Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1879, Page 1

VOLUME-XXXIX. METAPHYSIOAL DISCOVERY. TO A Letter of Inguiry. Copy of Lotter from Rev. R, A, Paterson, President of Bing- hamton College, Bingham- ton, N Y., to Rev. L. J. Good- speed, D. D., of Chicago. TINGHAMTON, N, T., Oct. 10, 1678, 1. Goansrxan, D. D, 'l‘u'h"r-rmnn.e'n i onl 4gmal victory 1 lisve achieve: herc, piiice L nve o rad M. M. G Tirowiv's Metagi Sy e nly Thing (hat ever let fn a ray of 1 fors, change of climate, eiceic. , 100, th the face of strong s audl Averslon afier prejudice was kons. | Known or lind I ever seen sirs. Tirown 1t might D ved me yoars of tine ‘and ehousands of doliats. B Tve scen hor and 1alked with hiee?. (1f not £ o Asttiuia, Ut T had Rorriblo el uniermibine my compabionanip wi o alnusting, and deatruclive of ail beuty in Giod e warks, fiducing dyspepela snd ita trallof hore rors. o make the yolame a mere line, and aay TRY e e e TVTRO T an 1 e 107 monto b o' being cured oven In part. [ well remember my Tamty habit of Dy Ws first resched—regulas and niors Shémore regular,—-hopefainess, draan g well Sxan. force, appetite, the power to laugh’ and aing, Sere new and surprising precursors of tiie bicsatoy | 4TINS converted mo. Ter persiatent nge of th 3 Fir.ani Bain DropArationa for a Joar neatly: gave Jief back from the dead. She it s wonder Lo all wiio erer ke her, bolnk now able (0 carry tho Lady PFia- ar Collene: e R ETATIYSICAL DIBCOVERY ia what yon ik o il obel WA recotty but o ace desin Rnd Kk tolt, and | will yul ) 01 he strOng Bianl Guce kiiew you'to bo. Alay God bieks the mieans By . A, PATEISON, Inherited Catarrh, Ete., Ete, (Extract.) NEW PIIILADELPIIA, 0. 1 {nherited Uatarrh, conscquently suffered witha va- ety of dlteases all'mylife, ~ The wonder was Lifved atall. Ttk noone could have suficred mure from Catarrh. MY whole belng was reduced (o 8 wreek, Tnrough the Providence of (od 1 liesrd of tho Mota: uysical Discovery, willlagly took hold of the new Fivar“Y procured 1y direct srum ‘the Slctaplizsica Unt, Teaity, | peruevored., | forced my way theuugh every ointacle, and whore ‘am 1 now? Well. my Catare| fralualiy peact away. My has becomnu & new. A ¢ mang o Luligs of the past. | am o wonier myself, Cad this change be 0 112 1ts ten yoarasluce | found this Elfxtr of Life, The geaurd 1a thiat [ hiave risen Mentaily, Fhysleally, Soclal: Iy, Finmucially, and, Jant but uot feast, Spirttuatiy, Al iny powers i’ aurround biesscd tnrouxl this God'glven Motaphysical Discovery. | have now & piotperuos bustnuas, s good wife and three chilluren, enitls and atienith which cannos be surpassed, and [ it snd wiil declaro L owe 1t all to Mrw. 8L, G, ‘Brown great Metuphysical Discovery. 1 think | s alro through the knowledgs and powers 18 im- 1om tonching its wondors t my ehils dren. wo na 10 send 1t down to my seneration. OBt my children delight 1o get o treatinent of the M iylcal Discavery, which fa certalnly thelr prescrver rum discan, ¥. R DIGLER, Mrs. M. 6. BROWN, Presldont of tha Matashysicat Unlversity, 61 Pood-at., Bew York, wiil lectuts in UERSHEY HALL at2p, . TUESDAY, Sam 3t; Tha obfect of thalecturo 1s focluctdate thio Lawaand Principles by which the Mot sphystcal Discovery fa destined o daliver tha world trom Disease, ; 3irs, M. 0. DROWN fu at the Palmer Touse, Parlor 1, where all are Invited for counsel sud sdvice frea of tharge, + June 27, 1878, AUCVION SALE OF WATCHRES, DIAMONDS, JEWELKRY, &c. RYONAL, VERY. MR, SMITH, CHICAGO, ILL. Dear Str: Will you come in to-day or this week and leave your meas- ure for some clothesP WIL- LOUGHBY, HILL & CO. are prepared to show you a good trade. We know we have pleased frou many times, and take the liberty to address you in this public manner. We are getting in new Oassimeres dai- ly. We really have no duil season, owing no doubt to our way of doing the Clothing bus- iness, which we have the con- ceit to call SQUARE, The best, the. VERY best, journeymen Tailors are now working for us, and don't you for a moment- th{nk that any other Morchant Tailor can turn out better work, for of course our money can also employ the best workmen. 'Tis true our prices are very much less, AND OUR PROF- ITS ARE JUST SO MUCH LESS. Yet we are pgetting a good living, and something be- side, algso making a splendid saving for you. Asking and giving no credit, together with our large and increasing trade, explains OUR LOW PRICES. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & €0, Boston Squurc-l)munfl and Unsur- passable Tallors, Clothicrs, and Dealers in all goods worn_ by Man—kind, on the Square and on the Corner of Madison and Clark- 8tu.e wIith « Branch Store, 238, R40, 242 Dlus Island-¢v., cor- ner Twelfthe-sl., also another, 532 Milwaukee-av., corner Rucker-st, Largest Clothiers in Chicago. OPEN TILL NIXE EVERY NIGHT. TO RRENT. TO RENT. BTORE AND BABEMENT No. 254 East Madison-st. (Possession Jan. 1), opposite Field, Leiter & Co.'s Wholonale Storo. Inguire at SILVERMAN'S BANK. WATCHIES, JEWELRY, Etc Bl 1 oo Al ol il ey Don’t You Forget It. ‘Watches, Jewolry, ond Plated Ware can be_bought' for one half tho usual vricos at A.Bnnfi.‘fl AN’S WHOLFSALB AND TAIL JEWELRY STORE,187 Biafe-at. John G.Ashleman, 157 State-st. A TCTION! ,.1ou';§:-3"rmv, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a, m., the Entire Stock of AH.MILLER,Jeweler, Corner State and Monroe-sts., WILL BE OFFERED AT PUBLIC AUCTION IN LOTS TO 8UIT PUROHASERS., THIS I8 AN ABSOLUTE CLOSING-OUT SALE OF THR Entire Stock and Fixiures of ‘The public aro rssured that thia 8alo is for the pu this Old and Reliable House, 080 abovo stated, and that it will bo sold at no mattor what sacrifice, as it is tho DETER- MINED -URPOSE of Mr. MILLER to GO OUT OF THEhJEWELRY BUSINESS. Tho stock consists of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Clocks, Bronzes, Fino Tablo Cu_tlery, and Faney Goods. 1 The Bnle will be without Mmit or roserve, and the articlo will bo warranted as roprosented. —at 10:30 a, m., 2:30 p, m., 7:30 p. m, VITED TO ATTEND. J. H. FRENCH will conduct the aalec, ‘Chreo salo flagl "I{ieg afiy 8 Wi 0 ho a LADIES ARE SPECIALLY IMY ’AII’I‘I&T“‘)"’&Q@I‘}E{{@“ ONLY 11 DAYS MORE OF 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT 00 ali Garments ordered of us [a Jamuary, 1879, STANDARD THE HIGHEST, EDWARD ELY & €0., Tailors, JGS & 165 Wabash-av., corner Monree-sl, ALs Preson, Keay & (., BANKBERS. CURARIONDN bonghs ndsold, s mow vepcents A ata dellv Guverumeat ratca. Ful Faice allowed for e CALLED BONDS, ALNO RUY AN LOUN E MDY AND SELL COUNEY 01TV wxd Forelgn Exchaugs. _Lettors of Credit, T. 8 KNAPP, ETEPHEN PEABO! Neinber of the Stock xunun.“ L and Drok Now York. ” W, piaud il Stocks. Tonde. nnd: Ba ‘rm':'-' ot: :ul tgnu: {rders solicited: efar by peronlssion 10 Francis . Yesbody, vt Cllicagu} Augastus 5. Eeaboas, of 3. ¥, GENEHAL NOTIOEN, NOTICH. Tarsscey Derastuzer, Orrica or Tux CourraoLinn oF Tis CyRRENOY, i Warii¥GgTox, I C,, Dew, 24, 1675, ¢ raqu who sy bave wlll' u‘flk;)“ Hll;llrfl P thervol. Whikite iurce montls fr ‘u‘ku‘fl'lh. Jeeal Dl'l?“’ Ve MR ot N 2 Comptroiler of the Currcacy. ATALSUR, ERKENBRECHER'S Bon-Ton Starch Ia absolutoly odorloss, ai oally Pur y » and Chomi- 0, fi. i‘s suowflnlg&whltza.h s susocptible of the highest and most lasting Polish, foe It possossos groator strongth of body than other trade brands, It is_packed in Pound Parcels, Full Weight guaranteed, It costs less monoy than any Btarch in the World, It is manufactured in tho heart of the greatest coreal region of the Globe, It is 8old univorsally in America by Grocers and Doalers, Its annual consumption reaches Twenty Million Pounds. ' ANDREW ERKENBRECHER, CINCINNATI, Erkenbrecher’s World-Fauous Cors-Starch for Foad. FAVOR & KNAUNN, ruAguuts_Chicago. Bole Northiwe: EDUCATIONAL. RAGINE COLLEGE W1l reo Jaa, [ 5, S iaonen e 18, to costinue to June 23. The beboul h behool of Leiters and & Scloatinc cre 18 alvo 8 Orawniar Behool, which pro- 78 fur culleds o busluest. | Enerolieh ay 1s combined with “trae dls pituv, 1elh id Llgh culture. Doys srum 10 ycars ol upwards are receivod in the Grammar choul, 5y cazd ls taken of hu Younger buya by the Mairons, For Catalugucs aad otle tofurinativts spply to the lav. JAMES DE KOVEN, D.D.. ltacing. Wis. e SUBINERY THE BAGLE LIQUO! Wholesale Li(IfiOI‘S. % lfil; Clarkest., Cbicago, it toes ani Liquors in anyquastity. Goud Walasy st $2, ARl S her eatton. faua a WASHINGTON. Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commis- sioners. Progress of the Savages Toward Civilization During Ten Years. The Nullifying Apparatus of the Democracy in Full Operation. € Details of the Jailing of United States Court Officers in Alabama, Comparative Statement of Na- tional Disbursements at Three Cities. Army Bill Making Gen. Sherman fmperator Certain of Defeat. Defeat of the Insurance Companies in- the Matter of the Genova Award, INDIANS. REPORT OF WIB NATIUNAL BOARD, Speeint Dispateh (o The Tribure. ‘Wasnixarox, D. C., Jan. 10.—The Board of Indian Commissioners hias just held its regular yearly mceeting, and hus-prepared its teoth an- nual report, 10 bo subtnitted to the Preslkdent, This report will contain a comnparative state- mott showlog tho condition of tho Indians n 1868 and 1878, From this statement it appesrs that one-hinlf of the Indians have discardea tho blanket snd donned civilized garb; that about one-holf buve moved out of thelr lodges any wigwams into Liouses, the number of which has Incroased nearly three-fold in tea years; that the number of pupils in Indian schools has more than doubled, and that nearly onc-sixth of our Indian population can read; that about onc-eighth are members of Christian churches; that the number of acres of land cultivated by the Indians is about five times as Rreat as ten years ogo; that the production of wheat bas incressed ncarly five-fold, of corn seven-fold, of ontsand barley uearly four-fold, and of hay ncarly nino-fold; and that the In- diana own about three times as many horses and mules, six times s many cattle, seven times as many swine, and about BEVENTY-VIVE TIMES A8 MANY RIERP as thoy did ton years ago, Thoy now own more thao two head of shéep for every Indian man, woman, and child in the Unlted Btates. The Buard remarks: *This exhibit of results is cer- tafnly encoursging, and it prosents a strong ar- gument fagainst sny radical change of policy. However that may bo,-ft- s certaln that at such a rato of progress, if continued, tho feath- cred’ and blauketed savage who now fills the publie mind whenever the Indlan s mentioned must soon disappear, and the fat contracts for beef and flour cease to exist, except In tho sad memorles of lucky contractora.” The Board re- news its approval of the plan to concentrata the smaller tribes on lsree reservations, thus con- tinulug to sauction the rescrvation aystein and the {solation of the Indians. Considerable 8pacy Is bestowed on the subject of ALLOTMENTA OF LAND to fndividual indians who make improvementa thereon, und the plan of {ssufug patents fn fec slmple, but withholding the vower to olienate the title by sale, mortgage, or long lcascs, fs urged. At conference of the Board and the represcntatives of the re- Iglous bodies, a memorial to the President and Congress wasuuopted, to bepresonted by a come mittee conslsting of the Rov, Drs. Cutting, Lowrle, and Strieby, and Fricnds Janney and “Faturn, It will recommend and urgo thres 1. That courts of law bg established {n Indian rescrvations, with jurtsdiction in_all cases where both parties’are Judlans. There is no tribunsl to try such cases, exceot in some tribes & rude Jorm of administering fustice. It may be remembered that all tho assassios of Hole-in-the-Day, & fumous Sloux Chict, who was friendly to the whites, awd restrained his people ‘from taking part in the Minncsota massacre of 1843, wuru well known, They were unover brought to justice, the Commissloner of Indlan Affulrs declininge to lulerldum in & case wliero only ludlans were con- cerned, 2. That common schools be provided for In- dfans the saine a8 for whito culidren under sowne regular system, 8. Thef the ilomeatead law bo so modifled that an Indian may selcet his homestend within tho Hinits of the reservation to which he be- lougs. THE CONSTITUTION. A BENATORIAL DEHATE. Bpecial Dispatch b0 The Tribuns, Wasiixaroy, D. C., Jan, 10.—8enator Eaton, of Conuecticut, ona of the most rudical of the Bourbun Democrats, reforring to Seustor Ed- munds’ recent resolution as to the Constitu- tional amendment, sald: * Tha resolution of Edmunds Linplies that there are peoplo in the country who maiatain & distinetion between the body of the instrument wud the late ameud- wments, theraby nocesaitaliug special champlou- ship of the latter by the Republican party; and, therefore, if the Domocrats fu the Souate will offer and SUPPOFL & caUCUS substituto atlirun. tive of the Constitution as a wholc, the auiend- ments fucludeq, preciscly what Edinunds af- firms of the smendments alone, o debate may boopened |uwhich the Democrats will bave overy advautage.' A8 A SUBTITUTE for the Edraunds resolution, Benator Eaton will recommend that the Democratic caucus shall adopt the followlog: Hesulved, That, In the Judgment of tho Benate, the Coustiution of tna Unitud Btates, includiug all thy amondmeots umvw‘lh ol parmmnount authority in each Swte Iu the Union, sud all powers not surreudered or delegated therciu re- main o the dtates or people thereof, Legisls- tion by Cougroas o all gucstions touching the personal rights of any class of cltlzens ol any Btate or States should ouly b had 1 s event tuat the wuthority of the Stats or Biates either fails to vrovide hy law for the cqualization of all citizens in the evjoymeut of their constitu- tional rights, ursatagonizes anyof the deleguted t'uwu caumerated by and contalued {0 the uusutution,—ths Coustitution to bo futerpret- «d fu its eutirety, Irrespective of the thu or cir- cumstauces st or under which any part or parts of 1t way bave bosn Tatiicd by I.ngulu- ‘With this resolution as & text for a dubate, the Conuecticut Senatur said that he would preseat for considerativn TUK FOLLOWING THEXE POINTS: 1. Thbat the Democratic party ls th of the Coustitution as & whole, whlle u:: pl‘(l:u'ub- lican party is the party of the threw awend- wents. 3. 'T'be legislation of the Hopublican party fo Congress—tbat is, the Reconstruction h\u.’llw Euforcewment scts, and the more recent election statutes—cau be reviowed geowrally to show tust the Republican theory bas been that the amendments superseded the rest of the Consti- tution, and wado k& practically obsolois us fuddawental luw, & ‘That the steady vesistauce of the Dewmo- MONDAY, JANUARY 20, cratie party to the laws which the Republicans have enacted under thelr construction of the amendinents has been dictated, not by antag- onism to the Iatter, but by a desire to Interpret them In harmony with the general tenor of the whole Instrument whero they are only n part, FROM THIS VIGOROUS DECLARATION of the Bourbon Scoator, it I8 manifest that an extended political djscussion In the Benato s imipending. ¢ e ALABAMA, MORE NULLIPICATION. Wastivaton, Jan. 10.—Information has heen recelved atthe Department of Justice of the ar- rest by a warrant of tho State ‘or munfclpal su. thorlties of Alabams of United States Distrlct. Attorney Mayer and United States Murabal Turner, the latter belng now fin jall, and the former having been released on a writ of habeas corpus Iasued by United States District~Juilge Bruce. The circumstances are that the Municl- pal or Stata Court §n Setma fsaucd subprenas to District-Attorney Mayer, Marshal Turner, and Dimmock, Clerk of . the -Court, cotnmanding thein toappear and-bring before [t the baltot. Loxes and ballats used in the elections of lust November. These' ballot-buxes and ballots wero at the time fn question DRING USED DY THE GRAND JURY of the United Blnui ircuit Court, sitting at Montromery, asevidénce Invertain cases thereln pending on Indictments for violation of the Election laws of the United States, The State Court assumed that they were required by it at Selma for usas in sirhilar casca for vivlation of the Stato Election lawa. The oflicers made due return to the process ;served upon them, to the eilect that the ballot-boxes and ballots were not in their posecasiun, of under their personal con- trol, but wers inthq custody of the United Btates Clrcult Court{ When the -proccss had thus been returned the Btate Court, the Juage of the latter idstantly fasucd writs of at- tachment for the bodies of Mayerand Turner and dirceted thelr commitment for contempt, District-Attorney Mayer at this juncture tele- graphed Attorney-General Devens for instruce tions, and was advi to prepare himself for release under s writ of habeas corpus in thop,event of the exceutlon of the threat to arrcstihim. This he did, and, belng arrested at Huntsville last Saturday, whither he had gone in attendance on hls offlciat duty, ho was rcleased on a writ ssued by Judge Brave, but Marshal ‘urner, who was NOT THUS FORRARMED, was arrested and committed to jall. At latest accounts ho was yet i custody, and, under the laws of the Btato regglating commitments for contempt of 8tate Coubts, would remaln in con- finement for five days subject to Immediate recommitment, as soon ns released, for another five days, s0 long as the contempt rests against hin. Meanwhlie, the ballot-hozes and ballots remaln In the nosscui&l of the United btates Court, and the case In which they areto be used s evidence has been adjourncd ull Apell TOBACCO. TUN TAX, Bperial Diepcic to The Tribune, WasmiNaron, D, U,y Jan. 10.~A report from tho Benate Judivlary Committea on the ‘Fobacco Tox bill is cxpected thig week. ‘Fherels such a divergeney of views thet it fs almost cortain that there will bo moye”thau one report, and there may, vossibly, be three. There aro suld to be tive Beustors on tho Commilttee who fuvor a reduction to 20 cents per pound and three who destre to havo it reduced to 16 cente. The latter threo ar sald to be wiilipg to compromise on 20 conts, provided, bowever, that the duty on Heurfee, which enters I ture of tobacco, be reduced from 10t 5 conts o pound. 'This, it is safd, would practically make o reduction of the tax on Lobacco to something over 19 cents por pound. 3 Bonator Morsill, Chairman of the Commit- tee, 18 cormestly opposed to the House bill, which reduces the tax to 10 cents. Ho claims that the Government cannot spure the $11,000,000 which would certainly follow the reduction of the tux. 5o far as proscut fndica- tlons go, the tax ia likely to be fixed by the ma- jority of the 8enate Cotumittee at 2 cents, To- bacco mavufucturers from all scctions arce urging an fmomediate setticment of tuis ques- tlon, as they claln the uucertainty concerului it parnlyzes the trade, "Phere s cousiderable fecl- fug on the part of Bouthern Democrats towards the Northern Democrats because sowe of the Iatter aro not inclined to favor the reduction. Southeru Nenators, indeed, are rather demon- strutive, and insist that every Northern Demo- crat who is o frlend of the SBouth must favor the reduction. NEW YORK CUSTOMS, COMMENTS, Wasmngron, D. C., Jau, 10.—The Nepub- lican of to-mprrow will print the Iul\uwlng up- on the subject of thu New York nuiniuations: %1t {8 pow very generully concoded tust the New York Custom-flouse nomisations will be eventually conflismed. No action will be bad §n the premises, however, until after a reply Las been received from Collector Arthure by the Heuate Commerce Committee to the charges alleged agoinst bim o the Exccutive me: sent to the Benato last Wednesday, charges sre capable of roady aud satiefactory wxplanation, in the oplulon of Senutor Coukling and his friends, and, i thoy are so explalned, the rejection of the pending numivations of Merrit, Burk, sud Grabiam may ensug, but it 18 confidently belloved in Administration circles that they cannot be so caslly auswered or dis- posed of, Among them s an explivit charge that, owiug to Gen. Arthur's remiss the Government last $375,000 per unnum of customs dutles on kid gloves, $3,000,000 per snnum vn silke, and $6,000,000 on sugurs, although It 1s proper to sdd that a portion of this luas on suiars is not directly chiarguable to the New York Custum-House," WIAT oF Tl Benator Conklivg's fricnds learn that soat- tempt I8 belug made to dissusdy Republicans from votlng for him fu caucus by clerks in the Now York Custom-House. THE GENEVA AWARD, PUTURE FLANS, Wasninazon, D, C., Jun. 19.—Quite a num-, ber of the large force that hus heen watching the Ueneva awand before the llouse, and al tempting to shape the legislation upon It, left last night, with th ¢ purpose of returnlog a little Iater to renew tholr lavors bufore thy Buaute. The vrospect {s that the contest there will be a prulonied one, ‘Thure Is & uutaber uf Senaturs who Intend to present the law questions fu- volved very fully. ‘The lusurahice men will seck, first, to sccure an amendment of the Mouss bill s0 83 to include thelr claling, ory falliug in that, will work to carry the bill over, and so de- feat it. locase it passes the Sewats without providing for them, they will follow 1t juto tbe couferonco and make a last effor there, PABSAGE OF TUR BILL IN THM 1OUSE. Ypectal Dupaleh to The Trizune. Wasmixaton, D, C., Jau. 18,—The Gencra Award bl duslly passed the Hlouse st u late bour this eveniog, aod the (nsurance companies were defeated. ‘Uoe bl thut was pussed was compused of the Frye and McMuton smendmeuts, or, wors accurately, tho McMa- Lo bill was substituted for the Kuote bill, which was reported by s majority of the Ju. diclary Commiitee. The McMabon bill re- vivea the Alabama Clalms Commission, as it was created by the law of June, 1874, and doclares that ¢ho Court shall baveno juris- diction uver what svre kuown as the War pre- mium clalms, Provision ls made for 2 per veut Interest upon all awards made by the Court with U per ceot from the date of the original award. The fusuraucs companies werg dofeat- ed hjeabout twenty wsjority. The bl will 2o 1879, ly into the manufav— to the Sennte, whera its fate s doubtful. The szme bill has passed the House twice hefore, and the Senate hos declined to concur with the House. THE PROCREDINGS. Tothe VWestern Assoctated Press. Wasmxoron, D, C., Jan. 18.—The Geneva Award bill was taken up as the regular oruer of business. After some discuasion, the previous question wasscconded, and the maln question wss ordered, tho understanding befng that Mr. Butler shiould be allowed fifteen minutes, sud Mr. Knott na much time as he desired, before s vote should be taken. ‘These gentlemen epoke, the former againat the cloim of insurance companics, the latter acalnst ciass legisiation, aud advocating the apecdiest possible distributlon of the remainder of the fund amoung those legally entitlea to it. Mr. Hnuse movea th lay the bill and amend- ments on the table, Rejected—42 in the aflinn- ative; the negative oot counted. Mr. Frye's amendment to the majority bill was then agreed to on e standing vote—yess, 1353 naya, 60, | It provites ihat no clalm by or In behalf of any Insurance company shall be admitted or allowed by the Court of Cluims unless such clnimant shall show that the sum of its losses In respeet to war risks exceeded the premiums or galng, and then the allowance stall not be greater Lhau suzh excess. No claim fs to be admiselhle in fuvor of o ance eompany that war not lawfully existing at the tine of the loss under the law of the United States. Mr. Cannon moved to In the bill on the table. Deleated—ye.s, W3 nays, 121, ‘The question was then taken on the substitute reported by the minority of the Judiclary Cotue lulllllfL;' unf 1t was adopted (ou a standing vote) —112to @ 1 revives and continues the Court of Com- missioners of Alabama Clalma; fixes the num- ber of Judges at three: requires the Court to convene and organize as soon as practicable m Washiugton, und llmitsits existence to vighteen months. The firat chies of clauns to be those described fn Bew., 11 of the former act and elatins tor damages directly done by Confederste erils- ers on the high geas, althou:th witnin four nlles of the rhore. In casen of whaling-veasels, Wper cent additlonal I8 to beallowed fu leu of freleht, and the same sllowance Is to be made (with 6 per cent interest) on judgments heretufors ren- dered in favor of whaling-vessels. ‘The second class of claime is to be for 3 per cent ndditional interest on former fudizments, On all judgments to be hereafter rendered the futerest alloy 18 to be 6 per ¢ The third s uf vinfms 1 ment of premiums for war risks. deductions to be made of sny sums pald back in dimibution of such premiums, so that only: the sctual luss shall be allowed, The Becretary of the Trearury Is dirceted to pay, without tarther adjudicatian by any court, 10 per cent upon the whatlug-vessels and their outfits, with 6 per cent futerest on swards hereto- fore wade, and also to pay 2 per cent additional iuterest on all Judgments heretofore maae. The judgments rendered fn the lirst class are to be tirst paid, and then judwments in the second class, and if the money be not suflicient to pay all Judgments of the sceond elas, they are Lo be oud pro rata. A ke ruleisalsoto onply to the third eluss, No toreizn-torn person is to be ex- cluded I sfling under the United Siates fag, The act is not to be construed as renewing or continuing any of the commissiuns of Judges or oflicers of the Tormer Court. Anv halance that wiay remain shall be o fund from which Cungress muy hereafter authorize the paymnent of othier clulin thereon, ‘Uhe bill a8 nmended (that s, the above sub- stitute) was then pussed-—yeas, 11833 nays, U3, Mr. Smith rcgccxmd from the Appropriation Committee tive Senate amendinents to the Pen- sion Appropriation blil, sud they were coneurred . Adjourned. BOUTHENRN SENTIMENT. While the yote on the Geneva-Award bill wos progressinig, one of she Bouthern Democrats, 0 be tor the pay- o hed been active for- the lusurance comua-- “nien, (s reported to hove gone up and down the aleles nmung his Demovructle gssoctutes who wure disposed to vote for war-premium claiing, saying: * What ure _you votiue with tnese Now England fellows forl” You ouzht to bo asbamed to be caught with these Yankeea,” # CONGRIESS, . BTATE OF NUMINESS, Bpecict Disoaie”. 1o The Tridune Wasixaron, D. L., Jan, 18,—The President, at least, Is determined that it shall not be his fault If su extrs scaslon of Congress becomes neeessary. Amung the nominations sent to the Scuute huve been several Postmasters whose terms do not expire untll next Mareh, in order to secure action by the prescnt Republican mujority of the Scn- ate. Tt {3 reported that the Presikient will continue to somd Inall Federal oflicluls whose commixsions witl cxplre betore the next meeting of Conzress in December, This list of nominees will melude the spuointiments tn all the depsrtinents of the Hoseroment requiring the upproval of the Senste. Of course the President can renew the cominisslons of all Federal appolntecs during the recess of the Benate; but the obllgution to send in their names to the Scoate fn December wonlid remaln, and tn the event that the Senate should fall to tuko actfon upon the nominavous then thuy would merely full with the close of the so3sion, snd the incumbent of the office would continue until rejected by the next Benate. But whatever the President may do tho dangers of au uxtra sesslon are uot small. ONLY 51X WEEKS UEMAIN of the scasion, and but une Appropristion hill —aud thut one over which there Is practivally no discussion, the Military Academy bill—has become o law. The Fensjon blll, os smended by the Benate, s now before the House, The Fordtication bill 1s In confer and alto the Consular aud Diplomatic bHL The Indian Apvropriation blil has gone buck to the House, sud the Naval Approvriation bill I8 still Gefore the Scoote, The Lugislative, Ju- dictal and Exceutive, the Army, River und Har- bor, Post-Ottice,und Deficlency bitls bave got to bu reported to the House. ‘These appro- priation bils © that are to follow con- tain the preat points of dispute be- tween the twu Houscs, and between the two parties. The Democrats, it fs learncd, are do- termined to insert fu these bills provisions of o politienl character, which the epublicans from vrivelple will Be compalled to opvuse. Thus must necessarlly result in s serfous dead-lock beiween the two Houses, with the culiscquent preat dunger thut one or more o the bills way fail, ONE OF TIB REASONS asslgned by persons who claim to be famillar with the Demuocratic policy why an extra sessfon ey be desired s, that the rewwnt deaths in the House have wreatly alanned the Detoeracy at tho posstbititive which wight result from deuth, sud the fuct thal conlingencies muy arise which will render it diticalt Tor them to organ- fze the next House. Some of the Democratic leaders claii that they u‘rwnll cun urguuize the House, if the Furty-sixth Congress shull convene lu March, but if the uieeting is ust- mmml until Decennber, shat it will be ditilcult predict what infglt bappen. THOSE OIPIINRS, THE TUUE STATE OF PEELING AMONG TUE D¥- HOCKALY, apecial Digpaich to The Triduns, WasuinaTon, D. C., Jun, 18.—~There are indi- cations that the Democrats are farming a com- binstlon to prevent the passage of the resvlu- tion suthorizing the investigation of the clpher dwpatches, A number of futluential Demo- cruts, not wewmbera of elther flouse, are bore, aud, fu thelr private couvenation, sey the purty should avold the investigation. There ls s manifust hostility to it oo the part of the Dowmocrata of the Fotter Committee, and lu the House generally, Added 1o that s the fact thay Gen. Butler does not conceut bis opposition to the Investigatiou, and to tbe approvriation of the necessary woney for ft. Gen. Butler says that all that has ¢ver been charged us to the clpber disvatches is that they show su attempt o the part of Tilden or bis agents to seeure the Presl- deuey by weans of bribery. ‘tlus bribery, however, Butler says was not and the persons Implicated hold no positions under the Covernment, It is therefore matter with which, he t*inks, Con- gress has no concern, and in the Investigntion of which 1t has no right to spend public mouney, Ifad the bribery been successful, and the title of the Presideney been tainted with it, then an in- vestluzation, wiich could have been the baats of lmlpeaclmmnt, might haye heen proper aod law- ful, Indeed, the mdications ara that Moses will m:vwrl :mmm under oath if his party cau pre- veut successful, A TALE OF THREE CITIES. THE BUSINESS OF CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, AND SI. LOULS, A8 MIIOWN RY TIIR OFFICIAL KEC- ORDS OF THR THEASUNY. Fram (rie Owen Corrtspondenn Wasminaton, Jan, 17.—~The tablea sccomnany- Ingz the report of the Beeretary of tho Treasury have finally been printed. The account of re- ceipts and disburscments for Chicago, Ciucin- tau, and 8t. Louls ara shown in the tables which tollow,—the cltfes belug arranged 1w the order of their husiness importance, according te theso Trensury fizures, It will e seon that Cnlcago raoks first, transactivx a Government business of about $18,000,000 annually more than St. Louis: CHICAGO, Balance June 130, 1877.. Coatoms . +$ 4,018,804.07 Tency, pob ruims horeed ... . Payments ot terod anterest, culty, not rels h — 4, 014.51 8 6,6, G2hAT a72,421,90 Balance Jone 10, 1¥; b Balance June 10, 18; Customs, Internal e Sale of lands. Certificates, o Pust-Otlics Depar went “Trannfe Ay i 4,425, 500, 18 conole, 107, Coin ma . A Miscellaucuun, L0 10,427,201.41 $21, 701, 728.71 1heoursing nccounts, Bliver, Coln »a; ! ied . N Certitte: 5 posit, sct of Juuo i 72 ... 110,000.00 Prictionai enreoncy redeemed . 51,815,0¢ Misceliaaeous, : clushhe of CRUCKN urans —_— I +T'he reverve fund, included 1n this amon; Halance June i ounting to 82,240,000, 12 I8 Balance June 80, 1878 W Custome... .oerinn§ Interunl. revenue, . lo of 4 per cont conols, Gold-not Certifie M, 1k Poat-Onl ‘Lranafern. Putent I . Disbursing oflicers,, 1, Iuterest b cobn interest hicurruns Ascailuncoua.., . 10,770,792, 44 ' $14, K02, 261,70 Interent in curr “Cranvlers, " Curtificates of das Dol act Juno 8, 1672 . 1,015,000.00 Y + 140.048.87 —— 16,851,074, 53 Balauce June Jflhllfln..‘. eeee s 2008, 277,24 NOTES AND NEWS, TIE ARMY BILL. : Fpacial Diswaich f0 The Tribune WASHINGTON, Jan, 10.~The Washington Sun- day llcrald, an puthority ju military matters, uxprezses, this morning, thia vpinjon as to the reorcanization of the army: *So far as ex- presslons of atng opinion bave us yet been msde, they are generally fuvorable to the At- Kins-Hewlit Reorgaulzation LIl Tue staff, who, being here fu Wushington, are sooner lieard from thun the ling, favor this bill, us the retirements in thelr bureaus compensate the re- ductlous, aud ju most of thewm oven furulsh pro- mation for the seolor retired officers.” ‘Lo Burnside till hus been sutnewhat amended by its wuthors, and the Commlttee will hold a speclal meeting 1o n fow days to conslder sumesd- tittonul amendments that have been suegested, Thuers s wood suthority, however, for saylig that the features vhich huve sroused the mvst uppusition witl not be altered, wmil the feeling 18 general in both Benate and House thut what. ever amendments the Comlttee on Reorgani- zation of the urmy may wake to thetr bill can- nut prevent Its faflure. ‘To show the feellug Iy the Scuste on the Burnside-Banulog bilf, the folluwing is related: A Senator desired to palr with sutue one ob the bitl should It come to a yote. Hlis vote would Le nay, and he could tind no one who wus not of the saino vpiujon as hin- sell. Benator Wadleigh contidently expects to pass hiv bill for the coditication and reviston of the Patent luws fn the Seoate on Manday or Tuesday, Benator Burnside will then cull up his Ariny bill, unless it sbould bave been taken up In the Howe, GRN. SBUENMAN, accompanicd by Gien. Vau Viet, will leave here un Thuredsy for Florids, snd subsequently moke a tour of luspection to toe fortitications at Pensacols, Mobile, and New Orleans. GHHMANY. Adylces huve beew received from Berlin thst the Uerinau Goverument has sent two men-of- war to Eamoa to coforco certaiu dewands for a uaval station sfmilar to the one granted to the United Btates, which bave beea refuscd. LEVERS. I appeara that the uew feature fo the leves scheme—to appoint 8 Commission—is simply & plan to provide a pleasant sttustion for Capt, Eads or soma otber engiacer to test a lot of ox- travagant experitnents. For thls so sppropriu- tlon uf $:4,571,000 is asked, On the uther hand, Capt, Cowdon proposes to avercome all uecessity for & contiuustiva of these mud-banks by the natural process of diverting the surplus water of the river through otber chauuals, sadto reatore it 1o thime to its natural bed, reclaim al) the wuste lands on botn sides, aud setile the « redeemud, long-disputed question of the uninterrupted navigatton of this great river. He is prepared to substantiate the truthof bis theory by s test not to cust over $250,000, and to do it in less time than it will require to organize the pro- posed Comumission, or before the necessary arrangements can be made to carry into effect any provisions of the bill for a further vontinu. atiun of the Levee system. ¥ & I OARRAIAMN, There will be two reports from the Senate Com- mittee which nas been investigating the Mo Garrahan case. The one, doubtlcss, by the ma- Jority of the Committee will decids that Mc- Usarrahan has no title, and that Gomese; from whom ho asserts that bis patent originates, never himeelf bad proper titld. Scnator Gar- land, of the Committee, on the other hand, (¢ 1s reported, wiil recommend that the subject he - referred to the Court of Clalms, when an opportunity wijl e piven to test the McGarransn clalm and the clun of the New Idris Company, and, it neither cun establish title, then the property Koes to the Uuited States. Tt {s also believed that several memburs of the Committee reserve to themaetves the right to support Senator Uar- Iai 'The roport of Benator MeDonald woulil not unly destroy Mctiurrahan, but deny and dee prive the United States from asserting a right to this valuuble property and the large profits which huve been tuken oft of it for tuy past tiwehty years, L RWINU'S MEBSOLUTIONS. A It 1s uot certuin that the resolutions which Gen, Ewing succceded last week o having re- borted frum the Bunking snd.Currency Com- mittee will be presented to the House, as 1t appurs that there ware fonr or five members ol the Counmttes absont, aud that this action was taken with the understanding that le should be witnln the power of the Committee, vo the return of the absens membors, to reconsider, ‘The tuembers of the Comumittee now say that, if wit are present, and a motlon to reconsider 1s e, thero will be n mojority of one, possibly of two, ngalnst Ewlog's propositions, YRLLOW FEVEIL. It Is now thought that the medieal yellow- fever experts will recommend a Natfonal Quar- anting luw, which shall bu Independent of thy lueal authoritics, Buch a proposition will cre- e n good deal of opposition from local pore, particulurly from large vorts like New Yori, where the quarantine is a source of fucome. Buwe of the Boutliern men, even, who are 8o unxlous to have the National Government ape propriate Jarge sums of money to eheck the puesible spread of the epldemic, are dispused tv Oppuse such a rystew, as they say It would cless Seuthern ports and corpel commerce to seek Northern harvors. Another question which is belng considercd s, 1f a oational quarantine shiould bu established, which clearsuce wouid ba accepted by the Jocal sathorities, the ooe from the nativnal or from the lueal quarantine! TECXAS PACIFIC. There Is prorpect of nn unimated contest for the flvor fo the Louse to-morrow, An arrange- ment bad been made by the managers and ullies ol the Texas Pacltie bill to bave, under suspeo- alon of the rule, tixed, it possible, & day nos far distant for action upon that measure. The at- tempt, which was deleated last week Ly the Schiluicher obsiquies, will o renewed to-mor- row. Notice hus nlso been miven by Potter that he will inove to cater upon the cipher dis- patehies, und b addition to that the day, under tha rules, niter 2 o'clock, is devoted to Distriet of Cotumbiy business, of which there ia u lasgo amount pending, X PRESIDENTIAL KLECTIONS. 5 3r. Southard, of the House Committee vn the Vresidential Election, cxpiesaed on opmion that it s not probable that any avifon will bo taken by Congreas st this scestou with respeet to obvisting nny possile Eloctoral compticas tons hereafter. The House Committes, Southe urd says, Is of the opialon that Bd nonds' biik s nut constitutional, and that it would be unwise and_ dupgerous (o eive any State the power to send a‘certlljeate bere into the valldity of which Cungress could not Inquire. ‘The House Com- witiee,' Routhal fuks, will not wceept fv auy reshecs S the Senate propostilous, and, aw the Benato iy fikoly o be caually une ylewdingg, thers s bo propeet for o comprotntse. In view of the shortuces uf Ahe subsiggitiere ls Httle chunes tor any alinllar biRL" . - BX-HRPHESENTATIVE CALDWELL, OF £iABAMa, &) who cune within six votes of befirg wigtinl 3 Clerk of the present Cougress, and whosy fuiiups - wus the result of the Bpoakership cotnbinutiyfs, announces himsell a3 & candidato for the Clerks ship of the next House, VENRIONS, There 18 an active attempt on luot with the Demuerats tocreate an fmpresalon among the suldiera that the bill providing for the payment of urrears {n peosions was o Democratic tuease ure, Sofur from this belng true, the Penslon Connpittee opposed 1t st every stage, and, v 118 thunl pussagy, every yoto suatnet it, sixty-one in number, come from the Democratle side. ‘The bill wus reported Aprit 1, 1878, under s auspension of thy rules, by Ssmpson, of luwa, It was stoutly opposed from the Democratic side, notubly by the Chalrmau of the len- slon Comumittee, ltice, who even uundertook 10 have u little tilibustering to deteat it. Watls the vote was proceeding, Rics went over to Sumpson and churged him with playing the den o, sloce the Penslon Committes hul bl on the subject pending, ‘Thls bill, how- aver, wis ono in whichi it wus sousht to use Re- publican support for payini the arrcars of gen- sluns to oarey through the Democratic plan of restoring all pensioners who went {nto thu Re- helilon o the rolls, which proposition Jtice’ proposed bIll coutained. At this tuns the Desn- ocrats defeated the bl When §t vext cato up, ico trivld to obstruct its passage, ou the ground that 1 had not been consklered by tus Penaton Cowmittee. It passed the fouse, hows ever, by 16400 GL; the lutter all Demiociuta, TUR METRIO SYSTEM. The Cummittes ou Colonge, Welents. and Meusures will seport, the coming week, I favor of the sdoption uf the metrie nysten of welehts aud messures. epurt will be fn the lurn of a bouk of re e, which will bucunvenieus for Government atliciali sbould tuu et syse tum ever be adopled, BUSVENDUD, To the Wyatern dosoclated Press, INaToN, D, C. 14.—Owing to & o of opinfon reganding the transactton of certain busiuess ut the Ludian Otlice, Willium 12, Levds, Chisf Clerk of that oflice, bsa been suspended for thirty dave, during which ting there will be an investizution, futo the sgistiug ditiicuities. " SCANDALL Bixby, of Tadisnapolls, and the Wile of An- other Merchaat, Spectal Dupatch 10 The Tridune. Invtanaporss, binl., Jag. 10.~Late last nlght It camnie to Huzhe that Frauk L. Bixvy, of the law frin of Rooker, Bixby & Nortoo, sad 8 proad Beut suciely wan, was smong the wising. A week ago be lelt this city with $600 aud weut to Cincluuatt, making bis quartere st the Glbsou House. His accounts were examiued to-day, but were found all correcs, Wednesday he left the Gibson House, statlng to thu hotel clerk thut be war goiug to Springfeld, O, leaving Lls truuik as security for his uupald bill. Abous two tnooths ago his pame was assoclated with the haudsome wife of a promioent wercbunt of Bouth Merldian street, sud this s given 2 ong of the reasous for bis sudden departure, illa wile is ucarly cruzy with grict ut bls fleui, wind every effurt will be mado to bilug the ernng busband bomeward. A st MILWAUKEE. Apecial Dupaich to The ne Mitwavkes, Jao. 19.—Acting-Mayor Hobart's ordur suppresalng coocerts 1o saloons is creutivg lively excitement amoug the keepers and fre- quenters of thuse places. Threats of resistancs 1o the wandate, with o view of tesiing Lhe pow e of the Mayur W the preudses, are frecly wade,