Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1878, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1878 Jound correct, will be passed to the following day. Serenth—All entries, whether passed corrected or retnened for correctivm, will bo retnrned to the im- porter or hin agent by the recelving clerk onl“. &nd all communieation between entry clerks while on daty and thn importers, thelr brokera or agents, 13 hereby prohibited, SILVER. TITR BENATE DERATE. Snectal Dispatch to Tne Chicagn Tridune, Wasmixarox, D, C., Feb, 5.—The debate on the Sliver bill In the Sonate drags heavily, Few Senators pav attontion to the spenkers, and those arc generally persansl or political friends. Benator Eaton, of Connecticut, to<lay madoan extended specch in opposltion to etlver, and es- pecially addressed himsclf to his Democratic friends who aro of the contrary opinfon. Eat- on's speech was a vigorous one, and in onc sense showed courage, as he differed from the great mafority of his party. In the concluston of his apeech he sought to commit the Democrats as s party to the extenslon of our trade with Mexlco and Brazil. Scnator Eaton was followed by Iowe, of Wisconsin, who mado A VERY EARNEST PLEA for the gilver dollar, Senator Thurman will take tho floor to-mor- tow on tho Bilver bill, and will make an ex- odustive argument. It has been expected that the debate would close on Friday, but tho num- ber and Jength ot the specches increases. The managers of the bill are now fearful that a vote cannot Lo forced bofore nest weok. Benator Conkliog to-day, to some intimate fiends who were urglog Wm o speak, declined to state whetner he should epcak upon the silver ques- tion, but it Is now expected that he will, If the bill goes back to_the House amended, it I8 the purpose of the House manpgers to try and seciire its passage ns {ts came from tho Senate without any debate, They bope to be able on qoma Monday to pass itunder the two-thirds rute. TAX AND TARIFY, AN UNITOLY COMBINATION, Soectat Dispateh to TAS CAicago Tridune, Wasminaros, D. C,, Feb, 5—A more careful analysts of the' fncome-tax vota of yesterday Jeads to the conclusion that there has been nn agrcement between thewbisky and tobacco men, who are determined to securo a reduction of the tax upon those articles, and to cowpensate for he loss of revenue from such reduction they have formed -a comblination to ralinpose the fucame-tax They are alded In this Ly & strong sectional feeling fn the South and (n some por- tfons of the West agalnst thoe scetious of the country which pay the most focome. The vote may be divided Into two classea. The firat by men who favor reductions iu the taxes on whisky and tobacco, and thoeo cast by demagogues who boped to gnin cheap political capital by VOTING TO TAX RICR PROPLE. To these may be added a small class of Repre- sentatlves wha always honestly belleved fu an fncomo tax, and who voted sgainst Its repeal when It lnst stood on the statute-book. The first clnss do not attempt to hide thelr motives, and the whisky and tobacco lobby, which has been u Mttle discouraged sinco lost woek, Las Leen hopeful to-day. Members of it now pro- dict that in spite of the voto of the House last week the tox on whisky WILL BE CERTAINLY REDUCED. Of this there ts very great doubt, It Is hard. 1y possible that the Houso will reverse the vote of last week, but’ the hope that hos been in- spired by the vole of yesterday must cause un- certalnty in budiness. Tha adyocates of o re- duction of the tax on tobacco are also very hopeful. TIIA TARIFF BILL. The Commlttee on Ways nod Mcans held its first mecting to-day since the Tarld bill was re- Durted trom the Bub-Committee. The hour was spent In gencral conversation about the bill Wwith no deinlte result, The Committee will meet agaln on Thureday, when the bill will be taken up and discussed section by section. Mor- ¥iaon is conildent that the Wood bill will noyer ‘pass the House, and that it [s drawn to favor special lnlcmll.r To the VWestarn Associated Preog. Wasninaron, D, C., Feb, 5.—~The Committco on Ways and Mcans to<lay commenced the con- sideration of the Tarill biltl. They will hold two more meotings this weok on the lflb‘:‘flq and therealter sit dally, Friends of the bill say iheie is every probability that it will becomo o Inw. Mr..Wood tulnks the bill will ba dispused of and reported to tho Housc this month, IN THE HOUBE. TIMDER LEGISLATION, ' Spactal Dispaich to The Chicugo Tribune. ‘Wasuxeron, D, C., Feb, 5.—The frlends of the Mississippl timbermen wero moro success- Tul to-duy than yesterday. Thoe bill futroduced by Hooker, and rofuecd consldaration yoster- duy, was to-day reported back by the Judiclary Cummnittee with some modifications and-passed. It was pernaps significaut that but two persons epoke agalnst the bill. They were IHate, of Mafue, and Foster, of Obfo. Mr. Frye, of Mualne, on the contrery, n member of the Judl- clary Committec, supported the bill with great curnestness, maintaining that the action of the Government, unless o speclal term of court shoutd be ordered, would result practically in the loss of all the lumber seized, or that beloro final adjudication the lumber would bave become worthicss. Tho pasiage of this bill, however, can Lardly be sald to be an assault upon Secre- tory Bchurz, as Schurz certalnly cannot be beld responsible for the orighial Judiclary act, uor fur the fact that tho United States Courts fn thiat district do not under the present law hold unother term untit May next. Al that the bill does I8 to facilitate, and that Secrctary Schurz deslres as much as any one. The nttempt of tlie oppositiun to make this appear as & rebuke :;: Echurz by the House hus no goud foundw- oo, % TIIE HEST OF TNE DAY was occupled by the jntruduction of mémorials and a further debate of tho Military Academy Wil “The indieations still are that the Commnit- tee will be oblized to recede from tho sections which havo been so much opposed, and which atrlp tha Congressman of some of his truditional autrouage. ——— PATENTS, MR, COPPIN'S INVESTIOATIONS, Bueclul Divalch to The Chioavo Tribune, Wasungron, D, ¢, Feb, 8.—Mr. O, C. Cof- fin, of Boston, made » statewent before the House Patent Committcs this morning In sup- vort of the bill now uuder consideration for thy revlslon of the Patent laws. Mr. Coin has been engeged for some wonths In fuvestgating the Western industrles that have been bullt up under the present law. Mo presented o vust mmount of detallod fnformation - coy- cring wearly o)l the patented articles In permaucnt uso fn ogriculture. He Leigan with the plow, which Lo termed the basis of civillzation, Charles Newbold, who mnde the first mprovement in plows {n 1797 by ko inventfon of the first cast-iron plow ever produced in Amerles, could nut overcome tho prejudice of farmers, who thought THE PLOW F'OISONED TUR LAND, Cottlo produced stutistics to show that the plows of the Decre, Motine, and Beloit Worka 3dded miflions of dollais to the wealth of the sountry, Me clalmed that a cultivator saves an segregate of three snd a balf senty s busues, which 1o tho coru crop of Tust year umounted to $46,000,000, 1t is o inls- taken sotion that the inventors as wanufactur- ers were churnug exevseive royultics. On the cunlrary, manufactiring now I8 for the wost pait a loslug bupiness, “The 160 establisbmeuts Wricia furmeriy maoufactured reapers bhave been jeuus ed to tour unucipal oncs. Collln's speech flustrated the live of argume Lastern luventors, dicaia T A SAVINGS INVESTMENTS, PUOVISIONS OP TUH LONG-BOND BILL. spectul Dispatch fo Tha Chcugo Tribune, Wasuikeron, D, C., Feb, 5.—Senator Wallace this morning reported from the Finance Cowulttee bis Loug-Boud blil for the fuvest- went of savings, with amendmems. The bill authorizes e fasue of 100,000,000 vf coupon Louds, o the desvminations of §25, 850, aud §100,,t0 run ifty yeurs, bearing futercet at the sate ol 36510 per ceut perannuin. ‘Thev are 10 Le lssued fn the name of the person whao pays the wmoney, ¥8d Lo be registered fo bis name, but wsy be assigued, oud the bpame of thy assiyuce way be reglstered. In thls tespect they bave the safely of & reglstercd boud. They may also boas- t'gued in Llank, and when 50 assigned they bee cewe 3 counon bond. Fots enables tw uwner o dishuse 0F tiuw wien be wivbes. The fnter- est 1a payable v National Hank on pi Ing the conpan with the bond. They ars pur- chasable wlm legal-tenders at coln volue, and the proceeds are o be noblied to redecming the f:uundlng bonds bearing a higher rato of tereat. The purpose of the bill fs two-fold: Firat, to give an oppottunity for the Investment of rav- Ings, and. second, o nitiate the policy of plac- {ng our debt among our own people, -COMMITTEE-WORK. SUDSIDY RILLS, Apecial Dispateh to The Uhtcago Tridune, Wasmixgron, D. C, Feb. 5, —The Tlouse Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads to- day considered the proposition to subsidize stosmship lincs between New Oricans and Rio, and New York and Rio, by paying cach linc $150,000 & year. Representative Morcy, 8 mem- ber of the Committee, urged these bills witha good deal of fnterest for immediate action, but the Committes ostponed the subject with the apporent {nclination to oppose the subject ulti- matoly, THB PBNSIOR LAWS. Tho House Committes on Ponsions agreed to- day to report a bill for the rovislon of the Pen- elon laws. it provides that #f applications for penslons are mado within five years from tho date of death or discharge of the soldier or of- ficer for whom the pensfon {s nskea, that such ponsfon, {f eranted, shall dato from the time of death or discharge of such pensioner. Pensions for which applications are made after five years from time of death vr discharge shall date from the time such application {s made. It contains a clause which nllows pensifoners to be replaced on the rolls whose names were stricken off on account of afd given the South during the Re- belllon. 'This Is applicable only to euch pen- stoners as are now lviug, conferring no bencfit on the helrs of those who are dead. NOTES AND NEWS. THE MEXICAN QURSTION. Spectat Dispqtch 10 The Chicaga Tribune, Wasminozox, D, C, Feb, .—The Stato De- partment aud Schlelcher’s 8ub-Commititee have decided to examino Mr. Foster, Minister to Mexlco, privately at the State Department on Friday. The purpose Is to relieve Foster from the embarrassment of a publlc oxamination, aud to cosble him to state fully his impressions as to the Diaz Government, The portion of his testimony which It suita tha State Department to make public wili'be given to the pross. The remainder will go Into the sceret archives. Mr. Foster declines to bo interviewed on cer- tain questions, but he does go so far as to say that Dinz has absolutely refused to give assur- ances of Iis Intontions towards this Govern- ment with respect to the border troubles, or as toanvol the mattersin dispute between tho two conntrics, prior to the recoguition of his Uovernmnent, The fact that Diaz has taken such an attitudo s tho chief obstacle in the way of his immedliato recognition. Our own Govern- ment, in its diplomatie correspondence, Is com- mitted to a demand that such assurances shatl be given as a prerequisite to recognition. - INDIAR POLICE. Havie, Commissloner of Indian Affalre, hns completed his bill providing for the orgzaniza- tion of on Indian police on the varlous Indian rescryatious. Ho will ask for 75,000 to begin tho experiment. The plan contemplates the enrollment of the most trusted of tho dilferent trives os these police. TOR TRANSFER PROPOSITION, Those who have given the subject attention say that a carcful canvass of the Senate shows that it I8 not probable that the proposition to traosfer tho Indisn Burcau to the War Depart. ment wouid be favorably considered by that body. NONTHERN PACIFIC, The ITouse Pacitic Rallroads Committee has modifled fts report usto the Northern Paclfic so a8 to declare o forfeiture of the hranch grunt of the Cascude Mountains, and to restore the lands withdrawn thereon to settlement exceot the odd scctlons on the Puyallip Brancy, PACKAID'S *'INFLUENCE." Cov. Packard, of Loulsiana, is here using his influence to defeat Gen. Willlamson, nominated to bo Collector of Now Orlcans, Packard ls assisted by Senator £ustls. Soms of Packard’s friends thiok that tho defeat of Willlamson would result in bis own nomination, and arg confldent. that, {t Packard had been appointed Collector, his influence in Loufsiana politics would have been 8o yrent as to have provented ths present complications there. TUAT LAND-OFPICE SQUADDLE, Qov. Pound, of Wisconsin, has brun success- tul in obtaining from the Commisslover of the General Land Office n decision §n favor of Lransferring the Laod Office from Eau Claire to Chippawa Falls, Wis. Ilumphreys, represent- log tbe Eau Clalre District, Las appealed to the Presldent, and the Jatter Das flxcd to-morrow night for an argument of the appeal. A POOR PROSIECT, The House Commitice on the Judicary to-day took & vote on the proposition for a alxtecntli smendment to tho Const'tution s presented and ndvocated by tho late Female Suflraze Con- vention, The vote in favor of the proposition wos: Ycas, Lynde, Frye, Butler, Conzer, and Lapham—5. Those who voted ngalost it were Knott, llurlfldfic, Stengery McMahon, snd Cul- berson—0, Mr. Harris (Va.), who Is opoosed to female suffrage, belog wbsent. Thers is no probabllity whatever that ths Committec wihl at auy timo bereafter take favorablo action on the subject. TII8 INVESTIOATORS, ‘The House Committee on Expenditures Inthe Brate Departinent to-day appoiuted turco aub- conmittees, tho frst, conslsting of Mesars. Snriuger, Walker, and Dunuell, to fnquire futo tho contngent expenses of the State Depart- ment at Washinceton; the second, consistiug of Mossrs, Turner and Bundy, to jnyestizate thu subject of gxpenses of Urlental Cousulates; and tho third, consisting of Musers, Maybam and Bayne, to Inquire fnto the contingent: ex- penses of the European und other Consulates. ‘The sub-committees will fmmediately bogin thelr tnvestigation. NAVAL ESTIMATES. Tho House Cominittes on Nuval Aflairs agreed to report favorably on Whitthorne's bill, which provides for certain vstimates of the Navy De- !.mnmenl to bo given*in detall in aaditfon to he cstimates required by Bec. 8,030, Revised Btatutes. - A JAPANESK HECEPTION, ‘Tho card-reception of the Jupancso Minister nnd bis wife lnst pight was an_ elegantailar. ‘The forefgn legations were luficly represented, ulso ex-Ministera Davis and Behenck and Mtals- ter Foster, Logetlier with mewmbers of the Cab. inet, Judios of the Supreme Court, members of Congress, and other prominent personages, all aceorparded by Jadtes, WHITS LOUSE UXCEPTION, The second-public reception of tua Prealdent and Mrs, Heyes was a groatersuccess than the frst. Amouj those present were Sir Edward ‘Iwrenton, Becrotarles Evurts, Sherman, KJ:{. and Deyous, Gena, Bherman, Melgs, MeBowell, Yan Viel, aud Leteure, Gov. Prescott, Adiniral Jenkins, Justicy Btrang, the Bwlss Consul-Uen- ora] Hite, Scoators Caweron, Asthony, Bruve, and Matthews. ——— THE RECORD, SBNATE. z Wasmsoron, D. C., Feb, 5.—~Mr. Conkling presouted the petitions of a large number of vitizens of many countles of New York fu favor of the remonetization of silyer. Re- ferred. Mr, Coukting prescnted a petition sigued by alargs number of prowiucnt cit'zens of New York with regard to the famine and sufferiug in Northern Ching, and suggestiug tbat & com- misslon be sppointed from residents of Chipa to act 1o connection withthe United Btates Mio- ister i procuring and distributiong relief, They alse suggest that the uuexpended bLalauce of money received from Ching ln 1850 bo used to relieve the sulforers, Referred. Alr, Wallace, from the Committes on Finauce, reported, with an amendmont, the bill Introduced by lum some time a2u to suthorize a lung bond for jnvestment for saviuge. Placed on tho ‘calen- dar, s gave pouco tuat he would call it up for cousideration st au early day, Bir, Edwunds subwlticd a resolution fnstructlny the Cowmmlilce ou Appropristivus Lo repost s bill making edequate provision fur the ewployment of additlunal clerical forcs Ju tho Pension sud Sur- 5:‘»51 Ueneral's offices, (o promptly exsmine snd wgose of all claims for punsions, He seked for the present couslderatioa of the resolutfon, but ubjoction was mede by M. Duviv (W. Va.), sad it was laly over until lo-morraw, Mesarv. Hows and Davis (1L} presented pe- titlons of masierw, pllute, wates, soymoers, and others of the United Siates, proylug suumendmeut 10 tho law ju regard tu Lhe employment of sheus u&nnh. 20 a4 10 requize applicanteto take the oul leo of slleglauce before Teceiving o lizense, and sle0 satlufy tnu Inspector tnat ihey bave reaidud 1 the United Etates. ~ Keferred, » Mr. Coukling said he peesentod 8 b o umbes of meu very well kuown iu the Lty State of Nuw York. ey WETe CY eue gaged in lurge entrprises, and kuowa for us Hb- crality with which they have seaponded Lo appeals for rellof of the sulcnoyg. Thess petitiongrs st 1oith the appalli fsulng raging ju Nurthern Clina, aad sugeeeted the appolituteat of & cot- wission from tue residents of Chiua to ack fu con- mpection with the Uuited Siates Minlater in procur- Sng wnd distributiuz eelief. “Phey uleo vazgest that . the uuespended Luldied Of weury fesenied from titlon signed Chinn In 1850 as Indemnity for tho destrnction of errtaln property be nsed ta relleve the saderers, #11 §uet elalma o the fund In guestion having been paid long since, Referred to the Commlites on Forelgn Relations, Mr. Conkiing eald he had recelved a Jarze num- ber of petitions from cltizens of many connties of New York In faver of the remonetization of allver, Hle nbrerved that these petitions wera all printed in onc and the kame form, and were the product of ormnized effort, He denled that they represented tho oplnlon or convictiona of the peoplo of the State of New York on this silver question, Mr. Conkling prescnted a petition in favorof the remonctization of the siiver doltar and Increasing ita welght no a5 to make 1t oqusl In vaine to the rold dollar. Alro making it legal-tender to the amount of $1,000. Referred. i Halley presented s memorial of the Mer- ta' Exchange of Nashvilla in favorot thore- peal of the act of Feb, 12, 1873, prohibiting the coinage of the nllver dollar. Mr. Ticck prescated memorial of the State of' Kentncky, slgnod by the Gavornor thercof, asking Congress o make an appropeiation to pay the bal- ancenduo to the States for eXpensea Incurred In zrqnmvlnz troops during the late War. Referred. Mr. Terry, from the Cormittee on Post-Oficen and Post 1itoads. reported, with amendmont, the Renate bill to regulate the compensation of Post- marters and for othor parposes. Flacga on the calendar, Mr. lutler, from the samo Committee, reported favorably on the Honse Joint resolution to author- 1ze the Becretary of War tu isenc cettatn arms to tho Washington Light Infantry, of Chrleston, 8. ©, _Placed on the calondar, Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Foreign Re- lations, roported, with amendment, the Houss bill to furthor susnend tho oporations of Sec, by &7d, Revieed Statates, in relntion of guano islands. Placed on the calendar. At the expiratlon of the morning hour, con- sideration was resnmed on tho Siver bill, and Mr. Enton spoke in in opposition theroto, ° Mr. Eaton sald he would vots for the amendment. proj nal osed by tho Finance Committes for an Inter- tional Conference to fix tho relative value of gold and silver, bnt before constdering the bili he desired to submit an amendment thereto. 4543 graina atandard silver equaiized the Iar, 1le would make & aiiver coln worth 100 cents, and ander his constitutional oath ho would do it now, and not wait for the report of any Interna- tlonal Commission. Belloving the stamping of sfl+ ver by tho Government as money appreciated it valne, he wonld make the sliver “dollar conalet of 440 graine. e thercforo moved to amend the bill by striking out 41‘1‘,& grains and Insorting instead 410 grains, Ordercd printed, Continuing his argument, Mr. Eston sald the bill now befors the Scnato was dofective and faulty, and should not receive the assont of the Natlonal Legislnturc. Catch terms abont the dal- lara of var fathers and violent adjectives coull have no weight In this discosslon. Honaturs were heru as representatives of the Siates, and such leg- 1slation as would sstisfy the thoughtfnl people of Kentacky, Ohlo, and Georgin would satisfy the thonghtful mind of Massschusctts, Conncctlcnt. and New York, The question of finances should never be forced Into tho nrena of politice. e ar- gued that there was a sufliclency of coin and cur- rency in the Uinited States for the transaction of all the business of the country. Mr. Eaton referred to the recent romarks of Mr. Deck In regned o 1dle money in tho country, snd Mr. Deck, In explanation of that portion of hls speech, sald the fact that so many people were out of employment now caused money to lay idle. llo thon read from & New York paper of to-day as to suffering in’loboken among persons out of em- ployment: Mr. Katon—Ilow many silver dollare, worth DO centa to the dollar, would it take to.relleve those people when they could nolfiu any of them? Continaing his remarks, Mr, Eaton sald the cry was for moro currency, but thero was n groat amonnt now awaiting circatatlon, The honoravle Benator sald, this Silver bill and the poople wauld be relioved, but no Scoator had undertaken 10 sty how it would relieve them, ‘The dullar of our fathers had gone into the melting-pots of thelr sons, 1o had heard copugh sbous the dollar of our fathers. Now let us have a dollar of tho sons, asilver dollar worth 100 cents, ‘There were two clasaes In the Senate clamoring for the restoration of the silver doliar, One, led by the Henator from Kenxnckg (Beck), inslatod that it would make monuy cheaper, and the othde, Ied by the Benator from Ohlu (Thurman), fnsisted that it would equslize the value of the gold and silver dollaz, and both would be the standard ol valus in the « commercinl world; both could not be right, but both mizht be wrong. He did not object to the coinage of the silver dol. lar under proper rostrictions, but there could be uo double standard, Such a standard Lad been claimed, but ona metsl always drove the other out of the country. Mr. Eaton referredfo tho recent speech of the Senator from Indlana (Voorhces) on the sllyer question, ond sald he did not attack or arralgn the miutive of any honorable Seunator on this foors: but of the cffects which tho principles enunciated niight canse he had o right tospeak. Snca re- tercd by that Scnator would array class against class, and “labor against capital. l’ln did not say this was the deslgn of the honorable Sena- tor, but auch would be the effect of hisapeech. Millions of capital of Connecticut had boen E;“mu into tho lap of the West, and the capitalists -day did not ask ita teturn {n greenbacks, gold, ot silver, All they askod was the payment, of [nterest, aud a Commission recontly to make inguiry concerning the lnve ete,, recommended rthat tho eapltalists money invested in tho Wost reduc the rate of terest, that the Western dettor mwi, osscesion of his property. Tho N 5 ast, and West wero bound tovether by a constl- tution and 8 bond of brotherhood that could not be wroken, The Senator from Indiana charged that capltal was aggreesive and arrogant, e (Enton) thought it was nlwsys (Imld"f}nlel. and avolded anytning Jke revolutlon. To his Southern frionds be would say that they wera broken down ly the ruvages ‘of war. Maryland, Pennayivania, “Now York, and New Jorwey, and New England had capital, mud the natural advantages of the South oftered good investment for it. Let thers bo no more menace. Drave men did not fear it, and hororable men would nover Indulge {n it. lle be- ileved but tor tho unwlse action of Congress the commiorclal wen of the country woald have re- tmen hav sumed specie-payment before the l1st of March next. Thers wero e things which Congress could do t thu peoplo, to 1t conld reduco tho cxpenscs of the Federal Gov- crnment, cut down thA army and navy, reduce tho nuinber of cadetsat West Polnt and tho Naval Acadeiny, open up now avenucs of trade aod com- merce, - Let American capitallsts purchaso ships on the Clydo or elsowhare, and lssne an Amorican registes to them, We could underscl] our great rival, England, everywhere, Mr, Howo snid only that sort of courage which was born of conviction would iaduce him to speak fwmediately succeeding tho very able and eloguent speech which thv Senate had Just llstened to. Ju referred 1o tho arguments horetofors made n To- xard o the payment of boudn in allver, and satd 1he simple truth was the deot nuver would be patd in gold or skiver cither, for the simple reuson that the coin did not exist with which to pay it. The debt must be pald in commodities, 1 then spoko of the puwer uf (.‘qm’mo 1o coln mouoy aud rugu- late the value thercof, and sajd Congress had bet- ter excrclse that power carefully, and coin tho best mouney, 1If the bi-metallic currency was best, as eomo muthors anid It was, then | tho United States had better adopt it oven thouzh somoe otber cuuntrics had other coinago. The pending weasure had beon stigmatized as die- honest finance, but he waa not su wure It was, ‘There wae & ditterenco of opinion ss to whether we tisd or had not promiscd (o pay the debt in gold, and befaro hio allowed himself to be placed fu the categury of repudiators, he must bu sllowed to ive hfs view of thecontract vnder which the nds were disposad of. Alr, llowe then roviewed at length the acts of 1809 to strenzten tho public crowis, and that of 1870 to refund l!wxllllllc debt, and nrgued that §f tho creditor inslated upon the payment of tho boud Ia galn he muat rest upen tho equity of his cluim, #nd not upon the law of the land, Capitalists di not exactly fly to the rescue of the Uovernment, When it was “in want of means, they consulted their own intercet in making investmdnty, os thoy bad the perfect right to do,” He favored the ro- suonetieation of silver bocause )t was an Amurican product, aad he could not legivlate st it o #poko of Ilmlllumsll to demonatice silver as a couspiracy, and sald o largs part of urope was ready LU the coneplracy. Tho practical question for Congress was, should the Uaited States beconie # pany to the conspirucy? For one ho declinod. 1L was a deliserate uftort to blast 83 per cent of the means of our people (0 pay their debt. He thon refersed to the” needs of the West, and said that suciion had fower millionairen than the Hast, snd fower pauDors as a consequeuce. Tnis sllver quostlon was not 8o lssus belwean the Weat and tho East, 1t was an Iaeue between productive effort and tixed capital, The slmple truth was that tha peogle of the Weat bolioged sumie uf the Kast were Irying to alteracootract mado by the Uovern- went in the sale of bonds, sud they objected to it 1f they were In error thuy might be convinced, but thoy cuuld not be convinced by sbuse from subpra. fuy newspapers to wieropresent thew, or hirin carlcaturlsta to make facus nt thom. Thoy cauld not bo convinced of auy eror, because thoy were right. lu Lls opinion JL wea the duty of the United Htates Lo give notice 10 the world 1t would not be B party 1o this enterprise to shrivel one of its roducts by cliaging to s singloe standard. 1t had un eald the Fresdent would veto the blil, He }Iluwv would not belleve it unleas ho heard o rom the Presidont bimself. The comwercial in. tegrity of this country was not Hkely to sutfer by thy demonetization of aliver, but tho commercial iuteyrity of the cuuntry uever could survlve that time when the Uovernment undertook to wicst from by pockels of the people more than they sgreed to pay. Mr. ‘Yugrman then took the floor, with the un- derstanciug that be would proceed with bisro- marks to: TOW, ubmitted the following amendment: of siver Luilion muy flegmu with or Asetstant-‘Ircasures of the United States much silver vullivn in amounts not lesa than 1,00 ounces of nine bundred fue, and reccive thercfor certificates not lvws than 100 each, com- puting a dollar of 4124 graine. Tho bullion wo recelvid muy be coincd by the Governwent of the United Btates, or retained in the Treasury for the ’f‘“mw" of such cerliicates on prescutation at the Teasury whero issued. I the bulllon su deposit. vd suslf be colucd by the Goverument, such cer- tain certidcates sholl be pud (n bulldun of the like standard, Bueugar, and welgbt, or jo colved dolluze, or part in bullion and patt in coin. at {be option of the Uovetument. Thu bulllon so recelved shall not be igcluded in the amount of sllver Lo pu colned cach month uader lh:‘rmmlam of tha Arat section of tois et Such cortificaton aball nol be & Jegals for tho paywent of auy debty whataver. Ordered printed. Adjourned, UOUHR, Ia the House, tho time was consumed this morne 4oy fu tho presentation snd zeference of pelitions, sesolutions, etc, . Taw vul extcuding thy time forthe cawpletion of the Northern Pgeific Ratlroad fen yearn was re- ported and recommitted, s Mr, Shelley offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasary for a dotatled statement of the sxponses of the Bonthern Claims Commias- sion, Referrea, Mr, Hewitt (N, Y.) prescnted two petitions, ons. from New York and one from Roston, asking Con- gress to adopt approprinte mennures to mitigato ihe hardahips of the famine now raging in China. Ho urderatood the balanco of the Chincse In- demnity Fond now in tho Btate Department amounfed to over a milllon of dollars.” To this moncy tho peaplo of tals country had no just clnfm, snd It shonld have been retarned to China long ago, It shonld now be eetnrned withont con- -tmnr‘:flln the most graclous and efficaclons manner potmble, Mr. Wricht mado nplea in behalf of the anem- ployed laburars of this codntry. The memorials were reforred to the Commitice on Forelgm Af- Aire, Tho bill to anthorize the constraction of a bridge acroes the Mississippi River at Memphis was taken np, briefly dlscussed, and roferred to the Commit- teg of the Wholo on the State of the Union, r. Knott, from the Judiclary Committee, re- ried back the bill introdoced yestorday by Mr, oker, suthorizlog the holdiugof rpecial ter of Clrcuit Caurt for the Southiorn District of Mi -mlflnl nt Bcranton, Jackaon County, on the se ond Monday in March, for tho trial of causos aris- Ing out of slleged depredations on the Government 1anda, and the cutting of logs and timber thoreon, He explained the ‘object of tha bill was to affurd the sceused partles & speedy, conveplent, and chegp teialy which they” conld not othersine have, 1t the objection wero made that thin trial of cases in the immediate vicinity of tho accused would lead to the impaneling of par. tial Jurors whose symoathies wonld be with da- fendants, the answer to that was that the Court might direct the summoning of the jurore from other parts of the district, Ar, Hooker descrited the utter prostration of bueiness which had attended theselzure of lambere millsin that region, tho aggregate bnsiness of which amountcd to some $4,000, 0008 {ur. They had all been stopped through the actlon of the Government, and vesscls engaged In the carrying teado there hiad been left Idle or had gone Into oth. er busine Mr, lfri member of the Judlclary Committeo, adyocatci . N Mr, Forter opposed the bill ae beiag in the fn. toreat of the timber-thiuves. They wore no hotter than any other kind of thieves, It might as weil be proposed to have court for the trlal of whisky- thieyes removed to the distilleries, Thro was junt as much sense in the onc proposition as In'the other, Mr. Stephens snggested that tho officers of the Quyernment conld not pussibly compisin of the bill. They could asknothing elso than speedy and 1air trial and jnstico, Mr. Reed asked Mr. Knott whether It was not a univarssl principlo of Iaw to remove trlals from Elnces where excltement existed, and whether this il did not, §n defisnce of that principle, propose toeend theso enses for trial to the very place where the disturbing Influence oxistad, Mr. Knott replicd that the United States Clrcult Court had the right to remove tho trial of criminal causes nearer to the vicinnge of the crime, and that in several circults the same right cxisted as to civl) canncs, Finally tho bill passcd—ycas, 130; nays, 2. Mr. Btephens, Chalrman of the Committes on Coinage, Weights, and Measurcs, reported the testimony taken before the Commiites on the pro- posed goloid coinage, etc,, and asked to have it printed, 8o ordered, Mr, Springor gave notice that he woold to-mor- row call up tho Californla election case of Wiggin ton agalust Paclieco. ‘The House then went Into the Committeo of tho Whole (Mr. Blackburn in the chalr) and resnmed :?m‘bdfifnum of the Military Academy Appropria- on bill, On motlon of Mr. Dunham, tho .Rem of 87,000 for additional pay to Professors for length of sorv- ice was struck out. Mr, Maynam moved to etrike oatlhe ftem of $000 for the pay of ono Instructor in practical mili- tary enginecring In additionto his pay as First Lieutenant, & uubatitate for Mr. May- Mr. Itiddlo move: ham's amendment & provision tuat rations or ““f" shall be furalshed and no commatation for 0 same, Mr, Howett (N. Y.)sald no ofMcer of the army was furnished with ratlous, and that ae to quartera for Professors at West Polnt, quarters were fur- nished by the Government, and Lo wanted to knaw waether iU was proposed tant the Government charge rent. Ife sucgested that auch provosition munt havo orlginated in Ignorance of the law and ignorance of the practice. Mr. Ridale retorted by saylog the igmorance scemed to be In the gentieman from New Yark. Mr. Howitt, in further opposition to Mayham's and Riddie's motiona, apoke of the tmportance of Instruction in practical military eagiveeriue, Mr, Clymer intimsted that”there wero far too many Professors at West Polnt. Thore were fifty- seven of tnem, of one to ovary five and a half students, and thoir pay, exclusive of guarters, ote., amounted to about $U00 moro than the cost of supporting the 110 cadets. Thero was somo- thing radicaily wrong in that. The Committee on Anumrrlauunl hud not wished to recommopd rednction of the number of 3Profcssors, Jaat th might bo accsed of absorbng too much Hquida tlon, but he commendod tho subject to tha atten- ton of the Committce on Military Adairs, Without disnosinz of the pending amondmont, the Commlitee d the Houso adjoarncd, ' il o TFINANCIAL. BOSTON, " Bpectal Dievalch fo Ths Chloago Tribune, BosTox, Mass,, Feb, 5.~An injunction was Rranted ogainst the Mercantilo Bavings Bank to-day, The causy assigned for the bank's em- barrassment Is the investments made in real catato at Hyde Park and vicinity, which have largoly depreciated in value. The connection of tho bank with real-estata transactions at Hyde Park has not been satisfactory to tho Snvfzml Bank Commissioners for two or three years, and thoy belleve the officers of the bank have not made truo returns. It s probable that the bank will go Into liquldation, though ft ia be- {levud that tho depositors will not be heavy osers, BUFFALO, N. Y. Burraro, N. Y., Fob. 5.—8wect, Cool & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, suspended to- day, and sssigucd to D, O, Beard. Liabilitles, 150,000, Assota not given. ; INDIANAPOLIS, 8pecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. InDiavaroLis, Ind., Feb. 8.—Jnmea If, Tur- nerywof 'Torro Haute, wont into bankruptey with 818,000 llabllitics and no'assots. THE ANDERSON TRIAL. Close of the Testimony~The Case to Bo Given to the Jury To-Day—A Prodistion. New Ontmans, La., Feb, b.—In the Ander- son trial tho rebutting testimony and cross-ex- amination of Edwin Harris by the detcnse closed at 11:50, wheu Assistant Attorney-Genoral Ogden opeued the argument, The counsel for tho * defenss, Messrs. Castlancs, Oul- Jom, and Ray, will then address the jary, Perhaps the District-Attorney will speak bo. tween them, and Attornoy-General Ogden make the closing arzument for tho Btate, A delsy will aceur by the defense not scecnting the pro- posal of Judge Whitaker to furnish him 3t the close of the evidence with points to charge tho jury, 50 as to have thewn written up during tho argument, Consequently thie casa will probably not go to tho jury before to-morrow, Asslstant-Attarnoy-Genoral Egau, in opening tho argument on bebalf of the State, sald: ‘*This is » most iinportant caso. Accused has held o bigh otlicial position, Ie fa accused cf p great crime,—that of depriving the unnrla of sclecting thefr Executive. Sce. 833 of tho Re- vised Btatutes directs fine and imprisoument for thesame. The charge is that of uttering and publishing w forged decumont, It was necessa- ry for the tate to prove that there was a forgery committed, and that accused knew that it was s forger, and published the same.” Mr, Egan went on with his argument, com- menting on thu returns end documents fled aud teatimouy adduced {o tho cuse. District-Attorney Fanney followed inan argu- ment os to the evidence and the law, Judee Ray opened for the defense, and was followed by Judge Cullom, who spoke for near- ly tbree hours. The defvnse bolds that the consolidated statcinent was bo publie document, aud therelore the chiarge could vdbt be sub- stantiatod. Mr. Castellanos will closs for the defense to- morrow worning, aud Attorney-Uuneral Ogden on tho part vt tho State, The case will go to the jury fn the aiteronon, Littleficld has arrived, and would bave been fo town at br. m, last cvening but inlased the connection at Huwmboldt, Tenn, ile will be used 4s the maln witness azainat Wells, who will be tried, it W said, o March, Welis is stl)4 in jall, Siqrat Dlanatch (o The Chicu a Wasuixoron, 1. C. une. . C., Feb, 5.—Represcutative Ralney to-day recotved a letter from New Op- Icans stating that the excitement s subslding, wud that {¢ ls ot now expected that a jur(y can be fouud tbat will convics any member of the Returuiog Board, ———— LESS OBLIGATIONS TO FOREIGNERS, Apecial Dlipalch (o Tha Chicagu Tridune. Naw Yomk, Feb. 8.—The principal brokers Wwho dea! fn Goveroment bonds with Europe toport a great influx of theso bouds during the past three movths. They say thiat between fiity and aixty milllons of bouds were mturned frum Eorope tbrough this city slone. The brokers claim that this importation, wcompa- nled by an almost totsl cessation of exportation, 18 caused by tho silver sgitation In Cougress. ‘Whatuoves way 18 is Lo bo seitled, tha sobilvuont of tlie question must, in their view, by spcedy, or the couutsy will bo draioed of [ gold s sort thne, CRIMINAL NEWS. Beginning of the Trial of Rande Yesterday at Galese . burg, i, Seven Jurors Secured, and the Rest Expected To-Day. Arrest of Isano W, Daggett, Formorly of Chicago, in New York. Mr, Daggett Roquired to Give Ball in the Sum of 875,000, The Complainant, John 8. Pronty, De- clared to Be a Blackmiailer. A Temperance Evangelist of Galens, 11, Stoals and Bteals Away. RANDE'S TRIAL. Special Dispateh to Tha Caicagn Tvidune. GAr.esoonag, 11, Feb, 8.—Tho cértainty that the Rande murder case would bo ealled for trial In the Circult Conrt thlamorning brought large numbers of citizens ami residents of the coun- ty tothe Opera-House, and upon the coming in of Court $he room waa filied to overflowing. The crowd was orderly In the extreme, and the threatening bluster that characterized. the at- tendance Iast December when the continuance in the case was granted was entirely wanting, curions interest having taken its pldce. Promptly at 9 o'clock the central figare in the tragle drama about to commence, the prisoner Rande, entercd the Court-room, In charge of 8herlff Berggren and attended by three deputtes, His hands wero roned, but the frons wero concealed by the sbaggy overcoat fn which he was arrested, and which he wore thrown over tis shoulders. A new sult of clothes bad taken the placo of the begrimed, blood-stalned “gar- menta worn at bils ‘other .appearance in court, ond, with his beard nicely trimmed and complex- fon made clear by confinement, it was ratlier a fine-gppoaring man that took his place In the prisoncr’s box. T8 eycs atill posscas the glit- tor noticeable at his arraignment, but 'thcy do not convey an idea of fasanily 20 much as of depravity aud recklessness, Ho has seemiogly recovered from the gun-shot woynds that dis- abled hirm last Docember, and bis " eptradce into court this morning was characterized by an cusy, swinging galt and an air’ of careless un- ‘concern, After the transnction of unfinishied business of yesterday, the Court, addressing the counsel for tho defense, sald, ** Gentlemon, tho State's Attorney hios called up tho casc of Tho People ve. Rande. Aro you for the defcnse ready to procced with the triall” After consuitation with assoclate counsel, the Hon. O. T. Price sald, *We aro rendy," and asked the Court to sppoint a stenographer who ehould take the entiro ovidence In the case. Tho Court doubt- fog bis authority so to do, an srrangement was made between the attorneys, and an officlal re- porter appolated, Without further delay the Clerk of tho Court called twelve of the regular panel of the jury- men, and the examioation as to compotency commepced. ‘The trlal opons with the following attorneys as counsel for the parties: On the part of the people, State’s-Attorney J. J. Tunnfcliffe is assisted by the Hon. Jsuics A, McKenzle, ex- State’s-Attorney, and the oblest prosecutor in this soction of the couutry. For tho dofense, the Hon, O. F, Price of this city, the Hon. P, D, Btubbs of Fairfleld, fa., and C. G. Bradshaw of Bloomington, 11l Ono by oue tha regular pavel of the jury wero exbausted, and onfy one juror chosen from the twenty-four, The' Court then, upon adjourn- ment, ordercd a speclal venire of 100 to be mllia. to report s, fast ns summoned. This aftefnoon the todiouns process of -examining the spceinl venire has been in progress, and, up to adfournment this cvenlng, seven jurors have been solectod and sworn to try tho case. About sxty.of the extra panol lave been called. The remaining flva jurors will probably bo .obtained tomorrow, nnd the trial of the cass commonce. About 100 witnesses for Lthe progecution are in attendance, and tho proof will be made very strong agaivst the prisoncr, The examination of jurors as couducted by the defanse gives no clew to thair theory of tho case, and, us none of the witnesscs trown abroad mentioned fn the aflidavits last December to prove the insanity of Rande aro present, it is thougnt that position will be abandoned. Runde tias borne himeelf thus far with his usual carcicss manner, and tatks fnces- sautly with any who care to alk with him. Tho ~ crowd which throng the court- room preserve the utmost ‘guod order, and littls ur no excitement oxists, The jurors alresdy chosen aro all farmers, apd arc to a man intolligent and of goodstandlng In the couuty, All had beard of tho murder of Beldon and the capture and indictment of Rande as the mur- derer, but had neither formed norexpressed an opinion es to his gulit, ALLEGED BLACUKMAIL, Sveclal Dispateh 1o Ths Chicago Tpidune, New Yong, Feb, 'B—John 8. Prouty has brought suit against Issac W, Daggett and Rod- ney M. Whipple. My, Whipple has not been found, Lut an order of arrest was served upon Mr. Daoggett, and $75,000 ball was Imposcd. - Thls gentleman Is from Chlcago, where, untll & comparatively Tato date, ho waa ongsszed lu bualuess, the bulk of his business relations and commerelal con- nections having been centered ot that polut, Mr. Daggett, comparstively s stranger In this clty, tozether with Ttodnoy M. Whipple, pur- chnsed and have since bocn conductiug the busioess formerly known uuder the nawe of tus Pronty Manufacturing Company, The pres- cut suit, involving 8250,000, {s brought by John 8, Prouty upou the charge of fraudulent repre- sentations s to parcels of Western prop- erty turned ja by the mew frm In tho purchase of the buslness ro- forred to. Previous to tho application for urders of arrest, John 8; Prouty 1ado over- tures to the firm, comvoscd as stated above, for & scitlement, by the return to the new tirm of a plece o1 Western property valued at $13,000, and the payment by them of §12,000 fu cash, The procecdiog Is characterized by the new firm as s wonton and barefaced caso of blackmail., In conversation thls afternoon, Mr. Daggett sald: 41 bave rotsined Judge Fullertouto be an asso- clate of Judge Gardiner as my coun- sel, and, while I should bo pleased to give loformation, ¥ prefer to try the case fu the courts, Wo have, however, a most cxcetlent defense, & defense that can but prove effoctive, But,” added Mr. Dlgm:u, with em- vhoals, “tho press know who gud what John B, and the courts know alsa, They oW bim - as apd contirmed litigator. Prol.\t{ causod my srrest, thinking § would bo uuable to fur- uish $75,000 ball, but he was mistsken, | gave my ball {u that swount in just one hour and Prouty s, twenty winutes after tba arrest, and now I ssy that ‘whlle Prouty with [y open door of hand ~ held Ludlow Stycet Jail for wy accommodatlon, ho beld tho other beind hlm,;mlm upwerd, with huegry expression, saking fur mercy, - That's the trae juwardness of the matter. It is one grand attempt at blackmail, Tuls is my asser- tion, to be sustained or uot by the courts. Tino will tell. Judge Fullerton 18 preparing ap ape plication for an vrder from thes Court to show cause why my ball bond shouid vot be dlschare- ed. It will be a warw Hght, but of the lssue I aw ln po way uocertain.’” ® ‘The New York TVmes of Monday last contained & column of very intcrasting mutter relative tos lawsuiy growing out of & laud-swindling vpetation tu which two recont Chicsgoans Sgured extensive- Jy. ‘The herces are Rodmey M, Waippl 3L Daggett, who formatly bad » real-e #1168 Washington street. Some four or ve years 830 Lho furmer waa the head of aa eatsrprisa for disseminating **liquid kindling” as & spoedy way of induciug bard coal {0 buro in Kitchen stoves. Bobsequently he became lnturested i the Clicago & Iliinols Rallroad, which was st warde absorosd by the Altom & St. Louis Hosd, Last susmer (hey loduced the Prouty Hardware Manufacturiog Company. of 53 Ucekman sirset, to dispose of thelr busiucss to them fu sichunve for farw property and siock In this State, which they stated wan worth §180,000, Whivple repre- suuted that o onc of toe farws were two Norwsn siallions, 1mpurt:d st @ cost of &),000, sud then worth at least 81, vlonded (ashmere gonts, 1mported al s cowt of $1,000 each, and which conld: be nald far 100 each, their wool belng worth § [0per pangd, 'he live stock wan reprercnted 88 numbering 015 head inall, The trade wan consummated ori the strength of the representations as to the valua of the 1{linols property and the promiro of $12,000 to boot. The Froniy Ilardware Company now aver thatthe reprogontations made hy Whippla nnd mu‘lnll'u‘ra ' falae and fraudulent, and made with the intent to defrand the co-partneratip: that the farm in Til{nols was not worth over $10, 000, tho liva atock no more than $10,000, and tho lands in Gallatin Connty, I1l., were worth aboat :815,000, inatead of $61),000; that thera werc no auch Atale 1lona and goats as represanted, and that the inven- tory of theatock was falso snd fraudaient; that the Kunaas lands, {nntead of being worth $12,000, wers not worth more than $3.000, and wera' aub- Ject to nnpaid taxes and assesaments amounting to pearly thelr full valuo, as Whipple and Daggelt new, Torteons B. Roberts, of New York, put in an aMidavic eaying that In_Febraary, 1877, ho ro- celved a clecular fram Whipple, in” whicn the lat- ter act forth that he desired to cxchange cortain Wentern' property for gopds, wares, and merchandiss 'in ~ that city = In Uctober, 1877, he went to examing ona of the farme—callod the Verdurett farm—in Mércer Coanty, Iilinols, ith & view of purchasing it. Tle discovered that Whipple's representarions wera in many reapects untrae, The property and atock, whose aggregate valuo had been set down wanll“nm at ”11 wero worth, acccrding r, Raberts, avouk ,000. The soll was sandy and nnproductive. he fences, extending about fourtcen miles 1n letigth, were broken down, and fhe bulldinas wore db:’(lpl “Ed;:mh ’rn.cwllvn stock, lns‘uld % ng . _w .00\1a Wwas mot worl sbovo 812,000, ~Instead of 400 hocs, a8 had been nllw.-m!7 he says ho found only £00. be two fmported atalions referred to were desd, and two iufirm atalllohs, together worth $500, had been put In their place, Twenty brood m1res, which hiad been valued by W t 8250 ench, were worth only a Bull, valued "ot 8000, Roburia gaya wis" no worth over $26. Mr. Iltoberts snya he was told by one Drury, who had sold tho Verdurett farm to Whinple ‘and Daygett, that it was not worth over 0, 000, that there were not more than 100 acres of goad land on tho whole farm, and that 200 acres of gna land werejnot worth paylng the taxes dud on them, Drury valued the atock snd parsonal nroi»erly at $12,000. Roborts says Drnr{ ad- ed " having _written “a letter” to Whipple n A"n.fi 1877, in _whick he valued l’llu {am 8t $10,000, and sald ke had made representa- lone to Goss, ono of the Pronty Company, which thy facts did not ]\ml'l“y. .Drury had told him, howover, Roberta suye, that ho made the repro- sentations st the request of Whipple, who had borrotwed $20,000 from him, snd had {nduced him o make the ropresentations by promining to give him an Intercst In the store he was purchasing from Uoss, and had also pledged him to get back the farm for litile or nothing, as **Goss conld nut sell the farm and would soon get alck of it," Whl, Plc '?'llln hncluuhl get It back for him for something ol little value, . Drury, in the Iel‘e 10 Whipple which haw been referred to, and which waa writton in answer to & letter from the Iatter Blkln¥ for an oplinion aa to the value of the farm, saya it is bard to give & cash value of the farm, th **being no other property Tike it to comparo with.” He speakn in glowing terms of tho improvements, valued at $70, 000, and sliudes to the **garden and lawn statunry," He closes by saving: **‘Thousends of visitors have expresscd thelr admiration, all agrecing that it was lhrrbnl smproved and most beantiful farm resl- dence In the State, or that they had ever scon any- where orin nn{ conntry, In my trade with Mt, Dagwett for Chicago property I pnt the BGD acres in st $100 per acre, but for cash at the firesent time I would not be wililng to place a value of over $50.000 to 200, 000, " v Joscph WV, 'Willlams, of Chicago, who.was formerly fn the J» oy of Whipple & Docgatt, in an aMdavit attacl to'the complaint, swears that 400 acres of Linn Cuuny Inade and 1,075 acres of the Gallatin County lands wero tranaforred to him by defendants ag that he could get s losn on them, they desiring nol to figors intho matter, He swcars that Whipole sald he had consulied with Daggott, and the tivo promised to pay him $1, 000 to get the *+ highest possible appralsemant ' o the lund. e ‘wont to Kansas, and agreed to pay o person liber- ally if he would got tho appraleer to put a cach; thirty fuil- 2> higher valuation ‘‘wholly lrrun{ucllu of the valuo eald laod.” The ls‘d was w0 _appralsed. Willlams saya that while in the oflico of \Vhl\:rlfl & lageelt, in CMCJ%D. ‘Whipple received s lotier lrnmbnnplt stating that o vatustion of the property on Verdurctt farn must e Increascd, ao 88 to conform to tho repre- scntatlons he hod made to the parlles owning the hardware store. [fu further statce that he was with Degeelt in Chicago when the latter recelved a telo- gram from Whipple annoancing that the trade had ocen made, Tho two, e sllegos, thon sat down and Nigared ap the amount Whipple & Dazgett had cleared by the trade, the Intter atating that they Lad, ‘made $00, 000 clear, and adding, *'{Vhipple must hsve completely mesmorizod Gosn, y Ordors for ariest were insued by Judgo Barretl in the Supramo Court against Dagestt and Whippla. 'Tho formor swas arrested and hvld to ball lnS_T'u.&Xl. but the latter could not bo found. 3 — SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Spectal Dispateh 10 Ths Chlcago Tribune, Benivarierp, Ill, Feb. 5.~In the United Btates Court to-day the jury fn the Splaine-Lin- coln counterfeiting caso roturned a verdict of not guilty. 4 Andrew ILitt was found gulity of having in his posseasion aod sttempting to sell. coins ra- ‘sembllng United States siiver mncn?. T8 Mathias Pox and John Ice, of* this county, neru fined for having flliclt stiifs on teir prom! ce. Among the numerous {ndictments returned was ono agalnst the Post-Ofice robbers of West York, the Postmaster of Nauvoo for embezzld- ment of mom:{-order funds, aod Samuel Loy, & merchant pf city, for eriminal violation ot tho Bankrupt law. ‘The casc of tho defaultinz bank * cashier of Olney was set for trial on the 14th. G00D MEN GONE. Bpeclal_Dispateh to Tae Chicagn Lribune, Gavrnxa, 1N, Fob. 8,~Another citlzon of thls counfy Is reported to bave absconded, leaving sundry creditors behind, in tho person of A. M. Jeokins, of Ward's Grove, a somewhat uoted temperance evangelist, locturer, and politiclan, Ho has “vamooaed,” no one knows where, and many who placed the utmost confidence tn him slocerely mourn bis urtimely departure, No clew to the whereabouts of T, C. Atcht- 8on, the absconding stock-dealer, has beon ob- tained. Ils entiro personal effects have beon advertised for salo by tho Bherif, 'Hiis Mabtjl- e, which excced $25,000, are dus principally to his relatives, residiog itf and around Eliza- beth, In this county. ———— . A MURDERER, Aoecial Dispatch to The CAloaaa Tridune. Oxana, Neb., Feb, 5,—Conraa Scherber was brought to Omaba last cvening from St. Helena, Cedar County, aud lodged in Jall, he having been arrested for the murder of Nicho- Ias Moinhoffer, whom kg etabbed In the heart, killlog bim_(nstantly, on Friday last during o qunln-gelk.l There bnlx{i no jaul uv.'si.. Hele q‘t‘ho prisoncr was -scnt bere fur safe kuepl was drunk at tho time of tho quarrcl, hard character gencrally, . RESP N Spectal Disvatch fo The Chicago Tribuna, . Innianarouts, Feb. 8.—Gov. Willlsms wilt be obliged to grant a respite to Beavers, thio Madison murdercr, who {s under seutence of deatly, the exceution to take®lace Fob, 15, as, under the rule of the Supreme Court, sparties sroallowed to take out records of cases for twenty days, aud his attorneys have done so. AN UNFORTUNATE RECORD. Nasuvuue, Fob, 5.—A gentlewan who ar- rived here from Lee County, Miss,, states that the Byeri had been . ascertalued to be 'a de- fanlter to the extent of $40,000, and bad been heard from at Poughkeepsio, N. Y. 1t Js stated 88 o fact that Lee County has not had a Sherifl In the past soven years who -has not proven a defaulter, OSEY STOLEN CATTLE. Naw Yorx, Feb. 5~Ex-Sheniff Tlaskett, of Allegbeny County, Pogusylvania, has selzed soveptoep bead of patple In the veos of United, Btates Benator McPherdon, at the Jerscy City Csttle-Yard, flaskett claims that the cattls were stolen from Lis yerds a weekago byGeorge Jaremy. ———m— A SAD MISTAKE, Mexpuis, Teov,, Feb. f.—About 10:30 this morntog & negro ealled at the jall und demand- ed permission to see n comrade confined there. Jaller Dawsan refused, aud the negro began sbusiog bim in a violent wanner, and Dawson, drawing & rovolver, fired; but, mlssivg the pegro, the ball went through the glass door ot Coruellus Griffing’s grocery, cornerof Uverton sud Frpot strects, some 200 yards distaot, and struck Mr. Grifling just below the heart, as he rm nw‘%infln the room. L.h‘ tm-mdl ulnd :\:‘n nto jul Toums, WD allin| nto e Pt ey oxdl N Katie, L'ua killed 1" goon expired. Hewss s hizbly respect- ed citizen, and bis sudden desth causes great excitemeut awong bis neighbors. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, Bartovoux, M., Feb. 5.~Tho father of Charley Roes arrived here to-day and met the Demeryra boy, who, he dedares, Is not hls son. Ngw Youx, Neb. 5.—It {s sald that Dishop Couroy, of lroland, who visited Cauada as e Ablegate of the Holy See, will remain lu tho United States in that capucity. i) Cinciuniatt, Feb. 5.~Toe Clnclunat! Natoral History Soclety to-nlght udopted aresclution fn ‘ favor of the metric system, and a memoarlal ¢ Cangress nqklur that body to take such stepy ay will result in placing the “aratem in denernl gy amoug the Departments of the Government, 0MamA, Neb,, Feb. 5,—The Hon. E. B. Wasn. burne, of Iilinols, lectured on ** Tho Biegs of Parfs " hefors an audicnce this evening which filled the Aecademy of Music to overflowing, Atter the locture thero was a grand ovation by the (ierman resldents. Two bands of musjg and alnging saclctles In torchlight processipy serenaded Mr. Washburue,when addreases werg mado and a grand hanquet served. CASUALTIES, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, BAN Fraxcisco, Feb, 6.—The recent heay, rains .have ralsed the water In the Bacramenty River to abont twenty-five fect above low water mark. This morning the lovee broke abont 4 mile and = half below Bacramento City, and the water at onco bogan spreading over the Iow country, extendioz Lo the hase of the R street levac, which protects the dity on tha south, A largo forco of men was at once employed to g the openings in tho R strect levac.where the stroets ppas through, aud “the city I8 conslderey now e The ouly danger.is from back ‘water, Bome water has mada Ita way through a culvert near Bixth strogt, but will 4o no dam. age worlh mentioning, Below the city connd. erablo damage and Inconveniopco mustliaye been sufferod, but detalla ore not yet at hand, THE METROPOLIS DISASTER, PRILADELTRIA, Feb. 5.—About 125 survivory of the wreck of thd Metropolls arrived frum Norfolk to-dgy. The malority are-willipg to saht for Brazil in the poxt steamer, and will bo permitted to do so. > SVAsinazon, Feb, 5.—The bodles of two men camo aaliore yut.erdn; near tho wreek of the Metropolis, aind were buried, STEAMER DISABLED. Fonrnresa Mosnog, Vo., Fob. 5.—Tho steamer Genernl Barnes, from Savanoal for New York, when off Winter Quarter Shoal light, Feb, 9 broko hier plston-head cylinder.bottom, and beng the platon-rod. 8he drifted sbout until Moniay, ot 10 In the evening, when the vessel was taken in tow, and arrived here at 10 o’clock to<dag, e e DIED FROM 1TS INJURIES, New Yonx, Feb. 5.—Thomas Cassidy, aged ¢ years, onc of the children suffocated last nighte at thefiro on East 8ixth strect, died to-day, ‘The only remalulog child, Joseph, aged 5, is not expaocted to recover, 5 2 FIRES. AT ROCRELLE, ILL, Speetal pispatch to The Chicago Tridune RoguziLe, I, Fen. 5.—A firo last night de stroyed the fine resklenco of Lawyer Peffer, Loss 83,500, on which there was au Insurance of #1500, Qur Fire Departmout did not distin. gulsh themsclves particularly. Tho Grat clance to try tho virtuo of the llu{lr system poased without a stream bolog thrown. NEAR EAST SAGINAW, MICIT. Soecial Ditpatch t0 The Chicago Tridune. EAsT Baetnaw, Mich., Fob, 5,—A barn be longing to Walter Gibson, located in Spaulding Township, was totatly destroyed by firc this morning, togethor with its contents, conalating of n.6pan of Borses, ten tons of hay, grain, wagons, and ing utenslls, Loss $1,200; fo- spred for $5600. THE WEATHER. Oprice o Tum Umer 810MAL OFPICCR, Wasuwvaroy, D. C.y Feb. 6—1 0. m.—Indies- tions—~For tho Weat Glulf States, Upper Lake region, and Upper Mississippl Valley, clear weather, followed by increasing clondiness and raln, warm southerly winds, falllng, folluwed by rising barometer, and colder northwest winds. L.0CAL ORSEIYATIONS. * Cuinato, Fab, 6. . Bar. | Tar Ri| Wind, 7 EW,.o &t 8. Maximom, 401 minhnur, 29, ¢+ GEKERAL ODSEIVATIONS. Cuiwaug, Feb, 5-Midatght. Blalions. _|Bar, | TAr, Tembin. ... 20.53) BoggssEe2eagIsERLLny OBITUARY., HRuoeclal Dispateh to 1k Chicago Trisune, Mc(ingaon, Ia., Fob, 8, —This mornlng 3fr. J. A, Romage, of the firm ¢f Peterson & Rom- age, of this city, wholesalo druggists nod grocers, dled at his residence of paralysls of the stomach. Ho was confined to his home one week, Mr. Romage, ot the time of his death, was a member of the City Counctl, s much respected man, and a geocrous, kind, and whole- souled friend. Hls doath is & calamity to this community. Cixcinyati, 0., Feb. 5—Col. Nathanlel C. MacRae, famlifarly Xnown as Ma), MacRae, died ot bis residence (n this clty to-day, fu hla T4 ear. Deccased was boru fo Princo William County, Va., araduated at West Point in 1525, was placed on the retired lst at tho breaking out of the Rebeltion, at which time ho held tho full ravk of Major and tho brevet of Colonel, KIMBALL KICKS, Snecial Dispatch lo The Chicagn Tribuns, Rockeorp, I, Feéb, 5.—The Winuebago Coduty Agricultural Boclety held jts gnnual meeting to-day. It was docldedly & very hot meetipg. H. P, Kimball, Beeretary for suveral years past, addressed the meetiug in warm termng, denouncing.some of the prominent stockholders fn unmessured terms, declining 8 re-eloction, and resigued. The vacancy was filled by H. R. Enocb, Tho other officers are: President, John Ln::':lw?rum;ul. c 0 3 G, A. Banfol veasurer; Directors— e oslit, aarmos 1 Tariers, ‘Aed- Eatrin 'aug A, E, Cutler, Tue bitter feeltng exlstiog botween Kimball aud the Soclety was caused h{ his juvitation, (o 1875, to Je Davis to speal hare; alan from his (nfamous tirades at Colnw- bus, 8. st fall. Excltoment over tho aflalr runs high, ; CONSOLIDATION, Soeclal Diapaich to TA# Clcago Trivuna. Bostoy, Fub. .~Tho unlon of the large pub- Habilng houscs of Jemos R. Osgood & Co. snd Hurd & Houghton of New York and the River- side Preas of Cambridge will be annouuced to- mprrow, ‘The new Srm will be an exceptionally stroug ove, a8 the remarkable array of autbors oL the three preseot firms will continue under its control, -Btandard law and medical works will continue a featuro of publication, togcther whis tus Aantic dlouihiy, the Law Kyurle, the Mo and Suryioal Journal, ete, The hello- trope process will continuc its exclusivo prop- erty. ———————— MASKED BALL. Gvactal Déepaich i The Chicugn Tribunt. Rockrorp, M., Feb. 5.—The * Niposink Club, the most fashionable and fastidious of the it gave its sunual Lol masque to-ujght st Brown's Hall. Every effort baa been put forth tomake it the best evor before given. The re- sult of tnelr labors csn be gleauod from tbe fact over 200 muskers tripped l:vly mdmuu: :l aweot spusic. .The organ-griuder sad wouker, ({xl?uog'l Band, Ggfim flul-“:{:"'ll‘fial;: uis, queons, prinve: ! alngled andunado tae ceno ondof wild delighte OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Laisng, Feb, 3.—Stcamffhip State of Virginls, from New Yourk, has arrived. . Boarox, Fob. S.—~Arrived, steamshlp Alinne suta, frow Liverpool. . Quwsxsrows, Fcb. 5.—Arrived, steamsblp Helvetis, from New York. - —t——— ‘' THE SPRINGEIELD -BISHOPRIC. * Gavrvzaron, Tex., Fub, 6.—A- Houstouspeslsl says tho Bysodiog Cowmitice of the Divcese of “Texus uusuimously cyusent to the '.consorrss tion vt e Beywour 0 ho Borbmiei (k) Blytioprie,