Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME 29. FIRE INSURANOE, TWENTY-SIXTE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Charter Oak Lifh Tnsurance Company or HART_!:‘fl!D, CONN. REORIPTS, SRR WHISKY. Rehm Makes Terms with Judge Bangs, and Will Pay $50,000 Fine. Ie Summons Witnesses to Bolster Up His State= rocelved in 187 Honts recel 3,780,433.04 ments. 8for Death mnfl’:ggfi;‘ffi?f 4 5 d Y RIFGX 3 F"“',‘:fi;;{;‘:f?f ey The Reconcillation Betwee rod: 147, 15! Foiley-Lolders. .‘.:‘s z,gggggfia Pt kholdan vraLsel } it ona 3304 8 2,04,401.00 Him and the First ‘Batch. 2 What Is Expected to Happen e B by Dot in Court To.Day. .oans on Unllaterals, oto. ‘raminm Notos., Bands and Btack: ['aety on hiand, from A Rehm Fuornishes a Now Dondsman.— d Defer Keeloy and Kerwin, rrod Proumias 613,012,448.00 813,258 00 $15,487,8 1,354,5 * LIABILITIES. &.\en- . sas not dus or roaiated .. Nomes Mentionod for the Sunoces- Shrpli b gion to the Internal Revenus OFFIOERS: S R e o s, Colleotorship. "HA i retacy, ‘Winancisl Managor. [2Y, Adriory Gounast. Col. Lyman Bridges—-J. 0. Ward De-~ nies—-Some Unlucky Sub- SHIRTS. 4 CHICAGO, REHM, TRE ARRANGEMENT, Yosterday a definito arrangomont was arrived ¢ batweon Ichm and District-Attorney Bangs. As statod in Sanday’s Tripune, he is to plead guilty on two counts, The penalty will bo a fino of 850,000 and & nomlinal imprisonmont. Theso torms when soitlod upon woro telographed to Washington, and it is bolicved by Judgo Bange thas they will ho ratified there without dolay. This is o hoavy sum of monoy to disburss, and Reotim fought long and obstinately over the' amount, socking to bava it cut down to $20,000, but Jndge Bangs' peraistonce was too much for him, and ho aurrenderod. 113 TESTIMONT. ‘When Jake Rehm imitated thiat porcine animal whoge chiaf proolivity is to squeal, Lo was doubt- leea awaro thot his squeal woull not burt any- body unless ho had evidenoe of & corroborative character to baok bum up, It is sad to roflect that Jake's word, in and of fisolf, {s not cal- culated to assuro confldoncn even in tho minda of thoso not gonorally skoptical. But whon the difficulty of presonting himsclt befors tho Grand Jury, and subsequently bofore thoe Dis- trict Court, in caso an iodictment wore found, mot Jake faco to - face, the nocosmty of toatimony to substantiato his charges sgalust Mesars. Ward, Wadsworth, Mauun, Hoyt, and E. T. Bridgos, was all the mare opparcnt. The Grand Jurora have rocoived re- poated adjurations not to indict unless thoro is 8 surs caso of conviction awaiting the party who 18 to bo woighed in tho balance and, perchauce, found wasting. In court tho testimony for tho prosecutlon would, of course, ba met by a stron- uous effort on tho part of the dofense to im- poach ita vallaity. Jako had wiscly foreseen the difMeulty, snd had made it » part of his plan to bring forward tho testimony of olliors to holp him out. Io swears by all that ia holy that he can do it and yos- terdasy the wily Jake introduced {uto the District-Attorney’s oftice four worthies who woro onco uoknown to fame, but who sare now on the topmost ladder, the very planaclo so tp speak, of notorlety. 'These horoea passed in one by ono and in tho following ordor : Anton Junker, Jo- seph Roolle, Gholson G. Russell, and Parkor R, Mason, tho now zealous m:ssionary on tho part of tho Government for the oxposure of crooked dealers and thelr convorsion to tho ways of those who walk in the straight and perrow path, Tho most wonderful harmony, peace, aud perfect gushlog-over of ;&und-vrlu appoars 1o oxist botweon Rohm and those membors of the first batoh. To somo, this mauifontation of wondrous love is indeed porploxing. Thoy can't undorstand how a set of mion who had boen aw- tully orooked and told on a second set of mon who bad been still more crooked, could tarn around to tho second set, beatow upon them i dividually the ombrace of lovo nnd tho Livs of affection, swonr unalterabla fricudelip, agreo to holp thom out of tholr troubles, and bog pardon for having drawn thom into tho cosspool. Ong can wall sos that the second sot would not have avy falso modesty and hold back from mn nflzr to pull thom out, but it is sadly perplexing, as aro a great many otlier thiogs in cooneotion with Elutu snd counter-plots among tho Chleago crooked, for some paople to acoount for this sudden show of rogard by the party of the firat part for the party of the secand part. In the first place, the cementing of tho old, but recently broken, frisndship ia NOT BO BUDDEN A8 IT MIGIT AT YINST ATTEARL Por at Jeast two weoks the firat batoh of aquoal- ora havo behold, with some dogroo of sympa- thy for their old frionde, the approach of thoir doom., Tho old brotherly regard grew warm within thom, despite thomsolves at first, and when it bad onco boon kindled thoy msado uo offort to smother it, but lot it grow by what it fed on, Rumors of a aquoal on Jako's part were rife, Corroborative testimony was necded, and tho distitlors could furnish it, Jake was intorviewed, and in his turn he intorviewed tho distillors, Last S8aturday night, after Jake's counsel had squonled for him with o much ef- foct at the afterncon Interviow with Judge Daugs, the crafty Jake proccoded to Junkor'd residonco, and thore was & jublloo ovor the turn 0N DROS, Manufacture Shirts to ORDER, and carry a largo stook ready-made, of their own manufacturo. Linens made to thelr orler n Iroland, which are o nek bosaier thas higal. aid are. Decallrty sdspied 7 X Siyios of AR, e e henaled e o7 ting the shapo and suporior work- ‘With tholr nnogualcd eyviem of #'3l0 of tho ganmauta to tho veoaror, | manbip in manafacture, aud oxq fsh fu Javndry- g, {ho meat compcte satisfaction may bo roliod upau. ‘Erdors can b filed it sLx liou1a whon noccaeary. 67 & 60 Washington-st,, Chicago, And Piky's Onars Hansa, Cinelonaty. SATES, a2 29 = ’ will businoss mon trust in inforior EGafes when it is possiblo to socuro absolute treodom fromrisk in the purchass of Harrls’ Improved Pire and Burglar-Proof Safes? ‘The following i1 oue of the many proofs : Tynwxmm Jonoriow, T, March 3, 1870.—8, . Maniae, Ohicago, 1, —DxAn Big: Yesterdny morn- ing a4 Jo'clock a fire broke out 1 Mr, Voll's storo, & art of which I ocouplod, which compietely destroyed Tie bullding. The safe’ T purchased of yot, oas of your No. 143, stood the fice first-rato, while Mr, Voli's, n Ohlo ke, camo out with the wood-work and somo of bls books and paners protty woil charred. Jad ny Jowelry been: in bis safe I think it would have sl teen bodly damaged, But I did not loso n cent's worth, The wood-work fn my safe was not even col- sred. ' X am satisficd from my ozperienco your safo i it est made. Yours vory truly, D.J. DURAND. + Tha safo mentionod abave can bo seen ot & H. Herrie' Manufaotory and Balesroom, 23 and 25 Zast Randolpt-st., Chicago, Bargent & Grecnleal combination locks on all ssfed, REAL ESTATE, K FARM 0F YOUR OWK. The Best Remedy for Hard Times! ¥reo ¥lomesteads AND THE Best and Oheapest ,Railrond Land Arson the llne of the Union Pacific Railroad, N ; NEBRASIXA. SEOURE A HOME NOW. l'}:‘lllll information scat FREE ton\‘xnnrkl ux{ World, . V: Xand Com'r U, 2, It I 8, maba, Neb, VTG PROPERTY 1IN BAN JUAN, COLORADO, FISKE FANIRAR, 178 Dearborn-at., Chicsgo. 7 GENERAL NOTIOES, BLACK HILLS. Thare will be an adjourned mestiog of tho members sad thoss who anticipate joining Cept. WHITE'S Mu- lual Benefit Minlng Company st Lis House, 1000 West Madison-at., on Walnesdsy evening, Msrch 15, Ilo- member the prominent feature of this Company is ita sxtensivo fit-out for Practical and Buccessful opers- Hons aftor arriving there. Any one can easlly go there, buta very small proportion can reasonably expect to et writh success with wuch limited. proparations as moet of them aro making to obtaln it, TO PROPERTY-OWNERS, Bkylighls covered with Wirs Guards, according to Wire Urdinance, at lowest prices, CLICAGO WIRE WORKS, %) State-st., ogpflllla 3eld, Laitor & Co. BUSINESS CARDS. At T E. TATON'S, 53 Statest, . TFATADLISUEDI®S., | jpuffairs. Tho sequel to all this was that tho four partics above pamod visited the Distriot- BLANK § Bo Attornoy's offico yostorday, and, with overy ap- ’ pearanco of eincerity in thoir mnoble ocounte-, Stationery and Printing, nances, adduced facts and figures tonding to i gl == carroborato what Jake fehm had eaid, Judge amunm,'ld ummx“n'al'nfifluo'n e yices, by 3, Dangs heard all thoy hada to eay. Ile maw that it was good, and Lo ‘gave each of his visitors a compfimenknr{\ tickot to this morolog’s per formance by vhe Grand Jury. —_—— THE TRIALS SET YO TO-DAY, The trisls wilt come up this morning at 10 o'olock. As least that1s what the truth-telling, Clod-fearing Governtoont couvsel assert, and they aro propared to malntain it at the macrilico of whole sess of blood. Dut they hint that,while the triale will como up and whilo the dockes will be called, there is a doclded prospect that a good doal of pleading guilty will bo done., The main .. DYEING AND OLEANING. LADIES SUITS. In_Bilk, Woolen, snd Mixed Goods, cleaned by the bry ggnm-qmrnoonss. without ripping ey CXvausT sonwAnz, 190 Bouth Clar, 158 Tilinots, and 263 W, Madison-ata, z OIL TANKS, WILSON & EVENDEN, OiL TANKS o ANn SHIPPING OANS, | in¢0renr, of conrso, contors In tho two great ?fig STue WesLakostrest | | 0 calors, Hosing and Rohm, who will doubtlcss- g & aavo pon cinaioavk, ly plead gullty to two counts. Thoy aro counting ou tho ono day's imprison- mout farce, sad %he infliclion of a $10.000 fine for lesing aud 50,000 for Rehm. Tho rout of thou":nuun&l hltl:ah wnlup‘{:l‘l o‘km:l lino and plead y, W 0 axce] Kulgy lng Kerwin, Ballentin and Lawreuco, who will spply for & contiuuance, and poa: Ald, Cullerton and Hildreth, who have somo- ‘what fallen into tho obscurity which sl gruat men moot when thoraate other great menaround who tower above them. Lappy, and PAYMENT RESUMED, Buy your Sgring UATS at SPRCIR e BOOTTH, 102 and 194 Madison- sk, cor, ¥ifih-av,, save 33 per oeiat, aud get Silver Obange. FOR SAL: FOR SALB. A - uorr iy Golag ' I, Saah Busiioass & splegald (avek | weome to be imbuod wiih, & singere bellat in bl meat for & party with $3,000 nru\iooo. Bicknoss ionocance, and will make a Lard fight, it ks g:r.;. of selling, Inquire of MARTIN NORGREN, | thouxht, 1o cloar Limself in the eycs of the world of the damaging clisrges resting upon up anothier wit- bim. The Govermnent turuo e ....r;.l,“_fiiamikb' ... | noes sgaiuzt bim, though, yosterday moraig, in the person of U. A, Vergho, a Unugor, who MONEY TO LOAN sooms to havo maiotainod a charctor for s S Vo Wil o oeiod om 4 seaily 2 SouF ols. vice, and w 7 O R T AR e tutsopettan Block, | Vorkto bad au amlorviaw with Judge Baogs The Chicage Daily Teibune, CHICAGO, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1876. yoaterday moratog and told bim thal, when e WASHINGTON. was a Gauger, in Hoyt allowed the firmiof The Naval Inquiry Discovers Dickinson, Leach & Co. to indolgs in all tho crooked practioss in vogne among the distillers, Another Woman in the Case, Mescersan. In addition to the foregolng, thera will ba on hand, at tho opening of Coutt this moraing, Supervisors Tutton and Bawell, aud half-a-dozen Esstern detsctives who worked np tho raide of May 10. HEVERAL OF THE * FIRAT BATCH." who long ago ancoceded in making thelr oalling and slection aure, expross lerablo diseatis~ faction at tho way in which Jako bes treated those of the or ex-flovenuo ofticials, George IL piueller, Thoodore cehickal, and Louis Ber- gor, It is asaumed that Vergho's testim n matorially to tke :-u?g-lnn llo;:n’ e Supervisor of the Bisto of digw York, [ upervisor «Now Yor¥, was in tho city yeaterday and will probably remein hLera for scveral days, as he is & witness In proaching trisls,« Bhould thers be no ond in a goneral nl‘:‘:cl:f‘ n":l '?lnlofl bu-h;:u 0 will return_to Now ank.xu'nz' G‘me;‘inzl e‘;t pacted to identify, in the trisl, the documentain the Collector's office in New York, tho atamp records, etci, all of which will show the ship- mont of crooked goods by Chicago men to the New York market. ————— IN COURT. REIM'S DOND, The fittle difficulty in the matter of Jake Rehm's bond, fully commented on m Bunday's ‘Cnnore, was amicably and satisfactorily settlod yeaterdsy momlog in the United Btatos Court. Jako waa on hand with his connsel, Mr. Camp. bell, and his new suroty, Mr, John A. Huck, father of tho prosont County Troasuror. Tho dull formality of Informing the Court that Mr. Loob, the formor bondsman, had become un- cosy, that o new bondsman wns prosent, and the accoptanco of that bondsman with Nehm in the same sum, $30,000, was a mattor of only a fow minutes. and the partioa left the Couri- room as 800D 88 the change wasaccomplished. KEELEY & KEDWIN. An they left, Tom Hoyno jumped to his foet. Ho had beon in the room during the provions lm”“dmfl but nobody dovined his purpose. Ho waa not long In doclaring it, He moved to quash the indictmont sgatnst Kecloy & Ker- win. Mossra. Ayer and Boutell woro presont, and emited eardonically as the wily counsol launchiod ont upon his argumont. o main- tained that the bill did not set forth any offonso undor tho statute, Itinclaimed that when thess three Inno- cents were aaxions to go bofoen the District At~ tornoy and tell ali thoy know, and ho was anx- ious to bave them, Jake persuaded them not to do mo, eiaiming that ha ,could take care of their intoreats, nud thus wonid do much better by staying out than going In. They stayed out, and aro now likely to atay ont until ealled in by the aid of a banch warrant. Jake has, aa far aa was poasiblo, fixed himaelf for & minlmum of pun- jshmant, pecuniary and otherwiss, but failed to do Bo for his dupes, and they aro uow lsft to mourn the hard fate which avartook them. TIE LA, ‘The following excorpta from tho Revenus lawa will give the resders of Tir Twpuxe an ides as to tho ponalties to which the memberaof tho Whisky Iting bave exposed thomsolves : Heo, 3,100, Revisod Btatutes, fizes the puoish- ment of Roveaus officiala guilty of fraud at s fine of 81,000 to §5,000, with an mprisonmoat for not less than six months, and not moro thsa oars.| 3 Bcc.l 8,257 relates to distillera who have been convictod of fraud, aud aflixas the paoishment, i8a follows: Forfoituro of the dintillery, distii- ‘liog spparatus, and sll goods found on the promisca; n fino of not less than 2500 nor more than ££,000, and imprisonment for not less than #lx months nor more than thros yonrs, Bec. 6,440 proscribes ns s punishment for consplracy to Jofraud the Governmont the im- position of a fino of not lesa thau £1,000 aud not more than 210,000, and imprisonment for naot moro than two yenra, COL. MATTHEWS did not return from Bpringfleld yesterday, but will be here this morning without fail. He suuffoth the air afar off,—oven sa far aa Bpring- And Silit Another Irrepressible Fe- male Figures in the Safe Buorglary. The House Qonfederates Onoe More Forced to Show Their Colors, Secession Was a Mistake, and Not a Treasonable Offense. Bill to Reimburse the Government for Assistance Rendered to the Pa. cifie Railroads. Another Large Batch of Bills Introduced in the House. The Bill Relative to the Connting of the What ic aid sot forth was aimply that tho defendauts failod to obliterato | feld. Vote for President Débated in atamps, ood Mr. Hoyno claimed thot n meroneg- ME. J. D, WARD the Senate. lect to do this might bo oatirely consistent with | takes the rwmors concoraing bimself quite cool- g cennte, & supposition of mnoconco on Lis clionts part, It waa tho fact that in such s business s groat part of . tha detail was left to employes, and tho partios thomselvos might bavo no knowledga of tho transactions of their agonts, Tho highest penalty undor thia aectlon, No. 3,824, was 10,000 tino, and imptisonment for throo yoars, Ho dld not objoct to the clause whioh doolared the goods forfettod, bnt he did abjoct, and rathor strongly, too, lo the clauea which subjocted & man to imprisoument. And Mr. Hoyne perorated. Judge Blodgott romarked that ho did not care to hear from tho Government. The penalty might bo & Iargo ono but ho consldered the jn- ly. Ho docliues talking sbout tho master, and contents himsaif with o fiat donial of any oon- nectton with any crookodness. When aaked specifically as to his idootification with Rebm,. he denies over baving had sny, aod as to the rovolations of Xiohm, ho (hir. Ward) says he cannot spoak of thom until ke has heard what oy aro. There wero wild stories yeatorday to the offect that proceodings wauld ba institutad against tho ex-Diatrict_Attornoy, but Govoroment officials promptly disclaimod any knowledge of mich procsodings, oithor as apainst Mr, Ward,, Ar, Bridgos, or Afr. Wadswortl, A WOMAN IN IT, THF NAVAL INVESTIGATION. Hvectal Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, * Wasmxarox, D, C,, March 13,—Thero is o lady at Willard's Ifotel in tho close castody of tho Borzeant-at-Arms, not permitted to leave her room. 8l lias boou thore for somo days. It is vaid that upon her testimony depends the fate and good pame of & person high lo authority, No peraoa in privato life Is pormitted to sco Ler, nOr ara any private messagos delivered to hor, il G dictment good. ‘Tho othor questions could be EISEWHERE yot the Chalrman of the Houso Naval Commit- bronght up at tho trisl of tho case. : d teo has undisturbed accesa to her room, aud Mr. Ayor, notwithstanding the Judge's intima- stema to know what hie is about. There fe a tion that argumont was wholly unuecessary, de- SAN FRANCISCO. woman in.the Bacor claim, omo m the Fronch-arma business, one in almoat all tho hintorical rascalitics Liers, and 1t scoms there {s oue now In which tho Naval Committco bas 80 much interest as to olosoly guard her door. There is, it scems, too, a wowsn n the safo- barglary business. This bas not beso published or publicly suspected until now. Tho tergeant- at-Armsis on hor track, snd oxpects to have ber hers in thres days, For prudential reasons ber name csunat now bo given. . This woman sired to romark that Mr. Hoyno had not read the whole of the sootion under which the indictment was drawn. ‘This Mr, Ayer proceoded to do, snd olatmed that it fitted tho caso exactly. Mr. Ifoyno repiiod that his claln wae that the indictmont did not describo the offenso thoroin et forth, 'I'lio Court, however. appeared to be sgunst him, and ho did not _care to talk furthor. ‘The rejoinder of tho Judge was tbat ho wns sgainot the gontloman, and that the dofendant muat plead to the indictment. As DEIIAL OF NECRNT REPORTS, ] WasnnuroN, D. C., March 13.—Boorelary.! Bristow, in responso to Inguirios in regard to tho report that Revenus Dotective Phillips bas uncarthed astounding corruptions inCalitornia, and that testimony isto be sent to Cungress, a:(nflm tho roport is nows to him. Tho Com- missioner of Intoroal Revenuo also sayy thas bho hag recelvod no information in rogard to these statomonta. . they wers not present, tho formality of entering —— 18 eaid tho ‘ missing link that pleas was not gono through with, and tho civil THE*BABCOCK MILITARY COURT, will convict the profoesional burglars docket wag taken up. DOISTOW TO THE TOTAE. . who did the ” misorable job with the Judgo Blodgott will sit to-day and to-morraw, but will adjourn the Court over Thuradsy on ac- count of Gen. Webator's fuvoral. —_—— THE VACANCY. POBSIDLE OANDIDATES, The question of successorstup agitates tho {nhabitants of tho Governmout bullding, and, myntorioua persons who, sitting in n darkened room, with pobbles in their mouths to disguise their voioes, condusied tho original un{,’nultlonu with Miko Hayos, The Judiciary Commitico to-night commencod the flrst secrot investign- tion of tis sabject, and oxpect in o fow days to arrive at the missing Jink. Thoso who ought to know most about this myaterious sfair insist that the ovidonco is forthicomlng which will fally ‘Wasmrarox, D. ., March 18.—Tho Secretary of the ‘Trossury, in roply to the reaalution of the Houso, han sent to that body & communication stating that there aro no papers relasing to the asecmbling ar to the busincss of tho Military Court in tho Babeock caso on tllo in the Treasury Department, B mingled with oxpressions of profound regrob FIRES. explain it. Throo witnossos of importance ate for Qen. Webater's death, were epeculationa = to bo summoned, two lawyers and ihe woman upon tho incoming man. Marshal Campboli and AT MEMPHIS. mentionod. Tho witnossea who have already been sxamined in tho old investigation snd in tho courts are not to bo recalled. (To the Associaled Press.) Wasumazox, D, C., Alarch 13.—District-At- tornoy Wolls to-day ay Iin'nflwlled before the Houes Committeeon tho Judiciary, which is now iuvestigatiug the causoa why the mo-called 1lar- rington safe-burglary conspirators have not boen triod, a8 also tho conspiracy itsolf, and- pro- sonted the original confossion mede by Nottlo- slip and Curz, as also the statement mado by Harrington Limsolf. Harrington's atatomont is not in tho natare ot a confossion, but moro of & denial of the maln facts set forth in tho confes- sion of Nottloahip. Sovoral othor witucsses wero also examined, '[ius investigation, Ar. Kuott says, will now bo thorough. ——— +A DELICATE POSITION. LITTLE COX COMES TO THE MZ4CUE. Bpecial Dupatch to The Chicago Tribuns, ‘Waswixarax, D. 0., March 13.—Tho sesslan of the Houss to-day wili not bo without national aig- nificance. Therocouldnot bo forndamajority who would cast a record vate in fasor of the pronosi- tion that tho War of Bocession was a violstion of tho Conetitution and a wrong., Bakor, of Indi- anp, introduced bs resolution which testea this queation, It was cloan-cut, concise, and woll doflued tho principle that tho United Btatos is a notion, sod that Becesslon woa troason. When the long roll was called, those who had led the Confodorato hoats, or who hiad held high places in the Confederato conucils, sat silent io thoir eoats. ‘They could potition Congress to roliovo thoir political disabilitioa; they could not vots that thoy had done a wrong. Thoy did vote, io part, upon Cox's countor resolution, ‘which coutalned many of the principles which tho War bas settled, but which deuled at loast by Collector Jones rofusod to converso on the subjoct, remaking that it will bo timo to talk of tho now man aftor she Goneral is buriod, but the smallor fry of officiala and outsidors canvassed tho mattor thoroughly, and concluded that tho name wou!ld be drawn from tho following liet : J. D. Harvey, Isaac N. Arnold, A. 1. Durloy, Adolph Bhooninger, L. L. Bond, Julns White, Gen. Chetlaln, and Arthur Dixon. Capt. Murphy, whoge name has boen mentionod, ridicules tho idea, and deoics that ho is a candidate. Tho Capraln {8 one of tho oldest Storokeopora in the Dopartmont, and bos boon nesignod to Fur- long's dwstillory for somo tima past. Gen. O, L. Menn has boen spoken of au s possible candi- date, but it is doubtfut it ho is, as Lis nepiring oyo is fixed upon tho Bherif'a comfortable chair. Arthur Dixon i4 aleo saoguine of eloction to tho vrivilego of eerving tmta ond hanging men (it any aball ever bo convictod). I, Burley is Receiver of the Cook County Na- tional Baok, and bos just golten into tho hoart of thonffairs of that concern, and, oven if ho were willing to swop Lorses, it i3 doubtful whether anothor man could ouflg bo fonnd to tako up tho affairsof the bank and bring them to » satiefactory sottlement. At the time Gen, Webstor was trausforred from the Sub-~ Treasury to the Collector’s office, Mr. Adolph Bhooninger was rocommendod by tho Iou. Charles B, Farwell for the vacant position. Mr. 8. had always boen a Llapublicav, except in 1873, whan lio wandored off with tho People’s party. Early in 1876 ho saw the orrors of his ways and resurnod from tho tenta of Midian to tho tapernacles of Israel. Whether Mr. Far- well will put up Mr, Bhooninger for the more im- portant offica of Oolloctor 18 doubtful, As for the Hon, I. N. Arnold, he liss no frionds at court, and whore one Lins no friends ono doos t got augar-plmns. lmcl:‘n. Cl}otlufin and Gen. Whito are both Meyxrms, Tenn., March 18,—At half-past 12 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the oftico of the Burveyor of Customs, over tho Bavk of Commerce, on Madison atreet. The police and bank watchman found the doors lockod, aud aftor breakiog in found tho clerk of the Burveyor, who atatcd that he had beon working thoro until that hour, when a lamp ex- ploded nnd sot popors on firo. Ao slarm was sounded, aud tho fire extinguislied, not, however, until tho booke and papurs of the ofiico wero either burned or badly demsged. 70 remark: of tho clork aftor tho fire, that **{t looked Bal- knapish,” caused oconsiderablo commont. Gon, Emith, the Sorveyor of this port, loft for Grand Junction last evening. Tho luss in Johvson & Munn'sfancy storo osterday Is not yot known, but s fully coverod v inaurance, amounting to $25,000, divided be- twoon tho Royal, Queon’s, Imporial (of En- gland), Ningarn (New York), and Merchante', of Momphis, Tho damnge to Taylor, Jay & Co.'s dry-goodu stock, next goor, by smoko and wator, 15 810,000, covored in aine Insuranco companies. Gon, W. J. 8mith, Burveyor of Cusioms, who roturned this afternoon, says but few papers of 'value, and no monoy, was lost by the fire in the Custom House this morniog, He had forward- od all tho Govornmont monoy to Washington 1ast Fridoy. IN CHICAGO. At 4 o'clock yeatorday morning an alarm was sounded from Box No. 18, caused by the discov~ ery of fira in a liquor storo owned by Gearge Schnache fo the Nixon Block, corner of Adams strect. Damage ou tock aud building about £200, Cause of fire' spoutancous combustion. No fnsurance on- the stock., Twenty miu. utes later & bed in the two-story framo buildiog a¢ No, 350 Esat Twenty-socond stroet, gwned by John Bucker and occapied by Thomna lflod £ thy i- | Ryan, waa discoverod on fire by Officor Linndeck, | implication that socossion was per s¢ & crimo or .’1'3:‘“’”?)‘“' n::fl- qn.;m"a“ orung.gmfi,m, who éxllusuhhed tho flames with o fow bucketa | evou a fault, and which assorted that ths doc- would permit thom to nccapt it, | Of wator. Damaga insigniticant. trine of secession had been proved by the War At 4:40 yesterday morning a still alarm was given to Engioe 5 and Baboook No. 2, caused by & chimney in the houss at No. 95 South laluter stroet burmng out, No damage. 3 AT EAST SAGINAW, MICH. Hpecrat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribwid, Fast BaaiNaw, March 18,—The residence of Honry Bonflah, at Midland, waa entirely destroy- od by fire yestorday, with most of the house. hold effocts. Loas, €3,000 ; Insured for $1,500, of the Iiebellion to Lo impracticabls, aud on that account muat bo cousiderod sottled, 1t did not mattor that Blaino sald, dircctly this was yoad, *And 1 bopoe every Unlon mau in the House will vote agaiost it." The Confaderates LOPED TO DECEIVE THE NORTIL by a record voto for such s declnration, and voted for tho toadying reaolutlon of the Norihern doughtace almost without exception. ko s PACIFIC RAILROAD INDEBTEDNESS, AN EYYORT TO ONT EVEN, Spectal Ihsoateh ta Ths Uhiwaso Iridune, ‘Wasixoroy, D. 0., March 13.—~On motion of Mr. Lawrence, the 1louse Judiclary Committeo wero rocently instructed to fuquire and roport what logislation is necosuary to secure tho Gov- ornmont sgaiust loss on uccount of subsidy- bouds Issucd to tho varions Paciflo railroads. The sabject was reforred to a sub-commistos, conaisting of Mossre. Kuots and Lawreaco, who to-day eobmitted to the . full Committes their report, ombodying a number of fm- portaot recommendations. Tho roport, which way prepared by Judge Lawrence, goes into an olaborato oxamination of the relations which exiat botwoon the I'acifis Raitroad and the Qoverpmont, and shows by detailed statistica and computations that, aftor aw\mng all the moans now provided by Jaw far tho raimburse~ moent of juterest and advanoces thero will boa deficlenoy of at loast 81560,006,000 in the princl- al and iotercat when the aubsidy bonds masuro. 'uis result I arrived at without allowing the Gavernmont to calculate compound intarest on ita ndvaucos. It is argued that tho companies will uot bo sbla to pay this sum in sd- dition to thair tirsi-mortgage jndebiodness to private parties, and tho beliof is oxpressed thac foy do not expect to, ‘Tho Sub-Committes therefore recommony the passage of a bill, of ‘which tho main featuroa are sa follows : Firast—The CGovornmont {s to retain in the Treasary all the mouey which is or sy be dus to tho companiea and apply it to their indebted- noss to the United 8t t requiros each company to pay to tho Governmout sewni-annually auch sums a4 the Secrotary of tho Troasury shail prescribo, and which juvested at interest will, at the maturity of the subsidx bonds, create a fund sullicient to pay the principal, Third—1t requires the oroation of slmilar fnod to pay at lfw matarity of the subsidy bouds tho smount of interest not theu reimbursed by sorvices, and by the b per cent of tha et esrn. iuga now required to ba paid futo the Treasury. ‘ourth—It prohibits each ocompauny from making suy dividonda while it v [n default, of cowplyiug with any of those requiremente for somi-aunual payoients. Ifth—It givos the (lovernmont m right of sctlon to recoves all the money dus or $0 becomo Mr. Harvoy has no chance, e §8 winding up tho affairs of three banks which woro on bad torma with their creditors, and will not get tbrough during the prosont Administration. An oveniug paper called attontion to tho fact that W, K, Bullivan, city editorof tho Journal, and Col, Farrar, ity businoes manngor, were at ashington,and suggosted that thoy were work- ing in nomebody's intoreat for the Collectorakip. This {3 a mistake, however, for thoy aro flying a smallor gamo. Col, Farrar wanta o eupplant Miss Ada Bwoot s Pousion.Agent,—only that and nothingmore. 1t is probable that no actlon will bo taken by tho President untll ho hoars from Col. Mal- thows sud the Govornmont officors on duty at Chieago who in tholr opinion will be best qual- ifled for tho posltion, IN GENERAL. OABD ¥ROM GOL. LYMAN DHIDGES, COmiosao, March 13,—My attontiob has just boon called to your artiolo in yostorday's paper hoaded *Rehm," eto., In which my name i used aa s Rovonuo Agent, oto. Ilaving resided in this city over twonty years, and naver having beon connoated either directly or indirectly with the Revenuo servics or any Whisky Rings, my friends will koow that soma other porson must have been tho party ro- tarred to, " The liconss of the press, even in these times, should not allow tho uso of any geutleman's name 80 freely without some _abadow of founds- tlon for what they publish, Resvoctfully yours, Lyaax Batoars, AT OMAHA, Ouana, March 13,—About 3 o'clock this morn- ing the Contral Hotel, noar the Union Pacific depot, on Tanth atrect, was destroyed by firs. Tho inmates narrowly cscaped deatn and lost overything, Insurance, &5900. A couple of firemen wers injurod. e NEW YORK THEATRES AND THE * HERALD.” Spectal tapaleh to Tha Chicaco Triduns, New Yonk, March 13.—Jamos Morriusey, Treasurcr of tha Fifth Avonuo Theatro, was ar- rosted to-day, charged with passing countorfolt money on the Herald in pasyment of advertiaing bills, Blr., Morrissoy was dlemisaed from tho Treasurersbip last Friday, but for other roasons thau the one now alleged, 1lo donles tho chargo, aud Mr. Daly, Manager, ls said to ane- isin him 10 the maiter, ''io managora of the theatres generally say that the Jerakl froquent- 1y makes demauda for redomption of counterfoit nionsy passed on Ita employes, asif thosums came from thientrea, when, in fact, It does not. Tho Jerald does all its business in bills over tho counter, humerous young clerks roceiving large sums, snd it is therafore a favorite placoofdosl ing smong countarfeiters and usterera of coun- terfots monoy. MONITZ AND XRNST BTECDE, vinogar makers at No, 223 Milwaukee avenus, in whose possession was found a smsll quantity of nrookmy molasaca highwines, mado at Do Gray's illicit atul in Hydo Yark, and for whoso arreat warrauts wero issued by Commissionor Hoyha Baturday afternoon, could not be found yostor- day. The Deputy Marshals to whom thoe war. rants were dolivered aro of tho opiufon that tha brothers have gono to Canads, whers thoy will join Newhaua, Becker, Mattorn, and other fam. oua exiles, of whomm tho poet wroto in touching numbers ¢ Trus patriots all | for be it understood We loft our country for wur privato good, Yeslerdsy afterncon Deputy Marshal Buck waa furniabod with eubpceuas for the following entiemen, whoso names havo figured with un. fimlted frequonocy lu tha columns dovoted to whisky literature: Gloleen G. lossell, J, P. Futlong, Parker . Mason, W. 8, Golsev, George Miller, James . Miller, James iller, Adolph Muellor, lenry Fredericks, 1. M. Ford, Frank Ena M. P. Beccher, O. A. Vergho, Anton Junker, Josenh Rtoolle, George Robinsan, Gw:i’. D, Pholps, D, L. Taylor, 3. 2. Bmith, I O, RESUMED, Spectal Dispateh fo T'ha CAteaa0 Tridune, ‘Wixxsnaunr, Pa., March 18,—After » auspon- elon of tive wooks, a8 orderod by tho cosl com- bination, & number of callieries resumod opora- tlons to-day. Dy tho terma of the combination tha coal can only bo shipped north aud woss, aa tho Eastorn markes is still overstocked, and it was oxpocted that all tho companlos would re- sumo to-day, bat, owiug to the light demand, they announce a fusthior suspensivu until the 20th inat. Porruviees, Pa, Merch 18.—This mnmln;( twoof tho loading coal sud lron companies' collieries reaumed, glving employmaeant to a lazge wumber of people. il S S S Togineer Gorton, i chargse of the workat $he Baulc 56, Marie Oucal, felogiaphis t2ab b’ wil lflunum:toepq!ybpnlm rdd—] NUMBER 201. the revenme in counestion with goode dae, and to iake oszession of any or operate any th:l‘ed he sov mpa; for the Cantennial Exhibition, road 1o default, The bill aino, smong other things, requires | isno fand at the disposal of nont© the Beoretary of the Troasury to report to 0on- | from whioh to ;-;‘;%:“ex?rw:-gfnz;v:rxg:::, fAress what may ba reasonable rates for Govern- ment travsportation, The amounts of semi- Innmlrlymuutl to create a fund for the pay- mont of tntoreat aro to bo prasczibed from tims to timo, according to the amounts roalized from § per cent of the not earnings, and the rotention of the charges for Government business. Tho T6po It sayn the proposed bill adds nothing to the obligation of tha companics as to tho pay- mont of foterest. It leaven the yueation open 3 for the officers required to oxamin lp}mlsn. and maintain the cuntogy and control of foreiga - 0ods at the axhibition, * It is estimated that nol - osa than $100,000 will bo reqolred for this pue. pose. TAX ON GOLD SALES, f Roprosentative Fort to-day introdased s_bill, whl&h'wn referred to the Committes on Ways . at' 69 2a04, providing that on snd aftor the lat ~~ ! July noxt thors shall bo lovied and paid whether companies should pay the interont as it £~ /on all enlos or contracts for sal ! whethot zoogfl". ‘;fl Cgfl if the Govornment at any time |/ &+ af or written, of gold and_silver ?nll(nn and osiren to ask the Supremo Court toreviow Its | & i at tho rato of ono-twentloth of 1 per cont rocent decision thia can be done. Prominent/ the amount of sales or conteacts for salos mambera of tho Committeo ara of the opinion’ ™ ereof. A failure to make return of sales o that the main recommendations of this ropaor 3 will bo adoptod and reportod to the Houno, do rondering of fraudalent returna s to bs /e~ punisbod by s ponaity of 8200, bosides the pay- ——— /S~ montof the tax dus, to bo ssscased by ths Col- THE POOL INVESTIGATION, /& -lactor on the bost information Lo clnbgbmn. 7. COOKE & CO. 3 NATIONAL BANKS. Special Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune, . & ‘Wasmorox, D, C., March 13.—Bofar . - Iates to the mattorsof the Joy Oooks & Co. trapsactions, it does not mattor much whother Kilbourn submita hia books or not, aa the Com- mittoo bavo information of tho facts of the et~ tlement with tho creditors of Jay Cooko & Co. by the reai estato pool, through Edwin 3. Lorwie, Trustos of tbe bankrupt firm. This information shown that tho seltlement was pot a propar one, The bill fited in equity was practically a fraud, because It embraced only a portion of the real estato owned by the firm of Jay Cooke & Co. a8 mowbers of tha roal estate pool. (7o the Aawriated Press.) BTAXDS OX 1118 CONATITUTIONAL PREROOATIVES. Wasminoron, D. C,, March_13.—Hallett Kil- bourn appoared before the Roal Estste Pool Committoa this morning, snd agaln declived to aroducn tho pnvate books sod papers of tho rm of Kilbourn & Lntts, in ation to their real eatato transactions, on the ground that all bhis partuors are cugaged in privato businoss and bare no connoction with the Governmont of tho United Btatcs, except to pay their taxes and: oboy the laws; that thoy nro mot cousclous of° baving violated any law, nor ato they charged ‘with any fraud, and tLst the prodaction of their boaks mnd papers would roveal their trans- actions with sll their enstomors. If, how- over, sny respectable citizen wonld allogo that thelr business haa any relation swith tho E:bue intereats, thoy would submit alt their oks and papers totho Committes, but not otherwiso. Mr. Kilbourn takestbo additioual ground that he standson the constitutionsl right guarasotecd to ""'Lf"“““‘ Dot sccussd of violating any law, of betng protected ia bis porsonal liberty and proporty, aud from an nn- roasonable search'of hin private papors. Tha room was then cloared for doliberation, with the excaption of tho counsol and tho Committeo socoeded o make up o caso against Kilbourn, bo reported to the House. Tho mmittco bave docided to report to- marrow Kilbourn's refusal to answer to tho House, together with oxcerpts from tho reoord showlog tho queations to which be refused an- swers, and accompanied with s resolution di- rocting tho Bergeant-at-Arma of the Ilouso to Y[rmnl tho recuseant witnesa at the bar of the ouso for ita action, — NOTES AND NEWS, OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO. 8pectal Inapateh to The Chicaoo Tribune. Wasaivotoy, D. C., March 13.—The Houso Committes on Torritories has sgreod to report favorably the Oklahoma bill to establish o Torri- torial Govornment in (he Indian coantry, and s now engaged In perfecling the detalts of tho schemo. At tho meoting to bo hold to-morrow moming it {s possiblo that tho bili may be com- ploted, and if so it will bo roported to the Houso the flrst timo the Committes iscallod. The aama Committeo also volod rocontly to roport favor- sbly the bill ooabling tho Territory of Now Mex- ico to be admitted into the Union as o new Blato, and instructed Culberson to call it up ‘The Comptroller of the Currency has called upon the National Banke for reporis shcwing theie condition at tho closs of busincss Friday, tho 10th of March, The Comptrotler bas also doclared a-lvidend of 30 per cont in favor of the croditors of tho Gibson County National Bank, of Princoton, Ind. WIARD'S EXPERIMENTS, 1t appears from tho statoment of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnanco that the Nut Island ex- perimenta by Norman Wiard resulted in nogood, * the gunn cithor burating or wors thrown astde; §35,500 woro paid him for those oxporimonta. PINCHDACK'S VRIENDS. * A Iargely-attended meoting of colored persona to-night pazsed n setiee of resolutions doolaring among othor thinga that the Sanato, in mfustng to seat Pinchback, professedly om . tochnical gronnds, did an unjost act afecing tho, colorod race, igoored the rights tho soveroign Btato, bowed to casto, and alded proscription, rebellion, snd anarchy, The resolutions aleo condemn Sonators Edmunde aad Psddock for voting againat Pinchback, and eulogiza Benator Morton, whose course they eay mako bim a fitting porson for any position in which law aod justico may bo cquitably ad-" ministorod and defonded an honest and rosolute person. Those resolulions were sup~ portod by Fred Douglass, George L. Downing, and othors, and unanimously adopted. A pro- cession was thon formod and proceeded to tho Ebbitt ouse, whore Benator Blore ton was ocomplimented with serenade, The colorod speaker who informed Sonator Morlon of what had takon placo ot tho mosting and the charactor of tho rosolutions sald that horotoforo tho colorod people conld only thank thef frionds, but now they counld express their grai- tudo {n votes. ‘Scoator Morton reapondod, saying among other things that Pinchbnck was fairly and lcufl}{ olected, and had tho sym- pathy of the entiro Ropublican party thmughout the country, and that the great battlo of human rights would bo fought in the coming Preal. dentisl contost, Tho procossion then procesded to Capitol Hill, where thoy sorenaded Pinchback, who returnca theaks in s specch, THE GENTXNNIAL. The House Committen on_Appropristions tox day heard-Col. Lyford, Commissioner Johu Eaton, and Prof, Bond, representin Gowe ernment, chufiod with the preparations for tha Centennial Exiibition to be made in the sovorat dopartmonta, in ndvocacy of an additionsl sppro. | priation of $500,000 for that purpose. Tho Board asked for about 81,000,000 Jast voar, but Congross appropristed only 8505,000, They now ask for the remajuder of tho sum nooded, snd say thay with ita aid the Governmant Exposition will bo a magnificont display, worthy of the nation, ana * of itsotf alone sufliciont to make the sntertain- mont & success. GEN, BUTLER. It 15 ourront talk among - the Domocrata that Gen. Butler {s lioro for the purposs of opposing tho confirmation of Richard L. Daba, Jr., as Alnlstor to England. but tho story Iaoks ocon- firmation. — THE RECORD. BENATE. ‘WanmxoroN, D. C., March 13.—On motion of Ar. Morton, the 8enato took up the bill to pro- in the Houso whonovor an opportunity wido for and regulate the counting of the votey oarod | 15l wbo, pasango O B0 0 | for President and Vice-Prosident, - caused the Committes to postpona pushing this matter beforo tho House until the Bonsto bill Liaa bepn received, reforred to the Committee, and carofully examiaed. It ia possible thattho Committeo moy conclude to adopt the Senste bill as o substitutae for the one alroady agroed to. ¥DACTIONAL CUNDENCY HCALCE. In o lostor to tha Iou. George B, Dangs, As- sistant Treasurer at Chicago, Tressuror Now writes: *Your lotter of ths 2d lvst. ia recaived, requesting the shipmont of- 228,000 fractional cur~ rency in 10-cent pieccs. Owiug to the stoppage of tho Printing Dureou and tho limited supply of fractional currency on°hend, your requisiiion has boon partially filed. Beven thousand dol- lars bas been forwarded this day. lu view of this, but moro espooially for tho reason that tho sppropriation for transportation {a exhausted, vo the homor to requost thab the now fractional currency boe used only for your own oftice disbursements, and that doposita of Uvitod fHtates notea be required from and cortificates of doposit bo iskued to such parties 28 Ay want now currenoy, snd upon tho roceipt of cortificates horo the smount will be daly for- waraod at their expouso, uAYS' OASE, The investigation of Charles Iays' bribery cago has not 88 vet . beon bogun by tho House Committee on the Judiciary, Wisnessca were subpwnaod lnst week, and are expected to mach here this evening or to-morrow wmorning, Hays, in rocommending the appotntment cf youn Leardseil to tho cadetship ac West Point, curu!E fied that ho bad resided moro than two years in tho Town of Choctaw, County of Choctaw, Ala. Thore i8 no towa of that namoin that county, and youug Besrdsoll was never in Choctaw County in hts lifo. This countyia one of tho mout romoto and nnccoasible in tho Stato. ANOTUEL. ThoIonee Committeo on Civil-Servics Roform has sccured several finporiant witucsses trom Mr. Bayard briefly addressed the Benate in ope position to the bill, * Mr. Morrill (Vt.) obtained leavs to introduce 8 blil to remove from the atreots of Washingtox tho tracks of all railroads using steam power, and tho momorial of citizens to sccompany the bill. Reforrod. Mr. Xorton eaid tho blll providing for the counting of tho votea for Presidont and Vice- President, now before the BSenate, presonted tureo important changes from the old method, which he proposod to point out. Tha bill pro- vides for dobate or oxplanstion whilo the voto s being counted. It provides sgainst the dis- franchisement of auy of tho States, and it pro- vides that tho voto of every State shall ‘bo counted. Mr. Eaton said the second section of tho bill pro- vided that the returns from such Siatos shall bo counted which the two Iouses, acting separately, ebatl ocida to ba truo and valld returns, aud askod what would bo tho effect If the Houso decided one 83t of ro- turns wera correct, and the Bxnate decided another rob was correct. fu a case whero there were two seta of re- turus {rom one Stato, Mr, Morton replied that in such s case aa that tho yoto of thio Btate would fall fo tho ground, and the State would los thelr Yoto, for thers waa no outaldo tribuns] constitutionally qualified to docldo the matter, Alr, Boutwell paid ho had not tho falth ju {ho wis- dom of the bill that the Chairman (Morton) bad, although be should probahily vota for thia bill, ita did not sssume that that the Vice-Prosident had any other duty to perforin than sluply to apen the roturus. or nearly a contury the old mothod Lisd boen in use under thio Conatitution, and it was not possiblo for Cougress to delegute it to a court or anybody else, Mr, Thurman said it was time that some such meastire o8 that should bo sdapted, for Lo canld esally foresvo that tho voles of lsies might sometime be {hrown out to such an extent as to pinnge the country iuto snarchy and robellion. It could mnot Florida to tostily in rogard to tho sale of & | bappen oneo /in o ihoussnd tmes thss cadetabip by Moprasoutntive Purinnn, of that | tho Vico-President would not know just -mlx packsge Stato. Tho slight luveatigation of this matter | O Foturus containa tho votes of his parliculas party, and ho could pick that up and open it Tt was through Lis (Thurman's) solicitation that the Benator from Ta=- iana {ntroduced the second section of tha bill, and he canaldered {4 neccssary. 1f any Bouator could darise any better plan ho would bo glad to hiosr ity f Br, Whyio sald io would have i8 left just whers ou fathern and tho Constitution left it. 113 held that the! made by tha Committes on Naval Affairs fniled to prove tho alloged bribory, but, if repoits of citizens of Florids who have como sa witnessos aro supported by cvidence, the case ngsinst Purman 18 considerably worse than has beea an- ticipated, Vioe-Preafuent had the right to decido which was the THE DISTRICT DOND BILL. ‘Thio only business of suy importance transact- f.":r?“ px:::m * “nm‘x_-;:‘;‘ml'nofl “::n "l:-‘:: od by tho 1iouse to-day was the adoption of tho report of tha Couferouco Committeo on the bill ditecting the paymont of jutorest on the 8.65 Diatrict of Columbia bonds, This intercat has been in dofault alnca tho 1st of Fob- ruary, and tho delay in providlug for it has boon almost inexcusable. Ilolman, who succesded 1n defeating tho report by postpontng it when 1t wos last bofore tho Ilouss, wmade stroug ob- joction to it to-day, and was seconded in his ef- forta by soveral leading Democrats, bat the vots,when tho yoas aud nays wero called, stood 103 in favor of the roport to 78 sgaloutit. ‘ba adoption of this roport must not be takon as an indorsoment of tho acts of tho Commissioners or of the Board of Audit. [Tnthe Asoctated Press.) TUE SILVER PRODUCT, ‘Wasmivarox, D. 0., March 13.—The report that an ariangement has boen made by which the Governmout ik to puschase the eutiro buthon product of the Consolidated Virguis and Cali- foruia mines for « yoar for use in tbarosump- tion of -{:«:Io payments, 14 pronounced fncor- roct by the Treasury Dopatrtmeut, although it ia admitted that a proposition of this charactor Liag been roceived, aod {4 now under considera- tion. A BAFEGUARD, fonutor Bhorman's bLill to limit the jurisdic. tion of heads of depariments in the aflowsnce of olaims provides that uo claim againat tho Unitod States in any Executive Departmont, aftor being finaliy considerod nnd rojeoted by sho- head of that Department, ehall bo subse- qncnu{, consldored or sllowod in whole or in 24 action. 1o would nob anybody to meddle with this matter, but he would much rathor tho louso would do t, Uish tno Souste. Tho House represented the peojls, and came trom the people oty two yours, wiilo' tho Sonate aid not, and ha Would preder o let thom docids the watter 1f 1t was' 10 be chianged at all, Mr, Cooper entertained tho same opinton, and moved to amiend by aduing aftor (he Words the two Houses acting weparately shall docido to bo ths true and yalid relurus,” the following words: *aud if the two Touses’ caunot arree, then the Touse of Reprosentae tives, voling by States'ln the manuer provided by the Constitution, when tha eleotion devalvea on the ouse, sisall bo truo aud valld roturny," Br. Keruan dissented roim the viows of the Senstor from Dlaryland (Whyte), 1o did not think the Freals deat pro tem. here had the right to deckda which were tha true aud valid returus, ond be did not (hink the Constitution warranted such concluslon, It ssid bo, shiould open all tho returns, and they shouid be counte ed. 1fauy question should over sriss a4 has been spsken of, thoy would, prefer o have fhe lousa de- do thie 1matlor, aa it more clearly ropresentod the peoplo. P itorton said then if the Touss voted on the quustion by States, Htates Lhat had but one Hepre« scatative would Liave just as much volce in the matter aa o Btate ‘of -New York, which had thirty.throo Tleprosentatives. Ho sald ho bad oncs pida s compuiaiion of ‘tils ‘imaller; aad had ascerlained that forty-Ave members of fho Housw, | voting by Btatos, snd n&mmlmv 8,000,000, could outvots the other 247 members, representing 35,000,000 peopls, Could anything ba 'concelvod tnat’ would come farther frotn the will of the people ? The prine ciple volyed ia thia bil i procissy the same ta thal yon which sl egliation of tho country dspands, 1€ the two llouses cun not agroe upon a bill before Con- reas {1 falls, of cours there {8 uo powor to refer fo s third [‘l’l{ arbitor or reierce, If tho o part the l:iud ox! that D::mmmt, r‘:op:enr 'n:‘:.z“ n:‘ ‘t‘ls ma-lull‘ l«:‘ nun h:lnu‘;: ¢: ':fn(:; but, 1 prossnted agsin, —may roferred I ¢ 10 the Court of Cisims.” It aleo prohibits oou- | {40 ‘xltl:o‘;l'u '@5‘%".‘.“153”1'{“.’?5'..“& the entleo wil of pideration and allowanco by Dopartmenta of aay claim thas veoursd more than two years bofore its preseotation, providing that “such clalma must be roferred to tho Cours of Clalms, if with- 1 the lmita prescribed, By Hection 1,061 of tha Itevised Btatutes It is made tue express duty of accounting officory of the Treasury to ex- smive aud pasa upon the logality and amouut of each clalm recommended Ly payment aa fully and completaly as it 1o such recommendstion had been wmada, TOY CUSTOMS SEVICE. ‘The Becratary of the ‘I'reasury to-day sent to the Hoase of Hopresentatives coples of latters rocolved from the Collector and Appralser of pira or roferea to decidla b question of his chareter Aras au absurd one. Mr. Frollughuyson ssid {hat as obsurd as tho idee wie wern scveral precedonts for it and bo fiie slanzed the caso of Iows wherein a Governor Liad beeny doclared slectad, and 8 question arialug, tie Oourt of Clalwy waa dulegated a 8u umplre, Alr, Alilson introduced » bill Ymvldlnl for an agroe. ment with the Bioux Nation with regard ta s portiox ot thelr rexervation, sud for olber pusposcs, Ludiaa airs. Tha Senate weat Iato executive aasslos, and soom adjousged. HOUAE. " Mr. Campbell presanted ta patitiod of, 719 cltizeng Customnx st I’nllmlmll. ;:lprnenung thio sbao- 'x’;'.fl':’:?&.""""' LRt Hn Realiuplin sh lute neoosaity for tional Qusicmes ofoord 40 | The Bpeaker then callod o the Siales fer bills, uodel.