Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1877, Page 1

> The Ahicangn B VOLUME XXXI, ' OPENINGS. N CLOTHING, OPENING!/CHILOREN'S Iield, Leiter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., TO-DAY! GRATD - * \PRING OPENING DA -4 TO-DAY. MILLINERY OPENING Wednesday and Thursday, MRS, WM, DEVOY, 106 State-st. D WILVORWALE, STERLING SILVER! Wao conll tho attontion of thoso about to purchaso Silverware, either for family usa or Wedding Presants, to our vory largo assortmont of tho colebrated Gorham M'f'f Co.’g 8tar- lnq Silver Spoons, Iorks, and Kuives, by tho dozen, or in casos and Trunks. All8ilverwaresold by us engraved without oxtra chargo. JUATSON & (0., State and Monroe-sts. GREAT BARGATNS Jewelry &Eilverware Provious to romoval (May 1) to our now store, cornor Stato and Monrog- sta., wo will soll our ontiro stock at groetly reduced pricos, . A, H. MILLER, 61 Washingtor TO RE OCK Fer Rent, with two water fronts and raflrond conneotion, on South Bmnch, near Sixteonth-st, R.8. & W, G. McCORMICK, s 165 LaSallo-st. FOR RENT. Finsvficer, with sl mudern improvement K. Munruo: Anetican Fapresa Co.'s lhull oleraty 10 Koud buslucas Ko occupled by the City N With Dtuns couplelo. MWEAD & COE. 159 La Saite-at. —— O RENT. FINANCIAL. Whney to Loan Tnwme o sult upon Chicago (mproved property at e Creal raiee Ilulmukluu;: iy ‘i‘“ri:{;‘: ies T bt ks and Bonds for S Steks and Bonds for Salo Lraber of Commerce. Bera® Lusuraiice, 11 Ul g Knitway Certigestes of Tudebiednes, Cuunty Ian 18 (Loth fvus aud sliorel. By G GRRAVILLE HAUNOND, TINANCIAL. Furq Eachange bought and sold. City ana Co Onlerdd Vouchicrs u‘;awm LF wwoey ,odvmmu“'.\":fl Cliaguber uf Cotbiercd, Chicugo. SUITS. Tn {his Department Mothers will find onr stock very atteactive. 1t in no longer profitable to mako the Children's Sults at home, Onr asgortment em- braces every desirable grade, and range In price from $3.0010 $10.00 for Children under 10 years of age, . BOYS' SUITS, Toth for School and Dresa service, The prevailing ehape this season will be the single-breasted Sack Coat. Our School Suite cannot. be excelled In style, oud prices wo guarantee the Jowest, ranging from §7. 50 to 814.00 for the more desirabic Sults, in alzes nnder 10 years." YOUTHS'SUITS 1n diferent geades for Duainess and Dreas wear. Range In price from £10.00 to §20.00. Nobby Yonng Men will do well to look st oar styles. BUSINESS UITS, [ We aro well prepared thie season to interest the Brsiness Men of Chicago aud the West, We have continually hundreds of Huitalo select n single one from. $10,00 buys a Good $ult. Frices vary upwards to $30.00, . NUTTING, @ 0. D, Clothier for Men and Boys, Contlemen's Furaishing Goods 184 & 186 State-st., Orp, FALMER HOUSE. WANTED. WILLOUGHBY, L & G WAINT TEY (0AT HANDS VR VST 1ANDS, BOSTON SQUARE-DEALING OUTFITTING HOUSE WILLOUGHBY, HILL & (0, PROPRIETORS, Corner Clark and Madisou-sts, NEMOVALS. HORNLEY ' REMOVED 266 and 268 WABASH-AV, Uver Glles’ Jewelry Stures . BUSINESS CARDS, CLONING-OUT SALE. L. REINACH, 148 South Clark-st., up stairs, Hells bis well-assorted stock of BASE BALLS, MARBLES, FISHING-TACKLE, 078, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, &¢.; &¢., —... MUCH BELOW COST, WILLIAK I, BANNUX, CORNELII'S VAN ACITAACK. BARNUM & VAN SCHAACK, BUCCESSORS TO CLARKSON & VAN SCIAACK, ATTORN S«AT-LAVW, S DR Rpauy a, Suises BABY GA}E{RIAGES VELOCIPEDES. The largest and Snces asvortment in thle market, at very moderate prices, VERGHO, RUHLING & (0., 138, 140 & 142 Btatoc.st, GRACELAND CEMETLRY, I R e e Graceland Cemetery An erroncous {mpresston Jiss ubtained b 111 (i Ueat purtiious Of Uractlaud Wave boc bold. o il thal (e Comoduyuuw ulfeie Tor "iie, Brat o S i S foe el s res of land ro “niple he fwllubahlllfll. I aple tearly 200 acres of land js iauadciient bave preyared plaue for s compre- sty systeon o Cats alhd purpoue s Lar Uractiand T e "Tout Teakor Avvieais Conty teriea. 3 BEAL ESTATE, Aldine Square Itoute tor valo or rent. Apply to U, P, Sinith, at Toows 23 Portland Bluck, between 12 aud 1 o'clock P. ., sud us No. 17 Aldiug-square after 3 o'clock o ailp CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 11, 1877. THE TWIN SORES. South Carolina in a Fair Way to Thrive Under the New Treatment, The Military Nurses Yester» day Withdrawn from Iler Bedside. Gov: Chamberlain Notifies Hampton that He Will Move Out To-Day. The Retiring Governor Issues His Valedictory to His Adherents. Negotiations at New Orleans Thus Far Yield No Fruit. Numerous Delegations Have In- terviews with the Com= missioners. Vague Hints as to Possible Com. binations in Nicholls® Favor. A Bird's-Eye View of the Political Situation in Louisiana. SOUTIL CAROLINA. “PORWAKD, sMAnCH " Spectal Ditpaich to The Trivune. CorLusnia, #. C,u April 10,—A few moments bo- fore 12 v'clock to-day tho twenty men who have garrlsoned the State-Tlouse sluce Kov, 28 wery pa- raded In ono of the corridors, They were hrought wan **order srms, " and awalled the first stroke of the Tawn-Ilall bell ta evacuate. Alaut 100 per- sons assembled fuslde and an equal number outside to see the final act In the drama of roconatruction. Atthe moment Licut, Iiriggs gave the command, * Attention! Bhoulder arms! Kicht face! Fur- ward, march!” aud the boys in blue marched out of the rear door and tuok their way to the Campus halfasulle of amid absolute sflence within and without the Htate-Honue, with them marched THE LABT HINDRANCE 10 the sway of Hampton, ‘Tlere were many here of both parties who de- elred the. fight ta goon, Nevertheleas, afteran anxlous consultation with all the State oficers elected with hlm, and leading Reputlicans from all parts of the State, Uov, Chamborlain determined 1o let the act of to-day closo the stroyglo really na it 04d practically. Urgent ndvico from Washington and other parts of the country camoto him tosct deflantly and to embarrass the Bonthern question by o realstauce oven if it should be futlle, Ilo gives hin reasons to the contrary in o paper sent by the Assoclated Progs, HAMPTON WILL TAKR POSSESSION to-morrow at noon, The cane of tho Stato officers iantlllin the Bupremo Court on quo warrantu. What will be done with them Is not yet certaln, Some of the Demnacrats want to go and elect tha Kepabileany at once, but Hampton s sald to con- sider himself pledged to opposc this, It {e under- stoud that Hampton will atoucu {vsue 8 praclutna- tivn announcing his undivputed possession of the ofice, ond calling the Leglslutore to meet nbout May 1, Orgunized under his ausulces, {¢witl hava o Democratie majority on joint ballot. A wew Chiet Juatice will be elected, and BIORT WORK WILL I MADE of tho remaining legal diMculties, A mew eloc tlon for United States SBenator will also be had, and Gen. M, €, Butler, of Hamburg, will doubt- Teaw bo agaln the chiulcs of the Democracy, Tha sctlon of Qov, Chamberlain took the Demo- crats by surprise to-day, as all reports since bis seturn from Washington were to the effuct that he would roalst to the bitter end. Thero fs s profound depremsion smong the colored people, accompanled with an apparent Inabllity to com- prehend she vltuation or beltove in the possibility of Hlayes desoriing them. They believe that in some way ho 4 decerved, UETINE, T the Western Assoclated Press. Covusma, 8. C., Ap ril 10,—~The United States troops were forined In 1ine, and moved out of the State-1uuse st noon to-dey, Qov, Chamberlain has Just lesued the following nddres retfrlng from the contest for tho Governorship: By your cholce 1 was msde Governor of this Stafo” In. 1874, At the election on tho 7th of November lnet 1 was sgaln by your votes elected tothoysme ofice. My Hitlo to the ofice, u every A‘gllmlmu 1 ground, is to-day a4 clear and perfect, By the recent declulon snd actlon of the Fresldent o1 the United States, 1 tlud wmysell unable longer to maintain my oficlal rights with the prospect uf Oual success, and 1 bereb) ounce toyou thut 1 aos unwilliug to prolonz a utruggle which can only bring further sufferlng upon thouo who enguge In it. In announcing this con- cluslun, it fe ny daty to say for you that the Ro- publicans of South Carolina enterad upoy thelr re- Cent polltical struggle for the waitonance of tholr polllical aud civil rights, conutituting beyond uestion & laro majority of the lawful votond of the State, You uliicd yoursclves with that political srty whoss central and insplring principlo Bllhlflw boen the civll und political frecdo of al men under the Constitution and laws of our couns 1ry. herole eforts and sacridces, which the f"' verdict of Lletory will rescue frow the caward- y scorn now cast upon thew by pohitical placomen and tradvrs, you socured the South Carolina, In accowplishing this rosult, you became tho victie uf_evary form of pessecutlon aud {njury. From suthentic ovidenco, it 1w shuwn that no lews thun 100 of your number Wers jure dered becanso they wero faithful to tuele prin- ciples, and exceclied the rights solemuly poarauteed 10 themt by the natlow. You were denled employiment, driven from your humes, robbed of tho earnings of yeard of honost industry, lunted fur your livea liko wild beasts, aud your fumilics outraged und scatiered, furno olfense exeept your peaceful and frm detesnina. tlon to exercise your pulitical rigiits, You trusted, as you hud a right to” trust, that if by wuch efforta you_catablished tha lawfdl suproniscy of yous iitical party In the uatlon, tbe Governwent of rl':a Unlted States, In discharye of itacoustitutional duly, would protéct the Jawful Governinent of the State frows overthrow at thu handa of your politicsl cnemles. Frous causcs patent to all meu, and ucetioned by nona who regard truth, yeu have Buch unuble o, overcomo' dulawfol couioluations aod obatacles which have uurmi(l thy practical supremacy uf tho Government which your votcs have cutsblished. Mor many weary mioutis you have waited for your delivenince, ~While the long atruggle for the Presidency was o progress you were exborted by lvlrfl representative sud organ of the Natloyal Republican pasty to keep your sllegiance true to (hut party i order that your defiverapca from the Lands of your oppressors might corialu snd Complete. Nob the falulest whisper of a possibllity of dlvappointzent in thicss hopes and promisvs gver resched you while the strux, pending. "To-day, April 10, by order of the our votes alonv rescued from overwhelming de- :cul. the Governuens of the Unlted States abun. dups you dellberately+withdraws from you lts wupport, with the full "knowledge that the Juwfol Government of the Stato will bo wpoedily over. thrown, By 8 now jul elation of the Cupatitu. tion of the United Stutes, at varlince alike with practices of the Government sud with the declvion of $he Bupreme Couri, thy Execatlve of the United Slates vvades Lhe duty of ascertalaing whicl of two rival Statlo Governwents s the lawtul oue, sud, by the withdrawal uf 1he {roops uow prolecting thy State from Democratic vivlence, abandons the lawful Stale Governmieut to -xmm‘:h with an in- loctoral voto of T grounds of policy defended aro startivg. weary of the Southern troubles, 1§ wus weary, o, of the long troubles which spruyy froum ho' stus pendous crime of chattel slavery, aud louged fur ropose, It sought t0 cover them from efgbt by wicked cumprowlyea with thy wrong which dis- turbd o peaec, bl God beld 1o s duty, undi, through a contict which rucked aud sgonlied thi gation, te great eelino was put sway aud freedom was ordatned for l). 1t s vasd thut If & majorlty of the people of the State are uuably, by puysical force, to walutain their rights, they muat be left to political yersi. tude. Inthis s doctrine ever before heanl of in our history? 1¢ it shall vanl. ita cunsequences ;vlllflu long he confined to South Carolina or ouinlana, It §9 rali that 8 Demacratic Ionce of Represent. atives will refuse an approptlation for the army of the Unlted States if the Jawful Government of Eouth Carolina s maintalned hy military forces, ‘The rubmivelon to snch cocrelon marks the dege: eracy of tlie politieal party or people which | dorses It A tiovernnient worthy of the name, polisieal, party 8t to wiold power, never befors blunched st sach & threat, = But the edict han gone forth. No argument or considerationn which * your friendn e have suficed toavert the divasler. menna of resistance to the consummation of the wrong ave left, 3y strict legal rights are, of enarse, wholly unaf- fected by the action of the President. No contt of tha ¥tate has jurisdiction to l\ln upon the title ta my office, No lewful Legisluture can be convened except upon my call, 1fthe tise of these powers promised nitiniate succers to onr canne, [ shonld not shrink from any sacrlfico which micht confront me. It In a canse in which, by tue light of rearon and eonsclence, a man might well lay down his }fe, but to my mind my present _responsibility ine volves the consideration of the effect of my nction upon those whoea representative 1 am, ‘1 have hitherto been willing $o ek you, Repuhlicans of South Carolina, tu risk all dangers and endare ail hardehipy until rellef shonld coine from the tiov. ernment of the United Statea: that relief will never come, [ cannot Rk you to follow mo furthier, In my judgment, I ¢an No longer serva {‘l;u by further reslatance to Sho Impending calam- ‘With gratitude to God for the measnre of endar- anec with which 1fe has bitherto inpired me; with gratitude to you for your boundless confidence In me: with ‘rrul'uund admiration fur your matchleas 2delity 10 tho caure in which we have strageled, now announce to you and to the prople of thoState that I shall no losiger actively asxert iny rizht to tho office of Governor of South Carolina. “The motlves 8nd purpones of the Preaident of the United States, in the vollcy which compels me to pursue my prea- ent course, are unquestionadly honorable *and patriotic. 1 devoutly pray that ‘events may vindl. cate the wisdom of ‘M action, and that’ peace, Justice, freedum, and prosperity may heresfice be he portlon of avery citizen of Southi Carolina. (Sigued) D. ML CrannrLaty, Governor of South Carolina. ADDRESS TO GOV, CHAMBERLAIN, Corumua, 8. C., April 10, 1877~70 Jiis Ercel- lency, D, if. Chamberiain, Gorernor—liran Sin: Ttecurring to the viewn severally oxpressed by us during the persunal conferenco we had the honor to hofd with you yestorduy I reyard Lo the po- litical comulications which bave gruwn out of the late canva«s In this State, we beg leave to apprise you formally of the concluslons we liuve rexched, after mature deliboration and the gravest Fefiection which we have been able to bestow upon the sub- Ject. Whilst we ara no leas {nspired with admira. tlon for the dignified and resolute manner in which Jou consistently maintaned your claims to the Uubernatorial chale by virtue of the clection beld in Noveimber laat than we dre solemnly fmpressed with the validity of your title to the ofice, we are unanimous In the belief that to Srchmn the contest In the absence of that morl ald te winch we feel oursclves und_pariy Justly entitied at the hands of tho Natjunal Admintstration, fustalied {n & large mumsure through the same agencles which are now held to b Insaficlent for vur malntenance, wiil be o Incur the responsi- bility of keeping alive partisan -prejudicos which aro [n the laat degree dotrimental to tae best inter- oo of the mf'k of the State, and perhaps of precipltating n plivaieal conflict that could bave but one rewall to vur defenscless coustiluency, Wo cannot afTord to contribute, howover indirectly, to such s catastraplie, even in the advocacy of What Feknow to bovur rights. We org auread, thore. furcfore, in counscllng you to discontinie the strugyle’ for the occupancy of thy Gubernntorial chale, convineed a8 wo aro ‘thst in view of the dls- patrous odds to which Its maintenance hns been subjected by the action of tho National Adminiu- tration, your retireaunt will Involve no surrender of principtes, nor will {ts motive be misapprehend- o by "tio great body of that poiuical sarty to whicll, in common with oursclves, you uro at- tuctid, and whowe kuceess In the past [n this State hay :n-en ennobled by your intelligent aud unselfish servicen, Weo havas ihe honor to be, very respecitally, yours, (Signed) Ronent . Euuorr, Al Dl‘l:l‘}' General. 5 Troxas U, DUss, Comptroller deneral. Joun 3t ToLnznt, Buperintendent of Education. F. L. Canvoza, Treasurer, 8. C. JaxEs KEXXEDY, M“m"xlx u?‘d Inspector (encral. L Havse, Secreury of State.. MAMPTON TO CHAMBERLAIN. Coruxsia, 8. C., April 10.~The following cor- respondence hus been mado public: i STaTE OF BorTy CanoLiNa, EXEcUTIVE Ciase peu, CoLuxuta 8, Coy Avril 10, 1877, --5e: Mav- inglearned that you now purpose to turnoverto me the Executive Chawmber, with the records and papees belonging to the Exccitive ofice now in Jour posseavlon, 1beg to inform you' Iwill ecnd he proper ofiicer to recelve tie wame at any hour ou may indicato as most convenlent to yourseif, am, very respectfully, your obedlent servant, . Waue laxerox, dovernor, To the Hon. D, f1. Chamberlain, CHAMDBERLAIN'S RED Srars ov Bouri CAROLINA, ExrouTive Citax- REN, CoLuMpia, 8, C. . Aprll 10,1877, ~Sm: Neplys fng 1o your note of this date, 1 have to vay that my Privato Socretary will meet such officer as you may Jesignate at 12 neridion to-morrow at the Exec- ber, for the purpaso. ndlcated in your ectiuliy, 0 ! Ver) , 1L, CltaxrentaN, Governor 8, €, ‘To tho Hon. Wade lampton, There 1a no oxcltenient whitover, PATIERSON'S LAMENT. = Bpecial Ditpaich fo The Tribune. Wasnixatox, D. ., April 10.—The temper of Senator Patterson, of Bouth Carolins, in regard to the events of to-day in hiy State, 18 shown by the followlng from on tnterview in the Erening Star: An tho bell struck noon ho sald, ** You hear thutbell striking 12 o’clock? It sounda the death. knetl of the Nepublican party in the South." e ways that Chomberlain loft ‘here last week with plenty of nerve aud backbone, and meant to hang B Ti thinka that wheu Chamberiain reache bome ho found the action of the President in do- ciding o withdraw the troops had thrown the ly futo s panic, and ho had nothing to ratly on. *You sec, " sald Patterson, ** our party down there jan't liko the periy out fellows late, bec usod to at the North, Wo (that is the Republican purty in the South) were created by greas, snd the negroes aseaciste thy Government and troops with the party. Now, if you take the troops away tio party goés “up, for tho uedruos thora thiuk the Governuient has deserted them, Now, i Hayes had gone Into oftico with 8 - goot round majority, ana hadu't needed the vote of Bouth Carolins and Loutsiana, why lio could hase ureued his Faouthern y with better yrace. Tt tha Republicans of the Sonth havo sled Dlued an actof Cone for the parly, and henca the . Ingratitude iw all the niore eatting, And yet what do you think " sald Patteron, ** Why, becanse 1 tell theso fellows that [ guing to vate to let Hutler into the Senste thoy say that1am & Dem crat, Yet llsyew recopnizes Ilampton, who L Demoe: and thuv destroys all my. political ehance nts we to keop Butler out of the Benate, 1ain't golog to do iy with my vote, Why, this fellow llampton waald put me ly the Peultentiary if ho could.’ They have beon making 1heir boasta in Columbia that ‘thoy will have to bulld one or iwo inore penlicntiaries toacconmodato carpot-baygers. Youses that Cuinboy mascre was & guod sond-of foi 1_tell you if it had been for that cre houtd have loat Charles- tou Cnun&( aud Hlayew couldn't liave carriett the State. Why, we lost 100 Repubtlcans killed durting the campaign, sud aver (00 arrests were made; but I understand arrangements have beeu mado with Hatotou ta nalls pros all cases, Itell you what wo carpst-bageers ought to do. Weo guwh‘l-ll to realgn, and letthe Democrats get the euate, ' ———— LOUIBIANA, WORKING YOIt COMPROMISE. Spectal Dizpatch 1o The Tribune. NEw, Ourpaxs, April 10.—Mr. utchinson, represcnting bimeelf as an lutlmate friend and confident of the President, Judge Wiley, ex-Avso- ciate Justice of the Supreine Court, snd s nuimber of Hayes Republicans, srv exvrcising all thelr in- fucnce 10 secure a compromise by which the Ley- lulsturce may fuse on tho Retarning-Board basis, and efther une Democrut and vne Iepublican be elected 10 tho Bonate vz twe Kepublicans, Sirong influeuccs are at work to secure 3 yuficient number of the ultra mien to brng sbout this pe- sult, without, however, wmuch prospéct of success, The extremists Dpow say that the prospect s good for a Oght 3 1s belloved that toe Packard people bave obtalned the beat of the logal argumeat, the Nicholls crowd Baving allowed theiz case 10 %o by default, sudres slatance tu furtbier Federal Interference ia univers sally talked of, TIE INTERVIEWEKS, Tho Comumitien of colored men who eslled on the Commbeaion to-day wera sald 1o be excoedlng. 1y intejligent snd well iuformed, sowo of them were large pruperty-owners, sud otliors wero preachees and Iswyer, ' They vald they Lad mado sacrifices for Haycs, and expected Lla to do the samc for them. ‘Fhe upbolding of the Packard Governwent, they sald. was easily within the yower of Mr, Hayce. Col. Jawes Lowls, vus of the best kuown wen bu the Ktate, was Chalruian of the Commlttee, Four gestlemen from the coun- try, weal plauters, who had been Republicans and llayes 1oeu, vaid they now thought the recog- nition of Nicholls uccesusry to the proaperity of the Btate. Oae of these men lived fn 8 bulldozed parfab, and was satisfisd that the colored people in his neighborhood were BECURE IN ALL TIEIR RIONTS, Two District Judges, adherents of Packard, sald that Packard would receive conslderable supe vortin thelr parishes should he attempt to use force. Other property uwners of New Orleans, Unlonand layes men, advocated the ciafme of XNicholla before the Commleston, ‘The Mayor and Common Council of New Orleans then viefted the Comminsion and left documenta showing how the Cily Goverament had been lurdened with debt by the Hepublican Lezislaturey during the Tast eizht years, Parka and other pnb- lic improvements required of the city by the Legis- lature have piled up an enormous debt, A self-sppolnted committeo of four from the Nicholla Eenate was Introduced st 8 o'clock, and lald the statement of Gov. Nicholls before the Commission. "It maker a shawing of the condition of the Government throughout the State, The ros- ter of pervons since the Oth of January in all parts of the Btate s glven, UNDER WIICH KING, ‘The Parlshes of Now Orlcans are organized with one Judge, & clerk, 8 Sheriff, a Recorder, and u body corresponding to onr Bosrd of County Commissfoners, called the Polfce Jurors, Theee Iatter bodles alwaya conslat of fivemembers. Tho number of Police Justices and Conetables varies with the population. Itis found that In the case of the inferior oficers, many hava refured to analify with Nicholis, They are about equally divided between the two Govern- ments. Of the Parish Judges, it is clalmed that thirty-fivo out of Afty-six ontaldo of the Clty of New Orloaun have qualified with Nich- olls. The Nicholla Auditor of Ftate says that eighteen Recorders, seventcen fher- iffs, and twenty-fonr District Clerks have fled thelr bonde with bim. There are filty- saven of esch claws of oficlals fn the State, one for oach Parish, but many of them -qualifed and filed bonds with Kellugg between the 1st and 8th of January before the Inauguration of Packard, The statistica by Parisbes furnished to the ‘Com- minssion throw little light on the sitnation, and it will be necessary for that body to make Intelligent summaries, NICHOLLS' WARRANTS. The State Auditor to-day refused to give Infor- ‘mation in regard to tha amount of Nlchiolls' war- rants outstanding, and this fact, joined with a recent heavy decline fn the quotatione, leads to the opinion that there has been an overinsue, The law provides thst the tots] amount of warrants shall notexcced the appropriations forthe general fand added to tne estimated recelpia from iicenses, This would allow an fssue of about $650,000. Al the expenses of the Nicholln Government thus fAr have been met Ly the sale of these, Yacksnd calls them prestimos warrants. They are recclvable for taxes, but bave no ather market value, They lave been quoted at DO, but have within two days gone done 10 50, The new State consuls buve alwo falles olf, snd now stand at G314, Tart of tho decline in both Justances s steributed to the supposcrl favorable disposition of the Com- mieston toward tho legal clalms of tho Packard Government. ‘The Comimission will to-norrow receive at 10 o'clock 8 number of Republican business men of an Orleans, who, asone of the Commlssloners et DESIRK TO BE AWFULLY QUIET about thelr Interview, lest they may soffor com- merclally. The 8tate Board of Education, of which Pluch- ‘back s 0 member, Inalso to be seen. The mun Hatchinson, who represents himaelf hero s having large Inflnenco with Presldent Hiayes, und as being in constant tulegraphle com- munication with the President, 1s repudiated by the Counlasion, They say he hss no anthorlty to act, and that the adjustnicnt which he pretends to bo perfecting s no more bluding upon the 1" dent than the act of any other private ecitizen, The Packard statement ls to by presented to the Commlssiun tomorrow. 1t Is not yet In type, TIE COLORRD DELEOATION. . Tv (he Western Assoctaled Press, - New OnLeaxe, April 20.~The Commiesion met shoruly bofor 10 this morulng. After some con sultation amonyg thomselves, they recclved a delo- gatlon of aboat thirty colored men, ro-called, of ‘)l clusses, representing all the learned professions, and sume of them belug merchants and others Drokers and planters. Col. James Lewis, the Com- mander of acolored reglment durlng the War, headed the delegation. Addresses were made by the Mev. Mr. Dryant, T. SMorrls Chester, Mcusrs. Astwood and T, D. Btucker, all of them veryuble. In general they portrayed the struggles and hardehips of thelr race, and the necesalty of protection. Tnoy asked the National Governwent to assert tho title of Gov, Packard 10 b thic equal of the titlo uf President layce, but they intimated that, If Nicholls was ultimately to become Governor, they would lke to beheard upou the matter, not for the purpess of trading, but for guarantecs of the future of thelr race, Thier inpressed the Comuniunlon s able and faiths ul men, BIT-EflI. MacVeagh, Ilatlan, Hawley, and Judge Lawrench respoudd, Tho interviuwa Sasted until o'clock, A b oTuen b:ua.\fll:)wa.dw o ulogation next appearey headed by ex. Paker, furmerly Military Uoyernor of . Loulsinus, who, with several others, presented statements snd vpinione. A shinllar volunteer Committee followed com- posed of old Union men of (he State, 8ix gentlemen came next representing the Jue .diclal Dietricts of tho Btate, among thew Judges Marke and Pardee, aud gave . their oplutons cun- cerning the alleglance 1 thelr soverul districts to the Packard Guverniuent, and the abllity of Facke and to mafntaty himseir, MAYOU PILLSTURY, gentlemen of the City Counctl came beforo islon oflering the courtesien of the clty, snd presenting many verbal and written statements concerning the condition of the _city guvernuent. ‘Phe city dobt was, §n 1874, §21,000,000, It 14 now $2,000,000. The tax-llst {v $110,000,000, and , $174,000,000, The popnlation of 0,000, The rate of taxation in the 3 couts on the dollar; in 1876 e dollar, and in 1870 133 cents on dollar. The State and city ta: togetiior 2015 mille on tho dallar. The Mayor pres wented nutny other tiguras of great juterest, show- Ing the burdens und vinbarravements ol the people, and afinoed that the city would do what it could, and tad uo disposition te repudiate, OTIEI CITIZENS CALLED, aingly and In groups, from ditferent sections of o Stato, and guve nforniation 1o the Commission respecting the situstion in their weveral localitios, Ing wsmall delegation of the buulne en of the city, und also of the Board of Kducstion of the Btate, ‘The Comunission have tion to & commitiee of ¢ body, fnis thows o furuleh then & wiap of the State shuwe {ng the varlous judicial districts witha conipact atatoment relative (o the allegud disturbance of the Kellogg-Packard Suproms Court, und creation of a court place by Nicholle; also u atatemnent in rulai ulet Judgos, liow wany epablicaus many Deutocrats, with 1ne poli respecting which Quvernor he recognizes und his acts of recognition; also, with regard 1o the Pollce Surles wha correnpond (n cuch parlel ta the selecte wien ar County Commissloncrs in Northern States, #0 far as those Police fiuvlrl may biave authentically reported concerning their ollegiance 1o the one or 1ho other Governments, SINILAL STATEMENTS wers requested with tepard ta uther afcers, and slso s 1o the control of tno various Stala institus tions, w150 as to the votu of the State divided according (o color uiud 1o party: olso statementy s8 10 taxes collecied by eltner of the State tuvess- menta since jts orgunization, aod the disburseimcals that haye beon made, aud suy other facts which may tend to snow tho actual contral of the State, ¢ addressed & communica- h L d; n and how ical coutrso of each, 1g, ‘When the Commisstan are not {n sesslon they are fndlviduslly conferving aud advising with citlans of wll partice. Whila they ore:punsulug an oficlal line of lovestigation * unpd luguiry, svd while there wte of ‘courve inuuaierable counuuis golng on mad calculstions of the future mwong politiciaus of 1) Ymh.' they are lable at auy wowent to s el work faken away from thew by some unex. pecled combination of arrsirs. ‘They are careful to Sirclatin wny conacction With - cowpromive or baryalng of auy sorl, sud refrain from conversu- ton regsrding Scnatorships ur Federal patrousge, A cour viEvicTen, A 1% o'clock to-worruw the prubation time al- Yotted by resvlutivn of the Nicholle Legialature for Lacut wewbers to take theie seats with full tle b receive wtleage sud per dlem uglr . 13 Lnprossioh among courcrvatives fs that enough wemburs may svall themacives of thls resolution to give the Nicholls lNouse a Returuivg Board quoruw, cations SABUAL NOTES. THE APPIOVRIATION MANIA, From Our Own Corvespundest. New Onixass, Apri 7.~'"The questlon of 3ppro- priations haa been touched upon several tines {n this correspondence, and yet i kas not thua far re- ceived the atteatlon 1t deseeved. ‘Fhe unaubuity of seutiment wiich prevails here on this polat Ja @ribune. remarkable, There 19 no difference between Dem- ocrats and Republicans In rezard to ft. Whatever may be the [ssue ae between Fackard and Nicholls, thero will be no Irsue between the two scts of rald- ers on the National Treasary. There sro’lobbylets hera for sevesal mportant fnterests. One of them, 8 representative of the Texas Paclfic Mafiroad, s patting, In a good desl of qulet worl Judge Levy, & member of the last Congrees, is also largoly fnvolvedin ** the development of the country,” Nobody need be surprisea to find him holdingz a place in the lobby already organized to armanlt the new Congress, The connection of the Speakership question with the appropriations in. terest is very close. Many Democrats of promi- nence have told me thoy woald rather sco 8 Repube lesn favorable to Bouthern Smprovements in the Speaker's chalr than any Democrat opposed to them, The avpropriations Intercst does not have the rame controf over the Senatorial canvass, be- cause {Lis understood that every eandidate Is In favor of liheral mppropristions. No ome who thonld declare otherwise would have n chanco of election, Appropriations sr¢ denfred for the Southern and Texas Pacific Railwaye, for the levees, for the Jetth for the Baratrarla Sbip-Cansl, for numberless schemes of river and harbor mprovements within the State, and forthe Eouth generally, They aro demanded not s a concession, Lul as s rignt, and 298 guid pro quo. Therc are many persons here ~—thonrands of them—who are prepared to support either party that will promise to pass the bills de- sired. Tuey make nothiug of the gravity of the rituntion, nothing of the impropriety of nsking bon: from the Natlonal Treasury In retarn for the performance of political dutles. Many of them tell me the North owes these appropristions to the Soath, and that they must be allowed if any permancnt pacidcation Is to take place, DULLDOZING, There Is much talking of bulldoxfng here. Northiern men rometimes belleve, or affect to be- leve, that noeystem of terrorlsm has provailed here; but I have yet to find & Sonthern man of any party who does not sdwit the facts, with shame and grief it may be, and stil] In the most unreservea manner, The victima walk the streets, and can be scen any day. There have been reprisals 100, as 12 noturs], on the part of the colored people, Whito men have been assassinated by the hundreds. The editor of the Sureveport Times clalms that In his parlsh ono more white man has been kifled by Degrocs than negrocs have been killed by white men, The statement shows how moderato the extremists are in this respect. There s nlways, alto, the remarkable fact to be taken Into the acconnt that In East Fellcians Parlsh, which contaln a large negro population, only one Republican vote wax cast at the last elcction. Democrats Licre langh at these things, but they do not pretend to say that terrorism wan not exerclscd n that parish, There inanother point 10 be comsldered, namely, What effect bas the bulldozing produced? There la reasun to beliove tnat Intimidation has brought wmany negroen sround. The bulldozers bave organ- fzed A party, Pinchback and Allain, ot the Ingt mass-nieeting, spuke freely of the people of Lonl-’- ana, black snd whitc, 88 having the same Interenta, Pinchback put his emphasis on the word I have underlined, and obislned & round of cheers for his pains, The ' idea of popular sovereignly, one might think, s now here, 0 long has It been discarded in practice, ‘Bat whether the Pinchback crowd has beed bulldozed oser, or bought over, tho fact re- malns that it has come over, It Las come to stay, too, and Is galulog ln power sud lufluence overy day. . All the Republican negroes are waitlng for 18 nanirance of safety ¢ againat personal violence, and the promlise of rewsrd In ofice, Theso Induce~ et bave been freely hold out by the Nicholls Governweut. Plncuback Is now admitted to the Innner-connclln of the Dewmocrats, and esys hie 1s always treated os an ogual by the gentlemen with whombe comnes in contact, The present Kesding Clerk of the Democratic Senate f& & negro, Many local oficers in tho parlshcs, especlally members of the School Doards, have bees chosea fromn the negrocs. Theso facts encourage the cducated blacks to believa that they may bo sdmitted to par. ticipation In the new Qovernment; and,*as Al- lolu so fnely sala the other day, the , educated ones In the long ran always coatrol the others, Keturnlug agaln 1o the subject of the NIW PARTY, an eupgested oy the breach-now scarcely por- ceptible, but copatantly growing—In the negro ranks, we find that there ls very liitle diversity of opinion ou this polnt in Louislana, The ultra men profess nu_loyalty to the Northern Demo- cratlc party. Thoy differ only from:the Cun- cervatlves In professlng disrespect for tho Admintstration. *‘The Conservatives are prepared to follow MHayes' lead: ln the .matter of .the Henatorship, thie Speakership, and other matters of natloual pollcy, provided he will withdraw the troops and give Nichols the support he wants in matiers of internal cconomy. The ultra men, ‘while not Democrnts In our sensc of the word, are also not Adininlatration men, They may be called the Loulelana party. proposing to work for their fitate su agalnss ali comerd, and to concedu nothing twany other State except in the way of trade, 8o faras the now parity Is concerned, everything at present depends upon President Hayes, 1f he cau do what the leadery here ask of hini he wiil be the must popular pubiic man known (o Loalslans with- nayear; If ho canuotdo so much, be may mtfll have a saller followlng; If be can donothing, he will be an vbject of unlversal cxecration, There i one slement of strength ho hav to etart with,—tho respect aud sympathy of the forelgners, The Ger- mans bero have conslderable power, and the Irish something less. Though warm advocates ef Clov, Nicholla' protonsions, thoy are stanch defenders of ayes, If they have opportunily, they will form the backbone of the new parly. Amung the patives thero will be embraced the very largu class of old Whigs, now called Liberaiws, whose senti- ments sro clearly set forth in dov. Nicholle' speech before Baton Rouge Convention. Those of your readers wWha cemember that speech do mot mneed (o be inform- ed thay It s = patriotlc nmiterance, a8 far removed from the old fire-esting speeches anything could be, It Is now adopted s the plat- form of the new movement, snd has been soveral times referred to by colored wpeakors as containe ingall the ntial gusrantoes that are dewized, Ia dlscussions relating to the uew porty, 1t should e understood, of course, that many of the allege ed leaders of the Liberal-Convervativea are thome acives placemon In searcn of ofiice, One of these, however, s not GOV, NICHOLLS, who deservedly commands tho respect of evory- body, Ile 18 & veteran of.the War, and beata tho mwrks of service, having lost an arm aud a lcg in the Coufcderats cause. Slightly ahove the middle height, thin and almost emacisted In sppearance, weakened by dlveass and overwork, hio scems almodt too frall for the vast work ho lias undertaken. Yet ho never uhrinks from i1, The office-seekers surround him from the time bls room- i vpened In the morning until It Is closed at night. Buthe does not bocoma weury, DPerhaps, liko many othor obsurvers, he Interprots tho poralutency of the oMce-senkeraas & suro sigu of tho permanence of his Government, Where #0 many sre calling, 1t must bo that there fs a common belef that sowe will be chosen, Nicholls circulates freely about the hotel-rotunda at night, audisseen Inall public places. Ho lives about two wmlles from his State-House, PACKARD, on the otber hand, is ta be seeu only at his head- quarters in the St. Louls Motel, Lo ls accosalble alwaysto the newspaper correspondents, and to such peraons as have busluess to transact with lum, Lut a cordon of guasde is placed avout fhe cn- teauces 1o the Bzecative oltices, all the old Metro« volitan Pulice Is guthiered In the vullding, and mili- tary forms sro obeerved fu sll spproaches (o the auguet presence. Packard eats and slecps fa the botel, and will continue (0 dv 80 until his caso ls disposed of, one way or tho other, His wife and children—he has a very lutercsting family—visit Wim every Sunday, Packard should not bo wistaken for & common sdveusurer or Care pet-bagger. Mo 14 & Northern ey, bt bls residence here hos boen of Jung standing, bo haviug come bera with Gen. Butler jo 1562, s wife is 8 uative of Now Ocleans. His family tomb, I1. Greeuwood Cemetery, bas & veuerable sppeas- suce, sud it contalus the rewalus of Liy chlldren wlhio were bora sud died here. Mo is not s wau Lo deupised, and {8 ot duspised, 40 far 84 heard feom, by auybody who ‘understands bis charscter and hiy position n the comwunity. Assovn 39 hls Guvernwent falla to pleces, by will return w private e lu this city, sud will be treated, cvery- body assures sic, with the respect oud couslders= tion to whicli e has proved imeelf entitled. The Illinois House Votes to Reduce Railroad Com- missioners’ Sal- aries, Mr. Kedzie’s Bill to Mortify Nor- mal Schools Fails in the Same Body. The " Uncertain, Coy, snd Implac- able" Militin Folks Squan- der Their Chances. Kelioe Trots Out Mis *“Dark” Commis- sioner Bill at the Third Heat. He Also Rallies Mr. Riddle with the Playful Appaellation of Liar, After Which the Senato Gets Bick of Him, and Sends Him to the Stable, The House Wastes Gases of Opposlte Illuminating Powers Upon the Dog Questlon. ILLINOIS, TOUSR PROCEEDINUS—TUR RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISHON, 5pectal Dispateh to The Tridune. SerixarieLn, L., April 10.—Iu the Hoase thle morning Mr. Tice'n bill reducing the salaries of the Ttaltroad and Warchouse Commlssloners from 83, - 00 to 81,500 per annum came up on third read- ing, and was the theme of an elaborate argument Ly Mr, Albright against the constitutionaiity ofthe praposed change. In concluding be sald: During the existence of th 1 . | 16 Btata vhad docs hot HAoiT RkBed B Ierges g inEn T lawyers' fecs alone. Abd it must o wo grambla ot ihe expensive. Comumitaston, thet, during tie prat five zer of i extitence: 1t has done the costly rk of utsing into uperation on {ntcuded o conf ratlons—a xystem 0 ol g mlloctrines not only the monupolles uilves of the dazing wiile the peupie b mononaly by concuiitrated abilitles In (ia cause. But they ously, Thicy spoke with & voice Hupreme Courl heard it sud hecded their demand. <+ _Khall we now, Io the very moment of sucoos, !n ihe very swoment whea, after lahoriots tolling, w6 have dnisfied the edince, begin to tear It downand throw sway the resulta thiat Tuay come from our tri- UmphT. AU 14 what members o thia Hoase woald do. Mr, Ploncy sald that, from the esrnestness of the protest of the gonttoman from Jackson (Albright) ugainst reducing salarics from $3,500 to 81,500, ono of the Commissioners must be from that gens tleman's (the Cairo) district. THX CONSTITCTIONAL ARGUMENT ‘was 8 bugbear, It was as much of a bugbear a3 was the argument that tha Rallroad law wasun- coustitutional, He predicted that the time was claso at hand when. If thia LIl did not pass, every county in the State woald petition for the abolition of this uselees Comnmimeion. e eritically referred ta the laborlous dutles of the Commission, which he sald conslated In riding on rallrosd passes,’snd demanded that thetr salaries bo reduced, Mr, Merritt attacked the Commisalon as an orna- mental body that had nothing to do but travel sbout on passes and sign a report to the Governor, which was prepared by thelr Secrotary, le was especialiy bitter iu his attack npon the Democratic member of the Commission, Johin I, Oberly, of the Calro Julletin. Of Wim Mr, Meeritt sald he had proved his fitness for the ofice by writing news- paper articles abusing citizens of this State,— probably having some reference to Oberly's srti- cloon TUR D—DEAT POOL IX ILLINOIS. The blll passed by s voto of 87 ayes to 32 noes, and now goes 1o tho Senate. MR, EABTON'S WARRIOUBE BILL. came up on third reading. This s the bill which fixes tho rate of charges for warehouses of Class A o4 fullows: The maximum for storage sud hand- lug of grain, Including the cost of recelving and deliveniny, shall be for the first ten days, or pars thereof, 14y cents per bushel,and for each ton gays or part thereof affer the Orat fftocn daye one-liaif of "1 ctent per busheli provided, howerer, damp or lable to damage, o8 indicated Dby fta inspection when” recelved, may Lo subject to i cents per bushel utoragy for the drsk ten days, and esch sdditionul five days or part thervof not ex- cecding one- half of one cent pur bavhel; provided, further, that whero gruin Lhas been received inany such warchouse prior tothe lst day of March, 1877, under any express or implied contract to pay und Teceive Tates of siorge aiiferon: from those prescrived by law, or whore it has bovn receiwed under any custom or usage vrior tossid day, 10 puy or recclve raies ot storage differout from the raies fized by it ansll be lawful for any owner of wanagerof such warelouse to rocelve anil colluct wuth pgreed or cust rates. Insupport of thic bill Mr, ller:{nuum read the elrculsr of the Chicago warehousemon upon that In{rl’nn. v, Ualdwin opposed tho law legalizing contracts nudn‘ ’nnrlln Musch1, which, by the law In force, were fllegul, Mr. Wentworth dido’s want to vota oo the Wil until be knew EXACTLY WUAT IT EFFECTED, Ha only knew that the bill had been prepared b the lawyer of the Chicagu warchousemen, an that it was presented under the. exiraordinary plea that tha Chlcago warv-| housemien wanted permisslon ta reduc thelr charyes for slurage, The fact was, the bill in creased the rates, Cuder the preseut law the. clinrge for thirty days was 2 cents; under the Uil it wus 24 cents for but twenty-tivo da Mr, Herrington explained “that uni the charge was 3 conta for any Ytfl thirty days, Under the proscnt cliarged for even one dsy’s wivrs) reduce the chargs to Hnln-gmwun and country shippers, who did not hold graln ubave ten saye, For hat time it did reduce the chargu o 3 cents, Tho chnrumud weru those on speculators, who hold for & longer time, Mr. Wentwurth—1'he speculators gamble withoot bolding any gralu, Mz, Wentworth moved that the bill be recommite ted 10 u select commlities of three, BTOCK-YARDS. Mr, Hopkins' bill amonding tho Quo Warranto act, 80 us to provide thet writa of quo warmanto wmay issuc aguiuet 80y stock-vard comipany whicl uh{l charge sn extortionste rate, or maks wnjust discriwlostions, was passed, 1t puts the stock- yArds ot tho satse basle In tuls Fegard 88 the Fail- road companies. " NOKAAL BCHOOLS, Mr, Kedzle's bill providing for the disestablish- ment of county uorual schooly was lost, It was desivned to provide for the tiscoutinuance of the Couk County Nortoal Behool st Englewood. To bave doue that uuder the bitl would have requlred, fint, & petition of at least one-1th of the le vuters of the couuty, theu the submisslon of the proposition Lo & vole st the next genoral lectlon, aud a walority of all the vutes cast at Lhe vlection. I the blll was veally deslgued to get rid of the Cook Cuunty Normal, it was i - just asuch that 6" would have beon °uext ible to do w0, Therv boca & wuapiciun that what the bill meant was to force & contlnuance uof the Euglowoud Noroal School. But, uo wutter what It weant, 1t 8 ¥a desd us 8 duur-gail, L. TUB MILITIA BILL wig pzsly brought up, and, afier an elaborate dis- cusslon, wosloat. At ous Hwe, alter the Tolle call copumcnced, §s bad the full scventy-suveu votes ueceassry to earry it, but the aunuuncement of 1he vote bad been so palpably delayed, for the urpuse of giviug frlends of the Tedsurs al oppocs rnu.u tu drum up votea for it, chat when Mro Mo~ Kiutdy dewandud that the vote be declared, aud denounced the delay 4 trifling with the House, theu the chauging of votes froui aye 10 N0 bcgan, sud, amidet wuch excluaicnt, the process went one. until, whew the vots wus verled and auuouuced, (6 wtood 71 (o 51, and the bill was lost. A wotloa 't roconsiver was cutercd, COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. “The Hickey County Commissivuers bill came up o & thusd reading, snd vu wotdva of Mr. Suth, Wf but, ve triampned giori- 0 lotid that even the grain early i i st a4 i