Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1876, Page 2

WASHINGTON. News of Astonishing Corrup- tion Among the Spanish Rulers of Cuba, Thelr Dosire to Suppross the Insar- rectlon Exceeded by Thelr Capidity, Anatomy of the Appropriation Com- mitteo's Retrenchmont~ Sohome. Conkling and Dlaino to Fall on Fach Other's Necks and Liko Each Other. Tilden's Friends ¢ Hoppin® Iad " Be- cause Kerr Wrote His Hen- dricks Letter. Proceedings at tho Fifth Annunl Meot- ing of the Board of Indinn Commissioners, Political Gossip---How Sherman’s Letter on the Presidency Is Regarded. CUBA, EXTHAONDINARY NEWS. Specat Dvatch to The Chicago Tridune, Wasursaton, D. C., Jan. 30.—Caleb Cushing, in arecent dispateh from Madrid to Becrotary Fish, calls nttention to ono circumstanco con- nocfbd with the Spanish adminiatration In Cubs which [4 Jikely to sttract somo aitontion. Nir, Cushing says: 1 bave callod your otlention fn previous dispatches 1o twa great evlls of oqual maguitude, which, by the unanimons voica of the Spaniurds, impede the pacifi- cation of Cuba—namoly, the Inyurrection, sud tho corzuption of tha Adminlstration, Tho discovery fa ‘now mado hioro of another evil u Cribs, 83 great, 1t fs u8id, na the other two—namely, a_clandesiine under- ntandingof tio insurgenta witt aympathizera reslding in all the citics and aleo In tho fowns of Juss tmpor- tance, ss woll as on_plautations, by mosus of which 1he {osurgents obiain and communicalo information oa {a the movoments of troops, and aven obtain supplica of proviefona sud munitions of war, This gencral fact fa beginuing to occupy much atteutlon at Madrid, ‘The Governmont here has much more oxtend- ed infurmation upon this subject. It appoars that the Insurgents have for somo years Loon supported by tho cupldity of Spanish morchants in ITavans, Very scanty supplies avd fow munl- tlons of war havo over reached the Insurgonts from witbout tho Istand, Tho Glibustering ez- !\oflxtlonu tave genorally proved fallurcs. Yot he insurgonts have not suffered for food or {acked weapons, An army of Havana morclisuts, whosa c‘;uuhonn cou'd only havo boen succesa- ful by the consent of tho Captain-Geueral, hna for profit enpplicd the following way : {nsargenta ju tho Conttacts would bo made b( them with the Bpanish authori- tles to supply cortain quaatitios of provisions and munltions of war for Spauish troops. Thomo nupplies wonld bo sent fecbly guarded to somo emall post near tho fusurgent pleket-tino, whero they would bo loft iu charge of throa or four men with an oflicer, swho uudor- Btood tho programmo aud was s participant in tho profits. 'This outpost would, of course, be surpriacd by a strong foree of insurgents, Tho Bpanish guard would oscapo unharned, and valuablo munitions and provislons would fall into tho hands of the patriots. This achema ias baen operatod for years, and by it tho fn- eurgents have beon maintained, Tho American Government Lss for somo timo been in posses- son of these facte. L—— ECONOMY. JUST WHERE IT 18 COMING IN. Svectat Liapaten to Tha Chteagn Triduns, Wasmiatoy, D, 0., Jan. 30.—The Houss Committes on Appropriations hopos to have the Lenislative, Executlve, and Judiclal Appropria- tfon bl ready to report {o about two weeks. Yhe corresponding bill passed last year appro- priated $10,000,000, avd tho Committoo oxpoects lo make n vory large reduction from the sum, [n tho moantimo tho Military Academy bill, now o conaideration by the Committeo of tho Wholo, xili be dispoeed of. The Diplomatio and Con- wlar bil), which has boon mado tho special or- ler for Wednesday next, will probably bo passed, aad the Fortifleation bill roported, if mot 1rcted npon. The Committos, in ils considoration of the Logiastive Lill, is making- very sarofnl oxamination of ench item, and proparing 1o defend in the Houso cach reduction which it tecommends, bogluning with Congross. In ad- dition to a reduction of thie salaries of Its mom- bers, which bas boan previously noticed, the Committea recommonds the cutting-down of tho erical forco employed by the ITouso in the sawme atlo which the oxpensod of tho Exzecutivo Do- partments are to be ordered—for instance, it has alresdy been agreod to abolish tho office of one of the Tally Clorks, one Journal-Clerk, and two Assistant-Libranane, soven clerks, the Chiet Mossenger of the Houso of Repreacntatives, ono fireman, elo. ‘Chroo assistants in the Library of Congresa will only be dispeussd with, but Mr, Bpafford's salary will remain &b £4,000, Tho tbree botanical gardena—that connected with the White Houwe, the one at Afirlcullurnl Depari- ment, and tho ono near the itol—will all be placed undor ono mansgement, and a very large ;:'ll:!d‘.“ tho expenaos of thetr suppost will thus TALLY] The contlngent cxpenses of the Executive Ofiics at tho White Housa will ho roduced from €6,000 to 32,000, and this reduction will bo do- fended on the Juound that, durig Presis font Lincoln's Admiuistration, when the busi. ness of the Executive Ofllce was mush yreater than st presont, only €1,000 s year was appropriated for contingencies. Tho reductions proposed in the expeusos of the Btste Dapart- mout proper, ommlnr contiugencios and includ- l;fiwl)v the sumy paid for salaries, will bs about LOOR OUT, Mi. POTTEB! In the Treasury Dopartment, tho Commities will probably ropurt In favor of bransforring tho businesa now done in the offica of Buporvising Architect of tho ‘Fressury Department to tho Eugineor Buresu of (ho Army, although it has not been decided to abolish the oflice of Hupor- vising Architcct itself. Iy this chaoge, the Commitios expects to elfect a vory groat saviug 4u the erection of public buildiugs, aud to secure beiter and cheaper sorvice. 100X OUT, Mt MULLXTT! Dudnfi the lawt yoar of Bupervielng Archi- tect Mullott's sdministration, the expenscs of his ofice, indepeudent of tho sams speut on public buildings, wete about ¥200,000. 1iis do~ arture for Europe will not prevent a thorough veatigation of bis munagement of tho ollico. The anuual appropristion of 240,000 for tom- pos clarks 10 \Wo Vreasury Department will probably be omltted this year, and this reduction wll, without doubt, mect'ths approval of Becre- tary Hristow. A BITTEM MNINT-JULEP ¥OM HT. LOUIS AND IN- DIANAPOLIS, It ia eafe to aay that tho Committeo will not recommeud an appropristion for the Mint for which Director Linderman has been wak- ng investigations and preparstions during ibe pazt year, The Fortifhcation Appropriation bill, which is likely to be reported before tha Legisiative hili, du&onu of §500,000 [ast year, The Committes will probably reduce this sun very greally, as the opinion secms to provail smang its members that it is useless Lo continue tba eoustruction of fortifications until srmataent 18 provided for thoso already completed. CHREAPER BWORDE AND HILXEX QAUD. Considersble criticism has been mado nrun tho sction of the Appiopmation Committee in reducing the estimates in the Oonaulsr sud Dij Akvmpnlwml bill, snd the mem- bers of the Appropristion Cominittes eay in defense of thair actiou thal, for the first time in recent history of Congress, a Committes oa _ Appropriaticos {ovited the Committes oo Fersign ASalis to a covsultstion in regurd to $hia bill, and Lhal tbs latter Commiltss, except- ing its Chairman sod perhaps one Kepublican mamwber, unanitwoualy sustaned the action of ibo foziaer. The Cowamitieo o” Appeopriatious THE : CIIICAGO TRIBUNE MONDAY, JAN ARY 31, 1870, will 1ake no action upon the Army Appropris- tion bill untit the Committes on Military Aifairs bas roschod & final conclnaton on Gen, Lan- ning'a bill reducing tho salarica of oflicers, eto. NOTES AND NEWS. DORAEY'S DERTS. Speeial Dizpaich to Tha Chieago T'ridune, Wasutxotoy, D. C., Jan, 30,—Sonator Doreoy snys tuat all tha main Items in his liss of dobts, o printed from tho bavkrupicy-paperd, wero caused by his indorscmouts of Arkaneas Rall. rond papor, and tho debls namod woro, fn the main, the direct dobts of that rosd. SEYATONIAL JOURNAL-CLENK. Thoro {8 & etrong feoling among Republican Henators In favor of romoving MacDonald, Jour- nal-Clork of {ho Benate, and of appointing in his placo Darclay, author of tho Digost, who Las just resignod o similar position in tho Ilouso. MacDooald is, and alwaya hsa boon, n Domocrat, and has not 80 high & rank A8 a parlismontarian a8 Darclay. Tho latter Liag always beon s Ropublican, nnd is concedod by tho Domocrnta to bo tho highest parlismentary authority in the country. Barclay's frionds sny that, sinco tlo Domocrats have renouncod the principles of Civil-Borvieo Roform, thero is no roason why a Domocratic parliamontarian shonld bo retaloed In tho Benato, sinco a greator Ro- publican sutbority cannot stay {n tho Ifouso. MORMISON'A TARIFF DILL. Morrison, Chairman of tho Ways and Means, will to-morrow Introduco a {ariT bill. Its main foaturcs aro thoso : It reduces tho duly on all staplé articles—woolen, iron, aud tho artioles of noceesitous consumption—from 20 to 25 per cent. It restoras tho duty on tes and coffes to tho old rates—G conts por pound for tea and 10 conts for colfes. To tits oxtout tho bill is nn indorsoment of tho Administration, as tho Prosi- dont and Heerotary of the Troasury havo both rocommonded the "rostoration of theso duties. 1t plincen about thirty articles which aro on tho frao list upon tho import lat, with apocifio daties, In ordioaty timos tho jutroduction of snch a bill Ly the Chairman of tha Committeo on Ways and Moans woull bo an ovent of mnuch importance, hut, 8 tho Committae and tho Ilonse are now constituted, it cannot bo considered os much more than the work of ono man. Morrison hag beon assisted in the classification of tha arti- clos by & promincnt tari-writer of Naw York, CONKLING AND LLALNE. ‘Willism Orton and other Now York Republic- ans hevo boen hora for some dava_ endeavoring to rehoal tho peraonal difforences which Lava for ton years exiated betweon Conkling snd Blaine, ‘These two gentlomen hava not been on friondly torms sinco tho poted aceno betweon thom in the Ilouse ton years ago. Orton and othors who at. tendod tho conforouco say they liave succeeded, CONGKEASMAN LANDERS is a candidato for Governor of Indiana. Ho saya that, {€ ho §8_not nominated, ths Stato wll go Hopublican, 1o will to-morrow try to pet sotion of the Ifouso on his greonback resolu- tion, REDT, NESDRICRY, AXD TILDLN, Bneakor Korr'e lotter indursing Hondricks for the I'rosidoncy was, ho eays, entirsly 8 personal lotter,—not intended for publication. ‘Tilden’s friends In Congress aro very indigoaut, and charzo that Kerr's support of Hondricks is tho reanit of n bargain mado botwoen Kocr and Hone dricka during thio campnign for the Hpeakership. Of this fact there is very litélo donbt, Tho Til- den mon aro tho more 10dignant fur the reason that tuu{\ had moro strongth in tho Indiana dels- ation than Kerr Limself, and aided him in ob- aining the Spesker'a chair. ‘Tildon's frionda havo telegrapliod for Dicl Schell to come hore to-morzon, THE CERTEXNIAL DILL. Tho friends of tho Centonnial bill are very confident of ita passage tn_tho Souato. Thoy claim loxt{—lom votes. 'Thurman will opposa and Bayard sapport it. A UALL, There {3 o new rumor that Schenck will be recalled from England, aod that Fish will suo- ceed him, THE WATS AND MEAXS COMMITTEE is vory certain to make au advoreo report oo tho cotton-tax joba. A TITAD NAPIDLY NEALIXG. A Massachusosts Liboral in Congress eald to- day that bie will retnrn homo a thorough Lepub- lican, o aaya that he hiad boen led to believe tat tha rebeltioua aplrit among tho Bouthern loaders Lind disapposrod, but two months in Congress Lave aatisfied Linm that tho contrary is the fact, FINCHDACK oxpocts to be soated woon afier tha arrival of Honator Bharon, who will reach bero Wedneaday. 116 has sesurances that Bhiaron aud Jones will both vote for him, and is confidont that many of tho Conzervativo Republicans who hasa hithierto opposed him will either voto for him or deoline to vote. EENATOR WEST bas indlcated hin purpose to take the floor to- morrow for a_personal explanation, and iwill combat the publishod statements thal bo pur- chased his eloction. TEA AND COFTEE. Forney's Chronicir announces that the Com- mitteo of \ays and Means havo agroed upon n bill restoring the duty on tea and coffes, and will roport it this weak, DIINOENUOTS RULING. Yestorday tha Domocratic Bpealker pro_tom. ruled that, aa ths suesion wad for dobate, It was ont of ordor to read tho journal, The real rea- son a said to bo tho fact that tho now forco of clerks could not got tho journal roady. {Tothe Amociated Iress.) DISTRICT AFFAIRY. Wasnrxoroy, D, C,, Jan, 30.—It is eald that Teprosentativa Buckuer will to-morrow intro- duce a resolution in tho flousa for the invostiga. tion of tho affairm of tho District of Columbin einco tha repeal of tho act providing govorn. meut for tho District. ** NEDEMPTION.” Tecoipta of Nationnl-Ilank notes st tha re- demptlon division of tho Tressury for this month have boen larger than evor befors, and uy ta tho close of businoss yosterday aggrogate nearly 20,000,000, —— THE INDIANS, MEETING OF TIE INDIAN PEACK COMMISSION, Special Correapundenza of The Chicato 4'ridune, ‘Wasuivarox, D, C., Jan, 2).—The flith an- nusl mesting of the Board of Indian Commie- slovors with ropresentatives of tho differont Missionary Bociotlew occurrod at Washington, Jan, 19. The meoting wan oponod with prayor by the Rev. Dr. Roid. Gen, Fisk, tho Chairman of tho Voard, ‘stated that tho object of the meoting waa to liston Lo roports from the differ- ont Agencies, and to bave a full and freo discus. slon of the prosent Iudian poliey, Ho hoped that queations would he askod of tho Becrota- taries, and inquirios mado concoralng the clvill- zation aud Cbristianization of tho red mao, Ha was glad to say that, during the year, thero had Leon progress, both In oducation aud religion, thronghout the different Indian tribos, Tho report af the HOCIETY OF FRIENDS, who havo chargo of tho Northern Agency, was read by Mr. Bamuel M. Janney. Hoe ntated that ench of tholr Dranch Socleties havo Bocrotarics who correspoud with the Indian Agents, Thoy bave a Vislting Coramilttee also, who spond con- sldorablo time at the difforent Agonclos, and loarn particularly of the condition of each. Bupplles of children's clothing Liave beon largely donated, and matrans are teachlog (he girls and women to eow; 37,600.70 has boon contributed aond expondsd. Thera are Habbath-sohools at il tho Agencics, for thoso who choose o attend. ‘The area of cultivated !and has beon largoly in- crengod, Hobrioty is tho rule rather than tho exception, cupocially among the Umahas sod Pawnoes, One of thelr Agouta reports that no murder of a white porson has occurred for four years, Petty thelts, horse-etealiug, snd disrogsrd of the marriago-relation, aro awong the chiet vicos of tbhe indians, ‘Lhey are smu{ disturbog by the cncroachment of white wetilors, who an- nuslly steal timbor from thom fo the smount of £10,000, An account of each tribo connected with tho Norttiorn Ageucy was given. ‘The Santss Eloux nawber BW ; one- are supported by tho Gov- erunient, ono-sixth flsh and hunt, andche re- mainder devote themuelves to sgriculture the Visitiug_ Committes report progross among them, ‘Thero aro 1,667 \Vluneb:fluuu, and tbree- fourths of them live by civilized pursmits. The Omabise~number 1,005—are seir-sustainiog ¢ it bas boen found to bo » great improvement 10 give them allotmoeuts of laud, and farnlsh thew with tools, provided that they will use thom and taks care of them. The Oloos snd Miwsourisns are supported by the Goveroment ; the buffala huut 1, with hotn, & great bindrance to civilization, The Nemalna Agenoy s wade up of & number of swall tribos,—the fowss, Baoe, Foxews, &c.; thoy have hool, taught by od ag wolnkn, well quslitied for the work. 4,00, Lisve boon put upon & new aud very desirable rsssvation in the indin Texrisory, bobween tho Arkagsas snd Cimoron Rivers; there ja now a bill to soll their formor reaorvation in Nebrasks, and loan them the monoy for prosont subsiatonco, and tho pur- chase of agricaitural imploments. Commtssionor Roberts asked who was at Tmaent in cinrge of tho Nobrasks reaervation, 1o was told thoro is o roliable Agont there, who cultivates tha land, his salary being takon out of the profits, and the romninder goes to tha supe port of the I'awnoce in their now rosorvation, Commirelonor Roborts said thnt roports in do- tall wors apt to bo tedious aud Ilulumruuusn bt thoy woro ospacially ¥aluable now, while the transfor of Indian affaita to tho War Departmont finda so mauy advocaten. 1lo consllers that it would bo yary nuwise to make any clange from tho prossnt Poace policy. Tho report of the ORTIONOX FRIESDT was made by Dr, Nicholwon, They havs chargs of tho Contral Agency, comprising twa tribos in Kansas, and atont a dozen in tho Indisn Tor- titoty, They havo thirtcon bosrding-schools and onn day-ecliool, rhowing an onréilmont of 715, with an avorsge attandsnce of 507, It Is vory un. fortunato that, for lack of funds, thcae schoots must ba closad in anmmer, 1t ia tho alm of tho Friends to improve the Indiana mantally and morslly. Tho boya are instructod in farm work, and tho girla fu domestio Iabor. It sooms very desirnble that tho wild Indians should be sepa- rated from thoss srho are more poacably dis- posed. ‘Tho former caunot bo civilized at onco © thoy must be dirarmed, dismounted, nnd locate( nway from tho region of tho buffalo. Then, af- tor a timo, thoy will bo roady to mettle down, and b rosdy for the introdacilon of echools an tho pursuits of civilized hifo, The expariment has been mado of bringing n numbor of wild, captive Indiags into the In- disu Territory, and putting them at onco on an uality with thoso who are partlally civillzed, Tho rosult was a failure ; had flm{ been provided with scparate accommodations, thoir savago in- atinots might have boen, {n timo, enbdued. “From the statistical veport given, it appeara that intomperance i doereasing. Tho Modocs, sinco nu:{ havo besn put npon tholr present res- ervation, havo been total abstainers, During recont aitlicultics, the Arapahioen have rommined at peaco, whilo the Cheyonnos,—ox- copting 349,—toox the war-path Now, Whirl- wind, who was a peaco man,is tholr Chiol, Thero is a marked improvement in their achools, and thoir boarding-schools are tho most succass- ful. Somoof tho paronta bogin to approciato tho advantsges furnishied to their childron; and it is not an uncommon thing for a Chiof, onco bittorly opposed, ta como and addroas them, urging thom to mako tho bost poasibla uso of tholr opportunitics, It iu with tha ludians, first, opposition ; thon, concurronco ; and, finally, co- oporation. Tuo Kiowas never would sond a child before ; and this brauch of tho Pattawatomlo uovor had a school until thia year. Tho toachors aro all white, though, in ono of tha schools, an Iudisn comes fu to keop order. THE, METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY Lave tho Hoopa and Round Vallc( and Fall Ryar Agoncies tn Californis, two in \Yyoming Teeri- tory, throo in Oregon, tbroo in Montana, snd two' in Indiso Territory. Tho Rov. Dr. Roid avo tho report, Ho eald that bo must bo par- slnued if souo of his statoments wero discourag- ipg. Thoro bad beon no increase of facilisica for the work ; during tho year, tho contribntions have boen loss than 96,000, Their Agoncios mikht bo divided _into iwo clssses, with tho locky Mountalus s tho dividing ling ; thora had been littlo troablo on tho aihier sido, aud o groat doal on this, Tho Orogon_and California’ Conforoncea look after tho work on their side of the mountains. Br. Burchard had laborod among the *‘blankot™ Indians with marked succesd. During one yoar, 200 out of his charge of 1,200 had been con- vorted; they have schools, and aro rapidly bo- coming civilized. ‘Tho romoval of the Indians from Fort Peck hing ‘boen sn excellont thing ; their present reserva« tioa is well located, tho climate ia good, tho svil productive, aud wator is abundaus. At Tort Belknap, tho Agont has succeoded in eiting the Iudians to ralso potatoos ; though at irst, thoy jusisted in pulliug them up as soon a8 thoy began growing, to 8ce what they wore like. Mr. fiuulaw. of Rbodo Island, said that he had viaited Mr, Burchnrd,' who was both Agont and missionaty, and Lo found tho resorvation boautiful,—everything in o most prosporous condition ; ho stated that Lo folt eafer among tho paoplo there than in any Northern city, Tut no Agont can bo sppointed without tho risk of being snsailed and intorlered with, At Round Valley, 20,000 acrea of laud Lavo beon gtolen from tho Indiave by changing the boun- derles of the resorvation, Tho whites wonld crowd thom iuto the Pacific Ocoan if they could § somothing wust ba done to securo thelr Jands to tho Iudiaus, aod the troublo caa ouly bo rome- died, as it has been csused, by legisiation of Congresa. Mr, Bagatow aud Dr, Reid coucurred in suylng thas the present dififcullicn were nob due to tho Poaco policy, and that 1t would boa groat mistake to mako_the proposed trausfer to tue War Dopartmant., THE ROMAN CATHOLICH havo two Ageurics in Utah, tiwo in Oregoo, ono in Montaus, and two in Dakota. Tlcso wero not repressuted in tho Couforence. Mr, Bar- stow stated that Lo bad been on tho Grando Rondo reservation, and found some pragguu i oducation; alfalrs seomod gonerally to boin & prosperous coudition. TILE DATTISTE havo nndor tho cara of their Homo Misalonary Hoclaty two Agencios tn Novada aud ono in Do- kots, ‘also the Cherokoos of North Carolins, ‘The Rov. J, Shoardos said that thoy wora both oncouraged and discouraged in theif work; thoy aro cripplod far want of money. Filtoen men aro in tho flold as missionary Inborers, and the coutributions fall botweon $6,000 and 7,000, THE PRESIYTERIAN DOARD havo Agenclos in Utab, Arizons, Indian Tor- ritory, and Now Moxico. The Iev, Dr. Lowrie eaid "that ba had not o rose-colorea report to give. During tho year, £16,000 had beon con- tiibuted, Ho folt that mivsionarios sLould be sont to the Agoucios of tueir own donomination, that both should bo brought into line, Thelr Agoncles aro almout inaccossible on account of tho distance ; Agents go as tho oxpenso of the Guvernment, whilo misslonaries ond teachors havo uot the monny of transportation ¢ neithor is it ao easy mattor ¢o find vorsonn willing to go o so distant aod inhoapitable s rogion, In Now Mexico thero aro 05,000 white peopls, 20,000 Iudians, and £0,000 Moxicaus, The inflnouco of tho ltowan Catholics thero is agalnst oducation. At Yuebles, whore flmfi havo had & church for 200 years, the people havo not boen taught to any extout. ‘U'be whisky-doalors aro aleo a groat bhindrance to their work, In mavy caues, the reservations hava beon trawplod upon; in ono case, whers Jumber had Docomo lodged ‘I the elbow of a rivor, partios claimod tho right to como in and sccure it, and then made that priviloge an excuse for seizing alargo tract of land, Ilowover, the influonce of ouo good msn is a groat thing, aud the Peaco policy shouid not be disturbod ; o trausfer to tho War Dopartmont woutd, witbout doubt, bo high- ly dirasirous. If snsechange wora to be made, & now Departmont of Goverumeut might be created, with a Bocretary of Indian Affairs at tho hoad. ‘Tho speaker Judged that our reputa. tion u6 & nation was t6 bo alfected by tho way in which the Indians aro treated. The Govorn- wont should give thewm commou schoold of the eamo obarsctor wilh those furulshed by each Siata to hor children, Geu. Fisk conmiderod this & valuabla suggestion, Tho Agencies bolonglng to the DUTCH BEFORMED denoroination are alosg the Colorado Rivor, and in Arizous. Dr. J. 3, Ternis was thoir repru- sentative ; and Lo said that hie Liad come beoaudo thero wus talk of tfapsferring tho goverumont of the Indisus to the War Departmont, and he wiehod to enter hia protest against it. What- over good lind been accomplished nmong tho ln dians in Arizova Les been through thoe Ieaca policy. Fivo yuars aga tho Agonts wore military wen, snud it . wad dangerous to Atay or travel i Arizons; white men shot lu- disug At wight, oud vico versa; all the highways wero bordered with the finvw of murdered mon. Now, it {4 ng safo to 0 there as1n Now York or Washington; whito men aud Indinoa bohave themsolvos, becsuso they know that thoy will be looked after it tuey do mol, _Clange it, sud there will bLe no re- straint. Ouly o vhort timo sgo, 800 peacoful In- disus, undor the chargo of #ixty or seveuty sols diers, with a drunken Caplain, wero procipitated uponone of tholr Agoncles; » sutler's storo Liad been opened in the vieinity, and disasbors and drunkon brawle kad beeos the result. io thoughbt it had boen done by the military to briog the Agency iuto disrepute, Biill he coutd not deny that thoe severa punishment inflicted by tho eoldiery hiad often boen a goed thing. The I'mas and Mariposas are running down tbeir redervations lio sloug tho high-road, ane thoy hiave too much intercourse witl the whites, Whin tho Agencios first camo into their hand. the supplisa wero miserablo; hatclots turne the edes at the flzst blow ; the thumb could be thrust through the blankots; the flour wan wet, aud tho cory mixod with gravol-stones. Now, the goods are what thoy should bo, and the Indiana are content, Bchioola aru greatly IIDA. od smong thom. THE EPISCOPALIANE were not representod, greatly to the regret of thoso proseus, s# thoy bave a number of prog- le-xuun aud importaut Agoucies,—\Yhite Karih, Puuca, Craw Crook, White Itiver, Hpotied ‘Lail, Tted Oloud, Ehoshone, etc., eto. Gau. Whittle- soy read a Jeltor from the Rev. R, 0. Hogers, gaying that Le ogald not come. » Tattnia thoughs theAgencies in a Aourish: ing stato, And knew that thoy did not dosirs cliango to ths War Dopartmont. THE UNITARIANS have two Agencies in Colorado, oach in clintga of n misslonaty aud his wife. They hava nover bad oy trouble, and like the Peace policy, ENERAL DIACUSSION. A romark of tho Proaldont was quotad: *1 havo groat rospest for mon who volunteer in timo of war,—none at all for those who oulist in timo of peaco.” Gon. Fisk eaid that lio knaw by oxpotionco that the influence of soldiors upou Indiaua was ovil, and ovil only. Mr. Rhrodes maid that trausportation shounld be more nposdy. 1o 1870, FDO(]I wore delivorad sightoon montha behind timo; and, last vear, articles came to somo of the Agoncies In June, which shounid havo beon received in Decombor. A gentleman purchasing for bis family would not suffer anch delayn, and 1t ta vorfootly practicablo for goods to rench tha Indisus at tho timo when thoy nre nodtod. Mr, Hyot, Chalrman_of tho Furolissing Com- mittoo, Eatd that articles ars now carofully so. lected, purctinacd nt the lowest flgures, and sbipped at once, Thoy aroinapectod at tho snd, and sometimes In tho middle of tho routo, Coffoo has boen shipped in mealod cars, that it mipht pass safely through Chicago, And éamplos have beon sent back by mail, showiog that the sawmo coffao has beon dollvored that was par- chaged in Now York, Tliero {8 more difficulty in purchasing boof, oapocially whers tho contracis run sa high s $1,600,000 pounds. An Agent is pent ont to woigh eattlo, snd tho result s gen- erally satistacloryy formorly, tha estimates woro made by guess. Flour of good XX grada is saloctod, and samples returned as in tho caso of the coffeo. MEMDERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ON INDIAN AFFAIRY wero presont ot the ovening sesston, which was held in the room of the Comnmissiouer of Indian Affairs, Beuator Allison, Chairman of ho Sen- ato Committoo, and the ITon. Mr, Scalos, Chair- man of tho Houre Committeo, both said that they had como to listen, and to get moma light on the important subject of tho troatment of thio Indians. Dr. Iloid gave n summary of tho proceadings of tha day; he spokoalso of tho strong objoc- tions to o transfer of the Indian Duroan to ‘tha War Department; urged that soldiers sould not bo etationed near tho Agencies; that bound- aries of roecrvations should not be changod ; aud that facilitics for cducation should bs af- forded. J Benator Allison wished to know how Agents ars appointad, Dr. Ltoid reptiod that thoy songht ont a man whom they knew to bo wall fitted for the position ; and, it bo did not apply, they fn- vited him toso, Tho caso was thon toforred to tha Committeo, conesting of ulght or ten mon ; thoy recommended to thio Board, and the nom- l'.uul‘Inu waa ratified by the Scorotary of tho In- arior. Dr. Lowrio, of tho Presbyterian Board, said that they made appoals throughont tho conntry for Agents. Many opplications wero recoived, and from theso a gelection waa made. Thorough businoes-men, rathor than clorgymon, wera ment; and testimoulals of character must como from both ministors and laymon, Dr. Tteld esid that was probably tho bost method for the Prosbyterians ; but the work wos so much in kkoeping with the mlseionary labor of thoir devomination in other directions; that fhey proforred to sond miniatora. Bonator Oglesby asked how tho Indisns who had beeome half-clvilized foll about goiog back to their tribes, Tho mrly woa, that children who have become partially educated in one oftho boarding-schools, and tlien roturn, frequently relapuo juto o stoto of barbarism, They aro lavghed at for thoir short halr and eivilizod clothea ; ua a result, the boy lota his bair grow, gota a bow and arrow, jumps on a horse, and is on Indinn, Dr, 1oyt falkod sbout tho purchaso of sup- plies, Porl, boof, and flour, are now largely ob- tainod from 8su Francisco snd other \Yestern markots, Dr, Forris referred to tho excollont inflnenco that tha vlajt of Gon. Howard lad oxerted upon tho Agencids in Arizonn. All who apoko, oarmcstly protestod against tho transfor of Indian Affairs to the War Dopart- mont. QQ ———— POLITICAL GOSSIP. THZ PARTY OF RETUENCHMENT AXD WAR-OLATMS-— TANDEMONIUS IN THE HOUSE—THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION—PIEBIDENT-MAKING, From Our Oron Correspondent, ‘WasnvaTox, Jan, 28.—Tho Democrats of the House,"who aro hero to reform thioge, under tho loadorship of that apostlo of roform, Sam Rau- dall, havo begun the great work of roform, which is to go on simultancouely with tbat othor groat Demacratic work of ralding tho Troasury for payment of Robol war-cleima. According to the oternal fitness of things, the groat party of re- tronchmont and war-claims bogan with the at- tempt to TARE DOWY TIE ATALIES OF TUE PROFEESORS AT WEST TOINT. Thoso gentlemon, in number only about a corporal's guard, have not been 1a recoips of princely pay, All told, tho salary of a Weat Polnt Professor hias boeu but o triflo moro than thaot of a Colonel in the rogular army, to which rank auy of them might aspiro with quite cer- tain prospect of securiogit and ho would then bo in the lino of promotion and better pay, Dut at last, ps the drift of tho entiro argument on the Domocratio side reminds the country, tho Professors at the Military Acadomy are but school-teachers. And school-teachers, 83 avery- body knows, aro tho poorest-paid of all the pro- foaslona ; indood, in this country so paorly pald aro thoy, that, instead of conatituting a pro- fossion, thoy aro, in groat part, but men fitting for, or who havo failod in, other professions. Wost Polat{s ono of tho fow insiitutions of tearniog in tho Uvitod Btatos whero the salaries of the Professors havo faitly approsched to what men of tholr attalomonts and capnoity could carn in any of the professions. Dut they aro only echool-toaokiors ; and school-toachors, accordiug (o the Demooratio etandard, are A CHEAF LOT ANYUOW,— 80 cheap, indoed, that, in that great Domoctatio strongliold, Goorgla, thoy havo no use for them ot allin eomo of the countien; whilo, in those othor Democratic strongholds, the Btates of Alabsmn and Arkaness, the Demooracy hava nbout, as nearly as could be, disponsed with them. Hence, tho fact that theno Profoasors at tho great Natiounl Solicol Liave boon paid somo- thing near what thelr servicos nra fairly worth, suggested to tho party of retronchment and war- claima tho lmperativo nocessity of rolloving the poople of tho wholo couatry of tho grlavouy bur- dons of taxation by cotting down thoir pay, Doubtless, st tho figures fixed by the bill, the salary of a I'rofossor ut West Poiut will bo greator than is pald to any Professor at any ivstituslon of loarning in Qeorgis, Alne bama, Arkaveas, or any of tho other re- liably Democratio States. Possibly, if tho great Democratlo dootrine of retronchment be carriea out long cnough at Weat Poiut, and tha FProfos- sorships aro filled Dby chioap men, in coursa of tims tho Natlouat Bilitary Acedomy will sink to n lovel with tho institutions of loarning whick abound in the roliably Democratio titates of Alae bsua, Goorgia, and Arkansus, whoro money isu't wastad on school-teschers, ‘To completa tho re- form and rotrenohment, tho cadetd should also bo put on Do-the-boys-lail rations and silow- nnul and, jndeed, something of tho sort 18 re- motely iplied In the reduction of their pay pro- posed by tho bill. But tho groat Domooratio rurly is pledged to rotrenchmant ; and, with the tobel war-claims, sud siver-improvement jobs, sud Tom Beott's Houthern Pacifio job, to which the reprosentatives of that paity ars committed, whoro elss could the rotrenchwont so appoprie utely bo begun ? 1t wan begun, as haa been about all else nn- dertaken by the Domacratio niajority in tho way of retrenchment and reform, {n IGKOUANC OF TUE PACTH, — the bill, ss Ueu, Hurlbut exjiosed, actually fail. ivg to provide for the full number of cadots at the Aumiom{. while the appropriation mado fuiled to 1ncludo the whols amount allowed by ilu provisions, Bat tho number of billa alroady reported only to bo recowmitted, because re- ported in anch ignorance of tha law as it iy, or of thae logal sffuct of the languageof the bill roporiod, indicates that such wignal display Igaorauce, wud lucapacity, and carolossness in legulstion, is to be expectod s a matter of coarue. Only yostorday, tho Demoeratlo majority Puc_od. undor the previous bill mak- ng is unlawful for an ex-emiploye of Patent Utlico to act aa attorney bufore the Depattinent fora rlltn(u or_clesimant ; and providing that any oiicer of the Departmens recoguizing an ex- employe as aun attorney in wuch oase shall, ipso 1acto, be romovod from oftice; whiols great ro- form messurs, a8 Jud? Lawrence, on wotlon to rocommit that the blunder wmight bo reclified, ex&l\-lmd. a4 whally in- operative, d pot provide how it shiould be established that tho ofeors 10 quos- tiou bsd 20 acled, nor by wlat proceoding the) £hould bo, ipse facto, m{aoua. H g oef:‘n‘:l‘du“ when protty muchmlh:n l'nun DDB’!‘: A ia rose 88 One man erruph Mr. Alaiug in the amueaty dobato, ia » jmanner. in- ~ dicativeof & lurking d hoart to go for Lunt goutlomnn, were oxtraot- dinnry oven for tha I{ouno, which {an's notabls, I beliove, ae a achool for polita mauners, Dut, in the ordinary routino of husiness of late, THE UPIOAR 18 QUITE AN GUEAT a8 on that momorablo occasion whon Ilaino's oxposo of tho Confoderato Democracy was Ao much moro than the Confaloraie Democrats on the tloor could silontly ondure. The loug.muz. zled Domocratio members slipped their muzzios duziug that dobate, aud siuco have boen Ao bont upon mwlnr their say that dafly some of them spring to thelr feat’ and bogin specch-making withont waiting for rocognition by the Bponkers or continuo specch-making_when the Bpeakor has ruled dobats not in order; or even inter- rupt aud sot to apeocti-making winlo tho mem- bor who has the floor coutinuos hia romarks, Meanwhilo, the floor Is “II’OH&M with outsldors, and thero ia Ao much loud-talk that It s growing oommon for the Spoaker to requost tho member lmvln% tho_tloor to suspond his remarks until order bo aulficiently restored to enablo him (tho Spnker? to hear sthat the Honorablo mombor orating {s saying. Vith theso latorruptions, tha ordinary routine businoss gots into such pariia- montary sanglo that, on sovorn! ocensions at loast, samobody baa had to sct right both the Bponkor and tho mombor moving tho matter bo. fore tho louse, Tho whale is attributablo, not to fault of tho Spomker, but to tho natural Ernpauslunn of tho nntamed Domocratic mom- or, who now hero abounds, snd ia aggra- vated by his covert contompt for tho Innders ‘who thus far bave led him so disastronsly. Clayton, hin accomplisliod Ansiat- ant, and Dr. nobaffoy, tho voteran Ileading Olerk, having beon removed to make placo for nuadulterated Domocrats, in anticipation of like fato Barclay, the invaluablo promptor on Patlia- mentary law of overy Speakor for tho past quar~ tor of acontury, hns resigned his position os Journal Clork, loaving 8peakor Korr to oxtricato himaelt from Paclismontary tangle bs best no can. As, at beat, Korr stombles in Parliamone tary law, thero ia evory prospect that, aa thosos- nion wears on, tho disorder aud confusion wilt Do redoubled ; and it Ie in apprehension of what calamity mav bofall tho Speakor, without Bar- clay at hia olbow to sot him right, that offort la being made by those Domocraty who approciate tho situation to induce Barclay to withdraw ins rosignation, upou tho distinct understanding that bo aball not bo romaved bucauso Lie votos tho Ropublican ticket. Tha Centennial bill passed, not as, according to the Democratio programme, it was to havo doue, 88 the prico of Jedorson Davls’ vindicatlon sud bouesty, but AUAINST THE BYSOLUTE OPPOBITION OF THE EX- CONFKDERATES, who fclt that thero was nothing to rejoico over in this Contenuial yoar siuce Joff wasu't amnos- tied, Just cuough of thom, howover, wore Lronglit 4o tho support of tho bill by Lamar's oloquent apeoch to insuro its passage. Wuile Lamar was making his epeoch, my attention waa ilroctod to a notable group gathiorod moar im. Lvorybady on the foor and in tho gallerios, aven to thiounwasliod, whito and colored, in the upper tler, whe daily there cougrogato to bo soothod Lo eweot elumber nndor the soporiflo inlluence of Congressionsl oloquonco, waa listening to the filomng. impassionod words of tho orator of i ow Houth, a8, in stirring phraso, ho apostro- phizod tho Union, But, of tho listouers all fiono wore anch Bir of pocullar Intorout oa did tho trio pointed ont to mo, Ouc of them stood ugeinst & dosk, and occasionally leanod over to exchango hurriod comment with the others on the speoch, 1l was a man of great muscular framo, with henvy, swart foatures, half- concealod by lus thick, * black ~ beard, On_ his nght was seated & littlo, shriv- olod-up old ontloman, with thin, gray balr, weazoned faco, and s nervoloes nir, who goomed lost, ae it woro, in thoe inuer depthe of his own clothes, At his side waa tho third,— corpulent, slevk, and well-fed, and wearing all over tho it of corpulont, sleok, woll-fod mill- ifons, 8 massivo hoad, firmly st on his hor- culoan broadth of shoulders, was coverad with o thick growth of long, enow-whito hair, giving him somewhnt of a patriarchal sapcct. Loatures largs, coarso, and strong; sharp oyes; an aquilino nose; heavy under-jaws and firjoly-got lipa; and a ruddy comploxion that told of high llving, dotracted, howover, no littlo from bis patrigrehsl nepect. Tho first wad Roagan, of ‘'oxas, tho Confedorato Fostmastor-Goneral, Tho drlud-n;) specimon waa what thora i loft of Heney 8, Footo, Jeft Davie’ colloaguo fn tha Bonate. Tho other was, with all bis added burly adipose, ** Duke” Ghwinn, of Califormia, Roa- fim' belng younger than the othere, nud, during is gorvice na o mombor, baviug o sumo sort of way como to undersiaud tho status of thibgs - sluco the dolugo, though Lo still talka aboat **the impovorishad condition of tho peoplo of Toxms,” doubtloss expacted about #uch utterances as foll from tho lips of Lamar, Bat I fancied from hls mavuer that the forvent dovotion to the Union aa ft fs, with which Lamat's speoch was all aglow, contrastod so atrangely with Footo's recollections of tue daya when tho stock topto of mombers from Ay~ sissippl wos MENACH TO TOE UNION, tbat he might almost hove doubtod whother it was indeed bimsolf, or rather tho ghostof his formor solf ditting about tho econes of his lifo hore, that heard wsuch words fiom Blississippi. And Gwinn, with his projeota for a Pro-Slavery Lwpiro in Aexico yet fresh {u Lis rocolleation, 08 ho listeuod may woll have wondered at what chianges timo hell ‘wrought, which brought him bore nnnlobl:rlal for the Contral Pacille, to hoar such words from Dliealesippl. What recol- lections of the forever past, when Cobgross oringed at tho orack of tho slave-drivers' whip, must Lave bLoon rocallod to thown both when Lamar, with tho faintest dlavor of the honorablo gontlomon from Missisudppt of thoso iimes, rominaed tho member from Maing (Hale) that, in tho noxt great conflict, New England” might iuvolio tho derided strick conatruction of tho Coustitution to save to hor tlhe six times groater political powor than Now York, with nearly 2,000,000 mora population, wislded under tho strict construction “which was the bulwark of that disproportivunto political power of the Now England Statos, BENATOR HUERMAN'S LETTED ON TUE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION {6 horo ragarded as ohiofly significant as the un- comprowmisingly-bold utlorauce of # cautious political loader sgainst the third term,~which nobody tuat I can find advocates, budos to which thero lias boon somo roticance. The lotter hios boen followed by considerable glnm spocch to tho liko effeot, quietly deliverod, but none the luss iudicative of a growing sonse of tho sonti- ment of she ulm‘nr!y in that regard ; which opon- noss of spoech Las boan, poruaps, tho strengor bacause coming upon the countradiation of tho roport tat tho Proaldent had writtona lottor sunouncing that Lo would iot sulfer bis name to bo presentod st Cincinnati, It is note- worthy that the plrase in which Bherman de- o ates for Gov. Hayonsis anything batsatisfuctory to prominent Olio frionds bero of the lattor. They indignantly susert that, 1f SBuorman had studiously designed to damn Gov. lsyes with falut praise, the lotter could not havobowu more 1ngenionsly framed for the purposo, Especially offousive to thom, sw coming from tho Qbio Houator, is what thoy stylo tbo patronizing al- lusions, that Hayos was **a good soldier, hough nol greatly distinguishod ;” that, * a8 a momber of Congraes, ke was not a leadiug dobator nor manager i purty tactics;" and that, **on tho curroucy queatiou, be i thoroughly sound, but isnot committed to any particutar measura so a8 to bo disabled from co-operating with aay plan that may pitomiso succoss,” * That, short," eald o prominent Oulo journoliss, ** saying that fiayes aniountod 0 uothiug 1o par- tlcular a4 o woldior; to lesa asia Congressmna j and that ho Liad no priuciples in particular on the currency fssno ou which bo made tho lato canvass in Obio, that brought Lim into national prominonco. Slierman's lotter makes out that Gov, Hayes wonld bo s preity ood kort of o Frank Pivrco figure-head I'real. lont, which 18 not the sork of Promdont the Poupln of this country bavo avy ude for. Iayes 4 very much moreof s man than that; has firm convictions, sud is not afraid to express thom ; while, iu viow of his army-record, Bhor- man's roferonce to him as o Puod soldier, though not _groatly distingnishad, is lttle short of sn fusult, But Oluo won will romomber that Sher- mau wag toally opposed to llayes' nomination tho last time," At any rate, to s qualificd extent, somo of the moat active of Beoator Morton's friends have quietly acceptod that estimate of Eiayes which, by tlis construction of iy Ohio frisnd, 14 given ia the Bherman lettor, Thoy rewark, in a casual way, that Obio was carriet in the Iste contost, not Ly auy caudidate, uor by any man's porsonal stresgth, but for m great privciplo, i the dis- cussion of which men were so cowplatoly lost wight of that anybody on tho Hopublican ticket muat have been elected, Bosides that, Indisus also holdu an election In Octobor; aud, whila Qbio 1 rtlhbl{ Itepablican, Indisna iy doubtful :;v': zvllh Morton st the boad of tho ational ickot. OF PRESIDENTIAL BEPCULAYIONS there is no eud hoie, aud nolbing would be eas- for than to send you daily s new siste mede up I:ydpmmlnem gentlemen who know all sboub it, and whose oplutons wouldn't ba worth » straw uoxtiay, wheu tuonext now alato was anno Tho position of Mortan In the Bonate, sad of Bisine in the Houss, and tho stroug eforts each 13 puttivg forth, naturally givo rise to moat discussion bere with regard $o (heir prospecty. Dat, in all the caloulationy, Ifayes, Bristow, aud Washbarne, are alvo takon into scoount among the possibilitios, to say tha least; and thero are 08 & 2o Who jorkon tBe nQknown quautity that may bo mado manifoat in tho person of nome new man who may make lis advont at Cincinpatl and carry off thio nomination, Among raany spoculations I have heard, not tho least intarosting was to hoar Hpoakar Korr ro- mark that, whon tho sirongth of tha eandidales camo to ho teatod, Washburno would develop far moro than e was creditod with, and, 10 his (Korr's) opinjon, would be tho atrongost candi- dato tho Roepublicans woull nominate. And, in tho eame conversation, My, Korr, spoaking from long and {ntimato perdonal acquatutanco, paid n high complimoent to \ashburne, as nman of superior powors In evory rorpoect, raroly gifted with tho bost qualitios of” n political loader, and af spotloss purity of charactor. Hasnyra, STATE AFFAIRS 10W, UOUSF, Drs Moines, In,, Jan, 20.—In the Henso, n bill providing that porsons neglacting to work on tho highwaya ehall forfeit 83 per day, and no oxemption lawe eball stay an oxocution on tho Judgmont for collection, was passed to n third roading. Tho Commitise on Appropriations roported that thero bo paid as oxponsos of investigating tho Stato Reform Soliool $565.40, instesd of $787.52, an nskod by the bill, Dills paesed to & socond roading to requiro Town Clorka to post up the reccipts and dis- vursemonts of their ofiico; making larcony in the night-time, irom any dwelliog, of property of tho valuo of $20 n felony, puaithsblo with F'enitontinry imprisonmont for ton yoars or leas ; to nutborlzo o chango of yonuo from tho Mayor and police courts. A bill to allow Deputy Sherifs nnd Deputy Auditors to nud in drawing jutors, was passod to n third reading ; also, to the logal Jevy of an ln- 8ane tax fund. “Tlio blilrolating to ovidence on actions on necount was taken up, ponding which tho Ilouso adjourncd to Monday, BENATE. In tho Sonate, bills possod to a second reading to punish throo-card mouto mon ; to provide for the drainage of wet aud overllowod lands ; to appro- pristo 8145,000 to the Insano Hospital at Inde. endonco; to abolish tho offico of Hehool District ronsuror ; toregulata the aala of ltquor. Tho bill ‘aliowing » jury in tlo probato of wills was paased. A Joint reeolution striking the word **whita ™ from tho Coustitution was passed ; nlso tha bill fixing tho compousntion of Townslip Clorks at b ‘mr cent of tho monoys received ; also, the bill ixing the amount of tho salary of Shorills ; a0, tho bill to fix tho width of ronds at 83 feot, Tho Souato adjonrned to Mondoy, —_— KENTUCKY. 4 TIR TEXAS PACIFIO ACHEME. LoursviiLe, Ky., Jan. 90.—The joint resoln- Iution instructing the Benatora and roquesting tho Roprasontatives in Congrens from Kontucky to vote nnd use their influenco in favor of tho Toxan Pacific Railroad Dill, now bofore Con- Ktcm.}mfluml tho Kontucky Seuvato fo-day by & yoto of 25 to G, IMMIGRATION. The Kenticky Legislatura adoptoed resolutions to-day looking towatds incressing immigration, and also in respoct to the memory of tho late Gov. Thomas . Bramlotte. —_— QHIO. PROTOSED OURE FOR HADITUAL DRUNKENNEDS. Covvxnus, 0., Jan, 20,—In tho Bonato to-day, Lills were introduced Lo make habitual drunkon. nees for one yoar sufflciont canee for a divorco, aod to punisll interfersnce with buoys, lamps, and t:lu:ml lighta by henvy finoa and ™ imprisone monta. OQUR VOCALISTS IN ITALY. Klow Some Amoricaus £nil, and How n Fow Succeed=A Singer Married to n Wenlthy Banker—Tho Joke that Was Pinyed onn Weak Young Mon— ‘fne 1l-Trentment of Miss Aphott. Anlan Correspondence Brookiyn Eaple, Migss Laura Harris, woll known na haviog mado hor debut in Now York some oight or nino yoars ago, in Italian opora, mado her first ap- poarance ot Milan about threo wooks ago, Sho bes beon singing with great suceess for some years {u Madrid, Lisbon, aud othor Luropuan Capitals, lmt she was o strangor to Italy, and wns obliged, in ordor to sing baefore the Milauese, ta biro tho Carcans Theatro and o company ex- prosaly to sppoar in * Lucia.” When sho came on tho stage not a hand, savo those of a fow Amerioncs, welcomod hor, it not boiag custom- ary with thoItalisna to make any demonstrationa until thoy hiave heard and jndgod of tho singer's sbilitios.” From tho flest ‘aria that Miss Harris eang, howover, hor succers wes aasured, nud beforo tho closo of tho opora she mado & ponus ine furor, Bho ls married to a wealthy Bpanish banker. Among the Amorican studenta whio hava made successful appearancos in opera in Italy are Miss Florauce Keop, n!f Drooklsn ; Mies Kato Bmith, danghter of tuo late lamontod Mark Bmith, tho actor: Mies LPauline Ninnioger, Miss Emma Howdop, and Miss Trimble, of Now York ; Miss Editts Abell, of English opors - famo, and 3rs. Rende, of Boston; Mra. W. Coggewell, of Ithodo Island; Miss Durand, of Now Orleans, snd others, A Miss Coolio, .of Cincinnati, who ia ropresented as having o boautitul soprana voice, wag compelled to break threo diffecent ongoge- ments before sho conld make her appearznce, on account of 1tlnoss contracted here, nod witl probably uot bo ablo to sing again. ‘Tho fomnlo etndents horo aro eaid to bo countices. You will probably rocollect that sbont & year or #o Apo tho English and Amorican newspapers clrealated somo paragraphs to the offcot that o youog Amorican basso namod Foote, & nativo of Vermout, bad mndo his debut in Italy, and was making a perfoct furor. {Io was said to bo the only genning successor of Lablacho and Formes 8 they were in their palmy davs. _The English papors claimed him as an Lnglishman ; Lhu(y wero correct, In their hinsto to engage a prodi- 'y, manogers from all party wons to Lese him at ’avia, Mr. AMlaploson, of London, being mmong them. Bt tho young man did not make his ap- poaranco eithor at London, Paris, or 8t, Polors- burg, and tho managers who had flocked to hoar L wero rathor myasterlous and unsatisfactory in thoir suswers whon interviowed on the sub- oct. 'I'he whole affair turned out to bo a cruel onx, started by somo weg of s journal- ist at tho oxponse of a young iuan (he issaid to bo just 20), with more money than discretion, littlo talent, snd loss voico. Nothing was heard of him for & year; butafow wooks ago tho ladogonds Theatre, 10 this city, and & company wero hired for n shiort season, at o coat of 14,000 france, forthe debutof Mr. Francesco Franchosohi, a yonng basso, who was to appoar in * Honuambuls,” ** Faust,” and other oparas, Atr, Foote sud Bignor Francteschl are ove and the same person, Un tho ovponing night (Isst Jonday) the eceno in the theatre after ho bad sung his frst aris was & wurprise to thoso unnc- customed to anything of tho kind, The audiecs Iaughed throngh tho aris, uad, t its concluaion, applauded vociferoualy, and dewandod & ropoti- tion. Not seoming to undorstand tbat he waa boing unmorcifully. *guyed,” tho dobntante bowed profusely, took off his hat, snd pro- coedod to repoas tho arin, and thon the shouts sud yolly of laughtor with which he was greatod wero something deafening, Crics of ** Jasta, Bastal* **No, no!" aud ** Go home!" nsenilod his cars, Tho joke was out ot last. Mr. Foote hag a voles somothing botween a light baritone and a sacand tenor, bos having got the idoa in his hiead that ho was & baswo, and inelstiog on siudying basso parts, Lis ambltion was to be ro- gurdad as auch, while somo of bis acquaintancos wero crugl enough to humor bim in his weake ness, ‘Chas, aud the fact that he was palntully unaware of tha firet principles of singing, werea littlo too much for a AMilaness audience to tamely submit to, and bis appearauco on thostage throughout tho opers waa tho signal for ** audi- blo " smilcs and romarks anything but compli- wontary, 1lis performance has been tho town salk of Milan all the woek, snd the journals are intonsely amused over it. Tho tenor and second soprauo wera suvorely eriticised, but the prima donua got off with applause. Your resders will remembor BMiss Emma Ab- Lots, who eang several timos in Brooklyn, some fow yoars sgo, whore sle bas a host of friendu. oll, n shabby triok has juet beon played on her 1n Floreuco,—just sucl n trick 88 might be looked for from an oporatic mausger. Mius Abbott I at present auder engagoment to Mr, Gye. of Coveut Garden, London, whera ehe is to' make bor sppearanco in the comiug epring. A few wockd ago bhe cama from Pany, whero she Lias baen nudyhu&lor zomo threo yoars, l, hav- 1og suvg for Mr, Bealaberul, the manager of two of tho prlnmlul theatros in Klorence, was an| -p{legi by him oxpressly to sivg the ard Of ignon, noxt month, In that city. hortly aftor the engagement wss wade, a con- cert for the benont of & cbarithble object ia con- noctlon with ono of the Amorican charches in Florence was rm]ochd. at wiuch Miss Abbott and other artists consented to eing. Among thoso advortised to spposr was Carpi, the tonor of Btrakosch's company last soeasun, tn Now York, who, howevez, did not put {u_an sppoarance at tho concert, In hor firat eelootion,—the cele- brated sz from * Robert lo Disble,"—~Mlsa Ab- Dot wad spplanded, but_in, hex 80gnd aelg whg | was assallod by a Btorm of hinses, Tho next d, or wo tha manngor of the theatro informni ey that shoshould not singtho part of Mignos, Tho Americans immediatoly concludod that the affale of the concort wad & *‘putenp job," 1 make it apposr that Mies Avbott Lad madey fiasco. Prince Poniatowski, who in arenociate) with Hcalabornt in tho manazemont, in answey to somo of tho inqnirion of her fricuds as to thy ronsons for tho aclion of the managemont, sjg that Mies Abboti's pronuncintion of Itatian e tao imperfeet. On tho othor hand, Balvinl, thy tragodian, wroto to Aisa Abbolt n lettor, jq which, aftor commencing witt tho plirass, ' 1y the namo of truth and lnnllno," ho ataton tha| hor pronunciation of the Italian languags ia por. foot ; and ho may bo taken an good authority, - Tho affair mado o croat excitoment in Milag ond 1 sent down to Floreneo to interviow Mgy Abbott ou the quostion, I fonnd hor in bod, s rlously 111 from the excitomont attending tha re snlt, “While at hor residence I wanshown, g rdditlon to the lettor of Balvinl, which I referre; to, another oo from s Indy, which scoms g throw conaidurable light on tho aubject, and gj) &ivo a claw to the action of tho managomont, || wag writton In Milan a fow days aftor tha con. cort above montioned ; In tho hurey of making note of it 1 omitted to got tho oxact date. It s follows: At tho reques! Misn Emma A. Abbott and hy tricnda T deaire to atate that T was engaged to slug iy Toloof Afgnon st the Pergala Theatre, in Eloronce, . Benlibernt, on the {th day of Angust, 1875: and Lad not known until to-day that Miss ALUOLE waa ey, ?:\uml for that role, I have Informeil my numeron riendn and my mannger, Mr, Gye, of this engagemeny, and win liera to utnyg tho above rolo during tho coming carnisal, 5 EMILIA Cittour, Miss Abbott's fricnds oxplain the matterty this wny: Miss Chiomi (Miss Hare, an Englis) lady) is backed by woalthy and intluontial 3j. Iatioso Baron, through whore iuflnanos hor en Slunmnm was made to appea in the part of fignon, for a heavy canaideration. Scealabom| wai of tho opinion that ale could not sing thy port, and, looking aronnd for a compatent Hllml douna to assumo tho role in case of n fla pitchisd upon Miss Abbott, slio having studi tho part tu Paris with the ovmpesoer, Ambroisg ‘Thomas. This comiug to tho sard of “tho Chl omi,” as sho is famihiarly namod in Alilan, s atorm was raisod about tho ears of tha oporatly ‘managor by lior and her frieads, to avoid whicy ho was glad to “put up tho job" on Mise Ab Lott at tho concert, which for his purposo wa most opportana. 1lo ot last ias boen cowpolled by Miss Abbott's frionds to say that sho i pen foctly competent to sing the part of Mignon, bt that it would not bo to bis iutorest to allow her todoso. Benlabernf’s friends eay that thoan tion of tho audience (thoso who lisaed) way ennsed partly by the Lad solection made for hey secoud eolo’ (which was tho woll-known hyms, “ Noarer, My God, to Theo”). A COLOSSAL SCHEME, Tho Great Fight Hetween tho Pona n itntirond and thoe Pacific Man. ‘Tho Costa RRica 1Zailrony to Be Come ploted. New York Herald. Tho contost betwoon tho’ Pavamn Railroal Company and tho Pacifta Alail Compnny is ag suming hugo proportions. Tho compolitio for the businosa botwoen tho Atlantio and Py cilo consts promisas to bo carried out on scale moro colossal than ihat which marked tho old Vnnderbilt tusslo with tho Pacifs Mail lino twonty yoats ago, On ona side it found the Puoific "Mail Company and tha trans continontal Pacifio Ronds, reprasented by Jay Qonld, 10 bis dual cnpncilf of Mannger of Loty Compnntes, and on tho other the Pnnama Rait road, or rathor some of tho strongest stookhold ora thoroof, roprosonted by T. VY, Parks, ands poworful steamship corporation, whoso tloot of stoamors 1o tho largest in American watorn "Tho Iatter will placo au opposition lino on tht Now York, I'anama, and Ban Francise routo, with s stoamor overy ten dam and with the requisito branch / liuey on the Central American coasts, in active: come petition with ho Pacific Mail stoamera. On the part of tho Pacific Mail Company o vigorou offort will bo mada to complota tho Costa Hicy Railroad, which has boen 80 many years ig vrocess of huilding, and which has awallowod in *its fnsatiablo maw" 8o many million pounds aterling of our Britlsh cousing without the fointest prospect of surreudoring a ponny it roturn. In order to Lo quitoc evon with tho DPapama Rallroad - Company fn the conteat the Pacifio Mail proposes to get control of and completo the Costn Ilica road, and send its pnasengors and froight ovor that lino inatead of tho isthmua route. To thua ond it is under- stood thiat a corps of enginocrs hias boon sent ta Coata Ltica to comploto tho survoys; to aacs. tain the oxact condition of the rosd and i rllnl. and push to complotion its castern divls on. Aujmmonss quantity of plant, both for runniog and building parposes, was pnrchased by the original promotors, and oll of this can bo utilized. It is commonly known thal enough- locomotives and machinery for bnild- fug and ropalrs aro already on tho ground and paid for to stocka rond almost ton timos I longth. Buch extravagauco in exponditures wa nover kaown clsowhero, and tho Eugllsh stock- holders, sick, disgusted, nnd thoroughly worn out, are_now ready to soll ont or give control ta au American Company which will comnlete the groat work. Sidney Ditlon, of tho Union Pacifle snd Pacifio Mail, is rogarded as tho prominent mover in tho now schomo, aud Lein expocted to tako personal control of it. ROCKFORD, ILL, ‘rhat Town in Gleo Bocause One of the Chicngo Mngl Is Not o Salm mandere ‘Sypecial Dispateh to Tha Chicago Triouns. Racevorp, IiL, Jan. 30.—Nover, “eince tht apirit of Bill Tompkins informed Artemut Ward that ho saud Jobn Bunyan wu o-travolin® with n sido-show in eon noction with BShakepoars, Jobnson & Co'f Circus, and that old Bun stirred up the anima) and ground tho organ whilo b tonded door, way thore such a Spintualistio meetivg as took place in Brown's_1lall to-night. 1t waa in this wiset ‘The groat Firo-Queon of Chicago, Mea, Saydain, bad joet got through Dbatbing in the I whilo undor tho iuflucnce ot apirits, whon Dr, I’hnicrs. of Belvidoro, the man who first osed the Davouport Brothiers, arouo and offered o ropoat this wondorful tost without tho protes tion of spirits. Tho rroam(nu offlcor, E. Wilion, of Chicago, challengad him, and Phili forthwith walked upon thoe platform and wenl through the same perforoanco as hily jllustriou prodeceasor, tho Chicago Fire-Quoon, bad duus. = Made bold ‘:v Dr. Philips, Jamos Chandlor, 1 Rockford citizon, venturod un aod did the gal thing, 'Then followed a jamborco, which mi have terminated in a row had not the po. wmado thoir appearanca. Ono man got up 8 Loldly donouncod thio wholo alfair as o humbug. Dr. Dunn, of Rockford, got up and offored 1 if tho Fire-Queon would hold her thumb (n 4 lamp-tlame for forty seconds. Othors treblel th ‘Doolor'u offor, and, amid the groatest con fusfon, the meoting Lroka up, —h e e Courago nnd Four of Death, London Spectator, Tho Chineso of the soatuorn deltas, wha havt Httle active courage, thonugh the Chivese of tht north and west hava plonty, will dis for a bribt to eave a richor criminal from tho sontonco bo has esrued. The Beugaloe, who alono swoog mankind eavs culily, ** Arme bheroo, Tam timid,” a8 if cowardice woro matter of monsl sud rocial indiffercnco, or rathor ereditabla thas otliorwise, goos to exccution, a4 Maocnulay no ticed, like a Lioro, and will oncountor an iuovits Dblo and agonlzing desth without a flutter of 1be pulso. His nerve isas groat as Wainwrigh who died without a porcaptible change in uteadinoss of his heart-beats, but who—unlike tho Dongaleo—with an objoct beforo bim woold robably Luve rushed upon tho cannon, Tht ulay, Who canuot be Induced or compolied K face rockels, dics a8 tranquilly as Casabisoch aud the Cingaless of tho coat, who will Hghi nobody, meets death without a murmur of & ang, M An English sallor of the old tyin, who would face auyvihing esrthly excopt a black cat, by probably twico s mush fear of death a4 the cult tvated womau who can enduro death by a desd: Iv operation sesiguodly, yot falng in tho prescacd of any nolsy daugor. ‘The wild romaucer, God tsva Almard, atatos ss a fact within bis koosk edye, that a Bpanish officer shot himsclf de! rather than crosa a rope suspension-bridge ; 80 wo can youch for the followiug story, though wo must not give named: An Lnglish onsigd Just foined befora tho first Blkb campalgy, V"’"‘ to hly r.ommuu.lmg ofticor, & relativo, and told him that ho could not face tho shot be shioald disgrace bimeelt, and must resign. 1t rolativo comfortod Lim kindly, told kim that b was only norvous, and thonght that ho bsd sootlied his foar; but the Ind as he stopped out of the tent, shot himsolf through tho braiv, i viting death rather than meet a call upon bif conrage. e The Gayest Moy in New Yorks The groat seusational etory of lifo in tho me: tropalis, entitled **The Cayeat Doy in New York," will be commenced in No. 16 of ll:ld 1[1";/; ot ths World, now ready. If you are fond of Oxolting. atory. \Tue. to natuse, and yob toowiok with adventure and thrilling egenos, soad *The Qayest Doy bn New Xotker, -