Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1878, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 187€—TWELVE PAGES, M—fl WASHINGTON. Another Chapter on the Subjact of Custom-House Frauds. How the Silk-Importers’ Ring Sectred a Monopoly of the Trade, Infintionists Alarmorl at the Grow- ing Indications of General Resumption. The Adjournment Resolution Postponed till the 18th of May. Some of {he Desires that Animate the Long-Scssion Men. What Statloey Motthews Hag to Say About + + the Conkling Interview, ‘O&EEUSTOMS PRAUDS. PN SILR IMPORTATIONS. + ' "igectnl Dipatch to The Tribune. , Wasanwron, 1. C., April 10,—The Treasury Commisslon now {nvestizating Custom-Houre matterss hns made remarkable discoveries rela. tive to the importations of silk. It appears hat it 1 not only fmpossible to Import sitks in btond to sny Western cities, but that leading houees in Eastern cities cannot import them, For tho last four years silk importation has been entircly out of the hiands of American dealcrs, This 1s nccomplished by what 1s called a system of consignments. The chief manufacturers in Europe ond thelr ogents in ihis country aro parties to this transactlon, They refueo to sell to Amerlcan mer- chants or thelr agents, and the Europcan ‘manufacturers consian all goods either to them- selves or to thelr agents in New York City. The goods go consigned are valued often nt LRSS TUAN JIALP THEIR REAL VALUE, and the practice of getting these goods throngh the New York Custom-Houeo is reduced to such o successful system that no American merchant can purchaso the goods, pay the duties, and compete. Tho many lines of poods and sllk worth 81.50 per yard havo been systematically appralsed at 80 conts. European manu- facturcrs bave no dificalty In obtaln- Ing the necessary certifieation to involces, and the ngent in New York succecds In making the necessary oath that the cost is according to the jostructions-of the manufacturer. A Ring of agents in New York City thus coutrols TUR ENTIE RILK IMPORTING BURINEBS. Larga Amcrican houscs, such as Stewart and Claiiin, after many unsuccessful attempts, nre compelied to buy these silks of this Hing. Lcading American houscs in New York receive nositks fu this line except h{ purchasing ot these consignees. This system is not contined exclusively to silk goods, but bas been adopted 10 a greater or leas detree to nearly all clusses of Europent goods which are entered at ad valorem duty, The Inyestigation of the. Commizsion thus far_has sustalned the charges made by Willlatn Ilenry Smith, Collector of Chicago. 1t Is confidently expected that it will no longer be posalble to imaintain this greal systen of frand. Inquiry sbows that~ the Counsulur ca Is very earcless, IF NOT CORRUPT, In nearly everything pertaining to involees and certiieation. ~ Consuls pay no attention to the details of {uvolces. Imyporters testified that fnvolces ranging from $3,000 to $50,000 are vever examloed by Unnnuf;. sud fu some in- ser slauces ure sent by the manufacturer to the Coneulate™ by & mesgen- ger, und retnrued properly suthentls cated, Consuls at ~ mony ol the Luropean ports are certainly broved gullty of clessuess, or of habitual collusion, The excuse of the Arpmlncu is that, on account ol tue neents? or brokers' Ring, it bas been so iz finee these grudes of silks have been fu- (0 by leading houses that there s no ard by which to mensure and 6ix the proper Vol and” that for thy most part the Ap- pairers ore compelled to aceept statements of tue fnvoices va to the valuc of the property awthentiented with the Consular cortificates, MO DEVELOFMENTS. The disclosures tiade by Gen, Curtis, &pecial sury Agent, to-day, [ connection with the res (0 thy Commisston cases, may ustonish merchants i whore numies the frauds were committed. The story of the coses scem Drictly this; Albert Douglass, Jr., engaged in tie business of vollectiug these oid clalms, ond Larties ugreed tu puy the ex- penses und 50 per cent of the umount recovered. The exumination discovered the fact that the merchunts either failed to file the neeessary pro- testa to pivo them standiug in court, or the protests were defective, llad lezitimate cases only been proseeuted, the amouut to Le recovered would have been fusienlfieaut, Evidence wus manufactured. In cases where no protesta were orfginally tiled, lio rru’mrml one, had it Hthographied, and sceured the glena- ture of the werchunts, wherein sulllclent pro- tests were made. e prblmrcd armendments, and, obtaining aceces to the original eutrles through TUL COLLUSION OF CUSTOM-NOUSE OPFICIALS, ho caused th_fraudulent protests to bo uaded years after, ‘Lhe genulicuess of these protests Wwas never questioned u tho courts,'nnd, al- though every Secretary of the ‘T'reasury for twenty-flve years hus gone over the history of the clalms,the genumencss of the vriginal docu- quents upon which the clalms wero based has never been questioned, ‘Thls scems moro re- wmarkable, s evidence of the entirely fraudulent churncter of the protests wus in the oesusnion of the New York Custom- louse, nud should bave been acceseible to nuy oue represeniing the Government, Mumbers of the Appropriations Commuittee expressed creat surprisc to-day that the facts had never been discovered before, and sald It showed AN ALARMING LOUSENENS in the manuer of dolng public business, both In the New York Custom-flouso aud in ths Dls- trict Attorney’s ofilee. Many cinluent lawyers have been cngaged upon these clafms, Among them were 8ccretary Evarts, Judize Noah Davly, and Fdwards Pierrepont, hut none of them ever had auything to do with the preparation of the origina! papera. The gentlemen who uow up- pear hefore the Commilttee to urge paymuen— Jordan, ex-Solicltor of the ‘Treasury, “nnd ex- Attoraey-ticneral Williains—becamo Interested at o comparatively recent dute. The disclo- Bures were as new to them os to the Cominittee. These clafins orlginated In AVERY PONT IN TIE CQUNTRT. The testlinony to be given te-nioriuw will prob- ably show gross corruption in the present . acement of the New York Custom-llouse. Collevtor Arthar bas been In chargo for slx years with tuese records in his possesslon, and has never tuken any notice of the frauds, It fanot finjrubable thal the disclosures yet to be made may result 1u considerable chauges in the pere sonnel of the New York Custom-II Tho umount of clalms already pald s €2,230,000, taost of whlel bs fraudulent. The amotin sth] cluted {a obout the vame sum. 1t Is found that {o clahine us Jargo as $100,000, but very few liundred doHars ure legitimate, Bo for 0a poll- tles o, the Republicans must be credited with the discovery,” Secretary Blermun rofused to pay the clabms, Spectal-Agent Curtls fursfstied yriol of tielr fraudulcot character, The frauds vrielnated in 1551, under 3 Demacratic Admin- tatratton, and were matnly counducted {n Demo- tiv daye. The monagers of this giguntie con- Fpiracy were tiot blessed, The princioal actor dhod [usolvent, He wos made the victim of perpetuat bluckinall by customns cinployes, whow he used, und who knew bis scercts. THE CURRENCY, INFLATIONISTS IN A VIX, Spectat Dupateh to The Trizune. Wasminaros, B, C., April 19.—The ultr- foitutivnists sre much disturbed ot the finauctal sltuation. ‘They do not wish to buve the cur- rency question denationalized by the resumption ol specte puyments, TLey are orgunizing to move apainst resumptiou, but they scem stuuucd by the ovideut progress towards that end. Tow Ewlng, who fs a candidate on the Greenback Presidenttal Ucket, 13 ot sea, Jle bhad alongceonference with Dan Voorhees to-day. ‘The Grecubackers are evidently plotting to place themselves In advance of the Notlonal movement, and _to compel the Nationala to umte with the Democratic party, aud to defy the SEastern Democrata. 1 Congress stays Liere jongg euough w new currency debate tn boll Lranches 13 inevitable, but there can be wo legislation contrary to Buerman's resumption policy. The new iwoveucut of the Bankiug unl Gurreney Cowwitiey, fu which Ewingacems 0 be the leading Dewocratle luctor, I8 duesiguea us b cheek upon the resuption wovement, UPINIONS UF NEW YORK FINANCISItS. To the \Wealern Assoctaled Press, WassingroN, D. C., April 19.—The Ifouse Cuowauwitice vu Baukiog aud Currcocy baduvery ¢ Interesting conference this morning with John A. Stewart, of tha United States Trust Cotn- any of New York, and J, ), Vermllye, of the Merchants' Bank of New York. The question of the practicahility of maintaining resumption was pressed upon those genticmen by Mr. Ew- Ing, but they held inflexibly to the position that resumptton can bie safely “entercd upon on the 18t of January, 1879, and that with the present favorable ontlook of zood crops and the balanco of trade in favor of this country, resumption can bo maintained. They expreased the bellef, however, that the maintenance of specle-payments would vot be asstircd nnless a portion of the currency elrcuta- tton I8 retired, and forcizn exchanges continuo to i in our [avor, Mr, Vermitye thought that $100,000,000 or £150,000,000 of ontstanding United Sfatcs notes should be retired, in order to make specie re- sumption entirely gafe, —— CONKLING, IR CTICA INTRRVIBWER RETORTS, Spectul Dirpatch 1o The Tvidune. New York, Aprlt 10.—~The Worid pricts the followlog from {ts Utics correspondent in re- latfon to the Conkling matter: To Ihe Fdilor of the Workl—Sin: 1 do not regard the subjects of my Interview with Mr, Conkling a8 inany way confldentinl, except As to party secrets and estreme personalitics, which 1 ave not disclosed, At only ong Inteeview waa I told that **this le "confidential.” That interview took place last fall. Five gentlemen were pres ent, sud, o few days aftsrwards, it appeared, al- most word for word, in the Jfierald, as these gen- ticmen are aware, The matters fold e rinco fhen weto ta be need in my discretion, and § have #0 need them from time to time. I con eco no harm done, bat great the (publication of - the $icws of “our lending'” Repnblican stateaman: 1f anybody imagincs that there was anything con. fidential In these talks, { conld casily dispel the idea by puhlishine a colamn of {tems of Informa. tlon that were strictly party secrets, and quoting eatensively persoual yemarka concorning loading Democtats and Administration Republicans, Theso matters aro kept back, I my dircretion, Their publication could scrve nogomiend, unlesa Inm directly challenged by tho denator in refere ence to my good faith, or otherwise personally pur- mned. Very m-{muully yours, Urica, April 17, Jonx F, Mixes, EDITORIAL COMMENT, Noticing Mr. Conkling's personnl reflections on theauthorol its recentiy-publishied Interview with the Benator, the World says: ** Mr. Conk- ling and Mr. Mines stand for ua upon a footing of perfect equality, We have no respect what. ever for Mr, Cankling asn public man, and of Mines wo onlfi Iknmr that, after malntaln- t lntz close political rolations for months with Mr, Conkling, lhe has scen fit to terminate ~ those _relatlons ! and to make the publication which he las made In these columns on his own responsibility, and after notifying Mr. Conkling of an Iutention to make it. 1f Mr, Conkling can establish azainst Mr. Mines n chargo of brcach of conlidence, we shall be as quick to_denounca Mr, Mincs aa the most enthusinstic of Mr. Coukling's admirers, But deltberate misrepresentutions of the nature of the connectiun which existed between Mr, Coukling and Mr. Mincs are not a good founda- tion forsuch a charge.” THE LAKE-FRONT. WIY THE EPFORTS OF TR VALONTING-SORIP CLAIMANTS WILL FROVE UNSUCCEASPUL. From Our Own Corrcpandent. Wasnixsroy, D, C., April 16.—The foliow- ing fucts and theorics sre submitted asa contri- butfon to the Mterature of tho Lake-front aml Valentiue-scrip questions: The cfforts of tha Valuntine-serip claimants to sccure title to thut portlon of the Lake-front whichhasbeen reclabued from the water,as ** un- occupled public jands,” will prove unsuccessful, for thio reasou that that land 1s not unocc uplod public land, and that tho United States has no title to it Tho titlo to all that portfon of tho Lake-frout which has been reclaimed from the lake fs in the city, for two reasons: First—It i8 trucof all tho States that over- flowed lands, except wiicre speclally specliled, were nut ceded to the General Government. This reservation wis one of the reserved rleita of the States, Aud what was truc of the orlgl- nal States has been dockded by the Unlted States’ Suprema Court. Lo be trug aof the new diutes adumitted alter the aduption of the Con- stitution. The land under all navizable luland waters, when not used for purposes of naviga. tion, helunzs to the Btutes, ‘Thiere is 2 long Hne of decisions of tho United States Supreme Court in fayor of this point. 'These dectstous _were frum 16th Peters to the lust volume of Otto, the preseus Heporter of tho United Statea Bupreme Courdy Second=11[ this 18 not so, the title to the Lake-front, beyoud the castern lno of Michigan avenue, was conveyed to tho State of Hitnols by the Swamp-Land uet of 1850, At the thne of the passuge of _that uct, all the land in contro- versy I the Valentine-scrip cases, except the Dearborn-Park truct, came withiv thu provis- 1oas of the Swamp-Land act. 'nird=The distinction made by the common law between acerctions inade by an et of nu. turey and changes uccomplished” by tho band of man, is oealast the Valentine-scelp cladmants as to ali the improved portiuns, or reclafned por- tlous, of the Luke-front. By the common lmv, the acerotions by tho processes of nature belong to the abutting property-owners; but any land thut was reclalmed " from the sea, or which was made by the process ot HHing up, always belong to tho soveretgn. Accordings to that distine- tion, tho made land of the Lake-front belongs to the State, The chauges madv were by the hadd of man, STANLEY MATIORWS, TOE ONI0 KENATOR DENIES STATEMENTS AL LEGED TO MAVE DECN MADH DY MI. CONK- LING; BAYS I ENTERED INTO NO DARGAIN WITIL SOUTHERNEUS; AND GIVES BONE KE- FORTS THAT WEUE CUKHENT As TO THE NEW YORK SENATOM. Dlapateh fo New York World, Wasnnaton, D. C., April 17,—enator Stan- Jey Matthews was found at a quite late hour to- night ot his home on K strect. 1o had, of course, teatt what Mr, Conkling lad to say sbout him in to-day's World, and ‘vas eyidently astonished at it, but IL was with didlculty that he could he brought to express auy oplnfon on the subject. It was only on ogalt reading the whole Intervlew through that he saw reason to sueak, and then only In refereoce to what was pointed directly ot blmself, * My attention," sald tho Scnator, was called 10 this report of an luterview with *Mr, Conk- Hing by sceing su ubstract of It in thia morning's Washington fepubdlican, and, on the arrival of the Wortd with the full story, I read 1t with great deal of Iuterest and of care, and from that perusal becamo perfectly satlsticd that fu wne not 8 truthful account of things sald by Mr, Coukling, Judglug from tho things related concernlug myself, of which 1 had personal knowledpge, wis very tuch gratbied to. find my own opinfon of the aceuracy of this roport verlfied by stateients contatned o the I:‘zwuu( Star, reported ws comiog from My, Conklug himself, in which ho rofuses to admit the correctuess of tha report, and disclaims any responsibility for its publication, ~ As an fllustration of tho extremo untruthfuiness of - the report, na o matter withln my own kuowledge, [ refer to that portiou which relates an alieged futerview between Mr, Conkling und inysclf in the Metate Chuber fu reference to the con- tirmattun of the nomination of an Ohlo man toa foreign consulahip, It 18 there veluted that 1 insisted In guite peremptory terms to Mr, Coukling that ho must have the nomination confirmed, on tho express luuumllllmt Fhad protntsed the man ptace in return for polit- cul servleva rendercd to iy, and thut 1 Lot ob- tained nomination from the Press fdent on that ground, und wuthorized Mr. Conkling ta tell tho Comnittco baving chorge of the momination that thu nutuihee way appointed by the President at my requcat, and s a reward Tor political serviees, 1ubs reported tnthe jutervicw that Mr, Conkling declared to the intervicwer that of course ho would not do anvtbing of the kind, sce it wuuld put tne ina very bad light before the Benate, but he could not belp wonderlug ot what secwed Lo hlw marvelous lunocencs on my part. . Now I have to suy concernlug this report, fu thy frst place, that there is vot one word of truth in It, snd, Tn'the second place; 1 1a the very reverse of the actual truth. TUENE WAS A CONVEKSATION, ** Tho curluus part of the allair & was a cunversation, perbaps s between myself aud Mr. Conkliug in refereuce to the cunlirmation of un Ohle gentleman nominated to a furclgn Covrsulabip, and the wouder s how tho mun whu inveuted this purratlve cver learned of the fact that uny couversation on such a subfert lad ever taken place atall. Thoe cuse referred to (4 undoubtedly that of Mr, Mchalu, of Obio, nomiuated “us Cou- sul ot Nassau, sod sinee coutirmed, ‘The uouination wes peading fu the Cowittes o Cowmere fora louy thne, Mr, MeLuln becamy fropatient and very urgent for ection. o was waltiug to go to hls dustipation,ond did not wish 1o leave untl he was confirued. s own Leaith was wob good, end bis wife was un ju- valid Hu wus suxluds o get away before win- tersetin, He requested 1uv to speak to Mlr, Coukllg, uretngz uction upou Lls nomivation. d s0 ouce at least—I think oftener. Iia- valably told Mr. Conklivg that [ had no raonal or vulitical futerest dn r McLaln, that bls powisation bud }lmt there been made, understood, upon the request of Gen, Garfleld. It wasat Gen. Garileld's in- stance and request, aml as a matter of respect and zood-will to him, that on_ono_occasion [ went with Gen. Garficld tothe Prestdent to pre- acne aud reeommend the name of Mr. McLaln for this appointment. That Mr. McLalnwinn memiber of the Leaislature of Ohio which clect- cd me to the Henate ir indeed true, but he was Gen. Garflel's Iriend for nomination, not mine, and indeed was the reprosentativo in Columnbus of Uon. Garticld's politicnl fnterests In conncctlon with that clec- tlon, and the gentleman to whom Qen. Garfleld first communicated his intentlon to withdraw from nny candldacy. The nomination had not been procured s & rewand for politieal services rendered to me, and Twas urgine the matter for ten. Garfleld's sake and not my own., All this was communicated in_substanco to Mr. Conkling, by Gen, Garfleld himsclf, ns 1 per- sonally know (romn Gen, Garflell, So that it Is absolutely fmpassible for Mr. Conkling to have maie the statement contained in this report and bo the man of truth and honor £ am bound to belleve him to be. ABOUT TIR ALLEGED NARGAIN WITHL NICTIOLLS, 1 observe in an carlier part of the reported Interview," continaed the Yeuator, **the state- ment purporting to have been made by Mr. Conkling, that no reasonable man could doubt there wos gome kind of a barealn vetween the fricids of Nicholls and Mr, Hayes, and that 1 and Mr. Sherman were privy to ft. 1o not be- leve that Mr, Conkling made any such state- ment ns that, My rescon for thinking eo isy that there {8 "no foundation In [fact for tho statement, and Mr, Conkling must know that 1 have pubticly denfed it, and, If ho belleved there was any ground for such an ns- sertion, T think he would ot take it In on frre- sponsible and anvaymous woy to an unknown reoorter, but would make it publicly i his own person, over his own name, and in bis place {n the Bennte, Al the documentary evidencs on the uuhfleut 10 which tny name was ever signed, orof which [ bave auy knowledge, has long since been made pubtic, and s familiar to all who have taken palus to be informed on the subject, I hind no verbal transactions with any one con- cerninge the matter that were not perfectly cone sistent with those written papers which have Ueen published, and all {hat [ said ond did was in my own nawo and on - my own respotisibility, without the knowledge ot Mr. Hayes or miy communieation with him in reference toit, and It was so known and understood by par- tics at the ‘tlme, ‘The whole thing con- slsted slmply fu tho exvresslon of iy own apluion aud” bellefl 0s to the course which Mr. Huyes when be became FPresident would take in reforenee to the cumplovment of milltary turce in South Carollna and Loufslana, and those opitifons were based exclusively upon iny construction of the Cincinnati Republican plat- formn, Mr. Hayos’ lotter of scceptance, and the sltuatfon of public allairs i those two States as determined by the action which bad alread taken placo under the directeon of Uen. Grant, Upun these materiuls 1 formed the judement which 1 expressed to varlous wentlemen at differ- cut times, and based on It the nrgument which I constantly presented why, they should, so fur as they bod influence, cxert 18 to fnsure the orderly and pesceful executlon of the Electoral Comnmission taw and the count of the Presideu- tiul votes. 1 mude no bnr|i:ml of any kind,writ- ten or oral, expreas or implied, with any man ot auy tine on this subjeet, aud any one” who on bis own knowledge undertakes to assert the contrary s gulity of n faischood. WABS BENATOIL CONKLING 1N A CONSPIRACY] “1 know nothing E‘uuulmlly of any Intrigue In reference to the Electoral eount, elther be- foro or after the orgunization of the Electorn) Commissiun. 1 do not believo that there wus any intrigue of any choracter having referenco to the {ssuc and It of that count between Mr. Hayes and anybody, or between any of the friends of Mr. 1Inyes, and any Democrats or Republicans, It was a thie of ‘great public uxcitement, and, In my oolalon, of very conelderable danger to~ tho publle peace, Ju was quite natural that runmors of every sort shounl have been started and obtalned cir- culntion und galned credence. I heard somic ot the titne of quite u dilferent character from those referred Lo in this reported Interview. For Instanee, on tho nlght of the day when the dechsion ol the Electoral Commisslon in refer- enee to the Electoral vute of Loulsiata had been confirmed by the Seuate, and that vate had been counted for the Republican candidate alter midnight, o Democrntic L‘unfiru:zmnu, Bsup- vosed to be famiiiur with what was tratspicing In the councils of his own party, told o, with an alr of great dejection, that the wisule busluces was cuded, and that Huves was President; that on that Jny, to uso his own languaye, *the Democrata had been sold out’; that l.hu{ had un arrangement, as they nup}msud‘ by which Mr. Conkling was to Iead off fn the Svnate agalust contirming that decislon, and was to haye been supported by six othee Republican votes, of which five wers Ie- ublicau Bunators from theBouthern States, des- unated by him as carpet-bag Benators, whose voles—that Iz, those vt the carpet-bay Benators ~—ivere to have heen pald for with mouey, but that for sotue renson at tho Inst moment the arrongement had failed thom and the whole came wadat an end, I gavebut lltlocreditat tho timo to this statement, thinkivg fv incredible, but have recently been tokl by other perspus of other facts whicl tend to corfoborate it. 1 have also been informed thut it was the belict vnthe part of prominent Republican Scpators thut some such couspirney existed, and that Mr, Conkling was cither & party or waw privy to it {That Inspired the determined " and suecesstit) npposition to his belug placud on tho Electoral Commisslon, upon which it was un. deratood both himsell and certaln of hils friends were very anxious ne shoutd go. 1 have also been receutly (nformed b'ya [icnllum:m who professed personal knowledizo of tho fact that at tho timo Mr. Conkilug lod exuressed thu opislon there. were but two luwful votes that could bo counted from - Ore- gony and that It was the knowledgo of that fuct alsy that Induced some Republican Benators to vppose his sciection as one of the Elceturnl Comnnsaton. But 1 have no versonal know!ledge of the truth of any of these state- uients, aud give them fur Who purpose of show= Inge that the statements wads u the professed Interview with Mr, Conkling of the reasons why be was kept off the Commission were not thoso reported by other persons, who were {u o posi- tlon to know, to ho the correct ones.” BOINRY YOI TILH KEW YOIK BENATOR, 4 My personal {ntercourse with Mr. Conkling slnce [ huve been futhe e has been marked, aa far us 1 know, by muiual respeet. [ huve always endeavored o treat him with colrtesy such 8s hu deserved, and huve ureatly regretted that one lu his commanding position us a Ro- E’nhllmn Benutor from o great Stats ke Now ork, and one of g0 much personal ability, shoulid tind it necessary to place hlmsel? fu an uttltrile of antugonism towards the Heputlican Aduwiulstratton; aud it has been 1wy hope and Jusiro that clrcumstances mizlit oceur to chango thelr relation to cach other,” NOTEB AND NEWS, THE PROPOAED INCOME TAX. Apecial Dispatch 10 The Tribune, Wasningzon, D, O, April 19.--Eastern Dem. ocrata are h:inghyg atrong pressure to bear upon the Ways and Means Comiuittes’ Lo pre- vent reporting of the fucome tax. They argue that it will greatly injure the Democracy In New York sod other Enstern States this fall, and Is bad poliey. EDISON, the inventor of somany wonderful instruments, s a great lon lhere. 16 1s constantly eneazed in glving suifences to Cougressmen, who tind luuguage Inadeguats to vxpress thelr enthusle asm over the muarvetous phonograph, Among his other late inveutivns i an fmproved car- trumpet. Edlsou very deaf, but by this trumbet ho can hear at the back part of a thea- tro with perfect distinctness, THRBATENED WITIL DEATI, Tu the Scuats Committes on “lerritories this marnlng statement wis muwde that the life of Ur, Dealey, one of the witneases, bud been threatened becauss ho favored a territorial form of Governmunt In the Indlan Territory, QUAGANTING BILL. In the llouse, the Senuto amendments to the Quarantfue Ulll wera concureed fu, sud tho bill kuncu‘ linmedlate steps will bo taken by tus Murine Hospital Service to eo-ovcrute with Bouthern ports to prevent the sreival of the dreaded seourge, the yellow fover. DOUUS BCONONTY. The Dewocrala were comupelled to agaln acknowledge that the pretended econoinles of 1ast year wers realiy reductions of appropria- tions, which poled the Uovermacat. The ~ Goverument Printer had glyen wotice tuat It would be neccisary to closs the Govermuent Printing-Oflice, thu appropriations will soon be exhausted. The Huuse to-lay, without commnent, passed the Deticleney bitl appropristing 200,000 for thls purpose.” The detlvicucics already appro- Il),l'luh'll l'u slu:lu lthulllxlsu seouumica uF Lhe einocrats ol he lust tHlouse grej willions of dotlars, SRl i WOOD VICTORIOUA, Fernando Woud carried bis pulnt o the Honse to-day os to wdjiurumeut. Tho House declded to postpone coualderutlon of the Benate resolus tion until May 18. The vote wus, aycs 124, noes 118, sind was strictly partisau with the cxception tbat fodr Democrats voted with the Reoublicuns. Wood's chiof motive was to gve his Tadil blll an oswrlulxll{ to pass. If It should be defeated by suiiking out the enactiug clause, ws seems posaible, Lo would no luuger bave ony iutervet fu post- rmmuu wdjourswenm Tom Ewdng aud his fui- UWeEs Ure upbuaed Lo un early wijournwent, ua they wish £o sccure the pussuze of sume uf Wi ’(rocnh:mk bills s n campatpn document, and it s nossiblo that a tew eolitary fricnds of tha Dudlev Field Quo Warranto bill also desire to prolong the session, THR SITIELD'S PENSION DILL. ‘The Sonate bill rranting a pension of €50 n month to tien, 8hields In leu of the pension now reecived by him was passed with an amendment increasing the pension to $100. WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE. ‘Tho entire afternoon In the Honse was occu- Phtll by the Republicans n filibustering to de- eat the LIl for tho relfef of the Willlam and Mary College, and tho fillbustering attempts were successful. I the Democrats had been swilling to give theRenublicans the time they zlc‘:lrcd Tor debate, final action might have been aken. TIB POSTAL JUNRETRRS. The fnvestization by the Post-Oftica Commit- tee into the expendlinres of the Postal Cotn. mission develupes the incompotency for the busineas of thoso managing It, and” oxcceding loosencss In recard to the public funds. The statement Is that tha members of the families of the Commission traveled with it, and that the charges for railroad transportation and hotels are both cxcossive. The partially ftemn- ized account rendereit by Mr, Gardner Hubbard sinee the Treasury Department rejected his ac- count has not tieen aceepted. 1o the end the Cumtnisslon is likely to bo shown up as a vory considerable humbug, TNE CHICAUQ CUSTOM-TTOUBE. The accounts of ths misston of Van Osdel re- celvedd here create no excitement at the Bupervising-Architect's oflice. The officials there think that there could have been no con- stderable fraud In the Mueller contract, except Fo.-slhl in the cutting of stono: that thero have been yno frauds under tho present management of the Architect’s oflice or by Supt. Burling; that the wrong donein the pasi, il any, waa done by oflicera ntot now in the sery- {ce, and who aro not now under bonds; and that Van Osdel’s misalon Is largely imaginative, i it s not actnated by some personal or nolhlul intrigue. THE JAPANESA INDEMNITY PUND, 70 the Wetern Asoctateid Press, Wasninaton, D, C., April 10.~In order to fnduce Japan to take greater intercst In the pro- wosed treaty with Corea, ciforts will be made to have returiied to Japan 1,500,000 now n the Unlted States Treasury known ns the Japanese Indemnity Fund, retaining a small sum ouly to compensatg for tho actual loss to American cit- zcna resulting from the alsturbance some years ago In that country. TIR CHAMPAGNE MEN, Tho Secretary of the Treasury transmitted to the ITouso of Hepresentatives a communication from the gordeaux Chumber of Commerce, ad- dressed to the Presldent and toCongress. Thoy say that In perusing the biil for tariff they hnve been deeply Impressest by what concerns French wines, eslmclnll{nta ting when, to a_certaln cxtent, ideas of free trade and the public finan- fal situation, which has becomo very prosper- ous, had Induced them to hopo tho United States would graduallv lower their Custom- ouse dutics on the dilfercnt articlesof linport- ation, They think it unnccessary to recall to mind how much the lawering of duitics, when it is cffected with skill and “prudence, tends to F\‘mlum Impry results, and how frequently it has lappened that such reductions have bad the threefold advantagce of doveloning commerce, of giving satisfaction to the consumers, and at tho sanie time of Increaaing tho teomne of the pab- lie treasury In consequence of the enornous increass of conawmnption. ‘This they say wonld bea Yunmlcl means of contributing to tevelop and increase the commercial Intercourse be- tween the United States and France. RECOONIZED, Tho Department of 8tate has recetved Informa- tion from Minister Foster that on the Oth Inat. he recognized the Diaz Gavernment of Moxico, A privato letter says the recognition wus re- glu‘l‘;tlul with geueral “delight by the cltizons of co. TIR POUR PER CENT4 ‘The subscriptions to the 4 percont bonds to-day were $175,000. INTERNAL REVENUE. Tha ffouse Cominittes on \Ways and Means to-day further consldered the Internal Revenue bill, but faited to completo it when the hour for tho assembling of tlw House arrlved. Tho bill will b disposed of by the Committco to-mor- oW, OIICRASAW INTEREST, ‘The Houso Committecon Indian Affaira to- day agreed to Mr. Uunter’s bil} providing for the Enymenb of tho arrcars of Interest due to the Chitckusaw Nation, the antount of which is #223,000, which acerued betweon January, 1801, and J {J’ 1500, on certaln bonds held In’ trust by the Unlted Btates for the Chickasaw Natiou, and is atill duc and unpald. TUE REPUDLICAN COMMITTRE, Representative Kuweno Ilale, Chairman of the Republican Congresafoual Comimittes, has nuned the follawing mr{;filumcn us members of the Committeo providdd for by the IRepub- leun coucus to conler with the Benate Committes upon the courso to be pur- sued b(v thy KRepublicans in matters con- ing before tho Yrcuuul scasion of Congress: ‘I Hon, Hiram Price of Towa, the Hom. J, A Gurfleld of Olo, tho Hon, O. D. Conger of Michizan, the Hon. M. H. Dannell of Minne- sotay the Hon, Willlam P, Fryo of Malug, tho Hon. (. B, Fort of Illmols, tho ilom, J: M. Thoruburg of Tennessce, the Hon, Willam Clufiin of Muassachusctts, the Hon, Dwight of New York, the Ilon, Itussell Errett of Penne sylvaula, the Hon. Horace Davis of Callfornla. TIIE NECORD. NoUsE, ‘WasuiNaToN, D. C., April 19.~0On motfon of Mr. Singloton, tbe bill approvriating $200,000 to provide for deticlencies iv the Public Printing- Oflico was taken up and passed. Mr. Kelloy (Penw.), from the Committeo on Ways and Means, reported a bill for the frco entry of articles luiported for exhibition by so- cletles established for tho cucouracement of art and sclonce, Passed. ‘The Speakor announced that the first buainess in order.was the motlon to reconstder the vote by which the House refused last Wednosdny to refer the m.l{oummcnt resolution to the Com- mittea on Ways and Means, - Agreed to—105 to AMr, Wood then withdrew his motion to refer thu resolution, and moved tu postpone consius crativa of the proposition until May 15, ‘The motlun g0 postpone was carricd—ycas, 1204 n.\‘-, 1134n purty vote, with the exeep- tion of Mr, Raincy, who voted with the Demo- ocrate in the attirmativo, and. Mossrs, Catler, Lut- troll, Clymer, Wrikht, and lirldges, who voted with tho Ktopublicans in the negative, Str. Burchard, from the Commitico on Ways and Meana, rovorted o bHI nwerding -tho lulernal Reventio lawe, Lo stated that the bll] slmply ro- Istod to the administration of internal r and Uil not affect tho rate of taxation, ‘was madu the speclal order May 1, ‘The Bpeaker lald before the Hlonse an lnvitation froin the Sharp-bhooting Unlun of thu United States (o tho Tlouss 10 Lu prescut at tho featival to be glven by them in June next; also, o communle cation [ron thu Bucretary of the ‘Troasury, in re- #ponss 10 the request of the llouse, glvioy certatn Information n regard to the 'l'nrl'& hili, What articivs nowon tho free lst will bo mado dutisble articles now o the frec lat will Lo wadu dutlable r(m'lenh‘n provisions of tha bil, and vice vorsa. ulerred, The Speaker thon ealled on committoos for re- uotts ol & prlfimru uatire., i r Duuuell, from theCommitios on Commerco, repurtod Lack tho Scnate uill suthorizing ml ing of the Amerlcan reglster 10 tho Canadian propellor **East™ by the name of ‘‘Keut.™ "used, from the Comwiltee on Naval Mz, Ilan val fi“,’";'k mjmt& d udvcgnc'il&' nlxa the mdh for tha rg- el 0f Hucur & Loy Nat McKay aud Donuld Me- Kev. Luidon the tzble, v b Also, & rosulution authorizing the Secretary of War tu organize 8 board uf thres oflicors not bolow the rank of Lear-Adwirsl, which shall examine Into the case of Commandor Lusarod H, Taylor and auch uther ofiicers of the navy as may deom them- sulvee duliatly sied. oven by firoinotions inade n conforiity with the a%t of Cougress a o, " Aduplod i ayprvtd July 25, 1 B rom ihe ('Bmluullu'nln Tavalld Pen- ot vepario bevk ths Homate ol s, report c] ¢ Benute ncres 1 pamalon of Guu. Jumes Shialde frou §60 16 $30 wouth, Alr. Mille (Tes.) moved to amend by ¥ tho ponalon (03100, . Auroud tar - ) ereeslng 3UFS tgods wsmed that tha 1t g £, o muved thut tho llouss go inta Com- mittey of the Whole on thy auluw Ealuuflnrb und thiat the dobate on thu pending biit (the Williawm and AMaey Colleze bill) e closed n twwo hours, Mr. Couger upposed the lutter motion, which wos, bowever, cartled—yeas, 107; naye, Ui, 31, Conger then moved that the Houso adjour and Mr. Willis (N, Y.) moved that whun louse adjouru to-doy It bo to meet un Munauy ozt andtic yeas sud nays wero ordered un that wotion. Aflor conauming two hours in voting uj Ula- tory motions, lhc’ Louse tuok a r.-c«.f umfi e P ., the evenlug scaslon 1o be for the conslaers u\lou of business seposted from tho District of Celumua Comalitew. iR .v“n;mnfi“’mii on louse el 4 ovening o busiuess, the Epeaker called Mr. hn‘c‘o !fl:':’lf: clir. Mr. Handsll thea sald: **1 nise, for the first tiuio in my ltfe, 1 lhlnkt in this louse, W a persunal cxplanation, 1 8ad fn the Star this eveniog a staf wont tbat I bave verally requested Mr, Glover, Chairumsn of the Conunitises ou Lxpenditurcs 1n she Treasury Dupartiueat, 10 luvestiyute the uffico f Heryoant-at-Arws of this Uouse, "Tuerv lanot s wyllatle of truth o the statoment, nors glean of warrant for L Firat, I kuow notbing Whatevee of the actlun of the Sergeant-si-Arus ln the discuarke of his dutics that uceds luvestiga- ton; sud, sccond, I huve never bad say confervico wiatever with Glover ou the subject, oor have I, dirctly or ludirectly, had any coununication with biw. 13 thunk §s is due o the Buzgesut-gt-Arms Lo utate this. 17 L myscif were the valy ous favolved, 1 uever would have noticed I8, but ss tho siatewout sclevld, porbaps, ou the boucsty, @dulity. sud _noss, honorof another, I at once and promptly give this contradietion. Mr. Dlackborn, from the Committea on the Diatrict of Colambla, reporied back a Wil relating 10 the Washington Market Company, which wos beleny diecussod, and, without nction, the Louse adjourned. TIIE RAILROADS. GOT AWAY WITIT A RAILROAD. Ovor &3,5600,000 are involved In & snit juet bronght azainet tho present managers of the Mis- sour! Pacifle Railroad In the Buperior Court In Now York., The actlon grows ot of the reconstruction of the Tacific Rallroad of Missouri in October, 1870, after the sale of tho road, and allegations of sharp practice are made by tho plaintils againet Mr. Garriton, the preeent Prestdent of the Com- Lmn( In 1875 Mr, Garrison held, or claimed to old, 82,200,000 out of the $1,000.000 of the third-mortgage honda fssued by the raliroad Come pany. Mg, «J'etar Marlc and the other plaintiffa assaclated with him eay they held at the time, either ausolntely or in troet, 30,000 ehares of the * Comuany's _capital #tuck, “The third-mortgnge bonda of which Mr. Garrisan held 5o many, they say, were of s donbtfal validity as a moricage security, or a8 & good obligation against the CUompany. Tha rtockholders clalmed that tho fasue of the bonds waa collueive and frandulont, and that the mort- nge given 1o Rocure their payment was unauthor- ru-ll by the etockholders, “The principal of the bonds “was not 10 be payable Lefore May I, 1803, but Garron_and his associato boondholders claimed in 18756 that two semi-annnal conpuns were then past due, Uarrison expeesred great solicitude to get the bonde adjndicated on and liave them ostablished nsvalid, “The road was in tha hands of Directoss who wers hosttlo to the stockholders, In Novembor, 1875, what s called a collusive snit wss - begnn in the interest of (larrlson and his sssocla- ates hy ons Qeorge B, Ketchum, who clafmed to Lo a holder of rome third-morteage bonds for the pucpose of foreclosing the mortgnze, That aglt tvas brought in tho United States Circuit Court for the Eastcrn District of Mirrouri, and Uarrison Is anld to have become the principal and active rnrly in prosecuting It to judgment. Cerfaln of tho stockholders, howeser, ntervencid or became par- ticn, and they filed answer and croes-bill alleging collusfon and frand on the part of the Dircctors as regnrda the {sene of the bunils and the execution of the mortgages, Mr. Marlo and his party of stocke holders wera destrous of opposing tne rult for the pueposo of protecting their interest, and in order to tiave them relinquish their opposition Garrison ontered into on agreement with them so that they shonld loso nathing by the farcclostire, The oppo= sition belag withdrawn, tho forcclosura sult was proceaded with to |udgment, and tho road-was #old Sept, 6, 1870, According to tho terma of the nereement with Garrison, the latier was to orzun« Izc a_now company to huy the road at the fora- closuro eale, The now compsny was not to have o cupital of over 88,000,000, and aftcr the fasno of bonde and new mortgagen for 84,500,000, to be used In paying ol the third-morteage honds of the former Compnny, Garrison wan to;deliver to Marlc and_his sssoclates, in the vlnca of their stock, 146,000 fully paid_shares of tha now corporation’s stock. The road was bought in by one James Baker, who was tho solicitor of the ‘old carpora. tlon, Ile professed to purchase the property for $3,000,000, snd gavo third-mortgage bonds as a pro rata pavment, Garrlson, D. K. Mangam, ond Charies Chouteau, who the I'resident of the uld Company, wero anretics or's bond, The means for makiny the pure antd, furntehed by Uarrison, who 000, and wha becamo the real par. roceeded to organize tho Missoncl Pncific Railrond, and {s now its Presicent. 8ince the rcorgantzation he has rofused to allow Mr. Marie and his associates any interest or bonefit in the new Company. anil Las “declined to give them tho 5,000 shares of stock, They now seek to ro- cover &I.UOV,I)OD damages, aud {utercat from Ner, 24, 1870, CANAL COMPETITION? Spectal Dispateh (o The Tridune. New Yonk, April 10.—It {s sald tho managers of the canal lincs ara making extraordinary cfforts to secura Wost-bound frolght, and many contracts have been made, Large jobbing honses at Chlcago, 'Toledo, Dotrolt, Clevelund, Bufalo, and other lake clties refuse to submit longer to the rates cu- tablished by the trunk lines, and threaten to rend all thelr shipments by canal and steamer nnless | tho rallway rates on West-bound freight are cut down, A few weaks ngo the Execntive Committee of the trunk liues resolved to reduce tho West- bound rates 0 per cent, fn anticipation of the opening uf canal navigation, but before the circu- Iar wan issted this action was reconstdered and definitoly postponcd. ona result, In less than two working dl‘_l onc agent lost 1,000 puckages of merchaudise. The tranafer of merchandise to the canals, In addition to the diveralon of trade to Boston, will be ecriously felt by tha rafiruads, Anotuer agent mentlons the factthat Morgan, Itoot & Co., of Cluvaland, have made a-contract to ship 100 cangs of dry goods by canal and ateamor from this city to Cloveland at £0 cents per 100 pounds, 10 bo dolivered In ton daye, agrecing to ship all fibudn over this routo If tho xouds aro deliverud in tha stipulated time. The trunk lincs charge 49 centa per 100 pounds for tho anme distance. [t ja stated thot Farwell & Co, and Field, Lolter & Cu., of Chicago, huve dotermitiod to uso the canals. ‘They have offercd coutracts at S0 conta per 100 unds agslnat 75 conts demanded by tha raliroads. rgo dry goods houses in this clty have advised thelr Wontern customers to purchara goods nad- vanca of immediate neods, and sbnp them by cannl, which will bring them to the polnts of deatination In timo fur use at a great reduction in raten, Thoe canal toll to Buffaloon micechandisc k4 10 conty llcl' 100 ponnds. ‘The rallwaya chiorge 43 cents for o sany distance, VYANDERDILT LECTURING, Bpectal Dizpalch b0 The Tribune, Nrw Yong, April 10,=Willlam I, Vanderbilt scnt a Jetter to the Secretary of tho Chamber of Commetce, in which hoanys: **Thera is a grave orror fn tho resolntion passed by the Chamber April 4. The Central had not ontered luto any cambination to discriminate agalnst Now York la frolght charges. On the contrary, tha Central, in connectlon with tho Erle, had succceded, after lony straggling, In abolinhing such dlscriminntion, To require the New York roads to carey frolght to and from the West nt n rate which would disregard thu cxcess of cost of transportation from Philadelphls ana Baltimore to and frotm forelgn ports, would give New York morchants nuch advantayea as wonld destroy the commorco of those cltles. "Thelr roads would not snhmit to this, norwould those clties perwlt it until they had heon exhanated in tho struggie to matntain a falr equl~ librium. Tho New York roada hava put this city on an equality with the favored rival, “To this nae sltion they are thoroughly committed, and they will stand by it underall clrcumistances, 'Tho rest fewains with its werclonts, ‘They do not need, nor ought they 10 ask thelr rallroada, to precipituta 8 war of extermination on oehalf of o priuciple oppused to all catablixhed rules of trado, Such a cuntest would pormanently injure the roads, de- rango all husincss during (te continuance, and re- suit in no good in the L WAR DECLARFED, Cixcrsaatt, 0., April 10.—Indlcationa of an active rallrosd war io Eastern-bound passenger rutes are sppearing. Vesterdsy the Pan.lundlo reduced Its rates ¢0 Now York to $1:3, This fs ful- I»:m‘l b 1lllm Atlantie & Ureat Weatern putting thoe rate to 811, ITEMS, The managers of the roads leading from Chicago to Mlssourl River points will hotd their regular monthly meeting Friday, Aptil 20. Mr. W, 1. Osvorn, Presidont of tho Chicago, 8%, Louls & Now Orlcans Keilroad, and formerly Presldent of the 1linola Central, was in the city yeatorday, 1o mado a tour of inepectlon over hia Toad. and he spoaks Of its pruspects In the most glowing terws, Mr. Huswell 8ago, Boperintendent of the Mitw: kea Division of the Chicago, Milwaukes & bt, I Haliroad, has reslgned, to engage i auother b r. 8. C, Atkins, of the Prairia du Chien and LaCr Diviston, will be bis successor, Mz, J, B, Carson, Tranle.Manager of the Ilannl- bal & 8t. Joo Itaiiroad, wi u city yesterday on business connectud with his road. Mr, Carson says the prosnects of hls road arc vory Raticrine, Its tonuage haviug larvcly increascd during the Inst mmunth or two, It {u tho gencral oplnion that tho gratn rates from this city totho Enst will be reduced withlp the nest twenty-fvar houre, None of the roads ox- cept tho Lake Bhore & Michlgan Bouthern are in lu:lur ot ‘u“rudfiunun, s it Is ulrs \In-hnml tuag -ucln sctlon will throw any mnore business on the raile Poads. Vot I the Lake Nhore inwiata on tho raduc: tion, all the other poade will bave 1o do the sama, whether they Hku st ar not. ‘Tho steamship lines say thoy will mako » £G-ceut zat i tho rullroads make » BU-cent rate, ‘The percentage of East-bound business awarded to the roads leading to Mlasouri River pulnts from thie city 18 causiug much dissatisfaction among the latter, and Commlsaionor Sttigely wont w formal protest to M, Fink, the Eastern Pool Comnifa- alouvr, o day or two ago. Accordlng to Mr, Fluk's dlyviston, the Chlcago roads get but 45 per cent of the business, while Lhe 8t. Louls roade are getting B3 per cent, B tha division hud been d ou thu tonuage heretofore carried by these lincs, the Chi- cago roads would ‘fl b percvatayge allowed to the 81, Louls roads. 1tisclaimed that Mr. Flok has beou showing favoritisw 1o tho foutes over alnc bouthwostern 0 the furmstion of the New Yoric voo), aud tho Chicago roads wmcan to kick ugainst such discrlmiuation, Heretofore tho Canada Bouthern and tho Lske Bbory & Michigun Southorn Rallroads have hcun ruuning six trainy dnll{ between Detrolt and Tale. do. As the carnings of thess ruads ou the pavasns ger businces butwoen Dutroib sud Toledo aro lxwlcd. 1t was thought extravugaut 10 Fun su many ralus, especially ay both trains run sido by side Withia Lhe sawe fences, and thercfory au Arfango- went has boen perfected, jwhich govs into eilect May 12, whercby the ke Shore & Michigan Southeru wiil draw off all ts pusevuges-tralus on this divislon, except ong cach way. —‘The Canada Bouthoru wiil run three passvugor-tralne sach wuy datly, velng toe LukesBuoro track bety "Foledo snd Mource. [t s preascted that a declded fo- crunse 1o the pooled carniuys will bu the resuit, e e— SUFFERING MINERS. - s Porrsvicrs, Pa, April 10.—Five hundred miuers and laborers met near bere this ufter- uuon for the purpuse of cuusulting und provus- {ng plana to nsk the authoritics of the Btato to Iegialate In their henalf for immediate atd to one able them to provide for themaelves and sufler- ing familiea. The meeting was orderly. Potle tinns were slened asking the Btate to appropri- nte aeveral milijons of dollars and purchase fron and withhold it from the market for several years 80 as to cnable the fron interests to resume, and therebymake a demand for conl, or take any other prompt measures to creato work in the reglon, Resolutions passed requesting thoe miners, Inborers, anil workmen of other scctlons of the Bu:llu lln address the Leglslature on the same subject. . Meotinga are to ba hell throughout the Ma- cy by the worklog people generally 6 purpose, CANADA. Conctusion of an Important Libel Trinl by a Disagroement of tho Jury—Raitrond Nows —Olcomargnrine=Lumbor and Cattlom Tho Orangomen Will Walk. Special Dispateh to The Tribune. BAnniA, Ont., April 10.—The celebrated Hibel suit brought by tho Hon. Alexander Mackenzle, Premier of the Dominion, against tha proprioe- tors of the Satnia Canadlan newspaper, was trled here to-day. The alleged llbel was con- tained in an article published by that paper in February, 1877. The articlo was written In fizurativo language, but was to tho effect that Mr, Mackenzio had divalged to his brother, prior to a chango in tho tarif, that tho Govern- ment (ntended to incrensa the duty on tubing, that the latter took the hint, and fmported a large supply of that material to his ndvantago and profit. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Thelr counsel offered evidenco to show that such o report was provalent at the tlme, and that tho defendants published 1t In good faith, The Judge ruled that such testimony could only be offered ot 8 higher court in mitization of punishment should the defendants be found ity by this Court, The Premicr was put in the witness-box, and stated the usual course of Proceedings in Parlianient_and at tho Caistom- Houee in reference to tarifl changes. His evi- tlence was of a formal character, and intended to prove_the article lbelous, Tho counael for and sgainst argued the case at great length, when it was finally given to the jury, who, after an absence of two hours, could not_nagree, and were discharged, It {s sald the Premier will not let tho matter drop here, Bpecial Duapatch ta Ths Tribune. OTTAWA, Aopril 19.--It I8 understood that ar- rangements have been completed whereby the Bt, Paul & Pacitic Rallway have obtained a'ten- year legse of the Pembina branch of tho Canada Vacifle Rosd. The 8t. Paul & Paciile Company will push on tho completion of the road over tho present gap, ond L {a cxpected that by the 15t of November, or perhaps earlier, thero will bo all-rall communleation with Winnipeg from Duluth, at the head of Lake Buperior. The ar rangements with the Bt. Paul & Paciflc Com- pany aro of o falr, liberal charncter, and not In the maturo of a monopoly con- tract, Great benefit to Northwestern Minnesota and Manitoba is reasonably expected from this inorovemont, ‘The American” Comn- pany will have to construct tho rond through sm‘.y miles of aregion which has scarcely any settlers. ‘The Dominfon Government Intends taking stepa to provide for o thorough luspection of all cattle exported from this country to England. Quarantine will be cstablished at Hallfax {n wintor and Quebec in sumimer., A bill lias been Introduced In the Housc ot Commons to amond the act mnrucunx tho adulteration of food, Tho objoct uf tho bill 1s to extend its provisions so as to meet tho casg of o subatitute svld for butter, called alcomar- garine, Tha bill proviacs lhn@. In all cascs, tho imitation is to bo laheled, to pravent it from being palined off as buttor. Mr. ‘Btewart Thanc, cditor of the Lumber- man's Journal, ot London, Eng., gave interest- ing tuumuny{lcmru the Immigration Commit- teo respecting tho timber and lumber trade. In 1877 Canado rent about one-fourth of the total suppty of Great Dritain, ar 2,480,000 loads of fifty cuble feet, or nearly o ton cach. Canadian first quulity plne was superlor to _ull other, but there had been a great fulllng oft fn (||ll“t of latoyoars, Norwuy and Sweden wore the chifel competitors of Canada for the better sortay whilo the Southern Hlnu‘n"rl!ch-pllm compclud with the coarss kinds, and was very lurgely used, Mr, Thano thought Capada should pro- tect her foreata botter, and systematleally raise the botter qualitics of timber, as was done inthe northof Europe. The hest Canadian white and yellow pluo was only used in England in the best butldings, and for arnamontal work, models, cte, It was cleaner and safer than the hest specimens of any other country. o thought tho forest fircs, which nowhero in LEurope did wmore than trifling harm, were the chict causee of destruction jn Canadu, and might b %really checked by looking after the debris of liewn trees, ete. The trade with Eugland was nalways growing, and would {ncrease, s would that with other countrica. Tienty-five thousand men wero omployed In the lumber trade {n tho Ottawa anluil. and probably more than 50,000 in all Canada, besides roveral” thou- saud sallors. 1o recomwendad the appointment of Forest-Inspectors, aud other protective ncasures, Bpecial DpateA to The Tridune, MoxTtiear, April 19.—Ia vlew of the Impor- tanco of tho cattla trade hotween the Domiulon and Great Britato, exporters will require to he very scrupulous in sceing that the beastascat onut are bicalthy and freo from the Jeast talnt. Were a singlo caso of cattle-disease to appear upon landing on the other eide, it wonld jeop- ardize the vrivilege which Canadians now enjoy innot being compelled to have thelr beasts slnurhteredat the port of emrfl. ‘The Corporation s charged by Ald, Laurent with {llegally expending, on opening a new street, abtatned on -lora for tho spocific gurpulao nsaisting the North-Shore Ialiway. he matter will Lo taken Into tho courts. ‘The Oranzemen haye decided to have a cession on the 12th of July, with flags and bane ners, Tho petition from the clorgy was respect- fully heard, Lut not entertuined, Wiillo the Orange Young Britons weremarche ing In procesaion to chiurch to-day a young wan Known to be u Catholie crosscd thelr ?llkl. Ilo was pursucd by tho Lritons into th® church, whicl: was crowded, and the commotion nearly led to o panie, - A inan named O'tara attenipi- ed to shut tho doors of the church on the in- trudors, when a tight ensued, and O'Hara was badly beaten by a voluutcer In uniform, who struck him with a gun on the head. The voluu- tecrs were passing at the time, and a mon fell out of the regiment to atrlke the blow, Other encounters of a mora or less acrfous nature took placo between tho Orange and the Green in dif- fercat parts of the m&uuhy. MONTUEAL, Avrfl 10.~Moro rloting to-night at 11 o'clock In Victorla 8quarc. Stone-throws fug and platol-shooting were fndulgod in until o posso of polico arrived and “quelled tho disturbance. An artillery volunteer pamed Cole rccolved severe. wounds, and Policernan Martin was dangerously wounded In tho head. Scveral largo plate-glass windows were broken. The poilee are out in atroug force, and Lavo cleared tho strects of the disturblog cloment. * Consldcrable party fecling exliste, artslug out of the triala wolng onol thoso who took part {n the late shootiog affray in the city, Bpecial Dispatc to The Tridune. 87, OatusniNes, April 10.—The Welland Railway s dolng s lively frelght busivess at prescut, owing to the laté opening of the canal, Inumnense quantities of merchandlso and gralu ore belug l‘ghwrcd over the road, and every cue ergy Is stralned by the mansguinent Lo uceomne modate the trade, Traius are uow ruu steadily at all hours, day and night. ——— CURRENT OFPINION. It will not pay for Republicans to make warupop thelr Adminlstration, —New York Trib- une (Zisp.). It the Ropublican Congressmen who are opposing the Previdunt want to kuow how to strongthen tha lwfiuhllun party for the fall elac- tiun, wo can toll thews in 8 singlo wordt Bubslde! = Worcester Guzelts (Lo Tt is the opinion of Blaipe, of Maine, that Jay Qould is not as black as he has been pajnted. Now It fo in order for Jsy Qould, through his newspaper, 10 certily anew (o the stern Homan integrity of tho Honator who wroto leiters (o Mulllgsn. —New York Sun (Dem. ). Tho Ulinols Stato Demooratio Convention praity eBuctually **uat down' upon thie ** honest- moncy " frauds sad the Slate Regiater. Tho Regls- gor bus been bragging that 1§ stood on the **colore line," Now let It tako its position on the colore r sbut up.—Feoria (UL, ) Democrat (Den.) o Ttmes tolls tho Globe-Democrat that **The spirit of sdmiration fortho patriotism snd herolam of the men who died to save tae Unlon" is not dead fu the Democratic party, Cerwluly not. Bufore suything can be dead it wust frst have bevn sllye. Inthe case reforred o, there pever was & Mving orgaulsw, and there canunol nuow by a corpac, —o¢. Louls Globs- Democras (Rep. ) ‘fho Democrats of Ilinois have Invited dafeat by adoptiug s platform whbich s utterly rolten on tho qucations conuected with the pablic credit, Thelr sttewpt W sllure the iguorant snd projudiced Hepublican vole msy or wmay not bo auccessful o far as the next clection Is concerued, butan alliance with such clomeuts can_pover bo rollablo aud purmaount, {or the ** ex-Confederste ™ sud **sulid Bonth " tsaus {8 always lkely (G Imnfi them back fute the Hepublican fold. Wo sbouk nt be rnrprined IF thia wrotched pi A 1atgo and ¥alinble elans of Independornyrenelied Thioge supnort the Hisnols Tewmocrats aro injo i partinl puccess o Ligl Courler (Dem.), MOyt~ foly Friday wns n fleld day in Congrorg, TDemocrats rejected that gallant ol Democrat, G, Bhielde, far Dootkeeper of the Ionse, ang sos™ nated the Rehol Genernl Flold. | 1t wan o adoml: for the Democrata to do. for Kield e & ot L1ing tho Domocratic parly. ~liayton Jotrnil 7.y % It is probnble that the impotus of opy tlon to the Presldent among the Tlcnnhl!rlnf: 11‘. Condress will be safficent to conatitaty g 1y d frcullnna\ Committee that will bo more or fees nm' lle. W trast that this hOstiity wi bo el and that the campaign will bo conducteq wlr;" vicw to sccnring nble and ofMclont represe tat 1 withioat referenica to the difforences mivn o ured Mont rEmlan cinbare o il exce had manage: Chtochester Democrat (Rep,yo "o 1 uflce, Congressman Fostor's nsscrtion in (g pablican caacus, **That tha Adminiatration it peen [n powcea year, and that thore has noy =y been o single scandal connected with any dmm ment of the (lovornment,™ han not heon conirr: vorted, and cannot bos Bt the matcomeaiiro: tiaue thelr abuso of the President ail the s f robberies and dofalcationn wort daily remne, R R e Dioneer-Press (Ind.). R =80 By ‘The celection of tho Rebel Gon. Ficlg tha Democratic 1ouns in falr notlce that 1y former condition of things, which did mogo disturb the peace and vrosperity of the County than anything clse, 18 10 bo restored,—tho ploto subjectian of ‘tho Domocrats of the Norn sy 1he elavel mllllnr slemont of the Houth, n sumw der of all nosn and independenca'to nn gon: ocratia class which i prapatod to demand e ntrol pl national affairs as it d V' Zititicaukee senfinel Cep.ye - orore the Va, ‘The Domocerats in Congress havo shown great deal of cowardice in thelr nctfon ahant 1, Doorkeeper's offca, They turnod o Fltzhugh, vy hongat and competent_ofliclal, hecauso he wrofs foulieh privato letter to n Bupposcd frient, srg o fased 10 permit himnelf 1o 'bo blackmalied by tr Iatter, and they have taened off Toik becagselyios wore afrald of tho tepubiican mnority, iis pe) pan will bold afico watil anothor ccaro ircy 3 0 cad. —. Chronicle (Dem, ). ¥ ;i e () It is n long stop from n candidacy for the Vice-Presidoncy of tho United States to one ftora placo In the Indnna State Leglalature, but it gy e ported that Gov. Hendeicka will be called upon g nako tho sacrifice, The Democrats of Indiang re. alize that thelr political hopes for tho next tweny Y“" tepond upon their getting posscealun of thy egislntare at the coming election, snd to Attaig that object all tho party leadera aro'requlred togy ;:nlca ‘I;; wlllmn(llvclr kfllpll:lt:{ ""',"l -:n':n B Most nsge 3 . Hendricks onrht not ta hes} u call.—Cincinnats Gazette (tap): o 2 4568 The ill succoss of Sonator Howa's specech appenrs to liavo acted asa cantion signal to thy anti-layea men, Senator Hoar fa credited wity tho remark that Iowe'n epocch was only a trial lige the experiment of & menageria-man in Massachn. nretis, who, having to cross a troop of elephanty over a frozen creclk in tho winter, and, not know. ing whethee tha Ice would bear them, concludod to sond ovora littlo clophant firat by way of trial; and the i broke, says Mr. Hoar, and tno liyd elephant fell through ‘sna was drowned, and the rest of tha troop went back Into winter-quarters, — Waahington Dlspatch to New York Herald (Ind.), Tho Indiavapolis Journal cxpresses the bellet that the Republican party can eccure 4 majority In the next Houss of Itepresentatives, It it Is well organized and handled In tho Northern States, Wal), how many mombars will the Re. publicans of Indlana galnt—New York Zunc {1tep,),—At the last olection the Republicans of Indiana made a galn of four Iepresentatives, Thay was doing very well. They will certainly hold them, and may add one more. Let the {(epuh. licans in Now York como up with a gain of four,~ A matter thoy neglected to attend to at the Ly election, —Jndlanapolis Journat (Rep.), —— THE WEATHER. Orricz or Tus Cuer 810NAL Orricsz, Wasiixeron, O, C,, April 20—1 a. m.—Indicz tlons: For the Tennessce and Ohlo Valley, southerly winds, veerlng to cooler westerly, falling, followed by ristug barometer, aod partly cloudy weathor, For the Upper Mississlppl Valleys, cooler northwest winds, rising buromcter, uod clear weather. + For tho Inka region, south and west winds, warmer, partly cumly weather, falling, fole mcd by rislug baromcter, and occaslunal light 5 The LOCAL ODSERVATIONS. Cnoano, Aprllia Time, _| Bar. 170 ihi.| Wind, | Vel.| Hn, Weaisr " Maximim, 731 tininum, 60 UKNEHAL UBSERVA y Cutwavo, April i0-Midateht, TWind. TIONS, Bornin Weathar, —————— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. BAX FrANO1800, April 10.—Thoe Neyada Bank Thas sold 800,000 ounces of fine sliver to the Gov- ernment, deliverablo at tho Carson Mint. Lowxzwy, April 19.—Flags wepe at half-mast all day in memory of the Baltimore massacte in 1. HBoston, April 10,—Membera of the old Sizth Rogiment held a meeting hore to-day in meme ory of thelr passago tbrough Maltimore sesene toen years ago, ‘They Proposs a tnceling i Bultimora on the twentleth anuiyersay, MitwAUKEE, April 10.—Tho Sentind resumed apecle nnymon‘ to-day, it having paid ol its entire force In gald, - CoLuunus, O., April 10,—Tho Trustees of the Columbus Insans Asylum to-night clected Dr. Fircstony, of Wooster, Suverlutendent, i place of Elisberry, rellmnofi. R —— OHIO LEGISLATURE, Corostoes, 0., April 10.—In the Houseto day a resolutfon was offered and lald on the tablo valu!nz for tho appolntiment of o spectl cominittca to inquire into the truthol the clurges that John O'Connor, Asschlymad frown Monteomery County, was at oue tiwe 8 convict at the Jackson, Mich., vrisou. & Dr, W. W, Ellsbury, who was appolnted Sus porintendent of the Colwnbus_Lunatic Asylunt 8 few days ago, to-day resigned bis position ao returned home. 1t 1s understood that he h‘cl:- camo conyluced that owing to o waut of faw! l\i farlty with tho treatmeut of tho fusauy, ft would bo unwise for hita to retaln tho position of B perintendont. —— CE, Bax Francisco, April 10,—Tho Dulictin 8avs ex-Congressman Vance, of Ohilo, I8 certatnly I the city or tho suburhs, Letters and telegrams coms for bim nddressed to the Lick House, card of W. A, Lamb, ‘They aro_taken away by 3 strangur to tho manager of the Louse, SUPROSS to bo a non-resident, A well-kuowu pierchas of this clty has reculved o copy of 8 tulux.vzu: sent from hery A\Dfll% to Mrs. wnm‘“lfiil‘k request to ascertaln if Vanco was ot luul Ld Hlouse. Tho telogram read: ~* Your hushand Liery, {nsauo but hurmless. Have you fmateus tonsi W, L. Lamb, Lick Huuse." e a—— SUIT AGAINST A BANK, ' Bpectal Dispatch (o The Trivuné. % Mapison, Wis., April 19.—Papers have bcfl scrved upou N, B, Vanslycke, of the First m’ tional Bank of adlson, lmm‘lh: Ululls.-lx: 5'3‘!:‘ Court for $27,000, tho United states Reve D!pu:‘nmel!l ‘clalining v have been du!ul‘llll:; outof sald sum fn the Middicton dist s transactlon. Buit will be bewun the fl"x" 'trtn . ment ts here Lo proc & o ’l‘?huru 18 a great mfucr among tus stockbolderd of the banE. —————— REPRESENTATIVE ELLSWORTH, Roecial Diwaich (o The Tribuné i Lisreoir, Mich., April l&-llupreunulallz‘: Ellsworth {s slowly recoveriug from his n:r\m assault. ‘Tho attsck uvon Lim was ent rn“ without warrant, and soeins to havo beeo b % led 0 whoun busincss oud doutestic Lroubled k”r'::dued uitterly unreusonable in s $oEer ——————— NEWS. e TossAond T AT 87 o Brewen. O e mows. Abell 19— Arrived—Bothals sud Baltic, frum New York. OBITUARY. o New YoBk, April 18.—Pilot Commlssioues Qeorge W, Bluut died this cyening.