Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1876, Page 2

1118 CHICAGO TRIBUNIE: FRIDAY, ac) 1) Pickien, 2.0, b e 1 et b flrrie, 00 mkat 156 2 cheats 181 B, ALS: Z it ‘Totsl goods withheld and overwelghts.....8 ©99.| Tere {& an excees of $700 charged upon a bill of §035.83, or over 100 per cent, Une can [mag- ina the gritn humor with which lh(a‘)mbllc thief charged up the barrel of pickics, ad; $1 far tho barrel, and then stole both harrel and ickles. It will be noticed fhat in this Iast bill f'erlolul stole all the tea, stole 800 of the 1].. poanda of caffce, etole the whole four barrels of simyp, and ail the codfieh. He even stole the black- ing and the blacking-brushes. We had bLefore na the recorded as well n8 other evfdence that in eight months of 1874, cading Dee. 31 of thatyear, the smount charged by Perlolat, certified by Kimberly, and pald by the Commissloners for guods nat de- livorcd, was 88,437.04. As the hme man has ‘heen forniehing the same goodw, charging and col- Jecting therefor, and the same Waklcn hns been certifylng tho bills, and substantially the same Comuilsstoners have becn allowing and paying the Dille, aince that time, we auppose it {s ot ex- travagant toassnme thnt the dike dishoneaty has bren successfully practiced from that thne to the resent. But the plunder of the County Treasury Ey Perlolat Jias ml{’ been confined to overweights and goods charged and not delivered. It has had a wider range, GOODS BUPPLIED TIIE COUNTY AQENT. Mr. Perlolat has the contract for furnlshing gro- corles o tho County Agent, Who feeds the ont- dour poor of this city. A number of gentlemen, members of this Jury, experienced insll lnes of grocera’ goods, exaniined the gamples filed In the oftice of the County Commisaloners, and on which the contract waa awarded, A comparison of theee ramplen with those furtishiod the County Agent by which he tests the gooda recelved from the con- tractar rhiows a deliberate and wholesale fraud. The samples In the County Af,'k‘m‘l ofiice are of tho Toweat and most Inferios grades, and of gaods not worth [0 per cent of thoss represented by the sam- ples on \\'rllch the contruct waa let, and for which the county paya. Tho County Agent, though he hae had the experience of several years In ohlce, confessed Lo us, on oath, his profound ignorance of the fraud to which hie wos ollicially a consenting party, until his eyes were opened by a_comparisnn of tha two sots of samples in the Grand-dury room. 'T'o him we are indebted for the assurance that the Commitive on Publle Charltles of the Bonrd of Cotumivaloners have been regularand almost daily visitors at his office, and have lnspected the gouds, and had nover discovered that the contractor was deliverlng goods according to fraudulent amples, and was cnflectln therefor 100 per cent In addition to lits contract price. = Carcful extimates by compe- tent pereons state that the county is swindled by the nferlority of the goode dellvered to Ita agents nto cxcesnive paymentaalter the followlng fashion: Ten, 100 per cont; rice, 100 por conti ground coffee, &3 et cents tobacto, 40 per cent; funr, 60 per cents plokles, 250 per cent; lye, 350 per cent, A wore cxiended exanination of the contractor's bitls far supplics faraisfied, with & personal In- spection of 1he goods themselves, exhibvit the fol. lowing results: 4 couramaTivs sTATEMBNT. Memoranduin of goods dellvered to the Counl gent by G F Vertot, i Per Luivoice, Siay 1, 1875, To April Vulue as per Actual Inzofee. Value. Ma; . & bow 23 oct. 7, 775, Jtlees NO¥. 15,75, ‘Tean. 1,475 1, 775, C‘\llbu b . itlew ai 01 POON-HOUSK AND} INNANE ARTLUM. vuds' uld Cook County by C. F. valueaf Actval Cabie, F0s7 Memoranduin of Periolat, s per [uvol Ve wn PR 20 X Totals.... v sneaee s 820, Estimated she and tobacco, ACtos! Valu0.see s vesssirenienene 1 B13,701 Al theso items aro for angars, sirups, toan, cof- fees, etc., except the accond, fordune 3, which ls for dats and fec Tlete fizures oroon the amamption that all the foods, clarged lnthe bills were dclivered, whichis, owover, directly contradicted In every instance where wo have been able to Lrace the shipment or dellvery of the guads to an actusl tecord, Where suich record exitta, thers 1 1o Inatance where the averago dollvery of ganda cxceoiled 50 por cent of the amount of the bills presented and collected. We conline our uccusstion of fraud in the non- delivery of Rouds to Lhe cases where the proof 4 direct und conclusive, and thoro were all In pur- chuses made for the Poor-otsa tnd Tissne Awy. Jum. We have no direct proot an_to the delivery of goods to the County-Agent. The franda thoro 10y be confined o the delivery of {nferlor gooie, Tlut the contractor ¢ the sanic, tie sapervising Commisaloners arc the same, and ull the circums stances surrounding thy business aro_sume. A, Dieden 18 County-Agent, und Mz, Kimberly la ‘arden. RUSHING IN SUPPLIES, Perlolat'a present contract expires June 1, 1870, Thils iy uccount, purhaps, (0 some extent, for the delivery within a few days past at the County- '8 ofiice of seventy ball-chests of ton, ngures i ponnis, This tea Ia furnlshed ot 50 centw per pound, while the averauu value of the tea recclved by the County-Agent does not exceed per- Lups 25 cents. THE ¥LOUR CONTRACT. Wo regrot {o biave it to suy that from the concur- rent testimony of several persons, Including (n- maten ouid reveral membera of thin Jury who per- mnflllf’ visited the ainie-houre and Insane Asylnm, there {8 0 dlngraceftl ubune of the public trusy jn respect o the quantity and quality of the food. ‘The tea s scandalously inferiory the meat free qu!nll{ tainted and onit for human food. The coffus In bat a poor apology for that fur which the public pays wo ({berally, “The bread, bowever, {s of ull ‘othera the most shamolers abuse. The county haa Jatd during the year just closing $5.40 per barrel for flour. -~ Those of our number who personally vislied the County-house carefully ex- smined the stuck of flour on hand, conmsting of about 100 barruls, and brought liberat samples of it with them to_be ‘examined by experts. The cone clusion renched by all was that the flour was made from grown wheat, which fs not worth In tuls markel over $3.00 per barrel, The bulk of he flour has 1y brond, Is of questionable fnspec- tlon, and muy bo regarded 8s the aweeplugs of tho wmarkel. Aua natnral result, good bread or whole- #owe bread In of rare occurrence, while sour and oifensive bread §s the rule, ‘Phe contractor for this Gour fa Mr, C. N. Toiden, Jr., who, in order to geb the contract, hisd to agree W Iln‘Y Perlolat one-half the profita, The profts to Holden have beew exceedingly emall, becauss Perlolat bought and delivered nearly all the lour, sud charged Holden 85,20 por br) for it. Hs chieated his partner s well us cheated tho county, POTATOB3 AND BEDSTEADS. As {Hustrations of the reckless aml scandalons Bubserviency of the Cuunl{ Commissioners to Mr, Letlolat, we instance a letting to bim in Juno, 1875, of & contract {or the supply of potatoea st 10 ceuts per bushel, whils the county produced on ity owa furm over 5 500 bushiels which jt returned at 85 conty per hushel, The mnjurity of putatod livered under the contract did not cost uur cour tractor oyer 25 cents per buabel, ‘Flie county made a wpeclal conteact with Perfo- Iat for 500 fron bedsteads, at §20 each. Periolat burchazed thow frow the manutacturer fo this city a1 813 each, sud pocketed 00 without the ex- penditure of a dollar; and, though the gaods were dellvared free at the Asylum by the wanufaciurer, Petlolst collected 830 cartaga | "' welght of tis whole lclflmunfllnxum caunty adairs was that all persons holding ufiice under tho County Board held thew at the conseut of aud by purchiosu froi Periolats that being his Gurendlnts. hey were wlnrull!d to vouch for al) bills and to consent to all frauds which he mlfhl urder or di- Zect; that the proceeds or profta of thess frauds &rivtng from these whortages in the quantity ami fuferiority of quality lu thy'supplivs delivered and pald for, conatituled s common fuud, of which Perlolat waa the general receiver, and from which fuud he pald bis assnciates in crime, snd the men Iu the lioard of Commissloners who voted ot Ly bidding and perpetuated bls role. 7O TUM PUBLIC, Tn view of the fiununl criminal charncter of the controlling majority in the Board of County Caw- wlssloyers. and the ualversality of fraud which 1varkn the u[mmfllum of money by thein, we sd- vise the people of Covk Cuunty W unité, and in wuch 'Wfl D 44 bo them tnay deemn most ef - Icctual, bave all farther expenditares on the con- struction of the Court-House arrested nutil such tws as public oplnion shall have pruduced a Llguer st of otficial morality, and the Coanty Gor- ernweut Le transferred o men baving o blgher nse of ofchl duty, AH of which fw respectiully ubmiticd, Lrces B, Otis, Foreman, OKauts, Reb., June 1.—A party of 300 excur- :Lanhulmu Hlinols sud ;Ullulumfln srrlved frun @ cast this momnizg, sad lef6 during tieday tu ezplure Nebraska, = i i OREIG The New Sultan Issues a Procla~ mation to the Turks. 1Ie Relterates the Falr Promises _Made by 1is Barbaric P’redecessor, His Disinclination to Listen to Any Proposition of the Berlin Conferonce, The OId Sultan’s Strong Box with a Hundred Mlllons Wrested from Him, Policy of the English Governmont o8 Btated by Disraeli. It Will Proserve the Pongco at Extraor- dinary Hazards, TURKEY. TUSSIAN OPINION. 8r. Prerznsnvna, June 1.—The Journal d 8t Petersburg bas an article on the Turkish slluation, After commenting upon recent eventa at Constan- tinople, It polnta out the dificultios which beact the path of Murnd.Efftendl, the new Sultan, and continuea as follows: *‘But the solicitnde of Enrope to prevent tho crisis trom increasing tn gravity remalns unchanged. The Powers continne 10 agrve In thelr desire to demand from the Tarkish Government, whatever that Government way be, the execution of indiepensable reforme. ™" TIE EX-SULTAN'S TREASURE. Loxnox, Junc 1,—"The amount of the ex-Sultan's treasuro eelzed s $100, 000, 000, not $100,000. TIE NEW BULTAN. ’ CoxsrAxTINOPLE, Jung 1.—Mnrad Effendl's proclamation sanouncing his nccession to the throne Is_momentarlly expected, A deputation from the foreiun colonles nt Constantinople will {p- morrow prescut an addrees of congratulation to the new Sultan, Adrices from the Provinces atate that the change of _rulers fa everywhere recelved with ratlafaction, To-morrow the Sultan will go in state to Kyarb Mowque, where be wiil be girded with the sword of Osmian, Several persons, exiled for po- litleal offenscs durlng the last relgn, havz heen called. The departure of the Turkish flect for a crula¢ [n the Archipelego hins been postponed. INSURGENT ATTACK. Raausa, June 1,—The Insurgents attacked the ‘Turkish troopa near Stalatz on Tucaday. The In. rnegentn adinit they were driven buck to Gatzko, and then retired npon Bamenanc, PROMIBED REFORMA, o COSKTANTINOPLE, Jung 1.—The Grand Vizier hns telegraphed 1o tho Turkish representatives abroad thie announcement that 8 prograime of re. forms will be drawn Immediately, TROCLAMATION. An Imperial proclamation was read to-day, Tt declares shat members of the Cabinet ahall contin- ne p ofiice; that the Sultan will draw $1,500, 000 from the civii list for porposes of the State, and rellnquish tho rovenues from the private property of the Crown. The procinmation recommends the eetabiishment of an equilibrinm in the budget, the immediate improvement of pab- lie cducatfon. and reorganization of the Ministry of Justice und Council of State, and directs the Miunlstera to devise o form of government wnitable 1o all Dritish subjecta without distinction, so as to secare the Hberty of avery ludividual, The Imperial proclsmution niso expresees the hope that the onds of fricndship between Turkey snd all foreign powera will be drawn closer, It concludes with the nnnouncement that the now Ewmperor has axcended the throne by the grace of God and will af tie People. The proclamation was reccived with pablic ro- Jolclngs. NAVAL ITEMS, VALLETA WALTA, Juno 1.—Vice-Admiral Slr James Drnmmond, commanding the Mediterrancan tleet, s left hix squadron in Tlesika Bay and gono to Constantinople Lo confer with the Liritish Am- bassndor, PAm, " Juno L.—A largo squadron of French meun-of-war is aesembleil In the harbor of Tonlon in readiness to kail for the Enst, Lut no orders bavo yet been recolved for it departuro, BERVIA. Berenavg, June 1.—The Infantry Plonecers and a portion of th milltary tratn of the Belgrade dis- lr!;l left for the frontier to-day. Prince Milan snd the Russlan Gen, Tchernaeft witnessed theie departare. Prince Walde, Austrian Heprescnta- tive, had sarted for Pesth ts report tho Stute of affairs in in Sorvia. DISTAZLI RPRAKS, Loxpox, June 1.—iu the Hous of Commons this_cvening, Disruel, Teplylne to & questlon by the Marquia of Hartington, suid ho had received & tolegram trom Constantinople aince arciving al tha House to-day, but tho only Interesting fact con- talned thorein waa that everythlng thero was tran- il and the Musnuiman population content. The Frcmior aleo wali: The Ieriin memoraniagn had nat yet been submitted to the Forte, and { shonsd even ©expresa the hopo that It may not be necessary that It should be. Undonbtedly the condition of Affajr was eritical In thal part of the world. The Britin Uovermmnent had taken such mensures of precau- tlon ae it thought neceesary to maintain the inter- est and honor of England, and that pulicy of pre- caution it may intend to pursue. ~ At the same time 1 wish nost decldedly to state on tho part of the Dritsh Government that it is thelr opinion that the Interests of England wonld be most studied by maintaining peace, ond that the honor of Euglanid can never bo more_aflicicntly vindicated “than by tnking leading part In contributiag to the accom- plishinent of that objoct. Disracll's remarky were greeted with cheers, In the House of Lords, Karl Derby, replylng to a question from Lord Stratheden, sald it wuy im- yoseible ot present to produce the dispatch con tninlng England's refusal to concur n e Herlin proposals, becauae thess proposals had not been presented to the Porte, e believed tho revolu- tion at Constantinople waa due to the spontancous feelinz on the part of the people. and was not in- tfluenced by forelyn sgencies, The consequences mlght be cxtremely important, but he had 1o rea- &0n t0 anticipate any but pood results, ‘Fhe Standard dimpatch feowm Vienna says: 1t I Muted that Gen. Iguatliefl has recelved Instruc- tiops with regurd (o the personal eafety of Abdut Azlz, whoso banishment to Erzeroum ot Bagdad §s epoken of. T8 NCLIN NOTR- The Ambassadurs of ive powurs have held con- ferences ot Conetantinople, and decided to post. poue the prerentation of Belln memorsndam in- detinitely. They however have sgreed to impress ou the “Turkish Government the necessity of concluding & two monts' armisty, particularly ss this would check thoe warlike preparation of Servia by depriving tho Beigators of & pretext tiat o Turkirh invasion was Iminent, LATEST. Loxnox, Junc 1.—A Berlin dlepatch ta the Times reports that Monkhatan Pashs s about to undertake another expedition to Niewle with 20, - 000 men. A lnrge force of 1nsurgents awaite him. ‘Tho Fhmes’ dispatch from Pesthatates thas Princo Gortechukof hns telegraphed to Belgmde, warning Vrince Milam, fu tho name of the Czar. ugainst auy rarh ventures, ‘The T'ewn Council of Relgrade have fraued n proclamation asking the eltizens to subscribo to o national loan, ‘They declaro the loan {s ratsed to free all puraons of Scrvian descent from o foreiga okie. The Olierlin correrpondent of the 7mes nsserts Ahat mluce tho deporitlon of the Saltan the Eura- pean Fowers have beon nutifled of the Porte's pos- t1ve fofueal to apnrove any of tha propositions contafued In the Berlin memorial, Loxuas, Juns 1,—A wpcclal to the Zally Necs, dated Glurgeyo, Wallaclda, dung 1, rays 5 massacre i Feported §n Trobizord, No particulars sllowed o transpire, ‘The Lonstantinople corzespondent of the Daily Telegraph sL Farin muys it lv now a confirmed fact that the Porto conscats to negotlate with the in- surgents during un armistice, on the coudition that Austrla shsit 0ot occapy Horzeguvinia or Bosnls, —— GREAT BRITAIN, WINSLOW. Loxvox, June 1.—Ths Manchester Guardian's London‘s correspondent says: **The Goverument will not surrender Winslow until the supplemental treaty hus been nogotiated hotween Great Britaln and the United States, smbodying the princlples of the sct of 1870, The correspondent ales suys: ++Communioatiuns aru now passiug between Lan. don snd Wasblogtun for that purpose. 1f the agrecment I8 not reached by Juno 15, Winslow will Lo releuscd. MUKDER TRIAL, ‘The trial of Willtam Kimpton Vance and Welen Bmee, for conspiring to murder, with & second charge sgainst Vauce for ajding und abetting Bmes 1o cummit auicide, was eoncluded to-day. = Hoth wore convlcted, and Vance was sentenced to elght- ctn months’ {mprisonment sud the woman Lo six months, TITS CHANNEL TURNEL. Tho preliminary work ou the Chaunel tunnel, to connect Evglandand France, Las boen commenced at Langatte, France, Shafts have been sunk to the depth of 40 wotres, When these reach to tho depth of 100 motres below the sca, a gnlh‘r{ 1 kiflometre long will be wade I the chalk, it this i nuccessful aud nothing indicates the Impractica- blilty of the profect, the tuunel will bo detinitely commenced. ‘The House of Commons last n‘qht adjourned un- til June 8 aud Lordu until June 1, THE BELATIONS EXISTING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CANADA, Epectal Dispatch to TORONTY, Out., Juuy 1. has & specil cabl frow London, En ** Historicus (Sl Willlain Vernon | fetter tu tho ZTnes thls morulug, Juve 1, supports the opiulons of the Eugllah Government as o (- erial legiulation overriding Duminion legistation, lu eays tho word ‘excluslve’ iu the Dowinlon sct applics ouly between Federnl aud Frovincial Guvernmente. The Tlmes replics, and ably cou- troveets liistoricus® on all points. | It says the Duwiuion uct gave Usnada Connyitution shwlar to that of tho Unltod Kingdow, U supremacy of the arcourt), na Crown belng maintained, that the Hones of Parlla nt Abandoned ~Colonial legislation, and the onfal Legislatare wan cmpowored to make laws far the Colanz, Juet an the Loglalatato at hone. 1t further aayn Chnadn act the exampla. 1t proscrib. ed unseaworthy shipn and rozalated deck careoes betore Baglaud ventared to grapple with the gucs: un, " —— TFRANCE. IN THE ASSEMBLY. VEASATLLES, June 1.—In the Chamber of Depo- flca to-dav the elections of Prince Napalean and Count De Casthianca, Bonepartlet woro confirmed withont a discunston, The University Education blil, restoring tho right of geanting decreen to the Stato, wan taken up, and an exclting debate comned. Speeches werv i MM, De (areagnac, De Castaline, snd De Tochefoucanld. -~ Violent rectiminations wers Ine dulged in, ond inuch disorder prevailed. —— ITALY. GARIDALDL. Rowr, Jane 1.—Gen, Garibaldl har gone fo Ca- prern on a month's leae of absence, on sccount of his healtl. mED. ‘Vexicr, June 1.—Count Antoine Nbdolpke App ponyf, Ilvrmcrliy Austrlay Minleter at Paris, dled 1o-duy, aged Ui, et TIIE VATICAN, CAIUDINAL LEDOCHOWSKY, Rowg, May11.—Ills Emincnce Cardinal Ledo- choweky took possceslon this afternoon of his **ti- tle," the Church of Santa Marla, fn Ara Cocll. All the castomazy formalitics of tho ceremuninl were observed within the church, but with the least poselble display of pomp. The Cardinnl was received inaide tho grest door by tho Geners! of tho Minor Franciscans, Padre Bernardino di Porto Gruaro, and by the Rec- torof the Ara Cocli Church, Padre Bernadino di Caprarola, the only dignitarles taking part in the ceramontal, and by 8 small number of Pranclscan friars, The General fn his address of welcome to the Carginal lailed bis nomination to tho title ofthe Ara Cocligas n pledge of better tmes, 1le spoke of hin Emiinence, Laving shown all fitting dlence to “the sutfiority of Cmaar when rightly excrcleed, but that he lad becoute ne 8 wall of bronze when that power was rafred ountust the Chinreh, Mo Liad proved bluscll worthy of GAITVING (4G banner of martyrdom. - [fe liad wiown s aublime dignity I the maner iu which he had borag the deprivation of ule temporalities. fy by loni * iniprisonment and W separtion from bix fock be had dosbly gulued the purple to which the Holy Fathee liod rajeed Wi, o this temple whero Ju thaes lang gane by eo many had come In trlunph, he_ uleo came tel- nwpbant in s far higher cause, They all looked upun this an o symbol of the witimaty. telumph of Christ’s Viear, notwithstanding that they had stil] to fear even greater evils than those they had borne, The Cardinal, I replylng, thanked” them from hie heart for the'good wurds with which tliey diad welcomed him. ° Heyond & doubt ho had causo to call imsell lappy In thy consola- tions hie had reccived, and in the loly Fat fng given him this ctirch as his title.” In the wme manner In which hiy churches of Ghesen and Foren eutlored throuh tho Intaleranco of the Beretle had this of the Als Coell been also ope pressed by enemien. Tle wux especially glad to huy- tf church for bia title, for the historical recollve- tlons connected with the spot bore withess to the immutability of Divioe, the fnstability of worldly things, How many who hud sluod upon thin Cap- itoline: Ll had rejoiced in thinkivg they b ove come the power uf the Clintreh aud of §is supreme paston, who atood upon the stone wherean it wan ounded: it they hiad, a8 it wero, been hurled from a Tarpefan fock, while the Chitrch itaclf ro- malned. May all the world tozcthier, e sald, re- juice in Its final trinmph! The only ' hu- man grandear consfuted in following the example of Chirlst, the only wealth s the abun- danco of virtue, the only strength I the power af Telng able th keep paswion In contral, The ceremony wos supposed tu be performed fn private, but thers were no tickets of adnise sion fssued, mor were the doors kept us when Cardfual Manning took possession af 8t. Qregory. Changea have uecnrred plnce th Cardinal Ledochowsky «fd not think ft nece sary 1o assume any appesrance of privacy in approachin: and enterinit hls church.+ It i truc the great door wan closed, ns i1 1s alwnys, cxcept on occasions of great religlons festivaly, bue the smaller doors wore open to nll comers, The Cardi- nal drove up Lo the piazzs of the Campidogilo, dresaed fn bix seariot wottane and mantic, and his full Cardinal's costume, excepting only ‘the silk cuppn maxun, and acended and, when the ceremony wi concluded, descended the long light of steps and Incline leading to the alde entrauce in the eight of everybody.~ The German Amdasrador to the Quirinal, M.'von Kendell's, rosidence, the Falazzo Caflarelll, 1u on the helght on the other nido of the Asylnti, now ths Plazza of the Cumpl- doglio. 1L waa obrierved thut nonc of the student of “tho Geruan College were present this afer- noon. ——— FREIGHT REDUCTION, Nrw Vong, June 1,—To-mnorrow tho New York York Central & Hudson River Nallroad Compnny, to meet the reduction made In Buston, will reducs 14 rates on weat-bound freighta from New York to Chicago to $250 and 32 per 100 pounds, re- spectively, on fourth and speclal classes of frolght, other clakéen readning the samo, Othor Western point reduced in proportio I = CHARLES 0’CONOR, New Yonk, June 1.—The Commlttee of the Bar Asroclation made & report last evoning, which wan unanimously sdoptedi that the charges recently wade agninat Chiarles 0'Conor, impuaching his con- duct as counnel for Mrs, Forrest In her suit for divorce, are without foundation. e p—— Tho Postage-Stamp Girls New York Eeening Poxt For the information of a large number of our correspondents who have manifested grest fn- terest In the attempt of a little Sunday-school girl of this city to colluet 1,000,000, of canceled postajce stamps hoforo the 1stof July, we are able to say that their kindly offered nssistance ia not necded. The Mttle girl s certain to cole Ieet o great inny more than the required nug ber of stamps by the time speciticd, and thus &4 secure her promised annuity, It may be of fn- tecest to persons who regard it as a” well-nigh impossible task to collect o miillon of defaced postage stamps within a few weeks to know that we have had stamps to the number of uearly n million offered to us within lvas than n week tor this Httle irl—ono correapondent slono offering togive her 600,000 at once, and o well-known buginess-tirm of this clty promising from 2,000 o 4,000 a week for any Jength of thine, i —— A Cenentnlal Lunnties Washington. Star. In the Benate, to-day, o petition wns prosent- ed, slgned by Churles Edward Nott, of North- wupton, Muss., humbly praying that on and after July 4, 1870, the star dn che Nutional flyg be placed In tho permancnt form of u “ slx-ray- ed Centeoninl star.” With the petition are “inatructions to ik nkers i general sud thy publle,” with diagrams, A petition was also preacnted from the same party ssking Congress to provide for “un international movument for the English speaking natfons.” fonsks that Congress puss o Juint resolution ns»pmyrh\flnp: W sum of money for the lu)-lnf, on the 4th of July next, of the torner-stone of the pedestal for o monument for o full-sized statue of Oliver Crowmywell, Protector. Judgment RKundereds Wornan's Journal, A fond father sent his young hopefwl of 4 into an wdjoining room to gewn book. The hoy cutne back and sald it wasn't there, # Yes, it b«l my son,” suld thy fother, “it's on the table.” Tho boy went back uud yeported sgaln thut there was no book there, The father gut Impaticnt and sent another el for the ook nd I the meantime the mother hrought the book from o different rourm with the remurk, *Iuvre's your boolcs it was on the mantel-plece.” "The geitle- maun compused himaelf to read, and abuut ten minutes afterward discovered youn{; hopeful atill standing by his chafr and regarding bim (n- tently. As lio rafsed his eyea th'boy Lioke out sulemuly, * Father, therd's u b ubout some- wherg; wnd I didn' tell §t.» e —— An Amurlean « Institution” In Terlin, A siatiug-rink, with an ssphaltum course 100 feet dung snd G0 feet widv, was upened in Berlin & forlnight nro. The oponing was attended by Prince Hadziwill, the frussisn (\‘nr Miniater, the Hm}wn}r'n Adutunt, the [ntendemt-tienerul, Prof, Klalher, and u throns of Court iadien, Thi Intter wore delixhiod with the sceno as a party of English anateur akutern S""‘"" the entortainmont by an oxhibition of skatlog feats, tho tore wo a4 the winter spart conld Ly wittessed without the discomforts of winter weather, and ambd leasant surroundings. The Berlin nowapapers iave substituted, (n thls conection, the ngiinhy words for the clumsy Geeman terus expressive o skating and gkaters, - ——— Suspended Antmatlon, * Hoteard (ian.) "ourant. A singular sectirrence tuok pluce on Bunday n Puluterhood Townshlp. e, Joln Clayion, was very slck with pacumonty, und sent for Dr. Seatey, of Longton. Just as the Doctor we rived the sick man strafghtened out und drew g long breatl, after which ho was bronouneed Ly be dead, ud waa consequently laid out. - Sujne. thing like half an hour paswed, whew i1l sy posnfl corpse gave a slizht cough and spit up o mouthfull” of “bloody matter, Medicat aul wis extended, and at st seeounts the mun was likely to get well A ¢ Hovsler R or) ' weitlng from Indlanap - olis to tho Cincinnat) Guzelte, vayu: **Rristow, If uolnipated , will carry this State by at Teast 20,000 minjucity aver any candidate the Bt, Loula Conyention sy offer, Thowun A. Hendrick, nob cxcepled. Give us Bristow, aud viclry ful lows a3 wure 88 Novewber comes, ™ ) =, JUNE 1876 WASIIINGTON. Secretary Robeson Tells His Story to the Naval Committee. The Impeachment Proceedings Again Postponed until Tuesday Next. The Army Bill Passed by a Party Vote in the House. Under Its Operations All Colored, Regl- ments Would Iuve to Dishand. Rednotion in the National Dbt During + May, $4617615. LOBESON. TS PLATN, UNVARNISIIRD TALD. Speriat Dispateh to The Tribune, Wasutxator, L. €., June L—Sceretary Roheson's teatimony to-day 18 considered s o very full, frank, complete, and satlsfuctory cx- planation or his retations with the Catieil's, The Democrats, dh cross-cxamination, faited to Impeach any portlon of Robeson's statement. Robeson Justificd hls method of bullding new ahipa out of old ancs, aud suld that, by adopt- Ing fty we now luve new shlps that will tist fifty years, while the old ones would have lasted only a short time. TIUH STATEMENT, To the Western Awoduted Press. WasmNaton. D. €., June L.—Secretary Robe- son appeared befory the House Cotmittee on Naval Affairs to-duy, and explained at length account with A. (. Cattell & Co., which he showed was fatrly scttled on the 13th of Octo- ber, I187L lle pald them In money value. The wrong done to hhn was by a publica- tion of detached portions of testhmony, The Committee would sce by a falr analysls that he had taened from one aceount-book to another, coverlng 100 pages, In order to glve this explunation. The Secretary leo referred to tho testimony of Mr. Lewls, Recelver of the jute tirn of Jay Cooke & Co.. thut ut the time the firm falled he owed It gl!.(iflo, horrowing in two wonths 42,000 and 8, 000, * This latter amount waws mentioned in the festlmony seven times, moking it uppear o be 830,000, THE CATTELLS. The Sceretary circamantialiy related his busl- nexa transactions with A. G, Cattell & Co. at that ot which It appeared that ho had Toaned 25,000, or §7, 400 inors thun hio lad 1o pay & 'Co. began fo puy him_ Lack as was coi- venlent, and the account wan closed by thelr glv- ing him u check for $3,500, Tho Sveretary pro- duced all the notes and checks, The indebte edness to the fGrm of Juy Cooko & Co, was euttled. The Sccrctary ulvo explulned {he Item of $13,000, which appeored on Caltell's huoke, na an smount owini by him for hullding-lot and cottaze st Long firauch, 'The property was notat Long Jirauch but 2 miles oif, at Warmonth Leae 71, a number of gentlemen formed a compnny nnd entered into u epeculation by buying Won eredit and dividing 1t into bullding luta. 1ls went futa the speculatlon, belleving, with othems gentlemen, that th v ald'sel) enouch of property to pay ehem al) buck what thiey hud sdvanced, and make 8 good deal of muuey Deshics. It wan not, fowever, convendent for him «t that thne to g0 into specniation, and pend money, A, Q. Cattell covered his ehares ow had been dono’ fr eyeral The Secretary never bod any agreement with tho firm abont this businces, It wit with A. G, Cattell hfmwelf for a deed of one- half of a plece of pm[lv::rly on bixteenth street, which was Worth sbout &10,000. As much o beeo saiil ubont A, G, Cattel) receiving commisslons on contracts, tho Secretury desired 10 sy that ench transuction on- Cattell’s part was [n all respects UNKNOWN AND UNAUTHORIZED IY I, o enid hin relations with A. G, Cattel) & Co. wer such that If in 8 legitimate way and dulug busincas as other people, they conld by the con- tracta in thelr line mnke money, he should not sorry, althongh ho ' would irefur that they should “not hiye contracta, llo ind no pervonal knowledge of the Catiells receiv- Ing commissions on contracts, Information, ow- wver, reached bim cighteen months ago that A, 6, Cattel] had applicd th several permons to be em- Ployed by them in connection wlth thelr contracis. 1i: recolleeted hearing of dohn Roach, Cramp Swift. allveoak ountractor, undQuintard, beingapr@ached Ho did not remeinber who Informed him about the matter, hut when he sjoko to suyhody hie was per- fectly certain that in every Insiance he mld that Cuttoll must have nothmgto do with contracts of tho Navy Departnient other thun In tho Hne of thelr legithnate buelness. How strong he wmade this language he could not récall fn woris, but that he expreesed binwell stromely i every ' inwtance Ive was xure, e dealred 10 wny that since he had been Secretary of the Xavy ke nd never given a contiact fur aupilice, and thiv statemont Lo bo- Tteved wonld bo veriteyl by gontlemen now present, embraclng almoat every anc who had heen chifef of abureau fu the Navy Departinent since he had held the ofiice of Secréfary of War. . Nor had ne wver dictated, orally, or (n writlng, that favoritism should bu shown touny man, 116 had never dic- tuted, or g or hinted, or spoken 1o any “ane for the purpose of huving nersons favored In the matter of contracty, There” were o dozen tuen now present, of the highe est reapectability in the navy who could testify to tho trutl of this statement.” Tho Secretary, liovw- ever, did not pretend 10 kay he was not responsiblo for the policy of repuiring iron-clula or for the policy of “rupslring und bullding cortain shipe; that e had dirccted the Burcau of Constructions und Repairs, und the Luresn of steam engineering to distribute the work amonyg tho great fitma and “shipbutlders of the conntry. e betleved that In 1875 and since thero was not a ship-building establishment on the Atlantic const Lat lind 0ot L woine of the pitrondgo of the o~ partmen Tho Chalrman of the Committee avked: ** DK you not in your statement vay that you never mado or dietated's contract to o wade Wit any- glvon persont™ Answer—Tt s Just possihile that I may have re- fereed to some niny i Balthnore for the repuir of the ‘Tallapoos, _If a0, the matier way broughit to my attentlon by Mr. Asle, formerly membor of thls Commites. [ made v A CONTRACT WITI[ NORMAN WIARD for experiments, 1 caunot recall suythivg elso of 1, The Chalrman—T should ke your statement to bo comprebensive and spceile, A.—[ never guve orslly, orin writlng, or sug- pested, or hinted to any person to give contracty fur supplics, ur anything sbout contracts either 8y 1o puravna or prices, 1 never dictated Instructions 10 show favaritism to anybody. In response {0 & question by Mr, Wilis, tho Secrotars wald his mpresston waw that. prices wers fixed by calling on tie great builders of the conne try and letthie them consult with the Durean cers, and tieh come down 1o the lawest pirices. Mr, 'Wills— Do you know whether o not these ship-bullders and contractors with u view of pattlng up pricoa as high as possible, did not cotiblyar A.—I a not pepared t say that the ship-bulld- crd did o, L 8upposs thore afe 1o men more re- apectabile and hotarable thun dohn Ronel, and [fur. Juty, and Holllugeworth, sod §kappore. ather whip- Duilders are not differeit lu chafuctor from thess geatlemen, Witlis Interrogated tho Becretary about RE] RING VESSELS, e repatr helng, i fuct, a robuildinis of the ships, and wsked the Socretury o state whether for thin ho had uuthority of law. The Secrutury xald ho nusor built a ebip withuut & spectal appropristion for the - purose, though " ich things done previoar to s time, 11¢ thouiht thut Secretary Upshur buflt slx sloops without tharity of law under ordinary upproprintions, repalring of ‘versoln veiu subutautinlly the luk of thein, ea tho decayed U repluced | ith sounid puir woul nvalyo » greater expensy than febullding. Tho Frankin was un old i of the Line, but by rebuflding she was mado a steain vess £ uther subscribere. uel, Me. Willts—And yau did what you say with your eyes openy The Sceretary—Yen, and 1 iave given_ tho navy ships that willlust 4ty fustead of Suly llve yeurs, Adjourncd, IMPEACHMENT CARPENTER'S ARGUMENT. Bpecial Dispalch 10 The Tridune. WasninaToN, D Cy Juns L.—Ths position taken by counsel for Gew. Belknap on the hin- peachment trisl shows that Belknap Intesds to contest the trial ab every step, and to tuko ud- vantage of every technleality, Carpenter ur gued for time, Of bis assoclute counsel Monte gomery Blair was abront, Jerry Black siek, Bo sklee, a8 has been antictpated, Carpenter ututafied that the trisl could not huwtully proceed under the Constitution, = ro-thirls of the Benuta had not voted for junsdiction, and that, consequently, the Schute was not o luwful court. He wurgued aut consideruble length to show that jurbadiction had not been contirmed by u constitutional authority; that where there was no jurisdiction there coufd be no tria), und that no wilness could » proce@led agalnst for perjury should thut teisl now vrocecd, aa the Supremo Court has dechded that no Blep can bo tuken in the telal without jurfsdiction, Corpenter even Inthnated that, I the Senato should proceed with tho trial, Belkup would iako o de- e, but would sely upon hils el rights, aud Deruic tho Bunugre to 4k for Jud it THE MANAGURS Ineteted that there was puthing In the pofat of Jurindiction, und commented sovercly wpon the dilatory motfonw of the defense, Phé urguments of Careiiter at au estlicr stago of the proceedings werw sead to show that L then occupled w ditters ent poaitton, and the Tmpenchment Conrt waa ad- Jjourned nntll Tnewiny next, withont any ordor to plead, anawer, or demiur, TR IMPRESSION prevalls that fho Impeachment trial will not be pursned durinee the month of dune, hut that the appropriation bllla wiil o procoeded with, in or- der that they may be finlslied a1 nearly as possible hetore the clone f the fircal year, 0 the Testern Awciated Press, ABOTHEIL TDSTPONEMENT, Wasitiyatos, D, €, Junc 1,—Tho legislative buae fnees was mumponed b L o'clock, und. tha consii- eration of the articles of Impnachment against 1ho late Sceretary of War waa resumed. The accucd, witl Mr, Carpenter, his counscl, was preacnly as well as the Sfanugers, The Prerident pro- Lot %mi . ment of the Benate oy end- ant as to jursliction. Mr, Wh{w submitted an order that the acensed el o plead further, or anawer the nrticies eachment, within ton days from this date. Mr. Carpenter eaid he wanted time to consider what further ateps tho defonse would take. Ono of his associntes (Blalr) was necepsnrily Abaent from the city, and the other (fudge Dlack) sason his hack with rheumatism, o dld not know whether it would be beat for tio necused 10 plend further or rest his cano where It is and de- mand judgwent, He argied that the recent order of the Senate was not valid, leeanne 1t hind ot been adupted by o two-thirds vote, and clalmed that every Senator who voted agalst jurisdiction would be'bound (o voto **not guilty™ on the unl vote. ore snnonnced the aling 1he plen of dei TIE MANAQENS' RRPLY, Mernrs, Lord and McMation replied on hehalf of the Managern, and urged that the trial 1o on, Mr. Carpenter finally asked that he bo ailowed until Monday next to conault with his colleaguesas 1o whnt cunrse they wonld \mmm' Aftersome debatc, Mr. Wright moved that the Kenute, wittlug s 8 Conrt of Impenctunent, adjourn until Tuesday et at 1 p. ., which was agroed 1o, and the Senate, altting an a Court, adjourned. NOTES AND NEWS. TUE ARMY BILL, Spectal Ditpatch to The Tridune, Wasnnuroy, D. C., June 1.—~The House pasaed Bannlug’s Army bill without amend- ment. Smally, eoforedy from South Carollna, ndvocated an amendinent which would save the four colored regiments, aod which provided that no distinctlons should be made n enlist~ ments on account of color, hut the lemo- erats objected and defested this amemid- ment, 8o that it must be charged to them that they have abollshed colored organiza- tlons fn the arniy. Nothing else was cxpected of the Democrats, Smulls, the colored member, in the counis of an altercatlon with Bunning, main- tuined If there wete o few more Domocratic. Houees coloted men could 10t come to Cungress any more than they could enlist in tho army, — The bill passcd almost by u party vote. CONFIRMED, . _Tothe Western ssociated Press, Wasnptaron, B, C., June L—~The Scnata con- fiemed Alexander Tatton Collector of the Vort of Fhiladelphing Kdward F. Beale, Envoy Extraordie nary and Minfster Plenlpotentinry to Austring Geotge A, C, Wooley, Register_of the Land Otlice L Springfield, M Joseph R, Winehell, Post- master ut dannfbal, Mo, SECHETARY CAMERON, The oath of oflice us Secretury of War wan nd- minlstered to Mr. Cameron thin Juoming by Judge McArthur, of the Supreme Court of this Distract, and eoon after Cameron began hs now duties ot the War Department. ‘Il cerenmony taok place at the Fxecutlve Manelon. At the samb timo Judge Taft qualified a8 Attorney-General, MERCUANT BEAMEN, ‘The blll relating 1o merchant scamen was [murtl. Prof, Seelye opposed the bill on the ground that it propored to reverse the humane act of 1872, and that the chunge was ouly demanded by the pmrflc\um of wallors’ boarding-houses. The “bill amends the rovied stufutes o ruch a way ns to duthorize the Secretary of the ‘Treusury to_appolnt Shipping Commisdloners at every port of entry which is o purt of ocean nuvign- tion, fixes thuir dutles, requires them to give buuds, und ilxes the sulary ot 24,000, excopt at Nuw York, where it ls made £3, 000, ¢ PUBLIO DEBT STATEMENT, WaantisotoN, D. C.y dJung 1.—The following tablo shows the condition of the public debt Muy s per cent bond Five per cent bun S0, 090, 850 L TI0,081, 50 d-éu.mm.m Total withiout Intercat... ‘Fotal debt. “Tutal intery Caalh fu Treasury: Cuin, 407,050,070 A8, 181,827, 400 B 1,768,757 w0 805,624, 700 Lur o 0,285,708 Bieciatdeponia et for v Wempiion of corufical of depuslt. 34,393,000 Total fn Treasnry., Deht leas cash In T « 110,205,474 82,100, 20,7 kY Decreano of debs 4,017,515 Tecrense uince June 10, 18 253467, Londs lrsued 1o Pactic 't nics, Inicrent payable Prinelpal outatending.. Y RIEY Interest acerued and not yet pald. . 1,615,597 at pald by United Statos PR PN T repafd by Lrausp i Tialls, o = 5,348 Dalance of futereat pald by Oiici 8tatea 23,200] 10 —_— TIE RECORD, HOUsE, ‘WasnmaToN, D, C., Juns 1.—~The Nl to pro- moto the efliclency of the army, to provide for its gradunl reductlon, nud to consolidate certaln of ita staff departments, was consldercil. Mr. Bmalls offered an smendment providing that {n tho cnlistment of wen in the srmy, or the mcrgln}; of enlisted men into other organiza- tions, no distinetfon shall be made on wécouut of race or color, Mr. Randall objected, Mr, Mackey moved to amenid by atriking out the section “which provides for“the repeallng of the law requiring that enlistcd men of certaln reglments akall be colored men, Ar, O'Belen objected, Mr. Mnckoy rald an his amendment was objected to, the pract{cal effect of the bill would be to dis- contlune the clistment of celored men in the army until another war broke ont. It was un {ndi- rect way of getting rld of Ui colorcd troops. Mr, Hurlbut offcred a substitute for the bl dlzrecting tho Preatdent to appoint n Comintssion of #even oficers of the ariny of distlngnlshed serviee and knowledge, who ehnll report to_thy Presldent thelr opinfon of tho best methiod of reorgantzing o arniy, and expecially on tho best Samried of reorganizing the ‘stal department with o view to cconomy and elficlency, He wald that cver alnco the army wos organized there hnd botn those who desired to cripple ita eflcioncy snd overthrow a great sentlment of honor for political Hed attentlon to the fact that o proposed to bo repealed by this act was o providinig uiat po perion who tad kerved In tho sonfederato sorvics should bo appointed to the ariy. it cluss had beon hisrtod because o wimftar act had boen passed by tho House, Mr. Hannlng, Chalrman of the Military Cong- mittee, spoke fh advocacy of the blll, e was un. ablu to aco in tho bill anything but what demanded of men on buth sides of the Houae an honeat, Jusf, uny full conslderation that the army might bo re- orzanized, and the shamo und disgrice which have heen brought on thy armg by itslate administra. tiun and bead might be put o stop to, Mr. Hurlbot's’ vubstitute was then rojectod— yeus, R8: nuy, 44. e btk wi then Rimved--yta, 120; nayn, 62, Tho bill to amend Titlo 54 of thie revieed statutes, relating {0 merchant scamen, was taken wp, 14 Jrovidu for the appointment by the Socrotary of ho Treasury of u Comuivsionerto be known a the Shipping Commissloner {or evory port of eniry which I ubho 4 port of veenn naylgation, - Passed, Atr. Thompean offered a renofution cafling on tio Secretary of State for coples of the correnpindence between the Stute Depurtment and the Goverument of Great Britain fn reforence w the eequestmtion of lands and property in New Zesland, elaimed by Williaim Webster 16 huve been bought from natiyo chlefn previous to the possesslon of thy Lsland by the Britivh, Adopted. Adjourned, ——— A Turglar Swearing His Vietim an the Dible, Iludson (N, Y.) Republican, Murtin Asmstrong, o furtner, who lyves about 2miles from the Village of Coxsackle, had In Hils employ o farm-hand named Witlam €, Mur- tin, mzed ubout 20 years, Ou Wednesduy inorns fngg lust Mr. Armstrong wus aroused from sleop by s noise fn My bedroom, and on opening his cyes beheld Martin umulllqiuvvr himy, anil he- fore hie hud a chance to sprak Martin selzed his umplu{rr by the throat. Upon releastug his botd Martin took M, Armstrong’s pistol’ and dlso Pullnd one from his own pocket, both of which he rrusvutml at that gentleman's head, telling him ho had only a short time to llye., Martin then pieked up'a Bible und mado Lis victim swear “thot he would not Msp o word about his cntrance into his room. 'This promise secured, Martiu robbed Mr, Armatrong sud tled, 1 e —— Ifut and Sulphurous, Gold Hill (Nec.) Netes, In onoof thy sulphur wmincs near Steamboat Byringe a number of Chinamen aro employed, The wine {s situated at the foot of & bill, abuut a mile from Steumboat. Twu perpendicular outs are made futo the hi)), eo that they convergo at a glven tflml. ‘Theso ars mude for veatilution, snd are cptopen to pornllthe heat 1o vecaps, At tho ond of theso eitts they have o fuco 20 feot kigh, Th sulphur beglna within 7 feot of th tup, und continues fnrich layers ol the w.{ down, inter- mfngled with ssud und other formafions. At this point the heut la vur( great. Tho other day, whils Worklug, one of the Chinumen struck s plek through Iuto o fwsure, wlen a coluwu of blue flamu whut up to the distance of #0 fuet, Biilug thy stinos- phore with o villainous stench, snd muking it so erribly hot that thoe Monguliau, dru]:flhu; hia {rh‘\i, sushied from the place, fullowed by Liv frighlened companions, It was sonie tie beforo they cuuld Lo fuduced to sesumo thetr work, POLITICAL. Movement to Organize a Bristow Club in Chicago. Call Signed by a Large Number of Prominent Citizens, Democratic Conventions in Ver- mont and Alabama. The New York World’s Interviewing Btaba at Tilden. DBRISTOW, CLUD TO PROMOTI 1118 KOMINATION, ‘The following call has just heen put in elren- Iation, and has recelved numerous aignatures, among them those given below. A mecting of the club will be held at 8 o’clock this evening in the rooms of the Munlcipal Reform Club, at the Pacige Hotel: CITCANO DRISTOW CLUR, & Wa, tho underelgned, citizens of Chicago, bo- llelng that Tenjamin 11, Bristow ia n true ropre- acntatfve of that fidelity to trunt, vigor fn adminfa- tration, and conrageoud aud aggressive hostility to corruption which the tinen deniand, and that ho In fully “Identified Iy the public mind with the reforn of nhusca which threaten to subvert the Integrity of Amcrican fnatitutions, associata ourscives fue gether for tne purposs of forming & Club to pro- nate the nomination of den, Bristow ot the Cliis cinnati Convention for the ofiico of Prestdent of the United States: Tienry WV, Clarke, E. C, Latned, A M. Peice, Nathan M. Freer, & GUlinpic, Franklin MacVeagh, B nérmot, @, 1, Ingeain Chne. E. Binclnfr, B, 4, hy Isnnc N, Arnold, Wiliam 1. Gibson, Jallus Rosenthal, Jacob Rusenherg, Bamuel Bllse, Aug. Dauer, E. G, Masos hnelider, If. W, Jacksnn, Wlinger, Edmud Jucssen, A. €, Badger, C. T. Hotchklss, ¥, W, Forch, dr., E. Walkel Fred Banmann, 1L 11, Anderson, 8. 8. Beach, Horaco White, J. D. Adair, John 8, Cooper, E. Cary, 9.3; Lalor, .3, Wilting, Dr. I, Mabin, .. Derickdon, Caspar Dutz, John W, Rla, Murry Nelwon, o, P Kelloge, L. . Paine Freer, —— MINNESOTA. TIHE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Spectal Dispatch to The-Tribune. 81, PAuL, Minn,, June 1.—The Democratie Btato Convention to-day numbered 214 dele- gates, frontler counties, entitled to cighty dele- gates, belng unrepresented. It was the largest nud most confident Conventlon the Minnesota Democrata have iad In eixteen years. The Tll- dden feeling was nearly unanimous, the oppost- tion to tha resolutlon iustructing the delegation tn vote a8 a unit arising from the experfence fn 1860, when o similar resolution carrled the dele- gatlon finally to Breckeurldge, contrary to the gencral wish of the party in the State. The delegates are ull undoubtedly for Tilden. On sccand cholce, they would at present divide be- tween Bayaed, Hancock, Thurmon, and Fayne, but all bave expreased themwelves as inclined, i Tilden In dropped, t follow the lead of the Dento- cratlo Btates, \ THH MOST SIGRIFICANT FEATURE of the Cunvention was that tag-boby preferences appear to have ontirely left the party of thix State when Donnelly cut Toors, Among the delegates were & number who ucted with Dounelly while he was in thie Democrntic party, but who wer ta-(lay pronounced for the specdiest posible return to !mrd cosh. A revolution indorslng 'Fliden, as fol- lows, was Introduced by Wilson, firat delegate-at- larg : Resoloed, That in Glov, Samuel Tilden we rocofes nize the representutive reformer of the tne, and bellove tuat M8 nomination for the Presi- dency will Do thu best courso of the Domocracy to mecuro the reforms for whicls our party % no earneatly striving, and which are ko exsential to the very lifc of our natfon. Alively discusslon followed, in which two Han- gocc and ono Fayno deleguto upposcd 1t8 adaption, 1t wan finully adopted 185 to 74, the minority ful cluding at léast 0ty pronounced Tilden wmei, in fuenced to vota thus by the argument advanced that Minnesots could notin any ovent be careied for & Democratic enndidate; therefors Minnesota Democratx shiould take buck’seats in the National Convention, A resolution that the delegntion ho not Instruct- ed was laid on the tabie unntimously, 7Y the Weitern Associated I'ress, 87, PAuL, 3linn., June 1. —The Dewmoceatic State Conventlun mot fn thls city to-day, After a long and very cxclted reesion, the ¥, 0 followins: gentlemen wore chosen as delegates to the Nationsl Domo- erntic Congentlon at Sk Louln: B, M, Wi Danlel Hock, H. McKinney, C. Michnol Dorun, ¥, Norrish, ucur{;e 8§ William Leo, . Castle, T, G. Mealy. PLATFORM. 1. Woaccept and will uphold the Consiitntion of the Unlted States fn all lts purts, 2. The powers of the Federal Government are limited by the Constitution, and should never be Transconded. 4. The Union of the Staten {8 perpetual, and the ht usllm:ll Kuverument In the several Btates fo rmed. 4. Tho publia credft should bo maintatned st any and overy cort. 5. Gold and sllver coln 18 the only legal-tender contemplated by the Constitution, and rexumption of peclo paynients, 1 00n s (ho Dusiness Htee. csta of tha country wiil permit, s the only pollcy cunnlnl_fln;llll 8 high regard for the public faith, 1 af i, We gflirm the nnwavering pasition of the Democratic party, that n tariff for protection is of the nuture of clars loglalation, and s appressive and unjust, and thut u farlll far'revenue i only ad mifeafbie when t i indfapensablo to provide means to defray the ordinary expensvs of Governmentand to meet its obllgations, 7. Helronchoient In every branch of Federal, State, und local governments ia demanded, that the burdens of taxation may bo diminished, 8 Poculation wud sppropriution of publle fauts to privato or portisan uses mrita and. should be vislted by prompt and sovers pennltica. 0. Most rigid acconntability ahould be uxacted of all pareans Intrusted with the cantodyand disburey- ment of the public fands, and the use of oncy in Inftuencing vates should by punisnod 08 o fageant- 1y criminal offenvo. 10, Pubiic schools frco to nif. 1, Kqual and exact justice to all men. No par- ut foxialution, o parial tasntion, 1 Reform Inall depurtents pf the Federal (fovernment, which can only bo accomplishcd by the dinplucemient from powor of tho Hepnblian party, We arralgn thnt politieal arzanization - oro tha ieople us diceetly rovpanaiho foe tho do- moralizod snd dingracoful condition of the pubilc scevice, which rings shama to the face of wyery fiouest titized, for *hiclding offenders frum Jndt and long-dessrved puuleliment, for contomptuous diveogard of platn provisions ol e Conatntlon, Tur repented vioksilons of the rights of Klaton guar- auteed by that instrument, far tho dunumerdhlo thicverios of Bulknap ond & Lost of minor criminaly, for the decay and almost destruction £ wur cammerciul marin, for the Inciliclent state of vur wavy, upon which countlers wmillions uf public tmeney have Leea »quandered, and for the abeurd and viclous leglslution of the pant fiflcen yeurs, which Tus unvettled the. valuen of 41l prop- erty, and lsa culinnated 10 o debresning lssstie and ruin upon so many of our citlzenn, Cordially it the cuoperatiun of honcat meu of all shades of political opinion, we pled:ie the Democratic party of Minncsuts 10 work ui- ceavingly und eaructly Tor the overtirow of fhe dominaut party, which, by {ts_octs of omblon and comninsiog, has brotght so much dishonor wd 50 many ovily ujion a1l classcs of uur countrymon. RLECTORA, Candlidatex for Preaidentlal Electors ro Bdmond ice, Jokn K. Meagher, donepi Cusper, Itichurd A Sones, uoll W, b, Bonnowell MISSOURT DEMOCRACY., TUE PIGUT DETWBEN TILDUN AND HENDIICKS, Spectut Dinpatch o The Tribune, Br. Louss, Mo., June L—There i mueh di- versity of oplnfun concernlng the Presidentlal preferences of the delegutes elected to the Demoeratle Natfonal Convention, und no two estimates fully sgree. Thero seemy to be o Keneral agrecment thut the develupment of strength in fuvor of Tilden was unexpuctedly strong, and thut, It hedoes not now actually control the wmafority of the delegutes, he will snceeed In doing su befors the Convention meets, Charges are openly mude by many ultra Hendricksmonthat the clrcumstances ful’y Justify the suspleoy that money bas been frecly used to exclte a feeling fuyorable to Tikden, Lut thero §8 nu posltive evidence on this poluty sud the majority of the Hendricks men say there 18 no foundstion for such a charge, i AN RATIMATE. After having Interviewed a uumber ot delegates from the city and country, your correspondent conalders it a zellablo estimate Lo say that, of the thirty delegutes elected, cightecnare for Hendrcka and iwelve for Tilden, "Fhere 18 o feelag, how- uyer, wmons some of the Hendeicks dely ratia that thel? favorlte T not near 80 avallable us Titden, und they wre ready, with the slightest encoursgement to drop Hendricks aud tade up Tilden, 2o that while Heudricks nowlally hus tie laogest number of friends {n the dulegation, Tilden (4 really the strungest candidato. 1t ls announced that M. TILDEN WILL ARKIVH {n thla clty on the 17th of June, and, quletly cstab- finhiug bia headquarters at Ui Souttiven Motel, ro- wain uphl the Conventlon e over, fu the mean- time developing bia steengih amony the'delegates throughout the Weat. ’ll‘bn Deocrats biere con- elder tho sdroit manuer in which the correucy isauce wero avoided to have been s natlonal vice tory, and to hava effectanlly pnt threatened dimmentjone on 1ha acors o, ] Ty, theee in moch congeaguntio thint seore, ¥ m & fubllatlon of T tAe Western Asroctated Press. 87, Lowta, funo 1.—Thero wan an omisslo fmpirtant Word [ tiie Democeatye Plaster, Reaphen from dofferaon Tt night, resolutian afiold eon: nof ay 1o The iiny <% nro fn favor of 310 peal of Lo Rexutaption Act of Janunry 1, 1x3no 1‘\’;:, V'!.«‘::‘.l Wo are in favor uf the Resumpiiog VERMONT. TILE DEMOCRATIC, Moxtrenien, V., June 1.~The Demnerntn, Btate Convention was held to-lay, with Qeorge M. Flsk Chalrman. Willlam 1L 11, Blughag was unanimously nominated for Qovernar, Ty resolutions dedare for fldelity to an thy provisions of the conatitution, retrencly ment and cconomy fn the Federnl and State Adminlstrations, and the leseen fng Zof the burden Imposed on 1aboy by arcductlion of the ofiicors and taxation, an hop, ostelvil mervico reform, the hanest paymany gy V"b"“ dobt, and the presorvation of tha poby, alth; free school, uxempt fram all acctaring mn' 1rol; ‘nu appropriations vf public wioney for wecra, Hlan insteactions home rufes no Contealtzation of Stato of Fedoral powera; no' Fedoral Interforancy In Stato or municipal 'clections; cxponnro g #pecdy punisliment of corruption, elc., i the s ministeation of publlc affalrn: gald and Kitver 3 the unly legal tendor; wieady afepn townrdereapn, thon of spcele pagment: triff for the putposs rovenue only; and the Iouse of Teprescntatives jy thanked torreduclng uppropriations and inatit g, h;vuugn’lxl?nndr}m uearthing fraud in g iaces, The deleg St L Ll:?:ted. unlt Q;;I )l;n om ‘ Quis is upjn. n reassembling E, B, Baldwin wa fnlrfiLll'[mfinm\l-(X‘«ty\'urml)r.t‘l i . ":mm"“ esolutlons woro ndopted strong, (x%‘urvé(.{lu'll;lcnx'lu: l';flrlthindl.l Sy d8doulay e following were clected delegaton at largg 1 SL Lonis: M. D, Gilman, B. B. Stusl e Lok o "the Natlonal s e delewates ta the Natlonal onves fnstructed 10 voLo 8 3 unit. ARl iy INFLATION. A DEMOCRATIC BIDESIIOW FROM NEW yong, New York, June L—Tho Democratle Btatg Convention, called to chaoso delegates op 1 greenback platform to the Bt. Louls Conven, tion, wet to-day, There wero present 195 el gates, Theodore E. Tomlinson was clected Chafrman. Varfous commilttecs wero Bppulute ed, nud o recess taken ti syenly To-nlght the delegates-at-large elected werg Richard Schell, Rutger G. Ailer, Theodoro Ey Towmlinson, aud Jeremiah McGuire Chenuing, PLATPORM. Ttesolutions were adopted clalming admisston for their delegates to the Conventlon at S, Loyls 24the oniy suthorized repreacntatlven of the Demnocracy of thin State and its only organization not cone trolled by money: recogalzing the daty of the Do gcratlc party as tho champlon of (he many ngatn the agurension of n fosw, and declaring that hey mrive 1o offect the followlnzy object: neonstity. tional repeal of the ltepubllean Araumplion ucy the substitution of legal-tenders for nationa! bunk notes, these legal-tenders to he received g all debin, taxes, and” customs; oo forced intfatiog or contruction, but clrculatiun equal to the wany of all3 legintion for the development of . o. souree, niid weafth of the country by the peayie t¢ the exclnslon of monopolies: falthful compliaee with the natlons' Juat obligattions, no ceutrajira. tlons “denounclig prescit corruption in' the alalra of tho ° Fodstal Government, '] demanding wearching investization uhd the punfshment o~ all tho ablgulily | person independent of pacty; opposing tho election of any Jerou o vllce wiho oppased the repealof e esumption act, and Innteucting delogates to parta platform In accorduuce with these prio Ples, and to obtain the nomination of & candids t pludged to support the policy hercin declared, ang 1o vate at the Convention axa unlt, in_uccorrdancy With tho senthnents of & nnjority of its nicwbery, —— TILDEN. DEMOCRATIC ASSAULTS UPON niyy, New Tork IWorld, May 20, The TWorld has given the views of prominerd Democrats at the Stute Capital and In Brookiye in reference to the candidacy of Gov. Tliden fof the Presidency, and the situatfon In the State, There was a diversity of opinlon inboth of thosa sectfons {n regard to the wisdom of this Statg preselng a candldate at 8t. Louts, and also fn reference to the atrength of Gov. Tilden in this State, should he be wmade the standard-bewer of the party by the action of that Conventlon, It beewne luportant to know whether thesy two opfufons were merely local, or extended to other sections of the State. We give below g Intervlew with Gearge J. Magee, of Watking, Schuyler County,—n name that will by [ At once as conpected with ono of the oldest Democratic families of that section of the Btate, I{pllknnu of tho wealthiest men of Southern New ok, ., Reporter—You then bellese that it s ta ho conen® Hally & square fight between Democeatsand Repube licana? Mr. Magee—I do, R.—The man then to nominate at 5t. Louts Isthe one who will consolidate and draw out the etz Democratic vota? e, M. 3t cortainly fa——auch mon, for [nrtance, a¢ Soymour, Bayird, or Packerof New detsey, Whose personal magnetlsm will consolidate tin party and fusurc a full Democratic vote. R.—Ia not Gov. Tilden 8 strong now as he war two years ago, when ho was elected Governor by aver 50,000 minjority? —Two years ago the fimes were hard, and 8 0 feeling that's change woulil hiel- mat- ters, and ho received Inrgo accesslons froi v Jeans of all clascen; but thero hae beek an provement and he cannot hold the vute of lepi fean Iahorers and mechan! 1t —WII not administrative reform hecome cre scntlally ano of the learding fssues, of the contest Mr, M.—1 helieve It wili—thal is, trne reformn but not reform lnr'rnmly personal purposes. 1t.—Ix not Gov, Tildori one of the wost promle ;mnl 'wpruucnmuvuu of true admlinistrativo ree orm Mr, M.—Ife hung out o great many clothes " dry, and hiad all his Lenehmen, includfuw sevem Republicans, engnged [n blowinge their beyr for 4 year and a half, polnting to thetr clallis © fluf far nonu of them Live begn dried, Sore % e whoase clothes have heen bung out have Liad them tuken fa, slnce which thme they are the loudest for My, Tilden's nomination. Tt —ban't le think that Gav. Tililen's appes) ta the jicaplo faxt year (o voto for none hut honest men for tho Leglslature will give him grest strength with the independent classer of o)l pare tice, 1 nominnted Mr. M.—That will bo a aplendld excuna for die nffected Demacrats to* pacertuln for themsclves, without party dlctatlon, who 1 the best nian, T —Have you slated all the reasunn for tho die aflection which you say oxlats in reference to Gov. Tilden ¥ Mr, M,—Ono other rcason s tho fact that Inale soma man heretofort ch, or Hofuway, snd na ' deslrous to kil ol most every connty thero is devoted 10 Sogmour, Cl thevs men Gov, Tilden and put eomio’ new man in thelr places, whetliet Demacrats or Republicans, and thereby build up 3 pecsonal party, MISCELLANEOUS. THE MISS0OURL DEMOCRACY, 87. Louts, Mo., June 1,—Tha GlobeDonocral's apeetul from Jelferson City says the preference of the delegatlon to the Demoeratic Nathona! Conventlon clected yesterday cannot be acc rately given, but {t expressea the opinlon that three l‘t’mfl.hu of the delegation are for Tilder, On the other hand, purtics here who attende the Convention clafm that Broadhead hus fuily one-half of the detegation, OURAONIAN CANDIDATE rORl \'lfll}-l'llBMl)B.\’h SAx PRANcico, Juno 1—Heferring to the it ported exeltement an tho Packle coast fn favor: ¢ ¢ ex-Goy, Woadn, of Orogon and Ctat, for the fe pubiican nowinee for Viee-Presldent, the A1 Cullfurnla this moruing cditorlally adyocatea bis nomination, snd quotes the Salt Loko 7ribuae ‘0 tho o oifuct, wud urgea itie proprloty of uulilng the extremo_ Eaat aid West on Bialne au Wody, While tho Puelle Coaeb wool! appreciate the compliment of being reproscnted 18 ' national tieket, IC would Tio vory premature U say that Gov, Wouds would be the cholce of the Republican pirty of the Coast, Withy the abva cxcoptlon; o prowinent journod in Callforoks bt came it o Wl favor ns yet, and o expressinof aublic senthnent bas buct b, 1 1o undesstooty ¥ however, that Woods' frivnds are maklng an of to bring him {10 otlco 23 & candidato for the V 1c#* Frealdeucy, ALABAMA DEMOCRATS. ? Maoxraougry, Als., June L.—The l‘h-mnersLl Conventlon nominuted 8, F, Box for Baperlutend- et of Education; J, Lo Pug aud J, 7. Morgan fur Electors-at-Large} and £, D, Parter Walker, J, F. Morgau, and C, €, Langdon s¢ el gaten-af-Jarge,” Tlio delogates to bt. Louls ate un ustructed, —————————— Tho C'at and the Hat at Peaces The Sucrmmnento (Cal.) Heord-Univn 'rem«g the following remurkable oceurronve: 1 I'.Mllm{ through the ey Jeading from nid to _l“ll'l4 sireet yesterday, the driver of o conntry Wagen clivd to us, *flere's somethlng younever saWs iver on the alert for the new and stranie, Wo stepped over to where the grocer's Jebit hnl‘ ha'ted, and looked upon u happy fi muy‘ mlh-l'«: A vage, for o) A lurge tin=can, hulf-ful 3 water, il been titod over siminet o brldk; o thiat brick st o large rat drinking from the v and right bestde i, with bis Lead lu the s can, squatied a cat nnconcernedly deinking fn;{ the sane reeeptacle. Open-mouthed v\:um ‘l“ kept us st The cat, having dumu_n(h‘ l)‘ quenced bis thirst, licked his chops, stroked i nll-lca, gavo o whisk to bls tail, und uuucd-lun’i off. " “The rat contiuued to drink uutll nul"‘ vonlent brickbat camo his way, when by un‘x‘ll:“ from the pedestal and seampered off, W e countenanee cxpressive of Prum contempt M tho Indlvidual who could disturb hin 'hcnd;i'nl’ his nutural ¢uewy bad permitied himto 1o peace.”?