Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1878, Page 2

THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. MAY 1878, advanced of all {n Pledmont and Lombardy where 55 per cent and 45 per cent reapectivel! wrote their names upon the certificate. Ot casea n which neither the man nor the woman contracting could write, there were 80 per cent in Dasilicats, while thero wwere only 13 per cont of such cnsea In Pledmont, 24 per cent In Lom- bardy, and 23 per ceotin Liguria. The per- centage In Romo was 83. Education {s, how- ever, advancing In Italy as elsewhere, for while there were only 34 per cent who could write thelr names on the marriage certificates in 1872, there wore 87 per cent In 1876, Of the births the largeat IP-rcunun of Jezittmate children occurred in Pledmont, Liguris, and Lombardy ~vie.: from 05 to 97 por cent of all children born. The [{llegitimate num- bered only 217 to 8.50 per cent, and the children exposed in Lombardy onls 1.68, and in the_other two departments abou 1.80 per cent. In Rome, on the contrary, the pcrv:cnhfiu of legitimate births was smallest, namelv, 81 per cent, and of tllegitimate, Inrg- cst, 15 per cent; but thero were, again, only 8 cr_eent of the children exposed, while in glcflv, for instance, 5 per cent were cxnosed, In 8ielly, whilo the number of lllegitimate chil- dren imrn was 8,000, there wero 6,000 exposed, #o that 3,000 of theso were recruited from those born legitimately. " CHINA., TOS TERRIDLE PAMINE, New Yonk, May 2.—A torrespondent of {he New York Evening Dosty writing from Toklo under date of April 5, sends the following: The famine in the north of Chioa rages with Increas fog severity, and tho most dreadful reports come from the afflicted regions. 1In one town a man opened & shop for the sale of human flesh, and did agood busincss in canniballstic joints nod ronsts till tho local Mandariu caused the shopkeeper to b arrested nnd beheaded. Minister Boward telcgraphs to tho Depart- mout of State that the famino fn the northern rovinces of Ching will continua six months onger. Funds for tho relief of the sufferers, if transmitted by telegraph, can be disburscd by the Forgimt(:ommmce. or by the Commission of appoints Peking. MISCELLANEOUS, RILLED. Loxpox, May 8—5a. m.~8ir Francis Henry Qoldamid, member of the Ionse of Commons for Reading, was killed yesterday by a railway accident. » NO ACCIDENT. s Pants May 2.—No accident s reported sester- day, althouch it is estimated that 500,000 per- #ons visited the Champde Mars and the Tro- cadero. It is computed that 300,000 forelgners are now in the city, GONE AFTER ALDERT. Lonnox, May 2.—The Princess of Wales and Crown Princess of Denmark hava left for Parls, A MINISTERIAL MERTING, . Pants, May 9.—@ov. Noyes, tho American Mumister, gave a dluner to-nieht in honor of Bayard Taylor, the newly-appointed Minister to Germany, and Mr. Welah, Minister to Great Britain.” Among the gucsts were Minister Tny- lor's faily, the attaches of the respective lega- tlons, and a few American residents, MURDERED 1Y BEFOYS. CArctrra, May &—Mr, Coo,mr. tho British political agent at Bhamo, in the Kingdom ot Burmah, and two Sepoya have been murdered by the Bepoy quard. ‘Tl nssassins have been arrested. Thers is uo reason to supposo tho -nrurulnnuou waa tho result of u native political plof CURA, HavaNa, May 2.~Credible rumors have pre- vailed slnce yesterdayof the surrender of Maceo, tho Cuban leader. 1t s supposed that the Goy- ernment has such intellicence, but defers its vublicatlon until alf the facts are known. Cuban refuxces continue to flock havk to the {sland. Over uno buudred Lave just returned from Key West. Rumors of .the sarrender of Maceo are re- celved with much gratifieation. An ensier feal- ine prevails among merchants and planters over the prospect of complets pacification, DIED, Loxvox, May 2.—8ir Willlam Mitchell, pro- prictor of the Silyilug and Mercantite (azette, ;m:xl l“r;‘xlmulu- of tho International Codo Signals, s dead, RELIGIOUS. SOUTHERN METHODINTS, Atraxta, Oa., May 2,—Additional delegntes to the Methodist Episcops] General Couference ar- rlvedito-da; ‘The Committee on Pubtishing Interest is in- creaecd by the addition of ono delegato from each Confcrence, After 8 long debato tho Rev. Davld Morton, of the Denver Cunference, aud the Rev, John Hogan, delepato from the St. Lonts Conferenco, wero sd- mitted, the cll,‘cl:llnnl to thelr cligibility beiny merely technical, The organization of the staniing committors wus completed this ofternoon, and the Conference 14 10w readv for buslness. Tho ecsslous are very argely attended. DR. DE KOVEN. Special Dispatch (o The Tridune, Nxw Youi, May —The Times ways that Dr. © Koven, of Ttacine, hav acknowledzed the re- sipt of thaletter Inviting him to become an as- stant miuister in Trinity Church. 1o has mot yet accepted the offer. Ex.tiav, Dix says that when the call was extended to Dr. DuKoven nothing was said obout his taking tha place of the late Dr, Ogllby, ile would llm -r: aswiatant winlster, and of these there arw in 'rinity Parish weveral zradcs, one wi e by of 15, D Kaven atha amdoentam oas his nphiero of usefulnesa wonld not be a small or narrow one, and ho would find his plnce in the Dlzheat urade of assletants, Kx-(lov, Dix sald it wime hopud Dr. Do Koven would accept tho fnvita- ion. ——— CORNER-STONT, LAID. Datriwonr, Md., May 2,~Tho corner-stono of Bishop Cammine' Memorinl Church (Hieformed Eplacopal) was Iald this afternoon with apprapri- nte ceremonien by the Wt.-ltev. Charlos Edward Cheney, Benlor fishop of tho Church. Bishop Chency deifvered unintereating addresa to a large congregation. TIRES. CIIICAGO, ‘The alarm from Dox 167 nt 7:17 last evening wna caused by a fire In O'Malley & Turner's slaugnter-house on Quinn stroot, near Archer avenue. CUause, wparks seiting five to some ofl that had been upliled ona tablo, Damate nominal, The alarm from Box 842 nt 8:13 last evening was bya fire In tho two-story Lrick bullding v, 38 Clybourn avenue, ownoit and occupied a8 a furmtare factory %Mnlm Tiros. Causo uyn- known, we, §500 1o building and $1,200 to stock: {naurod for §3,000 In wuknown companiva. TAUNTON, Maws., May 2.—The maln building und the offico of the Alblon Lead Works, at Dizhton, were burued this moming. Loss, $100,- 0005 fnsared, Larxi. —The Jass by the Imrnlng of the Alblon h Lead Warks, at Dighion, woe 8150, 000; 81,000 insurance, ————— O’BRIEN Ticath of Ous of tho Grout Bananza Allver Kingy. SAX Puawciaco, May 2,—\. 8. O'Bricn, of Yiood & O'Brivn, died at San Hafacl this aftcr- boun, sfter ® llugering Illness of soveral mont! s death wil In no mauner in- terfero with tho busiucss affaiss of tho firm, Aboat aycarand a half ago all the property of the tirm way divided, with the excoption of the mintng- stock busines, which romalus In common, Mr. Floud having tho mansgement of the deceassd’s interest. This armngement whl continge I farca for the prescnt, and the baal. ness will go on ms weunl. Mr, O'Brien's death has been boarly expected forscver) daye, He leaves a will, tho conditlons of which are yob unknown. lle wus & bachelor, but has a sister, ulece, sud nephow in thls ttats, and slater and Miece bu Paris or ¢n route, 1lls nr&gml vaguel entimated at §15, 000,000 to $:20,. ), but 1t (8 Lu"lx‘-;‘lcn that, as usual, rumor’ hLae waguited s BEDFORD STONE. May 2,—~The Cluzens' Asso- Chlcago passwd Lhrough bers to-uight e 1oute for the Bedfurd stonc quarey aud Loulsville, Accomvanylng thu purty wero three of ll;e.l‘t;d;n: architecta of Chicago. Toere was & marked differeuce Iu the guneral appe: beating of this party ani the one. Paat s lng through biere last ovenidg. Tho lailer, frow ape pearance, bad uever beard of the Red of Dlue mg- 6 telaperance muveiment, 0 THE KAUTZ COURT-MARTIAL, Spectal Dispaleh te The Tribuns. Oxaua, Neb., May 2.—~Tho special plea of Ges. Eauta at the coust-murtial 10-day, that the chargus preferred agains him did ot constitute u wilitary offense. was overruled by the Court, and he then pleaded not pullty, ‘Phe cxawlnation of witneescs Wie Ll begtun. WASHINGTON. The Resumption Repeal Bill Considered in the Senate. Forry, of Michigan, Speaks at Length in Favor of tho Mensure. Inoidents of the Debate on the Legis- lative Appropriation Bill in the Houso, The New Orleans Collectorship Question Finally Dis- posed Of. George L. Smith Unammous'l:; Confirmed by the Senate. Specis Paymeonts Virtually Resumed at the United Btates Trensury, IN TIIE SENATE, SPEECHES ON TN® RESUMITION REFEAL DILL IN TUR BENATR. Speeial Dispateh to The Tribune, ‘Wasnixuron, D, C., May 2,—Aller the esrnent colloquial debates of yosterday andthe day hefore, Mr. Ferry's sct rpeech on finance to-day had 8 tame and weary sound. It was, howaver, an nble review of the gnestlon sinca the beginning of tho War; as scen from the Senator's standpoint, and it was decidedly hopetul. Tle doclared that the resnit of the Sliver bill was beneficlal, and that the repealof the Resumption act wonld infaso new vigor into the national industries, nocaring resumption long bo- fora the time fixed by the law, Scnator Voorhecs followed in one of hla charactoristic speeches, in which ho portrayed tho evila infilcted upon the laboring class by contraction, ‘Tho Tonee, he aald, liad obeyed the popular will, and had repeated the odious Resumption act, but the Scnato had hesitated, thereby entalling great financial distrees upon the'country, Ilis cntire speech wan, In fact, a Democratle harangue, ap- vealing te tho massce, and denouncing eapital, and was flayored with Communism, Afier the set specches, Mr. Saunders endeavored to oblaln o reconsideration of tho nnfavorable action a few daya aince on his bill providing for cighteon moro gnld Commisioners to the Parls Exposition. Tha unate evidently thonght that there ara alroady more Commissioners than |s nccessary, and re- Tureil by a voie of 14 yess agalnst 54 nays 0 take Up tho D, A0 PRel g% IN THE HOUSE. THE LEOGISLATIVE BILL. Speclal Dirpatch to The Tribuna, Waspixatox, D. C., May 2.—Tho Democratio managers of the Leglslative Appropriation bill wero very much harassed In the llouse to-day. ‘They aro undergoing the penaltics of andeavoring to tmpoec non the pedple a mock reform tn the name of economy and retrenchment. The Repub- lean members, ma they have given more careful study to the bill, are dlscpvering this fact, and at overy staga in tho llouse to-day stabborn opposi- tion was made, nnd in somo lustances the Appro- priotions Committco was defeated, The debate was, in some of its foatures, EXITUEMELY PERSONAL. Atkins, Chairman of the Committce, was bitterly naeatled. Ilo I8 very Irasciblo, and for that reason ot adapted to the extremely onerous and dificalt poaition as Chalrman of that Commbittee. An at- tompt to increaso the salary of the Commissloner of Pensione to $1,000 was debated, An amend- ment was adopted foro{dding the Commisstoner of Penstons from dropplng any ponsioner from the rolls on ex parto statoments of Speclal Agents, and requiring that pensloners shall bo hoard in thelr own dofemse. Tho altempt of tho Committeo to rednce the salacies aof the DLsaminers In the Patent Ofice wae defoated. Lathrop, of Tilinofs, madeds very carncst but unsnccessful effort to sccare an appropriation of 875,000 for sbstracts, Indexos, and other mat- tors casontinl 10 the succoss of the patont system. e showed that tho Patent-Oftico s EELP-SUSTAINING, and has a surplus revenuo of 81,300,000 {n tho Trensury, yet that the Domocracy, tn the usmno of reform, and upon the false pretenve that they are relieving taxpayers, were scoking to crippla tha Patent-Ofiice, and to plundar o fund contributed hfy the fnventars themusalvesy for thelr own benotit, layne, of Penasylvanta, made a sharp point on the Democrats, exposing thelr pretonded econo- mics, 1o eald thotr talk-of cconotny WAS UYPOCIITICAL, in that they proposed to remove the tax from whinky nnd tobacco wileh they know will decronso the revenue millions of dollars, Tha Lemocrats, he thunght, were stealing penules from the laboge $ng man and uuderpaid clerks In orderto reduco thu tax on the groat Domocratic staples, whisky and tobucco, ‘Ten pagesof tho bill were passed to-day, o lews than yestorday, and the increass of the i sat&umllon over the Committee to-day was $25,- T.OUISIANA, A LONG-PENDING QUESTION BLTTLED. &pecial Dispatch to The Tribune, Wamonatoy, 1, C., May 2, —The New Orleans Collectorsip las been taken out of natlanal politica, Tho Commoree Commlittee to-day unanimously axreed to renort favorably Gourge L. Bmith for Collector, and aubsoquently tho Senato unauimously confiruiea him, The confirmation of Smith {e tha completo defent of tho I'ackard section ot the Republican party fn Loulsians, Packurd fad intimated that he would Lave this Collector- ship or nothing, and has declined to receive eug- lonn us to other places whick might have been bestowed upon him, Just befors the nominstion of Smith, ex-Congressnan Bypher and scveral other Loulslana Republicans opposed fo Packard went to the President and protested sgainst Packard's nomination. They stated that the {des that Packard contd buiid up the Republican purty in Lonistans was lucor- rect} thut the throw last campalyns In Loulslana had all been mansged by Puckard, and that in each oug of them tho Republlcans had besn vaved by the Retnenlog Hoard; that Packand's policy was almply to consolldate thu negro voto, and muke no 'mpl to divide the white vote, Sypber mnd hle octates fnsisted that no party could be wmalne talned in the South upon tho color-tine. A QLOWING PICTUIE WAS RAWN of what could bo accomplished next fall if Packard was not made Colloctor, and 8 man wes sppointed who conld be acceptable to Warmoth, McMillan, Bleldun, Syphor, and others who favor a sopoti- tloy of the formar policy incorporated by Warmoth u 1872 Sypher promived four Hopublican Coue gressmen from Loulsiana noxt fall, besides great Kalno in tho Btate uflices In 1880, and the carrying of the State for & Ilepublican President, Thess arguments were influontial witn tho President, who was always unwilling to appoint Packard, When it became cvident that Packard could not bo nominated, Packerd bimwelf, with Bonator Kol logi, went to tho Presdent and submitted the named of funr persons whu would ba acceptable Lo them. Among these nawmcs was that of Smith, but nelther Packard nor Kellopg wauted him, and both hoped that tho Presidunt woald sulect ulther lshn or Alfred Leonard. Thu nomination of 0 & scvera blow to thu Keturning lloard, Wells came bere espressly to have 4ne pointed Collector, ar to have the mofice kept in abeyance,'with Auderson fu charge as Special Dopuiy, ae he now i, LIVE.STOCK SHIPMENTS, ODJBOTIONS TO TUK BILL AGREED UPOX LY TUB 1OUSN AORICULTURE CUMMITTUE., Bpecial Dispatch o Tha Tridune. Wasmixerox, D, C., May 2, —The rallroads and representatives of tho largest llye-stock ahippors will eudeavor Lo defeat tho blll relative to 1he transportstion of anirsle which has been agrecd upon by the Uouse (omuutieo on Agriculture, Sam Alleston sud Lus counse), Emery A, Storrs, #re hete, and represent a section of the opposition toihe bill. This biil s vuo which has gr of the agitstion of the questlon of ** Evouel thoukh it bias no refereuce- to tha sabject of tue **Eveuers" themselves, The Committes deter- mined that it wonld not be practicablo to attempt to break up the ‘:Evescrs'" orgenlzation withlu & Stats by Congressiounl legls. lutlon. This blf, . boweyer, relates to sowme of leged sbusve growlng oat of the *¢Evenory'” combination, An srgument io oppu- sltlou totae bill hes boeu prepared, which hus been submitted to micmbers to-day, and aa coffort will be toade to secure 8 minority report from the Com- wittoe cmbodylog tho poivts of this argument. ‘The New York Centra) and Erle Railroad officlaly aro vnderstond 10 0pposy this argument. Foliow- fug ure 10 vutlioe the points made sgaiust the bill: That it le 8 bil) to prutect the intervats of certain bateuts uf palaco stock cars; that o wroviou permitting cattle that may be fed and watered in iranslt to be earried throngh to thelr destination without unloading 1 enticely In the Interests of palace stock-cars for thinreason. The principal New Yark market.day sehich all ahlppera desieo to reach ts Monday. Cat- tle teaving Chicago later than Monday by ordinary enttlc-cara nnder this bill could not reach the mar- ket nutil the snececding Monday. The bill pro- videa that unieas cattie arg watered and fed in the carathey must be tinloaded cvery (wm‘-mm honrr, and stopped for seven coneeentive hours. The effect of this wonld be_that no stock could rosch the New York Monday market in the reqular (0 which feft the West Iater than Monday. Shippers having atock on_hand which left befors Wednesday or on later days in the week desiring to reach the market wanld be compelled to nse the patent cars, or rell helr s{ock 1o the owners of these patents at whate ever prices they conld get. 1t n alno claimed that it was demonatrated befors the Committes that eattle conld not be carried more than forty-elsht houra withont unloading; yot Lhe bill would crmit them to transported 100 hours, rom (iaiveston to Ioston, Ymfldml they are fed aml watored whilo In traneit. * The bill contning no Hmitationg aa to the amount that owners of the patent cars may charge. The proe vislon permittins 'nts of the Humane Socicties to tlde in the cay ttacked on the gronnd that it would resalt In blackmail. The constisutional ob- Jection ts made that Congreas has no miore right to regulato the treatment of eatile in tranait than it han to decree what meaenro of cruelty n conductor #hall show towands presengera] that Congress has no more right, for instance, to ray how a steer shall be treated In & ear st Pitishurg_than how s steor should be treated In a pasture at Pittsburg. — NOTES AND NEWS. TREFER SILVER. Special Dispatch to The Tridune, Wasmxatox, D. C., May 2.=The Treasury De- partment continues to receive informatlon of cascs whete persons entitled to large snms of interest due In gold have rofnscd gold and taken greenbacks instead. A gentleman coliccting Interest at the Treasury bere dec¢lined to 1ake $3,000 due him in gold, and made a special request for greenbacks, The saving of gold In this way upon the pending payments of Interest will doubtless bo very large, and the expectation at the Treasury Department lg that 1t will henceforth make an important clement in the Increase of gold for rerumption purposes. TARIPY TALK, The second specch on tho tarl@ at the scssion to+ night was by 8. 15. Wnght, of Pennaylvania, It was of A very elaborate character, and delivered from printed alllw. ‘The reading occupied a long time. Most of this time thcro was nol a single other member {n the hall, and_only -two or threo ages, and during part of the time only one page. ‘hua the whole Capitol waa lighted to enable thie Democratie candldate for Governor of Pennayls vania on A platform of cconomy to read a printed speech to empty ecats, at a cost for gasalone of 8200 per hour, THE OFFICES. Tho blennlal pubtication of the bine-bonk sorves to_explode the popalar faltacy that Ohlo hs re- ceived n’unnlcrnumbur of uprolmm-nu,ucrerdln o population, than any iher State. A carefn conipilation of this official roster disclores tha fact that Ohlo fn respect to the greed of her citizens for ofca I much behind many other States, and that Maino and Maryland rank all others Staten of officcholders, From thia state- ment ainly appears that Olilo has.been badly nbused, and that the Exccutive bas not an yet done justlae to the Binte which produced him. The compilation of oficeholders, both in cxeentivo departments at Wasnington and In the toreign service, shows the folluwing excess or e fictency over the Praportion to which, the States would” bo entitled If the quota was based npon opulatio: ue, 07; Connecticut, 22; Mary- l’ i, 140: Massachurctts, 68: New Hamoshice, 43: Xew York. 1413 Pennsyivanin, 533 Viezinia, The Statcs that are defictentaro: Illinols, Indlana, Towa, 60 Michigan, 4d; Ohio, Fsconsin, 455 and New Jerscy, 0. REVENUE RECEIPTS. ‘The receipts from customs for the ten months ending April 80 wore, in ronnd numbars, §100,~ ). 0610, as agninet $110.200,000 for the corre- Anonding period of Tust year, belng a decreass of 81:00,000, The Internal Revento receipts for tho saunc period this year were $88, 400,000, ae azainst 05,250,000 for”the corrcapanding ten montha Jant year, hein a decrease of $11,500,000. During tho suime period the expenditures waere $100, 100, 000, ns ngalnet £12:2,500,000 last year, being decrensn of $1:, 200, 000, which oxceeds the fall- ing oft in receipin by nearly 87,000,060, THE PINANCIAL MILLANNIUM, For tho first time in mony years gold, silver, and groenbacke are practically on an equality at tha paying-teller's window at the Treas Silver dollars were pandl out at par for gre backs, nnd elther greenbacks, silver, or gold as mizht be called for by those settling Interest nce counts, ‘Tho currency balance fa rapldly increas- ing un account of the exchango of eilver dollars, and tho legal-tonders thus tuken aro used agalnin all carroncy transactions, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, To the Western Anaciuted Pres WasitiNoto, 1. C., May 2.—The Houso Com- mitice on Agricultare to-day unantmously szreed to renort favorably on Ilopresontative Cutler's bill declaring the Uepartment of Agrlcultare one of the execuiive dopartments, CONPIRMED. The Benate In exccutivo acsslon confirmod tho numination of Georio L, Smith, Collector of Cua- toms at Now Orleans, TIE STRAMDOAT DILL. The Senate Committes on Commorea to-day cons Huued the conslderation af tho ftaamboat Lill, and struck out the clause limiting the personal liabitity of steamboat-awners. Tho clanse making the cere tidcato of the Stecamboat Inspector prima-faclo evidunce in thu courts uf law “waa also stricken out, and tne bill was then roferred to Fenators #pencor, Dunnis, and Randolph as a Bub.Comnmit- 1 to report what farthor smondmonts, If nuy, whould bo mude before reporting it to tho Bouate. TIE RIVER AND HALBOK APPHOPRIATION NILL will ba taken up for conalderation to-morrow. "Tho House Committeo on Furolen Affairs agreod to the blll in relation to the Venczuolan Mixed Commlssion, and Tepresentative Namnillon wus autharizod to report tho ssma to the Houed with o tavorable recommendatfon, The bill providos that the nct of [Feb, 246, 1873, to enforce the stipue Iations of the convention with Venezuela, and the payment of the sdjndicated claima, 18 heroby ra- pealed. Also, thatif thy Premdent shall belfeve frum an examinatinn that Venexuela te catlilod toa rohearing of uny orall claims, or to any re. liet, he la fidly empowered to enter into o further conventlon with thal country to nfford such ralief, provided the conventlon shall have the sanction of Sennty the United Ntates, The Committea also adonted the report of Representative Hamil. ton, which recomincnus the ro-cxambation of alt claiis pabwed upun by tho Venozuelan Sixed Cou- isslon, WHAT WILL THEY DO WITI THEM} It ls not {u decided by tho Kentlemen having nchorge the alieged Plorlda Vresidental frauds whather they will ropose 80 investigation by tho louase Committee on the Judiclary vr by a Joint Commliteo of Congreas, to conalet of wix members af the llonso nnd five members of the Henate, ‘Thuy say thay hiave the original afidavit of McLin and other ducuments embraclug all waterial facts from nlllvll’lll‘l Interested in the, gl frauila, A resolution for an investization may be Int, i i 674 z £ duced next Monday, oron sving other day, as a questiun of privilege, TIE LAND OPPICE, . 'The Tlonso of ltaprescntatives have cut the'forco In 1655 Tho work {s much_groator 300 land. in the Land Otlico down_to 161 clerke, there wero 181 clorks, than it was At that time, comprisin erants to ratlroads, canalv, end B land-grants Lo soldiers of tho lato Wa T agricultural college, besides businens vurtainiug 10 aettlers un public tands, The clerical forco bos 1ng too viall, “the oftice {s now mne montiis behind in lta correapondence, and four yuars [n the putents Ing ot public lands. TIE BIONAL SERVICE, Tepresentative Clark, of New Jersoy, of the Houwe Biilitary Cowmitiee, roports tho blgusl Kervico efticlent and economleal, and that thern is no reason for Ia cousolldution with the Coast Bur+ vey snd Lifu-Saving Nervice, THEASURY NOTICE, United States Treasurer Gligilan says the partios who I;!'\l{ for sllver dollars in cxchiange for United Blates notes required ta pay trelcht charges on tho ssme, ‘The lepurtment pays the charges im subsldiary coin, but caunot do vo” on sllver dole ars. il AIFHOVED. Tho President has n{lpm\'ea the act peohibiting the comage of 30-cent aitver picces, APPROVED, ‘The Benate Commlttca on Comniorea decided to n‘mn tho nowmtvations of John Q. Howan) and Wihitain Kent, s Asbstant Apprabiers of Mere chaudise at New York., favorabl d the nomi. antlon of John 1. Frot Lam, &3 Asslitant Ap. ralscr at thy same ort, adversely, The Commite ve aluo look uction on the uumination of George L. Smith, to be Collector of Customs at New Or- leans, aud unautmiously sgrocd to recomumend its condrnation, THE FOUR PER CRNTS, Bubscriptions to the '4 por cont loan to.day anounted 1o §221, 000 TMENTS. . uccordancs with the ently pamed” for the cinployment of tem- vorary clerks, between wixty and wuventy persous were yestorday sppoiuted tu such tlony o the Treasury Department. The sppolulents werg detenmined Ly the completencss of the quotas of the dilferent Statés. A lurge pumber of clerks uve alvo been restored tu the Interior Dopartmont uuder the recent appropriationy. TIIE RECORD, BENATE. Wismxorox, D, ., May 2.—Mr, Thurman, from the Commlitee on the Judiciary, reported back the LIl to repest thu Bavkrupt lsw, with un smeudmont perfecling the cluuse in rogard to the rights ok to bo aflccted by the ropeal of the law, snd retalning he amendment adoplod yosterday, providing thut the rupoal of the law shiall take ef- fect Jau. 1, 1870, Ordered that the awcnoment be priuted, and the Liil lald over until to-morrow. Mr. Coukliog, from the Committee on Commerce, reported adversely the Houss bill to provide for vesscle of the United States halllug from piaces where thoy sre owned or bullt, ond {2 was indes nitely postponed. *: Mcusry, Ferry, Faddock, sud Saulsbury were ap- polpted members of the Conference Commities on he part of too Benato on the Lill Lo regulaty the advertising of mall lettings. e, Pluwb, frow the Commitieo ou Public Laods, Av Wasnixatox, May law r reported, with amendments, the Senate bill to provide additionnl regulationa for homestead and pre-cmption entries on the public lands, Pleced on the calendar. Mr. Ferey called np the Houreabill to eopeal the Bpecie-Itesnmption act, fand read a longthy arza- ment explaining tne amendment reported hy the Committes on Finance, He reforred to the fact that Umited States notenand gold wers nearly equat to-day,and argued that this was hastancd by the pas- aige af the nct io rertore the atandard sliver dollar, Alluding to the passage of the nct of Jan. 14, 1875, fo resume epcclo pavment, he eald ho'Solncd in it ne & compromiss measnre relnctantly. After _ oxplaining tha amendments roported by the Cowmmittco on Finance, he eald the blll shoald be ngreed to asamended It wonld give tho country & yolume of cutrency of $0W0, 000,000, Tle argried that the bill would re- store commerelal confidence, It would resnlt in aur own people holding the national debt nstead ol foreleners, The recont sale of 50,000,000 in bonds by tha Necretary of the Trossury was an sssurance of this, and an evidence o the advance- ment of the publle credit. The Government ehonld mow tarn ite altention to upholding Ite credit with its own people. He next referred to the coln reantred by the CGorernment, and sald na fears need be approe hended that the Government wonld have to_go abroad o seek coln to meet Its reqniroments. Tho meceesity for denying United States notes their rightful place in “the cirenlation of tho country had departea, 1te belleved greenbacks anil coln would bo at E“ hefore the 18t of July next. and reforred to the announcementa dally made by the businces firms and banking had reramed apecls payment. Jeforfing to Wall strect, ha sald all the knowl. edge on fnance did not dsyell solely with the wise men of Gotham. New York City, which had teen #o clamarous for specie resumption, uow scemed to be the Jast to respond, 1In concluaion, he argoed that the passago of thia bill wodlld e to settle our finances wpon such a bonle as wonld relegate our financinl dificultios from tho halls of Congress to the miarts of come merce, Mr, Voorheen then took the fonr and read a lengthy argnment In favor of ropealing tho Spocte- Resumption act, ‘The amount of human misery, wretchedness, and vico which tho Inw had canros conld not be cstimated. 1t had overthrown props erty salues simply beyond the Fower of language to ‘dereribe, Ten thousand mitifon dollara® worth of property had been absolately confscatod, e argued” that tho Ameriean people had been educated on the aubject of finances during the past five years under such circiim- Mancen as breed rovolutlon unloss thoy are et by measures of rellef, The greenback dollar, on account of tho confidence tho people had in {t, had forced ilself upon un equality with gold. e re- ferred to the Gold Ttoom of New Vork as a mob of gamblers, and araned that tho Government conld not redeem #7ty millions of dollars with gold with- in a week'a notice from 1o-day. 'The notes of the UGovernment had advanced to an equality with gola becauee the people had forced the (lovernment to treat ita own notes with raspect. There nevor was ke slightest reason why the paper money of thin canntey shonld have hocome depreclated.” He fa- vored the adoption of an amonument compellin: the Secretary of the Treasury to receive United Htaten nutes for dntics on imports, not after the 1st of October next, hut Immediately. That would at once cqualize our currency. 10 resume specio pl'lfmenl tho 1st of January next mnde cortain o dark, perilous, and unbappy future. The farm- ers had mortgaged their property, and, If specle- payments wore resumed, thess morigages must bo ald In coin. It was tho duty of the American Jongress to o leglslate as to secure the farmer his home, and to the indastrious meehanle Nving wagos, ‘Tho tolling mililone who arose In tho morning before light and worked until after dark wero conatantly belm‘,lennlmd on cconomy by the dwellers In_palaces, by the masters of hired at- tendants, Tho poor were to give up the luxutice which they had not In orader that the rich might have more. Far ho It from him to Incito people, but he wonld at all timea vindicate them azainst the aspersions of thuse who first mz‘renet and then denonneed them. o referred & Commna- Ism, nnd sald it wns tho advocates of extremo meustires, those who favored the resumption of #ngcio-paynients, who fostered tho porll of Com- munlem. 1In concloston, he argued that the reponl of tho Bpeclo-Resumptlon law would brlnf light and hopa to many darkenod homes. It would cat the liga- turcs o contraction: nctivity and urqurll{ would revive; and nothing since peace was acclared at Appumattox, thirtean yoars ago, wonld bo hailed with snch shouts of uladnees, l’osllllll reliel would {nsure popular teanquillity, and the turbn- lenco in the labor regions would ceave. Mr. Gordon then tool floor. with the undar- standing ho would speak on Monday noxe, and mnhflr consideration of the bill was postponed till at time, Mr. Mazxoy, from the Committea on Post-Ofiices and Past-ltands, reported an amendmont to bo pro- osed to the l"nlt-fllllnal\n[!l’n{nllflfln bill, author. l‘:lnz a_somi-monthly mall s nam-hlr wervice ba- tween the United Stales and Brazil, lteforred, Mr. Saundora moved tu reconslder the vote by which the Joiat resolntion to provide for the ap- olutment of cighteen aaditional Commisstonors o the Parls Exposition wan lndeflnllcl( postponod soveral dnln ago, The motlon led {oa lengthy debate. 1€ was finally rojectod—-yens, 14; nays, 3r. Cockrell submitted a resolution instrocting tho Committeg on Kuleaof the Senate to prepare and seport to tha Senate a rulo which whali reliove the Committecon Patents from conwldering any bill, resolution, ar petition for the extension of a:ny patent. Ordered prnted and to lie on the ole. s . Mr. Dawes, from the Commlltes on Puhlic Tuildings and Gronnds, reported with an amend. ment tho lloaso Jolnt resolution to enable s Joint commission to carey Into. effect the act nf Con- gress providing forthe completion of the Wash- ington Monument, Placed on the catendar, a fter exocutiva eeaston, adjourned until BMon- ay. clations that they nousu, Mr. Reauan, rising to a question of privilege, £ent to the Clork's desk, and had rond, an article churgiue bim with acting in bad faith with regard to tho bill preventing discriminaiion by comsnon carriers, and insinuating that he bad been bought wver by corporations. Ilo denfed that his ardor in Aupport of the bill had covlod, “Fhe reason why ho hud not reported tua bl when the Committs Commuren lind been enlled had boen hecun had beondnstructed to report isome ininor bills, so a8 Lo make tho way clear for tho Frulght Liscrime inatlon bitl. ~ livery fact in felation to his action shuwed that ho bad earnently cxerted himeelf to sucure the paseage of the vlll, 'There wus not o statcment in tho article read that was not utterly fulee and without a shadow of foundatlon, Mr. Hendee, from tho Commitico on the District of Columbla, reported back the bill for a porma. nont formiof _government for tho District, Ilo- farred to tho Committen of the Whole, Mr, toborts, from the Committea on Commerco, reported & bl fixing tho salarles of the al on“can at Haltimore and New Urlcaus at the saue ratu as thosa received by similar ofiicers at Loston, Han Fruncisco, and Philadoiphiz, Pawsed, Alwo u biil reoryanizing the Lifo-Saving Sorvice, Referred to the Commitice of the Whole,and made the speclal order for May 0, Mr, Hunnell, from the sams Committes, report- ela hlll!’wrmmlnw Canadlan vessole to rendor ald 1o othuor Canadian vessely wrecked in waters pf tho United Btates, Passad, Mr. Reavan, from the same Committee, pro- sented o bIll greonting the right of way through the public lands to tho larataria Cana! Cumlmn{. [ flm-‘lmu a gapnl front Now Orloous to the dulf of exlco, Also ablll to ro%llln!u Inter-State commerce, and pAquhI: unjust discrimination by common’ car- tlers, Mir. Resgan cxplalned the object of the bill was 1o rrnwnldlntrlmlnnflnn in churges for freivht b railronds, eo that no greater rate should be charges 16 onu shipper tkau to another. L‘M‘:nmllulil are slso furbidden from entering Into combluationa for tho purposo of discriminoting againet persons or pluces, The only ofhier materlal provision was hot they should wot charge wore fur shorter dls- tances than for longor distances on tlio ssino lno ol carriaged. Tha wvworning expired, and the bill weont over without setion. ‘I'he House went Into Committea of the Whole {Mr, Eden {n the chair) on the Leglslative Appro- priation bill. Wir, Vanco offercd an amendment prohibiting the Cominissioner vf Pensions from deopplng penwlone cr Jrom Lhe rolls on ex-parte etatements laken by bpecla) Agents, Mr, Vance moved to restora the salary of Exame Incrsin the Patent-Ofco to the amount now pro- vided by Inw. Adopted, =74 to 70, Mr. Latlirop moved to Increasu from $50,000 to 7 0 the uppropriations for coutingent ex- penscs of the Paten ce, Mr. Atkina opposed tho amendment, pesled (o bis fricnds on the Dewocratic alde, wi claimed to ba & purty of econotny, tq defeat theso mucndments, which would swell the sppropria- tions to imutuse. proportions. Every misn would have to stand on his owu record on such questions, Lut he waa sarry to sce gentlemen on the Demos ::mllc #ide votlpg for cvery increase of expendl« urew, Mr, Conger eald he had heard the gentleman from Tenr.casco (Atkins) state many times that ho had conre to a concluvlan in regard to tho busingss of the louse, and thercfors no other man wmust ll{ u word, . Iv. Alkins—That allusion s altogether unworthy of the gentlemsn, If ho intends to vy that 1 have assunicd 3oy such dictation on this door, [will uot submit to any such ssscriion ou bis part with- wut refuting it oi the spot, Alr. Conger—~Let the gentloman rest. The gen- Ueman has turned spalnst his ysrty friends sud suuinet the Hepublicans bera in a speech unworthy of the Chialrwian of the Agtwuflnlluu Commtttee, becausu they bave wcen At to lottuduce swmend- meuty, Mr. Atkins sald if ho had uijered one nokind wuid, hu was oot swaro of it, 1le did nol thiuk thero wos s gentleman who would accuse him of doing ¥o unicys it were the geutloman from Michi. yau (Uonger). That pentlciuun's remarks had been and "K; & Very pereon: nd {1 was in the warmth of bis (Atkins') passion that Lo bad uecd the oxpressious o iad, 'Fots Goior Waa Ho mIkcw 10 setts. matiers of a persunal nature, Ho did not futend to Indulge 10 persunal watters, but desleed to rmcwd withe| the business without feellng, without snger, and Wwithout paasion. After further discusaion by Bessrs. Blalr, Keifer, Latheop, aod Walt In favor of the amend- ment, and Mr. Dutbauw agalust it, the awendment was rojected, When the soctlons in regard to Burvoyors-Gep- oral were teached, Nr. Wiggiotou ofiercd a sweudment declariug vn sud after July 1, 1870, that tho officvs of Surveyors-Gicneral shall be sbolished, wnd the archives of tha ofiices turacd over to the Uoveruments of tho soveral Statcs, aud tbat all furtber necesasry surveys sball by wado by compelout ongineers, 10 bo nnylund by the Com« mixsloner of tho General Land-Ofice. wade & polnt of order that tho amend- mull'l cjmmn the exlatiug law, and could ot by seovtved. Tho Chair suatained tho polat of ord amendment was not reeelved, Mr, Mills, In dl-cuulm‘lho rlto the number of clerke in the Post-OfMco epariment, #ald hia Ides of economy was to re- lieve the-neoplo of tazation by stateamanship, The Teaders ©f the Democratic parly bad naver yet found meana to relieve the people, bat only cut duown the machinery of the Qovernment, and gave the ravinys ta tha Parla Exhlbition or Pniladeiphis show. Aftee dlnnoflnfin! ten pagen In the bill, the Com. mitteo rose, and the Iouse took a recess until 7:30, the evening =exafon to be for debate only. EYENING SESSION, Me. Wright made n speesh In advocacy of tha Hiil Introduced by him in the carly nart of the res- elon for & Government loan to aid the laboring classes to make settlements on public lands, Ho drew a plcture of want, destitation, and hnngae that are abroad 1n_the conntry, and said it was bread that the half-starved multitudes demanded, employment or bread, 1t was strong and fearfnl language. Paris apon an occaslon had lieard {t, The cause of that want and distress which might lead to seditlon shonld ba ro- morved, Bach A reriond snbject conld not be tampored with, Distarbances would come, and he would tell the Tlones that a volcano cannot be bridged with the bayonot. 1le predicted that unices some relief wero granted to the sullers Ing peovle thay wonld cxchango scats ywith some of the prescnt members in the Forty.sixth Con- gross, Me. Chalmers spoke In favor of the Texas & Pacific Raliway measore, and of other Bonthern improvements, and urged that s raliroaa on the 32d parallel 1 a natfonal necesalty. and the Government fs bound in equity to afid'it, 1f the Democratic Congress was afraid todo justica ta the emocratic Sonth, Sontliern Democrats may bo defeated and Republicans sent In thoie places, To ~the silver men _lhe sald that the South s the producer of her gold staple, but she united with them throfigh sympathy, and now appoals to them to sympathizo with her. liulld up the wasts places ot the South, givo tona and vigor to that portion of the bady politic emuciated Ly war, and tha currency accn- mulated at monav-centrea like blood unnatural. forced ta the heart, will be gently diffared throug! the paralyzed limb, He said the Northern men tvithout regard to party will pass tho Northorn P'a- eific bill, and if the ‘Fexan Pacific fails Southern men willbe rosponsivle for the fatlure, Tl said tho next realdent must Pllnen two requisites, loyalty to tho Union and 1lberality to Southiern im. provements, Unity of Intercat makes unity of sentimont, and unity of aontiment s the vunda- tion-rtona of political orgnnization. Jdjourned. CANADA. The DMontreal Disturbances SBecure the At- tentlon of tho Centrnl Government—Qun. bee Elections—pontreal Quiot for the Mo- ment-Fires—Yostarday's Elootions = Tho Orangemen Determined to MarcheEm-~ bozzler Sontencod—A Clncinnat! Forgee— The Defenso of Trithah Columbln=The Northwest Territorles—The Rideau Canals Bpecial Dispate 10" The Tribune. OTTAwA, May 2,—The Intenso faction feeling, and tho murdorous affrays growing ont of it, which have a0 long disgraced Montreal, bavo at length dt- tractod leglalatlve Intarfercnce, ana the son. Mr. Blako has introduced a bill 1nto the Houso of Com- mons with a view topat a stop to (his mflanism. The Qovernment has adopted the bill, and it will becomo A law, The measura s framea on tho amendmant In ro. Preservation of YPeace on Pabllc Works act, already om tho _Canadian statuto- book, and ~ on the Teace Presorvation act now In force in cortain sectionsof Connaught and Munster, Ireland. It provides that when, ) the apinlon of the Governor In Council, tho publlc penca in Ilkol‘cln be broken in any disteiot, that dintrict ahall ‘Pmclnlmcd ander martial law, and the unrr{)lnp of dangerous weapons tmado an offensg nunishable by 1mprisonment. The hill docs not provide for “domiciliary visits by tho police in suarch of concealed weapons, but 18 simply Intende ed mnnpl{’m weapons carried on the pefeon, fo r-Juum il goes It is a good ono, and on all sides 1t 1s considered & wise and prudent policy to put down this dangerons ruflianismn with a strong and. fpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. MuNtnEAL, Mny ,—Complete election retarns show that Lieut, -Gov, Lotoliar has boen sustain- cd in disminsing his late Govornment. The new Administration, under the lead of Mr. Joly, will mect Parliament with a mmjonty of four. Two Independant membera with pronotinced Miniaterlal Teaninga linve boen elacted, who, after the meeting of Parllament, will be found voting with tho Gov- erament, Mr, Joly's frieuts_confldently expect that, after tho meoting of tho Ilouse, he will Lava a safa working m‘-‘.!'oruy. o, atern Assoclated Press. Quenec, Can., May 2.—Tho clections for tho Quebes Legl: k place throughout tho o " to {:;ovlm:c 10! O(uuunPuo! alxty-flve mem- rs, Afty-unc constituoncies return twenty-elcht Liberals and twenty-throo Conservatives, the Lib- erals having goincd ten seats and lost four, The indications aro that Joly's Liheral Government will bo austained by & vory narrow matority, Iiin Minfsters were afl returned, Tho old Ministers, with tho exception of Liaker, ex-Sulleltor-General, were also ra-clectod, Speclal Dispateh to The Tribune. MontnEal, May 1,--Tho police report every- thing quict last night In the disturbed disteict, though tho clty was to-day full of the most abaurd rumord. - One of thoe most sonsational was that two men had leen hung to o lamp-post at Point 81, Charle last might. Three carters were aseaulted by a rough nanicd Pat Lacy, who drow a revolver aud threatened to whoot If they did not cloar, The ran across tho strcet, pursucd by Lacy, who wius cantured by the police and lodced in tha Contral Statlon. A'revalver with four chambers loaded wan found on bis person. Lacy was to-day fined $50 and nent to prison for thisty days. A man named Graham was arrested to-dny for threatening the police, A loadod revolver was found on his person whon searched at the Police-Station, 1o wan fined 1 id sont to Jail furono month for carrylng ‘Thia has hoen & red-letter day In_the Province of Quebec, A proat and limportant politieal confest has boen fought out, and the campalyn was ono of extrouio bitternoss, Everyart kngwn In politics was usged to {nflnence tho tlectors un oither sid Qreat excitement provalls 1h tho clty to-nlght, ?I\'ullnlunn\ held at tho Committee-rooms of the Liberal and Conservative candidates, are ng , made, The nenan sixty-flve wuembors Logislatute, Plve con: Ly neclamation, an inco fn_thu ro- mainiug sixty, ty_of Montresl McShano and Nelvon, Liberal nd Talllon, Consorvative, wera elected, In the'City of Quobec Shehyn, 1t fret, and Murphy, all Literals, woro returnc Mr. Joly, the Promier of the new (lovermment, and all his colleagurs have beon returned. It is tmpuvaible to-night to obtain comploto returns frum all tho counties, but the indications aru that Mr. Joly will probubly hava s warking majority in tha new lonso, 'Thie Debouchorviile Government, boforo tha dissolution of tne tlouse In March, were sutainod on a voto of want of couddonce by o ma. Jarlty of tum!. MaNTuEAL, May 1.—1’rocu<lln;i- have becn in. stituted In the ‘Suprome Court to annul the mar- rluge of & Mz, Prate. on tho krounds of his Mhuf‘ unn::‘r{ aud uot huviug oblalned the convent of guardian, A prominent Orangoman informed a 1liness ro- riet that, if any interference In tnade with the raugemen on the envaing 1:th of July, in Mon. treal, in tle exercise of tho lawful rights, thero will certainly b au Orangs uprising, and fully 150, 000 Urangemen will foc thau 3 week, I to Montreal tn losd fecling amonyst Grungumen nll ma to bo ot fover-heat. lerre haa Instituted proceodings Uit againet so M. Lo(ava- . for Jacqu umw{ County, harles Theoret, one of Lo Cavaller's . worters, in the sum of $10,000, for alleved slan- derw and Jibelons publications against plaintiff, It 1s alleged that llbeloins caricatures, rullruwn(lllk plaintiit ue a Free- Mas etc., and Hhelous stato. mentd, woro published, 8t Lo Cavaller'a jnetica. tlon, in a comle m'lm culled the Caarivard, copioy of which are sald to liave been cleculated fn Jacques Cartler County, whoru 5t. IMerro s the Liboral candidate, §n opposition (o Lu Cavaller, for election to the Queboe Legislature; alwo, that defundsnt wp! slunderons ronorts concerning platutl, represcnting him to bo Mason, Al otherwive fasthless to the Rouan-Catiolls ro- nallle, " ete, the Molseu's Bank embozslor, nas 1o threa yoars in the Penitentiary. On bolng usked it be bad any reason to offer why acntency ahould not be pronounced, bo wald he wished to bring the case befors Lhe Supreme Court of Canada, il that ho had stilt fiteen dayw. Chlef-Justice 5ir A. A, Dorion said he had already had v wontbs since tho dato of his trial, and that ho did not tiuk tho fuct of sentencs belngs pro- nounced would binder bim frum taking action to the Bupreme Coast, On Irmnmmtlnu sentenco, the Uhief-Justico reviewed tha circuinstances of ho crimp as follows: **'Fhe prisoner, by bis easiy education and apti for business, had risen to the appolutwunt of fitat recelving-teller in the Moleen's Bank,—n poaltion of “great trost,— snd, Jed on by a provalent desire to gemblo in stocks, he hed ewbezziod $15,000, the :mpeny of Lis employers. Mo then seutenced im 24 800ve. + Vhe propused Cull-Board ratca have been printod. Tho Cull-Buard Comumitice will uct oy un Arbitra- tion Comnmittee, wnd consider aud deeido vil uls- putes which may be submitied to them, arisingon sales or purchases of gruin, eic., atthe Board, butweew ibo wemberd, There will b & publls catl vach business-day at 12m,, ot the Cory Exchanygo, snd trade must cease ot the suund of the gony, half au hour after opening, Thoro are also pro- visions mado for buylug snd sclling on manus, optiony, vic, WO OI0 tat Dispateh o The T pect busa. ‘®noxto, Oot., May 1.—Henry L. Drivor, aged 33, wad arzesied yesterday' at the Hoaln Nouso on & telogram from Clucinuaty, clurging him with forgery to tho extont of §15,000, Driver's mother, It oppesrs, s worth §00, 000, sud her son, wha s reported wsu very hard cave, 18 waid to have forged vouds, mortgages, and checks, with tho aid of u prostitate, ‘who signed thow, tu too vxtens of $156,000. Tho prisoner azroed 'to bo extradiciod without ‘the Decessary furmahities, and was handed ovor to the caro of Clclnoat] defectives. the Western duoclated Press. Orrawa. Can., May 1. —~Wator waa lct fotothe Rideau Cunal yostordsy, sad burges Joft with Jum. ber for the Unlicd States markel ——— JOURNALISTIC. &psctal Dispatch to The Tridune, + Minwavkxs, Wis, May -2.~The Commerctat Qinca sud the Milwaukeo Daily News connolidated tu-duy, aod will lssuy (o wurrow s the Milwaukes iy Neas THE CROPS. - Prospects of the Most Flatter- in Oharacter Every- where Reported. An Interesting Exhibit ot Agrie cultural Affairs in Wis-- ’ consin, A Gencral Glan& at the Crops Throughout the Unlon,. Nothing but Delaware Peaches Likely to Get Left. Our Usual Notes from the J m‘nl Farmera of the Northwest. ILLINOIS. Speciat Dixpatches ta The Tribune, Dwiarrr, 111, May 2,—80 far as this reglon is cdneerned, wo have now **storsd up all the motat- ,nro that wo shatl roquire for July and August," and yet haco plenty to spare. . While tho Iato raing hage done wonders for the people in Minnerota anll Wisconsin, and **sent tho loga down," it has ‘put a dead-lock npon all farming operations In the county which prod uced neatly 13,000,000 bushels of corn last season. The sitnation fn Livinaston County to-day Is this: thesmall grains have not ns yet been injurcd by the tremendons zalns which wo havo now éxperlenced for nearly tiwo weeks, The corn-gromml fs from onc-half to three- qnarters plowed; very little, if any, corn has been planted. Yesterdsy plowing was resumed, but the farmers were drlven from tha ficlds by * heavy showors, This méming, Thursday, we have Eain heavy raineg, and tho prospects here aro cor- talnly—wet to eay the lenst, Yet wo have o full month for corn-planting. We cannot plant any corn beforo the 10th I the eather should com- menco to dry and change (or tho batter, It lanacd. loss to say thattha rondsare In a horrible condi- tlon,—holes and ruts,—and the moving of grain ls ont of the question, » Citasratay, 11, May 2.—People hero are get- ting dinconraged at the continious rafus. Tho roads arc almost impassableand nothing of a bulky natnre can be hauled to market. Although the. Ackron fe nearly 8 month oarlier than usaal. farm operation arc not much, If any, In advanco of ordinary sensons. It {a tho'wot to plow, ind noth- ing can'be done toward planting corn unti) it drles and tho roll gets warm, * Hye Is abont heading onty winter wheat & n foot high, —All spring-sown graina lonk well, but begln to turn yellow in spota, ahowing thio offect of too much sath, Thera will be an avorage frult crop. Brus Rinag, 11, May 2.—We havo hai ro much rain thoe lasc¢on dn{l thut very Httle corn hns ieen planted. ‘The winfer wheat i4 not fnjured by the wet weather. l):lugnnd, PraixrieLp, 111, May 2.—No corn planted_yet, The recent heavy rains have put farmors back, Tho oata and wheat aro stitl prowing, and tho wat ‘weather brevents any feara of insocts, 3 May 3.—The suring wheat looks About il tiie corn plonied. - Nono np y The fail whent just beginning to hoad. Farmo all husy planting corn, Mixoxk, 11l., May 3,—Owing to the heavy ralns farmeis have been idlo for efirht or ton days. Ground too_wat to work., Indlcations of con- tinuance. Very little corn placted. The roails havoe hicon 8o bad Ilurlny the winter that most of tho carn 1s still tn tho farners' hands, but sold to Le delivored In Juno. Wheat in & flourishing con- ditlon, Oats have como up unusunlly well, Mixooxa, Il May 2.—We are nloug prett; well with our work, bnt the continued rainu wifl wet ns buck two weeke, Ralued Bfteon days In April, - Wheat and outs were never botter, 'ruits splendld, Potatoes up andlooking well. Mendows and postures o month earlier than uaual, BrtneviLek, 1k, May 2.—Consldorablo corn In planted, ana some ready for firat plowinw, Winter wheat fa in fino urdor, We aro having plonty of rain, Klarvest will commenco ubout the 16th of ay, Fmrxnsvisee, 11k, May 2,—Somo corn planted: A fow feldn nip, and stand good. Tho wot westhor for the lnat weok has put a stop to farming, Wil 7ot he able to do anything thiy week, Somo fow ficlds of whoat are headed out, Irospects of o very early harvoat. WISCONSIN, Special Dispateh to The Tribung, Mantaox, Wia., May 2. ~In 1800 Wiscongin bar- vested the largest crup known In tho history of the State. Thu reason waa slinflar to the presant in bolng noarly six weeks In mivance of ordinary years, and peculiarly adapted to grainegrowing, bat oxperis doclarq the prosent superior in many éssentinl particulars, Last year was o good sea- son, and tho wheat acrenge this year will averago a 25, perhaps a 30 por cent Increasc, Corn will de- cruide 10 per cent, and the decreaso in othor small grulng wiil mako up tho wneat incroaso, thus mak. g wo Increasy fn the total acremgo in grain except in tho now narthern countles Just opened “to scttloment. Winter wheat was mever known to .look finer, tho winter having been open and extremoly mild, In the Biate University czperimental farm in (his ity Impruved vanctles stand four feet six Inchos Inholght and thick as a qulll. Throughout the Stato it wilt averago threo feet high, Bpring whegt 1a growing finely in all scctions of the Common- wealth under the influencos of nlteroative snn- shine, warm ralne, and cool nights, the vory por- fection of weathar, All other graine aru leaping slead rapldly, For the past week we bave had genulnoe Jane freahots, and, while the hearts of the lumbermen have leaped for joy, the prospects for crops bavo Improved, To-night the skies aro clenting, and bright weatlior {s sgain oxpected, Experts estimato that, wherean wwhoataveraged fourteen bushols to tho acro last year, it will yield elghteen this. Tho price last year averaged $1 per bushol at local elovators, and, with the pwlln.'tl va troublo In Europe, tuls price, which {s connldered good, will bu kept up.” The wheat-crowing reglon of Wisconsin s tho nortiweatern country north west of tho Wi conuin, Fox, and Wolf Rivers, South and east of theso waters the farmers aro mklnr to mixed hun- bandry, assuroand more protable, \Within the twn wm‘{unu tho clicoso Interest has been won. dorfully developed, Wisconwin now occnpying the frst rank among the dairylug States, She made newrly “one-halt “of the dairy exhibit at ths "Contennial, and rccofved the prize over all. Binco then the business hu incroawed over 40 per cont. "The Copntics of Sheboygan and dofferson lead {n this Industry, and others aro not far behind, In theso countles the cow hus almout wholly naurped the plow, and the examplo Is betng cmullnh.'d ol khwllxfl Boathern and Katern Wi consin, bBlock-rufelng lv mrldly un tho Incrossg thu wame reglon, mero particularly Southern W conein. 1ana County leads in thim reapoct, In Waukesha County tnera are soveral ln:{wu horau farma on a veilo equal to ¢ of tho Kentucky establishinents, ‘The cranborry fntorest s an extended one In Wisconsin, we belog noxt to New Jorsoy in thie wtaplo. Green Lako County und ‘the lilack River reiuns are the princi- al contres, and the mammoth marshcs are run hiero by men who have made fortunes vnt of the bovry crop, But tha fover of cranborry-marsh speculation gvhich weolsvd the capitalists of the Stato several ‘'vears ago has dicd out, Hke the hop fovor, and now legitimate vrofite aro reaped hy large doncerns regulring wound Onuncal backing, Ana whole, the nyricuitural urospocts of Wincon. #ln were nuver so brilliant avat the present date, Furmers und eapitalista nre _everywhera . jubllant. Awplelt of contidence 18 belni fuatilled In all brauches of commerce and Industry, —— — IN GENERAL. ¢ Speciat Dispaich 4o The Tribune, Kaw Yonx, May2.—The Times whl print to- morrow dispatchies from twonty-nino Btates and one Territory, giving the conditlion and prospects of tho crops of tha whole country. Tho corre- spondents, slmost without excoptiom, sead good news. The first weck in May hav not for yoars sccu the gencral crops of tho country In wo ad- vanced a condition. Au exceptlonally opon win- ter, fullowed by an early spring, has set forward planting and sowlng by from threa ta five wevks, In Nuew England the spring lwthrce weeks earller than usual, The grass is woll up. Tho spple treus progitee an unususl crop. More corn will be planted thau last yeor, but fewer potatocs, 1o Nuw York. rfo was headed by the 20th of Aprll, twenty doye shead of the ordinary time, Potatoes aru coming up. Grass s two feotand & bulf high in some scctlons. * Wheat has comg through the winter In spleadid condltion. Corn will be planted three weeks canier than usa- !, aud the cows havo ncen three weeks oa the freuh spring grass. Tho New Jursoy pesch crup wiil bo amplo for tho ordinary demand. Theasp. plo crop will be enormous, . "The crops of Pennsylvania look promising, The 3icld of rye, oaly, buckwheat, and corn will be 15 OF 20 pet cent abovo the syerege, Dyloware will saffer in {1a suost important crop (peaches) through frosts and other causve. The lu’}d is not expected 1o be vver one-Lall that of ast year, Frosts and storms sariously dsmoged the frult trecs and early vegetables on the low landa of Vie- juls, The her portions escapod matenal fn- ury. 1o West Virginla the acreago of wheat and corn is largoly mmcrosved over loat year. North "Carolina reports a larger screage and better condition of grains than jast ycar. An €uLITIOUA cutton crop fe expectdl. Givareln has incrcancd ber ucreast of whoat, snd dindulshed that of cuiton 10 per cent. 43oth crops are wel) edvanes T Sabaiwd Lk L3 of Lottun ta ubout s skl 0 Fram all thn Weatern States comn €ourazing renrin an 1o e great maptes, ™ t1e The dinpatchencor er pirts of Oito, Iy, nois, Towa, Michigan, nnd Minnownts, nag s D Increased acrenpo of from 10 10 ) por copy 41 bountifal proniieo of Jarze hnrveste "Sis 1 Mimnonrl, * Kentucky, ‘Tennemmce, Kan™ Arkaneas expect Ahant 5 1 moro than their naual sicld of coreaty: " g {72 expeela & crop of nm\r{ 20,000, 000 “'“'h"”" wheat for export. Tho Tndinn Fersitory Lol of ny the promise of annanal ylelds i Doy aud gobncen. Colorado cultivates une-gii, o, land than im most previous years, Torg I0WA, Boeclal DIsnatehex o The Tripune, CroAn Ravios, In., May 2, <The I""*v’cm f large crop of both cereals and feult tn tyyy ,pc"': Were nover more promisfng than nt Peusnt, ting smnll graln Is unusnally forward and Jooking oAl and nearly atl the corn s planted, * pensrelh never bloomed moro vrofusely, and, ‘,MN: “treey unforcacen disaster occars,4his crop wiyl 0 m;lnn. T MG . ALY YA, Ta,, May 2. —we are corn-planting. "Wenthor hag beon 33;{‘”,5‘“‘;! of ang, ut tho n{n:‘l;?;ll‘!:nlnln?ledlwnuman otherin, o universa s tha 3 thg bosteversoon, x Wheat and g gy Sac CiTr, ny 2. —~Fust com: cornn. Tha whalo crop prorpects wore poes r"fl"‘""‘ Uate lovking eplenaid; wheat and barley nmf ter, MINNESOTA, Wixoxa, Minn,, May 2.—The Iatg ralng, fy) towed by moderalely bright weather, s g, wonders for crops in this Stats, Reporty fry, gvery county say wheat never lonked oy The harvest will bogin at leark threa waoks naps thn Inst year. Thetincrenso 1n aerea g s st nzo at least 17 pes cont of tho ald cron il farmora® hands. Recelpts at afl mations nnnlh’ %lna ultih? Wlmrm}&g(.l Pn‘ther nfml nre now "nr; arice. taxing the road tg tho nimost furnish trageportation, * capcity to MISSOURT. Spectal Dispatch to The Trivune, 87, Joarrit, Mo., May 2.~Thia section hay Jast bean visited by a contous and welcume rafy, 'n‘; prospect for All crops and fralt s a; Bosteen. Wneat ia moty Commdian ‘J:"‘-;::":‘*‘ wns vever #o fing or favorable, 2 o0l Soectal Disnateh in TAG Tritune, Porxr PLrasaxt, Mo., May 3, —Corn nlf a good stand: soma are all hedded oat, and sill has the rust badly. lowlng 1t, wm.'l“w‘i;.’:f cut the last of May, |, NEBRTASKA. 8nectal Dispatches 10 TAs Tribuns, Gnoa, Nob., May 2.—Tho high winds for [}t pasttendaya have drled ont the sail very muth, butnot_crongh to Injure nnsthing, Farey begrinning to blant corn, thonih eariler thug et AMERTOWN, Nob., May 2. —Itye ey taken he Iace of barley, and Iua; splondig, aptins 'v'mm has mau{o afino stact, i Tha ayring KANSAS, 8geclal Dirntches to The Tridui.., Exrma, Kan,, May 3.—Tho wintor wheat necg looked ULetter, Corn moatly planted. Peachey slightly Injurad by tho lata cold weatner; rnfiu;‘glhfl‘-lht. “y e ml e ENTON, Kon., 3ay 2 —Corn 1s mastly pla Agool stand 40 Tar us i, WiRLOF whedt b out. Prospect of o very onrly and hoavy haryest, . o110, Special Dispateh {o, The Tridune, TorTEn, 0., May 2.~Weathor very w: ‘winds, with rains, have dono damago to o e timber, and bulldings, lilling somo cattl Vory Tittlo corn plantod:” Nob mach ¥ tho Wwinto? whonts : Medck gyt s INDIANA, Special Dispate to The Tritune, BATTLR Grounn, Ind., May 2,—Hut tittle eor2 plunted yot. las hoon rainlng for soren days, mall grains growing woll. —————— CURRENT OPINION, 1t theso Florida men succood in provam themselves the rascals thoy pretend, the wonder wiil ho that the lk'gvlhllmu party survived as long an they did In the Bouth. —ziar{ford P'ost (Rep.). If gthrough tho exertions of Bamual J, Til. den, the noxt Presldent {s'a Domocrat, then the ro formpr will havo boon umpll repald for his laty troubles, Farticularly so if 8 0, T.Is tho ma picked upon to head” the land.—Cincinnati Ea- quirer (Lem.), 5 The main objeations to the incomo.tax ars that it {s nncqual in 1ts practical oporatlons, that it 1 inqulsitorial, that {t 1a a hateful cxpositionp! rivato aflalrs, and that it s a dlrect ‘and conetabt nducomont to frand and dishonesty,~Hurlford Courant (Lep. ). Tho talk of Haycs resigning boeauss Mo Linand Dennis assert that tho Etectors] voteo Florido ought to have buon givon to Tildes, 4 oor atufl, - Hayes holds bis ofice by virtae of i3 ec1sion of tho Electoral Cominlssion, and cannot ofticially tnke coynizance of anything that bax- wencd before the ducl?lnn ‘wan givon in hls ““"fl tho highest tribunal thay could have bean crest to deteemine tho issue botwoon the Presidentil candidates,—Cinclnnatl Commarelal (Ind). Mr. Hayos has, by many Republicans who differ with him on cortain polnta, been called **The Presldent withont a party," but no one wao witnossed the popular demonstrations of welcoma | 6t the Academy of Muslc and In front of the Con- tinental Hotel can regard him se & Presidont with- out a constltucacy, ‘I'ie leadars may differ if they t]un-n: the people ovidontly believo In the prosent (};lel Moglstrateof the untion. — Lhtludelphis Fres 'ep. ) . It was an inspiring apectnclo that was pro sented for the contemplation of tho paaple of In- diann, at Mozart Hall last night, whon Gov, Will fams stood up beforo & mixed asscmblage togire the word ** (o™ to a coubte af pedestriang en: in n walking match, ‘That he wax weak, Ignotan and baorish was admitted by all, and regretie. b‘y thosy who had any considoration fortho repats- \on of the Btats: but oven thoso who knew him best wera dispugad to belleve he had soma senés of I(llnru dignity of hia oflcu, —Indianupolls Jourasl ep. ). 4 Whethor MoLin's present tala bo trae ot falso matters littlo, Thcro waa plenty of frad on both sldes of the Florlda clection, sod no earthly intolligonca could elfminate it all trom the roturns so s to arrive ot the truo result. Tho wus to nccopt the duly suthunticated certificater the Stato uulhioritics. T'hls declvion o Ilnyos President for four yoars from March 4, il no amount of confessions from rascals who manlpalated election m |lnn’tl In the South czn disturb hlm,— Uleveland terald (Rep.). Tho Whitehall Times has o brand-new nightmare, futea aronnd® the cdge, It sy *An cffort {a being wnado to romonetize ‘Ol Tlundred,' How will {tsound when your clvr‘nmfl,fl‘ sayw, ‘Ploasc alng Old Ninoty-Twol' "' Yes Wiliscuuw funay, bat wiion the base-viol begias 10 thunder, und “the violin puts in its meludwr‘l squeak, and_ tho organ splols, and all the :Mnl striko up, tho sinvore will Jook at oty "““"‘“"&15 wurpriso dnd ehiavrin and say, Why, what foold wo wast 1’4 the very wama old tun“ aiter al Andthe mintstor will Jump up, as red1n the taco s a turkoy's wafllos, ur whatover- thoy sro calle: nud b will shout i wasi't we, eithorl Lol ways wus In favor of remonotization. [dida way NiuetyTwol"—New York Graphle (Ind.)» Thoro s nunecossary anxiuty in masy quarters &8 to what Sonator Conling, tho Isie Willlam E. Chaudter, Mr, Howe of Wisconsin Senator Dlnine, and other l(q:uhllmm. uha;\‘lfl': en troublod Rbout tho Prosident's cutrse, 1h15k of the Florida ** exploslos It i of very e cousoquenco what tavy think about it. The i threo have done what fiuy could {0 enconrago it sort of dinturbanco; and tha best that :mnhlvlE of tha fourth ls thas he has been (’ulct. ot :m friends have been for months howl mE Ag.-}u'b L Adwintatration. Tho truth is, that this ‘d'nm ding-doug " about the President's title waal o been silenced long ugo but For the winister t&’“l of dlsgruntied Jupublicane, who have no luisres in the’ Adninlatration excent na a floater fur own forunce,—loston ddcertiser (Rep.) Supposa now, meroly for tho sake cih: change, wo stop talking about Msyes and i wicked Hepublicans of Florids, and begin 0 e cuss Tilden and the rascally Demacrats of l,luu . lana and Oregon, Thcru 18 not the lm-llshi:l" ticle of trastworihy ovidence that Hayed e bargatutug ju Florids, but the evidencs 1 S0t - 1y positive that Tilden's moncy, taken lmml en's bank, was used to desiroy Ikn!lccw;‘ ot of Oregon, snd that 'ilden trled to boy U hile llcan Eloctors in Loulslsua, 1t mizht Pf:.mfl {ur the peolo of thu conniry ta tura thelr eYe4 70, HMeLin and bogin to meditite upon Uroals. € ln‘lhlnchunlned. oven if Hayes were Mn i 1 place tho Cl‘tfill:‘l nonl:!— .'Allmlcryuhlu Bullstin (Rep.)- Ivis to bo regrotted that tho prospectd of the pawsage of & reformed Taclft blll st thl ;»_:-a\"“: of Congress are 8o paor as they are, for ! e every reason to belleve that with n[fllfl“wu he foreign of thu United States VOO ‘lrnl incresse. The great fact in t?l’l‘:fl N with this tde which protectionists over! 0l e that thu United Blates cauuot largely mx“:w ot trady with forolgn nations without reclrets "y with thuse nations sud giving than the l‘l;" n market in return, Thoe Tang bill rvoorled ¥y, Waod had tor ono object the messurably luh oo country frow some of the obatacies which $0 the way of the cxpansiun of 18 forelsn L8EL "or it veoma that Conarcad 1s unwillg 1o kS B, the eubject. ' Thero s sootber object CSRCN0 slated b thio Tarlll bill, to which there can, 3, vulid opjection In auy Guarter, We Folof by [0 action whicl providus for the consulldatio teh- puying customa-districty, luvolving e [ ment of rome of theur, Tho codutry 14 put B0 0 heavy annual expenne for tao mainteay Terw Iustitutzonss wnd, wanses b G 'llar a Ll e t b2