Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1878, Page 2

{ 2 THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 1 WELVIES PAGLS, - " WASHINGTON, Secretary Sherman’s Death= Blow to the Anti-Re- sumption Scheme. Effect of Miis New York Negotia- tlons on the General Mon- ey Market. Rosumption Will Be Practically At- tained Before the Time Fized by Law. Southern Claim Day in the National House of Rep- resentatlyes. A Most Extraordinary Flood of Eloquencoe Let Loosc upon That Body. The Witty Townsend Pricks the Rhe- torical Bubble with His Pointed Sarcasm, A Rchearing Ordered In the Caso of Gen. Fitz Joln Porter. Ootline of tho Eleotoral Roform Flan of the Senate Jommittee, RUESUMPTION. SHERMAN'S AUCCESS. Special Dispateh to The Tridune, ‘Wasarsaros, D, C., Aprll 12,—Tho succers of Secrotary Rherman In placing $50,000,000 of 4% yper cents hsa attracted much attention here. Even tho most prononnced anti-rennmptionists admit that this negotiation will greatly fintcrfere with their plana to repeal the Rosumption act. Theta 18 not much probability naw, it theso was any be- fore, that the actwill ba repenled, "The Treasury ofiicials that hy this contract the Treasary will be in 8 position 10 resume with- out difficalty Jan. 1next. With 30,000,000 ob- tained from tho Now York Syndicate, the Treasury will have In its posscssiun $120,000,000: this, a cording to tha Secretary of tho Treasury, will bo ample for resumption, Indeed, Sherman he waya inaisted that Lo canlil reanme with £100, 000.000, Tho (iovernment will have somothing more than $120,000,000 Jan, 1, if siiver is cained an it may be. OF this Sccretary Bherman and the Treasury oficials in their catimates of tho rev- enucs appear to take accannt, TIUE RESOURCES O THR TREASURT for reaumption purposcs, It nacd ns they may b, will be the prescnt nvailable pold, 872,000,000 the mount derived from tho Syndlcate, $50,000, niiver coln, probable nmonnt, $30,000, 000 total, $152,000,000. And greenbacks cannot be retired from circulation when redeemed, as Secro- fary Sherman has agreed that ho will so fnterpret e law pa ta relssuo $300.000,000. This makes them a8 good ne coln for domentlc Natlonal Danka can keep thelr roaerves in them. As 2 scbstitnte for gold they will e Just am good for redneming bank Totes, paying bank deposltors, meeting Clearing- llouse balances, and dlscharging private debts, as guid. The continoed retention of thelr legale tender fuality witl permit a large economy in tho use of Whe preclons metals. Thoy relievo tho Nae tional Banks from malntaining tho usoal speclo reserve, Tt is Intimated that the Secretary of tha Treas- ury will aftempt to practically resamo Oct. 14, in orier that thero may not be any erlifeal o audden shock on Jan, 1, If greenbacks could bo received for customa on that dste, the Treasury oficials are of opinlon that It woald forestall mny rush for coin at the legal date of reanmption, Attorney-Genceral Dovens, who was with Secre- tary Sherman In nogotiating theso bonds, roports A VERY CHEENPUL FPEELING among buriness men in Now York. He had 8 pro- tracted cunferenco with both the Natlonal Bankers and the Syndicata wen, representiug two scts of intereata and customers. 'They all spoko cond- dently of the revival of business, and thought that it speclo-payments could bo resumed and the un- cortalnty removed a rapld revival of business of all kinds would be assurced. ladeed, some of tho bankers argucd against taking the loan at such low rates, becanse the revival of business was sa probe able that they could not afford to loan money at 435 and b per cent. 3 A nomber of Chicago bankers will be invited to pivo thelr viows on rezumption to the Lanking and Curreucy Committee, Sowe extreme antl-reaumptionists aro indignant at tho caurso of the Sccrotary of the Treasury, and #ay his only purpose is to prevont furthier Anancial Jegielation this scesion, 1t {s difMcult Lo seo what they propose to do abont it. Yet soma of them have no broador ylews than to Insist that Shorman's purpose waos to deleat Congrussional Jegislation rathier than to propare for resumption, TUK REPEAL BILL. ‘The Senate Pinanco Committee had a sesslon of three hours to-day on the gencral question of ro- suwption, and agroed o tako a final vota upon the Tepcal biil next Taes Indications aro said to be that the Comumittoe will report adversely, GusIL, MABSACHUSETTS AND VIRGINIA EMDRACE ON THE PLOOK OF TilH JIOUSE, Speciat Dirpalch 1o The Tridune, Wasisarox, 1.C., Agril 12, —~Tho flonse spent the day on the hill for tho rellef of tho historical College of William and Mary, Virginla, Thisls & clalm which has boen i Congress, over sinca the War, and whichin one forws or anothor wss in Cangreas screnty years bofore the War. The orlginal baxts waa for damage done to tho bulidiug 1u the Itevolution, Democratic statosmen of the Reneration which preceded the lebellion declined to recognize the claln, Tho bullding was occu- pled durlng much of the Jast War by Unfon troops, The clalm appearcd galn after the War fn & twofold form,—for Rovolutfon- ary-War damages snd for fnjurica during the Rebelllon. It has passed in ope louse or the other nearly every Congress sinco 1805, but 11 has never bappened to pass both Housos i the eame Congress, The bill has drawn s great deal of ecotiment to it Jt hos generally recelved the sap- vort of the movt lutelligent and cultured Kepre- scntatives of Now England, particulsrly on ac- Suuut of the scholarly traditions of the College. To-day Dr. Loring, of Massachusctts, in & wpeech motable for its culture, entreated [{ to pave the LIl which asks for as-a tribute Lo 8 great centrs of learning. of the Now England Rupresentstives, however, Keud, of Matnc, who hos & harder head and less sentiment, ont) ed the bill na being & dungerous precedeuty and produced some facts wortby tha st ention of axpayers, Notwithatauding thte is the Congress before a Cougressiunal election, wheu the South 1s ON ITS GOOD DEHAVION, - bractual count une quurter (25 per cont) of the Lills Lefure Cungress are fur Southern clsia, Dills for the relief of edacationul Institations are very numerous. Gen. Grant established the precedent 10 refusing o pass such bills o bis velo of the East Feuncawco University bill. Tbat was & Joyal instisution. ite teachers hadnever inculcated becewnlon. Its publle bad uever entered the Ro- bellion., It had been used ana destroyed by tho Union forees. yet Gen. Girant sald it wunlx"b‘ . Lad precedent 1o pay such clalw, and vetoed the bill after it had jiasscd by a large majority ln both Houscs. 1t s not probable that Kepublicans In any con- aldersble nutbers will emlvil thelr lxnum:nl 10 ruu away with their Sudguient, aud vote fur u bill Wwhich would tuevitably be conaidered » precedent, In the courss of thy debate there was g hick. dencal pussaze relative to the tncome taz, which contained wuch phllosovhy. Townsend, of New York, ooe of fhe mpst earucet wmeu of the louse, bLut 3 great Lumiorist, was denouncing the tuil, and urang Virgioia 00 (0 work, siating that if the Old Dowlulun woald ever undertake to do auything, GXWKI to go sround hat in Laud, he would belp. A North Carolina wan interposed: ' Will You over Yot to tuke the tax off Virgiuia tobaccor Mr. Towuscad—''No. ‘I'bu mas who 1s not willing to pav for the tobacco bo chews dovs not descrve to have sny, and It 8 8 wean aud sucaking act fur the Demociacy to_ propose to take the tax off Wbecco and whisky, aod put §t o the women's drink—tea. " TUN DEBATR. To ths Wetern duoclated Pro Wanixatod, D. C.. Aprit 12.—Tu the [fonds this moruig, povate bills Leing uuder conetaeration, the frat oll) oni the calendar wan a bill to reim. linrre the College of Wiltiam and Mary, n Vire &inla, for property doetroved dnring the Wor, Mr. Goode, who had reported the bl from the Committee on hdncation and Labor, advocated fiaparage, e reminded the gentlemen on the ather aldo (who opposed tho thought it would open the doar of the Trensury to an avalancho of Southerh War-claima) that this bill established no precedent. it merits, and_was carentiatly eni generie. No care . Jke it conld ever again como before the American Congress,” Speaklng for the college, tnanked the "grand old Commonwesith Marsachusetta for the Inferest it haa taken in the bill, He epoke for the eotlege and fot the ‘ople of Virginia when he afirmed that ho wonld orever remember with emotlons of gratitude the friendly *atd and words of aympathy and cheer whmch they biad received from the Btata of Massa- chusetta. Tn canclasion, ha mado an earnest appesl to the Toura to 1ift this vencrable inatitation from the dust and atart her anew on & career of honor and uscfulners, Mr. Loring (Mass.) spoke In advoeacy of the bill. e admilted that the legality of the claim for damages MIGNT DR SLIGTT and qnestionsble, Ho had no disposition to place the case in that lino whero a legal technlcallty might destroy 1it, or Whore, by beinz favora. bly paseed dpon, it mighl catablish A& troublesumo and’ _ cxpansive legal prece- dent Ho — aympathized fuly with liote members who wonld carefally limit tho liability of the Government with roferance to the widespread nccessary and yet distreaning dostracs tion of property which grew ant of the War, and set he felt compelled (nay, he wan anxlonm to consider the destenction of the William and Mary Cnlle‘e bulldings as an act for which the country ehould provide a prompt and 1iberal compeneation. 1iad my alma mater, Harvanl Colleo, fallen bo- fore thuatarm of war which burst over the land. { should be_hero appealing to this (iovernment for her rettorstion, In tho sameo epirit I appeal for the Collega of Wiliam and Mary, roady to forget lier errors, and grateful for hergafts to my couniry. The etrlfé ts forgoticn. and Massachisctts and South Caroling, New England and Virulnia, stand sboulder to shonlder (at Bunkor 1) on the hal- lowed apot wnere the bones of & gallant common ancestry repove, [ain engaged in advocating no war-claim for damages, am occupled in con- silaring no legal precedent. I am only caliing Congrean to IIESERVE TNE ANCIENT LAND-MARKS of our natiunal greatness, and to restore a nmonn- ment around which our proudest memorics claster, andat whose feet wo All rencw vur vuws os citl- zens of 8 common country, and as the heirs and defenders of & common fnheritance of equality,— social, clvil, and religlous, 3ir. Reed sald e had Iistened with regret to the cloquent speech of the centleman from Massaclhiu- setts (Loring), and he was satieed thatata day not long distant the gentleman from Massachuscits would Join him in regret that ho had afded and supported a bill which would, in {ts consequience: be uf more transcendent Importance to the Go ernment than any bl before the Tlouro thls sc: The bill eame in a peaceful form, but stand as n precedent for all Bonthern It was a knifo placed in yarlands, Ho declared that there was no precedent for a bitl of this kind. Hunker iill and Yorktown might unito and waltz togetlier, but thoy conld not cbiange tho fact that no natlon had been ro idiotic as to establish a principle which wonld bankrnpt it sooner aftcr 8 victory than after a defeat, The ad- vocates of the bill dented that it would form a rn»mlcul, Of coutro nothing was a precedent till L was paescd, There were ollls pow before the THouse amonnting to $300,000 for the destruction of the rrvperly of colleges, etc., during the War, and thls wasonly in the green tree, Just Lnink of thene clafma being teansiated {o the upper air n which Viegluia and Mawsachusetts, nnd gfirhnpl South Carolina, could alono exist. Just think of them up there with all the dead licroes of the past and the whule business of our English Iieratare. DBut _how wero thess cluima golng to met? Notwithstanding that cvery member bad introduced a bill for the coin- age of tho siiver dollar, notwithstanding cvery ottior member had intraduced bills in regard to the fnances, such as the fesuing of $400,000,000; not. willtanding all thoso bilis, ho had dlscovercd that one-tenth of all tho bills introduced this scasion were FOR SOUTHERN CLATMS, Threc handred and eighty-nino of those bills were vending to-day. amounting to 34,300,000, and that was exclading the bill refandlng the cotton tax. ‘Tho members from.tho South did not desire o in- truduce those bills: they had an election befora thes oul them by the public they w vres sentiment in the Soutl, ad Nistenod with in- the remarks mado the otncr day Hlackburn, and ho approveil f “the speech, Ilo = (llced) aris - of that after the magnificent contest which shook the entire Continent, atter militons had foaght each other face to face, it wonld have bean a mirerallo close o huve haif a dozen poor wretches kicking their heels acoinst the bluo sky aud swinging from o gatlows. Hut the gentleman had charged that the Republican efde of the llouse wus constantly bringing un the queation of ¢ federate clajmd, ‘Ine docket of the Ivnse wi crowded with Southorn claims btils, and how could they be discussed wilhout refercnce to the War? If ‘Wie Southern lteprescntatives brought up such bills ae the present they must oxpect (o hear about the War, 1lo nflmale‘l to them to let bygoacs be bygones, and let the country rest in peace. Mr. Eden etated, In refvrence to 1he number of claims pending before the Comnuittee on W Clalme, that In the Forty-thitd Congec whe: the Itepubticans had control of the 1lundo, thero were a lurgor nuinber af war-clalms pondiag befora 1hat Comuiitice than thore weroin olther the Forty- fourth or Forty-ifth Congre Y. ) took the floor amid cone Ar. Towasend (3 alderublo cxcitument, and wald: T camo to thls Tlouse with o desire beforo taking my aath to do cqunl and exact justico to all parta of this Unlon, W o had bocn divided, wo had coma together avain, We bad a common country, sud whatever nien may think, in my day dreame and {n_my night areama, Virginia. tho Carullnas, and (icoryia are part of my country, and uo man can takeaway iny [nterest in them, Uodjhue given it, and _my brethren have shed thelr blovd for my right. Wihien [am_called upon 1o act 1n referenca to the intercats of Virglla L acting for my countey, and Lwill du foe'Vie. ginia all that 1 would do for New York, orall that 1 would du for my earlier home, Maseachusctn, Now let us look this matter {n the faco, My felends who know mu know taat L shall CALL TIINGS NY THEIL RIGNT NAMES. Tam not tobe told by s Virginia gentioman that T muat not talk about matters inthe past, luw comes Willlam Mary's Collega hero?’ Truo, ehe gradunted Washinston. ) had the benefits of a colleglate education, but my colieso lius not taken an inventory, 1 came front Musduchuseits orizi- unlly, 'Fhat1su proud Stato, but she has not yot an inventory. Blic does not ‘cume hore fo tho Na- tional Conreen and bufors the world claiming up- on lier inventury. We do not talk so much about our_ wroat wmen an Virgiuls does, but I shall not atand i the presence of the Nutlonal Congross and admit that Virginia hae anyshing to boast of in her wreat men over the land that produced the Adnmues aud the Winthrops, or over 8 #And which produced MWiitlam I, Soward, Stlas Wright, and Mariln Van uren, A member—And Webstor. Mr. Townsend--1min going to talk sboat Wobetor {n nother part of whiat T luve (o ‘The Col. lege of Wililam and Mary naa produc Sty haw great and honurable traditios id she not follow thy traditions of by Did Willlam and Mary Coliego, w! thirty-two uut of her thisty-five teach tebel army, follow the doctrines of Georsu W fugton In his Farowell Addressr DId sho do ty n teaching secession and robellion for thirty years hefore the War, by which the llotepurs of the Houth were stirred up ta dray tho comuon peopla into the bloodshed, war, and destruction of four years of misery? DID S8UE REMEMBER WASITINOTON, or Jefternon, or any other of her great men? DId Mason, when ho went oat to'earey the mesaage of tho Confedvrate Statvs 1o Great Dritain, think that ho was fullowlng in (he fuulsteps of that othar Mason, bls kinsman, who talked of the abolitiun of slavery an bis way (o the Natlonal Conventiu to look after tho earlior lutercats of the Colonios? No, it 16 bo- couso this collegu forgot ber great mon ' that she cames here L pplicant, crinztng, be for monuy al the hands of those whose ol how caused to lie down 1n bloody graves by ¢ of her own wons, whom she huitnded oo to death sud deatruction, Ab, but Virginls in proud of that institution, and’well she tnay be, 1 will fay Boibiug sgafuet it but, Wiiliai and Mary Collego counted thy cont, Bho taught rebelifon; ko went tuto rebelifon, Why shall shé not tako the conscyuencea? )l{ Northoen frionde (turning Iils back upon the Ciair aud facing hiv own side of tha louse), wiy should uences? 10 has said that thero 18 o prece- ot for this thing. “‘Thero is a procedont for It quoted by Benjamin Praukiln, who says tnat one day a man was puaceubly walking thu streots of Lundon, A Fronchman ran out with a hot poker in his hand, and wanted to apply it to the inan's body. The inan kicked bim ot of tho woy, 4'’Thon, " asys tho Fronchwan, ** Momsieur, you will not tet me do that thiuy, but you will not boso nngnllllwnlulemulynl_nlulhenllnulnuwh: W shuuts of laughter.]” She did not d ‘nlon. Oh, no; sho od Ler Admiral Judiges, and'her’ Presidents did uot detr she gut take tho conse- oy the Coion. No, those Peevidents, snd those Asluflmll, and thoss other great mea of berd were in thor raves. ¥ TURY WERE UNDER TIIE GROUND} they were where last year's potatoes arv; the best of tha patato Is under ground. [ will uob be uu- kind euough ta asy that Virginla keeps -tho tups tu-day sbave ground. but these excellvut potatocs because fLaughter, | atfcclion for Massachusetus? Mases- chuselts cvery onc o o whilo seods out a wan who bes @ woasm for belug carcewd. They touk her Webster, and lneiy tWwid bl they would make bim Presidenf. Tuey told him be waa boand to glury. sure but be had smiles of beauty uoon hina (a8 they are beawming upon some other ocea- #iona) Lo cuax bim frow the pathway of his educa- tium, aad frou the path where bis consclonce and bis great beart wished hlm to o but whoo the spider bad got the Massacbuselts by into 1ts net, into its kitchen, lnto its parlor, what good diu It dobim? I saybereto your Massachuseits Web- o to your Massschuscits Lorings, to vour Massachuactts Uoar fawily [shouts of fauynter), L when Virgiota bas aeed oft as an unworthy thivg. ¢ Ab, vat," learned and sloqueat fricnd froin Miau wy {Loring), % a Ceotennial, Yes; I was “bere, wnd I saw the preparations for Centennlal. Weo wauted » williv & balf 15 b Jusued by the Government on sood cunity, security which bas Feturned us every qole lar. 10 celebiate the bundredtn smulversary of Auerican i vendence, and 1 dnd Viegnla, for which we uee buw Lo buve 3 uew Foarth of July, i1l becanse they It _rtood on ite own Ave the follawing neentive votes: Cabell, Douge age, toode, Terry, ana Walker, and Virginia UAVE NUT ONE VOTE in favor of the Fourth of Jaly of the 100 yaars, and that volo was the vote of a carpet-bagger [al- luding to Stowell], who wne a man whom | heard A gentleman from Virvinla In this House, bearing the name of John Goode. taunt with boing a native of Vermont, and address him aa tha member fro Vernont. My Natihern friends, Democrsta and Republicans, {ly not the flattering onction to your fonln, If yon are fooled, yon are fooled with your ‘?“ open. 1 do not stand'In the way of Virginia, 17 ahe wiit hnild a cotton-factory to-morrow I will yote for a tarifl to protect her lnlnfllr{. If God In Hin rmvldtnu,‘wnn 1 lead Virginia to bulld a ahi, 1 wlil vote for a subsidy to that ship. 1f Virgn will do anything to protect the property and mr rlneun of her Ecnplu. except lalk Democratic ‘m i~ Ica, T am with tior, Oh, hut Viminia loves Mas- sachusctts. I had forgotten how much she loved er. 2 Mr. Davle (N, C.)—Will_my felend voto to take the tax off Virginia tobacco, which oppresses her peaple Mr. Townsend (emnhatically)—No, A man who 13 not wiliing to pay for the tobaccn he chewa docs not desersa to havo any. ~ [Shonta of langhter and anplanse.] We have had a mpecimen within two weeks of how much Virginia loves Massachusetts, Inever shall forget how the wind hiew, and the itinnders rolled. and tho sform cama and beat apon this House, when the Eentieman frum Virginia besido mo (lfarrin) blew tho party horn, and told his friends they must tarn out from the reat to which he was lawfully clected 8 man from Massnchuneta (Field), & man cqual in education, equal In capacity, equal in sacial poei- tion to any man whom Massachnselts over ralscd, the equal of any man whom Virainia ever ralsed since the landing of the Tllyrinn st Plymonth, when my ancestorn came, and Virglnia **walked 5 ko & littlo" man'* dnd ehowed her lovo for [assnchuscats, individually T havo no quarrel nith the gentle- men from Vireinin, They are a most ablo sct of Hepresentativea and very amlable and excellent genttemen, butthey aro tralned In tho old Viranl school uf politics, and that 1s a complicto pogver- sfon of the Asscmbly's Catechism, Tho eafechism which has been tanght for the last hundred years in Virginia fs: Qneatlon—**What {8 the chief end of mant™ Anawer—4*To promoto Demucratlc har- many." [Shouts of Inughter,) That is all that Vireinia han heen attending fo. Twill not ind fault with Vieginia farther than 1 am oblived to, but Virginla, after a hundred {;c:.\r-. witha -mlzln industry, is found backing up or littie wazon to the rest of the world, and ask= inw the rest of the world It 1t will not 1oad a little prosperity into hiee wagon. 8he iy the Stalo which started ahead with hetter education than any Stata oxcent Mawachusctts, with more wealth and moro power and Influence than any other State, and now HVEN NEW JERsEy— which God made last of all thiugs that was made, for it {s anld that when God completed tho work of creation he had a load of eand over and domped it down on tho shore of the Atlanticand ealled 1t New Jersey—cven Now dderney went to work with her mudesiils while Virginia went to politics, and now the Yankee nutions produced [n Newurk would buy out body and brecches any Demacratic State in the Unlon. 1t 18 tao Iato for me to set 1 for popularity, or to say that, though I am an ol man, 1amnot afrald to be called a demagogue, am too old for that, Home men may succeed in It, bat Icannat. 1t will not do for me. Mr. Wright (fa.), who considered himsclf al- Iuded 10 1n the lust remarks of Mr.Townsend, rose on the Democratic slde of the hall and asked Mr. Townsend It ho understood him to say that he was not afrakd to bacalled a demagogus Mr. ‘Townsond—0h, yes; 1 an too old for that. Mr. Wricht—ilers (n'a young gentleman flaughe ter) who is not afrald to be calicd a desnagogre, Me. ‘Townsend—I sald 1 was, There 1 nothing in my history of in_my arsociations to lead me to telieve that & man without bropetty fa better than & man with property, but I'do bellevo that o man, In any walk of life, who labors diligently in hin ealling. is worth a hundred politicians, - [Langhter and applause. ) Evory day I listen with profunnd admiration to my fricnd fromideorgia (ount), of tha Committeo on Apprapriatlous, and I belfevs in very muct ho snys about the fupropriety of pute ting another burden on tho backa of the over- burlened people of thin country, and I hear oc- caelonally front tho gentleman from Pennaylvania who hes just " honored mo with his beaatifnl conntenance, that always cheers ond nover {nebriates, abont kesplng tho bunlons off the peovle, Now what Is proposed here? It Js pro. wosed to cut ths throat of the laboring man with a silverknifo witha jeweled handlo, prosented to us by tho gentleman from Massachusctts (Loring), €t away, gentlomen [turning his back on the Chair, and wulklng to his seat}, but you wiil not bave my throat, TITZ JOIN TORTER. TE WILL HAVE A CHANCE, Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Wasntxatoy, D, C., ‘Aprll 12,—The announce- ment that the Prestdent had ordered o court of In- quity to reliear the Pitz Jotm Porter caso has pro- duced u declded sensation. Tho friends of Porter Elcctars, In cane of objecilona to any Electoral vota from the State from which bot ona return has been tecolved, no Eilvctoral vote shall bo rejected except by the coneurrent vote of both branches of Conzress. In case of dupli- cate retame, anthority Ia ta bo given to the de- cisfon of the higheat Sindiclal trilunal of the State, oF o the highest retirning aathority provided by the Leglslatare, and In the event of a confilct In the courte or diferences between the returning An- thotity and the courts, or In tna event of iy dif- ficalty or complications, no Rlectoral vote shall be counteid except by the concarzent aflisnative action of the twa llouses, Tho Senato Committee in much the most infinential and learned body of men, and. If anything in accomplished wpon the suhjcct ¢ this sesslon of Congrens, 18 will proba- bly be in tho direction abave stated. OUR CUSTOM-IIOUSE, VAN OSDEL'S MI8SI1ON. Speclal Dispateh to The Tridune, Wasmixatox, D. C., April 12.—~Architect Van Osdtel left for Chicago to-night, having accom. plished the purporo of his mission, which, for une knawa reasone, he hias choscn to treat asvery mya- terfons, Whateror may have been the notion with which Van Osdel came here, ft Is not probable that he returns to Chicago with much of & sensation, 1o nppeara to have come a8 confidential agent of he Collector of Uastomns at Chicago, lo make In- quitles relative to certaln claims for extrs work made hy Mueller, the Government contractor for the Custom-Houneo bullding, and aleo, doubiles: to ascertaln whether the vouchers' have boen andited as they shonld have been. Tt ap- pears that Muoller has a claim for $10,000 for extras for damages by detention, and for vatious Inctientals. 3t has®also been sarmised that the contractor has done some nnnecessary work, auch ns dressing face-stone, which was not required. Tha second contract mado by Muellor 1s besides pecatiar one, ana thero is 8 clanee In it relative to the final settlement which would ecem to give the cantractors such extraordinary advantages that tho Collector of Customs. who s tiabnrsing agent, has done well to tako the procaution to rce that in the first adiustment of the work upon which ne ls required to pnss he Is not lm. posed . upon. Van Osdel's mission evidently ad reference to that business. It cannot bhe learncd that he has discoversd any irresmlaritics here, hut he would not have to Inqualre long of the authorities to ascertain that thay hold the etuno of swhich the bufliling ts construeted in extreme con- tempt, *The latest repurts recelved hero sro that large patchen of the ornamiental work sre constant- {{ 'lnn‘lng off In ploces ns Iargo and ns black as onc's it SUGAR. THE DEALERS OF NEW YORR TALEK WITH BEC- RETARY BHERMAN, Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune, Nrw Yong, Apnl 12.—Secrotary Sherman visite ed the Castom-Honse this morninz and recolved o delegation of sugar men ovposed to what they de- nominate the 8ngar Ring, meaning the men who recently formnlated suggestions for the guidanco of the Congressional Tarl@ Committeo, Tho dolega- tion werc accompanied by Prof. Chandler, who w prapared to ealighten the Secrotary on the daugers and uncertaintios of tha polaniscope. Mr. Min- tarn, of Qrinnell, Minturn & Co., sald tho anties nupon sugar, as proposed by tho new Tarlft bill, fall to tepresont tho viaws of the sugar trade, They aro excesnively nnd Injnrionaly bigh. Imposing an unrensonable burden on n leading branch of coum- merce and industev, which Is now in an cxception- ally depressed conditlon, na well as involving the exction of AN INCIEASED AND ONEROUS TAX upon the consumers of thin cssontial article, whilo teaand coffee, articles of kindred consumption are left untaxed, Anather injurlons effect of ench htgh dutiea conaiats I the atimolus they afford to frauds upon the rovenua through Incorrect sam- |ing, and_consennently incorrect clasnificailon, nvolving fons to tho Government and grent injney 10 honest {mportors, who cannot accessfully cori- tend with such unfale computition. Mr. Minturn suzgented thal all refining augare not above Nu. 1t Datch standard in color, which form n_distinct clnws by themuclves, and ara ndapted only o the 170 of rediners, ehould come in at & uniform duty, witliout regard fo color or test, THIS WAS THE LAW FOIt MANY TEARS, and did nat work fnoquitahly to commerco, while it avolded all questiona of frand that had risen sinca tho Iw mado varlous clasalfications for this gratlo of sugar, Mr. Minturn suggented a rropur hrasing for the falr and_ equitabte applleation of tho polariucopo tent, should it be adopted upnn il “sugars, Sccrotary Sherman sald le was glad to meot the gentlomen, and 1o listen to thalr viows, which Impressed him fa- yorably, bat slthough at the head of the Transur: Depariment, the matter had now passd beyond hid control into tho hands of a committos of Con- and thoso of Pops agreo that tho names Kross, o 80 od that they embody thoir of ‘Gens. Schofield,» Terry, and Geity aro | stateinents ndrn in apetition, and forward it s sufictent guarantes that the matter | o Congress. He thought polarization In some form wgnm nndonbtedly bo adopted. What the Uovornmont wanted was A SIMCLE TARIFP, h{ means of which the revenug could bo effectn- ally collected. At Secrotary Shernnn's reguost, Apprafsor Duteher and Uenaral-Appralser Ketche em were sent for, and an Intormal conversation took plara about matiers of routine connected with tho Department which are now subjects of correspondanco with tho Treaaury Department, NOTES AND NEWS. NESIGNATION, Spectal Dispaick to The Tridbune, WasmisutoN, D, C., Aprll 12, —Judge Peck's resignation from the Court of Clatms is alroady In the hunds of the Preaident. Judge Raynor, present Bolicltor of the Treasury Department, fu strongly urged for tho vacancy caused by Peck's reslgna. will recelve tho falreat possiblo treatment, The Court s ordered toroport its opinfon to the Preaident. Torter bases his clalm for reopuniog hls case upon soveral now points. o Inelsts that it 1s now known that Longstreet had arrived In forco at an osrly hour upon the ground he (Porter) was onlered to occupy Bt 8 mnch later perlod of the day, and when 1t waa impossible to execato the order. In regard to this polnt, Popa's trlends say it s known with certalnty that Longstreet dld not reach this point till after Fortor clalms that he had known the strength of Longatroot wae such as to make it fm- possible to atand agsinet bim., Io nlso clalma to be ablo to show that the movementof a portion of bis forces late in the day was such as to causo Longstroet to withdraw o coustderable part of hls forces from tho. part of bis | yon. g directiy opposita to Pope, and SECRETART THOMPHON, %o prove of pgreat aselatance fto tho accompanled by his two daughters, left for Indlana this mosuiog for a fortulgtt's visit, | M183 BWERT, v Chicazo Pension Agent, arrived herc to-day to af tend to offico businces. INDIAN INVESTIGATION, ‘The Eenate Committes on Territorics this morn. ing concluded the controversy over the jnrisdic- tion of the Indian Investization by declding to Itmit the inquiry t0 scLool und orohun funds. Dr. Healy, owner uf a coal mine 1n the Choclaw Nation, guve kome testimony, 1o which the atiention of Gen, Pl Sheridan” will vrobably be called, On cros-czamination Ilealy stated that le was n drug- gint: that he sold whisky under o liconsa which ho obtained from Shorldan. lie clalmed that Sneridan had the right to do this under what is calted tow Uaneral Intercourse trealy with the triles, The understanding of the Committce, however, was, that the vale of whivky was entiroly unautborized within the Territory TUR BINKING PUND DILL. The Houso Judiciary Committea will not op!m the paneave of the Thurman Paclde Railroad Sink- Ing-Fund bill If it can be taken rrom the 8 table and pasdod, bat, In the eveni of reference, tho Judiclary Committee will tnalat that tho bill shalt bo roferred to {8 rathor than to the Commlttoe on Rall:oads, BLAINE, Tha friends of Senator Blaine wish to bring him aguln promiuently bofare thy people, and for thie latter. ‘This point has been Investigated by Pope's Iricode, and thoy claim that the forces which ex- ecuted this diversion woroa brigade of tien, Ianks' command. Uon, Portor bas visited tha flold for the purposoc of fixing tho locality of this move- mient, but thoso who reside in the locality, and who wera acqualnted with the movementa at tho polnt indicated, agreo thot thoy wers by a forca having no connection with Porter's column. Pope's frionds claim that an Inspection of the ground will shiow that tho position reachea by Lougstrect carly in the day Is quite a differont one from that whore Vorter attempts to place it. LN APPLIES POR A REMNARING. To the Weatern Assoclated Press. TIEADQUANTENS OF TS ARNY, ADJUTANT-ORN- xnac's Orrick, Wamuxatox, D, C., April 12—~ Tho following order Las been roceived from tho War Departmont: i An sppes] has boen mado to the Prealdent, as fol- xw Yonk, March 0.—To Ils Ezeallency i, B, IHayea, Prestdent of the Ui m ulted States—Sim: | out_respocifully, “but most urgently, roncw m; oft-repented appeal 10 have you review my case, ouk it a8 a maiter of long-delmyed justice 10 tny~ self, I renew It upon the ground heretofore stated, that pobllc Juatice cannot be satlstiv lung as my appcal remains unheard, * My sentence in s continulog sontence, and mado to follow my purpose aroreportod to have planned & sories of daly ife. For tuls rensan, if for no other, my | wpeeches for hins in difforont woctions of ihe coun- cuso lu' ever willin feach of Kxeclbive | try. The story is that he will iest apoak et Chester, as woll an Lej in upposition to tho ulative interfcrenco, 1 beg to mueuse numbor of present coplos of a paver not herstoforo proscated bearlng uvon my case, and trust that you will deem 1t u proper uns for your prompt and fuvorable con- alderation, 1f [ do not make It_plain tnat § have been wrongad, I alone aw thesufforer, 1 | do not make It pluiu {hat yroat injustice his boon dona me, then 1 min sure that you and all others who Tove teuth and Justice will ba glad that the oppor- tunlty for miy ‘vindication bas not beca douled, Very respectiully, yours, * Firz Joux Ponrxy GRANTED. In order that the Praaldent in the facts of the case of Fits Majur-Gienerul of Volanteers, and bo cnal act advieedly upon bix spolication for rolief case, & Board hereby convetod order of the Preawlent, to exumine, in gonitection_with tho record of the tnal by Coart- Martial of Gen, Porter,such new evideuco relating tu the werits of aaid cavu a8 Iv now on fila fn tho War Departuent, togother With such oihor evi- dence as miay be ‘presentod 1o sald Hoard, and to fepurt, with the ressous fur thelr conctusion, what action, if any, tn thelr opinlon, justice shoutd bo tagen on 4ald abbilcation. by the dent. ‘The detail for the Board ls Ma).-Gien, Schoficld, Brlg.-Uen. A. 1. Terey, Col. G, W. Getty, Third Artlliery, Ma), Asa B, ‘Gardnor, lto- corder. The lioard will conveno at Wewt Polot on the 20th of Junc, and s authorized to adjourn from time 1o time snd to #it in such placo a4 may be deemned exedient, By cowmand of Gen, Sherman, D, Townsexn, Adjutant General. ELECTORAL REFORM, FLAN OF THE BENATE COMMITTER. Kpecial Dispaich 10 The Tridune, Wasmxuton, D. C., Aprll 12.—The Senats Comumittes on the Presidentlal Count will not ugree 10 the proposition of & siuiflar Committes of the Uouse for a constitutional smendment to regulate o Presidential count. The Senate Committee, ‘which is composed of the most cwinent lawyers of that body, loduding Edmunds, Thurman, sad Conkling, will ynits upuna bill to aoiend the ex- Letiug law, which they think will suficiently pro- vide sgninst any possible future ditlicalties. Tbe Ulll e modeled In mauy particulare aftee the bill creating the Hlectoral Commisalon. It provides that Elcctors will by appoluted the first Tucsday in October of every fourth year aftee 8 Presie deutisl clection; that esch Slate wmay pro- vlde for u judicinl determination of suy controversy about Electors, or befors the time of meetlng of Eluctors, and that aoy Judicial determination r Pav, ono week from Saturday, Woid "Larift bill, bafore an § operatives who live there, TORPEDORS. To the Western dasoclated Doz Wasmsarox, D, C.. April 12,—The Ilonse Committeo on Naval Afales have d o Toport bifl spuroptiatiug $250,000 for purchasing and testing the varlous torpedoes in existence, CLAINS. ‘Tho llouse Judiclary Conmittce have decided to revort advervoly on Kepresentativo Frye's bil ro- ferring to tha Court of Claiwma all clalms pending 1n the aeveral Departments, The Commlitteo agreed {0 roport favorably the bill exemyutiog postal-em- playes from sorving ax Juro o the bill amend- atory of the Revisd Statutes so as lo permit thy appointment of an sdditional Assistant-Attornoy~ eucral 1n the Post-Ottice Bepariment, THE PUNDING BILL, ficnator Thurmun's Pacitic Itaiiroad Fanding bill was discussed. It was agroud by the Comrait- interposed agsinet bill from the Bpoaker's {shle and bring It bofors the Honso for lnymediato action, bul If that was refusca s motlon would bu tando ta refer the weasure Lo tho Judiclary Cowme mittee. ‘The House Commitios on” Paciic Rallronds do- clued to report to the louse the Siuking-Fund measure, which, though nat identical with thy Honato bl1l, dous not differ from It materially, DIVIDENDY DECLARED, The Comptrolier of the Curreucy haa declared div- flends in fuvor of the creditors of Nutional Banks in the bande of Hecelvers ns follows: First Nue ons! Bk of ¥rauklip, Iud., 20 per cent, muk- in¢ In all 40 per cent; Firet Natlonal Bank of Win. chester, 1l 10 por cent, making iu ail 40 per ceub. NOT CREDITED. JMamea, the Sawmoan Abassador, doed not credit the roport thut Eugland has seized Bawos, TUB NEW LOAN. a:"ulnulpllou to the new loan to-day were $125, - ASTRONOMICAL, Prof, Yeary, of tiw Swithsonian Tnstitate, re- ports that the 'Dir Il Obasr aunouuces tho di 7, by Cogela at M thy 1:th of April, of & planet of ‘the tent rnl- tude, twelve hours and talety-Ove minutes right Sccusion, biuety degtuey aud Gily-yuvun mioutcy dectivution, with 8 dally motlon of two miuutes. g3 Evarta rostried to-day witn bis | Becretary Evarts reinrsed to-day with n- valla son, who was s0 11l be bad 10 ‘0 carrivd luto thy house, v, ° PRESIDENTIAL. Epecia) Dipatch o The Triduns, New Youw, April 19. —=Vhe Merald's Washinston speeialvays: ** Tau stalwart Hepublicuna, so called, are littlo troubled 1n thelr minds sbous certain lin- wbecting Electors made by the highest court of the | pradences of Gen. Grant, Tuey comblain amonz Stata prior Lo tho meettog of the Electors ahall be | thewnolves that tho Geucral scoma 1o bo writing concluaivo evidence as 1o 1he lawful Uitle of the | 109wy Ietters, aud bo te commiiuag blmaulf fu Electors. 1o case of the disputed appolatuent of embireassing, OF eveu - impossible. 1880 “There f reason to belleve that sovural waruing et terd aro on tholr way to tho Geveral, urzing bl 1o keepstill, On the utber slde, the Dewocrals bk thewatlvey to have scttled very felicitovaly Electurs 88 to which thers has been no adjudica~ tow by tha Suprews Court of the State, thu certi cate of the Bual returuiug sutnonty sutborized by o Legialature sball bs cunclusive: evidencs o8 10 tho queation of Tililoa's renomination in 1880, Tt I imporsible, they say, becanss the Democratis party ia solemnly pledged to the one-term smend. wenl, and this ls ‘h)dfln'l first teem, " RECORD. THE flouse. Wasmisatow, D, C., April 12, —Tmmedistely after the reading of the Journal, the Spenker called on committees for reports of a private nature, tho pending bustness belng conslderation of the bill reported last Friday from the Military Committee restoring George A, Armes to his rank in the army, Mr. Dragg argned againat the bill, Mesars, Hankoll and Frye spoko in favor of the meosure, and it was paesed. The bill anthonzing ihe Becretary of War to relinanish portions of the Fort Iiartanft Military Heservation, fo Nebrasks, to homestead and pro- cmption settlers, was pasged, o Honse soon afterwardy went Into Committee of the Whote, with Mr. Koapp in the chalr, on the private calendar, . | _nusrymss, On motion af M, Foster, tho Senato amenaments 1o the Genoral Deficlency bill were not concurred n. . Un niotinn of Mr. Sinzleton, the Renate amend- ments to tho Diplomatic Appropriation bill wera non-cancurred in, and the Spesker appointed Meaxra, Singlcton, 8purke, and llalo an conforecs on the part of tho Ilousc on sald bill, Ar. Luttrell asked loave to offer a resolation providing that, inasmach an to-morrow will bo the anniverary of Thomas Jefferson's b(rlhdu‘y. o 1ouse sct anide that day for the consideration of the bili for tho erection'of & monument over his grave, Mr, Dannell objected. Adjuurncd. THE RAILROADS. A TERRIFIC CONFLICT, Onoof the flerceat and most energetlc rallroad fizhta ever waged Ia the one Just now going on bo- tween tho Chicago and St. Lauls ronds leading to Missontl River points, Every movo made by ono party Is immediately followed by another, and In lesn than o weck the rates on graln from Missonrl Tiver points to Chicago hava tumbled down tosoven cents, which {s the latost rate made by tho Chicagd foatn. Un other articles the rednctions aro Almost un large, The St Louls roads mat the reduction made by the Chicago linea, and rednced tha rate on grain to St Lonls to five conts, This In **fieat blood ** ‘for Chicago, for the St. Louls roads deelnred thelr determlnation that they wonld osa thelr regalae difference, no matter what tates Chi« cnggo should make. As the differcnce on geain between _the two upoints {s four cents, the $t. Louls ronds fhave reduced tho rate to {threo conts Instead of five. Thelr backing down at this Juncture shows that the *entHl upper-llp"* about which they hove heen tatking no much la beginning to soften somewhat, andithe time cannot he far off when tho St. Loulst ans will cry out **1luld, enough, " Somo changen have been made in the West-bound tarlil announced yestordsy. Fourth class lina been reduced from twenty conts to fiftoen conts, making It the same an spccial clans, Clasa A will To 30 por eury Claas Uy 457 nnd Class €, $40. In view of tho fact that the $t Louls roads are accusing the Chicago roads of lr{’lng to **ball. duzo ™ them, and rob thum of the business which helongs to Bt. Louts, n hittlo history which ‘has Tieen compited from aficial filea will shiow that th *tboot ta tho other leg, " nnd that the 8t. Lo rouds teled to bulldoze, and oven for & whila suc- ceeded in hulldozing, tho llnes leading to Missoari Itivor voints from Chicago, When tho Inlo Soutliwestern Rata Association was formed In Septembor, 1870, it was'on the eumption that, na to throuzh biitiness, thers wan no such difTerence botween the roittes via St, Lonls and those via Chicago an to give to either any grent natural advantage over the other, once, ‘it wan agreed that the through tonunve, enst and weat bound, after oseluding lumber, shonid he dividen cqnally between the two cltics, Tho raton ostabi listied wore to o so adjunted from time to timo as to produce that result, So simiraliy did this ar- ranzoment work that for the yoar endlung Septem- ber. 1677, out of a total tonuage, east and went bound, exchuling lumber, of early ona talllio tons, the Chicago divislon carried b1, and the St, Louts divislon 48.U7 per cont, furonce of only ahant 213 per cent, 3o romarkablo wan {ho result, and_wo matisfsctory, - that It was nn:mhnnunlz agreed to Lase the porcentays o Lo allowed cach rond for the enaning year upon the reault of tha firatyear, A Genoral Sgont was op- olnte:d and stationed at Kansax Clty, with anthor. Yu to divide tho tonnngo according to tho agreed percontagee, Soun afterweard the movement of graln down the Misstsaippl River commenced, — Therenpon the markot irico of grain became higher fn St Louls than in Chicazo, and #o continued for three months ormore, Meantine, the Chicazo rouds were re- quired to maintain n rate six cents por 100 ponnds Tiglier to Chicago than the rates to St. Louls, Cq seijuently no graln came o Chieago, It was all drawn to st. Louls, ‘Tho Secrotary of the Asocia- tion, Who, hy agreoment, was reqalred to aqualizo the fonnage, repentedly ‘called on the St Lonis roadn ta radso tielr tarfil to 8t, Louls or clse allow the Chicago ronds to make the sumo rates na thone which prevailed to St. Lou! quest the St, Lonjs roads renly waa nlwayaiho same hud oxisied for saveral yenrs, and thorefars must bo maintained; that thé relalive market oricos of kratn at B, Louls onid Chicago had nothing to do it tho guostion; that toy never would consent that tho Chicavo lincs should carry frolght 500 wilea 0t tho #ame rate as (hoy did 300 mlles: that St Louls was o waking plantes, and hereafter Chicago ronda muss kecp outof Kansas. Thisuttitude of the 8. Louls roads is stated fair- ly, and precisely as thelr manayars havo oxpressed thomsclves. Upon that statement alono the Chi- cago roade would ba quite willing to submit the caxo to any impartial authority on transportation, Indeed, {t may bo sald, Incidentally, that the insua has beon presented tn Commissloner Fiuk, of New York, an sustained the position taken by the [3 Itnes. ~'That positian {e, that all frolght deatined for forolyn export |v strletly competitive: aud If by reason of blher orices ot 8t, Louls an ger rates by river o New Orleans it In indnced toscek that outlet, tha northorn routos must ho enabled to offur equal ratos to_ Chicago fn order to sucure a shara of the trafic. In othor words, they are not willing to bo countéd ot of the buslnoss, Kansas and Nebraska comprise what may proporly bo. termed common lerritory, Ordivarlly, the Chicipo ronds can stand a bigher rate: and, whon that 1a tho case, na during tho scason of navigation, they are qulto willlng to charge a graln rate fivo or aix cents ubove St. Louia. Even with such a differ. ence thoy can readily securs mors than 50 per cant of the busincas. Moro than that proportion tho huva nevor claimed, but less than that thoy will not accept, X Tho saino Jine of reasoning holds trae with ro. eara towost-tound, 5t Louls inslste that Chica. g0 shal) ebiarzo 20 cente per 100 pounds wmore on rat and second class frolght than 4 charced from 8t, Louls, and pruportionatoly on other clas Insomo cines thewe excossive differcnces h proven pruhlhllur{. and becauso thay wora thought ho no Commluslonor Midgley, acting for the Chi. cayo roads, aaked the 8t, Lould gentlemen, somo two weeka ago, to consent to his reduciniz rates from Chicago 10 par cont, while tho ratos from St. Louls wero malntained uncbauged. The request, of conrso, wus rofused. The reduction was' then madu withoat their co g TTEMS, Commencing to-morrow, the night expresa on the Chicay Burlington & Quincy Nallroad fur Omaha, Kansas City, and Texas will leave tho Central Depot, at the foot of Lake utreet, at 0:05 P. tn. lnstead of 10, as horetofore, : Information was recclved horo yestorday that the oflice of the Pittsbury, Cincinoat! & S$t. Louls Rallroad ot Black Lick, O.,wsa entered by rabbers Thursday nlehit and somu soventy tickets sta) Tuoy are numbered frowm 730 to 700, and all arg from Dlack Lic| tho placo of destination yet 1o be Alied in. Travelors and conductors will do well to look out for thesn tickets, During the last two days rumors have been In clrculatiun that the frelght rates to the Fast had heen cut by curtain M) but, In .YI“ of a thos- ouglht lnveatigation, the rut d not b sub. stautiated, Al tho rosde cmphalis in thelr decluzations that thoy are firmiy waintalning the rozulur tarll g although moat of Lthe gealn 1o gulog by lako becatua the rafl rates aro too high, ——————— CROP PROSPECTS, Bpecial Dimpatch 10 The Tribune, WiKnoy, Cottonwood Co., Minu., Aprll 12, —Tho acreago of apring wheat sown haro la nnprecedent- edly lurge, Toe ground in the finest coudition aud the wheat growing finely, Special Dispaich 1o The Tribuna, Scuuveen, Colfax Co., Nub., Aptil 12.—-Wo hava beun having soveral fine ralne, which hes had Kood effect upon the spring wheat, which bas left the ground In splendld condition, More than double the acreaga of wheat has beon sown, Speciul Dispaleh to Tha Trivune, Dunots, Washington Co., 1iL., April 12, —Frolt prospocts good, Corm-planting beguu. Winter wheut uever looked botler in thls section at this scason of the yeaz, Hpeciul Dspateh ta The Tribune, Hanoiy, Calhoun Co,, 111, Aprl) 12, —Prospects for frult all right yet. Parmery msklug prepars- tions fur planting'a big crop of coru, 88 we unly ralved balf s crup 1ast season. Tue wintor wheat 1 wpleud!d condition. Hprcial Muspateh (o The Tribune, Ilaygsviziz, Ashland Co,, O., April 12.— Boring secding progressing slowly.’ But hittle vate ¥ Leen sUWL On account of wot wosther. Pros- pecty good for winler wheat, Special Pisputrh 1o Tha Tribuns. Ausvuy, Day Co,, Mich., April 12. —Prospects for frait never beiter. Thu Heeslan Hy bas com- meuced working lu sumo pleced of wiiiter wheat. Thu easly-sown wintor waeat looks tus baet. 1t tho weuther contloues mild and favorsble epring seudlug will soon cowmence. Speciul Dispaich (o Tha Trivune. Cryctaxats, Abpauoose Ca,, Is., Avril 12,—The spriug wheat sown fo Marcy s coming up with & uod stand. ~ At least double Iho acresgy suwn bhils sprug 1o comparivon with formue years. Weathor e sud tarmors working like beavers, Speciad Dupatch @ The Tribune. Oupee, Rusis Core 1, Apel 12 Bpring wheat Ll-lllt Leginning to cowe up. ke Brut-rate. Uno- alf murul sown \uan forwer years, Farmury are seady WDIAnL COrL, Sales io The Tyibind, Covuunthy Boone. Coy Ao., Aprl 19, —Winter one ¥ wheat looks mot promising than T have ever known it duting 8 residencg horo of thirly-eight cars, % Speriat Dispateh In The Tribune, Jacrron. Capa Girardean C Mo., Aprl) 12. Wintar wheat proanccts atlll enconraging, it some compiaints of depredationa of an in<ect similae to the chinen-bug, hut withnut tho odor. Consider- ;};“!owhelt unsold, but belng taken np by local Bpectal Diwatch 1o The Tribune. Loaaxaront, Ind., Aprl 13, —Farmera gotting along inely with their spring watk, Oate all eoen and plowlnf for corn. \Winter wheat never looked beiter, A larger acteage (han usual sown, and but only Iittie old wheat on hand. I al DisateA 1o The Tyibune. ex2cA, Crawford Co., Wis, AJml 12,~8pring wheat abontail sawn. ~ ‘The ground s in e cun- dition, More aown than aver before. al Dispateh fo The Tritune, Joter, Il For several years past Iu'w 1 12, very lew far n this eonnty have attempted to raldo wheat, and those few only enough for theje own use. 'The ncreage sown this apring. howevi has boen {reblethat of last year, and the pros for agood ylold of this coresl is very favorabte, ‘The majority of our farmera have finishied plowing and are waiting for auitable wenther in order to putin thelecorn, Only a smali proportion of Jast Jear's corn crop haw been markated, = e —— POLITICAL. THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRAOY. Spectal Dispate to The Tribune, Brnixornsup, L, Apell 12,—~With lngering though not loving regrots tho last member of the Democratic Btate Couvontlon took his departure to-day. It.will bear repcating that the 600 men seho formed this gatherlog wero a preat improvo- menton any similar Convention that has been held in yoars. Now that this Convention has come and gono, T gatber together a dumber of thoe in+ torauting details which generally cacape tho notice of the crowd nt large. ‘The first of these wan tha snccess that sttended the goneralship of Willlam C, Qoudy, of Chicago, and the completencas of hls trlumph over Gov, Patmor, Chaunncey L. Higbee, Gen. John A, M- Clernand, and thelr Insignificast following. The recordof tho Convention shows that thess anti- Voorhees Democrats wern sct doam upon very hard, but only a few know how smoothly end suc- cesafully 3r. Goudyplayed his band, The stake lsthe United States Benatorship, and Gondy toe day is tho coming Democratic leader. The Com- mittes on Resolations was not a strong one by any means, and from first to last was held under verfect control by Goundy; the platform and the ridicnlons addenda aro hls. Iiot I givea part of the unwritten history of the Committee on Rerolu- tions,—that tho Demucracy as a party should not make a Stata campalgn this year; all tho Individ- unl onergles of tho Domocracy aro to be directod toward tho management of tho Congreaxional and Leglslative districts. .‘This was Goudy's orizinal Iden nnd his chict victory, —an idea which leada al rectly 1o the United States Senate chamber, 1t nc- counta for the tomowhat frreconcilablo fentnren uf the piatform, the Intention boing to use only & part of 1t in certain dietricts, and other parts in othors, Ever slnco the call for the Convention was is- sued o weneral correspondonca hae beon golng on between Goudy and Lils frienda and the maltis tude of Congrosslonal asuleants throughont the State. These mon were nearly all hero, Thoy were freely conatiited, and wore almost unanimous in sustalning Gondy, A large numbef of tho Democratic membors of the last (iencral Asaombly wora also present, and gulped down tho green- back pll with o rolish. Ex-Congreasman Tom MeNecly, of Menard; Col. Watkins, of Pulaski; W, 11, McNeeco, of Mclionough; Gaorge A, Wil ron, of Pcorin; ft. N. ISahop, of Edgars Jndgo Declus, of Camberlind; ex-dcnator Harlan, of Clark;'Congressman Dick Townahend, of tatlatin: Gen, Dilnck, of Vermilion—theee and many others wercon hatid 10 applaud tho mow departure In 1ilinule pulltics, with tho expectation that it will land them i Congress, . Ono Congeessman, howaver, was notably absent, Dl Bpeingor, of Springiield. Bpringer voted fur the dilapidated Uslon soldier, Uen, Shiclds, in- stead of the Confoderato Brigadier Field, snd thon rished off to the teleraph villico and domanded st hi# frionds should securo hilm tho Indorssniont uf tho Damoceatie Stato Canvention, —for be, too, han the Bonstorial itch, Maj, Orrendorf, Chatlia Ke nator Shutt, and other reciplents of theso telegenm, et tho ball in motion, It started woll, for the oninion of delexuten was pretty generally expresscd that the Democrats In Cony had been made asses of by en Butler, Wantlng 1o liave the Sprincer resolntion go through with an enthurinstic rush, Sprioger's friends confided 1ty manngemont to Ditly O'lirlen, of Chivsgo. Whilo 0'iricn {s a warm-blooded rip-roarer in a Conventlon, he ls also ashrowd and carcful trime mur, 1o accepted the proffer, and deceptod the Bpringerites, O'Drien hold the resolution. until tlic Convention wasabout to dissolve, then offered It, aud hing hack long enough for Senator Krome, of Madlson, to get in a motion to adjourn, whicl Mike Robinson entertalned, and In an Instant BUII Bpringor's Benatorial wings wers sinced a0 badly they will never grow awaln, Tho whole thing was 8 minaterpluco of strategy, thoroughly tnderstoodd between the participants, and telutiph of wind ovur baxe wmatter, Another would-be Congressman had hig nicely. lald schiome aquelched, Col. Watking, of Pulaskt, wants the Deniocratic numination in tho Eightecnth District. _As hls people aro largely interested in leveea and the Ends Jettics, Col. Watking had a nicely-denwn resolution upon these subjects which ho intended to have the Conventivn_Indorso to his bonor and preferment, Lut the O'lrion-Kromu couspisacy aottied Watkina evon more complotaly than it did BIl .':‘prlnuut. Oue other ineido arrangemont ls worthy of natice, 1t was absolutely neceswary that the machinory of the Cunvention *hould respund quickly and Intelil- gently to the demands of the maaipulators, To accomulish tlus the uwulfll orgunization was ut jn_tho hands of den, Dlack and Mayor fam ~Sutton, of Clatk County, Gen, Blick {a a avlendid proslding’ oMser, #ud Sntton, who served a4 assfetant socrotary, & thorough politiclan, and one of the most oxport accountants In the State. Tho permanent oreuni- zation was given to Scnator M. W. Hobinson, oy Cook, 8 man who has un instinet presnunt with coups d'otat, whilo Mayor Sulton was retalnod snd Fhoclon Howard, of Dougls, held in reserve for Bia intimate knowleday of parllamontary strategy. This aggregation of talent was cqual 10 any amerg- ency, and wad oxpocted to be capecially useful in belplog to manipulate Cook County, for It was the intentiun to givo_tho seventy-six votes of Cook to FPoal for Treasurer wiien it wonld wecure his nom- fnatlon. An informal uaderstanding existed be- twaen I'ool and tho leaders of the Cook Count: delegation, bat when it camo to the scratc Poul refused to accude to their demands,— retused in these wordsy ‘1 am willing o do what s right, but 1 am not willing to do what you aek, 1ama youuny man and cau atford to walt, and I will not sucrifice my honor,” Just what the Cook Count; Jers avked of Pool, tho half-miil- fouaire, I Wlnh.'lunfin. 1ut, as Secretary, Mayor button more than Mlied tho expectations o histrivnds, Hefors ordinsry tally-keepurs would get halkway down & columa Button woald have the reaglt and be calu walting Jolin For mentarlly-vxpe onp d'etat, It ) Mayor Sitton for tho smooth and perfuct in whicl the Convention concluded §ts labors sfter Bpeakiuy from & Democratic llum}nulnt' the Cunveution wus & succass, In tho near horeafter it will he secn what oifect {ta plat. form and Its candidates will bave upon the voters. Judyy Bayless Hanna, of Terro Haute, was in st tendunce as Voorlices' reproscntative, and Lo saya {tmouny victory sod a consalidated Northweat. OREGON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, Han Fuawcisco, Cali, April 12.—Tho platform of tho Oregon Detmacratie Stata Conventlon favors the romonetization of sliver and the repeal of tha Resumption act; tho payment of the Government wbllgations in groonoacks, uxcobt when otherwise provided; the Tari® bill tow pending in Congre. and & 1aw 10 orobiblt Chineso Lismigration, oud de. Dounces the misrule of thy iepaniican party, and ".‘,? fraud by which President laycs was putin altice, —— THE WEATHER, Ovrics oF Tun Cuxe SonaL Orvicun, Wasn- IKuTON, 1, O, Aprii 1—1 &, m.—Indications— Por the Lowor Lake reglon, clearor partly cloudy weather, northwesterly winds, stationary tompera- ture, For the Teunesses and Ohfo Valley, warmar, partly clondy wealhor, with accasions! raiu areas, variable winds, mostly from northeast to sonth- oant, lonary or [afling barotote: uMIlllll‘rrEl Fur thu Upuer Lake region aud Valley clear ur partly cloudy westher, cold po weaturly winds, risiug baromets ollowed In the Hecond District by winds veerin:: 'to warimer cast and sauth, &nd stationary ot faiilng barometor. For the Lower Miselasipol Valley,clear woathor, followad by incresainy cioud/neat. nd posstoly by rain areas, nortaeast 1o southwest winds, station- ary or ligher twwparature, with falling Laromcter, LOCAL ORSERYATY 00, Aprl 12, Bn,, Weatker m 10 ufirm. o “Masimum, 63; mialoutm, u VENERAL OB ___ Cua Siations. ,nur.' Tar, e 2 LEZLEALS: teepcEcererzapaes [ ———— MORTUARY. Bpecial Diepulich 10 The Tridune. Jorizy, 1., Aoril 12. —Tho fupersl of the late Futbier Thomas B. Murply, whlch vccarred to-day ab Bt Paurlek’s Church, was attcuded by un awme b 1al1c wneining A ntinber ot in ’ nttendance manao cangregation, fully 2,000 per rerent, incinding tha diferent salnonrsh be lin cit dlvtinzain and kome from abrond, clerzymen were Among whom were the Tt jtay" 1) 165, ot ‘Chicazo, " and * Spaading, o e o eV, V' Jdohn’ McMallen, Vicne.() the Diaceses tho ov. Fathors Torry: of il Dommey, of Lockport; Kitting, of EI Paso; yis, Galre, "of Tiraldwoodi Lordon, of Wanisiors: Garvin, of Waukesan: Qrogan, of Briduepory! Kavilage, O'Nell teardon, Conway, Dian" o LCurtin, of Chicago, and othera from eisowher Therersices in the churoh, Bisliop Foley affes: Ing, wera vory solemn and Imuosing, nnd th gricf of the audience an mrrmnluc tribute to the map, viztucs of the dead prisst. Tha remaing wers | torred in tho Catholic Cametery on the — e —— FIRES. AT OREGON, ILY,. Onraox, 1ik., April 11.—Our aaually qniet towy was thrown Into a blazo of excitoment Yesterdsy morning by an_exhibition of Areworks on au oy, olly Targo acale, &t tho buming of Forres s ont-meal miile and warchouse, 1t Js oply tho acarcity of these Inetitutionn that makes )y occurrence unnenal, whorerer they aro faung, nuch leapt o bo thelr fate. In connection wiyy this deatructive fire wan the startling exhibition of A dangaroar property of miil-dust to explode, Tig mill had heen swept shortly befors the dinanter ocenrred, and the air was flled with the foating paticles of dust aad four, dry and fine: "2?; wind was blowing : Ralo opp. aud _ ma, for nn tani Checked tho d7aft of tha dey-Kiln fatmens. i albly have deiven tha flama back Into the toom, At all avents, in an Instant thers was a fagh: a part ot the end of the mill was blown out, ang everything was in a blaze. " This startling fapt o corrobarnte] by tRo outside witnasses, and by (he nnbured porilons of the mill thrown into the river, and still floating In the eddy below the rame Th losd of the mill to thia cummunitr 1 caslly estimated, as overy bushel of oats fuund & ready anle hore' at nearly Chicago orices, Ogis werc aold sinca tho fira for shipaiont at aiz centy § hushiel lesn fhan mill prices. It doent tais & vory large pleco of chalk to figuro ont the gain to the farmer on an uero of oats, Fifty tineg sy cents on 83, —atmost the rent of tho Tand, There were In use ve rin of stone and theee dry. kiina, and the annfuctured product of the m’{ll every day was £30 barrels of m Much of this, o;l‘nl:c. husbgeuduv.llpncudtf‘mfi :"’i ;r!mmm‘, of the property destroyed s cstimated at i insared for 83k, 000, SR e TIHE BAY CITY FIRE, ' Bpectal Dirpateh to The Tridune, Easr Sactxaw, Mlch,, April 12.—Tho lons ny the fro at Day Clty will foot up $200,000, of whieh $00,000 {5 upon Inmber; total Insurance, $00,000, About thirty bulldings, coverlog two' qusres wero burned, Many of them wera fine reslienci, Lone 30,000, with only 86, 000 insurance, o AT EAST BAGINAW, MICIT. Bpecial Dispateh to The Tribune, EAsT Saarvaw, Mich., April 12, ~Tlhio residencs of Mrs. Clara Judd, just beyond the city limits, burned to-dsy. ‘Loss $1,200; Insured for 8500, A large hotol bullding owned "5 John Jeffers, & gouper.shop owned by eard & Tiotlsnd, aul & I hotel owned by i, Beaner, burned this mome Total loss, $8,000; Inaurance, $4,500; AT KALAMAZOO, MICII, . #pecial Dipatch to The Triduns, RALAWAZOO, April 12.—To-day a fire broks o alout noon In tho large frame roaldenco of b, ¢, Hiloy, on Main atreet, near the Kalamazoo House, A violont wind was blowing, and the firo had 1 Ir;u-n{‘.m..t start, but bl lllxull‘:'hwdlnxulr‘)&nlnhrd u e fire any, after the bal In wul $1,000 aamage, IS Tt AT AMERICUS, GA. Macow, Ga., April 12 —A fire in Ameriens Frl. day destroyed eight storvs, Including some of the largent catablishinonta In the place, The City- Halt ballding a8 burned. 088, $30, 3 1ne surance, 20,000, Tem Rl AT ZANESVILLT, O. Crtereyatt, O., Aprll 12.—At Zanesviile, 0,, last evening, 11all's planing-mill, & portion of the United States Hotol, and soveral atablos and frame bulldings were burned. Loss, $:0,000; uninsured. AT MIDLAND, MICH. Spectal Dpatch to The Triune. EAST Bauinaw, Mich,, April 12.—Waldo's ahinglo mill buenad to-day, with 1,000,000 shin- glos. Lowd, $1,600; fnsuranco on mill, $600. ————— CANADA. Dallots for Indlans—Bilninture Canals=A Diastardly Crimo—Fallurca=Ttems, Bpecial Dispaich to Ths Tribune, Orrawa, April 12, —1n tho House of Commons, Mr. Bohuits, of Manitobn, Inquired for what pur- pose wers tho 20,000 Winchester-rifle cartridges required which wero asked for by Thom: Purveyorfor the Northwest Snporintende Hon, Me., Miilly, Mintster of the Interior, under the treaty made with the Dlackfeet fodisas durlng tho past scason, Chicts and bead men to the oumber of forty-mx wore presonted Winehestor il nd promised 400 ronnds of ammanition each. The cartridges wers to be used in fulfilling this agrecient. The Promior rocontly iasted Instenctians to Mr. Pago, Chilef Engineor of tho Public-Warks Depart- ment, 10 proceed with tha construction of iwo models, to be sont to the Parls Exhlbition, iilu traticg (he practical working of caoals of cqual magnitude with those now In course of enlarge- ment in the Dominlon, The firet model is twelva feet long by throe Inches wide and elwht {nches high,—representing ono of tho canals now nuse for vewsols drawing fourtecn feet of water, to- Eelhul with adjoining ruceway, supply- etc. 'he second 1s a4 wurking modal fiye and a yuarter fout long, foor and a third fect wide, two and & balf feet' high. showing tha solid timber locks gates huncon Townsend's Improved suspeusivn Kear,and the whole working machinery and fittings comploto it all its dotaile, The modeln will ba prasented by the Prenier, on behalf of the Do- oinlon overament, to the Fronok authoritics, after the Exhibition Is over, The Mat the Ottawa Agricultnrsl Insur- taulter Lo s vory considurahle An tnvestigation lnto the sQulre of the 1% now being conducted on bebalf of tie ud snargholders. Spectal Dispaich o The Tridune, April 12, —Last nizht i t Myersbure, West-Side, Ing, ance Company is amonat. aged 10, 1o rod two ahotd at her with & revulver, One took elfect in bor head, and the othor I ber breast, Sbpanun [440 yearo of ako and married. Tio gives a8 8 reason for shootingthe girl that ue was in lovo with her, but, as ho could not_ marry, bo intendod 1o kil Lor and then ahoot himsclf. tal Dispatch to The Tribune, Moxra “The 'lesfovilla sHlla Lom- « has fallod; liabllie ?lesrll‘::ll‘{ 3 ,lllnk s intareaied, ho J. Bmith & Co., wholcsals grucers here, have falled. Direot Itadilitivs, $75,000; tndirect, 850, . The sssets show 00 centa on the dollar. An cdict has been lssued IJL Mouseiyneur laclne, Roman Catholic Blabop of Sherbrouke, prohibiun palitical meetings and discuselons st doore ol churchies on bunday, in his Diocesa, About two muntlis 820 a young man, evidently 8 stranger ia the city, left in the hande of the [ tendar in McGras® saloon & carpet-bag contalning clothiing and valuablc papers, asking tne bar-teud= ar to take cara of thein L)l next day, Mo was in- toxicated at the time, and never returned. tera found in the bag bore the nsme of ** Brovks ie bille avainet De. Fenwick and Dr, Worthe tnuton, fof forkery of medical certificatos, wero 1§° nored by the tirand Jury, ; Augustin 8t, Plerro, & veteran of the War o 1812, fe doad,” 1 03 years old, and retalocd al} by faculties to the last, i Tbo Grand Jury, Ia helf presentment, deplore tho oxlaling party and creed auimositles I b community, which resalted in s greal iucrsaso o critne; and recomincnded an incroase in thy w"fl" foree: ~1n aruer more eMicleutly to carry lato saeck 0 law agalnet the dangerous practice of Fuvolvars, ~ad also the e of Lo 164 ta cascs DA et prpatch to The Tribune. elal 0 The Tonoxra, April 12, —The Natlugal Club have te- elected Mr. Goldwin Smith Frestdont, sod We il Howland, Vice-President. 1t te supposed that the Keith ehildron, wh l'.::: sbducted from New Castlo, wore takeh atfoss L-axy Ontarlo in & amall boat. and Isnded in New [k Btatu, whoro el fathor lost track of them, il waver, bolieves that they were placed In tis N of Lady of Angels, st hu:l)nnl tlod Bridge. Mr, Kelth went o tuatitution aud demauded bis children; but the roguuet Wa f€3 fused, and ho made application throuz counsel 10 8 Judgy st Lockport, N, Y., for the custody of b3 boye. "A wrtof babess corpud was accordlulf fsvacd, ordering the Scminary ta deliver up i buttbe Fathorof the College Hled aaafl that e bas or has had the cLildret r. Keltb'a counsel bay comumeuced s Upon this asuie to Obtain the coildse WORK AGAIN, Bpectal Disvalch o Tha Triduns b, Jotrer, April 12 —A dlspatch was reccived b7 Ald. Mason, of thlucity, ihis sfterncon, frum J‘; 0. McMallin, the Superintendont of tho Chicago Alwa Railrosd, ssylog that the rolllng-wills bere would resumo antm;uu ldlyblh hl:::k::t’o:x'"‘ roic 1"5#.‘?:‘;‘ oty ;'w‘?.imum 21" 1hd mille, set bY onder of Lelth. 5 procy e ——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Lowpox, April 12.—Stesmships Slerls, from Doston, and 6late ol Loulslans, trom New York, have arrived out. Ngw Yonx, April 12, —Arsived, steamships Adrlatic, from Livernool; Scandlnavla, frou Loas dou; Switzeriaud, froum Antwerne