Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1879, Page 1

o VOLUME XXXIX [ NEW SILES. New Spring Shades, choice quality, $1.00 a yard. A better line of Dress Silks, Heavy Gros Grain, $1.26 a gard. (ur Gros Grain Silk at $1.60 a Yard will compare favorably with Jour $2 quality of last season. 500 PIECHES fandsome Trimming Silks, all shades, 86¢, 76e a yard. Wo will continue our sale of Black Dress Silks. (ur prices are 156 per cent low- er then those of any other house, We are receiving daily NOV- ELTIES in HACK BROCADES, (OLORED BROCADES, WATERED-SILKS, SATIN STRIPES. EVENING SILKS Inall the latest shades of colors, Tl havo ouz imanediate and care- {ulqllcnllon. By sending for sam- plesgoods can be pierchased equatly aswell usby coming to thecity. Up- o examination, i goods are not sallsfactory, they car be veturned and money cheerswlly refunded. 121 & 123 State-st. CEIIC.ACGO. TO RENT, ftre No. 254 Nadison-st. TO RENT FOR WHOLESALE BUSINESS. INQUIRE OF LAZARUS SBILVERMAN, Chamber of Commeree, Trum atay 1, 1z i AIFIGE, X5, o Yo ‘:'P,Bxfif." et ol e e et and djotning GHASVIEIE OF COMMEIE. £ pralsle Bunkin or Froiuiic Otles 1a tho eitv. Wik soms cholco COMMISSION PFFICES In came % Apoly & JOUN Q. WELL! = Room 29, Nu. 126 Washingion-st. T0 LET. Tt vores on Watiash- Lter& ., either n}xsnlr-':\'z'lly'kmu“nfifl.“ baFela; ) OPTICIANS, o e A S HANANRE, OPTICIAN: Tribune Building, Tag 5, ;( FH il C[ECtACies sulted to i ulichits on sclontifi prin- S et 0 Eleld Glasses, Feleacupen, Slicro- o AT, . LADTES, STAFFORD BRAID - \“'IILL UUT\\'_ITM].{ ASY OTHER, e JOEAN STEAMSHIES, STATE LINR Liverpoot, Dubitn, ook, Dublin, Delfatt Londonderry, FREE AMUSEMENT, Spring Overcoat CIRCUS. 00ST YOU NOTIHING 10 COE I, The E}Z}Ense Is Getting Outl THIS GREAT SHOW, GIVEN BY THE Unsurpassanls Tailor Clothiers, | Somewhat known as WIL- LOUGHBY, HILL & CO., sometimes called the Boston Square-Dealing Clothing- ‘House, . Cor. Madison & Clark-sts. CGot a Branch Store 238-240-242 Blue Island-av., cor. Twelfth- st.; got another Branch Store, 682 Milwaukee-av., cor. Ruck- er-st. Lavgest Dealrs 0 Clothes it Chicago OPEN TILL NINE AT NIGHT. OLOSING-OUT SALE. GREAT | SING-0UT SATII PREVIOUS 10 REMOVAL 10 OUR NEW STORE, CORNER OF State & Washington SPECIAL BARGAINS! EVERY DEPARTMENT! Field, Leiter & Co. WABASH-AYV, sts NEW PUBLICATIONS, H. M. 8. PINAFORE, THE GREAT BRNSATION1! The **Gems” complote, with®words and mustc. fa Mune's 10-Ceut Dlusical Library. Numbera 17, 18 and 10 contatn the vacal arrangement of the entirs opers us presented 1n tio orincipal thea- tres of the country, 10 CENTS PERR NUDITNIER. ancents for Lhe thres numbers. and the complete opera. For sale by ail newidealers, ar aunt vasiuge freo. ©Ad: dress No L MUNIEO, Pablisher, 74 Hoeknan: N ¥ “ASSAYS. GOLD and BXI:VK]},OH'I nnd Hullion elrllllhl{, and sccurately ASSAYED. Gold_ahd hll\‘c}‘ noutarr, Har, Bheet and Granulated fine Gold and Rilver for sale, CHICAGO K 138 Fifti-ay., Chicaga, rdsy trom New York for Vasongera bookoed for O 8t loweat rates, s TIAGE—prom New_ York to South. [avre, and Bremea, At cabln, 8100 W, eturn tiokuls st atu; Bowling Green, South Clark-st, %»‘. e UOR LINE AT, STEAMERS :§8fibf(l{=fi}:fi.¥"'k ST A, ot 20,10 am &b},"’x!»\. ?‘nflh‘; H310 CABTAL .\."l:rrx" Rirn 810 630, EXchdIoR Yieketn At reduseq vater ~ ey - Grand Opening zawr, 160 Wabash-ay. Klah, nd hfstan Rugn and “Carpets, Flano, Table, Chalr, aud Cushion b overs In fuodern and anclent ‘furkleh Fancy (oods. This fs the_only atore i gaso linving a full ausortuient of Turkish Kugs Embroiderles. FINANCIAL, 0w Lanis-Hortoazs Loals, o T L et v etictn lows ¢ TAKS ehofco loan: . . addross 5 DSl Titos. & c Reterenc J mme rat National Bank, 11bb: P o Otl, Clile: e 25, WHI SN B0 irichio, 00 Washtngton-st, fag th, VHITE STAR LINE, vTonie United States woa Royal Mall betwean Wi 0 Livernool, For 1) 3 ALy eSO Ol 57, PANBO 8PBIY f0 Comy Drai D LAUE G RE N, '] W S=2MMbon Greai irigin and pretasde . 800k WANTED, WANTED TO RENT, From My 1, wultable for flardware buslness, 5OrR OF RI0hr00- S A0 eusG of CIATK. Abdross B o0, ilbing orte - “?Ui‘iARD MATL LINE, )T;ily ’ ;'?-': i}:ml a woek lovlllll trom Britlal # Oflice, northwest cornet Chicago, gyt Compan SRR ET Genoral Westorn Ageats 4 v HENMOVAL. a TRELEAVEN’S 0 GOLD PEN Mufy, removed from X Tirlies House 10 81 Clurkents » siukloFrus mudo Lo order to Aoy ban FPeus re-polnted, . TUESDAY, WASHINGTON. The Speakership FightGrow- ing Warmer with Every Hour. Morrison Assumes Prominence as Blackburn's Principal Henchman, Noisy Threats of a Bolt in Cor- tain Possible Contih. gencios. Table Showing Blackburn’s Strength as Figured by Blackburn. Democrats Preparing to Alight from Their Leigislative-Po- Mtical High Horse. Their Own Party Precedents Tell Sadly Against the Ob- structionists. Besido Thelr Pockels Must Suffer if the Appropriation Bill Talls, Scnators Driven from the .Oapitol by a Orowd of Hungry Office- Huntera, ) THE SPEAKERSHIP. A AILARE CONTEST. Kpectat Dispatch ¢ Tho Tridune. ‘WasiNaroN, D, C., March 10.—Tho Speaker- ship not s bolling, Blackburn has opened his lieadquarters. Randall will do the samo to- morrow, Everything {s chaotle, The feeling agninst Randall is strong enough to defeat him if it could bo united. It s not yet certaln that it can boupon Blackburn, The carnest advo- cacy of Blackburn by Morrisun aids the former, but Morrlson’s zeal 18 known to be stimulated by the fact that ho was badly treated by Randall in the organization of the tominitteos, and thut his opposition to Randall is perhiaps ns wuch due to spltc 88 to preferouce. for the Southern candidate. Rondall opens his canvass with the clalm of 95 votes In the caucus Blackburn concedes bim only bh Randall does not admit more than 40 votes for Blackburn, The line between the North and 8outh ia likely to be VERY CLOSELY DRAWN beforothe contest is ended. The strugple is largely gectional. The supporters of Blackburn sro not to be deterred by any cry of a Solid South. ‘That shibboloth i rathier thelr rallying word; but therearo somo Northern Democrats opposed to Randall who are not incliuca to vots for Blackburnn, There are nolsy threats on both eides thut I this or or that man fs nominated oy the Democratic Caucus there will be o bolt. But littlo dcpondence Is to bo placod upon Democratfe polting, SBam Cox eays, speaking of Randall's candidacy, **We will break Sam'’s back this trip.”” Yet Sam Cox may yet vote for Randall, and be iad to ot even the position of puryeyor of bouquets In ordinary as Chair- man of the Library Commnittee, Mr. Blackburu to-night says that he conslders the following table o fulr stutoment of. his strengih: States, Alahama Arkanena Connecticnt, Delaware, Florida... Georgla ., +» l'ennsylvanin., Minois ... .. + BiSouth Carollna Indiana. «_4lVenncssec, .uie e b Kentucky. .ou0 10[Texas o vuu o Lowslana . « AVieginla L. L, Maryland ) West Virginia .. Massach + 1{Wisconsin tesiesippt .. . . s vesene o+ 8 Necessary Lo a cholee, 75 Mr. Randall's friends have so far put forward no list such os the above, but they say confl- dently thnt they are certnin of 90 votes in cauens. As ihere are but 148 Democratic Rep- resentatlves, it fs ovident that thero are not enough to il both claims. TUD GREENDACKERS still Inslst that there will bo no caucus nomi- natfon for 8peaker, for the resson that neither of the Dumocratic factfons has o aufiicient number of vates to make & quorum of the wholoe House without the uid of the Natfonals, ‘The leaders of the lutter now (nsist that they havo filteen votes, a lottiug down of two. They clalin to have recoived to-day a letter from Represontative Low, of Alabama, giving ad- hesion to thefr cause, and stating that he will act in caucus and vote with theém, 1t is also clafmed that o telegrom to the same effcct has been recelved - from Haondrick B, Wright, of Yennsylvanio, but this 1s doubted, If the Greenbackers have fiteen votes, the Democrnts will hava fivo votes less than the number nece essary to elect. Tolal . MONLRIBON, Blackburn to-night recelved a telegram from Willlam R, Morrison, statlng that the latter would arrivo here ta-morrow night. Morrlson Is relled upon as Blackburn's most efflciont campaign manager, anl {s expoected to sccure the necaszary nunbor of Northern yotes to make Blackburn's eloctlon cerealn, POLITICAT, LEGISLATION,. A DRMOCHATIO CHAROR BILENCED, Special Dispateh to Tha Tribune. Wasminaron, D, C., March 10.—The Demo- crats are making ond reltorating the ciarzo that theBupervisor luw wasariginally passed us a rider to an appropriation bill, und that consequently no proper complaiut can be made If the Demo- crats ropeal It on an appropriation bill, Homo ot the Republican Senators havo conceded this point, aml have attemptod to anawer it. An oxamination of the law, howover, - shows that the Democratic charge {8 o falso one, und that the law for Electlon Supervisors was an Inde- pendent statute, thoroughly debated und openvd to amendmont. A DOU 8TORY. ‘When the prozramme of forcing the President to slen obnoxious messures by refusing to ap- propriate money for his ealary was announced, Senator Blalno is reported to havoe told Seantor Whyte thut the threat rominded him of the man whose dog sonoyed him on a bitterly cold night, Golvg out in his dressing-gown and slippers, the man pulted the dog out ot his kennal, and stood holding him by hischalo, declaring that o would frecze the dog to death, The President can stond the fallure to sppropriate for his salary ds loog s Congress can without the money. It fs a siguificans fact that the Dem- ocrata are already begioning to tatk of a modl- ficatlon of thelr aemands for political action yoe Jating to the elcetfon laws at tho coming session, Thera are o nuber of them who do nat belleve that they can 1OLD TURIK PULL STRENGTIL here or carry tho better past of thelr party in. the country with them in forcing throuch all that they fnsisted upon tn the last appropristion bills, For this yeason there 18 talls’ of yloldlng thelr position on that part of the election law which provides for Buperylsors, but to losist to ailp ’\;\/v MARCH 11, 1879—-TWELVE PAGES. the last upon the repeal of the law authorlzing e einployment of Deputy-Marshals, or of that authorizing the uso of troops st the polls, and of the jurors’ test-oath sections. Tiiey conceda the atrength of the argument for the retention of the Bupervisors on the ground that cach party is rcpresented, an argument they clatm which does not apply to cmployment of Marstals, sinco they are of one party only. THIS TALK OF YIBLDING, as faras indicated, s by no meaus general amonz Democrats, while declarations that no portion of the Beck plan will be abandoned are very common, 8tiil, even the most extreme men among them admit that it will be impossl- blo to forco this programme Il cven a small number of Democrats support such compromise as that {naicated. STORY, The Washington correspondent of the New York Times I:as collated for the information of the Democrata the strong position taken in the post by the distingulshed lights of the party against Jeglslatibn on approprintion bills: When the House, In 1855, attached the tadff scctlonjto the Sundry-Clvil Lill, the leadlng Democratic Bonators denonnced the action in umncasured terme, and defested the scetion fn the Scnate, ‘The Housc itsclf then abandoned the attemot. This was at a timo when the duestion of tarift was asharp fssue. Mr. Bayard, father of the present Benator, sajd: 1am nnt willing by my vote to sanction the adop- tion of a general aystem of Icgislation on appro- priation bills for any and every purpose that tha majarity may sce it to place on'them, The ofect must neceasarily be Lo stop the - discusslon of mat- ters of general leglslation, and then what hecomen of autr connlry as a free country, and what becomes of our leglslatlvo bodies as bodtesin which thore tnto b 11, falr, and free diacussion and inveatization sures, the effectof which Isafterward to by Judged of by the reuplu of the countey? I you can coerce the minority by placing them in this posi- ton, ~that eitker they must abandon the discus- #lon or priuciples or measurcaand ndopt it, or thoy mast atop the wheels of the Government by voting slown anappropriation bill which fs necesaary for its support, —{o what fourfal cnnm?ncnccn may it not lead; ond yet that is the offect of the syatem., Mr. Benjamin, of Loulsiana, favored sdjourn- meat, and in oxplaining his reasons for desiring an adjournment said: : T cranot but belleve that when the hour of calm roflection stall como, after an_ndjournment when tliey (the advocates of the taril scction) o homa and roflect upon_ the consequonces of the detor- minatlan which they seem now ta cvince, they will hesltate long Lefore they will bring this Govern- mentto a stand. They will hesitate before they adopt any such rovolutionary expedlent for so questionaolo an end. Thoy will long hesitate i, with a decided Democratic ‘majority in both Lranchies of Congress, a Repudllean Y'resldent aball find himsell without mexns to carry on the Gov- crnment, except by resorting to that most pitec ofall expedlents, nn extra scsalon of Congre 1f, however, under th ciroumstances. and after siich reflection, they shall think proper to persist in that course, those who, with tho honorable Son- ator from Dalaware, who Iast spoke (Mr, Bayard) belleve that scif-Government by deliberativo as- semblies cannot oxlat under the pressute of cocr- ave principles like thess now sought to be ap- Illlell to the mmoruf': thosa who helfeve that e titter chalice which 1s now recommended to some lives may a1 some futuro doy, with tenfold ofcct, be turred to the lips of those wha now offer that chalice to others: those of us who beliove that, nnder no clrcumatance and in no event 1s it proper to allow ordinary nfipmnrlnxlann for carry- ing on the Government to be embarrassed by meas- ures involving great iuterests of the country to the extent 1o which this mensuro does lnvufvu‘ without examination, without consideration, with- oOut an onportunity for examination or for consld- cration, will bo compelled to rosiat this expedient to the bitter end, and let the cnumr{l determing upon which side shall reat the respousibility, BINATOR BROWN, of Mississtppl, safd: A bad examuple §s more honored in the breach than In the obscrvance anyhow, bat when, by fol- lowing it, 1t may lead to serloun consequencen i the future, and present o state of things in which you must stand at a dlsadvantago, tho sgoner yor beat n rotreat thy BENATOR DOUGLAS, of Tilinols, snid: Apiih s il Liven If the blll wero right in“itsslf, if ita pro- Virions wero correct, T conld not consent. by my vate to put {tin this appropiation bill, for the rea- son that such o couras 1s revoluttunary iu ita char- acter. You have to ovorrlde nll the tules, all the usagen, all the safeguards which ttne and oxperi- ence have thrown around your legislative procecds inge, fnorder to Insert this provislon in your Civil and Diplomatlc Appropriution ill. Mr. Clayton, of [lInols, said: Bt alr, It the Dropasition wero even Sust, it hina heen rightly described by my colleagtie (Mr. Bayurd) and othiors In ite present forw and placa na o meastire of coerclon,—a rovalutionnry messure that will be attended 3n the future with the most disastrous consequences to the country, SOUTHERN CLAIMS, CLOSING UP THE WORK—AN ODOIt OF FRAUD, &pectal Dispatch to The Tyidbune. Wasmnaron, D, C., March 10,—This being the Jast day upon which testimony can be taken by the Bouther® Claims Commission, there has been submitted to the Commission, evidence fn support of tnoro than 100 of the old clalms pend- ing beforeit. The lifo ol the Comunlssion was cxtended by the lats Congress to the 10th of March, 1880, but the Intervening ume is to bo given to the adjudication of pending clulns upon testimony alrendy submitted. The Commnls- sloners haye renson to bolleve that soma oxten- slvo frauds’ have "been recently attempted by means of false evidence In regard to the owner- ship of certaln property captured by our troops during the War and gold for the beneflt of the Government. It thureportsinade by the Soutlhiern agonts of the Cominission are borno out when their more detalled stutemeuts are recelved, they will show that {n the singlo class of trans- actlons {u which not more than four or five per- sons were engaged, ¢laling amouoting to moro than $1,600,030, which wero fully eatablislied by documentary und orat testimony In Washington, prove to be utterly fraudulent when exwinined upon the spot. Cortain clalinants of nndis- puted loyalty have avveared, und exhibited what purported to be proufls that they wero the owners of certaln luree luts of couflacated prop- erty. In supporc of thelr clatms they have pro- duced the former ownurs of the samo proverty, who swors they had gold It to clnfinants. Subsequent.dovelopments have showu that such transactions uever took placa until after the War, and then only with a view to recovering the value of the property from e Gogvernment, SENATE OFTFICES, TNE HUNURY CROWD. &necial Diapateh to Tha Tridune. Wasiinarton, D, C., March 10.—The Inroad of candidates ts Jiko the plague In Egypt. Sena- tors who sat through the almost continuous ses- sion from Friday till Tucsday say they falt fresh ot tho cnd of 1t emnpared with the fatigne caused since by thelr experlenco with newly- nrrived office-sceliers. 8o burdensome had matters beeame by Saturday that a regular exodus of Democratle members und Benators began, und to-dey they appear to be seattered In all cltlos within eusy reach, und some have even started for poluta wetl south for the sole purpose, os ey informed thelr frionds, of putting themselves beyond the reach of the crowd of persistent ap- plicants, ‘Uho most usual Senatorlal comparison of the situation fs to plazuc-tocusts, A fuw of the more impaticnt have venturnd to mou- tlon the frous, whilo ono or two, whose patlence avpoared tu bu exhansted, resorted to mention Itgg tho stdll more disagreenblo plague of i as ono that seemed to express his views of tho sit- uatton moru elearly than the othiers, TIY SUPERVISOR LAW, REAL BECIET OF DBMOCRATIC OFPOSITION=-IT WOULD PHBYENT TUE DEMOCRATS PHOM ¢AIN TURING TIK PRESIDENGY BY FRAUDS 1N Nuw YORI QITY, From Our Qun Correrpondent, Wasnmweron, D, C., March T.~Tho question of the repeal of the Jaw authorizing the ap- _poiutmont of Supervisors and Lonuty Marshals ot Fedoral clections will be the most linportant subject of discussion at the coming extra session of-the Forty-sixth Congress. 1t will be well for Northern gicoply to understand what this aglta. tlon is about, Tha Impression evidently prevuils that the Democtats think the * Solld Bouth” s 0 bo canturcd by the Republicans, uud that the Bupervisora. and Deputy Marshals have been used mainly {n the Bouth, ‘That {s not the fact. The Attoruoy-Gencral has caused tables to be compllea from the officlal record of the pay- ment of these Marshals and Sapervisors, shich show that something nuite the contrary “Is the case, Astounding as the statement may appear to those whose only informa- tlon is the argument of the Bouthern Hotspurs In Congress, it neveriheless isn fact that a comparatively small number of Bupervisors and Marshals have been employed in the Southern States, An cxamination of the tables which follow will show this, 1n South Carolina, for instance, in 1876, at _the Federal clections, there were employed 333 Deputy Marshals, who were paid #305. In Massachu. sctts the samo year thera were employed 117 Deputy Marshals, Yet, in the City of New York, ind the Bouthern District of that State, there were employed 2,600 Deputy Marshals, at an expense of §3,785. 'Tho_trouble with the Bupervisor law, according to Democratie theory, is, not su much that it tonds to counteract the efforts of the hulldozers and the Ked-8hirts, but thint, in the Preaidential e'cclion of 1830, it is a Jormidable check o the prevention of frauds In the City of New York, by means of which the Dem- ocrals hiope fo sccure the Electoral vote of that State, and, consequently, the Presidency. An examination of the tables which follow will prove o very finteresting study, keeplug this central fact fu view: A list of Suporvisors and Depnly Marsbals am- vployed in the Federal clections in 1870, and thelr 120, pay of Chief Supervirora and_United 'ommissioners under the Election Laws, Am't pald No. of Am'tn'd Chief Su- Super- " Supers mervisors, vieors. visors. States and Districts, Alnbama, Norther Alabams, Middio . Alabama, Eastern, Atkanvas, Enntern Arkansas, Wester) Callfornia . Delaware Missisalpof, Northern. Mlestasinpl, Southern Missoari, Eustern. New York, het New York, Enstern.... New York, Southern .. North Caroliun . Oregon voveuere o ouee Pennsylvania, Eastern, Pennsylvania, Western South Caroling, ... vuee Tenncasec, Western , ., Texas, Eastern . Yirginia, Eaater: Virginia, Weater: West Virginia 4,803 $100, 410 Amtp'd Tolal Devuty am'unt alanl/tru‘l. Marshals. pald, No. of Denuty States and Diatricts, Alabama, Northern. Alabama, Mlddie ... Alabama, Southern. Arkausas, Eastern, Arkauaas, Westorn. California.. Delaware Florlds, Northe: . ppl, N Bllnulnlnpl;soullmm. Mizeourl, Eastern Nevada ... N Jersey. e Now Yark, Northern.. New York, Eastern. ... New York, Southern ., North Carolina regun .. Pennsylvan Pennaylvania. Weastern Houth'Carolinn . Tennensce, Wests Viryinin, Western. . Weat Virginia . {daho, -... . New Mexico, Utal Total viiireeens o 211,010 £111,012 $275,2008 The followlng 8 a list of the same offlcors, ete., for the venr 18, except for Chlef Buver- visors in Nortbern and Southern New Yorls, which have not been sent to the Department; those of Eastern New York, New Jerscy, an Pennsylvauia not fully adjusted Antpd No. Am'tpd OIS Su- o, Suner- States and Districi tisors, Alabania, Southern . 31,000 illiuols, Northern 4,480 Kontuck 570 Louisiana . 00 Maryland Michizan, Eastern. i::ew. £r8CY, oo w Yorlk, Southen 10,000 w York, Faatarn 10,u20 Now York, Northe 11,000 Ohio, Bouthern 500 Pennsylvanin, 27,440 Pennsylvanin, W 3, Bouth Caroltn Virginia, Eustern, 020 Tothlivessrrerennserc$33,100 4,600 $101,021 No. of Am'tp'd Tolal Deputy “Deputy amonunt States and Diatricts, Marsh'le. Mdreh'ta, pald, Alabming, Southern, $1,000 ¥),0651 Tilinois, Northern .. Kentuchy. . Lonlsiana. . Maryland Now Jersoy = Now York, 7, Now York, B Now York, Norther. Ohlo, Southern ... . ayivanis, Enstern , Ponusylvania, Western, Sauth Carolina., Virginta, Eastern. Totdheessessvenesensd 467 § THE POSTAL BYSTEM. HOW IT WAS ALTENED BY TIE POST-OPFICH APPROVRIATION DILL PASSED AT TRE RECENT BESSION OF CONGIISS, Sveclat Correspondence of The Tribume, Wasninaroy, D. C., March 8,—Thers were three conferences upon the Tost-Ofiice Appro- priation bill beforo It finally pusseds and, when it did pass, thero was o general misunderstand- ng s to its vrovislons, The essential 1eatures of this law may boe gathered from the extracts lven bolow from the report of, the Comumittca of Conference, which show that the pustal ays- tom has been nuterlally nltered, The informa- tion contained in this report will not be ofticially made public until the law can be vrinted, which will not be for some time, Meanwhlle, this re- port will bo of inlereat to every person baving to do with the Post-Ullicy. . The provision of speclal {nterest to outeolng Congressmen was fnserted by the Conference, winl was not contalned in the blll as ft passed elther Ilouse, “Chis provision Is: L'rorided further, That from and afier tho pas- aave of this uct, Senators, Nepresentatives, and Deleaates inCongrosy, the Secratary of the Sonute and Clork of tho louse of Heprescutatives, miay acnd and recedvo throuzh the mall free all public documents printed by ordor of Congross; and the namu of eich benator, ltepresontative, Delegalo, Socretary of the Benate, and Clork of tho Housu, whinll be wrilten thorcon with the prover designa: tion of the ollics he holds, aod the provislons of (hiw sectlon shall appiy ‘to cach of the pursons unmed horeln until the lirst Monday tn December following the expiration of their reapuctive terms of office, : ‘I'he fullowinyg seetions contatn thoso gencral features of the bill which ure new leglslution: Sre, ‘I'he Postinaster-(leneral shall, In all cuses, declde upon what tralua sod {n whut mans uer the mailn shall be conveyed, Be. 4. ‘Tuat all cars or parts of cars uged for tho raflway mall servico shall be of such style, Jungth, and character, aud turnished fo such man. ner, a8 shall be required by the Postmaster-Gens eral, and shall be ‘eanatructed, fitled up, N tatued, heated, snd lighted by and at thu vxpense of the railrnad compatiea, ke, 5. That the Pustmaster-General ahall de- duct from the pay of Lhe ratiroad conpauie, for every Inlture to deliver . mal) withia 1ts schedule tine, not less than one-half of the pricu of the trip, and whero tho Itip 1a not porformed, not lcss thaun the price of oue 1rip, and not nx:ecdln{{ in eithior case, the price of threo trips: Provided, Aouever, That If the futlure 18 caused by a cou- necting road. then only the counactiug yoad vhall be dued. And where such failure Is causvd by un- avaldubie casualty the Postmaster-(eneral, In his discretion, way remlt the tne, - And ho may make deductions and jmpose foes for other deitn- auene H 2 1 o0 " U, 'That the Postmaster-(ioneral snall re. quostall lllrold.:omfuul: transpusting the matls 10 furnish, onder seal, such data relating to tho vperaung, recelpts, and expenditu suchroads &a ey, 10 blé Judguent, bo decaned nocessary to ribwne, enable him to ascerinin the coat.of mail transpor. tation and tue peoper compensation to be paid for the asme; and he shal), 1n his annual report 1o Confimu. make ench recommendations, founded on the information obtalned under thia section, aa shall, {n his twlllhflll o Just and equitante, Sec, 7, That mallable’ matter absll be dlyida into fonr clnnaen: Firat—Written matter; Sacond—Perindtcal puhlications: ‘Third—~Miscellancoan printed matter; f Tourth—Merchandine, Brc. §, Mallahje matter of the first class shall cmbraco lctters, postal cards. and all matters wholly or partly fn writing, except ns hereinafter prgfl od. e, That on mallable matier of the first cings, cxcept postal-carils und drop-letters, pont- nge shinll ba naid at tho rate of thirce centa for each half ounce or fraction thereof; poital-carda shall be transmitted throngh thn mails 6t a postave charae of ane cant each, Inclading the cost of man- ufacture: nnd drop-letters ahat! be malled at the rate of two cents yier half-ounce or friction there- of, incinding delivery at lotter-carrier offices, nnd onccent for each haff-onnca or fractlon thercof where free delivery by carrier ia not vatadtished. The Postmanter-Gonoral may, howover, provide by regulation for transmitting unpald and duly certf- fled Jotters uf aoldicrs, naflors, and marines In the nervice of the United Statos to their destination, to be pald on dellvery. Sze, 10, That mailablo matter of ths second- class shall emhrace all newspapers and other perie odical publications which are wswued at stated in- tervals, and as lrcflnnnuy n four times n year,and are within (ho conditions named tn Sees. 12 and 14, BEe 11, Publications of the second class, oxcept as provided in Suc. 25, when sent by the nubiisher thereof, and from the oflica of publication, in- clnding sample coplen, or when sont from a news- agency to actual subscribers therelo, or tn other nuwe-ngents, shall bo entitled 10 tranamiselon toronuh the mails at two cents & ponnd or fraction e to bo prepaid, as now pro- o, cxamined at the oflice of malling, and if found to contain matter which 18 subject to a higher rate of postage, such matter shall becbarged with postage at the rate to which the fnclosed matter is subjest: W, ‘That matter of the second class may be Prorided, That nothing herelu contalned shiall he ro constriied as to prohiblt the inaertion in period- {cala of aavertisements attached permancatly to the same, ££0, 13, That any person who .shall submit, ar canso to be submitted, for transportation in the mails; any false evidenco tothe Postmaster rela- tive tothe character of his publication, ahall he deemea guilty of a mirdemeanor, and, upou con- victton thereof In any court of competent jurls- diction, shall for every auch offense be punished by o fine of not less than 8100 nor more thun 8500, Srce. 14, That the conditions upon which o publi- ;:n:lxun shall be admitted to the sccond class are a8 ollows: First~It must recularly he lesacd at ataled In- tervals, as frequently as fone times n year, and bear a date of fvsuc, and bo numbered consecn- tively. tecond—1t must be Jssued from a known oftice of publication. Third—It must be formed of nrinted paper #heots, withant board, cloth, leather, or other substantial binding, stch as distingnish printed :;‘ouks for preservation from perivdical publica. jons, Fourth—It munt he originated and published for the disreminstion of information of a public char- acter, or devoiud to literature, the wclences, nrts, or saine special Industry, and having a legithnata list of subscribers: Provided, however, That noth- ivg herein contatued ahall be 8o construcd av to odmit ta the second-clama rate regalar publications designed primarily for advertising purgosce, or for rr:u circulation, “or for circulation at nominal rates, See, 35, That ferelgn newspapers and other perlodicals of the same gencral charncter as thore adantted to the sccond classin tha United States may, under the direction of the Postmaster-Gen- cral, on spplication of tha ‘publishers thereof or thelr ugents, bo tranamitted through the matls at the samo rates as if published {n the United States, Hothing In this act shall be wo construed as to allow the transmission throngh the malls of.any ubllcation which violates any copyright granted )y the Unlted States, Brc. 16, 'Thai publishers of matter of the sccond clags may, without subjecting it to oxtra postsge, fold within thelr regular lssncs o snpplement; but in all canes the added matter must Le germane to the publication which it supplements, that s to say, matter supplicd to complete that to which it Is | added or supplcmented, but omitted from the reg- nlar fdsue for want of apoce, tiine, OF greater co venience, which supplement must In every caso be dssued with the publication. A Sec. 17, Toat mail-matier of the third class sha)l embrace books, translent newspapers and period- fcals, circulurs, and other matter wholly in print (not included in Bec, 12), proof-aheots, currected proof-sheets, nud manuscript )y accompunylng iho samo, and postage aiallbe paid at the rate of ane ceut for ‘each "two-ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall fully be prepald by postage- stamps aflixed to ratd matter. Printed matter other than books received in the matls from foretgn conntries under the provistons of postal treaties or conventlons shall ne fi of customs duty, and booka which ure ndmitied (o the Internatlonnl malls exchanged under the provisions of the Uni. vorsal Postal-Unloa Convention may, when sub- Jeet to castoms duty, be delivered to nddresses in the United States under such reculations for the collection of duties ns may ba agreed npon by the Secrelary of the Treasury and tho Poalmaster- General, . Scc, 18, That the lerm **circular ' s defined to be a printed letter whieh, according to Internul evidence, Is being rent tu Identlcal terma to several persons. A circular shall not losc Ita chazacter us sich when the date and the name of the addressed and of the aender shall bo therein written, nor by. the correction of mero typographical crrors in writing. Sec. 10, That **printed matter," within the in. tendment of this act, 18 dofined to bo the reproduc- tion upon paper, by any procesk excent thnt of handwniiing, of any words, letters, characters, fiputes, or imares, Or of any combination thereol, not having the character of an actual and personat correspondence, Ske, 20, That mailable matter of tho fourth class shall embrace all mati.r not embraced in the tieet, second, or third class, wiuch ls not in s form or naturo lnble 1o destroy, deface, or otherwise dam- ot the contents of tho mail-bag, or harm the per- son of any ous engaged in thy postal service, and 18 not auove the wesght provided by law, which i3 hereby declarod to be not exceeding four pounds for ench prckage thereal, excopt in cnse of single books welgning in oxceas ot that amount, and ex- cept far books nud documents published or elreu- lated by order of Cougress. or ofiicial maiter cemanating from any of the Dopartments of the Government, ur from the Bmithsonian Institution, or which is not declarcd non-mnalluble under the provisions of Sec, 3,003 of the Revined Statutes ws amended by the act of July 12, 1870, or matter nppertaining to lotterioy, gt concerts, or fraudu- lont schemen or doyices, Skc, 21, That o]l matter of the fonrth class shalt be subjuct to examination and fo_a postage charge at tno'rate of onu cent an ounce ar fraction theras of, to be Prtmm by stamps afixed. If auy matter cxeluded from the inalls by the mucudlmi acction of this act, except that declared non-muilable b Sec. U, 80i of the Reviscd Ftatutes ns amended, #hall, by inadvertence, rvach the ofilce of deatina- tion, the same snnil delivered In accurdance with Its nddre: Procided, Thut the party ad- dreased shall furnish the nswe and addzess of the sender to the Postinnster at the office of dellvery, Who shall Inuncdiately roport the fucts 1o the Postinaster-General, 1 the person addreased ro- fuso (o give the reguired Information, thy Fost- mauter shalt Lold thy package subject to the order of the Postmaster-General, ~ A1) matter declared nou-mallable by Sce, 4,803 of the ltoviscd Stut- utesas umended, which shall reach the office of delivery, shall be held hy the Postmaster ot the anhl oflza aubject to the order of the P'ostmnator- o 8 . That mallabls matter of the second claes shinll coutain no writing, print, mark, or thierven or terotn in addittan to the arlginal p excopt a8 herein provided, to-wit, the name an udilross of the person to whom the matter ahall he 5 d indox-igures of mubscription-boak, elthur written or printed, the printed titly of the publica. Aton, the printed name and nditress of tho publishor or nendor of tho same, and writton or nrinted words or figurcs, or botb, indicating the date en which (he subscription to such matier will ond. Upon matter of the third class, or upon the wrapper in- cloatng the samo, thu wender visy writo his own name or addeess theroon, with the word **from™ nbove and preceding the samv, and in eithor case may make simpla_marks fntouiled to dosignate o wurd or paxsage of the toxt to which it 1a desizod to calt attontion. Thore may bo placed upon the cover ur hlank leaven of any bouk or of any printed matter of the third class & shinple manuscript dedi- catiun ut Insceiption that does not partako of tho nature of & personal correapondence. Upon any packago of matter of tho foucth class the sendur may write or print his own naws and address, pro- redod by tho word **1rom, ™ and ihero may also ho wrltten or printed the number sud names of the wrtieles inclored; and the souder thereol may writy or print upon or attach 10 way such article by tag or labet s nark, sumber, nume, or lettor for pues Doee of. ientitcation. 23k ‘I'hat matter of the sccond, third, or fourth 4 coutaining any welting or printing other thay tudlcated in- the proceding section, or made in the manner uther than theroin indicuted, hall not bo dolivered excent upon tho payument of postage for mattor- of thu first cluse, deducing herefrom eny amount which way huve been pre- pald by stamps sflixed (o such juatter; and any pur- #aon who shall conceal or wuciosy suy matior of o higher ciass In that of & lower class, and deposlt, or cause tha waiwo to bo depoailud, fOr couveyauce cew rate thau wuuld bu chargad for d lowur cluss mattor. shslh, for every such offenvo, ba jably to a penally of 8103 Lrovided, Aowcerer, ‘That nothing hieeeiu contalned shall bo 0 cunstrued as to prevent publlehers of tha second class ana nuws-agents from inclosing, In thetr publications, bilte, receipte, and ordors fur subscriptious therato; but such bills, rocelpis, and orders wball bo in such form 8a to couvey 10 olher information than the naine, Jocation, and subscrip- Honeprico of tue publication or publications to which thoy refer, Bee, 24, That the Postmaster-Gieneral may pree aceibe, by rezulation, the manter of wrapping and accuring for ihe mally all packages of matter not charged with frat-cluvs postage, o that tha con- tents of such vacksges may eastly oxamlined; aud o package the conionts of which vannut be 4 - — e eeeq XL FIVE CENTS, B ~ ‘N @:datalesnrata than for matter of the first . 23, That publications of the second class,! copy to ench actusl aubscriber rosiding In tha nty where the samo are printed, {n wholo or in and pubiished, shall yo fres through the the same ahall rrier offices, or distribated by carriers, inless posiago in pald thercon at the rate acribed In See. 13 of thinact: Provided, That the rate of postage ‘on_nawapapers, oxcopt wooklias and perindicala not exceeding two ounces in welght, When the ssme aro deposited fn a . letter-carrier flice for dellvery by ita carriera, shall be uniform at one cent cach: poriodicals weighing more than two onnces ehall bo subject, when delivored by sich carriera, to a postage of two cents each, and thera rates ahall be propatd by atamps affixad. Src. 20, That all maii matter of the firat class upon waich one foll rate of postige has been- pro- patd shall be forwarded to it nation, chacged vith the unpald rate, to be eollocied on delivory; but Postmasters, bofore dollvering the sams, oF any article of mail mattor upon which prepaymeont in full has not been mado, ahall aMx, or canse to beatfixed, and cancoled, as ordinary stamps ara can- celerd, onc of more stamps equivalent in valne to tho amount of postaga due on snch article of mail natter, which stampn snajl be of snch special de- gn aud denomination ss the Postmaster-Gencrsl may prescribe, and which aball In no case ba sold by any Postmaater ot received by him in pre ment of postage. Thuat In lien of the commnlssion now allowed to Postmnstera at offices of the fonrth, class upon the amount of unpald lotter-postage collected, snch Postmastors elall recelve a com-= mission upon the amount of auch special stamns so canceled, the samo as now allowed n;mu poatago- samps, stamped onvelopes, postal-cards, and newspaper and perfodical stamps, caucoled ns post- ages on matter actually mailed at their offices: Lrovided, The Postmaster:Gencral may, in his duscration, prascribe instead suchregalstion thars. for at the officen whore free delivery is established as, in hls judzinent, tho good of the service may reguire, . Src, 27, That nny Postmaster orother.person cn-, gnged in the postal-servica who shall collect, and 1ail to account for, the postage duo upon any articie of mail-matter which he may deliver, withont hav= init previvusly afiixed and canceled ‘sach special- stainps, os hereinbefore provided, or who shall fail’ 1o aMix sach lmmJ), shall be deemed gnilty of & misdemcanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall by tunished by a fins of &30, . Src, 28, That any person who shall use, or at-, tempt to oee, It payment of postage, any canceled: postage-stamp or nostage.atamps, whether tho same have been beforo used or not, or shall hy any means reiave, or attempt to_remove, or asafst in removing, marks from any pustage-stamp or post- suc-stampr, with. intent {o uac the eame in pay- ment of postage, or who knowingly shall hasve in his posscealon wny postage-stamp or postages atamps canceled, with intent to uee the same, of from which auch cancollation marka have been ro- moved, or wball wull or otfer toscll any suchatamp or stamps, o who sbali nse or attempt to usw the same In payment of pnstage, or skall rémove tho super- scription from sny stamped envelopo or postnl- card that has once been used’ in the paymeot, of postage, with intent 1o agaln ueo tho samo for o like purpose, sball he deemed gullty ofn mudalnunor. and: shull, on conviction thora- of, bu punished by imprisonment for not less than 8lx months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than 8100 not more than $500 for each of- fense, or by both such tine and imprlsonment, fn the dlscretion of the Court. E¢ . The provistons of tho fifth and sixth scctiona of the nct entitled **An nct establishing ost-routes, ana for other purpoees,” approved inrch 3, 1877, for the teansmission of ofMcial mail- matter, be, and they are heroby, extanded to all uflicers of the Unitod States Government, and made applicable to all ofictal mail-matter tranemitted hetween any of the oflicers of the United States, or. Detween nny such oflicer and cither of the Excou- tive Dopurtmenta or officers of the Government, tha envelopes of such matter In all cases to bear appro-. priate indorsements containing the proper designa« tlun of the office from \vhich the mimo i frans-, mitted, with a atatement of the ponalty for their. tnlense. And the provisions of sald ffth and sixth’ scctions are hel’cr?‘y likowlse cxtended and mado applicablo to ail offfeial mail-matiorsent from the Smithsonian Inatitutlun: Procided, That this act shall not extend or apply to Pensfon-Agents or other oflicors who recelve a itxed allowance as com- pensation for their services, inciuding exponscs foe Dpostage. + Sec. 30, That Sec, 3,055 of the Nevised Statates e, und the same 18 _loreby, amended g0 ae to road, as follows: **The Poatmaster-General, whonover he muy deom 1t conalatont with tho public tntoreat, may acceptor require new surety npon ny con- tract existing ar hereafter made for carrying -the 1naifs in substitution for and releaso of any exist-, ing surety," . re. 0. Any person performing the datics of Postmaster, by authority of the ‘Preaident, at any, Pout-Oflica whore there 18 a vacancy fur any cause, shall recelve for the term for which thaduty 1s pers formed the sams compensaiton to which ho wonld, huvo been entitled i rflgnhr]ylpi’fln!!fl‘fi)d con- irtned an auch Postmaster; and all scrvicea hersto- fore rendered {n 1tku cases shiall bo patd for nuder tila provision, S, 42, That so much of this act a8 Is embraced in Scea. 4 to U0, both inclusive, shall tako offect from the 1st dny of 3ay, 1870; and all acts or parts of acts |nconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. CONELING’S ‘“GREAT EF=- TORT.” ¢ cxaminod shall pass in tho maile, or be dss - not o delivered at' . pre= 1 1! A CLEVER BHOT AT THURMAN AND NI IRDSI- DENTIAL ABI'IRATIONS. Cincinnatt Commercial, Mareh 8. Much has been sald in a splrlt of lovity about the great efforts of Senator Conkling. Ho has repeatedly been reported by his edwmiring friends to be about to make the great effort of his lifo, and usually when so ndvertised be does nothing, At last, however, he has mode that effort. Ho did it {n reply to a bantering spcech by Benator Thurman, and it is recorded that Thurman sald to him when ho haa finished, ¢ Thatis the best specch you have ever madein your lfe” I will bo remembered thet this speech was (i the - nlght, amidet the closluy scenea of the sesslony and thut roferonce wos had to Thurman’s candidacy for the Presldency. It will not Lo necessary (n my caso, a3 it. is sald auxtous and nervous volitical aspirants sometimes nd Iv necessury before voting upon a question to go out nod not onty consult the slgus in the zodise, but ses how all the tin rovaters on all the barns stuud, su ns to know exactly which way the wind blows. [Laughter.] I wil} not aek time to do that, because I have no Presidentlal proapects to ba jmperilod_ by any mistake 1 moy make In voting here. I shall, however, want an gpportunity to look at tha balance shect. 1 shall want to sea whether at that particular time thoro is or s likely to be any money in the Treasury with which to do such u maunificeut thing’.as fn exact, appro- priate, sud hinoosing language the hounorable Senator from Ohlo will be surs to propose. ‘Ihe Prosilent, If all thess varied und, asn lawyor from the Senator'sState oncasald, ‘multificlous? clreumnstances [laughter] shall concur, and if there shull 0 0 harmouious uuion of all things, showing that thd nlek of thme, the longed-for und worked-for moment has come for the honornble Senator from Ohlo to make his popularity absolutely universal by addliyr to - the cudless, idollzin) train which followa biim o the serrled ranks ol the woldlors of the Muxican war, the houorable Bunutor may be sure that I will vote to wld all that resplendent length of tall to his political kite, |Laughter,] 1 submit to the lhonorabla Benator that nothlyr could bu fairer than this, Idonot believe that the Seuator uow s at hls best for 80 great and gritical an ondeavor, The Houator hins, during Suuday and Sunduy nizht, deifvored so maoy cloquent und fervid specchcs, ho has 80 taxed his bratn aud his _imarination, partlcularly his fnaginstion sud muny of hig }nvncnz faculties, that I do not belleva It within the lmits of mortal possibllity that he can * still have reserve forcs vnough to expand him- self—1 might moreappropriately nngruu] him~ self—[laughter|—as undoubtod], 6 would Dbe glad to'do when bo tukea up the question of thy Moxican war, looks over* the whale fleld, calenlates ull the chunces, aud * orrunges it g0 that all the lights nnd shadows will strike, o8 thuy should strike, fn roference to 1830 aud other groat and. interesting epochs, [Laughter,] ‘The Scuator from Ohluulnnicmn wood to-night. Iom In grum carnest. Lum for the men who carricd the Htar-Spungled Banuer and - plauted it on the tower of the City of the Aztecs, 'Thoy are the men for whom the honoratle Benator from Obio shotld legisluts, But with his suxlety ho may need to go further. Ibog him to remem- bur thoso who fought on the other slde. A guod nany of them have crossed the border to live or steal cattle, Thoy oy ben factoe (n cloctions and reseits, aml I bew him not to be thought~ less of them. 1o should go very sure-footed, und ot wareh without scouts. fu every viaw it 1s un fmportant matter, and { warn the bonors - ahle Henator noLta run any risk toturn bis hack upon a brilliant future by dolug an ything without the utwost forecast., ‘Tlio goldlere® bullot in this country s very large. It has great forca n muny Stutes, L I8 nu- merous Indecd fn all the States, and there, are political pdvantages and hazards which ought, [ thiuk, to religva this subject from the Juvity with which the honoras blo Benator from Ohlo sevinainctined to treatit, Lot mo say further to that bouorablo Scnator, that whou he 14 as old as T aui, whon he has he as inuch experience us I bave bad fn thoas grand and placld xumnhlnguw. each a _plags da Tauro, calted Dotnocratis Nattonal Canveutions, ha will bo satistled, as [ uw, that not fu'the morn- jugut & o’'clock, when e is tiyed, wheu e i “uuder the reaction of Lik many specchies which