Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXII OYERCOATS. OVERCOATS, COST $21, FOR 356. SLAUGHTER OF THB INNOCENTS Filloughy, Kl & 00 BARGAINS FOR PARENTS TO-DAY. oys’ Ouercoals at $5 that actu- L "ulu cost us as follows : Lot 6042—1, fits boy aged 15, cnlst us, zl 8, price 805, Lot 1114—1, fits boy aged 15, cost us &21, price 86, Lot 11141, fits hoy nged 14, cost us 321, price 85, Lot 972—2, fit boys aged 11 and 2, cost us miry, price $5. £ Lot 75:306—1, fits hoy aged 13, cost s réll). price 85, Lot 7678—-1, fits boy aged 11, cost us 8,25, price 85, Lot 4;5011-—-1,. m;fimy aged 11, ast us $11, price . ot 4000-1, fits boy nged 14, ¢ 813, price 86. wlsmt*‘l l1. "l?t hoy aged 9, cost us 88.50, price §5. Lot 65567—2, {it hoys aged 10 ond 14, cost us .75, price $5. Lot 30—1, fits boy aged 15, cost us §13, price #5. Lot 281—=1, ity oy nged 12, cost us 810.50), price $6. Lot 1159—1, fits hoy aged 15, cost us $8.205, price $6. Lot 18—1, fita boy aged 9, cost us 80.75, price 85. Lot 707—2, fit hoys aged 14 and 106, cost us $1:3, prico $o. Lot 7%18—]1,{1;5 boy aged 9, cost. us 88,530, price &5. L?n 7.!'78—1, fits Loy aged 10, cost us #8.25, price 35, Lot G3567—1, fits boy aged 9, cost us 8975, price 5. Lot 22543, fit boys aged 10, cost us % 12.60, price 85, Lot 3311—1, fits boy aged 13, cost us 810.50, Prh:(s B3, Lot 5074—6, (it boys aged 11,12 and 13, cost uy ?10 Lot 1200—3, {1t b and 10, cost us Lot 17 30, price 85, s nged 14,15 17.50, price sk. 7815, (it_boys aged 5, 6, 7 and 8, cost us H7.75, price 35, Lot 11-£2--22, fit boys aged 8, cost i1 lra'i. ot 13:25—2, it hoys aged 4 and G, cost us 211,60, prico 5. & Lot 4002-1, ({its boy aged 6, cost us 89, price 35, Lot 4i5-45—3, tit boys aged 12,13 and 14, cost us 806, price 305, Lot 27290, fit boys aged 11 and 12, cost us $G, price $6. Lot 18421, fits boy aged 14, cost us K6, price 15, WE ADVERTISE THRE TRUTH. 'Tis truo theso are old gooas, but they will not sty fn our, storo muclh longer. 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T a'ifl“fi; dinplay _ fces] ad Mk Saciucs, 'NEWEST DESIGNS, OLD BACGUES “COUNTY ORDERS ™ And City Vouchers Bought By LA.ZA‘H‘l'fl SILVELIIAN, ainlwrof ¢ mcre o GIATES AND MANT o BUATES AN S , ‘ ‘ \11'“]!. old , and . . l Eh" HROBABCO & RUMNEY 202 WA RN, P s S % A A 1 FALL PASIIONS New Ready. j§ COOPEI & HENNEGEN — B30 Clurkoat, 200 Clurkeat, Notlce ls h"flgs‘ififi:ml all difical. Ues Lotugen the undersigoed Lave bevn satistactorily m.;r 13 sgala ewployed as Sonn o PIOROGIANIY, .. GHRAPHS.--Tbo public will re- mewoer that we have teduced vrlces for Card Pictures to §3 yux;a:oz." L‘u\dé.\elfi lou%sé Licst 1o the city. Q. D, HER, 8 125 Ktaseagls WASHINGTON. The Army Bill Discussed at Creat Length in the House. Toxns Border Troubles and the Railroad Riots Cut a Figure. A Motion fo Be Entered to Re- duce the Army te 15,000 Men, Henry L. Sandford's Diplo- matic Qualifications Stated at Length. Wolsh's Nomination Will Be Re- ported Favorably to the Senate, Outline of Senator Matthews’ Bond and Currency Bill. The Final Success of the Silver Bill Now Generally Pre= dicted. Investization Ordered into Recent Transactions on the Mexioan Border. THE ARMY. THY. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. Specttl Pisnatch 16 The Chicago Tribune. ‘WasniNaroN, D. C,, Nov. 8.—The debate in the House upou the Army bill to-day sccined clearly to show two things—first, that the Dem- ocratle party s not conclliated cunough to re- nounce the hostility to tho United States army which it has cherished since the Unlon army conquered; second, that the Appropriations Committee s not the place to frame original Icgislation outside of the subjects committed to it. The Army bill was not discusscd for an hour before it was made to appear that It {s an Incongruous appropriation sugrested by persons who are either very ignorant of the army or who ‘are noxions fo. destroy ft. One of the principal features of the bill Is thut which provides that the companies of cavalry reqiments may all he {ncreased to thelr full comnplement of 100 men, ANOTIIER TROVISION of the bill probibits any Increase of the army for any purpose above 20,000, The Adjutaut- General states that according to precedent he would be compelled to construe the word “may’ as ‘“shall.” 'Tho actual figures show | that to Increaso tho cavalry to that number, without adding the agmrezate force of the army, would - practically destroy the entire Infantry branch of the service. It would allow in the latter branch to cacl company only the officers, Corpurals, and about threo privates. Tho debate upon this bill waos THR MOST INTERESTING OF THR SESSION, Tolities entered largely into the dlscussion: Tho Republicans chiarged the responsibility for the suffering of the army upom the rofusal of the Domucrats to pnss the Appropriation bill last spring. The Democrats malntalned that tho responsibility belonged to the President for not having convencd Congress In extra sesefon immediately after March 4. Whoever fs re- sponsible, It appearcd that tho goldlers aro suffering great hardships by the fallure of tho appropriations. Foster, the active Republican member of the Commit- tee, made a computation that the offleers and mei are paying for having thetr pay accounts discounted 2,000 in interest to clalin agents and bankers, On the basls of the nigzurdly ap- ropriations recommended by the Comimlttee, it s predicted that thero will L A DEFICISNCY OF $2,600,000 for the flacal year, (en. Bherinan, by states ments which way have been made somewhat at random before the Committee, seema to have Injurcd tho cause of the army not a Hitle, for thie Democrats took such porttons of his re- marks a8 plensed themn, aud suppressed the rest. Gen. Sherman anys that at the date of this testimony the army had less than 20,000 men In actuafl eervice, ‘Iho Democrats ot the Committea revealed the secrets of the Commit- tes enough to make that statemert, but neg. tected to say that (ien. Bhermaz also declared that it would be DETTER TO DIABAND TIIE ARMY than to make un appropriation for It upon the basis of 20,000 men. This 18 exum‘y whet tho Committes had doue, for, notwithstanding denials, tho sppropriations ure practlcally made onthe basisof arcduction of 5,00 men. ‘The Texas deletration unitedly uppused the Cummittee and the other Democrats of the House, and charged that they were nlgzardly, The Texas deleration to a mau wiil vote with the Repub- licans fn opoosition to some ol the prinelpal s of tho Committee’s bill, and it 1s not poseible that the Tuxas delegation, yith tha Republicans, 3 MAY DEFEAT THE DEMOCKATS, Thoe ‘Texas people malutain that wrllmm?‘ and nigeardliness in the name of cconomy fs not the way 1o keep the ‘u‘nm uoon the borders. Mills, of Texus, sald thot for a quar- ter of a century there bad been no Administration until wow which had not been pusiiiauimous in its treatment of tho border question, Jow Blackburn, the fire-ester of Keutucky, appeared 88 tho champlon of o movement 1o reduce.the army to 15,000 men. ‘The strikes were oceaslonally referred to, and it was signlticant that the Democrats from the States which might have been laid wuste but for the intervention of the United States army did not ralso u word to cxpress thelr gratitude ab the {ntarvention of the Geueral Governtent, DEMUCHATIC CAUCLS, ‘There was 8 Demociatic Houss caucus ealled to-nlzht, osteusibly to clect o Chaplain, but really to discusy a nroposition to incorporate in tlie Army bill the same cbuoxivna proposition ubout the use of the arny i the Bouth which caused the defeat of tho'biit last spring. Jou Blackburu, of Kentucky, in ono of his heated spceches, {nststed thiat such & proviston sbould bu fuscried, aud that the armuy should be re- duced to 15,000 men. Carter lurrisou uud some Northern nien jnelsted on a reduction, The Southern pollcy bare good fruit Iu the eau- cus. Ellis, of Loufsiana, in a speech which 1s described a8 full of firo aud_cloquence, Te- plied to Blackbury, denounced bis proposition ith geeat vigor, declared 1t an insult to the President, sud offcosive to the people of Louis- favu. Ellis sald that thu peoplc of his Stato are Lot locrates, and that for himsclf, whatever tho Dewecratic party might choosa 1o do, e should oppoze fu cuucus aud fu the House all such propositious, from whatcever sourve they might rroceed. curried the caucus with hiny, und t waa decided not to stteuipt such u measurv, FINANCIAL MEASURES, TOX BILVER BILL. Bpecial Disoaich 1o Ths Chicage Tribuns. WasuiNoton, D, C., Nov. 8.—The sliver-dol- lar people generally assert with great confidence to-day that the blil passed by tho Hounse will pass the Scoate without amendment, and re- ceive the President’s spproval. Some of the more anxious awong them, however,do not have this confidéice. There was a mocting ot the Beuate Fluance Commities bl wusuing consider the [louse bill, but nothing was de- termined. Oplufons differ upon the subject whether the Comumittee will amend the Lill befare reporting it to the Senate. Morrill and Dawas, of the Uommittce, nppose the remane- tizatiun of sflver; Kermnan and . Bayard think there should be s limit to the amount of silver constituting n legal- tender, Of the other members of the Com- mittee, Jones of Nevada, Ferry, Wallace, and Allison are understond to favor the House bill. The other member, Senator Ilowe, fa REGARDED AS UNCERTAILY, but lsnow claimed for the House bl If he opnosena favorable report upon the Houne bill and should be jolned by the four first mentioned Senators in amending It, Senator Junes declares that he will oppose it. Sume scctional feeling I8 visible In the Committee, aud both the West and South scem to regard all opposition to the Silver Lill as promoted by Eastern bondholders. To the IWestern Asaciated Press, Wasninoron, 1), C., Nov. 8.~The financlal bilt futroduced by Scnator Matthews to-day pro- vides that when any United States legal-tender notes are returntd to the Treasury, or ehall haye been redeemed n coln under the Specte- Resumption uct of 1875, they may be reissued from tiwe to thine as_ tho exizencies of the pub- e service may require, or otherwise provided. The amount at ans thne outstanding shall not excecd $330,000,000, and the Secretars of the 1"“3“:?' shall nol make any reducticn of au- thortzed eurrency by mlnng United Statea notes below that sum. ‘The bill alao_ requires that the Becrctary, for the purpose of redecim- ing legal-tender notes, as prescrbed by law, to acquire and maintain 8 reserve fund: in coln of not less than 8100,000,000, 1o be vrovided by the sales of surplus revenues and sales of bouds, If the coln reserve be reduced to £50,000,000, the redemption of lezal-tender notes shall'be suspended until the reserve fund inrestored to 100,000,000, but in tnat event holders of legal-tenders sy exehange them for United States 4 per cent honde, in suins of not less than $50. Notes thus redecined shall not Le relasued or replaced by others until the re- serve lund s restored to 100,000,000, The biil also nutliorizes the Sceretary of the Treasury to recelve fu pavment ol any honds which he may sell under the Relunding act of 18370, the legal- tender notes in lieu of coln, but at not less than the par salue of said bonds fu coln, less or with an allowance not ' exceeding uue-‘ml! of 1 per cent of eall bonda, for cxycnscs, and Le s re- quired to use the legal-tender notes so received, or such other notes as may be fasued in lien thereof, in purchase of any ontstanding 520 tonds, at a price not exceed] ng their par valuc 01 in coln, or tn purchasing coin for redemption of stich bonds, BPOKE WITTIOUT AUTHORITY. Scnator Stanley Matthews eays he bas made no assertion that the President will sign the Silver bill, He has merely expressed Lls indi- vidual ormlon that, in the evout of the bill's pasenge by the Senate, the Presldent will ap- pruve it, and he ndds that this expression ot opinion was made by him withunt any informa- tlan derived from thio President as to his inten- tlons ou this subject, and Le nelther pro. fessed, nor was, In “fact, the statement based upon the President’s authority, It was based upon the assumption that the bill would pass Ly 80 largesn majority that the President would consider it such an expression of public will ns lie could not properly disreaurd, TIE BENATH FINANCE COMMITTEE this morafug (nformally discussed the silver question, but bas not yet taken up anv ofthe blils on the subject for sction. It was ngreed that the House bill for the remonctization of silver shull be taken up for coustderation ou ‘Tucsday next. OLASD'S HILYER DILL, AND TIE SPDAKER, Bpeaker Randull says e intends to bring the attention of the House Lo the manner ond cir- cumstances under which Bluud's Sliver blll wus [mucd, but Lic has delayed doing so only from he fact that Mr. Buckuer, whose namels Inti- mately asaociated with the aubjeet, has not been in the House for two days. Tho Speaker fur- ther says that liowuver crroneous the proceed- ftzs, and even i€ the House should reconsider the subjeet, the tajority of the Houee {n favor of some sush measure is 8o Jarge that fis pas- sage s certain. MATTHEWS' DILL, Btanley Matthews' Finance bill has attracted conafderable attention ou account of the sssump- tion that it represcuts the viewa of the Preafdent, and the report that Matthews showed it to the Prestdent yosterday atterndon before presenting it today.” Ohlo members who ars quite s much funthe confidence of the Presldent s Stan- ley Matthews s, say to-nizht, however, that Matthiews' bifl certainly docs not represent the President’s views, und that nobudy Is authorized to speak for the President upon finanes yues- tions. The bill contalus no princinle which Matthews did not advocate in the thirty pages ol manuscript i his Cleveland speech duriug thie campaign, NOMINATIONS. TUE BELGIAN MISSION, Hpecinl Dispaich to The Chlenzo Tridune, Wasuinaton, D, C., Nov. 8.—Tiie nomina- tion of Henry L. 8andford to-day as Minister to Belgium will meet with considerable opposition In many quartcers. Sandford preceded Russcll Jones as Minister to Belgium, and was once re- Jected by tho Ecnate for tho Bpanish inisslon. It Is charged that Banford, winte Minlster to Belgium, was engaged in improper transactions in the purenase of Belglan muskets and cloth for the army, Something about what theso charges arc, now they lave been recelved by pelsons fu suthority, and how they are ex- plained, may be learncd from the following statement made by a person holding intimate relationa at the White House, who clolms to unow whercof he speaks. The story gives A CURIOUS INSIGHT 3 into political and diplomatic life, and s told by one who has hhself been adiplomat: Saud- ford's appolutment bas been earnestly pressed by Becrotury Lvarts, whose especlal friond ho fs, aod also by Frederick S8eward, Assistant Sccre- tary of State. The appolutment was sought vy Evarts as a personal favor, and s his own ap- polntmeus, a8 Geu, Comly's uppointment to tho Bandwich Islunds and that of Gov. O, Noyes to tha rrench imission wero the personal ap- polntments of ths President. The following may bo sald to be Sondford's cxplanation of the varivus charges which have been made against bim. First, as to the pur- chase of Belglan arms during the War, 8andford was actl as agent of the Government, Ho ‘was Instructed to confer with Hovey & Co. TUE LIMIT FIXED for the Belggfan muskets by lovey & Co. was 813 aud a fractlon for each of thu puns, Those contracted for dirvctly by Sandford wore obtalned ut an averazo of $7 each, while thosedelivered by Booker, another firm, suiount- ed to about $13 each. Tu making these contracts for tho arms Sandlond claims to have done the Government great servive, and to have acted under tho speclal instructious of tho Ad- ministration. His course is eald to hiave been approved by Quartermaster-General Melgs, As to the purchase of army cloth, the charge i3 tuat Sandford entered futo a corrupt comblustion to purchase shoddy cloth for the Govermuent on terms advautageous to himself; that he made s combination with some Jew dealers TO PURCHASE QLAY BLODDY OLOTU which bad been manufactured (or the Confed- erates, Inspected and refected by thelragent, and which was colored blue and bought by Sandfont for the United Stutcs army. Tho answer {s that the cloth was never made for the Confederates nor fuspected by thems; that it was a genulne article of superior army cloth which the Rebels were cadeavoring to purchase, and that. Sand- ford, in purchasg it from under the sycs of Rebel ageuts, scriously crippled the Coufeder- ates; that Quartermaster-General Meigs baos statcd that the ourchase of the clotbing by Saudford was A PATRIOTIO AND HONOBABLE TRANSACTION. As to the dinners given by Sandford here to sccure his position, It is true that they created an unfavorable impression upon the President. But the fact that Saudlord 14 wealthy and & sucvessful dinner-giver has reslly been treated a8 au lmportant circutostauce by Beeretary Eve arts, and ju this connection Evarts has referred to an exporlence of his own, when be thioks Sandford's success In dinner-giviog proved use~ 1w to the Goveroment. This was URING TUE WAL, when Freach opl Wb 0L M WIS for tho CIIICAGO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1877, North as was dexired, and when the Rebel pirate Bhenandoals was in a port of France. Dayton was Minleter (o France, Clinrles Francis Adams Mintster to England, and S8andford to Belgfum, Evarts, at the request of President Lin- coln, proceeded to France and endeav. ored to place onr Goverument upon a better footing with the French Administration. Evarts found that the storfea relative to Mr. Dayton's inability to eetnblish intimate relatfons with the French Government were true, Dayton had never Leen Invited to dinner by the Freneh Premier, Drousn e 1.'Huss, bhal never had that Minlster at the Amerlcan Embasay, and SREMED TO NIAVE KO ABILITY toplare himeell upon close relations with the French Government. Evarts wished to liave a balf hour's apecial chat with the French Pre. micr fu order that hie 1nfgght acenmplisl the pur- pose for which the Adminiatration had sent him to France. Pending a con- alderation of the means by which tnls apbroval could be accomplished, Evarta spent a day at the Capital of Belglutn, and at dinner mentioned bis desire to Minister Snndfonl. The latter quickly replied that if Evarta wished It he S.'!nmltunl‘ wonld arranvo it so that Evaris could imnediately dins with the French P're mier. Evarts stated that that woa TIEE OBIECT OF 1US MISSION. 8andflor, who, according to Evarts, seemed to have the King of 1he Belzians under his thumb, finmediately visited the King and stateil that he deslred that Drouyn de I'Hluys should invite Evarts to dine the next Wedneaday, The King of tbe Helgfans accommodated Sandford, and communicated his request to the French Minise ter. 1t was that Evarts was invited, and that, as himeelf tells §t, in a half an hour his sociat chat with Drouyn de 1'Huys hii be- sarts) obtalned a written order pro- hibiting the departure of the 8henandoah from the ports of lrance. For these reasons Evarts has claimed that the dining-out qualities of Sandford were qualitids EMINENTLY TO BE DESIRED in a diplomatli capaclty, and that, as they had already scrved the Government ouce, "they mizht e of equal advantage to ft azuln. Assist- tant-Secretary-of-State Seward, who has also favored the appointment ot Sandford, infurmed the President that he 1emembers well that his father, Scerctary Seward, spoke highly of Sand, Tord's ahillty and the grood service which he had rendered to'the Government. e especially re- ferred to the complaints made by Minmisters Dayton and Adums uafnst Sundford’s ofticions- ness, Fred Seward rememuners that his futher used to speak of this and gay that what they cailed officlousncas wis AN ACTIVE INTEIEST {n behalf of the Government, which the Mints. tors ut the Court of &t James and at St. Cloud by thelr slow and fossil process were too apt to mneglect. As to the nceusetions made by Gen. Swith, of Phila- delpbia, in conncction with the arns coutract and the rale of cloth, Sanford's friends say that Smith wis sent to Europe as o speciul friend and agent of Sinon Cameron when Sceretary of War before his diszrice, and that his relations to Cameron are of A SUAPICIOUS CHARACTER. smith has clafmed to have had possesslon of o letter written by Sandford to binmsclf, proposing todivide the profits if Bmith would coneent to the purchase of the alicged shoddy cloth, It was claimea that this letter was “reod in exe.utive scsslon nt the tine Sandford’s panie was rejected for conflrma- tion to the Spanisl Misslon, wheu Russell Jones was appoluted Minister to Belgjurm, but Swith, althiougl he has referred to this letter n Vrl- yate, [nformed the President thot he neither had the orizinal nor a copy, and thut the orlg- {ual, which lie rave to a Unlted States Senator, had been left upon a desk, and . SEEMS TO UAVE BELN LOST, At oll events, ¥mith was not able to make 1t ap- near clear to the President where the letter was, 1f it ever existed, or what was the exact °© languoge of its contents. Indecd, the President has not recelved the same information as to the contents of the letter which other persons who have talked with Smith scemed to oblain. Sandford’s cnembes in the Senute ut the time uf his defeat for the Spanish Mlssion are now noatly elther dead or have retired froin public }ife, while those who gcm‘ bLis strongest fricnds still remain ln the cnate, Bandford was firat rejected by the Scnate when renvininuted by President Jolineun as Mintster 1o Belgum § the second thiny when noninated by Grant as Miulster to Spain, _ 1le was réjected the tirst time ou Muarch 13, 1867, upon the " read- ing in exccutive scsslon of 4 letter In his own hond to an azent scnt abroad with a mwillion dollars to bis credit to buy cloth for the army, ‘Tluis letter Is safd to have suggested a corrupt arranzrient to this agent for the purchase of shoudy cloth, THE SECOND PAILURE toconfirm was April 23, 186, when thisold matter about the. purchase of cloth was arain revived, and, in spite of a favorable report from the Committce on Forelgn Helatione, the nowml- nnu’un was tabled and allowed to fall with tho session, TUR BEULIN MISSION, ‘There has been considerable talk to-day ahout the suggested nomination of Rabert G. Inzer- soll to the Berly mission, and there have Leen numerous specnlations amont Scnators even os to the effect of Ingersoll’s religzious views ou s conflrmation. THUE NEW TORK API'OINTMENTS. Conkling's Commerce Comnittee holds no meetiny this week, Consideration of the New York Custom-liouse appolutments will cousequentiy be postponed. It s umlerstood that Coukling witl cndeavor to delay the dis- ositiun of them until the next seesioin. Some Jemucratic Senators say they are not willing to allow this, und, If Coukling’s Committee does not report In proper time, thoy will move that the Commitice bo discharged. These Demo- crats say that the continmution this session of Roovsevelt and Price depends entlrely upon the members which the Adminlatration can com- mand in the Senate, Every Deutocrat, as near- 1y a8 they can learn, will stand by the President 1 this matter, sud, with hall o’ dozen Repule ulcnn ]\'ulcs, thesy oflicers could be commis. sloned 1N APITE OF TIR OFPOSITION of cven three-fourths of the Republlean Sena- tors, This s what Democratic Benators say, WELSH'S NOMINATION, ‘The name of Mr. Welsh for Minlster to En- gland was reported back unanimously to<lay to the Senate, and Don Cateron is said to have muved the iminediate conlirimation ns a special favor to himself, but objection was made that uniler the rules ft ouzht to lay over one duy. Coufirmutlon is almost certain, DEPKEKS, ‘There has been a thoruueh Investigationof all charges mude sgalnat Publie Printer Defrees. The charges were nado by & discharged em- ploye, and, alter complote examination, the Cowmitieoon Printioe fully exoucrates Defreos. He will e reported {n & duy or two or ¢one frmutlun, OlIG POSTMASTERS CONFIRMED, T the Western dusoctated J'ress. WasutnGton, D. C., Nov, T.—Tho (ollowing Postiuasters for Oblo wers coufirmed to-day: Jumes Curren, Delaware; Jumes R ol comb, Mallet Creek; Warren Peirce, Gurretta- vilic; Miss Barah M. Russell, Glendales iler- mau Bavebrit, Marion; Wioteld 8., Kruke, Ra- venna; Harrison H. - Updexrove, Vau Weet; Samuel M. Allmayn, Bellefontaine; Auzustus Yiznes, Canton; Audrew D, Rozers, Colum- bus; Frank E. Bishop, Elyrla; George d. Krebs, Fremont; Georze I Waldorf, Lima; Willtaw €, Lyon, Nowark; Willian M. Thompson, Lp- per Sauduskys Chrles E. Daclinton, Weat Lib- erty; James A, llnil Sullivun; Charles Hivp, st Marys; Oliver Holt, Wadsworth, NOMINATIONS SENT IN. The followiug nomlnatiohs wers sent to the Seuute to-day: Lenry 8, Sandword, of Florida, Minbter to Belgium ;" Whlam A, Stuart, Col- lector of Interual Revenue iy ihe Sceund Dise trict of Kentucky; und Wiliiam * M, Buarwell, Register ot the Laud Ulllew at New Orleans, TI UNION PACIFIC, A RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIZ Apectal Inepalch to Tha Chicazo Tridune. Wasuinaton, D, C., Nov, S.—Scnator Chat- fce, ot Colorado, has cowmecaved au attack upon the Umon Pacific Raliroad, which secins to have a scrious purpose in it. He submitted a resolution to-day calling upon thuy Freshlent for foformation as to the meuasurcs necessary to compel the Unlon Pacttle o completo its con- tracts with the Guverument. The resolution was luid over at the instance of Beuator Thur- man, who objected to the assumption of the preample that the Company in poiut ot fact has violated its obligations. Senator Chafce’s resolution is intended to be the basils of some sction on the part of the Goverument to com- el the Union Pacific Company to vro rate with na’:iuuu Pacitle for frelent and passcoger Tatu MUST PAY UF OR GIVE UF. To the Weatern Associated Press Wasuixorox, L., C., Nov. 8.—The resolution offercd by Mir. Challee, reuiog to e Uuioa Puciflc Rallroad sud brauches, is o Wedsurs fo- tended to compel eompliance with the law un- der uemm{ of finmediste forfeiture of rtlghts. privileges, franchises, and Luurls recatved from the United States, together with all prop- erty af every kind belonging W the companies. 10 is deslencd to test the question of the power of the Executive Departmant to execute exiat- ing lawa regulating the operathm of these 'a. efle rallrowts, and pofnta to further legialation for the remaval of all lewal Iinpedimente, if any ehonld be foutd, which prevent the President from enforeing the acts of Contress, MEXICO. INVESTIOATION ORDERRD. Speesat Inapatch 1o Tra Lhiragn Tritune. Wastizaton, D. C., Nov, 8.—The first mop relating to the troubles upon the Mezican border was taken {u the Senatoto<lay by the adoption of a resolution of Senator Mazer call- Ing upon the President for inforination relat- ing Lo the capture of prisoners by Mexicans froin & Texas jail. THE RXTRADITION TREATY. Tnthe Western Awsoctated Press. Wasitinaton, 1. C., Nov. &—Tha Diarly Officiat of Oct. 17 contains what anpeats to be An authoritative exposition of the Mozican Government fu refercncs tn the extradition treaty with the United States. It claims that the present treaty iloes not prohibit the surrender of Mexican dtizens, to be tried in a United States Court for offensea comnitted on Cuited States noil, aud that the Government mar in its discietion aurrender them, It enys that the actlon of the Executive in ordenng o sugrender of the ralders. who nttacked the ll'lh. Grawde Jail was In accordante with the advane- ed and cnlightened principles of {nternational law and comity, and required by the Pwvuli;u circutstanves of the crime, [Ladds: *If the Government has dutivs towards citizens, it has sl fnteruational dutles to which it would be untaithful if it relused fta assistance 1o the execution of justlce.'" NOTES AND NEWS, TAR PRONT-DOOR QUEBTION, Spectal Dianate’ toa The Chicags ridune, Wasnmington, D. C., Nov, S.—Houore re- turned here to-day, and will make anuther des- perate effort to retain the Custom-ilouse front on Dcarbiorn strect. CUANLES 1, RERD arrived here on private business, WIISEY. The Attorney-General, Secretary of the Truas ury, Commissioncr of Iuternal Revenue, and Judge Bangs hield a consultation this ufternoon on the subject of the new effort of the Chicago distillers of the first batch for o compromise, There will be another meetinz to-morrow, Judge Bangs was not able to return to. Chicago to-nigbt. BAVINGS-DANK RELIEF DiLL. Maj. Kirkland, onc of the attorneys represent. ing the Chlcago savines-banks here, has prepar- ed a relief bill swhich will be presented to Con- gress if the final decisions of the Revenue De- partment are not sutliclent to rellove the depos- itors. The billis of a general chbaracter, and provides that the Comimnissioner of Internal Revenue shall abate all taxes assesred upon de- posits In lusolvent banks which were In exist- ence at the thncof the passage of the Exemption net June 18, 1874, where §t shall be made to appeur that the taxes levied would, ff collected, be taken from the amount to be pald depositors. In cases where the banks arcable to pay in full the deposits sud the taxes the sbatcment is not to be made. The bill has been subinitted to Senator Davis, who approvesit, ‘The nttorney had a brief hearing belore the Commnissioner of Internal Rerenue to-day, but e, belng cugaved upon other busi- ness, postponced a further argument. INMENORIAM, To the Wealern Ltoclated Press, Wasmixatoy, D, C., Nov. 8.—A niass-mest.- ing of colored persons was beld bere last nicht n refpect to the memory. of the late Senator Morton, Addresses were made by Frederck Dougluss, Mr. Pinchback, aud the Rev. J. G, Bagwell, and ruitablé resolutions wede adopted. CIIAVLAIN OF TIE HOTSE, Democratic Representatives {u_caucus this afternoon nominated the Rey, W, P, Harrlson, of Georgia, Methidist, for Chaplain, ia place of the Rev, John Pofecl, mu.--m]f PATTER<ON, The casc of Senator Putterson, a_reauisition having been made for him by the Governor of South Carolina, was before Judge Humphbries o1 o writ of habeas corpus, and postponed until Now. 2L, . TEPURLICAN CAUCUS. The Republican members of the Senate held a bricef caucus to-day to provide for fllling va- cancles In yarious committees cansed by the denth of Senator Morton, Hamlin, Bargeut, mid Allisonwere appolated a committee to re- port on the subject ton future coucys, TIE PARIA EXIOSITION, The House Committes on Forelgn Affatrs will on Monday next agree upon a bill for Amerlcan representation at the Parls Industrial Exposf- tion, and report it tothe House on that day. INDIANS, ‘The delegation of Panuca Chilefs kas arrived. NATIONAL BOARD OF THADE, The Committee of the Natlonal Board of Trade lIs biere in reference to tho measures adopted ut the “scsvion in Milwaukco In August last. The w‘flu to ba presented to the proj Congreasional Commlittecs aro the cxtension of the jurisdiction of the United Btuted Govern- ment over the oavizable waters of the country, Amerfeau regristration of forclpn-bullt vessels, revision of thie tarifl, resumption of specic pay- ments, reonetization of sliver, establlshment of trade refutions with the South Amerjean States, reciprocity treaty with Canadu, estab- lishment of & Departinent of Commerce. -ENGLAND AND AMERICA. MANUPACTURES AND COMMERCE OF THE TWO COUNTHIES—NEPOKT OF TILE UNITED STATES CONSUL AT LEEDS, ENOLAND, Wasiminotox, . D, C., Nov. —Tha United States Consul at Leeds, England, has forwarded to the Departiment of State a report on the ex- port trade of that place witl the United Stutes. Woulcns and linens are the principal manufuc- tures of Leeds, and high tarifl ana homne manu- facturcs have almost completely closed the markets of the United States agalnst theso goods, unly o small quantity of the very highest clussof woulens to meet the demand of thag class who will bave forelgn gouds at any price, and a sumewhat larger quantity of the very cheapeat, being now exported bitaer, The exports of wooluns from Leeds to the Umted States dur- i the fr.\r enaing Scpt. 80, 1876, antounted 1o $1,142,112, being a decreaso, as compared with the preveding year, of $135100, The Enzlish wmanufacturers seei to bave given up all hopes of ever agaln being able to sum}y the Amerjcan market with thelr goods, und have bevome thor- oinghly fnaiiferent about our requirenients, They sre not sure uow that even complete free trudc would enable them torecover lost ground, The devling ju the British export trade and how to regain thelr mavufacturing supretnucy, are ;hu lwd:nz tovics atnuug the thiuking people of sneland, “Fue Consul belleves aftor a full investigation that vo ¢Mectual remedy cau be applied, but that British commerclal interests niust continge to decline, and American intercsts will be af- fected infuverse rutio. The perfection of our wnschin, the style and tlulsh ol our goods, the resulésdf the fuventive wenius of our coun- try, together with the ackuowledzed fact that Aluerican artisans will do twice as nuch work luagiven tme as the Enziish artisans, thus cqualizing the rutes of wases i both countries, huye uot only shut out British manulacturers rom our murkets, but buve cuabled the United Btates to bevome & furmitable competitor with England for the trace of diffvrent countries ¢ While the cxport trade of England tothe United Stutes mpnjlg decliniug, ber bmport trade frum the United States s {ncreasing alter year, und these fmports are gouds which shc must bave, while her exports are gouds not sctually necessary to us, Durlog the vear 1865 Englaud mported from the Unfted States $54,70,00, aud exported thereto 125,000,000, & bulauce of trade fu favor of Eugland of over $37,000,000. During the year 1878 she imported trom this country goods' to the valus of 8307,553000, while her vzports hither amouuted to only $9,000,000 ($34,000,000 less than {u 1o65), snowinz a balunce of trade in faver of the United States of over $205,000,+ ‘The Consul at Locds concludes bis reports as follows: * 1t is apparcut that the United States 1s destined to be the vuly vountry v the whole &lobe where wt) muuemenu, botl vecessunecs aud lugurics, can produced, being depouds ent upon other countries for nothing inexchange Tor bier surplia prodductlons, so that there must be & constant actumulation of wealth,” THE RECORD. SENATE. Wasminaton, D, C., Nov. 8,—During the moming hour a number of bills were Intro- duced and referred to approprinte committees. Amuoy them weee the following: By Mr. Matthews—A il supnlementary to the act entitled * An act to provide for the re- sumption of specle puyments,” appruved Jan. 14, 187, Mr. Edmunds submitted a resolution Instruct- Ing the Committee v Judictary to inquire and report whethier any lerhlution Is necessary to nithorize the payment wut of auny moneys ro- celved, ur to be reccived, from the Republic of Mezicu, ur otherwise, Lo American claimants, as awards made by tke Commlenion created undet the treaty between the United Siutes and that Repub. he, ratifications whereof were exclanged on the 1sLof February, 1560, Agres! to, A resotation, sabmitted by Mr. Macey, on Tuos. day Inat, calting nupun the Fresident for informa. Uon in regard to the rescun of prisonary from the Stark County ('T'ex. ) Jall by outlaws frum Mexicn, in August lest. was tuken up and severd 10; uiso, u resulution submitted by Mr. Mifcnel) (Uregon), on Teaduy lask. cutling upon’ the Secretary of the Jiterior for information A« to the number of miles of Northern f'acific Hnilruad consiructed, what chaiize bas been made in the Tine, efc. Mr, ChinBee submitted & lony preambldtegarding the Unton Pacific ftalirond and yis branchen, with a resnlution tiat the President of the United States be tequented to juform Uhe Sonate what legal im- pedunents, ifuny, exist which prevent him from executmz the laws in accordance with ‘the obllga. tion accepted and agreement made by the - Union Pacific Rairoad Company and tianches with tho United States as stipulated and agreed upon in the seserulacts of Congreas, Laut overnt the request of Sr. Cliaflee, %10 mave notice that fie wonld cail it up earty next week for the purpore of submitting some remarks. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bl to grant the widow of GGen. Amos I, Eaton a pension of $50 per wmonth. Ieferred 1 e Senats then. at 12:25, went Into cxecutive #ension, and when the doors were reopened ade Joarned. 1o At 12:10 the Tlouse went into Committee of the ‘Whole, with Mr, Uox, of New York, in the chalr, upen the Ay Appropriation bill, A gencral debate npou the bill was held two bours, and the lHouse was addresred by Mr, Atl- ius, Chiairman of the Ap{lxruurnfllun Committer, Tle ed bie dia not rezard it within the province of the Committee to inquire into the action of the President in not calline the extra sesslon of Con- tress hefure the beginnlny of the present fincal year, 1L was, however, a lozitimate fubject of ju- dicial fuquirv. lie expiained thut the estimste of the War Departruent for the present year amounted 1o 30,500,000, while the Wil appropristed S 700, 009, u decrease of &1,000, fron the appro- priation last year. The bl had been drawn up on @ basis oF 22,000 men for the Arst four months of the year, and 20,000 for the remaining eleht munthe, The tieneral of the Army bhuad Leen fore the Committee, snd bad stated positively there were less than 20,000 men fn the service at tne present time. (Il (Atkins) was In favor of reducing the army to 18,000 men, bt he dld not think that this was the proper time, since the army had s0 lony been with- oul pay, and the question’ of redicing the force might delny the pusange of the bill. With regard to the restriction placed upon the last yea hag Leen Icft aut, becanse the Commliteo feel that, in view of recent ovents, in view of the action of the President. In - carrylng oot the Conetituticn, fu carrying out the time- honored doctrine of non-intervention, and in al- lowlug the States to regulate their own atfairs in tneir own way, it Was necesenry 1o place the ree etricting clause In the preseut’ biil; but, if the sane clreomstances exinted now as existed elzht months 820, e would huve stood quarcly by the resteietion, no matter what the consequence might be, lu answer {u a qucstion by Mr, Hooker, Mr, Singleton, member of the Appropristion Commit. tee, sudd Gen. Kherman had stated to the Coummit- fee that at the thme of the Presidential insugurae on here were lu 1l outhern States four rogi- ments of 300 wen each, two of which had been since witbdrawn., r. Sctleicher Inguired whether the Committec had taxen the trouble to examine whether the elrength of army was safficlent for the protection of the border, Mr. Atkins replied that the army was suficiently targe for the parpone, Mr, Foster, 3 member of the Appropriation Com- mitice, remarked, in reply to Mr, Schleicher, that the Committee had takon asne Lo inform itrel ou e subject, and all ofiicers said thy prescat force was not sntlicient, Mr. Atkins raid he wonld now ylell ten mioutes to Mr, Woud, but that gentleman suld he lud no {shosition o pazticipate i the debate on thin bill, The remarka which be propused to subunt had reference to the peneral condition of the espendis tures and reccipts of the Government, and ay his statement wonld occupy lonwer than ten winutes :‘, urulsl take wome uiher upportunlly to exp 1 views, Mr. Foater sald that It was the opinfon of the Generalof the Army that on the first of November thera bad nut been more than 20,000 men [u the army. To~dl{. however, the statement bad been sead from the Paymaster-Genernd anklng for au in- Crease of the pay nppropnation, becaure of o mistake made s 10 the nuber of men, bis 1ufur- mativn bch!lw that lhelpl’elrul force 1 about 22, 000 men. The dificulty into which the Committee on .\rmuflflnlluhn huil fallen arosw frum the fact that ft felt it o be Its bounden duty to reduce the appropriations for the srmy, and to rednes the army itzelf. Members of the mtuorily had no de- sirc 10 vinbarrass the action of thu majority. They believed, however, that & force of 25,000 meu wus a5 small as the necds of the country warrant. ed, They were not disposed 10 make fuctious op- porition “to the action of the majority, They would perhiaps test the sonve of the House 'on ooy or two questions, but not further, They had not the Leary to du #o, When they kuew thu officers of the armny up to this date had lost perhaps $:00,000 fntorest’ ny deluy aud carelessiicas un the part of the flouse, They had lust $50,000 interest witlin the Iadt tirco weeks. and were losfug $2, 000 o day. His own impression wae that Congress onght 1o uake an approvriation for 25,000 men. ¥Pro- vislon for a lews nunmiber was an fnvitation to Ins dian hostilitles and Mexlcau rulds, ile predicted hat a debciency bill fur o aL leael $2,500,000 Yiould hate 19 bo passed for thie Year's suppott of e aroiy, Mr. lfllclhum inquired whether, as the bill suthorized an fucrease of cavalry compantes o 100 men, there was really any reduction of the force contempinted by the billY Mr. Foster replied that there was an facresso In one way aud u decrease fu auather, but he woukl refer the gentleman to the Charmun of the Cow- mittee, « 3lr, Atkine replied that if the nvnlr{.cnmplnlu were lucreased 10 100 men each, the whole cavalry force would be 10,000 men, but the langs the LIl wu that the cavaley compauics mizht be recrulted 1o 100 each, not that they should be. Hluckburn sugzested s each of the ten cav inls of twelve companies, that 'y force 17,000, v of bliY 1o allow & moderate rute L vl pay already due, aud hein- stanced the case In which the wicow of a dead auldler had to sell bor claim for pay at 8 percent of the nlw& swount i order 1u get incans to bury Lier hushand, Mr. Mouey asked Mr, Conger to glve the namea and particulirr of that case, Mr, Conger—The pentieman need not rush with snch slacrity afier tho casa 1 js envuch for me tosay | Lavo had the information within the st tweniy-four hours. Alr.‘Money—If the gentloman has sny Informa. tion on (ke subject, | reapectfully sak him for it. ¥ llr.“cunngx— Will the gentleman contain bis soul u_patieuce! r. Money—1 simply ask thegeutleman for hls fuformation. I doubt'hls ability to give It e t {s barcly possiblo that the 8y to intimate that the i tlon [ bave received 18 incorrvct. 1f sothero fea mOre courtaous way to couvey that ldes. ' [laughs ter. ] When the gentleman bas been tonger in the ][fluenilm wlnl bave learnud its courieslen better— ughter, "Mr. Money—1 caunot learn thera from tho gene cinan, Mr, Conger (continuing Alw sentence)—than to dlspute the statciuent of & wewmber wade o nfor- watn, fle will not rise $o request aates, and uduies, aud clrcumstances. All that is fuportaut 0 thiv case Ls tnat sucl cascs may extal, Docs tng guntleman's omniscivuco extend to all this class of Cused 50 a8 10 cuanle hiw Lo deny the possibility ¥ Mr, Mouoy—1 avked the tlewan for bis in. form; L, und bo fuils o g1 N y ulrusn (W0 Congeri—Does the d the door to the gentleman from entloe entlo- iusts- slppi? 'fl’ Couger—Certajuly; 1 wupposo he wants to apologire, (Laushier,) Mr, Muney repuated bis remark, which Conger alcctvd Lol to bear, but be cuused zenors) laughs ter by stating, with an supearasucy of gravily, **Tha upolugy Is satisfactory. ™ Mz, Philling sald that e oroivg the Adjutat- QGeneral tuld i that trom the best data b y stond st about 22, 000, Noumiually, theuruy waso, « 000 strong. He wished Lo aak tho Chalruan of Uie A?rqumunn Louwltice 1f hy desired to keep it dowa o the standard Lo which it had been re- duced by Joscvh aud Sitiug Bull. When Gen. Gibbow attacked Joseph ha bad 813 companies, with but 120 men {u o)l oix, and the Comwlitee mada its appropristion on that basis. v, Durba suid the Getieral of tho srmy stated that there wegs lesa Lhan 20,000 mey 1o tha aruy, a ioncral bad expresred bls desire to havo it 40,000. Ju conclusion, he gure uotice thatiu the next Army Appropristion® bill bo would not vule lo make an spprupnation for wmore thau 15.000 wen. v Mr. Swzlcton, a member of the Appropriation Comuutice, deleaded Lao active of tho Lommliiee, . man yle! ) PRICE FIVE (- & and sald Gen. Sherman's/~ J hont wan that he had eatimated the present £ o 'sth at 20,000 men, zematiing that by rearon’, &3 ith, aetertion, and discharze’ the compank : been reduced Lo twenty or twenty-five my e Und stated 1o pos- itively from permonal t & Ju. The Commilttee, acting on the principle 28 1o _make an ap- Ppropriation for the sn the srmy, had pro- Tided far 2,000 m ! four months and only 20.000 men for the re/ ™ jcr of the year. It was . Sherman had tesarked {f the army were duced to 20,000 men it had better be dis- banded, hat \vhr was that® Gen, Sherman had been askerd whether he thought the army shonld be used for the parfiose of pulling down rio in the | States und hie had nnswered eniphaticall aud {Lwan in that view that Gen, She nan thonght the army shonld be increased. Foe himeel! (Stngleton) he wished It nnderatood ho wax opjiosed (o 2 standing wrmy for the purposc of interfering sith tiuts In " Siates, at least antil it shoulil be tomonsteated (0" his mindethat the Stats authonitics were notavle o pat them down, 11 the ttoops tn the South had veen on the Indlan frontier the Caster maseacra never wonld have oceurred. “The time for general debate having expired, the Clerk proceedea o read the bitl iy sections, Mr, Schicicher offervd an amendment striking out the clanss which proliibits recruiting of tha army above the present strength, and sajd thongh the Prestdent had given vrdersto the army te fullow the Mexlean inarsaders over the border, Gen, Ord had been afrald to do so, becaure the only available movable force he hag after gurzison- ing lhe posts wae BUO men, while there werw thonsande of menon the other wideof the Rio Grande who defied the United States and their own Government. Thete wonld bea limit to the par tience of the peopte on the fronticr, and when thay Ttmit wan reached thete would be war. Mr. Calkine auld 1hat he was in favor of Sincrenss Ing the army to b, 000 men, and belleved ihat that war econumy, The recent riots had shown that for the protectiog of property and life something ‘wans neciled beslden the State militia. Mr. Lattrell—Dues my friend proposa fokeepa nm':'d'lng armiy to soppress the riots of laboring me: Mr. Townsend (N. ¥,)=No, to put down the BeathienChinec. {Lavghter]' - Mr. Calkine—Every man has the right to ceams work when he chooses, but be has not the right ta lng avother man must not work. fr. Milla advacated the amendment, and sald the present Administeation had taken the first practical step towards the conecientious discharge of duty to Texan that liad been Laken for a quarter of acentary. He ridicaled the beautles of ccone omy as lilustrated by his_own side of the Hourse, Texan had expended 81,800,000 in defense of the frontler: and §f it was not' not for ‘Fexaa troops tu-day Gen. Ord would not be sble to mainisia himself ifty miles weat of San Antonlo. P Mr. Atiine expresscd regret st members on his eide of the House commifting themselves to the ductrine of a large etanding army for police pur- pousce. 11§t was expected peace was to ba pra- served by the army, it would require, not 25,000 men, but four times that number. Iic belleved an appropriation ahould be made toincrease the stack of small srms, and encourage military orzanizae tions in the Stutes, . Mr. Blackburn moved to reduce tne army to 15,090 inen. He denled, for himself nnd mantbera ou hinelde of the Huure, that the proper method of [n.nvemlnxnuch disoracrs as dlszraced tho conntry it summer was tu be fonnd in the increase of the anwy, or In nnppl{‘lng more caninterand grape-savt to ativot down the impaverisiied laborers of tho land, whu dared cowplainof tho rubberics of which they were the victims by reason of the persietent class lcgislation of the lust fifieen years, Efiumcnnrlnllaulnlhe‘.‘llleflem] ‘They were Tot willing to admit thut such process of repreasion, coupled” with the whol e murder of the starving pophlace, was either statenmanshio, fair-dealing. or manbood properly |llustrated. Mo imve natice that ke would cali forthe yena and m{l in the ouse un Lis amendmieut 8o ‘as to test the sense of the louse whether it would projos? to re- drees the wrongs of the impoverished citizens of the country by an fncrease nf mtlitary power. [More applausc’tn the gatleries. ] Mr, Pridemore said he would vote for Mr, Black- burn's amendment,. and §f o proviso were not added lke the one embodied in’ the bill last year ho would vute agajnst the bill. Mr. Hewlit (N, Y.) sald: Lot us dlacharco onr Just oblications, ana leave to the futuro tho queas ton of increase or decrease. Mr. Clymer took n similar view. Mr. Wright eaid he represented a dlatrict where troisps lind been etationed durlng the receat riota at tha sollcltation of the controllers of the minea, liv had not sccn occasion for the officer's sword or |1|'.ie raldier's musket, and he favored a reduction to Alr. Culberson iold it tho. aniny was reducodd to 13,000 the quota for Texas woulu be so small that 1 the future, as in the past, the people of tho United States would he murdered there, and its flag insulicd in tbe very prescuce of the truops. Mr. Banning reail from the statement of the Ad- Jutant-General to sho the strength of the Bemy oa the 1at Inst.. wan 2,340, Mz, Hewilt (N. Y,) naid that statement was made up enly to the 31st of August. liannthy wetit on {0 say 8s to the responai- for not paying the troops, it reated with tho ident, who should have immediately convened wress to pass the Army Appropriation bill, Mr, llanks favored keeplug the army up to the authorized maximum, 25,000 men. Ilo iyould vote to send 10,000 or 15,000 to the Texas froutler on condition that they should not croes it, but should waintsin the peace of Texas and thus prevent the possibility of & war. That would be wiso econumy. Mr, Dloont onposcd Schleicher's amendment, und Mesare, Baker (Indiaus) and Throckmorton favored it . r. Crittenden was unwilling to vola one dollar until he knew how many men were {n the army, and no ane reotned to lave tnat knowledge. What was the condition of the army now? Josoph had captured Gen, Howard and Gen, Miles had captur- ed Joscph. Sitting Balihad retired from the coun- try, nnd there now no tse for un arwy of over 15,000 men. It should never be nred Lo overawo the Iaboring men, for the peopleof that clans would vever be conyuered by forve, whilo the American peoplo would always be on the aile of tho laboring men. Mr., Sparke sald the session had besn called for the purpose of passdnz the just dues of the Yy and the bilts should therefore be promptly passca, Without actlon the Comuitice ruse, and tha Uouse adjourneil. CASUALTIES. NIVER DISASTER, Special epasch 1o The Chicugs Tridune, WEorUK, Iu, Nov, B.—The steamer, Alex Mitchell, of the Keokuk Northern Line, whicl was sunk near Burlington In Auguat last, met witli avothier disuater at a point four miles bo- low this city thls evening at 5 o’clock. 8he was on her way down the river with two bheavily loaded barges, aud shortly after passing the mouth of the Des Molnea River struck a anag snd went to the bottom. She fliled very slow- 1y, und was near half an bour in sinklng. She swung around with her bow up stream, and B Iyog on the amsg In about ecven feet of water, her lower deck being covered to a depth of two feet. Her Keelson s broken fn two, and she Is reported to be worss damagzed than whea she sunk the lust time, Both smoke-stacks fell when sho was sluking, About 200 tons of frejght are under water, No llves were lost or lw.-mom injured. The sengers, seventv-live In, number, were trumslepred to the War Eagle,nnd tuken on dows the river. TOWDER EXPLOSION. Spectal DisualcA (o The Chicago Lribune, ‘Dusuqus, In, Nov, 8.—Eurly this inomiog Mr. Collier, agent of the Laflin & Raud Powder Company fn this city, received a dispateh from Platteville, Wis., that the press was destroyed Ly exploston. The bulldiug was badly wrecked and the machinery damaged, but no lives wero lost. The opcrutor was injured, but not serf« ously. Loss, ¥0.000. 'I'his “fs tho second explo~ sion’that Lias ovcurred at these 1nills durlog the year, —— A TICKET-SCALPER. PmitaprLyia, Nov. 8~The trial of 8yl- vester F, Wison, chanzed with forgery and with detrauding rallronds by selling pusseuger tickets by o method kuown as **scalplug,” took place J., this morming. A mrreneuw‘ Vi luliu Burlington & Quincy Raile road, und Qeverul-Mauarer Frunk Thowpaon, of the Pevusylvauls Ruilroad, testificd nzalust hiw, The trial will lust seversl days, st BURIED ALIVE. Svecial Inspaich to The CMeago Triduns, Qraxp Rarios, Mich, Noy, 8.—A farmer named George Martiv, living in Delts, fughain Couunty, wus burled {ua saud-pit in which ho g to-day, nd wos {nsome time be- fore he was cxbumed, Ho was alive when rus cued, but died shortly after. Holoft o family. —— RUN OVER BY CATTLE. Sucelal Dispateh to the CMicago Tridune, Josgssoro, 1M, Nov. 8.—l:aac B. Essex,a promiuent borticulturist, was run over by cattle on his farm, six’ miles south of this place, on Tuesday last, aud died of the injurics recelved the next day. Tho rewains wers takes to Rock Lsland for luterment. it OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Bosto¥, Nov, 8.—Arrived, steamships Mars- thoa sud Juva, frow Liverpool LiveurooL, Nov. S—Arrived, steanshlp Tugn a8, frua Philadslplia 5