Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1874, Page 1

- VOLUME 27. OHAMPION GLUE. A A A A A A A A A A A AP AL === = -3 LI 2 | zg® 7y =2 dp 3 ) Ee 2 205 [P |gd: =R (el sga 3 Sd po Q5 HHIEE gun 5] wfi S 468 o B8 Hons | Q|88 B ZinE|BTcEr = S:.i| B35 8 p.‘.“ml& Ig":ngg Sxd ike = [ 5 0o 8 B .Em. @ .zg_,-;g. i g7 B Fo g P G 5 Ed LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRIGHY STEAMERS. Tor Racine, Milwaukeo, Shoboygsn, Msnito- woo, eta., datly (Sundays oxaopted). . 9am. $17"Saturdny's boat don'tlcava until 8 p. m, For Grand Havon, Muskegon, ote., dally (Sun- dnys exoopted)... = eveeres TPom. For St. Joseph, Tucaday, Thursday, and Satur- SETUITe aransiiens. «w11p. m. For Manisten and Ludington, Tucsdsy and ‘Thuraday. D aom. ¥or Groon Ty and Intormodinte ports, Tussday aad Fri and intormodiato ports, Bon- day and Thursd; eee ODimL E&~0fico and Dooks, TURNER PARK. June 7 and 8, Opening of the TURNER PARK. Grand Festivities. @ratlons by Mayor L. D. Colvin, Gen, Ierm. Licb, and Ilon. A. C. Heaing, Tich Programme, including Prizo Turning, Vocal d Instrumontal Concort, Tablosux Visants, aud Danc- og. xcorsion Trains loavo Depot of C, & T, R, ., near North Halstod-at. Dridgo, Sundaysat 10:45 and il:50a, e R An S o Torarae foors Ao Bocy ot 0, and 11:00 p. . ¥o Chicago at1:00 p, m., roturning at8:00 . P Ezular tratns leavo on Mon and roturn to Cliicago at 2:98 FURNITURE. FASHTOI\TABLE E‘fiRNITURE. W. W. STRONG . FURNITURE CO, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. HATS, CAPS, &o. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. BEND ORDERS FOR Hats, Caps, Parasols, Umbrellas, Straw Goods And Millimz]a“y, C. A, LEWIS & 00, 1 MONROBE-ST., ot Miohigan-ar, e, Mallory & Co.'s stook, purclicsod at HALF 0 i being ancril FINANCIAL, . K JESIP, PATON & (0, BANEERS, UNION BULLDING, No. 52 WILLIAME, INEW TORK. The accounts aud agency of Banks, Baukere, Corpora. ons, and privato firms will receive caroful attention, “REMOVAL. L. BOOTET Has removed his Wholesale and Retail 0YSIER and FISI business to . . CORNER LAKE AND STATESTS. PRINTERS,.STATIONERS, &o. Arnolds, Carter's, Sanfords', Maynard, Noyes & Wit a0 Copying. Toks, AT WHOLKSALE AND RETAIL, BY OULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & 00, 118 & 120 STONROB-ST, LAWN MOWERS, THE FAVORITE LAWN MOWER. M d for nalo, wholomlo and retatl, b et AT Koinn b Companye 4L b7 the Weo. 1SS State==t.. MISCELLANEOUS. “BisE BAIL nols an tho Gront Ghamplanship Gamo botween the RED. STOORINGE. of TP (amo betneet i FROGKINGS, of Chlenao, wiff o botl st Foloy'a Blliard Hall to-night at 8 l’l'l.‘]lmJI. and at 13w, toanorrow, FURS 34632 MOTHS Seond your Furs to us for lénfg‘ keoping through the ummer, T p J.8, BARNES & 0O0., 5100000 SEWARD For réCovery of goodssioln from us May2l, No ques tons asked, ANDERSEN, OLS] g0, GRANITE MONUMENTS, BCHUREMAN & ITAND MANTEL €O Michlgan-ar , cornor Van Buren-ut, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, _ Elnfix’mh in Dosign, Buporb in Woriana shup. Foaltlows i W HARKIS & 0OhD, B " 191 Boutk Glark-it, WASHINGTON. ‘When Richardson Falls, He Falls Like Lucifer, Gen, Bristow to Succeed the Ex-Probate Judge. The ILatter Nominated to the Court of Claims, His Confirmation to That Position Regarded as Doubiful, Our Claims Against Spain on Account of the Virginius, Hr. Dawes Forces ihe Little Tarir Bill Through the House, Hurlbut Attempts to Revive the Income Tax, and Tails. Mr. Beck Filibusters in Opposition to the Civil-Rights Bill, Decrease of $4,456,838 in the Public Debt. THE TREASURY. Special Dispateh to The Clieaco Tribune, THE RECENT RESIGNATIONS, ‘Wasminoroy, D, C., June 1.—Tho resignations of both Becrotary Riolinrdson and Solicitor Ban« fiold, wero tondered and accepted by tho Prosi. de]lt on Friday night. Speculation is rifo ns to the successorship in the caso of Baufiold, The namo of Mr. Jordan, his predecessor, has boeu mentioned ; also, that of Mr. Josoph 1I. Robin- son, tho present Ausistant Bolicitor, Tho lattor gentloman is thoroughly familiar with all tho do- tails of tho ofiico, and &n oxcellent lawyor, Bhiould tho President decide to abide Ly the Civil-Servico rules, Mr. Itobinson will bo pro- moted. The vacaucy probably will not be filled for two wooks, Tho nomination of Tiristow hns been roccived with much stisfnc- tion, 38 a vory happy solution of a_troublosoma qudstion, It is snid thatup to Friday last Mr. Delxno was confidont thnt ho would bo chosen for the place. BIOGRAPHICAL, Gon, Benjamin F. Bristow is & native of Ker tncky, 41 yours of ago, and a lawyer by pro- fossion. 1lo entored the Unitod Statos service 83 .Captain of cavalry from Kentucky on ths bronking out of the rebellion, and sorved' in the Army of the Cumberland until penco was de- clared, When muetered out, ho held a Briga- dier-Goneral's commission, Prosident Grant sent his nnmo to the Senate for the position of Attorney-General nt tho same timo hio nominatod Willinmy for Chicf Justice of the United States, THE OIANOES IN TIE BENATE. It {s thought extromoly probablo that Bristosr will be confirmed to-morrow, but grave doubts are oxprossed as 10 Mr. Richardson's fate. Thero scems to he no roason why Lie sbould bo conflrmed, whilo there aro reasons without num- ber why ho should be rojected, It has not i’nt transpired how the Presidens becamo satisfied that a confirmation could be lad, and it would appear that bis anxiety to settlo the mattor led him to jump at asurances based on very slight grounds, such as ho would have hold uttorly in- sufliciont at any othor time, (To the Associuted Press.y ‘Wasmxatos, D. C,, June 1.—DBanflold, Solicit- or of tho Treaeury, has rosignod. No ous ns yet has beon indicated ns his auccessor, Tho nomination of Gen, Bristow to bo Socre- tary of the T'rensury, i8 favorably reccived by both phrties in Congrass, and it is thought thora will be 1o opposition whatever to his confirna~ tion. i TURLIQ DERT BTATEMENT, Tho Public Debt atatement for Juno is as fol- W 1 Six per cent bonds, ¥ive per cent bonds. ‘Total coln bonds, $1,219,967,000 '510.:279,030 Matured dobt, 201 Tegal tender N 6,177 Qerlificatea of dopo 50,050,000 Fractional curroic; 40,558,049 Colu cerlificates. . 43,170,600 Total without intercst...... $517,844,007 Total dobt.. 2200,001,027 otul intercst., 364,003 Cash fn T 81,058,070 11,177,703 Epectal do of cortiticates of deposit ns provided by Law,.. SRNSCONE s 50,050,000 8 10,180,6¢ a caeli {u tho Troa 2,14 B ry. 18 Doereaso durig the mout, ., o2 dang B3 Ionds fssued to the Pacifio Rallroad’ Uompauies, fu- terost payablo in lawful monoy ; rincipal outatanding,, $ 61,000,512 Interest nccrued and 1ot 1,616,657 Tutoreat patd by the United Stat 20,380,691 Tnfercat repaid by the trausportstion mals, eta.... ohteneennaienaeary 5,005,450 Balanco of inforest paid’ by e Unifed s Blalth i seerassensisnns csees 17,201,201 —_—— NOTE PRINTING. THE DANKING COMMITTEE'S INVERTIGATION, ‘Wasinaroy, D. 0., June 1,—The Committee on Banking and Curroncy to-dsy resumned con- sidoration of tho note-printing quostion, Coun- sol for tho New York Bank Note Printing Com- panios did not chargo frand against the Govern- ment Piinting Bureau, but the work had been dono at oxtravagant rates. Tho cost of printing for 1873 waa stated in tho answer of McCartus at $1,365,000, whilo the books of the Treasurer showed 848,000, besides, not specifically ac- counted for by vouchers au to whom the monoy liud boon paid. Assiatant Secrotary Sawyor eai tho T'reasury Dopartment liad furnisbed an ne- count which the counsel ou the other sido had pronounced untruo, but the nccount was true, and roprosented tho entire amount expended by the Bureau, It would take munths to copy ail the vouchers and papers desired, but a Bub- committeo conld be nppointed, and by porsonal oxamination uatiufy tho Commuittce of the facts as statod 1n the report, Iteprosentatives of the Buresu explained that the 843,000 alluded to by connsel for ihe baul-noto priuting compe- nios should Lo deducted from, instond of added to, tho #1,305,000, to give tho notunl.sum for printing notes and othor poouritics, tho §318,000 eing approprinted and oxponded for intornal reyenuo stamps, irrespectivo of other work. During the examination it wos shown by the Printing Burean, in oxplanation of the apparent iuconsistenoy in tho sizo of the rnxmr used for printing the G0-cont fractional. currency, that the sizo of tho pzpor was roguiated by the size of tho plate, which controls tho prico of the priunting, and this rule governed =il the amounta yuid for the exocution of worlk, e — THE VIRGINIUS OUTRAGE, Speaat Dispateh (o The Chicags Tribune, WIAT QUL GOVERNSENT JIAH NOU DONE, ‘Wanmxatox, D, O,, Juno 1.—Tho recont dls- patchos from London to tho effect that Groat Britulu Js avout to press for the reparation duo hor from Bpain for outrages commtted upon British subjocts when the Virginius was talon, Ly awakoned oonsidorablo interost bero, Thero s g = Lo ‘g =3 & % | =20 =) e =3 CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1874, in & fooling of chngrin that, although this Gov- ernment took the primary atops to OBTAIN BATISFAOTION for whatover wrongs wo moy have sustainod in the Virginius affalr, the mattor hna beon allowed quietly to drop, aud negotiations have to wll apponrances boou eutirely susponded. It is prodioted, by tho hothonds who havo mnot yot recovored from the Spanish war favor, that Groat Dritatn, notwithstanding 8lio hns modestly kent hor elaimn in nboyanca to Eurmn the Unitod States to firat sccuro ntiafac on, will yot Lnvo lior wrongs ndjusted boforo our ‘elnims aro mot, nnd thoy soom to_foel that there is an exccodingly groat haraship in this, by way of exouso for tho dolay, been without Lhe proper raprosontative at Mas drid, aud it way doomed best to walt until a Mine ‘istor should lavo been sppointod, snd at bis post, rathor than to {msh matters ab o timo whon they must bo loft, to some ox- tont, in tho hands of subordinates for manage- went. This doos not_satisfy the fault-findors, who aeort that the Ohnrgo d'Affairs wag fully cumEetuut to look after our intercats. Thoy will bo from thia timo excocdingly Impations of furthor dolay, now that Mr, Cushing is falyly sottled at bis post. ——— NOTES AND NEWS, Speetal Dispatoh to The Chicago Tribune, - ar TIIE OURRENCY QUESTION. ‘WismiNarox, June'1.—Tho Finance Confer- onco Commitios hold anothor session to-day, Iasting from 1 until 4 o'olock. Tho question of the percontngo of greonback rotiremont waa dis- cussod at gront lougth, but nothing dofinito was declded on. A mombor of tho Committee stated to-night that ho Lnd no idea that thoy would be able to agreo upon any mensuro that would bo satisfactory to Congress and the President. Tho motion is gainiug strongth daily that no finna- cial proposition will be successrul this sossion, (70 the Avsociated Press,] INDIAN APPHUPRIATIONS, WasitiaToN, D. C,, Juno 1.—To-day tho House Committes on Appropriations dirceted a section to bo put into tho Mikcellancous Appro- priation bill providing for payment to tho Choo- taw Nation of Indinns 82,322,000 in wottloment for Innd ceded to the Govermmont in tho Stato of Misnisaippi by thoso Indinns, in 1830, NOMINATIONS CONFINMLD. The Bonato roferrod the nominations of Bris- tow and Richardson to the Tinonece end Judiciary Committeos, respectivoly, awil confirmed the fol- lowing s Anron Huddleston, Agent for tho Kaw Indians, Kanwns ; Jumes W, ico, Postmastor at Garnett, Kan, ; John Mason, Burvoyor-Gen- eral of tho Territory of Arizonn ; Peter Nogloy, Assistant Lronsuror at Bultimora ; Daniol Wanu, Burveyor of. Customs at CGalona, Il ; Poste nusters—Joln N. Sulphen, Lancstor, 0. ; J. Llowman, Virden, Ill., Goorge lluutor, Nowton, Iu. ; Moscs Menscr, Hudeon, O. CUSTONS DEUISION, Tho Attornoy-Gouernl hus decided that the tima at which tho Importation of goods is ne- complishiad is not when they uro enterad for con- sumption, but whon they aro brought into a port of the United States, with tho intont to be thero digchurged; and that tho ast of Cougress ine- erensing 1n general torms tho duties npon impor- Lnuons dooy nov apply to goods then in ware- ouges, . LAND-COMMIBSIONER, Mr. Burdott, of Missouri, to-dny tool the oath o!m ollice ay Comuissioucr of tho Goneral Laud- co, TIE ILLINOIS PRESS EXCURSIONISTS vislted Mount Vornon to-day. ‘To-morrow night thoy will parleko of a banquok given in_{heir honor by the Illinois Stato Association, Deforo lonving for home, on Thursday, they will pay their respucts to the P'ronident. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The Houso Committeo on “:Ppmm-lutluns to- day agreod to insort in the Sundry Givil Approp- Lu'mtion Dill the following amounts for public uidiugs at tho placos pamed: Bosion Post- Ofiice, 2352,027; Boston Cuztom-ltouse, $26,~ 000; ~Chicogo, ~ £750,000; Cincinuati, 2600,- 000: Ivaneville, 1nd., 560,000 Ifurifore £160,0005 _3omphis, ,000; Now Orloans, 191,000 5 Now York, 81,311,207; Owmahn, £2,000; Dinladelphia, §750,000; 8L, Louis, 875,003 Tranciseo, $183,744; Knoxvillo, $20,000; Stato, War, and Navy Dopattnont buildings, Washing- tou,' $70,000¢ Milwankeo, 33,430, Thero wro soveral othor anpropriations, boiny for thoSenth, About £7,000,000 in all are proposed for public buildings, and for gonoral repairs, £200,000, Bome of theso appropriations include furniture. Pwo hundred and nivcty-two thousand eix hun- dred and oighty dollars aro insorted for the sure voy of the Indian resorvations, and £2,232,560 for tho Choctaw claim, e CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. BENATE, 11xatoy, D, O, Juno1, TRANSPONTATION, The Sennto met at nobn. Mr. WINDOM presonted tho resolutions of the National Agricultural Convention recently in sossion at Atlauta, Gu,, in favor of appropria- tions for fucreascd water communication from the interior to the seaboard. - Hoferrod. Mr., WINDOJ, from tho Committce on Trana- ortation, reported back tho bill to provide for & Buruml of Internal Commmorce, with sn amond- meut in tho nature of a substiluto. tho calendar, Placed on TENSIONS, 3Mr. OGLESBY, from tho Committoe on Pen- sionw, roported favorubly on the bill granting & ponsion of $50 por monih t¢ Louisn A. Cauby, the widow of tbo late Gen, E.R. S, Canby. Dusgod. : DRIDGE. BILL. Mr. MORRILL (Vt.), from the Committes on Publio Buldings and Grounds, roported favorn- bly on a bill to authorizo aud provide for the coustrnction of n kubstantial iron and masoury bridge across the eastorn branch of the Potomaa Tiver, and appropriating $146,000 for that pur- poso, Iassed. COPYRIGHTS, Mr. WADLEIGH, from tho Committos on Patente, roported favorably on the bill to amond the Iws rolating to anm' trade-marks, and copyrighta, Passed, It provides that no per- son shall maintaiu an action for infringewment of bis copyright unless overy book or articlo copy- righted uball bour & notification of the copyright, togethor with tho yoar of ontry and nume of party who took out the copyright. The bill also Bmvldufl that no ongravings, cuts, or prints ehall o copyrighted uuloss they aro practionl illustra- tlons or worlts counected with fino nrts, but that prints or lnbolu designed to bo ured for auy other articlo of manufacturo mny bo registered in the Patont-Oflice on payment of r feo of 24, which shall covor tho expense of furnishing a copy of the records, Tho Librarian of Congroes is to charge 81 for recording and certifying any assignmont, or for any copy of assigmmuent, ‘e bill, if it becomes a Inw, is'to take offect on tho 1st of August noxt, RELIEF DILL. . Mr. DAVIS called np_tho bill for tho réliet of Thomas 'f\, Crittondou (Mo), Passod. NAVAL MONUMENT, Mr, MORRILL (Vt.) called up tho bill for tha complation and location of tho naval monument, approprinting $5,000 thorofor, and providing Quat 1 ehail bo placod u tho pibllo grounds st Waushivgton, D, 0. Passed, | COXFERENCE COMITTEES, The OHALL appointed as tho Committeo of Confarence on Lhe part of the Senato on the i sgresing votes of !}m two llousos upon the reso- lution to suspend the rules so that tho bill to codify tho lawn might Le transmitied to tho Yrosident i print’ for his signature, iue atend of boing engrossod on parchment, Mossrs, Clayton, ConXling, and Dayard, 1fe also nl:~ pointod as the Committeo of Conferance on the part of tho Honeto on tho disagrocing votos of tho two Houwes on tho Loglulative, Julicial, sud Exooutive Approprintion bill, Messra. Dorrill (o.), Bargont, and Davia, : DURLAU OIF COMMERGE, The Bill ronarted by Mr. Windom from tho Tranaportation Committoo ns a bubstitute for tho bill recoutly introduced by him to ostablinh a Burean of Intornal Commoroo, provides that thoro ehall Lo ostablished in the 'Iroasury Do- partmont & Bureau of Gommoreo, in whioh shelt 0 morged the existing Bureanof Btatistics. The now bureau in to bo fu cbargo of tho Comnis- slonor of Commerca uppointed Ly the Prenidont and oonfirmed by tho Seuuto, sud ity dutica will includo the collectionof ntatfsticsand facts rolut- ing ta foreign and domesuc commerco, tho costof operations, manngement, cud chorgos of raile roeds, and aoconnts and’ returns'ns to onnago, rogistration, eurolimeat, and liv: nsing of vosie 1, "It e buil ulso vequires all peig-ns wan corpora- tlous enguged in lntor-State trensvortation of frnlfihlu aud pansengers, to make ¥orn reports to tho Ghiof of Duteau, annuulty, 1a regard to the cost, amount of bruiness, sates of fieight aud praengo, and gonotally Lo furul Jull due taila of tho condition and operations of tholr rospoctivo linoa. ANTI-MARONIO, Tho CITAIR Iaid hoforo tho Sonate n memorial of tho citizons of tho United Htitos, praying for tho ropen! of the chartor granted by dongrunn to tho Masonlo Iinll Association of tho District of Columbin ; tho onactment of laws making tho appointmont to oflicos 9f porrons bound Y oath of secrat organization unlawful ; accord- ing tho right of percmptory chnllongo of jurors who are mombors of seeret mociotios, aud for a Inw mnklu{tnuht\ngu of vonuo atlowable when tho prosiding officor of o court is & momber of wid soclotios, Reforred to the Judiciry Com- itieo, g MILITARY ACADENY, Tha mornln;i hour baving explred, the Senate took up tha bill mnklni appropriations for tha support of tho Military Academy, nud the follow- ing amendments of the Committeo wero agreod to: Authorizing the Secretary of War to assign ono of tho Judge-Advocatos of the army to be a Professor of Inw at the Acadomy; incrensing tho appropriastion for the new hospital for cadets from 15,000 to §20,000. Tho Lill thon-passod. INDIAN APPNOVRIATION BILL, Mr. WINDOM called up tho Indinn Appropri- ation bill, and gavo noticothat ns soon s ‘it was disposed of ho would enll up tho resolutions ro- ported from the Solect Committoo ou Trans- partation providing for now survoys for projoot- od lines of interior wator communications, Ho thon evnlamed tho itoms of the. Indinn Appropri ation bill, and eaid ns it enmo from the Com- mitteo on Appropriation, it called for 6,670,705, which was_an increzso over tho bill, as’ it camo {rom the IToune, of $504,943 ; the increaso boing .mado ng principally of tho following itoms ; Tor tho Apaches, $250,000 ; tho Arapakioes and Choyennes, 850,000 ; tho Crows, £60,0005 for incldental Indinn oxponsos in Californis, $40,~ 000, nnd $26,000 for incidental oxpensos in Arizonn, Tho I, as now report- od, opproprintes ®504,000 loss than tho rovisod wstimatos of the depariment, In 1873 tho total amonnt of Indian appropriations, including doficienocies, was $7,021,177. and for the fluancial yonr ending Junc 0, '74, 86,615,163, INFONMATION WANTED, Mr. WRIGHI'Y introduced resolutions instruot- ing the Committeo on Transportation to inquiro wliethor any legislation is roguived to rogulata commerco passing from ono. State to another across nuvigablo wircams, and to report by bill or otherwiso, Agroed to, ¥ TACIFIO NAILROAD RATES. N, CONKLING, from the Judiciary Commite tee, reported, with smendments, tha bill intro- duced by Mr. Ingalls April 16, making ndditions to the fifteouth scotion of the act of July &, 1864, smonaatory of the aot “to nidin the coustruoc tion of tho raiirond aud telograph liug from the Missourl River to tho Pacific Ocoan, and to seeure to tho Govornuicut the uso of the samo for postal, military, and othor purposes.” Placed on the calendar, TIE INDIAN ATPROPRIATION DILL was thon considored. The amendment of the Comnuitoo increaning tho appropriation for Ine dinus in Arizons from $330,000 to 350,000 was agreod to afier somo discussion—yons, 39; iys, 10, ‘Llie voxt smondmont, to_increase tho appro- printion for the Apnches in New Moxico from 100,000 to 160,000, was rond. Leuding discussion, the Senate wont into ox- ocutivo sgusion. 7 Ac 3:05 . m, the doors wore reoponod, and tho considoration of the Indisn Appropriation bill was resumed. . T'hio amendmont incroasing tho amount for the Apaches in Now Moxico was agroed to, Othor owendments of the Committes” wore sgrood to as follows : Incrouming the smount for tho Ara- pahioe, Choyonno, Apacho, Kiown, Comanclio, and Wichita Indinge, in tho Indinn Lérritors, frons 0,000 to £:300,000, and striking out the pro- ou ‘! thnt no troops slall bo kopt stationod ou the reservations on which such tudious are loested, but tho Northern line of "Loxas shall be guurded go far ny posiblo ko as to prevout tho Ludinns from rosming into_that Stato or whiles from intruding on the Indiau reservations, ox- cogt such traops a8 mey bo uccessary to presorve order; lucreasing the appropriation for tho pura chuso of flour and mosl for tho Crow Indians from #G0,000 to §100,000; for intorest on 720,740 at 5per cont, to be used for such objoctsns tho Secrotary of the Iuterior may direot, provided that vivo Bucrotary bo authorized to oxpend from the proceods of tho sales of lands of the Great and Little Osage Indions 200,000 por anuum for two yoars fur the pur- chase of stock aud agricultural implemonts, oponing of farms, ercction of houses, and for tlio civilization and support of tho Osages, nnd of their tribal goverument; iverousing tho amount to purchase avticlos for persons roam-~ ing and_porsons engaged in agriculture nmong the difforent tribos of Sioux and ludisus in Nebreska, trom 100,000 to 200,000 ; reducing tho nmount for the Eul‘cl.lleo of flour, bucon, and zugar for tho Yanltton, Sioux, aud Poncas, from $140,000 to $1,100,000; fucronsig the amonnt for goneral hlcl(lnu(gl oxpouses of tho Iudinn servico in the Torritory of Arizoua, from 850,000 to §75,000 ; fncreusing the mmount for general incidental oxpouses of the lndian sor- vica iu California, from £40,000 to 80,000 ; atril ing out the cluuse of tho Houso bill suthor- izing tho Becrolary of tho Interior lo st asido & reservation for Indiaus roaming in North- ern California, upon which they may establish their homes and rotain tho yame, and appropri- ating anadditioual sum of 5,000 for agriculsur: purposes tharoon ; strikiug out the olat e appro~ pristing 5,000 to dofrey tho exponaes of Indian dolegaton who may visit Washington ou business connected with thieir ‘ospootive tribos, and in- serting n provision to the sixth section that bidders for Indinu contracts shall deposic corti- fiod chocks to the nmount of 5 per cont of thoir bids forfeitable if the coutracts ure not exccutod, The bill having Leon read through, and tho amendmonts of the Comuitteo agroed to, was Inid ovor till to-morrow, PACIFIC YAIL SUBSIDY. Onmotion of Mr, CONKLING, the bill reported by the Commuitteo on Commerce April 7, propou- ing to ropeal tho law undor which tho contract was mado with the Pacific Mail Steamship Come pany for edditional il servico botwoon Kan }v'x':mcim.'n and Cliing, was recomumitted to thut Committee. £XCUSED. NMr. CONKLING was excused from eervico on the Cowmitice of Confercuce on the Ilouse regolution to suspond ths rules so that the bilt to codify the laws could be seut to the Prosklont in priut, and Mr. ANTIIONY was appointed in iy [‘flaca. Adjourucd: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FEW JILLS, Unidor the call of the Statos, bills wore intro- duced and refurred, including tho following ; By Mr, FOSTER—To ndmit, frea of duty, photographic and lithograyhic prints, philosopiis ieal apparatus, oto,, imported for educational and sciontifie purposes, . By Mr. PARKIR—Tor the amendment of tho Constitution #o ns to provide for tho olcotion of Seuntors by the pooplo, IHE BAKNRUPT LAW. . Mr. TREMAIN moved to suspend the rules and non-coneur with the Henato in the amend- ment to tho Bankrupt law, Agroed to, and » conforenco cumrnittoe was ordored. THE 0 NNTAL BILL. On motion of Mr, KELLOGG, the House can- ourred iu the Souate amendmont to the Centon- nial bill, providing that the Unitod Btatos shall not bo liable, divectly or indirectly, for any ex- ponses attonding the exhibition. DISTRIOT BILLS, Bills wors introduced by Mr. LAWRENOE concerning tho Dietrict of Columbin, and to provide for the future govornmont therofor, |1 THE REVENUE BILL. i Mr. DAWER, Chairmun of tho Committes on Ways and Meins, mado o statomont to tho 1ousa in roforonen to the bilt_to awond the ex- lsting Customs and Intornal Rovenuo laws, It was appatent Lo tho Committee, o wald, that it wan imposeiblo to carry that bi throuch in the munnor in which it had boen considared in the Houso. o Lad theroforo been fnst:icled to bring boforo the 1ouso, for consideration fo- day, tho aame bill, with all tho amoendmonts that wara udopted in the Committoo of tho Whoto up to tho adlonrnmont on Fridey evenipg, Mr. BTARKWIUTAER uskel ~ Ar, Dawes whother ho would admit an amendment tax- iug_salos of stacky, bondw, gold, bullion, oto. at one-twentieth of 1 por cont, suil bio remarko that, without ondangering anybody or doprocint= ing unyintorest, that tax would produce §10, 000,000 or 13,000,000 a yonr, \ 2l DAWES intunatod tht thoro was ‘no mn- ohinery provided to colloct wnoh o tex, and tho Qomnitlug wau uot prepared to recommond it, Mr, BMITIE (0.) usked whothor #alt would Do put on tha freu list, remurking thattho stand- ing votes du the Connlitoo of tho Whols ehowod & majority in favor of it, Mr, DAWES was undorstood ns roplylng in tho negative, Ilo nfoved to puspend the rules and paay tho bill, and jutimatod that If that motion was nogativod ho would not press the bill an- other step turthor thin sossion, Mr, HAWLEY (Coun,) called attentlon to the {aot that Mr. Dawes had told the IIouse rocontly that thero would bo sunr[')luu rovonuo this yoar of 30,000,000 or 7,000,000 to go to tho siniing fund, which would, howaver, loave 420,000,000 to Lo procured for tho sinkiog fund this yoar. e (. nwh:{) wantod to know whethor® Mr. Dawes could agsure tho Houso that the surplus of next year would bo adoquate to moot tho sinldng fund of 320,000,000 for noxt yoar, and $22,000,000 for this year, Mr, DAWES was “undorstood to oxpross_his beliof or hopo that it would bo, Ho moved to susnend the rules and pass the bill, Mr. RANDALL suggoated that, o8 the House 'was callod upon to vote with ita eyes shut, there waa no uso in having the bill rend. The bill, Lliowover, was rond, A voto was takon on_Mr. Dawes' motion, and it was -unod—-yaan' 177; noys, 49, Mr.8TARKWEAL'IER thon moved to Auspona £ho rulos and add an_ndditionnl section to tho Tariff bill just Ynm:d, mennlu[i a tax of ono- tioutleth "of 1 percent on all salos of stocks, bonds, gold and silver bullion, coin, and othor secaritios, Tho motion was agroed to without tho yoas aud nnys, and this provision was incorporated in tho bill to amend the Customs lnw. Tho Amondatory Tarift bill ns passed imposes the following rates of dutios: On: spun alik, on ailk in gum, and on floss stlk, 86 per cent ad valorom; on sowiug-silic, 40 por cent;. on laste ings, mohai roloth, el twist, ote., for but- tous exclusively, 10 per cent; on all othor silk goods irrespeative of classification, 60 por cont; thaact not to apply to goods having as a compo- nont matorin! thoreol 25 per cont or ovor of cot- ton, flax, wool, or worated; and on all atill winos fmported in casks, G0 per oent per gallon; ditto in bottlos, 82 por cago, with a proviso that im- ported wines contaming more than 24 por cent of aleohol shall ba forfeited, and that thera shall bo an allownnco of 2 per cont for leakage, aud b por cont for broakage ; on hops, 10 conts por pound ; ou chromato and bi-chromate of potassa, 44¢ conts per pound; on macaroni and vor- micolli, 3 conto porpound; on proparations simi- lar theroto, & cents por pound ; on nitro-benzole, 10 conts por pound; on tin in plates or sheots and on torne and taggers' tin, 1}¢ conts per pound ; on anchovies and sardines, 15 centa por 0%, T} coents per Lalf-box, and 4 cents por quarter box, and, when imported in any othor form, 60 conts ad valorom. Yellow uhcntmufi metal, “and_yollow motal bolls of whio component part of olief valte is coppor, shall bo doemod manufucturas of copper and glsy duty now presoribed for such, but a drawbatlk is to bo allowed for such motal used in tho construction, repnir, or equipmoent of vessiely Luilt in tho Unitod Btatos for the foreign trado, or trade betwoen tho Atlantio aud Pacitie. The daty on moisic iron 14 to bo the same as on all othor ufncm of iron of like condition, grado, or stago of manutacture, Juto bubts nro to pay 86 por ton, and machinery for manufacturos from tho samo plant, excopt such as is now made in this conntry, is to bo admitted freo of duty for two yoors. ‘Lo followingarticlon nro put on the frop Tist : Alizarine, peas for sged purposes, quicksilver, ehip-planking nud handlo boits, spurs and etilts used in the mauuntacture of enrchen, stone, or orockery wuro, aud sced of sugar bost. Daul cheeks, drafts, ordors or youchers for tho Knymeut of any sum of monoy drawn upon guy ank, banker, or trust company, to pay a tax of 4 couts, < Nothing contained in the present Inws is to bo conslrued to authorizo tho imposition of a stamp-tax on modieal articles propared in nc- ccordunco with the formula published in any standard dispensatory or pharmacopioia. Tho fourtoon Inst “sections of the bill have roferenco to Intornal rovenues, Ono of thom allows any farmor.or planter to soll, at tho plase of production, tobaceo of his own growth and risiug at retail directly to consumors to an amount not oxceeding $100 anauzlly, Mr. KASSON moved to suspond the rules and ndopt a soction to be also incorporated in tho Tarift bill to fucilitato the oxport of manufacturod tobneco. Agroed to—yoas, 160 ; nays, 53. This sme:dment givos a drawback on‘exportod tobaeco equal to tho amountof duties which have Imulll{mid upon the imported licorico which Lias ontered into the manufacturod tobacuo, TIIE PACIFIO RAILROADS, Mr, WELLS, from the Committes on Pacifio Ruilronds, moved to suspend the rules aud pass the bill requiring tie various branchoes of the Pucifio Ruilroad to bo run and oporated a8 o continuous lino of railroad, sud providing penaltios for making discriminations against other compnanics, aud dociaring ths Denvor & Iacific Railroad & ant of tho oxteusion of the Kuusas Paciflo Railrond. Agreed to without a division. THE INCONE TAX. 3r, HURLBUYT moved to suspend the rales and adopt as an additional section to the Taril aud Itovenuo bill tho provision for restoration ot the iucoma tax, Tho motion to suspond tho rulos was not soounded—60 to 88. THE MINING LAWA. Mr. HUBBEL mavod to suspoud the rules and ass the Sonato bill to nmend the Mining law of fio 1000 of DMay, 1872, extondiug to tha” 1st of noxt Jauunty tho thuo for porforming work on mining locations, so us Lo prevens forfeiture. ‘ho motion was nfimod to, and the bill pnesed without tho yeas and nays. TUE 10 PER CENT REDUCTION ON IMFORTA. Mr, MYERS moved to suspend the rulos and adopt an udditionnl section to_the Revenue bill ropoaling tho 10 per cont redustion on itport duties mado by the second section of tho act of the 6th of Juno, 1872, ‘I'se motion was not soconded, THE PAOIFIC RAILROAD TAY, 3Mr. WILLIAMS (Mich.) moved to suspend the rules and pass abill for the coliectipn from tho Iacitic Itailrond Compauios of tho 5 por cont tax of thoir not oaruings,as provided by the sixth goction of the Pacifio Gailvoad act of 1st of July, 1852, Agreed to without a division. THI TAX ON HAVINGS BANGS, Mr. POLAND moved to suspond the rules and paga a bill rolioving savingsbanks that bave capital stock from payment of tax on doposits a8 inonse of savings banks having no capital. Agreed to, and the bill passed. TACIFIO RAILROAD TERMINUS, 3r. HOUGHTON moved to stispond the rules and pass tho bill doclaring tha Omaba railroad bridgo a part of the continuous ling of the Union Pacitic Railroad. T'he miotion was not seconded. INDIAN LANDS. Mr, BILANKS moved to suspond the rules and pass tho bill to confirm the agreewment with the Bhoshone Indinns, eastarn band, for tho purchuso of the southern part of their resorvation in Wyoming Territory. Agreed to, and tho bill passed, ! BETTLERS' BELIEF BILL. Br. DUNNELL moved to suspond the rulea and pass tho bill allowing sottiors in certnin countios in Minnesotn und Town to Dbe «ubusent from thelr lands on account of the wlague of srasulioppors for ono yeur without forfeiting Ehoir rights, Puosved, MARTER'S FENRY, Mr, HERFORD moved to suspond the rulos and pass the bill for the adjustment of tho elaiing of purchasors of public propeity at Iarpor's Ferry, Rojocted, CIVIL-RIGNTS DILL, Mr. BUPLER (Mass.) moved o suspond the rulog and take from tho Spanker's tablo tho Bon- ate Civil-Rights bill for roforonce to tho Judi- ciary Committeo, with leave to roport at any timo, Pandlug a voto, Mr, BECK moved to adjourn, and culled for the yoas and nuys, I'he taking of ‘the voto occupled the time up to 4:30, when, without nction on Mr. Buttor's motion, tho Houte tavk & recoss 1l ulf past 7, tho ovening wession to bo for repoits from tho Judiciary Committeo. LVENING BLSSION, . BILLS FROM 'TUE JUDICIALY COMMITTRE, Mr. TRIMAIN, from the Judiciuy Commite tee, raporiod 4 bl providing that, in all pro- ceedingd of mandamus wherein s United States ofiicor who I _party may dio, resign, or bo ro- movad from ofdco Doforo thoe finnl dotermination of procecdings, tho wamo may bo continued in tho nawo of his succeusor {n oflico, Y'assod. ‘Vurious other bills of no goneral intorost wero roportod, and passed. Among them was n bill intonded to provont tho kidunpping of Italian chitdren, Mr, BU'LER (Mass.) roported a bitl author~ izing women otherwiss qualified to practico un attorneys and counsellsre-at-law in tho neveral courts of the United States, The bill was ordor- ad toathird reading wmid great hitarity, by & voto of Ui to 05, Mr, RIOE then {nterposed a dilatory motlon of adjourmmnont. ‘The motion was sucoossful, and, without fur- thor action on the woman lawyors bill, jtho House adjourned, ‘Ihe Judiclary Committeo hna now exhansted ita right to ronort.uxcuvwr rosorved quostions, such as the Olvil-Righty 72 & £9 EERML v " RAILROAD NZ s Northwostern Bondholdors Alarmed at tho Suits Brought by tho Wiseon- * sin Commissioners, They Will Apply to the United States Courts for Relief. The Now California Route Via tho ! Chicago & Alon, Bill to Regulato Froight and Passenger Rates on ths Pacific Ronds. THE WISCONSIN LAW, Snectal -Dispatch to J'he Chicago T'ribune, PRTITION ¥OB INJUNCTION FILED IN TILE UNITED BTATES COURT, i BApmoxN, Wis., Juno 1,—Tho Madison Demo- crat of Tuosday morning will publish tho fol- lowing: Yeatorday aftornoon papers wore sorved ap- on tho Attornoy Gouoral and tho Railrond Com- missionors, notifying thom that an injunction would be applied for In tho United Statos Dintriot Court for tho Western District of Wis- consln, to reatrain thom from fustituting any proceedings, or taking any measures for tho purpogo of oxeoutmy the act of the lust Logisla- turo regulating railronds, This sction is not brought in the nanw of the Chicago & Nortl- wostern Rallrond Compnny, but in the name of it creditors, who claim thnt thoir securities aro wenkenod or destroyed by tho law of last wintor. {The followng is n copy of the notice served upon tho Btato oflicora tharoin named s X Cittcano, Juna1, 1874, o the Hon, A, Seott Staan, Attorney-General of the State of Waconatiny ancl Johu 21, Orborn, tieorge J1s Pty and Jonn V. Hop, Raltroad Commisstonera of Wisconsin s GeNTLRMEN : You ars heroby notified that, on thie fourlh day of Juno A, D, 1874, at the City_of Madison, i the State of Wiuconsin, 1 shall, ns Attarnoy for William Frodorlok Itiels,’ Moses Taylor, Hoaty It, Pierson, the Farmors' Loan aud Trust Company, aud the Unlin Trust Company, apply to the Ion. Thomun Drummond, Judge of {h6 United States Olra ouit Gourt of tho Western District of ihio Btato of Winconsin, for an injunctlon_restraining you, nud each of you, from fustitubing uny procoedings, legal or othiorwisc, or from taking any measurcs of any kind, for the purposo of onforeing or uxccuting tho provins fons of an act of tho Legislature of Wisconsin passed March 11, 1874, nud entitled “An not relating to raileoad, oxpruss, and tologranh compantes i tho Stato of Wisconnin,” ot which thmo and place you can Do present it you neo proper, Tho injunction will o naied for upon tho bill, o copy of which,is herowith given you, mud the molon for tho injiuction will bo in accoritance with the proyer of satd bill, (Slgnod) C. B. Lawnexor, A roview of the bill, a ponderons bill in chancery, hus boon filed in the Circwt Court of tho United States for the Western Distriot of Wisconsin by C. B, Lawrence, nolicitor for Will- inm Yroderick I'ick, n resident of lotland, 1lenry R, Dierson and Moses Taylor, of New York, aud (ho Iavmors' Loan_and L'rust Com- gy and the Union Trust Company,” of New {ork, ngainat the Chicago & Northwestorn Rails road Company, George i1 Paul, John 1, Ocboru, Joln W. Hoyt, and A. Scott Slonn, THE DEFENDANTS MAVE BEEN CITED to appear hoforo dudgs Drummond st Madison on Thursday, the 4th of June, and_ low csuse why an injunction_ghould not insuo Lo pro- Lubit the Chicago & Northwestorn Railroad Com- pany from running thoir road in complianco with tho Potier statute, and to prohubit the Tailrond Commiissionors and tho Attornoy-Gen- eral of Wisconsin from Instituting, abotting, or in any way encouraging wvits ogaiost tho sad Chicrgo & Northwestorn Cumpn.url “ho domands of tho bill, it will b observed, are not remarkably madest. Xt asks leayo to int oludo, {ron Limo Lo timo, any ather defondauts wham * your orator " may designato, Perhaps it might have heen quite as well to bave included, from tho outset, ALL THE ISHABITANTS OF WISCONSIN, oxcopt the rallway oflicers aud their employes, including thoir many attormeys aad protessiounl logislators. 'The bill coutainy 124 octavo pagos, and woighs about a pound nvoirdupois. it apens with o rocital of all the nota of tho Wikconsin aud 1llinois Tegislaturos, whoreby tho Chi- cigo & Novthwestorn Rallroad ™ Company, thirough succossive constructions of soparate roads under difTorent namos, throughextensions, changes, aud cousolidations, beaama s singlor colossal” corporation, Theso acty are givou in full as enumerated * exhibits,” in n sort of cloxely-printed appendis, A statoment is mnde of the different Kinds of bonds which wore firat i#suod, sud of the first trust-deed of the wiole ling, oxecuted to kecuro consolidted bonds Lo the amount of £48,000,000; in snort, all tho sleps ore traced "in cousecutivo order, whereby the Compnny grow iuto its present lesal aud chart- ered existonco. Thon tho full text of Chapter 273 of tho laws of 187i—tho Potter act—is ro- cited in full; thon comes THE GIST OF THE WIOLE MATTER Your orators furthior show to Your Honor that the #zid Clicago & Northweatorn Rutlroud Company oper- atos its ronds undor rules estibiished by the sald Come pany which ix tho rates ta,bo charged for tho trens— portation of prasungers cn Teciglts upon all the roady of satd Company, audl tho roads, operatod by it; that as4d rates of fara and freight Lvo been eatnblishod by eaid Company niter a czraful examination of all tuo facts and olrcumutances bearlag ou tho question whicl it wan in tho yower of tho offfcers to procuro, und, your orators ure advised, and verily bellovo, that the Taton ate roasonablo and just, Aud your orators furthor State, upon thelr best in- formation aud belief, that uaid Company will not de~ rive, from all its sources of rovenue, a sufticlont sum of luouey to puy the operating oxpensos of mald rull- way, sud lo pay th interest upon its bonds ‘so aforceald, and maintain flo sald raflrond and ity cquipnient in & proper sfalo of efit~ cleney, without puyhug any dividewls whatover to its atockhiolders, or mukig provisions for a sluking fund tozetira the bouds whick aro becoriing duo st ta sov- oral towna thereln speciiled, 3 it sald roadu uro cone ducted und operated under, and in accordance with, tho provisions of the safd nct of March 11, 18743 “Chiat the ulo tecurity tor (lie payment of the honda Tolden by your orators {a thy naid road_mentloued in the trust doed, socuring safd bouds, the equipment and appurlenduces of thia ssme, and ‘thy Teveniies to Do derived from oporating the kafd rosd, aud fuat, it the eeld rouds ure regulrad to Do operafed for the rat:s of faro and frelght spocitied in sfd net, lusiead of returning any componsation whateyer 10 the owneru of suld ronds, the sune will ho Tit at a o, and coussguently the vilue of auld roads will "be entfrely dustroyed, und the nccurity which your orators boid fur the' howds held and owned by them as aforesald, will ho sutirely dostroyed ; That the safd honds wero fssued, and tho’ contract Dotween sald Hullway Compuny und your orators, conw tafued fnsald tonds, wos: made, udder, sud iy pur- #unnca of, tho thon existing laws of tho Stato of Wik~ counlon ; That your orators becams the owners of f$he " bLonds aforesald, they hud s right to presumo, and dlid presume, that the property wortgaged in the trust-dead to sacure eafd bonds would bo omployed by tho said corporation for rowonnblo rates of compousution i trausacting thole business, “U'ho suthor of tho bill in chancery thon rguos $hng the Pottor act, In view of tho vllzed Tact thut it doprives tho Company cf componaation for operating its road, is ungonstitutional, He puvsues the s:m liuo of legal argument as that pursued In_the opinious of Ar. Curtis and Mr. Evares, with which ths publio are nlready fawiller, ‘The publio aro alio Tamlline .wich thq olaborato and couclusive ré?uumr-npln!ou given oficially by Atty.~-Geu. oan, . Tho bill alko prays that the Judge in tho United Statos Cironic Court may TUONGUNCE TIE POTTER ACT UNCONHTITUTIONAL, 1 nasmuh us It violates the contract, In short, Mr, Li.wrence, us solicitor for the plalotiff, re- poats wguin tho argamonts thut have heon ro- onted a thoutand times by monopolints—that Ktuteu hiuve no right to interfere witn or vontrol corporations, ‘Uhosa arguwonts hinve hot only bron answered aguin wud agnin, but m? \\'t:m. rades have givon o long array of opine o s o 11" aasuma, that. tha oroaturo of Stata loginlation is abovo its oventor, Wyat elaues iu the Constitution of Wikcousin, giving to the Logislaturo the power to altor or ropenl a ohartor, is & part of every contraol mndo with, or by a corporation, as much us though 1t ad beon written in the bonds, ‘T'ho pretensn of My, Lawronce, the same which wau tidlo by M. Gurtis, that w radway sompany can couser upon its bondholdors constimtional rights which 1t doos not posdess ituelf, jn a mook- ory of argument and AN INHULT TO GOIMON BENSE, Wo have no doubt that the real object of the ‘when railwaya in to gain time by liligatlon, til] they can roaoh auothor Wikconsin Legislature \\lth iu- nwe. NUMBER 283, finencon that have boen uuder Republican rule. 1t ia boliovad that the Outengo & Northwostorn ilrond Company Las concealod within its nooret archivos evidenco of vast steals, wheroby 1ho alloged cont of their road Lias bocome nearly, potent In times post i not quito, doublo its real coss The plaintifts who appoar in this sutt avo robably been mwindled by maladminlstration of the Company’s affairs in the pust. Tho peoplo should not be mado to pay for mistaken of tha bondholdors ; tho sauplo did not choos the Directora of tlis roa i the hondholders woro tho pardes {mmediately intoreated, and {hoy alomo had tho power to weloct thoir agonts, If Diroctors of thoir choosing robbed them, it 18 no reason why the citizons of Wikconsin should pny oxtortionato :\Lag of transportation to make thoir lossos 0od, At all ovonts, Wiaconsin will not tamoly sub-~ mit Lo huvo tlio acte of lior Loglslatire sot asido Dy tho summary procoods of 8 Federal court, unlons o - CGLUAIL CAGT: OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION can b mado out. The hour has como, aud now in, when the question must bo decided whother sovereign States aro to bo insolontly ruled by corporations of thoir own croation., If thoy are, then thoro is & necromancy in logislation to rajsn & spirit thal nothing but rovolution can lay. ety THE NEW OALIFORNIA ROUTE. :The now thirough-route to California vin the Chicago & Alton Railrond has already recoived a modification, According to the original agree- meut, freights and passengers wore to B0 over tho Chicago & Alton to Louisiand, Mo,, thonco via the Rockford & St. Lonis Road to Hannibal, aod thenco vin the Hannibal & Bt. Joo to 8, Jo- foph, and thenco vis the Bt. Joseph & Donyer to Kenrnoy, Neb., whero connection {s madoe with tho Union Pacific Raflroad. This AITADEO~ ment has proved vory unsatistactory for several reacons ; in Lho first placo, gooda have fo Lo carried ovor, aud 'Lxm-rnud with, four lines. Whe Haunibal Bt Joa Rnhmnd, Doing - o rogular foedor of tho Chieagd Butlington & Quincy Ruilrond, has lost, oming to this nrrangement, all its Chicago trade, and does not like tho agrecment at all, snd may broak it at uny moment,” Tho Chicaga & Alfon ean ooy T over their 1ino ag for an Louisino, thus los. ing the mileago from that Plnnn to Mexico, Mo., and the tolls ovor tho newly comploted Louisi~ ana bridge, Therefore, n now combination has boen formad, by which“those ovils aro in gront park overcomo. The Chicago & Alton will run over ita own lino to the torminus at Moexico, where it connects with tho St. Louls, Knnsas City & Northern, which road has leased tha abandonod old ~ Bt. Louis & 8t Joseph Rond, which runa from tho Richmond and Loxinglon Junction to St Joseph. ‘Thers 1a now a largo foreo at work on this road, and it i6 oxpactod to bo comploted ina few days, At 8t. Josoph connection is made with the St, Jo- soph & Denver Nailrond for Fort Kearney, This new lino is nbout the samo length as tha othor, and, besidos, does nway with ouo oxtra lino, tho Rockford & st Louis, whilo the 8. Louls, Knnsnw City & Northorn takes tha place of tho Hanuibal & St. Joo Lailrond. Among Tilway men, tho opinion provaile that the now line to tho Paciflc Coast will not o a succoss, and thab tho arraugomont canuot lost long. Froight Apent Whealer, of tho Chicngo & Northwostorn Iinilrond, stotes that all the east-bound freight from the Pacific Const is mow going vin tho Towa Jinca, and nine-touths of tho weat- buund through-froight was alwo going tho same way. The roason given for this courso of Mr, Vining's is, that ho is compelied to do 5o by the action of the Central Pacitle, which refuscs ta pro-rato any farther than Kearnoy if froight is carrled via the Chicago & Alton, ‘while it is will- ing to pro-rate to Omaha if carried over the Iowa lines, L'he managers of tho Union Pacific scem to be unwilling to loso the nuleage botween Koornoy and Omaki, and, therofors, Vinngin compelled to violato his agresment with tho Chi- cago & Alton Rnilroad. gt TEE PACIFIC RAILROADS. Special Dupatch to The Chicago Trivune, BILL TO NEQULATE FREIGNT AND PAGSENGER TATES, ‘Wasmxarox, D, C., Juno 1.—3Mr. Conkling, {rom the Senato Judiciary Committeo, roported. baclt favorably, and with only one insiznificant amondmont, tho bill introduced by Mr. Ingalls, of Knnuas, in April last, regulating tho rates of {roight and fare ovor to Union Pacific Railroad. ‘Lhe bill is an addition to tho fiftoouth section of tho act of 1862, aud provides for the puuishment of tho Union Pacifle” Compauy for any refusal to recoive and transmit over its lino freight or passengers, dostined for any point on ity line, or for transportation over the Contral Pacific Inilrozd, and for ovorcharging for tho samo, It nléo provides punishment - for discriminations in favor of or against froight and passengars. The Denvor and Kansas Pacitic Railroad Companios aro ineluded in the bill as provided in the act of 1869, —— MISCELLANEOUS. TAILROAD MELTINGS, The annual nicoting of ths Chicago, Rook Tuland & Pacifie Railroad will be neld at the of- fica of tho Company on Van Buren strogt to. morrow, and that ot the Chicago & Northwest- orn Railroud at tho offico on Kinzio street the day after, Tho aunual _meeting of tho Clucage & Northoin Ragilic Aiv-Lino will ba held at No, 87 Last Wasinngton street at 10 a. m, TUE CHICAGO 4 PADUGAH BAILROAD hes just comploted its telugr&gh-lina along the live of tho road from Streator, IlL., to Windsor, 128 miles. ‘Chis Company has boen somowhat dolayed in comploting the extensiuu soutnward from Windsor by difficalty in getting the right of way for & mile aud n balf of the road in Efing: ham Unmn!y. The owners havo refusod to sol} tharight of way at any price, and an injunotion has been obtained to " provent any work being dono on tho land in question, A subscription of $200,000 had boen voted by Moultrie County, on condition thay the rondshall be completod ta Altamout by May 28, aud it is belioyed that thix troublo is onused by purties who wish ta hinve the subscription forfoited, It:was belioved that tho right of way could bo obtalnod without dulleulty, until it was too late to begiu proccod- {ugs for 1tu condemuntion, TIAILROAD EATNINGS, The earnings of the Chicago & Northwostern Railway for the second woek iu May wers: 1874, $255,482 ; 1878, $247,025 ; incroase, 8,457, or $3¢ ver cent, The ourninge of the Chicago, Milwaukeo & 8¢, Paul Ruilway for the third week in My woros 1874, $204,2005 1878, $178,239; incroase, $25,061, or 143¢ por cont. “TIIE CIICAGO & ALTON SUIT. Speciat Dispateh to The Chicaao T'ribune, BerizariELy, L, June 1.—Tho Chicago & Alton onso was'to come up to-day, but wothing was done by tho Court oxcept to entor up a fow formal orders, The caso will not be heard proba~ bly, if it should bo calied, until next week. WALL STREET, Erie Agnin tho Objcct of Interests Speciat Disuateh to The Chicaun Tribune, Nrw Yonx, Juue 1.—Stooks were woale to-day, with a decline in price of 3¢ to 13 per cent, I'ho leading foature was Erle, which opened nt 8887, agninst 855§ at the closo on Friday, and lell off to 321¢, Tho doclina in Eric was 1n sym- puthy with tho prico on tho Loudon StockeExe change, which was toputed to be 293{ to 0. Ono causo of thiu decline was said to bo the simultancous publication in London and Now York of & pamphlet by ox-Auditor Dunmn. A porudsl of the pamplilot, however, failed to olicit nnstmug boyond what has already been published. A moro serious statoment s to the ouneo of the decling was a report that the Tnglish poconntants, who aro inyestigating af- fairs of Iivio, hiad tolegraphed to their friouds in Londou that thoir fuvostigation had found ovi~ douce of corruplion, Presidont Watson reiter- ntes his gonoral deninl of everything reflovting upon the road or its administration, ROCHEFORT. Spectal Dispateh to 1'he Chicago Tribune, New Youk, June 1.—JL Iochofort has dee olined the bruquet tondered him by his com- patiots iu this city, o will dolivor'a locturo in the Acadomy of Musio next Friday evening on ¥ France, from tho Overthrow of the Em‘)lm to the L'resont Timo," 'The procoeds of the leoturs will bo duvoted to tho rolief of exilos in New Culedonis, their destitute wives and children, aud the widows and childron of Commumsts killod during the war, Rochofort will probubly Jecture in Boston wud Pliladoiphin also, ‘Los morrow ho fiacs to the country residones of & filend, 3L, Doliotior, at Yonkein, 10 rest and pres paro his lecturo,