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\ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 879—TWELVE PAGES. ‘vons of 1867, which are now belng called in for funding purpuses azatnst the rale of 4 per centa, are mainly beld in London, and this is regarded by members of the 8yndicate In this country as a very favorable thing, because the Gavernment. will be enabled Lo pay for these calied bondsin 4 per cents, thus raving the exportations of £old, nnd also by funding bonds at A LOWER RATE OF INTERTST, and preventing a lieavy drain on the Treasury, which can readily bes cen, as theamount of called UYonds since Jan. 1 was $30,000,000. By the termis of the contract made by this Syndicate with the Treasury Department, they agree to taka $10,000,000 of the 4 per cents per firm, with the ontlon of subscribing on the J0th of Jupe for all the 4 per conts remalning on hand at that time. Sceretary Sherman asked that such Iate date should be fxed so as not to falerfere with the demand for the bonds In this country. ‘The terns of e contract ars fhe same as those sehich bouml the Syndicate having charge of the 41 per centa, viz.: one-hall per cent, out of which the 8vndicate I8 1o pay the expvuses of transporting the bouds to London aml also their uwn enminission, The Tressuty Department will take the reaponsibility of delivering the TDonds at. London, s this wlii be done by send- ing e boits fn o fron_eafe to the sgeney of the Rotnschikde, under the survellianes of two Treasury clerke. Mr. Couant, ex-Assistaut Becretary of the Tre: r{, gocsto londun a8 agent of the uew 8yndivafe. PENDING BILLS. CLASSIPICATION OF MAIL MATTER. Kpecial Dispateh to The Tribune. Wasninaton, . C., Jan, 25.—The bill relat- jog to the classification of mail matier—a measura In which publishers, Boards of Trade, and merchants bave mauifested a great deal of fnterest—is fixed for the regular order In the Touse at 7:30 o'clock to-morrow night. This DI passed the Benmate ot the lust sossfon a8 a rider on the Post- Ttoute bill, but in ita present form, as a separate measare, must bo sent to the Senate agaln for action. Its friends feel confldent that there will not bo much opposition In the tlouse. The Brazillan subsidy scheme, which also formed o part of the Post-Route pill as it passed the Sen- ate Iast, and which It 1s thought caused the de- feat of the classification feature, forms no part of the present bill. VESSEL, LIABILITIRS . Ropresentative Aldrich has introduced a bill t0 make ships, tug-boats, schooners, and vessels engaged in commerce and rayigation between ports of different Btates, and also between ports of the United States-and forelzn ports, lable for debts contracted by their owners, masters, clerk, steward, or other aent. REPRESKNTATIVE LATIROP ‘s been for some time studying the Indian ques- tton in connection with the Commissfoner of In- dinn Affalrs, and has Introduceda bill authorizing 1lie President to prescribe suitable police regu- Jations for the governmentof the varfous In- dian ‘rescrvations, and to provide for the pun- i{shment of the crimes of murder, manstaughter, arson, rape, burglary, and robbery commltted ‘upon tho varlous Indian rescrvations. The blll provides that the provisions of thelaws of the respective Btates and Territories jo which are located the Tudian reservations relating to the crimes of murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, burglary, and robbery shall be deemed and taken to be the law, and enforced within such reservations. cLADMS, Among the bllls Introduced fo the House yesterday were forty In {dentically the same Tanguage, and differiog only a8 to the name of {lie beneficlary, in each case the LU} graots rent for the uso of land occupied during the defenso of Pennsylvania tn 1863 by the United Btates troops. Al the forty odd persons could liavo been named fo ono bill. As it is, the val- uable timo of the Ilouse was taken up with the reading of the titles of the bllls, and a heavy expenso for printing will be fneurred, as, under thc rules, 750 coples of cach must be struck off for the files, making 80,000 coples fo all Furthermore, the bLllls have utterly no chance of being passed. But the printed copy of each will do to send home, nnd so assist the dema- gogleal plane of thelr sponsars. THE ARMY APPHOVRIATION BILL will be reported to-mourrow. Mr, Hewitt to-day had a conference with Senator Burnalde, with a view to ascertalning whetler the latter ex- pected to be abla to et his LIl up In the Benate, and In case ho coukl obtsin an early Learing for it, Hewitt expressed a williugness 10 hold back his army reorgantzation plan for tlie present, Burnside safd e did not believe ho could sccuren hearing fv the Bewate, and su it was agreet thnt Hewitt would report his bill, TOSTAL APPLOPIIATIONS, To the Western Assoclated D'ress, WasmixatoN, D, €., Jon. 25—The House Comwittee on Apsmmnlom to-day concluded consideration of the Post-Olllce Appropriation {zlllll. und authorized Mr. Blount to repore it to o tho proposed divislon of the amount to be ap- provristed for postal-car and rallway services, abuut §1,250,000 to be given to the former, aud the remalnder of the appropriatiou for theso two branchics to the latter. # TOE GENERAL DILL. ‘The Legistative, Executivo, and Judiclal blll was nearly completed, the exception belngin the proposed legisiation with reference to Govern- muot surveys. It s proposed that all such sue- veys shull bo coosulldated under ong superintendency, sccording to the plan of the Acaile nr) of Helemees, The bill, however, w ¢ amended [n this respect before 1t is reported to the House, sous to provido fora commission Lo dutermive the character sud ox- 0 tent of the surveys from thno to thue. TUE ANMY BILL. Represcatative Hewitt oxpects to report the Army Appropristion blll to-morruw, with the yrovistons for reorganization nud | reduction which bave already been informally agreed upon. SUIT TO RECOVER, TUR OITY OF CUICAUO DEZENDANT, Apcctal Dispatch (o The Tribune, ‘Wasnixatoy, D C,y Jan. 2.—The case of the Northeru Trauspostation Compiny of Ohlo szuinst the City of Chicazo was argued Iu the Unlted Btatea Bupreme Court ta day by R. P Bpsulding for the Compauy und by Corvoration Counsel Bonfleld for tho eity. The question at {ssuc, us outltned Infthese dispatches last nlght, 'was whether the City ot Chicago s Hablo to the Transportation Company for damages while conatructing the LasSalle strect tunne). Bpaulilug clafued that the proot shows thut by reasun of the obatructions placed fn North La- Bulte street jnd fn the Chicago River adjucent 1o the premses of plamtil by the Clty of Chi- cago, in the fall of 1560 und In the spring uud swmimer of 1370, A SPECIAL INJURY OCCURRED to the pluintil of at leust F75I7 o amount Bult was Lrought fn the Circuit Court to recover damayes to thiy extent, but the Judge chareed the jury substantially that the actof the city ju ebetrucong the street und river while makiog a suwuel fur the convenlence of the public was un ujury without remedy. * Mr. Bruulding made the following potuts: First—"That 1he Chicsgo River belvg o navige able atream §s under the control of Congress, wuwh alose Las power to regulate commerce minoug the severat States, and that the City of Chicogro could not luterrupt the flow of the water without belng respousible fu damages for suy sbecial injury sustulued thereby by indl- widual citizeus of the United States who were prevented from usiug the stream for purposes ot uavigation Savnd—That those waters were directly witbin the jutlucnce of the ordinance of 1757, ZAird—"Ybat the plajutif 1A% 4 KIOUT OF ACTION sgalost the vty fur the special fujury sustatued u the obstrucidon of the stroet und siver, and the cousequent deprivation of the customary Use of ita property. KFourth—1Luat the Lexisluturs of Hliuols bad Ba rigbt to obstruct the highway either on land or water to the prejudico of judividuals, wuch Juss the municipal corporstion ot Cblcago, wet- dujc under its autuonty. Heclalmed that gen- erally, I tLe public tnterest In cities and towns Fugquires the property of uo individual citizen to be sacriticed, vither wuolly or u part, to pro- 180t Lie couveuiencs uf the whole commuvity, thict public justice will require that comwuuity $u wuimpetsate the iudividual fur the lujury be Tlouse. A priucipsl featurs in the bill is " bas sustained beyond that of his feilow citizes In general, whetlier that Injurv be the taking or destruction of the property, or simply impalr- ing Its usefulness. BONPIELD'S POINTS. The points mals Ly Corporation Counscl Ronfleld aver: Firat—Tho foc of LaSalle street {8 In the elty or State, and nut in the Transportaion Company. Sreond—The Chieagro River being a navigablo stream and pablic highsay, its shoro and the #oil under fta tunnel was not eranted by the Constitution to the United States, but was re- served to the State. The fee was neser veatea fu the Unlted States. . Third—The State, In making sale of theso river lots, never parted with ita fee in the high- way, and the Commissioners in making their rales did not. Jonrth—Since the -Pveul was taken, the Su. preme Court of Winois has decided it the City of Chicaeo is not liable to the abutting lot-own- ers on Lasalle street by reason of the construc- tion of the LaSallo steeet tunncl, *a F.fth—That the claim that the Transoortation Company 18 a riparian owner is Invalid, Sueth—That the plaintill having no title from the eity acquired in the sale of the riser nnd its banks, nope of thie riparian rights arleing there- from, IN TUE SENATE, FREE SWIPS. Koeetal Dispatch 10 The Tritme. ‘Wasnixarox, D, C., Jan. 22.—~Senator tlaine evidently vresented his amendments to the Naval Aporopttation bill to«lay that he might have an opportunity to show that the navy is top-heavy, and that it would be well—while making large appropriations for onr naval force—to have a wore respectable commerelal marine to be protected. He spoke with his usual foree, and was listened to with marked atteation. Senator Beck replled, denouncing the nasigadon laws, and urging free ships ns the panacea for onr decay- ing commerce. ie served a notlcs on New Eugland that she had been soriched at the expense of the West und South long enough. Fish were packed in freo salt, but there was a heavy duty on the ealt lo shich pork wos packed, Senator Edmunds ralsed a polnt of order on the atnendments of Mr. Blaine, and there was sharp verbal sparring, Thurman comine to the rescte of Blaine, but the presidine oflicer ruted that the mmemdments were out of order, Mr. Binine rubsequent]y fntroduced them asn separate bill, nfter the Naval Approvriation bill had been passed. Senator Edmunds clalmed the floor for his resolutlony, which did not please the friends of TIHE PATENT-LAW DILL, who wish to have that disposed of. Thurman moved to adjourn, and the motlon was carried by 24 ayes agatnst 19 noca—lloar ana Booth, {riends of the Pateut bill, voting ayo. COLONIZATION, PHOFOSED EXODUS. Bpectal Diapatch to The Tribune. ‘Wasminatoy, D, C.. Jan, 22,—The resolution of Senator Windom relativeto the emigration of colored people from the Bouth bas had some effect. o was visited to-day by a delegation of colored people from six of the Southern States, including among thewr oumber Frof. Greener, of Iloward University, Represcutatives Caig, 8nalls, and Raluey, all of swhom sald they were disposed to favor Window's scheme, pro- vided hic was In earncst. Windom was told that the colored people were not satisfled with thelr coundition, and would be willlog to move, and that Jocal clubs had already begun to nuitate the question. The dolewaiion thought 100,000 able-bodied colored laborers conld beinduced to leave their homes it they had even moderato nssurnocea that they would imorove their condi- tion, Senator Windom assured the delegation that he was tnoroughly {o earucst, and thut he bad no political purpose to accomplish by his resolution. NOTES AND NEWS, GARLAND AND BAILBY, Hpectal Dispatch 1o The Tridune. Wasmixartow, D, C., Jan. 22.—Benators Qar- 1and and Balley, Democratic members of the Teller Committee, havo returncd from Louisl- ana, They make the pretense that they are sat- feficd with the Investigation, and gleefully re- port the fact that Distrlet-Attorney Leonard was compelled on the stand to confees that be was fortueely at the head of the White League. These gentlemen insist that the conscrvative clement of both parties fn the Statedid all In its power to prevent theso outrages, The of- fending persons, they say, were lawless charnc- ters who for years past, under carnet-bag rule, have been nceustomed to sce the laws violated with impunity, and might overpower right with aruthless hand. TAR NEW YORK NOMINATIONS, Benator Conkling consulted to-day with some mombers of the Commerce Committee as to the course to be pursucd relative to the New York nowluatiovs. ' No decision was reached, but it is belfeyed that Arthur und Coruell may bo summoned and a regular investication be con- ducted, In that cose, Secretary Sherman would undoubtesily be invited to be present to sustain his charges. ‘The nomivations may be defeated, but it 18 quite certain that Conkllag canuot suc- ceed without Democratle votes. HKPIRSRNTATIVE-BLEOT DARWER 18 tere, but it Is undorstood that this time no cffort Is to be inade relative to the firss baten, TILE BLODUETT COMMITTEE. The House to-day passed the Deflclency Ap- ropriation bill to provide for the Blodgett, the r)nn'lmnrl. and the Potter investigations, with other iniscellaneous expenses of the House, hut it fs not certnin that the Comunittes will start for Chicago until the bill shall bave passed the Senate, 2 TUE INDIAN TERRITORY, Bome Chilcago geutlemen, greatly Intereated in the passaize of the biil 10 upen the Indian ‘F'erritary to settlewent, ure here looking after the prospects of the report, It 1s dliticult to state what the report of the Bub-Committee will be, but thers are certaln to be two, or uyen thiree, reports from the whole Commlittee. ‘Iho mnjority report, it is confidently buiieved, will fuvor the epentu of the Territury, LIVE-STOCK TRANSPONTATION, An numngt at compromise between the inters esta in the bill relative to cruelty to animals in transportation s now belug made here, ‘Tlis i3 the bill 1u connection with which the disclusures of tie “evaner! vusiness wus made in theso dispatchies luat winter, 'The subject will proba- nly flme up tor dectsion fu sowe wuy within two weeks. WILL BE RELEASED, The Departuent of Justice has Informstion Indicating thut the City Court at Selma, Ala,, will grant the mpolicution for o reléase of Ulmu:u States Marshal Turner from juil jn that ave, & L THE FOUL-PRR-CENTS. Suhlvmlmu to thw 4-percent losn to-day, $10,508, BOILER INSPECTION, The Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats declded to amend the rules so thut local fuspectors at thelr annual jospection of shiall remove from the surface of ns are covered 5o much of the coy- ccesaury to enable theim to examine ts 0l Lollers a3 cannot ba properly cx. uwined trom the toside. UNDRR CONSIDERATION, The Penston Arrears bill was undergolng con- slderatfon by the Secretary of the {uoterfor, to whotn 1o the regular course of buslucss it was referred by the President upou fts recelpt from the Capitol, 1t 13 probable that further dlscus- slun ot this tmeasure will be hiad at the Cabluet uwieeting on Friday, YOUR PEH CENT BOXDS, 'I'lie extent of the trausactlons In the 4 per cent bouds for the last lical year is sbown by e following statcucot wads by Gen. Schotlel Register of the Treasury “* The dwly averaye of lsaue for the bLeen about 1,000 bonds, aud 1, umount. * Durfog the Aret quarter of the prasent fiscal vear the total lssue of 4 per oent sistered bouds aumounted to $46,393,700, aguinst §15,319.- W0 for previous quarter. Number of bouds :“lul. 25,40, against 19,204 for proceding quar- T, ** The proportion of the thres smaller denom- inations in the issuc of this loan tbus tur hag becn nearly doubie that of the lareer oncs. “ The $1,075,000,000 of reglatercd stock now outstanding 1y represcuted by 85,000 accounts, Tequising 150 fedigers du actual use, beslde jour- wals and suxiliary books, ‘The quarierly “divi- dends on the tore funded loans falliog due at ditfercut dates, together with the 10-0 aud § per cents, Dow require the preparation of a schedule of futereat euch consecutive month of the y Ll cousvitduted abstracts for Jauu- ary “und July comprise obout 1,500 privted puazes, aind thuse of the funded loas some 1.000 puzes. Without the co-operation of the Treas- ury printivg-ottice it wuuld be quity Lmposaible ) car hiag 000 1o to prepare the sehedules in the limited time al- lowed for that purpose.” INDIAR STATISTICS, The following ftams, relativo to the Indians fn 1683 and 1878, are taken from the forth- coming report of the Board of Indian Commis- sloners, in which the progress of the Indians duriug the last decade is traced: 1560 1878, Number of Tndians In ¢! 121 onter eseeit Alawa.. W 068 > ) w""r“; e 127,450 ~m dfans. 23,0m Numl 143 Sambee of Indian sehoole,,... Nu 't of Indinn pualie., A t cxpenied for edu Nunthier af nafans who can read Nomber of_Indinus who lsatned to 1631 219 000 1 Toetibers (aba sres 0f land culiive 07t 37m8 [0 S T 20,099 3,633,711 81131 390,132 sy, 001 131011 S 230,334 Nnmuer of cattl ) Number of awin Aundz Numbor of ahee sarane ‘The amount of ocean-postags recelved and pald by the United States Is shown by the fol- lowing statement, prepared by the 8ixth Audi- torof the Treasury: ANOUNTS TAID TNX UNITED ATATES ON THE 88T. TLERENT OF TOSTAL ACCOUNTS WITI FOREIRX SETTLEMENT OF PUATAL ACCO! Republlc of France 4 Tota) amount paitdeeesees sins vens THB LATAST FINANCIAL MEASURE~—DII BENATON COCKHELLy OF MIKSOUHL Trevatch to e Tork Heraid, Wasnixaron, D, C., Jan, 20.—Scnator Cock- rell, of Missoarl, astonished the Senate to-aay with abill which, atgreat lengeh nid with a quite astonlsliny comprehensiveness, ottempts Lo settle at one fell blow all the varfous flnancial and currency questions which have buen troub- ling the country. It cmbodies a whole finaucial system and polley, and the speech in which the enator proposes to rocommend it to the coun- try can searcely be much longer or more comn- prehensive than bis bill, Bricfly stated, he proposes to abollsh the Na- tlonal banks sud the ieval-tender notes und to substitute in their piace Treasury notes which Are to be recelvable for alt debts, dues, and de- mands to umd from the Govermnent, except ob- lizations for which coin was promised. ‘Thesc Treasury notes are to be equal in amount to the sum of ihe vresent legal-tender nnd Natlonale bank votes, ot to moke thu currency ‘‘elos- tic’ he'pruvides that otlier ‘I'reasury notes shall be fssucd i exchange for bonds which are to bear no interest while they are thus held for notes Issucd, but the owners of wnich may at will recall them by returning the Treasury notes, whereupon interest shall agaln begin, Destdes these ‘Ireasury potea Le provides for izold und shiver coln certiticates, which also aro to be recelvable for all debts due the United Sll&cs. and are to be of ns low denomination a8 §4, Whatever apare Treasury notes the Treasury may bave are to be devoted to the'purchase of silver bulllon and old sllver, which are to bo sg rapldly ns possible cotued foto the dollars of our fathers, which dollars ure to bo usad to re- deem all coln bonds aa fast as they are redcem- able, and the Treasury s commanded to prepare 4 per cent ten-year bonds, iolo which the whole vational debé s to be convertod na fast as posaible. TUE FISUERIES QURSTION—MOVEMENT TO Al- ROGATS THE THRATT. In secret sesslon to-day it Is publicly roported that Scuator Edmunds made a louz specch In favor of A project to ask tho British Government to consent to the nbro(:nuon of the fisheries clauses of the Treaty of Washing. ton, y the terms of that lrenl( thesa clausca stand for ten years from the tiino the) vame into operation, and after that thne nntil two years alier notice bas been eiven that elther party wishes to terminate them, The treaty was slgned on the 4th of July, 1871, It went into general effect ln 1978, und could not, by its terins, become [moperative until twelve years later,—that !Al‘)ln{, In 1885, It is proposed that the Becretary of Stute shall now forinally preseat to the British Government & statoment showingz that-wo are lesluy a zood deal of mune‘y by tho treaty and the aroitration, and that it would be only fair to Jot us out of what has proved to be o bad barizain, withuut waltlog uo- Ul 1885, About the badness of the bargaln, there {s no doubt at all. Tho Gloucester tisher- men oro presently comiog Lcre to say that they wonld just sasoon do without the inshore fiaheries as not, particularly as they aro drivon off by mob violence, and haye so far got 1o re- dresa, ‘Threats have been heard that §f the treaty i8 not braken in any other way Congress way cxércise its power oyer thereveugoby laying dutles on Cunadian flah and fish-uil, und o weli- knuwn declsiou of Judge Curtis [u the United States Clrcult Court fs cited to prove that Longress haa the powor to lny duties fu defiance of treaties, on the ground thut an act of Congress und atreaty provision are both the supreine Jaw of the land, and thut it one con- trudicts the other the Supreme Court has no power to declde which is to dominate. A detalled statement of the actual working of the treaty, and of how little wa get und how much we give under 188 provisions, i3 being made up bere, aud it will be shown that the dutics wo surrender {none year would probably pay for all the additional flsh we may eatch dunng the whole term of the treaty. Novertheless, it will e sald on the other aidd that we made our own bargaln, wid it ls just possible Wist some one may point out that the consumers of flsh n tuls country, mostly pour people, get thele flsh a good deal cheaper now thun thev will if the treaty {s nbrogated and Canndian fish are shut out. " En tact, thers 1a a suspicion v soie guar- tera here that the whole muvenent to break the treaty is what, In Wall street, they would call xlnh-'opcrmon fora rise” fu the ‘price of salt tish, HOW BPRINOER FPNOPOSES TO GIVE BOUTIERN CULOHED RRPUBLICANS A REVRESENTATION IN CONURESS, 1n the House to-day Mr, 8pringer, Democratie member from {lno's, introduced a bill to ro to the people of every State equal and just representation. It provides that aiter the next census the Leglslatures of each State shufl apportion the Stute under the consus of 1880, »u us to provide that wlen more than two ui¢mbers ure olected In o Btate the State shall be dlvided into districts of threw wembers cach 03 far as possible, und when thero sre two odd Represcututives (that s, over three, or six, oF nine, vte,) there shall be one distriet consfst- g ol dve wembers, In dutrivts consisting of three members every clector shall vote for only two menbers of Congreas, nud In districts eu- titled to five members crery elector shall vote for three membera, Mr. Bprinzer prescoted fu conncctlion with his bill & statemcot showing that under it there would have been elected at the last November election from the Buuthern States tlirty-four Republicaus instead of six (or a Hepublicad gain of twenty-cight), while the Democrats would laye realized 8 lke galn in the Nortn; that the general result would have been the saute, but thut Republicau minorities ut the South and Democratic isiuorities st the North would have boen equully reoreseuted {n Cougress, sud thay the four milljous o colored population could control the eleetlon of twenty-iwo mewmbers tn the (ollowing States: Alsbama, 3; Arkansas, 1; Ucorgla, $; Loulsisu, 2: Missussippl, 35 North Carotlus, 3; Bouth Carolins, ¥; ‘Teuncssce, 47 Texws, 3; snd Virgluw, 2 THE RECORD, SENATE. Wasminaron, D. C., Jan. 22.—Mr. Garland, from the Committes on. Public Linds, submit- ted & winority report on the clatm of Mr. M- Garrakan, together with a bill placing all clatm- auts to the Kaucho Panoctis Grande, 1o Califor- nia, in the Court of Clalins, witn the right of appeal to the Buprems Court. Lald ou the table, the bill and report to be printed. ‘The House bill reported from the Commitica on Flnance yesterday, to (acilitate the refunding of the uational debt, was passed unauiwously. Tle bill sow gocs to the President. 3lr, Davis (Hliuols) introduced & bill to pre- veut and punish counterfeitiug, within the Unit- ed States, of uotes, bonds, sud otbier securitics of foreigu Uoveroments. Roferred. ‘I'he following bill passed the Scnate: 4 bill 10 daclare certalu lands granted the Pacite Talirosd Campantes by the acteaf Jaly 1, 1802, and Jaly or Territorles {n which they may be located, tlon, Navnl Appropriation bill, A‘I’ler some remarks of ) priation bill was resumed, when Mr. yesterday. u rosed new fegislation. e would not ask to inve the polot decided now,. AMr. Blaine satd ho desired to say In advanco that In the remarks he night make he did not intend to criticise any ndininistratfon of the Navy Depariment. It was the duty of Congress toniako reforms and correct errors, i not Icave the matter to the Secretary of the Navy and burenu oflicials, He spoke of the lange number of oftieers tn the navy, saying we hud ong ollicer to a litle over three men, By dis- penalng with the surplus offfcers aind uscless navy-yards wo could Jargely reduce the expenses of the navy. ‘Ulere never was a navy which did not grow ‘out o} s commereial marine, audy in that tespect, we were mudly doflclont, Wo stood to-Xy furnishlng alimost as wuch ocean trefght as any tivo countries of the world, aind gaining nothiug from it, or so lttle that it only sezved to_potnt the moral, We paid in ong year £55,000,000 in gold for freight, umd he (Biaine) snid to the Chalruian of the Commlittee on Flmuccé!.hwnll) that it would not be a pos- sible thing for thia country to maintain specle resumption with that draft upon its resources. In the lnst ten years we had sent and brought hetween elevon and twelve thousand milions of of prodcts nud frefght with pas- ) thereto, and padd over eleven dollars. Out ol that European hundred mille natlona gt §X0,0X), 000, ), yot wo continued ap- navy to protect a comuere did mot exlst, e naked that Cougresa would give to the revival of commerce some part of the sum now belny wasted on a navy. [le bolleved four uefive milllon dollars conld be taken from the navy without Impairing 1ts eflicioncy, aud this four or five milltons would turn fiity milllon dollars into our coffers, ‘The Government of the Uslted Statea should give to any man or cownpany of wmen ald from the Treasiry of the United States Al ha or they swwould establish and maintatn & itne of ateainships to_any forelen port, or he might limit It to any Eurppean, South Awmerl- can, or Aslatle port: e would Invity compott- tion from all oyer the country. Mr, Beck sald he felt some amazement that the Benator from Maine st:ould fmilulge in st o tirude of abuse against the bill for frea ships whicn he (Beck) iotroduced, The Senator (B1alne) was a member of the Committee vn Approprlations a8 well as himaclf, giuck). and that Benator falled to lay before the Jominitteo o slogle gricvance of which s com- plaincd to<lay. Ile had no right to scek to fo- troduce new leglsintion upon an appropriation bill. The Senator (Blatuc) was n mombor of the Naval Committee, and he could properiy bring the anb{cct to the attontlon of tlut Committoe, Ho made & pofut of order that the amendments of Mr. Blaiue could not bo considersd, as they propused new Icelsiation, There were 600 ships In our mavy when the War closed. Most of them were sold for serap fron or disposed of in 8 way unknown to Congres ‘The Seuator from Maine wua In the other House of Congresa then, but did not raise his voice agninst the abusce. Mr, Beck dofended the present Scerctary of the Navy, and suid we had now for the first time in anumher of years a Becretary of the Navy who_obeyed the’law, whethier he lked 1t or not. He was the flrst Becretary that ho (Beck) knew of 1in the last ten or fifteen years who had pald back fata the ‘Treasury o balance from the appropriation for his Department, In- cad of coming to Congress for millions of do- ficlency, With the simallest anpropristion made for the Nl;)‘ Department dorlug the inst twelve vears, the Secretary Just year paid the balance of 3500,000, 1t the other eXxecutive officers of this Government would be as economieal inthele respeetive oflices as the present Seerctary ot the i‘h"' there would ba a general Civil-Sorvice re- orin. Alr. Beck then spoke on the bill which he in- troduced to grant American registers to foreign- bullt sbips, und sald 1t could not be whistied down the wind. Lot our peoply Imfy; thelr ships where they could get them the cheapest, and t.'un:.gnta for the carrying tradeof the world, Of all the great ships leaving the port of Now York for ports beyoud the \Atlantic, not onv carried the Amurlean flag. Wo could not bulld sbips, because uverything eotering into their construe- tion, from the smallest nail to the bunting at the masthead, wus protected by high tarl(l, "Tie 8enator from Malue apoealed to tne Iouse togo Into the Treusury to subsidize lines of steaners, and thus® tax the people. The bill to pay the pens slons, which passed A few fllmu ATV, ho (Ifeck) belleved would take $100,000,000 from the Treastiry, Was ou Income tax to be levied ta meet all these uxpons the incomes of ail persons In this country woul hardly pay these arrears of pensions. Wa could not imposc addltional taxes on our peo}xln und call upon them to give, give, eive. Mo (Beck) sought to make.the American flag su- preme on every ses, but ho would wipe out all protective tari{f laws. He would not Interfers with the coastwise trade. Five and a linit will- fon dollars had been pald for the fisheries for the benefit of Now Engglund, but he would not objeet to that, Kentueky, bis own State, paid £0,800,000 internal reyeniis tax 1ast year, while Manct'§39,000, but Kentucky asked nothing, Ar, Blaino said the Senator frum Kentuck had suppurted thegencral legistation und utnend- ments on the n‘;)pmurlu!lun bills, and so bind the Senator from ermunt(&lmuud.?. Mr. Edmunds, in reply to Bluine, sald ke thought for the Jast ten years,~he would not be cvrtain a3 to the time, beenuse he dil not study up his own rocurd us some peopls do wlho are more prominent fn natlunal affairs, aud who liave Jarger cxpectations [lauguter], bo bad uog voted furany general leglsiation upon an uppropriation bill. ‘I'hers may have been one or Lo occasions in times of “hizh exuitement that ho voted for such amendments. Tha rulo now existing prohibiting such amendwieuts should be adhered to.. During the cotloquy between Edmunds and Diotne, Mr, Blaine sald he did not know any- thing ocearred which the Senator from Vermont @b not wateh, Mr. Edinunds—The Senator Is mistaken. I do not even wateh the Senator from Maine, be- cause 1 know it is perfectly safe to let bim run witd, Mr. Blalua inquired if the Benator did not support the posse cowsitatus ;clause lu the Aty Apyropriatiun bil of fust scssion. Mr. Edmunds replied 1hat he was slek In bis bed ut home when it passed, Mr, Blaine spoke of it being demoralizing to the Seuate that the House should put general leglslation on appropriatiot biile wml the Sen- aty could not, Mr. Edmunds sald bo could not say how much the Senate had been demoralized “since it had the presence of the Benator trom Malue (Blaine) {Laughter. | Sr. Blaiue, ot having formally submitted his amendments, but having only giveu notice thereof, did nob submit thein, s view of the ob- Jectlons made, ‘Il amendment formerly submitted by Mr. Dawes, tu regurd to deliciencies o the Quarter- warter's deparsment of Lthe Marine Corps, was withdrawn after somo discussion. The bill was then read a third time and passed. 5 Mr. Blalue then 1atgoduced u bill to regulate m;n:mnuuul la the navy. Referred to the Com- witte ‘The provisions thereof are the same s the amendinents diseussed to-day, and heratofore puulished. Mz, Edinunds moved to take up the resolu- tions subinltted by him {n regard Lo the coostl- tutiunal amendments. Mr. ‘Thurman moved to sdjourn, which motion was agreed to—yeas, 24, uays, 19, as tullows: propriat for arrears of Fivo per cent upon Yeas, Baroum, Gordon, McPherson, Beci, Tarne. Mazoy, Buoth, iercfora, Morgas, Cockrell, 0s0in, Davis 1fl.), Jones (Pls.),. Tharman, Davis (W, Va.), Keruan, vurhecs, Dennis, Lawar, W ugw. Extou, McCreery, Withere—24. NAYS. Altieon, Fdmunds, Mora, 1Ty '3ilerson, [ Tolli Kaliozg. Baun Meshilian, 8haru Mitchall, Wiadom—10, ‘The vairs on all "political questions wers an- pounced as follows: Alessrs. Hatley, Butler, Eustis, Gariund, 3McDopsld, Merrimon, Hau- duiph, and Coke, with Cameroo (Wis.), Chris- wancy, Chaflen, Kirkwood, -datthews, 'lnguh. Paddock, aud Sargent. Adjourned. Houss. Tho bill was passed sppropriating $00,000 tor the wrausvortatlon of :ompmflx bulfign. and §40,- 000 for the miscellaneous expeuscs of the 6 amendments to the Indisa Appro- pristion bill wers vou-concurred fu. Mr. Steplens introduced s bilt defuiog and describlug the dubics of the Becrelary of the Treasury lo certalu cases. Referred, Quae vl it provisious ls that wheu sny of the 2, 1RG4, suhject 1o taxation by the Btates While the Senato was constlering bills on the calendar, Mr. Edmunds moved to postpone thele tarther conshleration and take up his resolutions deeiaring valid the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fliteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitu. Boveral Renators objecteld, s Mr. Blaine had {ven nutice that Tie wonld speak to-day on the ¢ Mr. Conkling In favor Edmunds’ proposition, the Scpate re- ity and constderation of the Nuaval Al lnlr‘u- ning spoke in favor of his amendments submitted Mr. Kdinunde reserved the right to object to mendments on the ground that they pro- Natfonal banl owned: the bonids. And these certiflcates shall be receivable for public dues and be redeemabile In coln or Treasury notes at the United States Trensury, Quite’s stortny Jebate arose (n regard to the Southern Clatm Tlll, In the course of which Mr. Bragg stated that if the South was solid for the Democratie party simoly for the purpuso of get- ting money out of the Troasury, {4 would ba well for the Northern Democrac ern Democrats went over to tho Republican party, nnd hie hoped they would da so. Mr, flrnz;gn:(crrtll 1o the §15,000,000 it was clatined by Southern memhors had been Blezally collected Trom captured and abandonul proper- tyy wind which they clalined hclonged to the South, and called on thoso metahers ta count the billiona of inoney spent to put down the War, anid then strike the balance with the #33,- 000,000 on the crodis side and all the countless miserics on the deblt alde. Ho was wiiling that tiie dead past shiould remain dead, but ne was not willing to sit by and ullow it to be brought 1tp In oue form or another, by one member or wnother, und from one conllitee or another, for the purpase of wetting mancy out of the Treasury un a plea of loyalty, When the people " of the country ~felt they could not trust ihe Treasury aud the interests of the Government with' the Democratic party with no danger of the Demoerats of the Norib selllng out body s soul to -the Detno- cruts of the South, that party could wather recruits In Northern States that” wolild 11 up its ranks to maxiinum, aud it would have no need of that class bl gentlsmen whom {t could hold only by giving them all they wanted. Mg, Enlls (Ln.) aureed that the percentage of loyal persous In the South, as the gentleman un- derstoud it, wns very smuall, But the Scutheern nan who bad been Dorn there, who had been reared there, wid who had been [dentified with that people, conld only have been Joyal when Do entered the Cynlederate army, and did his full duty 08 a sobder, They bad been . the only Joval people In tho South, Thay hidd been loyal to their country, to thelr (fud,” and to ihe noblest, highest,” and manlfest cmotion ever breathed by the human soul. . Mr. Conger desired to ask aquestion, but Mr, FElis refused to rlekd, and continuihe said, that here aud there there might have beena few per- sons wha had espoused the Union éause, but he did oot know mure than three men in his 8tato who had been loyal to the Unlon. o was willing liere and now to vote for a constitu- tional amendment which should cluse tha bouks, and forever setilu the accounts between them and tho Government, ‘I'he lucture which the gentluman Iroin Wisconsin Sl!ru:m) had scen fit to read tho Democrats of the,South eane frowm him with rather bad grace. No Democerat Imdg:runusnd to desert the Dumocratic party. No Bouthern Democrat had intlmated such ‘o proposal, Suyeral Republican members desired to ask qnuumu, but Mr. Ellla refused to yieli, aml Mr. Atkins declared It was * family (ight,! Mr. Ellis, In concluslon, #aid the Soutbern people were a8 trie to the Dentveratic party as flmlfiumln ~trom Wisconsin (Iroge) was in obedloncs to Democratic teachings, as the Bouthern npeople hud understood them, that they had gone fnto the war, . Hefore the excitement cansed vy tho discus- slon had subsided, Mr, Chaltners, rising toa privilezed question, sald thnt he understood the romarks mado by tle gentleman from Wiscon- &ln were almed dircetly at him, The Bpeaker informed him that was not a question of privilege, but In due course of time he would have ap opparsunity of replyine, 4 “Then,” sald Mr. Chalinera, *( will bide my mo, Tho Ilouso then proceeded to the considern- tion of the resolution in hoenor of the nemory of the late Beverly B, Douclas, Representative from Virginia, atd enlagies wore pronounced by Mesars, Goode, Vollurd, lHooker, Walker Springer, Dunvell, Pridemore, Clurk (Iowa), and Tucker, ¥ D Resolutions were adoptedf and the House nd{nurm. 3 = ‘The Missfesipor Levee bill, which was to be tnken up this evening, being fixed for considerns tlon next Tucsduy night. : ELOPEMENT. The Infirinted Paront Overtakes the Happy Couple Too Lnto~* Wherever Thou Goest, " Etc,, Remarkad the Young' Bride to the Husband, Ticustoxn, Ind., Jan. 22.—About 8 o'clock Monday evering, as the Clncinnati express steamed into the depot nt this pluce, thu train was boarded by a finelooking old farmer, accompanied by a quict-louklng old gentle- man, who, from his appearance, might havo passed for the fawmlly pnstor, The two gentlemen rushed throuzh tho traln evldontly in great huste, anxtously peering into the fuco of every lady and gentleman in the car, ¥ M, ba, I've found you nt last,” eald the farmer, as ho halted vefore n 1ady and mentleman who were seated togather fn 8 most suggestivo proximity that would lndleate con- nubil bliss very recoutly aequired. ‘The young gentleman jumped up and demanded the mis- slon of the clderly party. * I want my daugh. ter, you villaln, und I'll have her or I' bave your hecart’s bloud,” exclaimed the now Inturiated old man; and; whipping out o huge mavy, ho waa about to' level it at the younzg mun's head, when the gentleman who accompanted him Interfered, Tho pas- sengers with which the car was filled, hearing the row, the call for blood, and seelng the platol flashing in the alr, stampeded from the door, and fna few minutes there were but half o dozen men besides the Intercsted parties fn the car. “Valentia,” cried the old man, “come home or Il kil you aud tho scamp that stole you away from me.”" Sniting tho action to the word, ha broke away from the old mun who held Min, und covercd the youtbful pair with his ravolver. Il girl, who "hud eat very quiet thus far, sprang to hor feot, her biack eyes flashiog os slic gazed into the face of her white-hoired old father, saying: * Father, I'vo married this mao, and wheraver ho goes there I will go; nnd us for gulmf home, L will pot,—shoot or o shoot.” The old man was so infurfated at thls outburst that Le would have kitled them both had not the bystanders, who bad sympathized with the young couple from the outset, disarmed the old man aud held him in o corner, aud hustled the youug couple out of the car and into another traln thut Jimedlately started Chicagoward, The old man and his [mrlr}r: wera beld until the fzeing couple were in eafety, lie bride was a petite littlo brunette, and her husband was & fine looking young maa, both, to a1l appearances, belonging to thy wealthy class ol country people, —As wpear -r could ba learned, the parties lHved at Wilmington, Ind., and ere all huwhly respectable people. ‘The nat between the young people was frowned upon by the father of the lady, und e, with ludowitable pluck, would have the tnan of her cholce in spite'of the old Bo they took the Sunday night train for Cincinnatl, where the knot was tied, with the ubove results. ‘The lady s said to boan only daughter, und the affair that came 8o near teg- winativg with a tragedy wiil probably result after the atyle ot story-books: urgiveness aud a return’to the old liome." B e DOMINION BOARD OF TRADE. OTTAWa, Jan. 22~—In tho alternoon session of the Dominion Hoard of ‘Trude it was moved and seconded that *‘in the opinion of this Board the tarif? suould be so frumed as to pro- mota ellective and judicious protection, the de- velopment of agricultursl, mining sod manufucturiog resources of the couatry, aud encouragemeut of ull such iudustries as may be carried on with advantaze to the country; thaton those articles the growth and production of forelzn countries whivh cangot be grown or successfully produced In Canads, the tarifl sboutd bu 0 arranged us to promote direet trade with those countries of growih or vroduction, thusolacing the distributing business of the Dominon in the bunds of Cavulian im- porters, und bulldiug up the shipping lulerests of Canads. ‘I'ie American delegatey from the Natlonal Board of Trade votered, und were con- ducted Lo soate on the right snd left of the President, who lutroduced’ the American dele- gates, and moved that they be scconded the privilege of participation in the debates, which was carried amid applsuse."” ! ———— INDIANA MAYORS. Spectal Dispaich 8 Tia T une, > IxplaxaroLis, lod, 22.—-A Convention of Mayors of the citles of ludiana will meot to- worrow {n indfanapolls. The object is to agree upon sud repors to ihe Lectadature the chauges in the general charter desired to be enacted. There will be & larze atteodance. 18 18 well to get cleas of » bad cough or cold the first week, but it i safer to nid yoursel! of it the fst forty e1ght Lours—ihe brover remedy (of the purpose being De. Jayne's Expeciotant fall to redeem (ts notes, or ahnl] deatre to withdraw them, the Secrotary of the Treasury shall eoll to the higheat bidder the Laited Staies bonds deposited to recure the eame for coln or Trensury notes, anl fsue cere tiflcates of devosft for the enin oF notes thas re- cetved, whici he shall deliver in exchange tor notes of the bunk of exactly the same denom- fnatfon, and pay over the balance of these cer- tiflatea to the hank which had deposited and 1f_the Hout- OVER. The Chase After the Cheyennes Brought to a Bloody Close. Last Fugitives Made Near . Hell Cioud. Killing or Maiming of All, that Were Fonnd--Seventeen Missing, The Klled Nwmber Twenty-Threes-« Tae Caplared Nine, Al Wounded, Forr Rtomixeow, Nob., Jan, 22,—Tha Chey- enne Indian campargn hins closed, for n tino, On Monday Col. Bvaus, with Com- panies B and D, Third Cavalry, found the at least, rencgades in a stroug position 1n the oliffs, four miles north of tho stags road, and par- tinlly succeeded in cutling off their progress. ‘Chey effected their nsual escapo, and moved toward Red Cloud Agenoy, Capt, Wessells, whose rcouts conveyed fhis naws to him. started at onco on their trail with his fonr companies of cavalry, and at noon to.day he came up twith them some forly-five milus from this post, Then tho work of eapturing them, oither But dead or slive, began in dond enrnest. thirty-two, with nino of that nnmbor badly wonnded, are alive of the forty-nine fugi. tiven that ‘wero in thoe fleld, leaving SEVENTEEN RILLED. Capt. Weasclls wan slightly wounded. The Firat Sorgeant of Company E aund an Indian reout wore also wounded to an unkuown exlent, " Thires of Wessell' command, aSorgennt, n farrier, and one privale, wero Lilled, This newn arrived verbally by cowrier at mid- night, and more couriora with dotalls of the battle are expacted soon, Awmbulances have just atarted at midnight to Lring in the dead and wounded. STILL 3ORE HORRIDLE, Font Ronixasow, Neb., Jan, 22—Midnight. ~Lator naws from tho fleld atates that only nine Cheyennos, nll of them wounded, wora eapturad, tho balance of the party, twenty. thres in number, boing killed. Seventcen aro slill anaccounted for. It ia snpposed some have died fron wounds aud othors cs. capod. RAILROADS. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The Directors of the Iilinols Central Rallrond subinit to the sharcholders the following state- ment of the Company’s dojugs durlng the year 187, The report shows a gain iu net tratlle over 1877 of $463,667. This improvement Is at- tributed chiefly to the better conditlon of the line, and Its very economical management: Tho next retarn was from truflic a:x.akr..zza. from lands 204,118, and from interest on the in- veatment in bonds accured by the fire mortiraye of the Chicago, St, Louin & New Orleaus Railroad |'omnan'{ S‘AL!.:‘(’I:_D . 387 ‘maklug the nzeregate net lu- come & ‘row this fand the Company nan pnld e intor, denda on ite eliarer 4 two din- . with other expenses sa da- tailed, leaving a bafance of 8605 o the year, which, ndded to §700, 103 ot credi of Incomo ac- count the provious year, makea $1,455,035 now carried forward an tie credit of income account. ‘The present is an opporlune time to sift and fe- duce to an_absotute cash vaiuation the Company's nets, and thun §312,403 have heon duductod from the surplus account, ' Tiie Board has alsu directed that $1,060,000 more bo deducted, on the une alde, from the surptas account, and,'on the other, Ironi the valuation of the property. A apur-rond, hiriy-aevein nitias in length, ran- ning wonthweaterly from Otto, on tho Chicaus Diviston, liay been buitt, In replacing fron ratia intho nialu track witn steel, the bust of the old rulls wore welected nud furhiod over to the now road atthelr market vulus, ‘Tho track bn lald and partly fonced: baltanting ‘'will ba completed this wpring, This spnr whil cost about §250,000, and will, without donbt,” be profiiablo, Low tolls upon the Erle Canai and cheap treleht by lake have drawn an linmenea vointne of husiness Lo the linus of water trausportation during the woutha of open navization, The recelpts of graln 3t Chlcaga during 1K78 wero ik, 000,000 bushols in axcess of those of any previous year, The early coupletion of the Wellunu Gaunl wilF further vors Ify the expectations ierctofore expressed in sov- eral of the reports of your Iourd, 1t ts verhaps well to refer briofly to the aston- tshing prozress of the Industrios of [linols, Chie cneo ‘18 already a great manafacturing cantre, 70,000 operutives are emploved, sud the estimated valuo of wanufactured nroducts for 1878 (s 8248, - 00,000, [t socme superfiuoua Lo renoat the oble ous truth thut wherever cheap fuol, cheap fond, 8ud cheap tranaportation comblne, there popula- tlon wilt crowd In to manufacture for roglons levs fuvored by iheee cconowlical conditions, = Tho enormonn coal-felds of Hilinols are being dovel- coed; the State ta atudded with factories, and the eneryry which hus in twenty ycars made §iinots a0 couspicuous in the production of cattle and grain {8 already showing iteell i (he distributiou of lis mauufacture uot only to thy adjacent and Southern Statesf {ho Unlon, but o Mexlco und tho Weat ndte ‘The Now Orleans line |s greatly improved, Its bridies and atructures have been thoronghlyly re- pirad; tea enyines and 776 frolgiit cars added to e plant, 10,000 tona of stecl rails Iaid, and 4,000 tona mure purcharcd. “The line han beon extended ihree and ono-Lisif wiiles to Enst Cairo, and & new Inclino butlt oppoatie the Illinow Central fraight depot, Tha trafic of (he Yine was Impeded for several montha by the yellow fever, which alev in- terrupted construction work, Iefore this occurred 81ty nnlos of ruad had been ballasteds this, with tho new rails, piaced tha track in good conditlon for tho winter traflc. The sum of $1, 1K), 000, due to tho State of 'Yunncsace, was pald, 'the Blate Jien being preserved for the benefit of new bonds in the sawe ainouut, of which $15J8, 000 bonda were torefund tna mionvy advance ments, at the Ings the coup the new frst worteage nonds. 'no foating debt. When the tradic again reaches the averavs of the four years lmmediately preceding 1875, the net income should provide for intorest payments on ihe second inorigake incuma oids. Of these tlio 11linots_Centrs!” Company ownu $4,08:),000, bestiles 42, 702 of the 80, U3Y éhares lssued Uy the Southern Cowpany, Tle annusl meeting of sharcholfers will take pl-' t Chicago on the lset Wednesday of May next, “Ihe general balance-sheel Is as followa: to pay thu w Company has appiled the balance len bondsto substantfal improve- plie 1,047,000 bonds sucured by fret mort- zag hicagu, 8t. Loais ew Or- ne itailroal, costing 024,200 te 820,100 5,200,724 53,747 + $49,010, 802 +$20,000,000 e 0,397, B1x per cent carrency bonde of 1 secared by norigaze oo Sprisgdeld »s 1,000, b4, 620 Balance Incouts account, 1,455 635 insurance Fund..eeeere. 53,7 o ene eeoanen $43, 020,802 ANIMPENDING WARL IN PASSENGER RATES. It is reported that the rallroads leading East from the city are again st war, and that the rates are being cut from $1 to$d There has beeon & pervous feeling regarding this business for some time past, wnd scveral efforts were lately mads to pasch up the breach, bus without avall. The abovecut is not wade openly, bat there is no doubt that a rebate of the above amount is given to steamabip agents, brokers, aod others. The Vanderbilt roads are accused of being the sggressors iu ibis inatauce, The officlals of these roads claim thut the Eris & Chbi- cago ch" ‘which runa uver the Pitteburg, ¥ort Wayne, Chicagu, Atluntic & Great Westeru, sl New York, Luke Erfe & Western Railroads, bas been paylug comlssions to outsiders for some thue past, sud they at last been comoelled o take retaliatory wessures to protect their fo- tereats, The ris & Chicazgo Line and the Pittsburg & Fort Wayue on the otber baid ciaim that these allegativns are withaus fonndation, atu that they bave adbered 0 the tarifl rates as falthfully, if vot wore so, than the Vanderbilt roads. ‘the difficulty s a SeTI0Us Olie, aud {1 Lot suub sctticd wuopen war {o passeuger rates from this city to the East wmay be lobked for. It lovks ss 1f the YVender- Totalyeee eas Stand of the Miserablo bilt roads were Aetermined to fo; der to compel the New nm,'%.’.fi.,“"!,',n Wostern, and the Atlantlc & Great \ee S & = change thelr position In_ regard to thi pyy. of commissions an the sale of tikets, |/t be remembered that st Spring 1 eyt waa possed at one of the managers' mo iy 1 o amay with the pyment of vomyels This meanire was adoptod 8t the fupgn Mr.. Vamderdill, Tho resolution, jeoctel could ot go Mto effect until all the roats g country had becume Darties toauch nareary2 a1l committee wae appolnted to reoyry consent of all the ronds, Tt was foung (.t alble, however, to tnduce the Esfo nd 4otk & Ureat Western to become partios s e u?"’ ment, and the caustle Tebter of Mr. Deyesrt™ General Manager and Recelver of (i juy road, fn which' ho gives hin reasans for ot Ing the compact, was published at the yip, ‘Tua Tnipuxe. Since thut tme ticre |igg y”' more or less trouble regarding this matter, yoy finally an_open rupture scems Miavopn. ‘The_meeting between the General A o) the Lako Shore & Michigan Souther, gan Central Raliroads in this city snid to liave been for the purposa o these complications, and the develay, during the Inst few days are 1io doubt the e of their deliberations.” Whils the ralroylyy, wreatly alarmed on_account of the wariges? veet, the scaipers are corresponiingly napyy ™ NORTHERN PACIFIC, Hpeelal Diwateh te The Tribune, Disvanrck, Dy T,y Jao, 234—Gen, T, L, Roswy and Assistant Englucers of the Northor p; arrived last night, Tho contractors, Way, Ballows & Co., are cxpreled this week, g work on the extensfon will be naugurate] o onee, - The raltroad wiil erect a tempor, Lridge over the Missourl for the fmmediy, transportatlon of ties aud iron. ‘Twentydy hundred tons of fron were purchascd in Suring, fleld, 111, by Rosser, dellvered in Minneapy on cars at $30 per ton, Shipments of thiy iy, will begin this week. Ten pile bridzes orery, clreuitous Heart River will be put fn thiywy, ey, That will be 1he principal work of tractors before spring, The Comp . chased 9,000 tous of steel ratls for ¢ divtsion from Bauk Rapids to Karzo. vut down early in the season, makin e of e finest roads fo Amerlca, The division e itsmarcic will bo namned the Missourt, licky Tast weeg € dlcyont inents my)y the o, Nave por. Mintieury 1rinty, There Ia not the least Tkelthood that the g, rangement regarding the settiement of the g, cign froight ditfliculties reported in yustenlayy Traneng will pe turrled Into effay, ‘The roads leading Lo Hoston, Py, delohts, and Baltimore ray that. the Drops arrapgement to allow the New York Steamity lloea to dictate the rates to all the steamety Itnee outsile New York waa preposterous, anf would totally ruin thelr forelzn business. T nrrangement, they eay, may be an excellent o for the Vanderbilt fnterest nnd the New Ty steamshin linea, bitt §t would prove disastrcy to ull other nteresta, ‘The next number of the Rai'teay Age afll e tain an elaborate article on ** New Railroad (cs. struction {u 1878, Tl figures comolivg byva Age dilfer moterlally from thoss published |y the Jiditroad Gazetle last week, While the laie paper gave the total number of miles of rey rallroads constructed {n 1873 at 2,009, the forrce puts it at 2,032 miles, which s probable g more corect amount. The Age fu summing, '8nys the construztion lasi yoar wua creater thay {u'any of the four yeurs previous, which Is 1 gnconraelng Indleation of the rovival of buy ness, and of the incercosed readiness of capil Ista to fnvest fu new enterprises, ‘The narrr- Kanee movement has continued fn epite of 1l apposition, und the theory lust year took tw exceedingly practicable form of nearly 100 tnlles of track lald on flity dilferent rouds. e —e— GRANGERS. TWISCONSIN, Apecial Dispateh to Tha Tribune. MLwAUKER, Jan, 22—The Btata Oraogs of Patrons of lusbandry ls in nnoual sessioan the Newhatl House, with I, C. Sheldon, & Fond du Lacyin the chalr. At the openiy reasfon last evening, Uceorge 8. Hatch, of Wieos bago, was choson Overscer. To-day the Mutr submitted his annual address, Iteporta wen also submiticd by the Sccretary and Treasurs, the Btata Agent, and the several Btanding G mittees. Thess will be cousidersd at the sevenl scasions of ths Grange, which are exjeciean last untll Friday, Tho delegates in attendax number abont 125 Tho counties representd are Adams, Buffalo, Columbla, Calumet, Cav- ford, Chippowa, Dodgé, Dane, Dunn, Forddy Lac, Green, Grant, Greon Lake, lowa, Jeffersy, Junenu, LaCrusso, Lafayette, Mouroe, M quette, Milwaukee, Outmramic, Ozaukee, uzey Peploy. Pleree, Polk, Rock, Rickland, s Croix, Bauk, ‘Irempelean, Washington, Wiox bazo, Waupaca, \aukeshu, \Woushars, sz} Walworth, The (range is represontea to be In flourishin conditlun. ILIINOIS, &nectal Diaich fo The Tribune, Broomingron, IlL, Jan, 23.—The B Qrange to-dny adopted unanimously a resoe tion favoring free silver colnage aud fullr monotization of the dollar of 4121¢ gratn;s resolution recommending the election and o4 the appolntment of u Raltroad Commisin nnd dlylding the Btate Into three districts i thelr work: a resolution sskiug for an effidess drainago Iaw, but not in favor of tile-makeni;d resolution askiug the reduction of ealarierd Stato officers; a resolation in favor of thewr pointment of Rallrosd Commisstoncrs i can't bo hought,and the enforcement of lamb rwovern rafironds, to the end that tariffs ber duced In accordance with the atringency of &2 timess o resolutlon askivg the Legisfature memorlalizo Cougress to make an approget tiunto enlurve the Jilinuls und Michigen C futo & ship canal, . RELIGIOUS. Milwaukes Cunvucatlon—Adrian Hvecial Diavaich 1o The Triduns. Kexosiua, Wis,, Jan. 22,—The sccond daydd the Milwaukee Convocation was well attel In the morning at 0 o'clock the morning prrt was flratfnorder. ‘Thea cama the buslucss ok fug, The Committes on Circulating Litrf asked for further time. ‘he reports of clergymen were next Iu onder. Whese shoved great progress fo the way of misstouury -yvl- ‘The Rev, Dr, Astlev was uppotnted Dean, T Rev. str. Tomkins was elected Becretars, M. H. B. Hiosdale was elected Treasurcr. 8 the afternoon, Mr. Throop, Dr. Cale, uud vthet engaged 1 a discusaton of the guestion “Ilu: to Create Interest In Lukowarm Congreiratioss In the evening the Rev, Dr. Cale, Dr. boyd, 84 Bishop Welles spoke | the missionary eetltd: Avecial Dipaleh to The Triduns. ADRIAN, Mich., Jan, 2,—Plymouth Chond (Congrexational) of this cliy in tu-day sdiet tised uuder forcelosure of mprtguce awountisg to about §5,000, The property cost over 3 000, und was formerly coutrulled by ouc of 1% most dourlshing congregations here. Ve Rt Dr, Powsl), tute ot Chicago, the Rev, Geored Merritt, of Biddeford, Me., Dr. Asa bl wnd other men of uativial reputation, bave Bes its pastorate. The Ilov. Mr. Bitlmun aud U mcnfiul. Hock hava stroug teudencies to Lt risnlsi, ——— WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY. &veclal Divaich 10 The Tridune. Mapisox, Wis., Jan, 21,—~The Board of F* geuts of the Btate University held s weetisf Jaat evening, The recommendation of the h: uity that the sctentific and claasical -ulrh\"l jan work be discontinued was considered: ‘_“1 1t was decided to closo it at the cud of the Lo versity yesr in1t80. Professor of Astropoph James C. Watson; Professor of Physics -'v‘ E, Davies; Professor of Zoology, Edwnd'm: Berge; Professor of Greck, T. 1. rmeh'x h Professor of Evglish Lavguage sud Lum.flf: John C. Freemsn. Prof. Jumes C. Watson %5 wade a Director of the Washnury Dh::ru»vgg An fostructor fu botany and an assistiot 1 r chemical laboratory were provided lori .":fkl instructor in Lathi. Prof, Pattenifll hat o & chalr fu the Ann Arbor’ University, sud Freewau fs of Cblcugo, - ————————— MINERS' STRIKE PROBABLE. ik PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan, 22.—The convent!o’ % coal miners from the Mouopyalela Itiver w“:n held at Elizsbeth yesterday, resulted ua ::nfll mous vote for 3 ccuts per busbel, and dec 4 8 strike unless the advauce wus agreed 10 l.')’fi, vperators. ‘The winers bave been geth B conta per bushel, 1t s thought the mive ;’n“ ers will ot sgres Lo the advauce, wud A3 will follow,