Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1878, Page 2

[E ) THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. MARCH 2, Directar received a dispatch from San Franclsco to<day raging that for the short month of "Feb- Toary the mint fn that city colned £5,500,000 in giiver trade dollare and subsldiary coln. Thisls TIE LARGEST AMOUNT COINED at that mintsince it was started. Dr. Linderman savs it sill lic cary toptace the Philadetphia Mint on an eqnal footing. The Carson Mint will run exclusively on the new ellver dollar, but the frat colnage will be Phila- delphin, owing to the dies being made fn that city. It wiil require at least & week to preparo the dics for the preases. What fa known as the “hub” is nlready prepared. Thisis a pleco of the hardest stecl, on which is cut in reliet or raised character the devices of thecoin. In making the die a plece of ateel of the proper #ize and shape is anncaled or eoftened, sod the hub is struck on the face of the die. ONLY ONE BLOW can be struck cach day, and about eight blows are neeessary to finish thedie, After each blow the die ls ngaln annealed, Bometimes twoblows o day have heen given cach die, but this is rare, About twelve ddles will be neecesary, all of which can be made from one hub in a week, if two blows can be given each dic a day, 1t will require seven or vlght days to convey the diecs to Californla and Nevada alter they are made, so that [t will be a fortnight bLefore the new colnage can bogin there. DRSIGN OF THE NEW DOLLAR. The folluwing letter was yestorday sent tothe Secretary of the Treasury, and was to-day re- turncd with its recommendations approved, the Beeretary directing that the necessary orders be iseued for carrying It Into exeeatton THEASURY DEPARTMENT, Urrice o tnr Di- RECTOR 0P TR MINT, WARMINGTON, Feb. 28, 1478, —S1n: It the bill to authortzo the colnnge of nstandard silver dollar, which has lately passed Dboth Hounea of Congrens, and 19 now awaiting Ex. ccutive actlon, should becomo a law, it {a expected that the minta should be placed in a position to ex- ecute with promptitude the requirements of the nctx ko far ns the comnage fs concerned. 1n order 1hat there may be as lttle delay as passible In com- mencing the coinage of the new doliar, it in necess rary that a full supply of dies should be prepared in antlcipation of the blil becoming a Jaw. 1 therefore transmit horewith A epeclmen or experimental plece of new design that I have caured to be prepared, and which I have the honor to request may be approved and adopted. The set nuthorlzing tho colnaze of a riandard ailver dollae provides thit there shall bo on the siver dollur the dovices and supersciptions wrovided by the act of Jan, 18, 1837, Sec. 13 of whicl reads as follows: **Tnat upon the coins #ruck st the mint there shall be the*following de- vices and legends: “*Upon onc slde of each of eald colns fhiere sball bo an impression . emblematic of Literty, with an fnscriptlon of the word liherty, and tho ycae of the colnage, and upon the roverse 6f cach of the gold and silver coins there shall bo the Sguro or representation of an eagle with the inscription *United Btates of Amerfca,' and o designation of the value of tha caln,” S . 18 of the Colnngo act or 1837 forther pro- vides that there shall be upon the coin the inscrip- tion *'E Pluribus Unum,* and thet the Director of tho Mint, with the approval of tho Sceretary of the Treasury, may also,causo the motto, “In Gol we trust,” to be fnscribed npon euch colns an ahall admit of much motto. In ace cordance with the provinfons of these lawe, T have relected the necompanying pleco from varlons de- #ign which have Leen prepared ot the miut, - The ubverse of tho coln bears a free cut head of liborty, crowned with & Phryglan cap, decorated with wheat and cotton, the sfaples of the coun- try; the Jegend EPlurlbus Unum,” (le- teen stard, ond the year of colnage, reverse, mucrounded by an ollve-wreath, s nn eagle with outspread winge, bear- ing in M»s talons A branch of ollve and a bondle of arrows, ecmblems of peace end wae; the {nsctiptions, **United States of Awetien,™ and **Ome dollar,* and the motto, **In GGod wa tenat.” This specimen, whila it poss allthe requirements of the law tn devices and super- reriptions, hus been eelected notonly for the besuty of its design, but aleo for tho exceptionally low re- Mef of the devices insuring protection from abras rlon, and enabling them to be brought up in strike ing by a minimam pressure. Very respoctfally, Ir I Lixpensax, Dicector. The Hon. Jonx Suznxax, Secrotary of the ‘Tressury. On the PREFARATIONS. To the Weatern Assoclated Press, Wasuinaron, D. €., March L—Acting under the fustructions of the Beerotary of the Treas- ury and [ antletpation of the Silver bill be- coming o law, the Director of the Mints has been engared several days making the nece pary arrangements for the runnjog of the mints to their full capacity on the new sliver dullar, I conuection with which "gold only will for o thne be colned, 1t 4s vrobable that a sup- 1y of workng dies will bo ready in about ten duys, aud, by the meantime, silver bultion wiil pans through ull the processes of putting it I shape for colning fute dollars, excopt that of stamping, and for which partieular operation the cavacity of the mint 1s in excess of other operations, so that, in reality, but little delay in colnage will be oceasloned by the dles not now buelnzready, Tt fs thought by themiddloof April the colnaze ot the silver dollur will bo at the rato of EL5X,000 per month, Tho supply of fractional silver coins at the inint and different Treasury oflives f+ suflictent tomect auy demand Jikely to arfso for several months to come, 'The wulots arc aly in excellent condition, with o ekilled furcy of workmen, and everything fs in enape Lo meet the large amount of cvinuge do- volved upon them by the new law. IN THE CAUINET, The Cablnet to-duy discussed the necesgary aetion to be tuken to earry out the provisiuns of the Bllver bill. Beerctary 8hermnu fs to put the mints at work promptly aud industrious- Jy, aud Becrctary Evorts will ut onco open correspotdence with the Guvernuients of the countries compusing the so-called Latin Unfon, and of such other European nations s the President may deem adviable, Inviting thenf to juin the United Btates in s conference o adopt common ratio between pold and silver for the purpose of establishing the use of bl-metalile money and secusing s tixity of rela. tive value between those inetals, THE HILVER BILL, IXDORSED, ‘The Silver LIl was to-day sent to the Depart- ment of State by the Bpeaker of the House of Rewresentatives, with the indorsements of the Clerk of the House and the Sccretary of the Fenute to the effect that thebill passed, note Withetaudiug the veto of the President. Byectut Dtopaich 10 The Trivune. Pigeaneiiiia, Murch 1—It will be two Weeks before the first sllver doBarsare out, but Ly Aprll they will be coming ont st the rate of T0,000 u o4 E. Morgan, the Euglish cuzreaver, whose desirn has been accepted, will Iave the hubs tintshed on- Monday, having (une uil the work possible prior to the passagu of the bill. ‘Fhe wanutacture of dies will bo the work uf ten duys more, after which coinlog will pro- cceid s rapldly uy possible, ‘The Mint los been thorouehly overhauled, dirt cleaned away, fur- piaces remodeled, und evervthing done to push Work un fust us possible. The UGovern- meut bouzht o lot of eilver 8 week uzzo, und has ut thls miue nearly $250,600, but Wil recetve §300,000 more from New York to- day, “There need be no fear of 1dling, for the uiuts are unxious to do ol the work they can, und tind work for us mauy peopls us pou{blc. =, BILVER BULLION, A?\n\\}))".uulx. )lnr}‘h A.Tgx: ‘(U;ll(l:d Btates g=ay OMlice here shipp 5,619 {u silver bars “w-day to the Philadelphia Mint, i T'RESS COMMENTS, TUE NEW YONK ORAFUIC (1AD.), & it Dispatck 10 The Trivune, New Youx, Murch L—The Graphle to-day is aluust cutlrely devoted to the discussion ofthe Bilver bill and its effoct. It say “The days of ehirinhage are over. It Is safe now to pur- chiuse staple poods or property ofany kind., As there (s @ cortafuty that the market frowm thls e forth, withulight exceptions, will bo arising vue, those who take advantage of preseut orlees are certain 1o reap @ rich reward in the ot distaut future. Do oot buy trash; nor 15 1t wise, us yet, to fuvest tn real eatate. Teal es- tate 13 the lust kind of tixed property to gov down fu value, and It 18 also the Yast to feel the effects of & rising market. Thers s Mte prospect, therefore, that land will ve wuch affected for the vext year or two. The tirst effect will be experiencea fu goods for Whizh there §a an lannedlate consumption. The stock market Ly and by will show the changed temper of the bialness community, Tt s very probable that United States bonds may be low- er in quotable value. Money In & now country, with as many chances of Investment as there are here, is worth more than 4 per cent, and It follows that, when Lrade rceumes (ta mor- mal condition, public sccurities ylelding that amonnt will decline in valac, s more. de- sirable Investments will be offered capitalists on every side. Railway bonds, which have been abnormally high on account of thelr assumed safety, will also soon experience a decline, In- ‘vestors will not be satfstled with B or 4 pet cent, when general business will not afford them a retnrn of A to 10 per cent. Factorles of any kind ought to be a good purchasc. Snlos, houses cligibly located, and rallway stocks that havo pall dividends honestiy during the panle, afford a larze margin for a rise. Well- sclected mining property s alo o pood Investment. In short, staple goods of all kinda arc a good purchase, nnd the cxperfenced busi- ness men In all departments of trade can now afford to morteage thelr future, that 18 to say, it fs n falr business risk from this time forth to buy anything for which thera is a publle de- mand. ~ ‘There ia n redundant paper curreney in the country, nearly 3750,000,000, In addition to the gold an silver which {s the basis for this enormous lssue of greenbacks. This vast sum has been held back fn measurs by the fear of falllng prices. The owners of greenbacks woulit not truat them in trade. beeause of the losses which were sure to follow inyestment hereafter. No great amount of colnara will be required to use to tho uitermost every dollar of money, a8 well as individual credit, it the transactionof business. We do not want more paper money. There s too much in the country to-day, but we do want all tho real money we can get, all the gola and siver colns we ¢an mint, and cvery ounce of hullion that fs avallable shouid bd made the basis _of further lssucs. We hopo our siiver friends in Coneress will sce to it that there fsno moure [nflation, and that if any moyement is made that aifucts our finances, it shall he In tho dircction of putting a good wold or silver duliar lmhlym'l‘ overy greenback fssued by the Govern- ment.’ THE NEW YONK TRIDUNE (IND. RER.) Special Diroatch Lo_The Tribune. New Youk, March 1.—The Zribunc, growing hopetul, says: ‘It Is tho President’s own fault that his messnge, clear and stralghtfor- waril as {t was, counted less with Congress than a uewspaner editoriul. For the first thne the United States hos a President who Is thas shown to bo powurlcs:i not only with his own purty, which he has displeased, but with the onlnaolln party, whoso good will he has not been able to win, “Ilic bill Is less (nfurlous in ite fm- mediate than in its dircct cffects. [t causes no great Inflatfon. It forces upon the publiu at once uo great amount of depreclated coln. It compels no dishunoring of the natlonal obligations, Glve us, fn splte of this Lill, ten months more of frecdom from the schames of wild tinanclers, and wo sholl have the finances of the councry planted on tho solld rock of specfe. Meantime the great danger to which this bill subjects us fs Lhe rapld return of Gov- ernment bouds, Fortunately the moncy mar- ket was never in a botter condition to absorb them, Our banks aro chioked with idlo capital, Irft can but bu utllized in taking up these bonds and holding them henceforth at homne, the national misfortune at Washington mnay yet bo cotverted into sumething not wholly un- ke a national blessing. And so let as bo of good courage. This country has weathered many o storm, and we_may yet weather this one.” 'The natlon has always pald 100 cents on ttie dodlar, and the peoplo have not yet devidend, cven thelr represcntatives in Conuress have not yot conscientiously decided, thet they over mcan to puy any less.”? 5 HFURTIER SILVER LEGISLATION NOT WANTED," cineiunat Commercial tind, Rep. ). The Double Standard is restored. The Silver Dollar that was, 1s, und shall be evermore, ‘That which is ost to be deprecated about the Presfdeut’s messago is its virtual indorsement of the theories thut the peovle, In reclalming thelr rights tn siiver, are dolug something that disturbs credit. They are dolngz nothing of the klukL ~ The restoration of the dollar of the contracts s the rehabilitation of credit, If the markets aro shaken foru few duva, the fact must be attribe uted to such misapprelicnsions as those which the President has permitted himself to enter- tafn and express. If there is no derangement, that will be proot that the intelligence of tho prople sustains them in the practieal nssertion of their inaltcuable rights, and the exceution of even-handed Justice, Ihe old specie basls s restored. Let us re- lumnufion t. It is lawful for the mints to strike 40,000,000 stlver dollars before resump- tion-day, Lct us have every dollar of it ready in the Treasury for resumption, or lssued in ex- change for greenbacks, Further mtver leisia- tion Is not wanted, and ft caunot be accom- plished. © Posaibly ‘o majority of botti Houses might Lo found for “somo omendmcrts, hut two-thirds = votes cauwsot be given to anything additlonal that has been or s liKely to be proposed. Besides, Congress has sumcthing else to do. Too much time has been spent on this subject already. The money Rock of Ages Is reatored for the conntry to rest upon, 1t will be well to give it a long rest up- on all questlons that Involve the stundurd of valuation, ‘Iliers I8 now no s:olll.'y 8o strong as todo nothing woresbout the doliar, with the uxcep- tiun ol the work In the mints, ‘The Sllver law Is un admirable scttlement of the loue vexed question; and, even I 1t were not so excellent, 1t shunld be aceepted In good faith, and all par- ties and persuasions of men should maky the best of it exoetly as it stands. A few uncasy members of Congress may think to advertise thelr speclal zeal by perso- veranca [n agitation, but they wiil mistake the slizns of the times and the sentiment of tho peuple. Public opinfon will turn sharply agatist them, and they will be_instructed and admons ished that sllence {s needed to make thelr silver s rood as gold, URTHER LEGISLATION NEEDED," 7t Lnuin Repurlican (Dem . 1t 18 to bo hoved, now the Sitver LI 1s o biIL no longer, but the luw of the land, and the country once nore guaranteed the advane tuzea of u bl-metallie currency, that the anti- silver men will see the necessity for discontin- uing their onsluughts on the credit of the coun- try, ‘They havo dobe so much to convineo the forclen bondhotders that stiver remonetization muant repudiation, let them see, now that they huve lost the battle, what they can do to undo thelr ugly work, 1L is annoviced that the sub- werivtions to the new § per loan -uveragae about 100,000 & day, andt are mainly sccured in Bt Lonls, Chileugo,” and_ Cincinnatf, which are the vur{v stronguolds of the silver movement. Now, i Beerotury Sherman aud the other ope nents of silver mondy will learn wisdui rom. tals clly they can very easfly allay the vanie they have done so much to creatu and miko the sllver dollar sn eflicient menns of fncroasing the sales of the § per-cents, aswell asa great ald in the exceu- tlsn of tho Resmnption act, Further legislutlon 18 needed, however, to accompllsh all that is Bumhlu n this respect, and this legistation can urdly bo sccured it the anti-silver peoplo cons thne thelr onposition in the samoe insuno way they huve hieretofure pursued. 1t they meal to exeente tho bl so a3 to inake it slinply a_pro- vision for o limited {ssue of anew uuflaldmry coln, ur soas to Kkeep tho sllver imoney out of clreulation, they will but invito uther aud much mury damuging Jegialation by tue united grean- back and sitver fur Tlere 1s no uatural unjon between the advocates of an frredeein- able vnuurmrmu:{ aud the advocates of the sllver dollar; but, if the fssue on the silver dol- lurfs tobe an idlo form, such & uion may bo brought about aud great hurm result, Lot the unti-silyer men accept the situation, aud legls- lute s0 88 to eive thu country the fullest benelit of the bl which 18 now the faw, aud the bonded duus and the greenback debt will both b light- cueds “ BUPPLEMENTALY LEGISLATION," Luunwiite Cuurier-Journut (Iam, ). 1t retuning now for Congress to proceed to such suppletaentary leglstation as will perpetu- ote the lrultage of this victory, The wrong which was perpetrated by the stealthy de- mouetizution of “sliver has been righted, an the lezul-tender character of the old siiver dul- lar lag been restored; but the bill, us smended by th Beuate, leaves silver o subsidiary coin, and future legislation should be directed to rlamug 1t on an exact cquality with gold, whore it stood previvus to the uet of demonctizotion. The refation of silver to gold can be ixed b luw 50 that the owuer of silver bulllon can re- eeive colu certificates for all they deposit with the Government, recelvable for custows, tuxcs, and public dues, ‘Tue sitver dollur of 4123¢ sgrafus may, by full coinage sud free cireulation, through proper nnulllm'{' lealslation, return to the valuo it boreat the me'of demonetization =100.46 ceuts 1n gold, POSTAL BAVINGS BANKS, FROVISIONS OF THE LOUSE BILL. pecial Dispusch ta The Tribune. Wasuinotos, . ., March 1.—The Banking and Currency Committes to-day tinished the consideration of tho Phillips Postal Baviogs Bauk biiL The fual yote will bo taken at the vext meeting. The amended bl authorizes de- posits at all woncy-order offices in suws or 25 centy and upwards; provides for book accounts aud pass-books, aud, when the deposits equal ~— dollars, provides for u postal wotey-order on the United Btates Treasury, free of charge, o be exchia ble for buuds; wo persen to b spee allowed to deposit more than 30 fn one day; this special fsswe of bonds, to be called postal savings londs, fs to draw interest at the rate of 8.65 per annum, these honda to be exchangeable atpar for 4 per cente, also for United States notes, with interest computed to the day of preacntation. The postal money-orders aro ALSO REDEEMABLE IN CURRBNOY, and at dealgnated money-order offices. The names of depositors are te bo confldential § the moneys recetved to ba applied to the redemp- tion of bomls, Provision fs made for the re- demption of the honds in a special fssue with Unlted States notes to he leeal-tender for all dahts ana_dues r.-xcv.-rt exports tnd the public debt to the amount of 10 per tent of the actual nount of postal money-vrders and postnl save ings bonds at any time outstanding; Pruvmul that the entire amonnt of this speclal fasuc shall not exceed $30,000,000. The specinl Issuo Is to be nuscd entirely for the redemption of postal savings bomds. WIISKY. TIHE STOCK IN TI® COUNTAT. WasmxoToN, Fob, 20.—A recent Investiza- tion of the records of the Internal Revenue office with reference to tho condition of the stocks of whisky ln the United Btates, shows that on the 1st of January last the amount of tax-poid spirits in the hands of wholesale dealers and rectifiers was 17,145,279 gallons, but there were several districts throughout the country from which reports were nceded to aivo the exact amount. These districts are tha fol- loging: Fourth Catifornis, Dakota, Third Guorata, 8econd Missour), Fifth and 8ixth North Carolina, Fifteenth Ohlo, Ninth Penn- sylvanla, Third Texns, Washington Terri- tory, and Wyominz. It wilt bo within bounds to gay that the quantitics returned from these distrle | not augment the number of gallons in the hands of wholesale dealers and rectifiers beyond 18,000,000, The departiment is as yet unabie to approximate in & ratlsfactor! manner the stock In” the hauds of 156,000 retall liquor-dealers throughout tho country, though 1t is probable that there are about 10,000,000 gal- lons thus distributed, The entirc stock in the country, oxclusive of that in bond, will searcely exceed 33,000,000 galtons. Thaugh this cannot be regarded as altogether an officlal statement, It [s, nevertheless, a falr deductlon from tho rccords ns shown in the Internal Revenus Department on the first of the present year, The quantity in bond 1a about 13,000,000 gallone, whica would bring the stock in tho country to about 45,000,000 gatlons, This s very low as compared with the amount ascertained tobe held In brevious years. I'he report of Comnmissioner J. W. Dundass for 1871 shiowed the quantity of spiritsIn the Unitea Btates not In the Internal revenuo warelinuses on tho 15th of November,. 1370, at 45,639,203 fmunl. while on Mav 1, 1871, the quantity was 1,185,716 gallons. The ‘anantity in warehouses June 80, 1871, was 6,741,300 zsllons, from which 1t scems that there Is uow belog carried a much larger stock on hand. e NOTES AND NEWS, TIHE NEW YORK I'ENSION-OFFICH DILL. Bpectal Dipatch lo The Tridune, Wasmxoroy, D, C., March 1.—Something of the excitement which attended the passage of the New York Penslon-Offics bill in the Senate accompanied ita passage fn the Inuse to-doy, Chittendon bas been hitherto recognized as the foremost supporter of the Administration. To- day he arraigned tho Administration for, as he termed {t, jeopardizing the pavment of nlarge amount of persons by obstinately clinging to an appointee. He thought the resignation of Cos- ter should have been demanded when he falled to filo his bond. Chittenden was clected by some Democratic votes, and played the dem- agogue when he called tho attention of tho * country to the fact that the passage of this bill showed that the Democratle party desired to care for the pensloucrs. It appears that the bouds required are $250,000 In unincumnbored real eatate, DOORKEFER POLK. In the examination uof Dourkeeper Polk to- duy, It appeared that tho Doorkcoper of tho Inst Ropubiican House perfoxmed tho dutles with a much smuller forco than that now au- torized by law, ‘tha investigation s about closed. INVESTIGATION WANTED. Ex-Representative Edwin R, Meade, of New York, made an argument before the Judiclary Commititee to-day In support of a resolution for the investization of Uovernment futerests {u the Kansas Pacific Road, now in process of forcclosure, Chargesof fraud are made against the oflicers and Directo THB TARIPP Bltg. The Waya and Means C nmittee to-day agreed to the section mlntln5 0 Aplegs without alteration, and reduced the duty on bilks from 50 to 40 per cent. TUE RESUMPTION-REPEAL DILL. ‘The Senate Finnuce Cominittee cousidered the Dbl to repeal the Resumption act, and post~ poned the subject. Bume predict that the Com- mittes will take no final action for vus month, ‘The Comunittcemen indicate a desire to ascer- tain the effeet of the Sliver law before taking oction on the resumption quostion. TRIVATE DILLS PASSED, ‘The Hoaso to-day vasscd the folluwing private biils: To relieve E. A, Clifford, late Postinaster ot Evanston, I, frum the loss of §000 worth of stamps from his office: n bill for the rellef of the workmen employed In the construction of Poverty Istand Mghthouse, Lake Michigan; o bill for tho rellef of James Fishback, late Collector of Internal Hevenue, Tenth Hilinols District; one for the relief ot Murphy & Goode, of Indlanavolis; and pussed a penslon for Willum A, Davis, Thirty- Lirst Illnols Intantry. THR CHICAGO POST-OPPICE. Representative Aldrich also ntroduced a bill uPumlrrlulllux $200,000 a8 an appropriution for tho flscal year ending Juno 80, 1810, for contlou- {og work ou the Chileago Post-Uttice, LOSSEY ON FOSTAUR STAMPS, It {s claimed that th¥ Qovernment loscs $150,000 monthiy by the llegitimate sale of postage stamps. A LITTLY OFP. Blaine's defensa of the timber-thioves in Mon- taua turns out to have no just foundation, and his attack ou Becretary Schurz to beequally un- Jus Blatne attempted to play the demagogue by depletime the sufferings of fanillics whose supply of wood had been taken from them in wiuter by the Government. ‘Tbe selzures of the Departinent were not from such stores, but from woud-dealers who had cut 9,500 cords from the Uovernment Iands, and were selling it to clti- zens for §5 ond & cord. All the Departiment asked was that thess deals crs should pay the Guverntient 81 a cord, As to the demand of the Misslssippl Democrats, which Bluine was upholding, that thoe trials of thmber-thicyes shall b in & cortalu county speclul sesslon of tho United States Court, this epartment had two objoctlons; Firat, most of the defendauts resida in the county desig- nated for the trial, and, second, the Democrats laye so reduced the appropriations avuflable for the expenso of collecting evidence that thy Guvernment cannut posiihly et rewdy for tial ut the dn{| uamed, and it is this fact that prompts the desire for a lflcl’dv wial In the gmmy where the Indicted have powerful in- uence, BIIONT OF FUNDS, Tothe Wealern Assoclated Press, Wasiinaron, D, €., Murch L—"The fullowlng creular letter was sent by Commissioner Will- tamson, of the Uencral Land-Ollice, to-day, to flity-thres ol the employes of that Burcau, fne cludivg twenty ladies: * Want of appropristion tu vay fur the necessary cleeical force hias foreed upon_the Hon. Secretary of the Interlor the alteroative of dismbssing or gruutivg leave of sbsence withoul pay tu s very Inrlfu percentage of the force of this oliive till such tlne as it way pleaso the Cougress of tne United States to make such supropristion os will coable bl to srain avall the Uoverament of your services. Thy oution of saying whether you witl sceept o leave of uhsence without puy or bho discharged 18 un- fortunately tho only unu that cau be offered. Thoss of you who acceut leavo will be requirea tostate 1o a lotter to the Commisalouer that you retluquish uit claln for pay during such cave. [t deeply grieves tho How, Secretary of the Interior aud myseil to toke the action fune gunllwl)’ demanded of us under exbitivg laws, ut it can 0o longer be ayuided.” TUB PUBLIC DEUT. ‘The March statemeut of the public debt s as follows: 81 percent bonds. Fivo per cent bun, Juursud bt per > wuF per ceat bonds. 73,63, 400 "Total coln bonds.. Law(ulmoney dobs. Matured. 1,727,782, 500 Ficilonal curruae LRty Total withous tateroes... CRT ] ;Qll‘flthl.. . B, 191, LU, nd 1 utercis, v P st 24704064 .‘Il}:'l&;z G v tuaal cu T Curreney. Currency el tlon uf Srac 10,000,000 1878—TWELVE PAGES, and handed him his commirsion, The new Eqcetal depostt held for demntinn of certinc chaplain was ottlred in a suit of sombre hack, of depomit, In & short nddrees Mr. Beecher thanked Totalln Treasury.. the regiment for the honor : eonferred Deht Tesscash (n tha Treasary. upon him. and, comparing tha vast cost of the standing armlies of Eurone with the citizen-soldlery of Amerlen, expressed the hope that the regiment of which be was henceforth a member would maintain {ts high stavding. The address was loudiy applauded. After muste, snesemblnge dinpersed, The new chaplain agreed to buy a uniform at ouce, ' ———— Decreass of debt duting Fehriar, 1 40 AINCe JiUne e, 177, I::!‘:‘:_:;v I;nrl'(\lc ]Ir«):rnlll ‘atnpa- o f I'lln:‘]‘ll num';m’fip; otidecec Interent accrued and not ¢4 pa }n!em'l patd h( lll,l\ United Biates. ..., n':,«;r‘rl: e[TPANd by tranRportaticn Daiane of Intercat patd by the United [ LT SO e TOSTAL BAVINGS BONDS. F[ IBES' The blI to authorize the fssuc of postal sav- inzs bouds and for othe? purposes, introdueed | A SUBTERRANEAN CONFLAGRA- by Represcntative Phillips, hns recelved the ap- TION. proval of the majority of the House Banking and Cutrency Committee, and will bo mnflk‘ cted on by the Commltice next Tuesday. rominent member says the report in favor of ts paseage will be nearly unanimous. PACIPIC RAILUOADS, The Honse Committeo on Pacific Raflroads to-dny held n prolotiged scsslun, at which. o detnils of the Texas [Paclie Dllt were further consblered, and the Committee adjourned Ml to-tnorrow, when a_vote upon the main question will bo takeit, Mr. Blair and Me. Luttrell, of the S8ub-Committee, have pre- sented n mivority report favoring the Sowliern Paclfic proposition. Mr. Morrison is oppo 1 to granting Governgent ald to any of the rival projects, Mr, Cole has not yet Indicated his position, Corraspandence 81, Lanis Globe- Drmnerat, TrrrstoN, Pu., Feb, 23, —A few weeks since the Superintendent of the Butler Colliery Com- pany was apprised of the startling Intellizence that bis mines were on fire. The snnounce- ment was pregnant with alarm. Hundreds of thousands of dotlars of property, real and per- sonnl, were unexpeetedly menaced. Ruin and the dirc results of bankruptey,—the destaction of several handsoma fortunes, produced atremor of sensitivencss, not to say feverish anxlety that sptead throughout the valley. Your reporter vislted the scene of 20 much curlosity, and un- hesltatingly admits tho fmpressivencss of tho hour in counection with the elrcumstances. Standing upon the crust of terra flrma beneath which, at o depth raging from fourteen to 160 feet, thunder and crackle the coal, and gases, and rock. According to the cstimates of the Lest cngincers this mam- moth furnace ot present embraces nhout fwelve acres of tne most yaluable voal lands In the val- ley, and 18 daily fncreasing its boumlaries. ’l'fi’uunuwln of people have already visited the neighboraood, many of them coming hundreds of miles to yerlly the astounding rumors that have gatoed credence in enineering and geolog- feal vollees, A congress of mining engincers Dispatch toue Fivesmi & i #paich tn the Cincinnald Enquirer, ‘Wasmixaron, D. C., Fel '—Reyvrcscnlm tive Singleton, of Missizsippi, gave the Honse and vountry a chapter of unwritten history thns afternoon, which, if true, is auothuraflirms- tion of the old adago that the devil fs not so binck as palated, ‘The hnpression has always sbeen that Jeflerson Davis was the head and front of the Bouthern Hebellion; but Simgleton tells another atory. In discusslon of the bill to pension solitiers “of the Moxlean war, the Re- publicans have drawn the |mrl¥ line, and the urden of their complaint has been that Jeft Davis mizht gt some thne or otlier become n ayie quizhy 4 8 : has been convoked With a view of eliciting, b penollclary, - Toduy Singleton had veat 8 f {0 ihterehanizo of thouahts and free discusston, et pirom, Darley I arich, e ks L0 | pjic inast feasiblo plan to Himit the catastrophe, Thelr decision lins been formally enzrossed, aml with due pomposity and red tape flonrlah it has heen lald belore the patient owners of the mine. Divested of the verbiage of the docament, the aner states that the usual mode of extingutsh- EIL! fires by water s impracticable, Inasmuch aa the vein is above the water level; that the moat cconormical and safest plan Is to excavato a treneh tiventy feet wide, and at its areatest depth 150 feet, aronnd an area of nbout forty 8. All of this vaiuable peoperty must be surrendered to the prestige of the internul fires, Located on this tract arc several cave- hotes—openiugs from the surface—extending dow et ur more, exposing, through erev- ral feet In (tameter, the white heat nd carbon, It may bo sald that very ground breathes. Uases and hot air find’ vent and rolease from the bowels of the carth through crevices In tho rocks, and the atmosphere thereabouts s hihly impregnated with offensive and delete. rlons odurs. Many poor famnilles, the heads of which found a precarions employment in and about these mincs, lave sourht safety in re- moval from thele littlo homes to other flelds, for suoner or later the entire forty ucres will sink to the depth of the area of conl consumeil beneath, ‘The cave-holes referred to largely tend to ncrease und intenalfy the fury and heat of the firea, 'Their nfluenco corresponds to tho advantages derlved In Increased draft to fur- naces by the erection of tall, upright columns with flues. Standiug on the brink of onn of theze alr-holes for 2 moment, and gazing down 0V feet into the pit, tho eye catehes o gllinpee of this grand subterrouean conflagration. The heat and ¢usea that flud vent throuwh theso cave-holes permitof but a glance for an instant, but that erlance portrays to the mind's ey the magnificence of the thicatre of action, AMolten rocks, crackling elate, amd brilliant diamonds Bii out the pleture. Should thie system of trench- Ing prove futlle, or_the progress ot the tire exceed In rapidity the colenlations of the ezl cluding hin from the benelits of the bill 1€ that would ald its speedy paasage. Taking this letter as o text, Singleton went on to say that he was a better febel thun Davis, for then South Carulina took the initiatory steps for secession, in 1860, ho wanted Missiasiopl to co-operata with her at once, but Dayis held back, and always declaved that sceession was not the remedy for the wrobes of which the Bouth cumplained. e went into the Rebellion reluctantly, and only after his Stato lad ecced- ed, and then os o matter of duty, for o belley- ed his ficse alleglunce was duc his State. At orte time the Mississippt deleration fearedt that Davis would not be up to the mark at the try- ing moment. This rehearsal ot alleged fucts laces Davis in an attitwde townrd the Rebell- on different from that he was always supposed to occupy, us the moving nrin: of tny proceeds g:g: thai led to the secession of the Buutbern tntes. the THE RECORD. novse. Wasmnatoy, D, C, March 1.—Mr, Shelley introducea a bill te ald the Great Southiern Rail- road Company to coustruct a llno of rallway in Georgia aud Florlda, Referred. It provides that the company may lssuc bonds to an amount not exceeding $15,000,000, payablo in fifty years, in gold, attbe rateof 5 percent interest per annum, and authorizes the Becretary of the Treasury to Indorse the guarantec of the United States for the paywment of the interest on sald bonds. Mr, White nsked leave to offer a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to Insti- tute legal proceedings agalnst such porsons as bave engaged in the importation of fron and tin- plates galvanized with any metal otherwine than by eléctro-batteries, that havo fraudalently or flle- neers, it nay cross the course of this manmoth anlly pald less than tho logal rato of | rnih (er"Mho"in0 fees cur Ia completed. T duty thercon, or who have frandulently | that event tho situntion will be discouraing in- cauned to bo levied or collcctod lens than tho legal dutr thereon, and o ouforce the penaliles there- on, both in the civil and criminal courts of tho United States, 3ir. Whyte explaincd that the resalntion would enfatco the collectlon of §30,000 of nunald duty that liss boen ovaded by Mo Iuportora of tin- otes, Pie. Danks objected, Ar. McCook, from tho Committce on Miltary Affairs, reported back the bill authorizing th Sec- retacy of War 10 purchaso tho sito of and uttach to the Vickesbnrg National Cemetery the Grant- Pomberton monument. Keferred. Me. Crnoo, from tho,same Committoe, roported back the bill allowing Lieut. 1. ¥, Toler, U, K, N., toaccenta gold medal from the President of ttia Fronch Republic, Passed, Tho House then went into Committeo of the Whaly (tr. parks I tio chalr) upon tho private cale-tdar, The Commlttes rose and roported thirty-fvo private bills which waro theradnon pusscul Mr. Waddell, from the Post-Ofice reported o b to provide ceenn nmll tweon the “Unlited States and Bieazil, Ordorcd printed and recomninitivd, g1 Cantion prescinted o viows of tha minority. onler, motion of Mr. Waddell, the LIl to prevent »pecaration in postago atamps by postiasters (which entalled, he wald, s luss of 3100,000 o month to the Governmeut) was maida the suecil urder fur Wednosday noxt, and the Ilouse ad- Journed t1 Monday, 1t was then announced that the Demorratic can- cus had beon postponed th] Monday evening. THE STOCK-GAMBLERS, Attempt of the Ilig Oncs to Crowd Out the Littlo Onen, Special Dispateh ta The Tribuns, New Youx, March L.—The regular brokers, having extremely hard work to make a Hving, have turned upon the frregulars, and propose to oxterminate them. Recently the Stock- Exchange lustructed tho Gold aud Stock Telegraph Compauy to withdraw. their Instrumente fromn the fndependent black- Six months ot tho most energetic netivi- ¥ v suflice to nccomplish the Job and {inlsh the chan Should the plan fall’in the end, there §3 no streteh of hmogination that can compass the extent of dumayge to property and probubla loss of lite. ‘Fiousunds upon thou- samds of acres of Iinoroved land fn the Wyoming Vatley, inciuding the richeat snd most fertite fn tha State of Pennsylvaula, are threatened. The best nformation at hand justliles the convie- tlon that this extended and despolling calamity I8 directly nttributable to the criminul reckless- of u company of vagabonds who inhablted fora scason lnst December the worked portlon of the mine in which tho firo is rusiug with so inuch frenzy, The consequence caumnot be eatls mated at ths writlne. deed, ty will searc AT ROME CITY, IND. Special Disputeh to The Tritune, Fort Warvxe, Ind, Mareh L—A tolegram from Rome Clty, Ind., reporis an exteneive {lrc at that placo carly this morning, entirely deatroytug the large swoolen mills owned by Clupp, Fisher & Zimmerman. Nothing was saved. The loss Is esthnoted at 835,000, with no tnsurance. ‘The mills have nut been in oper- atlon for nearly o vear, Lut were to have been sturted up in a few days. The lire s ascribed to an lncendisry, AT WEST NEWTON, PA. Pirrapune, Pa,, March 1.—~C. P, Markle & Son's puper-mitl, located at West Newton, I'a., together with the stock ond valuable machinery, was destroyed by fire this morning, Tho fire originated in the rog-room, snd Is supposed to have been the work of an |llL'|!l’|tIley ‘The Lss In $100,000; insured for $47,000. 'Fhe fnsurn, e 13 distributed wmong s number of howo a d Eastern companies fu sniudl amounts, AT PLAINFIELD, 1TL. Special Diapatch to Tha Tribune, Jouter, Ilh, March 1.—The residonce of E. " T. Hyland, in Plulnlend, was totally destroyed bourd exchanges, popularly known as . s - % Hhucket shops," under penalty of having their Ly fire yeaterday. The family narrowly cacaped with thelr lives. Tho flro 18 supposed to bave otlginated from u defectivo Bue. “Tho building was Insured for 3500 1n the Hartford, wisch Is about onc-third of the loss, reporters excli®ed from 'Chaugu at the explra- tion of thelr present contract, ‘The reason was the belfef that the prevalling duliness in busi- ness among regular brokers wus attributablo to the diversion of custom by tho * bucket shiops,” which chargo lcss rates and permit smaller transactions. The Tolegraph Company best- tated louw, saying they doubted thelr legal rght 1o - discriminate, There are * bucket shops in this clty, vach which pays 25 per mouth for cach Investinent, ‘The uuuual teome from this source I8 veti- mated at $75,000, and undoubtedly tne resl reason of hesitation was the uishke to destroy wuch a profitable nest-cee, Notlees were served on the outsiders that they could have no nstru. ments after March Bl As'the shops depend the fu s In question for their busin the enforcemnent ot the above notitlcatton woull instantly close them up. ‘The proprietors clatin that, In law, tho Gold and Btovk Telegraph Cuompany, being chartered, cannot refuse Lhe the benelit of “its nwtruments {n complian with the usual terms. They therefore intemd to reslst the contemplated remova), und have employed counsel Lo coutest the question lathe courts, AT WINNLECONNE, WIS, Seclal Dispatels to ‘The Tribune, MiLwaAuKRE, Wis, March L—The. Sentluel's Winnevonns special says au incendlary fire destroyed property 10 the amouut of $4,400 to- doy; fusurance, 81,250, ClnCAGo, The alari from Bux 433 at 10:25 yesterday mornlug was caused by a fire at No. 120 Nor! Paulina street, owned by Mra. Adler, and pled by Jumes Crossman. Dawazel 320, Cuu unknown, ———— ANADA, Strlke on the Welland Cnnal—Riftemon Patronized by the Governmeut—3one troat, Apecial Dirpatch to The Tritune, Avnansunou, Muarch L—The laborers on Scctions 19 aud 80 of the Weltund Caual struck for higher wages to-day, and bad s krand pro- cessfon up tue caual. They bad been recelving W conts per day, and waut $1.23, This Is thouglit to bo the prolude of a genersl strike among the luborers on the cansl works, Speclal Dispatch ta The Tribune, WeLLAND, March L—Thero s 8 geueral strike e — OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, QuenNstowx, March 1.—The British steamer Canopus, trom Liverpool, Jan, 81, fur Bostou, put back with her rudder loose, and rotitted aud salled agalu Feb, 23, has avaln roturncd with ber machinery disable ‘Thie British steamer Pembroke, from Boston, Feb. 12, for Livervool, put in her to-day short of coal, with Lier boats und ratls lost and. curpo | here among laborers on the canal for an - shifted. creass of pay. YArnved-filnmmly England, from New Spectal Dispalch to The Tribuwe. ork. Ponrr Hove, March 1.—Tie Miitaud Raitway having repalred all damages occasioned by the late disastrous flood starts regular frelght and JUssCnger traing Lu-1norro ‘Traflc on this Toud las heen nowiuuily st o standatiil for tho pust twu Weeks. Spectal Diy Otrawa, March Rilly Awsoclation beld thelr snnusl mevting hieres ‘Tho yeacly report seferrod to the Wim- bledun competition und the defeat of the Brit- 130 teaus ut Ureedmoor; sid u wore lhumukhl{ ractical niethod of selection, ue well ss add- {unal tralufug, was recommended for the Wi bledon teans, The team for 1578 bas been se- lected as fulluws: One from Untario, five frum Quebee, twelve from New Brunswick, swo from Nova Scotfa. A lurge number of dis- tinguistced military men uitended the mevt- g, Col. Gzowskd, the Fresideot, announced that the” Mioister of ilitia had .| wuthurized him to state that the Assoclation would bereatter be acknowicdged as a natlonal fustitution, and that the Governwent would provide the unecessary funds to huve Cunada represented st Wimbiedou, Hosald that, al- though tue Canadion tewm did ot wiu the Kolupore cup lust year, their shouting wus better than fu previous yeaes, 1o cxpressed the opnion that this year Canada, for the tirst NEw Yonk, March L.—Arrived, steamships Baltie, from Liverpool; Califorula, frum Ulas- oW, —————— CAPITAL AND LABOR, Bpecial Dispateh te Ths Tritune, INmaNaror1s, lud., Morch S.—A week ago the manugement of the Seutine avoounced to the cumnpositors that the prive of composition would have to bo reduced to 80 ceuts, and gave them until this cvening to decide. Beverul con- ferences were hcld, but without success, und to-night at 8 o'clock the entire foree laid down their sticks aud warcied out of the otlice. The foreman sud two men are now ab work, and the office will issus s balf shicet to-morrow. President Shoemakee says he wiil have pleuty of printcrs to-morrow, sud be able to sppear 2y uaual on Suuday, e CHAPLAIN BEECHER, Spectal Dispaich 1o The Tridure. New Youk, March L.—Heury Wuard Beecher @ado his vt appearance 83 & wmilitla chsplain to-ulght at the armory of the Thirteenth Regl- went of the Natlooal Guard of New York State. More thau 5,000 cowpilwentury tickuls had beeu lssucd, snd the onnory was |t Would be able 86 compets for the Quecn's cup, aud that, if tuere was Lo be un Interuational pucked fu every part After battalion | SRR TLL )“:'u. two Canadiaus should e ad- drill and dress-parads by the reghment, Col. witted 10 the Enzlish team; and, lor tuese Austw introduced Mr. Beecher to the troups reusous, Be thought the greateat care should be enin thesslection of thateam, Wa). McPher- son, Col. eters, and otheradwelt cxpressly ou the necessity for prover conching, and. agreed that the svstem’ fouml to bo et in thelr own rezimental teams ahould bo adopted with regard to Wimbledon. Avote of thanks wns passed to the Gavern. ment for its recagnition of the Assotlation, and in g0 chieerfully enabling them to continue the sending of a team to Wimbledon, “The Hon. Mr, Junes, Minlster of Militia, expressed the pleasure ho had experienéed In belng present and Ilstening to the discussion. He would say for himeelf, and aneaking the senti- ments of the (oyernment so long as he oceit- lflml lis_presont position, that he wonld do all he conld to forward the interests of the cervice generally, and of wuch liratchies oA they wero discussing, which, lic believed, were more fin- portant than was generally undersioot, Col, uznlvrnkl was re-clected Prestdent of the Asso- elatlon, Senator McDonald, of British Columbla, has arrived here to attend to his Parltamentary dutles. e reports the gold quartz excilement on the increase at Carthvo.” lle savs thisfs o bona-flde discovery, amd thera is no doubt that 1t will greatly benefit the Pacific Province. Fpectal DizpateA to The Tr!'ine, MontnrAL, March 1.—The City Council of Montreal havo resolved to petition the Lieu- fenant-tiovernior not to givo his consent to the bill of the Lewmlature intorcing the payment of the 81,000,000 rallway bonus vuted by both Mon- treal and Quevec, The [rish Socleties of Montreal have declded not to have a publle procession on 84, Uatrick's Fny, out of respeet to the ‘memory of the late ope. "The Emmet centanary witl be telebrated here on the 4th of March. The late Willlam Workman left 820,000 to build o Country Home for Aged and Dertitute Protestants, and $5,000 to the Western Hoapi- tal, besides n number of swnaller bequests to public charitics. Information has been recefved from Quebce to the effect that the Hon, Mr, Chureh fs likely to ameud his proposed Stamp-Dutics act 50 as to exclude from its operation tranafers of col- Interals piven to banks as security for short loans. Ontarfo speenlatora and Investors con- tinue to Inafruct thelr brokers hiero {o transfer thelr stocka from Montreal to Ontarto rezlsters, to escape the propuscd tax upon transfers. 87, Jonx, N, B., March 1.—Hlanlon. of Toron- to, writes that, owing to the race with Morris in June, he will be unabloto row Ituss till July. The contest is expected Letween the 8th and 15th of July, FINANCILAL. PITTSBURG, T’A. Special Dispated 10 The Tribune, Pirrsnuna, Pa., March I.—John Penny, an oxtenalve conl miner and operator at McKees- port, flicd n voluntary petition in bankrnptey to-day, His lnbilities are between $200,000 and £2710,000. Tlis nsscts will pay about 50 cents on the dollar, Georga G, Negley, o real-estate owner and operator, also went fnto boukruntey to-day. Liabillties, 860,000 11 ossets conslat of fin- proved and unimproved ity property, the value of which is unknowu, NEW YORK. New Yonx, March 1.—The Evening Post says Jay L. Adams & Co., wholesale grocefs, on Walker street, havo been com- pelled to suspend ULecause of the failure of J. I Adoms & Co,, of New Orleans. houses formed o weneral partnership. The sus- mn'ulon inyulves a large amount nod {8 impor- tant. ‘Inicre werg sixty-seven fallures in this city in Pebrua The ageregate Habflities were 82, 58,6081 Lhe nssets were placed at 8193,000. Yeaterday the fallure was announced of Whitlock & Anderson, Importees and Jobbera in woolen goods, Linbilities, $17,000; aascts, $100,000. LEWISTON, MF, LewisToN, Me., March 1.~Tho stockholders of the Bates Manufacturing Compauy, ut meeting called to provide for a defleiency of F200,000, created by the Inte Benjamin E. Bates, the former Treasurcr, dectded to reducs the eapitul 7 per cent, or to $375,000, and to creato 050 new shares, moking the aggregato capital ,000,000. BIG RAVTIDS, MICH, spectal Dianateh (o The Tribune. Graxp Raris, Mich., March 1.—David E. Stearns, of Biz Raplds, one of the most promi- nent merchants lo Northern Michigan, was ad- udzed o bankrupt fn the United States Court iere to-day on his own potition, No figures of asscts or debts are given, — FOND DU LAC, Bpectct Dispalch fo The Tribune, MiLwAukes, Wis, March L—M, D, & 0. N. Mibills, lumbermon of ¥ond du Lac, were adju- dieated bunkrupts ou an Involuntary petition. Thelr Habllitles exceed $15,0005 sccured debts, $42,000; sceurities, $159,300. GREENVILLE, PA. MeapviLLe, Pa., March 1,~Tho extenslvo dry-goods firm of Uollugher & Thornton, duing business in Greenville and Sharon, Pa., bave {‘nllcd. Tholr labilitics are $60,000; asscts not nOWH. NEW ORLEANS, Nrw ORLEANS, La., March 1.—The suspension of Jobn I. Adams & Co. wholesale grocers, was sunounced yesterday, Théle Mabilitles aro safd to be about $1,500,(00, CINCINNATI. Cixeinnaty, O, March 1.—The MNabilities of Evaus, Clifton & Co., who fafled o few dnys ago, ore stated to bo $124,000; assets nowinally higlier, couslsting of real estate, — e ———— SUVAROFF. Tho Libol on the Russian I'rincess, Nein York Timas, Feo, >4 ‘The Princess Buvarofl, accompanied by Mile. Auna Michelinl snd Count Kulouvrat, left the Windsor Hotel at 11:30 o’clock yesterday murt- inge for the Cunard steamer Seythis, and saited for Europe at 1:80 o'clock fn the afternoon. The Priucess looked very palo snd careworn, Bho sald shy regrotted very much that (b was uecessary for her to make such an unexpected and sudden departure, ¢ But I bave been made o subject of publie curfosity through the ciforts ot a blackmalter,” shy sald to a reporter, ** and 1 think it best to go homo. I cannot expect to obtain peace and quict in this country now, I conld not enjoy myselt {n Amerlcs, belng stared at and pofnted at as tho subject of agreat Mile. Anna Michellnd sald: * Tha ‘m'enl trouble with the Priucess s taat shofs too tender-hearted. Bho docs not assert herself cnough, [have heard {ll-nforned people ro- 1uark, since we have been heres ‘O, that cannot beu Princess, beeause sho peels horown oranges 1 ‘Oh she i3 not a Princess, becouso [ have seen her cluso her own braceletsl? If tho Prin. ccas had nasertedd her position, and demunded protection {rom the authoritics, 8y she had & verfect right to du, she would have done better, perhaps, aud would have croated s sensation. hut shu was here for her houlth, and lived so qulerly that few peonle knew she was here until x\xu scandal canio up which has now driven her out of the country, JThe Princess fecls vory badly over her treatment.” Mile. Anna Mich- «linf then assured the reporter that (he Prin- cesw would hasten directly to 8t, Petersbury and lay the outragy before her fnmily, Bhe would en- deavur to secure sll the nluence of the family uf Buvarofl to »chu" Tedrees for the out- rege perpetrated npou her. Tho Princess would, sho sald, even use the influcuce of the duvarofl fatmity with the Czar In orler to {u- uduce hiin to takean luterest In baving the guilty persun punlshed. 1t cannot be au interuational case, added the lady, but only of juternational futetoat, aud the Priocess has tamily influence enough to secure the ald of the Russian Guv- crmuent fu pursuing the guilty perdon. Count Kulouvrat will returu to this country just as soon 88 Lo bas scen tho Privcess .{ home, aud will return with ample powe instruc- tlons to huat up the black-maler, *The eud I8 ot yet, and some people may bo affected who o not uow look fur it,” sald the Luly in con- clusivo, Hew Fork Sun. Fab, 28, When the Hussiau Priucess Suvaroff, now In this sity, recelved o letter sizned with the un- kuown nawe of P.de Mokzsycki demanding 25 03 the price of sunpressing certaln scundals ous personal revelatious concernlug er carcer which ho threateucd to ‘runlb\nl that sum wure nut pald bit, sho actu wiscly ang uruucrl‘y lu buuding this letter over to the police, and we trust the scounurel may Lo caught end puuished. But the Priucess is uuwise sud mis taken when sbe undertakes to coouect It in suy wanuer with the recent reproduction u 1oe Sun frou the Loudun Zruth of the report ola lawsuit iu Frauce, s which one M. Delalago sucd for thoe recovery of 12,000 fruncs which ue hud loaued bicr, aud recovered nothing, because. ncmmh:fi to the Zrwth, **the swart Princess lLad wade over all her selzable property in France to arelative, in the evjovument of her coutidence” Ity in wuklng Lhis statewent, Tle two’ the Truth was mistaken, wo will cheerfully publish the Iady's . it 4t is ecxpressed In anpropriate langnace; na we will publlh apy other auitable cxplanation which she may d.siry to make, We must beg her, however, to al. staln from alleging that we have expressed an, talnr but ewtire respect for her venerable fathern-law, the elder Prince 8uvaroil; and she will allow us_to add that when alg threatens, as In the Timer of yesterdny, to go back to Rusaia and-canne the Imperial Govorn. ment to undertako firat diplomatic anid then warllke incasures againat the United States, she sliown that tho posgension by marrfage of o name known throughout the world duca not gl ways carry with §t a correspunding mnount of discretion, x STATE AFFAIRS. WISCONSIN, Epectal Dispatch to Tie Tridune, Maptsoy, Wis., March 1.—In the Benate,a bill diviling the Countles of Chippewn and Tavlor and erecting the County of Flambeay, and a Wil dirceting the Attorney-General to commence sult agalnst Cornell University 1o test the title of the same to A80,000 acres of land now hehl by that College in this State, to. gether with a namber of “unlinpurtant Lills, wera Indetinitely postponed. Buth Houses were greeted with o storm of petitions ngalust thy passage of the law taxing insurance companies. A resolnition was offered In the Senate for the cotnmencement of a receas on March 12, Senator Price made an eloquent feport fa. voring the passage of a resolution tor the amendment of the Constitution probibiting thy sale of Intoxieating Hquors in the State, The Committeo on Banks, Banking, and Tn. suranca reported stronelyin favor of acteptance hy the State of Gov, Wasnburn'sgift of *Kdge. wowl " for a reform rchool for girls. A bill passed nrpmprhulw 815,000 for the ercctlon of a bullding for the Industrial Behoo) for Girts In Milwaukee, in thn A!!L‘ml))fy. Bills passed providime for pavment of labor in Tawinl money of the Unlied States, and a folut resolution for biennial sesstons. - MINNESOTA. Bnertal Dispatch 1o Tie Tribune. 87, Paut, March 1.—The Scnate recalied the Schiool Text-Book bill to give the friends of the measure a chanco to propose a new amendment regarding submission to the penple, on which it Is thought n compromise ean be elfected, The bill fucreasing District Judzes® ealarles to 93,000 per year was recommendert for passnge, A House bill passed authorlzing the State Treasurer to borrow from the school or ather permanent funds 850,000 for the purchase of seed wraln for grasshopper sulTerers. In the Houae, Bpeaker Gitman was elected ong of tho seven Fage imoeachment manogers, and authorizod Lo appolnt six others. ‘The Giovernor has appolnted J: O, Farmer, of Fillinore_Cuunty, to serve us Judke ad futerim pending Pago's [mpeachiment. VIRGINIA. % New Yorg, March 1.—A Richmond, Va., special snys Gov. Hallidav to-day vetoed toe Wil prolibiting the recoption of coupuns for tuxes going luto tho school fund. The Senate suse tatned the veto. There 1a o revolutionary fecl- fug being daily exhiblted by the readjusters, who find themsclves checkmated by tho Goy- ernor in every move they makd looking to re- pudiation measurea, To-day the svucelal joint order was the elecs tion of niveteen Circuit Judgos, With gross discourtesy to tho Scnate, tho (louse sdjourn. vd, leaving the Scuate unable to do anythiue. This meuns the postponement of the clection until the next sessfon, wnan, it s feared, the debt questlon will be made o test with the Judges. OINo. Conustnus, O., March L.—In the Senate, hills were introduced to amend the interest laws so na to provide that any payment of usurious in- terest shall vu considered as vayments on the princinal of the debt, and to authorize cities and villagea to construct water and gys-works, or to contract with compaunies to supply water and gus, A Joint resolntion was adonpted directing the firing of a natlunal salute Marel 4 I honor of the passaca of the 8liver bill by Congress, In the ITouse, the Sennte resolutinretativeto o natlonal salute was adopted. CASUALTIES. UNBRATISFACTORY. New Yong, March 1.—The luquest on tho Lodles of the victims of the Barclay street dre was concluded this ufternoon. Prof. Doremus, who was examined s an expert as to the cause of the fire, stated that no evidence had been offercd which would furnish a chemical explas nation of the explosion. ‘The Jury returncd a verdict that Mr, Dennett and others came to thelr deaths by the falling and burning of butldings No. 1'College place and 63 Barclay street, caused by an axplosion, the origin of which Ia unknown. 2 et FEAMFULY, BRUISED. Spectal DisputeN'sy The Tribune. Pirrsnvno, Pa., March 1.—Robert McCarter, for a long timo car-uspeetor of the Fort Wayne Rallroad in this city, was so badly injured this morning while In tho dischurge of his duties that his llfe 1a despaired of. The traln he was fnspecting wasstarted {oo soon, and he wasdrags m:«l fur a considersblo distunce, belnie dreadful- 1y brulsed nnd fnjured internally, His wife and family live 1o Allegheny. CRUSHED UNDER A TREEL. 8pecial Dispaich to Tne Tribune. Apniaw, Mich,, March 1.—Harry Jenkins, oged 6, accompanied his brother fnto the wouls near hiero yesterday afternoon to see him fell s tree, The tree tumbled In a different direction thau expectod, crushing the Jttle fellow's head aud causlng nstaut death ——— ANOTIER VICTIM. Kicurorp, Vt., March 1L.—Josie Atwell dicd Iast eveniuw, bemng the fifth person, from drink- Ing water from the polsoned well, feptsst ottt THE WEATHER. Orrice or Tus CuiEr BlGNAL OFPICER, ‘Wasuixgron, D, C., March 2—1 o, m—Indics: tlons—For the Upper Lake Reglon fallfuy bar- ometer, inereasing casterly to southerly winds, warmer aud cloudy, folluwed by rainy weather. Bpeciat Diwateh &0 The Tribune, FAsT Baainaw, Mich,, Mareh 1,The Baginaw River ls_entirely clear of fee, and navigation 1§ open. Boatsare running, Large numbers of mien and tenins are coming out of the woods, there belng no snow, LOCAL ODSERVATIONS, Guiaago, March 3. B, Weiiher. Wind, | Vel, Time. _ B, (T8 T PR Tl S L ot o4 B, K. o a1 8, a7 8 Fall kil | [} Maztmum, 67. Minlhium, 30, URNERAL OBSEIRVATIONS, Citoauo, March t—~Midnight. _ rations. | far, | Tar, | Wind, r‘mrl-...m. {334 Keokuk, Liavenoori . Milwaukeo. {3 EEEE 33T fal ] SEE : 30334 f . TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Scuexacrapy, N. Y., March 1,—~In consc> quenes of the low prico of Lrooms, the brovid factories of this scction have beon closcd throwlng out of emplovment 400 Lands. New Youx, March 1.—~Commissloner-General McCormick ssys of the proposition that a dele- iation ot Amerlcon workmien visit the Vordd Expusition, the spirit In which the French man- ufucturers cxtend the invitation, uud tho sd- v-nli:uua| to ‘re:ull’:dto this couutry, cannot be 2t unuted. oY LEyTOWN, Bac, March 1.—The Doylestown Ceutennlal, being tho onc bundredth susverss ¥ ot thie order to the Continental urmy to marnd t2 Doylestown, was celebruted hers to-doy wit wuch coth: ] A prugent fnve i a aliZut cold, boa cav, oF wore thiruat, leo VUIT tle of Dr. Jaynu's Expeciorant, as {1 may savs 700 from wuch sutforing and no ittle dunger, 11 44T old established curative, whose seucdlul qual Lave beew tested by thutlsaudd,