Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1879, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO - TRIBUNKE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, I879=SIXTEEN PAGES. F WASHINGTON. A Sub-Committee Ordered to Look into the Blodg- ett Affair. Potter's Committee Finally Forced to Come to the Scrateh, And Investigate Those Cipher Dispatches from Polton, Marble & Co. The William and Mary Col- lege Bill Again Up for Action. This Time Cantious Norihern Demo- crats Yoto Against and Kill the Bleasures Sheridan’s Views on the Pro- visions of the Burnside Aimy Bill. Ho Is Not at All Pleased with the Proposed Reor- gunization. Bweot Talk by Refiners and Im- portors on the Bugar Subject. Death Last Night of Represent- ative Schleicher, of Texas. BLODGETT. TR SUN-COMMITTREE TO VISIT CHICAGO. dpecial Dispatch (o TAe Trivune. Wasmxaroy, D. C., Jan, 10.—Tho Houso Ju- dlciary Cominittee this morning declded to send a Bub-Committes of thret: to Chicago to investl- ato the Blodrett case, and Proctor Knott has agreed to go as Chairman. 'The other two places upan the Committee are not yet deflnitely tilled, althougls it now scems probable that Lynde, of Wisconsin, wilt be tho other Democrat, and Frye, of Malne, the Republican. Frye husal- ready declined scrvice upon the New York lohnny Davenport Committee, of whichbolsa 1 ber. Culberson, of Texas, oud Harrls, of Virginia, ure both sald to deslre to serve oo the Chleago Committee, but Chalrman Kuott has nlrcady opened correspondence by telegraph with Lyndo upon the aubject, If Lynde can be reuched and will consent, it scems to be con- cedud that bie will be selected, and there ia littlo doubt atiout Frye's appointment. ‘The upoolnt- meutof the But-Cominittee was made upon Trye's mottom In Committee. None of TIE CHARGES OR SFECIFICATIONS were presented to the Committee, but Knott s notitled Carter Harrison that before leav- ing for Chicazo he desises to be placed in pos- sesslon of all the facts und coarges within Ilar- rison's knowledge. The Committee wiil cor- talnly not start for Chilcago uut!l ofter the Ue- neva Award bill is disposed of In the House, which It was agreed would L done to-morrow; hut, ns it now scers probablé that Representa- tive Bebleleher, of Texus, canuot lye through the night, thero would, in the ovent of his death, doubtlcas be an adjournment over to- morrow. ‘The Ueneva Award bill would thus be delayed until Mouday. The 8ub-Cotnmitteo will probably start for Chicago ‘l'uesday or Wedaoesday, THIE POTTER COMMITTEE. THOSE BIFIER DISPATCHES. Speclal Dispale (o The Tribune, Wasnisoron, D. €., Jan. 10.—The Potter Committee, roaded by publle oplolon, which it has professed to fznore, has finully declded to enter upon an fuvestigation of the cipher dis- patches. - To that end tho following resolution was proposed and adopted at a secret session of the Committee this morning: Wusnzas, Alleged dispatchics in cipher have ‘been published indicating that aitomnts were madeo afior the Presidential clection In 1474 to infinence by tnouey or other fraudulent niotkods the votes of Llectors or aotlon of returuig oficers-in the btates of Lonisiana, Florida, South Carollng, and Oregon: therelore, be it Jicaolved, That the Chalrman of the Committes be cted to apply to tho Honso for authority to investiguato the wame, and any other matter con- neeted with the said clection ta sald States, and for the means of conducting the inquiry. * ‘The Republlcans of the Commlttee did not vote, but malntalned the vosition whicn from outset they have assumed, namely: That tho clpbier business {s a subject with which the Re- publicans huve vo concern, thut, so far as any political purpose could be served, the case hud slready gone to the Jury of the Ameriean peo- Pie, and the verdict had been returned ugalnat the Democracy; therefore (8 snybody bad uuy futerest fn the mutter 1t was the Demourats alone, Potter, Chatrman of the Committee, siates that the Republicuns wished §t to be koown that THEY DID NOT VOTa upon the proposition, ‘the suw which some of the members of the Committes thought would be necessary for the luvestigation is a very miodest one, Onbe mem- ber placed the smount at $3,000, but there Is oue clause in tho resolution Ly which it is fu- tended to pive tho inveatigation u very much whier Iatitude, und toenter upona geueral ju- vestization ol the cotire Electors! question, Tids purpose s coucenled 1 the wonds, “Or any other matter conpeeted with the mald clection fn ald States,” Tossibly sowe of the purvoses of some of the Democrats ay be gathered from the remarks of one of the members of the Committeg, who #ald: **Tle Hepublicans wuut to look Into the ciphera. . Wa want to cxmnlne hank-booin,” It 1% o pet theory of thy Democracy that the Uepullicans spent vast sums . of uey o the dast election, but they bave evidently over- Tooked the fact that, lu Jooking witer bank accouuts, thiey way tud the way to Tiden's Larrel ‘Tuis decision as to the ciphicrs was taken without any actlon on Gen. Butler's part, who Lus uot appeared tuls wesslon, * . Tero are two theorles advanced {n Washivgs ton to-uight to expluin tho setlon of the Potter Comlttes to-duy In orderini an Iuvestisaton ol the cloher disputches, ‘The trst 6 that the Democrats ucted in cunsequence of o request from Tildew tuat tley sbould doso, and theuther that tho movement bus originated amoug Dem- ocrata who are unlricudly to Fiden and bope to duslroy bin us o future candidate for the Presidency, I Tldeu bas bad commuuication with incubers of the Potter that fuct bag been Lept very clusely guarded secret, IU ts true that rumors of a request frum the statesau of Ursmercy Park fur the cipher dispatch mqulry 1o begin was current avbout & week 820, but fL probably srose from s fact thut certalu Democratic wembers of the Committee were ot 1hat thie binting that an juvestivation would certafuly tuke place. TN MORE FIOBABLE THEOKY f6 that the Jate election lo New York City has slaried some of the Deaiocrats, und that, con- Vinced that the Jusuiry proposcd Wil result fu tue utler distruction of ‘Uildeu’s pobitical {n- flucnee, they tave brought it ubout for tbat purpose. L tact it ls woll known Lere that tho Demovraty who huve been most sctive fu workinz up a seutbweut m thelr owy varty In favor of the fuvestigutlon Lave heen the men who hate Tilden most. One ex- plnnation of .thefr position, which comes from n Democratic soarce, 8 that some of 1he Demo- crats who were active In the investientons which Inunediately followed the clection of 1876 were confldent at the timo that if they had ®one Into the Inquiry covering the sccrects of the Kepublican Nationat Committee, and ex- amined tho dispatclies that wers scot be- tween headquarlers and the visiting states- niea in the Southern States,as well as the bank- accounts of the men who handled the money for the Revublicans, they would bhave found out sumethlog that would have injurcd the Repub- ilcaus and turned the iide In favor of Tilden; but, just at the time when thesa disclosures were to be made, it is safd Tilden, through his representatives in this city, stopped that branch of the inquiry, Hoth Repubticans and Deno- crats now deciare their belfel that this suspen- slun of the Inquiry was SECURBD DY MR. TILDEN, because of his knowledge of the sxistence of the cipher dispatches and his tear that If the investi- ation went further in that directfon the whole consplracy would be discovered; {o other words, these Democrars accuse Tilden of being willlng to give up the Prestdency, and even sacrifice the Demoeratle party, eather than have the cipher dispatches published and translated. In conlirmation of this sccusation ore some facts well known to.everybody who was in Washington during the winter of 1870-'77, and who had an ooportunity to know what was golngon when the fuvestigation had reached the point where the Oregon bribery had been disclosed and the transmission of dralts to Gov. Mayes by Secretory Chandier, Chafrman of the Kepublican Natlonal Com- mittee, had been published. - Both perties at the Capital were preparing to 20 to tho bottomn of the secret history of the cnmpaiin, Croas subpenaes had been tseued and were about to be tssued, calling for the bavk-aceounts and private papers of manegers on both sides; tha cypher dispatches of both parties hisd been brought to Washington, and there was a universal expectntion of exelt- ing disclosures. The rebus expected to sanke publie the financial transacttous of the Demo- cratle Natfoput Conventlon aund of Tilden, and (o read the private dispatehes which passed be- tweenthe Democratic party managers in the Nortltand their agenta in the South; and the Democerats anticlpated discovering what influ- enct: Kepublicans brought to bear onthe Return- ing Boards of Florida and Loulstana In order to secure favorable decisions, Just at this junct- ure ex-Scnator MATT 1. CARPRNTER, then acting us counsel for Tilden, called upon Secrctary Chandicr and Senator Morton and oroposed that there be a mutual agrecment to drop iuvestigations on the lnes they were then pursuloz. “The proposition veforred primarily ta the examination of bauk accounts, but, when earried out, actually stoppea fnquiry in regard to the ciphier-dispatehies. The investigationwas actually suspended In so far that no more ques- toos were asked on the line fudlented. What fnduced Seeretary Chandler and Senator Mortun to ngree to Mr. Carpenter’s proposition fs not now known, but it probable that the Republic- ans, sceing that * they were winomng the Presidency, were willing to stop whero they were {f tho Democrats desired it. Tt is certain that there was nothing in the bank books of Chaudler or of any other Re- bublican leader thut would have thrown dis- credit upon the Republiesn party, and that it was no fear of the corscquences of the publi- cution of the nccounts that had weight. 1t is also certaln that the application for a truce came from Mr. ‘Tilden's representative, THR WT, MAKTIN AFFIDAVIT, In the sceret session of the Committes to-day the attentlon of the Democrats was dirccted by Goy, Cox to an afldavit of 8t. Martin, oue of the Deputy Sergeants-ot-Arms ot Stenger's Sub- Committee at New Orleans lnst summer. Soing of the polnts of\ this paper have herctofore appeared in this correspondence. Gov. Cox took the vosition that, as its statements affected un ofticer of the Com- sittee, ncl compromised the Committee ftaclf, © It wus a matter that shiould go Into the record, and ought in justice to all concerncd to be ex- amined. It was introduced to tie mo- tice of the Comumittee by reading o letter from Mr, Shellabarger, coun- sel for Sccretary Bherman, saying that tho paver had been sont to Mr. Shernian with- out his having had oyything whatever to do In procuring it, and without hts knowing how it enme to hLim. It coutatned such statencots a8 he thought the Committee ought to see, and he did not feel at hiberty to withhold them. He knew nothing whatever of thelr truth or falsity. Thu Democrats on the Commitice were very wneh disturbed by the matter, but it was finally declded that thera was no course open exeept to spread the letterand aflidavit upon the record, Democrata scemaced very anxtousthat the Repub- licans should vall 8t Martin s thelr witness, but they washed their hands of the wholo mat- ter after calliog the attention of the Comm itteo to the aflidavit and hearlng it read. Tbis left the Democrats where they were obliged to sum- mon 8t. Murtin, and ho will be examined to- worrow. ‘The pame of the Democrats was to fuduce tho Republicans to call 8t. Mostin, thus making him thelr witness, and upon his appeariug the Democrats would proceed ta break bitn down, ‘The sube stance of his aflidavit i that several persons whom hie numes, sud all belng versous knowa to have gone from Washineton to Nuw Orleans at the time Stengzer's Committes whnt down, were engaged In purchasiug witucsses to retract thelr lesthnony given before the Roturnfng Board, He mentioued the sumns pald each, und clajins that he was offered und recelved £450, which he aftecwards returncd. He alio swears that Brenger directed W to report all but those witnesdes who could give Uemocratic teatimony [t NOT POUND, The Democrats on the Committea were seri- ously disturbed by the statement toade in the paner, sud fnsisted that the Republicans should uot giva it out until to-morrow night, when they would he able 10 have thels defense Ko with ft, . and to this the Re- publicans wgreed, The clafim of the Demo- cruta s that St Marthy tried to blackmall thosa whom e now clulms were trylng to pur- chuse witnesses, und, not succeeding n this, b concocted Liig present churges. Thers are some telerams in existence whivh secin to glve color to this statement, aud, on the other hand, soino of the Republicans sy they have letiers of some of the partles strongly vorruborating the affl- duvit, In auy event, the Democrats keenly realize that most disreputable transactions are £o Le tixed cither ou the operations of the Com- wittee or oue of its ofticers. ACTION OP THE COMMITTBE. 40 the Watern Assoclated I Wasiinoton; D. C,, Jun, 1 e Totter Cominittec, on motlon of M. MeMahon, order- ed gn dnvestizution ot the * cipher telegrams,” wid requested tho House to grunt an additlonat uppropriation for vxpeusca, Wiien the resolution wus offered by Mr, Me- Mabon, Gen. Cox, of Ollo, tn bebialf of the Ttepublicun members of thn Commiti uld it I-kuowis thut “AB})‘II[ ol winonty i to leave the wajority to upon this toutter without J)rrnum or futerferencs from the minority, aud that, i conformity with this they would wsk to be excused from yot- g upou sir, Medahow's resotution, but wouly not uppose It They did not wish thust the action of the Cuinmitice on this subject should bu takeu simply Lo be the part of the majority asserted py the minority, and bo also remarked that the ubstincnce of Republican members from votlug would be cousistent with the utti- tude tuken by the party when Potter's revola- tion was lirst lutroduced, pamely: that the lu- tion of the Presidentiut election was uu- aary aud nexpedient, because not likely to clicit any additional wfonnatlon of value, aud becauso 1t wus calealated to disturl the busi- vess tranguiliily of the countr, Lhe resotution was then vlopted by the votes of alt the Democratle members, — Gen. Hutler was sbsent, uud the other epublicaus dtd not vote. HELLESKNTATIVE NEED then moved that the Comnuittes suread upon g re.ords wud wakie pubiie the communleation u dressed to the Chalrman same time sgo by Mr, blllabarger, 48 counacl for Seerttury Shetman, cwbodylug the sftiduvit of oue St Martiu, who Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms for the Snb- ‘ommitteo in New Orleans last summer, in bich aftidavit 8t. Martin accused himself of Ing bisbed negro witnesses to recant the statements made by them befare the Retening Board v veund to nthmblaton, ete, and ale confeseed violation of anty i neglecting to stnmon witnesses called by the Tepublienana, and making false returns of “not found" in regard to such witnesses, This motion of Me. Reed gave riso to a dis- cussion, fn which Messrs. Blackburn and Me- Mahon Insisted that the Rej.ublicans ought to call 8t. Martin as thelr own witness and sco it he would testify to these things (it being under- atood that ho js already nnder subpena from the Comrittee), but the minority claimed that the fact of 8t. Martin's haviog made such & confession should be placed wupon record - entlrely Imlependent of tho auestinn’ whether he would bhe likely to relterate it before the Cunmittee. They nlso trzed that it would be perfectly competent for any member to call him' fur cross-examination u‘n;ln‘mu:uulyuucnlm proposed readingof the aflidavit, Feuding discuasion, tho Chalrmao suggested that as thiere was no stenographer prescnt, it wonld be well to postpone action upon the mo- tion until to-morrow, and ou adjournment was ordered accordingly. WILLIAM AND MARY. THAT OLD VIRGINIA CLAIM. Special Dispatek 1o Tha Tridune. Wasmsaron, D. C., Jan. 10.—The Willlam and Mary College bill, which has been before Congreas for eight vears, was defeated in tho House thia afternoon by n majority of some 10 votes. ‘This defeat was n great surprise to the frienda of the bill, who were confident of ane- cess, ‘The result was due to the fact thata number of Northern Democrats reslized the preafction of Conger that they would not darc to vote for the bill. Some twenty-five Northern Lemocrats, Including a conslderable number of those from llilnols, voted nay upon the wroposition. On the other haud, thero were a few Republicans who voted for the bill. Among them were Dr, Loring, of Massachusetta: Cox and Moaroe, of Ohio} Bray- den, of South Carolina; and Rainey und Smatls, of South Carolina. The thiree firat looked aliove the nalitical questlon Involved in the measurs, chose ot Lo vonslder it In any proper scuse a war claim, nnd voted for the anclent Institution ON ACCOUNT OF 1T8 HISTORY and its past services to cdueation, The South- ern Repubiicans voted for the blll for the reason that they yencrally voto with thelr sectton on all such questiuna whero a direct party fssuo is nvolved, ‘Thera were three notable speeches in the de- bate by Concer, Loring, and Goode. Conger, with hle merciless sascastn and keen power of aualysls, stripned tho question of f:s romance and its traditlons, ond snowed that thenncient Willlam aud Mary Cotlege, the mother of Prest dents, was LESTROYED LONG BEFORE THE WAR, and that there was 1o reason why the Ameriean Congress shouwid now be calied upon to vote $05,000 to that :oudern nursery of trearon, Loring refterated the substauce of bis speech ot the lust session, whiie Goude made o very itn- prasloned oppeal for the old college which is sltuated in his district, SCIILEICHITER. LATEST CONDITION OF TIlE TBXAS RRPRESENTA- TIVE, Spzelat Dlspaich to The Tribune. Wasinisaroy, D. €., Jan, 10.—~It {a not ex- pected that Representative Schlelebier can re- cover. This eveninz there was another ton- sultation of physicians. It was determiuned to bleed him as the Just desperate remedy und the ouly hope of taking the tremendous preasuro from the Lraln. On the success of this cx- periment Mr. Schleicher's 1ifo probably depends, and the physicluns are not hopeful. e has been delirious now for three days. The death of Mr. Schlefcher would be o scrious loss to the flouse, for bic was one of Ita ablest members, He came hero first a8 a. member of the Forty-fourth Congress utterly unknown, but very qulekly ate tracted attentton as s man of @ singularly clear beod and souud {deas fn flnance and othor subjects, ond though he waa modest and unobtrusive in the ltouse, and had nguinat him nsomewhat unwiekly body, belng, next to Beuator, Davis, of [linois, the heaviest wan in Conarebs, ho rapldly gained respeet and influ- enve which placed him amoung the lesding men, uud made h‘n ovinlon valued by the best men of both sldes. He is a German by bieth, and o university-bred wman, clvil englicer by profes- slon, and bad been engaged on scveral Buro- pean railronds befora be went to Texua, inthe year 1847, Ho lived muny years on tho Toxan rontier, and represcuted the Border Districs in Congress DEAD. “I'o the Western Associated Press, Wastanazon, D. C., dun. 10.—Representative Beblelener died about 11 o'clock to-night,. A eting of members of both Housesof Con- from Texas, und other friends of the de- used, will Lo hetd to-morrow o take the proper stops concerning thy disposition of hiy remalos, THE ARMY BILL, GEN, BIERIDAN'S VIEWS, Bvecial Dispaich to The Tribune, Wasmxaron, D. C., Jan, 10,—Following 1s the text of Uen. Bherldan’s recent letter to Gen. Skermon i regard Lo tne Burnside Army bill: ” JAN. 4, 1870.~Dxan GEN. Buensan: Your kiuducss In scodiug me the Buinskis Army blil 1 fully appreciated. 4 have carclubly exumlned It, wod give to thut vortion of fs which reters to the generul administration of theurmy wy most hearty upproval, 1t deilues tho duties v} the General of the Ariny und the Secretury of War, and can suy candid uan object Lo whit should be un exposition of the duties which belong to cachi ‘The supremo power of the Secretary §s ueknowledeed us P:mmmnub Nu infringenieut 18 made upon his uuthority by the power con- ferred on the Ueacral of the Army, and the whole syvstem of snny wiministration s musde homogencous toroughout. The Secre- tary loses notlduw, the General of the Army galus nothing, but the heads of burcaus loso un udependuncs which 1 thiuk showki uot Le claitned by any offlece holding s commissiun und subject W army diselpline, As tu the reorzunization ot the army under the LHL, 1 suonot give 1L my cordial support. 1 thimk the present orgumzition s good, and welbl suited Lo our Western frontfer, and [ win not witling Lo gmve ty consent to avy new and untnied orizanlzation, * I tutak it unfortunate to diminlsh Lhe cavalry atrength by cutting off two of the reghnents. Woat {4 waited i to eive to the present number of regitments more soldiers. “Tlie DL beara heaviest oo the line of the snny by setting olileers, from Mujors down, back 2 uimber of yeata i promotivn, whils ne lusw ls austaiicd by thy stall departineuts, except to chang the duties of the oflicers, 'Fhio ataif de- purtients sbould be cut down o the tlgures suued hu the bit), but st would be best i It could be douo by stupplui prumotion n the Tower grades of the’ stail, or by vetirement, or by botu, 1 duubt 3 the oificera of the siall would object tu dininishing the dumber eyen down to the flirures of the Lill it could be done fn this ur sumo other gonl way, und it would meet with le. position from thew aud thy Hue of the urmy, aud Congress, 1 du not like to"sea the nuinber of Gencral officers diinjubbied. ‘Lhuse now Lolding such runk, of course, uro all rizht, but the uspirlue youni Colonols ure cut off Train all hope, wid 1 Tear they donot Jook upun that portiun of the Dill which covers the reorrumzation of the urmy with much favor. Iu fact, Gewera), otlicers of the Hue bave uot much heart iz, 1 write you these optuions candidly. Yours truly, 11, snesivan, Licutenant-Generat, GEN, POrKR, ‘ To the Weatirn dbssucluted 1res. WasinNatox, 1. ¢, Jan, 10.—The Geoeral of the Army received to-day o jetter from Maj.- Uen. Pupe tn which the latter seviews ab length thie sulicnt features of the. Burndide Army bill, which bad Leen sent to hit by Uen, Shcrinan for exumination, und eriticises “somewnut un-’ favorubly its priucipal provisions. BEN HILL, UE BEWAILS THE WICKEDNESY OF THE TIMNE3, Speciat Dixpuich 10 The Tribvne, WASHINGTON, D, C., Jau. 10.—~Ben i1l has written w pamphlct ot slxteen pages 1o the peo- ple of Georgia upon the yuestion at jssue be- tween htwself und Gov. Colquitt, s point is thut the present corruptions o Igis eclipse Tweed's in New York, and that Northern peo- ple who were louking to the return of lonest volitcluns from the Bouth us the surest meana of cuecking great Repudlcan frauds have po- celved o rude shock to thetr bopes. ‘This lutter remarkable proposition i thus elucldated : S 1t 6s 8 well-known fact Lhat those who en- acted the most clicleut and Infuentlal party ln originativg and consummuting tho wivat frauds by walch tho Yrealdency Itselt wus piven to wue not elected by the people were men who had becoma wealthy by the use of publie office, and who {ntendad to continue thelr wicked avoca- tons of theft and thrift, But for this very ovil the Presidentlal fraudof 1876 wourd not tlacken onr history, Three years neo, In December just vassed, { fiest arrived in this city as a member ot Congress from Georgia. During that entire perind committees of Congress from ons to & dozen In number have been engaged In investi- gating {rauds and corruntions In the public ser- vice, Ilundreds of millions of dollars have been shown to hove bLeen wasted, aporopriated and stolen, and nearly all of it traced directly end Indirectly to the ure of public oflice tor pri- vate galn. 1In the midst of this deplorable ex- Inbition of publie corruption and conscanent ori- vale sufferiogs, I Lave bheen buoyed with one refiecctfon which has dnsplred @ hope 0 ereat that 1 has been constant present comfort. This reflec- tlow was, thut these corruptions grew up In the absence of the South from the Eub!lc counsele, and that a full return of the South to those counscls would be a sure siznal for thelr decling_aud final overthrow. Before the War, BSouthern public men werc distinguished for thefr freedom from thds evil of which I spea, and Nouthern State tiovernments were proverbial for honest admin. fstration. Often and often have intetligent Northern Republicans expressed to me thefs reconclifation witn the return of the South tu power, becanse, whatever other faults her publle inen might have, thoy “wers notoriously bonest, “and would “afd in restorime honest Government to the whole country, They would not use public oflices for private waln. To sec the peaple of the North looking to the impoverished and derided Rebels of the South for rescue from public corruptious which wers sinkine all sections to ruln, was a tribute far hige than any we could have won by the successful establishment of an iodependent Guvernment, nnd was same votnpeusation for tho wrougs and rovberles of recunstruvtion, The feelings of contldence and pride fnspired by theso bigh hopes aud expectations have received o rude shiock by events which buve been re- ceutly developed In oue own State of Georgla, und It 18 from a sense of duty in this counection to you and to myself that [ now address yun,”* SUGAR. TNE PENDING INVESTIGATION, Wasminaron, D, C., Jan. 10.—The reflners aud fmyorters of sugars had another hearlng to- ay berare tho Ways und Means Committee., ‘Iheodore A. llavemeyer, perhaps the most ex- tensive refiner in New York, and the Austrian Consul, argucd that the duty should bo collect~ ed on the ad valorem vrinciple, and that no dis- crimination shouid be made aguinst any class of cltizens, Legisiation shonld encourage labor amd capital to afford people sugar at the lowest ptice, The consumer would be biest protected by a tarift which aporoximates to free trade and leaves undisturbed the relative value of sugar as when purchased at places of production. He upposed one rate of duty, ns It wonld anniliilate tho reflning Interests, ‘Ihe allegations of fraud agoinst the retiners, circulated by those fo favor of a ene-rate duty, have been disproved. WILLIAM T, BOOTH, of New York, said as be was n protectionlst to American fudustry, hie was therefore fo favor of pratectiog the rellners. With regard to the polariscope, he said it could be depended on only according to the accuracy of tests of sam- plers, Buch mischle! was done on the wharves by men who were employed by merchants Lo ad- vance thelr Interests. Sugars were not sold, owing to their having been treated by thu po- ldriscope, but principally on the basis of eolor, ‘Thy present tarlll was prohibitory exvept as to low grades of sugars. ‘The Tariff law compelled merehauts to acquire all the Jow-grade sugars thoy could lay theifr hands on. This tended to bring dishonesty Into the business, and left the door open for FALSE CLABSIZICATION, ‘The peaolo were not satisfied with the refined sngar which came to them. In September last he took his stand beforo this Committeo when they sac In New York, maintaining that there were ndulterations In refined sugor, It would be injurious to the people tu force them to use refined sugar whother chey will or not. 3 Mr., Booth then produced soveral eamples of sugar to show thoy were adulterated, Elevate refined sugar, ho sald, and Amerlcans wonld have no need to fear Cuban or other foreizn competivion. ‘Uhis wns to be done by hunest wark, aud not by adulterated stuff. o was In favur of the following propositions ‘Tank Lottoms, sirup of sugar, canc-juice, me- lade, concentrated melado, und concentrated molasses, and on sugar not above No, 16 Dutch standard In color, two cents per pound. UOn all sugzars abovs No, 10 in color, and on all refined sugar loof, cut toaf, lumps, crusted, powdered, granulated, and goft white or yellow, Liown ns coffee surar, four conta per potind. Molusses, six cents per zallon, This propoaltion, Mr. Booth said. would keep out foretgn rifined sugars, but would ndmit the few-grade suwar, Ho bad beeu for lone tlme- watchlug tho degradation of sugur. Adulteration started, woulld fn ou until - sugar beeamie 50 uniit or use that tho people would turn away from fi. Watching the unalysis, ho found ndulternlion crowing until the nikn who went into the busl- ness last went Into it decpest. 1n reply to remarks of flavemeyer, Mr, Booth repested” his awsertion about” wdolteration, whilh, he suld, bud only begun, NOTES AND NEWS, SUTCIELL ON HIS PRET, #Spectal Disvatch (0 The Tribune. Wasmnorox, D. C., Jau, 10,—~Tho Senato nover reluses to permli any Scuator who desires to make a wpeech ou any subject to take the floor. To-lay, fu ‘accordance with this custom, Mr, Micchell spoke In culogestic terma of Oregon, and of tho necessity of creating & borbor of refuge on the coast of that State to accunmadate the commerve which will follaw the comnpletion of the Northern Pacic Rall. road, TUR INDIAN AFPROPRIATION BILL waa passed by the Senate very much as it came from tho flouse. An amendmont which had been tacked on the bill in the flouse, prubiolting the removal of any Judious of Arlzona und New Mexico to the Indlan Territory without the autnorization Congress, was strivken out by tho Benate Apuropriation Coummittee, The Texas Senators, kowaver, did not faney the colonizatlon of any mors hostile Indians iu thelr vicinity, and, through their ox- crtlous, the Scuutu restored the mnendwent., POOD-PISTIES, Prof, Haird, United States Fish Commissioner, will on Monduy transmit to Congruss hils fourth unnual report, embracivg, sty tho result of inquiries into the condition of thy fsheries of the syal and, secoud, the wmeasures taken for tho Introduction of uscful food-fishes Into its waters, Additloual interest {3 wlven to this volume from the fsct that oyr Gshermen may huve to content themselves wilh what they can catch on our owa coasts, since it ls qulte possi- bl that the treaty way vob be renewed. TUE CILICAGO POST-OFFICK, The Postmaster-icneral bas recelved a Jetter from Postisaster Palmer at Chbicugo which says: ¥ Our eutire force of 403 men and wouen f4 crowded luto one room in the basemcut of an uunfluistied fire-proot bulldliog, but uut o letter OF newspaper wis lost fo the hirey of the trans. 1er, sud every divislon of theotllee hus been, so 1arus the public is concerned, I uslnterrupted wurking order, notwitbstanding tho fire which destroyed our Jate Post-Ollice bullding.’? SENATOR CUNKLING, u speaking of the Custom-llouse apvointments, sald tual he should oppose then, und sdded, contidently, that be had b doubt the Scnate wuuld sustals bim in securing ticle rejection, ad §t did at the Jast sesston. The nominstions, 1t seewy, will be reported adversely o wajority ul the Commitiee. TUR TORACCO TAX. Tothe Wesleru Ausvocialed Press. Wasmisuros, D C., Jau. 10.—Tue Benste Coumnittes ou Fivauce to-day heard Gen. Rauw, Commtssioner ol Iuterual Reveuue, 1 opposi- tlou w the pending House il ui the reduction ot thu tovacvo tax, e unserted that the cnact- ment of the bill would cuuse un unuual luss to the revenue of not lusa®thau 3UUBNVUAL b re- telpts rom the taxaton an 1obacey, sl of at Tedst F200,000 lu the revenae frons ciguis. CONFIRSED, g Tue Sevate contirwed ‘Tliowas L. Netson, United States District Judice for the Disirict of SMuswachusetes. WIGUINS VB, GRANT. Under fustrucions of the Courd, the jury rave & verdict for detendant, and the case of Thonias J. Bueeing aganst Geo. Graot, charglug false fwprisounent, was closed. Cottacl fur plainte I waid the testhuouy wus not 88 expevted, BEWARD, Tue Committes vin Expenditures fu the State Departments ordered a aubpxena duces tecum to be formatly acrveid npon Beward this evening, and in the event of his refusal to ahey it tha atteation will eome up at, to-morrow’s nevting whether he shauld e reported to the Houee of Kepresentatives as a contumaclous witnoss and s cotpelled to procdues the booka of the Rnang- hai Cunsulate or suffer punishinent for con tempt. THE LATE CALER CUSRING, A well-atrended meeting of the Bar of the United Btates SBunremo Court wns lield in the court-roomn to-dny, and suitable action taken in relation io the death of Caleb Cushing. Becre- tary Evarts presided, and resolutions wers adupted drafted br 8 committes consisting of Meassrs, I, Phlllw.l Roscoe Conkling, George H, Willlams, A, T, cl(ermnn,Gcn. Pike, and Atty.- Gen. Devens. TRE 4 PAR CENTS, Bubscrintions ta the 4 per cant loan to-day ag- gregate $2,412,400, TUX RECORD, TIIS SRNATE, Wasiinarox, 1). C., Jan. 10,.~The Commit- teeon Naval Affairs was directed to Inquire into the expediency of providing that the Chiefs of the Bureaus of Bteam Enginceriog, Pro- visious and Clothing, and Medicine and Burgery ot the Navy Dupartment be sclected from offleers whose relatlverank ls not below that of Captaln, Mr, Alllson, at the requeat of Mr. Kirkwood, who Is in New Orleans, introduced a bill to pro- vide for an additional bounty to soldiers of the War of the Rebellion. Referred The vetition of Dr. Mary E. Walker for & pen- sfon was also referred. An exccutlve sussion was soon afterwards held. When the doors were reopened, Mr. Sargent Introduced » bil) permitting Dakata to becomo s State. Referred, Mr, Davis (11L) vresented a petition of the wholesale grocers and dealers fn sugar of Chi- o remuonstrating agalnst the recommenda- tivn of the Sceretary of tho Treasury that high and low grades of sugar be adiftted at one rute of duty, Referred. The {Ill wmendlng tho Patent laws was Iald aside, and tho Indian Appropristion bill was taken up. Mr. Windom sofd the amendments to the biit were but few, Asit passed tha House it appro- printes $4,031,278, Tho estimates were $4,433, . 8o it wonld seem Lhat the 1fouse had sub- stantially conformed to the estimates. amount "Tha net. added by the Eenate Committee on Appropriations” wana #5857, and the nost important _ftoms in' tho _amend- ments wers $3,500 for the Northern Cheyenne snd _Arrspaho Indians, $23,400 for the “Sloux, and 820,400 for the pay of Indian poliee, The amenduments proposed by the Com- mittee on Appropriations were agreed to as fol- lowi For e pay of sgventy-one Indian Acents, (ustead of3seventy-four, as o the House bills increasting tho appropriation for the Nurth- crn Cheyennca and Arrapalioes froin $35,000 to $37,500, and that for the Bloux of the different tribes from 815,000 to 38,400, The Comnittee reported an amendment to strike out of the Ilouse bill the clauso directing the President to prohibit the removal of the Aypaches aud other Indlans of Arizona and New Mexieo to the indlan Territory, Mr. Maxey moved to uon-concur In thoamend- ment of the Commlttee, and sald that the five civilized tribes now residing in the Indlan Ter- ritory were prosperotis, aud It was detrimental to thiese Indians, ns well s to the Btates border- lug on that ‘lerritory, to bring wild tribes of In- dians nml)nf them. Mr. Inanils sald during the past six years a process had been golng gradually on of ‘couven- trating unfriendly {ndians into the Indiag Ter- ritorv. The Modocs, Northern Cheyonnes, and various other hands had been concenteated there. In Beptember last, in consequence of the unlawful concentration of Cheyenno Indl- uns on the Indlan ‘Uerritory, not less than thirty citizens of Knnsas were massacred in cotd blood by these Indlans, who had been placed In the Indian Territury by the Exccutlve De- pariment of the Government without the au- thority of Congress. Hundreds of thousands of doilars’ worth of properly was destroyed, At the proper time he would move to enlarize the provision of the Housu blll so as to forbid the introduction of any Indlans into the Indlan ‘Territory without the consent of Congress. After some further dlscussion, the Benate ro- fused to coneur in the umcndment of the Com- mittee on Appropristions to strike out the tlause, by o vole of yeas, 85 navs, 39, The following umendiments of the Committee were agreed to: Increasing the number of privates for the Indfan polive from 400to 800, and the number of oflieers from NfLy to 100, and the npwu‘u— tou for that serylce from 830,600 to $60,000. An amendinent revorted by the Conimitteo to strike uut of the Ilouse bill the clause authoriz. ing the Sccretary of the Interior, under the diroction of the President, to use any surpiuy that may remain in ooy of tho up}lrunnuuuns made by the bill for the purchase of subsistence for tho several Indlan t:1bes, and to supply any subsfatence deflcicncy that mav encur for any tribe, providing, bowever, tha, the funds ap- prapriated to tulfl the treaty obligations shall not be used, wos agreed to, ‘The biil haviug been consldered in Commli- tee of the Whote, was reported to tho Scunte, the amendments mudo {n committes wore con- curred fu, and the bill read the third tme ond passed, The Benato went into executlvo scesfon, and, when the dours rcopened, adjouracd uutil Muonday. TOUSE. [ Mr. Hatcher futroduced a blll to declaro for- feited the lands granted Missouri to ald (n the vonstruction of the Iron Mouutain Jfiroad, Mr, Eden, from the Comumttee on War- Clalns, reported back the Scuate bill autbor- {zlug the Beeretary of the Treusury to examine tne syldence tn régard’to payments made by the 8tate of Missouri sinco 1803 ta tho inllitin of thiat State for military scrvice perfornied by it fn auppreasion of the Rebellon,” Pasaed. Mr, Gunter, Chalrinan of the Committee on Private Land "Clatins, reported a bill for the reliet of Myra Clurk Gaines. Referred,, The House then went futo Committee of the Whole, Mr. Burchard {n tho chair, on the the private calondar, the first bl being the Wiliam und Mary College blll. Mr. Conger vpposed the bill, There had been no bl betore Cougress which had brought (o itx uia so muceh cloquenco and rhetorle, and yet whichh contained €0 little substuntinl Jeimd merit as the Willam and Mary Collego bill, e consldered 1t the cotering wedgw to the successful prosccution of huundreds and thon- sands of Wur claims, luvolving mitliuns of dol- lars. No Northern uian could vote for that bilg wud expect to recelve the approval of his constituents, ‘lhis peaceful ubodo of learuning, about which the gentleman 1rom Mussachusetts (Loring) spoke, was uscd as a prison-house at the thne 3t was captured by the Union Army. He uppealed from the faney sketehies of the gentiemar from Massachusetts about the home of the muses where the sucred nine tripped alung the gruss, to the bistorleal records of the day, He sent to the Clerk's desk and had read u lotter 1o the Aveniny Lust from jts War correapoudent, glving uacscription of the fithy couditian of the Coilege when the Union soldlers olitatued posscesion of it. . He had found that thu luquiry came from Coofederate soldiers, aud, cvon it be desired to do revercnve to ancieut {ustitutions of learniug, bie could not do 80 du this case, Mr, Lorfug sald he was not fo a condition, phvuically or mentally, to reply to tho sloquent, 1ow, hign-toned, and clear specch mado by the entienian from Michicun ‘Conuer} He wished he hudt suine of Lho str E:l which he nad the lHouse betore, not with a view r his views of . the generul poltey of tho Uoveruient, but with a desire to let bis people and s country know that the thme bad come when, luokiog beyond all Jocal trials and ail ditfieutles of the great cooilict, they should seizo the brlght and Jumitious spots of ‘the con- flict, wud turn thetr attentlon to peace. Mo nad come hero belicving in the eduentional [nstitu- tons of the country and the olid, woss-zrown cotluges which had seut such scholurs forth Into the Jand to gulde the coun- eils - of the ustion. tle cowe fitled with vencration for them, and his venera- tiou Lad been jucreased rather thas dintoisaed by thy attucks made upon them. e loved the old justitutions stitl, sud bo was dutcrinloed to love them notwitbstauding the attempts wade to tarsish them. Mr. Conger «uid he bad thougks in but just to give the gentleman an opportunity to spologize to the House aud to the country for bly torer speceh dn Lebalf of the bk o did uot st~ tribute that gentleman's mistako to lack of ex- perienee, for the Lord knows that {f there wus anybody that ueed never o to any uther Logis- Jattire to learn anythilig it was w wan wiho had Leen I tho Muasachusetts Legislature. 'Tho gestleman had asked thu House to make Eratulty to uu fustitution aicrely because it Wi o college, sud bevadse he wus a Jover of collezea, Mr. Lorlug calicd attention to the fact the meworial o which the bill was bused vad been Jrescuted by u Republican, aud the bill had been passend LY o it ublicn Huuse, He was ooposed to War vlaicis, but ue looked on this claim a3 ot Rading abuve poltics. Mr. Uvode—There §s o neceasity o reply 10 the very charactermtic speceh inade by tho en- Hewan drom Micaizaw (Covger). It [t atTords that gentleman auy pleasure (as it evidently does) to wduiye lo” Bl-natured Bings and pour out the vials of his impotent ‘mrsth od. tbe mother Commontwealth, lot him eov i1, put Lo may reat aesuren a1l i AGHe- willTalt hapmters and fall to rea Tk at which 1t hase been almed 1 WX, N the warky days of the Repuiblic, wl\ fl\',wlnm. il A i the “inirit ‘of patrlotic ana | steid soll-sncficél'surrendered for the cof &mnl avast and Waant llimitable dominion 1o thetery scction [rom 'filfih' Lue gentleman curg Afiln- stead of cherlahtdi'a filin regard to th }F) ‘i‘!r Commonwenith hd seéhis utterly unwilh Mg i even unable tu do her Lspor, and like todive- natural daughter of King Lear, tries on a1l casions to make her feel “liow aharper th! serpent’s tooth it 1a to naye \nmnku-u chijd. 1 now ieave him slone in his 2lory, knowind‘that he will not e able to sonarto thuse belghteide ctinfed by the gentleman from Maunchuxg (Lorine), { leave him nnrrulvmr amid tha Iru. of William and Mary. 1 leave him to hug t0 LH' hosom his [deat of :fevenge and hate, amid tka hootings of bats and owls. N Mr. Conger—I hear them now. * ! Mr, Goude—You heatd them then becando you last heard yourselfs but.-1 tunn from she fenucm:m aud address myself to those who be- feve that the Southern and Nofliérn States aro co-cqual. o o He then proceeded to argue in fayor of the bill. 1t was not a war clafm. He denfed 12 The people of the South did not now expect, and never had expected, that the lossea incurréd by individunls aa incidents of the War wouid be reimbursed to them. They had gone {nto the War with their cyes wide open, They had staked everything and lost, and they accepted thelr loas os the fate of war. Continuing, he sald: I tell the gentlemsn and Congress, so far as the question ol war ciaims {8 considered, we will eive hitn a recelpt in full, und he may put fn a bill that it Is not to be regarded as a recogmition of war clafms, so far’us Individuals ars co cerned. Wowlil put it on the ground that 1t 1, a bill to provide for and encourage and advarice the great cause of cducation in our laod, and, since the gentleman bas appeared here in u_now role to<lay, nnd played the part of the bull- dozer, and " undertuken to say from_his place therela no man In the North, Republican_ or Democrat, who dare,~dare waa tho word,— vote for.the biil. fleavens! " Upon what meat hasthls our Ciesar fd that he Is sopreat” The_liberal-minded, public -Elrned peupla of the North, especially those who fonght In tho War, would, notwithatanding the sucech of tha ®entleman fromn Michigan, and Lis Inthuldation and threat bere to-day, hafl with approval and satisfaction tho passage of this bill for the rea- sons so eloquently Aated by m‘ycnllghtancd and public-spirited friend from Massachusctts, Mr. Monroe expressed his rv;freo, that, in sup- gorl(ng the bill, e found himself separated romn the majority of Ms political friencs, but ha had formerly supported it, end did not find it conmlstent with hix polltical record to- change his position, He dld not regard this in the light of a war clalm. Whenever n purely Bouthern war claim como befors the House lie watld be found resiating any such clalm, Mr. Reed reminded Mr, Monroe_that the title of the bill showed it to be a war claim. It wos nlhlll to relmburse the College of Willlam and Mary, Mr. Monroe replied that he understood the title was to be changed. Mr. Reed sald that reminded him of the Deacon who would not drink cider ns cider, hut had 110 objection to it If it was calledapple-fulee, Mr. Mourou safd hie did not beliove in thne of peace fn getting up In (ue inldule of the night and blowing trumpets and beating druima and making war demonstrations, when men should be slecping qulctly in thelr beds. Nelther was heto be bluffed off In the cry that this was an entering wedge, He was tlio sworn cnemy of entering wedees, and did not belleve in “any such thing, [Laughter.] AMr, Tucker closed the debato with a specch In advocaey of thobill. In regard to war claima be declarcd that the prople of tha South were aa tired of them as the people of aay uther part ut the country, aud that for himaelf ho would stand at the door of tho Treasury and resist any clalm not bused on lc}ml and cquit- able grounds, [Derislve Inughter on the Republlcan side.] He spoke of his grandinther haviug been trained ab the College of Willlam snd Mary, and baving, worn the uni- form of 8 Republicdn soldler at the surrender of Yorktown; of his Inther havlag heen tralued there, and of fts baving numbered amons its alunni Johu Marshall, Winfield Scott, Jeffer. son, and Madlson, aud he suid, in conctusion: *"Tnoy come here and make an appeal Irom a higher sphiere—appeal to you to rebulld this old college. ~ It lins been sald that Virginta, like the mother of the Gracebl, points to her sons. She might, stanading ot the graves of her mighty and tlustcious dead, traimed ot this instituyion of learning, point to their tombs and to thelr memory to show where they have trodden the flelds of glory, and liave readered lustro to thelr country, and she might suy, * Go and fol- luw thelr example.! . "ltup-'rcn exemplar vita snorumyue jubete," Mr. Fhillips moved to strike out the enacting clause of tho bill. Deteated, ayes, 19; nocs, 80, The Cowtnittee then rose aud reportea the ‘Tha House proceeded to volo upon tho third reading of the bill, aud the result was, yeas, 87; uays, 127, 80 vjie bill was rojected, and this action was made fibal for this seesion by a motivn ude by Mr, Cunger to reconsider, and to lay the inotion to reconskler on the table, Following Is the vote fu deteil: Atken, Franklin, Monroe, Atxins, Morne, Blackburm, Qldainge, Muldraw, {"‘H“" 1 foll, 0 1w, s (Gu.), Iiiount, Harcin (Va.), Houne, Iatcher, Hrentano, Henry, Ticw (0,), Tilages, Hewltt (N, Y.), Robbiue, Brights Hewitt (Ala,),” Nobertson, Broedvn, arvurt, Bayler, ¥ llonse, Hceatew, aluwell (5. ), Huuton, Buslley, ‘andler, Joues (Als.), Swwvicton, arlisle, Joruensen, Buially, Chalumrs, Kenna, Sunth (Ga. ), Clark (Mo.), Kimmel, Btevle, Cox (0.)y Knatt, Btenger, Cravens, Landers, Throckmorton, rittenden, Ligon, Hucker, ulbeeion, Lo Tuener, Davis (N, C.), Luttroll, cx, Dibrabi, Muckay, Waadell, Durhuti, Matsh, Wiutthorne, Manniug, Wil (Ala,), Martiy, Whitle (Ky. ), Milie, Waod, Feltoa, Monvy, Yentes—n7, Aldrich, Patterson (Ind. ), Bacuu, Toddle, Lagley, Phelpd, Buker (Ind,), Puilligu, Iallon, Pablusa, 4 Pound, lamilton, FPowers, lsracuberg, Pric Uarwes, . ltandolph, Nateis (Mass,), Len, Hargisun, Jeed, Telliv, Ltubtueon(Mass, ) l}anuuun Hud.), 0 ¥, Itrown, Jtyan, Buckuer, llumpbrey, Rampaon, thundy, Hungerford, bupp, Burchiard, inuer, Slintienlerper, Unluwull {Tenn), Juues, 1 il R, Joues (N, IL), “Sunta (Pa ), CLnpbell, Jones (0.), Bparss, Cunuon, Juyee, Spnuger, Keighily, Blewarl Keiley, Hione (3tich.). Kuteham, Biralt, Lapham, ! Latiirop, Lindeey, ) Covert, 5 Cutining Catlor, Duntord, Daviu (Ual, ), Doering, MeMalon, Douison, Moryan, Duunell, Morrison, Dwicht, Nesl, ; 3 Eames, Norcross, Wil [ O'Netlt, Whillsus (Ore. ), warth, Overton, Willit, Lrrett, Patterson (N, Y). Wren— Evans (Ind, ¥ - —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, "/ Naw Youx, Jan, 10.—Arrived, steamships Wyomlug, from Liverpool; Echwindds, from Canllif; Normau Movarch, frum Bbiclds; -nq Frizia, from Hawmburg. oy A QuusnsTOWN, Junt. 10.—Arrived, the stesmex) Linhooe, from Boston for Livervool QuegssTowN, Juu. - 10.—The stecring ap of the City of Cheater, from Liverpool for EA‘W York, gave way whilu enteriog tols barbor v.ofl d‘l‘lv:umou Jao. 10‘—Arrived.( ‘Bohem{aol: 1 j from Bostun, b LoNpox, Jaa. 10.—Arrlved, Australis, frosy New York, R Ak QUEENeTOWN, Jun, 10.—Arrived, thuuflu. trom New York, i byl e ei— . The Largost (Weuura n the Worltl ‘The largest urchard lu the world 1a doyyiless that owned sud worked very successtully.yy Mr, Fubert, McKigatry, ol Hudsou, Columbly Couu- N, ¢ orchard s sltuated on ghe pust .the Hudsou River, ou bigh, rolijng table laud., suil couising more thun 34, apple trecw, 1,700 peard, 4,000 cherries, 500 pehchics, pluws, 200 craus, 1,600 vines, ) cugrants, wu 200 clivatuuts, ‘The Surleties growo yre: Riody Islund Greeoty, 7,Q005 Baldwlos, 6,000; Kiy of Tumnpking County, 4,60J; Astracoaus, bd) Northeru Spy, W05 Wagener, 500: Graveostei 4W; Cranbersy Pippins, 205 Ben Dayis, 205, Ducbess of Oldenburg, 200: with Jonathyy, Itnbbardatones, Cayugas, Vanderveers, u,,t flowers, Pearmaina, Peck's Pleasnt, Twen, ounce Pipnins, Russets. and others in'lesy pord. ber. fhie prarn are Bartiett, B 4" Anjo, S don, Secknl, and Lawrence, chlefly. " 0F chon; thera aru twenty-efght varletics. The orclrg i remarkably thrifty, and the oldest Lrees g, about twenty years old. Tha sofl s dry, reliin eravel, with some limestone; the irces .,1 planted twenty feot apart, and do not scem by any means to bo crowded. Theground a Ploweq soveral timesin thngnr and kept fallow, e, centing, swhen thought sdvisable, it fs seeded gy clover. The orchard is intersccted by rou over six miles fn lenzth for the Dansage of wagans, and is bounded by a continuous roy of apple trees set ten feet apart for funr und g i miles, The apple crop of tha past year wy - 80,000 barrels, a Inrge portion of which Wwad ez, ported to Liverpooi and Glasgow. NEW -ORLEANS. Exnminatlon by tho Toller Committes of Seveypl Witnessas Who Allege that Mugy, Intimldntion Existed Last Fall. 8pectal Dipatch te The Tridune New Onteans, Jan, 10.—The Teller Co mamft. P tee have this afterncon had witnesses og thy Demgcratic side, and the testimony 1a exat) oppiosite to that the Associated Press has begy sending your readera. When Teller's Commpy, tee adjourns, they will know about as much of Loulsiana politics as Woodworth's Committe knew of tha Loulsfana fever, Thero s much testimony fn hoth cases, and as conflicting apq as unsatisfactory in uno as ln the other, The politics of this State is like the fever, that (g 1a Importable and Indizeaous. Perbaps the Con. stitutional : Convention which will Surely :be callel may so arrange mate ters in . the Btats that mygy of the troyble ol the past may bo obvlatey n the futura,y Thero is certainly much need of 4 chaoge, bothin o politicat and financlal sense, fTL Weatern Assoctated Prew Nzw Ontiiaxns, Jan. 10.—Ben Wiktiama snq Wilttarn Harper, of ~Caddo, testified befor the Teller Committes to-dny, corroborating tne testimony of other witnessca as to violence any intimidation th the parish, and placinie the polls at out-of-the-way places without due notie, thus proventiug the culored men from voting' He knew but two colored Democrats in hy parish, A, I, Leonard, District Attorney, testifed s follows: Was confined to Caddo Parlsh by quar. antine during the laat cawmpalgn, Priorto thy tlection was told by prominent Democrats they meant to carry the election, Asked theg how they would do 1t, in view of the fact thy the negro voters were greatly fn the majority, ‘The repty wus that the negroes would vote the Democratic ticket. Later, a fixed determinstion on the part of tho Domocrats to carry the el tion becamo evident, This determinaifon fnally was Intensified into mcts of futimidation. The Rtepublican Conyention put a ticket into the felg which was really unobjectionable, even 15 Dewmocrats, It waa conceded, however, that thls ticket would ouly recelve the negro vote, Mr. Leonard. thien gave an account of tha meen ing at Spring Ridge, where a joint diacuesion was ngreed upon, but the KchblIcnn speaken were interrupted and Insultod by the Democraty with profane und absceno language, the genen character of which fs shown by the following: Mr. Leonard sald: “Whils T was speakiog, Mr. Jeff Bullivan and a number of others arose and sald my statements were damnued lles. Ser. eral purties ndvunced, while Lkept silent. Taa few moments order was restored, and I tinlshed, T, Tollowed me.” Mr. Ellscngr, Republican, was the e spenker. 1le was_interrupted lrcqucmlj bl rel, such ramarks as ** You area Radleal seommn “That's n e ete. Mr. Crame, Democrat, then spoke, T was followed by Mr. Harper, Reoublican, who had not spoken three wioutey when the whole house was in a tumult, sod eries of *“Kill tho Radleals,” ¥ We have the leaders,” * Bhoat them.” I looked for an ad- vanee on Harper, when all ot once_some ifteea men began coming toward me. The leader ap- peared ~ to bu Jasper MceMillan. Ho got to me flest, McMillan began ours ing, “calllng me a Radical thief, s coward, and A scoundrel, This eort of thing Inated ton minutes, I kaow they wanted meto rescut theso insults, and then a row would take place, and we would be killed and nobody would now who did thu deed. I Kept my mnouth shut, a8 did all of my party. At this polut, s stranger to nce—ClHE Foator—came to MeMillsa and took him by the neck and _dragged him vat of the housc, ‘I'his sct opened a passage, snd [ Joined Harper upon the platfortn. My pany then walked out through the front door and went to whiero our bugurtea were. Nobody fok lowed us, and we left, ~On y arrlval ot Shireves port L wus told that the town was in a terrible state of excitement, aud that wo were to be killed it wo held another meeting. L naked who sald 80, and wus told all the town repeated tho statenient. Witoeas thon detalled various acts of violence, threats, and fraud, such as placing ballot-boxes ot {nnceessible places, the organization of car- alry companies throughout the parish for the avowed purpose of carying tha election, not per mittinge the Republican Bupurvisor to discharze his dutles, and refusal to allow negroes to vote who bad recistered on the ground that thelr names were tot on the boaks. H. C. Rugrers, L. ‘Cempleman, G. A, Himple muu, and J, Shepherd, of Caddo, wers called by Democratle mnombers of the Counmittee, and fa substanco denled tho statcments of previous wituesees of Intiinldatfon by the Democray, ‘They asscried that where “wero the greatest truubics Lue negrues were tho aggressors, e —t— THE WEATHER. Orpice or Tim Cmize SioNan Orrics, WasuinaToN, D, C., Jao. 11—1 a. mn.—Iudics tions—For the Tenbesseo and Ohlo Vallers statlouary or higher temperaturo, soutberly winds, cloudy weuther, with rain or snow, full- {ug barometer. & For the Upper Missisatpoi and Lower Mlssonrd Valleys, slightly wurier southerly winds, fall- fug barowcter, increnstug cluudiness, possibly followed by suow, For the Luke Reglon, stationary or higber temperatitre, southerly winds, cloudy weather, Wit numeraus snows, falling, posathly folluws by rising, baroweter. NonvoLk, Va., Jan, 10~The thermometet yesterday rose to 84, und fell Just uight to 3. LOUAL ULIRRYATIL S, Cilltaco, Jan. 10 Wind.| Vel, | Su., ewder \ Har, TAr I, “Maitmu, B r— At onSxi Luicauo, Jan, 10=10:18 p.m. ihr. i) Weuthers Winid. i HTEEEYTEEBEETER. St ] s 0, 241 bbrevapart... W23 33 st, Louta..... 3n77| .. Cloudse i Cloudr: Buing for Uis Owa Arm. Dayton (0.) Dewmosrat, Constable Maithews was ou Baiurday srmed with u writ of replevin for the right srw ol wan, Bowe mwouths ago & wan who dwells. the northern part of this county wmet wilhh‘l‘: scvident which required the amputation ot bis szt arm, A pbysiclan of Vaudalis was t::‘ o took the swputated Jimd to d retatus it. The wnau whose arm ': swputated uow avers that the operation 'b vop skitlfully performed, aud that ho bas s fertd aud vl{ll sulfee from the walpractice . tie phtuician, aud is about to sue for duudded for malpractice. 1n order to muks & Prove showing to the cass before the court, It f deemed essential 1o have the arm, It be ol the possessivn of tke pbysician, tus platat! Fesoried to epleyio,