Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1878, Page 2

z A form of property which legisiation shonld @uaranten to his hélrs and representatlves fn perpetuity, and that after the expiration of the term of copyright fixed by existing laws (n dit- forent countrics anybody may freely republish literary warks on conditlon of vaylug a percént- oge to'thc Lejra. FIRES. * 80UTH CHICAGO. : " Atabout 6 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broka out in the frama machine-works of Kent, Baldwin & Co., on Ninety-first strcet, just east of the boulevard, in the Town of Bouth Chteago. The bulldings were ereeted fn 1871, and consiat- cd of atwo-story maln building, 40280, an L, 80 x40, one story high, and used as s foundry, a onestory - framo - butlding, used as a blackemith-shop, and n large lumber shed. Tha proverty was totally de- etroyed. The works were originaliy used for the mannfacture of wool-working mnchlnurf, and In them were maila the machinery used in the Bt. Clalr Miil adjuluing, which was partinlly destroyed by fire soms two months ago. - After remaining {dla for somewnat over m year, they wete recently ut in operation by "A. G, sgner 0., manufacturers portable grist-miils. Thne loss will reach fully $20,000, falling upon Russell I, Ken! Bouth Chlcago; Joseph K. Baldwin and Eliza Kent, of Mlddieboro, O.; and upon the lessees, A. Q. Wagner &Co. The amount of insurance il'any, could not be ascertained, Tho origin uf the fire (s » mystery. Apparently it broke out under the stairway leading to the second lwré, whizh was occupled by tho foreman, C. W. Huse, twho the fo repair, Mr. and family cscaped by a ladder from the wiudows. The mllis will Dot probably b rcbuilt. The volun- teer fire company of the place did considerablo work with a Babeock engine, but all to no avail. Houth Chicago ls twelve miles from the city, and no engines could reach thero $a time to bo of any service. preinises CIIICAGO,. The alarm from Box 07 at 5:56 yeaterday morning was caused by a fire fn the three-story brick building No, 430 Stato street, owned sud occupled as a [urniture factory by C. G, Schiet- erstein. Damage to bullding, $50; to furnl- ture, $300. Iusurance unknown., Cause, an overneated fluc. AT COENOA, 1LL. 8pecial Dispatc to Tne Triduna. Cuexoa, 111, June 27,—The clegant farm resk- Zenco of W. B. Hewstt, near this place, waa de- stroyeil by fira this afternoon. Luu‘ $10,000. Insured in Hariford snd Underwriters’ of New York for enc-hall. AT COLUMBUS, O, Cozusnus, 0., June 27.—A five this aflernoon destroyed the main bullding of the County Iu- firmary, The building contalned 200 panper in- , all of whom cscaped, but will e abso- ‘deprived of sheltor. Loss about $5,000; ¥ covered by fnsurance. - " MATTHEWS. A Candld Esthinute of 1is Abilitles as s Follticlan, Apectal Dispatch ta The Tribuns. Crrverasy, O., June 25.—Now that so much 18 befoge safd about our Charlte Grosvenor, the 3peaker of tho Lower Dranch of tho Leglslae qure when the last Senatorfal electlon occurred, and who {s supposcd to know more about how Stanley Matthews became Senator than any one else in the world, it may not bo uulntercsting to recall an fnterview which I had with bim several months sgo,—in fact, not long after the elec- ton occurred. Gen. Grosvenor had kuown Matthows intimately for a long time, and, hav- ing como In contact with the latter in a profes- elonal way many times, bad formed a vory Ligh catimato ofghiis legal abilities. - - The auestion had arlsen why Orosvenor bad not found Gen. Gurfield or some other states- man, for fenator,—somebody who bas moro of the idea of polities and statecraft, Tho occa. slou of it was at the close of ousof the Bena- tor’s essay readings during the campalgn of lost Inll, when the peuple had shuftled nud appear- ed uncasy, and the other statesmen present had slepe,~and Stunley had noticed it not, bat had read on us though,moking a legal argumnent to o high court. The speech was alroady in type in tho Cinclunat! newspaper oflices, oud the proot carcfully read, andall the Senator bad fo do s to read on two hours and a half to the end, The extretmo poor judgment of the whole affaie a3 mentioned, and the guullon nsked why the :cu?wr Lind not vbserved the effect that it was aving, Uen. UOrosvenor. answored: * That le fust ke Matthews. ‘The spcech was ablo sud ex- haustive. It was 1o the point, snd sny one who tollowed 1 to tho close inust have been highly instructed and convinced of the poluts ureed. Matthews didn't noties Lt that nvur{body Was belng cdifled by what b said, Itull youhods A DALY IX POLITICH and fu tho affulrs of men, Ie never has studlod Jumau nature at all, but hay studied books wuch. He hus been a Juwver [n the trie scuse of tha term, mxl nnde a mistake when he went into polities at ail. I'should not be surprised ta see him imposed upon to almost any extent, Hu don't secem to understand how to deat with taen at all. 1 did not davor his election to the Benute, at first, but §t was urged that ha would not be brought muct: in contact with those who woull nuturally opose ou bim. **ILis wholy ambition las been and still 1s tn the direetion of his professlon, und, lustead of Lelng elected Eenatar, bo ought to have been uppninied oue of the Supreme Justicesor sumne- thing uf that sort, and so 1 arcued. But ho was mady Senator, and, If he fs not too promincat, he way got wloog: but 1 toll you ugaln, be s o baby 1n politics, sud whethér ho is ever any- thine else s n great question with me. 'Take hia cand(d, careful upinion ou an abstract ques- ton of law, and I would rather have it than thiat ot any othier mau tn the State of Okio.” THE WEATHER, Oveice ov Tum Cuiev BioNat Orricem, Wasmxeron, D, U,y June 28—1 &, m.—lndlca- tuns—For Tennesses and the Oblo Valley anid Lower Lake Region, stight changes in pressure und temperatury, soutlicast to soutbwest winds, rnrlly cloudy or cluar weather, and oceaslonal ocal Taing, followed by shghtly covler weather, For_ the Upoer Missisaipp! and Lower Mis- souri Valley sud Upper Lake Reelon, ll—uuunnr?' ur hlzher temperature, rising followed bydm - 0 1 barometer, partly cloudy weathor, werous local ralus, LUCAL ORSEUYATIONS, ) 3 wiles b e 1|3 ly;ls&m.!‘-\u‘ 1180 Maxlmaw, 773 miutius GHNEAL § ) 3 vul 7 o7l 7 Magueis FINANCIAL. New Outeans, Juus 27.—Oficlal notlca 1s Eivey that the July coupons up Loulsiaps cousols will Lo puld on and after July 1 bere, and sl the Uank of New York, LAk Cixoispatt, O, June-37.~Tne Pomeroy- fron Compauy, V. B. Hortou} President, oy Pomeroy. Q. Las wady meslznment. Liabllittua cs- tiniated nt §75,000; isscts, rolllog-iolll, gl es- tate, ulil scoun 1 New Youx, June 37.~Tho Chlcyo &"Rock Jsiand alread Company bas declared the usual quaiterly 3 per .cent dividend, psysblo Aug. L. Aoectul Diswos 2 = ynxnm»:‘: N l‘:.” .IE‘I:-" ‘el“!’-‘-Amw & 3 duslers 20 toya, cunfectiopery, books, bmuy zwda&:vu ‘.’l‘d“ su s nfis:l- ubillcs, | s aud uuser ut HEENRLRE, fie v, 1 OCEAN STEAWSHIP NEWS, -, Loxboy, June 27.—steamshios City of Limer- &, trum Philadelghls, sud Berliv, from Bakl- wipre, bave arrived out. Ngw You, June T.—Arrived, W, A, Bhol- U, trom Retterdaug, 1ioat0%, June zi.—Arrived, Massachusetts, ot Liverpool. «ws, June 27.—Arrived, Wyomlug, o XUl - POLITICAL. Some of the Rejacted Planks of the Illinois Republican Platfornt. They Would Iave Made It * Longer, nnd Possibly + - 8tronger. What Alexander ‘H. Stephens Said in His Augusta ' Speech. PLATFORM-MAKING,. SOMB OF TS TLANKS REJHCTED AT SPRING- FIELD. ' To the Editor of The Tridunss SpaiNariELD, 1L, Juns 27.—The great Con- vention has come and gone. It nominated an unexcentlonable ticket, and was regaled by sev- cral fostructive specches, dnd n great one from Emery A, Storrs, of your city, The platform a8 adopted has the virtus of brevity at least. It does vot afirm’ or deny much, deals very gingerly with the Democrats, and speaks mod- crately of tha Republicans, It has this merit, that it leaves every Republicau stumper per- fectly free to make his own platform and lay down his own versfon of Republican principles. There were many resotutions prepared by volunteers nod presented to the Platform Com- mittee for -adontion; but, as the' Committee were determined to have a platform only two minutes long, all of thoss offerings were “ttabled i the waste-bnskes,” as-Mrs. Capt. Jenks sald of tha first draft of her ** Shetnan letter”” To give your readers an {dea of somo of those “rejected addresses,” I subjoin tho following, fished out of the afurcsald waste- basket: The Repubilcan vnrt‘yndnr Illinols, lo Stats onvention assembled, orgo and reaflirm tha eclaration of the Cincinnatl Nallonal Convention t— 1. The Unitod States of Amorlca Is a natfon, not aleague. ¥ the ¢ombined workings of the na. tlonal and State Governments, under thelr ree rpective Conatitatlone, the rights of cvery citlzen shunld be sacured at home ond protected abroad, and the common welfaro prosuoted. 2, We agroe with onr luwa brethiren that the new Pemogratic dozma of home ruly, which seeks to shut out from participation fu the political affalrs of the Southern States all citizens who oppose the Dentocrtic party and sre not natives uf enld Mtatos, and in obedlenca to the spirit of which every man from the Nortdi of Republican sentimost intermedta *‘carpot.bageer,” Is hereby donounced s the worat pliase of dtate rights yet doveloped, und wo aemand for the people of Iilluols absolute freedom to xo whithersoever they way ploass ‘within tha limits of the nation with perfect enjoy-~ ment of thelr rights as _citizens, 10 utter their seir- timonts by epoech of pross upoa all subjects toncn- ing their Interests, and all mattors of ‘publie o) cera, 4, Wa extond the hand of followship and cordiaily greet sich citlzens of tho S8outh as adhere In good faith t the terma on which the issues of the War were acttied, Including tne cunstitutional amend- menta guaranicelug equal civil and politieal riznta, fres speech, u frev” pross, an untrammeled Latlot tonil eitjzons, Upon thewsa conditlons slone cun rectional sirife be alloye il - sactionsl linoe, which now nlicuato in a great measuro tho South froin the North, be obliterated, Auother of the refscted platforms presented tho following arralgnment of the Democrats for their shortcomings, falso pretenses, and mis- chicvous doings: 1. Tho record of the Demoeratio party, which has controlied the popular brench of Cungrass for sgveral years, domonateates that It has reached as . much power as 18 comoatibla with public safety or ceneral welfare. Claliny the sole rignt to fnitinte all fiscal measurcs, the Democratic House has orig- inated und pasved no bill that lizhtens the public burdens or cconomizes the taxpuyors’ They undertook to reform the taril, and mado such & bunglo that In rkane and dlsgust thay de- cauitated tnelr own bill. Aew moasurs of internal- rovenito fefonn thin Demoeratie Houso wanted to confor on 1ho State courts 1ho sutharity to puniuh ' and joiprlson Federal oflicers for caitectiug the fn- teroal revenue, g0 thst “‘mooushiners' aud *tergokod ™ distlilers could unrestrained throw thele contraband whisky on the market and cleat tho Governwent of its éxclse, and shey sought tho i thing with rexard 1o tobacco, havioyg ‘the same rovenue . rabbery In 1 viow, [ aud they cnl“d woch destructive schewes **dsenl reform ™! Professlog econopyy with forvid n‘flrnlnuum Bbeforn the-elections whan eccuroly in their seats thay induigod in the most reprohensible extravagancy, und wasted tho B{\:hlle money iy water. ‘They lufroduced 200,000, 000 of clafims to reimbarse flubely for loesed'suatained In their fran. tie eflurts to destroy the Uniou,~thisasa tirst {n- stallutent of such claims, —the whole, umounting to hillions, to be piiened for Fnymv:n: when they come 1010 tull poesesston of tho Gorerament. Ty strsugthianed their iaajonity in the Iloiss by ojociiog weversl Ntepublicin rowmbers who had Leen Jawfully elected, aud deating thelr partisans, who liad dap falrly defeatod, When compeliod to dismies ane Cunfederate Belgadier Doorisapor for mallensance they elocted anotber, and by u strict party voto ropudlated a vensrale woliter who hat e0n woundeil in. two wars fightiog for the Union, Alias putting tho gray abava the biug, aod Insulting every man wh fought for the Natonal Govern. ment. 2. The cfforts of the Democratic party In Con- gress to cripple and rondor lnoilcicnt the small regular army or Unlted States polico foreo, was not made, &8 brétended. in (Le Intoresi of oconomy, but to pauder to tho Cowmunlstic apd noisua elvmuntd, and todeprive tho Lisecutive of tho power to respund to the coustitational dumands of ihe Brato suthuritlos for asststance 1n quelling n- cendiary tumuit und uruamzed resletance 1o aw, and fortho further purpose of gutting rid of the resout tried and truv’ oflicers with & view to a uture reorgunization wmmhfl thy vacanoivs w be created may ue rellllad by otlcers who hotd thut thelr bizhet alleglance {4 to States in sccession and rovolt. . i% The appointment of the Potter-Dutler Com- mittee to revpen the Presldeutal (seus walch had boou constitutivaally settled by folnt action of tha Forty-fuurth Congress, can oniy. be res vatged a9 s revuluumnr‘ praceading wf- ter tha Mexican model, " In scarchi for testimony - to mmnirch Hepublican states ten, the Cummittes unintuntionslly exposcd 10 public view sumio of the corruvt uttemple of the * Democratic lcadera to tamper witn elec- tion “oMcers - and Vo - purchaso Klectoral ‘votes. Becomlng alarmed ot the anery popular condamnation of thele lawicus schume, o mujority wore frightencd inios dieavowal of 'thofr rious intention to revointionise the Guvernia and Sually tho brigads of **fraud-huntars ' dlcastrously routed by & charge of the Lors warntes led by the gallant Mes. Cape, Jenks, Amoug the numerons propositions and planks on the finaucial question which the Committee decllued to adupt was the following; Jresolvad, That to tbo llepubilcan party {s due the bugor of lusiotaloiug th public credli wat ninhed sgaluet 1he sssaulty of all parties aud tios, fi-has slways dononnced ropadiatiun in every diviuiee, It Lus regarded the piprted faith of the Guverument as binding upan il clilzonr, oud u rofusal Lo fullll 4 puslic obliution av s stain upon both public aud private honor; and it will persevera in this honest couree while the orgaulza- tlou axiets, s Llesulved, That the wisdom of the Guancial policy of the Ttepublican party s shown by 1ts reeults, 8 the trev 1s knuwn by §a fruite, It ha artcated the outtlow of the precious metals and thy incruass of fudubieducsa to forelgu_couutries; 1L las cuanged tho batauce of trude heavily in our faver, sug 14 rlnml{ couvertng this: country Lo dabior futo u credltor nation, By wilwring alcatfuetiy to i Vrinciply thut -'hnuui{ 18 tho veat policy,™ 1t hus so greatly improved the uativnal eredll cheapen the ratos of dlstount lu ail the States, an: 1u eugolo tue ‘Ureasury Dopastument Lo retund 6 per cant bunds into 4 per cent oblizations, theredy roe duciog tho banlen of the debt by vne-third, which 1s s doanclal briumph teal "the statesmen of fuw nutious Lave ever nccomplivncy fiesuived, ‘That we congrutulate our fellow.citf- Zeuw on the near approuch of the day when tho pas e mouoy of the country will be ul par aud {nters changesble witi colui'when gold-gamuluue will ceuse, and the uctive currency will ve reluforced sud vXpsnded by 200 militons of now dormant gold sud silver swuitlog resumblion] thorusfles tue mints wlil pour a porpetusl sirvaw of eight 1o ten millions & mouth Into the vulunie of vurreuey, dui- l.-.lmw- hulth{ sihinulant to trade sud produc- lon, cuusiug lwproving marsew, lucreased de- wmaud for labur ut better wagos, uud o sute relura Mrod tines and public prosperity, (dsulsed, ‘Lhat wu iy bollsve tne Government can weintuin specie-paywients with cass »without contracting greeubucks, aud.tual coin wijll fow favteriuty the 'ru--w fyr voluntary exchaugo or ugtes tban paper WA Lo presented for ladumfi- us, Grosuse twdovable (peper - wopky, waile procisaly us Yalusle as Culu, bv wora. puctiule sud cunvcutent in thy mt-ctllm;ol buslicss, - With FusERUON, FeyyRbacke Wi tecaived for dutlvs a YUk 7»: Jusaryed on the debt, snd wlli then by us full and pkc'lvcll lepul teudor s edld ur aul- vor, THEDagk of EAZIARY Lies walntalneil thecic- rummu withuot's mament's suspousiou lor more iau holf & contury, Bud OUE UuYeiRIESL G 4o thy 23w forevee + . R an® ‘Tleta wers uther teaolotions Qu_his_sama subject © too nugareus to wention,” but thoss BLOVY peprucuced will Kive yoyr readery gn ldea of the kind of timber’ ths Commitige: pgd, be- Lore It pud Whfech & (1E moved 10 refect . NOPTES - OF INTEREST TO IALINOIS POLITICIANS. ' 1o the Kepublican Btatk Convention Morrls, of Hardln Couoty, ex-mewber of the House, very pompously proposed ou tbe sccond ballot tu cbanze the ope vote of Hardia from Slade to LPow Wil tue object of starting a stampede, Tadlug w that, Le woved tu wake the noiciua. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JU 28, 1878 tlon of Blade unanimous, but the Chair would not racogaize him. Udchran, Chatrman of the Bhelby County Democratle Comtnittoe, says 8helby Connty will fustrucs for fohn R, Eden. This secores Eden's renomination in the Fifteenth Congres- sional District, Mayor Jane, of Bpringfleld, declines the Re publican nomination for the State Benate, virtually Ioaves Willlam E. Shutt his own sue- ceator, a8 be has no contestant lu his own (the Democratic) party, After s very bitter contest, the Republicans of Burcau County renominated Lorenza Dow Whiting for the Senate. \Whiting tias scrved (n the House, In the Canstitutionsl Convention, and two terms in tha Senate. A movement i3 on foot to harmontze the con- fMicting futerests in the Eighteenth District by running duhy L. Oberl{ for Congress. Jos! Allen and Albrighe will never support each inllicr. and thedlstrict ts 100 cluse for auy specu- lation. At Bpringlleld on Thursday Tur Triousm correspundent was put in posscssion of certuin facts which fndieato tuat n serlous break hus oecurresd fu the ranks of the Demucrney of the Tnirty-second Logislative Listrict, Provious to the meetiog of thelast Democratie State Con- vention, E. L. Merritt, of Sprinuficld, vistted that district and secured the indorsemant of all the lcading Democrats of himnself for Clerk of the Appeliate_Court. Pincknoy 1. Waiker, Julgo ot the Fourth Bupreme Court Discrict, desires fo e his own successor, His only op- fiunenl is Chauncey L. Higbee, of the Appellate ench. To get Higheo vut of the way, Walker supports him for United Statos Senator. It 1s uuthoritatively stated that tieorze Jones, of Plke, represcuted Watker s guarantocing Ficklin the womination and clection to the House it he (l-‘lcxlln{ srould uupgart Jones for Appellate Clerk aud Higbee for Benator. Fick lin, belng o personal friend and admirer of Waiker's, accapied the guarsntes and carriod Coles County away from Merritt to Jones, While this Intriguing was golng on the belter clement of the Democratie party fn the Thirty- socond District had concentrated on E. B, Buck, editor of the Charleston Courier, n very worthy Dumocrat and abls mav, and tondered bim iy Legisiative nomination. Bucksignifled his will- ingness to bo n candidate, and gave no more at- teotion to tho matter. Ficklin, however, desired to serve Walker, aud Jhn Craiq, & lawyer who studled with Old Fick, was put to work and duly packed the Coles County Convention in the interest of kligbee, Walker, and Fieklin, Bucle was butchered and Old Fick nominated, Buck was cheated out of the nomination tivo years ugo, aud uow his frieuds swear Old Fick shatl get ofl the tlcket, or clse they will beat kil at tho polls, ALEXANDER H. STEPIIENS, IS BURECR AT AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY BYENING—REBUKE TO ACCUSERS ATTEMPT- 1NG TO READ HIM OUT OF TR FARTY. Svecil to Cincinnati Commerciul, AvausTa, Ua., Juno 20.—At 5 o'clock this afterncon sn fmmonse crowd gathered tn front of the Centrnl Hotel, composed largely of young men, who camo to escors Mr. Btovhens totho City-lall, where he was to address the peovle. A fine band praceded the carriage, which was drawn by four white horses, driven Ly’ tha renowned whip, Evans Pepgle. A threatenlug cloud deterred large numbors from bolug present, but, when the escort and Mr. Htepliens arrived {n City-Hall Park, ot least 5000 peovle were present, smong whoin wero many Indles. * It waa tho largest political gath- etlng soan in this. sectlon since the War. The appearance of the voteran, as ho was mesisted to the platform, was the sigoal for loud and prolonged cheers. Order having beon restored, It was moved that Ma}. Joscoh Ganalil take the chair, aud Col. Louls Dugau act as Sacrotary. Prayor was offered by the Rov. Oen, Evans, and Mr. Ktaphens was {ntroduced by Maj, Ganahl. ‘Tho speaker commenced by saying that ho appeared before them to give an account ol his stetvardship, Iic told them on his arrival on Saturday ‘uight lost that at an carly day ho shourd defend himself against the nssnults made upon him Ly divers newspapers fn difler- ont parts of tho Stato, chargiug him with vio- lation ot those trusts und o forfciture of the contldence which had boen reposed in him, and demanding Lis_expulsion by the Domocracy of tho district, ‘Thess charges were grave. Ho wet them with the serlonancsa thor demandail, Iio bad nono of tha spirit of lex talionis agajoal thosa who brought these charges, bLut did-f ‘tend to defend himself agalusy the libelous acousations.” v -What wera tho charges, then? The first was, that ho ttad violated his trust 1o the matter of the Potter fuvestiration. What had he dona In that! 1o had only Insisted, in the beginning, that tho investization should not bo one-slded, Lut should be open for the allegation of fraud from all quartars; bus that It should boexpress- 1y deciared In » resolution nutborizing the ine Vestigation that tho object was not to assall the Presidential titla of Presdont Hayes, ‘I'his was tho height ot bis offenso with thuse nawspapers who catl for his expulsfon by the Detmocracy of his distrlet, Whotlicr e was right or wrong, an overwhelming majority of the Democracy of the House of Hepresuntatives Indorsed his viowa fully {n every particular (n less than thirty days ufterwards, 1t he was to be expelled, what was to become of cvery other .Demoeratic member of the Housc, pt fourteen? What wus to become bf hls colleagucs, Mr. Iartridge, Mr, Bmitt, Uen. Cook, Mr. Bedle, Mr. Hurriy, Mr. Candless, and Dr, Fenton, whoall vuted as he didi A wore completo vindication poman ever had than he (Mr, Btephens), ‘Tho other charyga was that Lo had Inaulted tho Demu«:rlu{ of tau distrlct by statlug that ho should ucither accent nor decline a nomivation &t tho tund of the Thompson Conventlon; but if that Conventlun sboud rale him vut of the varty becauss of bis recent course on the Potter resofution, Do should look upon themn as tricksters, and should spoeal from their decislon ta the truo Demouracy of the dis. trict, o could not see how this could bo offensive to ouy true Democrat. No ous could take any offenso excupt thot class of wirc-pullers whose ways arv durk and whosu tricks arc valu, No truo Democrat was lutended to bo {ncluded, und uo true Democrat cutld possibly take any otfeusy ot it. ilo sald slmu tifkstees could never rule him out of the offerqonian Democracy, This, he sald, never cvuld ba douo, aud ho weut on Lo u most alabor- ate and cloquont uxjmuwn ol whut voustitutes teal, true, geouins Jeffersontan Domocracy, In thls falth, bu sald, he wos boru and reared, and there was no power above or bolow that could ever sever bius from (8, Tn this falth hu shount dle, It was tha fnith of the futhurs—it embodicd tho priuciple uguu which oll our free fustitus tlous rested, 1t was those principles which su- cured perfect richits to all classed, without re- soeet to pyrsons or coudition of ife, Hc o trated thedo rumarks by varlons and amusin, ancedotes, for an hour auy thirty winutes, an concluded with universul applduse from the audlence. e goukie from hils rolllng chalr, and, though o little hoarse, every word was heard in tho re- wotest circles of tho audivnce. 118 hearers gn‘).umda 1t 1 bu one of the biggeat wpceclios o MISCELLANEOUS. PAXTON, ILL. Bpaclal Duspaich do Tha Tridune, Paxroy, ki, June 27,—The Naplonals met In Couuty Cauvcntion to-dsy with W falr sttond- ance. B, L. Day was nomtuated for Bberll? and Fred Tetander for Corouer, Tho duleation to the Represcntative Convuution was instructed for C, K, Frew, A yusolution fn favor of the lntnediato payment of tho Uovernment debt, priucipal and luterest, in grecubacke, was atopted. Ths Democrats slso held a County Couvention this sfternoun. The meeting nge Jourued without making nomluations, to wcet sgaiu at Uibson City fu September, SECOND 10WA DISTRICT. Davexrour, Ia., Juna 47.~At the Republican Convention fur the Bocond District, held lere to-day, the Houw, Hiram Prwe, the présent mem. ber, wus umnlmuusl{ nominated for re-election. Mz, Prics \huuked tho Conventlun iu a specch in which ho yave an secount of his stewwrdship, defendivg Lls votes for the Silver bill, the River und $ardor und Bruxlllan Subsidy bills. No platform ug, resolutious werp sdopted or re- .| ported. EIGNTR IOWA DISTRICT, Couxcyt Browws, In, ‘June 27.-The_Dema- erutic Couruntiua dor the Eigbth Towa District met In thls, clfy to-duy, aud vominated ¥, H. Keasly for Cypgrcas ou the second furmal hallct. COMB TO GRIEY, Nk Sr. Louis; 3o, June 27.—~The unotoriouy Flaller, tye r asitatorof the Bochaiistic Eabor pasty of "thly clti. bag becu venjoved froi hils pusition by the Agdtaslon Cowwmittcs on the alleged grouvd o1 Lis vpposition to the Elght- Hour law aud other measures docwed - to be ot great beuess to the worklugwmen, E TWO WIVES, Bpacial Disyated to Ths Tribune, : Qoincy, ;' Juno 27.—A man named J, C. Blovuw was arrested w this city this evenlng ou achurge of Ligamy. Blocum has a wifs and fawtly Elwira, N, Y., and recently wurrled Mry. Quealy, of Huoulal, the conpls eaming to Quiney tu apend their doueymuoou, Slocum s & rathiudd contractor THE RAILWAYS. Refusal of Judge Harlan to Ap* point a Receiver for the Wabash, Vanderbiit Secures Another Im= portant Feeder to His Groat System. The Detroit & Milwankes to Be Sold at Pablio Anotion, TIHE WADBASIH, -The case of David J. Tysen, Jr: vs. The Wa- bash Rallway Company et al.—an application for the appointment of 4 Recelver—iwvaa devdded by Mr, Justice larlan yesterday afternoon. In delivering tho opfolon orally, he sald the lines of ratlway now controlled by the Wabash Company were formerly owned by different corporations, which respectively exccuted mort- goges for large autounts at Qifferent times. In 1653 the Toledo & lllinols, ownlug 753¢ miles of railroad In Ohlo, executed a first nortgage for $000,000, In tho same year, the Lake Erie, Wne bash & 8t.2Louls Rultrodd, jowning 110} miles in Indiana, exccuted a first mortgago for 83,500,000, in 1863 the Hlinols & Southeru lowa Railroad, owning 201 miles in Illinols, exe- cuted a first mortgage for $800,G00. In 1863, the Great Western Rallway of 1539, ownlog 108 210 miles in Illfuols, executed a firgt miortgage of $2,600,000, In 1865, the Quincy & Toledo Rallway, owning 83 6-10 mites in Illlnots, exc- cuted s first mortgare for §500,000. Iu 1800, the Deentur & Fast 8t. Louls, owning 108 miles 1n fl{uols, exceuted a tirst mortgago for $2,700, 000 making on agaregate of first mortgiges on these ‘different roads of 80,400,000, Second mortragos were lssued na fullows: In 1858, Toledo & Wabash, owning 753 miles 1o Onto, $1,000,0005 the same year, the Wabash & West- crn Rullromdl, ownlng 163 miles In ladiana, #1,600,000; in 1303, the Great Westorn Rallway of lu’nfl. 53.500,0.)6; makine an aggregate of second mortgages of 85,000,000, In 1867, the ‘luledo, Wubasy & Western Rallway Com- pavy, 8 corporation formed by “consoli~ datfon, and ‘then owning all “the lines of rallway now operated by the Wabash Rull- way Company except the'St. Louis Division, oxocuted what was ll.yl?nl in the_record *’'Ihe cousolidatod mortgage.” In 1873 the consoli- datod Toledo, Wabnal & Weatern, then ownlog nud operating the eutire line now uwned and operatod by the Waobash Company, exe what is svoken ol as tho *gold mortg: In 1875¢he Metropolitan Bank and others, of Now York, filed o bill of complatat in the Court of Comton Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio, s 1ug a foreclosuro aud sule upon the ground of dafault {u the payment of interest, Bimilar sulta were brougiit Iu other State courts and a Recewver was appolnted and the llne operated by lim or uearly tvo years. InJune, 1570, tho pro erls covered by “the gnld-bond mortzage was sol under decree at public auction. Onc Eills and others becumy the pu at $2,500,000, ‘Tho sale aud purchuse wos subject to all the urtgages privr in tne, the continunnce of all prior inurtgage leoa being exprossly resoryed fn tho decrey, so that the salu was oxciuslvely fur the {nterest covered by tha wold-bond mortgage. “The purchaso by Ellls and otliers was mado in vursuancs of;an uuderstanding previously nad wnong those {nterested - fu tho property, sod ‘whoac righta were subordinate to thuse created. by tho Urst morteages, Had the foreclosure taken placo under the prior morizages, or any of thow, or it a forced sale had then been or- dered for cash, fo view of the condition of the cotntry at that time, aud In view eapecially of #hedopressed valua of rallroud property, it wasoutlrely cloar that the rizhts of all the Tartles would ‘havo bLeen kerfously fu- Jured It not rufuously sacrificed. flence tho ar- Tangement to sell under the old-mortpaze. Onu of the purposcs ol that arrangemnent was, il poseible, to suyo somuthing for tho stock- holders, Who as sgeneral rule {n rallroad fore- vlosurca loseall. “To thts end, the Purchasing Committes ORAANIZED A NEW COMPANY with acapital of 810,000,000,—the prescatWabash Ratlway Compuny, Thy stockliolders of the ol Cuxlumn{ were Invited to put up $1,000,000, with whileh Lo buy thu gntire atock ol the new Colhipany, reeeiviie niew, stuck st the rato of ten to one on thelr subseription, and the 10,000 shaves of new stock wero subserived for by the old stockhiolders, cxcopt 800 shares, which wera subscquently takou by tho Bundholders’ Cuxu&nluoc. fu accordanco with the plan pro- pused, v After the purchase the now Company, on the 13th of January, 1877, exocuted what was called tho Sueley mortgugs upon the road for 81,020,555 "to sceurs certafn fudebtedueds which tho new Company sereed to pay at the tuae, and, as u conudltion of ita purclinse, and also to ralse funds needed by thu new orzanization for tho operation uf the roads In January, 1877, unud after thoexeeution of the Sceley mortguae, the fundiug schemo wus proposed to tho stock- huldors, for tuo purposs, us the Cumsmuy de- clared, of restorluy tho property or placing it on o substuntial and nterest-puvivg busls, Thy maln featurs of this schemc wus to give to the holders of past-dug d uupald cnuPoul of prior morteages, and cou- pous maturiog us far aliead as November, 1878, crip certificates, to run until the maturlty ol the bouds from whlch Lhe coupuns were detachied, beartng 7 per ceut Jutergut, and puyablo nnnual- Iy, the coupuna to bo ‘returned to the boud- hotders whenever thers wan default i the pay- ment of interest; the certificate-bolders to bave the option to fund them Into bouds of 8500 aud §1,000, with coupous begring 7 por cent Inturest, E«ynulu semi-uunually, and maturiug in 1007, when the coasotidated vonds wmature, [uarder to proyide tor the extinguishi- ment of the funded bonds, the sum of 100,000 was to be expetided annually in thelr purchiase and cancellationt the first to be retired first, the sceond second, and the consolidnted last, On the 8uth of April, 1878, the funding scheme bud been expressly agrocd to by over 80 per cent of all ‘the bondbolders. Thoss who hud ludicated dissent, In_cxpress terus, were less than | per cent, The bondholders owmng only sbout $100,000 of : bunds, and who de- ciiied to anssent Lo the funding schomy, hud coused the present sult aud wotion, The ree tnainivg bundholders were sllent, 80 far as thy record showed. The suit was justituted by ‘Tyson, who holds sume of each cluss of Lbunds by comparatively recent purehuses inado in the New Yurk market, for tne purpose of baving the mortgage foreclosed und the road suld because of default fa the futerest. ‘Lhe matter cawe beforo the Court on un application tor the appointineut of a Hecelver peadlug pro- ceedings for toreclosure, After roterring to the character and extont of the discretion wilch the Court might exervise determiutng such an_applintion, sud reading {row Story, Hikh, and Jones, und thy cass of Bouter, in Second Wallace, 82, the Court said thera hod been A UEPAULT IN PAYING INTED! The present wmavsgenent, In exe funding scheme, bad been paying fntereat to thuse bondbolders who had “sssentud Lo the deliemu, but declined to pay intereat to ths com. plaiment and thuse fotned with i, who had re- fused to bocote purtiva to the funding scheme, ‘Fuey based theiractiv in this particular upon tho ldea thut It was thuir duty to dewl upou Eflml ples Of wquality with all this bondholdors, L wus clulied that the orescut munugers wore not spolying all the revenus urislug trom the operation of tho rond to the payment of inger- wst 1w the ovder ol priorlty of “mortgages, but were apphying o portlon’ 10 tue discharge of obligutivus created by tho Seeloy morigage, the fast upon the Izrupeuy.—umx. thls wos @ misapulicutivn of the ‘jucome, and that the manadgers Were not keoping tha agrecmont mdo ut the timo they tovk charge; thal they bud no right Lo require complunant to subut to s funding schenie which Lo dues not approys of. Ou the other hand, the vast malority of tho bondtolders under alf mnn;{ugus Iusisted that the funding schome was thu best for all concerned, und that, ueder that urraugemont, faltbfutly wud honestly carred ous, the righits of ull the partics would be béat secured. Tust t would be carried out i _good faith, the cvie deuce would mnot “pernit the Court to doubt, Without voing loto the rrasons arisiug out uff Ahe evidence sor the vonclusion he bad ersived #t, ‘he would suy that he could uot' doubt that the spuolntment of g Receiver gt thls timo would not ouly breuk up thig line of railway 1nto fts orlelual ” froguients, hut would overturn the fundiug scheme, thero Dy destruying a Jura per cent of thu income for theeress um?omy of thy boudbolders endftied torprefersuce. (4 would: ln uddition, Inevitatly work tho Huanclal rulo of 8) the {nterests fu- Yolved'in this -roliroad enterprise sabordivaty to the'fint-mortsuge bondholders, incliding the interests of even the complalpaut and thuss uuited with biw to the'sutt. ‘Those who would certaiuly suffer, and sutler first, would be the atockbulders of the old company, and who be- v stovkholders fn the new orgunization, Tue warulows of the road bud fucreased every year aince 1875, the net leome thal year vty Fu00,000, winle 1o 1577 §b was $1,354,000; uud; decording tu o computution bsed v the Grob four months, the carvngs thls yeur would Lo ever 2,000,000, Vuder such clreumstanees, sald the Court,aud g tho wIth o probabllity, recognized by sagaclons men, that the country wonld'soon pasa from the era of hard times tnito nu era of general prosperit, foratl, Including those who hold rallroad securl- ties, he could not, I deferency to the merely tochinfeal rshits of a very small minority of Dondhelders, lar handsupana rafiroad 600 miitea running through three Htates, thereby fmpenl, §f not destrov, tho rights of those who wern entitled to eqnal con- 8ideration with the complainant and his col- leagues. 1f the present management of the road wore gulity of fraud or sujsmansgement In controlling the property, ho should feol differ- ently, Whlle there wora diffcronces between some of tha bondholders as io some matters connected with the discharge of the Compnny's obligations, those diferences did not invoive the inteprity of the gentlcmen who were oper- ating the road. o was disposed to recomnize the absolute neceasity of large dlscration in the management of such vast propesty, and in the ‘distributlion of the income, aud he was unwilling, for the present at least, to ap- point & Recelver, Lut should Jeavo the narties to the ovdinary remedics for the enforeo- ment of thelr rights, The motlon for & Re- celver was denled, ANOTIIER [E— VANDERBILT cour D'ETAT, The Grand Trunk {ntereat got an injunction in the United Statos Court at Dotrolt some two weeks Ago restralulng Vanderbllt from taking posacssion of the Flint & Lansing Road, Ou hoaring, tho. fojunction was dissolved laat Monday., A supolomental bill was - fited ssking for another {njunction, - ‘hear- ing upon which’ was ,sect down for next Monday. Vanderblit then gave notleo to the Receiver of the Chicago & Lake Iluron that ho would fake possession Monday, fearing that in the meantlme an infunction might be got from some Btate Conrt. He quietly forestalled it by taking possession yesterday, Hlis attorney states that s object ls not to Interrupt trafMe, but to savo any legal question in . the . pending 1itigatiou by having full posecssion of the ruulfi The nctlon of Vanderbilt in taking possession of tha Chicago & Northeastern Ratiroad, the sectlon of the Chieazo & Lake Huron Rallroad between Filnt and Lansing, shows his_determi- nation to foree thw Urand Trunk to the woll by depriviug it of a Western outlet, thua reducing it to merely a local rond, For somo years past the Grand Trunk has Leen looking around for an independent outlet to Chleago and the West, fearing that thelr old capnection, the Michigan Ceutral, tight fall into hostlle hands, The Chivago & Lako Iluron Rallroad, which had been budit b Mr. W. L. Baveroft, of Port Huron, affurde them & vod opportunity to secure such outlot, The Chleago & Lako Iluron proper consista of two sectlons, one runniog from Port Huron to Flint, und the othor from Lausing to Val- varafso. The rond Letweon Flint and Lansly was bullt by the stockliolders of the Chicago & Loke Huron aftor this road had wone Into the hands of a Recciver, because it was thought o better price could be obtatned for the roud It it had o contiiuous rond from Port Hurou to Valparalso. This part of tho Port Huron Road ‘was ealled the Chicago & Northoastern, 80 us not Lo be cuwbarrassod by the former's lnsolvency, The Urand Trunk bought up o large amount of the stock of the bankrupt Port Nuron Road, but 1t nefocted tho Chileazo & Northeastern, thinking it could gee this portion for a song 1 it had ¢ e two old scetlune, ‘This plan would have coeded bad mot Mr. Dancroft secn hls opportunity, He drew Vauderbilt's atten- tlon to the eliort-sightedness of the Grand Truuk paoolo, and that geutleman, anxious to spoil the Grand Trunk's rame, bought up tho Chicago and Northeastern stock. s acqulsl- tlon of this road cuts the Port [lurup routo In twalu and prevents thoGrand Trunk from using it 1a a Weatern outlet, Vanderbilt has.nio par- teular use for this road, but by buying it he walned his object and spolied the schems of his Lated rival. "1t 1s eald that the Urand Truuk uy still got tho Detrolt, Hillsunle & Northeru Indiana Road and connect 1L withtho Balthuwora & Oblo, This road Is owned by Mr, J, F. Jo and othors, and these gentiemen are anxlous ta scll. . Lut they will sell to Vauderbilt Just ug soon if not svoner than to thy Grand Trunk, and Vanderbilt will undoubtedly succsed I wobbling up this line also. Thord rentalns but one ‘more chance for the Grand Trupk to got to .Cliago, mud that is by building ‘& Ting from Udtroft to Auburn o the Daltluore & Ollo, a distapeo of 1%) nlles. But to do this money fs uceded, and, 1t tue rumors are trite, Mr. Hickson hos been unne blo to seeurs thy tunds with which to build it {frum the English stocklolders, “"“'F to ropres sentations wude to them by Vanderufit when ho was in LEurope o shors thue ago. Thoy may you change thelf minds when they seo tho trug in- wardness of Vanderbitt's ganie, and forulsh the monoy with which to bulld the line_ond stcurc an i.l)duneudcnt outlet in spita of Vauderbilt's tactles, ? IMPORTANT CITANGES. 1t s belfeved that Mr. W, K. Mulr, General Munoger of tho Canada Southern Railroud, witl bo the successor of Mr. Dryuges ns Rallrond Commlssionor of Canada. Mr, Mulr has the reputation of befng'ns abloa ralirond man as there i {n this country, und his appolntment to that fmportant position will undoubtedly be bailed with dollght by .the people of Canada. Ar. Brydeus, 1t Is reported, will becone General Munazer of the Urand Truak, In place ot Mr. Joseph Hickson, who, 1t 18 aald, fs about %o re< slkn, Ar. Iticksou {s uow, or hus lately . been, Foglaod to ralis . moncy to exteud hls toad - westward to Chlcdgo, but from what can bo lcarned has - been unsuce cessful fn- bis cfforts, the stockholders retusing to Invest any more money in raliroads this alde the Atlnutte, Mr, Iicksou 1s shrowd cnough tonsco that his voud without an outlet to Chleago canuot mako o fAgbt sgainst Vander- bilt, und must necessarily coma 1o & disustrous end. ‘Therefore lw f4anxious to get out from under belors all the blamo {s pleced upou his shoulders, * ——— DETROIT & MILWAUKEE, Bpectal Diapatch to The Tribune, Dernorr, June 37.—The Detrolt & Milwau- kes cane was gottled in the Wayno Circult Court to-day. As niluotv-thres of the bondhatders bove signed an assent to the reorganization achema proposed by the " Ureat West- arn, the decrco was. settled . n accord. ance with that -scheme, und the road ordered suld at public suction ufter six months' ‘advertisoment. Tho proceeds of tho sale are to bo npullod, Arst, to "the lquidation of prior incumbrances omounting to sl,wu.(m, wmostly In Recelver's certilicatos, The balancs of ths purchuse money I8 to be distributed equally among thu boudholders under whoso furoclosuro suit the salo waa vrdered. ‘The sal Is 1) by wubjoct to the tirst-inorigage lien. ‘Fio docree runte the purchoser to turm in bunds. Tie road will bo adyertised and sold ut tho end of alx moutts, provided ne appenl 1s taken. 8ldnoy D, Millor, roorescnting some of the bondholders, ubém:u:\l 1o the decree, and mayanpeal to the Suprome Court 10 stok a modification., — WY GARRETT WENT TO RUROPE. Jubn W, Garrett, Prealdant of the Balttmary & Qblo Laliroud, 1 now fiu Europe. It fs salil that ho went thera for the same purposs as Mr, Vanderblit—to borrow woney. ‘Mr. Uarrott's rund bas not earncd wuch wouney lately, aud 1t is ould that additioual funds are necded to make both vuds weet. It is glvo likely that the Qulo & Misshisippl Rallroad will l:fi sold at fore- clusurs sul¢ yery svan. The Balthwore & Olilo Rullroad has hud virtua) coutrol of this line for sume years lml. uud a8 it cannot afford to let it puus out uf lts hunds now, it witl buve to buy it 0, ¥or this purpose Mr. Gurrott wiil alvo uged wmore wwoney than he has on hand just now, But besided ruising monoy Mr, Uarrott means tomake arrmugemeuts with some steamship lines to run regularly between Baltimoro and English scavorts. It is clolned -thut the Baltimors & Oulo 1s loslug mucn bustuess becauso 16 hias not the sause steamsbip tacuitios for forelgn trafiic 84 New York aud Pimludelphia. “With & regular and good steutuship Hue conngetian, the Balu- uigre & Uliby - cluims to be . able to double its preseac freight trale, | | . . . CUTTING. UNDER. .. 87, Lovts, June 7.—[Le Vandalla Rallroad Cowpany to-duv. nutitled the Obig & Mississippl. aud Indianavolls & Bt.Louls Roads shut they bad! reduced the tassonyor fare froi Lote to “New' York to §20,Washington sud Baltbnore §18, aud Philudeiphin 815, to weet tho cut which hag been practlecd soine thie past by - the “Wabash' Cowpany, The probabilitica pre this Iy the coimneucemént ol a lere thwnflwau_cngv rates. s r ;i s ) ' - TIBMS, i - The officials of the' Chicsgo & Northwestern, Culeazo, Milwaukes & 8t. Pun, aud West Wis-' consiu Rullroads Lield “thetr rexular wonthiy’ mucting at tbo Nurtowesters oftice 15 bhls clty Yesterday, to settle the account of the 8t. Paul ool for the past 1nontl. A Isaac A, Sinleh, Ueneral Eastern Agent of the Chlcazzo, Milwukgee & Et. Faul Raltroad at New York, wes In the ety yesterday, and durib: e Cay bad 3 cuaferene with Asultunt Ueue Manager J. C. Gault, General Freight-Agent Bwann, and Ueneral Agent Tim Chandlor in re- gard to the Enstern business vf the line, It wiil bo rememberod tnat some thne ago the Chieagn. Burlington & Quiney Rafiroad suceeedded In having the Chieago & lowa Rall- rond foreciosed, and at the foreclosure sale partles representiie the former road becamo the purchasers, Mr. Liuckley, tha former Presi- dent of the rond, was not satisfivd with the re- suit, and he nrpcnled to the United Ntates Circuil Court to hava tho sale set aside on account of certaln alleged frregulnrities, The Court lieard the arguraents of both sides somo wecks ago and reserved his decision., It fa understood that it will he given to-day, Tho general optulon s that the purchasers will be sustalned, and tha eale confirmed, CRIME. i ' A PINILADELPIIA TRAGEDY. Kpeelal Dispateh ta The Tvibnne, PiitavrnLeiia, June27.—OnWeitnesday night Geores W, Sdles, o wharf-builder and seafar- ing man, told his Little Loy Charles:'**.Your mother had better behaye herselt, or sho'll sud« ‘denly stop’ her pranks.” In the morn- Ing Btiles got up enrly and went to a burcau drawer,’ from which he took a seven-barreled pistol. IHa then drew [rom under a chest of drawers a sharp sheath-knife, sich o merchant’ sallors wear ttachod to thelr belts around tielr walsts. These two weapons hio pushed into the breastof his saflor's shirt and passed down stalrs. s wite was lying on a eofn, and he ‘spoke to her as bepassed out of tho door. It was then & o'clock, Ho came [n ogaln and passed up- stalrs, and nt 6:30 o’clock ho came down with quick step, and, holding the pistol ju his right hand, polnted ‘it fairly ot his wife's” heart. ond, shouting, *“Take that, damn you!" fired, The ball struck her In the breast, making a small hole, from which the blood came only mdrops. 8l fell forward, and then cratvled Into the court. Meanwhlle, tho husband, having thrown thé pistolon the floor, rushed - up-stairs, whera the little girl, Lillic May, was sleeping In hier crib. Ilis son Bamuel, aged 14, heard the report, and rushed into the house just us the father was partly up the stairs, Ho eried 1o him to stop, "bnt tho enraged man, who s descrited as being ot the time dn & demonlacal ~passion, warned: him away and sprang to the child, Grnnulmi her in his Ieft haud, even os sho called to him, hedrew the ehining blnde across her neck, partly sever. fnz the jugular velu. ‘Throwing the Uleeding babo upon the floor, ho nsed the kuile upon his own throat, but, as s usul in such cases, the bLlado was placed too high, wlere the veins seoorate, and thoe incision stopped when the subject feit thu pain his own Imlllrwu tnflicting. Throwlm‘il the knifc aslde, ho started to o down-stalrs, shricking the whils Murder!” and * itclp!” but, haif-way down, Iiis atrength fatled him, end ho fell. 'Clio mur- deres and would-be sulelde and bis victing were taken to the hosoital, wicere the child soon alter died, Tho imurderor's wounds wore dreas- cd, ond ft s the medical maun's oplnion that he fs In no danger oxecept such _ ne justica mmay “bring to J {m, Il will not dio fron th: wound ho has In he neelk now. The woman's condition fs, per- haps, more dangorous. Shessays: ** We liave had seven children, Four are burfed and one is dead dowu-stairs, Ob, wy darlivg, wmy dar- ling! How could he do itf Ot may Uod's curso fall'upon him for this deed ! RNASCALS CAUGUT. Suectul Dlaateh to Tha Tribune, PmrAperrms, Jane 37,—A 'mangiving the name of Edwnard Perkina, of Easton, Pa., was nrrested fu the counting-room of Drexel & Co., to-dsy, on suspicion of betn one of tha persons who robbed ex-Chief Constructor {saiah Ians- com of 845,000 In Washtugton, three weeks ago. Perkins had at dlfferent tines since the robbery sold Drexel 85000 of . 5-20s, 85,000 of tho same, and n supposed nccomplica $8,000 of tho same. Examination proved that the numbers of tho $10,000 worth of Governments divposod of corresponded with certain of the numbera on the Hanscom cireular, Yesterday mornfoz the man who hnd #old the last 88,000 worth of bouds wulked Into Droxel & Cu's house and offered fur sale ong &1,000 aud two 8500 bunds. The buad elerg noticed.the numbers und sout for o detactive of the Pinkurion ageney who arrested bim, — He Wwas to-day put under bail of $15,000 for ucaring to-morrow. His right name I8 eatd to by Jouhn Lettingifl, allas ~ “DBoston Pet,” one of the must expurt and oudaclous thieves and forgers in tho country. In 75, fa conncetion with Willlam * Dartlett, un old Sing Sing convict, he passed a forged clieck ot McPncllan & Co,, cattle-irovers, on the City Bank of this city, Bartlett passed oy the drover, and Pettingill, alias John Anderaon, Jlaid dawn the cheele, “They were anbsequently Ml caught fo New Yorlk, “raflroaded,’ aud scn- tonced on_July 18, 1875, to thrue years in the Lastern Ponituntiary. They served the full term, less tho commutation for good behavior, Tartlett, fust ut this same tlue, 13 undemoln[: trial In New York for robbing a Cashier of & will {u broad daylight. A BOLDIER CONVICTED , OF MUR- 2 DER, . I Anectal Dispaleh fa The Tridune, Nzw Youx, Juno 87.—Mlchacl Toblin, an en- Usted soldier of tho battallon of Unitea States Eunglucers, was conyicted of murder to<day in the United States Circult Court, Tobin's erling was the killing of bls comrade, Peter Albers, {n tha West Polnt barracks Feb. 14 last. Tobln claithod that Albers had Leon too Intimate with s wife, He had severat thnos threatened to Kill Albers, and finally shot hiin while he was dresstur, killlng bim” instantly. The jury was out hnl} an hour, returnioz with verdict of guilty, Tobin was unmoved by thesunounce- ment. [lo sald: * Woll, we've all got to go homo some day, anylhow." Sentence was post- poned. ‘Tha Jury sigued a recommendation to ineroy, and guve Tobin $40, as ha I8 without :;mr::v. His caso will b laid before the Prasi- len CORNUPT OF (1 Apecial Dispaich 10 The Tribune, Oxtana, Neb,, Juno 27.—Witliam A, Gavett, °] Revenue Agent of the Treasury Dopartusent, has been fu Omabia for @ fuw duys past, luvesti- gatlng tho Internal Ilevenuo Collector's oftice, acd has uncarthed nuincrous defaleations and crooked transactions on the part of tho Collect- or, flenry Nowman, and his deputies, Bartlott and Roverts, cxtending over soveral years, down tu May, 1873, Newmun and his duputies have coufessed, and Bartlote hus leit town, The al- fulr had createa conslderable scusution. These crooks wiit be Fut out of oflico, and may possi- by bo urrested, John G, Cutupton, ex-Postnsster of Colum- bus, Nub,, las been arrested on & charie of v bezzljnz three reglstered letters winlo ho was fn oflico durinz 1877, the nmounnt stolen belng $:203. 1lo was oxamined hero and teld for trial, JTIE TRAMDP WITO RIDES, Heciul Diwatch 1o Ths Tridune, BroomiNaton, ll., June 87.—Sherif Good- hieart and possc wero callod upon to-day to ro- moyn a party of thiriy-five “harvesters ' (rom & portl-bouud Cuntral train, who had taken possesslon at Clinton. Thoey lefs the traln qui- etly, uud wont to Nurmal, where thelr numl was doubled. They are leavivg by uorth-bound frelgbts In squads of fiftcen to twenty-five. They soem * peaceable ' and orderly, = —— A BURGLAR. Epscial Diwatch (e The Tridune, DaxviLLz, IlL, June £7.—Robert Weeks, s yory young but very cxvort burglar, was brouzbt hero today frowm Spriogfield, I, clarged with burglarising the hardware store of Abdii] .Yros,. Ju this city, on last Haturday nighit, whon e carried Off dver §100. worth of revalvers, besldes otlier provurty, Four of the revolyers haye beep zpund nwl ideut!ticd, young Weeks hzvluz,“tl_{{gu. dof them, | =’ ' COAL CREEK. : Boecla) Diapatch Lo"The Triduns ; Covrwatow, Jud June 27,—At 11:80 o'clock this morsing -MeWitliams® finlabea the closiug argument in the ru\é'nl Frhuk KelW, tharged with Kling ‘Tom’ Mitms, at Coal Cregk, and’ Ju‘n‘.vo&'lofin dedided’ 1o bold- L pmguér [78 [ awalt the setion of the Graud Jury' on ‘the’ i chargo of wurder fy thd Yosoud degres, without TICIALS. B & 4 ML i ' ANOTHER COUNTY TREABURER. 41 Bpectul Dicaatch 10.T8s Tribuna. A CoivcimxaryOu Junn 27.—~ftark County, one of the Dewocratic stronglolds in Ublo, s fn s #tate of ureut excliement vrer the disuppear. auve of Geurge Fisher, Connty Treasarer, with 00,00 of public funds. ‘The Treasury La closed yud iy ugessonslon of the County Cuiutatsalan- ers, Tatter nave llered 3 reward of 1,060 for the gpnrcicniin or Fisier, bat o traces of biw bua Lh. liyet Oitaed, It Hud Was dlwcotered bile wuruiug fourth heavy defalcation of Democtatle County Trensurers in Ohio within two years, the others Yeing Auelaiso County, $23,000,Clermont Coun- ty, 800, and Van Wert County, o large amount. ‘Tho dJdefauiting Treasurer of Van Wert County has just heen pusdoned out of the Penftontiary by Uov. Bishop, QUILTY OF MURDER, Nrw Yonk, June 37,~Michael Tobin, a Unlted Btates soldler, bas been found gullly of the marder of Peter Albers, at West Toint, a short timo nro. Tho jury recommond Exccutlvo clemency. [ TIE PARRICIDE, pectal Ditpatch 10 The Tyibune. Jaxesvinug, Wis., June 27.—The examination of Fred Ohm, Jr., for the murder of his father, ¢losed nt Monroe to-day. Youne Ohim was re- gz\nded to " jail without ball, to awalt trial July —————— SHARP TALK 3y ® Promtnont Demoacratie Politician of Loulslnun—The, Northern Demoerncy n , Bet of Seared Curs=Anotier Side to the Btory that 1en 111 Tolla. Lorrespondence Cincinnat! Gazelte, ! Nmw OnLeans, Juns 32,—1send yvou to<tay, ‘not exactly an Interviow, but what fa hetter than wiodt Interviéws, the real expresblons, without note or comment, of a well-posted and influentlal Democrats 1t runa thus: The miatlee 18° only & question of time anyhoy, Tha outcome Is none the less certain 1n the end, hY Nourthern Democrats—well, they nee n set of curs—liave got reared nt a xharow, and havo Junipe ed the track, ‘They stutted in with o reular yoip, sonothing ofter L stylo of & bloodud pack. 'Phey wero never going to et up untll they had run Hayes tnto 8 hole, of hud got him up & tree. Thosa Notthern Republican papers—thore's no de- nying the fact ibat ninetesn-twentleths of tiie newspaper enterpriao of tho cotntry - ls’ on the Itepublican mute—set up a liowl about rovoly- tion, and Mexicamziug tha country, and all that, ‘The Northorn Dewoceatle Congresinion rot acared, of courss. They gotafrald af thelr constituency, They conldn't face the mustc. They wers afratd A1 thoy did they would losu thiclr scats. ‘Tney xot weak n the knecs, Now, we manage thigs a foud deal better in tho South thannll that, you now. Wo manage the papere, to bogin widh, to anitourselven, 1f there's any Lowling to bo done, wo nro, sura to havo It on our side of tho house, - 'We mmko up our minds upon @ eertaln Tine of pollcy. Wo fizht it out, as old Grant sanl, upon that partioular fine, The peapls come up to 1t, of coursa; tharo's no otlior way fur ‘em, Vo are not buthierod, you see, with auy home opposition. We doa't stand any of that kind of “nomscnse, you know, Dt up North matters aro altogether dtferent. people there, counting out —tho commoun lerd, ns old 'Thad Stevons to call them,~-and’ just hore Is the worst foatoro of tha whole, the rabble as to Lo sctdown as tho maln dopond- ences—nre all great renders. ‘They are moatly led by tholr Hewspapers, and tha newspapere, ihoso tuat arg wurlh uniythiog, are on the fepiblican sido, Well, the newspapors hava ot g Democrats afraid of their shadows. 3! he In Congress were going o umn‘l_llnyu lively eaders cnotgh~ when they they, atarted 1n on Tast wers' golug “to have layes White louse In sixty doyw. Oar mon, uf conrvo, ot ‘em have ° inelr own way. Wo had the control of the cancus, ta bo miire, ani might bovo stopped the gnine: way should mef We Sontherners stopped tho Ribustering at the time of the Kloctoral count, you eay, true enougn, 80 we did, 11 Like abl uthord, ther other side, too—ivell, maybe, it that other Widy that 'ofd Ben Uut alter wilh that cock oye of ble just ab the resent tlme, You oro hardly propared o bellave that old flen fins = exactl Jolncd hands.with the Dewocrats, You knaw wofl ‘anouih thors tan be no_ co-operation as betworn hiui und ud [ellows ‘on the Svutharn sudo uf (o Houra, Deon,” undonbtedly, t# playmg 16 donbld, as it nover ocenrred 16 you that maybu Hutler was playing the cards for Ufant? You read romathingof he late .rovelations of Grant, of course; that littie bitof histury, unwritten bofore, in which he undortakes to douolish—nnd 1t st o admitiud that ho daes 1t urull‘efleflllfll)(y-lhu ory of oid Dick Taylor. Well, didn‘t yon notice his ducldodl,u:nmunm:nun allnsions o Hutler? You remeniber how ho used to spesk of old ISou nslisving Leen ** bottlad wp™t Do you notico the difference as between then and now? Now ho spenks of not huving vropurty knuwy his corps commander, 1le did not upproctate old ien, In other words, for what hu was worth, drant i now satisled that Butler shonid have had o larger commnnd. He conceded that had he dono tho proper thine by Butler, In tho way of rufnforcunents, that Lutler, instead of belng ** bottled up,* \ould probabiy have forged his way into Richuiond, Orant, yoil w00, nakes the amonde honoraola. | Grant, in oth- or words, pate 0ld codk-vye on tho back, and tells hiw to walbin, Well, Bitier te saltlug 1n, o Ia Butler. 1o Is playinis in with tho Northern Dow- gfmt- to rob them of thelr game, 1le will probi. started, when this the, ont rl:l ltz something of P in squinting y aucceod In tnrning thelr caso gonoratly luside out. Tllng won't hava auy caso atull, In fact, vy ihe time that Butlaor is through with it. The peo- ple wiil be made to sod something in the wa{l of o vonsplrucy, as between Jim Auderson and Miv, Jenks, 'Thcy conspitod together, of course, for the blackmalllng of Sherman and Mutthews, Andurson tried to play it sharp, and sell out to the arch consplsators of ail In the inte of Tilden, withont dividing the loot, ~ Mra, Junks, sorcnend- adof couruc, capaized ail. ~Potter & Co. wiil ap- pear in the ridiculona gkt of having been taken iy snd doue for zenarall Tiutlor haa ot & guod deal of a oase, 100, Jual there, 1f ho can work it up for al}ftis worth, ~ 3 ¢ Tatter & with all of thelr importance, wero undoubtedly sold. They wore takon in and done for by two of the deepust sud kecnest of all of the Bouthern t:rg! re. Whon one says , Lo, Lo sy abont all thera 13 to be aald of onc's apjires clation of kecancss and ceaft, 'Thory's no nsa talks iu?' theee carpef gters can beat tho Devil. ‘Fhioro was Dennls, tnat did up tho busincrs for Potter & Co, in Fiorlds, Ie led 'em in by doagreca to oxpoct & bousnza, Whon bu Fot ‘om on the.track, in full yelp, bo quiotly »iid out. The only mino of {uformation they bronght tp with was McLip, and McLin didn't pau out worth a cent, There » Jewtt, lao, hore fu Loulsisos. Well, it old"Masrachusetth over tursiod out u sharpor ono: stk would ve warth no lttle to'weo him. We thougiic our inan Burke—and d—n tho lot, they do say hu's 8 carpot-Useger himselt—was * abarp unil we mistched 1 with Jawelt, Burko wus Just no- whero from the miarl. Jewott could give him ninuty poluts, and discount his game, Yon remember that little suwing-machine jabs who but tho dovil or a carpot-bagyer like Jewot would over have thougat of it? wee the paint untll he ra nctually beat out of not K many regiosteted names having been stricken from the lisf ‘uttor & Cu. undertook a nica little jub of It, sure cnouzh, when undortook 1o draw Jewott fnta thulr pet, It laugliable now to thinkof 1t. Paiton, Potter, sud—niay the devil tuke the hindmost—Jerpy Liack, sackiug 10 oxtracy re- rorm from the quintcasenioe of carpat-bag ra. formers, D, J. M, A, Jewel Loutatun; tlemen of such emincat niling as were not ta be deccived; oh no, tho 1) sbeurd. Jewait took "wut b, noaa opened up tholr cavo Lo Bim, of coursd, Why noiy Whun lie was 10 work the Lovlsiana end of ity They gol, as uo wod, & lot uf luosy, dlsjulated wonse oranda, ao signuture, no dute, They sounded the bugles; they let slip tha hounda on the track, ‘Fhey have caaghe Jim Anderson— Larrali—rs. Jenks. Butler may work this much ot the caso—and a devilishy 1"00 one It lu~for all it Is worth, Totter Wi lll be 1 urke naver conld uLE ub apuinet ft—wis than 5,000 votew, thut o tho boy; they will wish {acy 1u a different strsam, Uowever, You know, of course, s thing o situation. You waut somethilug of the Joint High Commis- Well, there's 1o svrious objoction, 14 ls slon. {he only atock {n trade just uow of the Counnitive, Dut let us have anothar sitling, The public will tako fu the facts all tne bellcr, as oue takea in his physic—in reasunable do {ENo, T arARCE KINGSFORDS Oswego Starch Is the original of Corn Starches, and it has held for 40 years the highest place in the estimation of housowives throughout- the world, - With economists it is the prime fa- vorite, as it will hold full ons- third- more ' water, and yet maintait’, & standard consis- tenoy. . For the laundry its cheapness, nltra %urity, sweet~ ness and-lustre have begomo proverhial, while as o table edibla it stands the peerless American preparation, uni- versally renowned, L €. CHARIY C:2'L AZ1 W5 Diaxe-st Xew Yok Yus, that's