Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1880, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO “but L know that his mnhagerment of tha Burean has at times been notably weak, He Tias had someof the most Harel able Agents in our country that the service ever knew, Hinyt. has, no doubt, been one of the most unpopular Commissioners appointed for many years.” “Do you not think the office of Indian Complinioner Ig-a difienlt ono to ndimin- ster z “The very worst In the world. “In the first piece, he has Feaponalbility without powers ho orders an Agent to perform some the Second Auditor of the prenaury refuses the neconnt; it {8 not ald, and the Commissioner is oWerless to rescue his Agent. Tho Intter Js Mn diMeuity and stays there. ‘Thon thore ara ‘TIT INDIAN INSPECTORS, who are entirely Independent of tho Indian Burean, ‘Thoy'are often unprineipled poll- tleians, and thoy hold the unfortunate Agents witha hinnd of Iron. An Inspector may get nlotof Agents by the enrs, ret the Bureau into no end of trouble, and all indepundently of the nominal head, the poor Commissioner. But thisisnotall Over the whole we have the Board of Indian Commissioners, com- posed of goad old men of large benevolence and) immense respectability, ‘They are privileged characters, and mike trouble be- cause this good Methodist, that good Presby- terinn, and the other good Catholic was not appointed Agent by rushing into print and Dalaboriny everybody’ connected with the Dureait. All these annoyances and checks tho Indian. Commissioner must stragelo against, and the only wonder fs that he Is able to administer the affairs of his offica at all. Back of all this there Js the further nn- noyance of a DIVINED PUBLIC OPINION. In the East aro the philanthropists of the Fennimore Cooper school, who never, saw a Ive Indlan, and are acquainted with hls character only through the medium of hooks, They are permeated with a bread philan- thropy, and are ina constant fever of Indlg- nation over the imaginary grievances of Lo, Then thore are the contractors, who want to steal, and the border-men, who want to kill, Iwoulkin't take the office at $10,000 a yenr, nor would any other man who underatands Judians, ‘Themen invested into thoofice are those only who ure bilsstulty ignorant of what they have to deal with, and it Is for that reason that the history of the Indian administration is thickly strown with slangh- tered reputations.” ‘ “What remedy would you suggest for this atate of things 2” “T would hayes Commissioner appointed to codify the lnws relating to Indian manage: ment. I wonld clear away the cobweb of zontradictions of authority and conflicts of {irisdictiou. LTwould mako it subordinate io. some ono Department, or make itt power unto Stself.. Iwonld give it an auditor, so thnt the best efforts of a well-meaning Com- inissfoner aud A CORPS OF HONEST AND EFFICIENT AGENTS should not be rendered utterly abortive by the wretched red-tape clreumlocntion of the ‘Treasury Department, which, In the nature of things, can have no pride in seelng such work promptly performed, I would abolish the special nents, or make them responsible to some head, and I would ‘wipe out, as with ngponge,? thé Board of good but bald-headed of marplots whose highest.achicvements are ‘Mn the direction of making the efllcient admin- istration of the Bureau impossible.” Senator Teller, of Colorado, says that he has long been convinced tha Hayt would bring the Indian Bureau into discredit, “On the 2d of December Inst,” said Mr, Teller, “1 told Mr. Schurz, in the piceanee of Mr. Hayt, that tho latter wasabad and untrustworthy officer. Senntor Till sald to-night that he could not + believe that the charees ‘nplleating Mr. Barstow are well founded, He has known Barstow for many years. | Ie is a realdent of Providence, 2. 1, and is quite an old man. He is wealthy, and fora generation hina borne an upright and honorable name, He js in the stove business, and Mr, Will thinks If ho did furnish stoves for the Indlans he must have done g0 in good falth, and without any intention of defrauding anybody. HAMMOND’S STRANGE “ILT.NEBS)” Tho dispatches in yesterday's paper rela- tlya to Gen. J. H. Harmimond, of this city, did not create ns much of au excitement here as thoy would have done a few years ago when the General was much more proimn- inently before the public, Still the posl- tion which he oveupled here for some yenrs was stich that the report that ho had apparently been discovered in some discreditable’ .transactions created much surprise and regret. "The nows of his sudden and alarming sickness, however, did notexcite much flarm as to his condition, since that was not tho first thne that ho has been taken dangerously ill when confronted by_an unpleasantness. * During the.War Gen. IHammond was on thostaff of Gon, Tecumseh Sherman, andserv- ed through tho entire conflict with honor and distinction. In 1875 Gen, Uanimond became President of the City National Bank, which was located for quiten time at the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street. In 18% the bank stopped payment, owing to various complications. Just after Its sus- ension, Gen. Hommond was suddenly ken il on Madison strect, and was taken into Baggot’s gus-flxture store, at the corner of Fifth ayonue aud:Madison, whore he re- mained for # day or two before ho could bo taken home, — It wns stated at the time that. it was on attack of nralysis, but it was afterwards discovered hat ib was nota very serious attack, and [t was suggested that the Ulness, whieh was rief {nits nature, wasn goud thing, since it ridded hin of being Interviewed concern- ing tho bank. During his connnection w this institution, Gen. am mondff dabbled =a little in politics, and was 0 candidate, thongh an wnsuecessful one, for Alderman of the Eleventh Ward. Not very Jong ufter the break-tp of the bank he was apnolnted an Indian Tusnector, and has occupied tho position up to a week ago, when he resignail, Dohring hls. term of servico he was actively employed, princtpally on the Upper Missouri, concern +, Ing the management ofsomo of the Agencies ' on which stream he made some very strong renorts. Ho abandoned hts residence in Chicago some time ago, and hus since been diving at Eyanaten, whero he was inter- viewed a couple of weeks ago by a ‘Trunk reporter, to whom hoe denied that there was ‘ony truth In the stories concerning Hayt and himself. ._BOYNTON AND SITURMAN, THE JOURNALIST AFTER THK GENERAL'S SCALP, ‘ Spectat Dispatch to The. Chicago Tribune, Wasuinaton, D, C., Jan, 30.—Gen, U,V. Boynton, author of tho criticism | wnon “ Sherman's Memoirs,” which so exusperated tho General of the Army a fuw yenrs ago, Has.addressed n letter to tho Hon, Alexander ii, Ramsoy, Seeretary of War, containing charges and spoclfications against Gen. W. 'T, Shermhn, for * conduct unbecoming an ottl- cer and 8 gentleman,” In violating the erkn- {nal laws of the District of Columbia, which define and punish the crime of slander. : ‘TUL LETTER OF GEN, WOYNTOX, above alluded to, is ag follows; S+ Wasningron. ND. C., Jun, 28.—The Hon, Alere “ ander Ianuey, Secretary of War—Sint Herewith Tinclogo for your information, and through you for tho Information of tho President, in his cas pavlty, as Conimander-lu-Chiof of tho Army, © chargo, with ‘speuitications, rgatnst Willium ‘Tl, Bhorman, General of tho-Army, for “conduct unbecoming an officer and a geatomun," in view lating tho crimlual lows of this District, which detng and punish the crime of slander, The le; right of acitizen to prefer such charuea {8 fully recognized in an opinion re- gorded In Vol. XVL, page 42," Opinions of tho Judgo-Advocate-Generul of the Amny,” in tho following words, to-wit; “BUNZAU Ov MILITARY JUBTICE, July 29, 1865. —OAPTAIN: Thuvo to advise you that it cunin no way affect tho validity of Churges against un oflicer thut thoy orlgiiate with a party not {1 tho military service, It ts, intoed, ordinarily the duty of every person. uullltary or olvil, to ‘bring to tho nutloe of the tovul vommunder uny rave matter of offense ugainat un ollicer within is knowledge. Jf in co tolug euch person ox- y Dlbit formally-drawn charges and spovifications, the commander whould he deen the case otucr= ‘wise 8 proper one to bu investigated by a court- murtin)) may either udupt these or may frame entirely new once for tho purpose uf the trial. “Tho charges should indeed be subseribod by some viticer before being xerved upon the acs pasod, but tle spaperuer tion. is a malten ut orm pierel end roy in all cuscs properl mundo by tho Judgo-Advacuto ‘of tho court tn his own name agguch.” . 6. As further bourlng bpon this caso, tho Judgo- Aulvoonte Baneen fais ia oie of Buinlons? aTuBTY| 4 Just ro Soodings wtlor ihta artielo colgbtyeth ru, tun ct mnbecoming ki officor and a gentleman) it ta not nocewary Lat tho officer's conduct should huve apy conncotion with the tilltury servic@ It enough that Jt fs morally wroug, and pro- isa big personal honor, The act need not havo comluiltiod when the ollicer was *on duty" ; THESE CHANGES iro preforred for tho following reasons: « On the lth inst, a reporter fara Rowensper, one E. H. Cowles, approached Gen. W, ‘fT. here man, dn tho -Headquarters of the Army, anid ed bis oplutan uf tho rupulation uf the un- dersigned, oxvlaining to Gen, Bhorman that ho sand Rome othors nasociated with him had pub> Ushed tha undersigned us niiary and that Gen, Shermun’s" testimony” waa also desired to add to thelr own on that point, “to show the public whit'n fraud he (the undersigned] 1s. In thecourss of the conversation which fol- lowed. in which tha reporter acted Inbis capacity as siteb, Gen, Sherniin eid to him, with tho full understanding that what he sald wassolleited for Talication, among other false and standeraus hings of the rslgnenl: To It entirely withe out charactor’ Coit could hire hits to do any- thing for money"; "Fora thongand doltars he would slander his own mothor"; and (iat he was “very peralstont and energetic In manufacture tog, Talschoods,"” hese things beltig spdkeri to m reporter for publication, and being uttered tn the presence and i others, constitute tho crime of slundor ns dofined by the Inws in force in the District of Cotumbina. Furthor: four duys after this conversation with this reporter, ind when this printed version of the Interviow with Gen. Sherman nd arrived fu Washington, the un irned, feeling con fidoent that however severely Geo. Sherman might eritielse the reviow of his“ Memoira” hy tho undersigned, of which he wes more particu- lnrly aponking to the reporter, ho would not so fur forget what belonged to his high offico ns to use hingtage nt once Ko conrse, x0 folso, and 60 unofliceriike, therofore called the attontion of Gon, Sherman, tn) writing, to tho reporter's tlelo, nud asked If tho words attributed to hint Hy atated, a nan replied, iidorsing them tn Ini Run, ino respects etiil more gross that that. to which his uttention had been enlled, ‘This letter ho subsequontly oxhibited to thors, by whieh oxhibition he nyatn violated the laws relating to the crimo of slander. AS THIS BECOND OFFENSE wns committed In cool moments, and when even tho poor excuse of sudden hent developed by a disetisston with the reporter Cowles of the criti clams of his “ Memoirs" dit not exist, there wns ‘but ono conrec loft to. a man claiming to possess Agood character among hia fellowa, and that wus to give Gen, Shermun an opportunity to.ex- hibit the grounds for his graye vssortions, Tho ‘underalgned therefore gave him notice through: the press that he would In due time select 1 tri- boon! and a form’ of action which, without ine Nicting any personal indinity upon the Generit of the Ariny, would afford him ample opportunt- ty to prove the truth of his charges, and In citso of his failure would place him before the public ng n reckless slanderer, Tis offense was of a character that mado him Tully IInble to urrest asa ecommon eriminal and arraignment before the Police Court of this Dis- trict, a tribunal where tho varied representa. {ives of the yineuiods and the wicked classes of tho Capital stand on a common level for hearing, and punishment, But a proper regard for the exalted oltice of the General of the Army pro- yented the undersigned from taking such action agulnst {fa incumbent, althongh bo had-voluns turily sunk himselt to the lovel of police-court Jurisdiction. He might. have been proceeded agninst on tho erlminal shite of tho Supreme Court of this Dis- trict; but. here aguln respect for the honorable elico whieh Gen. Shoruma holds night well restrain any citizen from initiating proceedings which would urralgn hjm ina prisoner's dock. Tho undersigned hag therefore concluded to Afford Gen, Sherinan.the opportunity of asking: for a court whieh, 1f culled, must of necessity be made up of ollicers high in'rank, and possessing: the reapeet and contidence of the public, It would nlso be u court wherein tho General of the Army would fiave every advantage which hich rank and extended fame could give. Not tho lenst of these advantages would be the op- portiilty of relieving himself of the burden of proof, TUE UNDERSIGNED THEREFORE RESPLOTFULLY REQVESTS that Gen. Sherman muy be given an eprorbatiy of asking tonppear before such a tribunal, to imake good his charges, tocleur himself from the nbove direet allegations of erie, and also toestablish 1f he can, the accuracy, the fal ness, and tho justness of his * Memoirs.” for eriticlsing which In the light of tho oficinl rece cords he has seen ft to charge ine with dellberato ‘alsehood, with tho gurbiing of the records, and with goneral baseness, as more formnlly Ket x orthy {nthe charge and speclfications herawith inclosed, It is respectfully submitted that, while an om. cer muy not violate the letter of tho Articles of War by writing inncctrately and to the discredit jot dlattiguished fellow-oillcers, and of re- nowned armies, such conduct docs must grossly violate their apleits and It is ¢urthar respect ful- ly submitted that nu officer holding the position of General of tho Army, with ull the records of the war nt his control by which to insure justice and necuracy, cannot well commit a greater of fense against military morals than to publish in- accurnte and wnjust. statements, to tho injury of noted officers, both living and dead, whoso repu- tations, deeds, and fame are as dear to the coun- yas bis owt, if these charges are not in proper form, the undersigned respectfully asks that othors may be drawn to cover the ground Iudionted, and that thoy muy then bo forwarded to Gon, Sher- man, inorder that, if he fecis confidence in his ability to suntain his charges agninst the under~ signed, or to moot those herewith presented agalnat him, ho nny avail himself af his right to ask for nconrt to sattte the points thus formally Placed St lean, 1 Gedtank f Vory respeutfully, your ol lent servant, nes iy H. VY. Boynton, APPENDED TO TIIS LRTTHI aro the charge and specifications against Gen. Sherman, the former being “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentieman,”” Specification 1 sets forth the alleged slan- derous words quoted in hls letter nbove,— to wit: that he (Boynton) could be hired “to do anything for money,” would “slander hig own mother,” ete, Spevifiention 2 presents the correspondence between Boynton and Sherman relating to this alleged slander, the fonner asking wheth- er the correspondent reported St correctly, and asking that Sherman disown it if untrue; the latter a letter from Gen. Sherman, os follows: Hranquattens ARMY OF tia UNtTED STATES, Wasiisaton, D, ©., Jan, 10, 1880.—H, V. Boy ton~Sin: T bave recolved your lotter inclosing a copy of n Cloveiand paper, which [ have glanced itt, And recognizo as the reportof a our man whoenme tome saying that you had standered his futher. I_ thought you wore capabic of doing wuything for puys it slunder was your daily avocution, and as you kad deliberate! if fnisified asta me, { beloved you capnble of sin your own mothor for PRs ‘This isa hord thing Yoany of any man, but J belfeve It of you. Yours, W. T. SHERMAN, Specification $8 is a relteration in general ferns of Boynton’s former CHITICISMS UPON SILRMAN’S “ are310118,"" and setting forth that “he; the said Willlam ‘T. Sherman, haying had at the time of pub- lishing thesald “ Memoirs ” all needed records. of the war at his control and within eas reach, did, In wrlting the sald ' Memoirs,” comnilt graye and inexcusable errors In state. ment, and did by these writings do great in- justice to notable oflicers serving with or un- der hin,” notably to Gens. Grant, Buell, Thomas, McPherson, Logan, George W, Mor- an, William Sooy Sintth, ‘and the Ion, F, I. Stanton, and thathe (Sherman) claimed for himself lionors belonging to othor ofllcers, nnd “attempted to mnke.other officers re- sronalile, for various mistakes and fallures of his own,” all of whieh he (oynton) had ex- il. It was for this uxposd, he says, that ie herman took occasion to say to the re- porter Cowles: ter oh * “Poynton, in bis reviow of my ‘Memolrs,’ ninde Very many false and unjust statements, contradictory of my nccount of things in the War, and to atrengtben his positon he went to tho Confederate records aud made garblod wo- cotlnts of these to sustuln hig denial of ny vsser- tions, Kyery word of this Is true, Boynton’s x af tho Confedernta records wis most palpable and: shameless, Lut what could you expect of the man? Everybody knows him to bo Qnotorious slunderur, You could hire him to dounything for money, A man of charactor and a Christian—babt Ho fs entirely without charnoter, ~ Why, for a thousnnd dollars ho would slandor his own mother, .Nobody of character wishes to dirty their bunds with #uch wKereaturo, 1 would not bother with auch ver- minnghe, To ii very persistent and enorgotic in tho manufacture of frisehood "—the suld William 7, Shornin thus violating the criminal laws of theDlstrict af Columbin—to wit: the laws. defining and Punishing the orime of slyndor, in Arai ta united Ase tas ilulon OF ny Of! r a, and in violution oi thowd Article of Ware : THE UTES. GOV. PITKIN'S TESTINONY, Bpsctat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Wasminaton, D, ©., Jan, $0.—Goy, Pitkin continued his testimony ‘before the Indian Committee to-day ns to the causts of the re- cont Ute outbreak, He dented that this out- break was cnused, 24 has beon charged, by tho encroachments of miners uponthe Indian. reservation, Ho had been tn constant com- nuntention with the residents of the bound- ary mining camps during the entire season, nnd he knew they had been solleltons to Io- enta thelr claims where they could se- cure o good title, The only camp nbout which there could’ bo any question was the Ruby camp, the most westerly of all, and the Indians themselves had repeatedly auld, during last summer, that thelr boundary ino Iny west of that, They would point out & mountaln range lying west, and: say; “That {6 the boundary ine” To substan- ilute this ha introduced the testimony of United States surveyors, He sald he be- Hioved Quray's band was in tho Thornbureh fight. One of hls proofs was a lutter w Uy Meskor a few days before. his death in Which he stated that some of tho fas Tinos Judians were there. Ouray has sald «MIS RELATIVE WERE KILLED by the soldiers, but no Indians were killed ekeopt An that fant Auntiee fmptom of 10 warelike proalivittes of the Indians, an their aversion to work, is showa in ths fuct that the reking taken in. hunting Inst yenr weighed but a fow pounds, while tn former yenrs they nagrenaied from 5,000 to 7,000 points, Ifo cited the testimony of Rock rounty people, who knew tho. White Rivor Utes well, and who say that w few days he- fore the fight a good many strange Indians were present. Ho read og stnte- ment af Col. Stecle,-of tha Mall Service, in whieltthe massacre was forecast, To en nil, he furnished the names of forty-five set- tlers who had been murdered by Indians slnce Inst summer, He snid the people of the border are now'n a state of extreme terror, ant look for an outbreak fn the spring, sud pointed out the danger that menaced tho milning-camps located southwest of Los Pinos, where ft Js impossible to Reb troup. moved for their protection at present, as the fighting force of the Ute nation Is new on the road by which those camps can bo reached. PACIFICO RAILNOADS. LEGISLATION THIS SESSION. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasninatos, D.C., Jan, 30-The Pacific Ratlroad Committee 1s likely to furnish Con- gress with some important business before the session ends. The goncral Impression that the Texas Pacific Railway Company has abandoned ail efforts to secura a subsidy is likely to turn owt to be erroncots, Tnflt- ences are notively at work to revive Its ‘claims, and, according to present Indications, they will he ngaln sfrenuously urged. ‘Che scheme for the extension of the thine of bulld- ing the Northern Pactfle Ratlroad In ordor to make the old land grant avaliable. Is also coming up, This Is belleved by a lnrgo part of Congress to ba an meritorious mensure, and §f Sf stood by tt- sel€ would probably receive favorable con- alderation, But there fs reason to belleve that the friends of the Texas Vaciid scheme aro rallying In force to oppose the Northern Paclfic schethe unless the other fsgngreed to also, The drift ts toward the formation of A 10G-NOLLING COMIINATION, which will atin to get both measures through orallow nelther to pass. It is dotermined, however, that both these matters shall be considered in the full Committee, which In- sures a degree of publicity and prevents the seeret and peculiar ways of bringing things ton pass whichare sometimes the effect of reference of iinpurtant matters to sub-com- mittees, Another measure of gront importance 13 the Sinking Fund bill, which the Committee proposes to report extending the provisions of the Thurman bill, passed two years ago, to three additional roads, namely: the Kansas Paelfie, the Central Branch of the Union Preffic, and the Sioux City Puclfic. ‘This ts in accordance with a recommendation which Judge French, Auditor, made in his report. There are members of Congress who favor extending tho operations of the Thurman bill to several other roads, some of them not yet in profitable operntion or even complcted, which would be serionsty crippled and eim- Darrussed by stich action. ‘ INTER-STATE COMMERCE, MI, RICE’S DILL. Apectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasitinaton, D, 0, Jan. 40,—The tele graph has already conveyed tha Information that the arguments of the railrond lawyers before the Commerce Committee have had 2 grent effect, and that there Is probability that the Committee maydecide upon the plan of a Conimission to supervise, or regulate, railways, There are several bills upon tho subject before the House. The bill to which Charles Franels Adains, Jr, has called the attention of snembers of the Committeo is the. Rico bill The exact nature of this Dill isexplained by Afr. Rice himself, who says that no system of arbitrary and {nilaxible reg- ulation can bo enacted Into law for the regu- lation and government of rallroads; that cir- cumstances are so different in regard to places, and to times, that what could be en- forced at one time and one place ought not to be enforced at nnother time and at another place, Different sensons of the year require a different railroad management. There are places which have natural advantages, and there are some persons who ‘ DO, A LANGER NUSINESS, |: than others, and who are entitled to the same advantage, Itscems to Mr. Rico that, although it !s right that there should be no discrimination between porsons and places almilarly altuated, and for contempornneous service, yet that any Iaw providing, for in- stance, that thers should be uo greater charge fora shorter than. for a longer dis- tunce, or that there should never be any re- bate, or drawback of any kind, could not be practically enforced; ALr. Rica recommends the establishment of a Board of ISupervisors usa Burenu of the Interior Department, to becomposed of thres men uppolnted by the Prestdent for one, two, and three eats respectively. ‘They shall sus pervise all the railroads” passing from one State or Territory to or through ond or more States or Territorics, or to or through any foreign country, or to whieh the United States have granted any loan, or credit, or subsidy In bonds or Iands, By this means interference ly avolded with rallronds. inn single State which have no intor-State clinr- acter, THE BALARY SHOULD BE SUFFICINNT to sedure men of charactor, who shall be ablo to cope with the persons employed by the rallroads. ‘Thoy shall see that all United States laws relating to railroads are enforced, and shall report te the Seeretary of the In- terior Noy. 1 of each year. ‘Thoy shall also Investinata allcomplalnts, ‘Tho Commission- erg shall have the power fo mitke recon mendations to tho railronds to do that which ought. to be done, and that, if the ratlrands should fall to de this, then ‘the Commtsston- era should report. the fact to Congress, and recomunend such legislation ns may be nec easary to correct these viointions of Jaw. Mr. Rico has put Into his bill provision that It shall boa unlawful for any person ene gaged {n the business of a common carrier to ake discrliniuations, and that it shall be un- Jawful to allow rebates, drawbacks, or other advantages for shippers, “STAR?? ROUTES. | GEN. BRADY'S VIEWS, Bpecial Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribuns Waatuxaron, D, 0., Jan, 80,—Gen. Brady was nsked to-day what renson there wns for the apprehension expressed “In many quar- tera thut the bill recently passed In, the House making all public highways postroads would lead to great wastefulness’In the admini{s- tration of the “star” routo sorvica, “No reason atall for it,” replied Gen, Brady. “Tho mensure dil not accord exactly with tho views of the Department, for it slmply enlarges our discretionary powers, and {thas been very conyvenlynt hitherto, in the face of the constant pressure brought to bear upon us, for au extension of. the ‘star’ service te have n fixed Init beyond which wo could not go. If the bill becomes alaw wo shall still be limited by the appro- pristion; but thoy sny we have been diare- garding that mit already, Tho fact 13, thero has never before been any systematic attempt to Improve and oxtend the ‘star’ service. Allour pogiat reforms have been in connec tion with the ratfroad servico and the city de- Nvory, Such excltoment has been made ayer the watter that we shall probably not attempt any further extension of the ‘star’ service unless Congress takes tho initiative,” Gen, Brady added that he regarded the vote in the House ns an expression of confidence on the part of that body,‘and sald he felt nee sured that the estimates submitted by tho Departinent would be appropriuted for by at Ieast a two-thirds vote, FINANCES. BUERMAN REFONY.THR BENATE COMSITTEE, 7 Special Dapateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, Wasiinatoy, D, O., Jan; 80.—At the inv tution of the Senate Committee on Finance, Sceretary Sherman spent severf hours be- forolt to-dny, answering freely questions put to him by Mr, Bayard, Cliairman, and others. -Ono of the principal topics of Inquiry was a3 tothe effect Mr, Bayard’s resolution woyld havo on National banks, The organizing act of -1864 authorizes redemption of Nationul+ bunk notes in lawful money of the United States, and the act of 16, creating legal tenderg, makes them lawful money aul a legaktender for -publle and private. debts, Secretary Sherman's interpretation of theso acts 14 that, should the legul- tender quality of greenbacks be with- 4 drawn, thoy would stl be lawful money, -days kep TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 and as such National banks might pay tholr notes with thom. This would, In. effect, mako the greonbacks' legal-tonder for Na- tlonal banks and not, for private eltizons, should the iegnl-tendar quality be withdrawn under the statute. Natlonal-bank notes are also legul-tender tor all dues from tho Gov- erninent, except Interest on the public debt. The Soerctary’s interprotation is not aecopted by most of those who believe in Bayard’s resolution, but so lgng as he ts.at the head of tho Treasury ho enn enforce it, Another subject talked of waa the effect of passing one of the numerous bills now beforo Cnsaress te recolye trade-dollars for standard dollars, RENATOR WALLACE 1A8 INTRODUCED abill making unstamped trade-dollars re- celvable for ‘subsidiiry colnnge. Secretary Sherman held that both propositions would have the effect of flooding the country with trade-dollars now held abroad In large quan: titles, Which would have to be pald for at the face value, mnking loss to. the Govern: ment of 10 per cent or more, “Tho subject of rofunding was also considered, and the Sec. retary gayo a detailed statement of the cost of refunding inds, Both the Secretary and tha Committee testre to revise the stenor- Tapher’s notes of what was satd, and the tables of fleures nro refused for publication, as to. trade-tlollars, was ascertained from the Seeretary that thore is a much larger nmount unstamped finn wos Bupr. psed, Senator Wallace’s hill provides only ‘or the exchange of unstamped dollars, It fs the custom of the Chinese Government to stamp trade-dollars, or, a3 itis there called, to *ehop” them, which makes them curren- ey. It was Supposed that most of the trade dollars that had. gone to that country had been “chopped,” but Mr, Sherman says that there is a very large amount held in Hong Kong unstamped, ant these would all bo sent hin for redemption should the Govern: ment offer to pay the dliference between thelr price and the priccof standard dollars or sith- sidlary coin, PRINTERS’ WAGES. THE TROUBLES OF TILE PUBLIC PRINTER, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WAsittnatoy, D. C., Jan. 80.—Joln D, De- frees, Public’ Printer, is hnving 0 contest with the Jabor unions here. Indignation meetings have receritly beon held,. in which the Government Printer has been denounced for, a8 ho says, * not squandering the public money.” Mr, Defrees will publish a card here to-morrow, which, apart from tho local struggle, contains some interesting Informa- tion as tothe prico of public printing and binding throughout the country. He says the prices prid are more liberal than anywhere else in the country, Compositors, who are employed by tho piece, are paid 40 cents per 1,000 ems, and such as do not work by the piece are pald 40 cants per hour, or $3,20 for a day of eight hours’ employment. Book- Dinders ore paid the same wages per hour and day, In answer to ingniries mado ns to tha wages pald compositor and bindeas in ater eltles, the following telegrams were re- evlyed: Davtinony, Md. Jan, 2.—-Forty cents por ooocms, . We Aurita Sue \ New York, Jan. 29.—We pny 40 conts per 1,000 oms. JonDAN L, Fon, New York Tribune. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Wo Pay, 88 cents per 1,000 ems, PnibuNe COMPANY, CrIncINNATI, O., Jau 2.—Wo oro paying 06 cents per 1,000 cms, . Oxzerte, The Natlonal Republican and Port of this clty pay 40 cents per 1,000ems. Dally pipers {u many of the Western States pay ut 25 cents, n New Your, Jan, 29.—Averago pay of book- bindars from “$2.00 to $0 for ton hours’ work. : ROBENQUEST, ° “Hanrent & Bros. J. B. Lippincot & Co., of Philadelphia, say it fs do nuch a question of skill and ablllty that an average is hnpossible. It will beseen that the wages pald compositors and binders are 25 per cont greater than paid by private. establishinents in this city and elsewhere, For Inbor, dono by compositors and binders, in December, the sum of £49,027 was pald, being $13,482 nore than was. paid by pri yate extablighmentSer Notwithstand|ng these exceedingly liberal wages, certain nilsehief- makin Eniployest vg nindo themselves bus; An stir! ng up disaté thetion because the holl- by the. Kxesutlye Departinent are not observed and paid for hy this ofilee. “CHINIQUL?? THE HISTORY OF THIS GRANT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, \WaAsninaTo, D, G,, Jan. 30.—The oneo much talked of “Chiriqul grant of Jand in New Grenada, extending from the Chiriqui Ingoon, on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Darien, across the Cordilleras to Golfito, at the head of the Gulf of Dulee, on the Pa- elfie Coaut, 18 agaln a tople of conversation here. ‘I'he authorities of New Grenada have assumed a hostilenttltude towardsthe United States, and evidently hope to see our Goy- eanment excluded from the construction of ant tntoroccante canal under the dlrectlon of M. De Lesseps, so that it may be well to con- sider tho feasibility of a route over territory already under the control of ottr citizeng. What !s known as the Chiriqul grant was formally made to Ambrose W. ‘Thompson and hig associates in 1864. In 1859 Secrotary Touley entered into a contract for a supply of con! for the navy, to be delivered from the mountain mines on the grantat ita Atlantic and Pacitic porta. EMINENT NAVAL OFFICERS reported fovorably on the quality of the cont and the practlenhiity, of delivering it, Tut the War of the Rebelilon came on, and the contract which the Secretary of the Navy had made was_not ratified by Congress, In 1882, Congress “having Appropriate a darge sum for the colonization of persons of Afrlean descent then residing In tis tistrict In some troplenl country, tn arrangement was mado with the owners of the Chiriqul grant to furnish lands for the proposed col- ony. Gen, Pomeroy, atterwards « Senator from Kansas, who ltt been connected with the Now England emigration to that State, offered to accompany the emigrants without charge, and $25,000 was advanced to lim from the ‘Treasury. tor the parcliags of supplies, ete, dust then the Minister from New Grenada protested against ta Inilnx of colored people, and in October, 183, Gov, Pomtroy was notified to dixeontinua opera- tlons until the Government of New Grenada should have given its consent. “This ended the exodus to Chirlaul, and it has always been asserted here that no account was ever sendered of the manner !n which the $25,000 was expended, ‘There have been sone sib. aun attempts to renew the conl contracts f 1854, but nothing hus ever been done. me THE EXODUS,: MORK TESTIMONY, — ~ : Wasutnaton, D, C., Jan, 80,—The Sonate Special Committea to-day resumed tho In- Yeatlgatian of the causea of the colored ox- ods. Charles 11, Otuy, who gave his direct testl- mopy last Monday, was the first witness, Ie was subjected ton rigorous cross-oxamina- tion by Senators Windom and Blalr, in the course of which he acknowledged he had ‘not heard any, ember of the Washington Emigrant Aid Soclety advise o diversion of tho exodus from Kansas to Indiana for polit- ical purposes, except Mendenhall, and coult not name any other Republican in Washing. ton outside of the Emigrant Ald Society who hod advised or promoted the exodus for political purposes. Me also- stated he had neyer heard of any colored men other than Perry, Willinms, and Evans, who were engagd in stirring up the colored people to emigrate from North Carolina, and he belleved thas the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, through their agents, are furnishing moncy to pay the traveling expenses of these men, and that the Company pays them 9 premiuin of $1 per head for each passenger obtuined, Ho belived the intelligent people of North Carolina, black and: white, Deinocrats anu Uepublicans, wero ~ OPFOsED TO THIS EXODUS, and understood the entire Democratic and colored press of North Carolina have been engaged in exploding the fulso statements sprend broadcast in that State by Perry jams, and Evans, Notwithstanding all these agencies engaged {h dissipating these*de- Jugtons, still the ignorant colored people are yotdeluded by thom. Four-tifths, however, of those ttt Bo pra Dubly c for othor reu- son than because thelr friends have goue, 5 bonitz, a resldent of Goldsboro and editor of a Democrativ paper there, wus next: 1880—SIXYEEN PAGES sworn: Hosald tt was dimenit to nssten ns reason for the exodus of the colored people from North Carolinn, 1 certainly was uot on account of oppression, and hers he took ocenston to indoray tho evldenca of OMincs and Otuy, so far as It related to the condition of the colored people of that State. fy refer. ence to the treatment} of colored feunle the fore the Courts, he eited several Instances, and stated that he canld cite many nore, to show where white Jurymen had shown striet Impartiality bi thelr decisions where colored men were on tri. Rare cases, he snid, mizht be instanced where severe penalties had been tinpased ipo both white and col- ored eltizens for petit Inreentes, In lls eross-examinetion he admitted there existed n belle? nmong some biaeks fwNor(h Caroling that the penal Iaws wero less sevora {n Indiana than in North Carolina, and thought this MAD ROMM BFFECT ° In influoncing the emigration of colored to that State, y »T, Lowmin, Sherif of Putnam County, Indiana, and a restdent of Greencastle, Ind, was sivarn, and produced a printed elreutar which heobtained from ongof the North Caro- lina emigrants after he hat arrived at re castle, ‘This circular, it was. afterwards preven by another witness, had been printed i) the office of tho Greencastle Banner dure ing the latter partof last July, and that tho ecitor of that paper, Mr. J, IL Chay, a colored man, was thoauthor of It. ‘Thiselreuiar, Lew= man sald he was Informed by the colored man who gave It to hin, liad been elreulated quite extensively among the colored people in North Carolina... 1t urges them to COME TO INDIANA, setting forth tho attractions of that State, atating Its climate was healthful; that frea schools for both races were malntained s that thore were numerous colored churches; and. that blacks and whites stand equal before the law, and also statlng that thousands of gond farmi-hands and house-servants could readily find employment at remunerative wages, aud espeelnily urging those who contemplate coining to do so" during the present summer and fall [of 1879] so as to get located In thie to make thelr contracts with farmers next vent,’ Adjourned, COMMITTER WORK. *" RENTUCKY CLAIMS, Wasinnaton, D.C., Jan, 80.—The Housa Committes on War Clatms to-day agreed to report favorably Representative Thompson's DU to declare the true intent and meaning of the act upproved June, 1872, which provides for relmbursing the Stataof Kentueky for Inoneys expended In equipping, paying, transporting, ete., the militia forces to ufd in suppressing the Rebellion, ‘The object of the Dil fs to include in the settlement tho ex- penses Incurred under the head of “arming,” such belng the Intention of Congress in the passnge of the original act. PURLIC RUILDINGS, Tho House Caminittee on Public Bulldings th Sirinds aera to-sias io report: fayora- ny on several bills providing for. approprin- tions for public bulldings i the PiToding places; One hundred thousand dollars for pubis building at Padueah, Ky., one-half of he appropriation te be expended the first yenrs and 3150,000 for a public building at Quincy, TIl,, $50,000 to be expended the first PENSIONS, The House Committes on Invalid Pensions, on motion of Mr. Caliwell, unanimously ngreed to~lay to the following resolution to govern tho considerdtion by the Comnilttee of tuvalld pensions: Teaolved, That alt pension claims of rn invalid churagtor shall be roported to date fram dis- charge, where the disability was lucurred previ- ous to dfacharge, and whoro the disability was incurred subscqucnt to discharge, from the date of aenplllts, and all gratuitous pensions shill date from the pnsauge of tho act. All widows’ pensions, where the husband -had been a pen- sloner, shall duto froni tha denth of the husband, and where the hushund had nut been a pension- er, from tho dato of disability. CENSUS, ‘The Senate Committee on Census met to- day and received a report from several sub- committecs on the nominations of Census Supervisors, : ‘Tbe Sppolniments for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,’ Mnssachusotis, and Rhode Island were reported back fayor- ably from the sub-committee, and so were all those for the Westorn States except three for Illinols, one for Towa, andone for Tennessee, which aro held by tho sub-committees for further Inquiry. Senator Kernan, who, has charge of the nominations for New York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, did not report on them to-day, nor were any of the Sonthern appointinents reported’ upon. It was agreed by com- mon consent that all the nominations reported from sub-committees to-~lay, In re- rd to nons of which there isany question of he personal fitness of the nominee, shall be immediately reported back to the Senate with a recommendation for confirination, but at tho same tlnesevernt Demoerntic members of the Comuittes took the ground that one- half of the Census Supervisors throughout the whole country ought to be selected: from the Democratic party, and they therefore re- served the right to disregard to-day's action of the Cominittes when the nominations coma up for consideration in the Senate. dications are that a strong movement will be made In the Senate ta have up all the census nomifnhtions for the present with a view to forcing an equal division of these appoint- ments etween the two grent polltient par- es, . SUGAR. TUR PENDING INVESTIGATION, Wasitnatoy, D, C,, Jan, #0.—The hearing on the sugar question was continued this morning by tha Committee on Ways and Means, . Menury A. Brown, ex-Treasury Agent, con- eluded his statement with experiments and demonstrations. showing how a high grade of sugnr can ‘be artificially colored so as to make It represent a low grade under the Dutch ‘standard, On being asked by Gar- fleld what course he would recommend the Committee to adopt, he sald he would recom- mend the. Committee to allow tho present tariff on sugar to romalnas it Is—-Duatch standard and all—and to add to the power of the Sccretary of: the ‘Treasury authority to employ polarization, which dlscovers Immic- lately the eryatallizable strength oud conse- quent market value of sugar, and also to em- ploy, whon he saw fy, an analysis In ordex to. F ‘ DETECT OTHER INGRENIENTS, in export of flne sugars, lest the Secretary In paying drawbacks should be paying a draw- back on sand andothor articles, In addition to that, he. suggested that all sugars, of all grades, should be grounitand brought to the consistency of the Duteh standard before be- ing appraised, r. French, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, then came before tho Committes and made 4 statement us tothe reasons which finpelled the Boorytnry of tho Treasury to issue orders {1 rear the appralsement of sugar, which had been so much complained of y Importers, Ile gave, + A ISTORY OF TWO KUOAR CARES, one in San Francisco and ono in Boston, In which the quostion of artificial d{scoloration of sugar was tried before the Courts, and from declstons in which cases hu deduced tie principle that the ‘Treasury Department was not only justitied but required to go be- hind the apparent coloring of sugar, and to ascertain tts real value, Slnco the adoption of the Dutch standard, the methods of munu- facturing sugar linve changed so that tho Dutch standard 1s not 8 true Ktandard, oven tf sugur is honestly made, Mr. French pro- duced and read ti the Committeen letter writ ten by Nathantel MeKay (who had appeared beforn the Committee two days ago and testl- fled that there was no fraudulent color- ing of sugar jn Demarara) to Sir SMichnel Wiikks Beach, the English Colonial Secretary, on the subject of his (MeKay’s) visit to ‘British Guians, in which Jetter Jie stated hu had been invested by the Committee on Ways and Means with seml- oficial outhority to make a thorough lnves- tgatlon Into the machinery and the processes of innking sugar in Demarura, with the sin- Klo purpose of establishing the fact whethor the artificial coloring of sugar Was practiced there, that his examination had PROVED A COMPLETA VINDICATION of the planters of Demarara, and ‘that when Congress convenod he would submit his ro- port to the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr, Garfield asked the Chairman whether MeKay had goue to Demurara us thongent of the Wuys and Means Committee, ‘The Chatnnun -stated that Mokay had nover been, elthor directly or fndlrectly, either officlally ar unofiiclally, quthorized by the Committao on Ways and Seans to go to Demerara or anywhere else, ¥ Mr, Gariuld further inquired whether any member‘ of the Committee knew: of AfeKay’s'| ving beon deguted for such pur; ye var cctioy sald dint he dia aoe ico wy ty buthe knew this, that when MeKa: Folug to Demerara, he had 2 note: from hin Kelloy) and from anothor member of the Jounitted nsking lin GléKny) to bestow, while In Demerara, such attention ashe could to the sugar question, and to {nvestl ale lt, Fle thought probably the’ Chairman pad given MeKuy such a lettey, The Ghatrmay stated thatat the last season of Commrens MeKay hind eatled on hin with letter from Kellen: whieh purported to be an Indorvement of lim (MeKny) ay to his fitel- gence, and Haters, and fitness for soma such dity; that he had agked lity conettrrenca In tho toitter, which he (he Chatrman) had refused. Subsequently, however, .at tho in stanes of Mr. Kelley, lie lad stated: in wril- ing that any fnforination that could he pro eutred relat to (ho sugar question would be of sorvice to tha Commiltice, | The Chairman asked MeKay whether he had had any other wuthorily than {hogy let- ters. MeKay replied that that wos all the authority he had had, but die thonght that was sufielent authority for him as a eltizen ofthe United States petting Demerara to make the Inquiry whieh: he lad made, Te sald he should Ifke to ATATE WHAT HE RSEW asto what Mr, French haddone tn regard to tho Demerara people, Te wanted to snythat French had fn the Custon-Iouse In New York two men from Demerara who had stolen, money from a sugnr estate, and that he had put then there six yenrs after the de- elglon of Perot’s case In Baltimore, Further discussion of this matter, whielt {threatened to. become rather personal, was forbidden by the Committee. 2 Further inquiry from Mr, French elicited the fact that the report of the Commiaston ap polnted by the colonial authdritics of Dene rane calablished conclusively the practica of the fraudulent coloration of Sits there, and was in direct contradiction of McKay's re- port. a Mr. Freneh also stated In response to ques- tans by Mr, Garfield that the effect of tha re- cent Treasury orders as to the appraisoment of suru had been very favorable to tho revenue, Adjourned, ————t APPROPRIATIONS. A LETTER FROM SECHETARY SHERMAN, Wasutnatos, D.C. dan. 30.—The follow- ing letter of the Secretary of tha ‘Irensury In regard to the repeal of certain permanent and Indefinit appropriations has been ad- dressed to the Hon, If, G. Davis, Chatrman of the Senate Connuittes on Appropriations: Stu: Referring to Renate bill No, 880, for the ronal of certain laws roluting to permanentand indetinit appropriations, recently submitted for: an expression of iny views regardlug [ts peels. fons, and for a statement of appropriations which will be affected thereby, T hive the honor tostate that, whilo tho system uf unimual appro- printions which = gives to Congress the Proper supervision ef all yy pensiatans nul expenditures is undoubtedly — core reet, {ts general adoption should ‘not be enforced withont nllowlyge aitticient [time fora proper vonatileration of the esthnates of amounts required ta. place the approprintions to bo re- penled, expecially so as tho estimates af the va- viow Puriments for the next year have been already Rubmitted to Congress, and in many buses reported upon by tho Committee having nin charge, — In view, wlso, of tho inconyen- co, 1f not ombnrrasaiment, that would fora te Uma fttend his change of system, {would ro- u spectfully recommend that the date of repel bo elunged to take effect from and after dune 50, 188}, which, Its bolieved, is aa enrly a date ns would bo wise to udopt for the repoal of so large aclass of approprintions, The following form af a bill, which provides for the disposition of such bulinees ng may re- main to the credit of these Apnenpriations nt tho expiration of tho perlod of Ibnitation, is be- fieved to cover more fully nll the pointe at issuc than tha one already infroduced. and It Is re- ppeeraily “ anggested that it bo substituted thoreforsyiz: A. BIN to repent cortain laws relating to porma- nentond indefinit appropriations, He tt enacted, etc, That all laws heretofore made for the appropriation of moneys from the generm) Treasury for permanent, specific, and ane indefinit objects, except so far 18 hoy provide approprintions for the sinking fund fortho payment of tho fntorcst, premium, or pune! palof tho public debt, or of the bonds ested to tho Pactile alirotd Eompaning, for expenses pertaining to tho refunding of the National dent, pot exceeding one-half of 1 por centum of tho bonds authorized by tho nota of duly 14, 1670, Jun, 20, 87%, and dian, 1, 1875, bo And the sumo aro hereby repented, to tako effect froin and after Juno:W), Lal; provided, that noth= tng in this act shall bo construed to interfora with the preacnt requirements of the law in re+ Intlon to the payment of anuuitics to Indians, or of any monoys revolved and held in tho nut- ure of ntrust fora specific par 080, or for an excoss of duties or taxes pald Into tho Trens- uryy and, provided further, tuat, tho pasnacneot exponditures which may. bo open Incurred within ono year prior to Jun 881, under any of tho appropriations uifected by this net; may bo made ut nny timo within one your after that date, at the expiration of which time any bat- anes romnlning unexpended of such lupproprine ons shall be carried to the surplus fund, Sze. 2, And beit further enacted, that nll_ a} proprintions herenfter to be mude shall romain avallabie for two years for the payment of ox-. penditures Properly incurred within the time for which thoy ure approprinted, except appro- rations for the construction of publio bulld- ness rivers and harbors, Mech paouaes and forts, which shall remuin avallable for a ike purpose for « period of four years, ut the expiration of whieh periods all hupenprie ions ‘or balancea of appropriations which stu! have been upon the books of the Treasury for silt) periods of two and four years respectively ahull be carried to tho surplus find, and, with the exception of the ap- propriations for tho public debt, the Limitations erein pliced upon the expend|tures ahall apply et nuprupriation® now upon the books of the SUSY, Szu. 3. And be it further enacted that 1t shall ‘bo the duty of the bonds of the several depurt- monta of the Governmont to include in thoir an- nual cstinates of the amounts required for ex- penditure under the appropriations affected by thig not for the service for the fiscal year 1882, and annually thoreafter, Bro. 4. And be st furthor enacted that all laws or paris of luws Incouslstent with the provisions of this not be, and gnme are hereby, repenied. /Accompnnying the letter Js a long schedule of appraprintions which witl be affected by the proposed bill, as well as those excepted from Its operations, WAR. BHAT, WE WAVE ONE OVER THR INTER- OCEANIC CANAL? - Dispatch to Cineinnatl Enquirer, Wasninaron, D.C. Jan, 20,—Some days ago [telegraphed the Enqutrer that n letter had been recelyed by one quite prominent In New York that England, France, and Gor- many had formed an alliance, and Intended to construct, under European auspices, 2 ship eanal over the Isthmus by the Panama route, Sineethen facts haye cropped ont which leave the decided finpresston that Bee- retary Eyarts is awareof such an Intention on the Park of the aforesaid combined Pow= ors, and ig preparing the way to piteo this Government Inn position to ‘checkmate the Europenn scheme, ‘The intention of the Euro- ean combination is alleged to be to @roceed jo construet a canal across the Isthimts, and to do t¢ in snueh on audacious “way that tho United States will either be compelled to taka the offensive or to submit to a very. humillating National Indignity, It ts sald, upon gery Hoot fiuthority, that within a few days Capt. Eads, of jetty’ fame, Isto have an audlence with Secretaries Kynrts and Thompson, at tha request of the Sec- retary af State, Mr, Evarts’ plan is to adopt the Ends’ scheme of the hydraullo dock By's- tem, and convey ships across the isthmus by carrying thei over the dry land by a sys fein of docks from ocean to ocean. 1 Is eluaimed that the plan Is practicable, and that Stean be developed and carried into effect qunch sooner than a canal can beconstricted, Tho great point Mr, Evarts deslres Is to be- gin the work, and fet in ahead of any for- and then sien Power, if such | latter Powers, elthor singly or allled, en- deavor to construct a ennat ft: will bo forced to take the offensiye and leave this Government on tho defensive. In short, Sve- retary Evarts profers that IC an Interocennio panal project is to lnyolye the United States nn forelen war, the foreign Power shall bu thonggressor, and this Government assime the defensive. in tha connection the follaw- (ng extract from Senator Bayard’s speech on he auttlegal-tonder resolution Ja rather slx- “There ig no cloud of war now upon the horlzow, but who can tell when ft may arise? Tho scheme of uniting the two greaf oceans by a canal across the Isthmus on the sonth- em border of this Continent is one of workt-wide importance, and the heart of every American proclaims that it is to be under the control of the Govern- ment of tha United States, Our power may questioned, but it will be maln- talned. Kyery counsol of wisdom, thorefore, exhorts us to‘ selze the day,’ and In time of peace prepare for war, for it is the surest rn nay adi tay thatthe. gentleman in N add, foo, that entloman in New York who Is advised of the reported forelgn alliance hos a letter from 4 European source which says there 14 agreat pro! ablitt rota foreign war with the United States wit! in the next sly months, NOTHS AND NIWS, * THB PANOCHY GRANT, = Special Dupateh to The Chtcagg Tribune, :Wasuinapon,; Dy ©., Jan. 30.—LPho Preal- dent signed to-day the patent -for the grunt land in California elatmed hy tho ¥, Tdrin Quieksllver Mining Company, Fis ending, so far ns the Executive t¢ concer hoy tho famougy McQarrahan ense, ‘Vis suby hina ecrupled tho attention of the met for about a quarter of cui ant lins been the subject of dlectsiony 2 Scores of subordinate edurts nnd fially it the Supreme Court of the United Slates. H has been discussed and reported upon every Congress since the Republicans Py Bulneil control of that body before thy re It ns heen protific of scandals, andl has hee the direct canse of the Tetlroment at longt two Cablnet Ministers and Scores ut Congressmen, and other public nen. hae been publicly neeuscd of Bethury ln conn’ Jon with it, ‘Tho present Adhministration’® eelved tho minticr ns in legacy. from id Grant, and has had it under conalderatt nearly tires years, ‘The dellvery at the ig stint importance’ San event of uy NEW IDRIA. To the Western Auroctated Press, Wasitnatos, D.C, din. 30.—) was slaned and delivered to-da route ddrin Mining Company for 1 met Grande quicksllyor iniie In Calltoranat ete Apnlicution of the New Idrla Company by hint been amended so ns to conform wit Schurz's opinion published Jn July Jast, 4 ‘AiMeapts HENO'S CASE. though no oMcial confrinatto obtained as yot of tho story that thee which has been investigating the char, in neninst Maj. Reno have recommended dismissal, the Hecurnoy of this report ty. erally conoeded, and [bia further atated tin. ofielally however, that Gen, Sherman favor: Q milder course, and will recommend thi Maj, Reno be suspended for one yeur, ? THE DENVER MINT, Tho Secretary of tho ‘Treasury hy creased the bullion fund of the Denver ae and snthorized the pacreluuag Of te ver by tho assayer in charge bn lots 10,000 ounces. ee *essthay THE RECORD, TOUBF, Wasutnatox, D.C, Jan. 20.—Mr. ory offered n resolution instructing the Commtttes on Railways and Canals to Inquire Into tha expediency of providing fora. survey to ty certain the practicnbillty of constructing y ahipeanal from ‘Toledo, 0., to the navigably waters of the Wabash River at or ney Lafayatte, Ind. Referred, : Mr. Shallenberger introduced a bill dite: Ing the Comnilssioner of Agriculture to at. tend In person, or by deputy, tho Intend tlonal Shicep and Wool Show, to be held in Philadelphia in September next. Referred, Mr. Acklen rose to a persounl explanathy, and rend extracts from tho Detrolt Post and New York Heratd, charging him with hay. ing, during absence from the House of mem bers of tho Committee on Foreign Affatrs, of which Committee he was not a member, mais areport purporting to be the report of that Committos on tho Nicaraguan Clatms bil, Which was referred to the Committes of thy Whole. He claimed this was a perversion ot tho facts, and asked tho Commltten on For eign Affairs to examine as to the truth of rales sat tho charges, His request was prantend. Mr. artis, from the Committes on Naral Affulrs, reported a bill providing nv perme nent construction fund for the navy. Ree ferred to the Committeo of the Whole. Mr. Valentine asked leave to oller a reso lution instructing the: Appropriation Com iittes to report the Post-Ofiico Defielency bin, with the exception of theltems of "star? serviee, by the 5th of February, ‘Mr Blackburn objected. Mr. Buckner introduced a bill reduelng the expenditures ofthe Government In Tighting public buildings, Jeferred, ‘The House then resumed. consideration of the conference report on tho bill providing for Circuit and District Courts at Columbus O., and aftern short discussion tho report was nereed to, ‘The Speaker proceeded to call the Commlh tees for reports ofa private nature. Mr. Knott, Chairman of the Committee oa the Judlelary, isportarl f Dill removing th political disabilities of Willam 3, ‘Tallix ‘erro, of Virginia. Mr, Conger ppposed tho:bill on the grount that in his petition the petitioner referred to the Inte War as tho “ war between the Sout! ern States and the Unilted States,” instead! as the “War of tho Rebetion.” ‘The Spenker thotght that the tone of thy petition did not exhibit any dlspositlon on the part of the petitioner to be Asperet Jeal, Jt wasin the usual form, The Chale was nlways on the side of pensioners and{s. favor of relieving disabilities. Mr, Conger—1 do not rank the penstonery and those who ask amnesty in the same cla, ‘The Speaker—The Chair would erect thea all_to full eltizenship, and thosé who hast suffored ho would hava pensloned, The bit was finally passed,—yens, 13% nae, Bn nuinber of Re ublicans votlg with the Democrats in the ailinnat {ve. Mr, Conger objected to the ashes of tha Dil removing. the politicul disabilities of John Owens, of Virginia, and demanded the yest aod nay, pending which the morning hour expired, in motlon of Mr, Ifunton, the Senste amendments to the Tousa.blll making appro printions for filling up ond draining th grounds south of the Capitol grounds wera concurred in, ‘The House then went into Committee of the Wholo (Mr, Mitchell In the chatr) on th private calendar, ‘The first bill on the calendar was for the relief of certain citizens of Lynchburg, Vs and refunding to them taxes {Improperly cok lected from them on manufactured tobacco ‘The bill Involved the amount of $26, was debated at length and Infd aside to be favorably reported, a The Committes then rose, and the Houo adjourned, 3 A RUNAWAY COUPLE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunt. Broosrnaton, I, Jan, 30,—To-day a rum away couple from Crawvfordayllle, Ind., were arrested by City-Marshal Mfiller upon a tele gram from Thomas Collins, tho father of the girl, Jennio Collins, a well-known and bea tiful young soclety belle of Crawfordsvillt who eloped with o young man named Jl Simpson on Thursilay from that uty er arriving !n this city they attempted to pre cure amarringe-license, bit the Clerk ref to grant one for the rengon that the girl ws not of the necessary nge prescribed yy law of INinols. The young lnuly's father telegrapherd.that ha would arriye in Bloom joaten on tho eorlymorninig, train to-morrow to take his daughter home: - COAL, PALADELPHTA, Jan, 30,—Tho Lehigh Coal Exchango tis afternoon decided to makes? change In lino and elty prices for Februamh except an advanco of 25 cents per ton in fut nace, “It was contended that tho iron trade was In tho best condition to bear any Incre in. price which the market should warran! WILADELPINA, Jan, 80,—The Coal Com mittecs hinve decided that the old, rates a production,at the. mines be maintained no present, SUICIDE, Crxcinnati, Jan, 80,—An unknown mat evidently aschool-teachor, from loss Count® Ohio, committed sulcide this morning at Stonewall House, one mile from Covingtomy Ky, The card on his person had hig nsoe cutout, but acertificate was fc shor that he had taught one jweek—Dew. 20 to 7 a—In Twin Township, Ross County, oO. 4 was about 23 years of age, and dl ed 0! senle, — BIG SALVAGE. Naw Onreans, Jan, 80.—Tho attorney fot the tow-boata estimates. the sslvase © against the steamsh{p Loutsiana and cere at from $200,000 to $300,000, mad Want Mutual Satisfactlone San Franclsco News-Letter. : aio Collowlay. pdvortiucments aro taken {rom ano t rary! Nithe yentloman who sus down ons creat ty ina Murkot.streot car {8 known to tho bbe who bad just purchuacd it, and oven thaue: ot may have tla regard for tho byngry orphans ey whom it was destine@,ho is urged 10 a Tse ront 1.0 and the oxpense of this adver |, ment to the business office of this papery the oxpoaura which will fallow of bis disse conduct" 4 curnsl Hight underneath ft, this Janus of J nine eviduntly scor pis she innoy of tho other ug the subjoined will testify: “It tho wllghtly-intostented Indy. who allowed -ngontlemun ta spoll a 10 par 0 bearer a by plucing s lotof sjush, wrapped up on tho seut bo was about to ecu py, docs. CH Inedintely romlt that amount to the care? as olBvo, u full wccount, of aa shortly be glyon to the pres,"