Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1876, Page 5

| 1 i 1 ™ WASHINGTON. The OHances of Chicago’s Secur- ing the Democratic Cone vention Improving. Morrison Compelied fo Eat Crow in the Maiter of the J.-Wilkes- Rooth Imbroglio. The Domoorats Exceedingly Anxiono for an Early Adjournment of Congress. A Democratic, Emissary In New Hamp- shire Estimating Ben Hill's Havoc. Present Status of tho Threatencd Prosecution of J, Y. Scammon, gome of tho Confederates Who *Have Coms Back to Btay.” SCAMMON, PREAENT STATUS OP 114 CASE. Spacial Dispateh to The Chicago 1 ridune, Wasaxarow, D, O, Feb. 13.—Henry D, Hyde and Ool. Smith, attornoys of tho Boston bauks, wito wore Instrumental in eecuring tho indict- mont of J. Y. Beammon, have baen horo to en- desvor to provont tho offort of Boamimon and his frionds to get tho Attorney-Gonorsl to ordor District-Attorney Bangs to onter anollo pros. Theso Iawyers say thatthey have so far suc- cooded that tlio Attornoy-Genaral has tolographed or written to Bange dirccting lum tq tako no action at presont, but loavo tho caso to take its usual courso in the Courts. It mppears thatan absolute order for & molle pros, was not tole- graphed from hero laat weok, 8 Las been stated, but the following tranepired: Scammon ap- pearod before tho Attorney-Goneral with o state- ‘ment of what was said to be tho evidenco givon bofora the Grand Jury on which tha indictment wss based, and & request from tho Yrosi- dent to tho Attorney-Gonoral thot ium- mediate atteotion should ba given to the matter, ‘U'le subjact was reforred to Solici- tor-General PLiilips, who roported to tho Attor- noy-(encral, On tho basia of that roport a tologram was sont by the Attornoy-Goneral ta the District-Attornoy, which, in substanco, said : “If thare i5 no other avidenco than that which Bcammon has prosented biero, lob a nollo pros. be ontered.” ho coas stood in this way until the srrival of the Boston partics. ‘Lhuy claim to have secured tho modification of tha order ns above indicated. Thoy aro very determined in thelr resolution, and asy tho b: contemplato 0 compromize. g PINCHBACK, A vETrEn. WasnixaroN, D, ., Feb, 13.—P. B. B, Pinch- back has roplied in & public lettor to the sttack aecently made upon his personal charseter by #onstor Merrimon, aud says colored yoters do ot favor s color-line in politics or o political /rganization on the baes of raco. They entor- tain kindly feollige for whio fellow-citizons, 'and aro anxious to vote on all questions beforo Ko country on thelr merits, Thoy fully approciato tho ovils that result to them and the community from tho polit- deal complications in the South, nod recog- nlzothe imperative nood of co-aperation between Taces in ordor to sottle thelr divisions and so- curo good focal governinuts, and whotiover pro- jecription against them s a raco shall 8o far iceass us to permit independent political action y them, with tho same security to Lifo and per- #on ua is onjoyed by other citizons, thoy will bo Aound wifling to sink nll race or cofor conditions to necomplish theso doslrable onds, Dinchbnok fnvokes (ho judignation of tho country in rebuke of the men who seok and uso overy opportunity o pat in_question the wtogrity of the colored saco and fmporil tlolr political riglte, ————— NOTES AND NEWS, JAMDLETON REMAING. Epeefat 1rapateh to The Chicago Tribuns, Wasmnaror, D, 0., Fob. 18.—Thora bad bacn » lively time among tho Democrata of tho Ways and Means Committoo cloca Morison asked for tho 1enignation of Hawbleton, tho clerk. After a full consultation, Morrison waa requosted to rolurn Hambleton's resigantion, which ha did, Mr. Woed informing tho clork that, with tho ox- caption o Morrigon, the Democrats of the Com- 1nitles wore woll astisfied with him, doomed him ushfied, and in every way fitted for tho placo; they did not desiro him to leavo, aud tuo mattor shonld go over till Tuesday, when tho Ropublic- ans would be present, aud their action i tho fatter wonld be had, DRIDGING TIE DRTROIT MIVER. < 7. F. Joy, Preuldent of tho nhchn%’m Central Tailroad, “will spposs to-morrow before the Jlouxe Committes on Commerce In support of & Dbill to bridge the Detroit River. Tho Now York Oeotral, Michigan Coutral, and Groat Western Aloads are mutually interested wn this schemo. Delegations from various lake ports reprewent- ing the shipping fntorests, arrived fiero tbis marning, and {ntend o opposotlis bill. Wim. H, sVandorbilt will soon appear betore the Come tmitteo on thia subjoct. ! WizaLOw, /' Tho Becretary of Btate to-night had not re- colved auy positivo informntion of the wheron- ‘bouts of tl{e Boston forger, Winslow. ‘Tho Con- sul at Rotterdsm has telographed that he be- loves that ho went to Loudon, and did not Jaud at Rottardam, » CHIQAGO'R OUANCES. ,\Thn &mapnow of holding tho Domooratio Na- ‘tional Convention at Chicago are improving. “The Domocrats aro unging that i Louls s too ‘thot, and within two days the tecliog in favor of 4Qucago has porooptibly incressed. THR 4§ PHIL CENTS. Becratary Bristow 11 urging the passnge of the bill which extonds the timethat the 43¢ per cont bonds have to run from fifteon to thirty yosrs. “The contract with tho Rothechild eyndicats for the negotiation of tho§ per conts uxplrea Lob. 15, ‘at which timo all of that class of bonds exoept ‘s amall surplus will bave boen eold, The same amdicato have forumlly proposed to the Becretary of the Treasury to take s large amount of the 4l per coute upon the wame torms as tho 5 per cents, E;tmd d they aro made a thirty-year insteadof toen yesr bond, For this resson, and iu order o giva the syndicato un answor, Socretary Brd- fow is urging tho speedy passage of tho bill, A NIGK LITTLH GAM): TO 1l STOYPED, ' Fagan, Uaitod Btates Marshal of tho Western District of Arkaness, is to'be remoyed. 1iis ro- moval has been occasjousd by tho luvesligation 0f Barnoy Caulfipld's commitica into the expen- altarea 1 that Districk. ‘The Altorosy-Oeucral mas roquested Boaators Clayton zud Dorsey to suggoat the name of & kuccessor, Fagan is here trying to provent his romaval UILL'S FAUX PAS. ‘Tte Democratio National Committes has so- eretly sent a Xebol eneral (Frazior) to New Uumpahiro to study the offect of tho atanesty debate of Bou Ilili's mpeach, with orders to ro- Port progrovs daily and to suggest what meaos 8o necossary to overcome tho effeots of tuat A jor Lisa reported that tho amocuty te and Hili's & have bad avery bad ®fect, and thst s verylarge expenditurs of mon- g will be necossary o carry the Hiate for the omocrats. ‘TOM BCOTT'S GRAB. The Horwe Committos of the Paciflo Rajlroads Dow stands six to six upon Tom Beott Tozus Pacifia bill, with one doubtful. The Committve {nthus divided s For tho_bi)i—Lamar, Atkios, Walkor, Throckmorton, Phillips, ("Neill—oue Howubiloan aad five Domoorats; salast the gm-l.mmn, Lyndo, Garfield, Mason, Platte, latr, of New flampshire—four Hepublicans snd two Domocrats; doobsful—Thomas, of Marvland. It fu 6xpected that the latter will mt with the majoxity of the Demoorats for the RARLY ADJOURNMENT, The Democraly, in their caucus, dlscussed ab Bome length the timo of final adjournment, ioce then ssyeral of the lesding Demoorate Bave confersed upon the subjost, nud Lave de- 40 futzoduce & tusolution nf the tine o Aol sdjournment betwsen Apsil § and Apri} s movement contemplaten the passsge ppeopriation bills sud & l‘mnwz bitlaa Lo only lepislation. Tlandsll says tho Appro- riatlon biils can all be passed by Aptil 15. Tho emocrats foel tho bad politieal efects of tho Cangreas, and tosirs to provont debate on na~ tional issues. Thia resolution is basod on For- naudo Wood's *' do nothung ' policy, DAVID DAVIS, of Iliinols, Juatico of the Hupremo Conrt, {8 bo- ginumng 10 bo talked about s a Domocratio Premdontinl candidato. Boversl prominent Domocrals in Cougress have arranged a come bination to have his namo before the Conven- tion, ‘Fhey roly upon his hard-money views and hin political viows os oxpressed in the Milltkon decigion, TUDOT, RELLEY will roply to Blaiue on financon Faturdsy. He pirapouce to show that tho lepublicans are not uuited ou fluauce. ——— WASHINCTON GOSSIP. TIHE PROCLAMION TO THI CAVITOL—FX-CONFED- RDATES, NESURRECTED POSSILA, WAR-WIDOWS, AND CONORPSSNEN—FOME DEN-TICTUNES—THE BENATROCRACY—FEMALE LOUNYISIA. From Our Qin_Correspondent. Wasnmirero, D, C., Fob, 10,—After all, I in- clino to doubt whother it waa through mistata of tho architect, or, as they tell here, by reason of thio groed of real-otato sharpa on tho hill, that it camo Lo poss that tho Capitol prosenta its toar to tho city. Cortainly it ia nccording to tho eternal ditness ot thlogs that tha throng which of motnings surges down tho avonue, irresisti- bly drawn toward thint yortox of tho political maslatrom from sl quarters of thiz our native land, sbould fiud o rear basemont ontrance, and that tho Goddess of Liberty, surmounting tho dome, moanwhilo shonld turn fior buck upon thom, aud stendfastly nvert her gazo. Accord- {og to tho oternal fithess of tliugs, had the building fronted what is now tho city, that sama throng would havo poured in at tho rear bagos mont ontranco on the otber aido, snd out of viow of tho QGoddess who etands sentry on the dome. Pouring down from tho Treaaury building, that blocka tho avonuo on tho northwest, swollen by tributary stroams of hu- manity emptying from every intoraccting streot, the seotbing, skurrylng tido swoops on, rushos up tho Inll Jike breakera on the shore, and is swallowed up in the Capitol, The vast-reacting suctlon from that unparalloled combination of cook-shops, barbor-shaps, aram-shops, and etate. craft and political-waro shopa (the Capitol com- prisca thogo all), deaws in ALL 8ORTS OF QUEER ¥IaM, But thoy bave ono commou charactoriatie, told by evory featurs nod gesturo, and Ly all about them: voracity. It s unmistakablo as it would bo in sharks darting after a man over- board; and the manvar of tho adyanco of that throng upon the national conglomerate cook, bar. ber, dram, and political shop, with {ts poanut- stand attachment, is suggestivo of an attack of thoro dempition wnofat creaturas of proy. Bank- rupt politicians aud plwoco-seokers; politicians who ought to be bankrupt, snd piacc-mon who ought to bo ont of place; lobbyista who would contract to fileh avything from thoTremsury, from millions for a railway to trablo payment for & defunct mule which died for the country dur- Ing the * lato wan;* and womon who, denlad place in our glorious system of politics, find for thotnaalyen their placo to pollute it. THE EX-CONFEDERATE PATROIT, who, a8 wo ars iudebted to Bon Ifil} for vomark- {ng, 18 back in tho Union *to atay,” aud who s 80 lirmly conviaced of uwothing clso as that tho Bouth bas misssd hor mbaro of Unclo Sam's bounty for tho paat ten yoars, and is entitled to it now, Is easily rocognizot. Ho is sadly do- cayod sinco the good old dsys when cotton was King; and, for the life of him, conldn't awagger down the avonuo as hodid then. But ho s as dovoted to tho Unton as of yore, apd no loey hotty aa an oxpoundey of tho Constitution, which ho ia ready to axpound &t all sensous, aud bo- tweon drinks, Mo beara down on tho Capitol iu squads aud detachments, joteut upon gellln[; aut of the Treasury for tha Boutl what will equal what the North roceived in the flush timoes whon the North practically was all tlioro was of tho country, and paid ll the rovenucs, including what was sunk i roclaiming tho waywand sister- hood, and for goveruing tbe DOW prostrato Soutl, which clamors for hor share. Theso gnmm will tako tho Bouth's whare for the Loxas 'acific Ruitway ; for tho Mississippi sod othar river lavees; for tho improvement of tho outlot to tho Gulf; for war-claims without ond; for refunder of tho cottan-tex; for mulea enerificod to tho csuss of the Union ; in short, for anything aud everything, 80 that tho Bouth may make eiro of coming out oven with tho reat of tho couniry by getting ot of the Tromsury os rouch na the rest of tho coune try in tho past fiftoon years Liaa paid in, in ex- ceus of the expansos of tho Governmont, of the War, aod of reconatructing the Sonth, ‘Thon thero Is tho long procession of RUSUBREATED YOSSILA OF THE PLIOCENF, ERA, rodolent of mold and old Bourbou, with the pure plo bloom yot radiant upan their noscs, fishy optics, and antigue, stufly parmonts. Bofore tho flaod Lhoy wero shining lights of the Pro- Slavery Democracy. They aro bero o oiliviato #4 wot-purses to tho Demoeratio majority in the Hlonse; also, to pot something for themsolyes sud thow frionds, Porliaps Morrison Lad in view ther ministrations whon lo - expressod doubt a8 1o tho party doing anything sonsible. Haddest and socdiess of nif aro tho remaming fragments of the logions that swoopad down npon tho Capitol to got positions undor tho Damocratic restoration in thse Houwo, Thoy aro oleo horo to stay, and thoy hang on, nosing out places, no mufer hLow humblo, of shich "Ly oversight Ropublic- ank bavo been lott in undisturbed possousiou. Old meu, with tottering limbs and rheumy eyos, who ouly, by painful effort of momary, can racollocs when thoy worzo tothored at the publio erib under tho Pro-Slavery Demooracy ; patriota who aro powors At tho croes-roads, and wudkers from the ward-caucuscs, thoy aro for tho most part. For ull thoss long years they Lave served tho ety without reward, which now they aro hera D s ihay coan thio. shinp Tanding housos with which this towo s crammed ; and only to the satoundiog oudurance of the Demo- cratle stumach can ba ascribed theie murvival of the deadly bLash of Washingion boarding~ housce,—else they would speedily eram tho cemotonics. Anmong tho Iatest ncoessions to their rauks, though he's wltogether too mleck and too well-fod to ba reckonsd uad or seody, I nate the familiar form of 4 JENNY BOHLING, OF TUE WEST GIDE, snd last winlor Evgroesiug Clerk of the Ilinofs Senate, Heory quiatly jmpaits that he thought bo'd ** wait unul tho rash [for place} was ovor™ bofore bio camo to et something, ‘e, too, has manifostly como to stay ; wud, baviog {ndustri- ously sst about it, bna already discovored two places, eitber of which would sult him, from which Ropublican {ncumbouts have not yst been ousted, Verily, he sbould bo rewurdoed. EX-CONGUESSXEN who, Joog after thair political funorals, fiit about Lers in ghostly tushion, clutchwg eagerly after tho most msigniticant positions, even down to that of Doorkeepor in the gallory, which one of them holds; ex-Cougrossinen grown opulent aud corpulont no lobbyists; Auierican citizons of African deecent, who, having faftod as bar- Dors and cooks, after the fasbion of all the other fanured, who, having doveloped sigual incapacity ju other stations, cullivato statccraft; womon wills war-claiws, to ru-onforco which thoy ara ate teudod by prowsy daughtors, or somabody elso’s protty dapghters, tuken in on shares ; and wid- owe, war-widows, und grase-widows without numnber, go to make up the torreut tLat surges down thio aveuus and pours into the Cnflwl. Nover, I coufeus, was [ overtakon by s realizing wonso of the awful destruction of 1ilo in the late War uutil I gazed upon tho multituda of widows wendiug their wsy Un s ayenue. Sorever did downupon me what frightful mortality thoro must have been awonyg uewly-wurrivd horoes, uutill obsorved, of tho wunumerablo widows, what & vast nnmnber aro yet 50 young,—io yoang that, but that they oro war-widows, 1'd be yworn 1hiey could have scarce growls out of their pios- foras at tho timo of tho surronder at Appomat- tox. But, of course, tho ustiou must eotaubow pravide for the bereft young widawd of our fall« on boroos; and tho ‘bewitchiug creaturcs ste bere 10 be provided for aomohiow, I beliove. KERIS AND HANDALL, In tho throng, one catchod gunpses of mem- bors. Spesuor Kerr, tatl and epare, hia eyes preteroxturally bright, aud the deep lines in Lis allid fuce teliing of Liw resolaty strugale with wease,—with his overcuat buttontd up to s chin, bears bimself erect, and, with manfiostly ainful effort, daily waiks from Willard's to tho Blpllfll. meam will is writ in every line of is face, Sam Itaudall pusbes sloog with tha buoysut siep and careloss alr of ah ovurzrown choalboy. ~ GarBeld, with hus soft fele bat pulled down over lus brow, passca 80 quistly that he'd naver attract mnnlklou., BEN MILLW stalwart, muscolir figure would at ooce arrest sitantiou, Ho shoves ahead with uecrvous enore Huw kotttod brow ta haad nurlnud.g:mp al Y, abstractedly By o s pebi o et By THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1878, anch intenss precccnpalinn that ho Aoos and hioara nothing, e wag nevor known to recog- nizo anyhady upon the street. I beliove, how. over, a3 & matter of fact, ho nevor wces any- body. Aa ho passon, it fa oasy enough, from ‘o moro ghimpeo of him, to understand bow ho camo to mako Uhat Andersonwilln Ageech, and how spparently be fa sbout tho only man hore who yet fals to comprohend whiy it had enchatactling oftact upon the country. o js of most aotive temparament, and, twonty Lom 80, may have boon & koon observer, 0t he goos about seoing nothing, vot evan tho mighty changes wrought Iy the paat fitteon yoara; and his roatleas activity is expended in elabarations wpon Impressions received lefora tho floor, and in evolviug from the condition of Lbings nu it wan when bis Iast lonked abont him a0 ingontous political philonophy, wnich, ha fs daily mors and more setonished to flnd, 't of application to thinge now, Yot. if he apoko sgain, I doubt not it would be in like vain as bo- fore,—and, Jouling st lifos with bils boad dropped upon bis bresst aud fifs goneral air of buny nb- #tenotion, one would donbt whethor he witl ovar look sbaut bim long enough to perceive that .thinga have changed ainco hio took hia firug lesson s politics. FENNANDO WOOD, bolt-upright, and so stilf that, while ho might | be suapped ta tivo, It ja inconcaivablo that ho could bend, stilly stalks slowly toward the Capitol, Tliers is » grim sovenity in lus mens- ured, angular movemouts, In tho rigid polso of hiv hoad, la hin cold, atosl-gray eyos, in_ hin square-ent, oustacuo, in Win rigld, exprossionicsn mask of & faco, and, indeed, in all about him, that inepiros awful wonderment how Lo evor managos to ask tho bflx up to take adrink over in New York, and whbat nectamorphonid it {s thas he undergoss when among _thom, that leads tho b'sn to vota Fernando tho bultieat sort of a bully b'hoy, as they do_regnlarly Lo this day, 8s often oe ho's & candidato, “With all bis awrul stony stilfoces, Fornaodo atelie Capltol-ward ta but rolentleesly avenga himuolf upon the Spesker for not puiting him (Fernando) atthe head of tho Ways and Means Comnutteo. And Forpando takes hiare- vonge by insidlously opposing about every ono ©Of Moriison's measures. TWO SOUTHZINERS. Phifip Coolt, of Georgis, who the other day rathor startled tho country by declairing In his upoech that fuatice would nover bo doue until tho €00,000,000 cotton tax was refunded, walks straight ahend. Ilo Iy, uftor all, not a politicinn, but & plain, blunt woldier, who, when ho #ald that, but spoks with soldiatly blunt. ness, Thoy eay, with what truth £ can't toll, tuat, In bix youih, o was for o timo one of tho followers of Joe smith, tho Mormon Prophet ; and bia carcer, on the whole, bas boen advou- turous, Ho 16 of largo, muscalar framo, has & bujles fread, snd o faca fuit of bull-dog pluck. ‘Thero could bo no mistake about it, on taking & Jeoit at bim, that Lo moans what bo says, and 8ays what lio moans ; and though, intho army phbraso, bo waa shof all to Yluces in tho Var, 1n which io served 03 's Rebol Brigadior, that ho'd fight at tho drop of tho hat with soybody who offonsiyely gainsaid nm, Ho 1a one of tho fowr wmen who, if o fanciad his poople were put up- on, itmight be apprebonded would think of fighting, aud who would do hia full sbazo of figbting, too. liut thorn ia an air of rough, sol. dierly frankness about him that argues hojmight think better of 1t. Biogleton, of Missinsippi, thin, aogular, and Bpry, with Lia sharp faco sod straight, thick gray hair and board, aod the maunor of a man who has epant the bost yosrs of hiw 1ife in sharp couatruztion of the Conatitution, moves on rap. idly with nervous stop. Since the War, doubt- 1ou8, ho hias boon connideriug tho conntitutional rights of tho Bouth to o hugo subsidy foro Boutborn Pacific Railway ; to tho improvawmont of tho Yoveea of the Mipaiasippl, ani tho outlop to tho guif ; and thirdly—where, in hia spoech a fow duys sloco, ho checked uimsolf nbruptly when jecounting what tho South wanted—tho refundiog of tho cotton-tax. Thero aro simplo Bonators, aud Henators of that remarkablo product of our Republican in- stitutions, TNE GENATOCRACY. . Tho former find their way Lo the Capitol of foot, witii tha rost of the throug. The Benatoc. a0y drivo thithor {n carriages, with thoir coach. men in livory, aud onter tho Capitol from tho front, nud uoder tho vory poso of thoe Coddess of Liberty on the domo,” It istho Senatocracy which bas cutoblished that unaltorable law in the codo of Washinzton etiquetés by whick it iu preseribed that no American sovareign sliall dare address ono of thom suve as “* Mr, Soantor,” and whercby tacall ons of thoni plain *Mr."” would be an unpardonable offanso. 1t iy thoy, also, who fiava eatablishod, by edict uncbangeablo aa the Iaw of tho Modos nnd Porslans, tlat tho wives of their bosom gball bo addressod a3 ** Mra, Senutor" Bo-sud-so; and hiave built up & court- otiquotle that fmpols tho nvorago Amorican soveroln to waut to lmow who the d—I ara thess Imighty Beuntocrats any how, that they must bo Hedged wbout with 80 much fnmmery ceremony, aud how much bottor are they than tho Eonato:g of tha early days, who familiarly calfod their wives ** Polly ™ aud ** l’ef.'g‘f." and by the like homoly nicknamos, sud Lud no retinuc of Honatorial placo-toon from whom they oxacted the flunkoy homago now Liore in vogun, Aud tho Sannteocrats themuwelvos run to that tiunkoyfem that Liore apea tho Dritish Minister, and loavea it to Her Majesty's represontative to fix the tiilo of tho ton, a8 o doow; forone ean't be ro- spectablo of tho rospoctables in Washington until bis nawo is upon the list of thoso fuvited w0 Sir Edward Thorntou's dinnors. If tho Son- atoocracy enfoy it, howevet, I don't know why thoy shouldo't bo left to do go. Dut, ou tho whole, I think it would not be a bad thing w0 R}Mn s0me of them upou pedestals opporito tho Murtba Wasbinglon tea-party tableaux, sc¢ibio Contonnial, that the bloated aristocrats of the offote monarchies might In amazemont bobiold bhow much better we do thoso thiogs in this Urent Republic, Yot, at beat, tue Sonateocrats arg very limited in number, and the moro fuflu- outial Henators, lilke Mortou, aro ey plain nod unpretending in manner and as approschablo na nny caudidsto fuse bofore eloction, aud ars averso to ligaring in tho court.-organ, which, in due conrso of time, will probably cbronicio in thair inter- exting social goasip the doinga of Mrs. Senator Ho-aud-8o's nittwery-maid, Withia the Capitol, THE COUNTLESS WIDOWH arn cocountored at every turn, lere, as olao- whero ia this country, tho widow's Lalf-mouru- ing gath of woo 18 » éafo pasaport alniost auy- where. It ia the subdaod and geacefully-relioved arb of woe, I supposs, thiat passos so many of thom to tho Bpeaker's room, where they wait while thelr cords aro sent to mombera in the Housa-hall; and whoro tho alcoves by tho windows, Lialf-bidden by the rich curtains, afford duifghtful nooks for ‘o teto-n-tote, Tho naw Doorkeopors baven't vob fully mastered the sum of thoir dutios, however, and botimos keep tho fair creaturos waiting ot the entrance_of tho corridor loading to tho Spoakor's room. Passing iu s fow day sinco, I noticed, amone thoso they Lopt waiting, one of tho most charming of thent, Arroyed {n an exquisito suit of tho garb of griet softencd by time, she waited while tho Demo- oratio Cerberuy at the door way deliboratoly maling up his mind whother she stould be ad- mitted or mot. Plamp as & peaoch, with lustrous hiack oyos of wondrous depth, tho woftesc olive complexion, through which tho warmont coloring stale to hor chooks, witts lips poutiug like & rosebud, dashiug re- Lzonsso nowe, aud tho prettiost ifanttio dimples in hior faco, s wod ouo of tho most superb branattes of tho finer typo 1 over utole a gluuce at. Noarly a fislf-bour [ator I passed out tho same door, and thero was tha boauty still viait- ing on Cerberus, and fmpatisutly tapping tho tessolated floor, the whilo, with tho 1ip of the duiutiost lnd-gaiter. Full an hoar ater, X re~ tuned from my Iuuch, and, paeamg from the ouler eotranco through the upen door of the Spoukor's room, caught o glimpae of her in onn of tho wiudow-recessos, ougazed fn animated conversation with a well-known Ionorable, Cu- riosity—who ian't ourions about o haundsome \vomu}?—gromvtm me to flod out wuo this Tevishing besuty was, Widow ? Ohb! tho de- coitfulucen of that garb of grief mubdued by time, Porhapa it woro votter for the wau who, full of Ligh hope, lod her o tho altar nut maby years wince, sud who now, worso than widowed, socks to drown o his cups the romembrauce of Lis wife's infldelity, sud bides Limsolf from those who koew hitm,—porhaps for him it were botter that sho wore a widow., Tho claim in bebaif of whict sho was fobbying with the mombor aforesaid wax ono in which sho had but & contingeunt fue, Aud aif that woalth of besuty of Lers 1, inblunt plrase, buc somuch morchan diss,—raro aud rowarkably costly, it ls truo, tu whiot reapect slouc i "diffors’ from other merchandieo of that sort upou the market. Borrier yet aro the spectscies one may witness about the War-Claima' Commitioe room, whera TS TCLOER FLuA liko w0 wany harpios, pretly daugliters, or somebody elso's rotty daughtens taken futo partnorebip or fhe fub as officfent auxiliarics. Que can sea it any day; 1t neoms t0 ba au established course of procodura, Ido not wonder, on be. holding 1t, that ex-Goy, Ldon, Chuirmsn of thint Cummittos, who ia & straightforward, hoo- orsble gontioman, {4, 84 § boar, moved 10 dis- Rust with bis position ; and, shough he dosan's swoar, ou at luastono occasion d off what were vory ltke cuasewords at ono of the wid. mwpanied by & prelty Hdau; Ei 10 re- rn'l:m’“l!z' ghl;m. m’d thlIDl{] gow'o \ul:nz; u:.l. g 2, with tholr TIMELY . TOPICS. What * Boss” Stephord Bays About the Political Outlook and - tho Coming Presis dential Bace, Gen, Custer @ives Iis Yiews on the Indian Qnestion and the Blacks ills GoldMines, The Boving Redeking Can Muster from 8,000 to 10,000 Warriors, "'BOSS" SHEPHERD. M3 VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION, At the Palmer lonse yesterday were registerod Alex 8hopherd. H. M. Hutchinson, H. M. Williama, and Haller Rilbourne, Washington, 1. C. Tho fisst-named pereon {8 well known a4 * Bosg* 8hepherd, ex-Guvernor of the Distrlet of Columbis, under whoze administration the broad and muddy thoroughfarcs of tho Capital were tranaformed into boautifully and ezpen- sivoly-paved boulevards, upon which some 20,000,000 was spent. A ‘Wuinose reporter yoatorday aftornoon sent up his card to ex-Gov. Bhepherd, and was soon aftor lavited into Porlor 8, where tho quartotto bsd beon assigned, Gov. 3hopberd is a pleasant-faged and very largo gontieman, and bo roceived the nowspoper representativu with becoming conrt- ouy, Aftor the customary salutations, the're- porter eald : “Governor, T camo up hore to have & little nowspeper talk with you, it you have no objec- tiona,” *Nono in tho loast, air." * Have you been hero sinco the fire?" ‘“No. gir,” 4 What do you thiok of Chicago? ™ I think, sir, sho is & marvel. Hor growth and prosperity are tramendous, I kiave not beeu horo sinco: 1860, aud I waa driven through the grest buroy district of *71 to-dsy, sud I can Lazdly realize the wonderful change.” **Docs it beat Washington 7" * Well, L don't know. 'Phorecanbs no com- parison.” “#Low abont tho city yon are golng to found near Port Royal, Houth Carolina 2™ “There is notlung of it as yot." * But tho Esstern papars have stated thet you &ra going Lo build, or hava laid out, n city thero ona an{lflcunt seafo,” . il +Tho Esatern papers eay a great maoy things. ‘Tho Bacioty of Gardeners hava nrwnnlmt’i a nntl;;- pany fn Now York, aud aro looking about for capital to etart them in an entoiprise, which is tho raisiug of CARLY VEQETANLES ON A LANGE BOALE for tho Northern marhets,” +Have thioy epoken t0 you on $ho subject? 1" Yeu, slr, tooy hayo; but I have done uothiog a8 yot in rogard to tho matter, Hir yoars ago 1 was down fu that country, and I thoughtthat it waa tho very garden spot of tho South, and just tha placo far ralsing vegatables for tho Northiorn markels on a very large acale.” **Wall, then, ‘you ato thinking of going into the onterpriso, and laying out a city ¢ “I am atudyiug up the matter, but bave coma to no conclusiou.” From this stago the convorsation natarally d;néw\i to other matters. The reporter coatin. ued: “1What is yonr misalon horo 7" * Nothing, ooly to sso Chicsgo. Ism onmy way to Omals, and not haviug beon to this city niuce 1869, I shought I'd take a good look in.” Anid from tius throsd of conversation politics naturally came up. Quorlod the reporter agalo: TUR TIUUD TERM. “Did yon seo_tho roporiod conversation of Fred Grant, in Washington, ou the third-torm ucation oud his fathior's choica of Coukling as the next Prosidens 7" 1 ald, sir; but you koow that originated with a Wasbington iiewspaper correspondent, and you kmow what they ars,” *Thon you take no stock in tho yarn 7" “I can't say that I do. I koow tbat Fred Grant {8 s quot, unassuming Youug man, oud not likely to tell all he koows, "L don’t batlove hio mado any such Atatement.” “Then you think Graut {s not & candidate for re-alection 7" **1 know ho is not. Ths old gontlemsn la sick znd tirod of politica. Ho has had s con- stant strain upon hin for over thirtecn yosvs, and & foarful rosponnibility, and ho noeas rest." * Would you favor n third term 7" “Look bero, young man, ‘whero firme or o~ dividunls bire persous to 8orvo thom by tho yeur, whon thoy do their duty wall, thoy are ro-en- agod again euccessively yoar after year. Tbis 8 espocialiy tho case with railroads and other Rroat corporationa, Now, why shiould not that ba tho caso with the Dresident? He has sorved the people two termd, aud if they foel Liko re-electing him, why should they notdoso ¢ »But what do you actually think of w third torm, anyhow 2" 1 think, sir, it is n bumbug. IT 18 A 8POOK which originated in tho brain of young Bounott, and [8 of tho sama "-‘“‘l" as his Contral Park will animal soneation. 1t hag no real fouuda- tion in fact ; for, from what the L'residont hos olways told me, bo wonld not sake the ofico agewy, oven It teudered him, a3 ho is tirod of the caros of the oltice, sud wants to retire.” “ Why is ho 8o adverso toa third term * Docauao & man geta tired of haviug bia pub- Jio actious misrapresoutad to the public duily through tho press.” ** But don't bo get thick-skinned ; you know how it is youraelf 7 * e doos in & moasure. But thero in a samo- nosa about the abuse, aud it grows monotonoas by daily repotitions. I tell ¥au what it is, no wman fikea to be constantly misropressntud through thio pross,” THE POLITICAL SLATE. 4+ What do you think of the political slate in Wnahiuflnn " “Ithink ono partyls afrald, and the other daan’t.” “Why 2 *'The Democrate are dividsd la their own. liouen, and dally tboy aro tumblivg down the rolos more upon_themsolves, They aro spiit upon tho tinausial question rock, sud thoy dare not face this momentous quostion.’ * How about tuo Ropublican party ?"* 1t haa good loaders, but doos not coms out #quarely anough upon this all-importaut ques- tion, Tho fatiares of houses will continye § 84 loug as our fingucial policy is unsstiled, Let ® dolinito resumption-ace be promulgated, and the pooplo kuow what i coming. ‘Thon trade would soon resume, and business retura to ite wanted channols,” A GLANOU OVER THE PRESIDENTIAU FIELD, « * Itow daes tho Presidentiat tleld look 7 i * I can tell better four months luter.” ** Who aru the Woly candidates in the flold for tho Republican sida ?' ** Well, there 18 Conkling, I think he standy tho beat chanco perbapa of suy, He is smart, sud o man of energy, sud thoroughly posted ; aud wauld do honor to tho position,' **But don’t you think his msuuer wonld kill him with tho guopla " **No, sir, Ldo not. e seoms cold st firat, but befs agenial and warm-hosrted mau, who i8 popular with tho masses, and who improves upon acquaintatice, Ho has what may be called o mavncrism. A4 you koow, the p: siated that he Las hyperian corly, liko fuco, and I think that may have spoiled bis uom:,. Lut he would mukesn excollent Presi- on! + How abant Blaine 7" * He is aoother strong man, e is smartand qulst, 1ls is gonial, but a littlo too oily, He 1a, in fact, too much of a polincian, At this stsgo Mr. Hutchinson broke In, and said that ex-lov, Itoubon E. Funtou, of New York, was tho coming wau, Lie thought. ‘* You,” gald Mr, Shepherd, **ho would mako a good Pyesident—ror u Tract Soclety, or & Mis sionary or Mite Bocioty.t 1lo might do, ata ploeh, for s church deacon ; but Prosudent of the Uuited Htates, never! Young wman, be'll fall {nlken httlo Major aud support Conkllug, It he ie aom~ inated, aud thac's what Footon'lt do,” ‘The roportes askod, *Whatdo you thinkof ortou 2 * ilo, I think, is the smartest of all. If Lie had thouse of bis legs, he would bo the nowisee, Uowever, in_strengits, Blaine, Cookilug, sad Moctou stand abous alike."” +* ffasn't Morton too tuch ‘rags’ about bim? " *1 thiluk Morton {s wiso cuough to hava seon hie mistake. He will go whichever way the bosy foteresta of tho party demand on tha tinancial quention if he is nominated." *How about Hayes, of Ohio ?™ “1 thluk he will be the candidate If tho strougin of tho pary ta divided upon the otbier three, for he will procably bs unitedounva compromise candidats in th Qonveutlon.” ow {u the oootest, X &A‘IU i Coukliog, ve dovalopsd four bink, The Hepubiicen Dlsine, Mosioy, sud Hayes Yory strong candidates, any ene of whom would awcon tho country for victory, ‘*How about E. B. Wasbburne,—what show doen s aland 2 **1 don’t think he is serioualy mentioned as & candid, *t llow abont Sactotary Drlstow 2 ™ It in not Jikely that tho Ltapublicsn party will 0 a1 far Houth for & candidate, snd thess- fore I think bie does not stand a nbiow at all.” “Thon you think ihcro sre no otber candie | datosin the field#* ' Thero may be othars, trat there are nonn who will come more prominently to the surfsce thian thosa I hiava montioned," ‘This cnded the futerviow. —— THE INDIAN QUESTION. AX INTZAFATING INTEDVIEW WITR GFX, CUSTPR. Tiocent dispacclien frowm Dakata Indicato a prob- ablo uprising of tha Iadians io that section, and, to all appesrances, lifo on the frontier will not bo altogether choerful during the next fow montha. Already tho settlers in tho back dis- tricty are beginning to seok sbelter in tho towna whera United Htates troops ara gartisoned, In antieipation of trouble, Gen, Custor has received instructions to proceed immeaiately to Fort Lincoln, and ptaco tho troops ia readiness for an axpedition into the beart of tho Indian country. In wccordance with his inatractions, Gon. Cus- ter ia now on Lis way to the Wont, Ho arrived in Chicago yesterday morning, aod romained Lersonly 8 fow hours, taklog the afternoon train for 8t. Psul. A 'I'misoxc reporter called upon bl at the Palmor House, during bia briaf sojourn there, and Lold a fow minutes’ conyersa- tion with hiln, **3 don't really know,” sald tbo Conersl, in anawer Lo » question by the reparter, * what the plau of my oporations 14 to be, and I eanuot tell until I srrive on tho ground and learn how affairs atand.” * Have you heard much atout the INDIAN TROUSLYS DECEXTLY 7' “Only 28 thoy bave becu reported in the newspasera. I bave beou spevding the winter in Now York, having goue Last in Soptembar, and I wad fally expocting to remata thero until Muy. 1 bad doffod tho military guiso for tho *o- bor civilian auit, and lind begun to feel as it I wers actually gettied down ¢o Bolid comfort. But my dreams wero nuddanly dissipated Ly the re colpt of telegrams invtructing mie o get thonce forthwith to the West, It was too bal, wasn't it #" mnd the General hieaved o melancholy rirh, as liin mind teverted 1o the social gayeties of the beloved motropolis which ho hied left so unpre- meditatedly. ** What do yon understand to_bo the cause of tho progent difiiculties tu the Indiaa country ¥ Thoro aro soveral, You ungoretand’ that there aro large numbern of roving Indizng WO KAVE ALWATS REFUSED fo go into nuy of the Agencies, sud who have always held the pafo face fv uiter abhorrence. ‘Thesa aro divided iuto numorous little tribes or bands, and, by reason of thoir own sections! jealousios. Liavo nover beon formidabla enemios of the Government., 'They bavo lately been atirrod up conaiderably by the frruption of tho whites into tho Biack Hilla country, aud Laso boon & good deal strengthened by acce:sions from the Agoncies of Indians who bave been angored by tho samo cause,” [ ;\}hn are tho leading epiritsin the move- ment ? M # Sittiog Dull and Red Cloud. You know, thero aro two Sittivg Bulls. This ono bas never been 1n an Agency, and i a dangor “\What would you estimate the outiro force of hostilo Indisus tobe? ' 1t is verv dificult to make snything liko an sccorato estimate, as the roving tribes have never been uumbered; but I ehounld say that thoy can bring forward FROA! 8,000 T0 10,000 WARRIORS. This number, you seo, is euough to do & vast amount of damage to the country up there. Alrendy, sr I hear, there fs o gonoral apprehen- sion aod alarm awony tho sattiers, snd they aro Hlocking to thn forts,” + Your headquarters will bo at Fort Liocoln.” * Yos: thatia tlio best contral point, being #0 acconsible by rall. When I werive I sboll robably bogin to draw 28 many truops =8 can sprred {rom all thoe fozts, nod coucentrato them at Fort Lincoln.” + Do you thiuk, in case thero is 5 general Tn- dian war, that it will futerfore with the eettlo- mout of the Bluck Hilis 2 1 can't toll whero tho field of operations will be. Probably they mil cover o lnrgo extent of territors. However, 1 don't think that soy In- dian war, no matter how serious, WILL PREVENT PEOPLE from rushing to the Black Huls, According to reports, thore la o continual stream of peopic at. Dresent movioyg into the minine regions, and the prospocen seom to indicato an tacrease ss the weather grows milder.” “+You & ou_advocate of the theory that gold oxiety in the Blaok Hills in Iarge quantities, 1 believe 7" ** 1 really do thinlk that thors is plenty of gold thers, but'I think algo that etill groater quanti- ta08 will vot ba fouud west of the Hitly,” With this tho conversation cloaed, SPORTING NEWS, PEDESTRIANISM. o the Rditar of Lhe Clicayo Tribune: Citicado, Fob. 18.—Percciving by your fasua of this morniny that n Mr. C. W, Bidosm has become ‘‘an sspiraut for my champloashio ‘medal,” and that he propoecs to walk 500 milea 1n lesy timo thsn tha distauce wea over made, far & wager of §1,000, I have a few words to say in reforunce to na * challenge,” Of courso, Iam wost doslrous of preserving my champiouship modal, asaluo the roputation atready acquired ; but if Ar. Sidnam ia roally in earucst, and anx- fous to enfer into a 50C-mile contost with mo, I offer the followiug proposition for his carofol copeideration: I will mako a wager of $1,000 apaivst oge-thicd that smount that in o 800-milo walk I will defoat elther Sidnam, Billlogs, or Smell, ths conditions of tho walk to bo us follows: 1. That the amount to be Cumgfltn\l for bo placed in the hands of & rospouaiblo porson; %, That one- half_the expanses bo borno by each compotitor: 8. That tho winner of tho race bo outitlod to receive tha entlre ;énle~manuy, 1f cither of tho nboyo **aapirauts for podestrian honom ' deom 1 prudent to moot me oa the abova terma. thay will‘Blenso comme o tima" on aF Leforo Friduy next; othorwiso, thov will do 1m0 (I hiopo) tho favor of nob mentionit my nawme ju any con. ucction whalevor with auy featy of pedestriau- fum they ara about to undertake. During the past fow months 1 havo boen much aouoysd by persous requesting me 10 £ivo thom a wiart of sovernl mules o a twenty-four hours’ contest, and I take thia opportunity of informing oach and all of thom that hsncoforth I will give no odda whatever In distanca, being couvincod of tha neccanity of having such persons make & rocord on tho strength of thelr own merits, Respactially yours, Davizs, O'Lzany. BASE-BALL. Wilkkes® Spirit, as good au authority as thero is in the East ou sporting matters, has an editorial strongly approving tho naw league. TFollowing i3 o extroct: The Natluust_Congress of Jase-Dall Ciubs, which mot recontly fu Now Sork, sdopled vome uow Fulu, ‘whiieh atu 10tyided to Protct the gama front tho ras cality which has degradod it dusiug 190 Last ibros or four yesr, I8 wes full thme that soma reforia shounld Le made, for the very uamo ol profes- wlonal Laso-lull wes rapidly Lecomiug & eynonym Tor wxitutiing, 1€ (118 the tatioual gamo, s s frluuds clatm it e, 1t 8 the tnate {mportant that it should Le ept boneat aud falr, a4 wo csuuot nfford 1o have American futestity disgraced ovou in our amusoizents. Two of the now ruls will, v think, have gocel ves sulta, The rulo probibitiug two clubs o play togbor iu any city to which oeiber belougs, will ai once UL 8 stop to tho dlsreputavle syrtem af base-ball hippodroming, in which two oryanizas 413 traveled through the couniry, and, whils makiug Reext show of rvalry, wero struogly wuspected of ar- Tauglug vietury aid defoat bofors u balf was struck on thwtield, Another good fulo 4 that which permits from each city to contend for the cham. Dlowip, - The otlres of ks excelent regulaon will ua felt 16t outy 1 the suoruls, Lut in tho worlts of thy gune, 1t will congsntrate instecd of distributing the dneat” playurs, snd u fusicad of dividiug, the Jocal pride of cach cityin ils representative club, TUere Were 100 Iuny cluis st yo er of tiem werw uut founded u but wetablisnea merely out of 1ot surpsivlug (bt sotno of Doth iu playlog oud fuaucizlly, aud had to be disbunde o fu tho cour of the season. This year tho mitatun cnforced by tho ruls whl he of vest sdvuutsge lo tho elubs recoguized fu tho Congress, sud tho puulio will Lareljoved of a Lcavy {ax upon iis purse and potience, Tt would be u miiniako to Nupuoes that €ho veal fnterests of Lesu-bull will auder from tho re- duction of the number uf clubs perwitied to sator fur tha ciamplousbip, It will, on tho cantrary, eacoursge the formation ot Amateur clubs, upos which, after ;Il. :lh‘.'l great valus and populazity of hLase-beliis ounded, PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Nzw Yoax, Feb. 13.~Thero ws a Jarge gon- grogstion at Plymouth Church ihis morting, Beocber's sabjess was * Attalniog & High Morsl 3. To woeaking of the Advisory Councll, nllvl t%m ous ulj}'n ‘:h&lxchu' fuvited ‘;'o‘ Y art 14y fts pro g AYS accepled ans aoun“n npr:- oteds ¥ STATE AFFAIRS, The 'Twenty-four IMour Session of the Wisconsin Loge isinture, Final Triumph of the Ropublicans-- Censure of an Offonding Member. The Emberracsed Condition of South Carolina's Finances, WISCONSIN. TUY TWENTI-FOUR-UOUR FILINUITER, Spectal Dinnateh to The Chicaoo Tribune, Manison, Wis., Fob, 12.- Tie longest contin- uoua sesslon of Wisconnin legislative body was that of tha Assombly—twenty-four hours, of which twenty wazo apont ucder tho rostrictions of & call—which clossd fivo minutes baforo 10 o'clock thin morulz, whon the Ropublicans, ngafost tho most doapersts opposition of tha Democrats, had accomplisbied what thoy set out to do Friday forenoon—securod the corraction of the count of tho vote on the resolution do- clariug that Joseph Deanett wea ontitlod to o sest s the Rapresontotivo of the Northein Uia- trict of Tows County, instead of Ansby Graw, who hiaa Letd it tbus far, haviog fairly and com- plately baston tho Domocrats at their own game, and shown their pluck au3 perslstoncy, avery one of them remaining to the TRIGUPUANT EXD. After last night's 1 o'clock dispatch thiogs quleted down somewhst lo the Adsembly Chamber, snd somo of the members who camped out on the floor snd efsewhere managod to got s little sleep, muschiovous colieaguos, bowever, ocessionally waking them up. At G o'clock tho motion to dispsnss with further procesdings undor the call w4 renowed, and lost by & vote of 40 to 42, thero being b1 ayes necded, and thon » motion to adjourn waa fout by 21 to G6. About 8 o'clock membors washed up, sod botween that aud 9 tho time was spent mainly {n ecating on clerks' deaks sud their own, Toportors’ tables, and elsowhere, pood breakfasts sent in from the hotols nnd bonrding-houdes, the Parx Flotel baving s sprosd s tho Hergosut-at-Arma’ room, and iuviting theroto nov ooly its own boarders, bat all unfed members. About §:30 a. m., Mr. Pabl, the mau whose absence without foave, in hiding, 1IAD CAUSED THE DEADLOCE, was found by the vigilant Asaistani Bergean‘-at- Arms, Alr, Osgood, comivg out of tha YVilag House, whoro he had boen vainly looked for, en route to Caspar Mayet's saloon for his morning nip. He waa taken into custody and escorted ta the Arsombly Ctismber, whers his arrival was the oceaeion of much rejoicing. At 0:30 ». m. Bpoaker Fitleld calted the Asaom- bty toorder,and Sergraut-ot-Arme Streng reporiod tho mirsing Pabl found, Tuw dispsused with further procoodings uuder tho call. AT LAST. Mr,M.Criffin a2id bonow msisted on the Clerk's proceeding to oxecute tho order of tho Houws in tho resolation ndopted yesterday, clsimiog that any member bad & nglit so toinsist, and that the Clert must proceod under tue order, sl debate aud dilatory motlous betug cut off, aud quoting Jeferson's 3auuil to sustun lim. The Bpeskor theu bad called tho roll of mem- bers presont and voting Thursday afternoon on the resolution to seat Mr. Bennott in place of 3¢ Gray, sud eseli oue ia_various phraso at- firmed bow ke voted at that time, as followa : Yeaa~NMesrrs. Anderson, Bariuss, Booth, Heudley, Brown, Bump, Comstock, Contos, Coluurt, Carbys, Clate, Deat, iole, Lliawarth, Fasg, Firt, Filat, Gicoe ron, M. Grifin, 4. G. Gritiu. 1103t Tiuibust, Joues, Jordan, Lawrenee, Luchinger, Marnball, MeArthur, Merrill, H, 1, Mlilia, Neff, Noll, Fuiilips, Pullen, Put- am, Veypolds, Sceilner, Seamogeon, Suismour, Khu- felt,” Bleurnx, Btevenoun, Btocking, Tesple, Vauco, Walzer, Zauttke, and Spesker Fificid—L), Nars--Alesars, Blount, Doyden, Brust, Colle, Charl- ton, Dewane, Drew, Jirld, Germain, Goetae, Goodell, L. deln, Haeumel, Hard¥, tigginn, Tlorw, Jolnson, Keogli, Kite, Kncwiton, Kraa ew, Leos, Alartin, Neclos, B 3itlar, Mol Mumbrae, babl; licech, Iogle, TRobiuson, Rebacider, Tisen, Wall, Wacther, Waslibura, Wedlg, Walls, White, Wiltse, Wolf, Zanaer, snd Zori —i. The Bpenker answered for the following gen- tlemen, wlo bed obiained leave sud paired, but statod to him bow they voted. Naya—McCollum, Shinnick, Schott, Taslor—4. Tho Speaker then dirocted a recount of tho votes, which was wade by tho Clerk, after which ha banded the list to tlio Spoaker, who nn- nounced that 49 members haviug voted for tho resslution, aud 48 sgaivat tho resolution, doclar- ing Mr. Beanett outitled to the seat hold by Mr. Qray, it wav ndoptod. [Appinuse, checkied by tho Chair.] Mr. Groy then roso aud kaid : NI, ORAY'S REMARKH, 1 wiah 0 pay ihat no One more thxu mynelf regrots ths unplessant delay of 1o lasg twenty-four hourn, hich § feel hae arisen from an honest diffurence of opinion s 10 thio corrers way £o reach the sass of the THouse, a5 expreaard Jast Thursday evening, While 1 fool that whon partisan feeling and partitan bus have o mway. you will 100k bock upon_your votes and Jealizo thal thoy bave Dot boen yiven” in_accondauca ‘with the evidouce and the i, #tili_vooaro fodges of yonr nwn membars, 60d 1 have no right, uo derire, to coruplain of your doclulon, In rogatd 1o the gentlo- man who 1810 burcend e, T havs only 10 rey tiat La ‘will epresent the District of Tows Conty woro faith- Fully 1bas 1 could Lups 10 do, aud 1 can wish Bim uo etter wiah than that, when tho day for tnal adjouru- Tment comes and you all loave tiis Hauso_ togetlier, bs Diay carry with’ uim a8 plowcat—aud I foel it aa L speak ftas acetionate recollsctlers of ite’ mombers asXdo, (Moary applause.) ‘ ‘Thas ended a contost for which uo precodent can be found, and by which tho reproventatives of tho Democracy of the Btate, in resisting tho correction of an obvious erroy that justico might bo daue, kave woll oarned tho name of * Gray- bacl,” ouce applied to thelr Soutliorn brothren, CENRURE. Mr, Comstock ofterod tle following, and moved thay its consideration be postponed till Tuesday, which was agreed to: Wurneas, Whilo this Assembly wan in scesion on the 11th fust., and while it we under tlie operation of » csll of tho Houer, and_dnring which eal the Mon, Louta ¥, I'abil, a wciber of thy Assuiably from Oconter County, dupsried from tue hall without leave of the Aussuibly, and in vivlation of it rules and order, and Ly secretiiig Wicaelf. from the sergeant-at-Ariaw, pro- vented th Aeotably frons {Fcnsactiug any buvinon for & pertod of more than tweuty hours, which acton, on the part of said Pabl, waa & Wilful and gross violas, 1ion of the rulea of the'Araciubly, and an jwposition au ita members, individually sud cotiectively; these- fore, Lidealved, That tho Sergeant-at-Arma be fustructed to tako the said Louls ¥. Ful! iuto custody, sna bring Dins teforo tho bir of fhis Asserably, 0 sawer (o It for coutemnit [ gromly mnd muru.b{ transgresaing and violting the Fitles of the body of which be laa saamber, to thevnd that ho may receivo such punish- ent as this Aveerbly miny aea At to impase, Tise Assombly then sdjourned to Monday evon- ivg. THE RAILBOAD QUERTION oceuplod most of tho tima of the Senate thin moralvg, The following resolution of Kenator Potter was takon up 1 Waimieas, It Las been asterted {n the newspapers 131 ader 106 Miunsaota Tanrosd uw, Fhicied 1071, 20 rateu fixod by the Cammixaionorn of that Stato aro Liglier (han tioso Axed i the Lotter law du Wi conkiu; thorefore, Jieanived, That the Raflrowd Cowmikalooers of Wis- cousin aro tequested Lo report 1o the Senato the rato per car Joad on whisat fxed Undor thie Mivucsota law of 1874, by the Minnesota Commtusionsrs, frow Bty Yaul {0 Daluth, and from New Ul to Winous, aud from Masnkato 16 Winous ; and tho Ratlrosd Gouimie- aloners uro Toquusted to Teport the rato sliowed by tho Iaw of Visconuin ropectively on caroads of whieat for tho usme distanoc; suid ey are also rv- quested to report the di¢rence in elivator charyea permitiod 10 1bo rafirosds iu Miuncsota, snd e raios fiateed by the radrosd wovetors 1a the City of Mile waukee, Heoator Baker movod a substituto a8 torllow\: ; Jtesalved, Thut the Jlailway Commissinneru furn| e Beaté with e local faritls of Ly soversl rall- roads ju the Ktate of Miuneaots. 'To thiw Beuator-Batron pruponudl:o :ld‘x‘ i _And that sajd Conuninioners sscertaln whether M\ntesota rutes uve beou nivditied of chauged by tho Tagiulaturo, bud I A0 1o what exteut; wucilier {bo FeurNo on the Nua of uny rllroads in' sald Blate of iowata. ave, by sty yuilo mectlngw, geacrally 2110 hugely alicnded, svkod uny wuch ratlruad company o sbanao the tates of 1874, and return to the fatsa extabiiohod yrov Whether any railrosd company oz com waid &tato of Alinuveots, 14 sbandons axkl legal rates of 1874, a4 such pubils res tloat, Bt onativio ¥o 10 do withan complaiis or mo- e oa Ay oo reuiduig G 10 {108 OF Qoli Udsluces with apy buch rosd oF roauds; aud wheiher any other tut'road, eapocially the Winuns & 8, Peters Taitroad, ever couiplied with the ratcs fxed by the act of 1614, band whetler any complaint wes over inadu to 150 Uourts aguluut safi comyuny becwusa of auch fulls ure. fenator Polter abfected to thesns propomtions 28 & subatitute, and” after sowno discussion tney were adopted a4 un additlou to the fret resolu- tion, whivh was then sdopted, Another resolution was taken up, seking fn- forwstion of the advance in Obicsgo & Norihe weutern aod Obicago, Alilwavkes & 5t Taul Haifroad stocks during the fast two years, snd, aftor couniderable disgusalon, the followiog sub< outate was adopled LS Tt Lo Bafrced Comelancuen o s ] oompleta & atatsment as porsible of tho markot qnots- tlona for tha pust thres years, af&hs atock, bolh com. mon and preferred, of the several railroad cowyantes liaving raiizosda wilbin thie Htate, lowa. Rovs: Drs Motses, In., Fab, 12.—In tue Houss, the Joint resolution of Bolter, of Hatrison, sskiog tue Towa Represontatlves in Congreas to procura a ropesl of the Resumption act. which waa dig= cussod all yestorday afternoon, was further ocon- mdered thin morning, utnsuccessfal attampts being mada to lay tha whole matier on the tahlo, pendiug which the Honsn adjourned to Monday mermg. SENATE. Tn tho Renato, bills ware paased to their mec- ond reading, providing that whore defaulting County Treasurers tumn over their proparty to the County Suporvisors, they may roll tho samo ; for tho sppointment of apa Railrosd Commissioner, who shall iava the suparvision of raiiroada tn thia State; to fix the bills of at~ torneys appointed by the courts to defond crime inals: to create a school text-book commiltee, ta eclect books for the public schools, ta consiat of the Huperintendent of Publio In- strnction and two others, T'he Rtaifrom! Committeo raported on the Teso- lutton ~_asking for & repesl of {ho Nallrosd Tanff Iaw; that while thoy - wero mat- intiad that tho Jaw had many _ de- focts, yot tho peopls had boeu benefited by it. It has “destroyed discrimination lo frelght, aud has creatod markots in our own Bfate which did not beforo exist, which, with many othor bene- fite, are reasone why the law should not be re- poated, The Commuttao etood 11 to 2 on tha ro- tors. 'The Beonte adjourced to Mondsy., TUE NEW REVENGE DILL. fpe-tal Correspondence of T'he Chiteano Tribune, Dus Moixes, Ia,, Feb. 12.—By soma (nscrutas Blo dack of judgmont, tho Fonrteonth CGenersl Asseabiy reduced the rate of taxation for State purposes Lo 2milla on the dollar. The result Was tlat tho Biato Lisd to borrow money to pay the membersof the Fifteantls Genoral Asnombly, or Indorse {ta warrants and pay interest. The kama condition of tho Trossucy oxista mow. ‘Thero is no money, nor will thera be, to pay thi fesent General Assembly. To guard against liko coutinganey, and to carry the Htats through tha nost two sosm, tho Ways and Meaus Com- mittee of the Houso s prepared a bill repeals ing tha old revenue lawa ; snd the Houne, after t~0 doys' discoesion, Lss ordered it engrossod. Tio il provides that tho maximum jovy for Btato revenue shall not ox- ceed 2I¢ mills on the dallar. Dopro- ciated bank-notes, corporstlon stocks, snd Mutun} Bui'ding Aszociaticns, aro 30 bo sesessod at their cashi value ; cradits to bo listad also at ensh value, In ail counties, cilies, or towos, where tho aggregata yluation 18 bolow the actual cashi valuation, tho same shall be raised to the praper vatustion ; sud, where too hugh, it skall bo reduced. Taxes aro to be received until March 1; and, If not paid thon, tho peoslty i 1 per cent & mongh for three months, nod 2 per cont a month thereafter until paid, except taxes in aid of rail- ronds, All peddlers aro to pay a taxof from €30 to 73 except wholoealo poddlera, Each county is responsibla to the Btate for tho full amount of tax lovied upnn Jand ijnml to tho State to s1d §n construction or rallroads, whero such lands woro not taxsble when thy tazes were levied. For ordinary county revanue, pot more than 4 miits outho dollar suall be lovied, and & poll tax of &0 centa. ———— SOUTH CAROLINA. DRFAULT. Cuantestox, 8. 0., Fob. 13.~Owing to une forescen delays in the collection of {axes, the result of tho tardinoss of the Legsisture in pagsing the tax-bill, tho psyment of the Biato bonda and atocks ls postponod until April 1, with tlio probiavility that the pagment will bs made tho middio ot Msrch. CORNUPTION. Tho Mouse Committeo on Privileges and Elaew tions havo reportod on tho chargos against J. D. Robertson, white Repubfican, They find that 28 & mowbier of tha State Toxt-Dook Commlis- sion, ho made discroditable aud corrupt pta- posals to Northern publishiog hiouses. Thoy recommead that be ba displaced as a momber of the Commiesion, aud expollod from his Beat ad & member of tha Houso of Ropresentatives, FIRLES, i IN CHICAGO. ‘The alarm from Box No, 22 at 2:05 this morae Ing waa caused by tho divcovory of flames io the four-story ktona building No. 188 South Clark siroet, ownod by the estate of Aalcom MeNoll. ‘The fire woa discaycred about 2 o'clock, and astill alarm gent to the Babcock compsay, but by the timo the ongwe arrived the flames bad gwined such hoadway that w goo~ el ~slerm was turned o, At 45 thio fire had been gottan under control, nut, bow- over, bofors damago sstimatod ot 31,000 had been ontatled. Tho promises &re occupled in pact by Are. Elpio P, Bave as oo oating-aaloon, Tiffany & Co., pawnbrokers, the upper floors by offices and lodging-rooms, and the bLasemens 83 & Clunede laundry. Tho fire origioated in the rear of tho pawne 8a0p, which was occapied by two young men, whose futo could not bo ascortained at the hour of golbg 10 press. A still alarm was_given to Engino Company No. 2 at noon yesterdsy, caused by s biaze iu the roof of n one-atory {rame house, No. 523 ‘D'wenty-fifth street, owned snd occupied as residenco by John Doyle. A §5 noto will square the damaxe caused by the fire, wiich was oaused by & dofective tluo. THE WEATHER. WisnmNarox, D. C., Fob. 1i—~1 8. m.—In the Guif States, Toouessee, the Ohblo, Upper Missis- gipph, and Lower Migsourl Valleys, aud Upper Lako Rogion, rising barometer, north to west wiuds, aod clear or cloaring woathor will pre- vail, followed, iu Dakota and Nobrasks, by falle ing baromoter, and warmer southeast winda. o tho Bouths Atlentio and Middlo. 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