Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME Ry XXXL WASHINGTON. H B IS The Clerk of tho 0ld House Now M i Assuming Extraordinary “BROTHERS S =t BLACK CASTERES, Weareopening a large stock of our superior Gold Nedal Brand Black Cashmercs, At lower prices than they have been sold for many . years. Having wsold this special brand for the past 10 ycars, we can safely as- scrt there is no make equal to ours in quality and dura- bility of color. We shall offer: 250 PCH. 40-INCIL ALL~ WOOL CASIEMERES AT GOc, 75¢, Ddc.and $1.00. 160 PCS. 48-INCIL ALY~ 'WOOR: CASIMERES AT 85¢, 81.00, 81.16, 81.25, and Ile Can Alono Empower Membhers to Tako Seats in the Noxt House. Tho Machinists, Smut-Blowers, and Oarpet-Baggers Gain a Viotory, They Defeat for the Presont One of the President’s Sonthern-Policy Appointments. Nature of the Charges Made Against Assistant-Sece retary Conant. Henry Ward Beccher Publishes His Opinion of the President and Cabinet, Ten Butler Approves in o General Way, but Sneers at Clvil-Servico S Reforme MERINGS, TAMISES, . BOMBAZINES, . DRAP D’ETE, All-Wool Matelasse, ¥or Dolmans ;s new designs, at popular prices. 121 & 123 State-st. Trwenty-second-st. and Michigan-ay, COAL, Covered Coal---Clean and Dry. PERNSYLVARIA COAL. CO. PITTISTON COAL Al Coal under Iron Sheds, TERMS CASH, Orders recelved only at Moin Office.. INDIANA-ST, BRIDGE, Branch Ollice.. -..A2 WASHINGTON-8T, Coal for country trade diroct from minoes in box cars. 1. 8. VAN INGEN, Sup't. OIRGANS. TIIE NEXT HOUSE. IMPORTANCE: OF TIE CLERK'S PRELIUNARILY- ORGANIZING POWER OF TUAT BODY. Bpecial Dirpateh to The Tribune. Wasnixarox, Macch 18.—~Now that an cxtra sesslon of tho Forty-fifth Congress is incvita- ble, there s ngreat deslre, eapeclally among Reoubllcans, to sce theroll of Representatives- cleet which has been prepared by Clerk Adams, but which he declines to make public, although hoasserte that by giving the Republicaus all that they ean possibly claim there will rematn a Democratic majority of threo. This roll 1s made up by Mr. Adams In accordance with law ua Clerle of tho last House, and hois dirceted to place on it “tho names of those persons, ond of such persons only, whose gredentials show that thoy were regularly clected In accord- ance with the laws of thalr States respectively, orthelawsof the Unitcd States.” The law nlso provides that when the Clerk fs unaolo to, perform this duty it shall be performed by the Sergeant-at-Arus, and, when that vllcer cannot. act, by the Doorkeepur. Thisfs TIE ONLY LEDAL TROVISION for making up the roll of the Housc, but tho rules of the Houso go on to prescribo how thoe Clerk, having ascertalned that a quorum is presont of tho names on the roll, shall procced to preside st en clection for Bpeaker, he having the power to presceve decorum and to decldo all questions of order that may arise subject to appeal. There have been oceasions, however, whara tho rules of preceding Congresses havo beon sct aside, and, on one ocesalon, at the organtzation of tho ‘Twonty-sixth Congross, whea tha Clork pro- posed to exorelse arbltrary authority Ly omit- ting names from tho roll, the House ° BET 11131 ONH 8IDB ana appolated n Clialrman te servo untll o T o o Bpeaker was choson, ‘The lsat Ifouse of Hed Represcntatives, howover, just as s HH souds ot WMo woro running . out, 3%, passed & mew role, directing the Sergennt-at-Arins to obey tho dircctions of the Clerk n preserving order durfug the organiza- tion of tho House. Thisact of usurpation, by which the House of the Forty-fourth Congress u ndertook to clotho with authority over tho House of tho Forty-tifth Cougress a tnan not an offi cer of that House, was donounced when it was hurricd through, and it wasopenly charged that the report of tha voto made by the " Clerk was falee. ‘The Clerk, however, maine tained that the voto stood 133 yeas agalnst D noys, and 143 not voting. TR CLERK'S IMMENSE FOWER. g will, consequently, ba enabled to summon the Sergeant-at-Arms” and his deputies to his aid In excluding from tho hall any gentlomen claming ecats whosc names he has not placed on his roll, and oflicrwise to bulldoze the or- ganization of the llousc, There ara conllicting certificates and claimonts from Alabuma, Flor- {aa, filinois, Loulslana, Massachusctts, Pennsyl- vaiia, Bouth Carolinn, Tenncssce, snd Hr;ilnln. and it will not be difilcult for the Cork to fixu aroll which ho may remard as legul, but which witl throw the orgunizatton of the House fute Democratic hands, : WUEN 1T BHOULD BI CONTHOLLED BY BEFUD- ORGANS. The munfcal publle aro m«‘xcflffl“y Invitedto ox- amino the latost styles In cleguntly-denizned np- Jght cavor, Charmiing new’ fono, combinationn wceently Introduced, ‘atalozues illnstrating the sarious stylcs suitablo for cliurches, halls, and the Aruwing-room, matled propaid to any ddress, NON & M lA'. Etate and Monroe-ats., Chicazo. TO RENT. Bocond and third floors of 230 and 231 Stato.st.—dimonsions 36x136—irom Moy 1, HILGEL, KINS & #AXON, hlo Dock morth of* Twelfthat., connecting DA Do mer B B e vened T A Py taoThe 1 &30 BT B I b R AP 41'ani 43 Wabash' LIOANS. But the old party liues way be changed even befurg thoe extra’sessiun. It will not Lia strange should some twenty Representaitves who wero clected 0a Demuenits nugwn an_ Adminlstra- tion candidnto for the Speakership. On the other hand, 'some of the Buutliorn itopresenta- tives-eleet of the carpet-bag persuasion, who are getting very angry becauso tholr recome mendationa for'oflee have not beeu promptly reaponded to by appolntmonts, TINEATEN DESENTION and vengeance, ‘Thoy iutimato that a Northern +Ropublican 1 ready to unfurl tha flag of rovolt, and to lead them In malntaining a noutral posi- tlon, or In going square over to the Democracy if necessary. All this makes tho coming ¥@ug- gle for the orgunizatlon of the louso of un- usual fnterest, und the uPlnlnns ol each gentle- man_clected, or clalming to have been, aro welghed with great care. THE MACHINE, $500: $800¢: $1,000! $1,200! $1,600! $2,000! TO LOAN AT 0 PER OBENT. Funda In hand, - Can closa at once. ENEIL & BONU, 102 Washingtaneat, FINANCIAL. Forelgn Exchange bought and sold. City and County Onlers and Vonchers lwught or monoy ‘sdysnced on same, Itonts dlscounted anil money loancd on mort- £age'and warchouse recelpts, LAZALTS SILVER- ‘man. Bank Chamber of Cumpmerce, Chicako, OOEAN STEAMNHI P Great Western Steamship Lino. copEPm New York to Jratol niand) diect, EOJLALL. Stampe rda, March 17, T, Wobtorn -oocoressesares FUCBIAY, 4 Cabiu pamage, $101 1 50 ALL THE CARPET-DAGOERS RUKNING WITH e Exsur ylluinghuflfl'{:}%iflfl'&@g': e atan, MAYES FIRST DEFEAT. $20 ARt WML . WIILTE, o Clarkest., Michlaid Bpecial Duapatch $0 Tha . 5ne, /| Wasminatoxn, D, C.,, March 18.—The Prosi- dent's Southern policy Is mecting with actlve oppasition from an unexpocted quarter. Under tho lead of Commissloner Enton, of tho Bureau of Education, the confirmation of Waldron for Marshal of the Memplis District was yesterday hungup in the Seuate, After full consultation with tho Postiaster-Goneral and others Memphis, who aro in full sceord with the Prest- dent, the sppolntment of Waldron was decided upon. Eator, Thornburgh, and Randolpl, de- featod candldatcs for Congress from Memphis, obtalned accoss to Attorney-Ueneral Devens and: fnduced him to send up the name of North German Lloyd. | Thosteamers of this Company will sail e .o oot i Congany sl s re e L ] ulfifl»l('—rl'lm Now York w Boutbainpiol o layre, sad Hraniea et cabin, HLat cond cabiny ¥, eulds ieerage, 830 currenc: e fralane losgen) ST RN 3Dowltog Ursen, New Yorke ONLY DIRECT LINE 10 FRANCE, The General Tramatiant{c Company's Mail Ste tebwsen how Vork aadl THagre, R L (G.'10,), ‘will onil from Pier Nu. 43 Norin Itiver, fool of ?:‘"b"'“" every alternato Wednesday, begfuniug ith Labradar. anglicr, Weducaday, sare 31, 0:00 Yo partl ross L B NE f\fil?m:g: Mo WISTRTER YA, | Garrott, 1n whose favor Col. Eaton, Aeotfor of Momphis, brother of Commlssioner Eston, haa resigned Just before Hayes camg lo, Grant had then nominated Gasrett, but tho Benato fafled to contirm. Mr. Deveus sent thls name sgain to the President fnstcad of Wal- dron's. The Presideut, however, NATIONAL LINE OF STEANSHIPS, aypior Tarkto Queenitown and Lirerpeal 3 F. . [ 1 . I, {)ufl'mfl‘wfi 2 :L.n'! THE t{bn&. e Blidh ONDO; u?};‘gfl:‘ SENT WALDRON'S NAME TO TUB SENATR. 53:'.’.."; llr:fl- for J}_l Thercapon Commisslouer Eaton appearcd in asind._Apniyiol, the newspaper offices, declaring that the Presi- acnt’s Bouthiern policy would not work in tho caso of suy oflices connected with the courts, or in any rovenue offlces, and that Waldron in particular was an Irlsh Uatholic and cverythlog thot was bad; that Chasles Fostor was giving he Presldent oxceedingly bad advice, and that Foster himscit was under the control of unsato Bouthern men, ono of whom bad written his A r A A AL P . BLACK HILLN TILANSPORTATION. We ars Dfeparod 1o tranwport, goads from Hidooy, ebrasks, the nearcst polub Lo 16a 31ils on the Union Pacito 1l 1o Guster Clty, eadwood, snd ather Dlaces {n tho Hlia. Wao wlil ecelve goods st Slduey, 20r6 Inem, and givo through billslading at s favorabla 8 a4 from sny other points. We are owners of pustation cavablo of Nauling over 4000 Bt o, "andcan give promp dlepatch with our imucments mydo for blling through vla U P. K. I e for B g i Eiask o | SPecch on Hayes® palley. By such work a6 tbis, “«llfi mnr,m ste. ' ¥or clrculars sad (uli pazticu- | aod » et By FIRATT & FERRIS, Goveroment Frolghts | pouirivy MI19BBPBESENTATION TO SENATORS o on the part of wen working with Eaton, thls nomination, to which the Fresident had given considerable attcution, was defeated in the Senstc. The faflure toconfirm Waldron ia ro- garded a4 @ great wiafortund by the fricods of L ¥i N, Baak, Omab: jon Ot 1.“;(‘3:':-&}' fix?'"i"ffi.: ’0.3%%‘; Gpeacer & Co.,' Chicagors Pelst e e schssicn. iargiey WNew Vorky ? Hagtio k! Dushasm, Buckioy & Ge.s Now in that scctlon, Among tho other cliarges made was the notorlously false one that Waldron fs not a citizen of Tennessee, hut of Chicago. Waldron lins beeny acitizen of Menphis for cighteen years, cago is ti capital The defeat of this nomiuation Involves The advocates of layes' Bouthern poliey see in the clements which combined to defeat Wal- dron the lenflcm.?' to an unlon between the dis- aceept o similar tlon to sustaln persona anid comnbinations whose country. aceusations published this morning charging criminal acts to Assistant-Secrctary Conant, It can only bo sald to-night that tho persons moking the afidavita insist upon their truthfyl- ness in every respect, and upou thelr abllity to sustaln them. On the other lund, Asslstant- Becretary Conant's fricnds say that tho manner in which theso storics are circalated, and the sources from which they are supposed to havo cmanated, lend color to the theory that tho whole movement I8 & conspiracy agalnat him. Friends of soveral of the ofiicials {mpllcated deny that they will be found to have the re- miny bo briefly deacribed as follows: Incom- * proceeds with tho sjatement, us follow - The Chicago 1 MARCII 19, 1877. CIICAGO, Haycs' Southern polley. s defeat Is attribut- ed to falso charges preferred by the leaders of THB DISTINCTIVELY CARPET-DAG ELEMENT was ‘s muoicipal offirer thero 1ast year, 1is only connection with Chi- fm, he has sipplicd a partof the for o firn dolug husticas there. MORE TIIAN TIIE DEFEAT OF ONX MAN, tinetively carpet-bag clensent fn the Bouth and the old Bourbon clement, My the carpot-baj element I8 not meant the Northiern persons ol standing who did not go 8outh to srck offlee, hut those gumma wlho went South for the pur- vsc of - obtaining office, and who sbandon_the uth when they no longer can secure office. The first objective polnt of this combloation witl bo an attempt to break down POSTMABTEN-GENERAL REY, with the hope of driving him from the Cabinct. If this can be aczomplished, the supposition is that no other prominent Southiern man would position. The tendency of tacties here for the last few dayn I8 in this direc- tion. Postmaster-General Key hasalresdy been adviscd of it, andaces in i oxactly the purpose above Indicated. It is designed as an indirect Dlow at President Hayes by persous who have not the manlincss W’ attack bim openly, and who are taking advantage of thelr ofticial posi- rteeess could only perhaps briny discord on the CONANT,. THE CIARGES AGAINST IS Special Dispalch to The Tridune. ‘WasmxaroN, D. C,, March 18.—As to the motest conucction with anything mproper which has been discovered. NATURE OF TIH ACCUSATIONS, ‘The peeulinr kind of fraud now susncetods puting the fnterest due on the United States bonds it s nocessarily important that tho books shall ba closcd at sommo stated time—henco the rulc of tho Department has been to nlways closc them thirty dsys prior to the date when [otorest s due, and no transfer of bonds can bo registered during aperiod of thirty days. A party, therefore, buying bonds within such period, Is unable to have the purchased bonds registered In his namo untll after the thirty days have explred, and, as {nterest {s only computed from tho date of registration of the transfer, the accrued in- terest between thodate on which the books were closed and the registration In the name of the purchasing party is properly dueto the selling party, WIIO GENERALLY EITHEDR YORQETS Ol 18 10NO- RANT of the fact, doubtless thinking o has got all the luterest duc him at the dato of the scling. According to law, all unpaid Interest Is covered Into the Treasury at the end of nincty days, and romalns on thobooks s a Mabllity to be pald whenever demanded by the party to whom it is due. Bome time aga it wassuspeeted that some of the employes of tho Departiucnt were aIviNg mrmunfluuna: TUD INTERELST TUUS U ) which enabled outslders to onter claims, Ao {nvestigatfon of the matter by tho Beerot Ber- vico detoctives rested tho susvicion protty con- clualvoly upon one Douglass;'a clerk In the Department, who -m:curl to have boen fu collusion with » New York attorney. As 8001 a8 is was dfscovered Douglass was fnfmediately dis. nissed from the Dopartment by Asalstaut Sce- retary Conant. A consultation” was then . held in the Treasury os to the feasibility of insti- tuting legal procecaings sgalnst Douiglass, but it was docided by the Department’ atliciala to turn the matter over to tho District-Attornoy for whatever actfon he might deem proper, Thera belng some qucstion as to the law war- ranting any such l»rucccmnz‘. Douglass having only furniahed infurmation ta outshicrs which, though fn violation of u rule of the Depart- ment, was not considered s swholly coming xaudcr ‘uny statutery law, Asslstant Sccretary Jonan DID NOT HIMSELY INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEBD- 1Nas againet Douglass, This scems to have beenono of the groutids upun which sumginembers of tho Bpecial Agency Scrvlve of the Treasury Do- partmont wero fod to suspuet that hio hiinselt had some connection with him, . Secretary Sher- man, [n taking charge of tho Treasury, lnme- diately ordered an examination, " A report la expected fu a few days, “Bo far as the examina. tion hns Er,rm:mlm '? Becretary Shernan 8 rey, lxorm.l to liave suld, ** no charges whatovor have heen miads to me impugning the character of any ofllduls who took part in the previous fo- \'c-l{fnllon with the view fully to expose tho frauds,” B CHARGES AGAINAT CONANT, Wasuixaron, March 18.~Thero la great ex- cltement over tho dlscovery of the alleged frands upon the Treasury o tho payment of fu- terest on registered bomds, The plan of pro- unedlui,: scems to havo boen this: Tho Treasury Department would purchago a quantity of regis- terod bonds on the market and placo” them ™ in the Treasury Dopartment. ‘They then belonged tothe Government, Asalstant-Trensuror Charles 1% Counut, Daniel Baker, and Mr. Bizclow, clerks, were cognizant of these transactions, and formed a ring to profit by them. ‘They took the number of the bonds and the nanies In which they were registered, aud furnished theso tu s New York speculator natned Wilikam Howe, who prepared bogus powers of attorney un collected tho aecrued (nterest from the Depart- ment, after sharing it with Conant, Blavlow, uud Hoker, Becretary 8herman called Conant to account last eveninig, The latter dented baving given the Information to Howe, but did not deasy that thy Interess lad been pald as alieged, Binco the first publication of the charge,which did not mentlon his uamo at all, Mr, Conant has beon burnlng with ruge and flylng about the Department In o grest fever of indirnation ojzuinst whot he claling {s a fulse and malicious atl of enemies secking to eifeet, bis removal, ‘Thore s quaking and trembllng obscrved, also, among scveral othor ollicials of the Department, not very romoto from My, Conant in position. A tnost shockiug story of shanie aud dissipation 1s told by one who clalms to have beon on fnti- mate personal relations with Conaut, ond to have participated fu his nightly carousings. The story of Conant's hablts i3 told by 8 for- mer crony of his named William 11, Coleln, a ditlzen of Balthnore, and formerly chief cngineer of the heatlng apparatus of the Treasury Depart- ment, who claims to have an nthnate knowledgo of Mr. Conant's nightly bablts, and miakes the statement above mentloned. Hols supported by Jainces Dehay, acting asslstant co- eineer, sud Charles Warner, un employe fu the ‘Treasury Department, all of whom swear to the statcment. Alluslon is slso made by these pers sons to tho story that Mr. Conant uppropriated Govermnent waterial aud used enployes of the Department in iiting up hils resldeoce on Caple tol Hill, Atter alluding to bis furnier vonnec- tlons with the Department, bis removal, and the appointment of his successor, 3r. Coleln 3Mr. Conant on or about tho 1at of July, 1870, furnished his house oa Capltol 111}, the sals James Yermlillion (Coleln's lncwuurL&xlmndlnl arge amount in furnisbing corde, naila. plctuse: and in ftting pictures to the frames, using U fces of tho employcs of the ofiica in the worl also msing Governmcut matecial In Gttlog such tealdonce. In order o pacify me, Mr. Conant of- fored and u!fied ma throush my fricudsto takea position fn the Baltimors Custoni-1louso, which 1 eclfaed, When I wenion duty in the Treasury Departwent Mr.,Conant was 8 Clerk in the Warant Divielon,and my relstions with hin were of & very intimate’ oature. Weo passcd msuy cveniuge Lo- othor, and visitcd wany piaces of swmuscment. Ve froquently vislted fogether thy plice now known as the 'Yheatre Cowlque, which wis theun low dance-house. Wo visited the girls beblnd the scenca botween tho acts, and Lis actious on such occasloun were of 8 very jmmoral and indecent character, Fhuse vialls occurced froquently MONDAY, during the summer of 1600 and 1870. Dmln;i theso visita Nr, Conant drank {0 execes an becamea very mnch Intoxieated, so much w0 ar to lose ali sclf-reapect. 1o would remain fondliny the girln in an Indecent manner and di ho beeame no drank that §L was nece: him careicd out bodily, placed in a e taken hopto. On meveral occaslona 1 would have to retnrn and pay his llagor and wine bills which he bkad Incurred on thees eprecs, In almost all of theso aprees James Demar, Acting Asaistant.En- gineerd was tls companion of mysell and Mr, Co. nant, and helped me to tako carc of Mr, Conant, Chntles Wrenor, aleo an employee in the Treasury Dopartment, was prescnt on some 0f these ocess nlons and helped to put M, Conant in 4 hack and take him home. Tiwo girtx bolonging to this thea- tro troupe who were favurites of Mr. Conant, and \rhom e trequentiy irlted, have been emploved by hin direction and through the solicitation of 3ir, ernand, proprictor of the theatre, in the Currcncy Iiviston'under Mr, Baker. AboutJaly 1, IN70, Mr. Conant was appainted Chilel of the Warrunt Die virlon of the Sccretary'a otlice, N¥nhiequently to thia period I have mado frequent visits In compan: with Mr.Conantto Dutch Mary's, Lizele Snow's, Liz Peterson's, snd other liouses of ill-fame where Mr. Lonant was in tho habit of visiling and cnraneinz, frenuertiy remaining aa fate an 110 4 o'clock in the ‘morning, passinz part of the Lime in the profnis- caoun campony of tHowe preecnt, drinking and ea- rousing. In 1574 Mr. Conant was sppolnted As- sistantSecretary of the Treavury. Subrequent to his perlod § continued there ‘excuraiops in his comp.m{ to the various houses of ill-fame abovo oealynated, s well o4 othiere, with the same ex- perience aarclated. On the occasion uf these visits ta the places described, submequent to Mr. Conant'nappolntment a8 Arelstant Secrotary of the Trensury, 1 always argued againat his thus lowering his dignity and subjecting himnself to un. favorable ceiticisma by such conduct, lle alwaya nfi-wumd witha **harrali boya, and damn the dig- Bity. ‘Thia statement of Mr. Colein was made and sworn to before n Justice of the Peace, indepens dent of the solicitation of any oflicial In the De- guruncm, aud will be forwarded to Scerclary herman as soon as the aflidavits of one or two other particd are obtalned, BRISTOW. SOME OF TR WHISKY HOUNDS WORSTED. Bpecial £0 The Tribune. WasiinaToN; D, C.y March 18,—A small vart of the gang who have long been pursuluz Gen. Bristow camo to grief iu the Supremo Court of thig District yostorday, Asa sequel to the “mule case,” which was made up by a most disreputable sct of clalm agents and detectives, and sprung in Congress last winter, 8 clsil suit resulted agalnst Gen. Bristow i the District Court here. It was prepared by the law-part- ners of a cotton-claim lawyer, who hind liad all but efght of about 200 claims rejected by Becre- tary Bristow, Althoush s Democratie commit- {ce, after full examtnation, had fully cxonerated Hristow, the goug who were following him trumped up tho civil suft, oztensibly to recover maonay alleged to have been fraudutently ob- tained from the Government. TILE REAL OMJECT, lowever, it was quite apparcut, was to pursun Bristow, and was ouly oue brench of tha in- famous warfare made on him. Although seven persuns were made gflvllcsw the sult, notice was only scrved on Bristow, and two adminfs- trators of the estate interested. Judge Carter dismissed the casc summarily, saying that, if it had not been fortho fact that it was gravely argued bofore_ bim, ho shoutd have supposed that the simple reading of tho statute under which It was brought would have shown that it did pot apply to the casc. BELCIIER. THN CELEBRATED DIVINE'S OPINION ON TIINGS MUNDANT: AND POLITICAL. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. 87. Louis, Mo, Maren 18.—Henry Wanl Deecher arrived In 8t. Louls Jast evening, and has been tho reciplent of marked atteotion on the part of prominent citizenw, He preached last night in the Pligrlm Congregattonal Chuseh, and will preach { the same sanctuary to-night, and to-morrow evening delivera his Iecture on * Tho Minletry of Wealth,” o was interviowed by ** Mack," of the Globe-Democrat, this morniug, and gave expresalon to opinfonas upan geveral questions of publle and general interost. In response to an Inquiry, Mr, Beech- er expressed u very high opinlon of Mr. Ilayes, although lie'sald hie did not kuow him person- ally, Ife had stroag falth fn his intentions in regard to his Bouthern policy, but it should Le remembered that e 1T WAS ONLY AX EXPERIMENT. 1t would undoubtedly succced, lio thought, it it wera not for thosd two ulcers, Bouth Carolina and Loufsians, 1f the Prestdent withdraws the tho troops from tlhosc States, willtho whites sot towork to abuse and persccute the biacks! And, if they do, what thent" These, o sald, ‘were the questions Jnvolved in the Adminis- tratfon policy, and noboudy could tell how that policy would succeed until hu_ knew how theso «uestlons wero to be ansiered. No policy could be conslidered n success unless It guarautocd tho Dlacks in the possession of all thelr righta. The reporter asked 1f Mr. Deecher thought peaco would come to the South by such a policy a8 would encourusgo tho wealti and cuiture of that section to como to tho front and resume control of offalrs, Mr. Beccher roplied that THE TROUDLE was that what waa called tho wealth and culturo of the South had no pluck. **The men of clhar- ueter and means in the South, be sald, “have never had the courage to confront the ‘b'hoys’ who do all the' mie chlef, and to put them down after a big riot, in which 100 negroes aro kiiled and no whito inen wounded, ‘They will como out o cards and protests, and say they arc very sorry that it happenod, but then they will im- mediately retiro within themsclves, and you won't hear from them again until thero has been pnother rlot, and another lot of negroes Killed. Then they will write moro cards and suy agalo thoy &ro sorry. But they NEVER SEEX WILLING TO TAKE HOLD mnd prevent thedo occurrences, and hence I ‘have no falth in thelr pledges and promises,” On tho general subject of the neero nueatlon, Mr. Beecher thoughit the policy that had been pursued was an unwise one, He bad always doubted whether o settlement of the problem by the Nosth for the Sduth would have a good resuit. Il ldes, and ono in which Mr, Lincoln and Gov, Androw coycurred, had always been to hold out such inducements to the South oa would make the Southern peoplo themselves en- franchise tho blacks lu the course of thne, This could have been done by proportioning Con- gressional representadion to actual voting popu- latlon, It tho negrocs were not countedas men, and entltlod to vute, they should not be allow- «d to bo represented in Oongress. In time, Mr, Boecher thought, TIS WOULD JIAVE ENFRANCUISED TIIE DLACKS. Tho South wonld have gradually tricd tho ex- periment, und tho ncgroes would have becn on- dowed with the franchise, slowly porhaps, but, he mau&n, surely, Mr, Heother cxpressed - himseif very well pleased with the new Cabinet, * They “aro all clean men,” eald Le. * 1n the selection of his Cablnet Mr, Huyces lias started off. mitch better than bis predeccssor, Gen, Grant. ‘Tho trouble with Graot was that Lo alwaye wunted a Cablpet ol men who would luvok up to bim, fnstead of a Cabluet of men who would adviso him. Idonot kuow whether this was because of Lisarmy tralnng or not,, bat cer- talnly it was s miarked snd bad featute of his Adiainlstration. Tae theory of the Governe ment e, that tho President shall surround bim- sclf with advisers, and not with clerks.” He was not_personally wr{mslmul with suy wmem- ber of Mr. Hayes' Cabinet except MK, WVAKTS, but he knew of them all, oud he bad a high opinion of them all. “Evarts,” sald he, ¥I kuow very well I have talked to “him by the bour,—or, rather, I have listened to him by the hour, for thero is no chance for auybody 50 to talk when he is present, 1o ts a delight- ful talker, too,—u man of cxtraordinary ability, although he talks too much about himself aod his own speeches, He will mnake an cxecllent - Becretary of State if he can be held down to vractical and practicable things, aud I believe that Hayes is the man to get the most good sud uscfulness out of bim. 8CHURZ is sgother good may, sud he will be of good servics Lo tha country." o was sure that Mr. Hayes would not fall into the errors of Gen. Graut (n the wakiog of sppuintmcuts, and that tuia itaclf would give o ailp TPib tone of greater reapectability to the present Administration than could be'glven to the last. Whatever might he the fatea of the parties or the result of policies, Mr. Beecher felt sure. that the general prosperity of the country was now assured beyond adoubt. We had passed through the inflatlon period, which was a nat- nral result of the War, and we were now gets ting tos ikl financial footing, which would manifest Hself in the general welfare of all. “During the Inflatfon time,” sald he, ‘! CUNRENCY LEGISLATION UNBETTLED EVERT- THING, It was nsif & man should contra~t to put up a house 50 feet by 150 and, afterhe had undertaken hiscontract, the Legislature should pess alaw te- claring that 0 inclics ahould make a foot or that 18 {nchea should make a foot. In the one case the architeet might be enriched and In the other cana ho inight be impoverished. We neyer knew during the War, nor untl recently, now many Inches there were to afoot of paper money. We had to grope along and gucsa-at it,and sometlines we inirsed it one way, eome- tiines the other way. When weget down to specie we - know preefscly what we are paying far eversthing wo hnr. and what we are getting for evervihing we sell, Al this country wants now {sa chance, and we shall sec an” era of prosperity greater than cver before.!! BEN BUTLER. WHAT 1 TIINKS OF IATES' FOUTHERN POLICY. Nen York Trivune, ) Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, who has never been noted for paucity of words or ideas on the floor of Congresa or on the rostrum, has acquired o reputation for belng anything but talkative * to the po'nt ™ when receiving u visit from - o repre- rentasive of the publie press. But a Tribune reporter who called on the Maszachuzetts Con- gressman at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last cven- ing found him in a very genfal mood and very free in expressing his views on the political sit- uatlon. Iic began by taking the Washington corre- apondents to task for misrcpresenting him. They bad sald he was opposed to Gan. Devens as a member of the Cabinet. 1le had not op- posed Gen. Devens, who had served with him during the War, whom ho respected as & man andd a8 o soldicr, and to whom as a Judge he, as 8 lawyer, would be willing to submit any casc, ‘Ihen, too, ho iad heen quoted as saying thiat In tho election of Hayes **the party ind been puttoa great deal of trouble,' snd had *won adefeat.” That was not cpigrammatic. He would never have used a word of two syllableg when a monosyllable was at hand. “\What would you have sad, General" “1should have sald we hz:\ won a loss," but ‘e had sald nothing of the kind. Then he bad been represented absurdly as enying that ho had no influence with President Hayca. Lhe ouly relative for whom he had ac- qufred an affice under the Grant Admlulstration was his brother-in-law, Mr, Webster, who was Consul at Frankfort-on-the-Maln, and who hus sinco died, Ho had no uther relative whom he should recominend for the vacanes, norin fact anybody of kin whom he was deslrous of fur- nishing with public oflice. e Jooked with favor on any polley caleulated. to restore quict and peace In the South, and thought President Hayes' Bouthern polley, so far na indicated, was accepta bie to the people Jlr. Hayes hud newly entered upon tho dutles of a Chief Exccutive. He was entitled to a pol- {cy aud to an opportunity of proving its wisdom. If ils policy should be accompanied with suc- cess, he would not be without the support of tho peeple. But If his policy carly showed it- self to be a fallure, hie thought Presldent Hayes wauld be one of tho firat to discover faflure and have the good sensa to change his policy. (ien. Butler sald he waa not in a position fo “indicate what would he the working of the now polley in Loulsiang, but he belleved If tho proteztion of the (eneral Government were withdrawn that the Democrats would quickly gret posscsafon of the State-Houae, If it had 1o hedone over the dead bodies of their opponcnts, as in 1860, might be the best thiug to do, though, cven at such o cost. A Ueneral sometimes sent o bri- gade Into nction to e cut to plecrs, so that hn wlght tak thne to dispose his other troops ad- vautazeously, ‘Tng brixadae might think it ver; rough on them, and not be able to sea that ft was for the general good. Gen, Butler waansked it his opinlon of the new Cablnct sgreed with what might bethoucht L0 be the conviction of Blmon Cameran, that it contalucd too nauy **dam llterary fellera.” fe prefaced his mrl?' by saying that the crediting’ Mr. Cameron with that expression was pn Crer.. | Asto thoCabinet, Lo thought the more a man “kngw,the botter qualified ha ought to be to holl a Cauinet position, and certatuly this Cabinot was l'urmc'Yu of men of practical rlonce. Mr, Evarta was aman of distingnished esperi- ence, Mr. Bchurz had had great experience. Gen, Devens had won Inurels i1 the fleld, in the forn'm, and on the bench, Mr. McCrary had shown ability and had gained practical experl- ence in Congress. Of Mr. Key he koew little, saro that ho had fought on the Rebel side ilur- inje tho Rebolkion, and ho did not know but that cxpericnce wonld also serve him, Vnen asked what he thought of President TTayes’ Civil-Service polley, Glen. Butler asked, What I his Civil-Servics policy 1" Ho resd that very day that Lot M. Morrilthad been ap- ll’.""“"l Colleetor of Customs st Portland, Me, ‘hat meant the removal of Isrel Washburne,— brother of E. B, Washburne,—~who had heen Governor of Malne: who was an old publle servant, and had lled tho Collectorship for twelve years, 1o hiad not heand of any charges azaluet Me. Washburne's oficial conduct, but was obliged to think that he had donc some- thing tomerlt removal, Geni, Dutler said ho would bo glad If the power of controlling ap- polntments were taken out of the hands of Con- gressmon. It was a disagrecablo matter, the worst part of it baing to choose which one of two friends should be recommended foran oflice. litaview of Civil-Service Reform was chauge i the public offices once in foitr yoars. 1t was the vld bookkeeper and tho old-cashier, loug in your einploy, wholeame to look upon’your moticy a4 beiug his own. SECRETARY TIIOMPSON, MH. NAYES' BEABON FOR MAKING A CADINET APPOINTMENT. Cincinnatl Commercial, By the way, Judge Patterson, of Terre Haute, who hias Just rcturned from Washington, says that he sald to the President: *'How did you happen to sclect Dick Thompson? I know Morton was straining every nerve to keepTyner In tho Cabinet, and the friends of Ben Harrison were push Ing bim for the place. Why, under theso clrvumstances, did you plck out Thomp- soni" ‘Che Presldent replicd, **Neacly forty years aco I heard him make a spcech In Columbus, O. 1stood n square away, but I heard distinctly every word of bis slivery volee, and his wonder- ful Buqucnw Impressed mo so that I bave noyer forgorten it." Mr, Thumpson says it was in the camipaizu of 1840, wheu he spoke tho last time in Coluinbus, T way studying tho Secretars’s (Thompson's) face carclully, and- asked hiw, ** Was your ap- polutmont a surprisel™ i 1 shouli! say 80, ho replied. “It came lika aclap of thuuder out of aclear sky, Tho first inthnation 1 had was o telegram asking if 1 would accept a Cabinct posltion, and asking my cholee between Beeretary of War, Secretary ol the Interlor, and Postisaster-Ueneral, 1" ald not know what to say or think. I consulted somne of my fricads, and finally {n tha matter of cholee determined to take plenty of sea-room. No,* added he, aftor a noinent, *“1 had 1o more 1dca of over agaln entering publle 1lfe than 1 had of committing sulcide." CONGRESSMAN BRENTANO, CIVIL-SRRVICE IN RELATION TO TUB CUICAGO orricxs, ‘The Hon, Lorensz Brentano, member of Con- gress from the Third District; who has been in Washington tor the lust two or *tbree woeks, re- turned home again yesterday morning, During the day o Trinuxs reporter called upon him.at bis sesidence to get his obscrvations as rogards Chicago appolntncnts and Civil-Servico re- form. In regard to Civil-Service reform, Mr. Bretano sald that the President has undoubted- 1y the caracst desireto carry It out to tho fullcst extent, and mako no change except_for cause, and no sppointments exccpt lor merit. Haycs' actious so far find goneral favor with the people, and there were few Congressinen or Seoators who would not support tho rresl- deut In bis efforts for refornr It remained to bo seen, however, whether the policy can bo car- ried out. There were many who think it can- ot Ar, Brentano Is beartlly in fuvor of the Clvil-8orvice policy of the Presldent, and wlil support blin as wuch as possible. regards Colcago appointments, ke did not think wore than oue or two ¢l vs would bo wade. Alr. Russcll Juncs would probably have Sesq 4 | | to glve way to A new 'mln, as quite s pressure was belng brought_to bear upon the President to remova him. Mr. Julius White lns been recommended for the position by Mr. Al- drich and limeelf. Ex-Scnator Loman was }’"’""l"“ cx-Gov, Beveridge for the place. twus rumored at Washington that Jocl D. Hlarvey ntended to -esign hls position of Collector of Internal Revenue. No ong lhas Yfl been mentioned for “bis place. If Mr, Iarvey intends to keep tho _position he woull undoubtedly be retalned, There was not the Tenst probanility that any of the other Govern- inent officers Iy this clty will lro Interfered with ar long as they attend fo thelr busincss faith- fully and hones ty. 1n regard to 1ae appointment of Consuls, he had an”Intervi:w with Sccretary Evarts, and asked bt whether ha would adhire to the pol- fey of the Iate _Administration not to appoint naturailzed citizens to - such positions, Mr, Evarts sald he would make nodistinetfon on zccount of nationality, hut would treat all applicants alke, aud consider merely thelr obilitfes for such dutles, charae- ter, and autecedents. Mr. Brentano favors con- cillatory measures 1 regard o the South, but at the fame time wants a flera policy to proteet the colored people i their righta, “The mcas- sres shiould be such as to show the Southern k»co;)lo that we have forzotten the past, hut at he same time incan to haves the reconstruction messures carried out. He Mked the anpoint- ment of Postninster-General Key, and helieved ft would greatly ald in concillating the peopie of tho Soutl, atd restoring peace o that. dise turbed section of the country. TIIE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. CONPERENCE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND SEVERAL PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OP TILE SOUTIL. Dispated to Borton Adcertieer, Waszincrox, March 16.—8cnator Gordon, of Georeta, at the invitation of I'reafdent finyes, held a long conference with him at the White House, to-night, In reference to the Southern question. Benator Lamar and Messrs. Levy and Ellis, of Loulsiana, were also present. Scnator Gordon said: * Mr. President, if you will with- draw the troops from the State-iouse in South Carolins and Loulsians, I will give you any *sort of guaranteo that not only shall the peace ot be disturbed but Packard and Chamberlain may remain in the State-}Houses with all the territory they can command sod with all the oflices “they can Induco parties to execute, I will further gunrantee, If It be required, that meither Chamberlaln nor Packerd shall be procceded agatnst, cven by cIvil processcs through the courts, to efuct them from their positions, but they shall bo left to malntain themselves uudisturbed as long ns they can ralsc imouey to pay thelr expensee. ‘faxation \!’Ould' o my opluion, scttic the ques- tion very soon.’ Totlis tho President mady no specific response. e sall that there ha) been suggested varfous plans for & scttlement of these diticulties, such as o commis- tlon,. a” new election, the withdruwal of the troops, and the do-nothing policy, The Benator replied that he was satistied that the casiest, shortest, and least embarassing course to the Administration would be the constitu. tlonal coursc which he underatood to be marked out in the inaugnral, which was non-interven- tlon, or the withdrawal of the troops. But even the do-nothing pollcy, the leaving of troops where they are, would bo better than a wrong solution, oF a commission, or & new cloction. “The President then nxpressod In earncst terms s desire and purpose to bring about some eat- {sfactory solution as soon as possible, Ho sall that the difficuity bad been at white heat for sixteen years, and 1t ought not te be considered any great delay it required six- teen days to get through with It in_n satisfactory way. e eoxpressed his bellef that tho problem was not so liard to solve as a great niany persons supposcd, but the number of offices “now vaeant in the United States,—somo (00,—which must be im- mediately filled by appointinents, were now oes cupying almost the entire attention of himselt and the Cabinet, and just as aoun as thess ap- intments were made, and the Scnats had ad- y:umud. hewaould at once take up the Southern question and solvo it. Senator Lamar, in his rumarks, showed tho utter juability of Paclkard to suntaln himscll as Governor of Louisiana without the dirvct, constant, and = continucd support from Washinglon, K sald_that every clement in the State which composcd [ta futelll- wence, or property and” civilization, were united in the sny lj.)url of the. Niclhiolls Governiment, Mcsars Ellls and Levy gave various instances of forbearance on the part of tho peaploof Loulsi- apa under tho severcst trials, evidenang their ubllity to covern themselves in casc the troops shoufd be withdrawn. They demonstrated that Packard had neither the power to creato n difii- cultyor tokeep the prace. Scnators Gordon and’ Lamar haveno lesitation In saying that they are satisfled with tho good-will and inten- tlois of the President. The Interviow laated nearly two hours, and was altogether agreo- able, B O'DONNFELYL, 8pectal Dispatch fo Thé Tridune. Pronta, 1L, Mareh 18,~Tho telcgraphle dis- patehes Batuniny morning conveyel tho fntelll- geuce that Jumes M. O'Donnell had beon arrest- ed ot Cinddonati by a Peorla ofticer, charged with swindling o Peotla firm out of 815,000 on bogus mortZages. Thia was the first notice the Teoria peoplo had of tho affalr, so quictly had 1t been contducted. It scems that about a year ago & gentleman called on Wooluer Bros., au extensive distilling house here, and represontod himself as conuccted with a llquor house at Corington, Ky. IIe had with him mortguges on property for 816,000, On the strength of his address, incnm«:cn, and_securlty, hosucs coeded In purchasing s to tho amount of £15,000, ‘These ho shipped to other pofnts, sold them, and with the «ds left for otlier cifines. On making inguiry Woolner Brothers ascertained that there was such an cstablish- ‘ment at Covington, and such amanas O'Don- nell among 1he stockholders, but Loth were bunkrupt. They learned further that thomnort- gago given as sccurity for whisky pur- chused, while actuaily executed, was absolutely worthless, owling to the fact that thoe property by which It was sccurcd was already mortgaged for double its value. The swindie was apparent, and the vaze was immediately 1'"' in tho bands of Frauk Hitchoock, 8herift of Peorla County. Hitcheock has been working on tho case ever elnce, sud Friday mrlurml his man In Clocy- nott.’ He will probably reach here 1 s fow days, when his victims will have tho pleasure of pros- ocuting him, k- SPRINGFIELD, TLL. Bpecial Dispatch 1o The Tridune. BSrrinapizLp, 1L, March 18.~—In the Sanga- mon Clreuit Court laat night the jury in the caso of tho negro Willlara Chinn, on trlal for the murder of Jobn Coleman, ot Carliuvllle, on the st of November last, voturned a verdict of gullty of manslaughter, and Chinn was sen- tenced to three yuars fu' the Penitentlary. It will be remembered that the kilihnzs occurred during a drunken row fna saloon tho evening aiter u politival meeting, The Court ndjourncd at midnight, olter pass. Ing sentence upon Chinn and on J. G, Codl dle Infictn for forgory and convicted Friday, Cod> die gues up tor o year, ALCOIIOL. BostoN, March 18.—Tno Internal Revenuc Agent fos Now England has preferred charges of grave {rauds under, the revenuo laws aguinst Howo & French, wholesale druggists and ex- tensive dealers In alcohol, fn tamperfng with (augers’ iurks on packagos, The lrregularity 18 thought to haye been gulug ou for yuars and ‘the smount fnvolved tv bo heavy. . FORGERY. Apecial DispatcA (o The Tridune. * Fore Waran, Ind., Marcl 18.—In the case of tho Btato va. Charles Strong, fudleted for for- gery: and obtalulug money under false pre- teacss, the jury at & Jato hour returned a ver- ct of gulliy, fxlog tho peoulty at threo years Iu tho Fouiteutiary. e ————— ' - BEECHER AT ST, LOUIS, Special Digpatch (o The Triduns. BT, Louts, Moa., March 18.—To-night Henry Ward Beecher preached at the First Coogregu- tional Church, and the crowd was so gresd that not ono out of ten of thosv wbo came could gain sdmittance. A nolsy rabble gather- ey sround the entranccs to tho bullding, and were 8o profaucty botsterous that 3ir. Deecher was competlod L0 suggest that the windowabo closed s that hetnizht procevd with bis sermou, aud the services of policemen were required to restore quict. A 5 3 * Al Z i 5 i LV 1 3 =3 s s ot PIKE. His Earlier Career as Rememberad by Citizens of St. Louis. ATormer Wifo Married and Aban- ‘doned in Wisconsin. His Seduction of His Present Wife and Final Bigamy in Marrying Her. 3 What the Professor Did {n St. Louls, and His Name at That Time. Yesterday as Passed by the Wretched Couple in Prison. 8T. LOUIS, v Bpectat Dispateh (o The Trlbune. gi b 81. Louis, Mo., March 13.—From u resident: 3 of this city to-dyy your correspondent learncd . many facts in seintion to the strange carcer of W Prof, Willlam C. Pike. The Pike family reslded i In St. Louls for about a year. In 1333 the Pro., forsor kept o second-hand bookstore on the southwest corier of Broadway and Mullanphy’ strects, The littlo shop was covered . with, placards announcing tha skill of the Profcssor a0 phrenologist, The name and title under which hie then did business was * Dr. Willtan - e C. . Robinson.! At that timo he wos. llving with his present wife, her sister, Miss Faonle Evans, -ondt thelr mother, In a targe tenementhouse near tha foot of Hempstead strect, Plke and his wife' were hot married, the Professor having married the sister of a girl who liad filted ldm tn Wis-" consin, abd then ddeserted her. 1o succcoded | In scduclng Miss Genevieve Evans and | in induclng her to accompany bim to- Bt. Louls. 1t was in order to try: and save this girl that her mother and sister consented to accompany them to the - Mound City. Miss Fannle was-an cstiniablo H young Iady, and the salary which shecarne:l in s photograph gallery on Markot strest, juss'iwasy’ of Fifth, was the maln sapport of the fainlly. Owing to the disgrace attached to her sister she refused scveral advantazeous offzrs of mar., rlage, and the moment Genovleve and Pike, | were married sho and her mother returned to thelr home In Wisconsin. Tho marriage was: brought about {n a very peculiar maaner, and : malnly ' through the instrumentality of Dr. . Thomas C. Moxly, who made Pike believo that B lie had mediumistic powers; and that while In tranco ho had dffcovered that the Drofessor’ and Mlss Evans were llivlng together in concubinage. Pike at that tme. hal his doubts' about Spiritualism, but the discovery of his secret led Iim tobelleva: that there was something Init, and, althongh: he had sworn never to bo agaln trammeled by marriage laws, he consented to a unlon with lus vietim, and the two were mado one by Dr. K Mooy paying the neceasary cxpenses. Plko® '_, was as homely as a mud fence. s wifc, on the £ other hand, was quite a good-Jooking woman,” . * She professed to bo a clalrvogant, and was terrle L} bly featous of the Professor, who, in adidition to . belng ugly, was carcless as to s persouat A appearauce, and’ never changed® his ah'vt o« ualess compelled to so, On one oceasion ho descended to the cellar forn busket of eual.: Genevlevo (#ho was "Miss Evans at that thng aworc there wis a woman with the old man, mn‘_ rushed down to find her feara groundiess, Tou Professor, tuo, had o very bad wemper, and e household was kept Nvely with their cohstant quarreling, Piko oceasivnally stinzing or sl ‘ conl-ofl lawips and chairs with au utterdisregast < for the mnm‘ucurcs. Thiaill-matehet pte it ¢ n very bright littic daughter, who, It ulive now, is about 15. years of ‘ago. Her fathor tovxa pride in declaring that ho intended to mise hor aaa free-lover, that sho . should lve with tho mun she loved best, and never bo_bound to a husband, Whtlein the hook trade he invitod ¥ the gentlenan who furnbhes tho informution - to the pubiie, and who waa then a mero Iad, to + vo Into businesa with him, The boy borrowed B g‘l)mtmm his mother, turncd it over to *flobin- sou''and was nwlnglc«.l out ol it of course. After' falling In ‘busincs: the eccuen- X trie hrenologist — mioved into a little fratno bullding on Biddle, botween 8ixth and Beventh strecta, whers hie passed his Ietsure thne In quoting tho Blole, giviug lessons in sbort-haund, and preparing a wonderful work on Npirituallsm for publication, which Wis wife while In n clairvoyaut state dedlared to himy, lic taking down her words in short-hand,~—such wan his story. " The auuscript was sventeally prepared, bitt, beforo it was submitted to tho ! riuters, Plke ond his wifo m;?'spenrcd from * it, Louls, and wero not agaln heard of until the " wircs flashed the nuwa from Chicago on B Thursday vight of the terriblo trogedy In whica they wero the principal actors. After perusing the above, it will, doubtless, % atriko the reader us very strange that Plke should have murdersd s mun {or the slleged i seduction of a woinan whom he himsel( had ac- . duved. It whil also Intorest the Chicago publf: - (who are anxlous to have tho cass disposcd of s expeditlously as possivlc), and the oMlcers -, who are prosecuting it, to kiow that the mur- - derer is a bigamist, and_a man who has, durlng. '™ the coursc of his crooked career, travoled under [} more than one name, in onder, doubtless, to shicld hiraclf from the oflicers of the law. His having adopted the cognomen of * Robiason "+ {a also & curious colnelionce, which will uttruct attention to another woman who figurés proini.* nently in the case as tho mnlstress of the mur- dered man. . CHICAGO. \ - Pike bas gono to bed and proposes to stay there until bis trial. Ho has taken a pecullse antipatby to newspaper nen, and told & Tuin~ . unn reporter last nightithat he was willinz to tall to bim, but ho waa'fearful that the other i papiers would complain, and thereforo hio thought » that he hetter say nothing, e talked to ono, morning-paper roportee durlng th day, but in' tho conversation tho reporter “acted so like u brute™ that . ho dctermined not. qu anything more for publication to any member of the press. Tho TuinuNs reporter had a long, confdegtisl conversation with bitm, in which Plkeoutlined his defense, which will ba' insapity. 1o will combino tl nhe further proposition that ho shooting the seducer of his wifyand will prove © that the elfect of, his wife's codidssion was to resuscitato Jatent fnsanity which the was trylng * to overcome by quiet lving, and'Which was jn- duced azain by the knowledgs of tho wrong done il by Jones, P 5 oucvievs s now morg'compasod- than st any time sluce tho munder, anl is maklng propara- tions for a thorough exposd of tho Spiritualistis mngand her councetion therewith, Bhe pro- poscs 1o prove the cRistence\of a,combination b whose objoct was theblackmidllng,of sl ma- T terfalizing mediums, Hat ~the Rettzlu. Philosophilcal Publishiys Colypany, wherool Joues was at tho top, Was vothing' moro nor’ less than a contemptivle \fraud, eatablished for, tho purpuse of blackmailng, ahstgnntion, se ductfow, und abortlon; that lice Vhusband un- E wittinicly pot duto tho houst, and Yas madew Y. vietin, with hersolf, of the gang %L Her exposition of the operations of the gang, vy alresdy vuthned fn Tus Tutnune, proulscs to s bo of unusual futercat, bug it will be witkheld o uatil the trial. Her alfeetion for her husbzod > manlfosts itaclf fna thousand ways, and sbo : now anuouuces-that, had sho known of his ro- fined sens'tivencss und bis chivalrous regand for herself, she never would have reduced him to bis prescut uufortunate condition. : In yesterduy's ToIDUNE slic was reprcgented ; a3 stativg that Col. Bundy wus a member of the +t. i ' crowd ol fraudulent Spiriiualists, Bho dealres a correction 1o the efvct that the Colonel 1s an : Louorablo man, aud that any connectiou he had with tho band of frauds was lunocent so furas . ho was concerned, and that whilo Lie was ropod in, 80 to-speak, by the Jones-Rubinsou party, bo was neither kuowingly party nor partuer to i tho frauds perpetruted by that rlog. -~ 3 SUlClDE’.“ ; b Bpeciat DUpicA 4o g Dxrrorr, Mich., March 15.—James Dofos, 8 i L promivent utlzon 'of Detrolt, sulcided last nlzb4 > h¥ with w&x.uunce- of La um., No caurs wad v