Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1878, Page 2

P gy THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 27, IS7-SIXTEEN PAGES TF uron the Stars and Stripes that float country, and expressed his conyiction that every wember of Congress who aided in securing this” great higiway on a basis just o the people and the interest of the Government as a_competing- line between the two oceans would, in after years, regard it as one of the proudest achieve- ments of his political life. 4 The Commuttee then adjourned until Tues- day, when the arguments will be concluded. SECRETARY- samngrfi'\-_ £ TE WOULD REDEEM TIE FI Sl ® GAL-TENDERS WHEN THE Xfll‘“c“ TAL WAsuISGTON; D. C., 4= 20-—Scnator Mor- rill addressed & comunfeation to Scerctary Sherman saing: - - A brict and unimportent Tottor of vone i 1865 to Dr. Mann bas been araded i~ *he Senate in such a manncr as does Tross ipjustice. Whatever may have been .Jour opinion s to the technical rights of the - Goveroment, you always held it was its first and paramount Jduty to make United States notes equal in value to coin.” Secretary Sherman replics at some length, saying he bas not time to condeasc. R HE 5AYS: : Y pever have changed my opinion as to_the tech- “nical lezal rizht to redecm the principal of the 5-20 ‘onds in legal-tenders, but Lave always insisted *.we conld not avail onrsclves of this legal right un- 1l we complied with the lega] and moral obliga- * tions imposed by the legel-icnder note to redeém_ it in coln on demand, or to restore the right to convert it into interest-bearing Government bonds. “Nuc grounds of this opinion are very fully stated in 5 spcech made Feb. 1868, referred toin the Jetter to Dr. Mann, and i the report made on the Funding bill made by me from the Committce on Finance Dec. -17, 1867. . Aly position was that winle the Legal-Tender, act made United Statesnotesa legal-tender. for'all debts, public and private, except for castoms duties snd inter- ‘est'of tne public debt, yet we could not honestly compel the public creditors to reccive United States notes in payment of bonds antil we MADE GOOD THE PLEDGE of the public faith to é)ay the notes in coin. From 1he tirst isene of thf Jegal-tender uote, which L heartily aupported and voted for, I have sought to’ make it goud, to support, maintain, and adyance -atsvalue. It was in the carncst etfort to restore to 1he greenback the rizht to be converied on demand of the holder into 3 3 per cen: bond, and a8 soon 88 praciicable iuto coiu, that1made the peech re- Jerred to, resisung alike the demand of those who wished to exciude United Siates motes from the operation of furding, and a large class of persons who wished to cbespen. degrade, and ultimately 10 repudiate them. In all my ofiicial connection . with legislation as to the legal-tender notes, Ihave BLT ONE ACT TO RXGRET 1nd to apolomze for, and that is my acoulescence 2 the act of March 3, 1803, which, under the Jressure of war and to_promote the ale of bonds, ook away. from the holders of thesc notcs the _ Aght to convert them into interest-bearing secu- Aties, This right might properly have been €us- pended during the War, but its repeal was a fatal Bet, the source and caitee of all financial evils we + have suffered, and from which we cannot recover autil we restore that rignt or redeem on demand our notes in coin. XNo dizcrimination should be made against the note-holder. Until we are Tgady 1o, pay uim in coin he ehonld be flowed, 'at his option, to convert his momey into a bona at par. Until then our xnotes are deprecinted Wy our wrongful act, aud “we Lave no right to take advaniage of our own money by forcing upon the vondholders notes \we refuse to recerve. This is the precise principle embudied in the act 10 strenpthen the pblic credit, approved March 18, 1609. This act s settied law, and be'would acsume grave xespousibility who Would seck to evade its terms, weaken its agthori- 1y, or change its provisions. 1t hay ENTERED INTO EVERY CONTRACT Y 1made since that time. 1t cannot be revoked with- ont public dishonor. So far as the bondholder ia coucerned, 1t is an executed Jew. Over $700,- 000,000 of bonds have been redeemed in coin under it, and the civilized world regards all the re- mamder gs covered by 18 seuction, and in their Taith in it our securitics have become second only in the markets of the world. This law is not yct _quite exceuted so far as the note-holder is con- cerned. 1ilis mote is not yet quite as good us coin. Congrese has debated ever since ite possage tne best mode to make it good. The Senate, in 1870, provided in the third section of the Refunding act that thesc notes might be converted iuto 4. per cent bonds, but the louse would not concur. If this had been done, these . notes would Doy be ut par in coin. the Resumption act, if undisturbed, is now on the eve of execution. The promive made in 1862, .and o often repested. is about to be fulfilled. “I'he agitation on collateral questions may delay it but the oblization of the public faith written on the face of cverv United States ncte; aud sacredly plcdzed by the act to_strengthen the publigeredit, swill give us neither peaca nor assured prosperity ot is ralied. "Babiic opinion may vibrate, . and men and parties may array themselves azainst 1ne falifiment of these puplic promises, but in time they will be fultilled, and I think the sooner the better. TIHE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Special Dispaten to TAe Clicago Trivune. PECOLIALITIES OF TIE SUGAR AND RICE TRADE. Wasmygroy, D. C., Jan. 20.—The United States Minister at Honolulu reports that the sarrving trade between the United -States and tbe Hawaiian Islands has increased onc-half _since the Reciprocity treaty went into effect. The Minister says the impetus given .to the agar and rice trade by the treaty bas brought 0t ouly agents, but principals, from British aanufactories to the Islauds to extend their irade by furnishine sugar and rice ma- chinery, while not onme principal or agent from the United States has yet made his appearance. Notwithstanding the wide range of free importation granted to American _manufacturers in 2lmost every branch of me- chanical production, and especially in agricult- ural implements and machinery, in which the Unfted States excel, the Hawaiian trade is al- vholly abandoned to British competition, the latter Las to meet the disadvan- t the tarifl. and o1 tiousands of miles of aduitional carriage. §inds its principal market among the refiners of San Francigco, but the advantage mainiy rests With the planier in the islands, who pockets tus difference of the tariff duties in his favor under the treaty. The San Francisco refiners, strange to say, donotscem to build up tise Haowaiian market for refined procucts in return. The planter, with tne very moncy he Teceives from the refiner for his raw sugar, pur- chases German refined sugar, or soje other, ac- cording to representations made to bim by for- el sgents. 'he Hawaiian rice crop also is almost entirely taken in the United States, and the Islanders Luy for_their own consumption, dircct from Cliina, Japan, or the East Indies, a cheap rice orvaddy of inferior quality, which serves equal- 1y as well for the Chinese plantation laborers. BEN FRANKLIN. A SCRAP OF HISTORY. Speciat Correspondence of The Trilune, ‘Wasungros, D. C., Jan. 22.—The following extract from Mr. Washburne’s correspondence with the State Department refers to a very in- teresting fact in carly American history, and it is believed not before been made public: LroaTios of TRE UNITED STaTES, Pamis, July 16, 1877.. Some time eince, when examining St ihe archives of the Mimistry of Foreign Aflairs, I cawe npon aletter addressed by B. Franklin, Silas Deanc,. and Arthor Lee to his Excellency the Count dc Vergennes, then Minister of Forelen Affalrs, unde: date of Parie, Dec. 23, 1776. The Bods of the letter is in the étrone, bold bandwrit- jug of Dr. Franslin, I was greatly interested in it, as being the frst etep cver taken by the Colonics which Jed to the alliance with France, and the base and foundation of that alliance and all the stupendous events which srew ont of it. Lave thonght that you would_be cqually interested wath myscl in this lettor, Tpon the suggestion to the Duke Decazes, he -kindly consented that it ghonid be photozraphed. Thrce copies ouly have ‘been taken. One of these, together with the nega- tive, 1 hove the Lonor to eend you herewitl, 1050 iuto'the archives of your Department. -1 take the 1iberty aleo of sending for your own use a copy un- framed. The third 1 have reserved for myseif. I bave, etc., E. B. Wasunase. FInclosure.] THE UNITED STATES COMMI COUNT DE VERGEN Pams, Dec. 25, 1776.—Sm: We beg leave to scquatui your Excallencr, that we ae “appointed and fully vmpowered by tbe Congress of the Cnited States of America, 1o propos: and negotiate a Treaty of Awity and_Commerce between France and the £2id States. —~The just and generous Treat- ment their Trading Shios have received, by a free Admisston into the Ports of this Kingdom, with other Considerations of Respect, has induced the Congress 10 make this Offer first to France. We request an Audience of your Excellency wherein we may have an Opportunity of presentimg our Credentials; and we ilatter ourselves, that the Propositions we are instracted to make, are sach as will not be found nnacceptsble. Witn the greatest Rezard, we have tne Honor to be, your Excellency’s most obedient snd most bumble Servants, B. FRANKLIN, SiLas 1 3 E AnTuvn LEE. is Excellency the Connt de Vergennes. GOS5IiP. BLAIND'S ATTACK ON MASSACHUSETTS. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. AWASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.—There is a gen- eral feeling that had Senator Blaine’s attack cpon Massachusctts been called out in the heat of debate, its bad taste might have been ex- cuszed, but his notification to the Senatorial rep- resentatives of that State that he proposed to teer up their commupity has closed him out from all consideration, and his effort is criti- cised in no measured terms, even by his best friends. It is assumed that there is nothing in the presentation of 3 marble counterfeit TONERS TO THE s, ‘Ihe Hawailan susar-crop | of an flustrious man which makes it. ne¢ sarp 10 strengihen his claims npon the: regard of the people, by dragging down any one gection of the conntry, and Blaine’ n:finds scarce- “fopsucten thc old fssucs for somé of - fresher ate, and turned his volume of vitaperation against Massachusetts for permitting Boston to give Mr. Bristow a grand efimer. Tie would liave | found a few, pethaps, who would respect his stilt inflamed fecting, and who would e willing to refer his display of bile to bis Latred ‘of an old competitor, but thé puerility of ‘his attack bas {njurcd him niore than it has its object, deepite the weak defense interposed by Dawes and Hoar. o G, BLAINT 13 TAE - MOST GRIEVOUSLY DISAPPOINT- ED AN 1STIE NATION, 2 and in his ~writhings and twistings he strikes Lis fangs azain and again_ into his: own sides. He sces his hopes and ambitions drifting away fron: him® His healthis not strong enough for his Venomous pature; The country has oue be- yond him, and he sces that he: and his-record “havc beendrowned in the swarm of ‘men-aund eveuts that have come up sinee he stood promi- Dently before the mation. Likea weak-man in an uncqual covtest; he strikes. wildly when e Strikes at all, avd whife he is pitied by those Who used to respeet bim, he bas lost the power, the grip that onec made him™ feared. With the death of almost overy Lope that his ambitions . 3¥ill: ever. be realized; he looks only for. yen- geance upon those who stepped between him and the full fruition of his espirations.: in many respeets he is like. u woman. He wants in the Tmogt unreasonable way, and ifs disappoiutments paralyze his judgment. [l watches Bristow with 2 baleful eye, and- were - Bristow _to run for Poundmaster of a country district Blaize would | abandon every other pet - project iwlife to de- feat the man whom he regards as a personal enermy. ? ANOTHER GREAT™ DISAPFOINTMENT TO BLAINE is the position of the President. - In the hope of a2 clance to strike at the Executive, Blaine, oined bands wich bis old rival, Conkling. Mr. layes did not make the proposed assault, and sine finds himself absorbed by the tstrutting cock” withiout a_ghost of & chance to make Dimself heard. And ull these - things bave hurt him terribly. They have wounded his self-love, and left him in the rear, when he Lad hoped to Jead. Where he will bring up there areut present no indications, but he1s looked upon ,with a great. deal of .distrust, or .ratlier thosc +ho are most friendly to him put but little faith in his actions or his judzment. - Yesterday, as Senator Gordon climbed the hill to the Capitol, a friend overtook him aud Dbesought a favor of bim. ** 1 can’t doit,” eaid ‘Gordon, I am going to New York to-night to nake an investment in Arizona mining-stock. ‘Dow't mention it under. any. circamstances, be- ‘ause I don’t want it known, but that is my in- tention, and I am going to iuvest heavily.”” In how far this projectd investiient may aflect any of the proposed _transcontivental-railroud plans is left to conjecture. There is a secret movement here, more power- ful than the recent public wovement, TO COMBINE THE SILVER CLEMENTS. Party preferences are cast to the winds, and the silver people are organiziug for u - tremendous effort. 1 have becn told that the President has consicerably modified his views, and it is openly claimed by a few that, even should the Bland bill faill of ‘a two-thirds vote, the President will mot veto it, but will let it pass juto a taw without his sienature. In other words, he_will not jnterfere with the re- uirements of the majority. 1t is claimed by Sir. Hayes' friends that, baving established his Southern policy on a firn basis, ke will now de- vote himself to reconciliug the Eastern and Western wings of the Republican party. Heis tired of the fights of the 1actions, and the only question in lis mind is as to the better course to secure a complete unincation of the opposiug elements. It is 2 mistake to think that Hares is an obstinately beadstrong man. He euf taing personal convictions, but they are inevif bly: subservient to the wants of the ‘people as expressed by the majority, and it is an error to assume that he will stand upoa his right to a veto, just because he might be nezatively sustained by a failure to pass a bill over bis head for want of a few votes. He is not_disposed to proclaim 2 dozma that the Presidential judgment is infallible, and this dis- position to listeh rather than enforce, coupicd with some remarks he has let fall, induces bis friends to think that he will present a compro- mise, though not in the ghape of a bill, or will recede from the recommendations of his wmes- sage upon the silver measure. y THE DEMELLITIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY as caused no little uncasiness amonz the De- mocracy. 1t 1s a death-biow to their most potent campaizn prophecies as to ‘“whither we are drifting ” under Republican rule. ‘The position gssumed by Beecher, Swing, and Thomas has kuocked the underpinnime out of the Demo- cratic party, without leaving it aoy thing to fall into, and this new and ‘dangerous aspect is discussed here morc carnestly than any other question yet presented. ©If there 15 1o Hell,” eaid one recently. after drinking a horn of Willerd’s whisky, “‘I'd like to be in- formed where that derned stufl camne from.” For two days, or rather a day and an eveniug, Washington, bi and little, has becn given up to the contemplation of two somewbat diverse aspects of this world’s affirs, as furnished by our foreign relations. One was THE DEATI[ OF VICTOR EMMANUEL, AND THE OTHER TIE MARRIAGE OF KING ALFONSO of Spam. The funeral of the one was mourn- fully celebrated at the Church of St. Aloysius yesterday, and to-night Wormley’s is a blaze of Flory and slorification over the nuptials of the other. “Le foi est mort; viee le 05, and fragrance of the dying flowers that Lalf-smothered the ~catafalque at the church mingles with the breatn of the roses that decorate the hotel. The Italian element mourns, while the Spaniards rejoice and are merry. Mme. Man- tilla, wife of the Spanish Ministér, looked care- fully over the soc d, and has made up lher miud to assume rship. For some time there has been as much confusion in social cir- cles as towho should take command as there has on the Democratiz side of the House. Iiis 2 patent 1act that the post belougs to some Amcrican lady, but not one has stepped forth to assume it. There seems to be uo one here to wake Mrs. Fish’s place. Either of Secretary Schurz’s daughters is capable, but the loss of their mother has seutenced them to compara- tive retirement. © Mrs. Evarts receives ! well and elegantly, but she thinks more of her home duties than of shining =5 the social star. Mrs. Secretary Thompsou is 20 fuvalid, Mrs. Secretary MeCrary isa bri yivacious little lady, cuntented to do her s 5 ut shrinlking front the carcs and responsibili- ties devolving on 8 General. M herman s an excellent hostess, but decling ith _thacks, the position of social boss, und Mrs. Key and Mra. Devens find it pleasanter to have orbits ihanto be fixed stars. There are Scnators’ wives and wives of Representatives who wight. have come to the front, but they bave preferred more retiring positions, and so the ofliceof Head Centre, if one may call it 80, has lapsed into the bands of a forcigner, and an’_amendment to the social constitution removing the disabilities of an alien has been passed by default, and the wife of the Spanish Minister is'zenerally accepted as President of the fias-light Republic. AMADAME MANTILLA is eminently qualified for her position. Sheisa aervous, energetic little body, quick and deter- mined it her ways, full of lif¢ and animation, and flowing over with ambition. From now out you will hear more of her and her receptions thanof any other woman in Washington, for she Is more demozratic in Lier teudencies than diplomats arc wont to be, nnd she has a friendly eye for the newspaper craft, and exerts hersell to make them comfortable when she comes in contact with them. Her party to-night com- bines everything that has ever been done in the way of a party before, and everytaing over left out of any other efort, but_the music of her bands is et by the solemn chant of the mass from St. Aloysius' Church, where sad-faced riests are beseeching peace for the soulofa g NOTES AND NEWS. VARIOUS ITENE. Special Disvatch <o The Cla WasHNGToN, D. C., Jan. Receiver of an insolvent savings bank in Chica- 20, has sent to District Commissioner Bryan 3ere a copy of a bill tobe submitted to Con- gress toremit the tax on insolvent savings banks. Secretary Bristow left for New York {o-might. Murat Iaistead s also here. Imagi- native persons are endeavoriug 10 vrganize a new party movement from their presence. rhe isit is not of a political character. Columbus Alexander, the great denouncer of theold District Ring, has preferred charges against the late Attorney-General Taft and Solicitor-Generat Philips charging that they werc guilty of an officiai erime in neglecting to take proper proceedings 1o receive money duc the District. SECRETARY SHERMAN isto give a diuner-party to the Finance Com- mittee of both Houses of Congress next weck. It will be avery cheerful party, for thereisno manin the United States more bitterly de- nounced by the majority of the members of both of these Committees than Secretary Sher- man. THE ISTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Seerctary Schure’s investigation iuto the To- Iy *a defesder.-. Haa the Senator from Maine: teriot Departmént is to be supplemented by 8, very Hthofough research of - the House Int] +vestigatinr Committee. Scbarz has s_qnsheq. that Coinfuittee that it will have all the, assist-} “Zuce in his power, and free access to the. baoks and papers. i oster letters ent-to- defeat JONN YOUNG BROWXN, of Kentucky, mentioned in the and - conneeted with-;the movem the filibusters, is here endeavoring 10 seeurc an investigation juto charges recently ‘made arainst himnin the New York Sux. The charges were ihat Brown had co-operated with the anti-fili* Dasters in order to sceure the passaec of a bill giving him back-pay as a member of & former Cougress, to which: he was not. admitted be- cause his disabilities were not removed. There are suticipations in’ some quarters that if the House orders such an investigation the entuc subject of the -clectoral adjustments will be opened. -Brown has been in_consultation withi political Tricnds to-day as to the form of resolu- tion. He is determined to press the investiga- tion, but many of his friends oppose it. p SILVER LEAGUE COMMITTEE. The members - added to_the Silver Leazae Committeeareas follows: Fiuance Committec— Wright, of Pennsylvania; Evans, of sIndiana; Boote, of Kentucky; Mills, of Texasy Dickey, of Ohio: Townshend, of Iilinois; and_Haskell, of ~Texas. The Esecutive Committce are Oliver,. of --Towa;_ Phelps,: of Conuecticut; Gardner, of Olio; Riddle, of Tennessee; Ligon, of Alabama; Uanna,of Indiaua; and Chalmers,' of Mississippl. A careful canvass of the House by thé Clerk of ‘the House Cominittee resulted in securing the names of 113 “siemers who are unconditional advocates of silver and repeal. "Thirtv-five more members known to be in favor have not yet sizned, while nineteen additional mawes aré relied upon to stand by the object of the League, though they may uot subscribe their names to the roll of membership. A meeting of the League is called for ‘Monday afternoon next, immediately after the adjouru- ment of the House. A majority of .the House is 147. - The leaders of the Leazue claim to have unconditional supporters in cxcess of this pumber. A QUEER PROPOSITION. Tlie .Approprintions Committec has under cousiderition a plan to practically- disband the Eiropean diplomatic service, and to have but one Minister-at-Large in Eurdpe to - reside” at Loudon, :ind to reccive reports from the Seere- taries of Legation nv the other Capitals. In support of. this measure it is argued .that no im- portant treaty hus ever been uegotiated by an American Minister, and. that in every case Sspecial cnvoys have been sent, and that the President could seud aspecial cuvoy ‘o any European port in_fifteen days. Diplomats say that if the United States should withdraw its Ministers the European countries will withdraw theirs from” Washington. COLLECTOR HARVET arrived here to-day, and Tas been in conference with the Commissioner of Intérnal Revenue about Chicazo matters. - Sub-Treasurer tilbert left for Chicago to-nizht, having been success- ful in sccuring an additional clerk. The salary will be paid from the fund allowed for the ex- penee of negotiating tho 4 per cent bonds, and the clerk will be occupied with' dutics incident to the expected sales of bonds in Chicazo. THE LAKE-FRONT. Corporation-Counsel Bonfield will make a final argument &n Tuesday before the House Comnmittee on Public Buildings and Grounds in the matterof the Lake-Front bills. Three draits of bills have been under -consideration by the Sub-Committee. Thereis a disposition in the Committee -to favor a bill which shall cede whatever rights the United States may have in the Lake-Front strip to the City of Chicago. In- Gident to this Lake-Frout question, the claiins of the land-sharks under the Valentine serip de- serve much more attention in Chicago than they have received. . The promaters. of this scheme to recover the Fort Dearborn tract are very watehful; have agents constantly on the spot, and are ready to take advautage of every techuicality. The most expericuced - talent Das been cmployed to place the secrets of the General Lond Office at their disposal. TOE TEXAS BORDER. To the Western_Associated Press. : WasmiseTox. D. C.; Jan. 28.—The Texas border troubles occupied_the attention of the House Committees -on Forcigu Adfairs aud flairs. Maj. Price,-of the Eighth alry, testified betore the formeryand J. G. Tucker, who was_before the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, testified at great length before the Committee on Militury Allairs, A larze part of his examination was dirccted to _show the lawless condition of societyin the Rio Grande countles of Texas, and that the people inthe border towns of Mexico are kept m a good deal of atarm pud irritation by the swaggering oflicers of the Texas State troops, and some United Staies subaltern officers, indulging in _wild threats of invasion and conquest. Tucker acknowledeed furnish- ing arms and smmunition to Diaz when he was Dpreparinz_his revolutionary movement. He Tikewise admitted the payment of & certain sum of money to Ford on bebalf of the Mexican Government. Ford has been before the Com- mittce. on Foreizn Affairs. He js familioriy known on the border as *Old Rip.” He bad held public meetings, and declared he was -au- thorized to raise a regiment of State troops. TIT INVESTIGATIONS. The Sub-Committee from the ouse Com- mittee to investizate the Interior Department has been promised every essistance by Seere- tary Schurz. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. To-day’s session having been for debate only, as in Committee of the Whole, the Speakcr ap- pointed Mr. Mayham Chairman for the d: Mr. Durham then made a speech in favor of the remonctization of silver and the repeal of the Resumption act. In the course. of his speceh, Alr. Durbam said he would vote for the Matthews silver resolution, sud for any bill Swhich would propose a reduction of the tariil. Tewouldgiso lend his aid 1 repealing the Bankrupt law. Mr. Bright also spoke in favor of the remone- tization ol silver. and called attention to_ the fict-that he was the first person who, in 1875, had brought that question before Cengrress. Mr. Deering favored a resurn to the double standard of value. Mr. Humphrey spoke in the same strain, and denied that there was a particle of spirit of re- pudiation in the West. Mr. Tipton said the people were demandinez the immediate passaze of the Remonetization Dill and the Repeal bill, and if that were not done the West would send to the Forty-sixth Congress men who would not be eatisfied with the passage of those bills, but who would also repeal the National Banking law. ‘Adjourned. TRADE DOLLARS. Over a miilion of trade dollars have beel sent East the preseat month for domestic di tribution. The prolit in shipping trade dolla tothe Eastern States is 3 per ceitt. Scereta Sherman has the matter under advisement, and it is probable the trade-dolar cainage will for the time be wholly suspended or the Philadel- phia Mint opend for the same_coinage, in order to place Eastern holders of bullfon upon an cquality with the Pacitic Coast. TREASURY STATE: The Treasury hods $316,075,050 in Unitea States bonds to_sccure National Bank circula- tion, and $13,643,000 in bonds to secure public deposits; United States bonds deposited for circulation for the weel ending to-day, $138,051 United States bonds beld _for dreutation w1l drawn for_the week ending to-day, 36,0005 Natioual Bank circulation cutstanding—eold notes, §1,32,120;_currency notes, §19,520. internal revenue, $263,000.76; customs, S& 115; receipts of National Bamk notes for the week ending to-day. compared with the corresponding period of last year—I1S77, $5,470,- 0003 1878, 84,521,000 Receipts to-day, 3753,000; curfency, $3,00,783; special fund for the re- demption of fractional curremcy, $10,000,000; special depositof leal-tenders for theredemptioa of certificates of deposit, $33,093.000; coin, $181, - 514,396; including coin_certificares, 341,565,600 ; outstanding lezal-tenders, $341,943,770. DR. LINDERNAN'S VIEWS. Dr. Linderman, the Dircctor of tho Mints, was before the House Committec on Coinage and Weights and Measures to-day, and gave his Tiews in relation to the various propositions and bills pending before the Committee iz regard to the proposed coinage of so-cailed “woloid gollars. Dr. Linderman said that he considered the fact that the color docs nut differ in any respect from that of silver cins generally an insuperable ovjection to its acop- Tion. His opinfon was nlso asked in regardta the proposition tv coin a five-cent silver plec: a biil for the withdrawal from circulation « worn fzactional silver coin, principally the threc- ‘ent piece; and @ bill for the establishment o the metric dollar. He subiitted a table show= {ng_what the weight of silver dollars would be under the ratios -respectively of 1 of gold to 153 of silver. 1to 15 95100, and 1 to be the cquisalent of 5¢ pence, and 1 at 574 pence, the letter being the averase between the value of sdver in 1570 and 54 vence. its present average velue, and which doliar would be of the value of about §73¢ cents in gold. B TUE 4+ VER CENTS. i« Up to date, the popular subscriptions to the 4 per cent loan of which the Department has ‘been advised amount to $3,025,000. - - TRE FISHERY AWALD. 5 New YORK, Jan. 25.—The Zeral@’s Washinz- ton special says the dissatisfiction felt with the report of the Cavadian Fisheries Comunission is- o great and ywex 2ral here that Congress will 1ot confirm it. Whengver the President reports: it it will be attacked in both Liouses as unjast, unrdasonable, and not based on facts, und as & kind of Canadian-Yankee trick,: endmission to which -would_oblige us to pay & large sum ‘of . | money—$5,500,000—and gret notising for it. THE - PETRIFIED MAN.” | Full_Particulars iof the Building of the” Greai Colorado Giant. “Also of the Models- 1zed in the Fash- ©°" " ‘ioning of the Frand. Cost of the Materiils En}:ermg In- to the Stupendous Worl, ’ $41. Experionce of the Artist in the Manufac- ture of Prehistoric Bird- " Tradks i EEENE A How the Dust: Was Thrown in the Eyes of the Disiinguished Seientists. . Speclal Dispatch to The: Chicage Tilune .NEw YoRrE, Jau. 26.—r. Fitch, said to have been engaged with Hull i making the *Colo- rado, Petrificd Man,” has given a Tines inter- viewer some further- interesting facts concern- ing the swindle. What will disgust scientists more than anything yet is his statement that Hull’ placea in the Conuecticut - Valley the famous tablets with the marks of supposed pre- historic *bird -tracks on them, which aroused so much discussion and jotercst. Iull bouzht a turkey not fit to cat, and used its feet to make the tracks. it is proprictor of a factesy for the . manufaciure of artifidal stone” by ‘a mew process known as ““the Rollins carburcted stone process ? in the northern part of this State. He said Hull, THE MAKER OF THE CARDIFF GIANT, cailed upon him in Fetruary, 1576, and after a roundabout conversation offercd him a price 10 2id in the manufacture of the new curiosizy. “Hull totd him what ne wanted was to get sowe bones into the fizure, and he did not know how. Fitch eaid be conld mansge that. A bargain was struck, and in Mcreh, 1876, Fitch went to ikland, . ‘Pa., ‘where < Bull bad leased a farm of 300 acres. On tnis farm Hull had bdilt a larze ‘ice-house of Dbrick, with a small skylight in the top. Here the nonde- script was mnoufactured. Hull made toe molds and Fitch did the casting. The molds of the lower part of the body as high as the waist; were : TAKEN FROM HULL’S SO AW aslender younsz fellow over six feet hi remarkably loug legs. Sections of about 2 foot at a time wwere faken by Hull, and immediately fillea with material by Fitch, who saps the marks of their joiuings were perfectiy visible to him .while the statue was on exhibition, aud e canuot concaive how other persous failed to observe them. Tt was necessary to strip every time o fresh cast was made, and the atmosphere of the jee- Louse being vesy cold the model was constantly complaiuing, and finally REFGSED 1°0 DO DUTY ANY LONGER. ull wis obligetl to have impressions taken of the upper part of his own body to finish the work. Hull is the exact opposite of his son-in- luw, shortbodied, thickset, aud with an immense chest. This aceeunts for the disproportion of the statue, something which Mr. Fitch says it las puzzled him that scientific persous should have passed over without comment. The statuc was built. standing up. Two were made. ‘The first one ws ruined by falling. The material used was simply Tortland cement, with one-fortieth part of metallic-brown put throush to color it. 7!be cement was made of the proper consistency Wwith water, and having been colored with metailic-hrown was RAMMED INTO THE MOLDS and sesup. A human- skelcton was purchased and portions of it utilized in. various parts where examination would be likel§ to be made. There sre bones nearly all the way up bothlegs. A straizht bonc eizht inches long wus stuck 1 the lower portion of the back, with an joch protruding to KEEP THE TATL FIROM BREAKING OFF. To prevent fnjury to the upper part of the body, the shin bone of o cow was inserted - through the neck from th iddle of the head down: to the point of the chest, where the statue subse- quently broke ncross in Colorado. A picce of skull was alse placed back of the left car, where the statue was afterward bored into. Some ground bomes were moistened acytrolled into litile lumps and placed down Atymiddle of the back to provide azainst 3 . Stargh for vertehrz. The story about blood, [ and ceras, and groand boves is vonseuse. Comyleted, the figure was laid on 2 low brick platform under which was a furnace. Over the Dlatform vras a tent-like siructare corered with farred paper. Chercoal was burned to wmake carbonfe acid gas. This was let inupon the fizure in accordance with the [Rollins praces: aud the acsion of thx s upon aie wet ceument TURNED IT INTO STONE The familiar proress for nc is by means of silicate of sodn. s little known, Snd this was the prmcipal stumbling-block i he way of the scientists. There was 1o buking done. The cost of the material was $41. “Hull used up ail his money; $4000 to $6,000, aud then _apolied to Barmnuin. Barnum sent Georee \Wells, of Bridizeport, to examine it, and beingr saustactory purchased an in- Lis report 3 3 i torestaud provided for bringirg it ont. The Sthtne was suipped as a firs machine to Bridge- port, and THENCE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, swhere W. A. Conaut, an employe of um'’s, was station-agent of the Suniu Fe Railroad. Conzut took eharge, by Barnanl’s orders, The story of bis discovery of the * Petrified Mau ™ is known. At Barnum’s request Prof. Taylor, of Bridgeport, and Prof. \Paiee, of Council Diuits, evamined the figure and made their Tavorable reports. The way the Professors wore de jis: (scussions of the of deceived was Al Mull listened to the dfse & fentific men over the statue. and learned that if f were a petrifaction crysals of calcite would probably be Tound in its interior. The Professors insisted on boring into the statag, and: d set, for the operation. ull got sowne erystals - and hiad them pulverized. ; (5 DID THE BORING TIMSELF holding the crystal powder benween the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, carcfoliy mixing it with the powder from the boring. e com- pletely hoodwinled the learned men. Conant_found other petrifuctions pear the statue. One of these reprasents a turtic. This \was manufactured from u cast “taken irom a larere snappiuz-turtie, which Hull bought. A salmon troat was similarly imitated. “Pne statue is now in the New York Musenm of Anatomy, ovned by Barnum. Whe in the Aquariom there was loud demand on the part ot the scientists THAT IT BE CUT IN TWO to discoverwhether the necessary crystals were inside. THull kas been occupied recently in chiseling o hole in the statuc's stomach: 1u this he ar- ranged nicely a number of erystals ot calcite, and then covered the orifice up with similar material to that used in the orisinal smanufacture. The alteration is now. undergaig the bardening process, and It was intended on_Wednesday to place the »Giant on exhivition azain, and have him cut iu two across the stomach for the satisfaction of the scientists, a dodge that will PROBABLY ¥OT BE TRIED NOW. . Fiteh is of the opiuion thai the exposure bas rnined Hull. Barpum anG his azents ex- pected to make a great deal of mouey out of ‘the giant when put on cxnibi- tion amsin after having been fixed up . in the maaner described. Hull has gove under the alias of Georme L. Davis, and disguised himself to conceal his identity Wwith the man- ufacturer of the Cardifl_Giant, out of which ke tealized, it is Said, $00,000. Winen 8 young man ie invented 2 ) THE STAR-BACK PLATING CARDS, T which an expert could tell the spots by an sement of the backs. Hle seat a relative iny:ont of him-scHine the cards, and then came alieg and won ail_the money from e «a) blers along the route. He hus proved bim- of tho shrewdest humbugyers of the —_—————— ‘Horace Greeles’s Estate. . New York Pun. . Thi exccutors of Horae Greeles's estate made\thelr final seitiement With Surrogate Coffinpf Westchester Coure:y, yesterday. ‘Ine estatclonsisted largely of Stocks and bonds that & greatly Geprecizted in vatue, and e ¥ the ecxeeutol havé deemed “it adyissble to “distributs ~them ‘amonz ~heirs. There ~-are *$103,000 ~ of such assets, In- clusive of ‘thé . ‘Lrioune ; stock, that 7as once valued a8 $60,000.. It'ssems to have been the purpose of the.exccutors to cunvert ouly’as much of the'es#ate into money as was eceqeney. for the -payment of the legacics left by Mr. Greeley to his sisters. Among the assets there arcat, least-350,000 notes, in addition to the $40,000 due the estate from Coraelius J. Vanderbilt. B THE WOERKINGMER., An' Attempt to Reorganize a Party Bearing This Caption. All Communistic Afiiliation snd Tendencies Fepudiated. Adoption of the Tsual Platform Regu- Inting All Forms of Capital A meeting of laboring tacn was called in the Council Chamber last cvening fior the purpose of reorganizing the ‘Workingmen’s party. There were about 150 present, with the German element largely predominating. ‘At about 8 o’clock Mr. W. V. Barr stepped upon the Mayor’s platform aud anmounced that the time Lad arrived to call the mectinyg to order. Ho said the Workingmen's party of the United States had been thrown overboard, and the Communists had swallowed them. It was proposed to kick the Communisticplatform out. He invited all present to “come behind the bar,” and then asked for anomination of | Cliwirman. Mr. E. R, Stephens wasnomingicd andelected as Chairman. He took his scat and suid there was to be some music there thut night, but it had not yet arrived. Mr. A. W. Herr was elected Secretary, and afterwards called upon for aspecch. e came forward aud said that he felt honared in being called upou to fire the first ball. e went di- rectly to work. He said his remarks would be divided into three classes. He showld first make an attack on the Fire Department; sccond, upon the Boerd of Public Works; and, third, upon the City Police Depart- ment. The firemen were. compelied o wo twenty-four bours a day. e would run th Department as he wonld run a private basines: Tie wouli have one sct of men who shouid be on duty twelve hours, and another set who should be on the other twelve hours. The Departient cost $412,000 2 year. Wnat did the city need of aiver-plated and nickel engines, that were not rth the powder to blow them up? ile had nothizg to say acainst the Fire Marshal. Matt Benuer was an honest man. He wyould not say so if he did not know what De wis tal ing about. Efimcn‘nj “The speaker went on to make a tirade against Gen. Shaler and the Board of Underwriters.. The former had come here with a fivurish of trumpets, and nd been promised a lurge sulary. e said he would come out providing the ¢ity would allow him to fix up the Pwe Department as he wented to do, and the Undeswritcrs bad stepped inand tried to run the Department, and they bad succeeded o a certain extent. Yeurs ao it did not vost one-fourth what it did now torun the Department. [A voice—‘*Tines were ciffes ent then, my Triend.”| L Thatis true, continned- the orator, but Chi- cazo did not burn up then, as it bas done siuce and thefiremendid not wear §100 suits of clothes, [Applause.] A fireman would do_just as wood work at a fire in an old suit of clothes und cosv- hide boots as he could in broadcloth and patent- leathers, which amounted to money thrown away. Tne press of the city was just as ignorint Tegarding some of the busiiessof the City Goveroment as the men who committed the Qeeds. He suidsome of the papers bad called thera Commanists, but he Genied the softim- peachment. _Lic frew pretty much all the Com- Ihiuists, ana dhic could aver that their numberin this city did iot 10t up over tiventy-cight. \CUSED THE_PUBLIC PRESS of the city with collusion in the purchase of fire-encines, and iztimated that the newspapers were “fixed,” as well as the officials. Mr. Herr nest referred to the Board of Public Work Tie had beea conneted with this branch of in- dustry forsome thue, but he got-out of it be- cause he could not :tand tirc disnonesty of some of the offivials connceted with it. e related several illustrations to show the crookedness of the wstitution. e thought there waspo ue- ity for having those Tancy payemcnis, ata cost of 33502y when tiey were not wurth 90 cents. The “people wanted mo more sueh pavement as was ou Michizan avenue. [Luugh- ter.) ile couldeasily prove, if called upun, that the wan who offezed 3 bribe of $2,800 to the five Aidermen that got into jail, afterward came into tue Board of Public W ,—and when e came in the speaker hadto *git.”” He wandered from this subject over to the County butldiag. Mr. Barr and bimseif, be said, had sworn to busst up the ring, but in so dofug they found that they **bad got into a durned sight worse one.” [Laughter.] As tv the Police Depart- ment, he thougit 1t was crucl to comvel the oilicers to be on duty twelve hours, with small Bay, The oflicers who were in high positions could ride in their busgies and draw $3,000 and 5, and cotild sport $1,300 diumond il ¢ were to go to a station in the morning they would thini it was a tish market, With the buggies and carriages standine around, beloniging to the Captains, Licutenuuts, ete. [Laughter.] He would give the poor patrol- and the oflivials less. ~Mayor man more Heath mizht think that be W but, if he thougzht Shat Dan was not runuing the Poiice purtmient he was mistal and if Supt. Hiclsey said he had o interest ju Dan Webster's property, he was mistaken. [Applause] Af the press could Hhow on-hall of the misery of the poor people ty, it would not persist in calling the working-ciasses * Commurists.” “The Chair annonneed tmat 1 song was in order from the South Skle Qu rtette. On motion, a conmittee of thi of Messrs. Gilden, Biacis, and appointed to draft resolutions, The quartette smng ere’s ¥oom enough for all.” , consisting 2gerald, was W. V. BARR | was next called upon, and he made a sensible, thonzn uncnthusiaStic, specchs Ile suid this labor movement was not a pew one, but was as okl as society itself. He had labored faithfully for the laboring; men, but he had found out that week for th t time that ne wa i He was not there that. even- iner to discuss the merits of the cquestion; they had already been sufficiently cliscussed. e esired to present & fuw pwoints for the cration of those present. Hewould al- to clictate 1o him what nuame he showd b ILe vrent on to de- fine his position in the Workingmen's party, e denied that he hal any svwpzthy with Communists. He urged orzanization amonz the workingmen _for the Spring csmpuizn. Ie denounced the Republican County Commis- Sioner, Wheeler, in strong terms, and_sipoke of the power Dbe had among tae ity railroad | compunies .in tuc - clscharge of men. The workingtaen of Chicazo musg bring the city railways 5o time. [Applzuse.] Atone time, he szic, there were elevent wazons broken down on asccount of tie damage in the strects cansed by the railruads, ana set wothinz was done with the compa ‘The charters of “e railway companies weee entirely dibregard- every particalar. One clanse of rovided that the tracks should -em ent, yet you could not. find a street upon wiich t.oe traclk was ot from one to two inches hizher. The panzes could not afford to reduce theii: fures eusc the Gimes were $o hard.” They receiwed the cume farcs that they did two yews ao. Then they had to pay drivers and conductors $2.50 a day; mnow they paia hem $1.25. Oats, corn, hay, and reats were 2] cheaper than they were, but the fure was kept up to five cents. 'he speaker ironicaily cons t Tow no man or body of e remarked that he Gid not see how the poor ‘ereatares lived: [Laugbter.] An attack was niaae upon the men Wi professed to pay taxes. "fac poor 1mau was after all thie oue who paid s taxes. for they all came wsut of the con- cr, while the capitalist took <1l the honor to himeelf, and the County Commissiouers stole iie tax money. The whoicsale ciga fasturer bouzit lots of stamps, but be took it all out of the retail dealers, and the lat- fer got his money batk from ' the consumer. BHe adveeated tue cmployment of all the Workinmmen ot fair wafes. as 2 cure for b i The man that had been sp ;7 but one wmeal i and some days two,—tiiough s skin t'be black, his soul was just: as white, and S just as nonest as the 10,000 scoundrel capitalists who tock his_brezd froun his mouth. fCheers aud npplausc.f]f The. s[)cnknr depre- Gated the row mto which the \orkinmmen’s desired that cvery true y sbould repudiate ryme 1o ta i party had fallen, ancl c-man in the coun n of traitdr; who el iie . tize them inthe name of Socialisii. - He thous| the ouly way the tsboring-men could se- cure the respect .and love oi the caditalists was to fight them and “whip them. It was alla fine toing to talk aveus to teil the poor man thut hie was “a jorince, sod tell him to look of -rorthiless -promissory- - with pride r at over this great country'of ‘ours, bt it &id not. farnish food for the hungry belly.” {Applause.] “The remainder of his sbeech was devoted to de- nouncing the politicians and ringsters, and ex- borting Lis_colleazues to_stand up-for their rizuts, and fight monopoly. RELE . The Glee Club sang a parody on *Hail Columbia,” written for the occasion by Mr. Beerwith, and which was received with immense applause. THE PLATFORM. _The.Committee on-Resolutions were- called upen for a yeport, and the Chairman read a very long series of resolutions, as follows: WHEI The effort put forth by the working- men \c improvement of. thcir coudition through 1... means of political action, in the cam- paizn of_last fall, resulted in developing a degree D Snanimity hardly to have been expected under the. circumstances then existing, they luving to contend agaiust the combined inducnce of the two powerful and well-organized pouical parties, the consolidated opposition of all the chartered: mnnn‘p- o el 2 The. powerful ‘influcnce of the subsidized press, welded to which may oe added the extreme Socialistic notions of a small element of the party (which element caused usto be de- pounced a8 Connnunists) who buve recently adopt- od the name of the **Socialistic Labor Pasty™; thereiore,* Zesolred, That we will adhere to the name of the ** Workingmen's' Party of the United States” until, by the united action of a majorty of all Jabor orzanizations, it shall be changed to s ‘more appropriste one. }.leaolreu, That ingsmuch as labor is unrepre- sented in town, city, connty, State, and national organizations, we will *upjiori no man for oilice Who. will not pledge himself in writing to support labor measures. TResolved, ''hat we will continue to Iabor for the adoption of the following measure as a_nieans {0 sccure the oreatest good fo the greatest number: 1. 'Fc adoption of the eight-hour syetemn us the erandard of o legul day’s work for all employment except auriculture. =113 "2, "Abolition of prison Tabor' in all mechanical anchos, and its cmployment in internal public improvements. 5 % Abolition of such conspiracy laws as _declare ingmen who combine to proiect thelr only property, their labor, criminale. Su Tong as capi= lziista are left free 1o ** corner markets " on all the means of subsistence, and chartered railroad mo- nopolies to consolidate and form pools to increuse the costof their trunsportation, we snail continue 1o protest azainst laws prolibiting combinations of workingmen for their protection. 4. Heépeal of all **vazrant luws” m: tution of the mcans of subsistence a criw 5. All laws, to become valid, to be ratificd by the'ocople. : G. Prohibition of the employment of children under 1% years of sge In industrial estaolish- ments, 7. ‘Pl Government to establish a National Bank, and branch banke wherever needed.. It ghail re- vole all other banl charters, cailin every 3 al-Bank bill, circulation, viz.: Government greenbicis, and silver. 8. Abrogation of all city railroad companies as soon as the numerons violations of their charters can be prosecuted to final judgments; such roads cod under the munagement Of the City a competent department, With fares not to exceed three cents. ' 0. The purchase of all ras-works at an equitable appraisement, or the crection of gas-works by the city, to be placed under the supervision of an ap- provrinte_ceparament, xo thut gas wmay be fur- nisned at $1.50 per 1,000 feet. 10. Proliibition of the contract eyatem on all public works, and all lubor 1o be paid by the eity und superinténded by competent ¢XvErts sppoiut- ¢ for that purpose, cicht hours to constituto & day’s woric 1 all city employments. “Ihe resolutions, 1s appear above, were unani- mously adopted. ‘The” Quartette sang another piece, and, on motion, the mecting, which had becu a remark- ably quict and orderly one, adjourned. CRIME. A FAMILY ROASTED. urnicell (5. C.) Leovle, Jan. 17. On the 10th inst. Coroner Fleminr resumed the investization of the burning of Stephen wo! ing desti- and issue the only money atlowed in gold, Enccks and his family, on the plantation of Mr. Sprawls. The confession of Dexter Me- Creary, colored, to the jury revealed the details of the most deliberate and fiendish murder that bas ever , been committed ~ within our county. The coofession was to the following effect: On Tuesday, the 1st inst., Fortune Bush and Dexter MeCreary, both col- ored, azveed to rob Stepben Enccks, who was reported to have in Lis possession seme $200 or s of years. On Thursday pizht, suaut to this asrcement, Bush ana McCreary met neer Stephen’s_ house, aud, at a late hoar, Bush effected an entrance into the cabin by raising 1 plank of tie floor. He next opencd the door, admitted McCrears, and they commenced their work of plunder. The noise that they made distarbed Stephen and bis wife, and they were apparently w: Bush then struck thew suceessively on their heads with an ax, drew their bodies from the bed, pulled the mattress on them, saturated it with kerosene oil, which he had carried there, and applied a Tizhted match to the mattress, deiiberately fast- ening the door in the manuer .in which Enccks was accustomed to securc it, by draw- jng a piece of trace chain through holes in the door and facing and putting a Tailroad spiice through it. They left the burn- i building throuzli the floor, leaving the mur- dered mau aud his wife and ther two little children to be consumed by the tlames. Me- Creary claims that be wished to rescue the children when he heard their azonizing sereams as they were being burned alive, but was de- terred by the threats of Bush. Bush and Me- Creary were committed to the Aiken Jail on Friday last. { ACOQUITTED. Acpoey, N. Y., Jan. 26.—Edmond J. Hop- pins, on trial during the weck for the murder of Philip Proudfit, at Mouut Sterling, in July last, was acquitted, and half an hour after the verdiet had been given was married. Tne jury sisied b the ceremony | as Wit nesses. Prroutit, baving seduced Hop- piny sister, fled the country, -~but afterwards returned, and, going into the store where Hoppins was emyjloyed, tauntingly said s S Youve lived through it, haver’s you!” Ilop- scized a base-bafl club and struck Proudfit on the head. ~"Dr. lugh Proudfit, uncle of the man killed, and who attended him, was a witness on the trial, aud dicd suddenly yesterday. THE SCALPERS. Sosctal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, St. Louts, Jan, 26.—Some weeks azo the ticket-oftice of the Galveston, Houston & Hen- derson Lailroad, at Galveston, was robbed of a number of San Fraucisco, St. Paul, and New York tickets. The stolen property has becn traced to certain scalpers’ offices iu this city. A man who had purchased a San Francisco ticket of Stockbridze, a scalper tho has an office in the Lindell Hotel, was stopped at Kansas _City, and had to returu to St. Louis and et his money back from Stock- bridge. Conduciors have been notified of the robbery, and it is expected the booty will be recovered. A SENSIBLE CHOICE. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicugo Tribune. Dusuque, Ia, Jan. 25.—On Friday night, while Jobm Reif. of Postville, was woing home in his wagon, hie was stopped on the road by a stranger who requested a ride. Riel told bim to jumo on, which the fcllow did. When pear a thicket a cocked pistol was shov- ed under RiePs nose with the sentence, * Your money or your brains.” Reil valued his brains more than his. money, and 8o handed over 8 bundred dolar bill. Last niwht Charley Martin, azed 19, was brought into Post- ville in frons charged with the robbery. The youne road agent does not deny the charge.. e *hails frow Sedalia, Mo. SENT HIM BACK. Spectal Disvatch to The Chicuzo Tridune. CortMsus, 0., Jan. 26.—Michael H. Brady, a prisoner at the Penitentiary, escaped this morn- ing by scaling the walls with a ladder. Singu- Jar as it may appear Mrs. Ellen Brady, his wife, returned him to the prison. She had prevailed upon him to return to the prison und serve out the remainder of his sentence, convincing ber husband it would be far better todo so than to be in constant fear of arrest with aimost a certainty of captare. The prisoner has about two years more to serve. He is now serving out Dis third term. e was brought from To- ledo, his crime being for graad larceny. TEATII SENTENCE. LOUISVILLE, Jun. 26.—Brown Cabie, colored, who Lruta:., .aurdered Felix Gurdner, another negro, by cutting bis throzt with a razor, June oy \was sentenced by the Supreme Court to-duy to be hanzged at Winchester on the 14th of next March. . IELD ¥OR TRIAL. - NAsmvILLE, Jan. 26.—The two Wigginses sub- mitted their case at Franklin to-day, and in de- fault of $5.000 were committed to jail to awat trial before the Circuit Coart. RIOTERS CONVICTED. RrADING, Pa., Jao. 26.—Hezckish Wooten, "Jobn Squint, Thomas Francis, John Noil, and Aaron Diaze were convicted té-day of partivi- ution in the ratlroad riots of lust suminer. - - — NEW ORLEAXS. ‘The Returning-Boarders Succeeq in Stirring Up Considerable _Excitement. They Take Refuge in the Custom-Honsg and Bar the Doors. Thé United States Marshal Assumeg th Responsibility of Proteciing Them. A Sheriff Who Attemnts Thair Arrest Iy Himself Placod in Oustady. The Accused Finally Surrender, by - Advice from Washington, . ¢ NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 26.—At 1 o’clock "Sherig Houston, who had been in the' Custom-Honsg for seyeral hours, hearing that a Deputy-Mar. shal had been put in charge of the Collestor'y oftice, which was locked and bolted, proceedeq to the main doors of the office, and thers informed the Marshal and Deputy-Colleetor Tomlinzon that he hada writ to execute agninag Wells & Co., whom behad reason to belies were confined in the room, and he desired ad. mittance. This was refused, whercupon thy Sheriff, who was accompanied by two Depnties stated that he would force an entrince. Y, Tomlinson then summonea the Chief Depaty. Marshal, who procecded -to the door of the Collector’s oflice, and there ordered the Sheri aud assistants, as well as the erowd that hag gathered, to disband, ‘Che Sheriff refused to Icave, stating that he was determined to exe. cute the writ of the court at any hazards, or be arrested in the attempt. Sheriff Houston they sliehtly advancing, Deputy-Marshal Wurzburger J2id hands upon him and_claimed him_and g deputles as prisoners. The Sheriff “aiid tarty submitted to arrest, and were taken before Judge Billings, sitting in the United States tir. cuit Court, but the latter said he had nothing to do with the matter, 13 the party had not been arrested by virtue of any process from his court. Mr. Wurzburzer them took his prisoners before United States Commission. er Lane, where he stated the case, when Lae requested him to reduce the subject matter 1o an aflidayit. g2 Great excitement prevails about the Custom- Tomlinson, the Collector’s corresponding , has made an ailidavie before Comuis- [hne against -Houston for_resistings Custom-House officer, and sent for the con- wander of the revenue cutter and a detachgient of inarines, ordering them to be stationed at bis door, through which a passage bas to be effect- ed to reach the Colleetor’s ollice. Gen. Sheldon aud Mr. Dolorven, appearing before * Comt ner Lane and denvine the jurisdiction of his court, asked for Houston's Mr. Gurley, Assistant District-Atuor- ney, nsked for a continvance until Mondis. Lane reiused to grant any continoance, bus re- jeased Houston on his owi recognizance, who 13 understood to_have imniediatels dispatehed 3 subordidate to bring an armed foree to forvean entrance to the Custom-House. % The entrance to the Collector’s office fsps- trotled by urmed marines from the revenue cutter John A. Dix. They are as o United States Marshal’s force, and under command of Gen. Wharton. The report that an attoroey for the Returning Board had made 2 motion before Judse Billings for a writ of certiorari is not true. At the adjournment of the Court Jodzs Biliings stated that no such motion had been made. 1Iris understood that the reason whyit® was not made was the certainty in the minds of the attorneys tias it wonld be refused. Deputs-Marshal Warabureer states that the Marshal did not send for the revenue marises, but that Mr. Tomlinson, who made tue afidavit, placed them at the Collector’s door and suraed fhern over to bim, saying, ** Mr. Marshal, L ngw turn these men over to you.” : ‘The commanding oflicer of the marines, En- sign Beckwith, would only state that b was there with his foree as a Marskal’s posse. Gewn. Sheldon ' ridicules ~the " sacred soil ides, and thiuks Marshal Warzburger liable under the State law lor obstructing 2 State peace oflicer in the legitimate discharze of his duty. Sheriff Houston, it appears from the state- ment of his deputy, is_in the Marshal’s office in. conference with Gen. Wirton, and will-prob- ably proceed to the arrest' as_soon as "the -contereace is cnded. The -Shesif- is said to be acting under the di rection of Attornes-Gineral Opden ‘in his conference with Marsiial Wharton, and they are reported to have aerced to subrait the ersis, by telegraph to Washineton for settiement. Io is probable by this that Houston has onlyamrced to pustpone aczion until Marshal Wharton e obtain instructions irom the Department of Justice. P The following was telegraphed: New OnLeaxs, Jan. 26.—To the Hon. Charle of the Unied Stoler, VWashkingon, D. C.: Four persons—J. Madisos Wells. Thomas C. Anderson, G. Cassanave, aod L. M. Kenner—who are under an juformation for felony under the luws of the State, have forfeited tietr recognizances and have, L am informed, takea shelter iu the Custom-Tlouse of this city. Waits for taeir arreat arc in the hands of the Sbernif,and he went with the writs to arcost them. — Gnder- standing _thet they were shut up in a roon of the building he was aoout to force an entrance fer the purpase of arresting thew, when be wit Timseif arrested, as [ am informed. uponansii- duvit that he threatened to open the door by Tam not aware of any _cession of esclusive juris: diction on this building, nor of aay Jaw that wonld rive imuunity to ofenders aizzinst State luaw & in1te waits. Please fnform me wheiher the Gea- eral Government has authorized or_will -saaction this conduct. . N. O6DEN, Attorney-General, Louisisaz. Co!. Tomlinson, Depaty Collector,claims that as actinz custodian of the building, be hed 8 riehit 1o call men from the Dix, they beiog ug- der the control of the Collector belonzing o the Customs service, althouzh weariog masy upiforms. He says the Sheriff was aooutto force the door of the private office of the Co- icetor, and that he (Tomlinson) only. protected the public property. There would be mo ob- jection if the Sheriif had been able to make the arrests without interfering with pablic prop- erty. He called upon the Marshal for asiist- ance, and, after bavine sent for cight sailors, placed them as a posse under the Marshal. District-Attorney Lacey says he advised the Marshal to prevent the eXecution of the writs inside the building until tarther instrucsions. At the confercnce between Assistant-Attor ney Egan, United States D'mrxc:-At;omeyh- cey, Sheriil Houston, and Marshal Wharton b was amreed that the statu quo shonld be s tained until telegraphic advices were recel {rom Wastington. % e The Sherifl still keeps his men around fhe Custom-House Buildinz. Prominent Republ cans say two of the men wanted are not i the Customi-House, but went upon a tishing X<t r- sion. Wells i5 said to ve oueof thefsbind party. NEW OrrLEANs, Jan. 26.—Abont 10 olelock to-night Marshal Wharton received an aasver to nis dispatch from the AnumuE—Genufll doe structing him not to interferc with the exect tion of the writs of the State Courts. Sherif fTouston was notified, and foand x\"" derson, Kenner, and Cassanave fn the Collect or's office, from whenee they were taken to Parish Prison, where they will remain ontil they farnish new bonds of $5,060 cach. Wells was not in the Custom-Touse, but was seca 0% u morning train of the Mobile Road. It is1& lieved he is still n the State, and will surred® ou Monday and furnish bouds at oncc. . ———————— ASSASSINATION. Special Dispatch to Tne Chicazo “une. - .ST. PauL,-Mign., Jag. 26.—G. F. Smith foreman of a seetion erew ‘on the ‘St Paul & Sioux City Railroad, sitting in his house 3 Wilder's Station, Jackson County, lust evel after bis family had retired, was from the outside through s windoy five buckshot penetrating his head, neck; 370 chest. He died this morning. There is B0 ele ] to the morderer, except that Smith, Who sl the repatation of being u quarrclsome, 3055 ous man, had a quarrel ot long standing ¥i, his fatiier-in-law, tmd cach had threatesed © shoot the oher on sight. _————— POKER DID IT, . Special Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune. tor St. Lourz, Mo., Jan, 26.—Ex-Connry-Aud! 3 Heath, who is under indictment for embe? $140,000 from the county sehool funds du?;g his incumbeney of . the office, i coarged ¥ i baving sold bis household - faroituf® G two ¢ifferent parties and -then mker’;m: to2n anctiou-house . and obtained n 82¥TH unon it 0f.$200 more. Hea.u had mavy Ifefvs bitt, bis love of poker and saro bas ruwed L financially and morally, and his Tast act furfeited him whatover of sympatby s P viously felt for lim : ¥