Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1876, Page 2

2 ) ‘'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MAY <2, 1876 te-Loague revolt in 1874, and whase ‘g:\cgh::ondnc on that occasion won forhim tho Fiiattation and good will of thiscommunity: Judge iiram R. tecle, an apright, honorable gentleman, ‘who holfed Morey's nomination in 1874, nni thero. by occasioned his defeat; and Col. Geor| William- pon, of Caddo, who served the Confederate cause Jaithfully ducing the War, and Joined the Repud- Jican party in 1872, and Ia now nited States Min- ster to the Contral American Btates, Buthming the whola matter ap, however, the bability ix, that the Repablican nominee will be ither Warmoth, Anderson, or Packard, or roma an whom Packard will name, in case he doss nob jeam it adyleabic to run himself, On thh Domocratic slde, the contest for the omination will be gulte as warm it is on tho Fu ublican side. Thero Aro at least a dozen candls nn(;:w, Probably tha first In strength Is the greal Claimant, COL. JonN u‘nwznrl the whone felends nesert that ho fa anfitled to be the standard-bearer of hia party fn the c"m‘nf ml:" yilgn, in conslderation of the great fight he hus ade in their Interest dnring the past 0"?)‘!:‘“‘v and in order that ho may be afforded the opportu- ity at the ballat-box to vindicate the Justice of his clafms. Col. McEnary's l:rlnclpnl steengih will come from the country, but be fs not “;’t gud sirong and infinontial bicking (n tho city, heade Uy Congressman B, dohn ks, his Jaw-purtuer and warm peraanal friend. ‘The next strongest candidate Ia RX-MAYOR LOUIS A, WILTZ, . ‘whoge strength, 1 am inclined tobelicve, will come for the most pnrt from tha city, Indeed, the pa- tronage of the City Governmoni, 80 far as it can bo {nflaenced by ita sbleat and principal oficer, Maj. E. A. Barke, Administrator of tho Department of Fmprovementa, 18 being naed in the Interest of Mr. Wiltz. This gentleman is, however, met by a very bitter hostllty {n some quarters, —it being charged 10 hin account that, na Mayor of New Otleans, he wubmitted tamely to tho *'Kellogg usurpation during tho first two years of ite cxistence, when ho micht poanibly, by tekiog a heroic_and patriotic stand, have asslated the McEnery Govern- Jnent to sotid ground, It ls oven eaid of him that, ) 1: Kellogg's order,—or, waras atill, upon l’mchbnck's,—he tarned the McEnery Legislature out of doors from the City Conucil Chamber, where that, peripatetic body lisd temporatily ansconced Staclf, and thus saved his own ofiicial head. Fur- Ther, 'It is #aid that he acted fn bad falth with Mc- Knory when he went into the Leglalature as Speak- or, oxpecting to reach the oflice of Governor him- gelf through successivo impeachmonta of Kelloeg, Antolne, otc. He b+ also charged with an exhibi- tion of bad tasto at the timcof the compromise, when Eetllotto was elected Speaker over him. Mr. Wiltz is the man who usurped the ofiice of Speaker at the oreanization of the Leglsla- tore, Jan, 4, 1876: but that, fact is placed to his dlt by the Democratic party. et candldates are A thick as Dlackberrles; tmt_ Mesars. McEnery and Wiltz ate In the lead, Avith the chances in favor of McEnery, TUB PROSPECT. With a falr election, 1 have not A donbt that this Flate wonld go Republican nextfall, This opinion is based upon the fact that the consus-cnumerstion of 1875 tliows a_majority of colored over white people in the State: that mil the colored people nd some thoneands of whites are ~ Hepub- rlc:mn, and other thousands of the whites are mliens’ and non-voters; and, further, that, during the past few years, before and eince the ‘consus- enumeration, there liaa been n great fnflux of col- nred people to the rich botton-Jands of this State Trom Geargls and other poor localities. Dut the uestfon 88 to whether we nre to hare a fair clec- on or not 1a veiled In considerable obscurity. 1 amnota ‘‘bloody-shirt™ correspondent, 1Tave endeavored to keep within the bounds of trath in Eny statemente, and within the range of probabili- o y in my prounostications, I feel sat- Gcd, from ~what has occurred slready in this * campairn, that either ~one or the other of two things will occar: Efther the Re- ublicans will allow the election to go by default, B¥Hhe comine potitical campatzn will b marked an 1he bloodiest that ever vceutred In this State,—a tate which hns never sitained great eminence for ta peaceful olections, either befuro or mince tho ar. SOUTIERN CONSERVATISM. 1t will not, in my oplufon, iake much differcnce svho the Republicans nominate, Mr. Packard, who does not clalm popularity with the White League; or_Gov. Warmath, who Icd the Fuslon arty (n 1872, and whoso ains, if any, wero con- oned at that timo by the Demotrate: or Gen. Tux- oy, who has mever heen in politics, and who nown 1o bo a coneclentious, upright, conervative citizen; or Scnator Andefson, & _native of the Bonth; or fhe Devll hiimeclf, wonld all run about the eame, £0 far s getting votes ontido of tha tepublican party I concerncd. Those who were om North wauld be **carpet-baggers,” and the athers **scalawazs, * and that wonld finfeh them. 3t fs n mistake to muppose that there exisis in the South such o thing ué o Conservative Demo- crat who may Do wou over fo the Republican party, During ten gears apentin the South 1 havo inot thousands of Rtadical Whito-Leaz crtawho think §t **a dog-gono shame B '* carpet-bavgor " slmply because he fs & Yankee," or to shoot -‘niggers™ *‘just to see them Lick;" but 1 have yet to come across tho first Conservative Democrat, —one, for instance, who would be willini ‘to' turn out to_ coforce the Jawa against White-Leazue aarauders, and vote for Mr. Dristow for Presi- dent. THR MISSISSIPPI POLICY TO HE ADOPTED, The recent affalrs at Coushatta and West Feli- clana indicate that the conduct of the campaizn will be hander over to the Whito-League, and that 2 policy will be framod aimilar to that adopted 1a Manierippi Inst year, These affaira Lnve been fally detalled by tele- ropl; but It ls gratitying to Telata that Senator Biftcholl. who was shot once In the ight arm, twice in (o left urm, once fa the ip, and onca in tho back of the neck, while in a skill, at_Conshat- 1a, by & man armed with a Winchestor rifie,—and whoie left arm has sinco been amputated, —is, 1hanks to 3 vlgorous constitation and good inoral habita, rapldiy recovering, aod will probably oceu- gy his seat In the Benate pext yesr. cpator “citchell, though quito a young man, was quite tadly disflgured in the facc, before, by's wound ro- ceived In the battle of the Wilderness, while serv- ing in the Unfon army, —causcd by & ball entsring Tis cheek ond passlng through bis head. e was Jeft on the field for dead, bub almost miraculounly recovered. Ile can nowgo Gen. Dadger seversl etter sa to wounds. The Senator has no partica- 1ar resson to_love hits constituents, as, during the pastwo years, tho nave killed bin brotier and wo brotlicrs-tn-law at_Coushatts, besides wonud- Iog him aa 1 have di cd. crib Banzs. CRIME. PRODBABLE HOMICIDE. #8pecial Dirpatch to The Tridune. Proria, N, May 23.—During an altercation early this morning between a conple of roughs pamed respectively John Gilmore and Dan Cave- wsngh, the latter drew n dirk-knife and stabbed the former about five times In the breast and ab- domen, Inflicting deep and terrible Injurics, Both rln{esw:m ‘mort: of less drunk, and had been in he habit of qunn’%lnl whenever they met. The row took place at Gilmore's honre on” Gay street, #ad originated over & girlto whom Cavenasugh was sttentive, wnch againgt the wishea of Gilmore. Cu’enaufih claims that Gilmere hit Wim over the head with a hatchet, and provoked the rtabbing, ‘but as both parties are unrellable and notorionsly bard cases no credence is attached 1o sny state- enty they ruake. Gilmore is slowly dylng, and wensugh s lyiog tn the County Jail, A NICE POINT. Apecial Dispatch to Tha Tribune. SPRINGPIZLD, Mans,, May 23.—There wan & caso of nice discriminstion in the adminlatration of Sustice n this clty to-day. Mm. J. D. King, who plesded gullty on four indictments for larceny, was wllowed to go scot free, whilo her husband, wha merely received the solen poods, was sontenced to 1en year in the State Prison. The Court nacer- Encd that King waa s Eml’culunxl thief who used young wife a4 & too! i OFFICIAL IRREGULARITY. ATLANTA, G8., May 23.—Yesterday the Grand Fury found & truc bill againat the late State Treas- arer (Joues) for {llegally withholding mouey from the Btato to the amount of £110,274, Jones wuy srrested and required to givo bond for §10,000. The bond is not yet given. BURGLATNY. Spe rpalch te The Tribuna Ortawa, Ill, May 23 —Thieves entored the aidence of Mrs, B. W. Grigge, last evening, and klleved her of §25 or $30 In silver, 8 check on & nk for $75, and genersl articles of clothing. veral persons have buen arreated on suspicion. THE BMISSISSIPPI MUSS, NEw Onruass, May 23 —The Picayune says: 2VThore were twenty-nine ne; s killed i Wilk- 2""‘ Coauty, Mlss,, during therecent disturbance ore. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Nxw Youx, May 23.—Arrived, steamships The Queen and Abyssinla, from Lirerpool, and Ho. Hyia, from Glasgow, Xpox, May 23, —8teamships Donan and Cana- 5 urlxr), h-;{u mj;ed ‘X‘Lx At AILADELYUIA, Pa., May 23, —Arsive am. ahip Tagus, from Liverpuol. & veeNaTows, Moy 23, —Steamship Egypt, from New York, has arrived, MoviLLy, May 93, —Stesmee Californts, from New York, has arrived, Tho Cost «f & Jouruey Up the Nile, Ts Les. Dr. Heary 0. Porter tn New York Evening . In engsging sither a dragoman or a dababeeh the quastion of expenso ls which must concern nany persons who are In search of health or rest. t 1s nndoubtedly true that the charges ure need- ewsly bigh, and thst abundaut comfort could bo dotured st & much lews oxpense than is ugual. As tl %fi- party of aix can secure o for 1, for riod of three moutbs, drago- zan for §25 a day, for the purty. ble wuuld makae the cost of & winter on e 85,825 for Blx persous, or abous $825 spicce. OF courss, Huete Is no sllowunco here for mouoy given away aabacksteesh, urspent fu purchastog Manchester Enda 1.a supposed to have beon dug up at Thebos t Abydon. DOL then. o the- othar Eand, It in: d lodgiog, light, fuel, and wash- vellug expenses on land or And even this ex- or the whole peric 289 might be consfderably Jessened §f the drago- oould understand thit wie ordinary travcles M.“?:l‘sud a:ad"ghx.uw be Logrished nfial: sach s wanlun eXUBYAZMLLg upon wany Jills busls. a8 yiey y the Charleston Navy-Yard, that it wan desimblo that Mdears. Gooch anid Frost shonld be elected, Hale, of Miing, ubjected to the limitation of the time when the men “shonld ho employed, and had arpeech made by Gen. Danke in 18731, {n which the Iatter insisted that the Republican party WASHINGTON. New York Press Comments on the Cabinet Changes. DNanks rald that e confirmed what Mr, Hale ind read, 1le had, off and vn, rep: resented that distriet for twenty yenrs, and had e an effort to sepaeate’the yard from In all his elections e always fonnd thern wan Influonce more powerful than ho'to control the voter of the yard, Mr. Mlllsroad from the kn(lmm\r takenat Charles- townalottor which wna nddrenscd tothecommander of the yard, askingg hivito putona ¢ number of men and keep them on nntil Nov, ccanre the Administration groatly desired the succean of Measra, (Gooch and Froat, Mr. Tale, In dlscussing another nméndment, denlod that Socretary tobeson Tio sald that it Ie true that, following \»rccm!cnu he hiad almost entirely rebmlit some old vessels, hut the old names were retained, and no new ehips were added 1o the list. The nuniber was not atall The Secretary had spent the moucy to complete the ua: Passago of the Naval Appropria- tion Bill in the Xouse. Tho Proposition to Abolish Oortain Navy-Yards Falls to the Secretary Robeson Demands a Hearing Bofore His In- vestigators. ROBESON,. TE DEMANDS A HEARTNA, Spectal Dispatch o The Tribune. WasmiseroN, D, C.y May 23.—Sceretary Robe- son has uddressed the following letter to the Naval Commlttee: NAVY Dreaursest, May 23, 1870.—7%e Jon, v, C. IVAiftehorne, Ch Naral Affairs, lfoun‘of Jepresentatives—Sin: For more than threo Naval Affalrs of the House of Reproaentatives has the Navy Department and naval To {hls {nveatigation, conducted in various and dlstant_parts of the country and ex- tending over the whale time of the present admin- tatration snd Inta the details of all its transactions, every person snpposed (o have any complaint against the Department has been publiely. In- The exanunations hava been condnct- Perjury Laid at the Door of Another New Orleans Witness, Facts Elicited in the Orth- Venezuelan Investi- heen inveatigntin eatablishment. Reported Offer of the Sioux to Abandon the Black Hills. and, of course, without opportunity for crors-cx- amination, explanation, or supgeation by any per- son complained of. abaence of any apecific chai made against either miyeclt or any ofilcer of the Department, 1 linve re- mained quiet, with the Idea that the featlmony when finished would be putilished as a whole, anid that, when it was complete in all its parts, cach falre charge wonld be accompanied by its refuta- tlon, contident that where no wrong really exlated none conld be made finally to appenr. ~ Bul the ublicatlon of portions of the unfinished teatiniony detached parts has, ox wna to be expected, afforded opportunity for charges and Insinuations ublle newspapers utterly false in fact, aund fonnded apon falae inferences from the testi- mony as published, which will fall at once to the ground when the whole facts are known. Under thene circumstances 1 demnnd as a matter of pub- 1le right, not unly for myself but forany officer of the Nayy Department azainst whom anything s suppodl (o nppeur, o full and epecdy opportunity 1o e heard in justification of every matter charged and refatatlon’of every falso inference that cun made,” and T nleo demand henring be had in open scesion of the Committeo to the end that public justiication may follow s specdily as possible the” chargenand Ins Awanlting the actlon of the Com- mittee [ remnin your obedient servant. The Depth of Corruption Reached by the District-Ring Thieves, TIIE CABINET CIIANGES. TOLITICAL ASPECT, Special Dispatch to The Tritune. WasnixatoN, D. C., May 23.—The fact has been ascertalned to<lay that the appolnt- ment of Don ! was determined upon nearly two weeks the tline it was the intentlon to announce tho change untfl about the 1st of June. Tho only thing that could bave been unexpected to Cameron in tho matter was its annouucement earlicr than wes at first declded on, The chavge In plan s at- tributed to the consultation on Bunday of Conkling, Cameron, and tome others, and the immediate cause was the desfrc to have pro- nounced nction President that the Cabinet sinuations made. not be mistaken to give strength just at thls juncture to the Conkling many indications to-day that the snpposed design of tarning tho Pennsyivania delegation at Cincln- uatiaver to Conkling will meet with open realst- anco of quite n number of delegates, propheey by some of Mr. Tlnine's friends Iy that it will, of preescd, causo a rupture of the delegntion. OPINIONS OF TIIB NEW TORK PRESS. New Youx, May 23, —~The 7imes' oditorial on the Cabinet changes epeaks favorable of Messrs, Plerrcpont and Taft, Cameron, of Pennaylvania, he 18 a gentleman who has been chiclly known hitherto as a political wires In that capncity he may have played envugl executlve talent io mark him “LIVE-OAR Y swWIPT, who for the Inst thirty years hos been one of the Targest contractors with the Navy Departinent {or furnishing ship-timber, was examined by the Touse Committee on Naval Affairs to-day. The most {mportant poiut In his testtmony was the admission that le had pald to E. G. Cattell, during Sceretary Robeson’s nduministration of tho Navy Department, the suth of £37,500, this betng 5 percent on tho umount of contracts which he had obtaloed, ¥e snid that this sum was Cattell's influence, ho having been eonvinced tha withiont It it wonld be impossiblo for him to obtain contracts or to do a Iarge amount of husincss with the Navy Depariment. 1t Is not apparent whether Cnttell threatenod to Interfers and prevent Swift from fornishing ship-timber, as he ld previously done, ur whether he represented that hie had tho conteacte at his disposal, but in elther case the trannaction, like muny othera in which Cattell was cngegred, wna a blackiailing operation, either for hin own excinsive benefit or for that of others with whomm ke absred tho profits, NEW ORLEANS. AKOTHER PEIJURED WITNESS, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. ‘Wasnmnaron, D. C., May 23.—The bottom has cntirely fallen out of the Louisiana fnvestl- gation to-day. Ferguson i3 entlrely destroyed He sworo absolutely that ho signed sixty fraudulent pay-rolls in December, February, and March. The Bub-Commlittee visited the Treasury Department, and exam- ined ol the pay-rolls durlug this specified period, and for 8 month before and after. These pay-rolls were vouchers for every dollar pald by the Treasury., They numbered 600, Not one of them had been withdrawn from (he Treas- Ferguson spent six bours to-day in examin- ing them, and out of the entire 600 identificd three only which he thonght he signed. Upun being pat upon the stand, hie refuscd to swear positively that he signed thesd thren singlo rolle, Tho Democrats on the Comimnittoo are very much chagritned ut the conclusive praof of dellborato perjury of thelr princlpal witnoss. Tu the Western _dnsoctated Press. ‘WasnmyatoN, . C., May 23,—Tho Committes on Federal OMcers in L amination of the witneas Georygo Ferguson to-day. Nearly the whole time was occnplod by Wilson, counscl for Collector Caacy, in cross-éxamining him, bat nothing imporfant was developed. Wil- son Introduced scveral telegrams recelved from Casey, Herwlg, Kinsclla, and others, and claimed that “the records showed Fercuson's statements During the day a Bub-Committes vixited the Treasury Departinent with witucas to identify the bogus pay-rolls, and reported that, although ubout 600 vouchers were produced by tho Treasury De- artment und exanmined by withess, ho was unable {dentify a single one beyond those for hts own The Cammittee ndjonrned to moet in New Orlesns on the 27th (Saturday). tho Cablnet as Secretar: pulitica can hardly be sal el school for administrative ability, bat Cumnoron may turn oat to be o helter man than might ba in- ferred from lile sesociations. It has beci genorally srumed that the Penusylvania delegation was to be used at Cinclnnatl chicily for the purposs of se- Cumeron 3 seat fn the Cablaut of the next tican Presiden begn virtnally attaine Adminiateation, It is hardly Ivania ot Cinclnuati modified. An astute gentleman who will manipa- 1ate fifty-clzht votes of that Stato will be s deeir- ons s ever to find out who fn 10 be the winning man, and to earn his_gratitnde by throwing at a critical moment tho Peonsslvania vots lu his to furnish a very clovat- iont walting for & new ikely that the mimylon Will be materially 84 o witness. TUE HERALD. ** Tho President has done at Izt what the ferald strongly advised him ta do neatly two months ago, and the eflect is electric. esterday are not only the o most _important event, which has yet happened in connection with the Latterly, thero haa_been 100 nuch wwobbling in the party.’ The Presldent’s esterday 15 a command from headquarters Ine the Bopablicans, polntmente, though made un unimpeachable s of personal flaces, will contributo to the success of Conklin Tho Herald tays; The appointments made Kreatest scnsation, but Presidential’ canvaass, Every one of thero nning with Judge Plerrepont, ot favored Conkling's nominntfon. ocs abroad, where Lie can have no Influence. 'aft, who wis wupplanted lsst year in Oblo by iayls, does not favor the Presldential hopes of hin aucceesful rival, and the Department of Justice s in the hands of an able lawyer, the Prealdent's cholce, whic] but the most signifieant of theso appointments in that of Don_Cameron, whose own thnt of his shrewd and'and sazacious father will be actively exerted In favor of the New York Senator. Fifty-eight delegates of tho great Stal vanfs can now who will indorse erropont did not; te of Pennayl- as sorcly counted on for Coukling oa thove of New York, The President cun control nearly ail the Southern delegates, and after the firet bullot or twa they will all vete in a body for Conklin 8 10 bo the case wi, ynug: him & majority on the third or fourth bale ot IR TRIBURE. The Tridwne says: **Grant has pointments that there {a always niore or less e when ho makes & good one. old enangh, but v Afte The foreknowles elp him fn the made so many TAE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. Wasmixotoxn, D. G, May 23.—Godlove 8. Orth, of Indiuna, Unfted States Minister to Austriy, testificd to-day before the Sub-Com- mittee of the Committee on Forelgn Affuirs, in relation to the swards mnade by the Venezuelan Mixed Commlssion, Ilis name had been men- toned In the testlmony previously given by Seth Driggs, of New York, 68 having actod as attor- ney to procure from the 8tate Departmout pay- ment of the 7 per cent disbursement on a Jargo number of thousand dotlar certificutes withheld from Driggs by the American Commissioner y of Taft, the It J. Donald Cameron=this i a nomination of which it 1s dlificalt to apeak with patience. Don Cameron never reudered any pablic wervica which entitles hiin 1o be advanced to ono of the most honortble and responaible ofiices In the 1is appearance In pobllc has been only s a managing and_bargaining polltician, conventions, a manipalator of rings; 1a known bl over the Luited Stai writer continucs tes. He is known d helrof a man who, during a long and dishonorable Hfe, made corruption tho buslnens of his existence; who has bought oftice at the cost of disgrace; brought tawhich he hus attache politics of his own Hiato a b UpPOD uvery cause 11, und made the sing and scorn to all and as Ehmon Cameron grows old is uotorioua that ho bringa forward Don Congron s his representative and successor. Don has all the businues shrewdness which dintin) tho family, and in uls conncction with the ring, hu ins developed o ca) watchfolness over tho warm the cockles of the old man's tha Camerons 1ook possenston of the Pennsylvania Republican Couvention, a fow weeks a went through the absurd performance of p 1t to Hartrant, all the world read went that Bimon offered the Commonwealth for aa he bad done many times befors., it 10 be surprised iat Grant ehould start up &0 quickly witha bid, but it 1s a profound disappointiment (hat the cnato of the United cadlong baste, abould make itself o party to such a trausaction.™ ‘The World mys: Orth in hls testimaoy explaned fwly his con- pection with tho matter. His first knowledge of the Venezulean clalms occarred when the Venezulean Government {n 1670 and 1871 pro- tested agalnst tholr validity, alleging fraud in the Commisalon. The Committce 88 Forelgn Affairs, of which Orth was then 8 member, Investigated the cbarges, aud unanimonaly reparted In fuvar of TUE VALIDITY OF THE AWARDA. Afterwards, when Orth was not a member of Con- , and when ho had no [dea of again belng ln ted cmployment ad attorney of Talmadge, 1o assint them In re- cotving thelr pescentage pald by the Venezulean Governwent under prutest on these swards, and which was then in the State Departmunt, and sub- sequently In_procuring the pasaga of the law by reas confirming the award. o acted and wan w3 sttornoy for 8tilwell and Talmadge, Hia services wore renderod whilo he waa not a mem- ber of Congress and termingted beforo he took his st in the wubsequent Cougfoss, ‘lbut ended his profeasiunal connection with tho mattor, bat in July, of Conirress clecty the aunnounce- ngress, he acce Stilwell and Gen. **We shall ot be eo craelas to say that Plerrepont will find bimuelf uiore ot home in the Jewation to England than {n the Departmont of Juatice, but Plerrepont fu wa closs an obaoryor of tho carrents of public opinlon not to bave long that his carceras » Calinot ofi- cerhisanot beea absolutely s success, Deon so fortunatennd skillfal in the sdministration of his private affalrs that ho will be from iho temptations which were his predeeesmor at the Court of Bt. J writer prolses Taft and cootinu though not lawyer, (s a nan of mucl and not_uneqnal dministration of sy Presids since discovere ho bad, on bohalf of Tulmadge, CORKESPONDED WITU THR ATATH DEPANTMENT on the subject of the payment of instaliments on certificates held by Tulioadge, This, huwever, he bhud not done in bis professional character. ' lis flentited correupoudence, & copy of which was In the handa of the Commitice. The name of Tal- wnadge does not sppear L it 0s the person for whom ho was scting, “but the name of Thumona lirown Tho explanation s, Talmadge wunt have written him Brown was holder of these certificate, Mr. Springer, who examined Orth, aftor callhy bis attention to'the fuct that Stilwell was Unite btates Minister to Venezuelaonlya fow months, and that Talmadgo wus the American Cominis- aloner who parsed upou tho clabsus, asked hlin If it did not uccu Lo him wheu offercd | s attoracy that T WAS VERY BTRARGE that Btilwell and Talmadse should hold such large amounta of thewo certiticates, the foruier Lav- wmore than 70,000 of thew, ' and tho latter & mi and whethee 1L did not therefore if he wentloned the namo of Tul- to the Stite Department as owner of theso tificatvs susplclon wonld bave besn awakonod sud pagment prevented il replled o for the Btate Departinent hed paid to Talmadyoe In 1871 un iustallinent on the uther certificatcs which be beld. cummon abilit CONGUESAIONAL ACTION. Bpecial Dispaieh to The Tribune. Wasnixgrox, D, C., May 23.—Tho Housa passed the Naval Appropriation bill to-duy aud settled the polnts of difference by an cusy com- promlse. It became apparent that the Appro- pristion Comunittes would not be able to wain- taln ftsell sguinat the conbined fnfluences of the Representatives from the sections fn which it was propused $0 sbolish or curtail tho yanis, The New England Hepresentatives wero unlted sgalnst wbollihing the Kittery, Charleston, und New London yards, Pennsylvania members fn- sisted upon retaining Leagua Island, and Culi- foruls malutained that Mare Island wus the best Tocation in the world. Tho rosult of it was an hy Mr. Randall s o substitato providing $85, 000 for the civil establiuh- ment of the sevural Navy-Yards, and directing the Becrotary of the Treasury to mission o' fvo officers, whose duty it shall be to examine and determiug If, the Navy-Yunls amerdinent otfered CENTRAL PACIFIO. FLOPOSKD COMPROMISH. ‘Wasmnoron, D. C., Muy £3.—C. P. unting- ton, Vice-Prestdent of the Central Pacific Rail- road Compuny, has written & letter (o the Chatrman of the House Cominfites on the Judldary, in which he says the Company recug- vized as fully as (ho Committee the deslrubllity, | both to the Government and the Company, of an equlitablo and Snul scttlement of all matters und questions of whutever kind between them, and this, he thiuks, can be cffected by eon amicablo werbitration, with good polut & Naval Com- fu thelr oplalon, any of CAN BE DISPEREED WITH &nd nbandoned, aud also L Ingul Y dleucy and proprivty of eatal dezvous ul Tybee or at Cockspur lsland, and that this Board report through the Be the next scasfon of fro into the expe- f the Nuvy st ‘Thly amendment Comuilaslun Is W conslut of thy tl = o Ay more of such dispalclies aa that scut 10 Lho Comudndaut of reanita ta both pattlos. It 1t ahonki be detormined by the Comunittice to Insiat upon the cash payments nemed by one of the Commltteo, tho Company would prefer the contract as it [a, leaving the ques- tlon atissnie to ba acttied in future on equitable terma, The contraction Invalnes, he wxays, has largely exceeded the calcalations of the Compnny, anil the amount received from sales of lands han ot beén an Iargo_ns was expected, The road was built In times of higher prices, and, <lthough deo- nomleally conintructed, cont @ vory larga sum, and Iie ralses the queation whether tho nation, 1t being the principal beneficlary, shanld not aharo In tho ahrinkaco, the enving to the Uovernment every year baing more than tho aunnal intercet it rny- on the bonds of the Compnny, e compares he cost of trandportation to the Government be- fare and after the openiing of the road, and shawe that the Government ia now sending a Iatgo part of {ts freighta to the 'ncldc Const by wator, and not by rail, as was contempinted. 1o oflers toglye any Information the Conmittee may desire In resnrd to the supgestions of his letter, as tho Conpany anxioux to settly this matter ro axto avold con- tinunt misunderstanding with regaed to the truo ine terpretation of tho contract. ———— DISTRICT TUHIEVERY. TOUUS CLAINE, ‘Wasminaron, D, C., May 23.~The report of the Commlitee on the District of Columbin, charged with an favestigation {nto the affaira of the District, has been prepared so farns the portlon of the Committeo fs concerned by Chalrinan Buckner., It speclfieally charges tho Commissfoners with violations of the law In expenditures of money, and says in relation to the Board of Audit, the evidence will fully sus- tafn the Committea fn the statement that favored parties had no diffculty in having clajme atdited In some cases in which there was no merit, and {n others for much more thau was duc, while other clatmants, with equal merit or demerft, were procrastinated and delayed nntil some person In communication with tho account. ing officers turns up to purchasa ot o hieavy discount the clalms, This unnecesnarily hindered and de- layed thelr adjustment. Tho report glves the names of thirty-two persons who had TMI'IOIER Ot CRRONEOUS ALLOWANCES made to them, ranging from $2, 000 to 854, 000,8nd aggrezating 890,067, ‘Tho report says if tho in- tention and meanlng of the act of Juue, 1874, has nat been greatly mlsconcolved, there ~can no doubt that “the Commissloners have added 83,001,046 to the dobt of tho District, not only without warrant of Inw, but aguinat thelr own - constructlon of thelr powwera as shown by thelrro- port of December, 1574, The report says In tho inveatigation of some of tho contracts of the Boand of flenlth it appears that that with the Odorlces Excnvllllnfi Apnaratus Com- pany of lialtimore was made undes ¢.rcwmatances that lends to tho auspiclon I not 1o tie conviction - that fmproper motives controlied two of the! membera of the Board awarding this contract. —Drv, Cot and Blins, who, subsequently to the uward recelyed from tha Odorless Company, certificates of preferred stock in the Company guaraateelng7 per cont per annum interest on $10,000, which they eem to linve dis- puaed of afterward to tho Presldent of the Com- pany. e Committee say: **Not anly onght this con- tract to be canceled and set asldo, but your Com- mitteo wonld call the atlentlon of the anthoritics of the District to the prnmm{ of Lrinping the con- duct of Cox snd Bliss in thls matter beforo the Grand J\ll’{, and having theee oflicers ludicted” under Sectlon 5,501 of the Reviacd Laws of tho United States,” RECOMMENDATIONS. The report & a long una, and, In concluston, Tec- ommends tho passage of the accompanylng jolnt resolution: - Resolred, ete., the Sonate concurring thereln, that the Attommey-Gencral of the United States be, and hie ia hereby directed, to cause proceedings at law to be insiituted ngalnst Willlam Denniron, JohnJl, Ketchum, and Scth L. Phelps, on tholr ecveral bonds as Commlssioners of the District of Columbla for malfeasance and unfaithfulness (o the dischisrge of their dutics as said Comniesion- ers, and for this yurpose he is authorized to up- fut such specinl counacl as ho may deem sdvisa- le, who shall take charge of the conduct and man. agement of enid suits, and aleo of actions, whether civil or criminal, ogainet the partics mentloned or referred to in the reportof the Committes of the District of Columbia, made to the Houes of Repre- sentatives on thh — day of May, 1876, as haviug obtained fllegal and improper allowances against the District of Calumbla, or of having been gullty of a violution of the criminal laws of the United Stated, and that tho Clerk of this House certify to the Attorney-Ueneral and to the Grand Jury of the Ditrict of Columnbia a copy of enid report and ac- companylng evidenco for sach action fn the reinises na they may deem proper; that the ‘ommittéo on the Dlstrict of Columbia of the Ilouse of Representatives, by such oxperts as they 1nay sppolnt, shall continite the investigation of the demands and clnims azainet the Duard of Public Works, audited and certliled by the Board of Audlt agninst the Distrlct of Columbia with a view of ascertalning whethor any further flogal allowancca bave been made or Hlicgal or improper movements made, and that auch experts shafl have {ree access to any rugern. documents, orrecords In any Department of the District Government, und =hall be entitled to coples thereof, and sald Com- mittee shall make a report thereof to the next ses- slon of Congress. ‘I'he Republican members of the Committee and Mr. Wiliard, of Michignn (Liberal), and Derhaps some of the Democratic wmembers, wil refuee to unite in the above report. While thoy will admit thnt claims have been allowed b{lm Lourd of Audlt which were improper, thoy will refuse to In- dorse the conclusion that the District Commisslon- ers ehould be held accountable for a Board which ia In nu wise nmenable to the Conunlssioners, and whose powers and duties aro ns clearly defined as thelr own. This Intter report will attach tho re- !Hunuiblllty where It properly belongs and cenauro the Doard of Audit, notifed ereditaes thatit intmposdible to make a fur. thor cash dividend At tho present time, bat that it Is proper b0 nild that the gencral aspect, fo [nras ‘the ynlue of ranl anil personal pruperty nnd atocks and bonda of the eatate nte concerned, scems ta bo improving. influence In tiw “harleston TIIE RECORD. BENATE. Wasurxaton, D, C., May 23.—Mr. Conkllng, from the Committee on Forelgn Relations, re- ported, withnmendments,the Flouse Jolnt resolu- tlon suggesting the Intercession of the United Btates to sccure the release of E. O'M, Condon, who s now conflned fu an English prison, e nsked for its present consideration. Mr. Edmunds sald that he would liko to ex- amine it, and asked that it be Jald over until to- morrow. 8o ordered. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Publle Lands, reported favorably the Iouse bill grant- ing to the Btate of Missouri all lands thereln selocted an swamp and overtiowed lands, Calendar. horman anhmitted the following: Resolved, That the Sccrelary of the Treasury ha ditected to furnish to tho Henata o detalled estl- mate of the amount that would bd required to ex- ecate the House blll amendatory of ‘the lases grant- 1t panalons to tha saldiers and saflora of the War of 1812, and their widows. Agreed to, Aftor reports of a number of billa of an unim- m‘n‘mut character, consideration of the articles of vvtachmenl was rerumed with closed doors, Before reaching any decislon, the dours wero re- opened, and the Senate ndjourned. by naval afficial » bullt ne #hipe. atrman af the Commitiee on nthe the Committes on TOUSE The Honse went Into Committeo of the Whale on the Naval Appropriation bill, the question befng on the discontinuance of cerfnln navy-yards, Mr. Plper olfered an nmendment retalning the navy-yards at Drooklsn, Maro lsiand, Kltters, Chrrlenton, Pensacoln, 'Norfoll, nnd Lengio Inland for gencral purpones, and the yard at Wnsh- Ington for manufacturing purnotes only, and re- taining New London a4 a naval atatfon, Mr. Randall offered the following amendment as a substitato for Mr. Lowis' amendment, offered yeaterday: ‘' For civil establixhments of the sev- ernl navy-yards, 885, 000, and the Secretary of the Navy Is hereby directed to organlze s Naval Bonrd of fve commiesioned oflicers in the unvy us soon a8 practicable, whoss duty it ghall be to examine fully and determina whether, in their oplnion, any of the navy-yards can be dispensed with and sbhandoned, and,” {f 80, to report the best manner of making diaposition 'of the wame; and further, to inquire 83 lo the propricty of establishing n naval rendozvons at Tybee Talamil or at Cockspur Tsland, In the State of Ueorgla, and whether any Governmont property at sl island can tio mule available, nnd are siltablo for auch purpose: and enid Honrd shafl, through (hie Scerctary of the Navy, report to Congress, at the commencoment of the uext ression, tho reault of their inqulry, and tho anm of €2, 000 is herewith appropriated to meet the expennes incarred by rafd lourd, " Mr. Whitthorno suggested that the three mem- bora of the Board should be the threo senlor oflicers in the navy. Mr. Randall modified his amendment accord- ngly. §lr. Danford moved to amend Mr. Randall's anb- ntituto by allowing n naval station tobe cstablished at T'ybee Island or Cockxpur Tsland, or at nny other point. l&l\ the coast of Georgia or South Carollna, reed to, Mz, tandall's substituto was adopted—97 to M. ‘The Committes then proceeded with the remaln- ing cluuses of tho bill. Mr. Lewls (Aln.) offered nn amendment to reduce tha strength of the Marine Corps, and to nbolish the Marine Band. ‘The latter imlnt of the Pm}ml‘“nn affonled Yar rison (111.) the opportunity for delivering a mont amusing specch, and ono that was much enjoyed by, botl aldes of the Houe, Mr, Lewls' amendrent was rejected by a large majority, The Committee ruse and roported the bill, which was possed. seasion, without notlee, Diiring all’ this e, In the i Gronur 3. OBERON, Secretary of the Navr. TIOE INDIAN DILL. The Touse then ngain went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Spriniver In the cbair, on the Tn- dian Appropriation billy and was addrered by M. Ward (N, Y.) on the ({istribution of the Geneva award, Witlhout making any progress on the bill the Cummitico rose, 3r, Blackburn offered n resolution authorlzing the Loulslana Investizating Commitee to Act by snb-committees. Adopted. - Mr, Woodburn (Nev.) was appointed on that Committeo to fill the vacancy cauned by tho withdrawal of Mr, Hoskins, Adjouracd. FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAIN. WINSLOW. Loxnor, May 23. —The Standard, on the fssue between the Dritiah and American Governments, arlaing out of tho Winslow case, says: *4On two polnts, it scems perfectly clear that Seerctary Fish fa in the vight, while on the third constractlon of tho nct of Parliament of 1870, his view I8 that which, to mere unprofessionals; the worda fn ques- tion aopear to bear out.” The Standard takes the view that tho guestion whether the Ashburton treatv i excepted from the operation of thic act of 1870 should be refarred to tho courts. At the request of the Attorncy General, Winslow has been further reinanded for cight days. There 18 a vrobnbility that tho Government will take ‘messnres, in the meantime, to bring the case be- fore tho Court of Queen’s Bonch, In the House of Commona this afternoon, tho Becrotary of State for the Home Department, ro- plylng to Sir William Veornon larcourt's question, whethier tho House wonld have an opportunity to considoer the correspondence In tho Winslow case Lefors Winslow's flual hearing, sald that negotla- tlons were still ponding, and that it was unusual to communlcate State yapens untll the correspond- enco liad been concluded, bot, under the special clrcumatances of this case; the papers ap to the present date would be submitted to the House. The Under-Secretary for the Poreign Department stated that tho Cubuana capturcd on board of the Octavia had not been released, bt thatgSpain had promiscd to take monctlon regarding them until an arrangement between tho two Governments been reached. ” TANGED, The four Greck saflors of tho ship Lennle, who murdercd the Captaln, mate, ond socond officer, and wero convicted on the Gth fnst., were exccuted ot Newgatu this morning. BCHENCK'S SBUCOLSSOR, Loxpoy, Moy 24—5 o, m.—Tho Times to-dny sayn: **Tho gpolntment of Plerrepont to thy Ambassadorship hero i probably Intended to satis- fy thoss who dumand high personnl character rather than party servico or political skill a4 @ qualificatfon for ofics. Dut it must bo admitted ‘that the appointment doesn't carry g0 distinct o meaning ux it would havo done & year agu, previous to the Dabcock trial, nor §4 it In other ways so desirablo s that of Mr, Dana.* The articlo concludes: **In the Bab. cock affalr thers {a really nothing moro than an crror of judgment to bo alloged against Pierzepont.” Tn the nepotistiona relative 10 extradition hin legal capacity, moderation, and tha common nense sagacity for which ho obtains generul credlt will be usoful to the Unlted Btates, uand will not luck appreciation here. " TURKEY. TNSURGENT DEMANDS, Taausa, May 23-—The latest Intelligoncelfrom the insurgent camp Indlcates that, in consequence of the lmproved position which bas resulted from thelr rocent victories, tho fnsurgents cannot bo satisfiod with the concesslons which they demanded 8t the conference with Baron Rodick. 'They now demand the absoluto independenco of Merzegovina and Bosnla, und scout the iden of armistice. They sro nctively preparing to proclaim a Provisional Government. Loxnow, May 24—5 3, m.—A Times Vionna dls- patch reports that the Sultan has confined his nephew, who Is heir presumnptive, and bis brother, to thelr own housca, THT ENGLISIL MBDITHHRANEAN PLURT, Toxpon, May 24—6 8. m,—The Standard atates ‘hat the number of British iron-clada in the Modit- erranesn will shortly be incrcaved to nino. ‘T'his, with other miditlons ordered, will make the Medit- erranean flect consist of twenty vesscls, carrying 5,000 mea. It 1a probablo that the Channel squad- Yan, compoead of revan iton-Cladi Abd canyIng 4,000 men, will go to Glbraltar, FRANCE, IN TUB ASSEMDLY, Panrs, May 23.~The Radicals {n the Chamber of Deputics will shortly introduce a motlon for tho prosecation of tha accomplices in the coup d'elut of 1851, 14 Pays, commenting on Prince Napoleon's ace coptance of the Republic, romarks: ‘‘Thero fs morely one Commuuist more, Frinco Napolcon will 8{t in the Chawber disdained by both Repub. licans and Imporiallata.* —— THE TERRY EXPEDITION, Special DUpateh (o Tha Triduns. 81, PAUL, Muy #3.—A Blamarck upecisl to the Iiapateh reports the arrival of o courler from thia Terry expedition, wbich eamped Buturday night 50 miles weat ou tha Mg Muddy. The expedition maovea slowly, on uccount of heavy rosds and long wagon (guins, Fort Buford sdvices report three companies of infantry andono bout-losd of sup- Plieglanded at tho moath o Glending Creek, o lio YeHowstone, where Terry arierod the base of supplics for himielf and Gibbons' colaian, movity from tho weat, to bo establivhed. . Tha ' steamer Joacphine, which conveyed tro ops &nd supplice (o Glendine Creok, ban returned tc Bufurd for another mer Far Weat Jeft ay with a tuird Josd of wupplis. crry's advanco with two coupanics d wea accomnpanied Haturday by Terry Indian hostile scouts wero observed mog oo the bluffs in the vh:lnll{‘uf . ‘The stcamers Carsol, Bonton, und Key West leave Blsioarsk this woek for Fort Benton. ———————— LABOR STRIKES. Povamxzzrsie, N. Y., May 23.—Tho Superin- ills a8 Wapploger Falls emand will not by acceded 0, uos will the work bo stopped. tho purposo of sccuring oufslana continued Ita ex- THE CABINLT. WINSLOW'S CASE. Wasmxoroy, D. C., Moy 23—At the Cab- {net session to<lay the reply of Secrotary Fish to tho Derby note was read. It thoroughly ro- iterates the position already taken by thls Gov- crument upon the subject of the Winslow cx- tradition, and met the unanimous approval of the Cabinet. TIE WIUSKY THILVES Becretary Bristow presented a telegram ad- dressed to the Commissiouer of Internal Rev- enuc from Bupervisor Meyer, at St Louls, redting the dificulties ho met in executing the Revenuo laws and arresting its oftenders in Cupo Glrardean County, Missourl, and anking for o military force to asslst {n doing #0, The matter was referred to the Becretary of War, who will fnstruct the proper military au- thority at 8t. Louls to give the uccessary uld. ?I ne company of infantry will Le detalled for this service. ORTIL CAMERON. Tho sicknese of J. Donald Cameron was men- tinned as s circamatance which would provent his immnediato asaumption of the duties of Secretary of Wa d 8a 8 conscquence Judge Taft will rematn in charge of that Departmunt for & few daye. It ia thought that Cameron will bo here and take the wath of oftice early next week, Untll then the un- derstanding is that the formal l:culp(nnccfl of tho newly-uppoloted Cabinet officora will bo delayod. TIE BLACK JILLLS, The Cahinet considered to ¥ninu extent the sitna- tlon of affalrs In the Black Hills country, Anmwur- ancea have Leen given that an influentfal baud of Bloax ure williug te relluqulsh tuelr domain thure and romove to reservations {n the Indian Tereltory. All correspondenca in that particulur was roforrod to the Secretary of the Interlor, who will give in- structions to the agents of the luterior Departinent. regarding the proper negotiations in that direction. Bhould llnfiur(lun of the Kloux Natlon positively alynify o willingnesa to settle in the Indlan Terri: tory, tho hopo {s expressed that that entiro formld- ablo part of the hostilo Indisn mce mway soon bo domiciled in that Territory. sl NOTES AITD NEWS. CHINESH EMIGRATION, Spacial Dispateh to The Trivune, Wasnmeroy, D, C.,, May 23.—Tho Honse Committecon Commerce, to whum was reforred a resolution touching the emigration of Chinese into this country, authorized Plper to<lay to re- port a jolnt resolution recominendlog that the President cause to be negotisted o new treaty between the United States and China providing that thie Government of each country shall have the right to probibit the cinlgration of citizens of tho other Into 1ts territory, except for com- werclal pursults 1873, he then belng o membier A THUCB, It §s stated that a truce has been agreed upon between the hard and soft mnoney men this week, and that next week McMahon, of Ohlo, will Lis cmploywent | preseut himaelf s tho greenback chumploa, [ Tho sub-Committee of the Houso Rlections Com- mittey hias dockdod to report adveracly In ths cno of Abbot ve. ¥rost, the Republican altting member from the Boston Dlstrict. ~The Kepublleans main- taln that the Democrsts intend to reduco the Republican mafority by seating all Demacratic conteatants notll the necessary two-thirds vate can o obtained to emancipata Jeif Davia. THE BLAINB 1NVESTIQATION will certalnly go on to-morrow. 'he Demoeratia Cominitteo inen manlfest a reluctance to postpone itlanger, ~ Blaino's physiclsn utsted this mornlng that he might venture to go out to-morrow. E, C. INUERSOLL, ex-Congressman from 1llinole, was to-day exam. {ned with regard o the 85,000 pald him [n connec- Mon with the winlug patent. Tagorsoll pisintalned thut (hle payment wia a legltiuisto fuo for prafes. stonal services in Court andelsewhere. He thought thut ex-Benator Thayer, now Governor of Wyoulu, did very littlo srvice for the $,000 Lo rucelved and clalined Lo have no knowledye of the reasold for the paywent of the $5,000 to Johu Delano, QUR CARTSH 41 Bimsclf credit to-day 1o & bumorous specel, und was &0 succesaful st s that tho luuse oxtended Lls thuo fn the face of a posilive rule. Possibly Carter has found his sphero. TUB JAY COOKR ESTATH. The Trustees of Jay Cooks & Ca.'s eatats have Iading of supplies. Lo s Blamsrk 1004 RELIGIOUS. General Conferenceof 1472 to I Canferances, In 1874, wan rend, On recond ballot, Clncinnat! place for holding the next t‘on ‘The report of the Commitice o) of the Itev. L. C. Wilaon, n ' Wirconsin Conforence, wan taken np. voives the right of appeal in certain canes, report concludes with a rosolution that Wisconsin Annsunl Conferonce, convicting Wilkon of maladminiatration, bo, and is hereby, ro. he Britlal and Trixg was Aelected s thy Reports of Various Committees in tinetacy in ey the Presbyterian Assembly. Project for the Extension of Missionary Work Among the Chinose, An earnest dehata cnstied on tho adaption of the report, Withont coming toa vote, the Conforancq Proceedings in the Methodist Gens JACKSONVILLE, ILL. oral Conferenco nt Baltl- ; s Spectal Dispaich to Ths Tridune. JacraoxviLLE, 11, May 23.~Tho weather hory is most propitious for the meeting of the Siate Subbath-Echool Assoclatlon—cloar, cool, and corn. fortable, The clta {s already full to overflowiny, aud [tisa dificult task to find quartets for alf (g delegates, Hotula and boarding-housca aro full o privato resfdences Mr, Moody Mado Presidont of the Illinois Sanday-School Jonvention, gonorally being and hospltable ontertalnment extended. safe to estimato tho mumber of steangers fn attendance on the Convention at 1,000, und every traln brings handreds more. Including the peopla of the surrounding countrs who como In thefr own conveynnces and ou tho cars to retdm again ot night, not loss than 5,000, and perhaps twico thg number, are cxpected in the ity to-morrow. Al. though this was organization-day, the Convention got ecarly and bandsomely down Presenco at tho Convenilon of Eminent Men and Earnest Workers, Congrogational Convention at Quincy ---Bermon by the Rev. Henry Mills, TITE PRESBYTERIANS, Ncw Yonxk, May 23, —In tho Preshyterian Gen- eral Assembly, yesterday, 1t wns aunnounced that ita Committes would have n mecting with the Cen- tennigl Commission on Wednesday in regard to closing the Exhibitlon on Sundays. tmpracticable to havo the General Assembly appoar in n body, as nasigned. Tha report on the union of the Church Suatenta- tlon Commlttee with tho Toard of Miome Missions clicited earnest discussion, throughont tho afterncon und evening scaslons, and was ended by referring the report to & Com- mlttee to bo appolnted to-day. During the afternoon the reports of tho Board of Church Ercctlon, and of the Committen of the Trustees of the Assembly on relief fund for dio- abled minlaters, and the wives aud orphans of de- ceaned ministers, were distributed. ~ The former rous recelpts for the year hunidred and twenty-two ppropriations, amounting whilo &4, 280 remuina to be paid. o Committee on tho Overture from tho 1, asking that a socond baptiam be Roman Cathiolics converted to Protestantiam, reported the paper back to the As- sembly for farther conslderation. The Moderntor announced the fallowing as tho speclal committee on the report of the Committey on lome Misslons and Sustentation: The Rev, Drs, W, I, Knox, 8, E. Csmpbell, John €. Rankin, and D: E. Jdackson, New York; John A. Atwood, Phila- delphia; and T, T, Alexander, Loulaville. Judge Willlams, Chairman of the Comimitteo on $40, 200 had becn appropriated of churches, The diaburse- 20,000, nnd the Commitice bo- lieved this was too large n ratlo of expenditure, The amount appropristed tho previous. ycar was €50,520, and tho cost of disburscmenta” $10,000 for enineles and ofice cxpenses, 0 than 28 per centam upon ko disburaments, th Committco recommended that this work bo per- farmeil by officers of tho House BDoard who are willing to undertake the task. ‘Mo report of the Stam Prof. B, IL.Grifith, Preatdent of the Inat Convey. **Bleat bo the tlo thnt bindn " was sung e the opentng hymn, and Mr. C. Hayard, cditor of the National Sunday-School Teacher lo Another hyinn wan sung, nnd the Rev, N, Dinsmore, of Wleomington, read Scriptural tiona. President Grifliths then welcomed the dele. gatesn an earnest and touching cloalng gave tho Canvention th T) Toye of God, the Word of God, the Kon of God A Committce on Permanent Organization way adoplod, aud reported as follywa: For Prextdent—Dwight L. Moody, Jirst Vice-President—The lon. John V. Far. well, .s'm'zml Vice-President—C. 8. Congor, of White ounty, Zhird Vice-President—~10. G, Reoves, of Bloom. n ecording Secretary—Edward A, Wilson, of which continucd report showed that cretary—W. 10, Pogne, of Jersoysille, Statistical Secretary—E, Vayson Yorter, of Chi. cago. Ei'lm report wal adopted, President Mondy had arrlved from Kaneas City on the # o'clock morning train, and, with Mr, Sunkey, was secking some resl at the State Asylut for Deaf Mutes as the guests of* Dr, Gllletts and, therefore, not belng present, the First Vice-Prost. dent, Mr. Farwell, took tho chalr, and presided during the remalnder of the forenoun, ) , 000, churches received theifr a Synod of Mixsou required in caso ARCITHISITOP PURCELTL. CixeminATI, May 23.—Tho closing cxorclees In honor of Archblshop Purcell's GOth anniversary In tho afternoon over a hundred members of the priestliood partook of & banquet at the Grand Hotel, and In the oveningthe Exposition hinll was well filled by attendnnts at the concert Eiven by o large sclected chorns and orchicstra, e ———— MINE EXPLOSION. Eight Mloors Killed In a Virginla Coal-it, Dispatch to New York lerald, Ricn¥oNDp, va., May 21.—Intelligenco reached this city this nfternoon of a terribleexplosion atthe old Midlothlan conl-pit in Chesterfield County re- salttng In the foss of clght llves, and two men rc. verely injured, besides a number of others. mino fs owned by Mr, 1. A. Burrows, of Alhien, N. Y., Mr. Oswald Helnrick bejog the mining en. gineer In chargo at the time of tha dlsnater, which occurred precisely at twenty-two minutes past 1p, eleven men working in the oing about to wind up thelr mining preparutions preparatory. 1o putting in a purposo of affording neceasary These eleven Elders—Loufa Denovalence, mld orcurred to-dny. to afd in :he huflding ments had cost ling Committea on Homo Misslons warmly commended the work of the rd In the last year; recommends that gelf-sus- talning chorchies, join the misslonarics of the onrd In the work smong children, and that a comumitteo of women be nppolnted by cach Synod 10 ald in the home mlesion work. The grouping of contiguous churchos was ad- vived, that they might suoner becomo saif-sustain- he work among our for- , oapecially amon fudmen upon our shorce, Contributions by inleslon churches for other church worlc wero spoken of 8 10 to be censured, and ns Tikely to increase the proaperity and liborslity of auch churches. 5 The Itey, Dr. Dickson, Secretary of the Board of Tlome Misalons, in an addreas diwelt on tho impor- tanca of home missions. and the bardshi, referred to the The importance of elign population was u; ninus and persecated ‘There were onl; m, shatt, the company new fan for tho 700 feot, and in o tuunel running horizontally about 500 fect inon casterly diroction. the extreme end of this tnnne), which was very poorly ventllated, that there had accumulated a argo quuntity of foul alr and gns, which caused From asubsoguent invostigations cations it Is bellovad thiat one of tho unfor- tunate miners, probably the foreman, must have ventured into the reglon of the foul ulr with an Ho spuke of the work of misslonacics' wivos, and then wportance of inculcating patriot- ism In children as well a8 plety, of which truc pat- Fiotism was a yart. The be Amerlcanized to make our work among them of- shonld lovo thelr own ermans among us mast | (po NN It was natural the langunge, but thoy must tongue, and learn to love the English Bille. urged the Importance of the work among Chlnn- mun, the tido of whose imnigration to this country conlll not be stupped by any opposition, d been converted, and the: who could be sent bac Hanext referred to the Indlane, and to the snc- cess of the mialonary work nmong the Cherokecs. The spoke of tho Biblo In_schools and familles, and #ald that Americans would not be name if they did not molutain it undisturbed. uJkuu:r the "uaual roligions exercises, o recess wag en. causcd the accldent. ho carih, waa distinctly heard at & dis- tance of over a mile, attracting to the aecne nearly every porson In the fimmediato nolghborhood. palation, quick to discover anything per. it an exploalon, were soou at the inoutd of were the best 1t was soon surronnded by men, women, and children of everyage and color, the franticscreams and heartrending - crics of ' ILLINOIS CONGREGATIONALISTS. spatch to The Tribune. The thirty-third annual meeting of the General Assoclation of the Congre- gotlonal Churches of Illinols met at Quincy thia vvenlng In the Unfon Chureh, under the pastoral care of the Itev. Edward Anderson. onc of nnususl size, convenience, and taste. The opening exerclacs conalsted of singing by the cholr, nad prayer and reading of Scripture by tho Rtev. Me. Stevens, of Peorla, The scrmon was preached by the Rev. Ieary Mitils, ot Canton, from Sccond Corinthians, 16 and 16: ‘*For we are unto God o sweet savior of Chelat In them thataro saved and in them that perish, the ono we ara the savior of death unto death, and ta tho other tho saviorof 1ife untolife, and who s suflicicut for thesa things?* There i a double action {n many things, action to life and actlon to Itwasso in tho preaching.of the Gospel. Teaching cannot then bo discredited because evil cffects muy sometimes follow, or may certalnly ho anticipated. Thero {8 needed n divineart in preach- peaple almost instantly realized the fact uml the mincra below must hiave aullered inetant death, and this added to the great excitenient and niter want ower to do anything by those present. Mr, Helnrick, tho mining engineor In charge, wna no averawed and confuscd by tho surroundinis, that ho scomed to Toso all presence of mind, and, 1lke cverybody clse, was totally helpless. Indeed, so terrlblo And 80 nwfal was tho acenc that evorybod lost thelr presesfce of mind In'tho midat of deat Fortunntely at this juncture Col. O'Brien, the manager and ono of the tho Black Heath coal-plts, with Willlan: Marshall nnd John Kendler, twoold and ex; arcived upon thy scene, and bold the two Inttor at once dencended into the pit, mediately upon thelr arrival at the bottom they found two men, wha weranpparently dead, but wha they at onco brought up and wers afterwsrd re- stored to consclousnces and llfe, Thess herolc men, accompanied by miners fram the other pit, uln descended, and tho work of exploration wus rously commenced, In a fearfal condition. Quixer, 1L, May rlenced miners, and (earloedy y found the tunnel Wrecked timbors, machin- , and debris of every sort pertaining to a cost mine, were scattered and piled In eve and It required great oxertlon to reach dmiticrs, Thoso wero at last fonnd, ono Ly one, and at long intervale, cight In nnmber, five being white and tiree colored. iam Marshal, of the Black Ifcath Min who rerdered such oficlent and afznal service in explorlug tho dixaster, dincovered the body of Wis own Aon, John Marshal, #ight for the poor father, presented a terriblo appearance, being scorchod purfectly black and otherwise so terribly disfigured Amony the killvd, a8 not to cant penrls befors mwine. Christ could he hazard of resniting ovil. tested by its consequences. preacher speaks to ‘many persons of varying tendencios, Advance must bs mode jn_preaching, and yet how do this without offending prejudices? Sflence is often fm- posslble, and yet the trath me: It was arad and ‘The bodles of the lated Lo misunder- he caso in this Take pructice, James Carroll, the foreman of the gang or **ubift," working the tunnel, was fouul about 40 feot from the place whero it [ su 4 the exploalou occurred body, and the hands stopped ot the uwfnl momet twenty-two minutes were recovercd.atval intoxicating drinks. his watch fmbedded Evory £ood man wants to ap- pose drunkenness, and to many a Bible which dld not deny all uso of aleohol wonid bo But wa muat not le for God and nako the Bibie say what it doen not say, ws periods from the time thp soarch began, bot the work of gotting thom out wiis not complctod until 4 this morning. ho following sre tho names of the kill foreman, white; Charles Hold ‘hite; John Marshal, white} Ttobert Mall, wh! ored; Willlam Morris, cof ricuced and old miners tho accldent T w'vlt‘blmnn and ponurlousnves on tho par. of the wmapagers 1 means of nv‘zcm.llm.lnn for thia milar aceldent accurred at tho pamo In which ono was killed and another severoly tujurcd. In addi tion to the bad ventilation, the pit was uot pro- vided with a wufficient number of exprfenced smincrs. There wus but onc, the main shaft, which, to uso 4 miner's uxpreasion, waa only **braticed for encaping alr, without sny npcas o mustinterpret truly, is & yel pgraver question, b without guy day set apart for physical rost and lritual cultuze. — Yet the world does not take r almost or prevent from the Gospul who ventires to question some of thio argnimonts used in 1A support, and yet Paul sre contending for liberty in this ro- ing away 8 statutory basts, Now, tench tho ™ Pauling truth Locause we fear unplensant, consequences from itu_proclamation? Burcly ersuaded in our own mind, us Paul sald, by other basty for the Lord's Day, We may appen! to experiencs and tolove. Christlanity orlg- fnated A new way of Unpecsaln, love, which glves & now dlgn! y Christians do_not sco this, and want to \0ld un 10 KoInG other baals of responsibility, an if anything but truth could be of ‘use, or could What we want s real Hiblo cquiring enutlon s tie This has been Among {s nuributable pit A short Wo can bo fully y to lifo itsolt, aud L in proper (o stala over, to tho managers, that'it was tn the offort fo affords means of ventlla tlon which mhould have heen that tho worknien lost thelr ityro of money snd a littlo more care would havo saved the liveaof the men, and thu awners of the plin e great deal of money, grief and misel of tho doceases —————— CLINTONVILLE AND VICINITY. Kpecial Correspondence of The Trivine, Cuneroxvieny, L, Nay £2—Tho farmors 1% this vicinity fnished sowing their mmall grain somo time ago, and It Is nearly il up now, and Iy ook The farmers aro now glving tholr attens tion to planting corn, when the woather wlll p mit. The principal crops which wilt be ralsed In this section this year aro corn and onts. lint Hile and wheat wero sown. woll liere the puat four or five years; a good deal of it tuzned oat but little morein the fall than thy nd our farmend aro nowr dlscouraged in ralsing it en the principal destroyers of the wh A great deal of raln hus fallen hero In uliowsts, sccumpanied by terrlle thu lud hore overy day lant week, ¢ rain makes' theland so wib progress quile wlow) waorlk} thoy hopu for a let-up soou. ruit-crop here was nover bett have been lterally covered witl arances indlcato that the Jarges 108 beon raised hero for ratned this scason. At tho cheesa and butter factory of & Co., Ullntonville, nhout 20,000 pound are now received dail tured there per day b4 al {;"" from 30 10 40 pounds each, aud uttar, Tha aifairs of Gahan & Hatchinson, proprictors gtine ¥ox River l’l‘n&mryi“lnk thts' v ately went Inta volonl ukrug Jeon s Tt he uld that covor tholr Nabilitles, Elgin will not col peated meotings La stopa towards celobrating that da intarest was manifosted 1 zouw of that city will bo oDl cleo to colebrate, fyeu at tho beginniig e of appeal 10 fenr in preaching, not to speak of the and noble reaction. 0 homes and (snillss dilute real truth. th axpects of i—the succeas of tho Gowpol at tho last as well aa the incident evils coss_the Biblo sets forth abondantly, evpectally the fifth ehaptur of the lomaps. of interpretation have been offered of this lan- moro or jesu orthodox or heterodox—Uni- llatic sunihilation of the wicked, the convar- sion of the linmensa majority, ete. Wi tak tho whola dritt uIIHcrl vic ‘litiat ahall ace of the travailof his soul sud bo sticd. I'io Rav, Mr. Finney and balanced preso: :l ‘broaght to t! Lirst. And thissue- n ‘arlous theories ure, and in some wi ua and not a d v an cxample of an ablo Wheat Lias not done tlon of turriblo truth, the terrum of flhfl In 1ils_providence. He prescrved all the truth he sound in rofessor recently warned hils students to neek the vxact truth on all polnts. Ouly sucha apiritcan proporly present the Gospel L this age of sesrching fnvesilgation, r und & bymn, tho Association ad- to-moerow mornlog at 0 o'clock for Tormal orguntzation. THR METIIODISTS. Baimixoux, M@, May 23.—Io the Mothodlst Cenoral Conference, to-day, the report from the Committeo on Epiacopacy wns submitted, recommends that oue of tho General Buperintend- euts, if, In the opinion of the Dlhops, it bo deemed practicable, shoutd visit Afrca ance dur- fug the neat four years, to extend the mission. Tt s also suggested that uadrennial two v 310 o Indis, Chin dobato, was adopted. tha African Moth- odist Eplscupal Church woru fntroduced, and ad- dreusca were mads by each, snd tho us tions wore adopted. vlegata from tho Cony Church was introduced and addreused ¢ "k report of tho fratemal measengers from tho and lghtnlug, provail Such & largo anount v blowsoius, oud ap- ¢ fruft-crop which veral yuars past will b The amount mansfuc- telds i thut country. rourth of July, ulllltg”t::: lgnlled :)a tako somo ‘T'ho fraternal delogs! g0 somewbhiess for many years Btatfon-A Northwestern Ratlroad at C] for the ‘Cbi onyillo, dicd st his reuldence Lo tho 'y