Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1876, Page 2

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BLUFORD WILSON. © | His Testimony Yastérdaj Before the Whisky-Investigating Committee. 1Ie Touches Carefully the Presi- dent’s Relations with the Deportments Gen, Grant in Full Acoord Until the Wringing of Baboock's ‘Withers, S s The Exccative Mind Perturbed with Susplcions of Bristow Theres afters Solloitor Wilson's Private Papers—Jasper D, Ward's Talk, &gpectal Dispatch fo The Tribune. ‘Wasminotor, D, C,y July 22.—Ma}, Bluford ‘Wilson, lato Bolicitor of the Treasury, was ex- amined by the Whisky-fraud Committce this afternoon for threo hours. ¢ declined to sne swer questions In repard to what ho had under~ stood to be the relation between tho President and the Becrotary of the Treasury ab various ntages of the prosccution of these frauds, giving ns a reason that, as the Bocretaty of tho ‘Treasury hsd declined to answer, ho did not desirc to moke himself inany way s party to that feature in the whisky frands, orto state the degreo of encoursgement bhe had re- colved and the causcs Jf the dlfferences, {f any, which bad arisen between bimsclf and tha President In regard to the prosccution of this matter. After conslderable *conversation respecting tho character aud ecopo of the ex- amination, and thie subjocts concerning which tho Cominitteo had a full right to inquire, Maj. Wilson begun with s detalled account of the history of these frauds, except so far as such history would touch upon the relations between tho President and the Becrotary, He made known TRE ORJGIN OF TN MOVEMENT upon 8t. Louls, which haud its lnception 1o o lotter from George W. Fishback, of that city, upon whoso suggestions tho Secretary had acted in beginning an entirely sceret cam- paign agalnst the Ring In that city, teusting the + details to the Sclivitor alons, and taking specfal precaution to conceal every feature of the movement from the knowledge of all officers of the Internul fn the Commissioner's office, which Mr. Revenue, Including those The metbods Collony pursued in 8t Louis, which ‘have herctofore Leen made public, wore stated at length. Tho operations of the Sulleltar, {n connectlon with 8pecisl Agent Brooks, for Mliwaukee, and Chief of tho Secret Servico, Divislon Washurn, in Chicago, n tho working up of the froude them, wese olso given i detall. The Presldent was ndvised of tho movement a0 soon 88 i became apparent that tho investigation would really lead to tho cap- ture of a conslderable portion of the Whisky Ring. 1R WAS CORDIAL “In reference to the matter, consulted freely with regard to the changes which should be mada and which were desircd by tho Becretary.and the Sollcitor, and, In ull respects, co-operated fully n the movement. Wilson was questioned o8 to whether there was any diffieulty in procuring the indarsement upon tho Barnard letter which con- talued the words, * Lgt no gullty man escapelf it can be avolded,” and snswered that, go faras he knew, vhere wos none, and that, na the In. dorsement was printed by the President’s per- miesion, he took 1t for granted that the matter wis EXTIRBLY VOLUNTARY ON T8 PART. The fndorscment was made upon the letter, which made certaln chorges agalnst Cascy, the President’s brother-in-luw, i connectlon with Jewett, one of the leading distilters, aud the further statement that ons of McDonall's friends was charging openly upon tho strect, ofter his indictment, that the FPresident would not darc to procced against him {cDonald) 8o far to “allow as him to bo convicted, beeausa {f hie did it would cud Babeock. In regard to Ident expressed the utmost confidence in this Ictter the Pres- Bab- cock, and declared that he hud no belief what- ever that he was [n any way connected with the Ring {u 8t. Lauts, and” upon that letter hemade tho now cclebrated ndorscment. The testl- mony of Wilson in this particular refutes the chargze that he is trying to represent that the fruulcmt unwllungl*’gnvu expression to this « famd e ous sentiment. Committee then {nslst- cd upon Wilson inforining them ot what time, It any, the President chauged his o&lnmn n regard to the prosccution. “In reply, up to tho thae of the discavery 800 sald that faj. Wil- of the "%’gh" dispatch, which convinced rl Beeretary tow and the Solicitor -that it sliowed ‘tho connection of Babeock with the Ring, the President cordinlly co-operated in al) movements for the overthrow of the Ring, but that, after that, thers wero GRAYE DIFFERERCES between himeelf and the Prestden abstaclcs wers thrown {n tho way of the prose- cution, and mpuy controverales tross between thePresidentand the Departnent, Thesubstanco ot nw[l.\ln]or‘n testimony on this head wasto the eifect of this dispatch, the President, flucrico of charges Lt wero b and many bat, at various times after tha discovery under the jn- rought to him agaiust the Bulicltor, and falss statements in reference to the nethods by which the trials were conducted, hod cxhibited groat coolness in the matter, ond, as thesc obstacles were in auccession cleared away, operated. Theseconditl the President. anln co- ons ascmerd 1o al ternete with each otlier from the timo of tho discovery of this dispatch and tle time when the Becre- tary and th Upon belng qivistioned aa to Bolicitor lelt the Departtnent, THB FLIST MATTER OF DIFFERENCHN between toe President and hilinselt over the conduct of these trinls he rolated the {ollowlng atory: Alter McDonald had been Indicted, an upon the occasjon of the visit of the President to Bt. Louls, at which time, it will be remem- bered, clty that tlie Preaident and tho stutement was telegraphed from that en, Babeock had boih declined all communication with MeDon ald, the Rolluitor hail strong reasons for belley- {ng that Joyce, McDopald, and Bubeock would * be In consultation durlnfi that visit. - He, there- fore, wrote a lctter to coungel, asking him to use his men {n_observing the movements of enderson, b Qovernment ecret Burvice Joyco and McDonald, and sald to him in emphatic torms that the wholo consplracy must bu ferrot od out and exposed from top to bottom, This lgtter, it seems, was BTOLEN FKOM GEN. HENDEHSON and piven to McDonald, who, In turn, gave (t to Babeock, In the meantime, in 8t Louls had sacertained ) the prosceution o fact that Mc- Donald sud Bubcock were in_communication during tho President's visit, Upon the return of the President to Washington, he sent for the Becretary of the Trcasury, an Infornfed him that he fiad In his posscssion evidence. that Bo- cltor Wilnon had, during the Presldent’s visit to Bt. Louls, ordered the overnment counsel TO PUT DETHECTIVES UFON TUE FLEESIDENT, and wateh atl Lis nsovements, Upon Ma), Wil- son's arrival fn the city, the Becretary sent for bim and reported this statement, und guve himn the further information that thu Presfdent in- slsted ufi-un his peremptory dismisss), Mal, W) On this d son denled to the Beerctary that bo ha ever written uny letter of the kind, and that, it 8oy such letier existed, It was & Yat forgery. He furtber related to the Comumlitee that Horaco Becretary, the Porter, present wos Presidont’s ex- liers In Washington taking part in this matter, and urging that detectives had been the dlsmissal of Wilson on the ground placed b his orders uE.m the steps of tho Presldent of the United Blates. Fecling the outaet, and before Mafl tion the résignation of bothy lleltor seemed fmminunt. ran very high on the watter in Wilsou's cxplaun- Becretary and 8o~ Horace Porter vis- fted the Bolitor and chargod him with this writing, whercupon the Bolivitor took from his + dus w letber-prods copy and showed him thut a forper, the letters “W 1 been comuiitted by {nserting L (for White " I use) in that phrase where Gen. Henderson was n- furmed that s cons) (rom top to bottom, lracy tuust be ex acd ‘The words White Houso were so lnterlined e to cauze tho lotters to con- yey the fmprveston that the tesus White o &8 Wel%udulicats the President. Jlh KXPLANATION, House Maj. Wilaon, in coppapy with the Becretary, bouk this lette r-bua, caltd upon the President, and showed bun phaluly thgy the interlineation was @ Lorgery, asd, 50 fur g5tbo Fresident was ‘ \ . Demetriug behind as & rear concorned, the cxplanatiof was of course satis- {actory {n 8o far 08 it related either to Maj. Wilson or the 8ccretary. The letter scemed to he a dellherate attompt to break down the Bolictor hy deliberately forglug an addition to the lctter,” The partics to this transaction clearly wero MceDonald, Babeack, and Horace Porter. Mnj. Wilson furtlier stated that HORACE POHTER, In_tis interview, attempted fo cx‘p!nm the ", "’{I’I *» Qispolcl of Get. Bubcock’s by stating that the term {‘ph" had been used by him- self, Gen, Babeock, and McDpnald, and that it had its origin fn the fuct that Ma). McDonnld hadat one timsrid the Presidont of tho pres- cnce of a woman who went by that name, and who In 8t. Louls hiad attempted to trouble him and blackmall him. 1lis examination will continue to-morrow. TIIE BENSATIONAL STATEMENT which has been sont to the country charging Sollcitor Wilson with attempting to abstrct Impvm when he lcft the Treasury Departinent s absolutely false, and is seut out for the pur- pose of breaking the effects of facts which ho might be compclled to testify to_ hefare the Committee which has summoned him, The main facts In reference to the matter are theso: When Maj. Witson left the Department he n- structed his privato sccrotary and another gen- tleman who had charge of all the confidential ynnr_n conaected” with the whisky rauds to go through all the papers fn connection with this matter ‘and separate his private papers from thum and pack the privato papers for ahlpment at such timca a8 he infght send for them. Ehis boX was left lu the office of the Sollcitor of the Tressury. and had not been sent for up to tho timo of Maj, Wilsou's arrival here under summaons of the Committee, Ils then went to the Treasury for his papers, and in the Grat {ustouce ho was Informed that they WOULD DR SENT TO HIS ROOM at the hotel, Jt was thon ascertalned that the origlual of “the DBarnard lctter could mot e found, and, as it _had been the pers in Ma), Wiison's desk, ‘was gupposcd that it might be {n that box, and of this he wns informed, and that {nformation given as a reasen why ) limpen had pot been scnt over as promited, o thereupon wrote o letter to the Bolicitor, saylng thet he had not pocked theso papers, giving him the names of tho parties who had, and ssking him to send for them, and that thoy should open the box, ex- amino all papers wiich it contafued, and send 1ilm such as were clearly of a_private character, This tho Acting Bolicitor declined to do, and subsoquently CONSIDRRABLR CONTROVERSY arose over the possession of tho box, Maf. Wil- son tleclining to havo It opened except in pres. ence of the President's son, for reasons which he desired to state to young Grant. After a subsequent oxplavationto the President of the reasons for ihis desire, the popers wers ex- amlned by Solicitor Wilson tn the gremme of the Assistant Bollcitor and some other gentle- men, and, when the examioation was cum&\’etcd, the Barnard Jutter bad not been found, ~Sollcit- or Wilson then, finding s package of slncrn whith contafned soma private and confldential notes of hls own tdthe President in regard 10 n motter of the strictest confl- donce, concerninj which ~he tad al- Teody CORVera with the President, opened the packet which had boen taken by his Secretary as wholly personal and confidentlal, and in that the Barnard letter wns found an turned over to the Acting-Solicitor, NO OTIBH PAFRIS UF CONSEQUERCR were found mixed with Maj, Wilson’s except 8ome rough dralts of telegrams connected with vrmam mntiers, full coples of which had been spread upon the records. Whilo- this 18 far from » full history ol the transaction, itis sufii- clent to show that there Is nothivg whatever In 1t reflecting upon Ma), Wilson, and, {f the charge ugainat hith {5 persisted (o, the full detalls of the aftuir” will appear moat creditable 10 him, and provejoxceedingly embarcassing to those who seem to be using the circumstance {‘ur tho purpose of making » falss attack on . THE CICAGO CORVICTS, Btorrs, Washington Hesing, and Jucssen are still hopeful of tne suvcees of thalr misslon in behalf of A, C. Hesing and the other persons serviug whisky seutences, tn bohalf of whom they n{munr. Storrs even asks for the full pardon of Ilesing, but does not himself belleve that such a request can be granted. It is stropgly Inslef- ed that the Presldent has promised thot Hes- ing's sentonce sholl be mitigated. It appears that the prescnt subject of consideration fs the bnais upon which thio sentence shigll bo lght- ened,—whether Heslng abiall be placed Inthe same cnss a8 Rehmy, and receivo a six-months’ senteuce, or whether he shall be treated as some of tho Gaugers, and be only sentenced for three months, 11 the latter courscifs declded upon, the remisalon wiil be mado prior to the clection. 11 tho six montha' Jimit {s ‘choson, the public pruceudhxx‘n may nop bo taken till after the eluctlon. In ang event, Iesing's friends claim that his maxfmum [mprisonment will be six wonths. L JASPER D. WARD, Jasper D, Ward, during his recent visit here, openly stated that, when United Btates District- Attorney, he waa fnstructed to indlet Logan, Tarwell, f‘ulmcr, and Ham, and to fix up his cases ufterwards. Anem%u Bre being made by those who opposed the \hisky Ring proseca- tlona to obtaln affidavits in Chicagoto ahow that offers were made to fuduce witnessea to swear on behalf of the Government. Til8 EX-30LICITOR S8I'EAKS OUT. Tu the [Western Astociated Fress. WASHINOTOH, D, C., July 27.~Bluford Wil- s0n, late Solicltur of the Treasury, appeared to- dny before the Houss Commition vn the Whis- ky Trials in Bt. Louls, and gave in detall his knowledge in regard 10 the late whisky prose- ‘utions i the West, and pasticularly fn regurd to the connectfon of Gen. Babeock with thion, o refated with grent minutencea varfous von- versutions which he had with Gen, Horace Por- ter, Mr. Bristow, Abty.~Gen, Plerrcpont, and finally withfPresident Gront bimeelf, on the sub- Ject. " It seems that a letier of his to the proso- cuting officer {n 8t. Louls, fuciting him to the reatest activity In Lringlng to justice uver{- y from the fowest to the highest engaged {n aum)lrmy, wua obtafved by Babeock sud falal- ed vy INTERPOLATING THE LETTERS ‘'w, 11,,)" 80 a8 to Inake {t {ntimate his bolfof In the par- tlcl{.mflun of the Whits Houso in the conspirucy. ‘This letter, thua fulsified, was exhiblted to Bris- tow, Plerrepont, and also to the Presldent, and, although u press -copy of {t in Wilson's lutter- book was produced to prove tho Im-q:ry, he stems to bave been unable to shild hliselt from the chargo of huying employed sples even aygoinat the Presfient, Wilson sald that there ‘was no lack of co- operation on the part of the Presldent in the whisky cases generally untll Babeock became fuvolved, when a coofuces between the White Ifouss sud Treasury Department arase, Ie also testified that 13 o conversation with Geu. Horaco P'orter, soon after the discovery that A48 “sYLe" TELEGRAM was in D-Im»ck'a)mndwrmn% Dorter gave an cxplauation of tho dispatel, to tho offect that it related to the movements of certaln parties go- Ing to 8t, Louis on brkhiu Lusiness, ond safd that the sigunture arose in this way. There was & certaln woman who had given the President uch troubls, Babecek and McDonald bely, togethor In Wuhiu[iwn one day, suw ler, an MeDonald, recognizing her, excinlmexl, Wiehere 8 ‘Sylph " Bubeock sald: “ Do you know that “womani" McDonald replied: " #I know her yory well” Then," satd Bubeock, W1 wish you would get her uway from here, Slie I8 an- Toying the Prostdent.! ™ ¢ Certalnly,” sald Me- Donuld; “that (s ensy. A uanage her,” and he did so, The term "B_ylflh" Lecame n sort of standlng joke between Bub- cock and dcDonald, and” they often addressed wach other and sfned thelr cotnnunleations in that way, When chiarged with havi ou the Dresident, Wilson, in sclf-defense, ths President of fis susplcions of Babcouk, and refated the explmxluuu of “Bylph? given by Portor. Thy President indigudntly denied the atory, brushed it nwn{ with o contemptuous Resture, and provecided with s remarks on the subject of tho frauds, saylng that ko belleyed Babeock inpocent, but that 1 (iullty ho wus the most gulity wretch in the coun! yy uid that NO PUNISUMENT COULD UM TOO BEVELEN FOR 1IM, ‘Wilson testified that when he first heard this lml‘( from Porter bo believed it 1o be fulse, and hie sl belleved go. Lo will be further cxamined to-morrow. ———————— The Lepers of Jorusglem. ‘Wa walked acrose Lhe Zlon Gate, and, mouat- Ing the city wall there,—au utieven and sonie- ‘what broken, but -l;ilxuv promenade,~followed 1t round to lts Junclluw with tho ‘Temple wall und to Robiuson's Arch. Underucath the wall by Zlon Gato dwell, in low stone huts aud bur rowe, & cousiderable number of lepers, who form a horrid coumunity by themselves, ‘Theso Eour creatures, with Loeleas fect snd Hugerless auds, cane out of thelr done and nseailed us with rltcoul cries for charity, What could be doned Tt was mpossibleto glve to all. The little we threw them they fought for, and thy unsecesaful followed us with wioibed eager- ucss, Wecould do nothing but flee, and wo climbed the wull avd ran down it leaviy haye had ity for th u‘?l’l; lhl‘l.lm"' ave h more pi ur utn ! nat exhiblted so mulchymnhuiuu-neu. '{he Luew thelr power, aud brought all thelr loathsome- Liess after us, thinklog that we would be forced Lo buy thelr retreat. “I'wu hldcous ald wamer fullowed ua a long distance, sud when they be- cawe conviuced that further howling nu:i whin- ug would be fruitless, they -uddm‘n‘ly RupEed toue and cursed us with healthiul vigor; g cursod us, they hobbled homu to rovst.—Charics \.Dmllq Warnér ta the dugust Adantio, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1870, : ‘V ASIIING ON. E: sa‘l:’ mu;e‘lubnldlury coln and the necssary THE RECORD. SRNATI, A Democratic Caucus Resolves to Repeal the Resumption Clause. Wasmixnarow, D. G, July 27.—Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Bayard snid: Y amsure that the Bepate and country will be deeply affectod by the announcoment of the felancholy event of yesterday, the desth of our late friend and brother, Allen T. Caperton, o Benator from Weat Virginis, 4 move, a3 a mark of respuct s0 &uslly e to the memory of ihis excclient and honorable man, that he B;Tn:nk“'n'nnd sdjourned untll to-morrow at 11 cla 2 Mr. Stevenron safd he concurred In what had been natd by the Senator ftom Delaware. e mov. ed thata commiltes of font Senators be appointed }n accompany the remalns of the decensed to hia fate resldence in West Virginia. sed o, and Aho Chair appointed Messrs, Davis, Caoper, Booth, and Hitchcock anch Commltteo. The motion of Mr. Bayard was then agreed to, and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE, Mr. Foaler, from the Committea on Appropria- tlons, reporied back the Benate bill np‘mwlnung $100,000 for the constructlon of the Washington manument, which was paesed with samendments, one of which increascs the minount to £200, 000, A meanago from the Senaty snnouucing tho dcath af Senator Caperton, of West Virginia, wns pre- seated, wheteupan, on motlon of Mr, Wilsou, the ununl resolutiona were adopted, Messrs, Wilaon, ks, Luttroll, Donglas, Handenberghy Faulkner, snd Kasion, were T alnted & commilteo fo ‘accompony the body Vest Virglnia; and tho onse adjourned, RAILROAD NEWS. TITE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. . Tha fact that Mr. John M. Douglas at tholast mecting of tho Directors of the Illinots Central TRallroad Company, resigned the Presidency of The Caucus Is Slimly Attendod and Very Uproarious, And Many of the Hard-Money Democrats Will Ignore It. The Conference Commnittce Comes to an Understanding on the West Polnt Bl Prospect of an Early Agresment on the Indian Bill, A I'EEBLE CAUCUS. AND CORRESPONDINGLY PREDLE EXPRESSION ON THE PINANCE QURSTION. Bpecial Dispateh to The Tridune. Wisminaroy, D, C., July 27.—~The Demo- crats in caucus to-night, after a bitter, wrang- ling debate of several hours, by a vote of 46 to 24, adopted a resolution repealing the date of tho 8peufo Resumption act, The resolution was in tho langunge of the 8t, Louls platform, The attendance of members was acanty, and some of the hard-money men doclaro that they will not ..:M \:xfluh‘;” bir ul::uu:fim}.or H;’l"m‘“ e:":: the rqnd, has given the Springficld State Journat ! 0 repes Ly to write an article more th: Lot tho entlrc ach Seatt Wika | BRI O O anore than & column in length, fullof scrious charges agalnat the present managoment of tie road. The artf- clo clalms that the Central s in trouble, that there have been maay snistakes made,aud blun- ders committed, for which Mr, Douglas refused to bo held responsible, which now threaton the future euccess of tho management of the affalrs of tha corporatlon; that measurcs have boen fn- sugurated and vast transactlons hadt, which Mr, Duuglas never willingly asaented to, and forthe evil vesults of which anattempt was being made to bold him respansible; that it wos now attempted to lay at his door tho blunders of others; that ho retived from the Prestdency of the Company to escapo the consequences of the somewhat extraordinary course attewnptod to be [muued by members of the Executlve Cotnmit- ce in New Yark. Tho article then explaing very minutely how tho filinofs Central was led nto fnvesting €6,000,000 for the construction of 107 miles of ruad frum Jackson to Calro, so as to havo a stralcht through line to New Or- leans, and how this venture turned out dlsas- trously, and how the $0,000,000 pnt into the line wero In danger of belng entircly lost. Itfs pretly certain, concludcs the Jouraal, that some one has blundered; that neither Mr, Douglas mor John Newell, the President of the Company, who I(mme- diately preceded Mr. Douglas, could have boen 80 egreglously taken In as sumebody acems to have been; and that it seemed certain that some ona in New York had been done for to the tune of eix to elght millions at the expense of the Illinois Contral Railrond Company, In order to nscertain the truth or falsity of theso charges, a TRIBUNE roporter yesturday called ygon Mr. Douglas nf his residence, cor- ner of Stato and Erle strcets. Mr. Dougleals o man of very few words and averse to being fp- terviewed - by newspaper-reporters, Thore Is nothing ho dislikes more thun' to have his nane npgcnr n o paper. ‘The reporter bronched the subject b{ saying that ho had catno to learn what ho had to say in regard to tho chargos maude {n the 8prinfleld State Journal, Mr, Doug- lns said ho hind not scen the artiele, nor did objected, and suggeated that the language of the 8t. Louis platform should beadepted, Hew- itt, Chalrman of the Natlonal Democratiec Com- mittee, explained the circumstances under which the currency plank was adopted In comnittee aund In the Conventlon. Hedld not, however, state that Tilden was constantly ndvised of ey- ery stop that was then taken, Specclies were mada by Sfngicton, Holman, McMahon, Lamar, ‘Thomson (Mass.), Landers, Lynde, and Wike. ‘Thero was a little indefinita talk about adjourn- ment. At the close of the caucus a Represent- {tve sndd that he could mnot sce that Congress {8 any nearer adjournment now than it waain mtd- winter, THE CORRENCY COMMITTES. Bam Cox was conveulently absent from tho Bauking and Currency Committeo to-day, os- tanalbly en account of Indisposition, yet ho was rlding about town last evening. He “wears the ‘Tilden collar, with tho scal of a new apostlo, and tiea the Committeo by his absonco, ~ Scatt Wike is quite cast down that he was not earlfer converted to the Hendricks sclol, and did not soon enough renounce his convictlons upon the resumption repeal to prevent the nomina-~ tion of Knapp.lnflntlonm, to sncceed him. The latest Interference of Tilden with Congrese fs to suggest that Democratic purposes can best be served by a cont{nuous session until December, or a short reccss, A. D, Banks, Secretaryof the Democratic Congressional Campalgn Committec, sald tolay that THden {a thewenliebt nomination the Demo- crats could have made, DEMOCRATIC OAUCUS, o the Festern Ansaciated Press. ‘Wasnixaron, D, C., July 37,—A Democratle caucus was held In tho hall of the House to- night, continuing from 8 untll 11 o’clock, . The uestion of repealing the dato of the rosump- tlon of specle-payments was, after dlscusslon, voted on,gwith the result of about 50 members for repea) snd 25 against. This, howoyer, docg not afford a est of the resuit fn the Itouse, ns not one-half of the Democratic members were | o care aboutit. o never took any tock in prescnt at tha caucus. No other question con- | pewspaper storles, noy did he mean to contra~ nected with finance was considered. diet anything nst, hiimself, “But,” replied the reporter, “the article THE INVESTIGATORS. ANOTIIER PAMTISAN 30 . Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. ‘Wasnixarow, D, C., July 27.—The Naval Ex- penditures Committee hog decided upon a ma- jority report In the Tflton add Wheelwright case, It 8 charged fu this caso that n stale and .unlawful claln of $3,000 was increased to- $33,000 and poid. The majority report distorty the maln facts, suppresses part of the testimo- ny, and {8 08 much of & partisan document as the report of tho Tonnesseo monntatuecr, Whitthorne, Chalrmaa of the Nayal Committee, who ja seeking to fmpesch Robeson, and has been repudiated in & nowinating Conven- tlon’ by his constituents. The mojority report concludes with o resolution that suit beo brought to colleet this sum. The partisan char- acter of this resolution Is apparent. when 1t s known that It hos lpycnrod in evidents before the Committee that tho principal person against whom the suit is proposed 10 be brought is now a helpless {nsolvent in a bankrupt court, ‘The minority report will roprescnt that the ranjority have distorted the testimony, forced r.nndlufim!, and made a mountain of a mojo- makos no charges againat yous: on tho conlrary, it defends you sgainst the Tnjustice dono you by the Directors of the rond.” = * “What!" exclalmed Mr, Douglas, .*“an in- justice donc to me? No one did any Injustice tome. Have you got the articlo with youi” The reporter’ repited that he had, and at onco pulled out of hils pocket the slip containing it and handed it to Mr, Douglas, who took ft and read it very atteutively. When he' got through be n%ucd, with imnuch emphaals, that the Enlr.-le, from’ uglnnln{ toend, s far sa it rclited to bim, woa o tlssuc of falsehoolr, which uina- nated from the brain of Mr, D. L. Phil- l\g, cditor of tha Bpringfleld State Journal, #¥ou muat know," Mr. Douglas contlnued, ¢ that a foud bns exlsted between Mr. Osborn, ane of the m-luc(lml stockholders of tho road, alnst whom the ortlcls Is directed, and Mr. {llips for the last fiftecn years, and whenover an opportunity offers Phillips Jete loose ono of those D)llll,l)ulcs." “Thon there was no trouble between you and sthe Dircetorsi" Inquired the reportor, “ Not the least,'” sald My, Douglas, * The Bonrd accepted my resignatfon veryreluctantly, x\;\d t(utl‘lv,nxltm- T peremptorily refused to be se- cleoted. “What Induced you toresigni!? T am getting old," rcliglll.lcd Mr, Douglas, *and I think I have done enough hard work for the road. 1 nced reat very badly, That was the only reason, and none other.” Tho ~ reporter tried . to get some fur- informatfon in regard to the Bouthern inyestment, but Douglas thought he had sald cuough, Mr. W, K. Acker- maun, the Vice-Presjdent and Acting President, coutd geive all the other information. The reporter then called upon Mr, Ackerman and stated his misslon. The gentleman, though not desirous of answering such basoless fabrica- tions as those In the Jouraal, still wae willing to auswer all queations propounded to him, Mr, Ackerman fiyst stated that the best of feeling oxisted between Mr, DauEIna and the Board of Dircctors, and that his admintstyation had been highly bonorable and successful, aud no reflection could Lo or hiad over been cast upd on It by tfie Board or any ono clee conneeted, with the Cum‘mn_)‘. n regard to the In- vestment of the "80,000,000 in the Jackson & Calro line, Mr. Ackerman stated that .hia Company, about four years, ago In order to seeure controk of the busings south of the Ohio and a through lino tn New Orleans, loaned the Misslssippl Central Raflroad (U,BDO,C\N with which to Lulld aconnection between the two lines from Jackson to Calro, a distance of 107 miles. It was expected that this would greatly hielp the Company, and {ncrease the gross carn- ings and not dim(nish _them, as the State Jours nal nsserted. Iad ruflrond business remalned na good oa it was ot the thme the mouey was louned, the wisdum of the muvement would have appearcd cro this, But the general do- yrpu!an of railrosd business which followed ho crevasse of tho spring of 1874, snd varfous other causes, greatly = lmpaired the earnings of tho roud, “while the expectations” of its projectors liave not been realized, there I8 no reason to call tho Invest- mont u foollsh oug, oa the road must sooner or later hecomy @ source of vrnm to the people of Smu;u:o ::1“1 the ltllllr;o‘l’n(.ontral. Th’ul{a]wu xg‘ut yolving 315,000, The Committes semit to the } the least danger that the road would.lose the Honrd brovided fn the Army LUt the question of | 81 00,00, I hold & tlrst. mortgage on tho 107 ey f st Tt pethion o | mi e oction ad G gl bsande }:‘w. Facelygthe yay provhled Ly g provigus ngs w\fich were now pending fn tho Bouthern cuourts Jooking to a forcelosure of tho New Or leans Hoad were commenced in the Interest of the Dilnufa Contral Raliroad. ‘Tho charga that the Board was trying toplace the responsibility for this luvesiment upon TRE TNVESTIGATING COMMITTEES, Tv the Weslern Anociated Frasa, Wasmxorox, D. C., duly 27.—The deslre has been expressed by Democrats ;I'cnernlly tnat all the reports of ‘the luveetigating coni- mittecs be made by Tucsday next, In order, if ossible, to adjourn at the onid of next wek. .Bevoral ars now ready, fncluding the oue on Louislana aflalys, and others are in coursg of prepuration. % NOTES AND NEWS, TUE IEPEACHMENT CABE. Bpectal Ditpasch (o The Triduna, § WasmiNeTon, D. C., July 97, — What has boeome of the High Court of Im- peachimentd {8 the question gencrally asked to- night. On Wedunosday afternoon the Coust ad- Journed to meet to-day ot noon, and the Senate, after tranaacting some logislative busincss, ad~ Journed to meet to-lay ut 1l'o’clock. Whon the Scnate met to-day ot 11 w'clock, the death of Mr. Caperton was snnounced, and the Ben- ‘ate adjourncd to meet on Friday at 11 o'clock, but tho High Court of Impcachment did not meet ot 12 o'clock, the hour to which It adjourned, and the question now fs, What has become of ati The adjourn- ment of tho Bepats us a leglslative body had nothing to do with it, and, although it will robubly be resuscitated at noon to-morrow, Yue negioct of It to-day showa how Nitle aug- body cares about it AN AGHEEMENT ARRIVED AT, 0 ihe Western Associnted Preas, WABHINGTON, s duly 37.—=The Commit- teo of Conference on the disagrecing amend- monts to the West Polnt Academty bill’ Lave me- rived at an wsgreement. The flouse recedes from tho amendments fnvolving $35,000, und the Bonate recedes fromt the umendurents {n- THB INDIAN BILL. ‘There {8 8 prospuct of wu carly compromise on the Iryllan Appropriation bll, If ‘the Senate shall refnsp 1o takv up for consideration thy House bill solcly proposing the tranafer of tho el P b et S T e 1 e St e A the shuulders “of Mr. Douglas was pre- posterous, At the time the = investment waa made, Mr, John Nowell waa the President, and he woa ono of the Trustecs, As Mr. DauF- las succeeded Mr, Nowell, he could not possibl 5 have had snything Lo do with the measure, an: that e owed at once tho basclessucss of the charges mado by the State Juurual, ‘The 1linols Central Rallroad, whila sufferin rom tha present stagnution (o business lke a other raflroads, yet would proudly say that, un- der Mr, Douglus' management, it had achioved a success which fow othier roads had, aud was still dolug as well as the best. ——— IOWA RAILROAD-PROJECTS, Special Corraspondence af The Tridune, Dea Moines, Is., July 26,—8everal prominent men of the northwestern part of tho Btatoare futhe clty, for tho purposo of arousing an in- teveat fn gn extension of the Keokuk & Fort Dadge Road to Emmet County, and & junction with the Bloux City & Bt. Paul Road. They de- slre & connection with the coul-ulnea of this seo- tlon, and a market for produce. Tt 18 somewhat elogulur that such a step should bo necessary after this maguificent land- an: which wes given by Congreas and be Btats for the comstruction of the old # Des Molnes Valley Road, of ~which the Kcokuk & Dea Moiues is tho nortbern balf, Dy the terms of that grant, the rosd was to be Lullt to the northern Hue of the Btate, through the very sectlon which s proposed by the new project, ‘The Company aml the land, and, the recurda show, more than 9,000 acrce moro than thoy wero entitledto. Theroad was diverted to Fort Dodge, and there llupsl . Tho road was sold under mort, oi and dlyided, and it now BoeiDs 88 mnuchli;fi ower half took thg lon's ludlap Burcan rom iho Tuterior 1o the War Department, the ouse will recedo from that art of the Indian Arrrgflflntlnn bill providing or auch transfer, Thisobstucle removed, other questions will bs of easy adjustment, but will equlra 300,000 to be added to the spproprin- T ton, TAR CONSULAT AND DIFLOMATIO BiLia The Committee of Confereuco on the Con- sular and Diplonatic Appropristion bil) held s mectivg to-dsy, aud succesaively voted down a number of propusitions suggested as a basls of compromise. TUR STRAMDOAT BILL. The Benate Committos ou Commerce held & meeting thia afternoon nnd took up and agrocd upon the Btegmbout blll, aud dirceted Scuator Boutwell to report v to the Benate. ‘The Sonate Committes has entlrely remodoled the blil, aud as agreed upon to-day 1t leaves the lasy substantially as it now exists, OHINESE IMMIORATION, Official yeturns made to the Burean of Btatiatics show that durlng the tlscal yosr end- lug June 80, 1870, thers arrlved In the United States 1&.’.,51‘{3 Chinese timmigrants, of whom only 259 were females. Durlug the copresponding erlod of 1875 the tutal Tnuntgration to the uited Btates from Ching was 10,457, of whom B3 were females. HAMBURA, Telegraphlc Instructious have boen sent to the cummnanding officer at Coluwbla, 8. 0., orderiug the cominander of Unlted Btatcatroops at Atken to detach an officer and a picket-guard ot twelve mon for duty at Hawburg, 8. . COINAGE, The Becretary of tho Treasury has atopped tho cofuuga of tradé dollars at Philadelphia und Carson Clty, sud ordercd the Ban Franclsco Miut to colu only sufficient to mect the actual export demand,* Themiuts witl bo run to full B i A 4 a5 . matier, shars, for clalms Ate now being filed fof Iand in these rlorthweatcrn countfes under the vid Tant, and recently ovor 2,000 acres were cortl- le 0 tha United tates Land-Oflce hore, which they will probably get. If they do, it will bo » peeversion of justice, and an outrage upon the veople of that sectlon. If the law-tinkercra svould spond their time aa diligentlyto uncover the probable crookedecss In this land-grant Duainess as they did in concoeting a Rallrond- TarlT schere, which benefits nobody, but taxes the Wost and Northwest 83,000,000 for the ben- cflt ot the Fastern countics, it s probabla the yeopla of Emmet, Palo Alto, Lyon, and Dickin- son Cenintios would have had n rallfoad ero this. A meoting waa held at Cedar Raplds reeently 10 dovis® measurcs to socuro the construction of the (i‘:fl(ugo, Clln‘t{:‘n 'fz Buu%hw:'uln{nmlhltl‘- roud, s propozed to harmanize the Interes of the dlthlm creditars, and, when this ls done, to petitiou the Court to authorieo tha ls- suance of Recelver's certifientes to buy fron for 60 mites of track. Another meeting [s called for to-morrow, when 1t ia possible a plan will be ngreed upon, and tho Court will make the neceasary order. % TREIGUT AGENTS, A meeting of the Genoral Freight Agents of the Titinols Central, Chiesgo, Burlington & Quiney, and Toledo, Peorfa & Warsaw Rail- ronds was licld at the Burlington ofllco. a_few days w{u and the following uniform rates from competing points wero agreed upon, Tho new tariil will go into effect Aug. 1% MERCHANDIAR—PER 100 POUNDS. ¢ o —— srrweex cutcasoans | & | B § s1¢(3 R HUHEEE Canton. ... 720/"00l 50| 40|-...| .17 Bushne! 3] 4 03] . 533 43 20 Fert! +70] . 05| .55] 21 Carmon . kY 5) 50| 440/ .30( , 20 , 15 +05!.50; .40/, 30! , 201 .15 ’ CANADIAN NEWS, Bpectal Dispatch to Ths Tribune. OT1TAWA, July 27.—It was aunounced s fow days aggo that allegations of serlousirregnlaritics In the management of tho Northern Rallway had been rrc{orred‘ and that the Dominfon Governinent had then under consideration tho appointment of a commisslon to Investigate the The Conmisalon fias Loen nppointed, and vonalste of tho following gentlemen: Larrel W, 8mith, of Toronto; Adam Hope, of Hamil- ton; and ¥, Featherston, of Ottawa. The Com- missloners will enter on thelr dutles at onco. The clalin of the Goverumont againat the rond amounts to over 84,000,000, Br. Titoa; July 27.—~A portion of the gen- eral offices of the Caoada Bouthern Rallway will shortly be removdd from this place to Buflalo. CLINTON & SOUTHWESTERN, Special Dispotch 1o The Tribuna. CeDAR Rarios, In., July 27.—The Clinton ond Jown Clty stockholders of the Clinton &_ Southwestern Raflway have havs come .to a' mutual understanding as to the future polley of the rond, and Judge Haycs, aitting fn cham™= bera heca to-day, granted perinfssion to the Recelver tofasué cortificates of fndebtednees to contractors for work. Work will be commenced at once, and the line pushed through to Iowa City without delay. THE RIVER NOADS. Bpecial Dispatch te Tie Tridune. Dunuqus, Ia., July 27,~The Superintendent and Recefver of the River Roads are now In Chi- cago with a view to having the roads extended north to LaCrosaa aud south to Davenport. ———————— LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. AtD. ALDRICH." v the Editor of The Tritune, CinioAao, July 27.—An item appeared in Tnz . TRIDUNE & fow days ago stating thaot Ald, Al- drich had fnvested $100,000 in Cook County bonda; and the [nference to be drawn from the fact Is, and hns been repeatedly stated m the City Counell to be, that e kina no. confidence in clty sccuritics, £ o jtom was a mistake, Mr, Aldrich has made no investment {n county honds, and I take the liberty of stating what 1 know to bo trus, that ho has tmplicit copildenco in the time-war- rants now offered by the city, and would not hesitato to purchase them himsclf and adviso Lis frionds to de so. . ‘The absence of Mr, Aldrich from the city, and tho constamt use of the jtem by tho enemics of an economical Clty Government, are my oxvuse for requesting a publication of this correction. - . Jdn0. L, TUOMPSON, TEACHENS' SALATTES, Tv the Ediior of The' Tribune,’ CrmicAao, July 27.—1 would like to mako n suggestlon in regard to tho salarics of the teachars for the coming year. It requlres, even at the reduced salarles, about @30,000 per month to pay them. 1t scems to mo it would be the most just srrangemont to closs the schools for ono or two months, thereby savin, $50,000 or $100,000, and for the remainder o the year pay the rates first Qeclded upon, as most of the teachers canliyesnuch moro cheaply out of Chlengo than Init. With the salaries of a8t year It roquires all of it to live, and that as cconomically aa one woll can. I am not speak- Inz with any desire to shirk work. but solely from & pecuninry necessity. A Tracnen, BQUEAKING BOOTS. To the Kdlior of Ths Tridumi. Catoaco, July 20.—Our friond “ Ne Plus,” who gives tho remedy for squeaking boots, wiil find {t much Letter to put them in nentsfoot olls as thoy will never want dolng but once. ‘This will preacryo the lenther, and make the boota moro durablo and ensy to the fost. Yours respectfully, WALTER A. BAREEL, e ———— A Bpecimen of Tilden Reform, Aisany (N. 1) Journat, Among the Thoat | prominant of the canal cons tractors are Barnctt & Nash, of Fort Edward, Thoy hnve been largely cugaged {n canal work &t thot place and other points. ., Ayear n};n last Arru‘ acon after Gov. Til- den’s Canal Commission wus appointed, it made atour along the Champlain Canal to {nspect the work, Coming to Fort Edward, where Bar- nott & Nash were thon fulfilifog & contract, Mr. John Bigelow, the President of ths Commis- slon publicly declared that it wus full of fraud, and that the contractors and all other partics concerned ought to bia In jall, Yet, singularly enough, though the Comunilsalon has made re- ports upon wmany other canal fran #® ha noever reporicd on this Fort Edward work, Bucha relmr'. hus repeatedly been called for and grom god, but it hus never come. E Whyt It 8 notorions in Washingion County that E. E. Davls, the well-known friend of Gov, Tildon, {s Interested in tho firm of Barnett & Nashi, and has been patentiul fn persuading the Governor to shleld thelr operations from “lm' sure. That (8 not all. Mr, M, A, Nash, of the firim, s an active politiclan, and sent ona of the dujegates to the St. Louis Conventfon,—a dele- E‘“‘ who was elinply ils man, He stood l}{ ‘tiden, wnd in retury Tilden stands by himn. fa » mntual bargain for mutual benodt. And now, although the President of the Commisston sald the contractors and all concerned ought to bu In {all, Mr, M. A. Nash bas beon clected Pres- ident of the Tilden Club at Fort Edward, and s Tustily shoutiug for **T(lden and Reform.! ‘Tilden sparcs Nash from cxposuro and pune {shmont, und Nash supports Tilden. Tilden ahields the contractor, and the contractor works for “Tiden and Reform.” And this {s a faly apecimen of the real character of this bogus re- form movement. It 18 n sham and u fraud of the first water, ———————— A Prospect of Peaco, Burlinglon Haiwk-Eyt. If Tnspuctor Vandever may Ii';'«': belfeved, and wo hayo no reasan for uuflmln‘; e would pra varicato about¥ich a trivial littlo mlniout at, all that the BSloux Indlans require ke them a.happy and contouted prlahtgnnd sssortment of cooking-stoves, Wu are glad In. nrumr Vandever bus suthoritatively esttled this wnatter. Last year, when a roliable gentle- nan came from 8 protracted conference with the Bloux Indians, wud ln:?\m sallciting ald fram the chiurches sud charitable ussoclations to fur- nish all the Sjoux women with hay Exreues and all the braves with shirts that button behind, wo believed he waa mistaken {n regard to the focts, snd did not hesitata to say so. And when snother agent assurced us thay a8 lrflzo package of chewlng 3 chaln pump aplcco all round would Ml the In~ dian Territory with }m-mm sud harmony, wa besitated sbout giving the alatement obr full credence. But this covking-stove story—that woean belivye, Thore s uothlug lmurabayla sbout that. We can ensily sco that from that day that Columbua landed “on our sbores the cat demand of the red man has been for cooke nz-at6ves, When tho day shall come when the untutored children of the furest shall bo gather- i, euch family under his own vine and fg-treed anit around thelr own cooking-stove, with the collue-poy huhnllmi meerily on top, und tho Temon ples, aud jelly cake, and rice puddings, and tho red men's chilblained feet roas i baking and toasting ju the oven, gentle Peace, with her snowy platons outspre will brood softly over this nxfl” land, and s drisd scalp will Do sa great a ‘yufiuhl,boets £ um and . in his hani OFFICER: KOENIG. He Stifl Lives Despite the Bullet in His Head. Identification by the OMeer of Threo of Iis Assallants, His Ante-Mortom Btatement—Pursult of tho Other Member of the Gang, The 'phenomenon of s man with o bullet through his brain, yet rofusing to die, is one of thots rare sctidonts $hab bafle all tho science and skill of the medical gontry. Buch yesters day waa the conditlon of Oflcer Fred W, Koe- nig, who wraa shot {n the coutr Sof the forehend while attompting to arrest a gang of four burg- lars Wednesday morning at the corner of Ashe land avenue and Jullan street, Although al- teraately reported dying and dend throughout Wedneaday afterncon and evenfng, the wound- ed man was at, times consclous, and 11 no such proximity to death ns was represonted, Yester- day mornihg found hlm much Improved, and upon awakeniug at 8 o'clock ho was found to: bo consclous of all. that was going on about him, and toock a littie veal soup and some lemonade. He sald ho. felt much fmpraoved, but waa still sufloring cone sldorable paln, At 10 o'clock ho had so far ro- covered from cxhaustion a8 to bu abla ta talk quite fluently and Intelligently upon varlous subjeets, and requested s physiela, Dy, Wi, to send ‘word to tho Chicago” Avenue Station that ho waa ready to Ideotify sny parties who had beon arreated upon susplefon of heing mem- bers of the gang who commiticd the ontrage, Upon hearing this Capt, Johnson was somowfint astounded, and made sure of the mmn's consclousncss by sonding over as wnessengers Borgts, Brisco arid Fox, and 8tation-Keeper 8her- mnti. - Each ono reported that the man was ap- pnrom.){ all right, and thot they had conversed with blml and been mcefil; ed fully, In sccordancs with s - wisl, the “threa men arrested chncsdngu mamlngi by Berpgt, Fox upan I deseription of young GlI, werg taken from thelr cells. Thelr noines ore Fred Relchenback, of No. 139 Divislon strest; James Brown Leo, corner of Graceand Division streets; and John Mulligan, of Nu, 510 Halated strect. The police were bu 1ittle inclined to belicve that any onc of theso was dmplicated, simply becguse there was noth- ing found upon them in any way connecting them with the robberles that fook place on tho mcruln!z of the nffray, but each was taken to Koenlg's resldonce, Thera were presont at the time {n the wounded man's room, Sergts, T. D, Fox sud N, O. Brisco, Georgo Kotehemuss, Ofil- cers Roycratt, George Beuder, Charles Larsen, C. F. Schuman, Daulel Lyman, Matthow Foley, John Huebner, and others, relatives of the t{nn- i1y, 2 ' IDENTIFIED, The first one brought in was Fred Reichonback, Kocnig was reclining on o J.amow and na the young man entered ho ealied him lxy name, and then sald, * That's ane of them that I chased,” The young scoundrel wilted undor his look, and was taken from the room without having utter- cd a singlo word. Jonn Mullignu was next brought in, and ko waa ot once ldentified by the wounded officer, who sald, a8 ho entereds 4 That's the fellow who turucd on me with the plstal.” Mu]ll;}nn turned pale, but regaiping s courage, which is sbundani, judglag from his clean-cut and determined Scaturcd, he re- ucated Koenlg to take a better look at him, oanlz remalned frmly convinced, “however, tlat MunlEnu waa tha mian, and stated 8o posi- tively. Thethird culprit, Lec, was then led (n, and “was also idenililed by Koenlg as being ons ol tho three who “prescnted rovoly- era at bim, After Brown Lece was led out, Kognlg looked about the roam, remarking, Whoro s the otherono; thero wero four of them," Bergt. Fox roplicd that tho fourth had not yet been captured, which appoared to atise .‘{ , and he gald lmfillllfn further, Wiiile Kelehenback was botag identified the wounded man secmed to nllgo under’ tha hope that his easaflanta were to be brought to justlce, snd, arising from his bed, walked scross the room, the better to view the young rascal who was cowering before im, At the thme of thelr captare the men wero all ot their homes, but are known to bave been out foraging tho provious night. Brown Lee, the oldost of thathree, is a red-faced, red-halred a‘bac;‘n. 2? yflt;':h ;:f ceh and a.hoult 5 inclies 1o hel an _an ar, Mulligen” ts 5 smail” Jenow. aver years old, with clear cut featurea, and durk complexioned. Reichen- bacle is also about 18 years of age, He is the son of o reapectabla German, an ¢x-member of the police force, and at prescat ih the nmplm of & bank at tho cornor of Halsted and Harrlson streets, In the capacity of private watchman, Ho hns noted with sorrow the downward carcer of his boy, and hos frequontly romarked to polico ncq;ulnmuccs that he oxpected some- thing in theshooting or stabbingline from his son cvery day. The four men urc still locked up In separato cells in the Chleago Avenue 8ta- tion ,toguther with a fellow named Adam Weiss, the fourth man of tho party who has not ya{ hecu {dentified. At 11 o'clock Justice Beully vialted Kocnig with the purpaso of taking N ANTE-MONTEM BTATEMENT, which was takon as follows in the prasence of a number of policemen; My name is Fredetick W. Koonfgs am a Saxon, a&n’yuu old, I was traveling nocthwest on dis- trict " beat 5 and 6, and after hcmn5 shot fired went In thoe direction of ths Paclle Gardens. A boy in the house fired 1t near whoro they broke into bis bouae. They got in through a window, but I cnnnot tell whether they stuloapything or mot. I tollowed them ono-half mile 2ctith from the house, when 1 lluPpnd them. Ife [polnting to drall { 3 John Mul ‘5!'!] ‘m ed out & rovolvor when 1 was tussling with him, and cried ont, **8hoot tha = ~— ——" Tcould not te)l who shot; throa had platals, When they fred thoy ran away. Saw Mulllgan's revolver when he sald ‘'8hoot tha" eto, sgain. second ot & aftor shot was fired, * K“R:n'g then polnted out James lirown Lee as anotherman who had a plstol, and continnted: He atood about two fact in front of me when shot was fired. Hefore shot was fircd, saw Mulligan pointing st me, and then asw pistol and one-half minuteafter sceing him polut plato} 1 hoard the ahat fired, Whon drrest waa mado Hnlllgnn grabbed at his pants pocket and eald to me, ‘‘Step back, yon—--— or I will ahoot you," and ono-half mnute after T heard tise ahat Arod. obody was standing near Majligon excopt me when shot wasflred. Smoka from pistol came from east Lo west whon the others stood in :qud nt‘n uu‘llu gen. 1 cannot tell positively who Ire: 0 shot. Juatice Beully then wound up bis interrogato- ries with the question, “*Do you realize that yanmfialnp odls; that, you are at tho point of deathl" 'To this Koenlg replled, #[ don't expoct ta dle,” thereby knocking what was sup- fluum to be s first~cluss aate-mortom deposition fgher than Gllderoy’s kite, for tho law only ad- such testimony when taken os a dying man’s declaration, Iin full knowledge of bis fm- pending death. Tence tho next best nflufg was done,and that was to leave thestatemont Intact with the ofticers of the Chlcq‘;o Avenue Station, 80 that In the event of Koenig’s growing worao the all-important questions can be asked at any time and appended to the document, It seems usoloss, Rawever, ta hope for the maus lifo; tho doctors have probed the hrain 43¢ Inchea and bave not found the bullet, anad are confl- degit that ho cannot live. Neverthelcss, be con- tinues to thrive vory well, and at alate hour Inat evenlug was perfectly conscious durfog the few moments that he reripined awake, ‘ JOUNDEMAN PATTON'S CHASE far the :uprmeu murderers, full details of which were given in yesterdsy's paper, still con- tinues, ulthuufih Kocnig has™ {dentificd the per~ sona arrested bere, The Chiof has telegrnp?md Eum"; c:(omgome home, but 1o answer has yet cea 3 @ ‘The Brocky McLean crowd, who were thought tobe the gullty oncs, were all bagged beforo daylight yesterday by Sergt, O'Donuell, and in the fureneon the nutorious leader dellvered Iimself up at the BMadisan-Btreet Station, and ratested his {nuocence, notwithstanding which 0 sud his Kfll'f are still in confinement, Nearly cvery atatfon (o town has.in keeping twa or more roughs auswering the description of the fellows who made tho assault, Bome disposi- tion wiil be madoe of them to-d Rullty partica are ———— . Spaulah Plotures af American Life, Heo York world, The Epoca, of Madrid, otia of the ableat of Bpanlsh journals, has s bright and clever cor- reapondent at !’hhnlulyl\(u, wha s givlug the Madrllenos sote amuslag pletures of Awerlcan e, e was gnm{ appalled by the Phijadel- phisn Sur«hgl wheu ha firat reached the Centens nlal Clty, and found {t bard to understand how s civiifzed people could del(berately make thems aclves 80 ubhappy on one day out of seven. But he soon found thiut the wstute descendants of W vun bave contrived for themaclves a Bunday epectacts not by any mesus to ba dospised. "On Bunday about noan, writea aur Bg h Asmodeus, the best strects of Phifadels phta suddenty hecoma allye with througs of the prettieat wotien dressed fn the newest aud gay- eut custumies, und wost beneyoleutly digposed be sdmlred. This charnfig euter- tainment to Lo sure ls' soon over, the clang of closlug doora resounds In' every umr.{h and a solemn sllonce falls g in tpon the city; but it gives a wougdertul fil?Ful 4l day, univ almost porugades A‘Ax:.\oduun tg bg .seo, {0 ono Instance, from the fact that oneol # Phitadelphian, 1o’ tells an excolient g tou, not very creditatile to female educatioy the'Keyatorie State. $Vith somo frlonds b fy # steamer rinning up the riveron Bnndny.u:‘ nocnnloa&vlnmdclcrlhcdnn the waybhillaaguy> datusta.” Visjons of Seville and the Alcazsy, thadark-eyeditanasduncedbefore s epeiack et eves, gnd the Bsmnlnrdn haatened on + the stemner. Tho trip up the Delaware delighs cd them with its panorama of prospurity - peace, but - Andalusia " proved to ba sim, o4 {lreuy Notthern villge ‘and watering.p) Whilo ticy wora talking and Inughing mi an American young Jady ol thelr aequaint, slanding by lhnoeently asked, ** 8o you hare other Andalugin (n 8pain, naye youity fl‘(’, yesl' they polltely auswered: % and fop hy innter of that, snothier Madrid hestds the ot In Mlssouri, and there 18 evena ‘beslde the one In Now Yorki " pubs stk Sl "THE CHINESE QUESTIOR, Viowa of a Chicagoan in §an Franetse, Tv tha Editor of TAe Tribune, Bax Francisco, Col., July 15.~Many to the Tacifie, and an Intimate scqualntayy with some of tho best minds of the coyy have caused ms to giva my hourty sympaby to tha ant{-Chineso movement. As a cltiyey o B Chieago, and n lover of the Golden State ag y, proaperity, I want to give you some of the oy, [ vinc{ng dcas which linva como o me, at the vy, 8 of repeatlng what may pot be new to FoRuy your readers. : In tho bittorneas of tho controversy, thy i, telligent citizens do not forgot or underrato (b, immenso good tho Chinaman hus bestowed upo, JIES tholand. Indecd, they admit that, ihoughdy S 10 (means an unquallfied advantage, they ae i B day, {n certain reapects, fndispensable. Thy Zave bullt tho Ceutral Paciflc Road, ond per. 8 formed a8 laborers, In doveloping many in, provements which ' a new conntry mogy needs, what todlay womld be ynfy ished had dependence been placed apy the searcity and high wages of white labor, R, Chinaman cannot bo spared at Krcscnf.. bocans, a8 servants, Inundrymen, farm-hands, and Jebor, crs of every description, thay arg as clilcient y, white Inborers, and perhaps more 80, and wages Which form ‘a healtby, though ny E{II:?;“! compotition to them. Bo the :‘fiumfl. Tho Chinaman has bencfited us. £y thoss that nro here, but wo want n more, ,And the rcasons, thaugh fer, B nre patent. In cneral, they ay unultcnxhlydearlcnbhc Izona, They consum) absolutely nothing domestic. Therearo indur. il ments in our land Tor millions to coms htre, at Preparations are on fout. to pour {a 8 steady stroam upon us for years to como. They miscrublg citizens, beeauso their soclal syat their religlous and political {deas, as Raydel [ down to them through long nim, are unslien ble,—are as fixed and immovable aa sdatantisy rock, and dlamotrically ammlte to our Caucus BB fan civilization. Aguln, thoy are poor ditlzen because they aro clothed and fed allp other on fmports, IHats, shioes, and clothiny liey got dircct from thetr Fatherland; and ths same I8 the case with thelr rice, dried fruita, ud B tog, on wiich they altogether subsist. Twobly [ o n{ will cover thelr expenses per capltun; and the aurplus wn;i-cs all of it, goes to. Chin. ‘Enstorn friends of California ‘must know (b theso faeta have » momentous bearing upon th ymspem.yvt the future, About one-tenth of lio population herc—say 100,000—Is Chines, What an {mpetus to trade and {odustry. woui exist wero .they ordinarily economical con sumers of our agricultural products, mesty clothing, and ather ncecasitica and comfo which whitcs must bave, But, 1f denied thes 1B Louefits with a limited number, contemplat @ the near futurc, and bohold their fucrcase ty (8 numbers inflnitely greator than now, whiy would sggravate the present gricvances o bearably, by placing wages where our fellow. citizens positively would starve, and by ralsing. up amongst us a'soct nummwh powerful s Smmenscly daugerous to our {ndustries. Pror pects, tao, of - internoccine war, and o poor -defcusc from - such crestures & cage of foreign wars, 'aro of more thn incidental fmportance, But, to lllustrato by s singlo Instance sh power which their low wages and practical s tem of alnyery—which I think fa ‘well undu. stood in the East—pive them as prospectin monopolizars of our industrial intorests, lot me state tho casa of alarga Amerlcan shac-mane- facturer who sttompted to utilizo the Chinew labor and - obtain {ts sdvantages. -After by Chizamen had learned the trade, thelr masten established a competing factory, withdrow thelr |8 slaves to thelr own concorn; and nro rcnflfi 2 profits which uo other eystom would ndmil “‘Phid 18 what they came” hora for; this is theh Intontion and pullc(; and the growth and de velopment of {t wlll become a national calamiiy, Dut worset as before atated, they do nat e sume domestic products, and these profits an not employed In any lucal enterprisea twhich wi Lenefit | us, ortain Eostern trades Ultterdy complain of the unfair and rulnous competitior mechnolca who como to a8 fron Europo with their economlical hsbits s low wages, and with .some resson; bul the redecming featurs of this situation are, the enormous nfig’ragno; consutnption of our pr ducts, and the splondid citizens which e numerous progeny furnish us. Lot chlu'!l place a Clnaman with his pecullarities n lace of cach Irlsh, Germun, and, Norwegis sborer {n her limits, und the situation wauld become so inflnitaly worss that tht ery for extorminntion would be louder!y tiat of L{nnfi 'em” at our relom masg-mectings, ut supposg that most o thewm lived o hovels, centered fu one-quariet of the city,—a ccsspool of miscrable, discased, opfum-eai Ing humanity,—from whence daily I suo tha thousands and tens of thousands o workingmen, carrying contazion to all parts of the communlty, in comparison to which Bridgs Bart. with her zophyrs {a o prize of great value ‘feture the situation, and you ' have the cases it i in Ban Fraucisco to-dsy, where moro thu 80,000 Chipmnen exist, and the small-poxl rnqlug to o frightful degree. Nono of the Culiforuian ruzcuun\'i':xmt. ‘This land 15 80 remote from therest of the o tion that her wants ond rights sre eateemed llgml{ by most, and thelr comments on ths uestion toms berein thy shape of sncors and ridicule. ‘Thoy look superficially at the sltus tlon, They read of Chinamen wliosa houses ut burned over thelr beads, who ore maltreated, deprived of their :F(glnfll, snd some tines murdered. hese are of i rareat occurrenco, and undor peculir clrcumatances. On the contrary, their rightt are respected oven in ‘small dotall 25 you nu{ lyy g, aly . Tome in Jf.‘}; tho printod rules of the street-tar roads isto alwaya stop the car for a Chinaman, becausote 18 goinewhat more aw! than the whito ma in jumplug off when the car fs in moatiop. But the sccounts of the abuso of the creatures work up the lflmpflnflal nd sentiments of many; the heathen §s exalted, and the truth of the matter disnppears from thelr sight, The Unlon may well be proud of Oalifornis. 8he Fonvmu 1o more patrlotic member; and ta refuse sympathy and ald to her in such vitd matters would be to offend and estrango a most worthy and {mportant Commonwealth. Before concluding, I want to mention a com glalut which I hear against our owncity, Nino - onths and more of the FEastern trare fm this country passes through Chi tago, and very inany travelers are delayed there on accoutnt of tho fallure to transfer bag: gagew time to cateh the Eastern trafu, A ncknowledge that delay could not be foreed upon them In n more dellghtful place or more guqf:o:n hotel-quarters; but ft Is often Incous vunicn! With many apologles for this encroachment upon your valuablo epace, I remaln, yaurg "x‘i-fl" A Phase of the Chin Question. Truckea (Cul.) Correspondenca Sacramento Union. L5 0'clock ‘o tho slierpon. of July 31 Chinnman shot a° whito man fn the American Hotel. Doth were waiters, The white win, ‘whose name 1a Johu Cheer, had been serubbls the dining-room floor. The Chinuman accusc: Lfin of stealing his buckets, The man denfed it, and the.Chinaman called him allar, A few Larsh names wore lnterchanged, and Cheer tnocked the Ohfnnman down. The latter ranout of doors and got a largo rock, With which be struck Chieer, - Tho Chigaman then ran away. A few moments afterward, as Cheer waa [o ove of the bedrooms attending to a sick man, the Chinaman cume to the door and o scuftle cu- sucd, The men fought through the dining: room and futo the alley back ot o touse. T s Chinaman then drew a sevolyer and u dirk. Chber fmmedlately fled, and had goy away ive or 81z stops when the Chinaman ired. The bul- lct enterod the man'y back, near tho spinul col- umn and under the fousth Tib of tho right slde. The ball could not bo found, but the victiut i constantly cougling up blood, . For some inex~ rllcflblv reason no slarm wea glven for nearly wo hours, By this time the Chinaman huddis- oppeataa. 'hero {s great excltoment in Truckee over the .mxér especially us the dovtor bus Just repurt that Cheor ls sinking rapldly, and will probably dle. The leading merchants ln Chinatown Lss heen notified to produce the would-bu murderer by a cortain hour, or sutfer the conscquentes ‘L'1e hour named i« nldnfght; but ft s beb 5 Ilz]am llTlu a:ll be cxtouded until to-niorrow eveh r%dm»ed, 1t 1s feared Chinatown will bo burtis 'ho Chineso expect un‘ufi. and haye reinoyod the elves and their valuables Lo the firc-proof bul b A e R aud for scv Yo 1ug ou the il Chinatown,