Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1876, Page 6

- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE :- SATURDAY, "APRIL" 8, 1876~TWELVE "PAGES.' VASHINGTON. The Hard Pan Reached in the Safe-Burglary Business, X Ex-Petective Whitely Gives the flistory of That Villaiu-~ ous Affair, Baheock Said to Have Been the Prime Hover in the Raseality. i Using tho Presidont’s Name to Forward the Nefari- ous Scheme, Bobeson Replies at Length to ~the Quostions of the Nuval Committee, He Claims that Afl His Financial pealings Have Been Regular, The Moth-Extorminator Finds It Way into the Committes Poom, § Question of Veracily Belween Gon. Heigs and Contractor Webslor. \ Proposition 1o Largely Reduce the Number of Revenue Districls. Ben. Sherman’s Views on the Texan-Border Question. BOTTOM FACTS. JIITUELY EQULALY ON THE LAVL-LUBRGSLARY €ON- SUTRATORA, suten to The Chicaan Tr.buses A o%, D, €., Avnl 7,—A enb-conmitieo M tho Judicinry Cormmitieo of 1tho Houes, con- Jeting of Mesrra. Kuott, Hurd, nud Luwrouce, 1o bud the exfa-burglary snbject uaider investi- Ption for several davs, and to-day struek some- hing substaotial, 1L G. Whitely, lato Chief of ho Seevet-Servico Division of tho Treasury Da- thnent, was indictod with Harrington, ex- reistant Ditrict-Attoruoy, and some others, for he eafe-burglary conspiracy. ‘Tho ovideuco was® Jory strong ageinst all, but the jury failed to wroo. Thercupon Attorney-Getoral Williams kopped the prosecution. Waitely was exsniined 1y tho Cowtmitteo to-day, and for throe Lours yave the lustory of the couspirncy and the man- or of earrying it out, Ifis testimsny, il true, CONVICTS GEX. O, ¥. DACOCK, te Privato Secretary of the Drosident, of hav- ng giveu the fimt orders that set the conspiracy t worlt, and of having had a kuowledgo and .a prtain participation 1w it to tho end. Whitely pstified that Babeock, for him and ja bis own rousa, doveloped thesorvice ho was oxpected to wrform. Tho particulara were not discusaod ot ny longth, but Babeock directod Whitely to see, Inrrington, from whom he would got poclilc directions. This was tho hegmning of he famoun conspiracy. Whitely eaid bo bad othing to do but to obey ordere, and bho was ne- hstomod to oboy orders from tho Whito House. Toand Harrington, with tho nssistance of cor- iin cmployes in tho Sucrob Service Divislon od somoe professional rarcaly, ONOANIZLD THE CONSITRACY, Yo was ali the tima nesured of tho support and yatection of tho wholo Administretion, and ho sent on with tho fob in the same wiy bo would bay orders on eny otber duty. Whan the con- Sre * piracy failed and hig safety wus ondangored, ho B4 froquent conferonces with Harrington tu re- ned to getting out. of it. ilo eaw lbeock rarelv, “On ono occaemon, after be failuro of tho robbery, hie snw Babeock, who ld iim fhiat he cud Isrnucton budoado Bry bunghng job of it After Harungion's kial bozan, or sbotly beforo, un arrangoement tes wuggested by which it was thought they puld geo tres, This wes to be uccamplished Jurough arrington by tho ; FACKING OF JUBILY xmd othor munszement. the ways of which o avas fawmdinr Witk on zecount of lis pesition in gu court. Lhreo men were to bu indicted,— arrington, Wuicly, end Snmmerville, the ow Yorl lnwyer,—wnava namey will ba remem- ered by those fammliar with tho ease ot tho timo. Whe trials weio o Lo postponed und set aside 0n 010 proteuse or snother, ol this wos Hone until finally, Ly xowme trick or othor, thoy wero to bo dimgeod or gor ud of. Whitely pom thinke that it was Havgton's plan o cep tho cago nlong unbilthe etatnty of hmita- Moun could bo takon tdvantago of tor bLimslf, 3od theaat the fast momont tirw 1y AND CONVICT WHITLLY, hon Attorney-Geuneral Witliams dismissed Mr, Piddle, tho Governient gounscl, from the cuaes Atter tho disagroomont of tho juty, Biddle maui- ?md a goud deal of surprive. Ubon this, Judpe illisws’ intiwated ju netons stronger then words that ho hud orders from tho Whito HBouna, + 'ho ex-Attoruey-General will b called befora She Comunttee, and it novd nOt surprisc tho embors 1f be tells thew that, Gen. Baveock rought him tho verbal order purporting to pome from tho President, sud that Lo ncred on tho ovdor, If thie sbould prove to bo the cese, & will probably Le shown that that was anotber 3us0 whorcin Gen, Babcock A$SUIIED 10 AST FOR TIIE J RESIDENT without lan kuowlodzo or consent, aud on & Juattor of which the Presidont knew nothing, Bummerviils 1 now in Warhington, and also Ex-Sulciun Santlald, who swan directly responsi blu for o Beeret Servica Lavision, Whitely, did ot implicato Jiauticld, although it 1 diflenit to 306 Low tho whoto recrot sexvico of tho Depart- wont could Lo ueed in the safo burglary cuso without his kuowlndge, A large numbor of wite nessen Wil bo summoned, and thie invedtigation mumh‘ell to produce muots etsrtliug rovelutiony 4D 8LY DOV iD pre 33, I TINU CoMMITILYL Specal Disj ateh o L'hs Chicaro Trioune, . Wasmsaros, D, O, April 6.~Tho Secrolary of tho Navy, under dato of Aprl) 3, malkos roply Sotho letter of Becbe, Chairman of the Commit- 360 on Naval Expenditures, in the matter ot tho Alleged overcratta of £200,000, Hecrotary Robo- wun Bayy, in substanco: First—No time Lills, drefts, clincks, notes, or acoeplances bave boen fremed under Wao autuority of tho Nuvy Dopart- fment, except tho drafte whick buve from tinte Yo tiwa been drawsn by Navy aymwssters on for- Bign statlond in order Lo supply themseives, wr for tho purposo of paying waval »ecoptupcoa abrosd. Theew drufls weru frawn directly upon tho Peparfmont, or wipon tho naval fiscal egent in London, at sight, or on tiwe, secording to (ho novowuition of the sorvice and tho judyment o! tho Pagmastors. Loy havo ult Loor? PAID OUT OF THE A for tho pay of tho nuvy, Becond—None of thicse drafss have been given §n advauce of tho sppropriation, slthough possi- bly st distant stetions, where nscessary and ox- traordinary expensos might be incurred, of which tho Dopurtment might not be fnformed, &nd for which sulicient mesus might not bo ro- gerved. Third=Xo such acceptancea have boen made UELINTIO ?ldmzcao! acorned claima or demands fully vo. Fonrth—Tho drafls thst have been drawn wor0 for the vay of ofiicern and mon, Thoy were not within tho control uf the Deparimont, but were fized by law, and wore rogularly aud constantls nooded fur the CURRENT SUFTORT OF THE OFPICERS AND MEN. 'Tho appropriations for this purpose are so ro- duced that it 12 only just poseible with tho groatest caro to moet nnder auy circumatancos tho constent lawful domands upon thom, and with a sorvico in its naturo o seattored mnl romote it doea not eoom poesl- blo to meot tho oblizations aof the Departmont to pay = sccording to law until the appropriation Is exhausted without nt tho same point neing the credit of the Govern- mont to covor tho timo necosaarily spont fn tho wdjustment of the accounta, and in gotting re- turns from different stationa, Buch haa boon tho custom of the Departmont slnce tho naval sarvico nbroad first oxiatod, cortainly since tho {iseal ngoney was first cetablished in Landon, MORE TIIAY SISTY YEANS AGD, and the arrngement with our agont was at that tume, and ever sinco hna heon, the same, and lins contemplated the fact that there would bo time-drafta in advanco of the Dopartment. The drafts by Paymnster Drondhead were not drawn on futnre appropriations, Thero are now funds enough to pay them, Figth—"Thore i3 no atatute which prohibits the tenmng of time-drafts by tha ageuts of the Navy Depattment, the authority of Itndford, pay- wstor in London, and other officars, to draw drafts aud bills of nxchango depending upon no oxpross statate, but cstablished by an unbrokan usage through a long period of yoars, recoguized by ail departmonts of tho (tovernment, aud neeesrary to its oporation, Tho gonors! princls ples bore, as stated, aro confirmed by tho United Htatew Supromo l.iunn in the United States va, Daufol, Potors, 14, Tho fact of tho uaage of shinwing bills is sustained by tho same Court in the United States va. tho Dank of Motropolis, Potors, 37, Thisis oxprossly ailirmod in thocaso of 1be Floyd acceptsucos [7 Wallaco, 0SD], whore tho Courtaays, *'Whon it becomes tha duty of au officer to pay tho. money at a distant point, bo way do ko by o bill of oxchange, be- causo that s the usnal aud 5 AFPROTRIATE MODE OF DOING IT. The Conrt further kase that oilicors can draw and i tho Government, T'ha Secretary of tho Navy naya that it ia bo- lovenl that upon these principles the drawing of wich Lifls 8 Iawfuf, as & custom authorized by tho unbroken usago of the Department. Sesth--All drafts that bave beon drawn havo baen in nccordanco with tho coutract with the fizeal agonts in London. ho cowmissions paid hava ot exceeded 1 por cont, 88 provided by that contract, Attached to this letter ia n long list of the diafts that have becn drawn upon the Nuvy Department. Thus far during tho present fiseal year tho aggrogato is ¥2,250,000, Tho cus- tomnary amount for tha flecal year is $3,000,000, 'T'ho otlier papors iu this answer are the propo- sitione of tha Secratars of tis Navy to tho Salig- man Brothers to necopt the Naval Fincal Agency of London, of dato Sept. 1, 1874, andithe accept- anco by the Seligans, Bovt. 15, 1674, TUE TERYY OF TS CONTRACT ara: Tho Soligmans accept to pay all drafts drawn abroad upon them on aocount of tho Do- partmeut by its proper ofticers, 'hey agroa to protuct stich dralts for a cominission not oxcood- ing 1 per centum, und thoy agree to pay 4 per contum on all Dopartment balsnces, 'Tho De- partwone iy to pay b per cout on all overdrafts, Ihis is the Navy Dopartmont oxplanation of tho 20,060 overdrafts upon the Seligimans, 'Theto iy no doult that tho overdrafts oxisted. Mom- bers of the Committed to whom this lottor was audrossod suy that they aro by 1o meatis eatis- fied that tho approprintion is not oxtiausted, and thint tho Navy Department 14 reelly shinniog to pay its men and oflicera, i MOTH AND RUST, AND THEIR ATTENDANT CONRUPTION. Speciat Hispleh to The Chicago Tribine. . WasmNaToy, D, C., Aprll 7.—Quartermaster- Gonoral Moigs® testimony was a vory thorough refutation of tho charge of David Wobater, of Concord, N, H., shar Mofgs bnd domaidoed a bribo of Webster es a condition of ‘nccepting the latter's moth-extorminator. Iho Committoe as to the chiarge of oorruption accopted the ox- planation of Moigs, who eafd : * Webster, like nearly alt inveutors, I3 a man of lively brain and of active imagination.—much too active for his bealth, Iregardod him as an enthusisastis in- veutor who Lsd @ very exalted notiun, of his patent aud a light lhesd” Thers is litle doubt that Webstor, who, in Lis imaginfugs, also dreams that he {3 o cousin of Danicl Webstor, has forced himself to bo- liove tuat a converration occurred whick in fact uever dil—at ol ovents, NOKE OF THE COMMITVEE DELIEVE that Gen, Meige {8 guilty of corrultion. The testimony of Webater, however, it it did not ghow corruption on the pact of Meigs, sorved to cail attontion to n scandal which has been cur- rout hero for yoars, Tho Committeo rather forced Meigs to give his viows about tho Cowlea & Brezor wmoth-proparation, for which appropriztions of thousouds of doilars Lavo heen mado each yoar. Meigs says that ho hind protosted agalnst the introduc- tion of tho Cowles & Brezer proparation, and Dohoved that it was & failuro. Being pressod, Moigs said that he thought some very abla and uatuto influences must have been used to intro- duco thin preparation. The Committes will, to doubt, follow up the nuggestions ntade ov Moigs, nnd, if balf the ruword uro truo, some very in- teresting disclosures may bo_made about thin famous moth proparation, Its qualities and lListory ave said ta rival Col, Sellers’ eye-water. (lothe Associated sress.) L0’ TENTINOSY REUARDING THL MOTH-ENTUER= MINATOG, WasHvaroyN, D, €., Avnil 7.—The Committen on Expenditures i tho War Departmsnt to-day examined Gon. Cowon, the Assistant Secrotary of tho Iutartor tilt March 14, David Webster, of Concord, N. [T, testitiod that he emzo to Washiugton about tho 1th of March, 1874, to el to tho Wur Departmont a woth-uxterminator mude by him. Ito went with Austin I, Viko, 8 membor of Cougress from Now fampehire, to Uen, Meins, the Quartermaatore tienerut, who refused o have anything to do with it Alterwvard thae witness got Ropresonta- tives Larker, Cragin, aud Wadieigh to write a letter to Meige, whercupon Metgs agreod to tost tho morigs of tho thing. 'The proparation was tosted wud approved by Capt. Lowers, of the (Quartormastor's Dopartimvut. ‘Tho witness then wont tack to Moigs, who told hun he alionld havo tho contract. — Meigs asked him tho prico, und low much tho Geveroment would want. ‘Ilie wituess suld Lo did not kuow, but he would nat require the Dopartment to pay for mora than was usod. The witness aflerwards stated tho Prica by latter, Meigy decided 10 ube 1t, Meigs then waked bim ** what benotit will it bo "~ Wit- liews suwwared, It will kill your moths.,” Gon, Meigs ad : *But how much will you givo me K‘l' DUL 1o general uso 2 Wikioss answered s “Not w damued cout, General.” 'Lhio_witnean said that Gou, Maigs ave bim to understand Cuwles & Ce., wha were furmshing tho mothe oxternminator, wers Ysying Lim part of the pro- coods. Wituess sud that yesibrday ho met a wao bomt Judiciary Bquaro who totd him ho would du bouies kol ta gojueforo ths Commistoo, In tho man's hand wero tro £100bills, JIo did not know thomuw, but told him that o was ot to toll the truth to the Cowmittes, and «id not want auy money, ‘Yho man turuod and waliied off rapidly. Witnoss followsd bim to soe whore ho went, but coulint walk fset ough, — Wituess had 1ot paid money to any ofticer, or beou askod for wuy wxeept by Méigd, Wituess prosostesd o uwber of fettery .to vorrobarato lia tostimony. #lo bl uover ro- cewed uny order from Muigs for the moth ex. teruunatar, vxcopt one for 100 worth. Withous refused to furnish that amouut unless o contd bu sngnred of larger orders, on tho grouud shat to 6l tho order would cost tnore shun it woulg vona tn, but ho offerod to furnfali it for noth- iog, provided ho be allowed to puck it in the clothing bunsolt, QUAKTENMABTER-GENERAL MKIOS - tentitied thut the statements of Wobster to the offect thut he vonght ou [ntoreat [u lis moth- oxtermnator by a sugwestion of any kind that conld e tortured into such & sudplcion wero abuofutely fafsn, ffe waid ho bad. uover told Wobster that the Goverument was swinaled out of large sums bocatso the process then in nro vas worthlosd: that ho hind nover usked it whst benefis tho contract wonld be to bim; that ho had never avked him how much he would give him (tho _witness). 1lo had always vonsidercd Wobater, lika munf inveutors, cri ou the pubjeet of his preparalion for exterml- nating wothy, fle hed considered hioy honest but rather bght i tho Leud. Nover inguired .t g charactor, Wituoss eorroboratod gen« trully the othor statemouts of Wabstor from the 1eeord, but pronounced i chures falso in ovury rospect.—thy creation of a very active aud IBX‘I\F:DIIIVQ Lrain, Nt itueas wes asked whether lio was tho me of tho n{dunnuu of Qaorge W. uu“-|e.°§"¢::f‘: rocess for externnnating juoths, e iod Phu bie Lind opposed 1la adoption oven nl::}'"ge‘ Board of Army Ofticers bed recommended its adoption, but tinslly vielded to tho accumulation of testimnomald 1 e favor. When asked by whoee intluence it Lad beon kept In une, ho replied that G. W, Brega end Dann Platt waro vory nctive {n tho matter, Witnoas #aid tho Cowloy proceea ia ot now in use. 5 REVENUE DISTRICTS, THE NUMDER TO BE QUEATLY\RTA Special Dispatch to The Chizazo Iyibw Wasutxotox, D..0C, April 7.—The 1louso Committoa on Apprepriations hava decidal in the Logiaiative, Exocutive, and Judictal Ap+ propsiation bill to roduco by consolidation the distriots of Inlornal Rbvenno from 200, the prosont number, to 105, 1t is proposed to make compromise and establish tho mun!mf at 16, This numbor meots with tho approbation of the Bureau of Intornal Loveuso. Both Commissloner Pratt and Doputy Commissivtior Rodgers ayrce that tho sucoesa which attomlod the consolida- tion ofn yenr ago would now Juwtify anothor step in the romo divce- tion, nmd that thun, by degrees, as the num- bor nf Aubjects of 1nternal taxos becamo losa-~ enod, the number of collection districts might by coreeapondingly roduced until thoy ronchad tho minimum numbor, A plan of consolida- tion hias boon determined unon, and in a day or tirp will bo transmitied to tho Senate Commit- tea on Appropriations, and will by them bo in- corporated ad a substitute for tha [lonso pro- visous on tho sama subject. Tho plan pro- vidos thal. the Tresident may at any time chango tho districts, provided he doos not in. croaso the forco. . TLLINOTS, 3 ‘Tho new plan redistricts Iilinois as follows— the Stato ia divided into nino distrlet Yirst District—The First Diatrict s Cook County, oftco ot Chfeago, Second District—The Socond District taken in Brown, Winnebago, DeKath, Kane, Ladalls, Qrundy, Kendafl, Du Fago, Will, and Rankakeo, with tho Cole lector'a office nt Anror, Third Distelct—Joa Daviess, Stephienson, Carroll, Ogle, ond Whiteside, withi the Colleetor's ofiice at Aount Carroff, Fonrth_Dixirict—Adame, Hancack, Wareen, Hen- deraon, Marion, Iock Ialund, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Cass, Mcbouough, Schuyler, Boone, and Vike, witl tho Calloctar's affics at Quinicy. Fifth District—'coris, ‘Knox, Sfark, Ionry, Mar- shult, Putnam, and Lureau, with tho Collector's oflice Veoria. Sixth District—Morgan, Scolt, Cathoun, dersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, 'Band, * Chirtatian, She 8t. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Washington, Bandolph, sud Moniroe, with the Cotloctor's oflive at Alton, Beventh Distrlct—Macon, Pratt, Champalgu, Doup- tag, Maultrio, Colea, Combirland, Edgar, Vermilion, Troquols, and Ford, witl the Collcetor'a oilica ut Mate . Eighth Distriot—Sangamon, Iegan, Deyitt, de- Lean, Tarewell, Woodford, 'aud” Liviugsion, with the Collector's offico at Springfield. Ninth_District—Marl Yayette, Clay, Richiand, Jaspar, Olatk, Crawford, Wayne, Lawrence, 1iamiiton, Fraoklin, JetTerson, Alnnn'ier, Pulasly, Unton, John- o, Williamsou, Terry, Pope, Hardin, Saline, dillatin, White, Wabasli,'snd Ldwards, —— THE MEXICAN QUESTION. OEN, SRERMAN'S VIEWH, Special avateh to The Chicaon ripune, Wasutsaroy, D, C., Aprit 7.—Now tha¢ tho army headquartors have beon re-ostablished in Wasbington, aud Gen, Sherman will bo in daily personal communication will the Yresident and Secrotary of War, ono of tho first metters to wlich his attention will bo moro particulorly di- roctod will bo tho operatious of the United States troops oa tho Rio Grande. Hévetoford,, undor the Bolknsp reigu, the movemonts in thab thoatro of action wero conducted without regard to tho opinions of tho Guneral of the Army. Gen. Shorman has rather dectded viows on tho Méxicon quention, aud Lo states that he is conflaent that ho will bo avle to put a dilferent nepect on the comdition of uffairs fu that quartor, Gon, Shorman ju UNFQUIVOCALLY OFIOSLD TO THE FOLICY which has so many rdvocates—of pursing tho Joxican froebooters over tho Rtio (iraudo into Moxiean torritors, o docs not beliovo in the wWisdom or oxpedioncy of sotting such n precce . dont, nor dood ho constder that any neccssity oxists for ruch a course, moro espocially at this timo. He thinks that it would s n histako for tho United Statcs forcos to enter upon dexi- can soil in view of tho domestioc com- viicationa now oxlsting on the bordor. Mo vays tha' ho iy satisfled that ho cun Ba disposo our troops on our owa Eide of tho Rio Grando nud tako such measureans will result {u freeing tho peoplo of Texas from the rapine and plllnfia to which they have o long bacn sub- jected. “Ihe General nppraves of thoe recom- mendation of the Special Comuntiseo on tho Mox- 1can Border Outrages TO REQIUIT TWO REGEMENTS OF CAVALIY up to the war standard, to bo asugned 40 duty on tho Mo Grando, but dissents from thoir con- clusions a3 to the propricty of crossing over, Ho saya empbaticnlly that it will bo {mpossible to maintsin peaco on tha Rio Urande and on tha Western frontiers if tho army is reduced below ita present numerieal strength, fIo Liopas that Congress will Bpoedily authorizo Lho therease in tho two regiments of cavalry demanded. e COVERNMENT PRINTING-OFFICE, LOTCHED LOOKKEERING, Special Dispateh to The Chicaan Tribunz, ‘Wasiunaro, D, C,, April T.—1to Louse Com- mitteo ou Printug hos pusbied ity investigation into tho management of tho Government Print- Ing-Othco very vigorously during the past ten days. The inquiry thus far undoubtedly ghows improvidence in some of the purchases made, and very bigh prices paid for materinl and lavor, and chatges for work dono for the dennrtmonts. In ehort, genoral estravagance seemd to hava yprevailed in thio management of the oflice, ‘The Committoo will probably be unanimous o report- tuy that the work of public priuting ought to bo done at far less expevse thau during the past few ycars, [] "I'h nxumination into the maunar of kaoping the books and accounts of the Printing.Onico has beou quite tharough, aud List resttited 1 tho diseavery of loosoness which ean hardly bo pate {sfactorily oxplujned, 1t does not yot uppesr whetlior the Government iuter himisol! iy re- uponsibio for tho nystukes in bookkoeping nr not, though the Dewueratic mombers of tho Comumttie &cem to bo of gplnion that n moro careful supervision of the affairs of tha oflice would bave made wany of thom impossible, ‘Cho mistakes in bookkeoping which buve Lnen dis- covored are not yuderstood Lo fuvolve very largze amounts of monoy, but they throw diserodit ovor all the nccouuts of tha Goveromont Print ing-Ottice, and make a very careful exnmination of them desituble. : e — 5 MISCELLANEOUS INQUIRIES FOSTAL CONTIACTY, Wasnvores, 1. C., Aprl 7 o I[louso Committeo ot Post-Ollices nnd Post-Roads to- day contluied their examination of the hoolis and pupera of tho lato ¥, £, Suwyer, mail con- tractor, A paid ote for 27,50Y, indorsed by J, . ndg, was found, accompaniod with a mem- orandum in Bawyer's haudwriting, stating that this wus only one-half tho smonnt that the Mnds party got from thoe Ll Paeo Stage Catite woy. It nlso appearod that Bawyer's checks to the smouut of £33.990 wero paid to Thomny 3. Mood. The Committeo on Exponditurcs in tho Post- Ofico Dopurtment examived 1L D. Norton, who Loatiftod thiat Lie was appointed clerk to tho Diy- bursing Clerk of the L'ost-Utlice Depaitmont at 1,200 per yoar, but that by an order of Post- mnster-Géneral Jowell, issuod lust December, ho had sinco beon® naid 3150 pur wonth out of tho special appropristion for ropaining the Do« purtmont bnilding sud extonding its busoment. In roply to & question, wittu:s suid this wus in diveet violation of luw, BELNCLI, 2 Tho Bpeneor inveatigation cloasd to-day, the Comwitteo unnouncivg that counesl would by allowed two weoks i which (o prepare written arguments, T THE ENSA MINE. . Trenor W, Park was further oxamined to-lay in the Emma Mine matter. 1hd testimony tonacd to aliow that the valis of tho miue 6X- ceeaed tha repre h0a 0f tho vonders, LUCED BAYTONS. | s of tho Iluuse of Hepro- sontatives bus instructed thu Watdon of tho Uultod dtases Jail Lo furuist moals to lulo tt Kilbourn not to ezesed &1 per iday, PUIGLAN, Boforo the Honne Civit Seryi, ' itto, whichs I8 Ihvestigating tho churzes u;,'(n?lxl)l‘i‘lmisx‘;(l man, Goorge Fowler, of Flondu, was recalled to-day. Ho tegtitied that Purinun wad 1o him, a few doys aftor bis eloction, that §t fal cost hiw over $G,000 cluar cash 1o gt clectod, sud ho was golug to have wowo of thiy wonoy buck bofoto hw started tur Wushie- ton.” DPyrman esid: " Anofd fellow” (yean. mg Slmeon, of Monticollo), **wauth & paval cadotship for biwson, If 1o oxpects mo to et u place for his ¢ou, thio old chap bav got o pay we for it.” Adjourned. MEEELIL ‘Tbe ouse Committee on Indian Afisirs Lo. day unammously justructed ther Chnrwsn to votify Ralph Mookur, the correspoudent, that ho must auswer tho question propounded by Hupresentative 'sge, or Lis teatiwony should bu stricken from tho record aa trifling and frivo- loas, ==y NOTES AND N WENT POINT AcA) 30311 1nep N to The Chicuoo Lrtbune, Wasiinatoy, D, C.; Apnl 7.—It 18 in contem- plation to ordar Gen. Schofiold from the Military Digigion of tho Paclfio to the suporintondency of Weat Point noxt fall, Tho maln difiouity s the fact that horntofora no officor of his rank has boen assignod to thia place, lut ho s regarded ancno of the best-qualitiod otiicers in tho ser- vice for this position, being ono of thoso bost pouted on thia whole rango of tho course of spudy pursued ot the Acadeiny. A POINT sETTT. The action of the lousa to-day seitled the at- titudo it wonld ansunie 1t rogard to tho detail of army officera for cisil positions. Ly a voto of 125 to 93 it yetused to nuthorize Cen. Waitzol, of tho Engincors, 1o neeept the position of Trusteo of tho Cincinnati Sonth- ern Railroad. White Weitiol v spolien of in tifgh toriny, thero waa n Mlrong foeling that'it wauld be n bad procodent to establish, OUR MURDERERS ADROAD, The Department of Stato will now hase to furnish o request for tho oxtradition of o New Jersey murderor named Cleaver, who comigitted an outrageons arsault upou hla danghter while on the voyagoe from New York to Liverpool, whoro bu {4 now imprifoned, Whother be, with Winglow, Bryant, aud Grgy, will bo 3ot froe hy tho Britiah anthorities in teflauco of the provie- ion of {bo Arbitration Treaty, rematns to ba seen. CHDAL Oicial adyices from Madrid announce that the Govornmont of Iihg Alplionso 1s earoluly or- Runiziug a forco, which will include some of the troops which rocontly eurrendored under Don Carlos, for the suppreasion of tha Caban rehel- lion. 'Tha army wilt satl for Havana about Oct, t, as it iy not thought Adviaablo to commenco aporations until ifter tha slokly raason in Cuba. BOUTIERN CIVILIZATION. Tlin Confoderates havo coutsol of the Lowor nnu;u. nud uro inyestigating the conduct of the War’by Abrabam Lincoln, and the whippinig-post for nogroes has heon re-establishod at Alexan- dria,’ Va., within eight of the Capital, A local chroniclo thus describes it : As will bo Been Dy the polica recard, Walter Iannt- lery, nljas We hua been sentenced Lo receive twen- {y Tinbits, “Thin hegro s boen arsertod poma alx o oight times within the past year for Jetty thofts, noko of them being of euilicfent - staoun fo eond him fo tho Penitentlary. He has o caped each thmo with a fow days' or wu wark on tho chiafu-gatug, which punishment xeets not 10 havo bad auy terror for himi, His criio of pelty tuleviug has hecomo o prevalent snd-qauch nuissnee i Ulo community, that sowo _emphatic means nuiat o adopted 1o putasiop to it The action ofthe Polive Court In mentencing thess rascals ton whippie fostead of putting them in jall to bo fed ut pubilc expense, 14 generaily approved, FALSE MEPORT. This afternoon thera was groat talk‘on tha lloor of the llouse aver tho assertion of seversl persana that the Secrotary of thio Troasury had cortainly resiguod, avd for a tiwo it obininod general erodenco, . It we finglly traced to some pentlomen who had started it 1w connection with tho atory that o was sbout to sbandon the Re- publican party and join the Domoerata, in tho hopo of aecuring tho nomnation ab Bt, Lotia, ‘I'ho report was pub in cireulation, by tho Log- anilo combination. Joussvinie, Ky, April 7.—Thn report tole- graphed to-vight from Wasbington by a numbor of corresponclonts thut CGon, Bristow bas doter- mined to withdraw frow the Cubinot 18 pro- nouneed falso by the Socretary himuolf, TUE BUG DUREAU. Tho Hetato Comndttes on Agriculturo Lisye mado fmapottant chaties in the fuyall bill czsignod to stop tho Eavayes of fnsecta, o bil, in 15 now slupe, rovides 3 b Sret1on 1. That tho Sccretary of the Interior, the Seeretary of the Sinithsouion Institation, aud’ the Comumiikloner of Agriculturo ure hereby authorized {0 appoint w Conunfusioner kavirg tho requisite selon. thile and praciieal knowiedge, Whoso duty it ehall b to fuvestigato und gathor intormation relativo Lo those insects which are mout destructvo o thd cropaof formeranid plantere, nid_eapeclally of the Rocky . Monutaia lucust, the chiach-bug, tho ariny-worns, the Hernin iy, potato-bug, und other{usects injurlous 1o the great staplas, wheat, corn, and cotton, in order to deviso succossful methods for the destruction of sucly furosta; and Lo make publio from tuse t tine Lsuels foforution, and such practical {natructlous for tlie wuppression of the Mfforont Invects referrad to und thut the Conmlss loner repart tho results of such jnvertimtion antl juformation to the Commiasioner of '’ That the sald Commissioner shall bo ap- olnted for tho torm of one sear, und o whall roceive $4,603 per ansitsn, nid ahalh by paid traveliny atd Giber pereonal exponeed tncldant to the disclinrge of bi du- tiew, to bo audited by the Cowmissioner of Ageienlttre, nat'exceeding for ono year $2,60, And the skl Gom- mitstonor ol Agrsultince 18 fustructod to afiord the sald Colunussioner, for the suppression of {njuriouy tusccls, uck uld 24 ¢ in hin power, aud sueh clerlenl assistaniee, oflico-rontn, fuel, atationery, uud chymicals s aro ot 1iis disposal; 'and"tha printivg of necossary cleculars sl bia e & OULEYLY ON BANKRTITCY. Senator Oulewby, of Tdinols, hss embraced i vlews on haukeupicy fn the following, “ declaratory of the law bn relutlon to Involuntary bankruptey 3% ‘Fuat o persou shall bo held of docrocd 1o bo in- nolvent or bankrupt, under tho law suthorizing ine volntary bankruptey, whoso eatato woukd ba suifis erent, under ordinary clrcumulancos, it properly and Judiclously udiiuistered, to pay his dobts; aud ull Drovidous of law authurizing procecdings fn bank < ruptes ngoinst any person whoba ot nctually ine solveiit 1 tho sexne of not having sufiiclent oitato to meet, iy, or dischurgo his logal obligations A0 fudf- clously sdmlnfatered und not encrificed ot foreed or compiilaory malin, nre berehy ropealed s it bolng tho Intention of &bl act to provids for tho winding-up of abotulely busolveut cutates, bt nt to croate thum by auy tuehinieal eonstruction of ony of tho words or clauscs of wald act. o ntherwive, THE A The fullowipg statewcnt chiows the notionality of men cidisted i the United Stutes army from Jau. 1, 1865, to Dee, 31, 197 How {Eotan I'riuca Partugal, if insla, Hotlwnd, trolaud, taly 1081 ({0 the Ass-ciated Iress,) ¢ jr 1 LN, Wasuinaton, D, C.. April 7.—Tho {Iouse Come mitte oo Appropriations further eonsidered tha deticlonoy estimates to-dav. The estimate of 245,009 for the 'exrenses of tho Black ijls Come misslon wus gisallowed. A large number of do- flcieucies usked for by, the Fudian Hureau will b reportod buck to tho Houw with the racom- wondation that thov ba ruterred o the Commit- too on Claimm, the Commisteo eonsidering thom ag coniny under the hwad of privato olaims, 1IN THE HOURE, Mr, Whitthorne, tho Chairmau of tho Commit teo on Nuval Aflairs, roportod & resolution ine nil ing the sub-comittoss to proceed to the Plalndeiphin and Losgno Ixland navy yards $o nquire juto corfain ulleged abuses and’” frauds, Adapted. Tho sub-committes consists of Mosurs. Wintthoroo, Uarris,* Burleigh, aud Jonow (J, 'I'he Houdo then wont into Committes of tho Whole, with Mr, Ducand in tho vhair, on the pri- vato calondar, Aftor the passago of a uumber of private billa a il for tho pavmentof covtaln war claimy ap- plyiug to over 200 wwdividuals'in tho loyal Btatos, and_oggregatiug $112,000, was roportod back from the Committan with tho rocommondation that it Jo pass. After didcussion it pussed. Tho Houso adjourned, the Hedaion td-marrow to bo for debate oniv. % DELKNAP'S TNPEACUMENT, Fg-Hecrotary Bolknap will not appear in per- son batoro the Court of Impeachment, but by s coutmal, who will ask for an extension of thwe for filing thoir snswor. The latter do uot oxpect tho tial will bogin for & month, SIMBIRNIFPL The Loutwell Commites on the Mississippl "Proubles, ut their mucting to-lay, sgreod not to Biegm huir Iabors until an appropristion is wade tu tho couts ut fund of the Senste, which iy redurad to 00, “Tluy will necessitate n dolay of at loust.bwo weske, MOURISON'S i Wivs anl Means n1aitleo are slill at work on_the Taiff bill, Tho teasud colfes elutwo will not bo votedupou wulil the remuinder of this b1 18 disposed ul. ho Commitieo to- daystryek out il i Mornsun's Tanf? Lill relat g o witks. > A BENIAL, The Attoruey-General denies tho published Jentement that in 1365 ho ellected tho_sale of Lwo tuamers to the Government for 660,000, Lelongiug to Marshall’ O, Koberts, of New York, During the War Nobarts sold twa stoiniers to the Goveroment, and be never heard of tho he- Hotistton or ealo till subaoquent thereto, when e waw employod aa counsol to got tho purchase- money remsiming unpaid. For this bo received u very moderate feo, aud this iy all that be over hiad to ¢o with the case. e AT, ‘of Qreat FOREIGN. % The ‘Turkish Situation Hour Urowlng More Com- plieated, Horzegovina and Bosnia in a Stato of Opon Rovoit. Russia Suggests the Military Oceupation of Servia by Austrin. The Bogal Titles Bill Pascod Its Final Reading, Abandonment of tho General Amnesty Scheme by the French Assembly. GREAT BRITAIN, TUE AMERICAN CRIMINALA. ¢ Loxobx, April 7.—William X, Gray, of Now York, who wns un bafore the Iow Sirect Court yestorday for allegod forgerica, was romanded to April 10, * It fa thought that the extradition of Drent, who {s chargad with frands on tho Falls City Tobacco Uank of Loulsviffe, ! Giray, will bo governod by tho dactsfon in tha Winalow caso. MASSLAVANTER,, At the Contral Criminal Court to-day, Capt. Fordinand Kafin, of the atosmer -Franconta, which ran {ato and sauk tho Stockbridge, was found guilty of manslauglter., His sontenco twas deforred to await the decision of tho Conrt of Appoats on the (uestion of jurigdiction. MLTINY AND MURDER, Eight of the ctew of the sbip Lounio wore to- day committod for trial on charge of mutiny and murder. ' TRADE HTATISTICS, Thoe Deard of Urada returns for March show, as coropared with the corrosponding month of 1874 aud 1875, & declivo of 10 and 4 por cent respectivoly in tho value of sxports, and 8 anad 10 per cent rospectivoly in tho valuo of imports. THE TREATY OF WABHINGTON, In the llouso of Commons, Hourke, Undor- Secrctary of Lue Foreign Department, in rop; to Jonkins' question about an Ottawa dispatel roporting that Mackenzio had complainad in tho Caundian Hougo of Commons of tho action of tho Unlted Stutes rogarding the Wroaty of Waabington, #aid he hind reen tho Ottawa tolo- gram reforred Lo, but of courso tho Government wero a8 yeb nnwnformod regarding tho debalo. it was tmo thoro was eowo differonco of oplnion bLetweon tho Governmonts Lritain ond tho' United States about tho Troaty of Washlugton, ana nogotiations woro pending rolative to tho Fish- ories Commission. e thought it Lisrdly the way to Bpeak of tho attitndo of a friondly Gov- arnment to say it uterposes difficultios. Doubt- less delays occurs, but ucgotiatious are pro- coeding. Mr. Jonkins announced that he would at an early dato eall atteulion to tho subjoct, wud move that tho conduct of the Mmistry s diln- tory aud injurious, TIE ROYAL TITLZS DILL, In the House of Lords to-day tho Royal Titley bill, as reccived from the ilouss of Commona, pussed o third reading withont o divisjon sftor o briof debate. " TIIE BECENT DIBSSTER, 3 LoxpoN, April 7.—Tho Urtish Miniater nt Athona tolegraphy that Lo has not hoard that auy English “copln woro on board the stoamer Agrigent:s when sho sunk off Capo Malea. Among the saved aro two Amoricang. ENGLISIL PICTURES FOL THE CENTRNNIAL, Tioxpox, April 8—5:30 a. m.—The Daily News annouuces Mr. Jophng, Britiah 8operiutondon & in tho section of fine arts of tho United Siates Contenainl Exinbition, sailed vosterday rov Puiladelphin in tho stosmer Tndinua, with tho fins) conpigoment of pidturoa by Xoglish artisty, gl . TURKE'. CONDITIO.S OF TEACE. Raausy, April 7.—T'he jusnrgent leaders have informed Baron Rodich of tho couditions on which thoy will lay down their arms, Their torma include the withdrawal of all Turkish troaps excopt alx pmall garrisons, which shall bo placed undor tho supervision of Russion and Austrian fnspectors. Thoy uloo requirs thoe dis- armament of the Mahomotaus, and gaarantecs from tho Powers, , THE TIEACHEROUS TURKS. Loxvoy, April §—6a, m.—A Vicnoa dispateh savs during tho truce in Herzogovina the Turks concoutrated twonty-five battalions near Tro- binge, nud recoived two ship-loads of roinforce- wonts. A BAD OUTLOOK. A dispateh of tho Ruasiun 'Polographic gonoy, roviewing the witnation, rop~ resonty that tho nothern part of liorzegroviun, which had boen quict for gomo tima, i8 now i full iusurroction, aud tho whola of llosnin {8 ln rovolt, Turkoy was nover so so- riously threateued o8 by this rebellion, Should tho great Powers chango their autitude toward ‘Turkoy, tho Porto will ouly bave its own {nactiv- ity to bo blawme, A ppocial to tho 2imca from Venico reporta that Baron Rothich domandod that the insur- gouts should dlsarm, u8 a proliminary condition, 'F'his tho chiefs refused to do, and tho conforoneo wss broken up, Tlho fusurgents returncd to the mouulaing and the Iaron to Ragusa, 'The Herzogoviniang will rubisbly rononnco tho armistico and resumo osiilities, Lecnuso tho Turks bava violated the armistico by conceniratiug troops at Trobivjo to attask Suttoriun. A NUSSIAN BUGOESTION, ToxXpo, April 8.—A telogram from Vienna to the Daily News says : Connt Andrarsy, v reply to a sugpostion from Prince Gortschnkofl, thut Austrin_jutgrveno in case tho Larks invaded Servin, doclived to take such stop unless Turkoy violatud tho treatics by permanently occcupying Horvia, —peimnns ¥ FRANCE. THUE COMING MUKICAL BXNIRITION, Pam, April 7.—It is thouslit that tho site of tho-Universal Exbibition of 1878 will be on tho Champ do Marg, The affuir will probably Lo carried out by o private compauy, tho interost of whogo fnvestment will be guaranteed by the State, ko that it will not ho nocoasary to sk for any crodit from tho Chambers ' ANGQTHLR, VensatLres, April 7.—The Chamber of Dopu- tles baa also anpulled the olection of Doboigns, Bouapartist, g Home, tho Spiritualist, is not dead, t ELLCTIONS ANNULLED, Veasaiures, April 7.—The Chamber of Dopu- tlen annulled the oleotions of MAL Boyer and Chesnelong, Logitimiats, % AMNESTY, Tho Committeo on Amnenty Proposals has ro- fuvod to roport in favor of any amucsty whate over, but has deelded to recommend that tho Coyorningnt display clemoncy. pERBY, Pamws, April 7.—The Earl of Derby has ar- rived in this eity, Tho Memorial Diplomatique ways n setisfactory solution of thu questionn rolative to Egypt will donbtless'be arrived ab ductig Lord Dorby's sojourn in Paris, ——— GERMANY, U Tauxpoy, April T.—Maximilian Larnoczy, Care dingl-Archbishop of Balzbury, 18 dead, r KALIEW WILHELM'S SEVENTY-NINTH, Beuwry, Morel 22,—The colobration of tho 79th birthday af the Empbror William was inaugurat- ed this morming by & rocoption of tho Gouoraly, Tield-Marabal Von Wrangel, addrossing tho Emperor in the namo of tho Gonorals assémbled, uald : v Your Imperal Majerly iu the Intrepid leader in battle, the nuver-vauquished commander in Europo, Wo ol] pray that God, i s merey, may spare Your Lmpertal Sajuaty thriugh long yoarv yeb to oomo i fuil vigor of htv, Licamiug to Germaly and: tho pro- wmoter of ber wellare, I'he Emporor Withiam repliod : Accspt wy thanks for the wishes you, Flela Mar- abial, bave xddressed to me fu tho were of all who ure beru sesewbled, With this § could, oven for this o conclndr, If you bad wot i your wddress wmade an 8, Iusiny 10 achivverents the wholo credit of which I caunt take 10 ywlf, Lt whiclh 1 canuat refuse, as thiey 4ra tho Work of my brave arwy. You have, there. fore, wiven tio un opportunity of dischargluy ap ngreeable duty, pamely, to personally thank sli tho Goaeraly of my army, not aloo b Hiokd Who wre pros- cut biers to-day, but wll ofhgre oe well, who were Rady when tio projus iy came, uud who'sry sill ready to sdvise aud toact, Tho best thauks 1 can glve fu lo hopo that tho Gunorala and the army will coutinue to ba fu tho futury what they buve proved Wewmadves to be in the pust. OUAROZH AGAINGT BISMABOK. Terlin (March 18) Curremwndenca London Timas, Last suwmer an intiuential convervative paper published a rorios of sangational nrticlon agamaos the Financo Doparimont, Nut aatisflod with ox- pomng the hinndora commitied, the tapulslvo ot woak tho Tongih of ntbributing thean ors 1o 10 the favor with wbicn certan finaveinl 7 Fulenlnlmn wroro regarded Ly persons in ofica, aven P'rince Lismarcic did not eacaps tho lash, Tho articlos had no imwmediato rosnil. Deing toa clevorly wordod to sdmit of prosocution, the Govoernninnt waw powerlogs, whilo the charactor of the Lvmwn» attacked atood too high for any ona to boliove tha charges Implicd rathor than uttored. A fow wooka ago, howaver, I'rince Bis- mark, in ono of hia'discutsivo epocchos in Pare liatent, adverted (o the incldent, and in so many words avelarad Lthat any ona subseribimg to that journal awisted fn the pronagation at tho vilest cahunng. Thin unoxpeetoil nitoranes baa calfad forth an equally strange cchio, Homwo G0O gentiomon, montly landed propriotors, parsons and ofleora on half pay, havo writton to tha Kreuz Zeitung to declara that tholr rospoct for it will not bo diminialied by what the Cliaucolior ling thought tit to propound. In taking Lhis stop tha eignars of the eclaration no doubt winhed to oxpress (o the Areux Zeitung their remombraneo cf past narvices, not their approval of every pagkago In tho rocent tinancial articloa : but Princo Ris- marcl, Who never mincey mattors, has signified that ho abldes Ly his first opinlon, nud has publishied tho 600 names in tha Gazefle, Tho mendont hag thus aksumod n painful aspact, :ltugetber disproportioned to its original lmpor- anco. Caito, Apnil 7,—Tho Khediva has not yet ac- cepted tho proposul of tho Freneh financiers, who offer Lo tuke namaller amount of the pro- poscd now loan thun tho Khedive demanded. It i rumorod that, if tho Fronch combination for tho couvorsion of the Egsptisn floating debt roeeh no definite arrangomeont by the 10th inat., the payment of tho Treasury bonds then dua will bo postponed. 1t I _ntatod that tho Council of Ministers haa decuded to postpono for threa months tho payv- mont of tho Louds of the flonting debt duo In Avril and May to allow thna for a delinitice ar- rangonient of tho finances of tho country. —-~—— SPAIN, THE DASQUE PROVINCES. Mapnrn, April 7.—Tho Official Qazella pub- lisbes a Ttoya! order maintaining the Iueros in Bilbao, Vittoria, and Sen Hebastinv. Dologates from Joyal deputatious of thosv townn are sum- monod to appsar in Madrid on the 1st of May. Aftor consulting with them and with Navarraa dologates, tho Government will draw up and prorent to tho Cortes n bill eatablishing constie tutional unity in the Basquo Proviuces, —— p GERMANY AND DENMARK. TUL SCHLESWIO QUESTION, Tosnoy, April 7.—-A Coponlbagen special saya oxplanations aro notw progrossing botwoen Varlin aud Coponhiagen with a view to arrivaat s satis- factory basis for tho sottlivg of tho North Sehleswig quostion. i o INDIA. THE NEW GOVERNOR-OENTRAL, Domnay, April 7.—Lord Lytton, tho now Goy- ornor-General of Tudis, artived horo to-day. CRRIDIE, MURDER AT TURNER JUNCTION, ILL. Tunsex JuserzoN, IiL, Aprll 7.—Alaxander Ezan was found dead at Tuarmer Junection this morning about 7 o'clock. The murdared man waos soen around yesterdoy with a stranger who gives his uasio as James Bronen. Thoy woro socn together late [ast night, tho murdered man very drouk. o was knowa to have monay about’ Lia nerson. Tho dead man hssabolo in ki forehiead o littla too largo to bo mado by n bullet. Howag bardly cold when found, Tho man Lronon was seon goiug wost toward Goneva early this morning, was pursued aud brought bnelk, ond claima to kuow_ nothing sbout tho nurdor, Tho dead mnn haa 6 brother living ot Datavia, who has just como up. lle eays tho man is his brotber, just como from Loston, is & widowor, aud has threo childron thore: saw him fast on Tuesday; had sbout 3100 with Lim, ond & gold wateh, ~ Coronor Dunicls bas jnst arrivod from Naperville, aud will Lold an Inquost, when, per- linps, somothivg more may bo dovoloped. It wouid soem a8 though the nian recovored ouough from tho blow an to be nblo to crawi for somo distanco, Dlood was found on the platform, on tho west_sido of the Post-Office, whoro his bhat wag, and thon traced to tha Post-Oflice door, vlioro, from oppearance, ho tricd to get in, the blinds'nud haadie being danbed with blood from thenco around to the east sido of the Post-Ofilce, wharo the mau was found. THE ST. PAUL EXTRADITION CASE Special Dipateh to The Chizagn Tribune, Br. I’AuL, Apr! 7.—In tho case of Van Hovan, arrosted for forpory cammitted in Dolgium, wnd ordered dinchargod on a wait of habeas eorpus, Judga Nelson, of the United Statea Diatrict Court, this-marniug allowed an appeal fronm the ordor of dischargo to the Juna termof tho Unitod States Circult Court in this city, Tho right of appoal by tho prosocution was claimed under fecs, 761 and 763, Chap. 81, Revised Stat- “utes. In argumant for the dofonso ox-Gov, Da- vis uald tho right of appeal by tho prosceution from proceadiugs undor s writ of habiess,corpus had never befors beon claimed to exist. Page, attornoy for Roleium, uatd he had boan noable to find ‘s procodent for an apnaal, but claimed that tho statnte gavo tho right to it, which viaw Judge Nolson conflrmed, Van Ifovan was ad- mitted to hail In $2,000. Subssquontly Pagu filed a complaint fn tho State District Court for tho recovory of tho money doposited by Van Tlovan in tho bank hora, to which dofondant's attorueys demurrod, the prosecution falling to ot forth dotivfto wfornstion regarding tuo al- loged forgerios, or {he namen of the porsous in Delygium who Liuvo & claiw upon the mouey, A BAD WOMAN. Speetal Diapatels to The Chicago triduns, Kasnaser, 1., April 7.—Tho Qraud Jury to- day found indictments ngaiost Mrs, Wilbelming Look and Poter Vernomon for the willful murder of Mauriz Look, busband of Wilkolmina, - lnst Fobruary. Look wes murdered by o pistol-shot, in the dead of night, aud the family all sworo to their utter ignorauce of tho deed. Vetor was cammittod by the Coroner to jail to appear be~ fore tho Grand Jury nn an accessory, it having boon proved that ho bought a plstol fu Kanka- koo thie mormng of the murder. No evidenco way fountl agoinet Mrs. Look, To-dny, aftor two days’ invostigation. Potor broke down'sud oonfessed thut o Lought thoe pistol and gave it to fra, Look, who returued it after the murder, Mru, Look wus arrestod nud confeescd tho doed. 8ho fired two shots at her husband, one of which took oifect. Both purtios ara in jail to- night, Deter confesses nlio to criminnl Intimaocy with Mrs. Look for tho past year. 1o is 1D yu‘n,r‘a ald, aud Mrs. Look 18 97, lutelligont, aud potita, . THROAT-CUTTING. Spectal trapatch tm Tha Chicaoo Tribune, Rackrouv, 1k, April 7.—A mun usmed Jobn Smith had his throat dit in & billisrd esloon in this city to-tay, Tho porpetrator of tho crimo was ono Alfred Yungherg, Noither of them wero Intoxicated, Ono was o wembor of n total ab. utinouce sociaty, and tho attempt of the prohi- bition candidato for Mayor to make political capital ot of v was promptly stopped by anindignant public. Bmith ls not dead, but lit- tlo hiope ia ontertalnod of his rocavery, YOUNG BLOODS QF OMAHA, Quuana, Nev., April 7,—Moses Coons, James Fox, and John Dublmse, couvicted of larceny, wero gentenced to twa yoars in the Penitontiary, and Claronco Atwall, convictod of embezzlo- ment, was sontenced to elghtoen months in tho Vemtontiary to.day. All aro young men, mostly of good fawilies, AN EXAMPLE SET. Special Duapalch ta The Chiougo Tridtine Dunuque, I, April 7,—The Rev. Dr. Benn, of Stonn Lake, a Prosbytorian minlstor, bas con feesed to ndultorous jutercousa with one of his fair parishioners, the wifo of o citizon of Storm Laoke. Hobas lsid Lis confeesion before tho Drosbytery aui surrendurod bis charge. A HORSE-THIEF CAUGHT, Speciat Dispateh (o t'he Chicage ITibune, DanvirLy, 1L, April 7.—3. ‘T, Garnor stolo & ‘horue here laat Jauuary of Lewis Ronz, and was arrostod yesterdny by Detective Hall at Win' chestor, Iod.,, aud broughit Lers and ledged fo the Couugy-Jatl, * ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION. Spectat pisvatch to The Cicanw Irioune, Jorary 1L, April 6.—The ropresontatives of the Johiot pruss met at ths ofice of the Sun yestorday evozing, to make arrangements for f tho proper recoption and entortainment of the Illinois DPress Assoclation, tho membora of which arn to ment fn thia city uoxt month, Nr, I 8. Brown, g! tho Signal, prosided, and a com. « mittee was “sppolntod to roport n pro. grammo . of prooevdings for each of tho thrao days' somsion. 'Tho following %unthmuu woro also appolnted nw A Nocaption Jomtnitioo o en-o‘mrsw with s similar commit. too to bo appoluted by tle Common Coungil; Jt, 8, Brown, of the Signal; D, C. Ienderdon, of tho Zlecord ; 1, A, Nattinger, of tho §un ; Jameq Goodapoed, of the Republican ; A.1loore, af the Hieratd 3 W, 1, Martin, of tho Conrter 7 and By 1. Coufoy, of the Wilmington Ardrocate, Anotie or mooting will bo hold at tho Sigual olfico neyy Wednesday evoning. . * NEOROLOGICAL, + MORTUARY. Peomes, ML, April 7—A Inrgo gatheriug of, poopls accurred at tho burial of Father Usliigan, of St. Mary'a Church, to-day, At 100'clock higly mnas wan colebratod by Binshop Foloy, aasiated by & umbor of othon priosts, and at 12 o'slock the funoral procession took up the liuo of marcy for 8t. Mary’s Comotory, It was composed of , tho following sociotica: Bi. Mary's Catholis Tonovolent Boclety, Bt.Jonaph's Boclety, I'ather Mathow Tutal Abitlnenca Soctoty, Anclont Order of Hiborniaus, tho Hunday-school children ang mombors of tho church, the wholo hoaded by Spoucor's Band precoding tho honrao, which waa followed by o largo numbor of citizens in carrisgon and on fool. Tho procossion roachod ovor Bixtoon #quarca on Jofterson streat. The caromonios at tho gravo were solemn and g prosaivo. oBITUANY, Prrtanerenty, April 7.—~The Rev. Robon Davideon, D. D,, of the I'resbytorinn Church, died hero yoaterday. For a quartor of o century Lo had beon a membor of the Bonrd of Forelgn Misstons, sud sinco 1367 Dircetor of the Princas ton Theological Beminary. e rotired from act. ivo pastoral work in 1863, ou mcoount of i1 health, o was 63 yoars of ago, ‘Inextox, N. J,, April 7.—Es-Gov. Oldon died ) Spectal Dispateh to I'he Chicaan Trivune, Mexnors, Iil,, April 7.—Dr, Mciay, for fort years a promfoont doctor in - Eimire, N, Y., dig nt bi houso uoar hero on Wednosday Iast at tho advanced oo of 76 yeard. 1lo was buried to-day, whon many of the most prowninont peo- ple of LaSalle County assembled to pay tho las trihuto of rospoct to & doparted friond, Pronmn, I, April 7.—C, N, B. Coulson, n print. er for somo tims past cmnlnr d in tho National Democrat office, died yesterdny of luing fover, and lits remaing wore sont to big frionds by the Typographical Union. B FIRES, 1N CHIC ~GO, An ovorheated osen in tho basoment of s throo-story framo houso, No, 401 Eouth Clark stroct, owoed nnd ocoupled by Behweinfurth Brothors ns n bakery, set flro to tho premises and caused tho alarm to bosouuded from Box No. 81 at 5:10 o'clock yeatorday aftoruoon. Damage, 2500; fully fnsured. ‘Tho alarm from Mox No. 519 at 5 o'clock yes. terday afternoon wau causod by tho partial burning of & two-atory framo houoso No, 183 West l&udulnh strect, owned by C. Jlouts, and oceupied by A, B, Holfmaun 88 & hardwaro store, Darmnage 250, No insuranco, ‘I'ho nlarm from Box No. 135 at 7:50 Inst oven. Ing way ocensloued by tlro in ‘@ barn b tho rear of No. 1496 Btatn straot, ownod by Miss Dertha Tort, nnd occupiod by [Teury Uariram, Loss in- g;umu}:uut 3 cango of fire supposed to bo incepe ar 3 AT DELAWARE. O, = Detawang,. O., April 7.—Tho sonth Wiog of the fomalo collogs ot Dolaware burned thly morning, The matn building aud north wing are uninjurod, THE CHINESE QUES’I‘ION.' Maus=Nlcoting of Citizons of San Fran cluco- Bsx Fnascisco, Apnil 5.—Tho anti-Chineae mooting at Union Ialt and thoe street in fronj was attonded by st lenst 10,000 people. Gor, Irwin presided fn tho Lall. Tho resolutions which wors adopted sot forth tho ovity flowing from Chiucso 1mmligration, urging tuat local measuro of vellof ad Loen exhausted, and that ilio only rosourco remaining waa au spbonl totls treaty-making power, and that a Qologation shiould bo seut to Washington to preasut the quostion in full and urge {mmediate action. Tho meoting was addressed by a number of prominent gontlemon, gounseling moderato and consorvative action, epjomning full protection to Chivese now fu the country, aud doprecating earnestly any violent proceodings. T'he mact. ing was quiet and ordetly, and evidontly in lat. mony with tho viows advanced by tho spenkers. Amplo proparation_bad beon made to auppress sny riotous proceading, A cordon of potics had baen drawn around Chinatown, and/its inhabit- ants counselod by thoir luanders to romain 1o their own quartors, Great nlarm had existol among them, and oxtonsive purchases of wenapons bad heon made by them duriug the 128t fow days m auticipation of troubla; but the aty was perfectly quiot throughout the evening. prebis b es ECCLESIASTICAL TRIAL. Special Dupateh to The Chicano Tribune, Easr Baaivaw, Mich., April 7,—The investi gation of tho charges of adultory and unchris tian conduct preforred against thoe Rev, Ar My, pastor of the M. E, Churcl at Cliosauiag, will closo to-morrow. Tho testimony was alf submitted to-day, and tho roverend gentlomsa mado a statement denying tho allogations o sum and substance, and soornod tho allegators, Tho closing argument for tho prosecution wis then opeucd by tho liev. Thomas Stalker, who Bpokie two Lours, roviewing e case, and he was followed by tue Rtev, Joliw Russell, of Detroit, for tha dofonse Tho Rey, Mr, Bird cluses i the morning for tha delange, aund, atter I, Joroma suwms up for the prosscution, tho easo goos to the clerical cowe mitteo for their verdlet, —————— THE ST, LOUIS POST-OFFICE, Br, Loms, April 7.—Special Agent ITunting ton, of the Poat-Ofice Dopartmont, has boen for two days past investigatlug nllogations againat Postmaator Filloy—that ho assevsed en- ployos in tho Poat-Oftico here for palitical pur- posos. A Inrgo uumber of omployes were examinod. All the tostimony went W wbow that it had beon tho custom of this offico to wako voluntary contributions for catapaign purposed, but that no compulsion had ovor bean usod, and that only those who choso coutributed to tho funi, ————— THE WEST LIBERTY SHORT-HORNS. Specras Dupateh to Tha Chicaon I'ribune, West Liserty, Ia., April 7,~The Wout Libsre ty sales olosed a trlumphent success to-dsy with tho Orchard Farm hord of O, B, Barclay. It eold for tho snug sum of §37,000, an average of about 3850 cach. Altogether, this hag beon (he snost succovsful sorioy of ¥ales aver hold on the continent. ‘I'ho aggregato of tho four ssloy hat boen noarly £176,000, —_——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. T.oxpoX, April 7.—Steamubips Auchoris, Bk doman, State of Virginis, and Nuvariuo, from Novw Yorl, havo arrived out, New Yoms, April T.—Arrived, atoamehips August Andro, from Antwarp, and Rtotterdaw, from Rotterduin, ——— BILLIARDS, 5 New Yonk, April 7.—Tho gama of billisnds botweon Oyrillo Dion and A, 1, Itudolpho for the clismpionship of Americs, » diamond cus and 81,000, on & four-poakot tablo, 1,600 poluts wus wwou by Dion, Itudolphe georing ouly 394 SUICIDE. Bypecial Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribuns. Dernorr, Mich., April 7.—Frank Garity, 186 an employe of tho Detroit & Milwauteo Ralt- road, suicidod to-night while despondant frow Posuuiary troubles, e THE DETROIT BRIDGE SCHEME. Orraws, Out., April 7.—In tho Bensta too bilt to coatinue the Canada and Detroit uh‘e‘x; Bridge Company was rosd & thiid timoe an passed, g $330,040. . Haw I'aaxcisco, April 7.—A auit was brought to-day by the Panamo Rallroad Company agsiuet the Facillo Mail Company to recover 333,04 dus for trausportation acroes the teihmus.