Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1878, Page 1

@he Chicage Daily Teibune, ;- VOLUME XXXI1X. * FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878, : PRICE FIVE CHICAGO JOCKEY AND TROTTING CLUD PARK. FRIGID ZONE. WASHINGTON " TROTTING MATINEE O THE SNOW. (From Creenlands (hicago Jockey and Trotting Club Park,| ICY MOUNTAINS! Saturday, Dec. 21,1878, , |UBAVY WARM OVERGOATS e 2, $2, B2. " TROTTING WILL COMMENCE AT 1:.30 P. M. 92, §2, § LOUDER! All the celebrated roadsters of Chicago will| - $2_OO! . be present .and participate. The Club House is ; thoroughly heated, and ladies can havea superb | et el 3 tutorcay, view of the track without leaving the warm |ss.co. That's right, you look % rooms ;round :l;donoo‘who sel:in chuponi . T t; " marve """ Parties visiting the Club House can have the | how such an Ovoracst can bo s use of close, warm stables for their horses. how such an Ovorcoat can be sold for $8, Oh, we want to show you A rare afternoon’s sport is anticipated. WILLOW WARE, Etc. without great sacrifice. These are the reasons, and not a disaporoval of the investigation itzelf, or adesire to bave it abandoned, that has made 1t difficult to make up the Rcpublicsn part of the Committee. GEN. GARPIELD bas been greatly misreprescoled in reports that have gained currency in regard 10 bis posivion on the new Bouthern question, He has never criticized thoss Republicans who, {ollowiny the 1esd of Mr. Blaloe, haye donournced outrage and fruud io the South and demanded an investigs- tion of them. What he did do wan to dechare 1n subatance that the country would never for: give men who revived sectional issues alfer they had once been settied by the policy of President Hayes. In saying this he bad In mind the men who had revived those sectinnai Issues by re- sorting to fraud and violence in onler 1o carry elections, and not to those who fuslst that sach fraud snd violence shall be exposed, and those wno hava beeu guiity of perpetusativg them punished. yesr, sbd whrether It hager %y { employed to any extent 1o thie payment (3 3 srest on the United Btates, and, if Not 10 57 2, to state the reasord why.: Secretary Shel.. transmits 8 report madé - to bim on the subject by the Treasurer, which Mr. SBherman refers to as “ farnishing the désired information *': 3% TARARORY OF THE UNITBD BTaTRN, WASAINGTOR, D. C... Dec, B, 1874 —Sin: 1 have the honor to rae turn herawith, in compliance with your reqnéat, Renate resolntion of tho Od inst,, referred to this office by yon ander dste of tha 4th inst, for infors mation. “The scope of the resolution xeems to o comprehonded fn the following Inquirtcs: Pirst, What sre the amount and denomination of colntrecetved tn payment of castoms dues o July 1, 18781 Sécond, whether the sllrer coine so recelved liave been applicd tothe paymeat of inter- eston the bouda or notes of the United Statos, aud if not, the reason why? Third, what ¥monatof coln Interest Joa been paid since the above aste in. £old and aliver coina respectively? . n anawer to the firat inqniry. it may be salid that nodistinction-hua ever been mado between gold and #liver moneyin the Tressurer's general coin ar- count, Lo which acconnt all coln receipts of tha Qoverument sre carricd by warrant of Lhe Secre- tary of the Treasury under Sec. 7105 of the Rerisca Btatates, No record {4 kepl of tne denominations of either the gold or nilver coinn receired for cus- toms, and no Information can e given from the records of this office showing what ainount of _the general recefpta for ca yesr was in silver eoln) recelpts of aunsldiary aliver on gcconnt of custume are uecesssry smali, fur the renron that such culns aro not receivable, excent for fractions of adollar, when the pay~ ment o be made excceds $3.' Tho fotol re- ceipta of standard siiver dollars at this oMca and at the Bub-Treasary offices for the petiod from duly 1, 1878, to Nov. 50, 1878, were ¥5, 138,115, fro sl sources except coluawe, incinding cuss toms, the 4 ver cent Joan, and ilver certifcates.- Dedueting from this sain recelpta of miver doilars from otoer sources than customs, and 81,500,000 1 & very libera) estimate for the amount of sliver dollars received on account of customs fdr the period above mentioned, ‘The above figures do not, however, caver sliver certificates recelved on account of castoms, princi- paliy st w York office, whichamuunted dar- ing the ca fiscal year to $11,200,000. ‘I smount exceeds the total amonnt of silver cers tificaten leaned. which 1 accounted for by the fact that, when recelved for puolic dn restificates have aguin been paid out. 'The greater portioa of she avave 311,200,000 Is Feprexcited by only $8,717,000 in San Prauciwco siver certifl cales, recerved for customs in New York, all, or & portion, being Rgain: psid oat by.that ofiice Knd notking received for customs. Silver certilcates cannut be palu for Interest, their lsgue belng uu- thorized only nponas depovit of standard sliver dollars. In responte to the second Ioquiry contained fa thie Senste resolution, 1t may be stated that tha sliver coinage recelved during the current fiscal year has not been specifically soplied to the pay- ment of interest tpon bunds and motes of toe United States, except 5o far as the fractionsl sils ver 80 recelved’ has been used In dlsbursc- menls for coln interest In maxing payments fut fractional parts of the dollar, No instroctioms have been given by tho Depurtment dtrecting tns payment of intercal npon bonds and potes of the United States in sliver, In makinecoin payments, Lowever, payees are permistod 10 elect Which cur- rency they shall receive—whether ¢oid. silver, colo-certificates, or United Stlatds nutes. The Treasury has also exchanged siandard silver has hitherto done, except by act of Congress. ‘The vute on this 97 yeas to 04 nays., Had the House been fal, the proposition mighf bave been defeated. EXONERATED. A CLEAX BILL FOR BHEXTANO. Boectal Dispateh th Tha Tridune. Wasninaton, D, C., Dec. 18.~The House Committes on Cieit Bervice Reform, of which Carter Harrison {s Chalrmin, bas completed ita report upon the alleged corruption in connection with the passage of the bill Iast session to pro- vide a permanent form of govetnment for the District of ‘Columbla. The assertion made by the Washiogton et Inst summer, and repob- lished in other parts of the country, was tbat & large sum of money was ralsed by persons o+ terested fn the 8.65 bonds of the District, to which the First Natlonal Bank of New York contributed for the purpose of bribing members of the District Committes of the Housg to report the bill favorably. This sccu- sation was reprinted in Chicago, and was used by political opponents of Mr. Breatano to pre- veat his renomination to Covgress. In order that . ¥ T MIGHT B8 VINDICATED, Brentano Introduced # rosolution directiog the Committes on Clvil Bervice Reform to tnake fnquiry. After eaylog that the editor of the Lot the writer of the article, the President of the First Natlonal Bank, members of the Dis- trict Committee, and others had been examined, the Committee continue:* Your Commiites Wi earneat in its endeavor to bring oat the botlom facts, but conld not elicita prrticle of testimony to abow that any money was used or suy corrupt infiueces bronght to bear to further the passage of the District biil, The report closes as follows: Your Uommitt therefore of the opinlon that the pablication In Washington Poat of tne ar- ticle referred to In Brentano's resolution wan a wanton aod wholly unjustifieble attack upon the integrity of members of this fouse, calculated to d:‘mn thom In the estimstion of the pablie; which 18 1o redr fu five eredence 1o what Jt_secw 1n print,. and that it was usod to the m{un of the eutlenian who latraduced the resoluticn. Youe ‘ommittee belleves that an enligltened apd un- fettered preas 1l|ver{v buiwark of liberty and & prop of morality in a free conntry, but that, when 1 stooph from ia l':fih esliing wautonly to bellitle iate pabllemen directly, or by Innuendo and insinuation, i becomes & powerful engise of {ar-resching ensmy to good morals. The Blodgett Investigation Once More Brought into Notice. Probability That Carter Harrison Will Move in the Matter To-Day. Ear-Marks of the Arms Manu- facturers in the New Army Bill. ~ L TII0SE TIREUS BALLOTS, Itstesd of It being true, as the Charleston Nevs declares, that only 2,000 tissue tickets were found in alf tho boxes in the Charleston District, fully 5,000 0f them were counted in thecity alone.and an equal number In the county; also for s large number of the tlssue tickets tho Hke number of Republican ballots wers drawn out and destroyed. According to = sworn statement of the United Btates officer st one poll in Charleston, 3,454 tissue tickets were found inone bnx where the foreman of the ANews nat upou a table beside the box for sn bour openly stufling in tssus bailots by the quantity, Explanation of the Mdve- ment to Abolish the Arsenals. 8 for the carrent fiscal an Overcoat for §10, $13. Milizaire Orercoats at $15, $18, and $20, We oan just * REMOVE THE STUFFING” out of them all on Overcoats, . We are buying and making evory day, making and buying. Zoro Undorwoar at $1 a piece, the bost value for the monsy we ovor saw; wo ropeat, 'tis the bost valuo for the money we ever saw. WILLODGBY, HILL & GO, Boston Square-Dealing Clothing Honse, WE WILL DO OUR LEVEL BEST " TO S8UIT YOU., COBNER- CLARK AND MADISON.STS, NORTRWEST BRANCH, 632 Milwaukee-av,, cor. Rucker-st, _ SOUTHWEST DRANCH, 238.240-242 ‘Blue Island-av., cor, Twelfth-st. ALL CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. A Good Executive Send-Dff for the Steamship Subsidy Solicitors. - THE ARMY BILT. A BCHEME OF THE ARMS MANUFACTURNERS. Bpecial Dispasch te The Triune. Wasnmvotox, D. C. Dec. 19.~The facts about the make-up of the Burnsice Army bill sre beginning to leak out. The principal jue flnenca operating to fngert the provisions in the bill for ths abolition of tha srsensls and armoriea and the purchase of arms and ord- pance stores from private firins was exerted by the so-calied ** Association of Arms Manufac- turers,” the controtling corporation o which Is the Providence Tool Company, of Rhode Island. 1t Is claimed In & memorial to Barnside that the Bpringfield rifles, made at Bpringaeld, cost the Qovernment €115 each, and this stetement mem~ bersof the Commission arerepeating in defenseof this bill, n tho face of the oflicial Sgurcs, which are: published apnd sccessible to everybody. Thesc show that from 1861 to 1865, or during the War; the United States contracted with private manufscturers {o this country for 1,525,000 RIPLED MUSKETS At an aversve cost of €20 each, to which had to be added $1 each for Inspection-prool, and mak- ing each contract arm. $3L, Under these con- tracts. ths Governmont recelved only 643,430 muskets, less than one-half those contructed for, the contractors beloz unsble to flil the Passage of the Indian’ -Appro- priation Bil In $lie .; House. The Blaine Co‘mm(déavdl" -1y Made Up it Final- i o " Falr; tndorsed by the most| WlLLoW WARE eminent musical authorities|’ of both hemispheres, and the b acknowledged standard Pi- R ATT A N G 00 D s anos of the World, Speclal attention is directed AT to the lately-patented Stein- li ’ say Parlor Grand--but sio Geo. J Schmidt & Bro.s, eet long-« v touch, qua X of tone, and almost tl,ne power, 2a ;3 BB A F TSIV Ly . 9 lecond Door Bouth of Jaokson. of a Stetnway. Concert Grand; and to the new. Stetnway Up- LDDK_AT THESE PRICES! right or Cabiiet Grand; with | Halr-Pin Baskets, square and oval, on snatchless tone and perfection lef&li%‘;x:‘l‘::'n ot ek g Bome oi‘ the Prafiud Mmlifl_ut?m of the -Existing Patent Laws. - - : —— - GOVERNMENT PRINTING, NOTADLE RETRENCHMENT. Hpecial Disnaich ta The Tridune. ‘Wassixoron, D. C., Dec. 19.—The report of Public Brinter Defrees,.nade o the Scoate to- dav, shows that his office is conducted with remarkable sbility and economy. The fizures presented a3 totho cost of each kind of work uod general expenditures completely explode BLODGETT. AGAIN. TOE DIrEACHMENT HEZSOLUTION 70 .8E PRR- BENTED TO-DAY. . &peciat Dispaten to TAc. Triding, X ‘WasmiNaToN, D, C., Dec:s 10.—There arrived here this moroiog & young gentleman who reg- istered himsell as Lawrence. Bheldon, of Chi- cazo. Before breskfasting:he took a carriage P : : all chsrges 4nd theorles of the Detnocratic with the pabhia 1 d of action. Sleds, 150 to 50¢ each. y ALL'QPEN TILL XINE RVERY NIGMT. | 0nd drove to the residence of- Carter Harrison, | orders. During’ the same perlod there were mmtmu"‘”mmmm“ The ssyivg on ’s'x'.'uu.m.' nanie, J‘vpm 4%’-’2}" rt:‘«" oneiar ILLUSTRATED CATALOUUES MAYLED FREE, Willow Doll Cradles, black and white N with whom he was occupled much.of the time | manulactored at the Bpriogfleld Armory B0Sv- | Congressional printing shows & marked econo- | tom9 duties during the current tscal yeot liave not trimmed, 60c cach, .| Al Happy, all right, untll o'clock. The gentloman was the bearer [ 537 rifled muskets,at a coss of $11.70 each.. This | 1p- “Guder the old system, prior to the War, | Doc, 2aMclent 1o enavle the Deparitaent to make LYON & HEALY, Handkorchief Boxe, 50¢ each, Did you sloep warm last night® _ | of s petition asking Coogress to lovestigate the | cost included the price of all ‘the labor, mate- | (e syersao prce paid for s day's Isbor was | Bamina for o1 lion of gold. was. waniferted o) STATE & MONROE.STS. Scrap Barrels, $1.00 each. LS, charges sgafust Judee Dlodgett. Tho petitlon | rials, direct supervision, fnspection, condemns- | gn73 and the cost per page of the Government | those entitied to coin interes e == | _ Scrap Baskets, In all shapes, 76¢ to : " was signed by the threo medtlcmen whofirat | tlon of dofective parts, 8 per cent on the entiro | printed matter, $1.78. Now the wages DA | Feocrmmont 1o ses it 1e ot e e corar js AUCTAON SALES. ™ . $1.50 each, called attentian o the subjoct,—Caoper, Kulck- | lavestment, 20d alto tocluded the depreciation : 4 T, £9! v euta, 1t average $3.75,and the aversge cost of each printed psge of the Government Record iheents. has been tao genoral practico to comply with ihe wialies of & holder of a demand against the Lalted States as to the formor denomination of mopey de- e e~ | Tndinn Work Baskets, 75¢ each. PEREMPTORY Satin and Silk Lined Work Baskets, erbocker, and Sneldon. The,beayer of the pe- v value for use of tools, machinery, buildings, tition waos not at home to callers later in the : ete, “FURS. 81,06 exch. day. Mr. Harrison himselt +* itk TovAn sxFENDITURR D o eatics the g | ThmbimE A ibLL Brvceg s bick i : y . Mr. ; o e o y “Ng&-mryhnmeu, largest and finest, Wot- dlsposed. to - admit, thet.’n ‘messen- | at the Bpringfeld Armory from fta establish- | even : seaes of the present . system, | e dpotition of the cuin pald for datles v im- - . .60 each, ; . 1| ger bringing _any oetition mont to the 15t of March, 1873, smounted to tinn | S tuads, theauph the Feminmena il e 3 <Jutant Baskotd, o stands, £3.60 each, WO mll Ofl‘ef i at l'etfl.ll nere, but, wheofadvised that Tos Tamuxx | $3,103,485 tor lsnds, bulldingy, fron and wooden Bt st of SRLIG. e s J'?a‘:fi{n‘?e‘: e’c{‘l‘: {f«::‘"fichfi" '"'ll e 3 " o i o 1l atfon 0! . AT ATUTCTIOINT. 800 DIFFERENT STYLES OF Ui correspondent knew tho facts; Harrison admit- fandes, mill-dams, canals, scwers, sbop-ixtures, tho Iast seven yoars of the old aystom, notwith- § 3Ly R IRaReC LD SR CO T o terents stea standiog the wages paid workingmen were abaut 37 per cent greater than veld under ths old system. This shows in & very conspicuous {nstauce the economy of Repubilcan administra- tion ak compared with the Democratic, L An lnn,slamon made by ,the Pablic Printer into that roceived from the Congressional Globe unider the appropriation of $100,000 for bound and uubound - yolumes of the Globe, and stercotypo plates, and two-story firc. proof .buliding, brosght out the fact that thare were only twa complete bound or un- bouna sets of the Globe In the entirc purchase of 88,000 yolumes, snd that thers were stercotvpe plates for Sfteen volumes. Itappeared, furtber, that it will cost the Government $136,00 to ond to tne Sinking-Fund; thind, 10 thr pryment of tne reaidue {nto the Preas Altention is direct~ od to the fact that nearly tho cutire receipts ot the standard siiver dofiars from all sources, Includ - 1oy coinaie, bave heen expended fn tac burchasc af silver bullion under tho anvropriations 1 In he first section of the nct of Feb. 24, 1878, eu- titled ** An acf to authorize the colnave of the standard siiver dollaz, xnd to restore its legal-ten- def character,* > ‘o tha third fuguiry, it s repifed that the coln ioterest pald during the O«tal year amounts to &30, $45, 224, 37, sod no faller information can be \iven thau that conialned in the reply totheaccond inquiry as to the amount of wuch intervet which was paid {n gold and silver coin respectively, Very respoctlully, JANES GILTILL Treasurer of the United States, NEW P(—)BTAD LAW. ted that a petition had coms, but, declined to state its contents or to indicats what hls own intentions were. He did say, however, that he bad bimsell advised against the movement, and. that If the matier rested wholly with bim be. should tclegraph to Chlcag®: oy thit the parties withdraw thelr "requesty but the petition was hiere us a matter of right, and that it URGED HE SHOULD INTRODUCE IT. I£ he!ntroduced it atall, be safd be would onlydo 20 with the simple statement of the fact that he was requested to do so, and he would ask that the petition be referred to the Juaictary Com. mittee. 8o much Harrison bus been willlng to and now machinery, ,The smount charged to the depreciation of. these iterns from 1801 to 1805 was 81,704,509, fir moro than hall of the original value. ' The cost of contract armsas glven shows that they cost an -vcn.?u of 820 ench, to which {s to bu added 81 each for fospeds tion and proof, making the cost of cootrsct arms to the United States ot 331 each, or about NINE UOLLARS EACH more than the cost of those made atthe nrmofi’. As the tUnited States maoufactured 505,51 muskets during these years, a saviug of $8 on cach makes a saving to the United States of $7,:40,833 during the years 1881 to 1885, 0r & sum more than twico thy entire cost “of the Bpnngféld Armory since its establishment, balance of our large stock of Furs and Rohes, during Moliday. Weok. : These goods are all of our own manufacture, This is an opportunity seldom offered to buy stand- L] nimes e | RATTAN CHAIRS FI ’RNIT RE - fl"l‘oKuoIBcc_tfrom; 1.6 to §16.00, D 2 * Work fls;mu, With s *baskets, nesw style, 850 to #5.00.cach, X Palm-Loaf Lunch and Traveling Das- (Retiring from Lusiness), st his stare, “'AIT' ln lorg' e variely] ormr‘nnfi Wmowd 'y el 187 RANDOLPH-ST., |l = o' ocvetie mhape g i Slanids, I nave” a6 SR A.J. NEUBERGER | For the five yeors endiog June D0, 1577, the PARLOK AND CILAMUE .+ | All these Goods to be First Quality, & &ive to tho public. perlod duriog which the presont regulation arm | Print and bind volumes euouxh to compiete tha KASY C"Mm'“m’lf?‘;;&“‘ all Our Own Manufacturo and Im- ill'(l F“rs at low l'l(ieS It §s ascertained from other sources that he | jag been manufactured, 77, h“.’mmfl turncd | Sets it waa supposed were purchased. TON POST-OFFICK cn:mz;'ru oP THE UOCIW FANCY AND RECEPTION CHAIRS, portation, l) . to-night has the deflui'e purpose of presenting | out at $16.59, which inchides ) ::’:;Bfii A"'l'\';l'n :;:u;‘:s;flflglfi:z CARD AND LIBIGARY TABLES, o o ll l w the petition to the House to-morrow if he cau EVERY ITEM OF INVESTMENT, OUR FOREIGN TRADE., JoNB. meitieam wonk. - | Call and Examine to Convineo Yourself! At our Wholesale Ware- | oo tha foor for thas purposs. Thers was | foterst, au cont which o brivate fiia weuld | gwermare yon 7um somsior uex. | Wasmoron. D. G, Dec. 17—The Houss CANK-HEAT CUAIRS, N. B.—All Rattan Ware Fllrthaled of M d' t ; M really no opportunity to do o to-day after the | rear the costhas ouly been 1418 each, The [ Wasnmioton, D. C., Dee. 10.—The followlng | committce on Post-Ofiices to-day sgreed upon s OFFICE CHAINS, &e., 4o, | this house repalred free of chargo for l'()()ms’ AUISON-SE, MEAT AT | mesenger with the petition arrived, Nearly the | onictal history of many purchases by tho Gov- | velf-explanatory messaga bas boen received by [yt relating 10 the classifcation of mall-matter, All first-class goods, made eapecially for finest RETALL <J e e ar, AW RETALL 1 0. Year, i the fault Is In the work: Ieaurdicus of cou, afordiog aa oppertuty that should manship, ~ BOCBERBEIOELN, . e ELISOR, POMBHQY & CO., Auctioncers. | .. SBKATES, Y ' The largest and niost complete stock uction! of Skates ever shown in Chicago. THE ENTIRE STOCK OF j ! STEIN'S ICE KING, ACNE, AMERICAN CLUB, And all the cheaper Club Skates, ranglog tn price from entire time of the lHouse afler the resding of the journal was occupled with the Indfau Ap- propriation LI, aud night kad come before the bill was completed. Harrison had diffculty, iudeed, to Induce the members to remain long enough to hear his report exoncrating Reprasentative Brentano and others from the charges of corruption in connection with the 365 bond legislation, The report of ftscll wos & privileged question, end Harrison, bad he been so disposed, could have hardly held tha Houso late enough to-nicht to have submittedr another privileged motion, It 1s bariy possivlo that, upon further reflection, erument under contract during tho War was contluued story ot swindling, both in price and quality. These dealings, however, were largety with parties ubroad. CONTEDXRATR OPINION. A promiuent Cootederate officer In the Ben- ate, speakine of tha atiempts of the House to eripplo the army, sald that, so far as ho was i~ formed of what was golug on among the Demo- crats, it was the Federnl Brigadicrs and pot the Confederates who wero nttemptiog to break down theo army. Tho iatter chss, as a whole, are for protecting and streogthening ft. For his own part, ho was ready to vote for four times the present sizo, tho-Benate from President Hayes: 7o the Benate of (he United Stales: In snawer 1o thie resolution nf the Senata of the Sth Inst. re- auesting the transmission 1o the Senata of ** any information wnich sy bave heen recotved by the Departments concerning posta) and commercial intercaurse hetween the United Btates and South American countries, fogether with any rccom- mendstivns desirablo to bo sobmitted of nessurcs to be adopted for facilitating and tmoroving such intercotiree,* 1 transmit herewith repurts from the Secreary of tate and Fostmaster-General, with accompanying papers: = The extera) commerco of the United Statca bae for nany years been the subject of solicitnde be- causo of the outward drain of precipus metals it has_caused, For filly twenty yesrf previus 1877 the shioment of kold was constant sul Ii and cstablishing rates of postage thercon. Tha bitl divides rusilable matter Into four classes, as foltows: First, written matter; eecond, peri- odical publications under rezistration; third, wiscellaneous printed matter; fourth, merchan- dise. Pirst-class mintter embraces sll letters, postal- cards, and all maiter wholly or partly in writiue, "The rates of postage far this class rewsin as ut present~namely, tarec couts for each haif aunc ar fraction thereof; ono cent for J-cards, aud two cenfs for drop-letters, iucinding deitvery ut letter-carrior officcs. Whero free delivery by cac- ricrs 18 not established, the rate for drop-ieticrs fu fixed at aue cont for esch balf ounce. Letters 1upon which the full smount of pustase dze iy not AT GIVE ornsmental ounes, Nowhero are thoy so happily combiaed, and to be had for -fi.‘m IN THE SENATE. g —s0 hirsvy durlog the entire period of the susicd: | bgyn paid shall be beld ¢ the oillce uf niktiliy, £00 $0 $7.50 per (aiz. The only place lu Chicago having | money, as in the 10,000 srticles in he may decline to-tnorrow to do it. Thelast x“ f specle-paymonte as Lo precinde the hope of # by endery C l T Y 0 F P A RI S oy £’§‘I‘$“&«‘f§‘c"i A "):x.'f\é g SXALes ooy Vo Bas | Waro at the Now Biore of the opportunity to present it beforc the holidays ,,,‘..T‘I,'.'.,'.,',‘f."l.' ‘I"l""‘;wwfll E{é’:gg‘mn .rr':ll:vrg::h“!n'r‘:. .;'?.:‘.5'“.?,“‘.‘;' o | .,fc;‘n‘n‘;"m v e quire d to inform the 8¢ U..c.f‘,;. - o jawever, Inade - ¢ " ¢ HIGHFIELD'S ARCHERY. RATTAN €0, will oceur to-morrow, as the final adjournuent | w,gmvazoN, D.. C Dec. 10.—The Sonate | fecphsink EHiens of the country, and have con- }:“,‘,fl',',::‘,‘,‘,‘?,‘,“",",' e ";'"M“"'.“',:f;;";f,’,_'l"f: e Tesl Clicsts, Btowwi Knaines, and Cutlery. * | ual New Yoar's lakes placo to-morrow even- | continued to-dax the discussion commenced ves- | tniod, to extend oar, goneral comueres Wil {or- | iaforay tho porsou wdlrewelt” ani, ubu i 5 3 Inform o-n that ¥ ands, especislly In mauufactured srticles, % h ]]ULL AR STURE A O AT oipieat, e 6 DGL | virpors s sutuns- s potton: to-morrow, | Krder an the bl amending aud coditying tho | auihesso i Rate orm Slinied with vy | SR S Torward ety e et 4 ot & el s. Benator Windom offcred snamend- | marked succeas, Tho riatiol ianufaeture tion, Propald letters, having reachied tae ol : sud, although [t ia 3 private-Lill day, roviding that no tufst Jouds wauat The same Time redaced 1n an equal | Ly FroI e et may. b forwarded b ' 11 | AMERIAN OLUB BEATES—Salo Agency STATE-GT, | . 7k srxaxsn with bonriess sou |t puteoted anfla fn pen merket shouid-be | Lraraey sadthe an s bt w0 cxrioratnsry | b tiead byt Toaient i S burko i ¢ 81 SOUTH CLARK‘ST. ] mre——emmmeere==se=2 | that, aa tha petition looks to tho possiblo - | neld jiable fn damages unless at the time bo | amplete cessatfon of thu ontward drain of gold, | SrEsed Carge W alore. s oo et : 2 TOo BENT, peachment of Judze Blodgett, it 1s of sucha T loficial wiatement of values reprosented In | jareor SHEEE corts (Ut o Mo bought be knew that it fofringed plalotif’s pat- ent. This was opposed by Senators tlowe, Boath, Christisncy, Wadleigh, sud others, on sho ground that it made ignorance a defense, snd thus offered a premium lor lack of koowls edge, and that it reversed the legsl maxim which requl vigilavce oo she part of the buyer, Benstdrs Cookling, Davis, Maxey, Howe, Kirkwood, Dawes, and others joined fu the dis- cussion, Christlancy creating a good deal of fun by reading long Mlat of trilliug articles patent- ¢d, smong thein several curious portions of la Jected ou dellvery. This cliuso 1 uot o take ef- fect until two woatha after the passaze of tns act, It will ba noticed thut the prexeut Jaw eelating to lewtes upon which full postago g ot bevi piid e materiaity chunged by tho above section. Under the existing taw, (fthe foll rute of threv centa fs paid, & letfer way be forwarded aud the diference colincted upon dolfvery, Under the bill of the Comnities, full postage ts required betora the let- ter will bu forwarde Berond-clase maiter ewbracos all newepapers and other periodical publications which buve Lesu duly rezistervd, nad waich shall comply with the follawtng condjtionst First, the publication must b regularly lusued at stated Entervals. as froqu foreien commaerce wil show Lhe unbrecedeuted maguliude 10 which the mavement hus attained, and the protection thos secured (o the pubiic inter- ests al & time when commcorcial sccurity has be. come indliponsable. The agencies through which this change has Luen sfected must be maintalned and streugthoned if the future {s 1o bo made sccute, A return to excessive importa of 10 & imatcrial de- clive in thy export trade would render possitle & return t the former cundition of adverse halances, with (ke inevitable outward drsin of void as the lieceasary consequence. Every clement of aid o the tntroduction of the products of vur soll oud | ufactures 1010 Bew markets should b made able. At present such is the favor with which { ‘Wil be sold at PRIVATE or Auc- * tion Sale daily from 10 8. m, to B p.m. privileged naturethat it cau command the flour. It bad evidontly been the fpteution both of IHarsison and of the messenger that no informa- tion should reach the press on the subject until nfter tho petition had been prescoted to the 1Bouse. . .. .. K of BKBLeA West ol Bylea- wee. Novelties, Toy Engines, . Don't buy befure [ 1 Kewd Ll Iw“:;;:og | DIANONDS, 'WATOHES, Etc. gf‘mnlmenn ‘5,0‘ PERE v b hidsdlboiorls oo by o U , BTORE AND BASEMENT No. 254 East Madison-st. ' (P fon Jan, 1), opposite Ficld, Leiter & Co.'s Wholesale Store. Inguirs ot SILVEEMAN'S DANK. TIE FLECTION FRAUDS, COMMITTER UNDER TUN BLAINE RESOLUTION. dipecial Ditwaich o The Tridune. Waeninatow, D, C,, Dec. 18~1he Commit- tee under tho Blsine resolution has at last been “WMACHINERY = e G 4 Iy as four times o year, and bear 8 datg of | : o MOLIDAYGIETS. | uopained, as followas Sepator Telle, Clate. | dle’ wearog appare, whtle bo omitted otbers | 183%nat e obcin fomunsisive wawibudony | 300 o Bmbeted qauciirely; scoul by O r a e Gorman Oanarios, | wan; Caweron, Wisconsin; Kirkwood, Hoar, | Which, he sald, could not be mentloned in the flol\'flh‘lflllflml mu'mm mdl!!frcumdn‘nl cartres | bied, it must be Jormed of printcd paper, shect or . . CAGEM, GOLD FINH, s | McMillan, Buyard, Wallsce, Balley, aud Gar- | Presenceof tha fair vocupants of the waileries. | #2108 fom ous Sotertins ARlabing BRA4 shvts, without board, cloih, leatber, ur lbe: ado- ST s varl Jund. There was uover a commitic appofuted | Finally, alter thero had been much legal talk, | Combarison with thavo of GuF competiio sl L et AEMPEER {No, 127 | o whicn it waa so dificuit to got scastors to | Henator Windous withdrew bin smenduaont, and | duciiiy teads i ferelin warots, 1t e lave | o putiishd or tog Uisstasaaison of frfore — 2L GG | Ve, At tho Ropublicsn caucus tbis morniog | Ofered suathier, providing that. if the plstatl®? | B3UTLINTYGR L il mation ot & public character, or devuted t0 hiera- patition soywhare, CHOICE GIET BOOKSN, ture, the sclences, Bris, OF s0MIY yoecial ludusicy, Kotice e bereby glven thet tne undenigaed, as the Blaino was soundly berated fur refusing to | recoveied ouly nomloal damages, e should be | Tho ) now directed the resumpiton of bave & legitimate it of pald vubecriptions o¢ duly and lawfully aboolited itecelver of the Soutl SLIIly sorve afler getting the Republicans fnto such a | Ssseased for the costs of both sides, sud it ke floacch Nity with other nations, and )uvu]:z; ;‘:‘d'm:"‘:o‘m' dwe agonta. . Teguir. P‘fn,',‘“‘m,‘ll" water Agricuitural Works, and uader and by virue o S order'Gf the DIstrict Court of Washigtan Couaty, Mignesota, will, ou baturday, the §th day uf Jauvsrs. A. D, lami, st velock p. ., 6t the front duor of the ‘shop Of thie South Bt{liwater Agricullural Works, —_— | b Bouth Kisllwater, Minuesota, sell a6 publio suctios, . 10 he Ighest Diddars tha foligwiug deatribed real sa> % tats and persousl rlflfllfll. vid.: ‘Blooks savanty-four (74) aad seventy-ave (73), fa dered the of tha grestest lmportanco that the commercial condition now forluustely sttained shall bo wade permanent, snd thst our rapidly-increastng export trads il not be ailawed tu suffer (or want of the wrdinaty mesns of commuuication with other countries. 'The accompanying repurtscontain s valuable and fnatruciive lumm-r'y of $nformation with respect 1o vur commercial luterests in South Amwrica, where au inviting fleid for Lue enicrprise of our prescited. They are transuiitied witb ro to the basis of coin values, CIIOICE GIFT BOOKS,” The School Boy. A Besutiful Posm by QLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, ¥inely lllustzsted. - Cloth, full glit, #4. Murocco, or Trea Calt, 84 For salo by JANSEN, McCLURG & The School Boy. dewigued prinarity foradvertising purposcs. are ex- cluded fron the sacoud clind, Publishors of newy- papers und porlodicsls, to bave their pubiicitions iranwuiltted ut socond-clave rutes, ure ivquird to wubins the ¢aine L0 the Postwaster ut thd piace of pavlication, apd I they are o1 tue cEaracier do- weribud, thuy sbull bo registered, upon payuent of a registration feo of $1yer angum. Evory putli- cation sdmitted Lo the socund class shill have privted vg_legibly stampud upon cach fusue the words, ** Regiatored for trammuninaion i tho mat'e. ' Ty tale fur secund-class niuticr. whea seut from recovered leas than $350 be should not recover coats. Pending conmderation of this smgnd- ment the Benate weot into executive sesalon, snd forther cunsideration of the bl was post- poned untll Jan, 7 st 1 o'clock, THE INDIAN BILL, HOUSE PRAOUREDINGS, Apeciat Dispateh 0 Ths Tribuna. scrups. Some Bunaturs used prolsi Zuage, aud sald they did not jutend (o akin Bialue's skuoks. After much porsuasion the above- usmed gentlemnen cousented to sorve, Benator Dou Cameron, strangely enough, was not offers ¢d the Chalrmansbip, Tbe Committes will o~ ganize fu & day or two, but all futerest lu it hag died out, and nothing is expected to come of it LLAINE'S POSITION, BOuLE Btiihw ates, Warnlugton foutity: MIuasiotk.as the saino was surveyed and platied, and Gow of reco ! or wit Bure 10 bs ahead It, (nstead of paytag 800 300per cent | irubted bherasn. couiottug of T 2 Brods as the Ligh-foaed lwayscradl dores, you by ihe | " Goe bioae nutas-iiouse ouse’: snce thut by measures Uit sy be en- e S e [ rems Bankrupt Btocks st ail Aversge of & | Opg maia Khup-Bullding, forty-Bve (45) feet by ons Wasnivaron, D, C., Dec. 19,~The House - | the ofiice of publicstion, includiug wanle copies lacon c 3 ] thi dre 5 1 lalne's fricuds statu this to be his position y Do €,y Dec. 80 | nctud fuf the furthersnre of those tuporiant ioter y ctual E‘:}?‘&‘:vn; f,‘:"““_.fé‘f,fiww‘gt&g '{."fi'filrrf 'un-‘fi‘u‘nfn"fffp‘ffilr';s“lbi"fn'c'n'g‘y' oaa Vitingred | AnKxquisite Poam by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMXS. Wl‘mz N othotn bovontieations . Benutor Hiaton | speot thio day upon the Indian Appropriatiun | cate will suset witn wy cordis ool e T:'{x‘:gmu"w':;"::m'.‘?::-‘:yp'x:fi:i e fea o e R ey A e T | s Foriadry atey can taes by sty 50 tact. Admirably liustrated. Cloth, full gilt, 86 Morocea, | 000 "loring gy Chalrmon of the Bpecial | billy 85d passcd ft. The discussion was maluly By TLLY Tow . thareof, 1o b prepanl by special adbeane S cal SXCKKTARY RVARTY, in uis sccompanying revort to the President, saye: *It svems to be very evideut that too rovislon of rezular steam postal commubiou- aun by ald from the Governmcot has beea the forerunuer of the commeicial predominance of |, Great Britali fo the grest merkets of Central and South Awcrlea. It Is obviously the dictate ‘of Intervst and duty on the part of var tov- ! erument to promote by every just and appro- 'priate means the sttalbment of this first and principal agency fur the deslred expausion of our foreign commerce. 1t Is dififcult to under- stand how this commencement sud develop- meut of the ocean postal systen to be the fore- ravucr of expected trade cun bs wholly trusted to the were luterests of mercantilo vuwbiva- tlons. £ s Poss . Upe Ofice- Bullding sixts 1d) fecs Ly twent, ) , feet, IlT aeven hundreq Qm}lul :‘! fl’rfl‘la ‘ll’d ("D’I Moring purposes, Als. stiachoed astale a3 P ha Engines in the Kogins. Homes, sa the shatts sad g Bitres thareto sitsehod, and the Houiers waed 10 coh AN OFFIOB ton wiih tLe saue, X0, o x 2 Eo5is0. stiached o said real sstate onstituting 0 4 e 8 1. ali of Lhy 115 [! 90 EAST MADISON-ST. | fiicsso st deli it siap iiha .98 EAST MADISON-ST. chinery sud Datufes altached 10 i) Do (o Lo A8 3 Upe large Late, 41314, vwo Lathes cach 8xl2 one iR Zrioes, Fia Wstohee, Dis- | ke Sterieis e BaoTnihe il DULAUNDEY, Privats Dauker, | Cfudionsahaibres Forgea: and. s the foHonie 140 Randolph-st., Hoome 6 aud 6. Dxyares ‘attacued 1o (he Poundry-Builulog sod coast Tutlag » part of said read eatale. vk 1 ‘Une iowary Blower and ooe Cupols tor melting iron, 1} but eacribud Wvl)tflg. conadituting au 9 real calaie as xiunes, will bo sl 10 ous parcel. or ‘Tbe underaixued will also, as such Recelver, at the saiun (o aad place vell ai public auction, w (ao bigu: «at bidder, all the permoual property of tie' Jald Buuth Stlilwaser Agricultural Works, cooustiog of work Castiags,sad waterial for Thelr Thzean- E = . Firo el of Blackanith Tookn 8ad ol of 1be' Lols 1 OF CHINA. 01, AXD WATER Colok | B R L e, stunps. Weglsivred publicativne dre perinitted to pasa freo 0 10y county uf vublication thactutlsab- soriburs, but such publicatious <iill nat by dettv- esed at {atterecarrier ofices or distribatel by c.pe slers, unlcas pustasts fe pard AL the Fats of (wo © er pound, Pallisuers of second-clase matter ald Wity their FCgulir Ldute & supnieulcal out subjectiuy It to udoitionsl rate of pestuy tue added matier must be gerwane 1o the p tww which it suppleitents. Third class wmalier embraces booky, trausicnt newspapers aud veriodicals, circulapy, uud uther matler whally ln printi proof-sbecws, currecicd proof-shects, apd mauuscript COpY ACCOWPABY il the samys and 108 ralo OF Dostale 14 BXed ut vng ceut for cach two ounces, or fractonal parl, 10 by repaid by stauips, Tue lerm *tcicular ¥ ls do- ned to be's priuted letter, which. sccordiug (o - teroal evidency, 18 beinz seyt ideniical terma o A crcular duce not loe its char- confined to two oropositions,—first, one to wake no sppropristion for the expenses of the Peaco Comtinisslon; sccond, aa amgndment which proposed to prevent the Presidens from colonizing the lndisnsin the [ndisn ‘Territory oxcept by azt of Congress. On the question of the Peace Commiysion somoof the Southern Democrats wero particular]y Ditter, " and thought it was quite ‘enough tbat the Peace Commissioners should - know their names would bo handed down through the statutes to futuro geucrstions ss lntellis gent aod petriotic men, The House, bowever, wisely thought that tho expenses, at least, of those intellizgent and patriotic snen sbould bo paid, and voted to allow thewm §1,500 each for that purpose. Oun the subject of colonlzing tue Indians ln the fudian Territory, theéro was & very aulmiated and often bitter debate, Iudeca, there wag 1nore gxblbition of Southern swagger sod blus- tor to-day thun thero Lias been ue this seasiou. ‘The Houss wus very ncarly ovenly divided on the question of colonizivg alt Indiuns in the In- dian Territory, aud bhaviog srmy enough thers Comuittee sppoluted uuder tho resolutiou to investlcato the Southern elvition because be knew wall that if b accepted sud went South 1o the discharge of tho duty there would bo a howl all uver plie South that be had cowe here to stly up strife and to fomeut disturbanca that he mifht thercby foprove bils prospects for tho P ency. o, 3 r;m;: welcome gif4-books of the sea- Forssle by THE WESTERN NEWSCO. The School Boy. By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Elcgastly ijus- tsted. Full gll, 84, ** Thisbeauliful book—beautiful to the eye asd Hesu- ful o tho beast, "~The Congregstionslist, Bostoa. ¥or sale by UITCHCOUK & WELDKN. Il oo NG <. ol wriochli il oY The School Boy. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES' New Foem. Superbly Nustrated. Full gilt, 64 ““Wo doubt If the famous Riverside Presa aver sont forth » mor ious book."~New Yotk Clrlaiian Lotelligeuces. ¥orsale by W. G, HOLMES. Unecle Tom’s Cabin. NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION. rs. STOWE'S world-famous atory, 1o & new sad besutitul form, with red-lne bLorder, over 1w Jlus- tratious, o lutroduction (uf 30 pages), aud & Blblio- B e e o, Siseh, s L % i Friecalty i ieas oW Ir Ik In this same conpection I¢ may he sald that there 18 no diffepcnce of opinlon amoog Repub- llcsns 1n Congress 1o regard to ths wisdom of tho jnquiry sct ou foot by Sepator Blalos's res- olution, sod that sl reports which represcut that therg {s such oppostiion, or even lukewarn- ucss ou the subject, origivate awoug Demo- craps. The indispoaition "of Republican Beua- tors to serve upoa the Committes, 15 & yory nat- ural oos. Several Senators whe, under ordinary vircumstances, would consent t0 become W *bers of the Committce bave clections by Legislatures o thelr own . Btates to Jook after witblu the next few weeks, aud could bardly be expected to jeopardize thelr chances of belng returued to the Senato by gulug to remote sectivng of the SBouth where it would by ditlicult to counnuulcate with thelr fricods. Other Besators bave business of & public nsture upou their hands, whlch will oe- one Tenonlag Machine, one Mor« 2 Mn:u. ofll B ! NvSQnT. lb!!lsgll‘b 8 W Latbi i1 saWiod Euinr gom fasd il SILVER. SECKETABY SHUERMAN'S XEYLT TO ME. BECK'S HRIOLUTION—4 STATEMENT OF TUS S|LVER COIN RECKIVED FROM CUSTOMS AND ITS AP~ PLICATION. ¢ Wasuixorox, D. C., Dee. 17.—4A commualca- tiou from tho Becretary of tho Treasury was 18id before tho Benate to-dsy, iu respouspto s resolution of Mr. Beck, sdopted by that body ‘Fhv fourtn cliss vinbraccs ail wutler not ine cluded [nthe threw otber cluascd, which is ot in its pature hable to dawage or W dostroy the cou- teuts uf mail-vdge or baro thuse eogricd luthe postal service, aud which doce wob exceed fuur pounds for wich package, cXcept in tho case uf single volumes welgbing tu cacess ol Lual awouut. Bovks sud duculucnts puplisbed or circulsted by order uf Cougread, of olicial waller swissting frum the Kxecutive Departwents, wattee abuec tainjox to lotterles, girt couc:ets, ur fraudulcns ‘2‘- LS Call, 3630 Morocce, o cupy (aost of their tme for this winter, This is | to preserve order. ‘Ibis smeudment was tinall o 8 ast., callini for information as to the | Scasuiss are ezgiuded. Fourtu-class matter is Lo vi lasculucs tho case with tembers of the Judictary Com- | defeated, aud s different oue adopted, which | o1 the oy 8 ! pay ALJBe cate of vBe cent ber wunce, of fracilou A, H, ABBOTT & 00,, 147 Stafe-st, | yAi cfthe sburebencuatirupersy ead real sstate wia Hold by alt Bookseliers and by the Publishers, Bilttee, _ Btiil othiers bad made cogugements for | provided that vo Judisus sball be olgbized in | awount of sliver coln recelved for custoins u..m}. w b Epdd Uy shdaape. L om Loustl- DHAWING MATKIIALS, Kic, W. H. WICHARDBOY, Becelver, EOUGHTON. 0S000D& 00»:305!0]1.' the Lolidsy recess which (bey couldnot break | the Iudian Territory borcalter, s the President scudec sy wiite w1 prial bis dues alncs tbe beginnlvg of the curreut Baical