Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME 29. 4 0T RELLABLE W T TV o O THETINE “RIGDON PROPERTY,” At Thirty-first-st. 250,000 LOTHING HOUSE ORIGINATED LOW FRICES, And still continue to offer MEN’S, YOUTHS', BOYS, and ‘WORTH OF PROPERTY GHILDRENS AT ATOTION. CLOTHING, |24 stoms-rmt postns ’ Those Splendid Residencss all buflt in the OF TEIER beat mannor, withall modern improvements, Lako Buporior brown.stone and Joliot atono fronts, with ample lots to oach house; front. ing on Grovoland Parkeav,, Thirty-first-st., and Lako-nv., which fronts Lake Michigen, only 30 minutes by horse-cara (which pass tho proverty), 14 minutes by steam-cara on 1, 0. R. R, from businesa centro, with now depot on the ground, at whioh alt local trains stop. Gas, water, and sowora on all strosta. Markets, schools, churches, and the moat rapidiy-improving scction of tha oity, make this vory desirablo residencs property. The torms of aale romarkably easy, Pur- ohaser to assume mortgage of $3,500 on ench house, balance $500 cash, and $50 per month until paid, with intoreat at only 8 per cent por annum, Thae salo will take place on the ground Monday, April 24, at 2 p. m, Partios desiring to sen the property before sale, or for any furthey information, call on B, 0. LANPHERE, on tho premises, or ELISON, POMEROY & CO., - Auctioneers. MILLINERY. LATEST STYLES NEWEST PATTERNS Prices Tht Will Astonish Yon, ‘We aro recciving goods daily from our Manufactory in Boston, consequently our stock is com- plete at all times. PUTNAM CLOTHING HOUSE, 131 & 133 Clark-st,, And 117 Madison-st. REMOVALS. REMOVED. IDWARDS & BROWNE, CLOTHIERS, HAVE IOCATED AT 150 State-st., JUST SOUTII OF MADISON, Full line of Spring Overcoats and Business Suits at lowest prices. Jas. B. Goodman & Co. REAL ESTATE, Have Removed 1o 66 Waskington Street. TO RENT. Desiranle Ofices TO RENT Just received the very choicest and most recherche stylesin BONNETS AND ROUND HATS From our New York House, which in ELEGANCE, STYLE, and VA~ RIETY, will surpass “anything heretofore exhibited. S[Eclnl artistlc_designs in fine FRENCH FLOWLERS, FEATH- ERS, TIPS, POMPONS, ORNA- MENTS, &c. An ondless variety of untrimmed HATSand BONNETS in FRENCH CHIP, L. , and FANCY BlltA.IDS, at less than wholesnle rices. i ‘We are daily in receipt of NOU- VEAUTES from PARIS and NEW YORK which cannot be found clsewhere, BOYS’ HATS in great variety, P, S.--Liberal discount to the trade wliais 121 & 128 State-st. TRIBUNE BUILDING. e —— magims o GUEAT TEDUCTION IN PRICES WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 10, Tribune Building. FOR RENT. Btors 31 Randoipheat., with or without basement, woond, third, and fourth atorics, Inquire of GIIARLES FARGO. Amerlean Expross Company. " TO RENT. Offices on second floor, well lighted, and arranged ook at e, o foom on- ” g ' 1L 0. BTONE. TO RENT. Btore 100 Btate-st., with socond story and basement sonticcted Ly elevator, Apply to Ioom 0, 148 Fast -8te Rndanes H. O. STONE. TO RENT. A cholco offioa (two roome), second floor, Also, an ogaat Apactavent of fout feonts (corner) o ti third New and Elegant Parlor and Chamber Snits Telow the Cost of Manufacture, Prices Lower thap ever known, MARTIN'S, 154 State-st, Recent purchases for cash enable us to offer : Tandsome sult, 7 pes,, Walnut snd Terry, only $10; new stylo parlor auit, 7 pes,, handsoms reps or lialr cloth, only §55; elegant walnut parlor suita, nowest styles in caverings of crimson, brown, or ' maroon terry, or hair cloth, 7 pee, enly $78--worth $125; handsome Turkish sutt, $100—nold_ elsowhers at §17 “3arle Antofnetto™ parlor sult, brown torry, reps, and maroon plush putfing, $95; elegant rosewood and ecimson silk brocads parlor auit, 8 pes., $176: plain walott chamber suits, $35; handaomo walnut sails, of 3 pea,, Including elegaut dressing case, bedatesd, and washitand, $05, 75, $45, $100, $126, A few bookcades, sidaboards, lounges, easy chalrs, chesp, MARTIN’S, 154 State-st. PIANOS WE HAVE ON EAND And offer for sale s number of superb second-hand STEINWAY Bquare Planos, some of which have had but Httte uso; are practically'ss food 41 now, and will bosold at @ tromely reasonsabio prices, Farties in quest of House, Deat Piano at a low price should examino thess inatru Roor, oppost e SN B VIKE, floom 8, 163 Batoat. | monts. LYON & 1EALY, —— Slate and Maonroe-sts, TO. RENT. TS Wocond floor of 69 and 61 Lako-at,, corner of Btats, Entrances on both streets, Bteam elsvator and heat, Apply to PAGE, BIO, & CO. FOR RENT. ‘:luga corner hfiment lt‘bfl\ul:n l»l:ad:llt,"banp o Block, Apply to. rs ofiices, {n the GINX?L MUNGER, ';.loomfl. Public Notice. QrTy CoMrTROLEER'S omu.} Criicago, March 29, 1676, Notice is hersby given to all persons owing Real Estate Taxes to the City of Chicago for the yoar 1875, that tho City of Chicaro will, st any time before May 1, 1870, borrow from such peraons the amount of such City Taxea duo from them, and will allow for such loan twoand one-halt por cont(3%) on the amount borrowed, and will 1asus vouchers therefor which may be used in dm mont of the said ol taxas, and which the eotor will bo dia reated 8o to regeiv a, the Mayor and F'inanco Oom, lemolmtou' ol .%i. n’s 8, Comptroller, Room 3 Oty Ifall, cor. Adama & LaSalle.. FRESEL BARATARIA SEHRIMPS, Canned au naturel, a triumph In Flah canniog, Oon- sumers sad the Trade supplied at low prices, 0. TATUM, 140G East Madison-st, _STOUKHOLDERS MEET Office of the Liake Shoro & Michigan Southorn Railway Co. Crevaranp, Merch 29, 1970, The anpusl mesting of the Blockbolders of this the eloction of Directors for the ensu T Ao fok saction of othier appropriate busineas, will bo hield ab tho office of the Cumpany, in the Oity of Cleveland, Obio, on Wotlnndly.‘ tha 34 o'cloc! Hayrorencon a0 3 0ot el BLY, pacretary. NEW PUBLIOATIONS. CENTENNIAL. SANCROFT’S HISTONY OF THE UNITED STATES, Vol 111, Ceutonary Edition, 12mo, Cloth, $2.25. MORSE'S LIFE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 2 Yols, Crown 8vo. Clot, $1.60. LITTLE, BROWN & 00, Publishers, 254 Washingtoun-st., Boston. 4xp SHIPPING CANS, €7 & 49 Weat Laka BLrect, OEXOAGO. o8 ¢4T4L08UR, DENTISTRY. TEETH. W:Ip-&m nd $30 when you can got the best full W4 of teeth st DB, MoOHESNEY'S for §3. The Snost 354 most faahiionsbie resort o the clty, Coruer Clark 38d Raudolyh-ats, FIRM CHANGES, day, EINANOLAL, A oo DISSOLUTION. 7 P C t Toa rm of Olemeat & Quinan a this duy ditcived er ent. E‘ffl‘f“.mm“;m‘&';"m Olemeut will wlgh | 31000y toloan at BEVER percent, Business prop A s, many . oLEMENT, | ecty, dwelliogs, and lands for sals. dpn g, Inn QEOBGL QUINAR, " ©QUDDER & MABON, 100 Desrbers-h, CHICAGO, FRIDAY. APRIL 21, 1876. WASHINGTON. Canlfield's Committes Pretend that They Have Caught the President. They Charge Him with Unlawfully Using Government Money for Elcction Purposes. Explanation of Ex-Attorney- General Williams, the Principal Witness, Ho 'Asserts that tho Money Was Legally Used Under the Enforeement Act. The President Will Be Invited to Appear and Ex- plain. Barney Obliged to Make the Amende Honorablo to Mr. Bristow, iy Committes Considers the Secretary . Completely Bxonerated from All Charges. Just How Far the Moth Extermi- nator Has Eaten into the Treasury, Tho Patentees Have Lined Their Wallets to the Tune of $400,000. ] THE ATTACK OX TIIE PRESIDENT. THE LAST SENSATION. AND TII STUPP IT WAB MADE OF. Special Dispatch lo Tha Chicaco Tribune, ‘WasmneToy, D.C., April 20.—Caalfeld's! Com- mittae exploded the Domocratic mdo of nuother sousation lnat night. They thought they had got the Prosident beyond any question, so some correapondents were informod during the evon- ing, aud a fow wero furnished with a portion of the tostimony, but, of course, that portion by which alono tho sonsation could be made to stand, Tho testimony of Attornoy-General Willinms, whlch, it sent with it, would bavo ut- terly destroyed its sonsational charaater, was, ot course, carefully withliold, or entirely mis- ropresonted. Tho story at tho best wan an old ons, prosented with greater dotall. All tho transactions wore thorough- ly oxplained to the Committes by Attorney-General Williams. Tho eection of the law under which tho oxpendituros wero made was givon thom. Consultations with the Prosl- dent in regard to the Jogality and proprioty of usfog the monoy were atated, togethar with tho fact that Davenport hsd to Now York proper vouchers for the expgnditars of avery dollar of the funds. Yat, in tho faco of all theso facts, tho ntory waa prepared and allowad to go to tho country asif the Committeo hed beon utterly unable to fiud any proper explanation of the matter, Thorols an increaslng foeling of dfa- gust among Domocrats over the methods pur- sued by sevoral of their investigatiog com- mittioos. THR TESTTMONY OF WILLIAMA does not appear to bo #o soriona as waa at first supposed. There havo beon n great many sen- sational stories in circulation in rogard to tho complicity of tho Presidont in {llegal expondi- tures of the publio money for election purposecs, sud the fact that something ovor 30,000 was paid to John I Davenport on the ordor of the Fresidont for New York City was in tho highost dofireo suspi- clous. A closer Inquiry, howorver, shows that the mnows as it came from tho Commiltes was onc-sided and failed ta give tho explanations made uuder onth by tho ox- Attornoy-Genoral, Judge Williams says that thero was NOTIING OCRIMINAL OR RVEN IMPROPER in tho use of manoey in Now York, and Lo makes in convorsation tho same explanation he made betore the Committee, He says the lnw of Feb, 28, 1871, provides for the appointment by the Ofrcuit Courte of Bupervisors of FEloctions. Under this law Davenport was appolntea, as a lurge number of others wers sppolnted in evory Btate of tho Union. Hin Distriot Loing the City of Now Yorl, ho was oxpected to look afier the roglistration and provent frauds at the clections. ‘Thly same work cost the Dopartmoot of Justico in 1872, in tho various Btates, over 8300,000. In the City of Pluladslphin alons, in 1874, thero wore b 1,200 SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION, who, according to law, may be employed ten dnys esch at $6 a day, which would amount to $00,000, and billa for thia amount wers pro- sented to the Dopartmont of Justice. Judgo Willinme refused to allow them on tho grouud that they wera exorbitant, and he allowod only for tive days worvice each. Iian- dall, O'Noill, Myers, anil other Cougrossmen mado a great prosure, but Williams tefused, nnd fiuatly through Itandall's efforta a_ bill was pasaed through tho last Congress for $30,000 to pay the balance of the claitus, which Williams decided were unjust, Withi refarence to the Elymani to Davenport of §32,000 in apout threa years' time, Judge Williams says it is exactly true, It waa paid in pursuauce of tho law to provont 1llepal voling, Hoeaystho first he knew about Davenport, or oven about the iaw, aud the practice under it, was soon aftor ho was made Attoruey-Goneral in place of Akerman, At that tims Davenport camo to his oftice in this city, and prosouted s letter from tho Prosidons, in which ho was re- quested to pay Davonport a conatdorablo amount of money under the act reforred to, Williama waa surprised, and mede s short investigation, discovering that bis prodocossor bad done the essme thing, aud, although finding the law for tho uss of the fundy, be WAH NOT ENTINELY RATISYIED, and saw the President., ‘Tho latter spoks of what Daveopors bad done sam great work; a woonderful sccomplishment. ilo was indeed very outhusiaatio over thie system of registration which Lavonport had adopicd, and o thought 1t was the only thing that couid prevent iliegal yoting. Ho thouglit it ought to be adopted in every city of the couutry. ‘I'hore was suthority of law ta use mouey for the provontion of frauds at cloctious, and, as Davenport had douo more thau_snybody, the Preaidout thought he ought to bo paid, avd, on looking iuto the subject more closely, the Attornoy-General thought so too. 1le now thinks it was ameasurs of greaf economy, and Lo eaya that, owing ta Daveuport’s system, tho differonce botwoon the expouses in 1872 aud 1674 was about $40,000. UNEXPLAINED, o What doea not secm at all satisfactory, (s the payment of eupoié ous of Beczol Bervice fund of the Department of Jastles, instesd of out of the mnnnal appropristlon of 850,000 » year, to earry out the enforcament ncts, or ont of the Judloiary appropriations, Willlauas aays ho was loth to pay ths money, for hae had use for more than he had to pay. The eXpanses of Lhe courts which wers nuressooa~ bly coatly, Hia only course was to use the Se- erot Bervice fond, of whaich he had a considera- ble surplus, and this he finally did, When aak- ol why he paid it throngh Whitely, the Chief Dotactiva of the Government, ho ssid that all disbursements of the Becret Hervios fund wers mado through Whilsly and tha same pollcy was followed In the prosent case in order to main- = uniform system of saccounts. Willlama 8sld to-day that he wis reluctant about payin, 1ho money at the time becauss he did not thin! such a cotrse was CONTEMPLATED DY THE LAW, butihe thinks the monoy was well spest. Ho saya he told the Committes that he had never authorized a dollar to be expeaded for political ?urpoua‘ and that all ho sought was to pravent rauds fn the electfons. If any party was bene- fited by his courne it was bocauss bae had pre- vented tho other from committing frauds, ie aaye he is antirely satisfied with his course, and ha takes the whole rosponsibility: Ha has never endeavorod, hie says, to conceal tho facts, and the whole case is important sod sensational be- cause it han beonmverdrawn and exaggeratoad. TAE PRZSIDENT WILL B ASKED TO EXPLAIN, The Committes on Exgunfllhun-ln the Dopart- mant of Justice docided ta-day to certity the tostimony of ox-Attorney-Goneral Williems and ex-Cliof Whitely, relating to the payment of £32,000 for cloction purposes to John I, Daven- port by order of the President, and send it to the Prosident snd ask him to sappear befors the Committoe. It was found impoasible, Lowaver, to get tho tostimony ready to-day, and it .will probably be wont to-morrow. A'subpena was sent to Now York for Davenport, snd he will b hore to teotify to-morrow, TUE CABINET, It {s known (o Govornment circles that when Judgo Plerropont came into oftico ss Attorney- Goneral ha found thot within two years 8180,000 wero pald to Col. Whitely by bis predecessors, Mersrs. Akerman and Williams. Thirty-five thousand dollars of the amount wers, it is said, paid to Davenport. To-day search was mado for the vouchers, and but ono couid bo found. Thin statement crestos much comment in of- ficial circlos, and it 18 probable that the Cabinet }n-murmn will coneider this sud kiodred aub- ecta. THE STORY IN NEW YORK. AN ETAGOERATED AND ONE-SIDED VERSICH Spectat Dupateh to The Chicagn Tribune. New Yonx, April 20.—~The Herald's Washing- ton dpecial makes an astounding dovolopment to-day of lestimony involving President Grant. Tho story confirma the charges mads in New York in 1872, that the Administration bad inter- fered in the olections of that yoar. Tho Proai- dont will probably be subpanaed beforo s com- mittes to snswer these quostions for himsolf. During the courso of the examination of ox- Attoruey-General Willinms, ho was nsked what conversation passed botwoon hiwself sad the Prouident, whon the Iatter orderod tho first pay- moant of mouoy to Davenport, the object of tho question belng to draw from the witness that ho had, as tho law officer of tho Government, ndvised the Iresident that such payment of momey wns illogal, but witness snswered that he could not recoliect precisoly what tho convorsation wae, and, when the question waa put in a moro loading way, al- most directly. in fact, be stili failed to recollect wrhat had bosu said. | The quention whother ths Committee shall call tho President before them or not, ard in what manner they shall queation him, will prob- ably be discusacd by the Committes to-morror. Presidents Jofferson and Lincoln appoared bo- fore Committeos of Congress to tostifr, and Graat, it is bolleved, deaires to appear, and will come ST AS BOOX AS I¥ In BUMMONED. In tho Black Friday inveatigation, (he Commit- too sout him m copy of the testimony, aod re- quosted him to scod in such auswers as he chose to make. The Cemmittea have only begun the investi- pation of what has boon done at_different tumes with tho Becret Bervico fund in the Dopartmont of Justice, and thoy sro mald to be on the track of othor oxpenditures not different in kind from tuls mado in New York, butin tho sggregate very largely oxcoading them {n amount. 'Thore aro fiftcen or twenty roceipts to Whitely from Daveuport, ‘smounting to 840,000; also lotters from the Attornoy-{Uoneral and Davenport. Villiams gave diroctions to Whitely se to the disposition of the monoy, which were to give it to Davooport. Boms of tha documonts aroal- rondy In the hapds of the Committes, aud Whitely supposed they wore stolen from his office. The money waa paid in sums varving from £1,000 to $10,000 esch time. Williams said hio was order- ed to Liave it paid to Davenport by the Vresidens. Twenty thousand dollars of this money was pard to Davenport just bofore tho elections of 1873, WORLD COMMENTS, The World bays cditorially: *The most molsucholy news which it has over fallen to our lot to lay before the public, bardly excepting tbe assassiuation of Lincoln, is that which wo publish this morning reciting the politi- cal aud moral aulcide of FPresidont Grant in the use of Bacret Bsrvice moneys for an elec~ tion corruption-fand for bis party's benefit and Lis own re-slection. Hia sgont woa tho uotori- ous John I. Davenport. The moneys wero apont in dofrauding tho Now York City Demoo- racy of their just weight at tho ballot-box, Proofs exist in "Davouport's individual receipts, not his recoipts as aon officer. The wit- nosa is ex-Attorney-Genoral Willlams. Not Bolknap's crime onvelopes (ho Administra- tion -and Hepublican ~party in %o black an infamy. Wuat ocourss will be taken by the Hauao of lhflre-unulha- upon this ter- rible oxposure wo will not now presume to sug- geut or say, Were the term of tho President but beginning {netead of drawing to & close, his fmpeachmont for bigh crimes ana misdemeanara would be an {mporative llll!i. As it is, nurhnLu the sounder judgment wili be that, for the sake of hie formor services to the Siate, he be apared thot publio plllory, and, like Clive, his name suffered to pasa into bistory with its brightness and ita blots, to attest tho temperanco of Demo- eubtlm politica and the magoauvimity of the Ho- publie.” THR HEBALD. ‘The Herald eays editorially : * Bearce & day paszes in these times of investigation that soms ropatation, honored in, the sight of the nation, does not fall down in’ loathsome ashes at the morost touch, In ail the scandsls uoocarthed sinco the Belknap Infamy barst upon the coun- try, aud 1mdeed long beZore it, the vultures of corruption had boon ssen hovering and circling closoabout the Premdent. Yet ths large majority have charitably Loped and believed that as near o8 tho tatob of evil cams to him, ho, at lesst, might come out uusmirched. It is to bo feared that this hopo will prove fallacious. The rovelations mado bofors tho Committes of tho liouse invostigating the expenditures iu the Dopartment of Justice sbow the Presideot to Lave Lesn the authior of the rad upou the Troasury, whote unwarantable ebamolcssness even Williame has not tha courago to defend. ‘This in a great blow to the Prosident. As to Wiltiams aud Davsoport, they ave no charac- terd (o loso that they would be likely to grisve over, or avy one else for thom, but 1o the l'resi- dout, who surely counts on a rospacted mom- ory, $hig discovery must bo as great a shock as it will prove to cthie conntry at large." TIR TRINUNE AND BUN. The Tribune's Washington spocial conflrme tho story Lriofly, but evidently too late for ed- itorial comment. The Sun also has the story in full without comment. patol SO DRISTOW’S ENEMIES, THE FULLEST EXONERATION. AN KIPUEASION OUR BAUNKY Udfd TOWARD < . BRISTOW. Wasumoron, D, C., April 20.—The Inter- Ocean publishes a story abous Becretary Iiristow and 8, T. Balt, » Maryland BStato Scnator, and s gontlemaa of wealth and position, which tha Inier-Ocean appears to wish to h. true, aud which charges & dishonorabls act tipon Bristow, Cien. Dristow has douled it, and challengos his sccusers in tho spirited note of last night, sud the Caulfield Comuwittes has been forced, 1o jus- tice, to wilte bimm a lotter stating that the charges wors disproved, sud now Buit blmsolf pudlishea the followlng card: 1'0 the Publia ¢ b besm mentionsd in i sction with an allaged 424 Lo the Hog, B, SRR R E fnducement to him to rerign his position se Unitsd Htates District-Attorney for Bentacky, and 1o releso mydisitllery. X wish 10 say that [ bave not ived o Kentucky ance 1801: that I hava not owned or hed an7hing to do with distilleries in that Biats, or any- Whers elsc, for the last twenty years; thet I never pald Mr. ' Bristow, either ditectly or indirectly, one eent in’ il my life for any purpors and that no ome ha for me: that he has never acted s my atlorney on sny matter whatever. I sm utterly at & loms to account for the base and bueless alander which connects my nisms with hi, Altbough my atlention waa called 1o 1t by the Wahington eorrespondent of tha /nter. in 80mo Ume last summer ot fall, £ theo domounced tha whols story without regard to its origin aa utterly faine, wart and woof, snd without the stightest foundation in fact. This denial I most emphatically repeat to-day, and chatlenge a)l proof to the contrary, AARINOTON, D. O, April 19, 1676, B. T, BurT, Ho would bo & brave man to have the courage to cargo 8. T. Buib with falsehood. It is not difficult to trace the arigin of thuse stories, or fo discover to whom the Caulfield Committeo in l‘:;dln itsolf. The Whisky Ring will Liava to agaln, (7’0 the Ansociated Presed TALNEY To BRISTOW, Wasmixgton, . C.. Apnil 20.—Rapresents- {tve Caulfield, Chinirman of the Committes on Lxpendituros in the Depsrtment of Juatice, hns :ddrulud the following letter to Secretary Dria- ow House or NzpavaExtatives, Wasminozon, D, April 20.—Dyan Hin: Yours of yesterday, tho 194 ‘was recetved at onr Commltteo-roomn usarly simaulta. neous wilh jts publication in the aveniug pape zoply, I nm directed by the Committes 1o s thu artisle you inclused from the Lltimore Gazefls, na Well sa tha one qf the previons day in a Philadelphia paper, was eutirely without the kuowledgo or author iy of ihe Comuiittes, In reference ta your criticim, upon what you are plessed fo torm the * Methods cf your Commiites,” wa must raply that onr Commit. tee gt fo conduct the burinees 18 intrusted belleres tho best {nterest of (he public domands, nlwaya baving due regrd to the righta of every indisidual, and this Committeo will belicra that your criticiem of their action was ratber tus result of undue excite- meut on your part than of sny just ground of can- Buro of them, The lew tmony of Judge Bartley mids 00 churge against you, Jut was simple hearsay a4 to what he claimed bad beon told bim by 8, T, Suis, 1t contained notting upon which & cross-c1amination by youmemed to be demanded, Wo felt thers waa nv necessity of apprising you of 1t until we conld procars thosttendsnco of Mr. Suit, and sscertain from him under osth the exact facts of the case, An officer was dispatched for Ar, Suit, who could noj b jound Tat Lis placo ‘of busimoss in Washington, As be lived some miles in Maryiand, Dbis attendance 'was pot procured until last Manday, 1o testitied befors tho Committes in & most carucet sndempliatie manner, utterly denying the truth of sny chargo {mplied o Judge Bartley's testimony, having been made by him sgainst you, As s mattef of as it coutsc, there was nothing furiber for us to invosti- Calo su far 23 you wers concerned, and wo that oo charge had been made, and none proven sgainst you, It was, Lowever, sgreed that one of the Committcs thonld communicate to you what had happened. A gentloman of the Commiites accordingly calied on you the nost morning (Tucsday), and apprised you of tho foreguing clrcumsances. You informed him that you Liad already heard that those two witueases had bLeen Lofore thia Committeo. Undar thess ciroumstanocs tho subsequsnt publication of thearticle you encioso from tha Daltimnore Gazette can basdiy warrant you ta saying * I must promplly meet the alander as I Gina 1t in'tha public printa even at the risk of appoaring to ru- flect npou the methodn of your Commitice," As to the furiber invesiigation which you demand the Cominities will willingly accord ft 10 you i you still desire, but we conalder it wholly unnecessary, 18 thore are no charges made or proven against you, snd you stand beforo us with tho fullest exoneration of even s suspicion.{|2 remain very respecifully, stc., 1.'G. CavLrieLn, Chalrman of the Commities on Expentesin the De- partment of Justice, Hun, B, 1, Bristow, Hecretary of the Treasuy, BARTLEY'S POP-QUN. Judge Dartloy has written & lotter to Mr, Caulfield, eriticiaing Sccrotary Bristow's com- munication, and stating that the latter deni statementa not testified to by Bartiey, and co cludes by callivg upon the Socretary to show that thero were no soizorea of distillories pend- ing {u tho Court at the $ime Lo resigned. TUIN A8 AIn, Lotisvire, Ky., April 20.—A Courier-Journal reporter wigited' Col. G. O. Wharton, United Btates District Attornoy, and cailed his attention to the testimony of I, W. Bartloy before the Committes on Expenditures 1 tho De- pattmont of Justico, .as publiehed in numerous papers. The” statement of Bartloy was that B, T. Buit had paid Mr. Bristow a large sum of money aftor tho Hocretary hiad rosigusd hia position 84 Dis- trict-Attorney of Lowsvillo, to procaro the re- leaso of certaln disthierioofhalangion to Buit, nod noized whilo Bristow was Distriot-Attorney. Col, Wharton aid tlat no_distiilerioa wore soizod whila Jir. Bristow waa District-Attorney, and ho g\'hlflcn) was sasured that no distilierie illories of r. Buit hnve been eeized since Dristow re- signed; that upon a careful examination of tho recorda of the Court, he finds no case sgainat eltber diatillories or whiskies in which Buit was & claimant or hisd sn attornoy. THE WISCONSIN BACKBITERS. A BIUEF BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THEX. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tyibune. WasmxaTox, D, 0., April 20.—Judge Cato, of Wisconsin, rose in his placs to-day, and with great pomposily and msaurance sent to the Clork's desk to baresd & ponderous resolution sbout the selzure of tho Mary Merrits on the Weatorn Iakes, and tho alleged connection of Bperetary Brintow with the forfeiture. Tho resolution cousisted of two parts, ons by Cate and ogo by the editor of tho Milwaukes Journal of Commerco and other Whisky-Ring organs. Tho latter portion consisted of a reprodution of tho uld story about this case, recently fully stated aad refuted io those dispatches. The wsecond part conmmtsa of three lines by Judge Cato, proposing that the subjoct be referrod to the Ways and Means Committes for luvestigation. There Las probably nover been no bigoted, unfair, and moanly partisan a preamble in the nistory of Congress, It caused uneasiness among tha Democrata pending the roading, on sccount of its GHOBE UNPAIRNESS, and it Lss naturally called sttention to it suthor, It might have been writton by Joyos in the Jefforson City Panitentiary. Cato, Lhey call him Judge Cate, has boon 20 obacurce sincs bis advent to Congress that the Con- groasional Dirostory contatns the ooly defi- oite knowledge about bim, That record shiows that the blography wntton by himsell claimas that ha was olected by two vates, instesd of McDHlY, Ropublican, These two votes ap- posr to Lave constituted him what ho calls him- solf, so Indcpoodent Reformer, There is, how« aver, a memorial on thae files of the Iounse from tho Leginalature of Wisconsin, asking that Cato be investigated on mccount of his eloction. Closer Inquiries discovers the followlug cuntous ract in the record of this political Pbarisse. Cate wan clocted by two majority, because two pollu In the town of Linooln, aud the Second Wara of Groand Rapids, Wood County, were thrown out, 1t they hiad boen retslocd both partics admitted that McDill, Ropublican, would havo had con- widerablo majority, ‘Tuoy were thrown ons, howovor, by the Board of Cauvassers, who wers friende of Cate. Thero i uo doubt that the re. Jection of thiese polls was s OBEAT PIECK OF BASCALITY. The Nopublicans immediately appealed the case to tho Buprouio Court of tho Btate, prosided over by & Domiocratio Cliiet-Justice, lysn, The opluion, which was dolivered by Ryan, was to th effect thut the polls wore rejected without Abo elightost causo; that tha asct of fojoction was & fraud for which the Chief Justice doliverod a scathing rebuke to all ihe csuvassors, and flnea 'Mch of them 8200, The Cliet Justice added that muyone holding oftica undor $hus canvass held it by fraud. The person who arraigus Bristow coussquent- ly ropresents ouly a minority of his conatity- onts, aud holde bis scat Ly fraud. ‘Tho Houso was little loclined to listan tu Cate's diatribe, but Aually did consent to have it reforred to the Ways and Mesna Commistes. This reference without the knowledge of many of the House, and without permiasion of the louse, subsequently in an under tone changed to the Committes on Expenditures in the 'Ireasury Depsrtment. the resolution suggests peculiar tufereuces. The extrsot from the Milwsukve paper ie jpun- Hslied on paper printed on vae side, aud evideut- ly‘rnnund for general distribution as n document. The writteu part of the re ution is not in the haodwritiog of Mr. Cate. bus is iu the same hnudnmufi as the resolution of V0 (o dnlehing WhiARY (1vaie, nd tha Ltiss or deteoting w 8, b resolution was not in Lynde's hsadwritivg. It o The dhicage Dailp Teibmne, in evident that thess tworalds n ‘Wors drafted by the same hand. n Bflllolr.r bolait? i ————— % CONGRESSIONAL TOPICS. ¢ MOTHS. i DOXX FIATT'S EXPLANATION. ) Specrat Dupateh to The Chieago Tridune, ’F a8 Preadent inclosing the inal r Wasmixarox, D. C, April 20,—Doon Platty and 1o llo on e Lo will appear to-morrow to teatify s to the mot'7 contract. It is undorataod that his story will £* subatantially thts: Ile did maks s contraot® with Coombs & Brega that for mervices as at- torney he shonld receive 5 per cent on the e smount of tho firat contract, and 15 per cent on |3 all subsequent contracts. The first contract was for £20,000, on which Lo rocelved mommthing. On the noxt contract he recoived nothing, and golog to Fant, the Waehington banker, who was sgeat of tho frm, be met Cowles. The Isttor then told Piatt that he was mistaken; that bo had not agreod to pay him so much, and that he at any rate had boen obliged to pay so much money to others that he could not afford o pay Piatt suy mora. Piatt thon told him that if ko was using money corruptly ho ought to lose bis cou- tract, wheréupon Piatt informed tbe Secxotary of ad the contract was suspended. It s nlloged that 400,000 bave beon paid Lhs firm by the Governmont, and that material to tho valuo of £27,000 only has been delivered, SENATE MATTERS. TOR SNEAMAR-FITCH DIAMOXDS, Apecial Dirpateh to The Chlcago Triduna Wismyazow, D. C., April 20—Tho Benate voted to admit the Egyptian wodding proscnt of aismonds to Mrs. Sherman-Fitch fros of duty, sod cren atterghaviog listened to a Jong oxposi- tion by Senator Bogy oo silver coinage, ad- Jjournea ovor until Mouday, THK BANRRUPTCY ACT. The Republican Seostors will meet in caucus % noon to-morrow to consider several topics, smong them the Honse bill which uncondition- ally repeals tho National Dsnkrupt sct, At the commencement of the scssion a num- ber of Benators manifested in conversation s hosttle feoling towards the Bankmpt; act, but more recently sevoral of them Lave changed their oplolons, and favor a modification of the act rather than ita repeal, Mesnwhile the House Committea on the Judiciary to-day con- carred in tho Senate bill, which providea that an ssyignment under Stato laws shall not bo a bar to bankruptey, and directed Mr. Fryo, of Maine, to ropurt the bill to the Hause for early action. Thero is littlo doubt that the House wiil concur in the Honato bill, snd thia bar to bankruptey ‘which hag beon g0 often pleaded in New England will bo removed. A DEAD-LOCE. The Senate has mads 142 amendmenta to the various Appropristion Lills now pending, sod pow the Houss Committee on Appropristions Les not only secared s wholesale non-concar- rence in them by tho Houso without s word of oxplanation, but "has dechined to ask for s Com- mittee of Conforence on ths disagreeing votes. All of which sustaina tho predictions long sinca made in this correspondencefthat we aro to have » dead-lock botween toe Senate and Rousc. TAE BILVER DILL. Benator Jones, of Nevada, ia to spenk on the Bilver bill on Monday. Meanwhile nearly overy Senator haa drawn moro or less of the spects guaz put into circalation, and ity jinglo ia heard n nesrly every pocket, THE INDIAN BUREAU. DEDATE ON THR TAANSFER BILL. Spectat Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, ‘Wasnixaroy, D. U., April 6.—Tho House de- bated tho bill to transfer the Indisn Burcau to the War Department for five hours, and decided to take a final vota upon it early to-morrow afterncon. All the smendments which went to tuseasential part of the bill wero votod down by a largo majority, and the indlcations ars that tho bil will pass by s Iarge majority, There was considerable animated discussion upon the peses puliny mad the Onakar Aae=te but the re resentativea of this theory of treating e Iodiapa woro grestly in the minority. The philosophy of most of thoso who spoke was that the DBible couid pot make {taway among the red men without the bayonet. The astontion of the Housa was callod to the fact that Mr. Morrison's war record [ does not appear in the Congressional Record io s very peculiar wsy, Mr, Cox had been speak- ing with groat oarnestnoss in opposition to the bill tranalerring the Indina Duresn to the War Department, when he wasa privately iuterrupted by Ar. Morrison, whersupoa the following pas- sago occarred : M. Cox—T am reminded by my friend from Ilinols that I myself have no war record, That is true, and cven bis Illu’kk: out of the Congressonal Record. NOTES AND NEWS. THE WINELOW CASE. Special Inapatch to Tha Chsasge Tribune, ‘Wasuixatoy, D. O, April 20.—The House Forelgn Committes has asked the Secratary of State to furnish, for thoinformation of the Com- mittee, copies of all letters and dispatches which have passed betwoen the United Btates and the English Government regarding tho extradition of Wioalow, tho Doston forger, The Secretary has requeated shat the Committes wait until in- formation is roceived that tho Isst lottor of this Governmeut has been dolivered. Whataction may bo taken by the Committee canuot be foro- told, sinca it {s not within tho power of the Houso to sbrogate tho Ashbarton treaty or tho extradition featurs of i¢. o the Assoczated Press.) TIE DEVICIANCY DILL. Wasmmatos, D. C,, Aprit 20.—The House Committes on Appropriations agreed to the fol- lowiog Seuats mmendments to the deficlency bill: Appropriating £25.000 for the Black Hills Curuminsion, and abons $76,000 for the expenss in exhibiting articles Lalouging to the United Htates at the Centennial, THE RECORD. SENATE. Wasmvorox, D. C., April 20,—Mr, Moyrill (Vt.) introduced a bill to authorizo the Secretary of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minole 8herman Titch to receive, free from daty, the wedding prosents from the Khiedive of Egypt, snd it was pazsed unauimously, THE REFENUE BERVICE. 3r. Boutwell called up tho House bill to an- thorize the Commissioner of Internal llevence 10 designate aod fix the poluta at which Col- lectors and Buporvisors of Iuteroal llavenus ahall hold their oftices. Ho submitted an amend- ment to ajrike out Buporrisors, so that the bill should apply to Collectors of Iuterus! Rovenie only. Agreod to. He thon submitted an additiona!_section abol- {shing the oftice of Supervisor of Internal llev- euue from and after tho lst of July next, aud providing that tho powers and duties of Suporvisurs, s1copt the power to suspend Collactors and okhies otficurs, shall be conferrvd upou Revenne Ayents, bug 1ho pay of such sgents shall uot be mcressel "L bill was Lud aver, Alr, Sargeut waking objeo tiou to its preseut eonsideration, CUINESE JAMMIURATION, Mr. Sargent submitled the following resolution: That the Senats recounnend to the Prosident that he €AUSO BRGOLALIOLS 10 be eutinwl upon with the Cliness Governmout 0 effeci such change in the esustn trvaly botwoen the Unitod Biates aid China as wi Lawtully permit the application of restrictions tpon ihe great (B of Cliliess Subects fo this country, Ordesed printed and W Lo on the table, TUK MILVEK DBILL. Afler thi rstiou of the morning bour, the bill 1o awond the laws relating 1o 1he legai-teados of silves coin was faken wp, sud br, Bogy spuke 1o favor of making ailver a logal-toader for all amouuts, aod re. ceivable In the paymeul of dutica st the Qustom- ouse. th. Bogzy moved to amend $0 84 L0 make the silver dolla¥ suthorized Dy te bill 62 ba coined a leqal-tander for auy amouat, and alss receivable for cusloms dus ties, auid providing 1bat the relative value between gald silver of the lanful standend be dred at 13y aa tl. EDUCATIONAL FUND, Pendlug discussion, Mr. dornill (V&) gave potice that oo ;‘fl,n.., nost be would ask the Senate Lo taks ap tls bill 1o e:tablush au educatiooal fund, sod apply u portlon of the proceeds of e publis Lauds to pabise sducation, snd tu provids {or the more completa ene dowtnent and suppvrs of Latiozal colleges for 108 ade vanvenent of scientiic and wdustrial educativa, Mz, Mazey subuutiod an simeaduont 1w tae naturs af & sulatitute {57 100 sbove LIl Urdered printed. olekmioxs Mz, Booth, from Commiites 0a Pensions, parted {avorally on the bill W amand Hec, 4,836 of - e NUMBER 239, R /Y 4 Aiatutes 10 anto allow : 1574 L noldinrs who havo loeh Loth on. oret T bt n llou of $24 month oow allownd, Calendar, A, Ramunds, Conkling, end Caperion wers ses 7 uted members of the Conl erence Comnittes on the of tha Benate on_the bill ehangwg the timas of 2t > uing the te. i 2 \'ln’ v"m;xl'lofh striet Courta for the Distrioh Tha Chair Isid before the Stnale n messsge from eport of the Doard 0 Auditof the District of Columata, Ordered printed After axecutiva session, adjourned until Menday, ) i CONFPIRMED, The Benato confirmed Michast Schosffar e Chiet Justice of the Snpremo Cotrts Wilson, Cab» Toctor of Iutecnal Hevenua. reP® O nogse. Bille wers {atroduced and roferred sa follows: By e, Lawrenco—To limit tne powar of courts punish (0t contempt: steo, to eataras o Peiviiomes o} the writ of babeas corpus, Tho bill provides th whenever any person shall be detained or tmprison: Dy order of the Henats or House, ke shall be extitled t¢ 1B privilega of e writ of haboas corpun, and fhe pess #on baviog custody of the porson so detained oF Tme prisoned aball, in obedicnce o0 that wrlt, produce tg tbe court or Justios iasuing the writ the tained, without an order from eithier Uia Benate of Louse: suy porson impritoned or dotained by any eourt of tha United States, or Justies or Judge theros o, for contempt, ehatl be entitied to apply to any conr( baviog an appeliate juriadiction for s wris of hbeas carpus, and the same shall be fasued, eorvod, obeyody Dprocesded with, and determinod a in other cees, Mz. Binglston, from the Committes.on Aj e c'g::;“::mr‘txcglmlck -‘&’i‘.fmm Amendments Lo th¢ and Diplomatio Appropristion. bill, and move o st 1oy be non-cocurteh v Areed tor > e, T ok M e , ored a resolution, reciting the s tled condition of the Mexican Repubhs sud the macy outrages committed on persons and properte af Amerl can citizens living in the nelgbborhooa of tha i Grande, and requesting the Ireaidenst of the Unf Htates to order auch a miflitary forcs by rendexyons mome uitablo point on _the Jilo Granle sa will ba abl 2o enforca the existing nutrality laws, to prevent host tilitiea on thie border, and 1o prescrvie poscefal relae tions between {hin two countrice, snct als requesting the Presidont o alrect (he General of the Army to prov cecd in person 1o the Acene of the threatened out! am} A?‘mzla such mnruru 8s nmy be necossary maintain the percs and protect the non of tua Government, Iiferred, s iy bMITI. 3fr, Cox, from the Comittes en Rules, made PoTt on the case of Charles If, Bouth, the Jomrnal clerk who issued n circular meeking business in the collection of additional bounty claims, The report Teproliends severely the action of Smith, but, as he { resigned, no action was recominended. 3, Wells feporied back the Scnile améndments to the Deficlency bill, some of whick wers rejectsd, and mme coucurred {0, without being resd Lo ths itouse, DHLSTOW, Br. Cato offered s rosolution raciting the chargsa mads In the newspaper report affocting the ofietal conduct of B, I1. Bristow, the Becretary of {hs Treane ury, I regard 16 the remission of a forfelture in the case of the bark Mary Merr#tt, which was selzed fo Bilwaukee, Wis., in June, 1865, for a violatian of th Customa lawe, and inatracting the Comumitteo on . penditures in the Tressary Department to inquire 1nt0 the eireumatsnces and ‘mscertatn on what grorod a judgment of forfolturo wss remitted, and for whad pirpose, » M. Hale suggested that the charge sbonld be mads more definitoand s, 1le know that Mr, Bristow courted an investigation on overy subject with ‘which his namo was connected, and ho'(Hale) belioved thas auch Investigation wonld bring him ont brighten, Mr, Kasson desired Mr. Cats to {nsort o his rosoln- tion & provision that the {nvestigation should be con ducted with open doors, but Mr, Cte declined o to modify it. The resolution was adopted. TIHE INDIAN DTRFAU. The Lill o transfer the Indian Buresn o the Waw Depariment waa tien takea up. v, Cox mads 8 speech against thobill, Mr, opposed the bill s Lo DaTHo o the. herched of o countey of all religlous denominations, waich wauld look with amszement at the effort o substituts the aword for the Bible, 3ir. Mills, advocated the bill {n the interest of the white men of the frontier. . 3r. Holman aug an smendment tha President ta delail army officers to pezform tha duties of Indian Inapectors, Commiseicners, Superin- tendenta, Agents, and Bpecisl Agents. To| Mr, Hunton moved au amendment allowing oMloers :%lhmund list to bo employed as Indisn Agonts. op MLe; Bparks offercd an additionl section proviay for the admision to United States cilizensblp of ang Indian who may prove o the satisfaction of the Court nearcet o the reservation of his tribe or nation thad 0 18 sufliciontly intelligent and prudent to condacy hiis own affairs and Intersats, and that ho has adopted tho Liblts of civiization, and bas for five years a loast been ablo ta support himsclf and family: bu such Indian sball not on that account forfelt hig ntoreat n the property of e tribe, Adopted. On motion of Mr, Cor the words * religious de« Dominations ” were substitated for the words * Chrisc tlan Churches.” ndtitlout making final disposition of tha bl the LRy Firvoinra WAKING UP. Tle Sleepy but Greedy Ola Metropolty Just Nade Aware of the Loss of Nles Ponopoly in the Grain Trade. Spectal Dispateh to Tha Chicaoe Tridune, New Yonx, April 20.—Btatistica compiled hert ‘show a great falling off in grain shipments tq this city, and indicate tbe roasons why Vander~ bilt and others bave broken the compact with other trunk lines. From Jan. 1 to Aprit 15 morg than 11,600,000 bnshels of grain had beex received In Philadelphia and Baltimors, and duriog tho eamoe period enly 8,500,000 had been brought to New York. Within & weelg 30,000 bushels of grain have been sons to Philadelphis and Bsltimors, snd enly 48,004 bave como here. In 1867, Baltimore shipped 769,664 buehicls of corn ; last year she shipped 5,677,404 bushels. Hor corn trade inorcased over saveu-fold, while that of New York in. croaged about 50 per cent in seven years The whest export of Baltimors "rosa from 10,769 bushels to 2,975266 bushols, whilo that of Now York increased from 7,394,574 bushels to 24,722,963 busnels, Commodore Vanderbilt has given the railway leagus with which he entered into compact as to fraights m Chicago tu March notice that tho Hudson River & New York Central would terminste the are rangement, and it ia aliogstber likely that the Llhelk!:.mn thul also '(lhdl‘l,'. Iz{m reasons aro plain ¢ o graln traflic is rapldl; divorted from this to other citiss. Ev‘fi) Bagsng 18 ning rapidly on New York, in spita of ita distanco from the _grain-producing districts of tho conntry. The Vanderbut roads are sufforing in consequence of the rapidiy-in- croasing diversion of grain from thia to other aties. Ho ‘desorves credit for his decision, avd ospecially from the merchanta of this city, whose intercsta will bo furthered by it. New York is fast falling behund her rivals in the race, tly on account of the discriminations against her in, freights, and partly for want of terminal facili~ ties and eonveniences for cheap and rapid handliog of goods of all kinds, Ho does nok" mean that other roads shall draw freight from his lies. He will fix prices. Now it remains for our merchants to sse that trade 18 20t driven away by ubuocessary del ———— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, NEw Onveaxs, April 20.—Charles T. Howart has commenced sn action in the Superior Dis- trict Court against Clifton W. Tayleur, manager of the Varieties Theatre, praying {or an injuno- tion 1o restrain him from acting in that capacity atter April 29; furthermore, prayiog for $10,000 dawages inthicted onthe theatze by Taylour's mumanagowent. Stecial Ihspateh 2o TAs ChMeaco Tridune, Wixoxa, Minn., April 30.—Wondell Boecker, o the Town of Saratogs. Winona County, bas sold b:&, fouring-mill property to Chicago partiea for & Steciat Disatch to Tha Chicace Lridune. SraiNarieLp, k., April 20.—The Siste Board of Public Chantiea to-day completed the work of auditing tho accounts of the various State in. etitusions for the quarter eudiug March 31, Iy waa found that in uo mingle insiauce bave tha appropnations been exceeded by the expendi- tures or by tho incurrence of indebtedneas. The Board lett for Norwal oa tho nvon tran t0 viais tho Soldiors’ Orphaas’ Home. Speerat DiapalcA o 1'hs Chicow Triduns, _Druvgrs, s, April 90.—This aty aud the Keokuk Northera Lius of steamors atv in & cone troversy on tho wharfage qnestion, and the Compauy refuss to pay (he charges. The affi. oers of the city propose to demand and insisq on paymeut, and the differect Capiaing of tha line on their part have beeu iostructed to psy ue attention 40 the same. Tha question .ufpm». nbhl‘g‘:l into te courts in aome shape, and be sott DON PEDRO. Owans, Neb., Apsil 20.—Dom Pedro, the Em. perar of Brazl, armved from the eastat 10 o'clock this morning, toox a carisge drive throogh the city, snd lefs ju a -y«ld car at. tached t0 the Pacitdo Express st 12:30 this afters audu, % OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS." Nxw Yoax, April 20,—Arrived, steamer. thnl Qlasgow. £