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

2 ; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1878. . e e Frvery alx ;non_ths tho publie Treasury patd ont £510,000 on account of the Unlon Paclfic sub- sldy bonde. The Intarcst on theso eeveral pay- mente, of which ther: “ould be fifty-nine o all, nmonnted to about §44.400,000. This was a cloar donation, cven supposing that the Unlon Pa- clfic Company thould pay its Government fo- debtedness In full at matarity, The whole road west of Gheyenne neyer cost $13,000,000, or any- thing Hke thas sum.’ Conscquently, It was ab- sund for the Union Pacific Company to vlead the greater cort of that scction of its rond as a reasun for nop<complisnve with the law, when that cost haid been really borne by the Govern- nient, and not by the Company. Tho law re- quired the Unton Pacific Ralirond, snd the brauches named (n the acts of 1563 and 1804, to Lo operated as one continnous line, without any discrimination of anv kind tn favor of ove or azalnst snother. What is ft to operato a rail- road as a coutinnous line! The Sapreme Court liad furniahed & definition In the Omaha Bridgs casa (1 Otto, 343}, In which they held that, unde the acts of 1953 and 1 the Union Pa- afic Company must operata its brivge as a part. Ala,, wasa rencwal. of the nntagonism which existed botween Conkling and Blaine at Cincln- natl, Senator Bpencer was Chafrman of the Al- abama delegation which was not admitted to the Cincinnatl Convontion.and which was very carnest for Conkling. Wickersham, who has 1‘,’“ been appointed Postmaster at Mobile, was Cbalrman of the Blaino delegation from Ala- bama, which was admitted to the Cincinnatt Conventlon, and which voted for Blaine untf} thero was no Blaine to vote for, and then for llaves. Wickersham favored 'the appoint- ment of Bmith as l{:llml. tho pres- ent incumbent, who a friend of Spencer, Mr, Blainc’s hand may not have openly been scen o this business, but the friends of Wickersham .and Smith represent here that they have been In constant conference with Blaine; that he has advised them, at every uugo of the proccedings, wha! uemwnogropcr 1o be takeu; and bas generally managed their camoaign for them {n the Scuate. Senator Conkllng, tvo, on his skde, has resolutely stood blysncncur. except in the case of the Mobllo Fostmaster. Whon Wickeraham was confirmed, Conkling was absent, as Bpencer charged, of {ta continuous line of roaq, without requir- | Gganderipg*—that fs, 1t wae the day Ing passcugers to change cars, without requir- | when tho Carpenter painting of Lio- ing Frelght'to break bulk, and without charging | coln signing the Emancipation Proclamation more Hpon one portton_of the lipe than upon | was memfi by the House, and Conkling, hav- aaather partion. The Court sald that, it the Company bad acquired the right to chare tolls on Urfdae (apon which ro(m no opiuton was expressed), it was by virtuo of the Speclal Drulge act of 1571, As there had been no socctal act of 1871, or any other year, authoriz- ing the Union P'acifle Cumpany to charge hizher rates weat of Cheyenne than east of Choyenne, thie deflnition of a continuous ltne furnished by tue Supreme Court ru?uu‘ml the Unfon Padfle C m;mn{ to operate its rond throughont ity centiro length st a_ unlform rate, and to dJemst from its dlscriminating charges at Clhoyenne, The Unlon Tacific Company claimed that b bad tho rlabt to make on- “ equitalile discrimiuation* in its charges ot Cheyenne, alleging that any other rouran would result ludirectly In diserimination against them- #elves. DLuc tha low says: * Thero shall not be any discrimination of any kind,” They wish to have the law read with an amendment of thelr own. ‘They wish it to be read thus: ¢ There #hall not be any discrimination of any kind, un- Jess discriminaitonresults indirectly from a fail- are to discriminate, in which case thers shall Le as nuch discrimination as you please.” Thoy say the western half of thelr road Is mogo ex- punelve to opernte than the castern half, and Tience they ought to be allowed to diseriminate, Dut, when you ask them If they merely want to bo compengated for this alleged extra cost of up- cratine, they say, Noj they want to be allawed 10 charge, fur throuzh freight and passenwers arriving at Cheyonno over the Kansas Paclfic Road, the proportion of thelr total earnings which they claim to earn on the west cnd of thelr rond. That s, (¢ thoy claim that two- thirds or three-fourths of their whole earnings are mnade on tho division west of Cheyeoue, they ask to bo allowed to maka a similar extra chareo on passengers and freight arriving at Choyeoue via Douver. This Is something so cumpletely diiferent from thelrclaim to be coro- peneated for extra cost of haullng, cte,, weat of Cheyenne, that nll thelr ossertfons about extra vost may ua woll bo oxpunged from the record; for, aftcr you have allowed themn this amount, hey nrv still unsatisiied, and want more, How much more, there 18 no woy Lo determine, because the proportion of thelr total carnings whicl they reap from thelr western division ls a merc matter of hookkeeplug. They can lssue passcs to ail travelers from Umnha to Cheyenne, and charge double rates from Cloyonno to Ogden, ‘The clofngthey sct up fs not amnenable to tho Tules of either law or mathematics. Toe state- auent that tho west hait of thelr road 1s more cxpensive to oporate than the east half, should bo recelved with extrema caution. All their fuel, and most of thelr tles, sre obtained on the western hatf of thelr road, and Lauled from %00 to 500 miles enstward, so that the coal they Lurn in their shops and Jocomatives inelda the corporate linlta of Omaba comes from Bltter Creck, hundreds of miles west of Clicyennaj {ng charge of some, Jady guests, did not arrive at the cxecutive session until after Wickersinmn had been conflrmed. However, Spencer, not- withstanding his extreme anger at the time, s reprusentoll to have oxcused Conkling for that defection, At nll events, it 18 nnddrstuod, as to the (.'ullcct.nnm%,u that Conkling champloned Bpencer's eause, but the result was In favor of the Wickersham faction, substantial triumph of B It Nustrates Blaine's method of campaigni and shows that he is never disposed to forg: triend nor to furgive an enemy. political expediency, some of Blaine's frionds think he went too far. PRESS COMMENT. ANTI-SILVER NEWAPAPERS URGING TUE PRESI- T DEXT TO $1GK 1T, Cincinnati Gazette, Telegrums were scnt from this city vosterday to thoe Presldcat by bankers and erchants who were opposed to the wholo silver aglitation and to tha silver standard, asking him to sign the Bliver blll. The rcasons for this wo stated In part yesterday, ln giving our own views to the same euds Tho msin one s that the chief prowoters of the Sliyer bill are really for greenbacka to pay the bonds, and that, if the President shall veto this bll, they may get such a lift by Lhe agitation s to carry through thelr real project to make our owi notes without interest good pay for our inters est-bearing notes, and to 1ssue s new and un- limited lot of wpotes upon this pretext. ‘Therefore they thiok that the making of this Vil a law will head off a vastly worse scheme. Beeond, a veto would rencw for an fndefinita time the ngitation of mouey acheincs which is costing the country o deatly. They ask the Prestdent to sigo thisbill to give tho country an interval of reat, 'Third, this bill will not practically pay elther bouds or interest in o cheaper money than gold for a long time to come, and.niay not ot any tlme, By the lmit of the colange, it will bo a long time before more allyer dollars can be coined than will cir- culate at_ par with gold, just os our halt- dollars and quarters did beforo the greenback time, though they were 8 or 4 per cent less in valug than gold, and though of limited legal- tendor, Thus the gold stundard will be maine taloed unu:!.lcnll{ for an {ndeflulte time, We cannot tell how many silver dellars can be carrled in the samn woy at par with gold in octual traneactions. It muy be that the colnage of two or three years would not affect it. And, meanwhile, silver mn{ rise to B pence fu London, which would 1t the silver dollar to par with gold, and settlo tho whole question. Silver advanced Inst week to B3¢ peuce, Io 1873 the average price for tho'year and the tles they lay down Io Omahn | wog ubout 60, I 1870 it touched but (or some of them) come from Evanston, | the sverago ngcnwumx. it ot ) ot on the oastern border of - Utah - Terrl- | probable thut the price will sl agaln 8o that tory. Now, fuel and tles are o vustly | fue old stiver dotlar will cost @ gofd dollar, In dmportant part of the opurating expenses of a rallrond, and the trusumnllon mustho, that that sectlon of tho Unlon Paciflc Road which s abundantly supplicd with theso necessarics nust be clieaper tooporate than = section which has nelther fuel nor tles, but must be supplled Ly haullug from a greas distance, Ataltevents, nothing should be taken for grauted on this joint, ~ But the whole arcument of the Unlon "acifle Company requires us to read the lnw thus: *““There shall be no discrimination of any kiud, unless some part of our road is steeper thansome other part.” This {s an interpola- tion. Dut, whether It be a hardahip to the Union #acitie Company or not, to operato ita romd In connection«with {ts branches ns one continuous line, without any discrimination of uny kind, the hardship was paid for In fujl by theGovernment, and o receipt taken at the timo the Unlon Pueltle Company accented the several donativue ot Cungress uuder thg several acts of Lunress, Mr. White aroucd that the .President of the United 8tates should bo charged with the cxe- rutlon of thesy laws, alnce the remeilies alford- wd to private persona were not effectunl, They had not biuen effectual to secure tha operstion ofthe Omabit bridee 6a a part of the continuous line of 1oud, nnd they would not be o this caso, He concluded as followa: **Lookingz at the subjuct tu the bropd llght of the Pacltle Ruilvoud legislation s Jooklo at the groat truat there created, aud ot the vast sumws distributed Trom the Publle lrc-:iur{ thereunder; lookiug ut the rizhits of the pulle und the Governmenl In theso highways,—rights solemnly guaran- teod and abundantly patd fors lookwg at the fnuliliieney awnd iugdonuacy of the remedies niTurded to'privato persous by suits for manda. s, and at’ the power of great corporations to harws and worry fndividualss looking at theso thins, und keeplng in mind the fact that Con- #ress reserved the power of legislation over these companles l:xpl'cillr to keep them in Dueness, Iosay this {3 manifestly w cose calllug for Exceutiveaction, T belleve’ you will naver hear the Inst of this grievance until you bave Lxecutive action.’ ANDERSON’S CASE. Special Dispatch & The Tribune, Wasiinatoy, D. C., Fob. 26.—There s con- Ndence felt by somoe members of the Cubluct that Gov. Nicholls will pardon Anderson. A toutrary opinlon {s shared by most Democrats licre, The subject of tlhe posalbliity of reaching the case through the action of the Buprems Court bus received, nnd §s still recelving, close ottentlon. Information from New Orleans 1o to the cffect that thuse conducting the defense have, ub every stagu of tha trial, sud lu subse- quent proceedings, called attention to and re- #exved all points that could make the case one fur the United States Courts, Thus far no nicthod of futerfercuce by the United States Courta * bas boen + discovered , untll it can bu carrled up to the Buprcme Courtof the State, and has boeu appoaled to the Supreme Court of the United Btates, The first step dn the Inquiry has brought out the fact that,under the Loutsiana laws, thero can be 2o Interference by the courts after scntenco snd during the conslderation of motions for a new tolul, or any similar motion. While these are under conslderation, tho acntenced men must remalu fo Jull, 8o under these laws it will be fmpossible to relenss Aunderson, except by pare dun from Gov. Nichalls, untit the case has been varried up to the Supremo Court of the State. 1r thy nwncu) is taken to the Supreme Court of .the Untted Stutes, tho prosecuting Juw- yers of Loulslans hold thaf the seatenced i must remait fo jail unttl a final decislon is 1eached, Upon this pofnt lnw"cn Liere aro not yet fully clear, and {t §s posalble that & declsion gy L wiveu when reached that @ writ of su. lv‘u‘v-uluu from the Bupreme Court of the ufted States way discharge & priscuor from the Btate authoritlcs. This seems to bo the, wuly clianze for the United Statcs sutboritics belng able to belp Gen, Anderson, CONSILERED (3 CABINET. To the Western dssockited Press. Wasiizasos, D. C., Feb, 28.—To-day’s Cabl« net sesslon was one of great foterest, as it was drvoted to suie extent (o the discussion of tha trials now u progress in New Orleans, and also i interchavging views omthe subject o1 the tlver bill. Upon the tople of the sentency of Gen, Auderson, i 18 underatood that very de- culual opintuns were expressed ro the effect that the futerference of the Goveruor of Loufsiana iu favor of Auderson should nut be withheld. Bo fur ud can be learned po commuuication bas Leen sent from suy representative of the Gen- erat GQoverntueny to the Executive of the State ol Loulsisus, but ft was remarked to-duy by an wilicial boldiug cluse relgtivus with thy Adudu- fatratiun, that fo this madlter it was Lcltber fuditfereucy or tusctivity ou the part ol the sideut. It aecuis probable that the Govern- tueut wwalts further proceedings 10 the New Orleans courts before entering fnto the subject frow this point. ‘The geueral tmpression ls ik Gov. Nichdlis vugut to sud will futestere. LBLAINE AND CONKLING, VIE CISCISNATL PIGHT KENEWED IN TUD BENATE. Spcclal Digalh (o Tha Tribuse. WasninGros, D. C., Feb, 20.—The contest ln the Scuate over the vowlnations of Robest T Buith to be Collector of Custows ut Mobile, that case all tho talk of ropudiation would van- ish. Besides, thore 1a tho possibility that if it should be found that sllver dollar» liud opened a tnp between silver ond gold, the culning of silver would then bo restricted, Huch are the reasons which have moved somo who opposed the Stlyer bl as a disturbanco which had no possibllity ot gwb‘ anil which Lad bad falth ou fts face, to ask the President to sizn tho bill. Buch Isour view. Added to these fa the reason thata veto wounld be in vain, and would put o club in the londs .oL the President’s cnemles. As to other measurcs for fully bringlog In the silver staudard, such as frco colnage and tho issuing ot silver certificates upon Lulllon deposited, they can be brought forward in another bill, The elfect of the Bilver bill, as 1t uow atands, bns_Leen wildly cxaggernted by the New York Qally papers,—ucver Very atrong in mouey ques- tlons. Tne ruin whluhthng talk of from this bul 18 mooushine. And it may not result in the payment to any bondholder of a sioglo dollar any cheaper than the dollar of ola. Indlanyuolis dournal, The all-absorving question throughout the nation to-duy {a the veto or the approval of the Bliver bill by ths President. The contest,which has been wared for nivety davs with great it terucas, hag linally passed futo tho huuds of the Presideut for decislon, Tho prevatiing opiu- fon in Washington and among the men who nrs on the most {utimate relations with Mr. [layes naec.- s to bo that he will veto the bill. WeRruet thoy aro misin- formed, und that the President will approve the weusure, and put an eud to o most disastrans agitation, ‘The om‘y thivg that can possibly be guined by tho veto js the mnfutenance of ver- sonal consfstency ou the part of tha President, showing that Lo will do Just what ho safd he wunld do u the beglaniug, Cuualatency is a fewel when based upon rea- son aud Justice, but It becomes a wart whon nd- Lered to merely for consistency's sake. Tho Eiiver LliL, os 1t los passcd Cougross, Is a falr and reasonsblo compromise of the question in- volved tu tho Bland bill ns it passed the House, Tbe worst fedtures of tho Blurd bill were stricken out, and i sllver i3 to be remone- ized st all it 1s not Jikely that a falrer meus. ure will be passed. If thie bill fs vetoed itis nore than likely toat free coluage and tho prof- its of seigniorage to the silver-producer will be restored Lo auy new bill that way be passed. Tho President and his party will be held respon- sible in the West for an attempt 1o defeat re- monetization and will bo Licld reaponaible in the Enst for 0 more damaging bUI than the one nuw iu his Laods, Then, azain, we have no doubt that {f the bitl 1s vetoed the wildest Inflatton legtalation which hus ever been proposed fn Congruss will be fn- troduced at once, and will go through witha whirl, Tne public mind is ina condition to approve almost any measurs which can be devised looklug to a restoration of valucs, *Inflation * has lost Its terror, and willpolonger answer as o warcry with which to meet the tids of fauatlclam which bas selzed upon the public mind. In !m.'lr‘ll now louks as if Infla- tion would become the rullying word fn the coming campalen. Tho fMnancial sgitation of tho pust sixty doys has cost the natlon millfons already, and has bankruoted thousands of bui- uess men, And the practical effect of the vuto would be to continue and futensify thls contro- verslal unrest. With the bill as passed we see little good and much evil to result from a yeto, If the Bland bilt tn its original enormity had received tho approval of the Heuate, thu President could not have hesftated a moment to veto dt, but we belleve his duty is cqualty clcar to approve the bll as i now stands. ‘Tho oxtremists for a sivgle gold stuudard and for unltmited coluags and Inflation are nnfted in thelr oppasition to the bill, and ars working o secure n veto. The President will exbibit great wisdom and practical sagucity by puttiog biy slgusture to the amended measure. — NOTES AND NEWS. TILA COMSULAL BERVICH. Special Diapatck to The Tribune, ‘WasminetoN, D, Ui, Feb. 20.—The Appropri- stions Committec s attempting to cripple the Consular service. Hewltt will support the State Departmeant In opposition to s reduction, Beo- retary Evarts I8 usiug bis fnfluence to give some Cunaular ofticers diplomatic powers, as & meaus of increasing commerrial relations, DUCKNEH'S DILL DEAD. There was & loug sud important meeting of the House Banking sod Currency Committeo to-day. The rosult was the complete annibila- tlan of Buckuer's bil for the subatitution of ‘Treasury notes for Jegal-tenders. The Comunit twe {8 uow at sca, but wewbus sy a vew bill will scon be agreed upon. Jew Bw- ing's proposition that the Treasury Departwent sball retyaue legal-teoders as fact as redeewed was rejected. He ouly had three votes fur ft "The Committco wiil “probably be In scsalon much of the thue untll 8 nuw swchewo {s agrecd upou. Oue of the strungest argumcots wade nflnnnt the LI wus Lbut i} proposce the lnwe. dlate destruction ot the uatioual-bauking sys- tew., ‘Those who favur assaillug tols aystem do not wish (o have the work 80 suwwmanly doue, FOLK. 1o the Civll-Sorvice Iuvestizating Committes y the Demoverutie Dovrkeever claimed Ln- muoity fur vivlsting the law in ewmployisg largs nuuibers of men fu excess of the pdwber ul- luwod by luw, by statiug that it was uccessury o bave Tleae wew to protect public propeity . up the House bill the 8pecle-Resumption act. An Informal uls. cussion was lnlcrmrwl by the arrival of the hour for the Republl miitee adjourned, to resumo consideration ot tho bill oa Frlday next. tion to sul ISmutn was tied, and there was a dead- ock. down—28 to I ed, Just as ho was expressing his thanks, Coke entered the Chamber. the last vote there would have been another tio and no election. sqnt, not voting, Dayid Davia’ vate for Thur- man accastoned surprise. As a matter of | gm befure the final vote was taken on the améndments, amendutents he would vote for the Jfouse blll, and ha(dm not intend to say {n advance that ho would volo o ¥, Commissionor of Agelanita sessien In regare ;llon waa resuted of bills on the calen Rear Admiral J to accept decoration from ‘the King of tho la- waltan Islands was roached, Mr. Sargont objected to present a consideration. sod spoke agalnit tho actlon of Congress in permitting oficers 1o racalve decorationa and presunts from forsign Powers. and the pusinessof the flonse. The Doorkeen- cors did not reem to think that there was any {mpropeicty in constituting themscivoa tha law- making power. ONCH MORR. Thers i3 sald to be a secret movement on fook to contest Tayes' title by writ of ouster. Influ- ential parties ‘In Washington and New York en- couraging the procceding. Tilden s supposed to be too il to proilt by the movement, and Hendricka Is more llkely to obtain_the prize, Hendricks and other prominent Domocrats, lowever, deny all knowledge of the matter. RILL APTROYED. The President has signcd the act making an appropriation for the purchase of law libraries for tho usa of courts and United States officars fa the Territorles of Wyoming and Dakota. ANTI-RESUMFTION. The Senate Financa Committee to-day took roviding for the repeal of can caucus, and the Coms YICR-PRESIDENT PRO TEM. The election of Ferry as Presidont pro tem- re showed by what fecbla tenure the Repube {vans Lold pawor In the Scoate, 0!1; tho mo- titute Thurman for Forry tha ‘Then there was a motlon to ballot, and Conkling arrived In time to vota i Ferry was then doclarod eloct- Ilad Coko been there at Hamlin, meantime, sat in his I'IIE RECORD. SENATR. Wasmixotox, D. C, Feb, 20.—The Becretary called the Sennte to order to-day, owlng to the absence of VieaPresident Whoeler, and Mr, Anthony submitted a resolution that Thomas W. Ferry be chosen Preshdent pro tem, Mr. Bayard moved an amendment providing for a vote by ballot, which was rejected—-yoas, 28¢ nays, 23, The questfon then recurzed on the resolution of Mr. Anthonyg, and Mr. Wallace moved to sub- stitute the name of Mr. Thurman for that of AL Ferry. HRejocted—yeas, 28; nays, 30. Mr, Davls (11iinols) voted with tho Democrats 10 the aflirmative. The original resolution was then agread to, and Mr, Ferry was escorted to tho President's desk by Mr. Tharman. Defore taking the chalr he sald: ** Thanking you, Bemators, for another proof of your confidence, and relying on your gencrous sapport, I will at once enter npon the duties to which ot hiave chosen me. " Mr, {101 enld that ho was compclled to lengl;ll'lzer r}nlr on tho Senate and his purpose was to that with certaln Ho had eiate inat the bill, Mr. Beck prosented resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature favoring tho repeal or reductlon of the fax on tobacco, thiat Leg!slatura favoring an appropristion for Im- NReferred, Aleo, resolutions of rovemont of the narigablo waters of Kentaeky. eferre: krel! sndmitted a resolutlon directing tho to furniuh the Seaato ‘may bo in his pos- 56 known ns Goge it information and fscte d to tho cholors, ond to dlscases of animals generally, with such suggestions as he may desm pertinent, Agu-ud to, ir, Reck called him oo tho S1st of dient to lposo (8x0s ot this time for the purpose of proslding fora ainking fund, and directing the Secretary of the Tressary not to purchase any bonds for the raduction of the Xflm'ul of .the na- tlonal debt until the further o ? o resolation submitted by nonry, declaring it inexpo- er of Congrens, Pending dlscosslon, the morning hour explred, anu the subject was lald astde, At the expiration of the morning honrhc::;l‘d;;- ccted 0, 7 ‘When the Iouse joint resolution suthorizing ohn J. Almy, United States Nuvy, Under the objection of Mr, Bargent abovoe men- tloned, the resolution, togeiher with four others sllowing_oBlcors to mccept presents from vatious forelun Govornmonts, wera lald o ver, ‘When the Senate bill to organtze the life-saving and coant-guard eervico was reachied, Mr. Sargent gave notice that ho would ask thy Senate (o Ax an early day for its conslderatio: 0. When the bill for the rellef of Willlam A, Ham- mond, lato Burgeon-Gonoral Im the srmy, recently reported, was reached, Mr. Plumb objected to its preaent conslderation, and it was lotd over, The llouse bill to authorize tho granting of an American regiater to a forcign-bullt ship for the purpoges of the Woodrufl scicntiic expedition around the world was objected to by Mr.¥pencer, aud Inid over, All unobjectad cascs on tho calendar havin oen disposed of, 2r, Wallace called up the bill to authorize a long bond for the investment of savings, 80 that it should te unfinished business to-morrow, and the Henate went into cxecutive scsnion, and, when the deors reopenod, sujourued. 10U Tha reading of the journal was not comploted outil shortly before 1 v'clack. e, Ieagan, the Chalrman of the Committes on Cammerce, roported back tho bill to regulate in- ter-State commerce, and to prohlbit unjuet dis- criminstion by common carriers, Ordered printed A petition 700 yards long, and sigued by 50,000 names, for the repeal of the law In relation to the ;mmn ion of matter through the mally, was ro- erro: Iy '1" o §peaker then called on Committecs for ro- orts, 3 Mr, Tipton, from the Committce on Mannufac- tures, reported a resolution instructing the Com- mitteo on lulos 1o inquire Into the oxpudiency of changlug the ru les 50 & Lo give the Colnmitteo on Manufactures juriadiction over atl questions aftect- Ing the interests of manulactures and over the ine terual rovenue of the country, Mr. Woud ralved a pofut of order that, the sub- Ject«matter having never been referred to the Come mittee, It hod no tight ta report the resolution, The Speaker austained the point and ruled ont the resolution. Mr. Bteele, from tho Committeo on Agncalture, reported back the bill for the nppointuient of & Comulssion to investiyate the origin of aud best means of destroying the cotton arny worm, The bill appropristes $100,000 for the eXpenses of thy g‘gmmlllluu. Heforeed to tho Committce of the ole, Mr. Banulog, Chatrman of the Milltary Commit. tos, reported & blll suthorizing the Becretary of War to prescribo rules to Lo odserved In tho prep- amtlon and opentog of bide for contracts for tho War Uepa tment. Passod. Mr. Buathard, rhlur( personal explanation, had read & parag¥aph o to-day' w York 2'ribune 1n veuard tu the resolution he bad futroduced fn the House yesterday proposing sn swendment to tha Constitution. xploined thst the resolu- tion dld not express his own views, or viaws, 80 far #a he knuw, of sny momber of the Comniitee on the Elcctoral Vote of Fresident and Vice-Presl- dent, lle had ahinply Introduced tha resolution at the request of auolher pernon. Mz, Lice, Chialrman or the Committeo on Invalid Penvions, reported a bill providing toat, la case ot deathior resignation of a Pension Agunt, the {;ru-ldcnl wmay tewporanly sppoiut his successor, aa aud recommitied, Chalmers then took the floor toreply toa spoech inado by Mr. Gordeld Jast weuk, In fufers ence 1o that epecch, he said tlo volco was the voice of Jacob, but thy haud was the ‘nand of Eweu. Whils declaring bls ardent desire to sos posce and barwony restored In the Unien, that gentleman mude nu sppeal 10 the passions of the North by o fulgned descriptions of the iugratitude of itho South that_would have “‘moved the touss to mutlny,” The object of the geutlemsn from Ohlo (Gurtield) as wel) aa the geutleman from Majno (1ule) was too clear to bu misunderstoodl It was A cunnlng snd cervfully-prepared assault on the Southern policy uf kv Preaident, Thoy Intended either to deive tho President from his policy of couchilation ur vlse tudrivathe Hepublican :m{”nuher frow tho Prevident. Auother nujuct sd been to druw frum Southern gentlemon some duclaration of hostility toward the thtle of thu Pre ident, 18 boves that ihat would nat only slicsate Blu from them, but also as woother eyvidunce of Southern fngratitnde, Atihis point Ae. Reagan futernosed a point of order that the genteman from Miselwippl was not making 8 persausl exulunation, Jle thought days eoough bad beew wasted 1a this unprodisbio dis- cussion, Hoaculred to seo th bltierness of sec- tlonal animosity slisyed, and that could not bo dune by cultivatiog pulitical controversies ou the floor of th House, Aftor sumo Jittls discussien, Mr, Chalmers was permitted to frocml. Ho ssid that the Demo- erailc varty ald not butend W Lulld up th Kepub- Lcan purty Ly wakiug War ou ie Proaldent. Tie Democratie barty was satlefed with Preatdent layes, He was in bl acat, Whether he had Ob- nu{ad 18 by frund, wmistuke, or accident, Referring to tho prosccution uf ths Returnin Bourd, he sald the geutlemsn from Maiue (Halo had coudoled with incmbers of the Board, and had said that the North was dnhly lmprevsed witn the Ingrutitude of the South. e (Chalmere) Wought 1o whole country was tipressad with the belicl that the Hetarnlug Bourd could not be trusted, und tuat some of tho visiting stutcsmen wers b worlhy of trust. The qnnu-muu from Oblo (Gur- mu;%(.u protcated gluat tho prosecution of the Board fur threc reswus: Finat, beca: of the Confederutes had becn spared causs of tau couciiiatory policy of 1k aud third, ecauss of fhe upifed proimiece. 10 the countrary, Lecause tho ives of the Confedur. utes Lecn 'VM.J' e f&‘ullcmfll from Ulle thought the small oflcuss of furglug vlection ve- rurns should be averlooked. 'Tue man who twok up arae fur the dufuuse of what be ihought was constilutiona) 1aw was cortainly uot Loy wiose B trajtor than {he way who runbded the peopfo uf the vlectivg francuiso, 3ud guve to frand the fruite of viclry sod virtus. There werd some punishments to honorable mon which wore woroe han desth. ‘Pl South had besn enduriug the palos of recun- struction, when the bauds of the carpet-vagier the Lives a . resdent; find beenIn_its vockets when the heel of the colaped race had been on ltsncck, and ninny Sonthe ern men bad folt that death wonlil I preféradie to ench persecution, lmnartial history would tell which side had kept faith tbe best, Tiofaring again to the policy of Presldent m’u. he safd that the gentleman had shown himsel! ta be an honurable, upright, and honest man, and while ho (Chalmers) did not think the President deserved any specinl crodit for doing his conatitational duty (except that it etood In marked contraat to tha Jlrm of "ble predecesgor), he was powilling to ses any movement in the Kouth (hat Tooked [lke an act of Ingratliudo toward the Prest- dent, and If he (Chalmers) wers Governor of Louisians he shodld not hesitate to pardon every one of the members of the Heturning Board as fast as they were convicted, Conviction might bo necessary, but convicilon was one thing nnd pnn- fehment another. \Whila the Bouth admitted that the President wne stretehing forth bis hand with the olive branch in snd whiin the South wonld stand by him as long ns he stood by himsclf, with & very few exccptions the Republicans Jeaders wero loudly denouncing him and tie policy. The gen- ‘tleman froni Ohio (Garfield) had siated that the prosecution of Anderson was but tho beginning of war on tha title of the Presldent. Ile (Chalmers) A horeo to hay yoo know what practical busincss fs. 1ask yoit {0 coma np 10 the work, Yoo have spoken dlnusncdmly horeof bsnkers and hrokers, Uut of the 200 membars of thislionse 250 are law- yers. Mr, Batler (parcnthetically)—I wish fifty were. Mr, Chittenden—Now [ msk you to dof your gown and tell me whether, withoat confidence to capital, you can restore prosperity to thisconntry? fr. Datler—I shonld & zreat deal rather linve & better basts of petity to thin conntry than the conddence which has been ro fully bestowed on caplitalista that the eountry Ia rulned. Mr. Chittenden—Then, you think that tho basie of eternal miserahle greanbacks 14 better? Mr. Butler—Yes, but not q\;m eternal. 1 sa Again, and I want you to undotstand, that T loo upon greendAcks ~ (based on tha strength, the ower, and wealth of the country) as & great deal Enurr ‘insis than any ona‘rm«lnu of the country, whether wheat, corn, gald, ‘The Committea roi THE RAILOADS.’ FIRST RAILROAD IN ILLINOIS. voteafter a close contedt Iu the Leglslature and ot the polls, The rond Is now completed and runulng from Cincinnat! (o the sonthern boundary of Kentucky, a distance of 160 miles, but In order ta flolsh it to Charta. nooga at least $3,000,000 more wil} be raguired. Tho {nterest on the boads nlreldfi tasied amounts to $1,250,000 annusily, and there is a feeling smong citizens against piiing the burden of debt any higher; but it 18 also felt that the road must be finished in order to save the in- veatment already made, and, If the necessary logialation can be procured, the matter wiil agaln be brought before the people. The sece tlon of tho road already ju operation I8 earnivg large profits, but as It has no southem conuec tiou, 18 is of no important advantage totho trade of tha eity, Great shings are expocted when the line I8 fintshed to Chattandoga. ., DIBRUPTION, ¢ &pectal Digpatch to The Tribune, o 87, Louts, Mo., Fob, 26—A meoting of the! Bouthwestarn Rate-Assoclation was haold pt the certainly expected to pay him ypg #2,000 #ho owed him. Bhie dld not expect, hyy- evar, to pay It out of the proceods of her yiar. ring tour, at $100 per week and traveliog oy, rrnm. but out of a venture ahc was going inta nf:uzua,l n:xt. “ to thi il was just previons s examination tho petition in bankruptey was fAled, bt INANOCIAL, TERRE HAUTE, IND. Epeclal Dispately te The Tribune. TorRE TAUTE, Ind., Feb, 20.—The store o Messrs, Riddle & Hupsicker, denlers {n Jewelry, millinery goods, and ladies’ and ehildrenry varjoty wear, was closed up to-day by Constable Flald to satisfy attachments fssucd tn favor ofr New York and Clnclunati firms. Tha labilitley are unknown, but are estimated at aboug 216,000, mmtllg to New York and Enstern houscs. Tha abacts are about §3,000. T 31, silver, or confidence. ud tho House dojouened, ! #ald that that statement was but the npening note James M. Bucklln, lu a letter published in the | Lindell Hotel this afternoon. The following is | is complicated by the action of the p:a‘;(';?n‘: g_rh :Iw;:x u‘x; t;!:n{’er:-‘ll;‘l,e::n% tllhemlmgl-. mlzlg;r;{‘-. Zailway Age of Feb. 21, saya: acomplete list of the gentiomen who worepres- finmuc} . m'n“ltkafi. vflvh‘?, 7 cn!cm’l the \ey mndar pretonss that the Democratlc party | . The first road projected and located by tha Leg- | ent: Hugh Riddle, Prasidont, and John T. 8an- | Trm dast fall, 1l fed = from tho ciiy T e e i Thhe” e, | tantaro of ok 'win' o' iols & WIS | fora, Trailo Manswer of the Ohioaao, Rock'| 'iot SEwy malty catrying with b T worth ablican loaders | ihandored nto e enre | {0 At 0P tho Tiltnata Rlver. which | Island & Pacldc; C. W, Smith, General Freght | about $1,000." It Ia belloved ho went to Togus orFiden and_ Tin: and when tho gentleman | %8 deaigned by the Leglalatnre as a substitato for | Agent of the Chicagu, Durlington & Quincy; J. | as housechold goods were shipped thera by him 1ho 1llinois & Michizan Canal, in consequente of & defleiency of water on tho summit level, and of the enormous cost of & through-cat to draw a supply of water from Lake Michigan, whicn was reporicd py me a8 tho reanit of my first examination of the route In 1830, a season of oxtreme drought. Thereupan ' the Legialatare memariailzed Con- gress to change the character of the lmprovement, withont forfeiting the endowment of lands, to af in the conetruction of a canal. Upon thls belng 8, d stafed that the Pravident's. support. hour b{: hone |n nnmbor, ba tm, oud not the Dem- acratic pacty. Roferring to the alleged Warmley bargain, he stated he dld not know that there had been a bar~ in, but If there had he would not criticlsa very arshly the men who made it, 1n conciusion, be referred to®hae fact that the red and white rosea had been biended together, {ram Of £rs were leszenini had intended to intimidate C. McMullen, General B8nperintendent, and James Bwmith, Geueral Freight Agent of the Chicago & Alton; George II. Nettleton and George OId, of the Kansas City, 8t Josep & Counctl mum’ Col. . McKiasock and Al Blrd, of the 8t. Loufs, Kausas City & Nosthern; R, B, Stevens ‘and i, H.' Qourtfleht, of the Iian- nibal & Bt. Joseph; A. A, Talmadgoe aml J, 1l last week, A jeweler from Ciocinnatl, name] Erdhouse, clalma that the stora and stock was sold to him csterday, and s was to-day ep. gaged tn fnvolclog the goods when they werg gefzed. The Arm wera widcly known, and the mixed-up stato of the fatlure causes much come moeut here. NEW YORK. #nd hoped that the gray ana bine would go dowa | &ranted, the Leclsiaturs required the Canal toms | of the Missouri Pacific; J. Crampton, Genera Nww Yonw, Feb, 20,—Amoog the nominal ag. to posterity Hri togethor {n one common her- fi',f:::’;’&'& “u: r‘n’{llr':lfi"m l-lt:“ the x:'.mcc.‘.l.fi{n'.mm of BYQ.[Q ot of the Assoclation; S. Midgely, | sets of mmn;, Hcrsuberger & Co., mervantile 0o closs of Bz, Chalmers' spoach, M, Hew- | , Accoraingly, in couplisnce with an ardor of tho | Stcretary of the Assorlation. 'The meoting was ngents, are $15,783 claims agalust branch agen. cies, which aro oflsct by clalma againat assignug for a fallure to carry out thelr coutracts, Fouss and [ershberger are still in Ludlow Street Jait, and there are scyen orders of arrcst out for Hiaring, tho other partner, who has left the Btate. "As the nsscts hero are so small, some of the Jocal creditors contempiate taking proceed ings to discover what asscts arcavallable jn other citles which aro not covered by nssign. ment under tho State Iaw bere. NEW ORLEANS. NEw ORLEANS, La., Fob, 20.—Alyus, Scherck, & Autcy, prominent cotton factors, have Issued & privatecircular to_tbelr creditors, aunouncing thelr suspousion. ‘They arc proparing a state. ment of their affaies. ——— MANCNESTER, N, II Maxonesrer, N. M., Feb. 20.—In conse. quence of o continued run on the Amoskeag Baviags Baok, the Directors have euforced tho thirty-day rule. Tho bank-statement shown ab- solufe eolvency. X —— FOND DU LAG, WIS, Speclal Dispateh to Ths Tribune. vory harmonlous, no ‘discusslon of any conse- yuence taking place, It was declded to mafn- t1alb the prosent freight rates until March 15, the data selectod for tho witbdrawal of the Bt. Louls roads,~the Mlssour] Pacitic and S¢. Lous, Knnsaa City & Northern. It Is understood that 1o proposlifon was made to the 8t, Louls roads 1o induce them to remnin in tho Association, buat, on the other hand, it wea tacitly agree that no objection wuulJ be made to their propo- sition to withdraw, Tlis virtually disorzanizes the Assoclation permanently, aud {t was decfded, Just prior to adjournment, to meet in Chicago on March 21, to setile accounts. L. H, Courtiight has been appotnted egent at Kausas City for tho Missourl Pacitlc sud Bt. Louts, Kaueas City & Northern Roads, itt (Ala.) endeavored to fnduce the House to pro- ceed with the bili to pension soldiera of the Mexi- can War, but the Houss preferred to zive Mr, But- Jer an opportunity 1o make hle speech on the financtal question, Tho Housa thereforo went Into Committes of tho Whole on the Btato of ihe Unlon (Edan in the chair), sud Mr. Butler procceded to maks hia speceh, Mr, Butler declared himaelf for the full reatora- tlon of wliverto the coinage of the country, and that every dobt of tho United Statos now exieting which could bo pald by the atlver dollur now pra- posed was by tho very terms of the law under which the debt was cantracted to be ynhllhry silver dollars of the ¥atna weight snd Gnenoss, In rogard 1o the pofnt of dishonesty towaeds pablic or pri- yato creditors, he asked whesher it was fmmoral, dishonest, or wrong to provide by law thatthe debtor shall pay back all he received witli interust in discharye of" a money debt. Thy same doliar which paya tho poor man's debt should equally cancol tho zich man'a demand, Iioth should atund before the law alike, and rigbt and justice be dono ot the hands of Congress, in spite of Exccullve recommendation or Exacutlve power, whether in the shane of a veta or othorwlse, Mr. Dutler denled that 860,000,000 of bonds, or soything like that amount, had been returncd fram Europe, but wisled, for the flasncial and business prosperity of the country, it were true. He m.ml’ Kurope wonld send back svery bond of ours it halds, snd tha lower the price at which they sell Lere the better, Canal Commisgloners, I proceeded to Chicago in the spring of 1831, and, after comleting tho sur- vey and locatlon of the canal, sclected the Junc- tiun of the north and wouth furks of the Chicago River, then called Wolf's_Foint, na the polnt of departure for the INlinals & Michignn Railrond. ‘rom {his point a straight line thirteen miles In length was run to the fapids of the Deaplaines River, called Langhton's Ford, the nasmo of an ln~ dlan teader who lived thoro and modo wade use of the watar-power to run a smsll mill, Crosslng the Deaplalnes at tho ford, the lino was then continued down the right btank of the river to tho 1llinofs River, below the mouth of tho Kankakee, forming a Junction with the lino of canal previously lo. cated. No heavy work waa reqoired on the whole route; the fruflln cxhibitod alicost a continnous Tight i)k with & mazimwn gradustion of twenty feat to the mile, tho minlmum curvature 2,000 fect. g Beforo reporting to the Canal Commissioncra on tho subject of the 1ihpolis & Michizan Haliroad, § took all the maps, prolles, and compatations 1o Baltimore, for the purrnlo of consultinga friend, whon I thought capable of giving good advico on o brangh of cngineerlng witll which Lwaa not fa. mitlar, This waa Mr, Jonathan Knight, Chief Enginecr of the Baltimore & Oblo Itailroad, 1 found bim and Mr. B. Latrobe at Washington, having Just completed the location of the Wansh- {ngton branch of that road. ‘Thoy oxamined, with some Interest, the protiles of a rond 110 miles fong, with n maximom grade of twenty fect per mile, alinost coincldont with the surface,—tho FREIGOAT ARRANGEMENT, Gpectal Dspateh (o The Tribune. Br. Louts, Feb, 20.—F, A, Huydckoper, Presi- dent, and Robert Forsythe, General Frefght Agent,of the Chleago & Eastern Ilifnols, to-day held a conferoncs with Ma). John E. 8impson, Qeneral Manager, and H. W. Hibbard, General Frelght Azent,'of tho Yandalia, and arrange- ments wera comploted to run a frofziit lug on aud after Monday next to Chicago vin Terro Hauto over tho roads abova referred to. If he could hear our U er cent bonds were comlng back at 50 conta on MiLwAUKBE, . Feb.§ 80.—ier & Whito, of long, atraight lines and jarge curvatures, especial- " % h tho dollar, to bo exehanged for ar mercnundien, | 1)\ onCieastoa with tho bt Gf {ho W ITEMS, Foud du Lac, ware to-day ‘adjadzed_bankrapts Mr, I B, Ledyard, General Manager of the Michigan Central Rallrond, woa In the city yes- terday, Me says thors laye been no stopa takon yet by the truvk-lino Presidents tostop the present war on East-bound freight, but bo thinks that & meeting will be held next week. Mr. Lédyard thinks tho schemo for poollng Kost-bound frelghts s not feasible, owing to the larze number of roads leading East from varlous Western points, the conflicting Intercsts of which could never be harmonized. Iu his oplnlon, tha proper w-x to stop thes war would be to pool tho outstauding contracta under tho direction of tha Pool Corumissioners, and theu estabiish 8 now torl@ with falr and oquitalile rates. If tho trunk-ling Presidents really desiro prace they would have it in thelr power to com- pel the varfous roads to malutaln the rates by withdrawing their patronage from such roads aa vivloted thu tarik 8. B, Merrill, Generat )\lnnn%cr' J. C. Gauls, Asslstant Gencral Manager; W. 8. Bwau, Gun- cral Frelght Agent; and A. V. H. Carpenter, General Ticket and Passenger Agcut, of the Chieago, Milwaules & St. Paul Rallroad, wero in the city yeaterday to attend the regular 8t. Paul pool” meeting, which was hold ap the Northwestern Rinliroad Comnpauy's ofllce, Noth- Ing but regular routino business was transacted. ‘Ihis is Mr, Gault's first vialt to this city slnce his recovery from his late scvero lliness. Mr. Carpenter hnd nlso not been In tho city for six weeks, owing to bis family. KATE CLAXTON. Sho Proposes to Make Another Escnpe— This Time from Ier Poounlury Liabllitl, ~The Meagre Plunder whlch She Burren~ deors to Her Creditors. 3 Special Dispalch $o The Tribune, Naw York, Fob. 20,—Kate Claxton has petl- tloned to bo adjudzed a voluntury bankrupt. the brightest and happiest fnanclal fact the coun- try over kuew, 1le wanted to ece both sliver and weat sent abroad to n-{ our debls, and bring the balancs of trade in our Iavor, lio saw npeither wisdom por statesmanship fo locking oar silvor ug, in vaults, lle reprobated the withdrawal of the psper fractlonal curroncy and substitution for it of wubsidlary silver cown, saying that the peonle wero to lLe taxed the cnor- mous sam representad by the b per cont compound interest on $560, 000, 000 for thirty vears, ana that, if tho Sectatary of tho Treasury who fromed that monsurs had evor sat down and made tha calcula- tion, und then foollshly caat thatenormous bur- don on the people, ha dught to be Langed to the nosreat lamp-pust for mailce toward all mankind, If bu had not done g0, he ought to be hanged ot all evlunu for getting Into an oftice which he could not a1, Mr, Butler concluded as follows: We want the rconback for our cutrency, and mean to have it. E{n I do not desire that greenback currency should ba mada to serve th country as it hag dono, —vill- fled, fnaulted, deprecluted by act of Uovernment {tacif, being refused not only to be recetved for all dabts dus tho Government, tot sven patd for all demands duu from the Governmont, The Ameri- can system of Anance Which will ohtaln {n the near future, and I hope at nnce, —which I denire, —ia: ‘First—A dollur that shall hava L all tiea a cer- taln Oxed snd stablo value below which it can- Dot %O, ‘Second—1 domand the dollar shall bo jusued by Government alona 1n the axerclec of its high pro- rogative and copstitutional power, and that that otwer shall not ba delegatod to any corporation or ndividos] any more than Cnat| 1. ought to have delegated his prerogative of stamplng gold coln for tho benclt of his paramours A8 8 mionopoly, TAlrd—1 want that dollar stamped on some con- venient and chesp material of the lcast possiblo Intrinsic valuc, su that nulther the wear nor its ll;m'mclllon will be anyloss to tho Qovernment sning it. Fourth—T nlso deslro the dollar to bo made of such materis] for the purpose that it shall never bo exported or desirable to carry out of the coun: try. Framing an American system of finance, I do not propose to -dnvl *s to the wants of any othier nation, and especiaily ths Chincse, who aro nearly ane aumer of the world, J‘V’M—l osire that tho dollar so lesued aball nover be redoomod, 1 s m"(" qon why the ington branch, ita fll‘l{-fcnl grades, and fifty-feet cuts and fills, contalning ten times the quantities required for the graguation of tho whole souts of the Illinals & Michigan Raflrond, which was yet quite aquol to the branch In operative power and business capacity, although ncurly three times as on a voluatary petitlon. Liabilities $40,000. ——— CINCINNATI, O. CinciwnaTy, O, ¥eb, 26.—Taylor, Leslie & Co., & large Fourth street notlon housc, mado an ngslznment yesterday. EPISCOPAL CONVENTION, Prelimlnary Proceedings fu the Convontlon of the Now Dlucess of Quincy—Memorial Bermon upou the Lifo and Charmcter of the Late Itov. Dr, Samuel Chase—A Large Number of Candidates for Ecclesinatical Troferment. Spectal DispateA to The Tridune, Quixor, I, Fob, 20.—Thesecond Convention of the Dloceao of Qulney fur the election of a Bishiop assembled in this cty to-day, At o'clock this morning tho usual assembling for prayer occurred, It wns thos learnod that Blshop McLaren would not bo present, on soe count of suffering from a recent accident, In consequence, the Rev. C. W. Leflingwell, of 8t Mary’s 8chool, st Knoxville, officiated as cele- brant. The Rev, T. N, Benedlet, of Genesco, dellyer- ad the sermon of tho day. The subjoct was fn memoriam of the late Rov, Samucl Chase D, D. The speaker referred to tho prescuce of thodecensed Doctor at the Conventlon of De- cember last. fle spoke of the solemnity of tho scrmon Ur. Chase then dellvered. e sald tho fceblencas of Dr.’ Chaso on that occasion ren- dered the strength of the effort ho then made almost o mirncle, Ho actually spoke, as events now prove, from the very confines of the un- known world, and that may o some scose ex- plain tho wonderful epirit of that discourse. Dr. Chase’s 1ifo had mot been an oventful ono Knight sdvised **the constraction of ten E‘ of doublo track at each terminus; that the ridges and culverts should bo double tracks; to ballast tho road well: to make the curves as large aa possible d to recommeond the uso of T rall, eighty pounds to the yard in woight." Hlut notwithatanding that, in my reports to the Canal Comnml nors, I desioustrated, ns 1 suj csed, that to construct & canal and make {t o re- isvlo wark, would cost gver $100,000 per milo and {hat tho cost of s rafirosd would not oxceed $:5,000 per milo, —that {ta construction would re- quire bul s short time comparstivoly; that it wonjd greatly facilitata the constructionsnd dimin- ishi the costof the canal: and that tho land-grant, if rescrved, wonld, in all probability, uitimntaly pay for both the ratlrsad and the canal, —nothin could bo urged by the friends of the measurc ol sutlicient force to avercome tha pornlur gnjndlc. thon oxisting, fu favor of transporistion flwnler. 1f that bad been possible, tha Illinols & Michigan Railrond would hnve boen In fu)l oparstion before work wus fairly commenced on the canal, and con- tinued down tho vaileys of tho 1llinols and Misals- sipp! Rivers to Alton (the object of those who ad- vocated & railroad), with the view of making it one of tho most powerful, tnost eficlont, nnd economical frotght lues ig the United States,~tho grades not to excoed twenty fect por mil 1f this project had beon convummated, Chicago Tong stucy would bave beens in effect, aluiost o near the Qulf of Mexico ne ¥t. Lonis now {4, TIHE WIAGGINS FERRY COMPANY BEATEN. Mr, T, B, Blackstouc, Prestdent, and Judge Beekwith, Uenoral Sollcitor of the Clleago & Alton Rallroad, were as happy yesterday as two men coald possibly be, Thoy wore a self-satls- fied expression, and thelr joyful demeanor be- tokened somo unusually satlsfactory occurrence. And they had good causo for feellug so, Dur. Ing the afternoon they recelved informatlon of wult of tho measure of value should bo redeeted | o Geolslon Iu thelr favor by the Court of Appeals | 11CT atsets aro givon as personal wardroboand'| i Gny ™ rogpect, and yet bis no- e T ears it Whit ] | fn the long-pending Wiggina Ferry ease, g | OFisments §300; thoatrical wardrobo and scen« |y, “ang ysefulness had mado him ery 8550, # total of 8850. Lier Mabilltics foot: up $54,008, amone the creditora being A, M. Paliner tor 1,600 and Margaret Palmer for $5,000. Of tho total, Mvs. Lyon is dlrectly reaponsiblo for only $6,100, the balance being the result of fndorsements on notes made by her husband, who went through bankruptey s year ngo. The asscts conslat of one set of h, measure miy milk shall be redeomed. Atath—For convenlence only 1 propose that the dollar o lssued shall be quite equal or a Httle bot- ter than the present value of the average pold dol- Iar of the world, uot to bo changed or ehangeablo, 1t the gold doitar grows lowoe in valac or grows nigher, not to be obllged to conforu itaeif In value inany rogard to the dotiar of any other natlon of the worl kul)lng tsell -Iwu,- atavlo and fixed, #0 that when tho proporty of the country ndjusts itaclf to ft a8 & measurs of “valus it shall romsin & the Court decided against the Comwpany, it would bave beca out of pocket soveral hundred thousand dollare, which it will save now, for tho Court decides every polnt In favor of the Alton Read. The Wiggius Ferry Company clatmed that it had a contract with the Chicago & Altou for transferring its business from Vealeo to 8t. Louls, across the Mlssisaippt, but hardly less Important to the Church thon ono of its Blshops. Il!s tnfluonce and commaniing position were snbjects worthy of lnvestization. Mo was & man of deep thought and cultured wind. The great feature of bis life was Lis churchlingss. Tho Cburch and its intercsts were Inwrought In hia very being. Tho mystical body of Chriat presented to him the grandest d three court costumes for fxed standard forever. Dutif 11 ever changed, | thot the rallroud Company was takiug its buel. | $6°0°C7 a0 roblem of stud which tho lLumau mind Tshall change canally and allko Tor creditor and | mess - scross - tho - beilze, - thus “bmnklu‘: tha “Two Orphans five theatrieal | 0000 O Vs ve chas 0 present bis quhlur,rxlln;nl lh'dnlllrm Dased una;-hunupaa«za nol:, tho_contruct. Tua Chicago & Alton Rails wigs, flve costumnes for soldiors, six views tbrough the press, he clicited unusual st~ :'d"":'.:“:"l}."“ Iways bave given the creditor the | roo1 Company claimed that tiero | costumes for prison dresscs, aud. dresses g g tentlon, and fow Presbyters would lavae ate g D el o coktract was mude, wl lmwd'mum public altmfl.lan than he, 1f he had To give tb'e gmnhek curroncy thus dosired a for the characters of” Loulss in the *“Two Or- O gxed aud sfable valuo, Iwonld make It fandablo { Bt that time the shippers did ot cars fu which 0 we " + aF ieast o ot Bbar o lcal i | Wl Ko i sttt g | B LRSS ) out Tour yiars ado e, | i ke ino iha motvos- gad culent to ¢, in n wtorad bonds q 0 o » 3850 annalites m:,.?arnp, 10810/000, Bone” | rectea :K.m ioous this wuyy sud the Company | Lyon (Kato Claxtan) purchnsed a lurgo mount | sprivgy | ot acton, jin, | mone o L8 ntarest ai eF cun -aununle X e 4 :i . ln.‘ which bonds shoald, be r:'::‘:w: fnlo cnr. }'.:d“:: 1;}‘,';‘,gmxfi“{n';‘f“:'crc’;“;fl"{’é'.fi{fl'é’ifi of reul estato, conslatiug of thirty or forty clty | oy lp"morg closely Identifled with ber thon soy lota on One-Hupdred-and-Fifty-sixth strect. The property wss purchased subject to frst apd second wmortgages, amounting to $30,000, held by the Maonhattan Life, Mutual Life, and thoScotch Prosbyterian Churel, Bubsoguently Mrs, Lyon borrowed $10,000 of Mr. Diosgy, of this city, to sccurs paymeut of which she gayo a third mortzoge.. This money bacame duo r{ucv nt the plessura of the bolder at every public depository. Thase I would have a currency better than a gold curroncy, unalterablo in value, becausu founded upon weaith, power, aud property, lo- otiier with ail tho gold and sliver of the' coantry, geM by sl the people whose Interest it would ha to keep It steady measure of value, to which all_the property would soon accommodate itself, and ultimately the while national debt would be brawght homs from adroad and funded fato this Blshop, for ho had survived two Hishops, and tbey uniformly relled upon him for counsel and asslataoce, o had been the active fnstrument iy two or threo instances of settling the must difMcult l&“el"flfll of discipline, and oo bis action oud advice the cutiro Church bad sluco placed its scal of approval. Tho spcakor then sketched the experionce of the deceased (n con: nection with tho educational lustitutlon wib ruilroad, and the decislou 1s on au appeal. The Court decides, Arst, cansé went to refcree on® erruncous lustructioud; secoud, referes did not proceed ou correct legal theory; third, Court erred in refusing to review tho evidenco on ex- eeptious; fourth, contractscanuot have thascol asked for by Wiggin's Ferry Comnpany; 0fth, tho Chlcago & Alton Rallroad is an Ilinols cor~ poration, witl charter to 8t. Louls, aud could paiivnal boad, | Thls would give te Amer | not biod fuaelf uot to execciso it puwers &t | laat summer, and, not belng pald, tho clalm was ';’#&“&fi'fl‘&lfi“&;‘}. ;g':-{;;flg}gmfl':ng“m*"g Al L A U e T Xol;l‘:l&dcllll::fi ‘3 ¢ n‘:vgaflul:lr:ct] ekes it iy | placed in tho hands of & lawser. No | yion to causo of education and the Church, At E\‘.’:n 3:,&3_“ 5, “:{.'fi'::& .:“Jf:‘fi.‘;"éfi‘;.}‘:&:{ nopoly, & restriction neither useful nor resson- settlement belog cffceted, Mrs. Lyon | thoconcluslon of tho services of Hoty Con- munlon, Dr, Corbin announced the absencoe of the Blshop, sbd called upon the Ror. T. Nu Benedict to preside, he being the oldess Presby. was examiied Thursday last * regurding Ler abllity to pay. Bho testifed that she was s netress engaged fn the tbeatrical busioves, sccurities'tavested at an aversgoof 3 per cent only, Before Mr. Duiler hod taken hls acat, Mr. Chit- able; wuu({l,, after car-trausfer had beop cs- tenden rosn 10 ask him some questions, Chitten. tablished ot Veuleo, the Rultrond | Company had the right to avail itself of it, aud corfuinly so ':1:: }?afli'é.?“i’#.‘s“&‘n:u".; v‘c\ix?:néwt::?mbgf &‘1"1'0&; :{,‘::;:‘,'{‘,}{,’;‘2,’,'(,'" iructed, Which. the ".V‘ 0B | apd about ta orvanize & company ecalled *'the 53&5'»‘21‘3’.’"‘"3 ":?o:"l‘xfz'}?xf :‘:’:fij‘a}nl::r:xl«?‘l l?fuffl f savinge-bauk depostts when the United Statey i ¢ i i " 2 3:4 16 occaslon of the t Couvene SEsengeDaLk dophsie. Vhen to_ United Statis Tho oplalon covers sbout seventy-five pages Kato Claxton Combinotiod " for an extended ‘t’lfi(ho l;fll: ‘l‘l.nm o D{_u Harrte of Chlcago, p- tour through the West, for her brother, Bpencer M, Conme. All contracts wero aubjcct . to Der sporoval, aud afguod by her. The proceeds were to go to her brother, ‘The company belougs to ber h&»nur. who engeges Ler us & star at $100 per orice feil, a8 Dutlor devired thetn 1o fall, to 50 por | OF foolscap. cent of thuir par vulue . 5(r. Butler—This wiil be what will happen thom: They will be juat where they are now, with thelr depositanot 1ot per cent bonds, but fu tumnble- dawn real-estate lu New York that Is not worth 15 cente on the dollsr when the taxes sve pald. peared to have been a foregone conclusion, aud great disappointment was felt at his declinatios, but, in the Convention to-day, there was mond of a disposition maulfested ‘to cauvass the clalms of the various candidates whose nauics lad been preseated. Accordingly, a private THE CHICAGO & ALTON EXTEN=- BION., Ina weok or two the (.‘m‘nuo & Alton Rall- road will bejreadyto cominence operations on its (5 Cuitenden—bocs toe yontloman shexn by | new extanilun from Mexloo, Mo, to Kentaa | NE0E A benteling sxpnsess QLomoulont Hio | consultaion was old at 3 'eloc, whes i 0 und Now York will be baukrupted? Clty, Tue bids for bulldiug the nows lige wrero | woeke o, but still trausacts tho business, snd | Desrers P and the Rey: Clinton. Locke, D. Dn Ar. utlor—~They are, 4o far s8 the United States | Obencd at tho ofllces of ths Cowpany, Nus. 3 | Lad signed contracts withis the past week, | of Cilcago, were probably the Rroatess favor- bohue ut coucerned, bankrupt to-dsy. They bave | sud 4 Van Burca struct, yesterday, At 5 o'glock | Slie Swed lne brother about, 0'3.‘ e 80d e | froy” M7, Chittenden—~That is not ananewer. Doss | 1D the eveniog some 160 bids bad been received, ")-’“ o “ e shwmflflfll hwd I': g o F’flnflfl:‘l‘l: When the Convention met again, at 8:30, tto the gentlemsu mean $hst all tha savings banke of | Prosident Blackstous und the Directors of the | 95 that. ~Bue uad ha onoy presentation of names of candidatcs was coui- boank, but bad drawa it all out except §25 within six moutls, Bhe had had ss much ss 000 at one tine fo the Hankof the Metropolls, ¢ had all been used_in bosincss and paying her living expovscs, Within the past slx wounths witaces ~ bad 3, to two of Lier sunts, to whom her husband owed moncy menced, and coutinued untll & lats bour thls cyenivg. It was apparout at once that noagree: ment upou any one culor persun had been reached by the confercnce. The Rev, Dr. Cousts land Whitehead, ol Bouth Betblelicm, Pa.. was uominated by the Huv. '.)l}r. ’l‘lo'rmw of Ste L] a0 New York and Mossachusetta will Lo aud ought to Dbe bankeupted by the fetum of these bunda? Mr. Butler—They will bo, but ought not (o be, bankrupl. They wilk be bankrupt becsuss the value of thelr sccurities In real catate, in ralltoads, and in evezything elvo but Goveroment bonde hay buen sunk throw tiwes by thelr iufurnal luet for road were kept busy as beavers all day looking over aud digestlog the jmunenss vlle of docu- meuts, It will take the Directors sud officlals of the road ull of to-day to ascertalu who Ie tho successful bidder, Thoe oflie of the Company gold. . was crawded all doy with 8 largo crowd of con- | wien ha wont futo Lankruptey. Mrs. Lyon f(""l" Church, l‘\rorhé Lkmn't., ot Mr, Chlttenden (excitedly)—I wish tractors, who talked over thefr chaouces, aud made night, of Lancaster, Pa., ot gentieman 1o the pa(lnxl. o Lykajdtta viewed ssnples of tho soff 10 bo yraded. As al- fl:fi '.i‘i“nigfic’x‘,'i,".m u?«";"&‘.‘,fi?‘,‘flfi’g‘lb‘i‘fl; h'L‘i Quincy's the Hey. Olinton'Laske, of & lc"ca'l;'r’. Mr. Butler—\sll, I am content, . Mr, Chiitenden (with bis voice at the highest pitch)—1t you, us an advocato of the unlimited re- lavnctization of sliver, force back un this country the many bundred millions of bouds uaw held s (ormany, and _thereby break duwn overy savinze tunk In Massuchnsetts aud New York, who will bo resvonsible? Wil not you be falrly enusied 1o be hubg o 8 lamg-post whiere you desirod the Hocra- tary of the Treasury to bo hung? r. Butisr—~1 wifl take my chances with the rest whun tho 1swp-poste cume round. | have no fear v that subject. But It wili uot bo the return of bonas that will break the savingu-banks, because thyy are breaking; thuy are rotten, and are sinklng, ready stated, thievew sxtonsion will run from Mox- lwk'-"u present termninus of the Chicago & Alton, to Kaunas City, o distance of 163 milue, At Ulusgow, sixty wiles west of Mexico, the Mis- sourt River wilt bave 1o be bridged, aud the Company lutends to eonseruct 8 sudatautial fron bridge at this pulnt, the cost of which will be ubous $50000. The foud, wulch, (b f4 estt 1muted, wall cost about $2,500,000, will be cow- pleted In about four or six months, It will taks weveral wounths longer, bhowever, to com- vleto the Missourl River bridge. Pendiog the completion of tbo bridge, & lerry teansfer wiil ldu Rev. T. R. Holcombe, of Kock Island; . W. Lefllugwell, of Knoxvilic, by tbe v, Mr. Chuwberlaly, of Geuesco, 1u niaking theso nomluations thirty minutes wers allowed for thu prwentation uf each nawe, sod a like thna for other spoochies, Some of the addresses were quite forcible and ulo:gmul, but the ma+ Jority of them contained uothing more in favor 0t tho candidates than could bo sald for any number of cther Rectors throughout the coun- try. The frisnds of Mr, Locke pushed bis claln vigorously, and fntroduced with effcct the anzs meut that he 4 & Wostorn wan, familiar with the wants of the Church fa (livols. Tho ree amount to $17,000, and tinally concluded It could not have been more than $12,000 net. Mra. Lyon teatiied that she.,owned no yeal estate or persousl property, ucither she any wearlng spparcl or jew- elry. Her mother owos all her wearlng apparel. Her mother bought all the matorials aud hed some of them wade. Sowne witoess hoed made herself, but ber mother had given bee ore than movey anouiu to make up for that, Iler mothes often gave bier mouey. The witness wore but liitle fewelry—has worn dianonds within the past six mouths, but thoy were bor- r. Chittenden (without walting for Mr. Butl be wade at thot point. ‘Lhe roud, wheb come | rowed from & friend, she would unot ¢l crwlve, lor 16 COe 1o & MbLI-T kniow & siviige-bauk tbar | Bleted, will by o nst dircet voute to' Kansas | 1611 who. - She" had & 'thcairical wardeubs | Siseuations, by letter aud otiecuiee, [ $! u.oou.)wo of (overnment bands, and if it | City, and there {8 burdly o doubt thut, whenthe | worth sbout §80U, which she owps. 8he be sppeared to bave the wdditional t.".‘;‘;"b."'mfl"..’."fl.,fid'“-iz &uudlgw?nfi:r:::fi it l:\"l' cxt:fimn:]ln mmmflfi'fi,:,m} Chicago & | ber buard ueumlv.h but | givaniage of o unanimous delegatlon frups the ) h ¢pua X iG0 poGF peoply for HnOm Yo frofess 1o spens, N et rout raoks of | borrowed the mouey todo I with. 8he bad pot Butsido' of 1he tho most successful Western rouds in spite of City ot Sulnc' fu his tuvor. thy ctlurts of jewlous wuxwuww“wuu are Catliodrul, it was stated that the Quincy wess bers of the Convention wuuld w0t sccept & paid suy advan larics to the actors of tho -~the ng menand women, 'There are L0, Fotwpany whicl she was orvuniamg for ber of them uspositors tn sbat ube baok, and toey o dotug their utmost to Injare the cr of this | pruther. Part of her locome of $2000 in ed); 1] bo seat Lo be 1 , 3 5 I th fog decidedly ¥ Mr. Witler—And" th0 Directors should bo hang | ¢celient Cowpany sbread. tho pust slx months sbe hud Used iu ‘.":.‘:;.‘:{:’.:‘:}t‘.;:?‘&'éi‘ -‘n'fi;flufgd ':'duposulun to 40 & Jamp- pos and soasted afterwandy. sylog old debls, n plylns stand out for Dr, Kuight s their frat cholce. e Chitisaden —1 8w uo Joker. 2 CINCINNATI'S ELEPHART. er lviog !xrcnlu bad 'ral 1t was niso stated that ouzside of the Quincy NE Butve koo et eiika 2R Bpecial Disoaich fo Ths Trivuas, Pulmer wlout '§ nd owed vim $5000 | A AT SRR (ARG Do the favorites fr0m Mbsedchuasils bie Weniilsof scriGusnets, | CINOMINATEFeb. 20,~Tho CinotunatiChamber | S M (REH SCED, OV4t LS D LU0 | wibiouil I8 wes nut. certala be bad s wajorliy 22 m:;;\.u 1wish wappesl 1o bls possibly sunous | of Lowmerco pasaed Lo-day, by nearly aunant- | ), tuted fully al) the fucts fo regard to her ‘At midulght the Convention adjourued till 10 100us Y0L8, 8 resulution calling upou the Gvueral Asscwbly for leaisiation necessary to encblothe ity to yote $2,000,000 fur the complation of the 'llr. Batlor—1I nover wes In & better temper in my property, Mre. Lvon repcated that “l:u had no 2. Mr, C:hittendeo—I wish to ask the gentleman §f real or pursonal, that her was fo luve the eutire o'clock (o-morrow, baviug taken Ove yotes 83 fallowss First—Lacke, 8 Kuiah, 4 Whlte- To- 10 | head, 8 Second—Locke, s 83 be thinks (hat tuezo will be auy wore prosperiiy 1n | Byuthern Raiiroad. Thbe bullding of this rosd, | (8¢ds of the comouny, kuown 2s ‘“The | oyl 6, Third—Locke 4; Kuight, 4; White- 12} try, erity to the I 7 o " t b atfon,’ 5 > % T, B 0 St T, 10,000 | wilch runs from Cincinom vo Cossancoge,wes | 13, Clttion Goublpuilon o 1t propesed | wead & et v ol o sboyp, in the sbov-shop, until coofidence 1s restorod to capltal Will yous everlasting, lrredvemable, w)serable greenbacks restore that conddence? Alr. Butler—1f tha prosperity of tbis country dg- peuds uvon the 2 er cool dillerence belwoen guld and greenbacks, God help tho country. Mr. Chitteuden—Now come rlgm dowu to the work, wy {tlead. 1f you kuva s buasa to build or began nlue yoarsago. The original estlinatuotits cost was $10,000,000. ‘The clty lssued bonds fur the amuount, and when the money wasexpended foynd tbat buts small partof the road bad bedu comploted. The Trustees asked for 86, U0U,000 saore, which was suthorixed by & popular wod actressed that stie had notllug ta du with the coiopeny, nelther did sbe fuform tucw otherwise, but gm them to undurstand they were to look to ber fur their vll- The wituess did ot consult with Mr. M, A, Palmer in re- gard to ber business, wnd was not awere bLe bad suythiug to do with it She A pradont luvestwont l).u:f“fiw.lld' Buarseoc: tlo of Dr. Joyuu's Exp: frous wuch sulforiog sud n hittl dabyer. 1t 1482 old vety lh\‘l.d curative. whosy rumedisl qualitics 1300 b touted by thoussnds,