Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 2

115 CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 22, IST6—TWELVE PAGES, Il has besn postponed br the Iiones Mommit- 20 on Pacific Railrords to Tuosday noxt, (7o the Aemerated Press,) PACIFIU BAILNOADA, Wasnraron, D, C., April 21,—The House Jommittes on Pacifio_Raiitosds to-dny resumed ronsideration of the Gznn}a bill to extend the iime for comploting t§ Northern Pacitle Raile toad, and o} the proposition offered by Mr. Throckmorton s an_smendment, to exteud the timo also for ‘the Texas Pacifioc C.mjany. Jotter was submittod addressod to tho Chalrman Ly C. P. [luntingdon, proposing as an !mnl:ll- ment to this ameudment that_the Nouthoro I'a- cifio limlrosd Compaty of Calitarma shall be allowad o construct s road esstward from tho Colorado River aud receive the Texas Pacifia Iand-grant for such portion of the transconti- nentat line of raileond ns it auticipates tho Iat- lar in building within tho next six years, MMRA, AVERY, Attorney-Genaral Prorrepont aaya in regard to £ho story that Mrs, Avery was bsfore him yos- terday and implicated Babcook, Luctoy, and the Prealdent, tlat thorn s not A word of truth in it, and that sho nimply como to plend for the pardon of hier husband. Bue was so_{vgohorent and wandering in lier Ianguago that be fears abo s temporarily demented. THE Yflfl'l‘AAL APMD;"NIT;I‘)III’A 1 b o Post-Offics Appropriation 1as bean l‘(’{uhbd upon, Tho t?nonnl is £33,000,000, abont $3,600,000 lean than Inat year. —— TREASURY CLERKS, XYZEOTS OF THE LAW APPORTICNING THS XUM- BER AMOXG THE BTATES—INESENT NATURE OF THE PORCE—A DISCUANGE OF 600 800X TO DE NADE. Correspondence Nuo York Tribuns, Wasuxarow, D, 0., April 18.—~By an smend- ment to the Hundry Civil Appropriation hill, passod & yoar ago, It wan provided *That on " mod after Jan, 1, 1878, the appolntmonts of this (the Treasury) Deparimont stinll bo #o arrangod 04 ta be oqually distributed botwoen the soveral Btates of tho Unitod States, Territorios, and the Digtrict of Columbla, according to population.” In anticipation of the day wheu this act wonld tale offoct, the Socrotary of tho Tressury sube mitted to the Attornoy-Guneral whother an en- tire reorganization aud equalization of the clori- eal force of tho Dopartmont was necossary at the bogioning of tha year, or whotlor tho Inw simply. applied to future chapges, Tho latter was deolded to be the proper finterprotation of tho ack, eud the followitg table has baon pro- ared, showing tho numbor of clorks now fu tho roasury Dopartment who aro credited to each State, the number each Btate is entitiod o undor tho law, aud tho excoss or dofloit of the prosont uumber whon compared with that to which each State fs ontitled. The wholo oumber of names now on tha register of tho Ireasury Dapariment s 2,500, and the basis of fto apportionment 18 tho ratio of 2,400 smployen which ia greater thau the average number wiil 8 in future) to 38,558,371, tho total population of the United Btntes at the timo the laut census was made, Reduced, tho ratio givos one ap- pottment to 16,000 of population. Table rhiowing the present number of employes of tho Tressury Deyartment from each itate, the nume Ter each Biate in entitled to, and the excess or de- Helt of exclt Htato, Present Corrected Detle State. number, number, clt, Matne..... [ ay o New Iampahir < Vermont 5 Munvactiusetis 5 Rhode sl o Connectiut, i . New Yerl a5 o Fenusgiva i Now Jurney. 5 Dlaware ] Sluryland 65 District of Cojutnbia. 05 Vi ;T “ i . 44 tho Now Engfaud Etates, with tho oxceptlon of -l g, and-New York, Penuuglvana. Detawaro, ryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbla, now ave the itou's shara of the Fllmulu;n v the Tromsury Dopariutont, while ko romutnder of the Houthorn and afi of the Wostern Htates, except Nuvuda, Linve lesn than their quots. ‘The discrimination against the Southern Btates is greater even than it appeary to bo. In mnuyinulaucos, 1t 48 aaid, clorky aro cradited to racanstructed Btates who do not bo- long to them, nad who bave nover meen tho Statew from which they nominully hail, Pliese appointmeuts have bacu obtamed by Northeru . pohticians who have Liceu allowed toeontrol in sv large a massute tis patronage in the outh. An- cording to lteprosentative Charlen klays, who has Intely biad a quarrel with Sonator Spencer fn ree gard to tho Goveorntont patronaga for tho State of Aubnna, of seventy-tucee sppointmonts clinigod to that Btate unly threo aro Alabnminus, Winle about ouo-lulf have nover beeu iu tho Ktato at all, This is an vxample of 2ho way in which the patrounge Lias boen disisibute) bythe sarpet-bazgers, Amtuu bociuoing of the next flacal year a largo reduction will be mado iu the vlerjca) force of ths Troasury Dopartment, which wiil render nocesasry the discharyo of several hundred of the present employcss ‘Ihe smonnt of this roe duction will depend upon the astion whicl Con- groes fnally takes on the Apyropriation bill now pouding 1n the Houso, and the latereating ques~ tlon arisea. whether, i discha:ging clorks trowm the Lreusury Dopartment, the Heoretsry will bo required, by tho law already refoirey Lo, tosclect for dismiseal flvel, clerka from thoss Siates which already have mn oxcess of Tationage, or Whether Lo way bo guided by other copidtra- tions. I obliged to purwue the former couryo, the dismisasls would bLe contined to clerks ap- Tointed from the tou States already enumerated sud fiom the District of Columbis, aud would probably mnciado eome of the most oflcint eme ployos af the Depattment, l!my of the clerks now charged to tho Dis- trict of Columbis are porsons who have boen tnany yuars In tho sarvico of she Ubited Slatos, sad who bavo acquired much skl aud experi. ouce {n the duties wiich thoy huve to peiform, In polng trausferied from oOne dn&ulmuu‘ o suothor, sfter Joug rosidence in Washiugion, they Lave booo cradited ta the Distriot inazoad 91 10 the States from which they origlually came, To discharge the 600 clurks now oharged to Waahlugton 1o excoss of its quota, would thero- fore not only bring greas hardshiv opon & g sed number of persons who vormlneuflfi‘ roalde in Wanhington, tat would alko deprive tho Govern- ment of many of it4 most valusble aud elloient smpioyos, —— THE POSTAL INVESTIGATION. FATLURE TO PHOYE TIHE CHARORS—THE PARTIED W0 MADE THEM—TUY INVESTIGATION OF 1874, v the Fditor of Tha Chicago Iridung ; Wasmnaron, D. C., April 10.~The inveatiga-~ Vous conductod by the Democratio Houge havo sbout run thefr courso, and are now fu what uight o termed tho floundering stage, Thoy e still carried on with all the touacity of & foath-strugglo; but, in the maln, they aro alme lesaly pursued, snd sro depondent upon aceidont for a0y mew rovelstlous. Tho truth is, tuet, in the begiuniog, they biad far ehelr cbiof ' suppors s uot of men blasted in reputation sng om)ity of pocket, who wuspeoted & groat deal, and kuow bat vory little, Theso speculasive tendencies ot blighted prospouts wero huraldod oyer the eountry we '‘grave charges™ against dgh ofiiciale: and everybody, with fuo sccustomed generasity of human kiud, passed ludgment upon tho fndictment befors the fiss} icintiils of proof was offered. DBub there existy ) coueidorsble distance Letwsop bar-room-goue dp and wworn tostimony; aod many mon tell a food etory with unctuoms latitude, whtie thoy pake very gusided and carefnl witnessos when jut under onth, It iy troe that oue man bigh in station bas beeo caught; Lut, oven in this ju- Rance, it o & wousco of coutention whether it Vil mot contribute more larpely to the seandsl M the humad rece han rewain & wonnnent of pow oficis depravity. But, iu the maia, the Freepunsibto eccusations of srresponsivle men ave. o slsug phrass, "phle out.” One ot tho wost aignal lustances of (Liy has reen TUE TOMTAL INVESTIOATION, ar rather luvestigations, fae & double-back-nee non-extra-revolviug machine bas bLeeu going alt wound the Departwent, and s wow about fopged for wans of the necessary fuvl Lo gob up steam. There'n anothor ronsoun: Some of the crow who ahipprd In this curiows place of mechasism have becomo disabled through the eruption of old wound<; somo have bled sway to eafor and moro congenial cliwes ; and tho rest aro contont fulio tdiy by and narse the reputa- tions Ay badly u»mnred {u the atorin, Bo now fow Aro toft Lo got tho craft in motion, sud s flowndening abont in A vory mnitd moa; wiieh doesi’t speak well for sithor” tho erew or thoir veswel, Huwaver, sou shonld nover dabble in property without ‘rab tasiug an inveatory. Thero ain't much proporty to spesk of hore, a0 it won't tako very long. TIE INVESTIOATORE, The commaudor of tho expedition, like most comwauders, didn't do_muchi, becaunn lie didn't know bhow, and his namu ta Stono, - 17 s cone Alliuents bado’t blossed hin with an uncertain tonuro upon tha fleor of tho Houws, 1 aw afiaid Lin valuablo information aa to Postal frauds would havo been loet to tha country; which would lhave baen nlmost ns sevets upon the country as Stone {8 upen his Aliseouri constitu. ents, [fis chiof engincer, I{olbrook, hias not re- covored from the acute mania iuduced by e TrinUNE's 0xpose of 8 P'ostal frand in Chicago, coupled with tho fact that his stock of information waa lumted, and, bosides, had to go sround, furnfshing tho Chairmay aud others such o fnittle bit that ho hiny gona into s accond investigation all slone, and ia uow doing his level best to tnd out what was proved bo- fore the fuvesuigation i which Ae figurods Anothor mombor of tho ‘pacty bas taken suni mer-quartors in Canada, nad, durlug bis Euros pean tour, ho will join that:clues of Amorican citizons who are nsliamed to acknowledge thoir nativity, and blush when tbe sbawe of bus country's oflicials_fs told. Ifis namo is Kittio. with 3 W, and ho docs kuow somotblug about corruphron in mali-Jettinga, He chtgm piatty J:en with Hinda last apring, thoroughly iiveeti zated fraudulont bids, and bounced up in time 288 winter to tako tha wheol on the Domocratia I'ostal inveatigating ship, ~As Lo was miill 8 novico, ho went in agaln Lo other day, aud, ewing Lo discovery and sub- goquent indigtmont. which Jast was procored by the corrupt Postn) maguatus just for spito, be- canso ho wan juvesligating them, why, e quict- ly want to Canads, to 8pond the summer on Bill King'a stock-fara, Ae this {s not a haudsome showing for » Donocratic ivestigation, (¢ nonld be cruolty to goany furthor 1n the hist. But suf. ficient has beow eaid to explain why tho wvesti- ation Jags, Elinco tho fight and dissbility of tho roal fo- voutigators, there lias bosu ao utter JIOPELESSNLES OF STRIKING A DONANZA} and, In conssjuence, the tendoucy bus beon to Adrit away to tho personal operations of con- tractors, What thoir I;)mm may have been, or how they ¢ricked tho Departwont, or ovaded tho law, caunot promiso any vory great politieal soaudal, nor any capital or diserevit for eithor voliical organizacion. Lut, as n tustter of leg- 1slative bistory, tlus self-same investization has been fuvestigated twico bLofore, mud, by the uuouimous roport of the Committee, a verdict of mnuosuce was rendered fu laver of tho Pesal ofiicials. It I8 interesting, thorofore, to uote the prominent [caders who joued it an scquiteal whaon theso contracts of I, P.Suwyor woro under iuvestigation in 1874, The ofd charges of coriuption on tho partol tho Post-Ouico weto baudied about, and w2 of the present champious—thao Hon, Wil.- ism i1, Btone, of Mwsouri, aud bus clerk, Theo- Jdore L. Hulbrook—atood ua the authority uvoa which the tuvestigation was prosocuted, After gving 3r, Stona amplo timo to make good his ouaryes, based on tho coutracts of F. D. Bawyer, aud nfter taking considorable testimony, a uian- tmous roport was presentod to the fouke, in which the closing parageaph 18 as follows : Belleving, therefore, that (whilo ttess combinations’ for straw-Uidding hnve froquently bocu en.ered (e Dy outsido parties) the dllmgos bilsea und irroguamtis ties have not exixied aud do not exist ju by Posts Udlice Dupurtment, ax charged fa the prosmule sud resolution relerred to theu; and Leiug of te opluion, after very thorough exawination of tha whols ques. thon, that o chargea ayaluat tho oficers of that Do parlinent have not' been sustadned,—yair Committe Teapectfully recommend hat the [roamblo s reso- lution bo laid wpon die table, and ssk that thoy may e disclarged feom the Larthor coudldoration of (o subject, It was not Ropublicans slooe who signod thia CCRTIFICATE OF GOGD CONDUCT, but the loader of the Democratio majonty in the predent floupe, AMr, Samuel J, ftuudall, also de- clared it oy teuth, And associated with him was . J, D, C. Atkins, an old anl usperienced wewber, and ono of the prosunt shiniwg lights on the Dewocratic side. But a tow moro extracts from this roport on tho Bawyer coutracts, prescated by Democratic mewbers when o Presidontial contost was noc quite so near, and they becomeo particularly in terosking becanso o sttempt 14 uow bowyg made to swirch the repucation of men then in thy Post-Otlleo, through the meaus of o dead wan's popern, Lho repore eays : Tho present Postmawter General has, eince ha ns- snmad the sdminlateation of e Ml of the et Ollico Doparitawat, refictiuy called tin attention of Congress 1o theen Irregulariticn and wbuses,reco {niz from tino 10 i vuch legitation os was sugys by the expuriuce of tho Department, for the purpo of yroventing, if 1owible, their coutliuanc and rapes 1400 : anit, 40 L€ 38 your Committes bive been aulo fo discaver, sfier o very full and caroful luvestiyation, tiey belicre he how, With an enerwy and fudustry worthy of spechal commendation, fattufully striven to prolect the Goverumont frani werious loases, watch would otlierwine kave becu sustittiod in consequence of thes unlawful combinstons ond Wogal praviices, Aud agaln s Tuat bu aud his asslstants {n the Department made svery effort within the s:ope of thefr authorlly to de- toct amd provent frundulent bidding, snd that they buneatly eudoavoreil fo perforia. thelr wholo duty faltbfully aud 1 the Uest interens of the Government, the evldence takeu fn thig luvestigation leaves no room to doubt, In the faco of this thorough Indorsement after tho probing of the Stone-ifolbruck bublle of Postul fraudw, sud its complete coliavse, Lheso two worchies had the faco to again bring fortn tho old chinrges agamst tho Dopuitmont officials, aud aro now ctamoring for & verdict of guilty. Aud o}l for uss in the nuxt olection, It s even biuted that the loador of the Uouse, Mr. Itan- aall, I to bo oxtracised becauss ho uidn't briny Iua verdiot moro in cunsonavce with Detno- cratfo doalres, rather than one doterwined by the puro sud simple ovidence, r, il N CAPITAL COSSIP, THB LATE LENTEN SEASON—A. T, §TEWART—TWO FUREBALS—TIIL LINCOLN BTATUE DRDICATION— EASTEL-TIDE—TIE SECKNAL JMPEAOUMENT— KILNOURN'S CABR~-MUSICAL FENTIVAL. $pecia Correaporiiance of The Clitoade Tribune. Wasiixarox, D, C., April 16,~Troublous times these, for those paoliticiana who Lave skelotons coucoaled In tholr closote, sod Drosidential as- pirations, Visions of ratlroad subwdy bonds, and ghosts of cash douceurs, for Congressional sarvices Tendered, trouble their sloep aud dis- turb their days. They sco tho popular haud- wriling on tho wall, and feol tuat at last the poo- plo of theao Unitod Biates arae in o roestin their opposition ta the promotion of grabbery and plunderers to Ligh position. It has boen & mar- vel to many an honest constituont Low the Rop- resentative from Lis District, who was & poor 108D when he tiyst came to Washington, bas boen enabled (o sava onough of his salary to pirchass and to furnisl & Gns Louse, to nvoxt in focal etocks, and to becoms & wealtly man. But it b very evideut tnat the ¢ the Pooplo ara gel- ting open—wide open !~and tha discloures mado during the past sesson of tho extravagances aud folllow of Washington Hocisly have dono wmuch towards producivg the desired fnvoaligs- tions and inquiries. TUE YENITENTIAL Br.ABON, Just concludod, baa boun obuerved hore with a Lenten striciness never Leforo known, and tho display of Esster fashions to-duy I8 not what jt was laat year, Tho young ladies, eupacially, wore simplo freuh drezsas, with neatly-trimmed chip bats, contrastivg fuvorably with tho elyb. orats exbibitions of millinery and dress-imal ing exhibited tast year, Oflicos aro boing abolishod, salarien are being cut down, and the sumy squaundered fu “ Vanity Fuir' must sleo bo sazeod, 1bid aldo evident that some of thy young men must ewarm olsewhere, althonglh they bolong to those families which came herp with the Yedoral (overnweut, and which have covsitored themeelves, Ly proxeripi¥e Tight, on- titled to places under it, 3 UNE OF it LINCOLN'S 8AYINOH 1s often repontad hors, aa illustratiog the par- uiuscity with which theso Districe fumilios cling tootlice, A clurk who had seen Mr. Licols tvo o threo times, ou bumness, thought Limaelt well bnough acquatated to &8k a place for s Lrothier, who bad been in & District togiment, celved u discharge on scconnt of bud (a4 your brother as good clerieal ty 88 yoursell 2 Jnquirad Mr, Lincolu, ¢ Yew, wir 0 1 gbluk your tuthor also hulds an oftice?™ “ Yes, 6ir; ho is tuu Chiel of o Bureau in the War Dopurtment.” * Aud hava you mot suother brothior who holus s clerkubiv?” “ You, gir; bo 18 10 thg In- torior Dopartinent.” * AL L™ continned Mr, Li- colu, ** threw of the faunly already i offico, and uow you want to get s fourchiu, Wuy, ae we may out in Ssugamon County, theio are tuo wany hiojea wd too Nittly corn.” T'he youuy wan dian's Wait for wors elaborsto explavations, TUL LATE A, T, STEWADT, wilh bis orgunizing snd exocutive ability, and bls cold-blooded determination to do what he thought was right, would have beon the vor: man to liave straightoned out, reconstruotod, aid rofortmed tho Troasury Departmous at the closio of the War. Thla Gon. Grant aaw when ho nominatod bim to be Seoretary of the I'reasury; butit was uot aceoptable to tho ponticiana iu tho Bousto, who hsd retsuers aud nouchmen by tho #coro In tha Dopartment hore, amd in tho Tay. orvico and Customs sorvice clsewnero, thir nomiuation was announced, they cun. v intimated to Mr, Sumnor thnst Ktewart 4 tuo couservative, and the Massachusetta Bunator's ‘[ objoot " carried the considoration of ths nomiuation over uutil tho next dav, Provious to this, Simon [ [lanscom, one of tho oldedt vosspaner-mon hoto, had written aa. counta of the palaco-storer of Btewart and of Clailin, at Now York, for & paper of which he was tho editor. Clatlia paid 300 for wnat waa Baid about lus place; but Stowart deciined to fork over, although thoro tnd basn a clear un- dotstanding that ho was to pay that sum. Hanacom 1o soonor liesrd of tho nominatjon, and of the dexlro among the Lepublicat politicians to get rul of than ho posted to Caleb Cuahiog, and arked 1f thore was 1ot soma obavlote Inw which praventod, an {me porter from holding oftico in the Treasury De- pattment, Qusblug st ones found if, and lanncow proourad ita ingertion in an ovoniug paper. ‘That wight tne special correspoudentn telegraphiod It all over tho countsy, whilo copica of lfiu law wero placed fu tho” honds of the Honators. Stewart hiad boan 8o confldent of his confirma- tion that his hiad engaged a suito of apartments in tho Ebbitt Houso, over Newspapor Row, with A privato ontranco, Ubo rooms bad been fres coed, pawted, papored, carpotod, and turnished in tho moat {uxurionr style, and their occupant was ot at ull prepared for A SLIF BETWEEN TIR COP AND LIT. Tho President askod Congress o repesl the antiquated law, aud Stewart offorod to put all Ins property tnto the hands of ‘Trustecs; but it was of 10 avail, Tho Sonato insisied on tho withdrawat of Stowart's nama; and thon (e, Grant sent in that of Mr. Boutwoll, who had been designated Agv him originally a9 Sccratary of tho Interior, Htowart, terribly mortified, ro- turned W Now York, and gave up sli political saspirations, Mr. Hanscom is atill bers, aud, amoug tho many scalps hanging st his girdle. that of tho Now York merchaut-prince 13 the wost prowminont. : BTEWART'S LAST DINNER, Gov. Ogleshy was ons of tho guosts at tha last of Stewart's famous Sunday dinnors, which lie Ruve for yeard prior to his destls, tuviting s fow of tho distinguishea strangors who bappeued to Le st tho city, Ou this occasion tliere wory pronent o Britien M, P, who hiad boon a memver of Glndutoun's Cabiuot, Gov. Oglosby, Mr. Gar- rott, the Baltimore iailroad king, and otbors, {nirteen i all, which Me, Stewatt, wiio was vory superstitlons, may have noticed. Althouph b vas penerally vory abstemions, he ate aud drank bearuly, and wns in oxcollent apirits, When, after dinner, Lo escortad tho guests throngh his library and pictare-gallory, bie wasseized with a clll, and pat on bis bst and avarcost. ‘Tis was the beginving of tho end. Tue extonsivo pro- priotor of Iand snd bLouwes, whows hoast 1t wng that bo nover sold a piceo of real estate, iy now the joint tenant of a small tomb, THP. FUNEREAL POJIP displased at tho intorment of 5fr. SBtowart's ro- maing **rominds me" of & bumhler funoral pro- cession which wyved through the streais of this city olavau yoars aygo . yesterday morniug. Abiabam Lincolu crossed tho river of life about 20 minutoa after 7 in tho morning, in a smal} Led-room of tho house opposite tho theatre in whict ho had beon asnassinated. Soon alfter 9 o'clack, hila romains wara borno out in nn under- takor's tce-bax by six soldiors, mud piaced i & common honrse, drawn by oune horro. An Amencan flog wey thrown over tha ico-bus, wolch ~ was unpamlod; aud tho eix soldiers, commanded by . Corporal, foil futo colomn_of threes behind the nesrss, Tho undersaker drave ¢o thio Walte liousa to msuo prevaration for tho recoption of the remais, and tho Losrso fulloned sluwly, It attractod no atteution as (¢ passed afong,—thoso who tooked at it doubtiess thiuking tlnt somo pri- vato soldier was boiog taken t0 his laat camp- mng-ground, followod by o Corpdral's guard, Jiv who sas ¢ of the people " waa eucurted ** by tho peodle,” withuut pomp or pugesutry, But the spectacle was far graudor than tlio elaborato digrlay which foilowed, whon the romafus were accomuavied Ly an ** conmoler,” who retonchern tho Litelesy foaturos whenever Lhey wore expos- od 10 the pub.ic guze. TILL COLOBED PEOPLE'S 8IATUE, which waa decicated ou Friday, {4 s creditable worl of urt, and Etbiopia way “well represonted 1 tho processton winch proceded the ceremo- ted, Yo battalion of higbt mfautry, couipos- ed chietly of war-vetoraus, marched well ; the commanderies of Knights Tomplas woro Liand- tomo rexalia, and it wag uoticeabls thn all of 8 wero vory black, tuo wore mulalioes; bat it was tu the rauky of thio Sous of Lovi that the gouuins uid ** tuslos marched, wouring shiny old uiove-ips hats and woll-brushed black dross coats of ante-bellum formation, with Lugo white aprons, and carry- ing waesiva blue cotton umbtellas or erookod caues, Tuoss Sons of Levi wore proud of hhm&xl»ql\'eu sud of tho oceusion,—ikoy were in- 0 THE NESLY-ARDIVED STATUE, which repuses in itd Italisn-made box on tho Capitol stapy, 1 o Ife-size tigure of Gen, 1,1, Baker, ulto was killed 1 1561, Whon ho wos n Uniitod States Sonator from Orogon, It will bo placed in the National Bintuary Jlall of the Cap- 1tol, ith appropriate coremanics, o o fow days, ‘[hose who bave scen it 1w Italy sponk of it ng the master-pieco of tho eeutpior, the Iate Horae tio Stune. Wheu Col. Bakor was buried, Je, Colfax delivored & funorsl oration, sud usod g 1o 1110 of 8pcech, which Lo bas kinco adopt ed at the closo of Lin ofteu-aclivorod salogy on Luncoln, It belungs to N. P. Willia, whose poom ou tho death gt Harilaon cloged thua: o the atars ou our baator, grown wnddenly dfm, 14t us weep n our darky ut weop not for him Not for bl who, doparting, ieavea millions lu tosra} Not for him who has died full of honur snd yrars; Not for it wio usranded ¥ ane's Tadder v higl From the round at thu lop he bas stoppsd o the sky. EASTEZB-TIDE, e have a bright aud jovous Enster-Bunday, aad the Joman-Catholic and ProtestanteE pinso- pal chiurclies have beeu fiilod with worshipers. Tho wigos of mourninys have boen raplaced by flowers, and the muvical performances have boon artistio and olsborate, At the Rituahatio Episcopal Chiurch of Hi. Paul’s, & choir of Loy~ choristers Leaded m procossion. Hinging, ¥ We March to Victory,” as It moved around ths chureh, precoded by m croos-bearer, At B, Aloysius’ Catholia Chureh, a seleat cholr gave the exquimito masa by.Giorza, which was BUDE &% the Shernan-Fiteh woddiug, AN EANTER KETTLE-DRUM will be held at the Maconia Temple on Easter- Monday and the following day, for the bonsil Of Lhoso noor children whta noud the attendance of surgeons or ibmciaul. aud are admicted to the comfortable houpital provided for them, 1In additlon to the tea-tablo, with ity steaming kot~ tle, from which the entortaumont derivas its name, thore will ba a Frouch cale, with tislf-a- dozon belies, in becomiug caps and Bprons, ag waitor-gisla, Then there will be a tablo for foncy goods, and snother for Easter-eggs, now all the rage hers, Not common hen-fruit, bus cularged {mitations theroof, daintily docornted, aud fitled with candioa. Tnere will Lo sovera! ather charitable porform- annos during the comiug weok, sud oua by tho amateur Taraaliten, the procseds of which ara Lo conntituse tho nucleus of » fund for tho eutore tninwment of tue Awerican Hobrow Unian, which is to bold its aunaal meoting biero 1 July vext, D, 1. Lacke bs to Lring bis play called “Intia. tion ¥ here, in which Fetroleum” V, Nasby in the luldlu‘; character, while, at the Ospitlo, tgn Pubs llo will wituess that intorestiug political drawa, TUE IMPEACUMENT TRIAL, Mad tickots bosu isaued, tha gallories woutd have been packed, ss they wete when Andy Johuson was unpeachud and tried, But, whon @vory ong can go ta a place, but fow want to go, aud 1don'tanticipate crowded galieries. \Whotnor the Honata try ouo who is uo longer » publia oflicial, rewaius to be eson ; and there will Prob- ably be toma interminablo debates on the ques- tion, Lotk pofore the Heuate as & Court, and by thie Houate when 1t disousses woat decisious shalt bo made by Mr. Ferry, 1ts presidivg oficor pra topors. . ANOTHEL NICH LEGAL, QUEATION, whioh tho lawyers iu the ouse of Ropressnts. tivew aro rolling like swoat morsels beneath their wrlfiu!!, 1u, whicther thole Bargeant-at-Arms cyn praduco tho boay of the contumacious witneas, Kivoure, bofora”the District Court, At flrae, Kilbourn retuer funclod being mads a wartyr, snd ho rexaled hiw visitors with the gvod cheer o0t Lim from the MNouss Restsurant. But, fike Huetno's starling, he wants to Reb out, mud ex. Tocts to sot his case cortified up bofors the Su- prome Court of e Unitad Biates, who will dokutless oider hiv rofeaus. No oue doubts bus thae thore e 8 doal of ruscality iu this Hoale Latate I'ooly bug Kilbourn will ouly vall what can 4o ua biarw, and discloss as ** secroty " what every well-utoroied perwon horoatbouts knows, * Mum's the word " with the Washiugton Iwg, A MUYICAL FENTIVAL 18 now the deulre of tho ownors of s large mar- ket buildiug whichis noe proving s prolitable wpceulutivn,—sueouded by the hotol-koepers wud tradospoopls. Washinglon s a musical ey, an tho numurous vocalisty und instrumental per- forwora 1o Government ewploy huve su abund, 8uce of spare time for Vractice, sud tho oul, iflloulty will bo to o tan & losdor upon whom all oan agreo, T'he firabntop in tho mevuring of A guarancoo foni, tbis mny not be au orey t A tumors have reachied liero that tha gnarantors of the Boson Gilmore Jubiles hiad’ to pas & round awm for the honor, whilo thoso who slaned & sunllar guarantes In Citcionatt are now having to ** pay the fidd or.” BINING BN/OTAIENTS, Thoro will bo no more grand displays io o- ecioty this spring, unleas entertalumonts aro Elrun by soma of the foraign Minwters to the sentonnin) Commiesianors of their respoctive uations. But thers willbo quiot parlor davces, drives £0 the ploturesque grounds of 1ha Haillars’ liome, boating on the Patomac, boisaback can. torw bafors vroakfast, aid—mn dus tims—siraw. botry-fensta. 'The logscu hns Leen a sovate one, bub it will do a den! of grod, aud pave tho way for s sober, senslble way of living under tho Re- formod Jepublican President who Is to be lu- augurated on tho Gth of March, 1877, Racoyreun, it THE RZCORD. Hovar. Waenvarow, D. C.. April 20.—3r. Knott In trodnoed a bill to reguiato the priviloge of » writ of haboss corpus in cortain cases, Ite- torred, It provides that tho Supremo Conrt ahall hava the origlual sand exclueive junsdiction {o {ssuo m writ of Laboss corpus in &ll cases whero the party aball Lo dotained or rostrainpd of lus liborty by the myihority, or undor tho or- dora, of eitbor Houso of Coneross; that whon- ovor it shall mppear Ly hin potition that the party i Ustained or restrmined of his linerty Ly sutbority of citber Houso of Congress, befors & Btate or United Btates Judge or Court other than ,tho Hupromeo Coutt of tho United Btates, tho wilt shall bo denfed If not lawaed, or dismlased If Jesued; that ¥f auy auch State or Unitod Blatea Judge, or Conrt othor thau tho Buprcma Courk, asard a wrlt of habess corpus in such cases, the Suprema Court may award & wTlt of prohibition, and that if the SBupreme Court #hialf not be in seanion t tliat tmo, any Judgo of such Court may tako much netion, wiih' the tight of appeal to the Bupreme Gonrt. Mr. Burchard (1ll), from the Corumittea of Wa. snd Mleana, reported the bill outlined yesterday coi corning corporattons cngaged in tha businoss of dis. Hll(n[‘l’. After a good deal of discuskion, tho bill was a Esed. Tho Spaaker then proceedod to call on commitises for roparts of a brivals charscter, DRISTOW, Mr. Rasron moved fo recantider tho vote of yests day Ly which the resolution in rowpect. to slicgatio againat Sccrotary Bristow as referred to the Corme nifttes on' Expenditures in ho Trossury Department, and that ft be referred fo tho Committeo un Ways and Ho ulso moved that tho fuvestigation be put» Moans, P! e, Tho volo wan taken reparately on tha latter motton, and there appeared (o bo 1n favar 93, to iid againat, A% ivero was 1o quiorum Voling, Mosaes, Bsker (Ind.) and Uoar faxated that, on a watler of auch importanre, a vots should botaken by yoan and nays, ‘Chio votp way 50 taken, snd resullod—170 to 83, aui then the origluol motlon as ameuded wes agradd o witiuat & division, TIE INDIAN BUREAD, Conslideration of tho bill to transfer the Indjan Bu- oAt to the War Department was remumed, Meavrs, Tawarewd (N. Y.) avd Haucock favoriug the bill, ani Mesnrs, Tufis ond Esmes spoko ugaiust it ' Tho Osfl then passo{~yeas, 133; nays, 94, It |-roviden that, after ihie Iut of July next, tho Beo~ relary of War shall exercine tho supsrvivory and upe pellate powers, ani possess the Jurlsdiction zow exer cined aud yosaira by the Becictary of the Interior in ralution to Indian affairs; that Lo shall fram tima to time miake detaila of army aticers to admunfetor the afafen of the Indfan brauch of the War Dopariments that tho commindiug oflicera of tho Goograpbizal Da: partmcota shall be ex-oficlo fu eharye of Indjan afs fairs in their depsrtmonts, and ek ill minke detalis of olliezre, including olicers ou the retired Nat, to nd- winiatee the afalre of tho Tudian rervice, and tiss the Invpertar Genorsl of the Arny shall dichiargs the dn- tien of Tnapector of Indisn Affuirs, Tho sct 18 not to Lo construed 10 authorizo an increase tn e numbor, rank, pay, or allowince of army vilicars, Al contracts for Indian supplies sud iraueportation are to Le twade i1 tho summe matiner and ot tha samo time (whore prace Lieable) an thoss for tho army, All_ religlous denami. natlon agy to enjoy & freo aud equal rigiit 1 orect sl i fntaio ciueels and acliool bulidin ou Ialan rosz- vatlons, Tudividual Indlans who liave adopted tho Lablia of civillzed llfe may breome citizens of the Unitea States without forfelting tholr rigat Lo bhoir sliare of tribal propasty, s Adjourned. CANADA. X¥miportation of European Onttle Pro- hibsted = Ruilroud Survey—Church Scundint, . Spectat Disvateh o The Chieago Tribune, Orrawa, Ajril 2L—Au extra of tho Canada Gazetle, iseucd to-dav, contains nu ordor in counuil for tho restriction and regulation of the importation of cattlo aud othor aulwals, On e connt of o coutagious discase provaillng in wany parts of Luropo impottation of ealtlo trom Larope 1 probublted, exanpt at Ilalitax, 8¢, Johm, and Quobee, Al imporiaciony through thieso ports aro to he wubject to rigid uaranhine. 1L, J. Camblo and stafl, of* the Canndtan I'a- citio Survey, lofs Ottasn last night for British Columbis, via San Irancisco, to contue uo aurveys it that provinco during tho cominy summer. Mr. Dawson, of tho Geo- lugical Burvey, will l[nm the bparty at Victoria, ‘Tho tslograph lne on the British Co- lumtna segtion of tho Pacttio {tatlway 1a to bo immefllltnlvl:lllhed o completion, Sveutt Dnguntes to the Cakano Tribune, TonoNto, April 31.—Tast ovonlug thirty of tho congrewation of Graco Church, lieformed Lplscopal, in cunjunction with a committes - alnted for that purp.gs, waltod upon the Bish- on uf ‘Toront. aud sharved the Lov, W, JI. Juues with fulushood, iutozication, and slsudor, Yo Bishow told them to formulate’ tha clinries, and ho would institate a Commission of Inquiry under the Church Disciplno act, Mr. Joues charges the Trustaes with letting the pews illo- aliy and not govormng the chinred under the provisious of {ha Chuich Towporalitios aos, POISON AND TIIE PISTOL. Torrible Double Sulclde in Phitne doiphin — Jealousy tho Nuppusea Cuausc. Diavateh to New Yore Herald, PutapeLrvui, I, April 10.—A toreible do- moatio trazady took pace in this aitv this morne mg, rnou!l(ust in tho doathi by suicide of & buge band and wife undor aroumstauces s shovking as they aro mystorfons, Ar. and Mra, Potor Schuk resided untll this marniog at No, 1602 Bouvier stroot, in a part of the N:{ callod Friuctaville. Lut [fitle was known of thom by tho noigbibors excent that the mau waw a physlcian, botn were emigrees from Prusaia, and that thoy wers lpp-muf; nell-to- do, their nonse befng furnlaned lu goou svie and tho dactor seewirg to havo goo: practico, Fhore was a disparityla the ages Of tho two, the doctor being abolt (fty yesrs old, and thy Wifo lesa than Lirenty-four, but they acemed to Hvo togathor, notwitiutanding, w” much bar- mouy and affection, A few of the moro Intl- mate of tho moithbow, howovor, Bay that in tho privacy of thoir own homo tlie Doctor ez- hibited tho wont futonse Jealousy of bLin wifo, Who was a very preliy young ludy, If thisis trus it 18 the only Ley that has beou fonnd to the mystory surrounding t3o smside of the pair, The facts atteuding tho double fungedy, to Which thero Was no wiioess, soom to be about as follows ¢ & Shortly after breakfast the doctor went into tho front parlor, wheto he found his wite Iying op o sofo suforing the most 1ntonss sgony., Qu tho tatle wasa small bottlo -which "had cou- tained prussio scid, spd was faken . from the doctor's atudy, It wos half ompty, showing n postion of tho conteits hiad bevn nwallowed by the uufortnoato womay, ‘e doctor rushed out of the houso and Jutq s Mru, Kilney's, ou tho op- Posita side of tho atrest, boggiug her, for God's bake, lo go for a physiclas, a8 his wife Liad Folmuml horgoll, Che llJy immediato- Iy loft to uump&y with the “requost, and brourlit a Dr, Crandelto tho houss, On eaterin the patlor, the Lorrible spectacls was presenta of tho wife lying on tho floor doad, as though sho Lisd rolléd oft tho sofs, aud alowgsido of bier Iay ber husband, atso dead, with a butlot wound over the hoort, Ope of Lis hauds .wag pointed towarda the wife, while batwoon thom Jay o way- ea-shootor Derringar, Thoe supposition ls ihat moon aftor having ro- quested Brs. Kiluey to go fora bysicisy for Luu wife the doctor had returncd & the parlor, aud findiog bis wife anthe floor desd, bad, in & moment of uugovernable excitoment, fired the tatal shot which ook iy OWI) Lte. No explsustion was left ta show tho causs which ioduced the wifo to boison berself. Iu thodiniug-room the broske {ast tablo wad stili sot, showing they had par- takon of that mea! ogothor. A couple of fat. tors writtou fo Clorman_were found, one of Which was from a Now York sofioor, From Yhat can bo ascertained thoro s reaxpn fo ho- lieye thut while the Lusband traated his wifo with vuiform Kindnesa in public their biekeriugas tbrougl jealousy In private wero frequens, A brotlser of sho lady livod with them, bus, beng ymployed ab the Centeunigl grouuds, way sbusu} Whon the aifair oconerod. ———— The NWew York Zerald publishos et of chuieh sud othor property "l’l Now Yfll"kfl‘::mp‘ {row toxabiou. It shows that 50,000 lote, valug at §126,117,000, pay 6o tayes &0 the nupport of tbe City Goveruwent, e coss of gy to the Iamps kept burning before the churohys ab the ¢xpenss of tho city is 50,000, ~ FOREIGN, Additlonal Advices of a Threatening Natare from (he Turkish Provinees, Russta, Austrio, and Germany Said to Fayor Non-Iatorvention, Tho Tarkish Troops Faring Dadiy in the' Herzegovinian Cumpnign. Debate In tho Sponlsh Cortes on the Religlofis Clauses of {ho Cone stitutlon, Remarks of Membors of the Minstry Fors- shadow @ Liberal Polioy, TURKEY. FOESH NEGOTIATIONS, Benvuin, April 2. —Austria has initiated tresh nogatintions with tho great lowers as ta the propor couras to bo pursued ff the presont st~ tompta for the pacification of the Turklsh prov- lucos prove fraitless. -~ TURRIAN DEVERSES, Ragraa, Apri! 21.—A second attempt to ro- liove Nicslo has algually falled, and the Turks sro fo full rotroat. Tho {neurgonts gainod a vory decidod advantago, and beat back ths ene- my with considerable loss. Boveral of the in- Burgent coluinns are pursning, and it fs bellavod that tho Mukbinr's army will be destroyed. CONIRADICTORY REFORTS, Loxnoy, April 21,—Iutelligence has boon re- colved at Vienua that the Herzegovinlan insure onts, in consaquance of the modiation of Baron todich and intorvontion of Montenegro, mill agrec to a Zfurthor auspansion of hastilities for thresgwooks. Contradictory roports, how- ever, aro current. Itia agseried thas moorher ‘)flmx"“"" is aboutto march fotho relief of icalo. NEUTDALITY. Loxnox, April 22—5 p, m.——Tha Borlin corrae spondont of the Standard says tuformation comon from variouns rolisble quarters that Co:nt Zichy, the Austrian Ambassador at Constanil- noplo, Liss handed tho Grand Vizinr auothor nole from Count Andraagy espocislly siing to the uegotiationa botwoon Laron Rodich and tho In- surgont Chiefs, Austris and Ruasia at firsi dif- fared in regard to the claims of the juaasgents, tut & comprom:ao was offectod, in consequenca of which Austrin bas been sgaio charyed with the duty of comwunicatiog the viows of both Powern to tho Porte, Theso viows ste gonerally supported by Germany, It is thoughs in Borlin* thnt the Powora have agreod Lo abstain from ine terferiug, aud to conflua the struggle to the Bal- kau Povinsuia, LATEST, Loxnon, April 22—5 a. m.—A dispatch to ihe Runa.an Tolegraplue Agency says i1t is not true thut Rnexia Lias ssxed tho Porio to nogohiato with tho fnaucgonts, Rissis, on boing asked whetuor sho woald cantiuuo to advise tho jn- surgonta to lay down their arms, rn|xhcd sho woutd ooly do so if tho ‘lurk- ish local smlioritios wore ompoiered to diecuds tho gnarantees demanded by tho insurgents. Tho Ports naving rejecte those dewunds, and doolarod the Audriss pro- Frammo oxbmustod, sasumed the respousl- bility of the bivod ahich muy be shed, sud of all the events connocted with thia oriss, Moukntar Pasha I8 now surrounded on tho Plain of Gutehi, ‘Tha Timer correspondont tolegraphs from Borhn, “No crouit 18 stven Lera (o the foport that Aostouogro hes doclared war sty Tarkey.” A Vionns dispatch reporta that Sorvia hns puzchused 2,000 horses in Uungary. e Sor- Viat, Mimsier of War Lok deslarod tbat no porson linblo to wintury duty will bo allowod to quit tho conntry, A special from Dorlin statos that Count Androssy, Ju s noto to tho \Western Powers, fives an account of the varioua measures alteady taken to racoueilo the Porto and tusure goeutd, o proposes froslr negouations with a viow to o common undorstandiog 88 to bow far the demamnly of the insurgonts can be suppuried at Coustautinople, — SPAIN, THE RELIGIOUA DEBATE IN THEB CORTZSH, Mapnm, April 2L.~Souor Ullao, the lender of the Constitutioual opposition, attacked the pro- posed Coustitution in thoe Cortey to-day, Ilo asked tho . Governmont whothor dis-enting chapels, wchools, cemoteries, snd publications would enjoy full liberty, and whetuer Catholi: clam would romdn an indwpensable qualifica- tion for parsous wiening Lo euter thie publio Hetvice, A mombor of the msjority ropliad that tho Qoverument would gran, equal livorty to Prot- eatanty und Catholics in Fegard to chapels and cewsterien. Othor pcints would boroafror be the object of apecial organie laws, dictated by s Liboral, prudent, and common-senko spls.b. Inilueutial mombere of the Moderate party declared that Quoon Isabolla aud Queon Chrintine will soon roturn to Spaln, aud remdo 1m the Palaco of Aranjucz. ———— GREAT BRITAIN, GBEAT FIRE IN QLABIOW, Qrasaow, April 21—Midpight.—A firs broke out to-night on Buchauan strest, one of ths princips. Hiorousl:fzigy of tho city, A wholo #quara vt buildings1a now burning, Tho flumes Lere taachad tho oftico of the Glasgow Zerald. All tho available engiues aro g work, but pro- ducs littlo offoot, i —_— FRANCE, VICTORIA, PAms, April 21,—Quoen Viotorls arrived to- day aud proceeded to Chorbourg, o her Way to England, Presudent MaoMation paid bor his rospecty, EXONERATED, JEFYCRSONVILLE, Ind., April 21,—A meoting of tho Board of Prison Diractors ws held this morning to try Warden Howard on the follow- fug obarges : Drunkennegs, ' profaulty, sianing against the Jloly Gnost, and minor chargey pro- forred by the Nev. J. L. Qay, the moral fu- structor, Gay sppesred bofora tho Joard through his attornoy, Judge Jewsit, gnd asked leave to withdraw tho charges on fla, whioh was granted ou condition that Gay would filo & cortifled copy that he wag misled, and that thero was uo truth in bis charges, whioh Lo pgread to do through Wis attornoy, The Hoard has fully oxoneratod Warden Howard, and it was tho uoaoiuaud opinion of the UBoard that, for tha Pproservation of good ordor and discipling of the rison, the Nev, J. L. Gay be removed from hie ollice of Moral Instruotorof the Hiate Priscn South, Tha Board then elocted the Roy. N, F. loring, Bothodiat minister of Liagogsgo, as his HUOCouEr, — SUICIDE. psotal Duvatch (o I'As Chloaoo Tyuna. Detgoiz, Mich, April 3L—A young man namod Wiillas Oralman, who for several monthy has shown uumistakeable signa of Insanity, committed - suicide to-day by shooting Limaelf in the head, Auvold Gorman st Groenfleld, named John "Meonlog, tiod of domosiis brolly, bung hlmyelt y-uutdly.‘ « Svecial Disvalch to The Chieaas Tyibuns, l')mvu.wl Ui, Apnl 31.—F. M, ‘Hawlay, the Yulnn wha leaved, 1o a it of inaanity, from the bird story of the Et. Jamon Hotel, laat night, ag tol aznghud you, died from the sffecty of (he {all withio threo Lours. His remajos will bo sakon to Chicago for intermgnt, —————— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Bpeetot DDAtk to The Chicago Tribune, Cprcturaty, Apnl 3l —Sixteen thoywand dol- lats y siiver wera given oup to-day from tho Bub-Tressury in exchango fop postal ourrenoy, sud $12,000 yestorday, Tho banks sre Rrabbing it with the hopo of gotting & promium on it. There is nd doubt that maov poople will bioard i, A vigorous protest hay bean seus (o Congresy by the tobacco mauufacturers of this clty againag tho proposed ohange ig the law that tho Esstern foike 1u tho samo lins have buon cooking up, w0 foreo the ** tiu-foll business™ on lll)xu:knws. dpecrat Lnavateh: ta Khe Chiceon Triputie, Jotgr, IiL, Apryt 23 ~The supyal moeting of tho lliiwols Pross Assoclation will bo beld 1 thid eiyon the Oth, T, wod Bib of Juue noxt. ‘Ture will be uo exoursion, nuleas It ba » irip ou the to Grand ifaven or Milwaukea. I'reparatigue are Lelug mado for the proper ro- oontion and entertainniant of the Association white fioro. ) et Dispateh to The Uhfenas 1ridumns, Manisox, 1 Anrl 31L.—The Qavernor has aspomted J. dwards, of Vinneoonne, aa Timbor Agont for tho Fifth Diatrict, comprising Waod, Portage, Waupaca, Shawanos, aud Outa= guinis Oountes, S ectut Duateh o TAe Chtaas Tridtd, Seursorieno, N, Apnll 21.—A short-lorn enttla malo of Iending donfors fn Contral Nifinofs in to bo hold at wuo fale grounds baro May 2, 3, 4,800 5, About 300 gead will be offared for salo, SAN Fasciaco, Cal., Aoril 41.—~Thoe coal and stores of the Pacitio Mafl Comoanv wers st- ‘l‘nclmd by ihe Panama Lisilrosd Comvauy to- 8y, A.T. STEWART & CO. Nirs, Ktewart's Traustor to Judge ilile ton Exploined. Nese York World, Avril 20, A great doal of gossip I8 currout at the clahs and amoug tho merchants fn rolation to the trauator of Mru. A.'T. Blowart's mteross in bor tato husband’s businoss to ox.Judze IHonry Iilton, Dr, darey, Mr. Btewart's physician, Lins boon Intimatoly connected with Mr. Stowart for tho past fow years. and has on soveral occas sfous accompanied Lim on his trlps to Europe. Dr. Marcy anid yestorday that Mrs, Stesrars way porfectly compatont to trsusact any business counoctod with bor husband's to, She was, he added, 8 Inds bighly cultivated and ace fumotinncd. though of & very rotleing disposl~ 1on, In rogard to the supposed suddon tfanafor of her intarest fn ber husband's business and {n the real ostato, nilis, and factories antaide of New York, thioro was & perfoot understanding betweon Mry, Stowart and Judgo Ililton. No ono auteide of the partlos interosted could or need kuow of tho wishos or intontfons of Mr. Stowart. ‘s Although ©1,000,000 may scom. s small sum of monoy for tho transfor of this inlorest,” cou~ tinued Dr. Marcy, “vet it s asum (sofar I kuow) that was fized typon by Mr, Stowart b~ gell some timea provious to his death, it boiug his oxpressed wish that Judge Hilton' should stop tnto place eo asto perpacuate the namo of the flan aud rullove his wifo from all barrassing cara which must otherwiso nave fallon upon ber. Ho hiad the proatost cunl“lenco in s friond ond “legal adviser, ® knowing a8 ho did, that " duting the long parlod thoy ind boon sssocinted, Judgo Hilton wasaman of undoubted bonor and integrity, aud prouonnced by all who Luew Lim to be s sound lawyer. Had Mr. Htesars ou any time caught bis friond in an acc of docelt, dishouesly, or waut of houor, ho Would have been thrown adnfen ao jnstant. Mr, Blowart had groat dis- cainmout of human nature; no one could judgs mora coriectly of & man’s disposition or charac- ler. 'Thora woro many rcasoua why Mr, Stowart dId not publiels to tuo woild through his will bis plane io rogard to the disposition of bis proper- ty eithor for chasitablo or other purposos. It was swiiclent tor hin to koow and truse in bis wife aud friond. fad Judgo [Hlton wob atapped into Mr, Btowart's shoos tho large concern could not bave gnno along as 1t bad done, and on the pay-rolls there worn 9,600 employes to ba ocon- sidered, the majonty of whom bad familics to sauport, M:s. Btowarl could not carry on the busindes, and It was nover {atendod ste shoutd, 1t was cortalo that Mr, Btewart's partnor coutd tut coutinuo to run the businosson uls own capital sud iuterost in the bueiness, though lumselt & vory rich mao, I know that Mr. Btowsrt had alivava standing to bis own crodit at the bnaks 3,000,000, 6o thst he could mithstand simos: aus business panlo or disaster. It can thorefore bo readily Boen why Mr, Btewart ox- prosued tho wishes bo did, * The axtont of r. Stowart's proporty hela in tho wholesalo and retail atoros 1s groatly ex. aggora:od. £lo kept 1o more stuck on hand than i roslly noocssary for ¥o largo & conaorn, He bought chenply for cash, sold promptly for cuab, pud whon any goods wore ikely to hang upon his hauds ~thay wero marked down and qgmokly disposed of, One of lug charitaple plane wag the estabish- mont of mills and factories In Roohos~ tor and Hompstoad, ead othor places by which the mecuanic might advance imaoif by bis judustry,—for ho was n bater of paupors,— sud thore 1y ot tho slightost doub bus that Judee Hilton will continue to carry out his iauy, o8 bo cal 8 thom, a8 it Mr, Btewart livoa, '8 18 oue oxplunstion to the letter addrassed fo s wife. Ouly o fow doys befors bis dosth ho spoke to mo in_roforenco to tho Hymo for tho Working Girls. In {hat convor- soton Lo eaid thet the building would bo pushed forward Lo complotion at onco andoceuplod, He maid, *Tsud Hil.on lave do. cided upon s plan 3 carry out my intention, Four rooms, 61396, aro 1o bo flsted up in good style, one ns & reading-room, oue for ednea- tioun! purposos for tnodo who - desire it, anocher Tor mueic, and snotber for dancing, leolures or ontortuinonts, which the girls 1aay wish for thotusolves und fricnds, ‘The wholo building," gonttuucs De. Marcy, **is to be furmsbod with black wainut and ‘marblo, snd made a8 com- fortablo &+ possitde. The gitlsuro to pay 32and $18 woei for tho use of their rooms, according o pluce, and food 1s to be furnisbied for thom at oudt prico, Whataver sarplus monoy romaing ofter paving for attendanco 14 Lo £o towardy ed~ tublislang o winking fund, so a3 to leasen tho oust of Hving, Already I know $3,000,000 bava beou spout un the buitding, sud £500,000 are to ba speut 1 furnishing it. The building will ac- commodata 2,000 persons with leoping spart. monts. Ty ia auother of Mr. Btowars'n plaoy, sud in this vay be wae auxious to affosd charity 1o the hnmbler closues,” Dr. Maroy then went on to give alr, Btewart's roasonn for taking Judge thiton wto bis contl- duuca in profoieuca to his nartuor, Mr. Libboy, Mr. Butler, or Mry, Stowart's brotlier, Alr. Olinety, Which wera of & porioust usturo, o eald that My, Stewart liad s very l“fi:d fortuuo at hor dispoeal, and a8 e himself 1o blood rela~ tion of hia own, 3r, Blowart gave her absolute coatrol, and 8o could provide for her own vola- tivos. aud mako euoh chasitavlo bequents a5 she wight tunk 0% under - the couysel - of ~Judge Hilton, Dr. Maroy concludod that le had ovory romson tg balleve tuat Mr, Btowart's urnlmny wauld ho Elrunmly disposed of, aud that it would bo soen 18, Stewart way & woman of much intelligoneo aud forothought, and that Judga Hilton would .pever botray tha great trust roposed In Liim, the moro Bo becanse he was nos fottersd by any lagal copditions, or teehnicalities in catrylng out Mr, Btowart’s lant beheuts, Aew Vork Herutd, Avril 20, Mr, William Libboy, of the Brm of A, T. Btew- art & Co., explainod to n Herald repostor yes- terday thal badechped to give auy further 1ufor- wation relative Lo tho formation of the new firm, exaept turt it was made iu compliance with the mislies of Mr. Blowagt, Which wero sully exprossad, disoussed and sottlod yoars ngo. Ar. Btewars named the smount to bs paid, and providsd for it, Evory wiah oxpressed by tho deceasod mercaant will bo strictly compliod with, . ‘Lho pressns status of the fiym osnuos be so- curatoly dotermined 8o {ar as &g tho figures of tho amount of oanltal +iuvested mnor tho asount of stack op band ju New York, in the mills or in transitu, becayso tho {n- vontory comuienced immadiately after the desth of Mr. Htawart ks not yot beon complated. An 1uventory of the ook in the wholesals, jobbiug, aud raall dopartmonts and the free and bonded warehioutos In New York, whon taken soms four yours ago, showed an segrogate vatustiou of abous $47,000,000, Tho flzn bave dealt prinoi- cipally io goods for whioh thuy Liad psld cash, . 1t believed that the goods sold by them on gomutiaslou in lata yeara Las not roished mors than § por cont on the smouyt of toal frapsac- tons, ‘Domeetics wezp boughs from firat bands aud not manufactured by the house, During tha heavicat gales in the yoary of the. War of the Rabellion, when ths total veccipta for the twelve mionths footed up $70,000,000, the saloa of wilks resched nearly 10,000,000, or 8bout 0uo-sovonth of the businead of tho bous Fram thie figures given sbays and the oxprowsed opiuions of the membors of the irsde, tha siount of capitpl juveyted by the fiym ia about gg‘ggg.ggg. MEGOURE 80RI0 Placo It ap Lugh as (1-: en City Iu to ba compleiod fn accordance with the Juet quk given soma monshs ago, aud » carialn deaig 0rtion ‘of the profits of the firg; arg fo be lpme_d yestly to certain charitable purr;tl)‘u» Ahpt bave baen anmu by Alr. Stowart, aud from thass {nelructiops, they baving beea fully discusasd and gatsled upon by s, Btawart aod Ly advisers, shesa will nat bo thio slightest devistion, ——————r—— 'ruunk'“fiod I:lm he snp;u:l: Ffi"l’l. Washangtan Letfor lo Clevgland Plawdealer, Mys. Galncs said sematbivg” to-dsy whioh strougly reminded mo of Ethan Allen, Bho is vory deal, hut saerihes hor geataess (o s fal], Of courss it can't ba Irom 9xe, bacausa e fsn't miuch ovar 70, A fnogd W 8 songratulating hor upon tho lste docision of 1he Suprewe Gourt. 8he " Iaughed—that hearty which oyery gne who kpows Mpg will alweys remeigber —and ay course L' glad] You know I'don’s heay ver; rondily, 80 0ne of my lady frieds bad to to In;“ll::)llfltzll‘l‘oll, aud whn&I board Lt I jusk waul k8t dawn 0g my kuecs right ther aud sayy VTuank God] Ang - th© ity Cours 1™ Doown't 1hat wound s litsio like Lthau Allen? Ho assooiated *ilio Groat Jehovie sud tho Contineatal Cunyreas,” shough 1ot in 80 dovous & spint &s our luly trisnd. laugh Glhf“u BOSTON. Martha Washingtons and High Teases The Moaning of the Kettle- Drum., Amma Dickinson’s Dehut ot the Globy Thentres--Varlous Oplntons, The “Mighty Dollar"—Dom Pedro Coming to Boa Longfellow and Whittlor, ‘From Oitr Oion Correspandent, BostoN, Apsil 18.—Martha Washington partiey and high teas are at the prosont ** the raga ™ i tho way of entertalnments, public and private,~ tho former unlting both the pnblis Centounial entarpriso and tho private sociatiility, The pri. vato " Marthn Washingrons,” as they are oallad, Aro protty affairs, and givo thoe fom.aine love of masqueratiug free vont. Dat I'm much mis. taken if wodon's got mick enongh of all thiy rovolutionary costuming before tho year 18 ovor, It romiuds ono of tho Dolly Varden fover, You couldn’t go to any sort of fuformal entortsin. ment ' during that fever without halng met by a bewildering confusion of bunch. ed-up tlowered yowns and bobby little bows, You go{ato ono of thuso * Martha Washing. tous," and s good deal of iha same patiorn of confumon greeis you. Powdored and pulled iair, puftod slosvos, and bunchy mkirtd. The othor night, st ono of thoss parties,—a privata party,—4 protiy gicl iad the coursgo to carry out tho whola fasulon of that day, even tothe Looned potticont, Most of tho dress is mod- ernized 8o far as that goos; but this young woman sproad out her exiris in tho old-fashion- od manuor, that old piotures and Dinke presonts to us, and,. with . A BUORT SATIN DETTICOAT AND CLOCKED STOOE- a8, * ' with s palr of rosetiod slippers on tho pretty foat, the offost was vorr charming. Tuo pri- vato patiios, of courso, ate for tho fun of .the thing, and tho principal festurs is the old- fashioued dress, One laay, huwover, oarrlod out the anclont programme of introdacing a big punch-bowl—thiuk of that sudaoity in thross prohibition davs—well-filled with—virtuous Chi. cago tay apara her - inveotives—lemonade ! O&mr olld ways were copiod in tanle dmunties,— thio ususl aalad aud oyator olng laft vut, ‘Thie publio ** Martha Wauhlngtoos ¥ are apo- cies of fairs, tho funds ‘employed for the fur- therance of that biggest tair of all—tlie Philadol- phia affair ! **LIGU TEAS " ARE TAKING TUE PLACE OF KET- TLE-DILUMS, 1 bavou't fonnd auvbody yob who know what was the moaning of the former appollation ; ana not ono tn & bundred chat know that the lattor camo [rom tho kettlo-drum boat, which announ- cos tho roll-call of the aftornoop Amongst the ZEnglish troops stationed at the various mititary towna, But'wo may sately cunclude that thors is yory littlo mpsning ono way or anotper a, bigh tea. boyoud prabably a joke or accident, Tho tolug itsolf, as o multer of social life, 18.a nood doal or sitogather on the kettlo-drnm ore der, Outside of Bostan, whora It s not so sany tocall an intorasting party of peoplo togethor, wuore thoio aro uo gieat baws 1n the way of lions to offor, thoso kettlo-druma aro degouoruting from their onginel simplicity into whut it would bu wafo to call bigh-fovus, It baviog boen found, [ supposo, that poopla il 20 ahovever they van be fod woul, oven though thoy aro nos drawn by tho list of fno uames, or at loast a groat mnjority of poople, thoso taoles Aro pprest with **ovary luxire of the season,™ 84 tho pircaso goes. In'this wav the kottlo-drum and he fngh ter will go audoer presoutly, for Pouplo cau tess aford tue expeuso of olaoorate feasts than at any other time provions. Itis prucisely in thia manuer that all onr soaisbility declines, for thoro aro comparatively fow people who cau keop up, or who want to keep np, cero- wmonioud visiting, 1 uoard of & lady tho other day who proposed Lo insugnrate TUL OLD-FASUIUNED TEA-PARTY OF OUR GRAND- . MQTUELS, Inyiting tho Iadies to an afturnoon visit by them- selves, to bo followed o littlo Iatos by the gan- tlomon,—the husbauior whoover, Lut the cys. tom 0r'G and 6 o'clock dinuus will intorfor with thig, probably, Iv would soem, howover, as if wo night got sama goud uut of thie Coutennial- tsm bosidud the fun of masqueradiug. Now oor- toinly 18 au admirable tiwe 1o bogin to copy sim- picitien, for everbody Is practiciug cconomy, snda gond many are practiciug s perfarco of uocossity. Onuprn of tho moolal lifa proper. the arts and awnsowonts lourish evou in theso dull days. The expoctod sousation is Anua Diclln- #ou's debut at tho Glove ''heatra on tho Bth of May, Kuowing oncs say that hor pluy, writton by boraoif, entilod * Anna Bologn,™ 1 full of firo”. aud * poser, but lacking i wprit,— tho gpirlt of * go " aund sparkle, Howover, it seoms b littlo jucongruous ond inconxistent to look for sparklo amidst nuch scenos as must bo broughit forth yuder that tislo rolo, I think the gonoral opiion 14, smongat hor frionds, that, though they look unon he nnderenklog st chis Into dav a8 hazardous, yet thoy ars couvinced that it wasloevitablo,—shat sho nover wonld bays beou contonted to have ‘“lot tha staga alone," Anotbor individual opinlon which inpressod me wos this ' ANNA DIORINSON KNOWSY PERFECTLY WIAT aus b A8 UNDENTAREN, I am convinced that sho will be ton timog as of- fectivo on the stage us the platform, Bhe will bo another Janauschok * y Aud thig not feom s porsonal frisnd, but from & oritiol Aud g0 we ull aro v .uiting impatlontly for tha Bth of ay, to seo what wo shull voe. * Punl Rovoro" kooj s on at the Muvons, and out-of-towners osjeaally flock to-rog it. I Hoeios to by **thothing” that strangors oxpoct themselvos to do,—that and the Coutennisl art oxnibibion ou Boylslon stroat, 5 Qeorgo Iluuey as tha Globo thinos as Percy Pendragen v *° Marrisdn Haste,” Alr, Oheuoy made a dacidoed hit {n getting Mr, Hanoy for bis star thts yosr, ‘Lho (Hobo was nover o popular 88 now.” Everybody, Lowever, miusscs Owon - Mailowe, . Poor feliow, bio 18 prabably. dying at tho Masgachuscits Jlospital, At last accounts L neemed to bo ravidly alnking. ~ fiis discaso 19 of tho lunyd, and the spocially cald spring aftor the opon winter, {0 one unsccustowed to our eant wivds, Wad too mmch for lum, with his l-lnslu-h Lably of lito aund cousutution, Ha is #ald to he a very ammmag Tellow oft tho stage,— a'groav den! lu the Zallol Champneys Yoin, cqol, ey, fnsauctanst, Tha actors miss Lim, an 83y b groat many kind things of bim, [uore Iy noazcely the broath of hope that hio will slruugle mmuuh. bug wlulg be Ungers thore {5 sull tuas Do, Maud Qranger, wha took pretty Lilian Con- way's place at tha Globs, is very muoh admired personally. Bhe ia a littls heauty In herdnfanting faghion, Bk her voica ia tlat, and lLor acting tawe, Bhe has gouo back (o Now York. affet ber briof sesson hera, leaving ouly s little r.p- wvla of rogrot in tho hoarts of mundry youttful, sdmirors; while the charwing Liliau is yot ar- dontly *Jooked for snd longnd for ¥ b{ thess samo yppug men who ueed to apend their onrae fngs on thora barps, and wreaths, and baskuts ot flawars which wero wvanably piled up to hor wast oyacy gvecing, Hoston ‘did nov flock to hear *Tho Mighty Dollar" In great crowds the first uight. Probably the followiog nights will *dzaw Jn." That ia cautlons Boston's way, AND NOW WE ABE GOIXG TO UAVE AN EMPZROR VISIT U, The Emperor of Drsail {s coming to Doston, ** gortalu sure.” Lo fw comiug to soo Longs follow mod Whittier more than auythig oles! He [2u's going to be tated about to vikt Bunday- scbools, aud grammar-schools, and school-sbips, and tho Jike of that—~uot if he can holp js. Ho's Juat comlug heors on his own book, and ho's Rolug to tue- Bruuewiok, the proltiost private mlw:n?‘lln Lotat th&t.h‘a kvr‘.?uwn?y also ’nu: saw, ha's K to ¢ take bils meals rogular, and not to bgam«?mod out of his digostion ; and thea he's goiog to Loogfeiiow, the poot of Lioart, tho man of sll othos that'Lie asked foron Lus arrival. Fauoy, Becretary Twb's foolings when ho turood awsy from all the gloriea of our lovely Goverument with that oo Tequast, 4! WHELE'S LONOFELLOW " Imagins Prosidest Graut goiug over fo Vi torin's Kingdom aud saying to Disraoll, ** Wheie's Tonunyson 7" . Well, thore's hopo for Dom Pedro'a people. Thoy've got an Fwperor who evidentlv kuosa whora the fret poclaty really 1 to be waugbt who ovidautly has anotber ides than that of & vopular soversignty or fupe.iu sovereignsy, thai of the sovarelguty of calture sud gonius. Tuora's ouo twiog, 1f Lo want's to svs Whitser bo'il have 2 go ta Aim. For that sbhyost of men would ;-’ie su early do‘r-rmu £rom bu de old Marlboro hioude aud tlee to tho Amesbury . [ 1f lio got the alightent bint that be was 10 bo sammunud **to aoo tho King." And theu there would be nothing for Dom Pedro to do byt 4o go down to that quiot lttle home ou the Morrimack, and hobuol with the muwple old over his fuvorite boverago—a cup Agl b