consideration of Henate bill No. 1, known as the Bupplomentary- Oivil Rights bill. "Agreod to.. o £ aer” g S EEL St The nmendments-mado by,the _.‘I udiciary-Com- mitteo wore.concurred ‘in, and the bill Wwas re~ portod to tho Senato. - Dir. NORWOOD eaid he desired to submit some remnarks on tho bill, but,was unable to do oty demhud that. wo aball cafoy: e {mpartially |- morw torrible to meet than o savago Leas \pita and hato oxist,’. Ethopla will, in 80 on account of &.sovere: cold. . He would bo glad if Mr, lelnghui{un would spesk to-dag, if propared, sud ho (Norwood) would go on ta~ morrows : e " Mr. FEELINGHUYSEN explained tho pro- visions of the uill, and said ho inyoked for it the calm, impnrtin}, unpartiasn considoration of tho, Bouato. Ho asked its passage only as it should commend itself na conalstent with the Constitu- “#1on, aud with justlco to” nll clasuos of sooloty. He would ba glad it ho who wa - the nuthor of the mensure (Sumner) was hero to put the cap stone upor the structro na was instramontal in .ercoting, Tho bill was intended to securo equal rights'to white pooplo aa'well a8 to the colored race..: The colored peoplo- now produced ove: yoor. about 100,000,000 -worth of cotton, an #hould bo vésted with all -rights, Ho argued that Congraes had full power under tho Coneti- tution to pass tho bill, and make any violation of {ts provisions a youal offenso. * Mr.. THURMAN moved to striko out the soo- ond scotion of tho bill, ~This section imposos's finc of . 500 for any violation of ‘thg act, to bo poid to tho person sggrisved, and provides furthor that tho,party violating “the act shall bo ‘deomed gullty of & misdomonnor, and upon con- yictlon, be finéd" not loss than $500 nor moro than 31,000, or shall bo imprisonod not loss than thirty days nor moro tlian ono yoar. , He argued that the_ punishment provided was manstrous, and_besidos the scotion provided for double olaes stylo, leaving o welt at overy stroke of tho {nstrumont of torture. Viokery nccopted his punishmont with grent rosignation, interposing Do defonso. Tho occasion of iho ‘troublo fs statod to hovo boon the slanderipg of a fomalo solative of Thomas by Vickery. Other thau theso thore aro no affairs of promi-, nence to record up to 11 o'elock to-night, ——— THE BANK-NOTE OOMPANIES, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Wasimnoroy, April 20,—The Banking and Curronoy Committee, desiring to obtain informa- tion regarding tho cost, ote,, of printing tho no- tional currency, gome timo ago called on the ‘yarious bank-note engravers aud printing com- pauies for such information ag thoy might fool inclined to give regarding tho subjeot. - Cortain ‘Now York companies, which Lavo bacn doing & largo proportion of the printing and engraving of the national ourrency for the last thirtoon years, inoluded in thoir statomonts cortain dam- aging allegatious againat tho ‘Lreasury Printing Burohu and tho Cofumbisn Bank-Note Company, of this aity, avd tho oflicors and partios who contracted with those conoorns. To-dsy, how- over, : 3 A DEVERSE WAS SUSTAINED by the Now York men. Tho roprosontative of tiio Columblan Company showod not only that tho Columbian Bank-Noto Company is, and has beon for months, doing the work to the satisfac- tlon of tho Governmont, promptly and better than horetofore, but the lottors of tho New York bank-note engravers were produced, showing thay, whilo Fort Sumter was boing firod upon and takon, ond attorwards, the Now York Banke Noto Company, by their officers now in this clty, Wera uidlug the Coufedorates by printing aud epgraving their monoey, snd offering to work night and day to that ond. Ifore dovfiopmlmh of this naturo are likely to follow. st it e NOTES AND NEWS, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, WA OLAIAC ALLOWED: ‘Wasminarow, D, 0., April 20.—-The House War Olaims Committeo agreed to-day to recommend tho adoption of tho Senato bill for the reliof of thie Bardstown & Loulsvillo Turnpiko Company, of Kentuoky, for tho destruction of two bridges by ordor of Gen, Noleon, as & military nocessity, in 1863, This doclsion fa square in tho tooth of tho theory of the elaborato rnEnrt on such olnims rocontly drawn up by tho Ohisirman of the Committes, Judge Lawrence. THE NEW YOIK OUSTOM-TIOUS RING. 1t 18 oxplained that the princlpal ‘roagon for . thio Fernando Woad resolution of yastorday, di- rocting the Ways and Moans Committeo to in- quire whothor Fodoral ofice-holders hnve beon Iohb{lng at Albauy, N, Y., {o_influenco the Btate Loglalaturc, was that Mosara, Bliss [Unitod States Distric Attornoy; Arthur, Colloctor of tho Port; Laflin, Surveyor of the Port; and Davon- K,ux-b, United Htates Commiseionor, sll of Now ork City, bave recontly boon in Albauy lobby- Ing, with & view to seouro such logislation as will place tha ity Government in Rtepublican bunds, Thoy aro workivg in particular to securg the passagoe of & blll Lo take I:'nm tho Doard of Aldermon the powor of confirming tho Mayor's nowinations, which wifl put the police force iu tho control of tho Republicans, TIY. YINANOES. The Financo Committec of tho Sonnto had de- olded to hold daily mootings to-niorrow, The youmnluub}uut of the fluguoos . will be again alkon up, aud the Committoo will endeavor o arrive hf' concossion and compromigo At somo favarablo conclusion ou a monsuro that will likely recoive the indorsoment of Oongross and tho slgnaturo of the Presldent, ° 4 5 [To the Asscofated Pross,) . .- NFCOLONADD GOVERNOHSMIP. . Tho Ronate n oxoqutivo sosslon fo-day cony punishment. X Mr. CONKLING said 1t tho Sonstor thought tlio, punishmont too ' largo, ho could offer an smondmont reducing it " 7 3 e TRIVATE OLATME. Mr. CARPENTER introduced a bill providing for the settlemont aud payment of the dnmngnn ariging from tho geizuro snd dotention of tho steam forry-boat * Nuostra Senorn do Regla,” b tho authoritios of tho United Btates. 'Reforred. Oun motion of Mr. BOREMAN, the Senato went into exocutive session, and soon after ad- journed. HOUSE OF. BEthZSENTATIVEB. FINANOE DILLS. M. KABSON introduced a bill to amend tho sob for the rodomption of the 3 per cont temporary loan cortificatos, and for the Incronso of National Bank notes, - Roforrad, ~ Mr. EAMPS introduced a bill to awmend ‘tho National Gurrency sots, and to establish froo banking, Reforred, . - . . OITIZENSHIR, Tho Houso thon took up:tiie bill to_carry into oxeoution tho provisions -of tho Fourtcenth Amendment to the Conslitution, aud to doflue cortain rights of United Btatosoitizons fn foroign countrles, nnd was addrossed by Ar. HALE, of How York, in opposition to tha bill, Tt mado a distinotion betweon . the right of native-born and naturalized oitizens, and no such distinction cduld be made without disgrace; o the Ouited Btates, He beliaved it mob desirablo for tho Houso to —undertako to ertect tho bill. It was fraught with dangor to P56 Amorican sation through ita cltizens, for ‘what endangored thomenncat citizen endangored tho charactor of the naiion. Ho therefore gave notico that at the proper time ho would move tas lay it on the table: x Thu bill theu weut over until to-morrow. PRIVATE BILL, ' ' .- Mr. CONGER, from the €ommittee on Com- morce, reported s bill for the rolief of the own- orof tho stenm forry-boat A, Beuton, at Nauvoa, 1L, pem\ltlnfi‘ the inspectors to license it, al- though its boilara may not_bo stamped to show toxtilo strongth of iron. Passed. INDIAY APPROPRIATION BILL. The Houso thon went into Committeo of the Wholo, ' Mr. POLAND in the chair, on- tho Indinn Appropristion blll, and’ Mr, TLoughvidge, of = Iows, who ~had oharge of the bill, proocoded to give & vosumo of its ;i‘mvluluus, His spoech was mainly directed to the history of the Iudian wars, in order to provo tlat thoy wero generally pro- voked by the troops, and, consoquently, it would 1t would bo bad podioy Yo placo the Indians under tho control of tho War Dopartmout, Tho esti- mato of the cost of tho Indian wars during - the 1ast forty yenra'was an aggrogate of over 500,~ 000,000, and ho 1io doubt of tho correctnoss of thnt estimato, With such o tocord boforo the country, it was diffioutt for him to seo on what ground the_polioy'of turning the Indlana ‘oyor ta the War Dopartment could bo sustained, T'ho true polloy was to civilizo tho Indians, and ok rid of tho nocessity for troops to keep them ordor, . Mr, PARKER (Miesourt) followed with o speeols In (o same gouotal diroction, nud at tho oconclusion of his yomarks, the Oommittee rose, BIVER AND HARBOR BILL, . Mr, BAWYER, from tho Committeo on Com- moren, roported the Rivor and Harbor Appro- printion bill, Tteferred. ‘The Houso then adjourned. R il RO S OLVIL RIGHTS. Meeoting of the Colored Men’a State |Convention at Nashville, 'Lonm—nir. \Snmmer’s Memory. SR ' Naguyiuie, ‘Fonn, April 29,—Tho' colored Btato Convontion mob in this olty yosterds) Only sovonteen oountiea wore reprogentod, ward Bhaw, of Bholby, was olected pormaoent Tresidont ;' Yo F. Yardly, William Sumpor, and, -All Quiet at Last Accounts .In_Little -diraotly offarad, o8 tho prico of . his_complicity, J, N. Moon, Vico-Prosidonta § Bamuel Lowory and W, H. Longfellow, Secrotariod, During tho orgsnization soveral ablo sgacchon wata mado in favor of equal rights. Tho followlng resolutions wero offered by Snniuel Lowery, and referred to tho Committeo on Ronolutions: SWitEnzAs, It hna beon assorted, without nuthority and unwarrantably, that tho colorod citizens of Ton- neanco and tho South do not want civil righta with im. artlal achiool privileges to ll tho colored childron of o South {n the publlc ncioots, sad all the atlior priva dlegos domnnded nud allowod in tho elvil Inws, this conventlon of colorcd citizonn repol indignautly, and ith contomp for tho misantiirop wiio would 8Eok to fostor and fotter with projudico our children and pos- terity ; nnd wo earneatly Invoko tho Natlonnl Congrees to pnsa the Oivil Rights bill, giving to our children fm- pactial soiool priviregos In' evary publio sohool, eilata oud Natlona), throughout tho United Btates ; and dony any.of tlio privileges for invidious distinctiony against our race {n auy of the netitutions of tho country; and prescut our thanka to Gon. Lonjamin F, Butlr, of \agsachusotly, for bis managemont of tho bill fu tho Hotiso of Roprosentatives of tno Unitod Atalen, and so abfy vindicated by the Inmented Oharlos Summor. Jteralued, That” this Convontion of the colorod men of Teuueareo appoliit n committeo to proparea plan to sstoblish » monument to_our Jamontod friend, the Tion, Cliarlea Sumngr, tho npontlo of truo liberty and clvil righta to'tho rolored cliizens of tho Unilod States, in tho Blatoof Tonucspee, 13 o mork of our gratitudd and reapet for his earnest and humano lobors in bo- mif of our raco during Lfa publlo Iifo until bl death, Without taling ony dofimto_sction, tho Con- vontion M'I]onn)e until § o'clock this morning. - Nasuvintz, Tenn, April 20,—Tho colored Btato Convention renssombled at 9 o'clock this morning., -Tho ‘procoodings woro harmonions, Tho rosolations weio volvminous; taking do-- clded ground in favor of oqual rights, and of tho supplomontary Olvll Tights bill Among th\n resolutions aro the following : . \VauteneAs, Tlo common or publio achoold of tho couintry aro {lie medium lhmug‘l’.x whle\f n8°lf\“';§‘h’7‘.‘i ‘will reneh tho massos of citizong, wo,ns American oiti- bt wo may encourage a Hepublio where all ar it o funy chenuso & kepulic wiera il o copal 1o youn; u{:«n tho basls of n truo and consistent Je-. public, which gonarally sirowers its blessing upon all aliko regardless of oxternal clrcumstancos or condi~ tlon, ; Ttcsolved, further, That wo will considor tho omission of to Tpublican party” o anaot this Tasnaure— tho-Olvil Tights bill—a basoless surrender of the zights of liumanity our: - insidious foe, bat” has contested upon: {ho arcna of civil lifo ‘ovory right wo enjoy, oy {hoy did evory Tight of frcodom on tho fickt of baitlo, and wo will uso* ‘our utmoat to stamp,upon overy demagoguo who secks 1o batray'tho privileges of our children to thelr full and utmost enjoyment of -impartial and equal privi- loges:in tho publio schiools, tho brand of tho traitor Judas, on dosorving paliticafly o traftor'a doom, aud with whom wo'will never, gver joln hands nor sup- part ut wil regard oz ourlublloand. private encmy, , morv njuri- otis than any catastropho that conld bofall s or any calomity that conld be desorved by avy, wicked crimi-: ‘al of mlsory s but equal snd impartind righta will glva to posterity their just and truo rolation, Ordor will come chinos, . up _whero 1s falr couns Irom lovo will sprin try, strotch forth hor bondsto God. Yenco will pros };fll‘ + God will bleas us, and. wo will walk hand § and. 5 ! - Wiirneis, Tho Hon, Willlam @, Brownlow, Unitod States Senafor from this Stato, has declared himsolf opposod to tho Civil Rights bill, or that portion of it which gives the colored childyen tho right to bo edu- atod In sohools with whites 3 thoreforo, *Resolved, That wo deprocato tho' departure from tho ‘principles of humanity and Justice of one in whom wo hiave 85 ofton reposed 8o much confdoncoas @ trus ' frjond of the colored raco, ° T'ho resolutions offorod by Samucl Lowory on "Tuesday wero ndopted, as also tho following: _Resotved; That the Hon, Horaco Maynard, Represen- #vo from tho Btato at large, be furntshod with a_copy of the resolutions pussed by the Convention, and that’ e be requented to call togcther the’ Tonnessea dolega~ tion fu tite Natlonal Gongross and urgo thelr ca-opora tion in tho passago of Supplomentary Olvil Rights bill; io Convantion also adopted a. rosolution -to raiso funds for tho purpose of carrying tho caso of David Galloway to thio Bupromo Court: of tho United States, Lois now in tho Btato Prison for marrying @ whito woman. " Tho. Convention adjourned vine dio. " St _ ARKANSAS. Rock, Attoiney-General Williams Has.the At: i .. fairs Under Advisement. Statements ' from ~ Baxter and - Brooks. B - Lirtrie Rook, Ark., April 20.—Everything has boon rather quiet to-day. A considorable num bor of arrosts hove boen mado on both .sidos. Brooks’ forces wero drilled this sftornoon insido the’ State-Houso grounds, Col. John M. Olay- ton, with his colored men, sbout 100, from Jgf- forson County, who roinforced Drdoks o fow dege ago, lott with his command for' home ‘this moming. " * Cpl. W. N, Roynolds, of Bonton County, hag baon . made Brigadior-General by Goy. Baxter, and-given commaud of the Northwest. - : .- 3 Business i almost flat, Nothwitbstanding the quiotudo of affairs, o collision may odour any timg, Tho United Blatea troops océupy.thelr old position at the City Hall, and at the United Blatea'Court-raom. - Baxter oxpected to-day ono,| pleco of artillery from bolow with 200 mon from Hompstead Coutity. o | WasHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—Attorneys rep- rosontiog both partics in the Arkansaa- disputo for the Governorship have called on -the’ Attor- poy-Ganeral, and will submit written argumonta 1o supportof thoir rospoctive olaims. 'Iho. do- cision of tho President will bo mado after a thorough consideration of $ho arguments thus prosented. Attornoy-Gonersl Williams will pro- paro on opinion for fhe Bxecutive. - * % New Yoni, April 29.—Josoph Brooks and ‘Elighn Baxtor, ench signing himeolf Govornor of Arkangss,” havo. published letters in n papor Lero, giving the story.ot the troubies. in Arkan- 08, Baxtorsuys,-spoaking of his’rupture with Renators Clayton and Dorsey, that *anindividual raproscnting himself as_their sgent, callod upon him and . requested, in oir . names, his oomnllulty in frauds sufliciont to carry the Btato in thoir ' intorests, sud, whon refused, an Unitad Btatos Judgeship aud as much monoy a8 was wanted.” He reponts his assuranco” that he will'nbide by the decision ot tho Legislature, which he hias convened, and_whioh, ho eays, the Buprome Court has docided alono capablo of disposing of the subfect, rooks, on the contrary, says that ¢ the Logls- lature oan only decido tho question of whois Governor, when tho quostion is presented by the conteatants. -1t cannot count or recount tho vote on its own motion. I don't proposo tohave anything to do_with the Legislature, nor. can I rocoguize the right of Baxtor to call it without: rocognizing him as Goyernor, and this I will not do, Iehall abide the docision of the courts choortully, and T hnvonm;qnlud the caso in order to bring it bofore the Supremo Court ab the Juao torm,” i —_—— THE LOSS OF THE EUROPE. Arrival in New York of the Sanlvage Orew Which Tried to Savo flore pectal Diapatch to The Chicaco Tribune. New Yonx, April 39.—First-Oficer Duclk, of tho Nationa! Yine steamship Greeco, who com= ‘mandod tho salvago crow from that vensel which attompted to save tho French stoamship Europe, arrivod horo this aftornoon by tho stoamer Egypt. Ho deokines to* eay anylhing to roport- ord nbout tho loss of the Europo, but the follow- ing fnots have been obtaiued from tho Onptain of the Egypt, with whom ho convorsed on the VB‘V‘;\‘)I;:“X Buck want to tho Enmro, in answer to Tor signnls of distrons, o found tho oflicord on tho npper dock, atmed to thelr neoks in ll‘ln- prosorvord, From tho- timo tlmflxputnd' with [ia Grooce to the mnmxn‘f with the lvxyr e —n poriod of forty-oight hours,—the watril atnod ot tho ato of 6 inohiod an Lour, Al thy pumps of the yostol woro clogroed and usoloes, and oll be unI:lld l:ké “to Leop tho wator down wag okots. wh‘l’:’ lll‘:‘gll:iu:onfldnnt that i ho had had »largor orow of disciplined mon ho could havo tekonthe Turopo around the world, Ieforo he could get assistance from tho Egypt, {lio Euripe was 5o noarly watorlogged that 1t wag ugalana tq mako further pfloxgu 0 BaYQ Loy TS """ NUMBER 250, : SUMNER. Senator Schurz’s Eulogy on the Great Senator, Sumner's.Career as Compared . with Thogo of Webster and Clay. Mr. Lincol’s Friendship and Regard : for the Noble Champion of Liberty. Tonching Allusion 'to the Famous Battle- Flag Resolutions, ' BOENES IN MUSIO EALL. Special Dispatch to The Chiengo Lribune, * .Dosrow, Mass., April 20.—Tho soene in Musio Hall to-dny was ono that will not be soon for- gotten by thoso who were forluoate enough to bo prosont.; Tho arrangoments wore admirablo,. . and tho oxorcises, in ‘evory part, justified’ the highest anticipations.: The . docorations woro: . elegant, oxcecding anything ovor attompted be~ foro'in Boston; no flags or mourning oolora woro usod, tho decorations being simply overe green and flowors, but the genoral effoct was wondorfully graceful and ploaaing. NI SUMNEN'S PENSONAL FRIENDS INVITED. The Committoo were at great pains to sccura tho attendance o2 all of Mr. Bumuer's personal frionds who could como, thome who wers such in tho early ‘part of his carcor as woll os thoso who in later years woro intiruatoly associated with him in labors and sympathy, . BOME OF THOSE PRESENT. Among the first to apposr was Wiltiem Lloyd Garrigon, who sat on the front of the platform at tho right of tho orator's dosk; around Lim soon were Dalph Waldo Emorson, Homy W. Longfellow, end Oliver Wendoll Holmes. Bonatar ;_\V;n!_hh‘llxm, ocenpled a seat ot tho left of tho deslc. Al"nm_;g tho otlior invited guests progont were tha iBtato authorities, the United “Stales ‘and Btata ‘Judges, ox-Ohief-Justico Bigelow' and ox-Judga Qurtls, Joshun B, Smith, Charles Francis Adams, _all tho living ex-Govornors of tha Btate, John G ‘Whittior, Mrs, Lydia Marin Child, Mrs, Hornca Mann, Mrs. Agassiz, Oyrus . .Fiold, A. Ai . Low, 8, B, OChittenden and Eliok C. -Cowdin, of Now York;.Horace White, of Chicago; Murat Halsted, of Cinolnnati; oand Honry Wattorson, of Louisville. In tho hody of tho Houso woro most of tho memborsof tho Maesnchusotis Legislaturo, and many peopla of Jocal distinotion from: all sections of tha Stato. TOE UALY, ENTIRELY FILLED, By 3 o'olock all tho room nssigned to holdora of standing tickets was fiilod, but no crowding into- tho -aisles, or -into positiona that intorfored - with the vyiew ‘of thoso sent- ed, wag_pormitted. Tho hall wes og fulk 08 1t could bo without crowding oud confusion. The gentlemen waro in n largo majority, but the ladies were numbered by tho hundreds. - Punciually at 8 o'clock Mayor Cobb, followed by tho Rov: Phifilips Brooks, BENATOR CAL SORURZ and Wondoll _l’uilll}m euterod from tho antes room on tho right of the orgau, and wero greotod with respeotful, but not boisterous, applauge, A¢ 8oon as they were seated, the organ was henrd, and tho excrolsos bogan, TUE: EXEROISES. S Tho prayor was brief, and was listoned to with bowed hends and the deopost silouce. Tho sing- ing, bothof tho praver_ by.Blotok lolirios’ byni, Was by thie full Apollo Club. " 1t was sweot, strong, and improssivo, and was con= gidored ' on all handa' a singularly boautiful and - satisfactory foature of the,accasion, ¥ THE EULOGY. ‘When Sonator Bohurz .arose, he was greeted ina cordial mannor, which signitied rathor in- terest than enthusiasm,” Tho™ printed shoots of Liis oratiou-lay on tho desk before him, and ho bogan tho roading in s quict tono, convoran- tional rather than declamatory, but carnest and ,abtractivo, Through -tho early bistorical por- tions + of tho: address, ho preserved the pamo style, succeeding in - keoping '‘the closcat sttention of tho vast nuumm‘y, {ub soemingly ~ withont effort. . .His slight.'foroign accent was not, afier.the flrst movements, any impediment. 4 DR ' - . THE FIRGT DEEP SENBATION i . was produced by thst fine passago in which the condition of the nation whon Bumnor took his goat in tho Bonato was dopicted, and the care- ful "philosopical apalysts of tho clhaugo in our politlos, siguified by tho entrance of, Bumner on -the , stago just quitted by. Webstor and , Was listeiied to with eagor attontio tho'orator meanwhile gradually—almost impei coptibly—kindling at tho sympathy with his _thouglit, until suddonly s thrilling sound of ap- Pl“““ burst forth, s udmiration could nof ongor bo rostrained froin manifestation. From plauso was frequent. JUSTIFICATION OF SUMNER'S COURSE. The paesagos troating of tho battle-fiag roso~ lutions, of Bumner’s courso in the Banto Do mingo_business, and of his brosk with tho Ropublican party in 1873, were spolion with o groat forco. and intousity of foeling, and the soveral impassioned yvidicaticus of . = HUNNER'S LOFTY MOTIVES pnd fsithfulness to his convictions of duty, through good and ovil report, woro responded (o with applnuse that often interrupted the doliv- ory.for tovornl seconds. Mnus pussages of the oration a8 pointed wore omitted, but for nentl; two hours and o half, the audienco listened wit] ovident delight ‘and o indication of woari~ ness, Ab its oclogo the distinguished gonuomon on the platform hastoned to offor Loir congratuiations, and it was tho universal tastimony that tho offort was worthy of tha oc- casion aud bottered tho reputation of the already distinguished “orator, ‘The following are tho most etsiking portions of . . THE ORATION. WEDSTER, CLAY, AND SUMNER. One of the most eloquont aud improssive passages in Sonator Sohurz's oration, was the Coutrast of tho politiosl ora of Wabstor and QOlay with that of Bumnoer, strlkinfily signalized by the cutrance of Sumner into the Sonate on tho day that Clay lott it. Tho following para< graphs aro _from this portion of the oratlon: Thio problems to bo tolved by Lho statesmen of thot period weoro of au immiuently practical nature, 'They hnd to cstablish the position of tho young Ropublio among the powers of tho carth, to mako bor rights as a neutral respected to securo the safoty of hormaritimo interests. They Liad to provide for natiopul dofeuso. Thoy 1ind to sot tho interlor housebold of the repub~ Hoin working order. Thoy had to flud romadios for & burdensomo _publio ~ debt and a disordored ourroncy, Thoy had to invent and originato olicies to bring to light the rosourcea of tha rnml\ sloeping unknown in_ tho virgin soil ; ta opon and mako nccosiblo to tho husbandman tho wild acres yot untouclied; to proteot tho froutior sottlor agalnat the inronds of tho eavago; to enll foio full- uetlyity tha agrioultural, commorcial, and industrial energios of tho people ; to dovelop and extend the J\ranpuflly of tho nation so s to make even tho di tho Natioual Union was and should bo maintaine od 88 n blessing to all, Thus wo fud the statess manship of thoso times busily ocouplod with tho practical dotall of foreign polioy, national do- fenso, finasclal polloy, turllls, luks, organizas tlon of governmontal departments, land lelcy Tudian policy, internal improvemont, sottiomon of disputes and diMlicultics nmong tho Statcs, con~ trivances of expedioncy of wll dorta to tho Govornmont firmly upon ita - foot, and to eot and Loop n ordorly motiou tho working of the political mm-hinm)' 4 to butld ap, and sirougehen, and so- ouro tho framoworlk on which tho nighty dovel- opmants of tho futura wero to take pluco. Bucki a tasl, sometimes small in ite details, but dif- cult and graud 1 its compreheneivonogs, res quired that crontive, organizing, bullding mind of staiesmanship, which to largo and eulightencd views of tho aims and ends of politioal organtza- tion, and of tho wants of socloly, must add a \ractionl knowlodgo of dotalls, & skiliful hand« lmg of nflullnfimllcdul, &_just understanding of “osuses and offcots, tho sbility to come ose distracting “confliots, aud “to bring ho soolal forces into fruitful co-operation on ; (800 WLtk LPago this timo on the. intorost dooponed and the ap- scontented ceaso to doubt that . and of .Dr. -