Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1876, Page 5

TIIE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE : TUESDAY. MR. SPEAKER! rhe Gentleman from New York Xas the Floor. and Ho Rises to Spenk upon a Matter of Grave Im- portance, The Witness Harney Before the Investigators Yes~ terday. tle Gives a Straightlorward Ac- count of Mis Dealings with the Accused. Assorts that Mr, Kerr's Price for the Appointment Was $500, But on Acconnt of Gureen’s Impecuniosity He Ac- cepted $450. Groen Acknowledges that He Paid the Money to Harney. put Is Not Aware that 1larncy Gave It to Kerr. The Speaker Replies to Harney's State- ment by a General Denial, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasmuron, D, €., May 29.—Among all the startling disclosures mude by the fuvestigating wmmittees of the House during the present tession of Congress,—and n score or tmove of those commlitiees have been constantly fn ees- sion for the past fone months, searching the dark vorners of the Adininistration and striving o uncover its secrets,—none sitce that which resulted fu thesudden fmpeachmentof Seeretary Betkunp has caused so profound u sensation smong Washington politiclus us the torrible aceusation now wmade agafust Speaker Kerr The shock lias been, if anything, greater than that when the ex: etary of Warwas first pub- lely and ofticlally seeused of aceepting bribes. Former publivations In regard to the eule of post-traderahips, and especlally those in the New York Tribune touching Marsl's relatlon to Evaus, the Fort 81l trader, a8 well as o sague but very wide-spread fmpression that cor- ruption was lkely to be discovered somewhere In the War and Navy Departments, had,ina measure, prepared the public for the report of Clymner's Committee. The excilement was, of course, intense, hut it wns not of that deep in- terest and lasting charaster which has prevailed at the Capital to-duy. Spesker Kerr hus ALWAYS DEEX LOOKED UI'ON, both by politieal frleuds and opponents, as the very personifientlon of uprightuess and In- tegrity, It was this fact alimost tnore than any- thing else which gave him his chicf strength as eandidate for the Speakership, since he Tncks that personal mugnetism and those soclul guall- ties which would cuable biin to make friends of thos¢ with whom lie comes in vontact. The numner In which he corstrueted some of the hupartant Committees of the House surprised the country, and, had the sclection been made by almost auy one else, somu of them would certainly huve given riso tu the suggestion that corrupt Influences kad been ut work; tuit, lu his case, no such hint was ever dropped st the Capital, and, whilethe singular organlzation of tue Camnittees of the Hoase was for saome time the subject of widesprend de cussfon, no one ever ang- gedted that the Speaker Dail not been thoronghly boneet and consclentions fn the performance of the tmportant duty which devolved upon bim, ANOTIIER CIRCUMBTANCR which makey the presnt scandal more pafnfal, 1t pusaible, than 1 otherwlso would be, I the preca- rioua state of Speaker Kerrs henlth, His presence fn Wity place In the Honse nuver falls to urouse the sympathy of every one who notices the difliculty with which he performs his dutles, The nppearance of Lawrenco Harney, the witness who it hiad been reported would testify that he had bribud Yerr 10 appolnt Wis friend to a position In the army, caused great excltement ubout the Capl- tol this morning, Hisfexamination was to have be- gun at 10 o'clock, but the abeence of the Speaker caused & postponcment, first until 12 o'clock, ond subsequently until 1. At that time the witness wns on hand, and the Speaker was also present, weompanied by Scott Lord, of the House, aud R K. Eillott, o Washlugton attorucy, Several athiers of his political friends, Including Morrison, Springer, Merford, nnd ex-Minlster Harvey, also amne ine - While llarney was giving his testimony, the Jower end of the room was crowded with news- paper correspandents and others, drawn thero by & curjosity or their friendsbip for tho Speaker, HAUNLY Ison Intelligent-looking man, nearly 50 years of aue, bt looking ten yeats younger, 1o arrlved In Washington this mornlug, and, owing perbaps to the fact that sickness and snxfety had pre- vented Wi from sleeping much during tho past ten duys, appearcd rather nervouy when placed upon the stand, At first lie showed s disinchination to testify in regard to hls alleged dealings with Kerr, but, when the Spenker dovired that he shonld kéep back nothing o any transactions that had taken place between ewn anncconnt of his confidentinl character, ho valdd, with considerable show of exciteinent, thut heghould tell the whole trath, 18 STORY wis repeated on o very clear, connected, and in- telligible manaer, ns though he had expected to Le cullcl wpon to testlfy, and hnd prepared hhmself by refreshing hlw meimory as to many of its lnci- dentw, 1t i of the grettest inportance, not only to Speaker Kerr, but to the country, that the enie oy presented vhould be carofully “examined and a Sust und hwpartial verdlet upon {t should bo pro- nonnced, Harney waa VERY BIANPLY CROSS-QUESTIONED by Elliot, hut wus not shuken on sny of the main polnts of hlsstory, 1le showed some nervousness When pressed In regard fo sone clrcummtances Tayings rutlier a remote connection with the matter, but a careful exnmination of thu testimony after it iy written out will he necoseary Lo determing Shether ho really contradicted itnselt on nny of thy winor poluts, ULIEN'S TESTIMONY, which was filvkn lust Suturday, wns made public to-duy, and, on muny pomnts,| corroborates a r- Bey'e.” 1is description of_the Introduction which Harney jeve Win to Kere at the Houew of Representatives, and his subsequent visit to Kers's oo, u;irm:l subatantially w\lh thut glven hy Uaeney hlmself, lealvo adinits huving patd the greater part of the money 1y Mamey, und haying n_mvnnlcdnrurflull of {tafier hia returnto New York, though whether ft was sont by express or othierwise ho did not remember. 1o alio tetitied Uint Hlurney told bim at the time that ho pald the money to Rere. ANOTHEN CIRCUMSTANCE that will need full explavation ke the sppolntment ofu New Yorker by Kerr when tifore wers no duubt many young men In his own disteict who where dealroun of weeurlng u position, Kerr was unable, on uccount of fulhsie, tomake any full atement, but haviny by W own request been plseed under outh denled very broudly” Haruey's Whole story, le sald that be hail NEVER CONSCIOUSLY BEEN ACQUAINTED with Horiey, dhd nat know him to~day, and did not tenietaber of ever having seen him at his house, It IBubmust equadly diflicult 1o believe efther that Hamey has told “the trnth or that he has led, 1is tory,” “wlanding alone and uncurroborated, voull bu o go- Jmproduble sy lo be b ouce dismiyeed, 1t §3_ almost Imposeible to concelve that a man of Mr, Kerr's reputation and stauding would place that reputatlon’ in the keoplng of i wan whom ho kuew to be his political opponct, and with whow, even acceptivg Mar- nuy'd stutoment of thelr relations, he wus only ulightly acquainted, It wecms also highly fme probable it a wan who was o Congress snd Hled guch hnportant positions on_cammitices ut Uriew when Gio raflroud und tariff legislation in Suppuscd Lo have been facilitated by the lavish use of uoney, should have so conducted himself sa 1o eape cicy the whadow of susplcion In- connection With nny vote ho guve or speech bo msde; ond yet :I:ué}ga:lmuldnul his honor fursuchia paltry st ON THR OTHER HAND, 42 Harney has ot told tho truth, this attack upon bo Spesfier munt Le the result of u consplracy, the exlilence of which Is cqually dificalt o belleve 10, 11 this fs wnother safe-burglary consplracy, concocted to convict o lunoeent wan of erime, Whiot cun buve been it motive 18 a gucstion that sy becu wyked s hundred times this ufteenowd, Of course there moy bemen I tho IHepublican party who wuuld rojules o scw dligrace Lrought apon thete political nrpmmnh\h the downfall of one of the most prominent men {n thelr party, bat it I8 nimost impownibile tobelleva that they would enter Into n conapiracy of thia kind to blacken the charactor of a pure nnd upright man surely to fuin & palitica) advantage. " Tho investigntion will continte on Thurwdny, and 18 likely ta be n loug one, THE DIRECT TRYTIMONY OF TIATINEY wan as clear, spechlie, wnid positive as testimony could well be ktver, Ty rwora, in brief, that hie wisled tu help Green obtaln a commlission, and bt (ireen's eftorts in every other direction were frojtiesn; that he (Harney) could find na ather vacancy except the one withiln the appointment of Mr, Kerr; that he accordingly approachod Kerr and deaired the nominativn tor Green, and anjd that he would pay Kerey that ho subrequently had on interview with Kerr in Green's prewence, it which Keer requested Green to obtafnm fiemo- crutle_tecommendation from New York, In order that Kerr could rotiefy hin own constltuents, Grecn did thin kabscquently. Hurney saw Kerr, when Kerr atated that the iomination was worth 50011 1t won worth nnything, und that at n el futer poriod fiarney did poy to Kerr in- considera- tion of the appolitment, $460, which wns every dolfar that Green paid Lo hlm. “This was the direct tentimony, A STARCINNO CROSS-AXAMINATION ted for two hours, which may nys, The cxamlintion wae of cter. kL was not wpecially af at thie direct testimony, but scemed inten a3 he prepamtion for an impeachment of the witness * by subsequent tes tnony, The evldent purpose of the ¢ examination was to compel the witness 1o adm! he was betng used an u tuol o alil o conspirncy ret on fout by the Federnl ollicers of New York Uity to injury Kerr, for political purposcs, In this at- tempt the cross-cxamination entirely falled. 1n the attempt to break down uny portion of i viu‘rlrcf testimony, the cross-exainiuation utterly alled, Mr. Kerr contented himeelf barely with a gen- eral denial, 1o was not willing o swenr that he was camnclous of knowlug Harney, He swore positively that larsey was never ‘in his room; that hie never had ony conferences with him. Mr, Kere, however, did not choose to state why he haid appointed an unknown person tram New York, although It appears that Kerr bas hid knowle o ot Wit Hurney would teatif to for n month. It Is assumed that Mr. Kerr will endeavor to ISMUACIT ITARNEY'S TESTIMONY by neekiny to prove that Larney was the author of the anonymoun letter sent to “Mr. Kerr on April 18 luwt. " 1L ba anticlpated that prool of thia will be nitempted throurh Moore, tlie Parsce Merchant of the New York World, to whom Mr. Kere sent the fetter, and who fnterviewed Harney nbout it. Harney to-day admitted the fact of that interviow, but denled that he wrole the lefter. Rerr's friends nre very positive that they will show his innocence. Yuey expect o dy this by proving that Hurney and other accusing witnesses ure gufity of perjur; The Iepublican members of the Commiitee, on the other hand, in public conversation freely state thut tho textimuny of the witnesees Green und Hurney han not heen impenched, and that clrenm- stanccs very wironkly tend 1o curruborute all this texstimony. © Kere's friends matntain tuat he shoull not be convicted upon the testimony of one wit- sieww, and yet it whll not be forzatlen that Cen. Del- Xnap won “recommended to bo hupeached by the e Committee on the testimony of oue witness, aud he an acknowledged and proved disburaer of bribes and a participent in the crlme, The corrobe omting evidence agaliet lelknap wan dizcovered o month afterwards, and by a different Committve, It v etated that Kere wh) have Green reealled for the purpose of attempting to contradict Harney. Kere'n friends vay to-night that Green will tentify tit he vever hud sn intervlow with Kerr fo Uie [iresence of {xmuey, Thute ata atlise ininor pulnts n which, it ls waid, the festimony of trecn i not corroborated by that of Hamney. The wituess Larney DID NOT APFEAR WELL fn many partfculars, On cross-cxuminatfon he had gome extruordinary lapses of memory, e tosti- fled with grent ponitiveness that hin memory was cu]:oclallr rooil; that hewanid recalf with cleutness events which huppened when he was 11 years of age e ls now 45), yet he could not reewher the nome of the lamdiord or street where he Mved in Washinglon ten years ugo, Kerr hlmself, for that matter, “has lapsos of memory searcely lees temavknble, —for on the 18th of Apri) Jast, a littlc over & month ago, hu wrate Lo the War Department asking whethier he atuny time had had appointed (o the United States army o man by the nume of Green, and whether that'ofiicer viua still fn the service, = For hlsanuwer fie In confrouttd swith bix own original letter in the archives of the War Department, which admits the appolntment of Green by himself, and requests thus s commizsion be forwarded to u certain uddress in New York. OPINIONS DIPPER ns to tho trath of the chiurges vgainst Kerr, but the difterences of opiulon seemtobe drawn to some ex- tent alung party loee, PThe differences oelse out of doubite'as to the credibility uf tho witness Lar- ey, but upon the naln pobitthere can be no ques- tion that nrney awore absolulely tothe payrent of money for ihe appufntment of Augustus ), Green. “Tho direct exumination was as plaln, and positive, and particulur b its details us {t 18 possi- bie to mnke a sfatement, The witnesw testified with evident reluctance, He was guite us unwilling to give his testimony 19 was the witness Green, In fact it seenied at one tine ho would refune to an- swor, whereupon Mr, Kerr, who was present with his fiwyer, rojeased the wltneas from fis suppored obligntion, and desired hlm to tell the truth. What that truth I8 it Is porsible may never bo known, QUEKTION OF VERACITY. Up to the present time there uro two witnesses— Green and Harney~whose textimony is corroborat- ed by very muny significant clrenmsiances afulnst one witneer, fijeaker Kerr, and his good chavacter, e question now Is 4 question of vercity between thowe wituewses and Keer, Doth aldey will adimie that the following fucts have been clearly proved: First—That in the spring or midsnmuer of 1800 Michiacl €, Kerr, then & Hepreseutative from Indl- i, now Speaker of the Houke, recommended for appofutment as Becond Lieuteannt In the United Statew Army Augustus ¥, Greon, n man_ who had never heew in Indiuns and whom' Kerr lind never seen nutil within u few days before he recommend- ed hlm for appointment, ind that the appointment was mide under theso clronmstances, Second-=That Ureen did pay to tho witness, L lurney, then Doorkeeper of the House, £450 In consideration of this uppointiacot, ‘There CAN DR NO DOUNT OF THESR PACTS. The first I-Ipmu:ll by Green Ifwnelf, by Ilarocy, and by the letter of iSerr on flle fn the War Departs went, an well us by M “The necond I8 proy . Kerr's present admfssion, Aby the twn persoms who should have the best knuwledge of the tranenction ~Cireen und finrney. 1t 8lso stated that the see- ond paint will be fitrther corraboruted by tho teti- mony of the brother und nister of Green, whe fur- niwhed Wi with purt of the money, and by the recordu of the Nugistered Letter “finrenu of (he Post-Olllce Departinent, which, it 14 wafd, show thut Ureen forwarded in o regletered § the ro- derof the s alleged to bave been pald for omnlsxlon. g ¥ the GREEY, Noattempt has beon made to fmponch the ered(- bility of Green. 1o swears in tiio moxt pouitive aanier that e paid the money o amey ; tit lie tined u conferencs with Kerr, t which Hurney also wwenrss that he nover knew Kore until fntroduced toiim by Harney, The witness Green ulso refers tu severil fnportant detatls with which testimony of Harney entirely ngrees with his, ‘Wi remarks- le hurmony Letweeh the Lestimony of those twoe witticuses, In importunt us well 88 unimportant de- tallsy, has s wpocial lognl significance from the fact that Green's tentinony was tuken secret, and that of s chapncter larey could have hud nu knowledite ot the thmo he testified, Both witnersen ngree that ut the interview with Kerr no mention was mudy of money convideration for the recomuendation, This notuble colneidenco In tho teatiuony of those wituesses 1s further signlil- cunt from Che Juct that the two witnesscs are not now triends, TUE DEMOCRATS nre using every exertion to brenk down the witness Haruey and piove hbm 1o be a bad cbaraeter, It i cven nfd tfint they propuse to assa(l bim fn his domestic relutious, ‘Tliere was o runior Jate to-night that the excites ment uf investigation wan lkely to prove too grent astrain upon Were's heart, 1nquiry shows, lows ever, thut by la o worse than he Lus been, HARNEY'S TALR, WasttiNetoN, . ¢, Muy 20), ~Lawrence Tlar- ney, In obedience (o' R rumimony, uppearcd this morylnyg betore the Committes on Bxpenditures by the War Depurtiment to testity in relation to thy legutionn aalist Bpeakor herr. o Committ postponed Lis examination until 1 weluck, Darney paiil e did not think o conld be prescnt ut thiat tine, us he was sailerlig with nouralgia, and wauld hiave to 20 10 als routn aid ifs down. Clymer, thy Chulrun of the Committos, tnformed Harney that lie need not Jeave the rount, s bo could rent upon the wofu, and the rwow woild be durkened sid o suard placed ab the door tu provent visitwrs knuck- g for adnabaalon, ‘Phis uceommodation was ugica- Bl to thie witiesd, und Sie rematuedd, The Commitice ussembled at L o'clock, Kerr wan present, sttonded by Hepresentatives Jurg), Morriaon, Hesetord, and Springer ss persone o) friends, aud by It h, Elliot a4 counsel, veence Mariey wag sworn and vxaiaied by ntutive vy, Jfo testitled that b waw fue ¥ canployed In the Apprataer's ofilcs InNew Yok, but in_ ot o wis Asalstant- Doorkecper of the ouse, Mo liad known Green forststeen yeurw, Tl first conversntion he had with Green I jegund to procurmy him o Secoud Licutensucy n the army wis I o apriog of 1668 in the Honse, but b would not tell auything of u contidentinl nuture, Mr, ks huped thint thy withess would Lo cow- pelled ta tell everything, Mz, Clymer declared that the question must ho suswered, The wituees, i Bliswer Lo repeated guestiony, entrented the Committee to cxense Bl Srom ansviering the questione, 1l wanted o know what the Commitice could do §f ho did not answer, und Clymer responded that this was for thy Come mitte T detenmive, OUT WiTH IT. Bpeaker Kerr hero remarked that, §f thero was anything in conncetlon with him 'marking the transaction as contldentlal, withess needn't so re- gard {4, but ho expected witness to tell the truth, Witnew—11 Mr. Kerr wants me to tell te truth 1 \lvllll [ Iwil Speaker at took place between youand keen with regard to the payauent of mon: Witnom—Groen wald to o that if 1 procured a commimlon for bl hu would pay wie, 1 told direen thnt It wasut that tino imponelble Lo get, but that [ wuuld ecarch usiong the wembers of thy ouss tuses whether there was o \'muuu:{. I found no vacancy nntillesw Kerr, and then 1 spoke to Ll wbout L Mo sud e had slresdy msde s nominution far bis dlstrlet, but thy candidate did vot come forwurd, treen wtated Lo o that it Kerr ubtulied the appolntoent o K YOULD YAY N pon T, onyursation with Kerr at Lis houso by Al S I o At e houss by . was golng tu the Wur York fitate, and that 1 was a ftepublican and Greeen fas o lepoblican, but not n active ane, Talsotold him that Green bnd good qualifications for the place, and Kerr secmed pleased with Gree 2w tecommendations, but he wanted Green to ehtain Demacratle indorsement, so that 1 any of hia con- wtituenta abould question the propriety of the ap- Dointment ho comd show it whn by Deneratic 1he i Green ohtainad such recommendation, ¥ aeked Lerr how much money § would hava to pay him. whets hemnid if the appointment wae worth anyihing it was worth §500. I anfd I thought Ureen could nut glve 8600, but contd raice £100. Kerr dld not aceim pleased with the latter amount, 1 :{\w Cnpt. Green that evening. [ told him that orr WANTED $500, 11 paid ha had not that much money, andall he could rane wan $400. 1 salid we will make 18 2150, Green counted me $400 n $5, $10, nnd £20 notes, and afterwards found that ho contd pive me $10 more. { tank thin amonnt and ndded $40 more to it Green subsequentiy forwarded me from New York $40 [n n reairtered letter to relmburae me to that amount, wihich § had advanced on hinacconnt. T kept the money In my passerelon three or four dayw. One afternoon, between & and 4 el Kerr enine to me when'Twas on duty ot the east door of the Touxe of Tupresentatives, and, calling e to the steps leading near the danrway, eaid: **Hinrney, § will take that money now." 1 OAVE M THR MONEY, which lie put into s pocket, aml rematked that he epartinent 1o muke the ape Intinent, Witners testified that he went theeo times to see Kerr, and Green accompanied him once, Fhought he Introduced Green to Keer In the hatl of the Hlouse, The arrngement was made within ten daye, Kerrnever, to the knowledge of witness, spoke to Gireen ahont muncy matters. Q.= When umzm- first dincloee tne circumatances aflecting the wnbject of investization? A.—Itwas in the Appralser's afice, and to Will- famn A, Darllng, one of the most honest—, hu wad honest, for he never sold an oppoiniment, aud never ook o cent of money for what he had done, I made an ullumon to Democrats at Washington whu were engaged in the business of investizations, saying they were attncking Hepablicans when the Detocrats were more gullty than they were, Ahout 1wo months aygo Moore called on me in the Appralser's oftice and ahowed me n copy of an anonymous letter written to Kerr. 1told Moure I knew nothing of the author of i1, directly or indizectly. 1 further said I knew Speaker Kerrto ben fine gentjeman, Movre enid that Kerr would have n committee (o investipnte the matter, and the rooner the better. 1dld not want to cume before this Committee, but 1 did 8o becatise the newspapers slandered ine, and sald 1 ws hiding nway snd was bought up, CHOSS-EXAMINED. In his crose-cxamination by Mr. Elllott, Kerr'a counsed, Harney ndmitted thut this wun the first and outy time lie approsched Kere on euch business or nny ot burinuss, Q. =W relution existed between you snd W, l\.A Darlingr .—llonieaty and friendelitp, [Laughter.) Q.—How long han the frlendehp lasted? A.~Twenty-ilve years, ~ [Loughter.] And the honestyt fo=Alwaye. - [Laughter.] o wan asked why he belleved that Kerr would want mm\nx amd replied because he had no clafm upon Mr. Kerr, e bad never told tho story fully betore, although lic had made allusion to it, because there wae klways iuch mystery about thé manner fn which he vot Green's appofniment, Mr. Eillott, after further preceedings, soid he wisled o rend over the testimany, both in chief wnd cross-examination, before going farther, Clymer xaid witners Would be recalled on ‘croes- exnmination. Danford interrozated witness, who safd hia first Interview with Green ook place in Washington, Green suthorized him to say he would way muoney for the uppofntment, sy he had tried, but could pot obtain the pince in uny other way. "he anonymous letter addressod to Kerr men- tioned the cliarge thut Witness had pald the money to Kerr. Several purties, newspaper men fuclud- ed, purssed i, but he ‘declined tu talk about the matler to them. . (Ly Ilteprerentatlve Clymer)—You mever enfd that District-Attorney” Bliss and Darling crowded you, and that there was great pressure to Induce you to make the statement? Witiess denfed that he had eutd so, Q.—Did yim sy that, ather than mako the sate- ment, you would resizn the place you held in she Appraaer's oflice? A—Yes, (), —~Wna not the preesure Intended to make you glve 3 statoment or cleur vut of the oflice ¥ A.—1 dit not care for the 81,500 sulary, a8 I can obtain employment outride, Q.—DId you not muke your fiest statement rath- er s a threit to fugratinte yourself u favor of your employens ¥ A.—"There was no occasion for that, KERN'S STATRAMENT. The examination for to-doy being at an_end, Speaker Kerr remurked he did not want to vetird without suyfng u few Words, and nsked o e sworn, Tin liaving been dune, ho sald: § only want to remark to-day that I deny_every mnterial state- et wude by this wituoss affceting my personal honor and oficin! fntegrity. Thativall. If1were in sutticient health 1 would wnuke s statement of the clreusstunces which led to thin fnvestigation, in connection with theanonymeus letter I received, but I do not fecl able 1o'do wo to-day, I will further suy that, consclously, "I never knew this “witness in my life; but [ do not may or wieh to be understood ns suylug that he'dld not Introdnee Green to me. 1 do not kuow alz doorkeepers obout this House now, though they sro aupposed 1o he iny politicat friends, 1 never conscluusly exchanged one min- ute's conversution between fleaven and earth with thnt person, I never knew him, and he was never ot m[y rooin ny he hae stated, and of course I nover reuelved any mouey fron b BoF from Boy v clso, DOCUMENT, Mr, Crosby, Chicf Clerk of the War Department, produced paporsrelative 1o Augustus I Green. The frst wus u dencelptive dist, dated Juno 12, 164G, and signed by Kerr, recommending Green to be np}mlnted second Licutenant in the army, aud certitylng that Ureeu wa persunal 1y known to diim ana yierson of goud churncier, and that he be- licved Green was mentally, morslly, and physic. ally quailtied to perfarm tho duty of & Lleutenant i tho United States army. “U'he next paper prouced woe slno dated June 12, 1RUY, snd wan trai Nelean Taylor, addecssed to the \War Department, askimg the return of the papers be bud tiled (n belwlf of Green. “These papers were returned, and afterwurd given by Ureen to Kerr. "The third puper was on iled with the Presldent by the Hon. Myer Etrouse, requeating the sppomt- ment of Green, "Il fourth paper was addreesed to the Secretars of War by Kerr, dated July 81, 18060, as folluws? ¢ W1l you huve the kindness to send the cow- mieslon of Avguetus P. Green to hiy addrees ut Madivon aventie, New York City? He wuy nowl- nuted by me. " "T'he A1th wan as follows: House o ReercscntaTives, April 18, 1870,— Gen, K. D, Townsend, Adjutant General—My Diav Sin: Moy I trouble you to informi me whether there i# now In ifurngy u mun named Anguntus ¥, Gr oM the rank of First Licutenunt, or any hlgher rauk, s If such person [s not 1 the sriny now, whether hie wad §n e Taet four or five years, uud Tow by ol out? Your attention will greutly obliye me, L Lave the hunue to bo very lrul})" ycuu. 3 HOW HE GOT OUT. To thia tha Adjatant Uenernl replied thut Augns- tus P, Green wus a Fiest Livutensnt In the Fourth Artillery, und was dikmlsacd from tho se: sentence of const-murtial March &, 1h7i, o wos upgolnted fn e regular aray July 20, 1860, Tle od previously verved a8 an oficor of voluns twers, Adjourned till Wedneaday. GREEN'S TERTIMONY. The testimony of A, P. Green inthe above case, taken I eccrct sewsfon on Saturdny, was given W the press ta lnr It s leogthy, und the sume story fn detai{ which hins been publifshed. o tes- tiled that he never had any understandimg with Kerr that ho wak to By for the appolntment, nor did ke ray anything to Keee about s arrangement with Harney, Witness forther testied thut pro- vious to his introduction to Kerr, Hurney hud spohen of other Congressmen throngh whom o hopeil to get witness un appofntment, umd had fu- troduced him 1o one whose name bo hiad forgotten, bat nothing cxme of It 1le had 1o association or acqnnintanceship in Kerr's district or fu imlluna that aided him with refercnco to this appoint- ment, ‘Witness stated that he wae not examined by any Bonrd. | Kere's recommendation procured him the appulntment, without uny additionn! Influcnce, Witners belng usked by Robbing how it was that ho left the ariny, replivd that he wae dismissed, hayiug made an” unfortunate step, and hud been gobbled up Mke o worm h{ 4 mocklng-bird when 14 4 hungry. Other men had done the samo thing without belng court-murtialed, I reply to questlons put by Clymer, witness stated thut Korr examined hin very caretully as to hiw recommendation und gencral capaeity,” Wit- ners, thres yeurs ufler his appointment, hlo{l{ll‘fl al New Allany to pay his reapects 1o Kerr, which he would not huve done It lio hind belieyed that Kere received the money Which he, witnese, pafd to Harney. Ho did not then bellove, sud'docs uot now beffeve, that Kerr recelved this money, WIHAT 13 TIHOUGILE OF IT. 'The testimony of Hlaruey ls the peneral theme of convernatlon, Althungh o swore positively that e guve Kory money to procure the sppointment of Green, the statement i generally diseredited, not unly from tha piee churncter Which Kerr hus al- d sustained, but from the inauner of the wit- nesk. Leading Republican menibers. do not heni- tate to avaw thelr thorough disbelicf of H:lnw‘f"n atory, trusting ruther i Kerr's statement under watli that ho wover recelved any monvy from Lo HEY OF 4By 0ther pereun JO8" Green's appointient. Hoine of the friendn of Kepr desfred, owlng tu the precatious conditlon of his health, that thy vxe wulistiun be postponed for two weehs, bt Repres seututives Lord und Hereford, two of hix principst tdvisers, thought llwur\-\_\wllcf that Y rhonld ut unc meot Iy uccuser, Kerr unbeallutingly adopt- ed thelr advice, s therctore nppeared. BOfor 1o Committee, Seversd wilnesses from Kew York have been summoned, and will thoroughly contras dict Huracy fn material Puhm. Harney, un returniug to iy botel thiv stnted Le had been before the Commities Ing uwked whethier e hud b s but T hsve killed the ‘sylupathy v expressed for i a very feeblo condition of fLero On L repifed einocratic parly | Speaker Suery bo £ hvalth, e ——————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Loxnoy, Moy 20, —Steanmiships Sardinian, from Montreal, Ohlo, from Pluladelpbla, sod Uolland, frow New York, have urrived. SaN Fuascisco, Muy 20 ~Arrived, the steamer Gaeito from Houg Koug, via Yokobuma, with 600 Covlies. CRIMINAL NEWS. Exhilarating Episodes in the Life of a Louisiana Politician. Escape of Two Murderors under Death- Bontence at Cayugs, Canada. A Senator in Son-in-Law of Brownlow Killed Arkansas, A Wreteh In Washington Connty, In., Murders His Benefactors LOUISTANA ¢ POLITICS.” Special fispatch to The Tridune, NEW OnLiAss, La., May 20.—A maes Conven- tion of the Republicans of Batun Rouge to clect delezten to the State Convention was Leld on Sat- urduy, notwithetand{ng the thrents of some of the Democrats of the parlch that the meeting wonld not he periitted, During the day handa of Regu- Iators rode into the town and scattercd through the strectd, They committed no scta of violence, but, In fsolated inntances, through thresta or peria- #lon, deterred soveral members from attending the Convention, Atout half-past 1 a'clock the follow- Ing moening, Representative W, . Lone, who orcupied uw room wen the sccond floor of the larney flouze, was awnkened from his sleep by the round of feet fu the baflway and at the door of bin ronm. Ile maked, **Who's there?" but got nonnswer, A knocking was commenced at the dvor, and ¥oan an eifort was made to break §t open. Lane taok his platol from the bureau to be ready foraction, Before retiring he hnd barricaded the door with a chalr, hut the pressure from the out. side forced the door partly open, and the figure of a mau uppearcd at the vpening. A whot wan fired from the opening at the bed, when Lane responded with a whot ot the Inteader, who, evidently wounded, withdrew, — Lsne nuain sc- cured the door, wlile the nll«cquz‘rnrly fell back for conmultation, ‘Chey again tricd to force the door, and Fome slot were fired from the outside thraagh the daor, siots which Mr. Lane qulckly re- turned, and ogain drove the besieznre away. They again retnrned with o sort of battering-ram, snd tried the daer, hLane fred two more shots through the panel of the door, and, while thty © deliberated. strenpthened | the bueri- ende and refonded his pistol. Finally the attacking party retired down the stalrs. Lune wentto the window and listened. and Aparty “fn was standing on tho sidewalk, They avlie it fix ‘e reply from the descending party Was, *+Yen," Some others rode off on horsehack, und asked, **ATLHight?" The reply was, *+ All rlehit! e on." Theparty moved off ‘up the strect, Evidently two of the g mmded. re They ‘lefl the oitkirts of the town In_u gullup, with n buggey with three men fnjt. Tt way after- warde repurted thut one of the party had been wounded i the head, awd another fn the arw. The attacking mob conelsted of even men, wlo were musked. It wis doubtless thelr Intention to marder or abduct Mr. Lane, ae Lus been free quently threuteneds A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. New York Times, May 3, Tho Inmates of the double tenement honse No. 413 East Ninth street dircovered yesterday morne fng that during the nixht previous o tenant named Jumes Dodwell, aged 60 yeurs, oceupylog two reae rooms on the Orat floor, had attempted to murder hin wifo und tuk:e his own lfe. The firet Intima- tion which the peaple of the houee got of the trag- cdy was in the uppenrance of Dudwel) about 7 s, m. in the ballway with u Jarge gash n his throat, Hewasmaklngevery exertfun to stanch the wound with the uld of 8 wet sponge, aml when spoken to cauld only give utterance toa gurgling sonund, by which he was unable to convey ony meaning. En- tering the apattments In wideh Dodwell and Lis wife lived, the uifrkzited people fonnd the wife upon the bed withheud and fuce disigured. It waa evident from the pusition of the poof wopin that Dodwell had attacked her while she was usleen, strilzing lier woveral powerful DBlows on the heud with B common hotchet, which lnxtru. waw found in the bédromm, covered bload, and that ehartly after,’ renlizing whut e Lud done, he selzed a sl T enw ol gawtied bis wn tirodt,” Amoni the people of the ouse, Dodwell and his wite were looked upon us quict, industrioue persous, und had neverncted in 4 manner that would Jead o the supposition that thelr warrled 1fe was otherwles than smicable, “(hey had been oceupnnta of the honse for the pust fourteen yoars, and during that long perlod regu. larly pald thefrrent. Dodwell Is laborer by occu- wtion, und up 1o two weeks ago worled for Mr. olin [k, o bullder, The Joss of his situstion presed on the piun's mind to such an extent that Beruduntly” became tneanc, snd - wiils - thus aicted contempluted the mutder of bl wife snd hinowt eufclde. From e fact that Mes, Dod- well waos seen by o Mrs. Morton about 9 o'clock on Friday eventig ih oue of the empty front roowms, and did ot then complly of any violence on the purt of her bushand, 1t Is evident that Dodwelt did not begin s wmurderous work untll late fn e wlght or ot an early hour the following murning. The two rooms, —thous poorly turnlahed, were clenn and comtortable, aud wero ttlo disturbed, and il not present the disturbed uppeatinee uannl after a tleperate stenggle. ‘Chiv act supports the theory that the woman was sleepiug when attacked, and wos therefore not prepured’to defend berself ur excape from the blows of the murderer. As oon Jolice wera fuformed of th tragedy tie nd woman wero renoved fn an ambulance to wo Hospital, where it was found that the could not poesibly murvive the effects of v wounds, right eldo of the skull is Miuttered, und the jaw badly tractured, A wound on the left clicek extends from the ear to the motith, and the lctt ade of the body_le completely puralyzed. Eifurts on the purt of Dr. Smith, thy utenttunt physicinu, o Testore conxclousness o futil, tho vpSration ouly resniifug i io- the ‘breathlug of the putlent perceptibly. Bradwelt wiw anstiued for treatment o Dr. Silver, nd I nlwo inu very Jow conditlon, aithough there 16 every Lopo that his lite may by spared. ——— SIIOOTING AFFRAYS. Mestpis, Tenn., May 20, ~Paesengers from the Hot Sprimgs, Ark., reporl an utense excitement there uver the shootlng of John C. Hale, 4 prom- inent citizen of that place, oud son-ta-law of cx- Gov, Lrowulow, of thls State, lust Ssturday, by Willlam I, Waleh, the Poxtmuater, and o prom- inent volitician. The dificulty grow out of Walsh bullding urtore on ground claimed by Hale, The reports uro contieting as (o who fired the fiest shot, Wulsh emptivd the contents gf o doublesbarreled shot-gun dnto ale's sidey inflicting mortal . Walsh wus arrested, orvanus, O, May #,—At Dublin, sbout 12 wmlien from thia city, yesterday eveniug, a gang of constrnction hunds ‘on- the "Columbu & Teledo Liilroad got on a deunk, When two men, named Juhin 8hunk and Pat Connera, hind n quatrel, which ferminnted by Stunk pulling'n plstol und ahooting Cuuners o the breast, Conners died in n few minttes, Shonk wid captured by his comrades, tied, and brought o this city this moralng, and turned over (o the suthorntics A NFCK SAVED, Buecial Dispateh to Tre Tribuna Tour Wavse, Ind., May 20.~The celebrated Wall murder cune cume to & brief teraination to- dny. Wullfsa colored proacher, who murder-d John Cronkheit on the #d of last July. Tho fiss trlul Insted fourteen duys, sud resntled fo o denthe sentenc. Court, which granted s new trial. cured'n chunge of venue from J Judize Slack, of funtington. Afte wus mude of 8 chunge of venue (o another counts. dudige Sluck to-day grunted the change of vorse mad went the casy o Whitley County 0 e try 1 septem Afterwurdy, \all's aitorneys i 1o Withdraw the motlun and put in u plea of of murder {u the wecond degeee, The proposition, a ples of d dudge slaes then sentenced Walt to itontlary for llfe. e will bo tates lo Afchignn City 1u a doy or two, H g A HORRIDLE MYSTERY,. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Camto, 1L, May 20,—A small vicl cortalning a lfp of paper on which there la writhig was picked up about twenty duys ago in tne hurbor of New Orleans, by ofticers of the Grsid Lake No. 2, und delivered yesterday to Col. J. 8, Reardon, agent for the Hny to whichthe Ctand Lake belongs, 1htve scon apd pend thie pape 1Uls weitten vn with ink, apparently nervous.y, sud fus buery, e words are: *+ April 21, 1873, ~We Lavo all been murdered, and by prople of the South. God will punish e, (Sigued) Mrs. Witllamsberger, husband, und Luby, Walthau, Mase. e Ioxt words wers evidently written au an af- terthought, upparently fur itentification. To what horrlbld” uitwie by thia pleco of papar u key? The mw b well preseeved, and with the vial is In the pusseaaton of Col, Kesndo —— TIE SLUNU-SIIOT. Spectal Dispatch 1o The Tridune. Duovque, lu., May 20,—Saturday uight, Fellx Guun, # young wan 21 yeans of ago, while golng howw wus attacked by two men named McCloskey and Redinglon, Ono of them struck blm over tho ey with o slung-shot und fractured hiskull, Hu 14 not expected 10 dye. s PIPER METEMPSYCIIOSED, Syecial Dispatch to The Tribuna. Sioux Cyry, In., Moy 20.~The mau who mur- dered Frank Carr Friday ufght, about 80 miles east of hiers, in Washington County, to-day mnde a full confesslon of hils crimie to un otticer at Newel), where bo ts conined fn the jall. 1o adwits hiv guilt, but vayw that u short tiue previous Lo draui u lurge quantity of whisky, and cowld not rostat e fpulen to kil Cure "as by lay sleeplng vn s wagon set. 1fe took n gun from the wagon, and, atter nhooting the top of Carr's hear oft, broka the guastock up over hia hody, robed hhn of fla money and_ left. He rays he hav n wife at Boone, In., and bad ptarted ont to ook for wurk when overtaken by Carr with the team. e neeepted an invitation to ride, and at nIRHE they camped ot n fes miles from Sac C1ty. wiiere the murder was committed, e wiil be cx- amined to-morrow and comimitted for trial, BRUTAL MURDER. Bpecial Diepateh to Tha Tridure. Paxton, f1l., May 20.—Frank Flouton was atabbed by Henry Parker at Loda, 4 mlies north of thia place, yeaterday afternoon, from the effects of which he dled this morning. Varker's mother had had some words with Flouton In regurd to hle lscharge from the employ of a farmer near Buck- Tey, Farker, learning of this, entered the hoise Whero Floatan was neated and kicked the lattur in the ahoulder, aud, hefore he could nee, Parker atabbed him In the Abdomen, severing the mall in- festines, An ingquest was held, end s verdict ros tpenad in acrordunee with the above. Farker Is now tn jail ot Watacka. New Ontkaxs, Mar 20.~Thres white men, McEardle, Grabam, and Dnmonyile, whilo slerp- inggin camp In fbervill Farish, were attncked by a. nejro who killed McCnrdte and Graham with an ix, and wounded Dimonvllle. The negro plundercd the catup ond fied, B BHOT HIS BROTIIER-IN-LAW, pecinl Dirpatch ta The Tribune. f1. Pavt, Minn., Moy 20, —~Yesterday afternoon, about milesout on the Hudron road, Frederick Swiegel ahot and fatally wonnded Conrnd Baste, ‘hin birother-In-Inw. wiczel's wife hiad taken ref- uge ot hier hrother's house, un ncconnt of trouble with her hushand, Swiegel, heing drank, went to the houre, and, nfter a few words, fired with his pisto) at Baste's breawt, Nelghboring farmers ronn thored, and were about to bilict gulek ju-tice, having the rope alrendy ronnd Swiegel's neck. when s Catholic clergvinan Interpused, and indoced the crowd to murrcnder the wan to the Wusbington County Sherifl, S ESCATE OF MURDERERS. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Cartaa, Unt., May 20.—Last evening John and James Youny, two hentenced murderers, cacaped from jall in this place. Yesterday tmorning James was releaned from hie shackles, and, In the ceven. fng. the duiler went to the prisoners' cell to re- Flm:u then, when the prironer jerked the shackics rom the Jatler and struck him acroes the head with them, completely stunning him. The privoner took the keys from the Jailer, went 10 John Yonng's cell, tnfocked it. and both esea Deputy Sheriff and n strong posse of went Immediately in pursuit, 'The Govern Lua offered $500 for the recapture of ench. were to have been hanged on the 218t of June, HOT SPRINGS MURDER. Larrie Rock, Ark,, May 20.—W, P. Valsh, Postmueter at 1ot Springs, ¥hot and killed Johu L, 1l un Saturday last in a perconal diniculty alout 8 certain ot of Jaml which [1all claimed, and upon which Walsh lad commenced to bulld, Walh apd his nephew, James Walsh, were arreated, und are in charve of the Sherifl, charred with kititng Budl. e Coroner's jury found that 11a1) cume 1o his death by a gun-shot wonnd at the bandsof W. I, and Jeimes’ Walsh, Cousiderable excitement over this afialr hay prevaiied for two duys ut the Springs. — TIOMICIDE IxpianaroLrs, ud., May 20.—A fieht occnrred to-dny between the unlon and non-nnlon bricklay- era at the Insune Asylum buflding, 3 miles west of this clty, during which Samuel Luke shot sud k- ed a man whoee nate could not be Jearned. Luke cume to this city und surrendered himeelf to” the police, clsiming to hinve ucted in seif-defense. CHEAP ENOUGH ! Epectal Dispaitch to Te Tribune. McGnroot, Ju., Muy 20.—James C. Moates, ac- cavcd of grand Iarceny, was on Satuniay lust uce quitted at Elkador, where he bud been on triul Lefore Judge Noble for two weeks, Cost 1o the county, $5.000. AMUSEMENTS. IIOOLEY'S TIIEATRE. Ernest Blum's dramas of ** Roxe Michel,™ e re- vised and udapted for the stage by Jamen Stecle Mackaye, wud produced at this theatre last nizht by 3iles Rore Extinge and o company specially se- lected to support her. The history of the play must be tolerably well known to the publie, A fafl- wre In Purls und London, it had o great suceess in New York, thu ecredit of which ix supposed to be due In about equal parts to the merit of Mr. Mac- kaye's adaptatlon, the Uberality of the managers of the theatre in mounting the plece, aud the skil) -of the nctors fn the Unlon Square Theatre. The first two of these reavons for deserving popular support ure attachied to the play us it la represented in Chicago. 3ir, Mackaye's work la the same, and tho ecenery ls the rume as wos used in the Uplon Square Theatre. The ncting, us we shal} hiove occorlun to observe further on, fs vastly dif- ferent. The story of the play Ie v follow ‘The principal characters ure Pierre .itichel and his wifo Jove, They have o doughter Loudee, who 3 petrothed to u youny man numed Auidre. T 1 {1y haw always been distinguished for an lerepr uble name and fine sense of honor, There i ul acrvant of the Michels, Moulinct by name, who supplics fombre amusemment n oue of two ncenes, W in_the end becomes an Important witnees. s¢ characters ure in low-life.” As represcnta- tives of the polite world, we luve the Haron de Bellevie, & roue, who In bought to conent 1o a separation from his wife, and to leave the countr! the Count de Fernay, and hls motber,—tise las named belng proteetor and guardian of the Luron- s de Helecie. wife of the dissolute Baron. Fhiese two groupe of personuices. iu low and high Mle, are brougut cether In actiun By the avarice of Plerre Michel and the lirt of de Bellerie. The latter, being shout to take a long journcy, looks about for 1 agreenble female compunion, Ils desire suz- sta the chartaing Loutse icked, wnd e tempts father with anoffer of matiey (o consent to his s Lierre Michel i» u miser. e strikes o b ter comes tu Dlerre Mickel's house late ot nizht, with sil his Imoney sbout hitn, und proposes to carry out the achuaie, Then the idea veenrs to Plerve Michel, **Why be satisticd with a smisll share of the mon- eyt Why not marder the maw und have it allt™ The murder I« accomplished, though not In view of the sudience, 1t takes place in a backsroom, while Bose Michel, Interror and augulsh of heart, witnesses it in front. When the crime Is complets ed, she confronts Lierre and cumpels b o sur- render the blood money. He wives it to her (o the pocket-back of the Zigron de Dellerie, Shehurrics with this pucket-bouk to the mansion of the Count D Vernuy, from whom she knuws Do Belle- vie had woncy, and leaves It in o drawer of “tho Counf's desk. Phe pocketbook bearing the Baron's initisls i found there, snd the Count ie accosed of the mur< der, Appeamnces are agalust him, - He lhad arted with the Jaaron n anser, and hod long beey Kln ceneny e i tried and condenmed to die, Jiose Michel s 1orn by dlstracting vmotions, She dare not tell the trath, though she desplves her husband for her child's Jite {s bound up (n the oung man whos #he (s to marrg, sud how could “ho, with hin unblemished nas marry the danghter of 8 murderer? On the other hand, she cannob bear Lo kee wn fIocent man suiler u ehane- ul death on the weatfold, She attempts to reseue he prironer, with the sanction of the Profect, whade compagsion oa overpowered his sense of duty, but { thwartea agnin by the teeachery of her husband, who roveals the plan of escupe i order 1o wecure his own safety, Then, ut last, Lluse t Michel's Jove of truth und justice becomes wtzungor j than her devotion to” her dsughter, bie eaves the Count und condemus her hushand, The husband is shot und kifled [n an attempt to cape, und the Connt, ovenlowlng with gratitude utehes up & tmuteh between the murdercr's daugh* !‘er und the honest goldanith's son, after all "Tho motive of the draing, it will be obrerved, 18 mother's love. ‘This onc chord of passton, perhups tho devpiost and Ktrongest In husan uature, 14 the muln one of the action; and, though shillfully uded, it §= too much used,” Fhe eficet of nuked res fturntion uad ropetition s not cumulative: §tis of- fen Just the opposite, _But we find much to admire and prabee fn ¢ Hows Micl and wonld not be understoad a8 comlemning it A sotubre intervat peevaden 1t, the construction of it is priistic, muny of the siuations are stranely dramatic, nud 1taf- furds opportunity for o thue display aud contrast of character. The dialogue dues not strike the fancy or urouse the intelleet, but the story, with its dra- m-‘nu rurroundiugs, txey the cye uid quickens the pule. ¥ Ve drama owes pe 5 8! thing to the marvelousact- whom we welcome (o Awerle can slage, She aets o woment she is befors the foutlichis, and we acurcely kuow which to ad. mire most—lier elocution, hee rure power of faciul expreaslon, or her intultive sensc of dratnatic pro- prlety. 35 J. 1. studley, who assumes the part ot Hierre Michel, acquifted himnetf i u highly creditable muuner. — Mr. WilHe Seywour us Alouli- et andd ** tho other doy Follytog, were fav from the start, and” clever envugh to deservo the good-wishes they recelved.” Misy Lilllan Cleved a3 tho Hur und acceptable, #ald thy better, the purt of the Count de Ve neted s 1ty [0 the ma; man _ that the not reconelle he tud been 5 volume of Vultalrew phllosopys We (clt sure thit o no- description could never have gotten Yle=su of thal beyond the title-paye of the st volume; and It was 0 mutter for avgions debate whether ho could read or writo his uative language at ail. The weakniess of tha company, With the few ex- ceptiony nulv]\l‘|wlll= Iiul [ u:u-;l: qullnt‘;\mu visl he theatre, It fu highly desfrabie, therefure, the ‘Dbl stould Widorvtind that this s ot thy veyular Unfun Square ' and has not been, advert such, i tho queation of th ** regulurlty ' o **frrescularity of lltw company, stands the prominent fuct of Ruse Eytingy's presence here in a professfousl capucity 10r tho Brat tlmo, and the further fact that her hu- poraonation of Koss Yiche x nu excelieut pives of worktusasbip, worth galnz miles eud puyiog dol- Jars to wee, 16 will by thing 1o talk about fu fu- ture yeard, AMERICAN MUSIC, Its Concoded Instrumental Roprossnta- tive Is & Brilliant Attraction of the Centennial, Planos Which Have Ruled the World for Morc Than Half a Century. Spectal Correwpondenca of Tha Tribune, PHILADELRIIA, May 27.—A clidof factor [n the civllization of the age has been the planoforte. Our country, with all ita smarvelous alds to progs ress, bias been peculiarly blessed in having had perfeet muste brought to slinost every hearth- stone. The entire last halt of Its century of ad- vaieement has been aceotnpanfed by the plano, whitch hus found {t8 way to the dwellings of the mighty and humble alike to a degree known In nuother land, From the tine Jonus Chicker~ fng began, (01533, to show tie world that Amerlea wes the natural home of true plance making, u[n to the present of Centenninl gri we have had this monurch of musle with ug ceverywhere contluuously. The plano has heen our great fustructor, harmonizer, sud ald to enlture. Tt hus made Ameriean homn-lite a model to be udmired and copled the world over, Here {n the grand expanse of the Exporition's main eiditice fs daily to be witnessed full vesdgi- ention of what 1 fwsert, The department de- voted to the exhibition of plauos s the centre of all attraction. Mun, women, and ehildren fin- ger in this sectton us nowhere else. There Is un cagrer etudy of the workimanship; anever-ending testing of actions and tones; a steady nmn‘? wlerstanding comment that shows buwy genu. e an Amerfean fstitution the l:innu s, —how brund-spread §s the appreciation fu this country of it« mugle sworth and puwer, What the house of Chickering & Sons has done toward working out this enziobling condi- thon of musie fn Amerlen, there s little need for me to kay, The record of this firm's labors and trlumphis Is cternaily entwined with the cause of 1ausle and refinement in the United States. Jouns Ciiickeriug, an American, com- menced over Ly vears ugo to prove to sl man- ki that the plaun wust and should be a dis- tinctively Amerlean Instrument, That proof bas been made, hy htmeelf und his gifted suc- org, frrefutable, und cultured Kurope lins cars conceded that American planos have a excellence unkuown to for uniform bonesty and the makers of other lands. 1 mieht ns well as faxt, Iy Amerd wade by Atheriear ¢ vorrectly understood first 1 pluos I mean those il notiing else. 1 a fo eigner “brings s Wess wnd Tralning of the ancient regime to this country, and sets up in the business of manufacturing planos, lp}” in no gense un Amerfean maker, and can never e one. His methods are Europesn, and ure con- forsedly Inferior, for Europeny' judges huve publicly £0 anuounced, o3 w{mus: the estnwal upon the Chickeringzsof the Wghest ofcompetitive honors,mcludingie peerless gift of the Crozsof the Leggton of Houor, Theluported forein tuak- ers only embody or revamp their old-time diples “of mantfacture. They cannot use 1 fuventlons, for the Chick- s have those secured by Jetters-patent. cantiot do wore than partfally imitute the guperb construction of - Atucriean instraments, for the Chickeriugs have au unnpproachuble start [ experience and reputation, and who- ever Beard of an American heing overtaken in race In which he hod unee fulrly obtained a leadt The Amerlean pianos eotie to the Centenntal irial laden with the freshest of laurels. Even the very latest of World's Fabs added another tropiy“ to the Chickerivgs® fiune. The fi gratd prize medal ot the Chill Exposition wus awnarded, over all other competition, to this he fucident gives added zest to the present event, and 1 hear pleasunt comment daily upou the faet that Chickering & Sons have only had to hold u{) their aprons for the past half century, while just fortune has phu\‘\ red theretu tokens of her approbution per- ennially. This ouse makes a peculiarly nttractfve dis- play, 1t wus to have been espeeted that the ploneer and chieftain of Ameriean plano-mak- ers would have recopnized the grandeur of the veeasion. Clickering & Sons give tribute to the natfou’s festival by o manitivent exiihit ot Instewnents. Superh sumples of their squure, grand, and upright pianos are shown beneath 3 tsndsotie catiopy, the pavilion belng erected, ss usugl with “this tlem, v o style ol correet art, whally free fron the manner of the meretrivious booths conmon to great expositions. The phnos are fncased fn viehly carved nnd inlaid carkets, aud eye aud eur alike are aceorded a refreshing joy in” the pres- ence of the Chickering exhibit, This stund is the musical foeus of the Expost- ton. It 45 the common resort of muteurs, connolsseurs, aud all understanding people to whom a perfect plano §s o well-spring of buppl- wess. There 1s i constant tlow of melady, aud the afr §s alive with the rich, powerful tohes of these puragons of instruments, here 13 o o of pride upon the faces of the throng of Atner- cans us they behold aud Hsten to thes, the ruiers futhe world of planvs. Visitors trom abre ulsy miugle thickly in the wowd, recornlzing ully the superiority of the {nstruments since pronounced by their own home exe perts tu be the acme of ihe planc-making art, CRISTIFORO, CASUALTIES. DROWXNED, Epectul Dispalch to The Tribune, JaszeviLer, Wis,, Moy 20,—Willam W. Nash, formerly o resident of Milwaukee, was drowned hers yesterday forenoon about 11 o'clo His Dudy was recovered fn & fow minutes after be foll luto the rlver, About balf an hour previous to the budy belng fonnd flontingt fn the river Le was roen ritting on one of the plers of the dam. The rup- position 1s that while miiting on the pler he by e drowey, and accidentally fell fute the river. An inquest wie held on the body, and o verdict re dered n accordunce with these facts, He vus 47 yeurs of age and withaut a fanily. special Dixpaich to The Tribune. Lasauie, i, May “Uhis afivruoon Jttle Michael Whalei, younsent won of the widow of tichacl Whaten, of thts city, was found drowncd in the rteamboat bastn, Hia father wus drowned wheu the sou was 4 months of SALT Lank, May 20.—Tlhere has leen quite an emigration of Mo: 1zons during the pust winter and wprl n thelr woy to thess Arizona settiements ou the Z4thof this month, President Wells sud seven men were upset while crossing u feery of the Cojorado River, and Bishop Roundy, one of the party, was drowne BODY FOUND. Spectal Dispateh to The Tribune, InptaNaronts, Ind., May 20, —Thw morning the body of a dvad mun wae found ks Flat Bock Ureek, near Calumbis, on the Jefersomville, Madlcon & Indianapalls Railrond, which proved to be that of John B, Hublard, traveling agent for the anitou Munufacturlng Campany of Cincinuath, 1o was Heen at Columbus Inet "Thursday without money, st night he attempted o stend u ride to hix Dowe ¢ Edinbur) sud was knocked off thy traln by u bridgo und Lilled, FELL OVERBOARD. Special Dispateh to The Tribune. MasTer, Mich, May 20.—A tuck-poluter named Joln Gordon, rekdent of Chicago, whil tutazeated this aftornoon fell from the dock at the Northern Tranapartation Company’s laning Into ihe river. 1o was rescued by o comeadnfn n half- Aleud conditlon, but was resuscitated, sud |8 now vutaf duuger, — MINE IXPLOSIO PorrsvitLy, Pu,, May 20.—Dy au explosion of fire-damp in the slops of the Lebigh sud Wilkes- barre Coal Company, nenr Tamaqua, this afterno m, efght men und o boy were severoly burued nbott the heuds aud facy t f¥ thought ull will recuver, e B— THE WEATHER, Wasmnaron, 1. €., May 80.—For the Upper Lake reglon and Upper Misslusippl Valley, fulling barometer, northeast to suutheast winds, increas- ing to brivk aml xumlhlrv bigh, parly cloudy weather and local rine, with luwer temperature in Jatter vud ridiug in funer. LUCAL ODSERVATIONS, Cutiago, May 20, iermometer, o7, Minlmuim, G UENXBAL OLSERVATIONS. Cucago, My 20-3itdoight. Siatioas, dr. ThY. __Studong 0N Tos) Cheyenn fireexturidi Davenpurs.« cavenwortl Milwaukee.. Ominh flatte, o ilaidvipl Yangon, . ———— JACKSONVILLE COMMENCEMENTS. Epecial Dispatch to Tha Tridune. JacksosvinLg, Hl., May Ui —Cummencenient- week o thle Athens of the West {8 uow ia full blast, Luwt week the JiHgh School Cummencement | occurred, aud several sucieties sud classes held thelr annnal e g s TRLE AT fl'u ml-e\' To-night the Com thu 1llinols Conrorvatory of Music was held in the Opera- l’l’{mn.’ There were five graduates, © al uf them n piano tnalc, and three of ‘them aleo in yocal marlc, = Ench exhilita a high degree of pro- ficiency and skill. and, In their puble rendition, refiected honot both on themixelves and the Faculty of the institation. Jacksonvilie haa reason Lo ba yery proud uf her Conservatory, for it has able Insiructors, and {4 turning out some vory great adepts in music. One, eapecially, who graduated this evening, Miss Carrle Whittieney, daughter of the Rev, Willlan Whittlesey, & éunzmznllnnll minster ?]! this sty [osscasch n volce of Fomarks ¢ excellence, and {a destined to ma hiear of her in the futy Eatty wald SPORTING. DASE BALL, WHITE STOCKINGS—NUHODE 18LANDS, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Bostox, Maes,, Moy 20.—The Whito Stockings, on thelr way from Hartfurd hare, atopped to-day at Providence und played the Rhode Islands, the ::‘::l.mru!us:lmml club of that city. ‘The score 234567889 00600115 33 OUO0UV001 13 KIOAD, 1Lb. #Kpeciul Dirpateh (o The Tribune. Rockrann., 111, May 20.—Conelderable atie In bano ball circles Waa created ficre to-day on the occasion uf & maich ganie of baee balf between & Jlcked uine from ¥reopurt end the Rockford nine. Be falr zraund, where the match took place, ws covered with apectators, After a ahnrp game of thrce hon the Rockforda cume out ahead, defeat- ing the Freeport elub two to one, The score stood 2G4 10 10, 1tia hard o heat Ttockford at buse balf, for from this woik came the best baes Lol playeza the world hay ever seen, e WRESTLING. CINCINNATL Crseivears, May 20.~1In the wrestling mateh to nluht, 8500 n aide, Heayrler waw thrown threo tiues by Baner, the latter wiining the mateh. chdiscbalo sl PAWNEES AND GSAGES. Kpeciul Dispateh to The Tridune, Lawnescr, Kan,, May 20.—The contract for furnishing the Pawnee Indlans with supplles was awarded by Supt. Nicholson to Measrs. Eldridge & Leach, of Cofeyville. A gramd hurbecue was given at the Osage Agency on the 24th for the benefit of the Chiefs and school children. A» the rchool closed on the 24th, this affair wae gotten up for them,and committeen wore appointed to ¥ee the thing properly through, A Leef was killed and roasted winle, and in that manner wak canveyed to fhe school-bullding, where a grand f hud been prepared, conaisting of everything fimaginsble in the eating line, by the ndies —of the Avent, The general good-feeling extating ¢ Apency was well evide L0 tookers.un” when lon of whites and Osages was reeny mountaln-rond whictt leads to the Fhere they il gathered in the after o fow remarhs hadt been made, dining-rean, and Gov. Jog 1 and citective speech. The :y Lrom uli guur- it, which will ba now iu from tho ulet, The report fe it the on the Salt Plzine with either 1t s thoupht that !hc( ek from Cump Sepply, seut to foter Miny fur_ piyi The Usages ar ha o whites or Cheyen! the detachie: cept the Uzag WHISKY. May 2, ~Information from Tn- vleur Meyer, who s hunting up itlicit stids in linzer County, i4 to the effect that there are crooked wiilie on nearly every creck in the county, upd reveral secreted Inout of tho way places f the wosds. He expects to atrest forty perions who ure, or buve been, con- ed with Flicit et and 10 break npall it to pecalinr clrcumstancen in 1 tah hne ta do i, Hehasa for B witit him. und no resistance to ‘operations has been teraul-Nevenie Su In the Umted States District Court to-day, tho civil suits paainst distlilers’ bunds proceeded and Judvmenis weee enteeed b tavor of the Govern- ment aeainst Alfred tievie for 70,000, and Louis Teascher 10r850,000. District-Attorney Dyer will mate tor settences asiust seversl mtuor wembera of the Whisky Ring this weel dudize Teeat will leave for hie suminer vaecath next week, and dndge Caldwell of the United States Court, Luste trict of Avcan<as, will wit here i his placa Ty the rensatnder of the clvil and other cades whtich bre te come up, ¢ OLEANS, Mny 29,—Application hss been 41 Uke whisky cases, The im= alls that those who hove plenty Who huve vut Jite pre !Y' money will wet olf, while tho. tle or hothing will 1o to prison, BUSINESS KOTICES, Hotel, St. Toulw having tands of Mesers. Tirealin, Datlin af the Gileey and Metropolitan Hotels, ol vk, Will b completely renovated, decorat- refurnlehed, end kegt tirst-closs’in- every pnseed nto Co respect, SR e M Listen to Iteason!—There Is ne polson In Wishurt's Fue Tree Tar Cordinl! Entirely freo froni any Infusion that wny xuphress ono disease, tofnduce cortnin death by cuarfi another! Th pure life-snps of everreen vezetatton, warmnted (0 , coldy, Buarsenisd, ond il pulmonary -y tud Chamoml}, ¥ Lo curg sick heudach dache, diepeptic headuete, nearaigia, und wlzeplessneax, wud will cure any ts. Sold by Vun Schaack, Ste- 1. 12 Luke #treet, coruer Deae- ists. —a— e Save Your Hal—If you wish to save yonr hair and it strong und Lealthy, nso *“Burs neAr's Covonlne, " T H(() !.'Vh Pille ore prepared ey teryous ki burn, and all druy, IPING GOODS. s FOSERREPERS Nete the Following Bargaius at the Wast fnd Dry Gools House, HADISOX AND PEORIA-STS, 11-4 Whito Bed Spreads for 75603 formeor prico §1. 11-4 Whito Bod Eproaads for 07 1-2a5 former prics £1.40. 11.4 Whito Bod Spreads for §1.20; former prico . 1.75. 10-4 Maraeilles Quilts for £1 ; form- er prico #1,60, 11-4 Bigrsoillcs Quilts for £1.25 and $1,60; formor prico $1.75 and §2. For $3, £3.50, §4, and §4.60 wo will eoll tull sizo heavy and fine Mar- goi!los Quilis, never boforo offerod for loss than §3.60, 4,60, 56 & $6. A largo lot of 5-8 Domask Napkins forsil; worth $1.60. 'Wo oall spo- cial attontion to our fino Damask Napkins for §1,60, $2.60, and §3 ; roducod from 32, $3, and §4. Bloached and Brown Tablo Linen in all grades, a special bargain, for §1. Bloached and Brown Damask snd Huck Towols for l5c, 20¢, and Q5c; worth 20¢, 26¢, and 37 1-30. A largo and well assorted stock of ‘Whito Gooda, suitablo for this soason, much bolow usual prices. Curtain Nots and Lace Curtains in groat varioty, Laco Lambrequins in beautiful de« signs, from 7560 up. CARSON, PIRIE & (0. DISSOLUTION- Citicaon, s 1878 Tho parturrililp heretofors Existng bt vees' Bamerd E, Pesluy, Gearge W, Hinekiey, snd Win. 8. iliock) upder the' s wame of Ferley, Uing y & Co. 10! day dlisolved by utuul causeht. - gorge W, Hluckl B e Y e Bt Aorip08 tA satita a1 a counts of Lhe ubove . EDWARD B, PERLE! GEORGK W HINCK! WILLIAM B, HEQ‘B&