Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXI. " PiANoS. we {E¥(e the espectal attentlon thase beautiful new ea in Freneh 90 fashionabie in the Blelnwa) of Mlanohuzereto Walnut eancr, now st. a8 well as In Earope. whera & Sond are exrorilng them o 1arge nimberr, recently recelved fwelve Canlncl drani Tp: 1ights {n French walnut cases, most elaborately fnfsh. S withraiead paneis in frant and ende, This harticutar patiem fa hecoming very popuiar, and ellcita the ine Aauslined admiration of all who have seen and heard It, i steluway Upright, a3 & parlor inatrument, ur: en all other dtyles. 1t atandy in tune 1o randa or Bquaies, ‘and ia the only Upright FLSied o, hane Moot the test af Hme. g teinwi i ] o Chieagn LAl LYON & ¥ Btate and Nonroe-st.. il < NOW IS YOUR TIM 1f you want s Planoof one af tho best *makers:is as good s new. Cost £730. Make me an oTer for ity must sell, Planospeaka for ltelf as toits value, Ad- dresa M 30, Tribane office. SAFES. Bargains i Sas, I havoe 25 8afos which Thave takon in trade ; Fire-Proof, Burglar-Proof, and Firo and Burglar-Proof com- bined. Those Bafes wero manufac- tured by Hall’s Safo and Logk Co., Herring & Co., Terwilliger & Co., MoNeal & Urban, and other woll- known makers. Dlany of thoso Safes aro nearly now, and will beo sold for 26 conts on the dollar of cost price. JNO. W, NORRIS, Gen’l'‘Agent Dicbold Saft and Lock Co,, 87 Btate-sat. sk i OO s ONLY TEN DAYS MORE AND THE CHANCES FOR Desirahle Bargaing. in Lihrary Books, Miscellancous and 3edical Books, will be gone. GO TO TIIE GREAT SALE OF W. B, KEEN, COOKE & C0.S RETAIL STOCK AT Nos, 113 & 115 State-st., WITHOUT DELAY. 40 per cent Discount on Miscellancons Tooke, 20 per cent Discouat on Medical Books. EASTERI We have a finc assortment of PRAYER BOOKS, ELYIMIN ALS, PRAYER BOOKS AND HYMNALS, 1IN SETS IN CASES, PICTURES, ILLUMINATIONS. FLOWER . CROSSES, PANELS, ele, MITCHELL & HATHEWAY, 158 STACL, SCUDDER & MASON, 107-109 Doarborn-st. FINANCIAL. baught and sold. Clty and County ers bollht ur monev ‘advanced un sconnted gmi waney Ioaned on morts mise recelprs, LAZAICIN SILVER. mhee uf Commerre, 3 -Mortgage Loans 1n nun t an well- : ETrren vera of Intereut cchted ity property, JORN il AVERY & cO., lmifl!l“n-ll. 7 PER CENT. ¥ liave 202000 more {0 Joun al 7 rer cent on cholca in-Cie lnpeoveid braperty. One sum nf €12,0°0, Lwo of 810, (tsieach, or onaof 8500, Drcialon st ince. "Also other amouxte., EIt & HOND, ‘ashingiod Tuni, U stlowest ot .fMA ,,.I,.;: Retall Btorc to . We Liave removed our Etate- 108 MADISON-ST,, Whera we wil bo pleased to ses aur old a0l thobo wiabing any Kind or " O 0"® EUBBER GOODS. & CO. MOTTLED GERNMAN SOAP, WHEN BUYING SOAL — ASK FOR— PROCTER & GAMBLE'S Mottled Cerman. There {8 None DBetter, OR UORE EQONOMIOAL FGR FAMILY TSE* OCKIN( ‘MEETINGS, Orriomar 11 BatTisonx & 0110 & Cnioaa Ratse NOAD CoMPANY, Cilt0400, [LL., MARCI T, ATT.—Tlia tackholdera of'tlis Baltlincre & Do & Ulilcaga Nali- 18d Company ars hierehy nutifed that 1he suaual meets it of sald Company (ar tlie election of Divectors, and for sha trgnsaction of wiher Impartast | udness, wlil b ield, st the Compai's priuciial ulee, No. 13 bourly ' Lfeago, 1l)., on Thuriday, Afr.i3, atd s QUINCY, Prestdent. a7 Aldine Square FHauees for salo or rent. Apply to U, I, Smith, ot Room i1 Portiznd, between 12 gnd 1 o'clock p. m., and ot No. 17 Aldino-square after 3 o'clock p. ni, T EANTER ¥ e s > S A I Naveliles 1 T nd 810 each. Sunday-achoold dupplicd - Flis e tor 21, n bresente a 81, $2, . 1 loladich g SR ONERY AT E. L TO BENT. B e e S A AN FOR RENT. "gplln’ :Aorz- ceatral palace store 113 and 113 State-st, J. M. WILLIA L W3 1 FERRY. Jr., . or \W 3l Nizon Bullding, corger Ladalio and Monroo'sts, o \__ NOTICE, NOTICH. Ve ows it 10 bue pul e as well [ 1 tast LR RN Y e A e saate L3 For diarputable praciices, > . £ MORIS, b K, McIAE! WAL K. ‘5!2\‘&].210!- - CBica60, March 35, 1877, WASHINGTON. The Hue and Cry Over the Matthews-Foster Agree- ment. S O Some Iden of the Parties Who Are Doing the Mowling, Jealousy of President Hayes' Popu- larity the Moving Cause, Tho President Will Persevere, However, in the Course He Mas Harked Out. Mr. Chamberlain in Washington, and Gen. Hampton en Route. The Rival Governors Will Speak Their RRespective Pleces 'Lo-Morrow. An Outline of the Arguments to Be Employed by Them. The Lonislana Commission Belioved to De Completed. THE SOUTHERN POLICY. WIERE ALL TIIE NOISE COMES FROM. &Spectat Dispateh to The Tridune, ‘Wasmixnarox, D. C., March 37.—Thero is no longer room for doubt that thegreat nolse made over what 1s called tho Foster-Matthews agree ment has heen created by prominent Democrats here who are beginuing to have serlous fears that they will not be able to organize the next House. ‘Thoso most concerned about this are chiefly Nortliern Democrats, with a compara- tively small number from the Sauth, thoso be- longing to the Intter scctlon belng mostly of tho extreme Sccersfon clement. 1t is a curious fazt that, so far as heard from, but few of those who opposed filibustering and thus prevented tho deleat of the Electoral couut, and who, If tho pledge hud been made and broken would have had tho best right to complain, have had anything to do with the late CIIATGES OF DAD PAITH, and are not now nsserting that anything done, or anything thus far loft undone, has tmpressed them with the hellef that President Ilayes has changed his Southern policy In the least since Lhoy were griven to understand that the policy sct forth In his letter of acceptance would be closcly followed if ho was Inaugurated, The bitter complaints and hypocritical wourning aver bargalus and had falth como almost ex- clusively from Lhose Democrats who by Dem- ocratic votes, and chicfly S8outhern votes, were defeated in thelr deliberate attempt to defeat the constitational declaration of the clostion uf President, But, independent ot the course now attributed to Foster and Matthews in regard to tho question of tho withdrawal of the troops, there 18 n sldc of this general subject which OUGIT 70 DE EDIFFING to Northern Demacrats. It originatea among Southern Vemocrats without suggestion from any friend of Qov. Hoyes, and the Inquiries mads {ao regard to the matter came from them, Thocase van be oriefly stated: ‘Tho loud talk of war on the part of the Northern Democrats iy cnge Tilden was not connted fu gave much concern and created preat disgust among certain very prominent Southern Demno- crats, They feltthat thelr section wanted no moro war, and they called cach other's attention tothoe fact, and . privately taunted Northern Democrats with It, that in 1501 the Democracy of the North shouted itsclf hoarse in support of the South, and when tho war really vame Jolned tise Unlon army In largze numbers, while those who stald at hone rendered the Suuth NO PRACTICAL AlD. The men who thus expressed {hemsclves were very bitter, clalmine that the samo act of Nortnern men who had desorted tho South be- fore, wers mnow trying to make use of Bouthern men to install a President for whom, after all, a larze portion of Bouthern people eared nothing, “"Tilden's colil- blooded Ictters nronouncinz_againat all South. ern clums bad given crest offense, not. so much beeanss of Illzmiltlnn in regard to the clalma, but because of its assumptiun that the South would vote for him at any rate, sl he coulil afford to take the extrema poaition hu dld to : CHEATE POLITICAL CATITAL at the North. During the flest woeek of the last session a number of Botthern men of note set about ascertaing whether Gov, Hayes really ment, when inaugurted, to carry out the parazraph fu hia letter of acecptance in regard to the South n goud faith, und to the letter,—whether it wus intended os a glit- tering paragraph of a politival lelter Lube taken only ‘fu,a geucral eense, They caslly gatistled theineclves that Gov. Hajes wad veally working for the ascttlement” of the” South- ern_question on the liberal basls set forth in his letter. These Democrats then begun to discuns the subject quietly but earnestly umong themselves _ BOMEWIIAT IN TIlIS WAYS ‘e Northern Y)emocracy are only tryinge to use the Routh. 1t such extrema means ore uscd and results $u elvl) strife, the Bouth will azuin sutfer greatly, and, 3with tho enfranchised pupula. tion now n “the Southern States, the pos. sllulitles growing out of any general trouble were not’ pleasant to ,contemplate, What the Bonth wants above all thiugs fa peace, Under Tiuten it could at Lest bo only & cone quered peace, whilo with hlm the Democrats wonld hava tho aflees and StatsGorerumonts, Still the Republican party would llve there, and at the end of four yeara the Republicans would, under the suro diagust which 'hhlun would cre- ate, bo certaln to undertako ¢ A MOST Vidolious éAxraiaN for the Presidency, and as a rcsult the Bouth, soclally, aud so far as all queations growing out ol the \V-rnmromrmld. would be exactly where shis then was, aud the saino disturbing elements would como_proininently to the surface agal, Ou the athur -hiand, i€ Hayes' Southern polivy involves ziving us howe rule, so far os a Repub- lican Preatdent can, and it it cxtends so far as to allow Bouthern politiclans, without regard to past atlillatious, to coine mto accord with i Admninistration and be accepted as co-worke 1n a purpose of restoring quict to the Bouth, n‘url nlrlh c\"(;lll.' an lloul;lol':gh; ‘nml l.;lulug recons struction, it Is possiblo that fu such a polle; SOt bl polei it THE SUOLUTEST AND SUREST KOAD to comylctc reconstraction. ‘The friends of Gov. layes, who had talked with it fu the fawillarity of closa political fricadship, wero enablud to assure quite a numne ber o prominent Southern Democrats that Goy. Huyeswas really louklng to restoring home-rule to the South, und go giving all publlc men thelr recoguition who, - without subscribing to the strict teuets of tuo Radical-Republican falth, wero yet willing to co-operate with Lis Adininis trutlon inau earucst effort to securo tho full reatoration of that scetion. THERL WERE NO I'LEDGES GIVEN by Gov, Huyes to any ergaged Ju this general discussion, hor were uny asked, The taen who had the “most promineut ‘lun in i were convineed that what they beard of Gov, Haycs! purboscs was correetly represented to them, aud, yrom the thue they Lecame satisticd of this, the Democratic talk of warsubsided, bucavee North- cru Democrats ascertained that the South would uot countenauce extrumo aund revolutionary measurcs, ::‘nd the fatc of flbustering was vir- ually gcaled. ¥ ’l’nlg inaugural address, the composition of the Cabiuet, and the policy adopted with regard to appoiutments fu tho South have VINDICATED TUB JUDUSENT OF TUDSE MEX, aud these gentlemcy, 60 far as heard D, e Chicamo Daily Tribun CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1877. are cntirely satisficd. [t §s because of tins gencral spproval and eatisfaction among "o cortain class of _ Southern volltiians, chlefly oll Whigs and Douglas Democrats, that the Bourhon Demnocrats of “the North ami South are nuw a0 much frizhtened over the prospect of the Republicans m(mnlzlmr the next flouse. The Trescnl gamo is to create the {mpresslon Sonth that many promiscs were made by Ilayes throug! l::!‘fll hrrlend' to ! HAVE BEEN FLATLY VIOLATRD, and thus hreak the fores of the combinations which the Bourbons fear Republicans are mak- ing to control the House, To sum all up, & good number of prominent Southern Democrats wero disgusted with Tilden, disgusted with the “war threats of his famillars, and uncertain whether ho would bring much qulet or perma- nent good to the South. On the other land, tirey saw u promising road to honorable and permancut reconstruction underlh‘cn, and they were satisficd, to say the least, that the evifs to the Boutl)of defeating the revolution. ary means Ly which it was soughit to prevent thie declaration of iayes’ clection, would be far less than four years of the Tilden Democracy, gulded b{ the men und mothods which had con- trolled his nomination and his campalgn, DECLINE TO FUDLISIL Tho Southern {.'cnucmuu who have the letters of Matthews and Faster decline to take any steps toward thelr publica‘ion unless o request Wwith that view should be made dircetly by the writers themaclves. SOUTIY CAROLINA. CHAMDBERLAIN'S VIEWS, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Wastuxarox, 1. .y March 27.—Gov. Cham- berlaln knows nothlog of any process by which 1ampton could vust Wm from the State House In case the United States troops should be withdrawn, The laws of the State do provide for quo warranto proceedings, and if a person Is adjudged by the Court to bo holding an oflice illegally, then a writ of cjectment may be fs- sued. No quo warranto proceedings have been begun agalnst Chamberlaln, and no order of. cjectment has been fssued against him by any Court. Gov, Chamberlain says lic has scen the reports on this subjest In the Washington and New York papers, but he does not know what they mean, unless Gov. Hamyp- ton takes It for granted that he could get such orders from the Court as are roferrod to. All questions that have thus far come up in the vourts of South Carollng lave Leen collateral ones, none of thein juvolving diroctly the ques- tion of the Governor's title, Gov. Chamberlain thinks that thero has been no change in the feeling of the colored peonle of South Carolina towards Hampton and his. administration since the election, Thoy wiil certalnly fecl that thelr righta will not Le safo in the keeping of the Democrats, and will ook upon a Democratic success a8 a great calamity. THE RIVAL GOVERNORS. The manuer of conductine the cunforencs be- tween tho South Carolina Governora is not fully declded upon. Tho Lresident prefers that both Hampton and :Chamberlain shiall present their cuse beforo the President and the Cabinet, and in the presence of each ather, so that they bothi can hear Lhc statement of their opponents, ‘This probably will be decided upon, but no cous clusfon will he reached until dluinpton arrives. ‘The folluwing is mmlerstoad to be the outling of Chamberlaln’s cas dle will baso his clalm, tirst, upon general charges of lnthmlda- tlon and violeniee; seconily upon the fraudulent vote in Edgefield and Laurens Countles;. third, upon the action of the State Board of Canvassers, which returncd Chamberlain ns having o maforlty of comething over a hundred votes upon the tace of the returns without re. jestingany of the alleged fraudulent votes, Chamberiain will also muke the polnt that ho is not legally elected, NEITED 18 AMITON, and that under the Constitution of South Caro- Hua he (Chamberlaln) bolds his office until his suecessor I8 elected snd quatified. t fs understool that Ilampton's caso wil "be this: ilo will clum that ho was returned clected by the samo Board of County Canvassers whicli returncd the election of llaves and Wheeler; that §f tho nctfon of this Buard was Jegal as to the- Prest- deotial cundidates It wus #lso Icgal asto the State ofticers, Chamberluin contends that _this clafm Is noy valld, as the action of thu County Board of Cunvasscrs is subject to revinlon and vorrectiun by the Stute Board, and that the actlon of the lntter Board alono Is conclusive aud tinal, - OV, CILAMBERLAIN arrived liero at2 o'clock this morning, and ealled upon the P'restdent to pay his respects ot 11 thls forenoou, At that tins anappolutinent for s eonference in the alternoun was imade, which bestan ot about 8 o'clock and continued for sev- eral lioure. 'Fhe President desired that Cham- herlatn_should go over in detuils the entire Bouth Carollua case, expluining to_him all the points ju the compiivation there. This ln i, and in nddition thers wns somo disvitssion of the legal puints Involved in thoense. Chamber- lalty was ftnpreesed with tho fuct thet thy Pres- Ident hus two purposcs In view. Onu of them Is to preserve Jalth with the Republican party by which hio was clected to do nothing which may eecm to bo deserting that party elther In the North or outh, At the snine ting ho dusirea by his treatment of tho whole people of the South tv OAIN TIEIR CONFIDENCE and to allay bitterncas which has prevalled dur. ing tho last few yeurs, ‘Tho object of thu §"re: dent thereforo fi fnviting Hampton and Chun herlain to Washigton fa tnsce I some mans cannot bo devised for accompiishing both of these cnds it South Carolina, ‘The President {nvited Chamberluin to call at the White Houso awaln to-morrow, and als rocommended that he should consult the oflicers af the Cabinet. ‘Tho I'resident tuformed Chan- bevluin that he had received a dispateh from lampton stating that he would areivo here Thureday, Chamberlaln says that thero hos heen no change in the condition_ of aifalrs in Bouth Carollita for somo time, Everything has REMAINED IN 8TATU QUO. Ho denles that there has heen nny such recoy- nitlon of {lumpton by Lthe courta uf the State ay Northern people have been leit to suppose, It 18 well known that pending a dectsion which would have involved titls to” Governors ship. Chicf-Justlco Moses, of the Supreme Court, died leaving that court cqually divided, Judze Willard did write on order, the eifect of which would have been to recoguize llampton, but before It was flled hie chunged his wind and gave an optnlon ADVERSE TO HANPTOXN, ‘The Democrats of Bouth Caroliia now clalin that this order, which was uover llled, 18 valid, aud bos taken effect, while Chamberlain aud his {ricnds clufm that it hus no moro valldity thay any other private paper of a Judge, Of tho elght Circuit Judges in the Btate, four huve accopted thelr salaries from th 8100,000 fund which has been collucted by Hampton, and four of the Ju-l;:r.-r have given ovin.une recognizing Hampton's title to the Governorship,” The question of mouey, Chain- berialn thinks, fs not a valid legal recoznition, 1o and other Iepublicans look upon this fund n4 a State fund, which hn:ll)cm to bo under the control of Hamuton, aud which belongs no imore to him than to anybody clsc, The Judpes uro to be ‘»-lu out of ‘the ‘State tund, and ths fuct that thuy have accepted them fram ohe person or anothor [s not of political signitlcance, HANPTON COMING, CoLumnia, March 27,—(iov, lampton, Unlted Btates Senator-clect Butler, and Attorncy-ten- eral Conuer, with others, leave for Washlugtcn to-niglit, % P — LOUISIANA. FULLIXG IN THEIL HIORNS, Bpectal Dispatch 5o The Tribuns. Wasnxgroy, 1), C., March ¥7,—Tho leading Northern Demsocrats now in Washington ure rapldly recovering from the state of cxcltement Into which they wero thrown Jast week by the determination af the Presldent to send a Com- misstun to Loulstana, now that the exact charae ter in thewritton pledzes given by Stanley Matthews and Charles Foster Is fully knowa, aud thoy ure found to have contabued” nothing which Uov. Huyes' letterof acceptance, taken by tself, would not warraut, The hiypression sceins to be Fnhlln ground that souicholy besides Qeu. (lordon been trylng to play the vame of Lulldozlug. It now luoks sy thouzh somc Eunum haviig kuowledge of this opinlon given )y Matthews and Foster, and supposiug that its confidential charaster would prevent its publicas tionunder uny circumstances, sttempto.t by mys: terfona references to ft, and threats based upon it, to influeace the Admiulstration to abandon the policy upon which it had determined. How Mttlo effect thess threats and mysterivus out- givinge had upon the President may bo inferred from tho fact that, for u day or twd after refer- cuce to the paper frst appeared fu the public jouruals, the Presfdént heard aud XNEW XOTUING O 1T, and, when bis attentlon was tually called to 18, dfemisscd it almort without a word, simply re- markine that he knew nothing of an agreement. such as was described, end that he never had been n party to ft. This game of bluster. having fatled, thost enzaged in 1t are now raplily com- ine to thelr senses, and somo of those wio a fow davs nrin were Inudest In thelr denunclation of the President for havingz broken his pledges and abandancd the policy he had promised “to pursue, are rcw{ to ndmit ‘that after all the Administration may have been honest in the assurances it has given of a dlsposition to fustain State Gorernments without the use of the military, and that neither the appointment of the Loutslann Commission nor the invitation of the rival Uovernors of Bouth Cerolina to Washington is fn any reapect inconsistent with t. Bome of tho Democrats who, In thelr Indig- natlon on Thuraday and Friday last, aunounced their Intention of ot golng riear the Prestdent aznin to consult with him In regard to Southern aflulre, have #o far recovered as to be azaln In ALMOST DAILY CONPEKENCE at the White Iouse. Kepresentatives Glbson, Ellts, and Levy, who wero not. however, in- cluded in the mlc"ot{ Just described, called upon the President To-tay and had_a long con- ference with him and bis Cabinet offivers toucn- fvg the present conditfon of afairs fn their Btato. They report, as every one who has con- sulted with the Presiilent aifico his inauguration has dune, that whilo he gave them no direct ar- surances, they helfeve from the general tone of his talk that the President will’ follow out his polley as outlined {n_his inaugural address, al- though his method of dealing with the Packard and Nicliolls Governments Wil not be ns direct a3 they at first hoped or supposcd. TAZ CABINET wwas i sesslon two hours to-lay, the entire meet- ing being devoted to a consideration of the Southern question. It is reported this cvening that the President announved the aceeptance by five gentlenen of his fnvitation to scrve on th Louis!ana Cominission, but that the Adininis- tration Is not quite ready to give thelr names to the publie, They will beannounced, however, to- morrow morning. Vice-President Wheeler has fulty determined not to serve as Chairman of the Commission, the critical state of his hcalth making it finpossible. In addition to ex-Gov. Brown, of Tenncssee, whuse acceptance hus Ueen known for several davs, it is thought that JOIN M. JMARLAN, of Kentucky, formerly cx-3ecretary Dristow's law-partner. and one” of the most highly-re- epecied Republicans in the border States, will consent to serve. Nu other nauies arc men- tioncd to-night, except that of ex-Senator Frelingluyeen, about whiose appolntment thero is still svme doubt. Itis denfed that Wayno McVeagh, of Pennsylvania, is to be u meuber of the Comimlssion.” The delay in the urganiza- tion of the Cotmisaion, which las been greater than the Presicent and * Cabinet hoped It would be, is wholly due to the fast that several gone temnen who were wanted to serve upon it were unable to o 80 on account of tlelr liealth or the pressing nature of their privato business, In no instance has any onc declined to serve from an uawilllngness on account of tho dell- cate dutles which the Commission will have to tcrmrm. It is doubtful whether all of the Commissfoners will visit Washington befors Ieaving for New Orleans. A letter of lustruc. tlons, setting forth at length the dutles which thoy will be expected Lo periorm, will be given to the Commnisstuncrs or sent to them fn time toreach them on thelr arrival in New Orleans, CIANGE IN TIE MILITARY DICISIONS, ‘The order {ssued bg' the War Department res stoviug the old bouudaries of the Military Di- vislons of the Atlantle and the Missuuil, by whith tho State of “Loulsiana will agaiu come under the command of Gen. Hancock, (s recetved with great favor by Southern Detovrats, The change, which was made by the lite Adminfs- tratiun In order to glve Gen. Steridan the er- sonal command of the troops i Loulslam, was always looked upon with great disfavor by the Southern people, especlally as the order lowed 80 clusofi' upon * the Licutenant- (eneral's exeited dispatches from Now Or- leans In 1874, in which e characterized the the heople of that State o bandittl, . Ever since Gen, Sherldan’s ocvastonal preacnce, eapeelally in New Orleans, bins been tha cause of creat i ritation, and has contrlbuted - to popular exclte- ment tiiere, Gen. Hanvock fs a great favorite wwith the people of the South, and while tho policy pursigul by aty conmanding. General must bo entfrely fi rl with that of the Aa- ministration, tlic peaple wil have an increased contidence [n the tlsposition of the Pregident to ddeal with them It a 1riendly aplrit. LN, HARLAN, Spectal Disalch to T 18V L, U March 2 that Gen =p bune. Ituntor has it en asked to by ¥y i1 3. Hpelan liaa onu ot thy Loulsina Cutnmission by Prestdont Hayee, ). Hnrlun wijl not spealkk of the mat. tery but his friends assert positively that such request has been received. ol r-',}nm!r":::;'nx'uh X > the Wetlern Avenciated Pyesr, WasiiNarod, 1, L.y Macen 27.—A¢ the Cabl- net meetinz to-day the Swrcmr‘y of War read several L c7r:ms received by him last night nad tu-day from Packant, the purport of which 1t 13 not conshilered proper to mako publie, It appears that Gov, Packand understoml the order glven to Gen, Atgur yestorday as nvolv- Ing the restoration of the statit quio as it ex- inted nt the thae of the Presidentml innugir- o, which would affeet mmong other things the release of Packard's recruiting oflleers, now held by the Nicholls Government on o chargo of Inciting nsurrectlon, The proceediugs of to<ay comprise aletter from thy Loulsiuna delesation to Gov, Nicholls, Mewt submitted to the President and Necretary of War, {n which Nicholla Is Informed that the order to Gen, Augzur was for Lhe purpose of ol tainlng informntion, and invalves no action on Dls vaet 1o tho way of undoing anything that has been done sinew the inaugaration. NOT COMPLETL, Uvon Inquiry of the President at a tate hour to-nlght it was uscertalned that the Loulsiana Comuiission {s not yet vomplete, VARIOUS. PRED LOUGLASS. Wasnixcrox, ‘D, C,, March 27, —Murshal Douglass has Institufed Civil-Service rules for tho rovernmont of dismissalsand appointments in bis offlee. HONDS CALLED IN, The Sceretary of the Treasury to-day lasued tha forty-fuutrth call for the redemption of 5-20 honda of 1863, Muy aud ' November, Tho call Is for $10,000,000, of which 84,500,000 are coupon aud §500,000 regiatered bonds, Tho principal ond Interest wiil be patd at the Treasury on and atter the 27th day of June next, and intorest will cease on thut'day, Tho folluwiog s a de- seription of tho honds: Coupon bonds—2500, from No. -l'.";’\t\'ll l"‘" No. 40,000, h}th inclustve; 1,000, from 1,001 to N, 2000, hoth {u- clusive, Regiatered Londa=—3300, from No. Tyi%4 to No. ), both fncluslve, APVQINTMENTS, The DPresident appointed as Postmasters Willlmn A, Deany, at' V) s, 1 Luke B, Hembway, ot Molin 1l ard John L, Hausger, ut. Foud du Lag, Wis.; Winlleld 8, Krake, at Ravenna, O, reappointed. ‘Thu Pyesident appoiuted Welllngtan B, of Tows, Agent fur the Sudlaus b White River Ageney, lu Montana, A VISIT, After the adjournment of the Cabinet meet- ing uwlui'. Scnator Blaine had & Tone futerview with the Vresilent, TUE POST-OFPICE DEPARTMENT, Flrst Asslstant Postmaster-Genvral Tyner is actiug as Postuater-tisneral, and hus heen ing as such nlinost mn-umla' siney Ju Key's appuintment. Jwdge Key's time hay been and 1s still fully occup,ed {n alding to solve tho Southerss question, aml In ths transaction of vther fmportant publie busiies. HILVER COIN, Wasnisuroy, D, Coy Mareh S7—Rezulations < tho Treasurer to fusnish »lyer coln on certilivates of depusit of Assistaut Treasuirers and Natloua! Bank dujusitacies v been - dtled to permit sitpments ol sitver direetiy to partics naking deoonit, The expenss of trans. portatton f4 pald by the Departinent tu puts u the United States rea shed through catablish- ed express lues by continuous ratlway or steam- boat counnuniaation. Deposits to be fu sums not Jees than 81,000 or 63 multiple, and not vx- (s 310,000, Tuv Treasury Department hus been a largo purchaser ol sliver v the recent decline in price which followed the . Jiberal saleu in Londun by tae German Govermnent. Thy Dircetor of the Mint, who, under the fnstructious vt the Sevre- tary of the Treasury, purchases silver for colu- a¢, emphatically denies that tho slighitest favor Rids beou shown any selless of bullion, all pur- chaaos haying been uiado ou thie best attatuably terms for tho (Guvernment. ‘Fho Dircctor fur- ther states that silver sinve July last bas been wawly au articlo of speculatiun, sume operators wurchasing and holding for a rise, aud others selling for future dolivery in anticipation of a deliue, and that the ordinary quotations in New York aud San Frauciscoaro gencrally those ot which bultlou dealers purchase silver arriving !rulm the mlacs, and 0ot the rate b which they scll. _safeskeopinz thereof, STATE AFFAIRS. The Best Day’s Work of the " BSession in the Illineis Senate, Full Text of Soveral of the Bills Pasgsed in That Body. Final Passage of the Back-Tax Bill Delayed by Blun- ders. Minority Representation in Judicial Elootions Disoussed in the House, The Status of McAllister as a Judge Proclaimed Variously .and Warmly. Passago of the Bill---Threo Judges toa District, with Camulative Suffrage. An Extra Session of the Tennessee Lege islature Necessary to Avert Ree pudiation in Totos ILLINOIS. TIE SENATE. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. BrRINGFIELD, 11k, March 27.—1ho Scnate this mornjng took up Senate bills on third reading, and did the biggest day's work of the session, passing In the forenoon the followlug,which now Bo to the Housc: [ TAX-EXEMPTION, Mr. Ralncy’s bill relative to exemption from taxation, of which the followlug Is the full text: % . See, 1. Bo {t enacted by the Peoplo of the State of Tilinols, represented In tho Gencral Assembly, That Scc. 2 of an act entltled **Anact for the ns- fessment of projerty. e for the levy and calleg- tion of tazes,” spproved March A0, 172, ba smended 40 23 to read an foliowa: Sze, 2. Al propeety described In this section, to the extent herein himftid, sball be exempt from taxation, that s to sny: First—All Linde tlonutsa by the United States for_sachool parposee, not sold ar feared. A pubhe schuolhuna: n, Al proper- ty of inatitutions of louensiv, inclading the real catate on which the instiluCions are located, not leaned by ruch Institntions or otherwise used with & view G0 profit. Second—All clinrca property actuslly and cx:mnh‘clfy nsed for public worship, whea the land (o be of reasonalue size for the los catlon of the church Luitding grozatton, ‘Third—All tan Btate roads, count . Fourt erument lands; all publie buiklings cr stroctares of whatsoever kind, and the contents thereof, and the land on which the same are Jocated, bes lonizing to tho United States, Flith—All propcrty of evdiy kina Velonsine to the Stato of Hlinots, Sixih —All property belonzing to nny county, 10wn, village, or eity, used cxclusively for the mainien- ancaof the paor, AN nwamp o overflon ed lands belonging to any cotnty, ro longas the rame re- mams umsolil by such county, . All publie bnitdings Lelonging to any coanty, townslip, city, or incor- orated town, with e ground vn which such uildings ure crected, not ezceeding in eny rase tenacres, Heventh—All property of lnstiutions of parely public charity, when actually and exctue sively used for yncht ebaritable parpaewes, not Jeasel or otheriri+o nsed with u view to profits and ail free onblic librartes, 2izhth—~All * dre-éneines, and .other implements ueed for the extinguishment of fires, with the “ballding used excltsively™ for and the Totof reasonnhlc slze ot which the bailding 1a loeated. when belonze {uiz to any clty, vill or town, Ninth—All wiase’ ket houses, publia squares, of vilier ouhife grounda tised exclusively for public purposcs, Afl worl machinery, and fztares holonging exclueisel any town, villaze, or city, aml wwd exclusl for conveying water to such town, villaze, or Tenth—All property which may be nsed excin by xoclcties foragricultural, hortfenltural, mechan- ical, and phtlosephical prirposes, and not for pe- cunlary profit. CRIMINAL JURISPRIUDENCE, A Die foranact to amend Sec. 18, of Division 11, of anact entitled **An act to revlsc the Liw ‘)rll m)lnlhm lg :.‘rlmlnnl Jurisprudence,* approved arch 27, 1874 Sre, 1. Be It enacted by the Penple of tho Ktate of 1inols represented {n the General Assem. of an act ¢nlis tled $*An aet'to riviss the law tnrelation fo crinie tmal Jurisprudence, " approved Maren 27, 1871, bo ’ndl ¢ sainc Is hereby amcudeid 20 an to read as %e, 18, Any person committed for crimiual or suppoced eriminal matter, and wot admitted to bail aud not trled at or before the eccond term of the conrt having jurfsdiction of the oCense, shalt bo et at llberty by the court, unless the delay shall happen ou tlie application of the prisaner, If such court ot the sccond termm shn be sstisfied that due excrtions have been mile to procure the evidenca for aud an hehalf of tho people, and that thero ara reusonable grounds to helleve that such evidence niay he procurcd at the third teem, it shall have power to continuc auch cuso bl the thint term. 11 auy anch prisoncraliull have heen admit- ted (o ball for a erimo other thun a capltal offcnse, the court may contino tho trial of said cause to 0 third term, 47 3t shall appear by oath or afiemation that the witnesses for the peoply of the Etatoarg absent, ruch witnewer beine mentloned by name, and tko vourt shown wherein their testfmony is material. " But ot no term shail i court continue A criminal cause where the defendant has heen ar. reated at either the Instance of the people or of tho defendant, exeept fur guod canse wade to sppear Dby aflidavit, unices tho opposiso party shail consent 10 such continuance, ' 3it, KROME'S INSURANCR DILL, which Is as followes Hzr, 1. No it enacted by tho People of the Riato of linols, represented fn the General Asseinbly, ‘That it shall not bo tawful for any insuranco coms pany, nssaciation, or partnership, In arporated by or organlzed under tho laws of any other tato of ths United Btates, or any forcizn Government, di- rectly or indircctly, to tako auy risks or traneact any burincss of insiranco in thls State, without procuring froum tho Auditor of I'ublic Accounts & certificate of muthority statinz that such company, arsociotlon, or partucrship has compliod with &l the requircients of the laws of this State, Bre, 2 That sald Anditor, on aatlefied capital, secaritivs, nucd fnvestments of the walil cumpinies, assoclations, or therships res wain rectize, il that sakd companics, uysoclss tlous, or partnerships have, in ol rospe plicd with the renafrementa of tho laws o state, shall anwnally rencw thy wald certificawo: Lracided, that no sich certlivate ohall be tasucd oF renewed (0 any company, arsoclation, or pati- uerahip, whers [t dppeaes frony Lhe cortified copy of the rvcants of the propar conrt that sald come pany, asaclotion, or Jartuerslip by after iy dctehatl be fu furce uncl take oeet, reoroved. by changs of venue, any suit or praceeding from the Stato coirts 1o tho Federal courts, wiiers such sutt or proceeding was brought or 1ustitutod by u reat- dent of this 8tate, upen a pollcy of fnsnrancy ls- suwd by sald company, sssociation, or partnership. 5 Any company, edsvctabion, oF copaite nership referced o dn thi , or it or arcnty acting forany such company, aseociation, oF. enpartnenship, who ehiall take' suy riska oF transact nny businois of susuranco in fhis Stato withont fizat procuring from the Aud Putiic Accounts a certifivate us provided in 1 of this act, whall b sablect 10 3 penalty of nod les than #100 nur wore than 8500 for eacli vivlatlon, provided fur by this act vered fn the nanie ol the ono-half of pald into the Coun- the other half to tho nformier of wueh viulation: und in cass of nune payment, the party so oficnding shall Lo lable to lnmvlmnmnul for a perlod wot excceding wix wmonths, In the dlscretion of o (horeol. 1| il secavered bu the n Attorney-General, aud, w o by Lina, shal] b pald lul 0 Biate K'reasury. TAUMS OF Ci T A Dy, for anuct to swend Sce. 17 of an act en- titicd $*An act to eevive tho law in retatlon to Cureunt Courts, and the Supenor Court of Cook ounty, Sec. L Do It enacted by the People of the ttate of THtiuols, reurosentod In the General Asecunbly, ‘Fhat Sev. 170f **An act to reviso the law iu relas tion to Cirealt Courts, and the Superloe Co Cook County, " bo amended {0 read as follows: Sce. 17 {fthere fs uo Judge attonding on the day appointed for the Fumwencemeul of any rovus larorspecial term of the court, the court snall stand adjourucd until tho uext day, and shoald & Judgs of such cours not uttend by 4 'o'clock of the alterooon of the secund day of tho tesi, the court lating, penalt bon court haviug cog. nay 810 bosiut of th peupts by the i sued fue aud coilects rball stand ad)ourned nntll the nest enrcecding term of the court: and all ralte, trrite, procces, in- dictments, recounizan and nll other proceed. fnus shall stend con ed aver nntil the next ferm of the conrt a4 efectally an if the eame had heen continned by order of ‘the Court: Provlded, ‘That_the Judge of said court may, at any time be- tore 4 o'cluck of sald recond day, file or canee to be filed with the Clerk of eald court, his order, in welting, 8sjouraing of postponing nid - terim to eome day named in eaid oxier, prior to the noxt rexular lerm of eabd court, which order sald Clerk shall enteron the reconls of aald conrt, Sall Clerk shsll Immedistely on the receipt of such order rfl!lu certified copy thereof &t the maln entrance of tae building In which sald court (s usnally held, and ke shall oleo Enbl!ah the fame In aoma newapapet publicied at (o county- rent of the county In which snch court In to he held: and f o mewspaper I8 published st snch €annly-seat, then in some newspaper published fn said county's and I1 there Is mo nowspaper pnb- Nished In «3id connty, then In the newspaper pub. Hi=hed neareat to the ‘place of holding such conet, vach puccessive treck, not exceeding three weoks, and Inall cares of ndjonrninent—ns hercinbefore providec—all suite, writs, process. Indiciments, recognizances, and other proceedings, telable or returngbie ot thy tern so adjourned. shall stamil contlnued aver und bo tfable or returnable at said adjourned term, rARDONS, Mr. Whiting's bill providing for the eatablish- ment of a Board of Pardons was lust on the third readine. TAILROADS. ' Mr, Dearborn's Raflroat bill was pnssed. It provides that any number of persons, not less than five, mnay become sn Incorporated come pany for the purpose of constructing and oper- ating ony -rallroad i this State, and that any and all rallronds or transportation companics autborized to be Incorporated ana transact busi- ncss In this Btate shall be authorized and em- powered to purchase, own, operate, and malin- tatn any raflroad sold or transferred under order or powers of sale or decree of sate under fore- closure of mortguge or deed of trust, and cor- porations hierctofore orzanized have and possess the sanic powers and privileges, HAILROAD FPERRIEY. Tne bill authorizing ruilroad companies to own ferrs-boats fur the carrying of thelr own frefuht and passcnzers across rivers was passed. it will cnable the INinols Central to transfer l!rcu.z)n. und passengers at Calro for New Or- cans, ' DACK-TAXES, The Adams-Anthony bl for the collection of back-taxes was passeid as azreed upon and re- ported by the Joint Reveaue Comimittee. By it ur design the bill was passed without two amendments made In the House. The omisslon to have the same amemdment made fn the Benute will nceaslon fts heing sent back from the Honse. But Itis belleved it will pass, Tho glll is the apecial order In the House for Frl- 5y, WATEN-TAXES. The Adams-Anthony bill for the collcction of wator-taxes atro passcd. Mr, Easton bas charze ot the same bllHin the Hovee, where itisonthird reading, and will probubly pass durlog tho week. TRONATE. ‘The bill draughted by Judze Wallace provid Inz for the establlshment of a Probute Court ln Cook County was pusscd. 1X TILE 10USE. The cxtenslon ol the cumulative voling system to the judicial clections canie up in the Honse this morning upon the amendnient of- fered h{ Mr. Matthewd to the bill redistricting the State into judicw) deenite. The amend- ment provided for the clectious of Judzes of the Circait Court Sexuluxt\'u of Cools County) upon the milaority plav, In support of his amendment, Mr. Matthews dwelt upon the Enportance of keeplug politics off the Bencl, - As It was now vesy rarely wis a liepubtican _dndze to be found on the Bench in Southern INinois; and there were portions of the Nurthern part of the Stute wherea Demy. cratle Judpgencverwas elected, 80 that the joli- tics, I ofTect, were made n part of the qualiticas tlons of u Judge. The amendinent would make o end of this. The anien OF TIIE ORTATER CONSEQUENCE from the fact that the farermatiste uppellate Court wus to be constituted out of the districts, The minority-representation plan waa the onty Just plun of poptlar goveentacnt, and should by extenae! as contemplated by the amendinen Mr. T'almer ralscil a question as to the con- stitutionality of the amemluent. See.. 13 of _sun- Julllddei’articla.provided - for she elevtion of oné~hudee In cact arult, Mr, Matthews—Is it nut true that any legls. lative powers not forbidden by tle Constitution may be exerclsed by the Assembly ! M. Patmer—Ve: Mr. Matthews—\Well, wow, polat out the clanso fn the Coustitution that profibits the ex- tension of the cumulative system of voilug to l!u"ljvld!rlul electln amendment would have ninal clasees toelect a ‘The minurity was tot uf Demovrats, but of the lawless ses who mlght, i the sendment became Taw, placo A M'ALLISTER TUPON THE BENCI in cach circult. Mr. Rearney=Do you know Judze MeAllister? Mr, Hower—No. Mr. Kearney—Then let me toll you you speak In denre Iznoranve of what you sav, Mr. Morrtson, of Morgzay (tu Bower)—ts thero any dau?cr of electing uny such u Judgo inyour District Mr, Bower—I think not, I do not know Judge Medllister, but @ speak of tho Sulllvan trlal, T say here that it was B A DISGRACE TO THR NENCH, to the City of Chicazo, and tu the State,* Mr, Pinniey sald he had known Judyo MeAl- tister far_years, and he (Pinney) would ot xit stlil ax ow oy an te guestion Judge Me- Allist futegsity, It mizht ho true, us the gentleman from Champaign (Bower) hod said, that they did not elect such men as Judge M- Allister In that part of the State. There wers no such wuen as Inater there to bevoted for, Mr. Vandeventer seouted the unconstitution- allty argament as a scarecrow, Why didy't li!mc}l;rd)’ show wherein the DHI was uuconsti- tional J Mr. Budtlung oppased the ameudinent as sul- versivo of constitutional lberty, it might do to have cutulative voting for incmbers of thu House, but uevor for the TR VICIOUS CLASSES whoare brought before the Judees for trinl, would, under the amendment, elect & Juige to bu themsclves tried amd ucguitted before,” o wus sorry that any Republivan dare propuse such an amendment as this. . : Mr, Morrtson, of Morgan, sald i mf’nrd t thedunger of the election of a Judze by the criminal classcr, that to nesert thera was suct o peril was a libel ubon our institutions, Mr. Callon oppaaed the amendinent beeauso 1t would. {f 1t passed, open nil floodgutes of political filth upon the judiclal elections. E Judge then wouhd be viected as u partisan beenttse of his politics, "The minority clatimed representation as partisans, and upon the Bench, which should be non partisan, TIE VERY CLAIN Introduced r,mm o the judidal clectlons, AMr. Neal dispused of the constitutional arens nient aganst tho amendmient, Nothing ju the Constitution lorbado the election of Juiges on the minority-represcntation plagp., > After discussion, Mr, Matthews® aniendinent was udo{nml. “Tha bill was then ordered Lo a third reading, and it provhles for districting the State exclue sive of Cook Couuty futo tisrteen judicls) cir- “u nstead of twenty-six as now, and for threw Judges in cwh cirealt, the additional Judge for each eirentit 1o be elected fn June uext, and o hold for bt two years, when thio general Judivial election will occur. TILE NEW APFELLATE COURTS, The el providing for the establisiunent of four Intermediate appellste courts and the bill providing tor practice thereln were also both or- dered to a thivd veading, These aru the State Bar Assoclatlon's, usuRy, The rematnder of the House scesiun was de- voted to the discussion of Wiskinsan's Euterest bill, which fixed the maximum rate of luterest avd per cent by speclal contract, Mr. Engtish, 1 a pithy specch that vughit to havo disposed ol the Lill,declured that tiere should be treo trude i muuey, and that the rate of interest shoull precisely that which money comuanded i open inurket—what parties agreed {t was worth. Mr. Evaus, of Bond, followsd by asklng why the Lezislature should limit tho price auan should pay for Josus sud wot alsu it the price bo should pay for wheat, Bav arneut wvalled potling o the face of Judice sguinst mone;-lenders, and the bitl wus onlercd to a third reading. he jutrodud Lill to prevent extor- which classides yas companles according to ko population of thy citics Iu which they are Jocat: aad llmits the price of gus a3 follows In uitlcs laving o Yopuln ob of orer 150,000, the charga shall sot exceed §1.20 per 1,000 feets fn citles of between 50,000 and 105,000 population, $2.25 per 1,000 fect; o cltics of betwoen 20,000 'PRICE FIVE CENTS, and 50,000 w&;blallon, #3 ner1,000fcet s tn cltiag of under 20, population, $4 per 1,000 fect. Charges in excess of the limit. fixed by the bill aro_madu an oflensfi the penally for whish is 8300 for the first offense and for the second offensc & forfefture of tho charter of the company. Any nt of the company who reccives and demands payment at a hizher rate than prescribed by the Lill s subject to'the penalty of 8500, ‘The bill was referred to the Committee on Fees and Salaries, which unante miotisly agreed to report favoradly to-morrow upon it. TWEDNESDAT. The Revento Conimittea’s llfs_and the bill for the reorzanization of the Cook County Board arc the speclal orders for to-morrow. Tho Iatter will probably be crowdea over by the Revenue bills. MASSACHUSETTS. KTRIKES. Epecial Dispatch to The Tridune. Bostox, March 27.~Two Important matters came before the State Leglslature to-day. One was the prezention of rallroad strilies in future, the present strike on the Boston & Maine Rall- rond having shown the necesaity of legielation to disappolnted travelers, The Committes in charge of the matter reported two bills, both punishing ofliclals who dared to ask for greater privileges, but ono belng more radical than the other. In tho House of Representatives this afternoon the merits of thu bills were hardly brought uto consideration, the dlscussion resting mainly on the points that as the creation of nnew crime was proposed, legislation should Lo very carcful, and that 1t was difficult to place the responsibitity in and for stelkcs. Eventual- Iy the bill proposed by the minority of the Come mittee providingipunishments of a lighterjcharac- terthan did its companion was adopted, and then the whole matter was indefinitely poste poned. DoTUEBOYE, The procecdings at the State Reform Bchool at Westhorough were examined Into, and the evidence points togreater severity by the offi- clals than is ceacrally admitied, "It was shown that corporal puiishnent wan frequen: and one caze will show the gencral tenor of the testimony, Seven boys ovcupylug” the ccll under the chapel “were very tolsy during divloe service une Sunday, and remonstrance belng iu vain the Superin- tendent dirceted the hose to be played oa them, which was done Uil they sald “enough.” They were then taken out, rubbad dry with towels, given dry clothies, put into dry beds, and given warty drjuks. Two of thu logs whieu played upon had o trowsers on. Tha “others Lud " all thielr clothes on. A TENNESSEE. DANKHUITOT, Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. NasuviLLe, Tenn,, March 27.—The Legislee ture adjourned without making any arrange- ments to adjust the State debt. Nu actlon was taken on the compromisc proposed by the New York nrblters, it belng understond that the Gov- ernor will call an uxtra scrslon of the Leglsla- ture, the tine of which is not dedded. The whole matter will then be permancatly and detinitely settled. It scems to be the sentiment of members of the Legislature and people gen- erally that this cmnbarrassing question should ‘e uettled ut as carly o day ns possible, and in such a manner that'the question wiil hierealier be removed from politles, As/the amount of the State deht on whicl interest will kave Lo be lmld. cannot be ascertalned unil s conipirunire 3 affceted, no tax levy has been made to mce, such Interest. That “matter bas alse heen dee fericl until the extra sessloi, 'THE RAILROADS. MISSISSIPLI CENTRAL. Special Corrcepondence of The Trivune. NasuviLwe, Tenn , March 26,—It is reoortel here to-day that the llinols Central’ Rallivad wili soont purchase the State's interest {a that part of the Mississippl Central Road Iyhus in Tennessee, In connectlon with §ts controf of the entire line from Culeago to New Orteans, The portlon of the road In this Statels about Nty mies In length, aud has been fn the hauds of Geo. eleyy ns Reeclver, for tho past six montha, it haviny failed to payv its fntereat on the State. debt, which now ainousts, fn round numbers, o §1,30,000, Gen, Neeley took chanya of this hraneh of the road alittle uver six monthis ogo, stice which thne he has put in peces- rary switches, kept up the teack n firste class order, pald the cmployes, and every uther - expene, and _tuened” over to tho State Treasurer * §10,000° ns dts net carnings. 1t will thus by scen that it will new ARV per anntm, It isa singular fact that out of all the I ers, with but oue excep- tion, ever appointed to contrul the affairs af des Nugnent rowls fn Tennessee, Gen. Necley has been the only one who lias conducted such a 1tue to succces {n behalf of the State, A LONG VUL, Spectut Dispaieh to The Trisune, 8r. Lotis, March 27, ~allroad nien are ereat- v cxclted over o race acalnst tiwo now fn prozress. On March 20, Lwenty cars loaded with silk, tea, and hops, from Yokohama, left 8an Franelsco for New York in an sttempt to beat the thue made two months ago by the northern transcontinental route, The traln reached Kansas City to-day, and will arrive hero ut fnthe moming. Tlo train and #s frelght runs over the Central Pacitie, Unlon Paclile, Kansas City, 8t. Jou & Councll Blufls, 8t. Louls, Kaoe a8 City & Northern, Oho & Misstssippl, and BuMtimore & Oblo loads, It is. clainicd that the thine Ly the northern roads wiil be beaten forty-cight hours, and the result fs watched with nuch tntevest. TUE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD. PniLapzrruia, Pa., March 27.—=The fotlowlug persons were elected to-day by a nearly unani- mous vote as Board of Dircctors of tho Penne sylvanis Raliroad for the ensulng year: Thomus A, Brotty Jusiah Bacon, Wistar Morris, John M, Kennedy, Alexander J, Derbyshire, Samuel M. Futton, Alexamier Bldde, N, Varker Shortridge, Henry 3. Plutlips, aud Jolin Scott, . MISSOURI PACIFIC, 4 Br. Louts, March 27—t appears {n addition tothe geutlenien named In last night's dispateh a8 having been elected Directors of the Missourt Pacille Raflroad, thut N. A. Cowdry, of New York, and Adulph Paul, of 8t. Louls, have been electéd Dircetors of that road to Bl vacancies oceasioned by the reslguation of T, B, Edyar uud J. L, Brephcus 5 — TTEM>S, 7 Willlam Edgar, Generul Passenger Agent of the Great Western Rallroad of Canada, and T, Pentield, General Ticket Agent of the Haunlbal & Bt Joe Hailroad, were u tho clty yesterday, Mr, N, Guilford, Generul Frelght Ageut of the Bsltihnore & Ohlo Ratiroad, who las been 1 $t. Louts duriue tho last few days, returncd to this ¢ty yesterday. Ho will start for tho East lu a tlay or 1w, ‘Pne Qencral suflcrlntcm!nut of General Freizht Agents of the roads belongleg to the Southwestern Railroud Route Assoclatiun lefy for St Lotus. yusterday to attend the mouthly meceting of the Assuciatfon, which 13 belug betd thicre today, ‘Pha Geperal Frelght Azents_of most of the Egateru roads bave gone to Buffalu to attend the hine meetings which are being bold to-day at that place, et OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Loxpox, March 27.—Steamship Elyria, from New York, has arnved out. 8ax Fuascisco, March 27.—Arrived, Paclfic Mail Steamer City of San Fraocisco, from Pare wma. . New Youk, March 37.—Arrived, Steamer Ans cliorks, from dilusgow, Souruaurroy, March 30.—Arrived, Steames Weser, . dp ALL HAILY | Bpecial Dispaich 1o The Triduns. Spmixariziy, liL, BMurch 2%.—The last venture ln the insurance Une was doveloped fu an application of the Hall Insurance Cowpany of Milwaukeo tor permission to do business in 1llinots. Tha objcct of the Cowpany is to nsurs grawing crops wirainst injury from bail or wind storuis. The Auditor retused 40 Laauo liccuse