Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27, : FURNITURE. FURNITURE! GEOQ. GILBERT, (Lato Bampron, Gilbert & Oo.) o have nor in staro tho Iargost and 1a (his 6ty OF tho Oholcgat AR mont Fesone. 0% Blo Dostans of RICH AND MEDIUM FURNITURE! WE HAVE NOW OVER 800 CHAMBER STUITS, In Walnat, Rotawood, Mapla, Onk, Marqueterie, vatnted Bud onamelod, mado of the hext, tharngi hat w0 aio .m)xnufi.“z"x.o'i‘v}ui{‘m’{'i'é‘néfi’h."‘.’;'fl?' Refla! gl N Splondi assortmont of \ PARLOR SUITS, $Phich wo aro solling at EQUALLY T.OW PRICES: to- thar with an immeno atsatmont of ovary Kiind of Tur: o RN BO AN 1O amtomion of Y Goods and Pricos boforo parchasiag, ot 2 Of 04F GEO. GILBBERT, BG7 & 268 Walbashieaw. el S ROD ST s bhoeTeat: REAL ESTATE. RESIDENCE LOTS R : The finest {n the placo, and nover heforo offored for salo, This pleasant suburb—threa milos wost of the ity =is flling up with & vory oholcd class of residents, and offers spoolal attractions to young poople of moderato means who want good soolety and homos that will stead. Ay incroase In valuo, Forsalo by TURNER & MARSH, 102 Washington-st., Doalers in West Bido Suburban Property. A, GO0 INVESTMENT with tho Churoh and four hotisoa standing thoroon; o to: golioror divkdod, About oni-elf o purshaso mionoy oan run 15 sunrs, a6 ner cont. Apply to AV T BORTIRTIER, itoavh b &1 Washington.at, ‘WINES, GROCERIES, &o. TC.TATUM, WINE MERCHANT G- IROCEHEIR, AND IMPORTER OF HAVANA SEGARS, HAS A Complete Stock at Low Pricss, Axnd dolivers goods at n? dopot, and in all parts of the clty, free of chargo. 148 BAST MADISON-ST. FURNITURE, EASHIONABLE FTTRNITURE. W. W, STRONG FURNITURE €O, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. FINANOIAL. I K. JESUP, PATON & (0, B.A NI EERS, UNION BUILDING, No. 82 WILLIAMST, NBEW TORK. The accounts and agoncy of Banks, Bankers, Corpore tlons, and privato firms will recolve oareful attention. ROBERT WINTHROP & CO, BANEBRS AND BROKERS, Ko, 18 Wall.at., Now York, exeoute ordors for STOCKE, LONDS, ANIS GOT.D, .dmururconunumz on DY~ FOSILS, and transaot a gonoral Banking and rokerage usinoss. FOR SALE. K LEGAL BLANKS Of Regular Forms or printed to order, by COLVER, PAGE, HOYNE & (O, 118 and 120 Monroe-st. Fish Pole. ¢ g3d bgaan ltat Tiode &g, A1l the nowost Dattand 3 oxprost. - Discan B ckle, Aot BENCIR, m Wabnstiar., measP. 0. TO RENT. TO RENT A large store, with apartmonts overhoad, mortheast sorner Oalumat-av. and Twenty-ninth-st. Inqulre Room 7, No. $4 Washington-st., or on premises. LUMBER OR COAL DOCK TO RENT OR FOR BALIl. 1560 feot front g‘l‘l Twnl[finfisc., xfiu.wbng back :g éggaEmE‘lsg Wi Tailroad gonn Twginnat, bridgo, Apply to M, PHITID, 163 Washington.st., Basoment. MISOELLANEOUS, The Annual Meeting O1 the Btockholdore of the Klston aud Whesling Gravel 1toad Company will b heid at tlio Campany's Tall-gate, nn.:egemdnl.ln: th Tnt dfi! ulldn:ae. 18174 ".I.'f.:éW' & now aa a5 ro 3 : AT S ORI BT RDIRE, 8oy, PARTNER WANTED. Partoor wantod with Musical Instrumont bue o atablishod s ot Justrin nd -1|w.utzx:3"t3'fl|l:fl;'}".'° bl urients or month; oen bo fnoreasad 1 Ohd poar. ; FiUhichac'stone tat Suner A deooe 1 55, Krthinn oblas: CEMETERY MONUMERTS, A fow artistlo marhle mon s will by d low, 1akon Lmediately, Vo piariientors aps on "o 10 5.0, LAURKAU, Roomn 81, 145 Olark. 1 GRANITE HONUMENTS, BCHUREMAN & IIAND MANTREL 00, Bliohigan-av , cornor Vau Buren-at, NOTICE. ‘The partnersh ot a2 hn'g'zn'd"r'i':ul? Hiiatetere cxiuting batmann, 15, WPy oy, haghont diuslveds dulhlunf Gty bias boon appoiaied Necelrer, o ole. the busiuose of WASHINGTON, The District Investiga- tion --- Astounding Developments. ‘An 111-Used Engineor Makes Some Startling Dig-+: closures. Gov. Shepherd Comes in for . Soveral. Haxd Knocks. .. .- Unparalleled Looscxléss in the, Board of Public Works, Only Eight Actusl Meelings of the Body for Two and a Half Years. Public Business Transacted with One Member as a Quornm, House Committee's Amendments .to the Finance Bill, The Greenback Retirement Clause Fixed at 40 Per Cent. The House Concurs in the Final Adjournment Resolution. THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE MOST IMPORTANT WITNESS YET. ‘WasmiNaToy, D. 0., May 20.—Throngh the compassion of Adolf Cluss, & membor, and the Chief Engineer of tho Board of Public ‘Works, the District Investigation Committos to-tlay camo into posscssion of what, unless con- {ravorted, must prove the most damoging testl- mony yot Inid boforo them. A mero denial of the sliogations sot forth in Mr, Cluss' testimony will not entisfy the Committos nor tho com- munity. Tho witnessis no ordinary person, but & man of great sclentifio attainments, It is true that, liko Sonator Soburz, ho is o Germsn by birth, and Gov. Bhepherd may eay of him; =as did Morton of the Missouri statesman, that ho doos not undor- stand this groat country, but thero aro lots of peoplo in this oity to-night who think him AN EXOEEDINGLY COMPETENT WITNESH. Bhophord’s lawyers ventured . onco or twico to crosg-oxamino Mr.Oluss, but gladly dosisted upon discovering his entire willingnegs, not only to submit to their badgoering, bub to toll family soorots that otherwise Lo would -not have Cdi- vulged. Previous to bocoming a membor of tho Doard of Public Works, Mr, Oluss was ono of the most prominent architects in the Enstorn Siates. Indoed, mearly 'all the handsome modorn busiuesa blocks and dwellings in Wasbicgton aro built upon plans drawn by bim, Mo graduated 08 a civil engineor in 1846, and has had a lnrge exporlonce in that profession, both in Europo and America. His appoaranoo before the Committeo ta-day was rendered neces- uary in order to prosorve, not obly his own repu- tation, but the good namos of four of his sub- ordinatos, from the ravages of Forsytho and Qortley, nominally membors of the Enginoering Dopartment, but really the creaturcs of S8hep- herd, and used by bim to porform *‘crooked” work. squaro yard, add 20 per cent : MR, CLUSE' TEETTMONY. L for profit. Tho Board paid £3.60 por squaro Mr. Cluss testified to-day that, notwithstand- | yard. ing ho roported to Gov, Shephord, on three or four different occasions, that ll‘crs,\'flm was mnke inF wrong_ measuromonts againat both the Dis- trict and United Statea Govoruments, and in Iayor of the contractors, no notico was ever takon of his complaints; on the contrary, the Govornor, without consulting the head of the Engincor’ Department, scnt Forsytho ont fo- make measuroments, and continuea him in ofiice to this day. 3Ir. Cluss also showod that-tho man Oertloy, though employed as an inteide or oflice engineer, wag sent out by Bhepherd to make measuremonts, and somotimes, for wecks at & strotch, was not soen by the Chiof Engincer, ENORMOUS PAYMENTS OF MONEY were frequontly made to contractors on what are known ra partial measuremonts, or estimates mado by Oortley without the ald of {ustrumentn, rodmen, or assiatance of. any kind, ‘whntovor, Tho witnoss montioncd oue " instanco where s contractor wae overpaid $19,000 on ono of thess partial mensuremonts, and was #o woll satisfied With the arrangemont that ho hea novor called for his final vouchor. 8hophord had Oertley to make all tho mensuromonts of work orformed for the Board by John . O, ivans and Glenson, his spocial peta. In regardto tho monsurements mado for:the above contractors, ugon which - Ocrtloy was ex- amined last weok, Mr, Cluss statod to-day that Oertloy concoaled the truth from. the . Commit- too Just as ho did in his attempt to oxplain tho pipo sower contract, The following is OLUBH' OWN LANGUAGE, ueod in speaking of Qortley's partial menanre- ment ; *“In my opinion these measurements’are immdy fraudulont and outragoons. The Lyaus Qloason contracts were all pald for without final vouchers,” Mr, Cluss could do nothing to-atop theso vil- Ininous proceodings on tho part of his nominal subordinates, because they wora sus- tained by S8hepherd, who was inhimaelf the Board of Pubho Works, aud nover deigned to consuit any of his assovintes on any subjeot. Mr. Oluss, during tho two years anda half that ho has been & member of the Board of Public Worke, has known of only olght meetings being held, seven of which ho attondod. The longost of these meetinge was an liour and a half, and wag’ hold for the purpose of listoning to the argumont of one Joffries in favor of lotting DeGolyer & McClellan continue their contract. Tle min- uten of provious meotiugs wore nover read whon ho was present at the convention of the DBoard, and only ono contraot, out of the entire number, nearly 1,000, let nom- inally Ly thio Bourd of Pablio Works, waw award- ed at a meeting attonded by him, TIOW CONTUACTS WERE AWARDED, Bpeaking of tho awarding Oluss stated that ono day Bhophord's store, and thore found Shepherd, who was_thon Vice-President of tho Board, and Qcrtloy busily onguged in porfocting an award of sewer contracts, nmouuuuq to nearly $1,000,- 000. Bhepherd would say: “*Wo will give so many foot on such a stroot to such a man," aud Oortloy would writo down tho award, A meeting of the Todrd ocourred whenevor Bhophord happonod to award o contract ; whethor it was dono at his oftice oron o street corner. Bhophord was, in himuolf, the Board of Publio Works, and the other porsous known,ns meme Vors were Ignored by the Doss, vho made him- self porsonally rosponsible for everytuing cons nectod with the comprohensive sysfom of fm- provewments, of contraots, Mr, 0 happoned Into ECONOMY NOT DERIRED, Once whon Oluss suggested that $150,000 might be saved to the Diwriet by uonlrauthn:f tho slzo of o sewor, Buopherd, at first, agroo with_Lim, but afterwards, upou_consulting Bu- pervising Architect Mullot, changed his_imind and the monoy was uunccossarily exponded, Judgo Wilson made the fullowing Inquiry of tho wituosss * Why were thoso uKunAlva wood and ulfiil:lt? avemonts lald in uninhabitod parts of the city Clusw replleds X don't kuow—I waa npt con 50,000 yards could ago prise for sowor work, cliargeable to the Gov- lxm.mml:é a8 ohergod. Witness computed the cost of gom.i wood pavemont laid in \thinftun at $2.49 per TFifteonth and Boventh &troets, near tho War Do- partment ? - CHICAGO, THURSDAY, MAY 91, 1874. I sulted. They should nevor bave heen Inid, Thoso wood blocks will all bo rotion bofors tho noyw portion of the clty, whore thoy aro laid, will bo soltled up," SUEPIERD BTILL DICTATOR, " Willard, tho Presidont, Vica-Prosident, and Ex-_, oulive offlcor of the Board of Publio Works, docs nothing without consulting Bhepherd, who {8 now, mora than ovor, tho dictator in all' mat- tors portaining (o District affalra. . Mr. Oluss had gono over tho mensursments mado by Mr. Blickonderfer, tho engincer of the Commilice, and found him corroct in overy in- stanco but ono, and ho got antray here by ushug falno data furnisbod by Forsylh, -~ . Bhiephord promiecs to smash Cluss on cross- oxamiuntiod to-morrow, and, unless ho doos so, ho mizht ag well tbrow: ur the spongo, for {ho ovidonco of Oluss to-day Innll that has boen wanting to directly convict tha Governor s n party to the frauds complained of ond proved arainst tho Board of Pablic Works by tKn me- morlaliets, T the Assoctated Irenn.t THOHE MEASUNEMENTS, WasstnaTon, May 20, —Mr, Clusn, Chiof-En- neor, and. member,..of . the.Jonrd. of Public =Workar teatifient hoforo: tiie Disiriet of Columbia Inventlgnting~ Comniltlos” to-dny " thai: 1orsyll wos vory {ucorrcet in bis moneurcmonts, and -that both ho and_Oertloy mado tho menstve- ment around the Govornment property without his contont, and in spito of his protoai asn mem- bor of tho Board., Wituess had nover beon oon- aulted concorning tho letiing of contracts. v o thought tho system’of tho Board . - EXTREMELY LOOSE. Oluss further testified that the organization of tho Board was such aa would impode any ongi- neer in tho dlschargo of his dutles ; thac the Vico-Prosidont, against tho protost of tho Bn- ginoor's offico, was in the Lubit of detail- ing Qartloy, an nssistant engineor, and gi ing .him privato instructions with roferouco to coannromonts, o statod that ho bad noth- ing to do with the ostimate on which & Goyorn- mont appropriation of $1,240,000 waa based. It waa mndo up by Oortloy, and ho (witness) nover saw it until it Appoared_ in print'in the Govorn~ or's answer; nor would he bo hold responsiblo for orrors. Forsythe, who made n great man; of the Govornment mmmurnmonlns‘i was _nomi- nolly subjeot to his control, but did gonorally whatover Qov. Bhophord roquired him' to do. Witness stated that, although Oortloy was ona of his subordinates, hie had had not scon him iu his offico in o fortnight. By Mr. Allison—Whoro is ho ? 9 A,~—~Maling up o statomont for this Commit- 0. Witness stated that all important contracts mado wore awardoed without consulting him as enginoor, and without his knowlodge s & mom- ber of tho Board, Tho Vice-Presidont made the contracts ; the minutes of the Board wore mado by tho mooting ; Shopherd on ono {corner, Wil- lard on another, and McGruder on anothor, and agreeing to something and GALLING IT A MEETING, I protested to McGrudor onco, and he said, **Woll, thoy bave agrood to o proposition which you oppose ; thora is & majority, aud_a majonty Tulos.” Buch actlon was tion éutered ns n meot- lufi of the Board, and sprend on the minutes, ‘Whenovor the Vico-Prosidont sat down to write & contract, it was considered as & Bonrd-meating, whethor any of the Board but him wore pmsan‘ or mnot, Some work was onco proposed to bo dono which I considcred unnee- cosary, It was sold it must bo dono, ns assossmonts were made out for the work, ' I askod to soe tho asseesments, nud was bluffed off, Thoro have beon many contracts lot, and men wore at work on tho stroets bofore the En&lnenr Dopartmont was notified of tho nward, ‘Witnoss tostified that Oertley made nearly all the monsurcments for Johu O. Evaus, It wns his (witness') duty to daslgnnfu who should mako the mensuroments, but Ocrtley told him lie was wllng nnder Shopherd's orders, and ho must not bo blamed for what he did. Ofton ho did not seco OQertloy for & weok. Witness went "over and corrcoted serious miatakos in Torsytho's mensuroments, and . finall insisted “that auother man bo d;nlg! nated to mako the moasurements, and socured tho sorvicos of Mr. Barney, a good man, bat Foraytho still continued to moke measuros menta after that; not under his diroction, but by orders of soms ono elso. Witness thon oxplained THE DISCREPANOY OF OERTATN GRADING on Musenchusotts avenuo, e enid a final nward of 105,000 yards was mode. He thought 7 cover all the grading dane. Tho prices paid for flagging, witnoss thought, was too much. Contracts wero frequontly uifimofl after work was commonced. It was tho rule gonerally to hayve contractors sign con- traots, and thon the Board elgmed them nt its loisuro in bulk, Witnocas testified that an avor- would bo 2,70 PER FOOT INSTEAD OF $4.70, To this he woul Q.—Do you know anything about grading on A.—Tho Diatrict has pald for grading 831,005, Tho Goyernmont {s chargod £25,172, T'his 18 not an overchargo, bus is incongruous, AN EXPLANATION,' * Q.—Wall, expinin that ? A.—Woll, if you huy a horso for $500, and a man brings you a billto pay for two mules at 8260 énch, youaro mnot cheated. You pay the correot amount, but in a wrong way, ° Q.—Is that tho way Govermmont acoounts havo boen kopt ? A.—It sooms Bo. H Q.—Explain that again. A.—Well, you goo John 0. Evana did the work. Thero was actuslly about 46,000 square yards. Evans was allowod about 81 por yard, “Somo ut it at 76,000 yards at 50 conts por yard. That 8 tho way it was done, 4 Mr. Oluss wag oxamined with “roforonco to o tabular ‘statoment submittad by him. Ho slso submitted tho voucher of Jobn O. Evans for Beventeonth streot, whera 10,000 yards of filling in charged at 40 conts, e did 8o to show that tho bill was in = difiorent handwriting and that when ho signed the voucher bo dm not knovw theso amounts wore iricluded. Tho fig- ures are in the handwriting of - Oertloy. 1t would bo Darnoy's duty to 4l up the voucher, ‘but Oertley, acting undor special orders to mons” ure Joun O, Evaue' work, fillod up these amonnts, and Barnoy is not reaponsiblo for tho samo, § Vitnoss tostiflod that the Government had eon LARGELY OVEROHANGED, He could not nccount for it, but lad taken rec- ords of tho Engineer's ofMice for statomont, ?.?—Whnl do you know about filiug the ca- na A.—Not a voucher has been passed in the En- ginoer's offico for filling up the canal, Very #mall aunumlou have boon brought into the of- flco. Thoy will not smount to 1,000, Most of tho earth came from the strosts and avenucs. Witnesa roud from the journal of the Engi- noor's oflico certain applications made hey Albort Gleason for grading work on certain sfrcots in tho southwestorn and othor portions of tho oity. Ho found, fiye daya aftor this application was mads, Assistant Engineor Oortlay, withont tho ald of instruments, rodmon, or auybody to help him, had mado an_ostimato of all tho stroots which wan delivered to Gleason by order, Tho voucher is for §148,230. Asked Oortloy how he did this, and ho said £ muat not blame Lim as ho ‘was following out the Vico Prosident’s orders, Q.—\Who was}Vice-Prosident thon ? A, —Mr, Bho{) ord. On looking this oase uj Lo found anothor voucher was pnescd, which was concoalod from him, for about 875,000, Could not soo how twelve atracts could be moay- urod In five days without instrumonts or rodmon, or asslutance of any kind, Witnoss statod that Bhopliord ATTOINTED ALL TIE STREET SUPERINTENDENTH, tha{ hnd not boou pald for several monthe, and that thoy would gonerally sggn anything as cor- xeot ; that lust summor 140 Superintendents wore ompioyell, and_ that hod thoy been appoluted and controlled by the engingors’ doparimont, an thoy should have boen, sixty good men could have done tho work more satisfuatorily, Witnons conslderod Ocrtloy a good enginoer it ho wantod to bo, but he netedt undor ordors, Ie dld not think Ocrtloy hiad boon honost with tho Committeo; that ho had submitted tablos which concenl the truth rather than stato it Witnoss, resuming: ** Up to Jannary Inat, from Octobor, 1874, (o January, 1874, theie havo not ‘been moro than elght moetings of tho Board of Public Works, Contraoty were generally award- od by Gov, Bhephord WITIL ONK STROKE OF TIE FEN, without advising or conenlting the Hoard, Wit- ness dosa not know why expoensive pavementy wore construoted in uniohabited portions of the olty, It was done without i bolug » pary to it." Ho knew that exponsive payoments had Laon Iaid in places whoro the wood would rot boforo being Inhabited along the line, Witnoss testilod that Dr. Tibert, a contractor, got final mensuromonis on work In tho courss of prog- roes, and then, after boing paid, left for parts unknown. Olues will bo ro-catlod to-morrow. ———— THE FINANOE MEASURE. ' ‘Wasninaron, D, U., May 30.~The ‘Committen ©on Bankiug and Currency to-day considered the Tinance bill, and atruok out that soction of tho Benata bill which provides for tho rotontion ofono- fourth of the coln Intorost by banks asa reserve. The Commliteo alzo modified that part of tho Bonato bill in rolntion to the ‘amount of groon- backs to bo rotifed as National Dauk notes aro ianuod, substitating 40 instond of 26 por cont. TIE TARIFF QUESTION, ‘Ite Committoo on Waya and Means to-day by n voto of 8 agninst 2, exprossod themselves op- posod Lo the restoration of the 10 per cont taken off {he 1alo of duty on certain arlicles in the' second scotton of the Tarif act of: Juno 0, 1872, —_—— Tl UM ATRIMONIAL THD 0ABTONIO anANT Avaaan AT $IE WIITT HOUBE, Special Dispateh to T'he Chizago Tribune, | ! Wasuisaroy, D. 0., Moy 20.—All was. hurry ond bustlo to-dnyZ and up to a late honr to-night at tho Whito Houso, occasioned by tho ‘propara- tlous of various doscriptions for; the Bartoris- Grant nuptials to-morrow morning at-11, Noar- ly overything is now in roadingss,” Tho Enst Room, in which the wedding-coromony is totako place, has boon approprintely decoratod and arranged for this. occaslon. Membors of tho Grant family and othor porsons at the Whito- Houso insist that it will not bo ‘an affair of Binte, and fhenco the - small limit to the numbor of invitations that have boen given out, DMany gontlomon and Iadien comprielug tho diplomatio corps aro highly in- indignant becauso of the slight b in oxtandlx:F 1wvitations only to IKB British Ai istor, 8ir Edward Thornton and wifo, Lady Thorn- ton, Noarly overybody oxcopt those at the White House consldor t{nls marriage of the daughtor of tho, Prosident in the Exacutivo Mansion as most, if not quite as much a Stato affair as any othor occurronce, About 800 invitations haye beon gent out, but it is oxpeoted that - not moro than one-half of thoso invited will bo prosent. Thero ia room for soveral undred moro to witnoss the cercmony, and thoro is o great donl of fault-finding smong society pooplo booause the affair is to bo made 80 exclusively soloct and quiet, It promises to bo ono of groat briltineny. All tho ladlos are ox- Eucta\l to appear In roception dross without onnets. Tho morringe liconse isstied by the Clork of tho Court hore to-dsyisto Algernon Chinrles Froderick Sartoris, of Wnrs-Ash House, Pitehfield-Hants, England, sud Ellen Wroushall Grant, of Washington, ——s NOTES AND NEWS. TUE YOSTAL LILL IN THE NOUSE. Special Digpateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, ‘WasiyoroN, D. C., May 20.—During the dls- cusgion of the Postal bill in the House to-day, Postmaster-Genoral Crosawoll ocoupied a seat by tho sido of Mr. Tyner, who has the bill in chargo, and conatantly prompted that gentlo- mou in repolling the atincks mado on tho bill from nll quartors. This is as noar as wo over get to the custom, common to othor countrios, of allowing Oabinet oflicora to oxplain and defond their acts in tho presonco of the National Logis« lature, aud it s very seldom dono hero. Croggwoll seoms of & combative disposition, ond it was osmusing £0 'm0’ him start from his seat oconsionally to reply to somo unusually eavage attack, and then, rememboring his position, siuk back sgnin and fall to posting up his organ, Tyner, P APTLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS, ‘Thoro aro 560 applications on file at the White Houso for nplmlntmonc to six now Paymastara’ poaitions in the army, which are provided for in n Sonato bill now ]uxudiui; in tho House. Tho Presidont staled roocently, howover, that ‘he would nppoint, if tho bill passed, threo from tho army and threo from oivil lifo and that lhe " would select his porsonal friends. ~From this, it would appenr that ho bas alroady made up his mind as to the for~ tunato individuals, The bill rests with the ITousa Military Committeo, and will not, probably, be roported by thom until thelr bill for the reduc. tion and mnq{nmznzion of the army, which con- tains a provision for,the payment of the soldiers by moans of drafts, a8 used by the Pension Burenu, is acted upon, If it ls deleated, the Boaato bill will bo roported with favorablo racom= mendation. TIE MOTMON MEMBER, Bishop Caunon, delegato in the House from Utah, declines to go into an exposition of his private affairs beforo the Elsc. tion Committeo, in _complianco with the roquiromenta of the Hazolton rerolutivn, and tho Committeo will procced to deoide the oaso without his assistance. TIE MOIETIES REPPAL BILL, ‘Fhe digonssion of the bill to repoa! the lawun- dor which tho Sanborn contracts were drawn was to-day, for the sccond time, Imutpannd, 1upon DBenjamin Dutler's reproeontation that he is opain confined to his bed with inflammation of tho bowels, It is undoratood, howover, that it will bo taken up to-morrow without fail, LATER. o Qon. Butlor s said late to-night to be danger- onsly ill with ural eolic, and his friends dosire that the discussion of the Sanborn caso shatl go on, as they do not expact tho General to be able to bo about for some time, They think it wonld ho bottor to have the matter disposed of, rathor than that ho shonld encounter it in & weal and debilitated condition, when the excitementmignt do him serious injury. TREASURY DEPARTMENT LODDYIST. Assistant E“m“fi' Sawyor was busily ongaged on tho flaor of tho House to-day, lobbying, it is prosumed, agalnst tho Kasson resolu- tion of consuro. s labor was lost, Lowaver, and would be1f ho should continue it for n year, if thot timo should olapse beforo tha resolution came up. Tho funllng‘ n Qongross is vory bitter sgaingt the threo oflicials named in tho resolution. - TOE ITALIAX WATFS, i + Onpt. Moreno, who is urgiug the passego of a bill to prevent tho trafllo in Italian obildren, ox- presscs great confldence that it will pass at this gossion. Ho charges boldly that the Itallsn Ministor and Qousuls are opposing the measuro by failing to support it warmly, from motives of & poouniary nature. (70 the Associated Press.) THE FACIFIO MAIL BUDSIDY. ‘WasmvaToN, D. 0., May 20.—The Ponneyl- vanin delogation in Congress has been notifled of tho adoption by the Pennsylvanin Logislature of the joint rosolution om)ouin%-uy cancollation of the contract mado by tho Ioaimaster-General with tho Pacific Malil "Bteamship Company for additional mail sorvice between Ban Franolsco oud China, The resolution 8 profaced by a [n:onmbla agsorting that tho CGovernmont sus- ained no loss by the unavoidablo delay in build- ing the new ships, and that the violation of smd contract by the Govorument would be abandon commercial control of the Pacifio to henvily subsidizod foreign lines, and soriously cripple, it not brenk up, tho iron ship- building in this country which, though in ita i fanoy, givos employmont to thousands of Amor~ ican” micchanics, and consumes -millions of pounds of American coal and iron, TR DUBELY IMPEACHMENT, Tho namos of six mombera of the House Ju- dleinry Committoo who voted in committeo for tha imporchment of Jurdge Durrol, aro Butler, Loland, Wilson, and ‘Whito, Bopublionns, and Eldrodge and i’onur. Domocrats. The four agaivst dmpoachmont nro Ward, Tremain, Trye, nnd Cossus, Republionns, J’owalt, Dom- aorat, being absent, —_——— OONGRESSIONAL RECORD. BENATE, SOUTHERN AVFPAINS, Wasiaron, D, 0., May 20, ¥ Mr, BCOTT, from the Commiittovon Claimn, reporl- ed advornoly ou the bill {o provido for tho seltleuent of cinlms of loyul persous sgaiust the United Slaten acerulng during tho robeliion, and for other purposes, “Tho Lill wae indofnitely postponed, This bill waa fn- troduced by Weat, aud proposed to confer Juriediction on tlie Court of Olajnis lo detoriniuo (ho Cluiia of ull oltizous wha remnined loyal or fook the oaths proscrlbed by thie Preslideul's proslamation of Dec, , 188 s and farther propased ty abolish the Tioard of' Boutharu Clatis Gommniasion s and Alr, Scolt alao reported un. fuvorably ou the Joiit resolition diracting tha Olutme Commiselonora to send to Cougrony, withont dolay, hulma dockdod prior to April1, 1474, and It was ludol: altely postponsil, INDIAN OLATMY, AMr, BUCKINGITAM, frowm the Gommittes on Indian Affairs, roported favorably on thie bill to suthorixe th Hocratary of the Interlorlo pay $100,000 on half procoods of Lo sule of lands kiowa aa the 00, Gon.Babcock, to- 3:‘,;, to the Oherokes Natlon, Plicod on the calon- FXTORTATION OF APIRITH, Mr, WRIGHT, from tho Committoo of Jonferenca upon tho Lill to facilltate the exportation of dlatilled apirlls, nud amondatory of acta rolativo thereto, raport= A mibsiftute for tho bill, which, wes lsid ovor Il to-morrow, The report provides that, instead of tho transports- tion in bond notw roquited by law, tha producer may glve & trannpartation bond for th dolivery of spirits on phiipboard ata designatod portof export, which shall Lo oancelod on roocipt of o atification fram the Golloctor of maid gnrl that thonclusl oxporter lad sivon & bona for tholr. delivery in' a foroign conntry, gto. Tho bond aball bo cancoled upon tho presonta- tionof aatisfactory proof and cerilficates spirits hind boon lindod at the port mentfoned ih the bilkof Jading, or at any other port in tha United States, or hava been lost at soa without foult of the owners, Tho ozpori-stamp tax’ 18 to bo reduced from 25 to 10 conta por packago, The Houss sections making an allowance of 2 percont for loakago, and_providmg n #ueral sytem of rollef in tase of dostruction of apirits whilo in {ranat, aro atrickon ont, INDIAN OLAIMSH, H Mir. TNGATLG oalad up (ho Ll Lo onabletho Becro. lary of tho Interior to make & final mottloment . with 4ho Pollawottamis Indluus of Michigan and Indiaus, Ung with sader tho troaty stipulations ox el s pasaad, * 0L * mig morning liohs having oxpired, Me, rrorIG. {nko tup the Ciril HUYSEN moved that tho Senate Righta bili; - Mesern, STOCKTON, SALISBURY, and MCOREAUY objoctod, sud asked that cunsideration. of. o bill o postponsd il tho retura. of Messta, Gto- venson, Doyard, snd” othors, nocessarlly absonf, aud who desired to speal upon ik, Jority votad toinke up tho bill, - 5 st % Me. BALIBDURY callod for [ soas” ud pym, asid #aid ho desired to put on reoord thoso Sonators who favorad {ho conslderation of & messure whon Benntors who deslred to speak upon it woro absent, is thovght that the dominant party in tho Scnate, which fized up tho order of bualness in s _caucue, should have soms respoct for the minority, and not refuse to extond the courteay to_nbment Sonators of allowing them to ox- preea thelr viows, . 2 Mr. HAMLIN safd ho wns vory gind to have tho op- Jostunlty to rocard Lis volo in fator of taking up tho ill, which had been discussod to the greatest extent yeat {n and yenr out, A L= TThio motion to tako up tho bill reforzod t6 was agreed to—yons, 37; nays, 19, . - GOMMITTER RRPORTS. 3r, INGALLS, fron the Commiltce on Indisn Af- roported with smondmonts the bill introduced Buokingham on tho 34 of Apil, conterring ox- clisivo’ furlsdletion. over Indlan. resurvationa- ugon United States Courts; and for the puniabmont of erimes committed by and against the Indiais, Placed on the calondar, H X THE CIVIL~IUGIUTS RILL AGAIN, . ..r-: - Mr, FLANAGAN addressod {he Senate tndayer of: g pasange of gr = T, [ Upon a division & ma- thio Olvil-Lights bill, ATT nlso spoko i favor of. the bill, o Argucil that it was the duty of Gongress 10 eo legiaiate thiat evory right of cltizenship should ba socitred to the binck man, Ho thought ; did not necessarily load to mixed echocls, +Whoro * tho colored _pooplo . aa numerous enough thoy will prefer ‘'to | Linyo achools of tholr own, and nre not prohibitod from,do- ingnoby the bill. Bub fn viliagos it would beim. practicabloto hve soparato sohuols: Tho colored race constitufed ono-oighth partof thd population of this country, and tho two rt must lve to- cther in Larmuny, The whole: argunient sgaiust it bil begyn and sndod fn projudice. Wy ehouid it oxist in this country and not in Buropo? In couclu- ‘slon Lo argued that tho passago-of the bill would do atch to annillato Uist prefudics as tho poopla would thon accusion: thomselves ta oboying the law and froo ing themselven fpom projudios, = . . .t w. Mr, THURMAN satd ho kngw the il m-&hg\m, though not because -of - ita morils, e did ngt bo: liove that ono-third of the Honate, if left untram= meled by ontaido pressuro, would vots for ‘the Lill. There wera 800,000 colored votors in the Lad moro United Btatos, and thelr domands power in the Chamber than the tho Constitution- of tho United Btates ftself, If the fato of tlis mens- ure dopended upon its own merlts, it would Tequire vory littlo ability to_show that it _slould not poss, - Ho argued at some longth s to tho contitu- tionsl power of Congress, and anid the- bill ald uat ro) to deal with Btates, but it dealt with indl~ Yiduals, g0 that (o Siates cobid provido punletimont {o pecufocivil ighis, aud the Fedural Govermmant by this bill could selzos cltlzen aud punish him & secon: time, -In tho Blata of Loulslana, for inatance, overy offenso montionod injthis Lill was punishable by Stute s, yot it was proposed to havoa second punishment by {lio strong arm of tho Fedaral powor. The offeck would be to break up the comnion-scliool . system, and both while and colorod children would be -without +#]-education, < . . . ADJOURNMERT RESOLUTION, e . Thoresolution of the ouso providing for adjourn. mont sing dis June 23, was recolved and agreed to CONFERENOE GOMMITTXE,: Mosars, BARGENT, MORRILL (Me)y and DAVIS were appointed & Gonference Comupitlcs on the Naval Appropriation yball, 2 . ADIJOURNMENT, 50 { "Pending discussion on the Clvil Righis bill, the Scunln‘runt into exccutive sesgfon and soon after. ad- journed, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ADIJOURNMENT REBOLUTION, Mr, DAWES asked to have the SBonate resolution for fiunl adjournment taken up and passed, 3r, KABSON sald ho must objoct until soma @iapo- sition had been made of bills affecting Western intor- Mr, GARFIELD moved to go {0 the Spoaker’s fable and take up the resclution, A The SIEAKER eald while the resolution lisslt was a privileqod question, the motion to go to tho Speak= er’s tablo was not. - DMeanrs, CIESSNA, DURRELT, and others objecled, M. DAWES, thofoffored. au's privileged qucition, s zesclution aimilar o that passod by the Senato. Mr, COBURN moved fo sdjourn, Negatived, Mr, KABSON moved to Iny the renolution on the tablo— nogativod—yeas, 67 ; nays, 130, resolution {0 ndjourn was then agreed to,—yeas, 143 noys, 40, B TITE SANDBORN CONTRAOT, Mr. FOBTER called up the ropost on the Sxnborn contract, Mr. DAWES snunounced that he had recolved a lot- tor from his colleague, Gen, Dutier, etating that ke was 1l 4 bed; that o dosired fo apeak upon tho system of maotics 15 councetionjwiths this report, snd asking asa favor that the Commilteo would consont to poatpono discussion untll to-morrow. : Nr, FOSTER sald that it 1t wero a matter poreonsl to himalf e would consont atonce; but us it wasa anatter of great publio iuterest, he proferrad to takotho soure of the House, . On molfon 'of Mr, DAWES & poatponoment was agroed to, TOST-OFFIOE APPROPRIATION DILL. ‘The ouso, at 13:30, went into Committoe of the Witolo on the Post.Oflico Appropriation bill, Mr, PAT~ BONE In the chir, sl 7, Mr, HOLMAN critlcized the remarks of Br, B, I, Roborts ot the closs of the debato yesterday, in regard to the merit of the Ropublican party in purifying itaelf, and contrasted that claim with” tho stranious effori made to-dny o shut off debate on tho Post~ Qtiice Appropriation bill, He eallod_ottontion to' the fact that (e sggregate Amount sppropristad by this bill oxceeded tho appropriation for tho same purpose Inst year by $3,204,224, 1o commented upon tho sys- tem of wtraw bida for mall contracts, and reforrad to {0 exorhitant ratos chnrged Ly Fnllroad compunios for {he _transportation of the moils, Congress should proseribo roasonablo rates for this servios, - Mr, WOOD commentad on tho largo anviual increase of tho expenditures in the Post-Ofica Deparimant; and Critlolzed fho boastof his colleague (i X, Toborts) yesterday as to tho purification of tho Republican arty, X inousston_ennued, participatod fn by Messrn, T, I, ROBER''S, RAND, and WOOD, a8 to the poal- tion of the Democratio andt Ropublicah mombers re- @arding tho law uador which (o Saubora. contracts wora lot. Mr, TYNER, who had cliargs of the bill, declined to Vo drawn intu's disoussion of a sublect not rele- ‘vant to the bill, but ho proceeded to reply to some of tho atrictures mado upon the bill by Messrs. Holman and Wood, 1o accountod for (he annual ircreste of oxponditures in the Post-Offico Departinent, by stat- 1ug that whilo that incrosse only averaged 7 or cent, the Incroaso of business -averuged 10 por cont. o do- nlod that the componsation pafd {0 tho raliroads for carrying the mall was too great. On the contrary ha sliowed, taking tho Erio Raflroad aa & criterion, that tho mails were carrled ot » loss rate per pound ‘than #econd and third-class Irel&hh.l 1 alosed genoral debato, and o tho Ul was regu- tarly consldcred by paragraphs, Mes 2, T, HOAR movod an amendment providin that postago on each copy of the Agricultural Xepor #hall not excoed 10 conta. Mr, SHANKS movod to nmend tho amendmont by minking the postage on tho sgrioullural roports cont, Agractt to—34 to 40, ¥, MILLS offered a aubstitute that all printed mat- ter printod by ordor of oithor llousen of Cougress, ahiall 1o traaeported flirough tho uialia froo of cliirgo, Ruttod out ou n polut of order, Mr, MILLH then moved to smond Mr, Ioar's amondinent by making tho agrioultural report froo of astage. PORSF discussion Mr, Ml aunendment wa adopted —110 to 69, whon Mr, Moar's proposition os thus auiondod was_agreod fo, PLRHION AFPROPRIATION DILL, The Commiltco roso, and Mr, O'Nelll, from tho Ap- proprintion Committes, roported tho Tonsion Appro- priation bill, coveriug sbout §40,000,000. Adjourned, LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, Suit to Rocover Nack Taxen. Suecial Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, 8r, PAv, Minn,, Mn{ 20,—Tho Htate Attorney- Qonoral flles & complaint in tho District Court ot Rumsoy County, clalming, as lustructed by the Loglsiaturo last wintor, udditionn! taxos from tho Winoua & Bt, Petor Railway Company, smount- ing to about €58,000, $7,000 boing intercat, Bomo yoars ago an act passed relating to foucos slong. the road, and other matters, among which was the rellof of tho Company ~from part of ita (axes, ‘e Company, objeating to certaln requirements, obtained a deolsion that the law was vold. Thia suit ia_instituted on the flxeor{. that it the law was vold, then the Biate olaim fo the full rate of waa 1ot waived. tho bill was Justified in pros_ Yiding auct aavoro peuitos it it would b oboyad. © o RAILROADS. Company Instructions to At- torneys of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. The Confliot of Jurisdiction Between the Courts, "The Wisconsin Suils Postponed for the Prosent, Miscellanecus Railroad Ttems. i amen TN TLLINOIR LAW, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicado Tribune, SrnwvoriLy, Iil,, May 20,—The motion to sot the Chieago & Alton Ralirond case down for trial .8t some doy this torm was not arguod to-day, ag .was oxpeoted, in consequonce of other business intorvoning. It will, howaevar, bo argued in.tho morning, Thero aro yarious conjectires ag to what tho rosult will be. Bome porsons who know Judgo Zano vory woll bellove ho will rule the caAo for trial this torm, 1'ho feoling among the Fuoplu, ospeolally tho farmors, is growing moro utcnso evory duy, and little ofso is talked of. THE ATTORNEYS TO DE INDICTED. : It is enid that Moaers. Palmor and grrln or, tho attornoys for tho people, will bo indlcted as #oon a8 tho United Statos Grand Jury mobts, for thoir doflnnce of tho process of thie United Btates Court in entoring and arguing o motion {o sot tho vauso down for trial after it had boon gortiorariod into tho Unlted Statos Qourt. Tho lattor moots tho firab Moudn{ in Juno, and it i supposed now that the ohiof fight in the caso will bo mado then on o # TLEA TO TIE JURISDIOTION : of the Court. The lawyora horo, oxcopt tho at- torneya:” ‘of ‘the roads, mro- agreed .in tho ‘opinion that’ Judge Dyummond will declino to tako jurisdiction, and whilo Judge Treat hins ‘made no intimation of his opinion, yet It is gon- onally bolioved by thoso that knovw Lim best, that Lo will hold that the United Stutos Conrt in this enso bano juriadiotion, aud that the law undor which tho writ of -cortioiarl was suod out, was 'nevet ititended to apply to such csos. INSTAUOTIONS TO RATLROAD ATTOLNEYS, - ‘Wo have obtalned posscesion of n cop}r ofn Bnnloi ciroular of Instruations issucd by Judge ockwith,, attorney of the Railrond Company, for tha bonsflt of local counsel employed by the OomEnny in different parts of tho Btaten, from which wiil bo scon the coursp of rosgoning adopted, and tho provisions of law rolied upon, fo justify tho removal of thoso cases to -the | Fedoral Qourt, ¥s{he following is the circular allndedito -~ . e’ act of *April 9, 1860 (14 U, 8, Staf,-2t-Largo, 1, 47 ivea totho Oircult. Court aud Distrlot Courts of thio United Btates jurisdiction of all cases, civil and crimiual, sfocting persons who aro donied or canuot enforco in the courts or judicial tribunals of the State or Terzliory, wliore they may be, any of the rights of acitizen of tho United States, or the same right to make and enforce contracts, to_sue, bo parties, and givo ovidenco; to inlerit, purchnao, scll, hold, and convey roal und *nmlnn.al property, as is enjoyed by ‘white persons, Tha uot further providea that, if any auit or prosecution hus been or ahall be commonced {n any Stato court agaiust any such pereon for any causo ‘wlintsoover, or ngainst any oficr, civil or mililary, or ollier porson for any arrest’or imprisonment, ircs— pasa or wrong dona or committed by virtue or under ‘color of autborlty derived from said act, or tho estab~ lishing a Bureau for the relief of Yreodmen and .Tefugoss, snd all acts. smendatory theroof, or for ro- fusiug to do any sct upon the grouna that it would be inconsistent wiith sald act, such defendagt may xemove the couse for triul to tho prgper DigfRictvor Circuit Court in tho mauner proscribed by the actof March 8, 1803, and all s amendatory thoreof, -* ‘The nat of May 31, 1870 (10 U, 8, Biatutes at Large, TP 144,8cc, 18), To-cuncted the act of April9,1860, an extondod ita provisions o ns-to fucludo aliens and mado furthor provision ogainst depriving persons on accotint of color or raca of any of tlie righa_ enjoy- ed by white citizous, 5 < Tho monner of removing causes from n State Court to the Olrunit Gourt of tho United States, prescribed by March 3, 180 and acts amondaty thereof (13 U, B, Btatutes at Large, p, 765), s for tho defondant to - fle in the Btate Court a potition for such romoval, After proper polition {o fifed all further proccedings in the 8tato Court ara declared void (sct May 11, 1866, 14 U, 8, Btatutes at Largo, p. 46). Copies of the pa. er and files ara to bo filed in {he Cirruit Gourt of The Gultod Statos, it Lo Olerk of ‘th Biatw Gougt will furnish .thom, but, if ho negleats _or Tefuses so do, the caude Is to be dockoted and "the plaintifl required to fllea naw doclaration or petition. pon the plaintiif’s default in this respect, thY sut is 10 bo disuiescd, which ju madea bar o any further #uit or prosecntion for the aamo catse, ‘Iho'act of Fob. 3, 1867 (14 Statutes at Large, p. 385), provides for issning a writ of habeas corpua cuma causa ‘when tho defendaut ia iu actual custody on State pro- coun, Tartlier detall of tho proceduro for tho removal of ‘causcs under theres ncts i not matorlal to the cousider- ation of whether the right of removal oxiats uudor the act of April 20, 1811, Lereafter mentioned, ‘Tho act of May 81, 1870, was amonded by the act of Tob, b, 1871 (16 Statules'nt Large, p. 433), Original Judaaiction was given to/he Giréuth Golctof tho nited Btatea in o)l cases arlsing undor the act, or the act thereby amended, and any porson Tocelving sn in- Jury to his person of propety, for, or on account of ny act by him done uuder nuy of’ the provisions of ho et, of of thoact _theroby niuended, was given tho right to maintuin o sult for dumngea :&amn tho party dolpgthe iujury, in the Circuit Courtof the United States, The sixteeuth scction ot tho actof Feb, 28, 1871, provides that any suit or prosecution, commenced in & court of any Slato ugalust any ofiicer of tho United Btates, or otber person, or on account of any act done undor the provisdons of suid act, or uuder color thereof, or for o on account of auy right, suthority or Mitlo ot up or clainied by such oflicer or other perkon, undor any of said pro~ vislone, may bo removed to the Oirauit Gougt of tho United Btates b of these nots of certiorarl, From n caroful reading 1ril 0, 1800, May 1, 1870, and Fob. 28, 1471, it will bo scen that all perdons having o right of action undor them aro cntitled to enforco thoir righta Dysuit fo the Federal Courls, oud that the right of siich persons to remove suits from o Stute Court to & Federal Court {8 cooxtenslve with their right to main- tain an origlual oult, This profatory etatomont rela- tivo to the luws enncled to enforce the provisions of the Fourteonth Ameundmont to the Constitution of tho United States onubles tho reador more roadily to come rehiend the meaning of tho net of April 20, 1871 (17 U, . Bat, at Large, . lfli’ entitled ““An act to enforco tlio provieiona of tho Houriconth Amendment to tho Oonstitution of {he Unitod States, and for other par- poscs,” The firat soctlon of the act provides *‘that any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordi- Tegulation, oustom, or usago of auy State shall bject, or causo fo bo subjected, ally porson within the Jurfeaidtion of tho Unitod Stdtes”to tho daprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunitiea secured Dy the ‘Oanatfiution of the United - Btatcs, slall, any siich law, statute, ordinsnce, 1cgulation, custom, or usnge of tha Slate'to the contrary notwithatandiug, bo Lablo o tho party injurad u any scticn ut Jaw, wult in equity, or olher procceding for redross ; such pro- coudiug to be prosocuted fu tho sevornl Distelct or Gle— cult Courls of (ho United Blutcs, with, and subject ta tio same siglin of apretl reviow uhon orar, and other romedion provided i1 Like cascs in such counts under_tho proyisions of the act of the 9tk of Aprll, 1800, ontitiod *Anact to protoct oll porsons in thi Unifed Btatea in theic Olvil Rights, and to furnish the means of their viudication; and tho other remedinl Iowa of the United Btates Whichi aro lu their maturs applicablo in such canes,” It will o sten that two cir- clmatauces are required to glvo the ¥oderal Court ju- Thudiotion. uuder Lo ao Inst, mentionad ; Syt e Rurty gouklug tho redreay uaust b within tio Jurlsdio~ on of tho Unitod_ itstes, and_ Lsyo a rigkt, privilego, or immunity securod by the Constitution of the Unie tod Hlates ; and, socoud, thore must Lo a deprivation of such right, privilege, or immunity, under color of law, etatulo, or ordluunco, regulafion, custom, or unago'of o Blath, Tho Ciroult Court for the Usiled Btates, for tho Northorn District of Tilinols, has lold that tho sight, privilego, or fmwunity required to be socured by tho Constitution may be ulie respecting “Nperty s well as on I rospoct of the poraon, aud that porsons v 4itled tosiie f a corporate naino are entitled to tho Temedy glveu by tho act as woll as otlior yerons, “Aduiniing, fog wy proven murnoss, that. the Fedoral Conrls inva’ origlual jurisdiotion tnder tho act of cusen whiero an attempt is made nnder color of o iale law or statute to deprivea vorporation of its chartered righty, tho quostion 14, if & suit has Loen commeuced in A Btato Court for that purposo, can it bo removed to the Clrouit Court of the United Htutea? 1f Congross had tot provided for th removal of sucl wuily it would corn £o havo beou & canuy omisus, o ullow partios (o Le.duprivad by suite lu & Oireult Gourt of tuole rigits, privilegen, and finmunitios, so~ ourod by the Goustitutlon of tho United Htales under color of & Btato law, statuto, olo,, f4 cor- tainly not in harmouy in wpirlt with thouct, Tho warty aggrieved 1 not only eutitled to an action uf B Wi quity, but 10 sty proper proceeding for redross, 1Mo 4 glvou (ke wawe rights of appenl, o~ yview upon vrror, sud the other remodles provided in JMko cusen in the LFedoral Courls, under - tho uct of April D, 1800, and the othor remedial laws of the Uuited Btates, wiiich ara applicatile to such cases, Thy removal of a suit from a Btate Oourt toa Federal gourt by a certiora) or Ly polition o ths Siato Gourl, in cartuly o propor proccading, 1t affordn s zedrosd againat & throatouad injury, 1t s o remedy sgainst such throatonod injury, providod fn_ liko oakes, Ly the ot of April , 1800, wid It {a u remedy by the Jaws of fhe “Untlod Blates In wumsrous. ofuay. canos, Tho romedy i entiraly aproprista, Under (howe cironu- stances, does & falr construotion of the ot of April 20, 181, «ive thio viah of romoyal frow s Hlate Court 46 NUMBER 271. » Fadoral Court of a sult brought to depriva s pareon of any of tho rights, priviloges, or immuniifos mene tloned in ths act, undor, color of & law, statuto, ste,, of abtate? THE . ISCONSIN LAW. Bpecial Dis“eh to The Chicago T'ribune, TIE RAILING, 58 TO DE GIVEN A NESTITE. MIAp1soN, Wif™ May 20,—Thoro is nothing now in tho railroad &, stroversy at tho Capital, excopt that Attornoy-(3soral’ Bloan saya o will not be ablo to gorve th mpors on the railroad companios in tho suit coi® onced agaiust them in ihe Bue promo Conrt, = * noootint of ‘tho pressure of otherdutios. 3. , . ... - Mr. Josso E} kley, ot Roeendnle, Fond du Lac County, & 1 - u73yenra old, complains that on Baturday nighit Inet, while on his way honoa to Watertown, ho'paid the ‘condnctor $1.00, be- fug tho logal fare of 8 conts por mile to thab place, but at Waterloo ho was put off the cars by the conductor nnd two nmgoycs of the Milwau. koe & Bt. Paul Ratlroad. Ho walked 12 milea ta Watertown, arziving thara in. soason to tnke the Northiwasborn tm{n “fow—LiiMo, -uud, mooting tLUI Atfornoy-Goucral on the train, told his story, DAILNOAD-AID DONDS, TIn tho case of Post against Kondall Couaty on argumeut yesterday bofore Judge Drummond, tho .quostion - of - attacking the validity of 'raflroad-aid bonds issucd by the do- fondant, . by . impoaching tho validity of tho act undor which they wero ‘issucd, was agatn brouglitup. In s casa bofore Judgs Blod- gott the day before, it had boen held that the le- Enllty of tho nat conld not bo questionoed, both coause tho law bind boen passed so many yoars ago, and becauso the chlelnhxm had ratified it by amonding it. Under similnr circumstances in the Iatter cnse, Judgo Drummond upheld Judge Blodgett's decislon, sud sustained IEu domurrer to tho ploa, ' e, MISCELLANEOUS. 4 NO UNION DEFOT, ‘There is no trutl in the rumor that the Micbis gou Contral and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads bhave decided to join tho Chicago & Alton, Pittsburgh &' Ft. Wayno, and Chicago, Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railrosds in buflding a Grand Union Depot at tho west end ‘of Madlson stroot bridgo, nor is thoro the slightest possiblli« .- Ly that such union will evor be consummated. In the firet pluco, tho ‘Pittsburgh & Ft. Wayne and the Michigan Contral Railroads aro rivals, and thoir entering tho samo dopot might load ta difffoultics; then the Chicago & Alton compotos with the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, and will certalnly opposo tho latter rond entering ita dopot. Admitting thar, after removing tho largs brick froight-dopot of tho Pittsburgh & Fork Wayno Railrond, the grounds would bo large enough to nccommodata all the passonger traftic of theso ronds, thoro can bo no doubt that the track leading to that dopot s entiroly” inado- quate. At Van Buren streot bridge, fhere ara the general offices and froight-houses of the Chicago & Alton Rond, and, unless theso were removed, no additional tracks could be Inid down belweon Caual streot and the river. Mr. J. O. McMullln, B:Purlntundnm of the Chicego & Al- ton IRailroad, statod to & reporter a short time ago that it wam an utter imposeibility to lot ‘more ronds come in on that track, s it was already overcrowded, The Michigan Ceontrnl Railroad owns a rnrllm ‘of tho presont Contral Dopot, and ts genoral ound freight ofiices thoro have baen vory substautially built, and n romoval would cause them groat annoyance and oxpeuso. The Burlington would. bo better off, as its 1reifiht officos are Mruldg on_the Wost Side. Both roads havo incaloulable advantages in run~ ning along-the lako shore, wheto their trains escapo tho reatriction that would bo put upon thom in crossing atreots. . . =~ TUE ILLINOIS OENTBAL 8UIT. Tho Illinots Contral Railrond has rocoivod tho declaration intho Cairo suit, instituted by the Ilhnois Railrond Commissioners. It containa sixtecn county for oxtortion on froights, five on passenger rates, and soven for discrimination, $100,000 damnges is olaimed on all the counts. * ANOTIER RAILROAD BOHEME. OxAmA, Nob,,May 20.—A meeting o general pessongor and froight agonts of ronds iterestod was hold in this city yesterday, to perfoct are rangemonts for tho now routs from 8t Paul, Minn,, to St. Louln, via Omaha, . SAMANA BAY. Arrival of Lato Resident Commtse sioner Xowe In Now Xork. Spectat Diapatch to The Chicagn Tribune, . NEw Yonx, Alay 20.—Dr. Bamuel G. Hovwe, the lito Residont Comwissioner of tho Samana Bay Uompany, arrived hers this morning, having salled from Samana Bay on the 10th inst, Dr. Howo bringa with bim two lotters written by bimself, and nddressed to the President of the Company, rolative to the ovents in Santo Do- mingo, aftor the disposscasion of the Company. Ho snys that it hns boen his polioy to avoid of- fonding the Domiuican Government, and {o en- courago the people at Bamana Bay to pationt submiseion, without abandoving their hopes of the ultimato rosumption of the Com- pany's outhority. His only - hope, how- over, was that the TUnited Blates Govornment would futerfors and rostoro to tho Company its Iande, and would show such » dotermination to defond it as would defent the soheme of foroign govornmonts and commercial companics to seize upon this important naval and commercial station. TIE UNITED STATES BLOOP-OF-WAR OANANDLIGUA srrived at Samona Bay April 20, but hor cowm- mander, Capc. Lowry, had not recoived author- ity from Washington for forcible iuterforsnce. Thoe vessel loft port ina day or two, buti re- turnod Moy @, Assoon ag his vossol was_an- chorod, Cupt. Lowry sont a note to Dr. Kowe requosling himn to dome aboard ship. Dr, Howe ccomplied nt onvo, and wascordinlly recoived. Capt. Towry talked loudly of what he would do, and safd that his_instructions 1m9lmud foroible in- torforence ; that he would loave a forcs on land to guard Amoricans and their proporty ; and, furthormore, that ko would go to tho Oapital of Banto Domingo and bring President Gonzales to reason * with hard shot if necossary.” He of forod to land a forco at 11 o'efock noxt morning, Bunday, and accomplish all these things. Dr. Howoe was very much gratified at this, and earn- estly tbanked the Captain for his offer. Tho nows was soon spread through the sottle- mont, and caused groat excitomont among the poople, but CAPT, LOWRY REFENTED OF HI8 PROMISE, and refused _to fulflll it, on the ground that It was *the Lord's day, aud ho would do no work.” May 8, the Captain wrote to Dr. Howe that he had deoided to take no action_in this mattor just then, Thia tamo ending of Lowry's tine promises aronsod tho wrath of Dr, Howe, who animadverts on Lowry's cowardice with say~ age forco in his lotler to the Company. He characterizos President Gonzales na the head of & baud of political robbers, who took unlawful osgosaion of Amorican property, and closes Rlu lottor with tho statomiont” that many ivhabitants ~ who made =no effort to suppress tholr joy at their expeoted roleaso from the Dominican Govornmunut have beon marked, aud will bo porswouted as soon g the United Bintes man-of-war lenves tho port. The Com. pany's property was left In chargo of United tatos Cousular Agont Covard. WALL SUREET. Weatern Union Teolograph Company Dectare p Cash Dividend—intoress Defaults Special Dispateh to The Chicaan Tridune, New Youx, Moy 20.—A mootiug of the Exeou~ tive Committeo of tho Westorn Union Telegraph Oompany wau leld to-day, Nothing definite could bo loarned of tho procoedings, but it is undorstood that it was informally agreed that m cash dlvidond should Le deoclared, {mynbl: in July, but that tho finnl disposal of tha mattor was dofarvad till tho arrival of Froaldont Orton, who is expected noxt Bunday, ‘Toledo, V'eoria & Warsaw having defanlted on tho iuterest duo on the bouds, foreclosura procoodings have been (aken, and the road is novw controlled by James 1%, Bocor, the Prosident, aud William T'racy, Trustecs, Mr, Becor says that no measuros hiave vet been taken for tho ro« organization of the road, and the Trustees are meroly operating the road under an order frony the Court, He had not called the persons inter osted togethior, because he saw nothing to galn by it, but tho fature would davelan samething.