Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1879, Page 9

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, I879~-TWELVE PAGES COL. GREENL. THE CHICAGO ‘[TRIBUNE: the Board of Indtan Comnfastoners and of In- | totake 1z up. tien. Sheridan's snnual report dian Inspectars, It fs certain that. the work was | was made not anly * for the fnformatfon of the pot lacking in dilizence and zeal, and it may | General ot the Army,” as he represents Justiv be aesume:d that we now have the wholo | It, but It was an official documeat to case hofore us ms strong as Gen. Sheridan can | bo placed an uie records of the Government, make {t. A larzo majonty of the statements | and ft was spread broadeast befors tlio contained In_the **supplemental report.” refer | publie, In fact, I saw it first in the ton perfod of reveral years nntecedent to the | public prints, Tnat an officer under onu Execu- present Administration,” ‘I'he task of answering | tiva Department should in sucl an official ducu- the allegatlons eomtalned therein I might fairly | ment publicly arralzn nnother Department In leavg to iy predecessors. In the statement | unmesaured terms may bo regarded as = per- ruxc?r(nz fo the period commencing with | formance unprecedented in the history of this the present . Administration, only fifteen | Government, Stfil, [ should not have abjected of the .. forty-ive Indian Agencles | to it had the grave charges thug inade been con- In his military (ivision are alluded to, aside | fined to the gulity parties, without casting un- frum some Indian tribes that Iave no neents,— | just imputations woun honorable men, and of two-thirds of them it scema Gen. Bherldan's | without omitting circumatances essential to a records contuin nothing that caun be turned to | fair representation of the truth. But, sach not ecount i the way of censure,—and o what is | belng the case, I considered it my daty 10 call sata of these (iteen agencies for proor, . 1 DISCOVER NOTHIND TIIAT 13 NEW TO ME. 1 4id not o en for the nurpnse of . In fact, the *supplemental renort. ™ warranta | * LECTURING ARMY OFFICERS INTO SILENCE,' the concluion that this Departient s far bet- | ma Gen. Sheridan intimates with someshat ter awd smore completely informed than Ge. § atestionable propriety, For 1 very pointedy Buerudun, - ‘The atatements made by him and | aud repeatedly asked him not to be silent, but tho military offtcers under his onders, as far as | to sueak, and the reply came obly six weeks they are’ at all substantlated, only con- | after iy feat requiest. In this cage, as in oth- tain _complaints alout Agents’ who have | ers, I wanted tha truth, the whole trith, and nirexdy been dismissed, and shout de- | nathing but the truth, It has never heen my fects ~ In _ the business method _which | desire to conceal anything with regard to the have already been remedied by this Depart- | Indian Service. 1 may nstly n{ that 1 have ment, ‘Pho. “supplemental roport ™ comes, | done all I conld, by fustituting nquiries and therefore, too late for practical purposes, and | calling for reports, to Iyr6n§ ita defocts to light. is, n this respect, 8s much ont of date as last | 1 have not only not repelled, Wit 1 have Invited year's almanne. T append to this lotter o state- | information from_ army. officeis, and. I shal ment made by Cotumissioner of Indian Af- | always Lbe grateful to them for co-aperating fairs from the ris of tids Department. It | with'me in this respect. But when in official takes up, pue afier, the other, all the charges | documents vaguo and sweeplug charges of so contalned. in the *‘aupplemental report, erave u character, involving a whole bLranch of clusive of the letiers of*Licut. Leea aud Col. | the service, are put forth, such as appear In Mizner, and it fuily substantiates whot I sav. | (en. Sheridan’s annual report, it is my duty to The Connnlrstoner’s comments on the letter of | protect wortny officers unaer this Departmont. Lient, Lue, which was written about six weeks | ao that thev may not auffer in public estimatton alter the appearance of Lieut-fien. Bheridan's | with the guilty. 1 have to protect the honor of annual report, and thus glves some color to the | the Department itectt, apprebenafou [ expressed that the General had Enrucatly endeavoring to elevate the moral - MADE THE CIIARGES FIRST, AXD MIGHT AVE 70 | tone and the eflicieney of the Indian Service, I LOOK ¥OR THE EVIDENCE Arrnuwums‘ consider [t of the first importance that every of- {sparticularly interesting, It is also worthy of | ficer u it be inaplred with proper scll-respect. remark that Lieut. Lec's letter refera to au'ln- | He must feel that he can malntaln In public es- dian trive whicle was, sccording to Gen, Slierl- | timation the uameof an honest man f ho dan’s annual report, very well, verhaps even too | deserves i, ‘There aro many men In the Indlan well, shpplled nnder the present Administra- | Service tlon, and which was, since T cama Into offive, | As PURE, TIGH-MINDED, AND FAITHFUL TO uuder Licut, Lee's mauagement until recently. DUTT It may have escaped Gen, Sheridan's notice that | as any officers of the army, I cannot permit in Juie, 1877, I svpoluted a Conunlasion to In- | them to he indlscriminately clossed with thieves re juto the condition of the Indian Service. | or imbeciles without detriment to the honor s Inquir orouch end compre- | well as tho oflieney of the service. Nothiug henaives it abuses and delects, | can Le farther from iy Inteotion than to de- nnd led to important chnnsges in the personnd ot | feud ubuses or to shield gullty or inconpetent the ofllee, 08 well as fuibrovementa tu the busl- | persons s the entuloy_of *the Government. ness methods and the system of supervision and Every officer under this Department knows that sceountubility, ‘These " changes aud improve- | if he commits o dishonest sct or s faith- ments could, of cuurse, not be effected in o duy, | leas to duty, or show himself Incompetent to but they kaye.gons un as rapidly as possivle, | perform it, he will be rigoruusly dealt with, ac- and have already taken o mueh wiler ratec | cording to'the merits of the case. Dut those than the complaiots of mititary ofllcers, con- | that are and reinaln honost, faithful, and efl- talned 1o Uew, Sheridan’s “supplemental re- | elent In the discharge of thelr dut{es have n vort,"” ecemed to eull for. rizzhit to Jook o the nead of the Department for 1t Is perhiaps” just to ten, Bherldan to assuma | tiie protection of their honor against any unjust that during the six weeks devoied to the search | assaults, from whatever offleiat quarter ihe; for old cvidence against the Indian Bureau, and | may come. And that protectiou thoy shall to the prepaation of new testimony, he .could | have. not lind time to inquire fnto the Improvements ‘Thete are the reasons which _compelled me to introduced by the present Admluistration of this | ehallenge the charges in Gen. 8heridan’s annual Department, althuugh he wight have easily had | report Involving the whole Indian Bervice with- the intormation hud he asked for it, Hid ke | out {ust ulserimination. - Upen such principles becn abie to doso bis sense of justice would | I'shall deem It vy duty to nct in every mmilar have suggested to hini the propricty of append- | caxe as long as 1 sm at the bead of this Depart- ing to each comolaint tn his *supolementsl re- | ment, Very respectiully, C. Benunz, tion of Governmest providing that m-/ Iather (Licut. Letl Parker) was an officer of opé Haven. o, burral for everybody i—ah, every- body, If you please, cxcept “the poor wottisn who, whaterer the facts, was the victim of the tragedr; who lives fn the deptts of woe, de- rerted by Mr, Beecher and repudiated by the Tigmoutn Church, which at first supported her, fed by the contemptuous hand of charity ex- tended by him who was once her husband, It s vitlfui Whiie I was writing the above paragraph, Frank Carpenter came in, Your readers will remember Dim as the artist of great merit anid cunslderable distinction who painted the picturs of **Signing the Emancipation Proclamation? which Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson a vesr avo pre- sented to Congress. He aas publishedone or two most entertaining books ahout lite in the White-flouse and bis intercourse with Mr, Lin- coln, and was an important wittessin the Beecher trial. Hehata hu.‘{ atudy up town, and fs doing as roud work in the line of portrait. painting a8 anv ariiat in this country, T asked Bm wiw it wan that Hecelier altmded tolact week lefore a Sunday-schoul, when he enid that he had recently rude in the eurs near s man who had once been his friend, and they did not gee each other all dav. * Why," sald Carpenter, " that was Moulton, 1 dined with Frauk the other day and he toid mo about it. They meet repeatediv, nt never speak, of conrse.” The worat of it was, that during the ride Frauk's overcont got {uto Beecher’s scat gomchow, and the ofd feilow waa tng to carry it off by mistake, when Frank sent the conductor and recovered it ‘Then, Wwhen they got to Utlea, where RBeecher was to lecture in the evening, aod Lhe Mutua! Friend was to address the Dairy Convention the next day, they were seated, by the Ingenious llhulmt toom Mogul, face to face nt tle table, Fraul fold frlends reated with hin a story of & Frenchman whosold, for $2 anicce, macaw ezes that hotehed ducks, and wjen the purchaser of the rgea wanted his inoncy back, the French- man said: *Non! non!l! By'nomeence! Ican £it nononeys hack. 1 eannot be reaponsible far de morals of my maocaw!’ Beecher smoth- ered a five-galion tangh in Ia napkin, aod the svoplectic effort sent the blowd clear up to the top ol bis head. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. D't Sign the Petition. To the Editor of The Tridune. Cnicaao, .—I have seen with great sur- prise In this moroing’s paoers that the signa- ture of our firm 14 attached to the petition szafnst Judee Blodgett, { take this earllest opoortunlly to sav that the pame of Wahl Brothers was used withuut thelr knowledgo and againat thelr wich, 1 have the higheat upinton of Judge Rlodeett, and have telegraphed to Reoreseutative Harriaon to have our name erased from sald petitlon. CunisriaN Wane, SECRETARY SCHURZ. of war should be perfected by refentific study of the Massachusstis regiments, and at tlist in time of peace, rather than In the presence of | time atationed near \West Point, and Wt of the the enemy; and that they should be flr::‘-{)!‘: number that witnessed the hanging of Ms). by thio servants of the Republie, who, d| B b ! nature of {hings can have no ontalde Joterost of | tarene ooy of Levy 3t Tepoan, N. Y. He m thelr own, rather than be taken in the husto of urgent neccsaltr frum the highest bidder of the crowd of contraciors. The price of bad army materfal i3 pald, not In money sloné, but in blood, and tears, and death, an {n things more precious even than these. Con- gress fs the victim of a manis on army-re- trenchment, o much so that n new Army biil apoears simultaneously with every report frum tne Weet of the plentiful lack of suficlent men to guard the frontler. Bus what If an access of Ftolcism should enable our rulers to refuse tn burchase anv mora of those works of urt which make our Natlonal Capltai the wonder of the world {n the n‘rnn of those who love and under- stand nrt. What it a surgn_of “herolsm worthy of old #parta in her glory should Induce then 1o retrench thelr own sularies, magnraimously fleed gume tine sgo, Let us have retrench- ment in all things, and fo the army wherever safe and advisable; yet let us not put off onr armor too suon; we'have no longer the excuea of ignorance for our tnwvisdom and the people ¢ hot forgotten the first disastroun years of the War, before MeClellan created an army out of as brave & mob as probanly was aver acen. AN Opsgiyen. Misslnstppl River Levees, To the Editor of The Tribune. CranprurT SUMMIT, W, Va..Jan.8.—T wonld Mo to know where Congressmen find thelr au- thority under the Constitution for using or ap- propriating Government moneys for the protec- ton and improvement of private oroperty? The bill now before Congress (or the oue proposed) for improving the navigation of Western rivers amounts to that, no more and no less, su far as the ll’veu of the Lower Mississippl are con- cerned, 1t connot bescalled improving the navigation of thet river, because the levees are only usclul fn * high water,” when steamboats can run any- where, and tliey are useful thew to prevent tlie overilow of furms aud plantations, and for oo other purpose. ‘The LI 1s for taxing all the people of this country to protect. and thereby add to the vaine of, all the plantationsZon the Lower Missiseinpl, Icannot ses why the farins un the Onlo or Hlitnots Rivers, or veu ou *Gioose Creek, ' 1 It overllow fts banks, ure not just s much entl- Ued to a Jeveeat the exponse of the Guvern- ment as the planters on the Mlissisaippt Hiver, Whut is the odds whether the lands belong to ‘one nan or une thousand Congress, no doubt, hus the right to improre the naviration of suy river Ly removing snags or sandbars or coutiotog the water Lo a narrow chanuel in o water, but to {mprove navgaton by conlining the waters to a narrow channel in | oMcers for the kindness ahown him, and wald that Nigh water, When there fs water enough Lo float | whatever might be his destiny e conldnevermees 8 way-ol-war, s certainly & new and brilliant | them sgain a4 enemier. iden. Maj. Tallmage narrates that he himself was If the States owning sald Iands on the river | often moved to tears, as hie reflccted on the pre- chouee to bulid levees to protect their real cs- | mature and melancholy fate in reserve for the tate und add to thelr taxable property, they bave | etited young roldicr, and more thsn fitty years aright to, afterward, when he wiote to Mr. 8parks, tho dix- ‘Ihe farmers on the Western prairies have just lmzululled historian, all tnat he knew of Andre, 2 tuuch right to ask for an sypropriatiot to | be added that the recollectlons of half s century butld fences, ditches, and levees (where necded) | past called up such exquisitely pajuful scenes a8 tue planters it the Bouth have. that hie never wished ualn to Fefer to the subx They have buited the *Javee hook” with a | ject. A Talk with the President of the Con- nectient Mutual, Another Interesting Chapter of the Quarrel Between Army and Interior, by the laws of war “1L bad to be done, as Andrs was a apy,” but for el that he conld not bab pity the brave maa who bad to suffer through the tresson of Mal.-Uen, Arnold, then in com- mand at West Point. £ Andro was born and bred an Engilishman, ro- celving & Lieutenant's commiselon to enter the army March 4, 1771, From Lientenant he rapidly rose by promotion until 1790, when be wvas mads Adjutant General of tho British army. Hao was fizhting for his country and King, and dotnz nll that he could to conquer the Amerlean people, who were then fu the throes of revolu- tion. He reeorted to daring expedients to cap- ture our srmy, and lost his Hle therehy, Wers those Niving ‘to-day who saw bini executed, § have nu doubt they would to & man Join tocle svmpathies with C. W. Iield In his munumental inemorial to Ma), Andre. Trving In his *Lite of Washington,” Vol. 4, page 148, rays: Never lis Company’s Intentlons Regarding the Honors Block, The New York Mutual's Kew Departare— Farber's Oase, Behurz Gets IIfs Dutch Up, and Glves Sheridan as Good as Was Sent. ' Col, Jacod L. Greene, Prealdent. of (e Con- necticut Mnutual Life-Insurance Company, whn nerived in this city Wadnesday eveoing, hut who was too tired to sec anybady at that time, and sunsibly endeavored to ohtuln the repuse which he so much needed after his juurney and late !lincss, was ot home yesterday to s representative of Tnr TRINUNE, who called to pay bils respects and gathe? up anything in the sliape of news which the Colonel might have to fmpart. He found the head of the grest corporation fecling much better, as he (nformed the reporter, than he had felt for several days, althougl, as hic exnressed blmself, his attack of scarletifever had left him with a new skin, which was not exactly proof azainst the Chicago climate, and made it neceasary for him to take considerable cara of bimself, *Your Company bas heen rather unfortunate fn its recent luss ocrastoned by our Post-Oflice fre,”" observed the ripourter, after m little pre- liminary talk. *Yes,” replied the Colonel, ** our recent ex- pericnes hasu't been the inost pleasant, The loss I8 not, of conrse, in & money-point of view, for we were well insured In a gond line of com- panies, but In the interruption and incon- venlenco to our tenants,! 1t I8 of course the Company's INTENTION TO REDUILD, is it not? * By olf means. 'The property is too valusble toallow it to 18 Idle any thne.! “ Can you give us anytbiug as to your plsus {or rebuildivg! ¥ No, not ns vet. I went over the bullding this morning with Juldes Ekinner, our leral ad- viser here, and Mr. Isham, our ayeut in reul- estate matters, but it was pnly u first look, and there aro scveral matters of detall yet to be taken {nto conaideration, so that I am not pre- pared a this timu to speak deflultely as to our plans,” "lll'ow long will you remain {n the city, Col- onelf" . 4Ol for. several dayn yet. 1 shall look over the ground carefully with Judege Skinner and Alr, Isham, ond will then bo better prepared to Bpeak on tha subject.” **There secins to bo no question about your former tenants returning to the bullding, with l.l]m'Wlllbll cxeeption of the Post-Office peo- e e S Bad If'shap to Bome of Sheridan's Evi- dence on which He ** Based " His Report, Demonstration that it Bore Date of a Later Day than the Report Itself. 8 any man anflering under {lke elrcam- kened o more universal #ympatly, even amony those of the country againet which he had practiced. Itin story is oneof the toochin; themenof tho Revolution, ana hie nama is eti) fpoken of with kindnest 1u the local traditions of the nelghborbood where be was captored. And on paze 120: Parly on the morniog of the 28lh the prisoners * weoae embarked in 8 batge 10 be conreved from West Paint to King'a Ferrr, Talimage placcd Audre by his elde on tne after sest of the bargu, Tiehng both youn, of equal rank. and preporsessing mmanacr, & frank and cordial lutercourss hait growa up between them. 1iy a cartel mutnally sgreed upon, eaclt might put to the uther any question not Invulyiog & thira person. After disenbarking at Kinw's Ferrs neae stony Point, they set ot Tappan nn fer'the escort of & body of lorse, As the: progcaed the Clove.a deep aefile i the rear of thaliizhiands, Andre, whn rode beside Tallinape, beragae solicitous to know the vpinion of the laties a8 to what would be the result of hin capture, and in woa: light he would be recarded by Gen, Washinuio. and by a sulitary tribunal, shontd one ort . Tallmage evaded the question o vosrible, but heine nrged to s’ full and expheitrenly, mave it, he aayw, in the fotlowing worde: **Uhsd & much loved classmate in . Yaln Colleys by tne name of Natban llale, who entered the army {n 1755 Immediately nttee the battle of Long Isiand, (en, hington wanted Informa- tion respecting th th,” poaitian, and prob- adle movements of the ‘enemy. Capt. lale tendered bis services, went over to Trookiyn, and \ras taken jnat an ho was paseing the ouiposts of the enemyon hie retarn; eald [ with emphanle, +Do you remember the scquel of the story?® *¥en' anld Andre, *he was hanged ns a spy! But you surely do not consider AIke?* *Yes, precisely slmil be your fate,' " In the American Cyclopalia, Vol. 1, page 550, referiing to Mal. Jobn Andre, It says; Whreever he nppeared lie won the Ticarts of all, and on leaving Sholdun's quarters thanked the Allogation - that an Officer of the Army Bectred the Tom-Fool Romovals. Sapgostion that Sheridan Bhonld .Btate that Agents Are in Jail When Picturing Their Cor- " raption, - “Whrlons Inference and Categorital In{fmation that Imbeelles Are Xo Longer Running the Interfor Deparlment, ¢ special Dispatck ta The Triduna. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Jan. 0, 1870.— Fothe Hunorable the Secretary of War—S8ir: I have the honor to acknowledgs the receint of your letter of the 24 Inst., Inclostog a “supvle- mental report to tho annual report of Licut.- Gen, Bherldan for 1878, " which purports to be an answer to certaln inquiries made by me in s letter nddressed to vou, dated on Nov, 10, 1878, * In his aoousl report Gen. Sheridan miade the following statement: * “The Indian situation ot the present time fr, Tam sorry to sav, unsatisfactory, The Indlan Department, owing to want of sufficicut appro- vriations, or from wretehed mismanagement, . lins gisen to the.settlements in the Western country constant aoxlety durlog the last year, and in_some places loas of life und loss of property, attended with dreadful crimes and crueltles,* There has becn an fosufe ficlencsof 100d at the Agencles, and, as the gamo 18 gone, hunger has mada the Indians in same cases desperate, and nlmost any race of men will fight rither than starve, It secme to case sud min and aimtiar will — e e T % 3 3 Nobody's Business hut Mr, Ayr To the Editor of The Trilune, 111660, Jan. 0.—TIt is understood, Renerally, that the offlce of Town Colleztor belnugs to the people residing fn sald town; also, that thie voter scleeted tofill sald position 1s the scrvant of that particular people, and that te owes his vosition solely to his immediate constitucncy. In view of these facts, will vou have the kind- uess, througl the medium of your valucd paper, to give Lo your readers of the Svuth Division of “I gather that wnuch from the papers, but really I havo not bad timo to fnform mysell on that pout.!’ % hat would be youruninlon as to your pow- R N , ¥ Maf, Wl ] Vi aopropristed by Congress ought to basuflictenty | orenders and fn correcting defects I busliess KEWBPAPER COMMENT. subject, for the reason that I huven’t thought hee, T pu ihe ofllce. a8 | Crockett said bills wero vasscd [n his time. on | 1780, Gen. Washington ot that tine was at well ag thic anpolntees for wtreet service of Enos Astes, the present Incumbent of the office of douth-Towa Collector! Bucrerx. W 2 Bpeclal Dispatch (o The Tribune, l',';,‘:.‘,,“:?d,,’,',mld" h:e‘;"f,flzn’ml stipplomental ve ‘WasmNgron, D. C., Jau, 9.—Tho Washing- A VERY DIFFERENT ABPRCT. ton Star fs of uplulon that Mecrctary Schurz's fln‘v{%fld Imv‘nt(;mcl;’l‘l:;la I':oz:ml {. lgnlCunulncllf reply to Gen. Sheridan closes the controversy or Sefoann, Uk Fhom oreancaks, wascril- | unq juaves Schurz master of tho situatlon. 1ly prosccuted by this Departmont, and has The E g o Bee 410 and convieted Giat Auent Livingston | ‘The Feenlung Star says: *When Gen. Sherl- and others with lim have ween [ne | dan's recent report giving speclfications 4n suo- dicted and- aro Leme ceitninally prosccuted, | port of his charzeangainstthe Indian Burcau was but that similar prosccutions of Azents and cons | pyblished, an enthusiastie frlend remarked in i’.‘l"‘flifg!’.’fv" lli\cls'l‘alyv"xl ufl’l:““x‘;;:fi“if:v?"fl;fi f,: print that the General’s pen was mizhtier than it practically apolied to the exact purposcs svec- 10ed, and If thesutpplies are regularly dellvered; Lut the reports of the Department Commanders forwarded Lierew!th would ndicate a different regult, except in the case of the Red-Cloud and Spotted-Tall bapds of Bloux, who, slthough threatening In thelr canduct, bave been the best supplicd, and have been humored until their (o- creoaing lusolence constantly threatens to bring shott n breach of the peace.” the principlo of * You tickle me and 1’1l tickle | Ilartford, whither he had gone with LaFayette, yon," Knox, and uthers, to meet Gon. Rochambeau ‘Ibo experience of the Chincse, and ou the | aud other French officers. Messengera wero Iin- Danube, both prove that money spenrt on levees, | tediotely sent to Lim, informing bm of the alier a certain limit, s thrown away. And | capture of Andre. The Cuclopedu suye, page that limit s about resched now, It would be | 550¢ far cheaper to ooy the lands at onen and The day that Washington arrived at Tappan a turn them Into an alligator pars or an lndian | board of uiicers, v naisting of aix Major-(ienerals Teservation than 1o cuinmence the levee system, | end elgbt Biigadier-Generale, was convened, be- for this sppropristion s ouly the *ernterlng | fore which Audre wan tried, found gulle,’ and wedges once started, wod there will be o | *entenced to teath, In hia trial, as in every other yearly call for teu or twenty mitlions for she | "tene. his deporiment was such as to win the kind anything about it, much ru had any talk with Judge 8kinner in regurd 6 the matter. During my stay here, 1 shall'inform miyeelf as to wll the matters of detall ib connsetion with the rebulid- ing, and will be able to-tell you wore some other time.” o “Anysthing new or strange, Colonel, ia the ife-insurance world1? - 1* “No, [ can't say that théro §s."” 410W DOLS TUB MUTUALLIFE'S XAW DEFART- URE WORK— its reduction of rates Lo new policy<holderal” Of Courso They .Are Lyink. To the Edltor of The Tribune, Cnicago, Jun. 0.—Geu. Unrfield, n bis specch on resumption at Farwell Hall, without speak- ing of the free coinaze of milver, made a very ‘strong arcument fo fuvor of It when he sald: *But for Congress to ussume the power to . , > MY ¥ + hundred years, Tespects of ni< Juige: 'ty effurt was ade by ' d state that not_only the zents who aro justly | the General's sword. Sccrotary Bchurz now | ™wgume of the old polies-holders ase aty thing | ralec or depress all prices, to change the value | bex! ¥ Chuton to gave him, and every falr opportunity Hinntatemone mnu,'l:f i NGl onsr | COMBIAINED of ) Ia et phiemieatol rcxjmn. 7 | confiems tuo public suapiclon that this cpizram | but plensed with it,1 undgrataml, ‘Lhey weld . | of every purchase, sod of every private con- | Blease watéh the progreas of this bill and | aifuwed by W athingion: bt e sten rate of war e SALLDMING, DYINOT. ERORoRITioNss have been removed, but mnany othier similar | fastencd an undeserved discreait upon a gatfant | meeting In New York the other dav and ap- | tract, would he u nsuroation of puwer thg | You wh ¢ could nat fie bruken. That the amounts appropriuted by Congress | wngocy haye taien place abont. Whicl, Geny oficer’s sword, The reply of the In. | poluted s committee, Lbellove, to fuquire fnto | must desotic and dauecrous ever proposed o o e the North obey the Southern lash. Ile was tianged at ‘Tappan, Oct. 2, 1750, for supplying the Tndlans scemed to Lieut.-Gen, eas 0 havo had, 8o far, no nformue 4 ) he matter,” 1it Amartcana,” * Yet this s just.what Concress Is there no hand un bixh to sbleld " the caah? | Aud now, eiter the lapse of vearly 100 years, P! Bueridaa s s y Tl . y tion, *Ile would buve had to recognizo that the | terfor Department to the ' charges, o methiods of busineas'and accountability havoy| for us they aflcet the present Admiulstra. been improved far boyond the changes which)| tion, leaves nothing to be desired. The manner m:.tr"vrnlllhl‘:n Slftost a8 neiosaary. r"fl?.nfi"::' in which the fucts arc ropresented fs initnitable. horidan found ti ek this 1nfu on, i = und_produced ft,. hb pulemental report In this,word-battle the Sccrotary varies lils de: ol at becums a3 complato a vindication | fenalve pollcy with offensive returns fo such of the efficency of the oresent Administration masterly atylo that ope I8 lefs In doudt whetlor of Indian Affafrs &8 I could desire.” It I {4 s the. Indlan ;.Buredu or tho Army could “Induce Gen, Bherldan to giva,me the | which really need vindication. Even the con- honor ot a persunal inspection of tho husiness | densed form in which we aro compeliod to pive methods now futroduced fn the Interior | the Hecrotary'a: lotter, its. merits as & contro- DepaiLment (s I slso, when testilviog befora | verslal document are. evident beyond dispute; « ity fuyited the Jolnt Cummittee of Congress ex- but, for a full aporeciation ot fts writer’s mnas- tery of Enelfsl and of the comploteness of his amining lito thy mmhrgumuau).lnm notonly confident that lio would flud those wiethods tn- | defense, the Secretary’s lotter must ba read ene tire. » #Hluitely auperior (o Lhose which prevailed in the iy tnding Bervice when It wus under military man- | wA’ deseription of the recont firo at the Chlcago agement, but it is quite possibic that e would | Pyst-Oflice represents Uen, Sherldan as rushing heroleally Intothe flames 1o reecite his papers admit themn to be at Jeast equal, It not sunerior, t and records, . After a carolul perusal 1o thosg of the military service now In pot of rwzulnrflf aud prceision fn the.system of ae. | of Becretary Schura's lotter, the hero countabllity, the safeuards agalnst fraud and | of Winchester wlll, pertraps, retlect regretfully that if he hod only vostpoved this statement of peculation, and the strictness of their enforee- speciiications a week or so longer that the ment, Gun, Sterldan haa evidently not in- furmed himself ubont these things, and only | fiames might hsve co sumed his records, ex- thus can 1L bo esplained that durlng seversl | eused his slience, and t‘mn have spared him a yeurs provious to thoe incoming of the resent | Waterloo in the lmllnu controversy,"” Administration, when the larre majority of the canes of fraud and mismavarenent ailuded to in bis ** supplemental repart " occurred, very Buerldan **suflicleut, i practically applicd to the exact purposcs speciied, and regularly de. livored.” (2.) That ““the reports of tho Depart- ment Commanders Indicated a alfferent res:it, except in the casg of the, Spotted-Tsil and Rod- <Cloud tuuds u? Boux.™ r(l)-That the faliure of the Indian Department progtically to apply the uppropriatfuns deemed by Gon. Blierldan sufil- cicnt, and to dellver the supolies_regularly, ex- ceot fu the ense of tho Byotted-Toll and’ Red- Cloud Bloux, **eave to the scttlements In the ‘Western country constant anxlety, and led, ln aome places, to oss of life and ™ property, at- tended with dreodful crimes und crucities, dur- fus} the last year, B 1 xo understand Gen, Bheridan’s officlal state- uenty und 1 Lelleve it ean rearealy be construed otherirtne, L then addressed through vou to tien, Sherfdan a respoctful request to furnish e with ecitications required to sub- grave and swocrtug & chargo, so a sl the Indian” Agencles In Bherldun'a Milltary Divislon except two, the approuriutions made by Congress, which to (i Bhertdan “geermed suiliclens,” had not been practically applied to the nurposes speci- fied, or partly diverted and not “repularly dehiwered,” thereby causing such dreadful wlllvl}ucnccl, this” Depurtiient might obtain the fnformation neeessary to enable it to hold ““ For the nurpose of abtalninz an Injunction, a8 waa the programme ly 187511 . "1 don't know fusy what the ultinate object fe, but it Is evident that-there s a good deai of dissatisfaction thero op.the subject. Ilas any- thing bern done hero in Lhis reapest 1 . * Nothipe.' replicd the reporter, * outside of 9 predty vigorous feilagn in the uewspapers, ' "M Well, the New Yorkers thousht tho outslde rnllcy-huldcr- would look to them to take the nitiative, and rather naturally, too, slnce thgy are at hemlguorters,” \ ** Do you think the reduction will brove a sng cess? The Comaany, Lbelleve, adinits that s an experiment.” an - #Yey, they admlit tnat, and are now engazed n seelng bow it will worli out in actual prac tice, I cannot keo howt it can possivly bo a surs cesd, If the Company rean do whiat it fs now doing, what can't it dod Where is tho funit fu reductions " ‘1t Is claimed that the old policy-holders, with whose mouney, it in sald, the expertment is being tried, had some canse tor comploint.’ 41t would, and so it does, seen to many of them,” “ What was tho real reason for this reductlon, Colonel, us far as you dnsurance men have been ablo to fathom ity w1t wus Just heres the Mutual Lifo saw tho dld when it deprived the people of the privilege they had to puy their dents tn gold or siiver colu, and forecd thiem to resume on s gold baals. -1 that v not changing the oblization of contracts, I don't know what s, The frec coln- aze of sitverand gold will gve us houest money, but our present system of colnsge zives dishon. est money. When these gollites nssert that a slngle standard gives us houest moner they know that we knbw that they know they are lyinz. e BrruNen MILDRETIL Dislding Walls, To the Ditar of The Tribune. CuicAao, Jan, f.—Permit me to usk If there is any law or clity ordinancs to zumpet builders und architects when constructing a block of houses to run the dividing walls of esch Louse up clear to the roof! The house [ live in is une of a dozen or niore, covered with aue roof for all, extending from end to endof the block, affording, In case of fire, n certaln ncaus of commuuication irom one house to another, to- wit: o {lre oceurred last Wednesday night in oue of the houscs, and, by mneans of the linlrn- Iike roof, most of the other houses were tilled with amoke fmmedlutely, while one or more were unnccessarlly dumazed by water, The FA X Cyrus W, i proposes to erect o tnanument to his memory, It wil also be a monument calling to mind the irenchery of the greatest trajtor to hix country—Awericu—that * eves breathed, to wit: Maj.-fen, Benedict Arrml)nl. Amber Sirup. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicado, Jan. 9.—The recent revelations of the adulterations practiced by the augor-refluers shows that every person using sugar—cspeclally of the enmnmon rrudes—is being subjected tou process of slow pofsoning. Were the Investiga. tlous extended to the question of sirups, a still worse state of things would ba found toexist, #ince only a kmall vart of tho sirubs now being s0ld by tho trade and used in families {s cither whally or fn part genuine caue sirup. Nearly nll 18 glucode chemically nanufucturcd, the starch of vorn or other staren-producioy mate- rial belng converted to glucose by the uswc of sulphuric acld, which Jatter It is artempted to get rid of by neutralizing it with lime, produc. inz o most villainous compound, beautiful to the eye and pleasant coough to the taste, but which, nevertheless, can but be detrimental to heulth, And tols Is the stutl sold by the trade and in universal use in famlites, A retail dealer recently told me that It was difealt for him to tind” aoy sirup which the wholesale grocer nodld warrant 10 be genuiuo cany sirnp. Is there any remedy for this state of thinesl LEARNED FOLKS EXCITED. Does the Earth Bulge and ‘Wablhja? Washington Uorresy mdence Cinelnnati Gazetie, Under the preténse that it can accomplish & wonderful reform In tho methods of onr untional surveys, a very qulet hut exceedingly energctic movement s on foot to act our pres- ent Coneress to hunting for o certalo supposed bulge In the surface of the earth., It the mem- bers of the Mauee Appropriation Committen should report a liberal s to scarch for Byio- mes' Hole, the matter would be understood, but the proposition they are now considering, to turn the Land Oflice aud the varlous natlonal surveys over to the Coast Burvey, and charge it with ienoring all former lines. and prosecutinra meudetle survevo! the United States, will hardly be understood by geocral readers as o project to asalst tn o search for the carth’s bulee, The ——— How tha Alps Were Formed, - s of keeping mp tho volame of new | said houses as now coustructed arc lttls less o 4 b 3 i/ smsely the gullty parties to account and fo remedy tho | niany of whleh rassed with Inpunicy Ani s pdudd, eIt 8. Professts of figglo: owng: T tha ard timcsang oflme | thah Underbukce. untn factie 1o e i es D Sl i o e bl el Bitillial | mehers of the Comintiiee thamicls:a do nab evtl, YOI ONE OF WHICH e 10 4 CNINAL | BT i i Landon Tnacliolon, b s | COINCd, Hilows it minde yoncesslons. 1 Teared 1o | bIwech each hotke thit ot b never suge from | o vio minrket, aid ol ! dimzulsed to them under various hush suuudiug 1 havo carefully read Gen. Sheridan’s *sup- PROSECUTIUN, uct beinie the formation of the Nwlss Alps. loun the facts tn tho face, and to cuntluue n | Hre, even if several so-ealled houses fntervene: Laws ’ 2 o uiost adulicration In this country do not auouut to much, ur afford any protection to the public, siuce they are seldom entorced, The only remedy scoms 0 by to supplythetr ploces by a pure, wholesome articte which can b sold a8 low us the other can be prodiccd, aud whlch witl drive it from the markets., From evidence which has been sccumulating for several years past, and drawn from widely separated Joculitles,—East, West, North, und Buuith,—it acema to be demonatrated that i the auber cave sorghut we have n slrup, i not eugar-oroductuz plant, growing successfully upon suy sofl or i any climate that will pro- duce Indlun coro, and so ricn m saccharine mat- ter that (t can b manufactured Into a_ rowd werchuntuble artlele of strup, selling readlly in market on its merits at 50 cents per vallon wholesale, and whetever troduced tailig tao preferencs over any other sirups sold, ana’ pay- fur to the growera profit larger than can bo realized from uu{ other ordinary farm crop, The cust of growlng the cane s about the same a4 the sama urea in cori, the vield from 150 to 250 gallons per nere, und tho cost of wanufac- turing not to exeeed 26 cents per galtou. ‘Thu product of the amber cane seems to ba Mke thae of the genulne suwar-cane fn part genuine caue slrup Al part glucose, tie proportion ol each dependlug soimes what uvon the character of the soil and the weatiier during the season of growtn and ripen fnir. The tendency to cranunlute s strong,—Iin suine cases fruin ohe-half to three-quarters of the contents of u barrel belng fotnd to Lo soRd sugarafier stunding & lew weoks n roons, The glucose, or that portion whic vou granulate, 18 a pure vegetable pro verfectly wholesume, and ~ very il 3 frum the artticially produced article from starch and sulpburle acd, An 2 now wlamls, the * growlh of amber-cane and its manufacture {nto sirup seems to offer & profitable {ndustry to the farmer. ‘Ihe muchin- ery and apphiances required are slple, sud nog expensive,and tho nioat fnproved processes of ltnnuumcturu custly mastered by sy jutetligent asnier, A conventlon of persons experionced and In- terested o the prowth of cane and manulacture of sirups wiil bu held at 8t. Lowss in Febroary, ut whi ttom fucts and trueeliwardoess of tho busl can be obtalned anu laid before the public tn such o way us to cnable any Intelligent peraonn to see just what tlere is io 8, 0. C. Gy, The Andra Monument, Tu the Editur of The Tribune, Cricac, Jan. 9.~In your fssue of the 30th ult,, over #C, Ko M. Liind the following: A8 au ubscure bat respectablo Amarican, 14 to recora an emuhatic opposition axuiist the ucter nl_Purmu-m rucently exhibited by Cyrus W. Faeld, nat uny ioteitigent American eau su far forget the hitory of his countey, and the princi- ples of nanbood. s ta eviuce a willingncan 10 erect & nonuwent to the nnprinctpled Evalisa suy, Ma), Audre, Js certainly voyoua the comprehension of fay bust uudumndhlw. Thiv Mr. Plall propusce odo, ‘Il ta, ternw, Thuy have buen spprosched with great shrewduess,” The wdvance haa been one cover- fugz the whole year. #The Academy of Betenves warked [ seerct on the matter, belng requested to take it Into coneideration by a spontaneous resolition written up and handed 1o Mr, [Tewitt tointroduee, The Committee of thu Acadeny breoded over the great delf of the subject fn seeret, The Academy {tzelf cansidered and neted upon it n seerct, und made a report to Congerexs, In which the real cnd In view—the uscertaining of the hulge—was carcfully con- cealed, Aud now the Coninittee ut Appropria- tions 18 wrestling with a bHI which Its innocent memters suppose to be a measure of wrest economy, and one thut will establish this Cone gress us the patron of selence. It fs, huwover, shply u LI to prosecuts an cxploration for the bulge, The constitucnts of these entlemon should bear this [ mind when the grave ques- tiun of renomination next ariscs, “['his problem of the bulge ts cupable of belnz stated in several wavs. As ocluctdated by member of the Academy, It (4 thus expivasml: **Ferhans the cquator wselfl {3 nob o clrely, und the carth's flunre, thereture, not precisely u sphieriod of revolution ahoutjine voler uxls, hut more nearly an ellipsoll of thres axes.” Lut, perhanps, with due respect 1o the Acwtemy, the tuatter may by placed na elearer Hgot,” 13 s wmull bov should sit down carefully for a fuw maoments on a sphiere of puety it wonkl soon as- aume tae forn of an oblate spherobd, such as the varth has jor suine Leen supposed Lo be, sl up to the thne when the theory of u bulize bugan 10 exceite the seentitic world. " Thos far s the wearch atter selentiile knawledge, o the pressure exerted by the small boy oo the putty tns been mwderately even, the “oblute spherold ” or revorutwn will bave been yro- duced, T e boy will then ¥ out the equatar on hls flattened” slobe uccording to exlating theories, and weat hhnsell this thne in the plano ol the equator fora few moinents, In Il have before b the the ellinsis of thres axis,' over which certain adfeutitle gentlemen are loslog a good deal of sicep To mitm the, matter up i plain Lingwage, the new theary §s that the carth, in addition to being flattened at the poles, bulges out unevenly ut the equator. Aud sothe earin, when seenin protile by the #ye ol Academle falth, has the outlines of an Alderman with full stomach, "o groat ques- tlon now s, Whore {s this hulzel™ locs the United States poesess it Dovs (L bravely bear the wuize deserts upward toward the skleal Or nre the depressed plaine of Apzona {ts counter- part, and so the bitlge ftself an onduring featura of antipodal rectona! I ather words, docs toa carth stand witn its buck 10 our beloved rountry ¢ ‘Fhiess sre quostions wilch the Academy of Belences wnd the Coast Survey Intend, by the gruce of the Houso Appronriation ¥ Comulttee, fo settly € it takes all the summers of our natlonal history, and requires as {6 pro- grekses the trausfer of all athier departments of the Guvernuent to the Coast Survey, Auother question which ls viosely related ta that of the bulge, and dependent upon it for more accurate solution, is that of the walbling —t0 speak with uusclentifle tongue—ol the axin of the carth. Wikl the bulpe, if discovered and wscertathed, mecount for uny of the frrequtaritics Inthe wabbling! Of course, when this comes up In the Aademy for discussion, it will bu uicntioged as the subject of nutation, sud the e Euglish ueoplé crocied @ monument | precesslon of the equinoxes, sud this infldel as fholr priviiceo to do 505 wov tho | tepm % wabbling vuh be left 1o the usu of idea uof pollating United States ol wit such 9 | {houn who speak of the varth us * bulged.” fne dbounnable talig i notulak short of & downrigit | ¢y ii3 Yo BEROR 0% LG RATIE R LR PO insultto every Amerlcan posscesing u apirk of 01 o il s Avsdemy of Selent hunotsble patriothéam. 1t le mors thap sublime | 838 0 flud thoe .\vad P S guulveta fuady o on 1hu part of Cyrus W Fral Kuged upou these aml correlated s ble 5 Tuts Wisloyalty; and 11 his own co; problewy Ia to discover ¢ about its legt! teach biui ths, Uovernment, I say, buslncss, but it is both refresbing and unususl * Aud fu your yesterday's lssue these Hu to tnd a Democratic Comittes of Appropna- ame mé (urvishing the legislatlon and the moaey thavsmy'wetor Sadunu thoos subject, to- :’:\flur)- o ‘:‘u\ caty-ilve years' exmminatioun wits into the womentous question whether the carth it ls not anclirlstion tosay that such an act {s fa- | Lulycs or bus adeut ju it auywhere in the Cnited consistent wlih the dictates of buman nature, sud | ppapeq, N hie had, although advoenting tne transfor of the Indlan Servlee, not a single word of denuncla- tlon for them i Lis annual report: white now, under this Adminlstration, when the thieves are at last on their way 1o the Penltentiary ; when dishonest or Incompetent Acems are lickl to necount and dismissed without merey s when the ring-men and frawdalent ciaimants dnite in 8 chorus of curses against the Interior Departs ment, and strueglo to get out of 1ts viutehes; when the leaks und opportunitles for traud and peculation are stopped, aue ulter another, by elfective busmess reiorms, and when every pos- aiblo effort ts fearicssly made to ralse the serv- Ice 1o a proper levol of lonesty und eiliciency, - now tho (eneral does not hesiinte to ussmil ju his oflicial repurt this Department of the Gov- ernment with winincusured allegutions, thullteral meaninig of which he fiods bimkelf compelled to discluim as soon o8 he 18 confronted with It, wnd which he strives to support with an cnuuicra- tion of celluquent oflicors who have already been punished and dlsmissed, and of ubuss which have niready bicen corsected, Had Gen, Bherddan hetter fuformed himsetf ho wonid cer- tainly ave preferred nov o staud fusuch an attitude, The question fs not what the management of Indian affaira has beeu under former Adminise tratlons or ab the begmning of this) the quus- tion 18 what 1t ia now, oud what, under the bresent wethiod of direction, ie is Iikely to be- come, 1do not pretend that it fs now what [ dosire or hope ft will be made. Further changea In tho persounnel s well as {n thy busi- ncss regulations ey be suigested by expe- rience. . Nettuer do I pretend thut we can complish wonders with the ns allow- ed this - Department for the Inding Bervices ¢+ Gen. Bheridan, who speuks ubout " the sufliclency of appropriatious Is, Furhapl. not aware that lust yeur ul thw Indisn Service hod to suend for goode and clothiug, for subsisteuce, for agricuiturul plements, cte,, clusve of all s transporta. ton, was 82600097, whilo the ariuy was n!lmvcd 84,200,000 tor_trunsportation along, 6o that 1he one jtew of transportation aloue fn tho milltary servico cost over ¥1,500,000 more than ai) the food, tue clothing, and the agriculturul toala aud implements wo furiahied 10 a number of Indiund iany times larger than the army, § clukiveol trabsportation. This year the prodoer- tlou will be_about tho same. This proves that the Indlan Bervice {3 by no mesus favored with sbundant appropriations, and a thorough fu. quiry into thie subject would undoubtedly show that {u polnt of ceonomical manageiment it wit) comnpare favorubly with auy branch of the pub- lle service, aud cspeelally with toe srmy, About somc fustauces of that economlical muye agement, Uen. Melgs, the Quartermaster. G, etal ol tuo Army, YOUND UCOABION TO EXIRESS BUNFRISE when testifyiug beforu the Cummittee on- £ress on the tranafer of the Judian Service, Hut that wo cannot furnish food to Judion tribes fur which we ure sllowed wo moncy it ueeds no ar- zuwent Lo prove. Thers ars many expresslons in Gen, §heridan’s “auppleuental report? caleulated to leave the impression that must of the ladan wars origin- ated fu'sows mismavagesent ot Indian affairs v clvil oflicers of the Government, Every dent of the subject will prrce with we ju dog that tbis la bistorically uofounded. o such mismanagoment has uudoubtedly taken place, it fs su historical fact thut a very large majority of the Indian wurs were caused by the encrvavhments oi*white peopic upou the Jauds and rights of [udisus, und that whero one conflict can by suy possttitity be traced to the wlymanagement of tudisu atfalrs by the Gov- croment or s clvil employes, ot least toree wers owing to the ndlscrect rashucss of mili- tary officers o the usu of furce. Lutate tuis mercly 0 corTect ui erroncons bupresslon which 1s widely Indulzed fo. 1 desire to say, infconclusion, thas this cor- resnoudence has not bevn of wy secking, It s plemental report,” madu In responsc to that request, Thero are, | think, forty-tive lndlun Avencies in (en. Sheridun’s Military Division, His charge would seem to apply to_otl except two, that 18 to sy, Lo forty-threo, But I feel worranted In sayine that Gen, Sheridan, atter au evidently most dillgent poarch of the recorda uf correspondence, has NOT Ili ANLE TU SUKTAIN I8 GENRRAL CTIARGE with Teward to u sinzie one of those forty-thres Agencies during the porfod named i hls annual report, and I ain confldent every fair-minded nun catefully reading Lis % supplemental re- lmn " will atree with me fn tils conclusion, icn, Sherldan uow says that he did not nean Lila statement as 1,froin & liern! tuterpretation of hls language, had construed It Tuls dis- claimer must ol course he uccepted. But Gen, Sheridan secrus to_hava fn other fn- stances used lunguaze siinilarly Hable to an in- terpretation now unaceeptoblo” to him. lu his nuttal n}rsr! he eald Wwith regurd to the re- moval of the Red-Cloud and Snotted-Tail baudy ol noux from the Missouri Rivers 1 had hoped that tho Agencles of these Tn. dians would have been retained on the Missour] Liver, whers they could hove been fed awd luoked utter ot comparatively small expenss hut this would not have suitid the traders ang vontractors, who, 1 fear, Javored systemctically Tart summer and fall 10 work up the result which has heen abtatned,” ‘This statement, us it reads, means, if any- thing, that Gew, Sheridan hud ‘reason o thik that “the tiaders and cottractors lubored syae tematically Jnst summer and fall, to -work up the resulp obtalued;” and that * {ho result ob- faived,” namely, the rewoval of the Hpotted. “Tull and Red-Cloud Sloux from the Miasourl liver to n ldeation of thelr own cholee, was uwing 1o such *“worklug up.” I replied that this measure had been ordered by the Presloent atrordance with 8 promise made to the Indisus at their request, - UFON TILE UIIUENT ADVICR OF GEN, CROO! {ien, Shenudan 10w savs that bo did not wean In nee what bis luogusge obviously im- aua the disclalmer must be secepted tho Il of the ola polley, for {t maw the breakers ahead (u the form of u docreuse fu new business, IHence the raduction of rates to make ineurance cheaper, and, as {1 was thought, to keen up the volume of new busiuess, and per- haps increase st, [t was Mke an attempt 1o force water up hill, and, as such, 1can't bossibly sec how It 4 goink to Aucceed.” . *What 18 the outlook for the future of THE DUs|xEsk OENEIALLY (" It was fair untl (s reductlun aut o, The companles hod about como to tho conclusion that the worst was over, taat they had touclied bottom, that the tide hal turned, and that Drosperous titmes were ahout to dawn after tho reverses of the ‘mu few vears, Thiy reduction of vates hos had its tnfluenco in retarding proeress, 1t bay mude the public susplclous nnd dissatlsfled, aud hos done much to utaettle lts Idess about Nle-lusurance companies by ralslug u question which, ag Jeast fs of very doubtiul propriety. Thu dissatisfled " look o the Mutual Life, and, comparlie, are apt to eay, *Weil, what sbout the others)’ ~Without stopping to think that the others have not resorted to such 4 doubt{ul exvedinnt, they are apt 10 clasa theimn iu the satme cateqory witi the Mutual, and the result fu that the vifect onthe business gener- ally s unfortupate just atatime when every- thing was uuusualiy promising,” > Leaving this tope, the reporter remarked thut TUE FURLEK PARTY st Nartford hud Foncn off *acot free,’ and asked tho Colonclwhat truth there was In the stutement that the case had been mismanogea by the prosccution. .Ilis reply was that bu did - tot knuw as to that, but he understood that §t had Leen subjected to tunumerablo abstacles in _one way or another which had mado it very difllenlt to prosecuts the cuso with any degreo of satisfactlon nnd suce cess. Witneases had' moved away, sud, addud Lol Greene, had convententty kept away, so that the prosecutior vonldn’t vet them., e alo referred (o the superlor ekl aud shrewd- tess of Furber lmself, in that Indlviduul's turious carecr, und credited him with the pos- seasion ot sulliclent sazucity to cover any posst- Ule tracks and come out victorlous, or 88 mucl roas wBeotch verdlet of *not proven " would make him, Alter wowe furthier talk, not of any public fu- terest, lowever, tho reporter vade the genlal Colouel good-tav and caiu uway, TUAWING IT OUT, ‘The work which must necessarlly precedo the rebullding was Leaun yestenluy, ‘A fores of workmen took puesession of the top story of the rulns, cleared sway o mucn of the debris us they could in oue day, throwing it fnto the vucant lot on Adsms wireet, while auother set were sawing lumber, sud wottlug thives ready 10 prop up the walls und erect thu temporsry roof. Steamn 18 kept UL Now asa jart of the ineaus to be usea_in the laudable cudegvor to ** twaw ler out.” Iu the two lower storics prep- aratious are insking to wet that portion of the bulldiug resdy lor vecupancy, us Mr, lubawm bopes, wihin the next weuk or ten days. Whetber the Pout-Otlico peoply will R0 bk or uot, towever, atill remains su oocu question, fory should the fire burst through the ceilimgsol top ruows, it has un opeu sweep of the luside of the ruof from end Lo end of the block, plac- fug the house farthest from the tire {n as much daber as the one next to the fire. An suswer through the medium of your paper ‘Lm 1Y Tho results of geolozical obscrvations are, as the lecturer polnted out. that four stuges cau be reeoznized fu the history of these Alps. First, the existenco of a line Of weakness fu the earth’s crust nearly cotueldent with the line of the present mouatains, This 4 eviaenced by the fuct that uloni this Hne' of weakness thero wera voleanle outhurts, tua resulls of which can athll ho traced, Secondiy, -there followed ul(lllF thls hiue of weakness a depression, and In this huge * troueh of miles In extont there were sccumulated sands, limestoucs, and clays by vurious forms of water agencies, nod by ani- mais liviog in the wators. Thirdly, thero fol. wed the consolidation of thoss soft and lovse materials, Thory Is evidence that the accumu- lutlon wasof from six to seven miles in thick- ness, and the mere welght of the superin- cumbent materlul on tholoweratrata would havo w shure fo elfecting consoltdation. Hut this wos not all. Under this vast coves heat had led to cryatallization from fusion. “There was, too, the crushing in from the atdes of tho trough, This was Hlustrated by a model of the jate Sir 1L de In Becne, where lutoial vressuro was em- vloved on lavers of ditferent colored cloth, ahowing how crumpling reaulted, with unliiting of ports of the accumulated 1nss. mem‘y. there had been the sculpturlvz of ali this juto ts present form, which wes the work of rains and frosts, Somoe of the exlating lmulu, even SO00 tect bigh, were cotnposed entlroly of the dbntegrated aterial resulting from the action ot water, elther as fe In glaciers or au ruln ond streams. The amount of muterlal removed In this wav was su stupendous 19 was alinost stag- rering to tey 10 grasp tho tacts, The seulptur- rnu of the contonrs §s atill golng on. ‘This fourth *uge wus of quite receut dute, speaking geoe Joule 'x’ ut the wholo history involved & tapsu of time which at the beglunie of the een. tury pidlozophiers would not lnve been prepared to grant, even |1 this since nc&ulml knowledge of facts hod heen prescuted to them, Prof. dudd coneluded by pointing out the Influencs Bir Charles Lyclt had had tu modhying popular thought on such matters, ————— BMemphis and the Yellow Fever, Benator Btauley Matiliews, baving returncd to Cincinoatl froii his visit to Menphis ss o metber of tho Yellow-Fever Commission, sald 0 u reporter lnst week: ** Memphis beople dread very much the re- epldemic of yellow fuver, Thoy aro encouraged to belleve that the severlty of the winter witl destroy the germs of the disease i this country, sud prevent ts Feappeanng next scason, But 1u tho eveut that it shuuld break out agalu next summer In New_ Orleans, the fecling ts such that the people of Memphis and along tha river would certalnly bolate New Orlouus completely,—il not witli law, then with-, out tsw. ‘Tiey would not ullow’ o boot to ascend the river, and i ceccssary would plant tannons on the bank to prevent ft. ‘fhey would ot ullow & railroad traiu to carry s pos- vengur from that point, ‘That Is their present lul:lm‘( sud exprearad determination, oot cun- fined (o » cl: Resvectfully, your reader, The Kenatorlal Cantraversy. To the Liditor of The Tribune. CAMYNON, 1L, Jam, 8,—~We have heard con« siderable sald about u burgain and sale of the thres Democrutie votes thut would huve made Logan United States Senator; but where the money come from or who furnished it hus not heen mude public, as furas we know of. An bonoradlo mentleman from this County of Warren, at the tinen member of tho Legisla. ture trom this connty,who votud|for and subporte ed Loran clean throuzh the contest, gave your correspondent and others positive mformation where the money sctually camoe from, amd by whom disbursed. e stated 1hat Logan's ex- e t the Leland umounted to 8750, and that Town Beott furmshed the moncy to pur- chaso votes enoueh to make bim United States Beuator, aud that the mouey was pluced Iu the Lands of Jolm I} Caton, “of Uslesburg; and when ho could not sucveed n tho eleciion of Logan, that Le swure a bluw etreak of outtis all the way trom Spriugiield to Galesbure, When asked why Tom Beott turnishicd the money, nus sald that Beott bad 8 full aesursnce from Logan that {f elected he would vote fur und support the Texas Pacille Raihoud sehene. Wo remeniver something about the Calumet canal and swamp-leud swindie, in which a cer- tatn United Stajes Senator, it i3 said, fieured cunupluuumlf. We bellsyo T Trisua could tell the publle somethlng about that transae- tion; was 1t Logan or Oglesby? (It wusn't Ogtesby,~En. "Wl Tus ‘LrinvNe please throw some lizht upun tuat trausactiond ‘The Momnouth At:as seens to take a sensitle view of thu Senatoriul contyoversy, und 18 in favur of Oglesby being his owu successor, Any Repubtican, viewlng the controversy from a straightiorwurd standpoiot, coald not vosaibly view it nany other leht but mean and con- temptible unless Uglesby is wade ls owy suce cessur, D. €. Guauax, I i kgaln, in snother offlcial document relating to con- tolidation of the Kfuwa und Comanche sud the Wieolla Avencics, ordered by the Presdent “ ou the advice of this Departineut, Gen, Sher- an expreases bunsell with tegurd to this ldcasure 4 follows: **1 am well suitsfled, aster un cxperienco of more than twenty years, thut e uriiclpal objection to troops ut Indian Atcuc,es, una the remova of ludian Agencies Swsy from nthitury posta, has for its main oo tive u dealre to cheat aud defraud the lndiaus Ly uvolding the preseuce of oflicers who would yaturaily sev-aud report it," thus obvivusly {n- diatiug nis’ opluion that this consohdation ju- Yolviog the removal of the Asrency from Fort Mt was prompted by such “motives, Upen a Temoustrancy by this Department agaiost so dsulting an tmputation, Gen, Bheridan roplied that e did oot mesn fu this fostsice »but bis luugusge obviously {ndicated. ‘The discialmer muse b accepted aealn, But I may ¢ Durdoned tor suylnt that, it it {s so dificult todruw corruct couclusions from what Gen. Ehieridan sy us to what he wmeans, it was cer- $aluly uukind on Lis part to asceuse me in an otlieial reporg ot *disiogenuousncss” for aa- sumlug thay by ucant what bo sald. The Tord “wdisingenuous ™ would ordivarily Lo takea aran offenslve term, but the cases above ;ln'lmunlll Justity tho supposltion that in thls uavce also (ien. Sheriuau dld not mean ft, ud there les g rest. ml_hw.u ds¢s belng thus disposed of, I may Ui turo to what Gen, Sheridan further eays in ‘“ supplemental report,” ‘The aweeplug at- ru(lun wade (n Lis “snuusl report” led mv Lo Vapect sowo uew {nformation which might be l;‘:luul toadvantags fn luwprovisg the service. 'lu|n EXPECTATION 14§ UREN DISAPPOINTED. pei. ehieridan bus collected fromw his fles s Cangress and the Army, o the Editor of The Trbune. 87, ALuAns, Vi, Jan, 8.~It i emiuently worthy of uw great natlon, when overburdened with Jcbl, to sucrfdee all luxurics sand vice Lo cut Jown uccessary expenses 1o tha lowest puse sible dmit; but due wisdows should te exerviscd in mscertaining what way properly be calied luxurics and how far necessary expenses wili -Lear curtallment, There was once a ian who, wercelving the need of o just economy fv his affairs, madu up his mied to sacritice hla garden feuce, Mo aecordingly cut it up 1o feed thy kitchen tre, sud retired to rest, pleased with Limself and the w ¢ i the worning o found that the nelshbors' catile had destroyed bis garden and ieit Jum pothing 1o cook his tire. Thero was also oucw another man, who cconumized beyond a possible limit ou tho hey of bls lorse, for, “wheu by had wot 1o a straw a duy, the poor creaturo died.? Ono 15 seusibly seminded of thess in- vidents fu uoticing sviny ol the clloris of LCongress to arrange the vational frupalitics, of whlch the last uew Arwy bill wiil be, per- baps, ([ pussed, the most remarkable, | bero ure men sl lviug (v tho vresent zeerution who btye uot furgulton how the country fu her hour of need wus verved by th thrifty and patrl- otie coutraetor, sud wh owill cousequeutly be in- disposed 20 ald {o Luildlug up wore culodsul fore tunes at such u cost. They also still vividly re- wember thy cxpenslve und tinieconsuiiug ex- mast wagiclons cuulce, Docs awt the ‘bivtory of our country peeseit aole aod Valrlotic men whoso numes arv yei uniu- serieds Aund could not Mr. Field have Iectud one’ tare deerving of lils conmueration —~ul mosusiantal perpetuity—than Muj. Audre? Wasu't to I3e Caught Agaln, ha Piattamonth (Neb.) Warchinaw, ent femulcd ustonlan Plattsmouth occa- slonaily. “Thu utheraficravon ono went to Mer- ees’ utd bought a palr of ehues. Peter was fu the act of sprioklivg some chalk-powder 1osldo, ro they wight eliv oo costly. ' Sue' vlanced fure tivelyatbim and remarked: ™ know what you're dotus” Ty genial Peter smilled acquieicnce, Sloslid toward the door, and sald fn toncs that startled the terves of Peter, Hucbucer, Sar- sbiall, ete.: ** You eau't chloroforin we, misters 1 was fooled once before, “and ' blawed if | do 1t sguin.” Aud sho Jeft without thy shoes. e ud Moulton, New York Corresvandesce Iadiunasolla Journal, How svlcualdly Beceber’s peopls stand by Ll He recelved 1,800 calls yesterday,—800 wore than lust year, whose New Year ou a wuch plessanter day, It speaks voluies for, tho atlectiounte fidelity of the Lumau heart that 50 wuny good wen sud wowey bave fole lowed hiw ub sud dowu tle ragged cope of re- torse and deapair, Hved with biw_ fu the cuve ot gloomw, scen biw on bis knees befors Theo- dore Tiltou, aud read bis passionate seli-accusse tiun without losing cunfidevce fu bun. But Fruvk Moultos 18 popular with his Irlenus, too. | suw bitm o momcut yesterday, muke fug calls, red-headed, breezy, mzrecablc as Mrs. Gnlves., & = Mre. Myra Clark tiulues bas very slmple bab- its and tustes, sud-dresses plaluly but (o excel- | ever, und'be bs getting ricl; sod Ars, 3outton roents which wero oblized to be inade— | Wwost cortaluly sbuuld secolve the Gisapprotation —— ————— f;‘;t’:n Of extracts from lctters aud bricts of | capecially distasteful to we to bave been forved | Jett tasse, This coat,” stiv toid s futerviews | thut’ ** slice of ‘inu uf of Judgmeot,” s the Ti.m. the Ude of war was sweeping over sl :’u A c‘;‘.‘\'a'.'?\! -:,:m*wih .“;zn wpul n;l:;;g'_l He Dl Tovg ot Suburdinateotlicers, Couslderiug the [ iuto u controversy with a mihitary oflicer wlhoss | er Juferring to' ey outside out-dour garincut, | ceotre of a larze and sdwiriois social ciele; aud | landiarks und datly threatenlog tu subwerze | GENGE0 i ¥ Rcheder Keuress, o tiwo devoled to the waking of this collecs | services i the ticid ure so covspleucusly pe- “] haye wurt (bree wluters, sud my wardrobe v Tiltou lectures to big sudieay and Bowen's | us—upon everythiug that cawe under the kead Indejendent stands st be bead of rellnous | of percuaslion or rojectile, from s csp toa co- newspapers; aud Leooard Bacow, the Mepbls- | tumbisd. ‘Iney have, therelore, recognized o tovbeles of the whols affair. Hourishes fu New | sound prudencs wod comumou-seise in the ac~ Mother (anticlug hwrsun's Zreediness)—George, Belo a descendunt of one of those who wero [ oo, .um(nd always lcave the tauio fechug prescut ac the exceution of Maj. Aodre, I e | thae you coutd eas a littlo more,” 8on=*r 1 oy leave to difter with #C. E, MY Ay graud- | wother.” Yo, aud the o dety ustunve that Geu. Steridan ed 1t necessary to .draw, not only upun T olicery, bt also upon 0ld reports of corded fn the bistury of this country, It fs dus 10 you, sir, a8 well ad to the public, thes A should stata tho reasous which cowpclled me doesn't cost u\ti 309 {ur." She 18, sbout 71, but expects ta lve t0.150. She comes of & long- Lived puce. ogo of har auats kiviog (o 115,