Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1879, Page 2

\ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WIEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, ISH-TWELVE PAGLS. ’ YWASHID A Timid Move to Investigfite the Cipher Dis~ - patches. Potter and Hewitt Approach the Matter in a @in- gerly Way. The Latter Devotes Himselfl to a Eulogy of the Dofunct Tilden. ; Ben Butler Assumes the Highly- Moral Role, and Is Snuffed Out. The Funds for the Investiga- tion Finally Voted by the House. Prospectihat the Pensiom-Arrears Blll Will Become a | Law. Clarkson Potter Astonishes His Friends by Opposing South- \ ern War Claims. Half a Million Persons Prepar- ing to Emigrate to * Liberia. TIIT CIPHERS. A DISAGREEADLE TASK. Soectal Disvatch to The Tribune, WasimiNaron, D. C.. Jan. 21.~The Potter Commitiec hias at lost been instructed to Inves- ideate the cipher dispatches, and the result is dhat the Democrats are very much dissatiatied with the wholo bustuess. To hegln with, the Democratic members of the Potter Committes feel indignant that they were not allowed titmo to eny anything, the only members who did speak beluz Potter himsell snd Gen., Butier, Potter's apcech gives tho greatest dlssatisfaction to lifs colicagues on tho Committee. It was n weak nnd shufiling effort, in which he endeav- ored to place upon everybody else the responsi- billty for whatever blunders nad outrages the Committes has perpstrated. Indecd, Potter ‘waa 80 unguarded In his spcech as to admit that tie Committce had Leen gullty of meanness, for he sald: ‘“Tliere has been no mean or out- rageous actlon on the part of the Committes that hus not been attributed to mo.” Potter's speeely bricly, was & doclaration that the whole fuvestigation was A MISERADLE AFPAIR of which he had uo previous knowledee, and in which Lo had had vo voluntary part, and that the only reason why ho ts its nominul gure-head (s because the Democratio caucus seemed to be ohic to find nobody clse, and desiguated bim for the disagreesble service, Tewltt's speech did not mend matters, It sounded too much like Gramercy Park. It bore all the car-marks of a productiun of the Lit~ erary Burcan. Certalnly the seutiments con- talned fo the speech which Hewltt read in such n perfunctory manuer were nut his own senti- ments, To suppose that they arecia to belleve that Hewitt is capablo of TUE MOST EXTHAORDINARY SELP-BTULTIFICA- * TION. Tt has long becn an open secret that his per- sonul relations with Tilden arv grently strained ; that he has been autraged ot the putlication of the elphier dispatehes; at the fact that they ex- 13t, ‘and that Tiden, Pelton, Moscs, and the cutire band of copurcenors have recelved no maore severe und bitter denanciatious than they Jmve at the hauds of Abram 8. Hewitt, late Chalrmau of the National Democratic Com- mitteo. Yet Hewitt read a speech n the ITouse this afternoon whnich mado Tiden o demi-god or & mun who has sut spart all Wicso months and sulfered with meckuess outrages and calumnies thuthave been beapud upon bim, sud now Hewitt soid for the first thue bio had besa able to ask a vindication. At the cxpression of theso scutimonts N TUB KEPUBLICANS SMILED, when they thought that the Democrats had had a majority in the louss ever sinco the 8th of last December, and that Howitt ot any moment could have commanded the tine und witilog at- tention of the House to scok the vindication which he claims Tildeu Is now sbout to secure, The whole wstter was o farce, o pleco of bnncombe, us was well fllastrated by Hewitt's own acts when Lis epeech was through. If ree port {a true he immediately called upon all the Democrats about him to shut off the debate sndnot ullow the Republicans to keep the queation open. * Let the watter stop right here,” Hewite is quoted as saylng privately to his colleagues, and by & begearly mafority of three they aucceeded In CHOKING OFP ALL FURTILER REPUBLICAN DE- DATE. This was not accomplished until nearly an bour and abalf of the time had been occupied in calliug the roil. This time was ralued citber by the grossest wud most conapicuouy inetticicacy of the tally clerk or by dettberute intention on his part. “The roll, when it was read over, was found to be utterly lucorreet, the Republicans belug nearly all placed on the wrong side. The result was that the entiro long roll bad to be called over. LEN BUTLER'S SPRECH was o prodicious fullure, [t was weak and pointless, and whatever there was in it had al- 1taldy been outllned in the publle press. He ouly bad to ssy that it was no business of the Awmericon people whether a great crine had beeu attempted. * Ther ouly convern would bave been fu case the attempted crinio bad been succesaful, us It was not worth while to spend public mouey to satisfy only prurient curiosity for scandal, or to smirch anybody, or o ¥indicate suybody. Of courss the clap-trap fur the voor man could nat be forgotten. It would be better to distribute ten thousand dol- lars unong the nation's poor than ta devots it 1o thisfuquiry. Gen. Butler bad his usua) ane- ceve at leadershilp, for whean the vote wos called L sevmed to control no volce but bis own, It is uncertain what course will now be pure sued. The membersof the Potter Committes scew to know luss about ft thau any vbe clse, Beversl state that thwy sbsolulely knew nothing whatever of any programwme, It fs sid by some Republiuns that prob- asiy ull thut will ever Le beard about ths suutter fu the House was beard go-day; that o Teport will be made by the Committec, und st Tewitt's culogy upon the life, character, aud virtues of Samuel J. Tildeu wos fntendes pructical ddosiog of the case, so far us vllicisl records of the Forty-tfth Cousress urs concersed. At was fouud necesssry, thiess wenticmen soy, that this Congress suoulid taku some public uotle of the matter, sud (e native which Tilden's wansgers uave chusen to take buy Leou to pnnouuce b the end of Janu- ury, in & pretestious “f a deslrs for vindicus %00 aud Wen to atitle ull ‘nqulry afterwardy, N —— IN THI SBENATE, TUR PATENT BULL. Spectit Dupiten o The Tridunf. ™ Wasaineros, D, C. Jan. 2L—Thbe, conflicting Jutereats which clsim r:cozmlfiru {0 the codiea. tion of the Patcut laws bad ndt been reconciled this alterooon, o the Beuste azaln postponed the consideration of the Wadlelzh bilt, und took © up the cases ou the caleodur, Several were suce a8 tha [ ely objected to, and then thero was & long dcbate on the till for tunding the Indian trust funds, withont any result. Senator Windom then calied up the Navy Appropriation bill with amendments amounting to $3¢,500, but after their ndoption the mnayal appropel- ations will bo 850,000 lers than they were lost vear, The bill was amended in Committee of the Whole, but, just as it was to be reported-to the Senate and passed, Benstor Blalne introduced a acrics of amendments pro- viding for the reconstruction of the officers of the nayy, with the retirement of supernumera- ries. These amendments will come up to-mor- row, and will be vpposcd by several Ropublican Henators on th il that it {s not advisable, In the present canditton of afalrs, to load down any Appropriation bl with new lcg!.ullllon. auind thus establish a precedent which the Houso of Reorcrentativea will not fall to follow. Shoula Rlalne press his amendments, he can probably carry them with the ald of Democratie votes. SOUTHERN CLAIMS. A HOUSH DERATE. Spectat Disvatch to The Tridune, Wasnixaroy, . C., Jan, 21.—A very notable debate on the subject of Southern claims took place in the House this afternoon, just before adjournment. A bitl wus roported from the Committea on War Claims eending to the Conrt of Clalms to be acjudicated in accordance with the laws and practices of the Bouthern Clalms Commission a clalm for property de- stroyed by tie Unfon army during the War of the Rabellon. The bill was supported by the Denuerats of the Committee which reported it, and jby Mr, Kelfer, Republican, from Ohblo. Gen. Brage, Democrat, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Clarkson N. Potter opposed the bill, and several lttle spueches of the Iatter attrdcied much at- tention and called forth general applause from the Republicans. e sakd that the United States was not uuder abllzation to pay any man for property destroyed by the army within tho Mnes of the enemy after tha expiration of the six years fixed for tho presentation of such claims to the Commission, unless it assumed such an oblization, e also called attention to the fact that this was the first of aninnumerable number of Bouthern 2lalms which, if this bill was passcd, would hopresented to Congress, nud would be just as desorving of consideration as it. The passare of thobill in question would estadlish a precedent that would let in & whole norle of Soutliern clalms. To this hio was opoosed, Mr, Goode, of Virginia, had sald a few days ago that the Southern people do not desire to have theso clalms pald, nud 1t was better to Atop right here, It had beeg sald that the Bouth was full of such clatms, alul he knew that as to the question of logalty, it was possible to get all sorts of testimony, I Congress did not propose to pay all these claims, sald Mr. Potter, which are sald to amount to n thousand miil- Jums, and bankrnpt the Treasury, this was the tine to stop, At any rate, ho was detormined thut there thould be at lenst one Democrat who did not allow a precedent of this kind to be established withont n protest, The bill was supported in an eloguent speech y Uen. Huoker, of Misslsaippl, and then weut over untll the next mornlng hour, THE APPROPRIATIONS. ' TOBTAL BERVICE. Srectar Dixpateh to The Tribune, ‘Wasninarox, D, C., dan. 21.—Tho Iouse Ap- vropriation Committee to-day hnd a very ani- matcd discassion on the Y'ost-Oflve Appropria- tion bill, Tho (ssue in Committeo has been Joined on party lines unfortunately, and the subjeet upon which the Committee has divided fs the npproprintion for the Rallway Posts! Service. The Democrats desire to separnte that oppropristlon from the Bareau of the Second-Assistant Postmaster-Gencral, where It has always Leen, awd to materlally re- duce the amount sppropriated. It s under- stood that the reductions proposed would in- cvitably creato a deficlency, as they did this year, and greatly cripple the service. This po- sitlon of the Democrats on the Committes can Dbe interpreted in no other way than as a direct thrust at the business {uterests of the North, and ss soch it Is fo. tended by the Bouthern Democrats who control the Committee. In sinzulor contrast to thelr appropriations for the arterfes of rallway com- munlcation Is the lberality which the Domo- crats show lowards the star routes, or mall- wagon service, aml to the service nore cepecially on mall routes . through the Bouth. The controversy ~“will be brought from the Committee into the House, and it remalns to be scen whother the Northern Democrats will sacrifice the great business lo- terests of thelr sectlon, which are lovolved in the rapld transmisslon of the mails by the Rail- way Postal system, to tho behest of o party which ls duminated b{ plantation Democrats from the South, ur whether they will assort their independence anid vote for the apprupria- tion noeessary to malntaln tho commercial su~ premacy of the North, TIE PENSION BILL. IT 13 CONSIDRNED IN CAUINET MRETING, Apecial Dispalch to The Tribune. WasninaroN, D. C., Jan, 2L.—The Cabloet gave extended consideration to the Pension biit to-duy, ‘The President asked for the opinion of all present. He sald he fully appreclated the hmportunce of the measure, and the motlves which prompted Congress to deal thus Lberally with thoee entitled to pensions, fle was awsre that the blil would take large sums from the Treasury, but, however much he mizht question the expediency of making so large = draln on the natioual resources at this time, still e syw- patbized with tuls and every other proposition to wive the defenders of the Unlon sl the legal ond equitable rights to which they sre cotitled. Becretary Sherman, In reply to the President, aald that & carcful estimate mude in his Dopart. ment convinced hin that the bill would requira $150,000,000 I 1t wus slzned. Congress must, by udditional taxation, or duties, or by author- lzingg thie sale of bonds, make specitic provision for the puyment, or there would be a deflelency. Mr. Schurz thoughe the estimato of the Com- missloner of Pensions, wade after the it passcd, correct, uud this wae $50,000,000. ‘Thers wus u geucral (eellug that Congresshad chosen un fnoportune time for taxing the Treas. ury so heavily, and that it wonld buve been bet- ter to wait till the country hnd recovered morg decldedly from the depression of the last five years, Most wero of the oplafon that It would he impalitic to veto the bill, evew i£5t could be sustalued, whileh, ln view of the large votu which the bill recetved, wos not deensed” at all lkely, No furwmal declslon was anuounced by the President, but a Cabinct ollicer expresess the uplniun What the LI will bo sigued without suy doubit, BUIT TO RECOVER., A CHICAGO CASE, Spacial Dispatch 10 Ths Tribune. Wasmnuto, D. C., Jun. 21.—The case of the Northiern Trunsportation Company, of Oblo, agalust ‘The City of Chicago was called this af- ternoou 1 the United Btates Bupreme Court, and will be arzued to-morrow by it. W. Spauld- fog for the Company, und Joseph ¥, Boufela, Corporation Couuset, for the clty. The case fu- volves the right of the corporation to recover dumages by reason of tie futerference with the dock uud whardug privilegzes of the Trousporta tlou Company by the ity lo coustructing the tuunel tu the river ot LaBalle street. ‘Yhe Lity, In the prosecution of Uw work, > BUILT A COrvambin . in the river which extended wiong the wharfing- lut of the Trunsportation Company, snd pre veuted to thut extewt’ the provellérs of thy Comupany from logdlng and uslvading at this polnt. It is clmiéd that the city,ls lable for the special dagtages {ngicted upon the plalotit {0 error Ly this intetfervuce with their business; that the Chisgo River belug, a navigable streaim, the richis of the plaiutil as a riparian “owner were {merfered with. The Transporta- tun Cowpauy clukus dnmng(" amounting to $3,000 or $10,000. ! Ou bebalf of the city, It 1 contended that the fee of the stryet oud fu the Jud of the Chicaco River wag fu the City of Cligazo, or.the Btate of Htinyls, and not'fo tip plaietift; that both the atreet and Chicago Hiver ALE PUBLIC LHOUWAYS: that the cliy Lad powpr aud authorlty to construct o tunuel fu the street wnd under the lcago River; that in constructing a tunncl It Was ticeessary to make certain cxeavatlons in the street, and to build a coffer-dam In the river: that na other way to, accomplish the work Is known, or has been devised; that the work was done without unnccessary delny, and exccuted with ecare; that the dam- age inflicted upon the Transvortation Com- vany was only such as was inchiental to the proper prosecution of the work, which ras rendered necessary for the public goed; that the work was wholly done upon the public highway and npon the river; and that in the prosecution of the work the private property of the trausportation commpany was bot trespassed upon or interfered with. “'The clty therefore claims that no property right of the pluintil was interfered with, sud the city Is not liable for special damages, HONORF, BLOCK. A CLAIM ¥ON REST. Speeint Dizpatch *3 T Tiume. Wasnixoros, D. C., Jan. 21.—Rabett Lincoln, attorney forthe ownersof the Honore Building, has arrived - here, and has made claim to the payment for rent to July next on that butlding, hasing his claim upon the theory that the Government leasedd the Honore Block at £20,000 per year, and that the lease has not yet expired. Assistant Attorney-Gieneral Freeman to-day lieard the argument of Mr. Lincoln. It will be remembered that ot the time of the fire in Chi- engo which destroyed the orignal Post-Olfice, previous to the time the Government took posscssion of the Honoro Block, in 1874, the Government rented the Ionore Block at 20,000 sonually. It was tho cxpectation that the ‘lease would bo deawn up, but the nauttiorities ncglected to do thls, amd all the arrangements were made on the basis of letters and telegrams from the Depare. ment, Lincoln holds that these letters aud telegrams coustitute n lenso, especially as the Governtnent has vroceeded under them nd vald 820,009 the ramons 1L n lenss had been daly executed, Postmaster!Palmer, It appears, claiins that the Hovore Block Is now so dam- aged by liro that 13 Is unfit for use as a Post- Otllee, und hy fe sald to have leased snother bullding ot & rental of $10,000 & year, exactly half the sum that the GQovernment has been payiug for the Hovare Bailding, It {s probable thut a declsion witl uot be made for some days. NOTES AND NEWS, TIUA BLODGRTT CABR, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, ‘Wasuineron, D, C., Jan, 31.—It bas been re- ported in sume of the Chicago newspapera that the charges preforred ugalnst Judge Blodeett which have been made the baals of the investiga- tion referred to certain whisky cases, audto the Btata Insurance Company sult, in which Cooper was engaged. It has been, of course, impos- sible aince the 8ub-Committes was appolnted to withold from the members of it some knowledge of the charges which have been so strictly concealed hitherto, and some of the Committee, thero is reasonto bellovo, bavo been advised of some features of the case agalnst Blodgett. It can be stated that the charges contain no roference to any whisky case, und that nome of the cascs in which Cooper or his mssociates In the matter was ovgagell, known In Chicazo as “ola sores,” are ln any way roferred to {n thecharges, The accusations rest on matter cntirely npart from thls,.and aresupposed to ave referenca to rallroad litigation. TR REAGAN DILL. ‘The Benate Bub-Committes of the Commerca Committee, charged with the consideration of the Reagan bill, have notifcd the leading rall- road corporations that they can bo heard next Thursday night on tho subjact, COLOXIZATION. The sixth semi-anoual meetlog of the Amerl- can Colonizntion Bociety was held hers this af- ternoou. From the annual report It appears thst the colonization of negroes bas by no means beon abandoued, The total number that have culopized fo Biberin s 21,0000 To all theso this Bocléty has given homes in Africs. Applirations are daily received from enterprising colored people, and the Committeo thicks that half s million are considering re- moval to Africa. Exodus nssociatfons have been formed under the nuspices of the Hoclety at several promioent Southern points. The greater portlon of those who left Charleston on tho bark Avon last spring bave settled to the north of Monrayla, The Soclotv thinks that the ellurts of the colored peuple to obtain from Congress $100 to enable them to removo to Africa is worthy of the serfous nttontlon of the whole nation. BOUTH CAROLINA APPOINTMENT. The President sent to tho Senate to-day the nomination of Bamuel Lee to be Postmaster of Sumter Court-flouse, 8, C. Mr, Lee Isa very intelligent mulstto who bas held positions fn Wuhlnflon. and, uotll last Novembor, wa bate Judge of Bumter County, Ile {s the aud wost Influentiul Republican in bis section. The Democrats undertook to bulldoze him be- fore tlie November electio, and to drive him out of the county after the campalzn was over, becauss, In his capacity of United States Comuwissioner, he uudertook to bring the men who were guilty of fraud to punishment. His nppolutment to the Postmpatership will have & tendency to restoro the confidence uf the Republicacs of Bouth Carolioain the President's disposition to do everythloz which is proper to show bis nymgnthy for the persocuted Repub- licans of that Stat¢, und to rmuct, them when he can legally doso. One of the most dlscours aging clrcumstances for the Reputifeana of that~ Btate hue been the apparent in- fluence of Uoyv, Haunpton and Scnator Butler In the matter of appolntments, and the sceming convicilon among wowe of the officlals that, {n order to retaln their places, they must eonduct themselves in such & menner os 1o saatlafy those two gentlemen. A fow moro ap- Intments liko that of Mr, Leo will change all , uud make the Republicaus of South Curo- lina feel vnrf' differently towards President Hayes than they now do, Mr. Leo I8 {n every respect as woll quallied to perfurm the dutics of Postmasier s wny man In the town of Stn- ter, hut lis presence thera in & Federal positiou will probubly bu a Httle drritating to the Demo- cratic Jeaders who have attempted to mmake the county svu hot for his resldence, CONKLING is mustering bis forees 10 dofeat the conflrmne tlun of Mesritt as Collector of New York., Ex- Deputy-Coliector Lydecker and Gen. Arthurare here, und have bud conferences with Sciutor Conkltng to-duy, ‘The anuwers of Arthur and Cornell will be presented to the Sciate Com- merce Cominittes sl the next wecting, which will be Thursday, JUSTICE NIUNT. ‘The friends of Justice Hunt are much that bu will not live through the night. ROUESON. % Thero is growing want of harmony smong the Democrats on the Naval Commlttes fu retard o lndorsing the extreme views of * their Chalr- wman furegard to Robeson. Amoug the Repub- lcune each dey’s developments arg regurded as puttiog his cuse fu s wore favorable light, TUE POST-OFFICE BILL. Ta the Wrslern Awoclayd Pross. Wasminoron, D, C., Jml.v'l.—'l‘he 1louse Cominittes 0o Approuriations vompletdd con- aldevation of the Fost-Uilice Appropristion bitl, the acgrecats thereol belug fu excess of the bill Just year, owisg 10 the vecessary lucreased cxpenditures of Department. The estis mates of the Postmaster-General were, how- aver, somewhat roduced. TUB ARMY APFROPIUATION BILL hes beeu completed for o week past, but has been withhela o order that the friends of the bill agreed upon by the Joint Committes on the reorzanization of the army mizbt Lave su op- burtuulty of testiug the scnsu ol the House on thelr neasure. 'the Committea tu-day, bowover, wuthorized ‘Mr, Atkins to report . tha bill to the Hol A agreed upon, 6 fo- curporates the weasure thut orfinated o the Bub-Comuwittee preeided over by Mr. Hewil wuich proposus to reducs the nuniber of offl both line und statl, about 20 per cent, and lcaves e waximum of 25,000 for the rank und tile uu- changed. afrald TUE LEGISLATIVE, BXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL® vILL will probably be completed. ALADAMA, The Department of Justice had not, up to this evenlug, recived any fuformution from Ala- bata respectiog the relcase from fail of United States Marsbal Turner. Stiould an upplicstion 10 tks City Court at Sclna for bis releaso on o babcas corpus uob bo successful, it i ~ver) well unders that o slmflar application will be wadv to the United Btales Circult Court. This would, fn il probability, be granted without duua aud! o that eveut s promiuent otlleerof the Governwent rewarked bis esentpg, thare would by b doubt whatever 28 10 the power of Lhe Goverpmeat L0 conuuaud obedicnce to the wandates of its courts. - ANOTUEE CALL YOU LONDS. The Secretary of the Treasury bas called the rest to he following bonds, princioal and Coupen. paid onf and after Aprll 21 nex honds, dated July 1, 187, name 46,001 to No. B5,000, both Iy No. 60,001 to No. 70,00, both indnsdve No. 4G,0H to N , both inclusivey £1.000, No. 60,001 fo No, N0 both fnclueives total, 10,000,000, Registercd hands redeemalile atthe pleasure of the United States afier the 14t of July, 1873, as follows: &40, No. 19X to No, 2,270, " bothh (ncl 5 810, No. 13,851 o No. 10,400, both clualves ~ £300, No. 7,251 to No. 9.500, buth fnciusi 000, No. 24331 to No. 31009, both Inclusive? £3,000, No. ) &151 10 No, 5,700, both inclusives $10,000, No. 18,331 to No, 15,400, both {netnelvo: total regls- tered, 810,000,000; mggreszate, $20,000,000, ANOTIIER BYNUIUATE. A contract was this day completed between the Secretary of the Treasury amd N. M. Roths- child & Sons, J. 8, Morgan” & Cu,, Selieman Bras., and Morton, Rose & Co., of London, ant A. Belmont & Co., Drexel, Morgan & C 3 wl W, Sellgman & Co., anidl Morton, Bli. o, New York, for the rale and delivers in Europe of not less than $5.000,000 per month of the 4 per cent honda upou the ssme terms and conditions as the popular loan is now heing al- fered in the United States. ‘Tho contract is to continuc until Lha 1at of duly, theprocecds tobe applicd to rohlmllu?' the 6 per cent bands, The contract was innde nuprumotc 1he exchange of 4 yercent hunds for 6 per ccat 520 bomls held in_Kurope. ‘Thoreupon a subscriotion of $10,- 00,000 was made by the parties, which [a (n- cluded fu the call of §20,000,000 made thisafter- noon, NOMINATIONS, The Presidout nomingted W, P. Button, of Michigan, United States Consul for, Matamoran; il Sterling, Postmasfer at Wheeltng, W, aml James (. Hatchil, Postmaster at kfort, Ky. FOREIGN-DUILT TIPS, The House Committeo on Commereo heard further arzuments to-dny againat the bill edving reristers to forcign-buillt ships purchased by Awmerican cltizens. . THE RECORD. SENATE. ‘WasninaroN, D, C., Jan. 21.—\r. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, reported,with-* out smendment, the House bill passed by the House on the 16th {natant, t6 facilitate the re- funding of the natlonnl debt. Placed on the calendar, | | ‘The following Is the text of the bill referred to: o A nitt. to anthorize tho lesne of certificates of de- oslt in ald of the rofanding of the publlc dobt, §ic it stctcd by the Senata s Hoowe of epr: rentativen of tha United Stales of Amerien in_Co kress assemblod, That the Secretary of the Tre: ury I8 hereby anthorized and dircctod to iasue, In cxchnnee for Inwful moneyof the United States that may ba presented for such exchunge, certificaton of deposit of the denoiniuation of $10,’ bearlng inters esi nt the rate of 4 per centum por nnnum, snd convertiblo at any tme, with accrurd intarest, into thie 4-per-contum bunda deacribed in the Kefunding act; and the money so received shall be appiied only to the payment of the 5-20 bonds in tho moda rexcribed by said act, and he 18 authortzed to pre- scrihe snitable rules and regulutions In conformity with thisact. Mr. Matthews presented a bill to prevent the Introduction of contagious or Infectlous dis- cases in the United States, und (o ustabllsh o Bureau of L'uhlic Health, Referred, By Mr. Chaffee—a Joint resolution directing the cancellatton of $1 and $2 United States notes, Lald on the table, to bo called up by Mr, Chalfee herenftor. At the conclusion of the morniug business, bills on the calendar were consldercd. The Benate bitl to authorlze the Beeretary of the Interlor to :l}?m certaln funda held by bim na Trustee 1€ the Indian tribes in the ‘Treasury of the Uhited States in leu of Invest- ment, led to a long discussion. Tt-authorizes thé Sccretary to deposit fn the Treasury of the United States any and all suins now licld by him, or which may hereafter be re- celved by bim as Becretary of the Interlor and ‘Trusteo of the varfous Indian tribes on account of the redemption of United States bonds or other. stocks and gocurities helonging to the Indian Trust Fund; and the United States shall pay interest semi-anuually at thoe rate of 6 ver cent per anaum from the date of devosit on any und sll such sums In the United States Treasury. Mr. Edmunds submitted an amendment pro- viding that. nothing in the act shall authorize the infraction of :ny rruvlnou ol a tresty or agreement with g8y Indlan tribe or band, Agreed to, Pending discuasion,the timo fixed by the reso- lution of yesterday for laying aside the calendar orrived, Mr. Anthony moved that unfinished business (betug the biit to aménd the Patent laws) be 1atd nside, nnd thit todsy Le devoted to the con. sideratiun of bills on the calendar, Avreed to, ‘The Iudian Trust-Fund bill wos aguin taken up. Mr. Beck moved to strike out * five,” and ju- acrt “four," as the rate of interest to be paid, ‘This ainenduent led to a engthy discussion, Mr. Alllson provosed nn auendment 1w place of thut pf Bovk tu pay 83 per cent fostead of 4. Pending discusslon, Mr. Windom moved to luy the Lill aside, Acreed to. ‘fhe bl to smend the Patent lows was latd aside also, Informually, so a8 not to lose lts place; sud the Senate procecded to cousider thy Naval-Appropriation bill. 3 Awncodinenta Increasing the approprintions $86,500 over the bill as ft came from the House were agreed to without debate, Mr. Windom said the Henator from Maine (Blatne) desired to udiress the Seuuts on this bill, but was not prevared to zo on to-duy, ‘Tho bill was thervfore laid asido until to-mor- row. Mr, Blaine then gave notice of the following awendents to the bl which he wouid offer: That & Board of three naval oflleery frum the active or retlred tlat bo appoiuted by the Presie dent, whoso duty it shall be to eonsidor and re- L»ort.w the next sesslon of Coungresa the nume er of allicers, llne, uud stall, und warrant, noed- cd for the uavy with men, und tlat until hereafter” diructe by law pro- motlon In the navy nbove the grado of Eusign shall ceasc. And, further, that the same Bosrd of Otlicers aball consider and report whether any of the pressut navy-yurds muy be dispeused” with, aud whether” fu any other way the cxpenses of tho naval catabllsh- ment tay be decreased without impairing its cfliciency. Alao, thut from and aner July 1, 1583, only such s number of graguates of the United States Naval Academy in any ong year shall be entitled to upvolntiment as midship- wen In the navy os are required to Il the vaeaneles, to ba doterinined by the Academic Bourd utulbasis of thelr standing fn the graduat- g class. Aud Il the nuwber of widshivmen shatl uut huve beew previously fixed wnd lim- ited by law, 1t shull be the duty of the Becretary to so l’lx it on or before Julyl, 1883, Ordercd printed, After oxecutive session, adjourned, nousy, Imwediately after the reading of the Journal which oecupled an bour), Mr, Potter called up he resvlution presented by bim yesterday, di- recting the Cominittee on "the Iny tion uf the Electlon Frauds to inquire fnto the * cipher- dispatehes.” appropriating $10,000 to delray the expenss of such fngulcy. ¢ Ir, utter velded, however, for sowe pree Mimfuary matter, i Mr. dtephuas, from the Committes on Coln- age, itroduced a bill to authorize the coliugy of golold wetric dollars, $5, wud frucions of dollars. Referpe ‘The House t Pmcccdud to the cousidera- tion of the cipher<lispatch resolution. Mr, Yotter moved the previous question, which way sceonded, and the main question was ordered, thus leaving ong bour for_ discussion, which was Wereupou opened by Mr, Potier, who sala: Mit. S¢EAKER: T offered this resolution be- causs 1 was lustructed to offer it. 1 do not pro- pusy to discuss It except tu say a fuw wonlds §n reply to au attack made on e by the gentle- man from Michigan (Conger). 1 waa not {o the House at the time, and when the geaticman'’s attention wae culled to Lhist fuct hie stated that 1 bad left the House to avoid hearue bim, 1( (Lm geutlewan thought wo by wus mlstaken, [ tuluk [ Msten to the. sprighily and s utterances of the geottemah from Michigan with us mueh satisfactlon as any gentlemon’ o tuis House, but it 1s not Jmulbfu for a man to bo always in Lis suat, and the geotleman ougbt ok Lo fufer frow juy abscucw lhat 1 bud auy Glainclugtion to buar bim. 1ad be foformed me that be proposed to refer to the cipher-afs- 3, 1 whould certaloly, at whutcver focon- icuce, bave remnajucd, beeause & could thea butter satd, In requsd Lo Shis resulution, what I am ubout to say now, But as be bad rben wany twes that day it was impossible for mo to divine that when he ross be inteuded to discuss that subject. I gentdeman uccused e becauss 1 Lad not mitted uu investivation of thwse dispateh Mz, Speaker, it {s as open to the gentlewau from Michigan, am! has beeu cver sluce this session of Conzress sascwbled, and to cvery metber of the flouse, as it 15 to wyself, to propose such an fuyeatgotlon. He did ot pruposeit, No oue ol that vlde of the Uuuse proposed it, sud Lor reasons which, perhiaps, it 1s ot dificult to divine, but, at any rate, for reasons satwfactory to themselves. No ventlemon this side of thy House had Jrouuied it, und the Zeutlyweu from AMichigos said [ bad wot perwiited them to do Mr. Speaker, I neither had the power to srevent them, nor il T rought to prevent them, The only wish 1 had expresseld on the sut ject was that, 1f such resolution wea Introduced, it might ba referred to anothur coni- mittee than {hat of which I was a memper, bt [ nefther souzht to fnflu- ence anvbodv mor prevent any one from action fn reapect toit. I simply refused to vol- unteer to Introduce such resolution mysell, aml, for these reasons, at tho lnst scaslon - of Con- grean I introduced a resolution for a comimittce to inquira fnte certain_alleged and confes<ed wrongs in Florida and Loutsiana, which b taken place under eolor of State law, and wli wero safid to have been perpetrated under t Influcnce of the Federal visitors, and under the pratection of Federal troops, aud whiel wrongs the Elcctoral Commission had declded it w: finpossible for the States to rectify or recal Buch a matter was s rrrmer subjeet for Co cresslonal legislation, for if Congress could not vorrect thie wrong which had taken place in the Htates themselves it could at least adupl such legislation ns woulll afford those Btates an op- portunity to correet and recall the action tnken under color of thelr law, It was tlicrefore a roper Ribject for Investlatlon, and when I ntroduced ~ that resolution I declined to y'o!d 1o an amendment which the gentleman Trom Maine (Hale) deslred to offer, proposing an inquiry Into ‘& certaln cipher dispateh In Oregon Lecause 1 inajsted that It was not _¥ithin the provinee of Congress to Inquire into the todividusi wrong of any citizen which it could nefther prevent nor punish, and st any rate this investigntion ought mot to be uver- slaughed by any such fnquiey, I did not then ruspect the existence of dispatehes which have Leen since published, but {he analogy between these dispatches and those which the gentle- man fromn Maine sought to have inquired juto is perfect, nud the Houee having sustained me in my view of the question It was not for mo now (o suek Lo set an foot mysell an investica- tlon of the kind, nor to_prevent the completion of the work which T had o hand by any such lnrr}mm Beyond that, Mr, Speaker, there were private personal reasons why I did not think I ought 1o sct on foot an; The House may recollect ' that when introdueed the ~ resolution , of Inguiry n leading “Indepeudent journal of the’ cduntry declared that 1 did so {n pursuance of a bargain between Gov. Tilden and myself, in which [ was to bave his subport, There are gentlomen in this chamber now who know that when 1 was called upon on the evening previous to the fu- troduction of that resolution to walt upon tho Jolut Committes In the Demoeratic caucus, 1 was absolutely ignorant that I had been selected for that work, and I had no moro reason to sus- peet that T would be connected with it than any vther gentleman in the House. The truth ia that ot only did I have no bargain with Gov, Tilden, but 1 had nono with anybody clse. I aerved on that Committes simply becduse I was Invited to serve by the Jolat Committee of the Democratic caucus, and beeause {u 1875, 08 mem- ber of a Committeo in this [fouse, I had vis- ited 3,oulsian: and had very profound convictions alike of tho danger nud wrong of the Returning Board’s action, I acrved, therefore, on these accounts and on these aloug, and I not only had no un- derstanding or bargain with anybody on the fuce of the cartl, but 1 sought for no promise or naslatanco, und had nowo. Aund vet, Mr. vr, that conjecture has gone all over the Slates, und nine-tenths of the peoply who have any oplnion _on the subject belleve that I am a tnember of the Commitico of Inves- tion ns coutidant and agent of Qov. Tilden, Beyond that, altheugh I had endesvored to conduct the investigation with absolute {mpar- tality and falrness, so much so that I do not helieve that anybody faifiar with the record will rise to clalm that'such has not been the fact, und #o that during all that time I hiave ob- sarved the utmost reticenco i respect of the object and purposcs of the Cominittce. Yot there has heen no unworthy nnd nartisan speech “1hut hins not been falscly put {nto my mouth, and “no mesu or outrageous suggesilon in the conduct of the Comimnlittes that has not been at- tributed to me. Under such circumstauces, for me to volun- teer an Investization fnto thege clpher dispateh- ¢8 was to have It sald that I was dolng so i the intorest of aud for the purposo of protecting and whitewashing those whom it might affect, And beyond that, sir, there arg in my Stale some persons who believe that I or my friends havo causo of grievance against Mr, Tilden, and who, §f 1 volunteered any movement of the kind, would ascribe v action to personal dfs- ke ael spite, If thegentlemen will look at the New York Zribune of Saturduy week they will see §b doclared that the probable causo of this resolution is the object of personully injuring Mr. Titden, For these reasous, ' sir, I did nut Ieel called upon to volunteer any action on this subject, 1 bave not volunteercd it, und I ju- troduce tho resolution which 1 do because, with- out any wish or request of mine, [have been fn- structed to do 80, und I do it for no other rea- son. n Mr. Butler opposed the resolution on the ground thut Congress had no jurisdiction over he private correspoudence of auylody, nnd he ‘was a privato man swho held no publie position. Besldes, Coogross should not take part in the slander ol any public man to satisfy the curis oeity of nnybody in the Ilouse or out of it. ‘The result of appropriating moncy for this in- vestigation wouldl bo to stir up wmcthlntg which had better not bo scenor felt or amelt. It would be far better to_eiva $10,000 to a poor working- man's famlly, He had svoken against the reso- Jution in order that it might bo said bereatter that pt least one man, scting ns o Judge and a_member of COugress, unbiased by party prejudico [laughter| had boen averso to stir- flmi up the private allalrs of privato persons, Mr. Hole followed, in support of the resolu- tion,” Ho sald now that the maching_ had been started nud got in motion, let it roll and mako Iuvestization (110 both sides uf the guestion. e had sotne sympathy for that simple-licart- ed old gentleman in Now York, who bad besn taken from his privacy and thrust upon the wountry as a Presidentlal candldate, who had becume the apostle of reforim, and who had re- mained in his closct awalting the verdict of the Amerlean people, taking no bund or part Ju the notaple cainpaljzy, - Ho had been surrounded by confederntes, and coparcencrs, and nephews guunlucr] who had attetpted Lo purchnse the lvctorul Colleges, and the simple-hearted old 1aan should have an o{)pnuunu) 10 curue beforo Congress und protect his character from men close around him who had attempted to bLo- smirch It. Mr, Conger followed with ashort specch, making sarcastic sllusions to the cipher dis- atches as “ Beriptursl telegrama sigued by Moses and Asron und the rest.’? Mr. Ilewlit (New York) supported the resolu. ton. e called the attentlon o Mr. Butler to the fact that thero were occaslons fn life when there was somotbing higherthan Judgeor mem- her of Congross. Tt was when the scuse of man- buod steuck {oto tbe butan heart, Ife stood here dn thut apirit ot manhood to invite the full- et fuvestipation of the telezrams,—those which had peen pullishea wnd those which haa not, dJustics to Samuel J. Tilden demands that the luvestigation,—justido to the great Democratic party detnanded it,—justice to the American people who had elected him to the hichest oflice in thetr g1t demanded it. Let Tllden have an opportunlty to confront his nccusers and tra- duccrs, and aiow the world that ut least one of the candidates at the late Uresidentinl clection ‘woa not a miscrable trickster, willing 1o barter fur the higliest oftice tn the citt of the Funp)r. Whether the ciphier dispatclies published in the Zribune are genuine or not, L have no means of knowing, Inever recelved ove of them, [ was nover cogulzant of their existence until they gvers publishied in the Zrilune, Noither do I Kuow whether the ulleged tranalutions ure false; but this [ do know: that not oug of themn containing a reference of money to influcneo the Returning Boords or Electoral votes was ever addressed to or recelved by soy ollicer of the Natlounl Democratic Committee, I ain awaro that pewspaoers have credited one of those per- sons to whom the telegmms were addressed with having been an oflicer of the Democratic Conunitiee, but [ say to this House and to thg country thut this is on error, He never held any ofticfal connection with the Committee, Theso dispatches came from aud were addressed. ta persons wha had o oflicial posttion fn the orzanizatlon, That they wero zealuus Demo- crute uind anxions ta securs the fruits of the victory which we bad uuquestionably wou fu o coutest of uvparatleled effure on Dotk sides is very evident, but what they did was an action of a purely voluntary and fudividus) aatire, withs out_consultation “cither with me, who was charged with the ronduct of the umrnlun. or (28 1 uw authorized hero to say) with the candi- dlate of the Democrutie varty 1u thut memorable atrugule.” I,Sanrlml laushtér on the Kepubltenu sida of tho House.] ‘Fhe most flugraot oilorts have been made to show tist be bnd perspnat kuoowledge of the operutions of his ovep-zealous friends, Now, 1 stund hero to decluro that there lsuot o particle of evidence to conoect him with this knowtedge. On the contrary, 1o evi- devee, g0 far uy vroduced (und - the pruduction of It has becn nivgt akill- ully munaged to give su orpuglh: g re!s!uu‘. proves conclusively that he bud no ;ur,fi Lnowl- #dize, for in uo case was sty auch purchase of votes effucted, il in_every oase it broke down for want of wouey. s it 0 bo supposed for o momaout that 1f Sunael J. Niden bud decided ta buy those r% the' purchase would hive failed for want'of money? - [Lauehter on the Repub. lean side. } 18 It notabisotutely clear thutwhen It reached the polnt Whera money— & 1. Mr. Towustad (N, ¥V), interrupting—Did uot mouey Fu to Uregont Mr. 1lewitt (without notleing Townsend's fo- terruptiou—~Where money was required f¢ fafl- cdl Aund Is not th couclusion frresiatible that when, n the last resort, it was necessury to go to bhm for mouey, bu ludiguantly stauivoa on such_{nvestigation, ‘und of the future, tho suggestion s one to which he conld give neither npproval nor assistance! - The hour aliowed for discussion having closed, Mr. Garlivid moved to' teconslder the yoto ar- dering the madi auestion. Mr. Atking moved to Iay that motion on the m&;ln. aml ft was so ordercd—yens, 1233 nays, 80, ‘the House then proceeded to vote on the Ircunlullou. andit was adopted without s divis- on, £ Mr. Waddoll, from tho TPost-Offica Committee, reported the Post-Route bill, and it was npusscd, Thuraday night was ect apart for consideras tion of the LI for the clnssifieation of madl-mat- ter. Alr. Rahbins, from the Committce on Wase aml Moans, reported the bill ngreed upon by the Committee to regulato the duties on sugar, and asked to have it mada the special order for next 8aturday, : Mr. Ward objected, and the biil was ordercd printed and the House adjourned. —— DANGERS OF CHEMISTRY. Terrible Posibilitles of Combinntions of Iinrmleas Chemnienl Ingredients—Ths Po- er Over Nature and Human Life which Chomlistry Gives. * Landon Obaerrer, A most unfortunate accident which has oc- curred at Progud recalls fn many of its cir- cumstances, the quaint traditions that ,were once prevalent fn regard to the medimyal al- chemists, Prof. Fischer, of the Prague Gym- nasium, & young man only 25 years of ngo And of the highcst eminence in his profession, —that of chemistry,—has come to an untimely cod under tho most melancholy clreum- stances. No ono nceds to ba told that ceyanlde of potasslum, a drug largely used in photography, is a polson of the .most deadly character. Its nctive fugredient Is prussle acid, Prussicncld i Ita pure, or, as chemists would term it, “anhydrons” form, I8 a sub- stance too dangerous to be kept, or even manu- factured. Tt a glasa capsule containing a wine- alassful of pure prussic acld were broken in the Dpit of & theatre, thoss among the audience who Were nearest the doors might eacape, but the Rreat majority would be killed on the spot. The prussle acid “ordinarily sold, and ocessionally used for killing dogs and cats, contains about a drap of the pure ald to n quarter of a pint of water, Pure prussic aeld no cheniist dare keep. He might ns well compress aton of dvuamito into a aingle cartridge, suppussing such package to be possible, and then leuve the deadly 1ying loose un the table, ‘fi“""“‘ of {“'"““'“"‘ Is not, like prussic acld, volatile. 1t Is n white powder, rather re- sembling flour or chalk. 1t s, howaver, so polnonous that a mere plach of it wprinkied over an open wound orsore will cansealmost in- stuntaneous death; that a fragment almoat Im- perceptible to the eye will, it swallowed, prove equally falal, aud that its mcre amell hies beforo now pruduced Immediatedeath. 1t was, it scems, the mindition of Prot, Flsclier to discover somo means of rendering cyanida of potassium harm- less. We can dothix with zunpowder,—although the analogy Is not strictly exact,—the meanscm- ployed with gunpowder being mectanical, while thuse for which Prof. Fischer sought were chemical, Wo know what hapvens if a light s applled to a keg of guopowder. 1f, however, we. mix the posrder with four or flve times its bulk of saw- dust, a torch may be applicd to it with tmipuai- ty. The mechanfeal resistanco of the sawdust .makes it fimposaible for the explosion to at unce spread 2o the wholo mass, and the consequenca 18 that o sort of splutter ensucs, llke that of a aquib or blue-light, Prol, Fischer's Idea was that, If cvanide of potassium ware thoroughly mixed with- sa ammoniac, 1§ would be as hari- less as gunpowder mixed with sawdust, but would still reinain equally avallable forall those puroovaes of photozruphy for whicl fc 18 at pres- vt abeolutely Indlspensable. Tu the course of bis rescarches Mr, Flscher mada & mixture, of which in his own miud Lo felt as- surcd that it would meet the conditlons of his problom. He compounded the cyankle with suma other substance, and then, turning to his laboratory assistant, satd ¢ ¥ “Helence har now-so far advanced as to bo evon nble to render harmless so dangerous an aront as cyanide of potassium, ¢ With thess words bo tested the mixture, and was almost fn_an [nstaut selzed with the most violent aud excruciating ngonfes, Homt once dmplored bis nselstant to send for medieal atd, Cyauozen, however, whethier ns prussic acid or cyanido of patassium, kills slinost instanta- neously, In a fowsrconds Prof, Fischer was bo- youd help. We gre told that there isno posal- ble reasou to suppose that a duliberate snicide had been planned und carrlod out uoder the mask of expieriment. On the contrary, there {s every reason to believe that the Professor has met the fato which befel unly t0o tany of the enlrly clicinlats ynd thelr predecessors, the alchic- mists, . Ws know now what will happen to any ex- perimentalist if ho dips blotting-paper in n’ncrfc acid, washes {t, dries it, and then incautiously treads upon £ What bapponed to the old man who is belteved—=for s record venshed with him—to have tirst dlscovered fulininate of sii- ver, {s a matter of scleniific record, That bo wan engaged in rescarches upon the fultniuates of the higher metals, wos woll known. How it preclsely came about that be disappeared ss he did will'remalin 8 matter of coujecturo. Thero canao one duy a pull,a slight shocls, nnd.e smurt nolso us If some oue inflated a paper bag und then buret (¢ botwoen his handa. Of the' Pro- fessor Limself, of his laboratory, of his appa- ratus, and of much loss within a radius of sume Yavds, not a vestize or trace was left, It used tobe with the alchomists,—the heritors of tho hidden wisdom of Bohno, and Roger Bovon, und Albertus Magnus,' They wero always blowing themsolves up'or asphysiating themiselves with sume noxlous vapor. For a man who knows nothing, or next to nothing, of chicmlstry it 14 a Yery dungerous game (ndeed to mix together o vouple of substances of srhich ho knows nothing, and then bray them In a mortar, Common sulphur is harmlcss stufl enough, g0 §s charconl, s0 18 nitro; but Jet an iguorant men mix the threo and apply o llluhl to them, wud the result will inuch sstonish i, L Wthien of old an alchemist waa ‘reduced to frrzuenta fu this tashion our ancestors had an easy oxplonagjoir. lla wus o magicinn, the: used to say, und the Dovil lad comeo sud- dendy und had carrfed bim off. There was i time, between the deys of Koger Hacon and thosa of Davy, Black, aud Cavendish, when the foul flend wos thus always carrying off alchomists, We know naot how it happened. Itamau gocs into & chemteal laboratory und takes up o bl boaker ntid ‘mur! Into s the con- Leuts of the tirst two bottles that aru roady at his hand, the probabilities that he will be” ye- duced to atoms on the nvot arg sutliclently serfous to calt for his carefu! considerntion, Apart frong the sal faet thut o young man with a bright and brilMant tuture {::h;rc him should bo thus suddenly cut ofll the death of Frof, Fischer has anotlior moral, ™ Chomistry —whatover Mr. Lows uay bave W ssy in praiso of clvil ensinecriug—1s tiv seleuco of the warkl T bridze which takes the eneiteer years upon vears to cunstruct,. tho chemist cun in 60 wany sixtlcths of a sccond re- duco to atoms, . Cncmistry has given us tho balloong ft bas put fu our hauds nm?mldcr nitro-glycerine, dyuainite, und, above all, fulminate of gold, an eXplodive 80 ternblu thut it an ousco of it bo left lu a stoppered bottle its graiss fulling sinong thewsulves by thelr own wulght will create a couvulsion sufMicient to luy all London fu rulus, It has given us polsons so aubtlu that, wers we to employ such means of warfare, wo could sail in a badlooy over e camp of ‘the coemy uwd drn&x upon ¢ u sholl, thé bursting of which would kil every hutauy being witbln o mile of {ts rangre. ‘Then, too, cuemistey haa given us dislofect- ants, To the chemists wo owu carbolle ncld, chiuride of lime, aud permognats of potash. Ohewtsts buvs taught us to disiofect our sew- cre wud dralus, to ventilats our bouses, to burn #us lustead of oll, and to light our streets with What s wore powerful thau even gus ftaell,— the eloctriv light. Tuis o chemistry, fudepd, :!lmtfim owu alnost all the comforts™ ot every- £ le. p fiul. on the other hand, the possibliities of chemistry are almost too terridble to by contem- plated, As the sclence st present stand X studeat can, if ho huve acecss to & well-stored lubwrutory, carry away in a pill-box matter sufll- cient to-Jay Loudon {n rulus, or to poisou the whols comtnuuity of Its lubabitants. The cbem- 14t cau, 83 every schoolboy knows, cunvert water futo fco In the Centro of u red-hot cruclble. e can coustruct a shell the sixe of o cricket-ball which wlil explode the woment it touches the water und overiwhielm in Hatnes & hostlle feet. ludeed, the chemist reduces world to its orkziual ad primal clemeuts, For him, even wore than the engineer, nothing {5 fmpossible. Aud yet his power, vast ua (¢ s, £9 Hmited, e call wors oasily destroy thau coustruct, He can tuke life, but ho caunot give it. He can Jevel the city with the pialn, but he eannot buitd it acain. o can creute vrusale acld, but ho Is jguorant of its antidote, Ho ig likv the sber- uing who rushly opencd the veasel sealed with the rlug of Sufeluian Bew Daoud. The forees at coutrol are boyond bis commund; the powera he cun evoke bu caunot lay. ke is the old stor of Curnclius and Agrippa—those who trifle witl nature's secrets do 8o at ther o e Claderella’s Slipper. It 14 curlous w Jearu thal the “aluss slipper” *Cloderlla,' of which from vur youth up- o wards we never questioned the thotigh well awars thas v e wh e, proteza of fairles would think of gt #uch an artfcle, was ot part. of the gt story, bt his fieen dite 1o n miann el of a'word uscd tn tho French versun oy 0l Tho alipper, wo have heen tald by oy e e welter, supvorted by “Littre's Dictlnna, - 148 orizinally aslipuer trimmed with n pacaiiy (1 of rarc fu, eatled, in French. vair,—thy o, 10l creatura of tha wreasel kind, fs fypt0 beiniz known fo_onlinary store-(elfesd 04 #poke of & pantousle de verre— glans nly%mb'-' by 8 sort of wiconsciaus hun. Certume new readiug i tar more croditable ro (e 0oLt Ity of Cinderclin’s god:mothicr, as a purye 3% comfortanle clothes; for whatever magie sont tho laas altpprre mizht hva hnd of pusg PO dance, it ia finpossible that they coulq h“ been comfortable to tha feet, and must bave sy sultod Iu all probability In scrions corny, 1 ————— RUSSIAN FEMALE DocCTopg, Their Services In tho Fleld Darin, . War with Turkey, New Tork Sun. TRassls, though the last Government £0 pormy women to study medicine, was the first m?“ clally invite them to professfonal serytee 1o the Tield. In the lata Turko-Russian war—qpe rm Russian war in which only Russian doctors .‘:" omployed—female _phigsicians. checrruny ¢ formed the duties assigned to then), The n;h commencement of the Bt Peterahury malj 4 college for women, the only institution of kind In ftussia, took placa during the sway, and the stadents of the last (N1th) course wer; ot on the flold of duty hefore they had Dussed 1 flual examination. Of 83 women of the m;. ustioz class, 24 agreed to go to the Bcene of actton fn Turkey, where they ere Wistrilatey in different hospitals as junior assistan) gy, geons, just ke Lic male students of the gre. unting class, - In order to show what they to do, we quote from a letter of one of l{e 1‘. dica attachcd to the hospital near Pleyny g, principal hospital for wounded men: “: the settled,” ahe sage, *In a sillaze, living Iy poor sliantles, finlt fillod "with "carn, uiy o harley, and destitute of the mm{muuldfllfw life, " We had no heds, and slept on the mating laid upon the carthen floor, 'Thero was no gly., in the windows, wiul so we were exposed 1o the winda nud rainy We "had the most frendiy relations with the Balgarians, whose langusge we could - easlly understand. In the nigy the 20th of August we wera awakened by tte thunder of canuon, the begioning of the baty, of Plevna, and it ‘ncmned thl “the rosr vy, continuous. Numerous wagons full of wounde] soldlers soon made thelr aopearance. Iam gy able to describe the Impression made on me |, Mie sight of soveral thousand malmed ‘Vietlmy; but the scene will remain forever in mymen. ory. While- helpingz oncof the poor Telloay, bundreds are walting for you: andat last 1y extremo exhanstion, you becomo conselous of your {uability to help any moro; but soon sz Jyour energies are excited anew, Wo could oy rest for ouly threoor four hoors out of e twenty-four, We had but 630 beds, and they wers “about 7,000 wounded. Our staff of twenty doclors .were divided into e roups. One groupo operated, the otk rossed the wounds, the third applied 1he Parls plaster bandages: and this last workwsy +the most difficult of all. I applicd over %0y theso bandages, Twice the Czar vislied ou hospital, distributed crogses, and triwd to cherr up the patients. 1o thaoked the Indy ditor for thelr services. in the hospital we performe) the same Uuties as our masculine colleagues; wd diaguosed, oporated, classifiod the patl lents, gavo prescriptions, and {ssucd the hospital o dera. In the otber hospitals similor autics wers performed by our mates.” The sugendsl work of tho "Russian female doctors Yurinz the war overcame the oppposltion of the mos obstinate professional opponents to fomle wmedical educatfon. The Czar himscl! was wit- ness of the fuil adility of women to perform i dootor's duty under the most trylue cnan. stances. ‘The 8L, Petersburg Medical College fir women was cstablished in 187 1ts programm: 13 the same s that of the male medical colleges. Women must bo graduates of some HNeerary cl- lezo, must pass a preliminary examlnatiou, ant 1nust study medicina (In the tollege) during fre years, ‘Then they pass flual examinatior, and, if successful, recelve the diploma. Esa this, bowever, docs not entitle them to the de eree of M, D., to eccure which thuy must sulee. quently write an orlginal tliesis on‘some medial subject, and pess a speclal, ah cnlarged, 303 more severe examination. Last year there were over 450 .women in the 8t. Petersbure Femde Medieal College, and over ffty bad. paad through'the final examination. ————— OBITUARY. g Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune, Davanront, In, Jan. 31, —John 8, Davls, for twenty-two years o resident of Davenport, sl .onc of Its most industrious and publie-apirted meny dled this otternoon after six weeke' Uh ness, aged 03 years, Sinco 1804 he has been the solo proprietor of the Washinzton Machive ‘Works, from which ho had scquired a large for tune. 8pectal Dizvatch to The Tritune, . Ducaron, Ill, Jan. 2L—Tha doathof dn Ellzabeth Jano Tanner, wifc of one of our pra- incut citizens, occurred heru yeaterday, i waa B0 years of sge, aud had livod here thity -years, -1ler funeral will take plico to-morror, the Rev, 8, MacBurnoy officlatime, * Boaron, Jau, 21.—George Stilman Nl author and politician, died to<lay, aged 7. — e— " + THE STATE GRANGE, Bpecial Dlspaich to The Tridune. BroowiNaroN, Ill, Jan, 2L—The Stis Grange mot In Washlugtonian Hull todi. Fifty countfes of the State were reoresented Ly one delegato cach. This marning the Hon. L P. Forsythe, Muster, dolivured o very able e {uteresting address, and_this afternoon, after orgavization, Hrother J. B, Weaver welcona the State Grange on behalf of Mie Grange d Milan County. "8, L Davis, of I'ike Cousts Btate Lecturer, reptlod in Otting words tonlgit Prot, G B, Morrow, of Chamnpaign, lectured t= lu{&:‘}huvmdx public meetiug which ja tobe e —— THE GRANGERS, dpecial Dispaick ta the Tribune, Broominaron, 1lh, Jan, 2L—The B Gringo 1s déeply Intorested In the ennal g tion, sud has appointed o committes of fivt consider the mattsr and report. The Coor mtted consists of John 8. Arnmetrong, of L Balle, .Chalrman; J, M. Thompson, of Jeliet: 1L J." Brimball, ot LaSallo; J, A. [loudris o Adams, and Nathalon Dunlup, of Peorix 4 nutnber of delegatos will remain hero o 8% teud the Canal Convention on tho Wb, [} " ... GOVERNMENT ENQUGH, o !8vectal Diivalch te Tha Tridune. « - AURORA L,y Jan, 2L—An election wasbe to-day to determlao if this city would orgiel? under the gencral law of fncorporstlon fof cltjes. 'The vote was-lght, und reeulted ol rojection by & vote of 40 for to 70 ogalosh inecting the samo futs that ft did four yes? BZ0. Our spectal cliarter coutinues, OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Liverroo, Jao. 21.—Stearmships Germaoky City ot New York; and Suevia, from New Yok have arrived out, t . 8an Foasa Jan. . 21.~Balled, steantt Belel, for Hong Koor, via Yokahama, Steamer Austriulta salls ac 9 p, m. Top Sydats, te.y carrylng the British wails it s -‘LELAND-STANFORD, ' Baw Frawoisco, Cal., Jan, £].-~The report 0! the dapgeroya iliness of Leland Stsuford is v truc. Il has been suffuring & alight attack walarial fever, e — - Auscdota Told by the Luto Emperor N* d poloou. Ouce upou s thine, befare 1 was Presidentof the Republic, Thices nud Moju fuvited we¥ dine with them at the house of the forwes: “Wo shall bo by ourscives satd Thign: “cowen little early; wa will go up stairs to ln{ Tooul uid 1uwet Mlole, wha wili be thicry, sul ¥ can talk over sowo fmportant watiers” § wunt, und nscendud 1o due courss 1o M, Tulen shuezery, which, as you konow, was ut the ::: of the bouse. Ho ‘took the rigut side uf 4 dire-placa and Mola the lefts 1 sat Letween LS wulting fur the grave conmunlutions it fl“ persns ol sucl consequetice st bave toms! o, Thivrs begantheconversation. Hedretd pleturo of modern socioty, iu which Lo strose & show thet the dnl .clement predowinsted Jl& eveu eascutlully charactorized ft. Pussivg ‘&"n he cbaracter of socicty to that which e f" und rulers of pien were bouud to adopt tebe . harwopy therewith, he cxpreased bimse!l :' nrunflly of oplulon (hat s ruler should reyudis " ol militery babits,—even oll military spuat sves. You will,” ho contivued, -be v certaiuly elevated to the Presideucy of the B ublic. “ Now, fu order to put yourself fu keey Hu.- witt the sctual state and “tendgncy of »7 cicty, Mols and i thiuk you should cut off Wi‘ mustaches. 1fbeorIwera elected we wiilo not think of weanug them.” ‘The h'ul“‘. mt out laugliug, and tuey mever fordsl % the Ly, via Honolul .