Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1878, Page 5

THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE 'f’IIURSDAY. JULY 18, 1878 5 ;mnv other Agenrfea have heen subjected to the same examimation aml tests asin the cass $t'the Agency o thoroughly exposed, and fn Jue time the results at the ather Azencics will aven to the country, Bomo of the new saeasures ndopted to detoct theso frauds wero £ ted by the Investigotion which the De- partment. prosecuted a year ago @ith & ylew to axcertaining the modes of fraud which had so Lotz heen anciessfully concealed by CONTRACTONS AND DISHONERT AGENTS, iz Investigation had also for one of its matn jaiepuses an attempt which was largelv success- ful to uncover varleus hidden ramitications of Lo Indian Ring in all of ita different branches, swl the Information thus obtained has proved of wreat valug In the examinations now in prugTest. A SHARP EYE UFON TilR THIRVES, Tathe IWestern Associated Press. Wasimixaton, D. O, July 17.—~Sccretary Felitirz to-day, on belag asked his opinion as to {lie result of the consultation between the Com- on recenlly sent out to Dakots, sccome yed by Comnmissioner Ifayt, and tho Bloux, ald Air. ITayL's mission has not failed, as hae been pecerted, and ol the objects mentioned In the Jetter of fnetructions have been complied with, 7 ouht to add that the removal of the Bloux Tudians wonld have taken place long ago hnd 1ot Congress 50 long delayed appropristions for that purpose. ‘o Department asked for theso auproprintione at tho October seesfon, and then anring the rezular scssion scveral times by fet- ters aildressed to the Speaker of the FHouse, but WITHOUT REMULT. All promiscs made to those Indians have heen crl are belng complied with, and tho Bloux Chlefs have repeatedly expreased satiafuction with tho manner i which supplics are detivered to lln‘l‘l,mul nh;:[wllh the quality and quan- these supplles. ml‘z:crmmp-!hl; not the discovery of the swin. dling operatlons carried on at the Crow Creek Azepey by Dr. Liviugston been a surprise to e —Xat at all. | kiew al) tho dotaile of it fuveral weeks ago. ‘Tho factis that I had the case trausmitted to the Department of Justico gone _weeks ago for tho prosecution of the offenders, and it i8 now n the honds ot the District Attorney of Dakota. I mnotlce that some nowspupera Sueak of Gen. Ianinond aa If he were an officer of the arny, and as il theso discoveries and dis- tontires hod heen made against the Indian Bu- yeau. Geu, Hammaond Is wn officer of the Indi. nn Buresu, apoointed last year by tho Presl- dent ot my request. As Superintendent of the Dakuta 8uperintendency ho GOT WIND OF TIB TRANSACTIONS, and roported thom. Hecame to Washington, and the whole campaign for tho dlscovery of thiese things was planned fn my office by Qen. Hammond, Commlissloner fayt, and myaetf, It fs therclore the Indlan Bervice, under ite pres- eut manacemnent, that makes these dlscover- fg, anl great credit s due to Inspector Ham- motil's sazacity, courage, and encrey. 1 notice also "that whenever by offorts of the Departmeut these crimes are discovered, that fustead of glving credit to tnose who mako the Wscoverles, erles are made about the Inefliciency of the tanngoment of the Tudlan Service,whi these very discoverioa, exposures, and pros tions Are proofs of its efliciency. Such abuses Jave crown up {n the courso of years. Many of tuen have been discovered and laid bare by the present Adinistration, and no offender has been svared, The Crow Creek affair s not the only vne, We bave quito a sumber of persons con- nevted with the Indian Servico, as agents and contraclors, USDER INDICTMENT in several parta of the country. We bave not civlged all of our opecrations, Leeause it Is noeeseary Lo sarry them on qulctly until they are ripe Tor ducislye action, ‘Thera are other similar investigations now guing on with vromise of like results, All those affected by any fear of these operations are exceedingly aaxlous to et this business out of the haunds of those who now mauago Indian affalrs, and are un tho track of the ovil-doers, ‘Ihe polley towards the Indlans which hu- manity dictates, aud which {8 now followed, tu gatlier them upon reservations aud try to malie thetn sel-supporling s much os possible by agriculture, nuuk-raums. and _similar pursuits, It Is a policy casily defined but very diflieult to carry out, I think we are makinz fatr progress, but it will require time to make it zenerully succesaful, nml(ll con be made gen- erally successtul only If not the Governmont Lue ‘tho white citizens treat the Indians fairly. ‘The grentest difllculty 1s that when the Indlans wet oncu falrly started toward sell-supvort, the Whites wunt thelr laod and crowd them out. We can casily moko the Indian Service . “MONR ECONOMICAL, oa, upon this year's purchases st the annual Jettings, we have alresily made o saving of $240,- (00 a8 aeainst last 1eur. the goods end suppliss Leing just ms good If not Letter than last “year, and a strong sud perscvering effort can, s think, make and keep tha IndianService honest. ‘The continual conflicts betweon tho interests of the Indians and the greed of the white peo- e l\l!rfllllldimfi end crowding hetween them presonts a problem difficuit of solution, and no mere change {n the organization and control of the Indiun Bervico can dispose of it, HOSTILES, TR ARNT, Bpecial Dispaich to The Tridune. Wasnmisroy, D. C., July 17.—Oplnlons at the War Department with regard to the Indlan war_have ogafn faced about, The troubles in 1hie Northwest are now spoken of as * wearlng aserfous asvect.” The fuct that War Deprt- ment oplofons arc gencrally about ona day Le- lind those cxpressed Iv the nowspapers leads 1o o suspiclon that the former are now origiual, Bherman is now hasten- fne forward to the West all troups uvaflable for tho purpose. Garrlsons on the eeaboard have been withdrawn, and heavy ar- tilery regiments have been armed and driiled os infantry, aud are ¢n route to the seat of war, An oflicial lst of the statious of troops shows that to-lay thero Is anly one rezimont east of the Misstestppi,—the Eightecnth Infuntry. [tis nended to order that West also. Olllclal ro- Ports slhiow heavy artillery detachments armed With tnuskets to be verformiog eflective service. OREGON. LATEST PROM TIB 8BAT OF WAR. HAx Fraxciaco, July 17.—A Portland s~ watch says 1,200 stands of arms huve arrived there on the steamshlp Oregon, and are subject Lo the urder of Uav, Chadwick, The 1ine is down beyoud Celilo, No news has Leen recetved from Umsatiila for the past twenty h.uuu. News (8 fust received horo trom Oak Grove, Wasco County, relative to the reported gxl-unn outbreak there, aliowing the slarm was se. Ths Warm Bpring Indlans continuo frfendly. BaN Francisco, July 17.—~A Baker City, Oregon, uispatch says courders just in to la Grande from Meachom's and Vendleton say “hiel Homely with his band o Indians fought he hosties on the 15th fost., killing Chlef funn, aud has hissealp aud hea, Tuo Iudians were near Emigrant Bpringe, tbout four mlles north of Meachum's, wheu Hluinely's band attacked them. The hostlles sre divided, one party golng to the head of :Llluky Creek, tho otber toward Qrand-Ronde . Rver, Capt. Kelly, with scouts from Dolse, bas Leen out o month or more, Ho passed Ls Grande to-ulght, golog to Col. Banford's Gamp ©n North Powder River. Wheaton, with bis command, 13 at Bunnaham Bridgee, fu the Blue Mouutatus, to-day, scoutlng the country fu thut direction. _Ucu. Howard Is expected i the Grande-Ronde Valiey fu two days, at which pluc bio witl estabe dish tempurary headquarters. ALABKA,. % FLAYED ALIVE. i Bax Fraxcisco, July 17.—Sitka advices, via Victorla, report @ fight emong Indians, with (uur kilied, ‘Tho Indians are favorably disposed ;l'l'vv:rd the' whites, An old squaw was flayed b ¥ Wil ".nugm by the Indiaus for practiciug MISCELLANEOUS, * UTES AND APACHES. Wistinaton, D. C., July 47.—~The band of ¢ and Apache Indfans having manifested an Unwilliugness 1o be removed’to the new res r¥etion, licn, Bherman has lustructed the srioy $ihickrs (o render thy Tuspector alt the saststasco l:e"f:‘;{ require to carry out the provisions of W, AGENT HUGMES' CASE. evasursaros, D. C., July IT.—A telegram tha Cul. Carliny, dated Stunding Rock, explaius Weate of ludlau-Aveut Hughes us tollows: dkm Hugbes, baving broken several chich el thew Lo be curotled under other chicls which they refused to do. Ho stopped thelr supplics. uffering from hunaer, they visited the Agency, aclzed the Agent, and_ earrled Wm o point near the river bank. I rescucd the Agent and arrested the Indiana, who are all un- dcr guard. 18 Agens Hughes ho not removed at onice I will not be responsibie for the conse- quence, Al the prineipal and head men partici- vated In the affair. Thelr object waa to put the Agout over the river and off tho rescryatlon, Bot to hurt him, nor did they hurt kim." —— THE RAILROADS. NARROW-GAUGFE. Fpecial Dispateh to The Tribune, CinoINNATS, O., July 17.—~Tho Narrow-Gaugo Ratlrond Conventfon began its scasfons at the TLook Houso In this city to-day. While every- body down In the city belaw was swoltering with the heat and almost Zasping for hreaty, the Cuuvention proceeded comfortably and Jefsurely to work. Tho attendance was not as large ns was cxpected, owing to tho exceasive lieat prevailing over the country, Thero arg probably 200 delegates now present and few mors are expected. Tho object of the Convention, stated by Col. Hulbert, Chairman, fs to prac. tleally compare thie cost of the two syatems, standard and narrow gauge, the power and speed nf locomotives, the capacity, comfort, and enfety of passenger rolling-stuck, tho capacity of freleht rolling-stock, the yuestion of deed woight, the operaling expenses of the iwo pauges, how far mnArrUW-Taugo savings on first cost, interest-account, dead weight, wear and tear, rcoairs, materisls of repairs, and taxes, affect nassenger and froight rates, and to practically demonstrate Lo the full satiafaction of capital that narrow-gauge roads in favorablo localitios, sconomically constructed and oucrated, aro good and safe ‘fnvestmenta, ‘The Conyantiun was addressed to-day by Joslah Kirby, of the Citeinnatl Hoard of Tranaporta- tion, Ma). Ben Butterworth, John Lee, nnd others. Mr. Leo predicted that within ten years there would be over 20,000 miles of rarrow- fauge rund in opcration in the United States. Ma). Tutterworths soid: “Tho narrow-gauge system 18 wolving the problem of cheap trans- portation, and catablishing & just proportion between the cost of rmdllclnlu the producer atd cansumer. It fa furnishing fucreased em- rluvmcnu to thoss who have been displaced by abor-saving machinery, and by cheap, eapid transportation, clicap and comfortable homes in the country tu - city mechnnics.” Ha saw no necossary conflict “hetween the two rauges of ralironds. Tho ono s as the ereat arteries In the human body, and the other as the veins, A permanent organtastion was effected bl, clecting the followlny oflicers: Pres- fdent, Col. Ycoman; Vice-lU'rosidants, Mes L. M, Davton, Adoloh Wood, E. V. Charry, Jonah Kirby, L. C. Hopkins, 8. Woodford, W. ‘A. Drenan Secrotaey John Byrue. The remainder of tho busi and discussions was onimportant. The Conventlon will get fairly tu work to-day. ITEMS, The break in the trucl of {he INiinols Centrat Rallroad near Council Hill bas been repalred, and the traln for Dubuque that left here Jast evenlng went throuzh aa uanal, The Haunlbal & 8t. Joscoh Rallroad Company has comploted arrangements for the runuing of 8 throuirh sloeplng coach from Atehison to Bul- falo, a distance of 1,010 miles, Tlenry Pratt, Goneral Ticket and Passcngor Agent of the Wisconsin Central Rallroad has resigned to aecept a position on one of Vadler. bilt's ronds. Tt has not transpired srhat *Mr. Pratt’s now position will bo. Mr. Prait Is avery able passenger man, and enjoys the confidence of Vanderbllt to & high dogree, laving been In his emiploy heretofora, An amended compiaint fn the suit for the :F polatment of a Receiver of the Wabash R road, anu sale of the property under a decros of foreclosure, which was recently transterred from the Fountain County Court to the United Htates Court, was fllod u fow nys ago by I, A, Huff, eolicitor for the dissatlsficd bondtiolders. 1t contains no new [ but cuters more mlh:u:cly into detalls than the original com- plsint. ‘Cha possenger rates from Bouthwestern oluts ore still belug cut, and the teunk-line "restdents have been uppealed to to exert thelr fofluence to bring the wartoanend. AL Bt Louls and Indianupolls o short tino ago a com= oilesion of €4 on each ticket to New York was P-m' but lately the warring Passonger Agonts ave either become more sensibie or have re- ceived hints from higher authorities, for only #3 on each ticket to Eastern scaboands s b pald, ‘The raliroads leading East from this city are rigidiy maintaining tho rates, and no com- misslons are patd. Mr. F. E, Morse, Western_General Pagtengrer Agent of the Laks Shore & Michigan BSouth- ern Railrond, and Mr, J. R. Wood, Assistant General Ticket and Passouger _Ageot of the Michigan Central Rullroad, returned from Do- trolt yesterday, where they have boon consolls dating the local ticket oifices of the Michigan Central, Lako 8hore & Michigan Bouthern, and Canuda Boutliern Railroads. The local oftices of the two former roads wera discontluued, and their tickets transferred to the oflice of flie Canada Bouthern, on Juferson strect. A nuw ofliee for the three lincs hias heen rented in the new rd of Trudo bullding, whick will be oce cupled as 800 08 complete FIRES. CIICAGO. A atih alarm to Engino Company No, Bat 5:00 lust cveniug was caused by a (e at No. 250 West Chicazo avenue, cused by boya play- ing with matches. Damago nomiual. ‘Tha atarm from Bux 83 in the afternoon was causcd by & chimncy fira st No. 4078 Michigan avenue. A still ajarm to Engino Company No. 17 at 4 o'clock yestorday afternoun was caused by a fir on the roof of a two-story house, No, 3 Car- roll avenue, ownod and occupied os a saloou and grocery by John McMeunun, Damago, 820. Cauuc, sparks from a passing firo-cncine, 3 niarm from Box 415, at 8:20 vesterday afteruoon, was caueed by a firs in the Ewo-atory trame bulldity No. 835 Wear Iudlana street, vwned by A, G. Woodrldge as w residence. Datuge to clothing, about 810, Ca children playlog with matches, WY of tre, AT KITTANING, PA, Prrranvkg, Pa., July 17.—~A special dispatch from Kittaniug, Pa., says: ** About 1:30 o’clock tbls morning u fire broke out, aud, owlug to the delay In applylug water, t galuod great head- way, ‘Tiv fuliowlng are the losses aud Insur- auce s far as kuown: J, E. Brown, dwelling; bullding, 80,000; Insurance, $3,000; contents pavcl. James Me- Collough, bardware; bullding, $8,000; stock, 000, £, R. McConnell, hardware; ulidlg, $1.500; Misurance, 81,600; stock, 3,000 insurance. §5,000. Anderson & Maruhall, tin’ ners, $3,000. McCounell & Camplell, ' dry woods; ding, $7,000; fnsurauce, $3,800; stock, 820,0003 fnsurunee, $10.000. J. A, Gault & Co., ary eoods; building, $18,0005 (nsnrun ¢, $3,000; sfock, 825,000; {nsured, (inuit & L‘llfi- woll, buildtug, $3,000; fusurauce, $4,000. AT YPSILANTI, MICH, Special Diruateh 1o The Tridune. ANN Anvon, Mich,, July 17,—~The house of Bolomon Pone, at Yypsilantl, burued this morn- fug, Loss, §1,500; fusured fur $1,800, AT CEDAR RAPIDS, 1A, Special Diawalch 16 The Trivune, Cxpsr Ravins, Ia, July 17.~Tue residence of Jolin Kuds was entirely destroyed by fire to-day, Loss svout $750; (nsured In the Faruicre', of Cedar Rapids, for $300. Aol i ik PEDESTRIANISM, Spoctal Dispasch (0 The Tribune, Burraro, N. Y., July 17.—It is uow generslly coticeded $hat unless sumie unforesven accldens shiould hsppen to biw, John Ennls will beat Guyou fn the six days’ walk at the skating-riuk, Ho bas thus far shown & specd and endurance which have becn as much s surprise to his Irienda as to thuso who bave decried biv cspa- bilitles, When he rotired from the track for & couple of hoars® rest a3 1 o'cluck to-night, bo was twenty-ive wiles abead of Guyos. The report that tne lutter's legs were (0 s bad condition ls now recarded 83 @ Blwe of deception, Thbis view is corroburated y 40 fack that bo walked bis 200th wile in & trifl over nlue minutcs, this Leloyg by fustest wily of the match so far. e louks fresh aud unwearfed, snd bis_backers lrud!l:ll,luxulna that bio will recover his lost ground. At 11 to- blgh Enuls had wu!fid 243 wiles sud Guyon 217, O'Leary, ot ts -expected to be Lero before l{w Sg’m RO SUICIDE. Cixcisnaty, July 17.—A. Q. Cantly, Clerk of the Comuwlttce vn Commerce Iu the preseat Cougress, commltted sulcldg by shootivg, to- duy, ut Avoudale. F A. Brutal Wife-Murder Com- mitted in Philadelphia. The Capers and Crimes of a Mono- maniac at Rhea Springs, Tenn. Adaitlonal Evidence of the Wis- consin Ogress at Beloft. A Oinojunati Female Bhoots Twice at a Man Without Hitting Him, MRS, MACK. Boeeial Dienated to Tis Tribune. JanzsviLie, Wis., July 17.—When Mrs. Mack was told lust afght that her parsmour, Dickin- som, bad confessed to the marder of her hus- band, she Lecame greatly enraged, and sald 1 shie had him near she would Xhl him, Blie still malulains her Innocence, bowever, To-day the promises wers scarched for further evidence concernlng the murder, Bome shirta have been found which belotiged prabubly to the murdered man, or else to Dickinson. It Is supposed that the murder was conimiiticd in the houss, and that tho body was entirely stripped and re- dressed sgoin, and then taken to the barn. O course, it was desirable to find any traces of thie use of Jaudanum, but no bottle was found, or other Indication thatInudantm had heen But Joseph Watsic, the other hired man, ssyalic bought some laudanum at the request of Dickinson, who said that he wanted it for the toothache. Watsic and Dickinson went to Be- lolt to get It last Friday, and Watslg went into the drug-store of Guudall & FEmerson, and bought 1t, &s ho enys, Jor Dickinson’s toothache, and at Dicklosun's request. Mrs. Mack has alb alung shown fight, and expresscd & determiua- tion to Insist on her fnnocence till the bitter end. Lest night she showed the firat emotion sloce the mornlng of the murder. Bhe welked her room for @ Jong time, nrylnq and wringing hor hands, exclalmive: " Wiat, O what, will becume of my bableat” Beforo this sho bad preserved a stolid Indifference, and seenicd vold of all feel- ing. The examination of both Mrs. Mack ana Freank Dickinaon will be held to-morrow morn- ing. Mrs. Mack’s brother, for whom sho wished the examivation Yastpumd. has returnecd, 8o there will probably Lo no delay. Taa report that Sheriff Colley had gone afier the prisoners waa as much without fonudation as many other reports which bive been afluat, Tho prisoners will remaln in Belolt until the examination ia concluded, when they wil doubtless Le brought here. ‘The acknowiedged incentive for ~tho comm'ssion of thu crimo wus the agreed plan between Mrs. Mack aud thy man Dickinson that Mack was to be gut out of the way and that she would murry Dickitson one year after Mack's death, Dickinson clalue that Mrs, Mack wanted him to go to Chicago and qet o dose of polsun, nud she wonla nd- minlster it, and thus get him out of the way, but ho was afrald to do it. The Lody was dug o this morning, and the stomach wfil Le scnt to Chicago for analyats. ‘Ilie evidenco gathered from the stomach will not bu produced at the exatnination to-norrow. ANOTHIR WIFE-MURDER. Anectat Dispatch fo The Tribune. PHILADELPHIA, Juls 17.—Early thia morning the police were (nformed that a Mra. Mary Mc Bride, 25 years of age, had been found dead in bed at her'residence wn Whent strect. An Investigation of tho circumstancessurround. Iogr the woman'a death fed to the Impression that sho was foully dealt with. From what can bo learned it supoars that Wilham Bheridan went to tha Sccond . District Btation- Houso and fuformed tho, Lieutenant that be rcason o Loliove his sister had been killed by her husband, 1o sald he had been sleeping on tho puttee on the first fBoor, and, about. half-past 4 o'clock thls morn. Ing, was awakened by lia Lrother-in-law coming down stairs, who sald be was golby for a doctor for nis wife, who was sick. Then he bugan to muttor sumething about giviug him- sell up for a crime he nad committed some tine ago, but he could-not understand what he meant, {e pald no espectal attention to what ho saw, and went to slecp. Later, ho got up, weut up-stalrs, aud found his stater was dead. McDBride did not return to tho house, The officera went to tha house, and found the place dirty, and giviag every evidencs of pov- erty. Up-stairs the woman lay, hor face plain- ly showmg a life of dissipation, In the bed with her waos chlld 4 years of age, and In her arms & bahe 4 months okl On the head, over the ear, was a wound, but, owine to the dirt surroundiug it, no Idca coutd bo galied a3 10 how Juug sluce It had been intlicted, Her nevk was swollen, and thers was a clot of blood around the mouth. Iier left arm and thich wery bruleed, a8 dong by the pressare of o strong hand. Whether death resulted from tho brulses, or was the result of drink conld not be ascertalned, ‘The neighbors say both she and her hushand wero addlcted to drink, one person sayne that she saw her wanderiog around yesterday vory much under the inttuenco of liquor. Bherldan, the brotner, atated that he heard no nofse in the room, und wss uot Qlsturbed till MuBrido down MeBride prescnted himself ot the ofMve of an Alder- man to surrender himsclf. llo sald that, when be roturned bhome from work last night, he found his wife in au almost beaatly state of [ntoxication, at which he beeame angryy that he stiick hor'in the mouth, and then he went out, while his wilo went up- stolrs to bed. lte returned svon after- wanle and retired, Lis wite belug already n bed, Just before daylizht ho woks ap, and, looking at his wife, found that she was deal, 1o thought indulzenice fn Fum had bern the causo of ft, Ho was Jocked up, and will bo hold to swait the result of the Coroncr's in- quest, Ths Coroucr made a post-mortem ex- amination of the bodv, which couvinces him that she died from cuwupression of the brain, the result of violeuce, A WOMAN WITII A PISTOL. Bpecial Diwalch to The Tribune, CincinNary, 0., July 17.—About § o'clock this afternoon Mrs. A. Black, wile of the Deputy Bheri of Butler County, walked Into the oflice ot the Hotol Enmery, in this city, and fnquired for & quest named Scott Bymmes. o Fluding the object of hier search, she advancea Wpon bim, pistol I nand, and was about to fire, when 8ymines grappled with heraud s struggle cn. auod, durlog which she tired twice but withont offect. Bho was (mmediatoly arrested, and taken to tho station-house. Mr. Symmes, how- aver, declined to prefer any charge sgaiast her, and sbe was taken away under cars of a prowmloent journalist. The troubls grew out of a scandal at Hamilton, which wus made public 8bout & wonth aga. Alre. Hlack, who was o mewber of the church and regarded by her quaintances as a woman of exemplary ‘char- ber husband thot “M confessed to she had seduced by Bceolt Bymmes. Symmes, who was s promincut attoruey and Democratic politicisy, iumediately took flight, aud wus not heard from for some tune, AL length he brougbt up in Ciacinnall, snd publlsbed a vard in the Ewguirer, in which bLe declored that Mrs. Black was innocent of the Rreat truusgression.” A reconciliation fols Jowed between Hlack aud his wife, sud the alfur bad pearly passed out of the publle unnd, when the aiteinpt was madu to-day upon Bymmies' life, It 18 understood that Symmes bas futimated to fricnds here that bis cand in the Enquirer was only a shuim to pacify Black, and that uo bas virtually boasted of the truth of Mri. Black's confesalon. Thesa romarks comiog to the ear of Mrs, Blsck arvsubposed to buve bevn tho cause of to-da)'s occurrelicy, 2 —— MAIL-THIEY, Special Lixpasch te The Tribuna Micuioax Ciry, Ind, July 17.—To-day tpecial-Agent White, of the"Poat-Ofice Dopurt- went, arrestod 8 youug ey nawed. Clarguce Hostler, who was aclerk in-the Post-Office in this vty fur abelracting mouey fium tuglstered Jetters and coufiscatiog moaey from the Jucal ail. Hostler was takon befure the United Htates Commizatoner at Lapogte,and held futng suw of $2,000. ju the abssucs of bail he was scut to fall, Lostlermade 8 written confession, aftcr belug arrested, of takiug the wmoney, and says it has been wolog on for aboub six noutbs, but the Departmeut bas only bean sfter bim for the last two munn:i witn decoy lusters, etc., and to-day was euabl to locate the thett, Houtler ls of good family, and had the beat of reputation in aoctety. Tl mnutter has caused nrustle among his friends, 110 bas been fu the ereploy of the Government for the last Lwo years. A MANIAUS CRIM Bovctal Dispeseh 1o The Tridune. Nasnsives, Tenn,, July 17.—Penple In the Viliage of Rtea Boringa were thrown into wild excitoment Bunday by the pecullar antica of o eelizlous monomaniac nemed Collias. ALS a, m, he went fato the Methodlst Church aud tore up all the books, as le rald, “to get tho devil ont of thom." flo then passod through and out of town, a distanco of two miles. Concluding that the Devil was fn his clothing, and that Jesus had commissioned him to go into church a3 naked as he had come into the world, ho pulled off his clothing, and In state of vaturo started bsek on A dead rus, followed by a constantly-increasing multitude of people, who failed to overtako him. Passing through town, he fAually ap. proachud the churel, then aceupled hy a Sun- dug-schuol. A man attempted to stop him, and was knucked acnacless by a stone. Anather he felled with bis Ost. By this tine a crowd had gathered about him, but, owing to his profuse perapiration, which made bim as slinpery as an eal, {t was difficult to hold him. Ovco sccured and bound, ho was taken to jall st Washington, Monday morning the Jalter went in tafeed him. ile necmed perlectly quiet and barmicss. As the Jailer passed fnslde the cell-door and turned ta Jock {t, however, Colitna pivked up s heavy bonrd and’ steuck him on the hack of the head, knocking Bim down, and then beatiog his head intor Jelly. The Jaller's wita subsequently eamein t6 sec what had become of her hia- bowd, put, raising her dress to go up stalrs, did not xee Coliina untll she got 1o the top. He was covered with blood from rxud to foot. Coilins at once struck her a violent blow on the head, knocking her head over huels down the stairway. e rushed to the coll contaloing his blooty victiin and locked himaelf o, Collins is an Irishman. He was uniil two furl ago a Catholic, when he {Olnul the Mathodist Church Bontl, with the understanding thet he wos to ccase drivking. A relliclous tneeting was In progress, and it was Dot knuwn be bl become a retiglous mono- maplac until Bunday morning. THRY ALL GET IT. Fpoctal Dispatch te The Tribune, BraiNorieLp, Iil., July 17.--Gov, Cullomn to- day pardoned out of tha Jolict Penitentiary Charles Brown, who was sent up for three years from Warren County, in 1870, for burglary. He 1s dylng of vulwonary consuwption, heuce the nardon. FORGEIR ARRESTED, Cixcinyaty, 0., July 17.—The man who ob. talned the New Yark drafts fron Epsy, Heidel- bach & Co., yesterday, by frawlulent reans w vated at Loulsville this morning. RELIGIOUS. ROUND LAKE, N. Y, Roectat Dispateh to The Tridune Rouxp LAkg, N. Y., July 17.—~The work of the Sunday-School Asscinbly was begun in varnest to-day. It was uccedsarlly warm work, the thermometer reaching the vinotfes. The services were well attendeg, however, from the carly ono at 8 o'dock 1o the closing praise meeting nt 0 this evening. The people who catne here secin to think nothing of golog to alx or seven relizions excrclsds ‘every day, and Dr, Vinceut arranged his progrmme according- Iv. Aside from thres hours.act apart for meals every hour from the moruing to the cvening bells 1s ovcupled with ono gutlhering oranother. This leaves, glis brass band lttle blowing to do, cxcept at mial times, and ren- ders tho nativo Turk desp8irdent over the small -chance visitors buvo to rofbbet his Biblical mu- scum. Dr. Viucent condtelea the earlyservice, which was afamily prav2pmceting on an ex- tended sealo, At 8:80 o'wlock tho children's meceting was lield In the Favcrnacle, wheroa Iarge blackboard rerved " Beard as a ground for hls admiable lilustritive alictehies in vhalk, The Normal class ngguibled at $:30 to hear an address by, Dr. Vincent on the general outline Y atudv, The mnor- mal coursy tought hosk is that adopted 8o suceessfully in tho grege Bunday-achoul which assembles at Chatauquaaind Atlanta, The Ine atruction 1s thoroughly pHattical and commends itwelf at once to cvery tbacher. The niorning lecture by Prof. W, C. Wykiunson, of Rochester, was an bl presentation of the aubject, * How to Teach.,”" The points’tile were, that teach- Ing I1s an art, and should e av regended by the teacher; that the teacher should realize that he ean_never becomo suced?blul by thut he must never tell the pupil what he can make the pupll toll, hun; that he should conncet what ' fie dues tell with something alrcads knownthat he should never teach when the pupils areYjot paying attentions that he should seek contant novelty, uot in subject wateer but In Infl‘nl of presentation: that ho siould wiways fohster his subject and never conslder thut he knpws unvehing unless he can atate it clearlv In- piore than one way and that every teacher téiches by what ho ls. Dr. Wilkinson's itlustratiogs were apt, and his rule alonei alteenoon v of Bostun, delfvered a’‘thoughtiul lectury on “The Iuspirations of the . Bible,” holding ~ the “origindl menning the Word, and not that given by Parker, Free- e, ad the Jiberdd school general the cvidences lu favor of insira- tiun, and upon them buily § logleal argument, nlm,n'hy tracing the anslozy between the re- mnrkable prophecy concerning the Jet nd ity tulfllment down to the present thne, Later in the afternoon Dr, Wythe tuok the first party of Pllurnm through tho Hols Land, and toJerusa- em tlts evemng, Dr. Rutus W, Clark, of Albany, preached un the power of the Sunday- school and its missfonary future, Speaking of the centennlal of the Suuday-school fustitution, to e held three years hence, he provosed that it bu celobrated ot Hound Luke by g natfonal jubliee, President Hillman inimediately an- nounved that such a celebration would be pro- vided for on a grond scale. The number of visitors increases dally, TITTLE TRAVENSE. Fpecial Dispatch to The Tridune, Lattis TrAvensg, Michs, July 17.—The Presbyterian summer resort at this place, nearly as far north as Mackinae, was inaugurat- ed to-day. Wo are in latltuds about 4 degrecs, or nearly 250 milea north of Chicago, and fully 400 iiles, In latitude, vorth of Cinclnnati; and ara counected with the latter city by the Grand Raplds & Indluna Ratiroad, and its soushern connections, (ts northern terminus bolng at Pe- toskey, just acruss tho Lay, from whicha steam- fersy pltes to this place. With Chicago we are conneeted buth by the lako and by rall, It Iathence a very accessible summer resort, Mr. Colfux, who cuine up with au exéursion urty from South Hend, delivered hls Lincoln ceture at the grounda tuls afternoon, and su- plemented It with o hall-lour telk about our nations) progress in luventlons, sclence, ete., during the Nivetceutn Centurv. ile alluded in this to the ramarkable discoveries of the tel- ephoue, and the phonograph, by which future generations could reproduce the voico of tie dead, ete. At tho close of this ho referred to me watters ts which we could vot feel quite s0 much uational pride, and chiefl wmnong them the utter derance of the natonat lay In the Western Territory of Utal, Jarger in area than the Btates of New York and Pennsylvania co) bined, Claiming all the righits of Awmerican citi- zenship,—pussports and protection when th o sbroad,~homesteads on unr publie lands,- aud alf the benefits uf onr Judiclal, postal, s putent luwa, ete,—tho people thero seoll at and dely the natiunal Jaw which mrobibits polviamy, Our public ey bave becn su engrossed with questions growing out of the Kebelijon,—recou. struction, Soutbern policy, inance, cte,—they have neglected the evforement of this wies and just lawi but if Mr. Lincoln bad lived be would undoubtedly have eonded thly *twin relic of barburism® s ho did slavery. Thy cburcy, with its grand army of seven nuillios members, and Its 60,000 winlsters, could be powerful to extirpate this evil now, if It would proclaim that it must cud. ‘1be press, su powerful as ¢ i3, bas but. (o sveak with uuited voice aud polyesuy would cease. Bub tho most powcrlul siement fu tho Jud. s ity law-abidiug wen aud wowen, Thev speak, sod arties, Congress, aud Aduwinistrations wre re- uked or Indorsed. 1f these, whoury bere from the half dozen (Mstricts represcated, Would but dewand of thelr Congressimal dustricts ot ail jarties for whwa they vute this year, tbat the sw of the natlon should be obeyed m Utal, and its violatlou hunished as it ls punished Dukota or Wyouiiug, polygemy wWould ba duutued. If even the prosw and the pulpit tero roproscuted spoku out, fraukly and fearlessly, wa should seo tho beluing of tho cud{ su thiy fnsulting dndlgco of the uatwual will sud he nutioual law would be no louger tolesated. od speed the day | Thero ey o lasve attendance. Judge Moory, of Threo Kavers, vresided. Tus Rev. dlorey, ol Boath Benl, de 2 & Ho pre: & POLITICAL. “Brick " Pomeroy's Wing of tha Greenbackers Formulato Their Policy. A Rather Sickly Mass-Mceting of the Main Branch, Trouble in the English Section of the Socialiatic Labor Party. TIIF, GREENBACKERS, THERE WAS A DRIEF CONVENTION— —Urlef in influence and brief in numbersa—of the Stmon-pure, copver-bottomed, and paper- Hued Grecaback party vesterday In flershey Hall, By actual count thers were forty-nine persons present, including the reportera and une of tiro strancers, who hal glided In uooers celved. Brick Poraeroy was theru in full forve, i1r was ubiquitous, for it was his Convention. Iirick, the great apostls of graenbacks and Btate rights, who, during the War, denotinced the greenbnek as n worthiess offshoot of Lin- coln usarpation, but now in these piping times of peace his Jove for It excecds that of David for Jonathan. The delegates were for tha most part from the interlor villagas, whero *'Brick” haa beon doing missionary work. Hv = mistake, not to beesplained, two or three city people straved fn the fold. “The svident intentlon was to make “Brick" tho Grand Bachem of the alfalr, snd so confident was he of muccess that he did not Desitate to allude on two or three oceaslons to his late estcemed friend, Mr, Tweed, and the rural Greenbackers were elther so fznorant or so case-hardencd as to regand the tmention of the * Boss" with the sunic sort of awe aa the Jap does his Migado. Jt Is not necessary to haud down to history the nsmes of the delegates. The Committee on Credentials reported that there were forty- thirce of them, and encnuraring letters, but no muney, bad Leen received from 382 of the lodges, A. J. Grover called the modest sascmblage to onler In an informal way. J. Gleason, of Whea- ton, took the cuair, Tl objects, sting, and de- sires of the party were Leld fortt I glowing colors. cach orator picturing the time when atl the farmers {n the country would shingle their barns with absolute money, and tho book-ped- dler and lehtnivg-rod man would be no more chased dutvn the roud by thio agricultural do. A Commities on Platforim, headed by Brick Pommcroy, was apuoluted to do the levef thing, and the Grangers ndjourned Lo see thy bunko: came ond gret dinner. On reassembling there was & genernl stiedding of coats, and the Conventlun beyan dellberating how to save the countrv. THE PLATFORM COMMITTENR submitted about half & columnn of atuff, alleg- ing the existence of & conspracy for tho estab- lishment of o fluancial desvotism, the lesders of which are the chlets of the Ropublicau and Demovratle parties, and Mesars. Tlayes and Blerman; pledging the Ureentack party to fight this consviracy to the bltter ewd; de- mondiog _that the greenback dollar be made a fult leral-tender, vrotected and recetvel as absolute monoy: the immediate calling In of all Untted States bonds, payment of principsl and Intercst to be In greenbacks, the same to be protected by the Government as aL_par with nover to be converted into 3 insisting on the repeal of the Resutptlon act; protesting azainst the further cension of public lauds to any but sctusl settlors; demanding the repeal of this Natlonal- Ranking act, aud tho substitutfon of preen- backs, and also the repeal of all laws making United States bouds payable in coln; favoriug & qigantic ackeme of (gorcmumnt pubtic works, improvement of harbors and navigable streams, and the buttding of & Bouthern Pacitie Railroad, ~—the same to bo pald: foriu grecnbacks and remain forever the property of the Government; demanding that all postmiasters, custom-louse ofllcers, lighthouse “keepers, Umitcd States Marahuls, cte., except their clerks, bo elected Jircetly by the peapte; protesting agalust the c(ml{xcullun of prison lavor: that 1nstead of pive g hugh salarics Lo supernumerary officers, sub- aidles to corpurations, rommissions to svidi- cates, and rxcm{mom from taxatlon, a green- back bonus should be donated to poor people to enuble them to settle upou the public lands and avail themeelves of. the Hlomestead laws; and, finally, tudorsing and scconding the calling ol nl.‘imunnl Convention bythe duly chartered clubs. a5 ‘The varfous planka were discussed serlat!m andadontod, oxcept - the prison-labor plank, wihich was defeated by the historical vote of 8 i mind seemed to cherish the g niteutlary shoutd bu s self- supporting institution, so” as to keep toxes down. NATIONAL CONVENTION, Mr, Thorp opposed tho resotusion calling for a Natiunal Groenback Conyontion, for the rea- son thut {t had 4 tendeney to split up the Green- bak party ju this State. 1lle was In favor of letting things alone. A tiresnbavk Convention was held In Soringfleld: a Sfate ticket wus put fu she field, aud now thi resolution culls® for_all this work to be done over sgatn. The resolution was defeated, A delegate tfrom the Third Wanl offered resolution that cight hours be a lecal day's work, and that severo penaltics bu fnflicted for its violation. Tho resolution was lost, much to the disgast of the mover und his fricnds, The condidates of the Spriugfletd Convention were fdorsed. L Mr, Pameroy offercd: & resolution that the Chairman be empowered to apoomt 8 commit- te¢ of one from enck county, from which an Exceutivo Comnittee, compased of ota trom cuch Congressional District, be anpointed, with power to elect o Chalrmnan of tus Natjonal tireenback Club vrzamizatious of Ylinols, * Mr. 'lhur[lx objected, 68 it was the old mule fu & new hide, A motion tu Iny on the table was lost, and the resolution was adopted, On the onnouocemont of the result, Mr, Thorp asked to withdraw from the Convention and huve hls name stricken from the Het of delegates On motion of “Brick! Pomeroy, the Eight- l{uur Iaw was adopted, without the penaity clause, Brick Pomveroy, on behalf of Mr J, W Everett, of Cuniralla, offered a resolution to the effeet that jt s the seuso of the Conveution that all salurics and lucomivs tn oxeess of §1,000 be subjuct to {ncoine tax. It wus adubted, and the Conyention then adjourned sine die. Powneroy bad preparcd an out and out States’ Rights resolutlon to the effect that it was the oxciusive province of each State and Territory to detersniue who alone should ve ditizens and voters therein,—evidentiy a bid for hemueratic support of purchase,—bul the ooposition hemiet with in tryiog to bend the Conventipn to bis own vicws In every Important partleutar, wus accepted a8 R wariing that his States’ Tghie theories wight uot be adopted, asd he therefore concluded not to press the resvlution. TILL STATE CENTUAL COMMITTRR of the Natiunal Greenback party mnet Jast even- is une of the cloh-roomy Mr. Jumnes M. Svrloger, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. All the Congresslons) Districts were rey ented ex- cept the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Elvhteentn, ‘The first business In order wos the Hiling of vacancies iu the Committee, Mr. 1), M. Heath, of the Thirteeuth District, haviug movd out of that Districty Mr. 1, M, Thorpe was elected to ll}l Lis place. Mr. Ringly, of ‘Voo«lluu-k. editor of the New Era, was clected In placo of Mr. 8 N. Blade, teshned on account of health, Mr. Kinsky, candidate for oflea of Clerk * of the Appellal Court fur the Nostuern Districe of INiuvis, huy- ing moved out ol the Btate, a committes wus appoluted to suegest anotoer vamne, with fo- structlons to report st another meetlne to be held to-duy. Tha rest ot the time was devoted to the airing of some very covfident oplafuns of ess In the comlug campaivu. Afier ncm{ everybody had set blinsel! down as do- cidedly booeful of a rousing victory—they al- :v‘%- o that—the Commiites sdjoursed tublh ay. THE MASSMESTING, Inresponss to a eall fur w mass-mcetlug o thoss favorgbie to the Ureenback-Labor- Nutional party,~its politics, vrinciples, sad poasibilities,—a counle of Luudred wen wnd Loys gatbered thewselves togesher last evenng on Murket street. A rude platforin had been coustructed of some old dry-govds boxes from Field & Leiter's, and ou this rickaty atfubr hulf a dozen wind instrumcnts, each with a musician stlached, were percbed. ‘The distluguished cltizeus, fauious ailke fu cawp aud councll, who bud been wdvertiaed to sveuk mostly fufled to represeut. Uen, Bates and ** Kewaneo” Bunlb did uot come to tiue, probably being exhausted by thelr labors in the Convention, ‘The soecch-inaking therelory rested with Jusse Hurper, of Danviite, and for two mortal Lours tbat Grunger dlscoursed uoto tho aseeim- blage. He was futroduced by Air. M. 1. Robla- 00, of this city, and plusged at once foto & sca of wonds, ln which he ewam uutil utterly ex- buusted. He luforwed the crowd thats” not- withstanding the Intense heat in Aooke there for thres houes on Maonday mgtit to 20 audience of many thonsarela, 1o talked to thei 8 voters, aud 4id not carn whether they were foreign or native born, For hia part, s was ready to recozuize any man as & vo'er, ‘And ta extend to Wi the right hand of fellnwahiyp, provided ha would contract to live, and die, and bo burted tn this country. Rat 13 for the men who came to Ameriea simply to make all the mories they could out of It,and who Insisted that in the event of their death their bones shoutd be shipned back to the Flowery Land,he wanted them met at the threshold (probably the Golden Gate) and seut back agaln, This referenca to the unpleasnnt hablt of the Mongzoltan {n refus- fng to dte henoath the starry flag did not meet with much encouragement. Mr. larper then referred in pleasant langunge to the Pyramids of Egypt, the Bahylonian Ein- pire, and other {nteresting nows itemns, and having reaclied the present mwe (time 10:15 p. m.), he drew the eoncluslon that this country was gofng rapldly to the dewil. This waa the fautt of the bondholders, monopolists, bankers, and o'hcr highway robbers, who rmtca of the public honor and crelit. = They iad _ stolen a thousand mitifon dollars of the peaple's money and had ratred all kinds of tronble. Poverty, destitutiun, pauperism, all were aynonomous with hard moncy; wealth and plenty could only be olitained by the abolition of the National Banks and an _unlimited lssue of greenbacks, Mr. Harper elaimed that hie party had wained a great vietory in Californls, #nd predicted that this was but the entering point of the wedge. Bhortly after 11 o'clock bLe ran down, and the assembloge aispersed. THE SOCIALISTS, A MEETIXG OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING SECTION of the Socialistic Labor party was held Jast evening at No. 7 Clark atreet. Sevoral reports were recelved and flled away. When that of the cx-Treasurer was catled for, lr. Morgan re< marked that that gentleman was down at the Nattonal mass-meeting on Market street, which remark oceassoned some little faughter. Mr. Murgan afterwards stated that this gentleman, one Jlack, wns defaulter to the party to the extent of $13.58, and, gn motlon of the same geotlenan, the Seeretary was instructed to state the fact to the Executive Committee of the Nntional par. ¥+ and inform the said Black that if he didn't pony up. he, the aforcastd, would be published 5 a defnulter for oue week in the Daly News. Soma discusalon_arose, particularly betwoon Mr. Morgan and Mr, Dibley, as to whether the Uerman Bectinn waa turnini over its Quen to the Malu Sectiun, Mr. Morgan stating that he un- derstood that the Gernan Section was not doing anything of the kind, but thae It was turnng its funds and its dues Into the Arbeter Publishe . Louts, ho fng Company. thus practically Ignor- oz its dutles luwardn" the mm.z 'in view of thls allezation, the question was ralsed as 1o whether the Enzilan Section should pay over its dues to the Main Section or keep them. The two vriocipul contestants also becomie engaged in B disenssion as to the superiority of the Natjonal Exe.-utive Commit. tee over the Maln Sectivn, whicn luated long and was rather spirited. Mr. McAuliffe also entercd intu the controveruy, putting ina strong word for the peoplo. I e, the Malp Section, which was, in his oplulon, saperior to suy Exocutive Committee. Mr. Morzan held a precisely con- trary view. As to toe mstter of dues, th sams gentleman moved that the Financial Sccretary prepare his report of recelpts from that source, snd turi these receipta over to the Main See- tion. The mution prevalled. The mecting then sdjourned, subject tu the cull of the Organlzer. MISCELLANEOUS. COLONAND DEMOCRATY. PunnLo, Col., July 17.—Tle Demvcratic State Convention met here to-day, and, after efecting = temporary organization and sppointing th- usual committees, adjourned uotil to-morrow. Every county except onc §a represcnted. 5 TEXAS DESOCHATS, New OntEans. Lu., July 17.~The Galveston Aeiea® spcrial from Austin’ says the State Deino- cratic Convention met to-day, 1500 delorates being present.’ Col. Chnrivs Staart waa elected temporary Chatrian, Toe usual Cominittees were appoluted. Adjourned till 4 p. m. The Ubsiveston News' Bin Antonio spvelal sa) s nfter a scasion of fivo davs and nights the Democratle Congressfonal Convention of the Fith Texas District adjourned sine die without makin 3 nomiuation. * Flity-five ballots were taken. The candidates are tho present Incui- ::en‘il.—u'lnhr Schlelehier and Judge Johy Ire- aud, INDIANA. Spectal Divuteh 16 The Tridune, INDIANAvoLIs, July 17.—Tha National State Committes met to-day and nominated Roiert Gregory, of Lafayetie, for Attornev-Oeneral, vice David Moss, of Nobloswille, who (s n @nd- date for Coneress 1n bis district. 0. C. Post, of fndlanapolls, was elected Secretary of the Committee. 5 Dan Voorhees ias entersd upon the canvos this year to_carsy the Lealslature If hard work will doft. He pruposes to mase & strong fight In this (Marion) coumy, for upon it vute de- pend four Represcutatives, and probably six, including thoss elected jointly with 8helby and Morgan Countics. He wili aprak 1a cyery fown- ship in tho county, and, If hecessary, ot every voting preclnet, - . WASHINGTON. Revenus Agents Oeiting n New Deal AN ArountieAssiatant Treasurers Inatructed to Pry Out Bilver Dollurs Liberally—lis Lsnerous Notes. &neclal Ditpateh to T Tridume, ‘Wasmxarox D. C., July 17.—The Comuls- sloner of Tuternal Reveone hav lately urdored quite n geucral (rausfer of R venus Agents, A number of them have been called to this ety beforo proceeding to their new fields of duty for the purposy of consuitation with s viow to o more vigorous enforcement of the Rovenue laws and prosecation of certain frregu- lnriticaof which the Department bns knowledee. Parmera abont Alexandrin have been greatly trunbled by tnroads of trampsupon thelr vrem- fees, und last wight one of tueir favorite remdezvous was surrouvded Iy spectal pohico from Alexandrla, and seventeen trumps cap- tuted, nearly all of them stroug aud able- Lodlied, ‘Fliey were taken befare the authord- tiew of the city and commwitted fo fall for seven days, where they were ordered to be kept iu close continemssut and fud on brewl and water, ‘Lhe Potter Committes has fssued subpwnas for the privcipal Mg staterien on buth stibes, includi bull uud Patmer, and bl other Democraty, hiond fur all members of the Loalsians Commidsion. Hprnaer s trylug to chgnge the place of meeting to Deer ey, ‘Yhe State Devartment s stadyme up the fishery uward i @ view to odenlng corre- utid under the terms of the L i Assoclated Pros. Wasuisuton, 1. C., July 17, . Kimbali, of tho Life-Baving Service, sccompanied by Caot. Merrgman, bas zone Lo the luke coasts for the purbose of aclectin sites for ten now p-+aving stations recently ordered to be estab- s et by Conurress. Yhe President and Mre, Hay Friday cycuing for Ne N soldiers’ ruunlon to by b wil) leave next . to atteud the n . It 18 expected, owing to tho exhaustlon of the speclal appropriution wade by Congress last sessfou tor bringing luto the market the putlic Janis in the Btates of Arkansas, Loufstans, Va- alasinpl, Alaama, and Florida, that the dis. musnf of wixty or suventy land-otflco clerks will beewme necessary within's tew weoks. Fullowiug 18 a cutnparative statement of the disposit} of public lutids iu Dakota, Kausus, Miu- suts, sl Nebruska or the Oscal years eudiog Juue &, 1477, and June B0, 18783 State, tal ‘TR, Totat 77, Iucredte ‘8. Dakota. 808 218,978 L2i 4 Ransas. 1, Mursola, Nevrseks.our.o Qrand totsl..5. 190, 800 2,140, Bubscriptious to the 4 per ecat | ‘Thu Superintendents of she Railwuy- fee, Huperivtendonts of Routstry, wod Superu- tendeots of Malls, sow n Wushington with a view to buhllnnn cuglereuce tuward reaching soine cunclusioy whersby the proscut raliway mafl-service way be simplitled, conveued to- day, Thinl Assistant Postmuster-Qeneral Hazen preslding, About twenty-hive gentlemen were pnsent.” Tho questions under consideration wers the extension of the lhmunn-r»m-h ays- e, advisalllivy of tnstituting & plan of ex- changes beiwten Lhe scverd) raltway-mall sery- ver Hues, and practicydillty of extendivg the lfuulry system to Lhind-class matter. No con- ¢liatons were geached. Commitices were up- puinted to vousider the variuus ucaaurg aud Fepurt ut s subsequent mecting, 3 S foe ncrutu‘f of the Treasury to-day lesued nd call for tue redumution of 529 bouds of 1 uod consols of - L365 The call s for £5,000000, of which €2,500,00 ary coltpou, aud ELB00GW are repltered bonds Thu principal aud Intervat will b pwid at the Treusury on uud after the 17th of October uext, und fntercst will cease un that day. The followlug sre the deseriptions of the bonds: Coupou bouds, dated Jul 1, s, vamely: $50, No. 65,001 to No. 65,000, both n- clusive; §100, Now 110,001 to 114,000 bott a- eluatve: £500, No. 7,21 ta N, 500 hoth - clusives £1,000, No. 140,001 to No. 315,600, both nelusiva; total eoupons. £2500.0%). Rez- Istered honde, rcdecmable st pleasure of the Usnlted States after the 1at of £, No. 2,231 to No. 109, No.. 17851 to No. 0, Ausive; $30, No. 10,451 to No. W, both inclastve; 81,000, No. 84,401 to No. 200, hoth Incluaise; £5.000, No. 9,251 to No. 651, both tnclueive: $10,000, No, 17,791 to No. . both inclusive; tutal reglstered bonde, 1.000: regate, $5,000,00), (leneral has sustatned the view taken by Hecond-Assistant Postmaster-Genersl Tirady, that 11 Iaw wnich was passcd at the lash sussion of Congress, authoriz{ng oavinents by the Post-Office Denartment directly to sub-con- travtors for carrcing mails, is aopilcable to the contracts existing at the date of the enactment ot the law, as well a< tnose of subsequent fssne, Tha easo of Mr. Taslor, Collector of Customa at. ufalo, neainst whom charoes of immoral condnet have beco mado, fn now before the Treasury Departinent, und is undergoing in- vestigation. The United States Treasurer has written to Amistant Treastirers authorzlng them ta nse the standard sliver dotlara in their vanits in parment to persons presenting checks, to par- ties desiring them, upon the disburscment of pay-rolls, and in cxchange, In molerate amounts, for greenbarks and National-Bank :g:cl, and for paymant In lteu of 31 and §3 os. Nw Yonrg, July 17.—Becretary of the Nary Thompson waa the guest of Hon. 8, B. Chitten- den sesterday, and duriog the day visited sev- eral polnts of interest fn Brooklyn, In the flvvnlnfn dinner was given at the” Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island, in honor of the See- retary and his famfly. Thcro were aboat forty guesis of Brooklyn's best citizens and their wives, The Secrctary of the Treasurv was obliged to be absent, owing Lo & consultation in New York with some hankers. here was ao unusualiy hcavy movement- in United States botda yveaterday, Sales at ona National Bank alone amounted to nearly 84,000, It was stated that a number of Govern- ment-bond aates are being made for Enropean acrount, snd that bonds nmotating to $5,000,- 000 have been dishused of In this ity during the ‘Dast week. ——t— STEAM ROAD-WAGON. Spectat Dispatch {o The Tribune, Osnkosn, July 17.—The stenmn road-wagon “Oshikosh,"” accomuanied by Commiissioners Marshall, Olin, and Smith, arrived hereon s trinl trip at 3:10 this p. in., having made the run from Necnali In two hours and ten min- utes. At the first mocting of the Commission- org, six Inventora entered for the contest, but at the time of starting from Green Bas on Monday only two were ready,—tbe * Oshkosh,' invent- el and huilt by A, W, Farmard, and * Green Bay," entered Ly E. P. Cowles, The latter was disabled by accldent, and_ 1s expected here by ruil to-nleht, Wagons of Kanause, of Sun Pral- rle, and Baker, of Madison, will Join tbe Com- missioners here and start for Madison. The State has offered a bonus of $10,000, which is belng competed for. g 4 2 =3 F] ————— Changes of food, and climate safe with Ssnford's Jamalca Giuger. BUSINESS NOTICES.. ‘TheStandnrd Qaaiity of Burnett's Cologne and Flavorine Estracts have, without an excep- tion, wou fur thont the hichest awarde for uz- ceilence averall competitots, in evary exposition wherever (hey have been placed, for tho past twenty vears: and to place the cap stone upon past hanor,” the Trivanal at the Centonaial, compoerd of exnorienced Judyes at bund sud from abroad, Join (o the popular verdict, and pronounce them **the beat in the world, " e e—— e XLOI CodflstimThe flcst Bonoless Cod- b in the world. Made from selected_(icorge'n Hank fish. Ab yonr cer for it Put un by Qeorgo P, Trige & Co., 183 Duanestruct, Now York | Tae * Mrs, Winnlow's Soothing Syrup ™ for children wolle teethinz. It cures dysaentory anddi- archoa. wind colic. and revulates the bawel I y CUTIUURA, uticura THE GREAT SKIN CURE, Inpallibly Cures Salt Rbenm or Eozema, Ringworm, Tofer, Seald Hoad, Dandrad, Dry aud Failiug Hair, Pimples, Blotches, and Saof- s Dlgars and Sores. Mewrs. WEERS & POTTER, Wholeale Druscgiste, of Baiton, 3 respeataully’ aforn the publia snl thigeo il apparcutly Iouraole afociiong of the Kkin uip. that tiiey NaYe succecded. witoe elzht ye snd experiment, 1 obtainiag by et “reinaly r-maum nevur. thov i re teed 18 nedicing, o purely Sila Speei of KIIT cuisistence of J . wuleh tiey hellave 1o ) Turalfule ¥ure tor evry Kind of mein Diseae, froi & commiun 1'tnicle Lo tas Worst case of Rt ithout, Seaid iewd, or Dundru. CUTICURA fa carneatty bettered to ho t npecie eiuvly tur the caro of Kal worin, Tetter, 0 only porle e and i wiksturdd Ttein i ns of the g, 13l telings i iat tit Muscles and Juints§ s, aad , 1losreciices, e ra, anid Glandalar Swetikags it flanea, wnd st mut uo 7 a il saa Ui tie Blood 8 e %5, Ihlllhkln Al iiire, hoth 0 A AT Cexierian A EN futepaally fiw o elul eures. R sl et Mo wil bo e cente for sinalt hog- 4o il oae-tuig tinea thia H, and Lierefurs tac the cheaper for woivent (an be eont by exoress atilos for $3. ale Aii ‘ure, ! ulier, Vao Schaack, evemon & v i, ~loatantiurgh & Go,, H. A, fommian & Kig, Horrfeon, Plitumr & SANFORD'S Jamaica Ginger The Quintessence of Jamuicn Ginger, Choieo Aromatics, und French Brandy, A preoaration s elessatly fiayored and medieinelly effective a4 o Utterly surpasyall PrEvIGus preparatiois. Estouces or Eatracts of tiinier, Compasdtion, Teas, Pata Beltevers, i the buudred o one discust 108 aud DiuACALE pusols With Which we Lave beva wont 1a duss vuresives. Ite lustantanuas eflect fu Crolers, Cholera Morbuz, Cramps snd Patas, Chroals Diarrhees, Dyseutery und Chulers Tufsatum, Diarrhes 18 Teciting aud wil summer Complaints, Dyspepsis, Flatuieney, Muistan Digostton, Wal uf Tone and Ac- tivity In tho Kiomach and Uowels, Oppression sficr Extlug, His{ng of Food and stusliss Atlinenta Chlls and Fevers, Colds and Chilila, Feverish bymptoais, Malartal Fovers, Patug in the Nonce and Joluts, Symiptows of itcunsatiam, Nearalgia snd Gout, Coll Extrouilies, Buspended Clrcutution 80d Depressed canditlon of tha Vital Forces, reuder it jhe 8taudard lvusetiold Sledl- hroughout the leudth and brosuth of tha land, Uit 20a, vt land, fur the triveicr, fur the Juuo. the sgod. under sll clrcumatances aud conditivus, boih as # wiediciao and s 8 geotlo simulaat or beverage. it th oM Rrateful and effective PreDAIStios SYUF cOl- Ppounded In tho bistory of wcdiclne. Toware of dilued and worthleas timltatious recoms meaded by dealcra for purioscs of gat. Atk for aud lusdat upol bariug BANFOUD'S JAMAIUN LINUER. Sold by all Wholevalo agd Betall Deugglets, Grocers, and Dealers lu Medtolne throughout the Unlted States CONTRACTORS, Sealed proposals wil) by reccived at the ofiiea of runmer, Master of ‘Travaportition, vu ifsl blead-at., between Cacroll wud “Kiisw-sia, , uusil Baturdey, July 30, ab 4 p. m., fur tiw buliding /ol %0 1uasonry abdtments for 4 double-teaci rullway brdge ovurtuq Ligows sud Michigau Caoul, at Chicazu, % . Plaie Bud specifications can bo seen ut the abave Bawed 08lce kfter this date, 5 M. J. BECKER, Chiot Engineer By U o & i Lo KL R, TR SRR e