Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1876, Page 5

[ WASHINGTON. (lst of the Impeachment Articles Re- ported in tho Delknap Cases The Postal-Contract Investigators (athering Queer Testimony, Hearsay Stories of Dead Mon Given the Dignity of Positive Evidence, Features 'of Mr, Morrison’s Proposed Finance Com- promise. The Eifort to Catch Robeson Still Proves Unsuccessful. Lo Moyne Likely to Sncceed in His Cone test with Farwoll. Boutwell and Bayard I[ndulge in a Little Sharp Tallk. THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES. COUNTS IN THE INDICTMEXT. ‘Wasnmarox, D, C., March 30,—In tho Housa this morning, Mr, Knott, the Chalrman of tho Committes on the Judiciary, presonted nrticlos to bo adopted nnd prosonted to tho Sonatoin msintonsuce and support of an impoachmont for Lligh arimes and misdemoanors in tho office of William W. Bolknap, lato the Sccrotary of War, which woro rocommitied and orderod printed, with the undoratanding that thoy would be called up on Baturday noxt. 3 The impoachment articles aro five in number, and aro worded in the usual logal phrasoology, ono boing largoly a repetition of the other. THE FIRST ABTICLE 18 aa follows: ‘That William W, Dulknap, whils he was in office as Bocrotary of War, to wit, on'tho sth of October, 1Hi0, hiad power and suthorlty under tho laws of tho United Biates sa Becretary of War Lo appoint a porson to maintain a trading establishment at Fort i), & mili- tary post of the United States, That said Bolknap promised to appolat ono Calob P. Marah to matntain #ald trading establishment st sad military post, and thereaftor mald Calob P, Marsh oud ono Jobn 8, Evaus aid onter into an’ sgreemont in writing sub- lantially s follows, [Hero the articlos of agreemont |otasot ont in extenso] That thereaiter, ou tho 10th of October, 1870, sald Delknap, as Secretary of War, i, st the instsnce and roquest of rd Alarah, ap: .potntsald Jolm 8. Evans fo maintain sald tradiog establishment ¢ Fort Bill, and in considerstion tof such appointment tho sald Roelknap did on or 'about the 2d of November, 1570, unlawfully and cor euptly rocalre from said Mara tho aun of $1500, ind did st divers timea thoroatier, that is, on or about the Lh of January, 1671, and sbout the end of each threa ‘monthe during tho torm of ono wholo year, whilo Lo waa atill in offic as Socretary of War, unlawfully re- oaive from said Marsh like sums of $1,500 in consid. eration of the appointment of said Evans, and in con- sideration of his (Delknap's) permitting said Evans to continus 1o muintain said trading establishment at Fort 53.“ whorab; sald Willlam 7, fimuxmw:? i on as ey EhGemsanars s sl T o0 TUR BECOND ADTICLYE xecites that eaid William V. Bolknap, while Seo- rotary of War ne aforesaid, did, on tho 4th of Novomber, 1878, willfully, corruptly, and unlan- tnll; take and roceive from sald Marsh tho sum of considoration that ho would con- tinue to pormit John 8. Evans to maintain a trading ostablishmont at Fort Bill, and that ho did improperly parmit tho said Iivans to con- tinue to maintain gald trading ostablishmont at a-ld nl"lillll and snhl ‘Bmkntn was o}h):lm); y guilty, w waa Secrotary of misdemoanors in his eald omou.’ o & - TIE THIRD ARTICLE recitos that maid William W. Delknap, aa Sccre- tary of War of tho United States, did appoint Jolin 8. Evana to maintain a trading establish- mant at Fort 8ill ; and that said Evans, by virtuo of such sppointmant, had since, until tho 2d day of March, ' 1870, maintalnod that trading estab- ment, and lhad bofore ho was appointed, and in order to pracuro such appointment, and bo con- tinued thorein, agreod with Marsh that in con- sideration of said Bolknap apvointing him (Eyans) to maintain eald trading establishmont at the instance and request of eaid Marsh, ho (Evans) would pay to (Marsh) a large sum B post ; io ho of monoy, quarterly in sdvance, from the dato of his maid _sppointment asld Bol- koap, to-wit.: 812,000 doring the year, and other larzo sums quartorly during oach yaar, in ordar that be, the said Evans, should be per- mitted by said Beltnap to maintain such trading establiabraont at ench post ; that Evans did pay toeaid Marsh such sums of monoy quartorly during each year until the month ot Docomber, 1876 4 thas Marsh, upon tho reccipt of osch of such payments, paid ons-half thoreof to Bolknap, and said Rolknap, whils knowing thess facts, and hlv&ng power to removo Evans from auch sition at any timo, crimminally disrogarding in daty a8 Socretary of War, bascly prostituting his high offico to 2hia lust for privato gain, did unlawfully and corruptly continuo said Lvaus fo snch ‘position una pormit im to main. taln his establishment, to the grost injury and dsmage of the officers and soldiors of the army of the United Statos stationed at auch poat, as well a8 to emigrants and freightora and oghior citizons of tho Unitod States, sganst public policy, and the groat disgraco and dotri~ mril of the publio B-:nl:u, wnerru‘n Willlam W, usp was, as Becre! of War, guilty of high ocims 4nd misdemioators in offoe: ANTICLE charges Delkoap with baving recslved from Marsh lary,o sums of money for and in considor- stion of his (Dolknap's) having appolutod Lvane to maintain a trading eatablisimant ab Fort 8ill, and in consideration of his continuing hlm thorein,Zwhereby he, Bolknap, had boon guilty of high crimes and misdemnosnors in ice. This article is accomnanted by seventsen spect- Bcations, sstting out various times and olroum- atances, of tho paymont of money. ABTICLE b, after yociting the samo general facts, charges .. that Tolknap was {nduced to make the appolnt- mont, of Lyans by tho influsnce and request of Maruh, and that Evans paid to Marsh, in con-~ sideration of such influonce and requess, divora Iarge sums of mansx ot various times, smount- ing to about $12,000a year, from the date of such appointmont to the 26th of March, 1872, and amounting to abont $6,000, a yoar thore- After, until the 2d of March, 1876, all of which facts sald Bolknap well know, yet said Dalknap, o consideration that he woula pormit eaid ivans.to oontinue to majutain sald teading os- tablshment, snd that such poyments might ¢dn- tnue to bo mado to eald Marsh by sad Evans, did corruptly recoive from sald Marsh elthor for bla own (Belknap's) nse, or to be paid 40 the wife of said Tielknay, divors largo sums of money at yarious times, setting ount the dates and smonnts, all of which aots and doings were whilo sald Balknap was Bocretary of War of the ga:l:d Htates, and wore high misdemeanors in TIE CLONE OF TIX DOCUMENT fa ss follown ; Acd the Youse of Repreaantatives, by protestation, saviug Lo hemselves 1hs Nborly of oxAlbIIDg ot wny time hercatier any further arifcles of sccusation or impeachment_sgainss sald William W, Delkuap, lale Bocrotary of Warof the United Biates, snd alioof toplying 10 his wuswors, which bo shall mske wito the wriicles hiroln proforred sgainst Mm, and of ooriug proof to tho swne and svery part {hercof, aud to all and overy other urticlo of accusa- Hon or impeachment which shall ba ezhibiled by iem a8 the caun shall require, do demand that said Willian, H, Belimap may be put to snawer for high trimes and misdemesuors in ofice herein charged :nlnn him, and that suoh E:m“w‘l' exstainations, iFlals, sud {udgments may be therenpon had sud given L by Le sgrocatle (0 law and Justice. m'f‘i::n(lkmmmn also reports the following res- Jlusived, That ki e '.S‘f."gm iy Trpsachommat ATl agutast vm-llln o D, lale Bocretary of War of the e POSTAL CONTRACTS. DEAD MEN TELL TALES, +_ Bpwial Dupatch (o The Chicage Triduns, Wasuinatox, D, 0., March 80.—There ‘waa 1ome sonuational evidence inthe House Poat~ Oflice Gommittes thiv afterncon, As usual with A cortain cluss of witnegses, an attempt was made 1o Liacken the anaracter of men now living by Iattling repatitions of the random gossip of & man nuw dead. Tho pouslbllity of proving or Alsproning tho story is buried with its putaiive Mutlior, but the witness Las carned his mileage of Texas, &uu of m;‘;o‘:lm'.l‘o Lo aatlied ihak daring 388 mall-oon- from 1687 thal »uts THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, Sawyer, who rostded at Washington, sad alwayn drew the mail pay for_the firm, ‘ront in accounts of lfimnt« oxpenditurns in Wnahbington for tha benoiit of the firm of £200,000, Theao ac- counta wore not itemized, and torn NOT ACCOMPANIRD BY VOLGIERS, but Ticklin, the reaidont Toxaa partnur, dicectod them to bo audited. Later n now firm wa3s made, in which Taylor himaolf becamo a partner with Bawyor, Daring tho period from Sop- tomber, 1871, to 1874, awyor eont to the naw firm & pimilar sccount for ‘Washington expenditures aggrogating £n0,000, 1ikewieo withont vouchors, aud not itemized, ox- copt as to two smonnts, Thoso amounta wero for two nopatato Autns of $10,000 ench, without any indication of the porson fo whom payment was made. Thoso wero sudited by the tew firm with reluctanco undor proteat. Hawyer goon do- clinod to honor the drafta of his partners from Tozxas, although drawing all the mail pay. Tay- lor came on ln & passion to learn Lho reason, whou he discovoted that Bawyor was ombar- yassod; that ho TAD NEEN BPROULATING LARGELY in Wall otreot ; that biy sous bad lost large suma for bim 1 unsuccessful ventures, and that ho wna a broken man, ~ ‘T'heno Iattor facts were drawn from witness by fuforonco rathor than from diroct statement, but from other sotircos thoy aro known to bo facta, At this intorviow Bawyor complainad that he had pald Jargo sums for blackmail and to promoto m:fonoul buai- noes. ‘Taylor says that he chargod Bawyer with having paid the $20,000 ftem to Postmnator- Qenoral Creawall, whoreupon Sawyer denied it, naying, ** That wont to Routt.” Ioutt, who 18 from Dloomington, IiL, was lhe Socond Asalat- ant. Postmuster-Genoral, and is now Governor of Colorado. ; THIO DEAD MAN'S JLPARSAY tho Democrata call ovidenco. Iloutt's friends indignantly dony theg imputation, insiat that it in llgalulm, and gay that ho will immediately do- mand & hoaring bofore the Committeo, Tt i gonerally undorstood that Routt was wimical Lo many of Eawyor'a schemes during that period, and froquontly stood in the way of isis straw-bid undertskings, It i 8150 woll known that Sawyer at that time waa fuvolved in unsuccessfal Wall atrost ovoniures, and it now appears that e usod bis partoora’ money.in those trausactions. T'he inferenco ia easy that, Lo covor these trane- nctions, o may hiave used to his partnora the lobbyist's oxcuso—that tho munn{ was usod to corrapt Govornment officors, Taylor sworo that Judge Paschal, of Toxas, was paid $10,000 yoar- 1y by the Sawyoer firm from 1867 to 1871, {Tothe Associared #ress.} TAYLOW'S TESTIMONY. Wasnivatox, D, O, March 80.—The Housa Commitieo on Post-Ofiico and- Post-Rosds to- day oxamined Francin C. Taylor, of Toxas, & partoer of Lho late I, B, Sawyor, {o a numbor of mail contracta. e testifigd that Sawyor told lim that $20,000 was givon to J. L. Houtt, at that timo Socond Assistsnt Postmastor-General. Ilow Routt obtained it ho dido't say. Baw- yor charged ©200,000 to expense accounts for mounoy stloged to baye boen paid out by him in Washington during throo yoors and s balf bo- tweon 1867 and 1871, Witness knew nothing of thoso nlleged paymenta of his own kuowledgo, Ho understood and bolioved that cousiderable sums had boen paid by Sswyer to buy off lower bidders and for attornoy's foes, Witness had no knowledgo whetber ho paid monoy thua charged, or whathor bo used it for hia own private pur- paso. Ho only bad Sawyor’s word for the cor- roctnoss of the amouul alloged to have been paid out. ———— MORRISON'S FINANCE SCHEME, BOME OF 1T8 TROVIAIONS. Svactal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘WasminoToN, D. 0., March 80.—Home ides of tho charactor of the proposed non-partisun Currancy bill to which loeding Democrats will agroo, and of which some meutlon has already boen mude in Tue ‘femuNy, may be gathored from an smendmont in the naturo of sabstituto for the eilver bill, offerod in the House to-day by Morrigun. The first two eections of the bill Yolato wholly to tho subject wnder eonsidor- stion, and provide an appropristion for the eograving ond pritiog of groonbacks for tho romainder of the flacal year, nnd for tho issno of silver coin In place of fractional curroncy now In circulation. The succeeding soctlons proposod to repeal that part of the ro- sumption act of Jan. 14, 1875, which fixes the firat of January, 1879, an thodato for tho Resump- tion of epecio paymontn, snd also the portion authorizing the Bocrotary of the Troasury to issuo bonda for accamulating gold ooin {n lou of this provision, It authorizes the Socrotary of the Troaaury to fund not exceeding 81,000,000 o ‘month of groenback curronoy in long 4 per cont gold bonds. It is also proposed to limit tho jssue of tho circulation iasucd to Nationsl Bauks in siuoh » way ns to provont tho aggrogate yolumo of tho corrency, both grocnbacks and bank notes, from oxcoeding tho amount outatanding at tho timo tho bill is pagsed. Tho provieton for roliring an amount of grocnbacks equal to 80 por cont of tho now issues of bank notos ia ro- tained, with somo yvery imporiant modifications. By one of thess it ia proposod to ALLOW TIII8 RETIREMENT TO 00 ON, oven after tho limit of §300,000,000 have beon roschicd. But, ing to the Morrison bill, tho 80 ror cont is to be calonlated not upon the whote mmount of new bonk circulation is- #ued, bet upon its excoss over the smount Seint taty/ swrTendored uudor tho operation of tae a0 of January, 1876, and provious lnws. 1 o 11 rable contraction of Nationol-Bank cir- cwrtio: hea beon going on doring tho past yoay, wulch haa been tho result of tho voluntary Burrender of circulation by many Nationsl Sooks., Morrison's bill pro to stop tho withdrawal of groenbacks, \mg:r ths 80-par-cont clauno, notil the issuo of now bank circulation excoods tho voluntary withdrawal by old banks. In other words, it proposes to put & stoptoa considerable portion of the contraction now tak. ing placo under the oparatioa of the Resumption act of 1876 and provious acts on the subject af the curroncy. v —_— ‘THE NAVAL INVESTIGATION, OLAINB AGAINST CONTIACTOLS, Specal Dispateh to The Chicago Triduns, Wasimxaton, D, C., March 30.—The House Committes on Naval Affairs, acting upon the rocommondation of tho Bub-Committes which wisited the Boston and Kittory yards, havo de- cided that Grifiths, constructor of tha Linter- priso at the Kittery yard, owes the Government #15,000 under his contract, and that Donald MoKay, constructor of the Essex and the Adams, owes £22,000. The Committeo also recommend that turthor paymonts to theso con- tractors be suspended wuntil the Govern- mont can secure a sotttement that will not be dotrimental to it. The Sub-Committos clalm theso sums to bo due on account of ex- ceanlve and improper allowauces granted theso contractors. Tho Committoe has direated that a letter bo immediatoly addrassed to the Socre- tasy of the Navy notifying him that the Cam- mittce have recommendod that further pay- menta be susponded ponding sn adjustment of theso ovorpayments on tho part ofthe Gow- ernment. Theso ovorpsyment have boon poseiblo from the faot that tho Cowmittee find that the practice hss been to lot o first contract ; thon, Letors the completion of the work, to lot & sccond contract, and again bafore tho cowpletlon of the wark, to award n third contract for doiug tho eame thing, ‘Tho Committes Liad bofore It the original contracts with these contractors, and the record of the sallowances that Lave beon made, It lu undor- stood tlst the Committee will mako atill fursher recommeondations reapecting tho contraots and nlllowumu for tho construction of the Enter- rise, 5 THE CATTELLA, * Everythiog wo touch,” uaid » mamber of the Houwo Commitése on Naval Affairs, '*ecems to turn into Usttoll.” The Investigationa of that Committos yesterdsy and to-day seem to have liave lumndu‘) both tho Cattells, Tho hook- keoper ot & large Now York clothing houue which hay furnished the Navy Dopartment with clothos to the amount of 33,000,000 was exam~ ined, The investigation wea incomplete, and tho bookkeoper has boon sent back for more of the books, but it is waid that enough has boen discovored to show that tho Cattells bave Lcen aharers fn _his oon- traot, and tbrough thom tho Domocrats constantly expect to calch tho Becretary of the Navy. Fully fourteon printed volumos of teati- mony have boen taken, however, and tho navy- yards bave been raked and veraped, snd Robie- ‘on has not bean caught yet. ‘Thero iu evidenco enoogh of Iax administration and proot of cor- raption of subordinate ofiicials, but no corrupt t been traced to the Becretary of the Navy bimself, gt FARWELL-LE MOYNE, THE LATTXH LIKELY TO BE HEATED, Specat Dipalch ta Ths Chicugo Tribune. ‘Wasuixorox, March 80,.—~The Bub-Committes of the louse Committes on Elections, consist- lug of Harris of Virginis, Diackburn of Kon- tucky, Democrats, and Browo of Kansas, Ie- publicas, have conoluded thsir investigation of the oontested election case from Chiosgo of La Mayne versus Fmswell The (wo Damoxtaile mombors of the Commitieo will report in favor of unseating Farwoll, aud Brown, tho Mepub- liean mombor, will report for Farwoll, As Ilsr- ria ia slso Chalrman of the Committes propor, and Blackburn and himse!f aro tho most pos- itiva mon of tho malority of tho Com- mittee, thoro §s little doube that tho majority roport of the full Committeo will recommand the seating of Lo Moyue sud tha unsoating of Farwall, This. in tha first strictly partisan voio in the Election Committao 1n thin Congross, The problem befora I'arwell will therafore undoubledly ho to ratain his seat in apite of & mn{nmy roport sgainet bim. Par- liamantary akill and porsonal influenca oan do much to dofor action, but as the cano naw stande it would avpoar that a final voto il rosult in unseating Farwall and seating Lo Moyne. —— BOUTWELL AND BAYARD. A HEATED ANOUMENT. Spezial Inspateh to The Chicam Tridune, Wasutsaroy, D. C., March 30.~The debatos inthe Benato daring tho prosont sossion have gonerally boon charactorizod by turgld verbosity or mechanfeal ropotition, but this aftornoon thoro was a docidedly spicy talk betwoon Mesars. Dayard aud Boutwell. Tho Boostor from Dels- waro was opposing tho proposed Investigation into tho rocent clections in Mismwaippl, and dwolt on tho costof provious {nvostigations at tho Bouth, whon Mr, Boutwoll reminded him that theso oxpenditures had hoen reudored necossary by his political sasocisten. AMr, Dayard took oxcoption to this, sad Mr. Doutwoll rotorted, declaring that tho mon who bad delnged the country in blood, slluding to tho Confederato cloment in tlio Hoaso, woro now engaged in invesligating tho man who had eaved tho Union. Mr. Bout- woll then procecded with unusual warmth to arraign the Democratic party of the North as responsiblo for tho outrazes visited upon tho colorod people of the Bouth, The poople of tho North, ho sald in conclusion, would take care of themsolyes, but it was uascless to ask them to take by tho Land men who had endoavored to destroy tho Governmont, snd bLad feiled, but who now insisted upou trampling upon tho rights and tho liberties of mlfiloul of people at tho Houth, Bir. Dayard repliocd by a vindication of his own patriotism and that of bis ncostors. Thon Mr. Morton hiad a few in- clsivo romarks to mako, followed by some points woll put by Mr. Frelinghuyson. Mosaru, Withera and ‘Maroy, who wore both in tho Confederato sorvico, endesvored to Enur oil on tho troubled waters, and expressed their boliof that Mr. Bout well conld not reprasent the publls sentiment of Maassachusetts, Alr. Bruco then took the floor, but it waa noar dianer-time, and tho Benate ad- Journed. —_— MORE INVESTIGATIONS. CORRXCT. Speeial Dupateh to The Chicaoo Tribune, ‘WaaumiaTox, D. ., March 80.—Mr, Stons, & Demoorat, of the Committes investigating tho sccounts of Gen. Burnside, disbarsing oillcar of tho Post-Oftica Dopartmont, Ia suthority for tho siatoment that he would givo a cortificate that tho books and vouchors wore all right to s eont. A WAR WRECK. Yesterdey, as an invalld waa being examined by Beagan, Jeff Davis' ex-Postmaater-General, ho fainted, whoreupon tho Domocrata storted the story that the knowledge ho had of frauda actually frightoned him, Tho fact is ho waa ono of tho skelotons of & Unton prisonor deliverod at Annpapolis, who has novor regained his ettength, and, being slek, tho effort to reach the Com- mittes-room brought on homorrhage. ANOTIIER PALSE BCENT, The Domocrats huve called wituessos to no- cover what they chargo i o great frand fu the ramoval of the Quartormastor-General’s ‘ofiice to tho now buildiog. Tl fact is the rent now 18 /35,000 » yoar less thou in the old quartors, ‘besidos threo other buildings, the rent of which was 95,400, wore givon up bocauso thero was raom cuongh for all tue work in tho new build- ing. Thore wero somo doductions for repairs, but this alloged groat frand will tarn out to con- slat in saving anuually mora than 810,000 o the Governmoat. —_— SCHENCK. XE 18 AGAIN DRICFLY INTERVIEWED, ‘Waservaron, D, O., March 80,—Gon, Schonck again appeared bofore the Commuttes on For- eign Affalra to-day. Mr, Swann said that ho was instructed by tho Committoo to eay to Gen. Schenck that all queations wounld Dbo put to bim through & menm- ber of tho Committes, and he wonld reply to the Committes and not to outsldo partios, Gon, Bchonck made an explaunation with ro- gord to his resignation sa a Director of tho Emma Mine Company, denying, na Lyon had toatified, that he had coacosled tho fact from Decomber till tho 12th of Jaouary, He slso oxplained tho discropauclos botween his letter of resignation to the Company and that purport- ing to bo o copy, tranamitted to Secrstary Fish. 1o had prepared aud retained tho rough draft from which o had writton, with tho modifica- tion of the lottar sont to tho Company. A tolegram from AlcDougall, tho Chairman of the Emma Mind Compauy, was recoivad to-day, satating, in coofirmation of Lyou's evidonoe : *“1 have the onginal druft of 8 ck’s lotter of ros- ignation, in Park's bandwnting, and respocting the oporations 1 Lave proof tuat Schenck ro- ceived a cablo telogram in Paris, on the Gth day of Decomber, from Park, sdvising a salo on the intonded plan of dividends, and Sohonck sent Chiesebrongh s telogeam to woll 2,000 ghares faor him. M, Scheook sakd that ha waa confldent that no snch drafe of s letter in Park’s handwritivg sx- istod. 1o waa advised by Parkto scll afthat time, bus bo sont uo tolegram to Chassbrough for such & purpose. Tho Commlittos thon adjourPed. % Chalrman Bwaon, with the couourrence of tha Committos, has telegraphed MoDougsll to for- ward suoh proofa as ho may have in support of tho truth of his tostimony, MR. WILLIS’ FINANCIAL PLAN. TMESUMPTION, REPEAL, AND A FOUR PEB GRNT BOND 178 ¥EATOREH, ‘Wasmnaroy, D. 0., March 27,—The following is the full text of a financial bill introduced to- day by Congressman Willis, of New York, after consultation with & number of reprosontative mon of both political partios, a5 a measure on which, or oo somathiug similar, it is balioved by them, that all the * frionds of hard monoy” will unito ; A bl Lo restore national credit Ly funding the non- ntorest-boariog debt fitd bouda hesring. Laterost At thio rato of 4 por ceututs, and o repeal 56 much of the apecis ' an. , M requires thio Bacretary ;?'m"g"::uwy To recloom All ontutand. ing Jogal-taniders in catn on aiid afier Jun. 1, 1579, s\t enacted, de., That the Hecrolary of the Treas- ury be, snd ho i hieroby, suthorized and directed to pruparo bonds of the United tates, sither coupon or sterod, W an amount wiuch may be found tocos- y fur citcylng tnto edfect tho provision of thia act #2id bonds 40 be of the denomination of $20, $50, an: $100, or any multiple thereof, aud ta_be payabla in gold'at the expiration of forty years from thalst day of June, A. D, 1870, Bko, 4, That said boods aliall bear interest at the T8t of ¢ per centum par annuzm, peyabls in gold somi- aunually, 8ro, 8, ‘Thal said bonds ahall be exchianged at nol Toas thian thoir face valus into sny United Blates logal. {ender notes on thulr prossatation for thst purpose, Bxc, 4, That said bonda aball be avaiisbls for de- mll 1n the Tresaury of the Unitod Htates by National king associstions ss security for thelr clroulatiug notes sud other Lsbilitios o the Government, under the pruviatons of the various laws ralating to National Hanks, B0, 8, That all of thelegal.tondor notes racoived in exchango for the bouds 1o bo Jssued under this act ahil Lo dostroyed uudor auch regulations s tho Seo- Folary of tis Tresury uiay yresctibe, Bka, 6, ‘That 80 1auch of the act oniitled * An act to pravido for the resnmplion of specle-puyment,” ap- proved Jun. 14, 1815, a4 provides st on and afier e 1ab day of January, Anuo Domini 1870, the Heo- Tetary of the Treasury atall redoem in' cain tha Unitod Blatea logaltender notes thea outatanding on thelr presentation for redemption, be, and Lhesama Bereby is, 7o, and, further, all provisions of lsw inconsistent with thie provisions of this sch are hareby Topealad, —_— NOTES AND NEWS, A MISSJNG BILL, Spesial Lnevatah to The Chwaae Tyiduns, Wasunaron, ‘D, 0., Msrch $0.—The offlelal copy of tho engroaned bill relatiug to the North- era Paclfio Railroad, which recontly paased the Bonate, hne disappesrsd 1a the House. Tho House records show that it was recaived from tho Benato and referred to the Committeo on Pacifio RNailroads, but horo the trace diasappoears, The Commiittes records do not show slat the bill was recelved at the commitieo-room, The loss of the oficlal copy was .discovered by Ben Wade, sttorney for the toad, Ax these is no other eopy, {ho bill will naed Lo pass the Béuate sgain. 1) oax of much ImBumncu rostdents slong the line of the Northorn Paci| NEW MEXICO. Tho apponition in the Hnues Committes on Territories to tho passage of thn Henata bill au- thorizing tho Ternitory of 3Mexico to hold & Con- atitnttonal Convontion s groator thau was ox- pactod, .xmuuug, n;nm prexmltll):dlan!;an:li it in 0 ba strong anoueh to defoat it. agytialorey r‘m the damainied Lreie] FRANCHISE AND JURY AILL. Wanmixotox, D. C., March 20.—The Honats Comnitteo on Territories to-day authorized Mr, Christiancy to report for passage hia bill to reg. ulata the clective franchise and trials by jury, THE. PREAIDENT'S CONDITION, The Preaident bas not yet recovorad from ths anvero cold which las ‘mada It necessary for him to refrain from ofilcial Lusinesa for tho laat two days, Le aw 0o visitors to-day, GHANOED THELR HINDY, The Honse Commitleo ou Anpropriations to- day formallv reconsitlored their action looking to the reduction of the force In_the Daltimoro. Chlesgo, snd Cioclnuatl Bub-Trossuries, and agreod to recommend appropriations continuing thom ou their present status, oxcept that the ealaries will be subjected to tho goneral reduce tion of 10 per cent. The Committee will naw take upthe defleioncy eatimates, and prepara the rogular annua! Deficioncy nll. NOUINATIONH, The Praeidont sent tho following nomluationa tothd Senate : Sumner loward, Attorney af the United Siates Torritory of Utah; W. M, Daly, Marslial of the United States District of Nebraska. THE TIOHTHOUSE BOARD, The Senate Committeo on Commerce to-day ngroed to roport adveraoly on the bill which pro- posea Jto toorganize the lighthouso establish. mont, and mlfiu it s buronu of the Treasyry Department, ‘The Committoo also agrood that it 18 not expodient to change the prosent system in regard to the Becrotarios of the Board, 25 contemplated by another bill Lefors thom, and it will likewiss bo roported adversely. TIE OADETSIIF CABE. Tho Houso Judiciary Carmittco had the cadet broker, Lilly, before thom sgalu to-day, but he adbored closely to his former teatimony that Tieprosentativo” Liayes Lad appoiuted Beardaloy to West Point without koowing him to be s rosidont of Now York, and that ho parposely de- ocived 1layea in order to secura tha §3,000. CLOOKED TESTIMONY, Br. Louts, Mo., March 80,~W. D. W. Barnard, in a published card, statos thet tho testimony given a day or two ago bofore one of the Inves- tignting Committees at Washington, by J. I. Barrow, {8 faise in variona particulars, especially in that it intimatod that he (Darnard) used his influonce with Gon. Grant to secure a pormit for Barrow, for a valuable considoration, Baroard gives his vorsfon of his connection with Iarrow in & post-trader’s atoro at Fort Union, and auks that the Committes givo him an opportunity to place hia testimony ou record. futtp A THE RECORD, BENATE. Wammvarox, D, ., Morch 30.—Mr. Bherman called up tuo bill to ameod the laws rolating to tho legal-teuder of ellvor coin, aud moved to strilio out all after the onacting clause, and mmend by inserting : ** Tho eliver coin of the United States, oxcopt tho trado dollar, shall be logat-tonder at tholr nominal value for mny amount not oxcoeding £5 in any one payment." Mr. Shorman eaid the only chango in thia bl is to make tho silver coin of the country, except trade dollars, logal-tonder. Lald over. TUE MISSIBSIPPI RESOLUTIONS, Aftor the morning business, the Henats took up Mr. Morton's Mississippt resolutions, snd Mr. Bayard spoke in opposition. Mr, Bayard thonght it remarkabla that the reaolution asked for five Souators only. Why commit his aubject to Seuastorsonly? Why not fu- clude members of the other Houso? If suy faw woa to Lo enacted on this sudject it would require the aid of the other House. Why not include tiem on this occasion? Was it lecause it was composed of mem- bors of n different party? Tho information sougit for should be obtained by a jolut committeo of tha twa Tlouses, Thero reems to bo no oceasion for thin inves- tigation, No onu hiero f» conteating a Senstorial seat. Why not wait till bo camea Liere, and theu §f tha ques- tion arises lot it bo investigated, The troubles which have occursed in any of tha Soutliorn Blates apring from detectives who went down (lere by direction of tho Department of Justica, 3o bad not forgolten that tenn of millions of dollars had been expended by this sumo Departincat of Jurtice to carry out fta nefarious design of mannfacturing ovidence of thin kind. Mr, Boutwell called tlio attention of tho Henstor to s romark of tens of miltiona of dollars, sud thought Iio would find tho facts would not Luar out the aascre tion, and what snoney was spent then was made noo- genaiy by tho scta uf thn party (0 which the Senntor belonged by thelr decds of violeneo, their intimidation of colored people, and other stch acta of violouce, Alr, Bayurd pald the Senator had taken advantage of his couricay I yioiding for a queation to intorject & political trada of @ bitter kind, and S€ he iad dorived auy comfort by it ho waa wolcome to it. 1o contiuued s oppovition to the resoiution, fur which ho xafd thero was o heceswity. ~He paid under the Dopart- ment of Justice finea bul been wrongfully wrung from peoplo down thers, and hie oxpocied they would be Pronght to Cangraen' for paymeut.. e urged that wo abatain {rom the policy of iuterfercuce, which has been 80 damaging, and let. us have peace i all the States. 317, Boutwell sald when he oifended any ons Lo generally wanted {0 explain or apologizo, 1o thougt thio Senator fro:n Dalaware, fo quits an mocivil and sangry manner, lad charged Lim with injecting o political tirade futo his apeoch. That was tho mannern f mon who had baou bronght up under the codo of & AVery. lh!lsllamwell) wae not liero as & scholar, or o toacher, aud Lo didn't proposo to taught in 1nunners by Uie Senator from Delawsre, 1t was tho naturnl ouigrowth of the syatom of slavery, ond men who wezo ralsod under such fnilusuces coild not be expected to maintain 8 proper consideration of the Tights of others, Hefurther denounced il slavers regiime, and said that aftor remalning in tho Unfon for nearly s century with their unjust demands, then they withidrow from the Unfou 10 further eatablish thelr infamous priuciples, and the Senator from Dela- wars was among tho first to coma 1o thelr dofenss in the Ecaste, He did not propose to take lessons from any such men aa that, Mr, Baynrd repliad that it did not lie in the heart of sny man to say that he hsd done auyihlug that wes not faithiful nud loyal to the Uulou, Mo Lelonged to s famuly every drop of blood i whose velus catue from loyal people, and ona wiio chiargad differently statos i bia throat s tho. Tho Benator from Massachusoita had, s ba thought, 1 8 very sngry msuner, intor- {ostbda politicd irala toto s spocct. o said itand 0 didn’t oars (o tnodify his language t tho least, Mr. Morton mid shio Beustor from Doiaware had malo & personal apooch to-day, Hv (Morton) did not usually roply o siich, but ho was uot sure bat that bo could utand a Liand in that kind of contst. Tho Sena. tor from Delaware asked why not make this s joint commnittes, and thought ‘was unreascnable 10 leave out the Housa, Loes tho Bouator furget that ther bout thirty committees in ths other Mousa {uve: g matiers all by thonselvos? Osteosibly, thoy are doing thia to aacertain whst further legialetion {4 naceasary, but roally to make Yo!-lfiml capital, The Heustor Lind chacgod that tous of miiliona of dollars had been oxpanded by tho Dopariment of Juatice in furthorance of 114 cnds 1n the Bouth, Tens of nultions mcans ab doast 20,000,000, and it msy nican a great muny more. He then' read from tho Appropriation bills, shawing that tha ficst yoar of Qia orgaulzation of thle Dopartrient the sum of $3,000,000 was AppIORrist- od for jis oxpenses, and no greater sum than that haa boea expoaded 18 any one year during tho few o years of exiatonce. 'That, be maid, ially disproved tho, statoment of fthe Sen- ator from ' Dolaware, Tho Henator had mid that bo looked furward to the timo when Wie fines which bind boen tmposed upou those Ku-lituz for thoie infquitous acta would be pald back to tham by Con- gress, That {s the doctring, than, Theso fincs will e rofundod when the Democrats get control of this Gov- erament, That was to be an iasua, then, noxt Novem- ber, aud the40 sooundrels who committed these Ku- Klux acts witl bo paid beck tho flucs that wers justly imposed upou them for tholr crimes. Thoe Senstor from Delawaro bad charged him (Morton) with garb. 1ing nowspapor sxtracts fu his wpeccl, and presoutin irtfal urray of the stateninntd that the Honator hu muade in hla spooch beforo him, snd hs would thank bim te point out suy garbled oxtracts, Mr, Morton further dlscareod_ the subect, allading 10 the dociaion of the Huprems Court ou Monday Isst, aud #ald i the decision of that Court sustaibed the construction whic ths Sonotor froum Delswars Lud put upon it, theu Lis wholly ropudiated it. Mr, Withers (Va,) opposed the rewolutions, and in a Tongthy avguniunt showed that Lo people of the Southe ern Btatea had necapted thie sltaation, aud were dise posed o abidu by thy Lisues of the War. o clused by declaring that tho dopression In business throughout tho couutry would bover be cured Ly tho mseriion continually that one-balf of the country was trying to destroy thio othor alf, sud was constunily teylug to impode ts progress, Mr. Maxey 1ado s conclllatory pesch, claimin that old {sviioa were past, aud that the sentimants of the Bonator from Massachuscita (Houtwsll) ware not gonoral In any section of the country. m“!‘zll Benate adjournod with 3ir, Rruce entitled to s Hoar, MOUBE, Mr, Durlelgh, from tho Canmlttes on Naval Affairs, roported & bill dirccting naval eatiwates to be msdo fu dutail, under various heads of uzpouditure. After dis cusslon, tho bill was passed, Mr, Faulkner, from tho Comn Yorelgn Af- fairs, reportad @ resolution dire:ting tio Commitive on Foreign AtTalre to inquire if tiore Waé any eontiict of conatruction betwcen Great Britalu aud the United Htatea i rogard to the extradition tresty of 1842, and what legialation, if any, 1a proper (o reniove any diiti. culty lu the execution of sald treaty. Adopted, Also, 8 bill Lo carry loto execution the provistons of the Fourtcenth Ameidment to the Coustitution coas g _citizenship, and to dadne certaln nglts of United States citizens in furoign counlriss, ‘The bill wis n:xmuu spocial order f0r Haturday, the 1oth of Ap TUE BILVER BILL, ‘The House thon resuwsd cousiderstion of the Lill sppropriating $104,000 for the deficienoy In the Printe {ngaud Eugraviug Lureau of tho Treasury Depart meut, and for tho {asus of sllver coln tn ke place of fractlousl curreacy, i frsi yolu wié on the smendiment offered by Ms, A pIOY! iver colns ‘e denomination of cus mmnfun be legsl-tender st tholr Bominal s ey deonel wi ikl a1 MARCIL 31, 1876 #hall bo legal-tender at amonnt not exoreding 42 ne pay! 3 Mr. Oliver offered aa n subsiitute for Tegan's ameniment sn amond-nent providing that the trade dloliar shall Lo » logal-tender only tothe amnunt of one deliar in any ooe pymeat, aud the fractional ilver coinage ahiall Le lotai-tandeér only fae an amount less than onn dolisr, Tha aibatltota was eofectod. M, Legan's amendment wax relerted, Tha nezt vnte wes on 80 stnendment of M; to add to Mr, Holman's smendment & prov silver hullion ia not presented for eolnago § usntity {0 tnoct the demsnd, the Tressury may pur- chwae siiver hulllon for the purpones of colunge, 0n & voa by tellers thero was a tie €3 on each nide, whereupon Mr. Coz, the peaker pro tem., Yoled nye, The yean and nayn were then domandsd and ordered, Thn 3mendment was agreed tn—yean, 117; nays, 107, The next amendment waa tiat offerod_by ‘e, Hol. man, probibiting the fircratary of the Treasury from maklng uny furtuer incresss in the intereai-tearing debt of the TJnitsd Blatrs by the {nena and nale of bonds for the pursbare of silver bullion for coinage, hut silver bulliou stall bs received by the saveral minia for colnaga fur privste particaon Faynient of o selgnorage, yrozided tat allver cofn snid bullion shall not excee ihs smount of fractional currency uow suthorized, Mr, Burchard moved to atrike out tha first part of olman's amendment prohibiting the incroass of tho debt, Hejected, The question was then taken on Me, Jolman's amondmout an smended on motion of Mr, Wells, and 1t wan rojected, Mr, Teagan “sgatn offered Lie smendment msking silver colu s lesaf tonder to the amonnt of §30, It was adoptid, yean 112 3 nays 95, Without disposing of the bill the Wouse, at 4:30, took & secern until 1130, e ovening searion o be fof cone sideration of the Leyl lative Appropziation bill, ZVENING AE) The House resumed ita sossion at 7:30, Mr, Campbell (111) introduced s biil for & commis. siou of turco peraona, one of whom at least shall Lo practically lientifird with the Isboring intereats of ‘tho country, who whall hold oiflce for une year, and who shall Investigate the mubject of ‘wages and hours of labor, and of the divigion of the Joint profits of Isbor and capital between the Iaborer and capitalist, and the socisl, educational, and sanitary condition of the laboring classes of the United Btates, and how ths asmoe are affected by the existing laws re- gardlng commerce, Snance, and the currency. Le- erred, ‘The House than went into Committes of the Whole, 3r, Cox in the Chair, on the Legislative Appropriation ill. _ After nearly three hours spent {n discusing tha paragrapn for tho pay of clerks and employea of the ouse, without coming to any dectsion, the Commite tee ome snd the House adjourned, when there was an announcoment made of & Domocratis caucus fo-mar= row night, after the evoning session, —— WASHINGTON SOCIAL LIFE, [EQUINOCTIAL INVESTIGATIONS—BCHENCR'S MINING HPECULATIONS—STEWART AND I8 CHATEAU— DAINTY MIS. MARSI—DANA BEPORE TUE BEX- ATE~—THF EXTRADITION HITCH—SIERMAN'G UEADQUARTERH—IOBERT C. WINTUROP AND 08 OLD ARSOCIATES—PRESIDENTIAL CHAT-TOP1CS— 20ABONIC MOGRNING—ART AND ABTISTS. Special Correapendence of The Chicago Tribuns. ‘Wasuixarox, D. 0., March 26,—Whst a wook's weathor wo havo bad, to bo sure! Raio, ball, sloat, suow, thunder, lightning, sod other Equi- noctial luzurics bave pourad out on this dovoted city, aa it to cleanse it of the disgracoful ecan- dals which have been disclosod. Evary one who had to go out in tho storms had what Mantiline called ‘*a moist, domnition unplesssnt " look, and those who staid within doors have talked of littlo besides tho ruined roputationa which are thrown out from tho inquisitorial committse- rooms. lven Den Batlor, after ho bad with- drawn Frank 3oulton and Gen. Pryor from bedgering Boeecher, and sont them to tho aid of bis impeachod son-in-law, Gov, Ames, in Ais- sigsippi, biad to toll & cock-and-bull story to » leaky corro<pondent, that he might bo sum- moned as & witness, aod thus appear as an sctor in this drama of investigation, Butler's testi- mony was not worth a row of cheap pins, but 1t enabled him to come to the front, and to get his name in the papers. If any one estlaates the value of printer's-ink, it is this same Gen. B. I, B. GEN, RCUENCK. The ex-Migister to London has beou quite il since his arrival boro, and has reccived Lis old friends in bis bod-room, Ue looks somewhat older and somowhst atouter than when hu wont abroad, but his featurea havo that samo heavy, dogge:d 1iollander look that they did thirty yoars ago, when he tirst sat fo Congress, and he ia not in & beavenly frame of mind. Hiais the old, old story. 1o found himaelf in tho maelstrom of London sacioty, rauking with the nobic and wealthy representatives of otier natious, whose galarios were from $50,000 to $85,000 s vear, while his was, aftor deducting somo expenses, about 210,000, Yet ho had to ontertain, and ha liad three grown-up dsnghters to dress. Then camo tomptation in tho slapo of the Emmu Mine, vomed after Emmn Chisholm, s daughter of its discoverer, Benouck, impocunious and anxlous for shokols, caught at the bait which the artful Stewart aoglod with, avd was hooked. The more be lonndered about, tho worse ho was caught, aud now tho crusty old politician Is hore, reealled in dirgrace, and ‘soon to be questioned by & Congrossman who will simply ba the mouth-~ pieco of Lyon. Gen. Beheuck unguestionably did what ho should not have dono, but it 1 sad to siee tho plucky old cout caat ashiore Lors, like o straundad old mav-of-war, with & gaug of rep- utation-wrockere hacking away at him, EX-HENATOR STEWART is bere again, =4 tall oud shambling as evor, with a clear, koen oye, resoluto featuros, and a huga tawny beard m which A robin might build its neat, 110 bias proved himself rathor too mucly for the investigators, 0 when they have askod lim somo eimplo question, expecting an aflirma- tivo or nogative answer, Lo has guslied away for nalf and throo-quarters of an hour, with much volubility aud scatiar-brain rocklessness as to mako the inqunng Coneroesmen wondor if tho Emmas Mina was not w2 London, if Gon, Schonck ‘was not Minister to Utah, if Lyon and Grant were not tdiots, and if ha (tho witnoes) was not an innocent and abused individual. Mounwhile thore stands uuoccupied, in the northwestorn pact of the city, 8 hugo throe- coruer structare, surmounted by a tarret, which roprossuts §30U,000 of Stewart's proflta in this Emma Mine,—§100,000 for the land and $200,- 000 for tho honso and furniture. And such fur- niture ! Aubusson tapestry, Gobelln curtaios, Florontine carving, Borlin ‘brouzes, Paris rors, gilded furniture,~—in snort, everyshing that wenlth could purchase, in an incongruous jumblo, with the monogram = A. I" B.* cut, carved, embroldered, gilded, atalned, and wrought In ovory posmble place. It ia a croes batween a Now York hotel, a Missisuipps steam- bont, and a dandy barber-shop ; yei tho lady whoto taste was thus displayed nved to compia- cently remark : ** 1 ike my new houss so much, 1t i4 8o Lomolike! ™ TUE HENBATIONAL WITNESS wans that dainty and distinguc-looking Hlitle womau, Mrs. Marsh, who has at lsst obtained tho notorloty for which sho has panted. Bhe tripped futo tho committec-room a8 goy as & bird, wearing & jaunty bat, frosh white gloves, and s dross concerning which one looged to in- uiro (as Georgo 118 did abont the spple in the 3umnhug) how shio msnaged to ot wuto it,—so oxquisitaly did it fit hor plump porson. Her mannors wore oasy, and her well-trained volca choerful in its tome, but (a8 wss eaid of Kate Kearnoy), ‘from the glance of her eve enun danger and 1ly,” for a moro unake-like, cold, calculating pair o{ eycd mover were seen at the Capitol. No wonder that the mascaline Marsh has such a cowod, henpecked look; no wonder that Gentlo- man (eorge Pondleton, ftor enjoying tho socl~ ty of boths, finally preterred tho less artful and moro beautiful Widow Bower; aod It will be a wonder if any information can be obtained trom tier that wilt do any ooo barm. Bho has humil- {atod hor rival, aud sho has rulned the political proapects of tho man who preforred that rival tohor, Now she shows a dotermiuation to do thom no more harm, and sho can road in every nowspaper about her pearly gray halr, her dis- monds, and her winping ways. DANA'S NOMINATION TO ENGLAND is oxercwing the Republican Benators, and Dawes, who was ta have gono to stump Conneo~ ticut, has to romain here aud work with Bout- woll to secare tho desired confinnation. 'The cliargon of litorary theft and pirscy arenot in thie way, but Dana's plucky epistle is not rel. jshed by tha Benatorial mugnates, whose ity {a srounrdad, aud who are disposed;to let the liter- ary mariner remain * bofore the mast® rathor than take him oo tho diplomatio quarter-deck, There will, of courso, bean excited debats in exocutive mession when Dana's nomination ia taken up, sud the action of George William Cur~ tia at the New York Ilepublican nvention will be cited 38 an oxampls of the ingratitude of lit~ erary men appointed to offico. But Bon Lutler will not be able to block the wheals, aud Beuator Camoron's son Don will not be nominated 8 Mintater Plompotentiary and Eavoy Extraordi- uery to Great Dritain %o fill the vacaucy occa- sionod by the rejection by the Beuate of the nomination of Richard 1I, Daos. The pro- grammo for geftlog Dana out of the way waa cunniogly arrangod, but the machinery dido't work, Mr. Doo Camoron's friends must seek somoe other Ligh position for him, Meanwhile, A MINISTER 15 WANTED atthe Court of 5t.Jawes, for John Bullls evident- ly disposod to actrathor meanly sbout the surren- der of Winalow, the Boaton forger. Uuder the tooth wection of the Ashburton Treaty, Groat Dritain and the United Btates mutually sgreed to extradite certain claegos of onminals, fuclud- fng those who have committed forgery. Thiy was i 1842, and vow it appears thas in August, 1870, an sot of Parliament was plsced on the statute book of Greas Britain, smending the law for the extradition of orimluals, The second &mgnun of the third seotion of this law reads us ¢ mhfl shall nod be smTendsrsd to 8 W‘Mm‘fl peovialon 8 msds by the law of {hat Blate, or by lmn!mmt. st the fugitive inal shall not, until he haa bean restared or crima had an opportunity of returning to fler Majenty's dominione, Do dotalued and tried in that foreign State for any of- feuse commilied prior tn Lis aurrender, othar than tha extradition erime proved by the facts on which tiss nurrender §a gronnded." It thns taw §s obmorvod, Winslow ean only ha triod for forging ono or Lwo notes on which the papeta for hia extradition woro based, and tha Uavernmont of the Unlted Etales must guaran. toe lils freadom from trial for othor scts of for« gery, and porhiaps for arson. This Mr, Fish Is uot dieponed to do, and 8o the extradition of a criminal is preventad by John Dull, in defianco of the treaty, which imposes no conditions. OFN, BHERMAN lian oboyed an arder from the new Hecrotary of War to teport ot the Dooartment, and it is moro thau probablo that we shall havo tho headquar. tera of tha army moved back to this metropoliy, whoro thoy shonld bo, Tho Sharmans have not found Ht. Louis so_delightful s rosidence sa they had soticinated, and Lo frankly admits that ho langa for tho excitement of Washington 1ife, while sho ia ready to roturan to her Cnlflolln friends and to rosamne her dutiss as the Lady Bountiful of Kt. Aloyeius Parish. 1f Gou, Sher- man {a & bellover in tho doctrine of *'compensa- tion,” he must feel that he fa again even with Gon, Belknap, who used to apparently take groat delight in suubbing tho Gonoral of tho Army, Thin was esnccislly the case after Gen. Bhermsn publisbed his book, whon Belknap placod all the arohives of the War Depariment st tho aispossl of Uon. Boyoton, to enable hum toreply. We bave also with us TODEBT €, WINTUROP, who waa a leading maz in tho national councils until he folluwed tho lead of Webster, and was shunted off on the Consorvativo sida-track, white the greater portion of tho Massachusetts Whigs want shesd on the llnpubllum brosd-gange, with Henry Wileon and Charles Somner at thoir Mr. Winthrop, who I8 accompanied by hia wife and hor daughtor, ia trested with distin- guished consideration. Prof. Heury gave him a Toception in his spartmenta in tho gloomy Smith- sonisn Institution, and he biss besn the guest of houor st & number of dinner-partion. Tho ehlngnulmldc here by time aro exemplified by tho fact that, although it s not thirty years elnce Mr, Winthrop was the Speaker of the House of Raprosentatives, not & man who waa tben a momber is now in oither Ifouss, Cam- eron, who was then a Honator, occuples a curale chalr now, although ho has not served continu- ously, Abrsham Lincoln, who was thon re- rarded as rathor an uocultivated mombor of tho House, and who usnd to pass half of the time in the listle poat-ofiice, telling or listening to storics, has sluco achioved the highost honory in the gift of the Ropublic, and stopped from the ton-round of Fame's ladder into Heavon, leaviog his mamo Inscribed with that of Washingtoo. Others, who thon * struttod thoir brief hour on tho stago” liore, have gous mto their graves “unwopt, unbonored, and unsung.” OUR PRESIDENTIAL CALDEON conlinues to boil aud bobble, tho indorsement of Conkling at tho New York Convention having intensifiod the foeling apainst him oo tho part of Blaine and his frionds, Blalno and Couxling have never gotten over a torrific row which thay biad on tho floor of the Houso of Represontatives daring tho War about s Provost-Alarshsl, nor have they spolien to each other sinco. BMutual friends bove tried in vain on several occasions to havo them lot by-gones bo by-goues, and to shako hands and bo friends. Dut neithier has shown tho nlightest denirs to bury tho hatchot, and they glower deflautly at esch other when thoy sccidentally meet. Morton has not baen mado Lappy by reports that Blaioe, through s Massachusetts-born poli- tician namod Chandler, is saro of the Yirginia delegation to Cincitinatl, es ho hans regarded the Bouthiern States ns mortgagad to him, Secretary Fish bns been snoken of by dieaf- feeted New-Yorkors who don's fancy Conkiing, and ex-Gov. Morgun may receiva the finsl voto of thio Empire State at Cincionati aftor sli. Bristow iv ovidently gaining ground in the afections of the people, and there bas boon a ravival of tho tickot uamed last summier, *‘Drie- tow and Anthony.” DBristow himsolf appears freo from tho Presidential manta, and turns sway from those who will perniet in exprossing tholr proferences for him to him, As for tho Soutborn,Democrata,thoy apparont- Iy care but littte who is elected Prezident, but wre intent upon oradicating Republicaniam from their respective States, and reduciug the colored peoplo to o condition of nc.fdom, whicl: is more protitable to the laud-holdor than sluyary 1s. A LODAE; OF BOBNOW, Mithras Lodee af Perfoction of the Ancient and Accopted Beattish Lito of Fresmssoory will 1old a Lodee of Horrow on Fridsy evening noxt at the Seottish Rite Hall. The lodre-room and tho working tools of tho craft will bo draped in mourping, soluran rousic will bo performed, funeral dirgos will be chianted, and eulogios on tho life, charactor, and Masonic virtaes of two decensad brothers will be delivored. Gou, Als bert V'iko, who is tho eminent Graud Conmand- er af tho Bouthorn juriediction of the Scottinh Lite, resides st Aloxaudria, but attends all the meetioge of the Order here. Dr. Mackay, the Hecretary-Genoeral of the Southern juriadicsion, rosides hore in & houso which he but twa or threo yoars sinco, whors ho has hia valuable Masonio library, which is probabfy the best in the warld. ART AND ARTISTH. Weo hsve here now Mosdames Fasset, Baum- raa, Fuller, Ransom. and Strong, with Messrs, ianffman, Ulks, Rowzee, Daumgras, Firber, ‘Wovl, Witt, Poole, Holmos, Pars, Turner, Kin- dlobergor, Brimidi, Newton, Messer, aud Rrown, ~—all of whom have work on the easels, some of which is very creditable. The eveuing recep- tiony by the Art-Club and st several of the studios are woll attended. and saveral of the ar- tists have remunerative orders. The Floronces as givo ua another wesk of **The Mighty Dollar,” and then Btrakosch is to lat us have Titiens in opera. BacoNTEUR, FINANCIAL, DETROIT, Spectal Dirpateh to The Chreago Tribune, Drraorr, Mich, March 80.—The MoKinley Drothara'{ banking-houss at Pontiso sssigned Isat night ; Liabilitios said to be about §50,000; aasats about $75,000. LEAVENWORTH, KAN, Bpecial Dispatch (s fhe Chwcago Triduns, Leavexwontd, Ksn.,, MHarch 80.—Henry Reese, & large retsil grooer of this oity, has made an assignment. Henry Elezdorn is the aasignee. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 8San Pravcisco, March 80.—Child & Ma- gulrs, prominent stook-brokars, suspsnded to- day. THE WEATHER. ‘Wasamvorox, D, O, March 81.—1a, m.—For the New England and Aiddle Biates, cold northe erly to wosterly winds and partly oloudy weath- er, rising baromater, and light snow in the northern portions of the first-namod districs, For the Upper Lake Recion clear or falr, alightly colder weathor, with northweat to north- east winds and rising barometer, LOCAL OBSKRYATIONH. Qincago, Wind, |1 Time, |Bar, [Thr 1iu, 6:53 8, m,|29,75 1L:18 8. 1, 2,78 2:00 2. | ay | 84 53 Maximum thermometer, 33, LELR Minimum, 25, GEXENAL OLGERVATIONS, CmioAuo, March 30—Midnight. Blation. ' Bar,Thr| Wiud, | Rain/Weather, Cheyoune.... Cbicago., Davenport, E., fres! wentl tis 2582 [ ——— "BUSINESS NOTICES. Burneit's Fiavoring ussd and indorsed by the beal hotels, contection: Frocums: and the Aret families i the countrye FU A A A CLOSING-OUT OF LADIRS" = PO Sl AT S, marten. Kroner seal, urmiae, 1y a4 prices’ far below acius foLto manitesia. Uood'sels, 4510 8%, AMART b4 State-at, WINTER WHEAT FLOUR. WHITE WINTER WHEAT FLOUR 87 Per Barrel, at HIOKBSON'S, 167 SBouth Olark-st. Extracts are SILKS. . WASEL. CHEAP SILKS! 25 pos. “Bellon's” BLACK GROS GRAIN SILKS At $1.50 per yard, fogular price $1L.75. i 20 pes. “ Guinet's” BLACK GROS GRAIN SILES At $1.76 per yard, TRegular price $2.00, THE BEST VALUE EVER SHOWN IN CHICAGO. W, A, STHPSION & €0, BUCCESEORS TO SIMPSON, NORWELL & CO,, ATTHE OLD STAND, 79 & 81 State-st. __HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. Hosiery & Underwear DEPARTMENT. CARSON, PIRIE & CO., MADISON & PEORIA-STS,, Now offer for. tho inspection of the public, & complete nssortmont of Ladies’, Gonts’, and Misscs’ Spring Hosiory and Undorwear of our own importation. A splondid line of Liadios’ Eoasiory in Striped, Plain Colors, and Fancy Emb'd, Also s full line of English ana Fronch Lisle Throad and Cotton, in Whito and Brown, at sastonighing low figures. A splendid Balbriggan at 50c. A boautiful lino of Misses’ Cotton Lislo Thread and Balbriggan Hose in all colors and sizos. Particular attontion is called to our elegant lino of Gents’ Half Hoso in plain and fancy Lislo Throad, Cotton and Balbriggan, which we are offoring greatly below last year’s pricos. Soo our British Half Hose at 25¢. Our stock of Spring and Summer Undorwoar is complete in every de- tail, At attractive prices. MADISON & PEORIA-STS, PIANOS AND ORGANS. KW FIAROS— EmeT E’IA o IKHGIHAAY_}_FRIOIS, EST., BETWREN MALISOH O ATAT: huiuquurrxfmlrgn!‘ MUSEdNY NO AGERNEATUAINS IN PIANG YOI Tus, "NT¥0 commrssions, NO MISRRPRESENTATION ONE LOW UASH PRIOIL, ABBOLUTL BATISFACTION GUA {ANTRED, AN lll}‘fiaflfl BTOUK BY wu'i‘n'f‘n“@e‘t’:‘fnm" RATID MAKERS o A N PAOKING AND SUIEEINU ATTUNDIED 1082 K. T.MARTIN, . - 151 BTATE-ST. A QALY i A0 Supeeoue saln rof g Found ogrrors, rioh earvad le . ] th stont nnf covor, ud lyrs, ararraated ES IANOS BY HARDMAN, HAINRS BROS., THOS. .+ Dowli ' Qoy, deard &' Go Hlsghson, Blamhors O fung & Gray, Hray ., Hioghsm, fud ot o' Deioes, 85013 $3G 1" T, MALTLN, TR - LILGANT TAVLOR & PARLEY ORGAN, 1 STOPS, D Oal t0 waw: prioe bat, $225; for sale st $40. MAK: TING, 154 Brate st i HOUSEHOLD GOODS. ARTINS xfi-'fculun_ l?:n.gu THE— ME PARLOR BUITS, HANDSO! B 'Y LES COVERINGS, A ) 5, W, 100, 228 ol mo:a:nu'mu&:::. s¥ia. T. MA 154 BTATE.ST. FIRM CHANGES. DISSOLUTION. The copartaership lorstofors existing under the nsme of F. D, Cossitt & Co. is hereby dissolved by mutual consent, Either of the unders), are 8u- thorized to sign in Lquidation, and tha books of the firns will remain at the officw of our sucoeasors, Mesars, Gould, Fleber & Walls, 102 aud 104 Michigan syanus, wheze' Alr, Welis will sttend 1o collections of socounts aud payment of tha Uabilities of tie frm, FRANKLIN D, 008 JAMES A, PISHER, Chicagn, March 77, 1876, GEOROE H, WELLS. 1u retiring from the wholesale grocery business, would return thanks to the many frisads of our Arm for their continted favors during the past 11 years, and condilly sscommend my wucceuors, Mosser, Gould, Fisher & Wells, Lo their patronage, F. D. COSSITT, COPALTNERSIIP—The undarsigned have formed s copartuerahly, under the firm-name of Gould, Maher & Walls, for the purposs of carrying on the businees of yholsauls grocory ut Noa, 104 aud 104 Michigan-sv carner of Handolpbest. JOH; . GO nerly of Gould Brok) JAMES A, P8I UEORGE H. W Cbleago, Masch 27, 1076: (lafo of ¥. 1, Cossich & Coy | -SOE“I_ALA—*‘}‘JEOUS. NOTIOH. The undurslgued Laviug vosssd 13 be the agant of tho Philsdelphla Collar Cotapusy in Chicagoall parsona fndebted 10 tho ssme will horeafter please - tent 1o James A, Willoox & Co., sols ageats of \his Fluladelphis Collar Company, No, 509 Minor-at., Phil adel, CHAS, A, WATBON, Agt, Philada, Collar Co, Chicago, 145 Biate-at., Marcli 20, 1676 STOOKHOLDLERS' MEETING. The sunual meeting of the stockhiolders of the Bhere wood Sichool Furaiture Company will be held af thele and 20l Wabasb-ar., Chicsgo, i, TUES- ofice, 199 DAY, APRIL 11,8t 10:30 8, 11, . T UL, Beaste 3. G; COLEMAY, Bea'y. LEXCURSION TO COLORADO Yoatponsd until Thareasy, April 20, Thoss wishing (o, s addreas, vl sy Lo puctosr Mo ~SBPRING WHEAT FLOUR, BISTSPRING WHEATFLOUR 86 Por Barrel, at HIOKBON'S, 167 South Qiark.st-