Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1876, Page 9

WAYS THAT ARE DARK @hich Bemark Applies to Cer- tain Transactions of Ed- itor lIcKey gogelke’s Testimony Tells Woefully fard en the OId Mam. 3nd the Prosecution Have Not Yet Played Their Best Bower 4ame of tho Veteran Editor’s Undergronnd Eidnight Interviews with Fitzroy. n-;w.‘nich the Latter Was Reminded " that “#This Is a Sacred Thing.” en Devices Resorted to by the Pekin Distillerss Griminal Negligence Eakes Littls Head- way Against the Powerfnl Ring. M'KEE. 4 DARK LOOK. Epecial Dispoth to The Chicaoe Tridbune. €r. Lous, Jan. 22.—It is the remark which Dan Toorbees wes overheard to make to a broth- ercounselor this afternoon. just after the ad- journment of Court, meaning thereby to typify, Livsstonishment st the very stubborn facts which the prosecution had elicited to-day against Mckee. Ho knew what to expect from Megrue sod Fitzroy, bot the testimony of Engelke and Thorpe came ot much stronger than ever be- fore, being mors in detail and more precise and emphatic than tho atiorneya for the defense had ‘been led 1o bolieve. The testimony as developed to-day covstitutes » chain that enfolds the voteran journalist like = boa constrictor, and will take no ordinary power to extnicate him from its mighty coil. His ooly easonable bopo of escape, £0 far av the case 1n 2eveloped, is by the imposchment of the three witaosses who testified to-day. The Govern- ment has donbtiess presented the strong side of its cass, sndif Filzroy, Megrue, and Thorpe can be discredited, the defondant is safe; bat # THERE IS THE BUB. Tt may be a compuratively easy job to dispose of Megrus snd Fitzroy, but Thorpe and Engelke sre reputable pecpls, and the establishment of their infamy will not be so essy. The culy thing mow spainst them is the fact that thay are among thore who have pleaded guilty to indictment for whisky-frands. The effort made by the defenso to-day to impeach these two witnesses on their cross-examination was Dot & success, and 80 far their testimony is like the handwriting on the wall againat McKee. The Government attorneys say, however, that their case is not yet made out bv any means, sand that Monday morning tney will proceed to PILE PELION ON 0S9A by the introduction of 8 witness who will make the chain that wraps_atound the defendant longer and_stronger. Everest, the ex-Gaugor, sud J. H. Coscannop, ex-Deputy Collector, are mentioned 8 the two next important witcesses for the prosecution. Concaonon was so upset & few montus azo by the disgrace tuzt came upon him that his mind became uobalanced, and it was pecessary to keep him confined. He has ow fully recovered, and made his resppearance on the streots zeveral days ago. It is eaid that bewillbas powerful mitnessagaiost the good Doa- 200, ehowng bevord cavil Lis intimate connection with what ckee sssured Fitzroy were very sacred things. Everest is aleo said to be chocki- ful of “dawnifying discloswe.” That much- talked-of witoeasis STILL HID UNDER A BUEHEL, but tby District-Attorney persista in ssying that ‘e mill be brought forth in good time to shed 2 nadiant glare over the Whisky Riog aperations, sod particalaily McKee's rolations thereto. The testimony of Thorpe is looked upon as the worst which has been elicited againsc Ae- Eee, the icturs of the old man gliding at 10 p. m. op Christy svenue, tne South Clark thorocghfare of St, Louis, to seek a back entrance to the Lindeil Hotel for the pur- pose of appealing to Fitzroy for saivation, was a. Ppictore 50 vivid that the pamt thereof will be hud o wash off. The cellar-interview between Thorpe and McKee is also viewed 2s bad for Tncle Billy. This cellar was not & lighted base- mext. but Tather asubterrancen vault of Cimme- rian dsrkness, except whon lighted by gas, and :ga descent thereto for conference mth Thorpe ova _ THE ZXTEAORDINARY CATTION »hich the defevdant was using in covering up bis tracke. Thers is a very general 1mpression that the prosecation maude & horrid mistake in accepting the juror whose name is AMcKee, and there is rengon to believe that tho Govornment fears bim very much. Al people have a sort of Teverence for their patronymic, snd BicKeo is ©ne of that class who would be loath to bring disy on h'a family name, even if it wero o a oneas Smith. The defense is doubtloss etaking more on bim than on ail_the balance of the deck, and if the juryis tied into a Gordian koot 1t will be by & st rnd 3TROR x'n){’zn loms uninformed people have expectea that illiam McKeo's chiof partver, D. M. Bovem. would be more or lees reached during the trial against McKee, but from _the very begmoing of tie whisky troubles tothe present time that gentleman bas passed through the fire of inves- fQzation unscaibed, his good name never being Ouce ctsined, and the records showing bim to hav been amidst this relzn of corruption a man &ans peur et sans reproche. i TTo the Asseciated Press.) 52 Louzs, Jan. 22.—Lhe Unitea States Court- £00m was crowded again to-day. The hails out- lé:; rzure full of people who could not got into Tbe first witness was B. H. Engelke, of the frm of Bemecker & Co., ToctiGora. After eat- iog that his firm bzd nandled a good deal of crooked whisky, witness recounted & long con- Versation be had with McKee at the Globe-Demo- cral office, in October, 1874, of which tio fol. lowing is the substance: I went to McKoe at fiea rolicitation of Henry Hardeway, ex-United S.xu.g Storekeepor, and told bim that Joyce hsd romised Hardaway that he should be given 2o terees in the Busby dustillery, and shocld not be eubject to levies for Ring purposes. In consideration of tbis, Henry Hardsway was o uke caro of Chat Hardaway, his brother, Uegrue, and other follows who threatened zmis- chief. Hardaway complained that Joyce was Sealng double with him, and that he aod Me- Donald_were always rhrowing obatacles in his yar. Hudswav declarsd he mould have nothing further to do with Joyce, and threatened1f the Bu-by distillery arrangement was not carried out, and ho and his {riends, most of whom wers ©x-Gaugers and Storekecpers, and koew all wbout the illicit distilling that bad been carried o0, would be disposed to break up the Ring. 1 told McEee thot this was an arrangement in. Estod on by Hardaway and Ius friends, and that it it was not carried ont they would BURST THE RING. Ialso told him they bad already brought Sa. ¥ervisor Munn, of Nlinois, over hore ; bad gone 8round with him at night, and shovn him what e Busby house was doing; that Chat Hasd. avay bed, cr was to have, & commissiongo the feweury of the Tiessury to throngh this Listrict, and with the knowledge Lo had he knew justwhera to str.ke the Riog. McKes asted if this was the only way they could o kept quiet.aud Ireplied that this was the ocly thing that they would accept, and further- mote Henry Hardaway had particularly requesi- =t} me to say to him (McKee) that he m:ga the h‘hxllleu sod ~ Chat fired tnem, ang Bat if ho (McEee) snd the Ring conld not ¥'80d them, they (the Hardaways) conld. McKeo then snid he would drop a note to Joyce, and ve bim come over and sce im. I maid Joyce X3 uot at his office. McEeo then zaid: - Try :ud keep them quiet for a few days, and I will DN Wbat can be done.” I told him that would 3ot do, an Hardsway and Barton were ontsido < dlgng for me, and wanted a positive and im- nediate answer. They had declared they wonld b Y DO more ehilly=bailying. McEes told me 2 rould eee Josco in the morring, and for me e them that he would see that the arrange- kflm. they deeired would be carried out, and then 0d tald tho parties what McKeo had aaid, And thov ssomed satisfied. Bhorily sftorwas Heory Haraaway wout into the Busby dig f.dr; 28 manager, and remaived tilt about Feuruary, wben they bad a row among themsslves and burat up. " The distillery was ran according to the arraogement made, and the whisky went to éhbcnh hgn:a and :;:y house for roctification. ome had stamps and some were wif 11 thoy hed uo stamps tonk sianps. THEY WEBE SENT OUT NAKED. Witness also gave an account of another gon- Yersation be had with McKae shortly after the indictment tiad been found against the latter, in bich witness stated that McKes attempted to mako him believe that the conversation above folated was about enme gooas of witness which bad been geized in Colorado, and tbat witness bad asked him to interceds in his behalf with Coltector McGuire to secura their reloase. Witness continued : McKee asked me to Te- {resh my memory regarding the matter. and do- termioe if he was not right. I told McKeo it a8 absurd chat I should go to him to invoke his intluenco with McGuire for_interferenca with tbe concorns of the locsl officers of Colorado, It 1 bad had any goods under seizuro thero I would_bave known what to do without going to hum. 1 thon remarked somethiog to this effect : **Mr. McKee, you are an o/d man. and ought to bave more sensa than to talk such nonsense.” Ihave never bhad conversation with 3McKee, and naver had any conrersation at all of the charac- ter which be detailed. DURING THE CROSS-EXAMINATION of witness he was questioned very closely oon- ceruing a divorce be obtained from his first wife in 1667, the purpose of the defeuse being to show ha was 2 bizamist, but this_thay failed to do,and the Cowt stopped furtherinquiryinto his {amily affaira. Witoess again deseribed the conversation with McKes at the Globe-Demcecerat office, but the de- fensa faued to break dowa his statement made in the direct examination, A good desl of other testimony was bronght out. It relatedtoacts of witness as & rectifiar, and bad ro bearing on McKee. Inreply to s questton, witness said be was nuder indiciment, snd had pleaded gumity to some counts of the indiciments aguinst hum. He was asked why be had plesded sui'ty to such counts as charged lvm smth misdemeanor? Why did he ot plead guilty to those charging him with fel- ony, a8 he had admitted felony in histestimony ? He replied that he left the whole matter to his attorney, and had followed his advice. The de- fense ovideatly desigaed or desired to show that by tuis act of witness he had boen asked to turn . State’s evidence, offered some tnducements to take such a course, or been promisod indul- gence at the hands of the prosecasion, bat he emphatically denied this. $. D. THORPE. ex-United Btates Slorekocper, was the next wit- ness, and testified to having performea service 8¢ various distilleries. Lecoived money from dis- tillars for tho Ringand for himself. Witness con- tinned: I remember when Mezrue came hero last Juae. Isaw him at the Lindell Hotel the day of his arrival. The eame evening I saw McKee, and he ssked moif Iconld no: arraugo sn_interview with Megrue, aod L thought I conld. I saw Megrue again that night and told him of McEes's desire to see him, and he szid ho would be giad to aee McKeo. I then went to the @lobe-Demo- crat olticeand told McKoo what Megrue had said. He told me be did not wish to visit the hotel to 860 Mogrue, but wonld to meet him 10 SOME DARK, SECLUDED SPOT. We talked the muttor over and agreed upon the coruer of Seventh and St. Charles strests as the place of meeting. Megrue refused to loave the botel. Ithen wentfo the place appointed and told McKee of Mogrue's decision, and we went to the hotel together. Euotering at the la- dies’ entrance, I introdoced McKee to Megrue aod left them together. Isaw McKee the day after the interview, and talked over what Me- grae intended to do. I waa afraid Megrue wonld do McKee sn injury. I told McKes I thought they ought not to ludict lum, as he could ‘be of girst use to others whio wero under indictment at the timo. Two or three days after Aegrue came hera [ saw McKee in his ofiice, and went down stairs {o bave a tall. Ths room we went into was the McKee was vers moxtous to know ‘whether he was to bo 1odicted or not, Ho said if he escaped indictmeut he would be of great service to those who were indicted. McKee asked mo how he (31aj. Megrne) felt. I told him 1 did not know how he felt, bat thoughtif he was taken before the Grand Jury he wonld tell all bs knew. We talked over Joyce's coonectjon with Mogrue. McKee said Jcyce thought he was very smart, bot he had got picked up by Megrus. We talked about matters. McKee said the dir- tilers were sll good enough till it cams to put- ting up monev, and then they weskenod. I saw Jlegrue and Melice together several imes after- wards, aud we talied the matter over. Our con- versation was in regardto the distilleries and the indictments. McKeosaid he was going to Wash- ington and woald GFT THE THING FIXED. He asked ma if I knew what 3fesrue was go- ing to testify to before the Grand Jar, and I told nm I did not. I was not under indictment at that nume, bat was subsequently. In the cross-examination of this witness, counse! did not question im regarding his in- terviow or converations with McKee, but their efforts ware maiuly confined to attemptiog to make him admit that he perjured himself by swearing to ope tling before the Grand Jary aod another befora thoe Court, but thev drew no cdirect sdmi¢sion from him. He did state, how- ever, that doring bis official term he suoposed he woiated all the 1equirements of hia position ; that there are four indictments agatst him for connection with the whisky frands, to two of which he bas pleaded guilty, He denied haviog received any sssurances that fLis testimony these cases would secare him light punishment. C. G. MEGRUE was recalied and questioned regarding bis inter- view with McKes at tho Lindell Hotel in June. Ho said: When McEee came into my room he eat down and began talkiug in & goneral wav sbout the Whisky Ring, the excitement Lere pertaming to_the Grand Jury, and about my indictment. He showed Le was considerably excited. and sad bo felt I had 1t in my power to save bim, and wanted to know if I would do it. Ireplied that I would have all I could do to save mysolf ; that I was thinking of & course to pursue, snd didn’ know whether I would tell il or not tell apything. McKea said it was AX UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR. He was sorry for me, and wautedjme to help bim if Icould. At tbe time of thia conversation I had not been before the Grand Jury. Isadif I testified to the truth I would say there was a cer- tain amoun of monoy paid to mo, and I disbura- ed it in a cerfain way, and that I paid John Leavensorth money to be given him (McKee) and Ford. I said to AlcKee that I wounid tell this to the Grand Jury; thas I dividod the money into five parts, keeping one part for myself, giving _one part to Josce and® McDonald. After T bad been beforo the Grand Jury Tcalled at McKee's bouse in obedience to a re- quest of his or a promite I had mede to bim. I had told the truth befors the Grand Jurv. He did not make any special remark whea I told him shis. o In answer to a question whether the witness paid any money to Jubn Leaveoworth and di- rected him to pay to McKee, Judge Glover ob- jected. He smd the connsel for McKee wero entitled to know if the State bad introduced all the testimony thoy had fo prove McKee's con- nection with tho Whisky Riog. Col. Broadhead said the State might iutroduce celiar. evidence from time totime asit may be de- veloped. The Court ssked: Do you proposs to intro- dnce the doclsrations of Leavenworth as ono of the conspirators ? Col. Broadhead aaswered that they did, snd proposed to show that money was received by AMcKes by the deciarations of Leavenworth be- fore 3nd uftor the paymsat. Upon this point a lengthy argument onsued, the jury having been sent to their hotel, and no more testimony was taken. il N SPRINGFIELD- TAE ROGUES' CUNNING DEVICES. Sveciit Dispatch o The Chicaao Tribuns, 8eBrNerrevD, IiL, Jan. 22.—The developments of the past few days in tho crooked-whisky busi- ness, though establishing conclusively the fact that the illicit whisky operations at Pekin have been carried npon a very extensive scale, have Dot been as encouraging for the Government as they might bave been. In fact, the prosecation has been outwitted at several points by the exer- tion and cunning of the Whisky Ring, and by the superior management and legal ability of the distillers' counsel, Gov. Palmer and son, While Assistavt District-Attoroey Rae has la- bored 80 faithfully as to earn the highest com- mendation, though &5 tho expense of overmotk. and consequent impairing of his health, the enamelees neglect of duty by District-Attoruey Vau Doteton, of which Tz Trrsuse has besn advised, has aflforded the dissillers opportanity to achieve a temporary legal victory, or at least to syert for = time & defeat. The work of the Grand Jury has been pressed as much as s ein- gle Iaw officer of the Gaversment could sdvance it without the assintance of hia superior officer, and without neglect of themors important rou- tine worlk of the office, but s yot the Pekin Ring is scarcely more than : VEBY SLIGHTLY CRIPFLED, and the outlook is not very encouraging, unless ‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 23, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. the Assistant District reinforced by counsel equally zealous with Lim in the prosecu. tion, and who will dsvote his ime, abilities, and ;flll;wy to the vigoross pressing of the work in and. The testimony of Nailer, formerly bookkeeper for Westerman, who is regarded as tha boss smong tho producers of the Ring, reveals s system of frauds, the existence of which shows MANIFEST NEOLECT OF DUTY on the part of some revenue officers of the district, or scandalous inefficiency in the ~ discharge of those dutles. Ac- cording to this tesiimony, five or s other witnesses concurring, the frands noon ths revonus included false receiving cisterns, unger- ground pipes aud vats, and the like. Take the cate of the rectifying-house with which G. C. Glassford, who gaso bonds for the appesrance of tho prisoner-witness, Ireland, who knows so much more than he told to the jury, was once identified. When Glassford ran it (so runs the testimony) nearly all the whisky thers was crooksd, was carted off in wagons, boaraed up high 80 as to conceal the Bix or soven barrels of crooked makivg ench load, and hundreds of barrels of crooked were carted away to the Pokin Alcohol Mana- facturing Company's distillery, of which it was tho crooked outlot, or to the depot. After Glasaford, tho witness Ireland ran the place in his name,—but, tho testimony shows, for the Westerman Ring, J. L. Smith, ons of the Ring, was nominally the bookkesper, bat realiy part owner with Westerman. Then Miller ran the place awhile vory crooked, and he turned it over to Cobleigh, who has already been indicted, as Miller will be. All this time tho bouse was run as a crooked ontlet for the Pokin Alcohol Manufacturiog Companv, who owned it, and paid the men big salaries, who managed the congeru 88 1f 1t wero their own really, as it was 10 name. WARDLAW, THE FUGITIVE STOREKEEPZR, was also indicted ss the result of theso dis- closnres, and 1t is stated ofticially that envugh evidence has been digcoverad against Wester- man to send him Lo the Pevitentiary. But, with oll this, the Ring is yet powerful, and thus far noue but the producing mombers and snbor- dinats co-operating ofticials are involved in the disclosures. The political parc of the Ring, the power behind the thropme, the outsile men who must have known and profited by these (rauds, are unexposod, and tho present prosecution at present mves no promiss of sbowing up the compact. 'Thic most potent, most dungerous partof ths Ring is thoso men of personal aud political prominencs ia the Stato, coguizant of aud paiticioating toa greater or less extent in tho profits of it. This 18 an no- doubted fact, and i»admitted by thosa who know sud confess their inability to roach the source of power to broak the backbono of the lting. The 8t. Louis Ring is broken thracgh THE EXFOSURES OF TOE TRIBUNE. A Iike fate has overtaken the powe:fal Mil- waukee Riog, and the Cnicago Ring is on its las; logs. But the reveaus officiala who aided in accomplishing such result alroady confess themscives besten by the Ring, which has Springficld for a centre, aud Pekin for irs lead- 1og supplv-post. Why does tbis Riog remain intact? The answer is a sungle word, ** Treach- ery "—treschary in tho Government camp. Thoe proof : Not long sinco a revenue agent, aftor consultation with his_ suporior officors, was ordered to Pelin from hers to look into the ‘| frauds i thero.’t His going was kept ' quict,' and was supposed only to be known to the oficers who sent him, but avother koaw it, and to have this Lnowledge he must have beon coonected with the Government service. ++ - . A TELEGRAPEIC WARNTNG wont to Pekin, in substance, ** Look ont for ,”aaming the officer, **iu the morning,” and whon the officer reached the place of Lia invesi- sation he found that bie arrival had boen autici- pated, and its object defeated by tho warniog. In like manoer the movements of the officers are fully known at DPekin almost as soon 88 determinod umpon hers, and whiio tho Grand Jury are investigating the rascatities of the dutillers, thess samo are oftentimes welcomad here aa guests, or. at lasst, 10timate personal acquaintances of the reyenue attaches. Oaly a short tims aince s torgsd dis- atch regarding revenno mattors was sont to gxz TRIDUNE a8 coming from this correspond- ent, and of its full contents some of the parties intorosted were acquainted in advance of the ar- rival of the train which brings Tre TRIDUNE to Sprogfield ; but a8 to theso and many other suspicious circumstances in connection with revenno matters here the Graod Jury will be first advised on reading those diapatches. SUPERVISOR MATTREWS bas labored efficiontly, ss bas slso his deputy, Msj. Wilkioson, but such efforts canoot avail to ovarcomo the obstaclea iucident to the ineficien~ cv of otber officers, or the peglect of duty of a District-Attorney. The Whisky Ring and their counsel could Dot select circumstances more to their hand than thoss found in the condition of affaira incidont to_such prosecution of crooked whisky matters : Treachory in the Government ranks, the saloons at 10 cents & glas as a sourca of enthusis<m 1n whisky matteis, blunt honesty withont other qualification or efficiency in the diacharge of public daty. All thege aro charac- -teristio of the rovenue sdmunistration in this district with reference to crooked whiskv mat. ters, and the powerful Whisky Riug can beat such a band svery time. BPECULATION 18 BIPE 88 to who will be tho succossor of District-At- tornes Van Dorston, whose continual iutoxic tion, 10 & degres ronderng him uofit to discharge bis office, has besn tae subject of animadversion in Tae Toisuse. Gen. Jobn J. Rioaker, of Carlinville; Geb. John McNults, of Bloom- ington; the Hon. N. W. Broosas, of Poters- burg; and Maj. Connelly, of Coles, are talked of. Eitner one would worthily fill the office, certainly wot disgrace it. It is thought that the choice lies between Rintker and McNulta, though®Maj. Connelly is algo very atronzly urged; but it i3 not cerfain that Maj. Van Doraton can be induced to rasign by his frionde, who, knowing his many excellant qualities, deeplv regret his dowofall. Some months 1go an effort was made to secure the appointment of aother, but Senator Oglesby sticks by his friends. and hoped that Van Dorston might devoto bia attention rully to duty; but that he has not done s0 18 manifest, and the interests of the Government DEMAND AN INXEDIATE CHANGE. If it canuot be effected by resignation, the exigency of the caso and the impenled condition of affawrs with raference to crooked-whisky in- vestigation and prosecutions, justify " per- emptory removal. Sach is the opinion ex- oreesod to-night by those fully conversant with the atate of atfairs. Supervisor Alatthews arrived hera this morn- ing, en routo home to Pittsfield, and Cbisf Washburo, of the Secret Servico, is here io con- nection wilh the pending cases aguinst the Driggs counterfoiting gnog. e CHICAGO, SUPREMELY DULL. Custom-House malters were duller than ever yosterday. There were numorous littls conver- sations around the different Goverament offices, among the counsel for the Gorernmont, the rev- enue mep, and the Seoret-Sersice agents, but it 'was all in reference to the work bofore tho Grand Jury and the Court. It was general'y conducted with ciosed donrs, and when the officers emerged they were even more mum then usual. It is generally understood now that there will be no important whisky tials for some time to come, at leas: no trials of tho *‘first batck’ of whisky men, a8 those individuats are called whoss estab- hebments were eeized Iast May. ko O'Brien counterfeiting caso will come op to-morrow, and ita Lnial may consume an_ entire day. Io case it does not, ooe of the small casos of selling liquor without a license will be put through. It is quite probable that the commanity will gat no new revelatious until the Grand Jury makes ity report and returas ita indictments, snd, inas- much 88 the newspapers aro damly publisbing pretty good outlines of tho testimony submittea to Lhn%zody. at lezst a portion of its occupation will be gone. The District-Attorney and his co-laborera were busy daring certain purtions of the day in ar- ranging the forms of indictments against certain parties, p eparatory to the return of the Grand Jury, and it is not improbable that when that choice body reassembles, it will send in some presentments to Judge Blodgett's Coust. i o HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Shortly after midnight, Mr. George C. Chris- tian, of the wellknown law ficm of Hillis & Christia, while walking along 1fonroe street near the Museum, was sot upon by bighway rob- bors. One of them cltched him tightly about the shonlders while another hit him a terrible blow 10 the mouth. They then went through his pockots, relieviog bim of sll the surplus cash™ ho hbad sbout him, amonoticg to about 6. s silver tobacco-box worth $30, and §40,000 in stocks of the Specte Tonnel Mimog Company of Georgetown, Col- orado, of which Company Mr. Cristianis the Secretary and Treasurer. The prowlers then left him to find his way home a8 best he could, but a8 they had overlooked 15 cents, Mr. Christian and the carcondactor got atoog all right, and he reached home with a considerable amount of ex- perience snd swollen lips. —————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Losrow, Jap. 22.—Steamship Algeris, from New York, has arrived out. WASHINGTON: A Another Batch_of Speeches on the Centennial Bill, Holman Assures the Relative of Dan Tucker that We Are o - Nation, ! And that Reconstructed Rehels, of AN Others; Should Enow It. Pennsylvania Members Brought to Thelr Fest by the Talismanic Word “Ring.” B 3 ‘An Interesting and Spicy Batch of Political Gossip COMMITTEE-WORK- THE GENEVA AWARD. Specal Dispateh to The Chicaco Tridune, WasnrsoToN, D. C., Jan. 23.—Tho Houso Committes on the Judiciary held an open ses- sion this morning, and began the hearing of ar- guments relative to the farther distribution of the Geneva Award Fund. This is probably the ‘most importaut subject which has been bronght before the Committce. Thera are thres classes of uninsured losers who suffered from the de- struction of this vessels by the outsids cruisers, so-called. The award at Geoova included only losses causod by the Alabama, the Florids, and the Shenandoah bofors she wentinto Melbourne. The owners cl, vesgels destroyed . by the other Rebel : cruisers, although not provided for at % Genera,™~ now come forward and demand o portion of the money which will remsin in the hands of the Govern- ment aftar paying all direct individual loases. Althongh those claimants bave no legal gronnd ©on which to force their claim for this money, in- asmuch as none of their claims wers admitted by the Englieh Government, thers iz a good deal of aympathy felt in their bebalf, becauss they wers, after all, actual losers. Ihese claim- ants ware represented to-day by r. Metcalf, of Oiiio, the “owner of the ship Delphice. Alr. George O. Shattuck, of Boston, followed in bebalf of tme poyment of war premiums, and alter him an argumont was made by Alr. Beamao, of New Yors, for the insurance com- panies. The hearing waa adjourued until Thurs- day next. DEPARTMENT EXPENDITGEES. Parson Newman stated to-day to the Com. mittec on Exponditures in the 8tate Dopartment that opium is smuggled into San Francisco in large quantities. ABMY SALARIZR. ‘The House Military Committes will not at. tempt to interfers with the salaries ef Gens. Shermau or Sheridan. —_—— f NOTES AND NEWS. NO PINANCIAL LEGISLATION. Bpeciat Duspatch to The Chicaan Trivuna, WasamaToN, D. C., Jan. 22.—The Comptroller of the Currency helieves there will bs 0o finan- cial logislation, ~ ~~-r GROSS EXAGGERATIONS. Tt is 5aid that the reperts of fraud in the Post- Office Department are gross exaggerations. [To the 4asociated Press.) REPUBLICAN GAUCUS. WasmmveTos, D..C., Jso. 22.—Senstor Sher- man was chosea Chairman and Representative Fort Secretary of the Republican caucus this evening. On motion of Senator Edmunds, a committss was appointed to select a muitablo name, one from eoach State and Territory, to composo the Union Repoblican Copgressional Comumuttes, the selections to be made after con- suitation with the Repnblican delecstions from each State aud Territory. This Committes wil report to an adjourned” maoting of the caucns. ‘The Committee conssts of Benators Cragin snd West aud Representatives Wheelor, Huater, Burchard ot llioois, Lynch, and Page. The Hon. E. P. Smith, toe Jate Commi: of Iudian Affzirs. has been invited by the Amer- icau Missionary Associstion to visit Africe and mspect tho missions of the Society in that conntry, to inquire into the best metbiod of cn- larging 1ts work. sait o i (e moks bopefal fleld for its furthor nmssiopary operatious among the Africans. The Trustees of Howard University have granted leave of absence for this puraose, without salary, and AMr. Sputh mil sail in & fow days. s THE RECORD. HOUSE. ‘Wasmrxarox, D, C.. Jan. 22.—Mr. Bteels of- fered a resolution, directiog the Committes on Appropriations to inquire iato the expediency of making any appropriation for the support of the Sioux Indians, and also into theright of having white mon excluded from the Black Hills conutry. Adopted. Mr. Waddell offered a rasolution requesting the Prasidont to commupicats to the House any commanications which may bave passed betwean the Goveroment of the United States aud any European Government, bosides Spam, in regard to the Island of Cube. Adopted. Committees were called for revorts of & pri- vate character, bus very few wore made, ox- cept from the Cummittec on Invalid Panai THE CENTENNIAL BILL, The House wont into Committeq of the Whole, with Mr. Wood (N. Y.) in the Chaif, on the Cen- tenuial Aporopriation bill. . Mr. Lawrence spoke in favor of the bill, and in reply to the constitutional objections urged sgainst ic. 5 AMr. Lawrence supported the bill on the fol- lowing six grounds: First, Coogress was com- mitted to it by ite first legisiation. Second, bocause it will incresse the genersl weifare by encouraging com- merce and intercourse. Third, Lecauso it would cro- ate demands for American products, and_ would give employment to labor. _ Fourth, becausa it would aid in restoring prosperity. Fifth, becanse it would pro- mote good Wl among our own people, and among foreign nations, and that wonld be worth many times over $1,5/,000. Bixth, because it would be a good in- veatment, aud would bring back more than it cost. The Government might save §1,500,000 by refusing the propriation, but it might loss 100,000,000 by doing It was not wise to ** save at the apigos and jose at the bunghole,” and ho felt that a faiiure to pass this biil would bosavingat the spigot and losing at the bughola. "Thio dbate was farther continued by Messra. Teene, Jones (Ey.), Morey, Lapham, Dunnell, Mouroe. and Kasson in favor of the biif,snd by Mesers, Baker (Ind.), Caldwell, Ss7age, and Holman sgains it. In ihe course of 'Mr. Holman's speech hoalluded to the remark of Mr. Tacker, Iu his spesch some daya ago, t0 the effect that this was not a naton, andsaid that if thero had been anything settled beyond rocall in the progress of the century, it was that the sovercigaty of the people, not the sovereignty of tho Btates, was the solid_foundation on which the political powers of the Government rested. Taat fact had Dot only been sol- emniy cstablished in tha Constitation, but bad buen reafirmed on every batule-field from the time of the formation of the Government o the prescat bour. It was 3 nation. It spoke through its ocarcdited repre- sentatives with the volceof a nation, snd 1o argu- ment oF reasommg could impair the fmth of tho poople in that faot, ila sppesled to gentlemen not to characterize tha opening of the new century by a subsidy, and he read a letter from a Phil- adelphia gentleman sgesking of the Contennial Board 883 Ring, and saying that the passago of the bil would dsmage rather than help tho exhibition. Atr. Randal gave an sndignant contradiction to the statements in tho letter, and said that & purer set of men than the members of the Centennial Board never ‘managed any eaterprise, oy SrChrerLy 35 Amen to every word my eol- Ieagua bas éaid. r. Holman—I do mot know aoything sbout the truth or falsity of the statements In the letter. Mr. Randali—1 know all about it. . Holman—I merely lmow that the gentlemsn who wrote the latter is the peer of either of my {ricuds from Pennsylvania, and is a man whose honor cannot bo,called into queation. 3fr. Randall—When we loarn his name we will know whether ho is our peer or not. Alr, Clymer (to Halman)—as not tae writer of that letter a disappointed applicant for the superiazendency of the Horticultural Department of tae extubitlos, and was not that the motive of his letter? Ar, Holman—I am very certan he was mot au ap- plicant for avy office, ir. Randali—Was he an applicant for any place for an opportanity 10 draw 3 salary ? Alr, Holman—I am not awars of his having beon an applicent for any office; and, if the gentlemen expect 10 carry their bill by denouncing » msn who can ba vouched for s an honorablo geaweiutn, they are very smuch mistaken, 5ir. Rendall—This gentleman has sent a latter hero enouncing sn._entirs community. r. Kelley—He bas tarnished bis honor by putting falsehood in bis Jetter. Mr. Bandall—He has denounced sn entire communi- ty, and if we exposc his motiveit is mothing more than he had & right to expect, Thedebate was further continued by Mexsrs. O'Brien and Townsend, of Pennsylvanis, in favor of the bitl The Committee rose withont taking any action on tha bill, and Mr. Hopdus, Chalrman of the Seiect Com- mittee, gave notico ihat ha, would call iho previous, uestion on the of tas bill on Tussday, at 3 Dapwe e BELIEVED. Mr. Pholps asked to be, and was, reffeved from far ther service on tho Commitise for the Dustrict of Co- lumbis, on accoust of Il health, and Ar, Hardenbergh ‘was appointed {n his place. « THE VULGAR OUTSIDERS. The Bpeaker having referred to an application on the part of members Luving seats on the outside row, to Bavo a screen put up 6o ax (o protect them from the interruption of outsiders, the matter was informally discussad. In the course of the discussion Alr, Ssyler remirved that he waa a resident of the suburbs (lsnghter), and knew bow great was the annoyance, but (or his part he was in fvor of having the seats taken out altogether, aid having benches substituted, ‘The Speaker suggested that the ovil might be remo. died by bis ceasing to give permits toanybody, and by members generally ceasing to ko $o_{ne Doorkeoper and having their friends admitted, 1f the Houss wai willing that that course should ba pursued, then it would bave 5 Various suggestions wers made and rojected, and o sgreement was arrived at on the subject. Tho Houso then adjourncd, wien the announce- ment was made that there would be s Republican cane cus tnis evening in the Senate Chamber, = s POLITICAL GOSSIP. THE DEPEAL OF THE DESUMPTION ACT. Wasnvoroy, D. C., Jan. 20.—The vote on Holman's resolution instructing the Ways and Meaos Committos to report a bill repeal- ing the Rosumption act is very far from indicating the determination of the House to make that act effectusl, and, o3 it stands, as everybody knows, the Resumption act itselr is utterly bootless uoless supplemented by legislation to make resumption practicable at the dato fixed, or at some time thereafter. It is sig- nificant of the actual status of the House on the question that tbero were 112 votes in favor of the repeal of tho Resumption act abrolately, without even protense of substituting therefor some measuro that ultimately would lead go upecie-reeumption. The vote, tao, sbows the strength in the Democratic ranks of tho rag- baby element, and plainly foreshadows that it any moaaure looking to resumption be carried 1t will ba ono practically inoperative, but which will furnish the.pretext for the repeal of tha Re- suwmption act. From preseat indications, it mowid seem improbsble that any bill pro- vidiog for 2 contraction of the carrency will pass, and no less improbsblo that any bill effectual to enabls specie resamption to be made at_any tims will bo passod. It is plain that it the issua were forced it would hopelessly divide the Democracy, ana quito a8 plain that the leaders do por contemplace hazarding such split by suffering the question to be forced. THE CHIEF EXD OF THE DEMOCHATIO MAJORITY in the Hones is lo carry the approachiog Presi- dental election, aud, With that object in view, the manifest porposo is to harmonize both fac- tions of the party by adroitly dedgiug tae cur- rency issue, or fetching forward some measurs suscoptible of doublo interpreation. The Hol- man resolution was defeated by a minority of the Democrats who united with the great body of the Republican members, becauss they wero not prepered to commit the Democratic party to the rag-baby heresy. But whon some piausibla substicute for the Resumption act, that will mean nothing or everything, 88 it may be con- atrued, is preseated, the chances are it wiil paas, and the Resumption act be rapealed. On all sides thers is manifeat a lamantable Iack of courage to take hold of the question, which wou'd iudicate on the part of members a, firm confidence in the popular objection tf payiog honest debts and in the popular adliesion to tho greenback heresy. BONCOMBR. The wearisomo business of the correspondent bere is to listen to tho Btatesmeu who talz, whose talk is meaningiess aod sigoities aimply Bua- combe ; who skirmish for positions, whilo utter- 1y incapable of defining their own positions oo any live question, and who sre building Presi- dential platfurme and nominatiog Presidential candidates to stand thereon, 10 & way that, for the most part, buu denotes an abiding conviotion that the great American people is bat a conglom- erate 1diot, 2nd tnat there 18 6o little of honesty aad intelligence 1o the country that it is perilons to address one’s self toit. Itis to ba devoutly trusted the avchitect and all otbera con- cerned msay be duly pusished, that the Hall of the House seems o have been specially cootrived as ao_oxtioguisher of statesmen save those gifced with leather Jungy, aud that may- hsp many a member endowsd with uncomman common-seuse is naver heard in the conncils of the nation, but muat confiue his efforts upan tha tloor, 80 to apeik, to silent prayer, all becauss he Incks loather lungs. Perhaps it is the statesmen of the leather lungs who give the prevailing toue to politics bers, ty which the man who talks is rated so much bigher than tae msn who does not. This is espocially manifent now in ne remarks cur- rent 28 to Secretary Bristow. Occssionally, in tho great busitess of Presigent-making in wkich the entire abie-bovied male population of the District appear to be engrossed, some new-comer will imquire A3 TO BRISTOW, “Ob, what chance can o bave?" will glibly respoud some patriotic momber of one of the State associations, organized to mske surp that his State gets tbe utmost postible patronage, and regulato its distribution among tbe memvers of his Association. ** What can he do without even the delegation in Congress from his own State to support bim ?"—as though that settied the wnole matter. Then ic will be added on both sides, * Bristow is in such a perilous position, you ze0; it's 8o easy for bim ka a fatal mistake tnat he can scarce es- ve iz,"—to which thore is inevitably anamimous assent all around. One can hardly drop in &t a0y of the leading hoto!s of an evening without hosring such remarks, snd very mueh more of the samo sort. Aflter having heard a deal of it occurred to me several times to aek if Bris- tow's great poril was that ho was in danger of being too houest; and the laconic smile with swhich the query was received filled me with an overvhelming seuse of my verdancy in_assum- ing that that precissly could not be Bristow's grent peril. i Among men here he stands ont in refreshing contrast to the multitude of talkers, as a doer, who, amidat the almost infinite vother about honesty, retrenchment, and reform, has quistly accomplished sud 13 sccomplishing more in the way of exposing and bringiog to punishment corruption in office, in purifyiog the civil service, and 1o STOPPING LEAKS I¥ THE TREASURY, than bLas anyact of Congress 1 wot of. Ie comes of one of tho old Kentucky families that had none of the old Keptucky nonsense abous it. In the ante-War days hia father, though a slavobolder, was an anti-Mavery mau, and was completing arrangemeuts for the emancipation of his slaves when the War broke out. Lhe Secre- tary himself, from bis earliest manhood, was an outapoken anti-slavery man, and his record as euch, though he is yet comparatively young, sntedates that of smany prominent Repub- licana, sod even reaches back to the era when some of them nOW conspicuous were denonncing the Abolitioniats and Black Repub- licans. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, wheo it waa the fashion for Kentuckiana to talk abont neutrality, ha entered the armv in ona of the first Kentucky regimeots recru:ted, and which was raised largely through bis induence, and subsequently - COMMANDED THE EIGHTH KENTUCKY CAVALRY, serving with disticgmshed honors. In 1866 he was apointed Umited States Attorney for the District o4 Keotucky. While be hold this office 1t was that a soldiers’ couveution was gotten up to indorse Johnson's policy, the Federal office- holders beiog expected to pay for their bread- aud-batter by talking the lead. The affair was engineored Iaigely by ex-Gov. Bramlette, who reporsed the resolutions indorsing Andy. Bris- tow then moved 1o smend by addwg to the reso- iution approving Andy's policy the words, un- derstandiog it to be the fixed and cherished polioy of his lsmented pradecessor Abraham Linco'n.” That his meaning might not be misunderstood, Gen. Bristow, in moving s amendmeut, said: ‘‘No one in tms conntry had more of my love, respect, and ven- eration, than Mr. Lincoln. If we are to have Mc. Johnson’s name in the resolutions, let us have Mr. Lincolu's too. 1f, as I understand Mr. Johneon, he is carrying out the policy of Mr. Lincoln, I am for Mr. Johnson. With that ex- press understandiog L indorse Johoson; but I will nos indorse lum in the language of every rebel meeting in Kentucky, nor in the way of those who, while indorsing bim, renssert the fundamental and origioating vrinciples of the rebellion,—the miserable, abominable, and in- famous resolutions of '98."” And that apesch aid not leave it an open question whether Bris- tow indorsed **mv poliey.” Gen. Bristow resigned the District-Attorney- ehip on the 1st of January, 1870. In October of the eame year he was appointed Solicitor of the Treasury, which position he resigned in the autumn of 1872, returning to the practice of tbe law at Louisvile, where he remained until bis appointment a8 Secrotary of the Treas- ury in June, 1874, —the which, barring & brief torm in_the Kentucky Senate, completes the record of his official life. The whole of it might be summarized in_the statement that, in every position, he has discharged bhis ofiicial dutics with courageous houesty,—the force of which statement will be faily appreciatad by the peo- ple, who have sustsined him in bis MOVEMEXT UPON THE WHISKT-RING. The Presidest ssid, “‘Let no guilty man escape.” lIndicative of the characier of the mau, Irelats the following of Bristow : 1Inthe exploration of certain frauds, a Treasury oficial became ed &t finding the trail led to the doors of somebodv who conlda’t in sny event be put dows a3 & small thief, einco he was recroned a pawer 1u political cirelen. ‘The official aforesaid thers- ou prudeutly abandoned the sceat uatil he conld ascertain whether it would bs safe to pursue it, He bied bim to Secretary Bristow, to whom be expluned in what wasintecded to be suggest- ive phrase, that the evidencea of gailt **strack protty high” and wanted inatructions 3 to a‘::\ldh“ 10 procoed with hia explorations of the * Go ahead,” replisd the Secretary, emphasis, ‘NO MATIER WHO IT HITS.” The phrase moans busioess, and 1s a clew to the an himself; he mesns busmness, and doesn't 820p to talk about it, but goea straight abead, no mater who it hita. 'He scoms to_have been as silent a8 the Presiden:, and for abont the same reagon, pamelv, not to wasto humeelf 1n talk, thongh at the Bar, Bristow ranks not onlyas ons of the leading lawyers of the country, but as well a8 a polished, "effoctive sdvacate. But in pablic life he has confined himself to doing, leaving the taliiog to the gifted orators who overrun this fair land of freedom, and the torrent of whose ologuence, liko Tennyson’s brook, or more like our own Mis- sissippi, never known to dry up, **still rolls on forever." The only speech of his which 1 have been sble to find in print s the very brief ad- dresa he delivered last Decoratiou-day at the graves of the Union dead who sleep in Cave- Hill Cemetery, near Louisvile. Therein he said, referring to THX RESULTS OF THE WAR: The political axiom of our fathers, *that all men aro crested equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inatensble rights; that among theso are lifo, liberty, and the purauit of happlness.” Daa found faller jilustration aud broader apilication. ‘This fmnortal declaration is no longer limited by ideal ‘boundaries, but reachea forth to every man,of whatever Tace or color, who breathes the air o treads the soil of the Unlon, . . . Looking back to the beginning of the struggie, and calling to mind tho declared pur- Posea with which tio Guvernment entered upoan it, the zesults achievod may well excite the special wonder of the civilized world. ~ At firat, engaging in & war of self-defense, the Government und to repos- sers s own property, and to assert its rightful authority in disputed places. It was Tegarded by moet persons as littls more than a trial of the strength of free government, For timot3e battle waa uncertain ; to many the issue seemad doubl- ful. Despondency iowered over ths land, and gloomy forebodings fiiled the hiearts of patriots,’ Pollitical in- trigue, and the clashing of personal ambitions, well nigh destroyed at lesat ane of our grestist armies, But amid the reverscs {n arms and the wrangling of politicians, tho valor of the soldiery never faltored, and in His own good time God raised up for us great military leaders, who were equal to the emergen:y, end who, having 1o political ends to subserve, sad To eelish_ambition to gratify, led our gallant armies to with quiet final victory, Meanwiiae the delays and post- ponements, " resulting from the causea referred had " fornish time ~ and opportunity for thoughtful consideration of the questions under- Iying the confict, The man wko then stood at the Belm of State, by tho cholra of ths pedple, and who, by the Coustitution, was Commander-in-Chisf of the army and nuvy, had declared in 1858, with scarcely less than prophetic vision, that this Government could not endure permanently balf slave and half free, the strugzle progressed the truth of this announce- ment forced itself upon the people. Thamen of the Sonth, who were in arms against_the suthority of the Government, had avowed thelr purposs to build upa, zeparate Government, with slavery as its corner-stono. Tae irrepressible conflict botween freedom and siavery badnow begun in_carnest, and the peaple of the ad- Dering States, at first reluctantly and slowls, but at last firmly, Tesolved that slavery and the Rebellion should perish together, and to-day they aleep in & com- mon grave, 1 ¥FROM A KENTUCKIAN TO KENTUCKIANS, ‘¢ those ntterances were significsnt. He did not stop with this comprehensive and tersely ex- haustive survey of the War and its reaults, but added: 3 He who faila t0 see in all this the hand of an all-wise Providence ia but 3 dull reder of events, and who in all this broad land will avowa desire for a different result?_ Speaking upon the ol of on of ths ate slave States, I but declare s truth, which will not be contro- verled or questionsd by any considerable number of intelligent persons, when T sssort thit a great blight has been removed 'from the Bouth by theavolition of alavery. It requires no propbet Lo foretell that soaner or fater tha Sonth muat enter upan a eareer of unexam- pled prosperity under the infivence of free fnati- tuttons, ., . am asked Yhea will this prodicted Drosperity be relized? my answer is, When the passions and prejudices engendered by tha strife shall bave entirely subsided; when the in- slfenable right of every men to equal freedom with every other man Is {ully re-ognized by society: when the laborer i not only fully protested in life, liborty, and the pursuit of Lappiness, but ample proviaion is mads for the education of his children; and when it becoes known that wealth and jmprovement come only from individual industry and effort. and not from the pursaft of what wo call politics. nd ot till then, will the S)uth have enterad upon the full realization of the benefits which must eventuslly flow from the change. And it might well be added that manitestly the matcer of the South now ia that these things have not come to pass, and that they etill seek prosperity there, not by individual industry and effort, bat by THE PURSUIT OF POLITICS. It might perhapa be further added, withont in- justice to any one, that of all the spesch-makers none have so exactly defined what 1s the matter of the South. Ho bss reschad hia 45tk vear; is ia the prime of vigorous m3ohodd, and is endowed with the superb phyaiqus of the blas-grans region, which bids fair to graut Lim & lease of active lifs nos sbort of tho three-scors years and ten; but— =nd that is the reason I bave devoted thus mach soace to him, in order to give the readers of Tae TRIBUNE soms idoa of what manoer of men thess Bame are—he is one of the men who, 1t is set dowa bere, ‘‘can never been nominated for President,” YTH. FINANCIAL. BOSTON. Bostox, Jan, 32.—The honse of Jordan, Clark & Co., Summer street, one of the leading whole - sale clothing firms hers, suspended owing to s falsification of their books by their confidential bookkeeper, Frank Sanford. The delaulterseat his wife apd children to California gome weeks ago and he has loft in company with an- other woman. NEW YORK. New Yomg, Jan. 22.—The Brantwood Coal Company has gone iato bankruptcy. One claim against the Company is for $339,000. —_— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasarxarox, D. C..Jan. 23—1 . m.—For New Eogiaud and the Middle States snow or rain, with fresh aod brisk easterly to southerly winda, faliing bsrometer, slowly rising temperature, foliowed bv clearing weather. For the Teonesses and Ohio Valley and Upper Lake region, ao area of rain or snow, winds shifting to northeily and westerly, with lower temporature sud rising baromater. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. CxicAs0, Jan, 22, " Maximum thermometer, 47, Munimum, 53, GENERAL OBSEBVATIONS. Carz4go, Jan. 21—Midnigh. Wind. Rain] Westher. Donver,. .I29. Dulath .. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Dispatches from Nortbern California and Oregon report cold weather and soow. Ops million three hundred sod thirty-seven thousand contals of wheat were shipped from Oregon the past year. The Chambor of Commercs of Los Angeles has_passed a resolution favoring a donation of puplic laods, set apart for railruad purposcs on the thirty-sacond paraliel, to that railroag which wifl first complete a road scross the Coutinent on that route. —— RI0 JANEIRO COFFEE MARKET. Rio Jaxeiro, Jao. 22.—Coffes markot quiet, and prices maintained. ————— The New York Graphicsays of the Titiena opera troupe : The tenors of the company engaged 10 support Mlle, ‘Titicns in her cominz appearances at the Academy of Masic sre Signor Brignoli snd Signor Baccel, At Fittsburg, Mr. Strakosch met with 3 young bass singer Damed Macdonald, who has only just returned from Italy. Heis said to bave & very fine voice, and sang {n the concert at tbat city, winning applause. Misy Beaumont, late of the Keilogg troupe, who has been for some time studying with Mme. Ruderslorff, wili e one of the contraltos, There in a chance tlat fmo. Rudersdortl, Whose once high soprano has changed into a contralto, will sppear. Thero is also Miss Mc- Cullough, a contralto, and_thers is some talk of Mits Matilda Phillips. 8ignor Tagliapietra will probably be engged, and Herr Juuus Maller, » fine German ban- tone, has also been socured. Aliss Bella Bolles, 2 light soprano, will appear a3 Zerling in * Dan Glovanni,” J Mr. Ma3 Afareizek will be the co % FOREIGN. The Turks Suffer Another Dev feat in Herzezovinas Closely Bssiezed by the Insurgents. Trebigne Eleven Persons Killed by an FEnglisn Raiiroad Accident. Immense Amount of Plentation Property Burned by the Ouban Rebels. Prizes Awarded for Fronch Dramas on the American Revolution. TURKEY. A TWO-DAYS’ FIOHT. LoxDox,Jaa. 22.—A Raguss correypondant ted. ographs that thers have bosu twodave’ fighting between the Turks and the Herzegovinian in- surgents, during which 330 of the former weze killed. The insurgents lost 100in Lilled anéd wounded. THE AUSTRIAN SOTE. Trebinge is threateued with a famine. Itis reported that the Porte has unofficially sccepted Count Aundrassy’s proposals for tha pacification of the diaturbed provinces. Raauss, Jan. 22.—The attack of the insnre gents was on the Turkish entienched position on the hill betwsen Rigusa and Trebiage, whither the Turks had fled after the action of the 1Sth. One of the breastworks was captured. An innor breastwork was gallaotly defended, oup evacu- ated by fifty survivots during the night of Thuraday, and a number of those were kiliod during the night. Trebinge is completely de- moralizied. No froops are moving to reliovs the beleagured dotachment, and the insurgents bold the road unmolested Loxpoy, Jan. 22.—It is reported_that Turkev will concentrate o large srmy in_Duigaris nest month, and dented that Ruesia will maus troops in Western Russia in the spring. — GREAT BRITAIN, ZAILWAY COLLISIO! Loxpox, Jan. 22.—A collision of tha Soofch express with a mineral train on the Great North- ern Railway, near Hontingmot, resalted in tho killing of two persons and the wounding of.sev- eral. Bafore tho wreck could ba cleared sway the express from Loandon dashed tuto the dsbnis. A special train conveying doctors has left Lon- don for the ecene of the collision. In conss- quence of the intorruption to telozra pbic com- munication by the storm, the detads are nod learned. Eleyen persons wers killed by the collision which took place during a blinding suow storm. THE COFFEE TRADE. Loxpoy, Jan, 22.—Duliness in the monsy lins continues, but coffee has experienced & good demaoa at some farther advunce npan plavts- tion Ceylon. According to ths present estimates, the crop mill generaliy be short. Afore hiveral shipments are reported from 1o Janerio, which may, if continued, influence tho value of orui- nary quahties hore. Sugar continues aepressed. THE EMMA MINE. Disvateh to New York Evening Telegram, Loxpoy, Jan. 18.-Tbe shares of the Emms Mino bave advanced. presumably on the issus of a ciccnlar by Mr. Albert Grant, vindicating bis congection with the Company, and exp:ess- ing his opinion, based upon actual inspection, that the mine is not worked out. © also recommends furlher operations, believing that they wonid prove remunerative. The reported important discovery of ore near or under the Emma mine, bas, doubtles, had some effect also in enbancing the price of the shares. The Financier,in a lesding article, sava it would be curious, after all, if the Emma Mine aholilf prove to be one of the beat miues in the worl —_———— CuBA, FLANTATION PEOPERTY DESTROYED. Ngw Yorg, Jan. 22.—Nows has been received from Havans, that a forcs led by Heury Reeves. 2,500 strong, has invaded Sagus Couuty, within & woek past, and destroyed sugar estates, some of which are valued at $2,000,600 each. Ssgua L Chics, at the month of the river of that name, where shoro were watehouses wich 1,600 hoga- heads of Muscovado sugar, has been burnsd, and all shie suzar consumed. The estate Cayuespioo, of Senor Nugarica, is in possessiou of ciis reoels, and of courss destroyed. 1t i3 located on the south sids of the 1slznd, while Sagua County is on the porth shoe. FRANCE. ELECTION CONTEST. Pars, January 22.—Ex-Presidvus xniers will contest the Deputyship of the Ninth Arrondise- ment. A DRAMA ON THE REVOLUTION. The awards on the playa on the subject of the American Hevolution submitted to Michoalis were partially anoounced to-day. Tha jury wero YVictor Hogo, Legouve, Avgier, Grenville, Maurray, sud Perin. Tho first prize was nonde- cided. Thasecond was divided between * The New World” and **A Great Ciiizen,” 2,000 francs to each author. * Fres America™ took the third prize, 1,000 francs. QOVERNMENT INQUIRY. ‘The Committee of Inquiry iuto the acts of the Government of the National Defonse havs pub- lished & reply to the attacis of the Republicins. The official journal reproduces their remarks, and eaya tho result of the Committee's in;juries should be widely known, 80 2s to convince the people to coufide only in thuse who combas every form of revotion. DENTAL. A semi-official noto has beon pnblished deny- ing the reports of tne formation of 3 French squadron in the editerranean and ths collac- tion of military stores at Nancy. HUGO AND DLANC. A The Sepatorial delegates Lave naavimously agroed tosupport the candidatures of Viciur ugo sod Louis Blaoc. They will meet again Sunday to finaliy fix the list. GAMBETTA'S SPEECH. Loxpox, Jan. 22.—Tue Times special, review- ing Gambetta's spsech delivesed in private at Aix, eays the speach will force itself on the at- tontion of ail France. It 1sessencially an appeat to conciliation, and the programme of tha mod- erats Republicans. In the speech, which is very long, Gambetta saya: * Wo do not want monop. olv. They are too anxious 10 repair thé losses of France to exclude aoy Frenchmen from the tasi of raising up the coantry. Thoy mus:, however, enter the Republic honestly.” N —_— SPAIN, TOE ELECTIONS. AR, Jan. 22.—Reports fram the elections o this aty for members of tho Cortes indicate that the Migisterialists bave secured five dintricts, while two roturn Constitationalists and Progressists, respectively. Magy Constitc- tionalist and Repablican candidazes retired from the contest. Provincial reports state thas tns Ministerialist majority is larze everswhere, and, 80 far a8 known, only.two Ropublicans have boea elocted to the Cortes. Castelar was nusuccessfal overywhers. ARMY NEWE. _The Carlists severaly bombarded San Sabas- tian an Thursday, Some of the inhabitasts were killed. The story of the Carlist Gen. Tristzoy having submitted to the Alfonsist authoriies i1s dise believed at San Sebastisn. The persoos who submitted were members of the Ravarez Carlist Junta. . MALACCA. MILITARY OPZRATIONS, Prxaxo, Jan. T.—Gen. Ross, with sbomt 181 men of the Third Buffs, sailors, and Goorkbas, proceeded to the Village of Kota Lama, 2 miles above Qualla Kangsa, on the 4cth inat., aad dis- armed the right bank. Thero was Do opposi- tion from the left bank. He saw no one about the neighborbood. Tho Genersl, wita a emall party of sbout tweoty-tive men, went throngb the village, when they were suddeuly surrounded by forty or fifty oatives, spearing nnd firing on the party. They killed Maj. Hawk- ios, who was speared through the beart, also two sulors snd ome Goorkha, sud wounded Sureeon Townsend aod two Goorshas. The Balls came up and beat off the Datives, then fired and destroyed the village, aad retaraed to Qualia Eangas. —_— INZPECTING THEZ SEMINARTYS, Roxe, Jan. 22.—Tho Vatican has docided thas it will not resias the inspection af tha ssminariss by Governmeat oficials, .