Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1880, Page 1

“VOLUME XL, PARASOLS. / (RAND DISPLAY PARASOLS. Will Display This Morning TARE NOVELTIES Rich Parasols, ORIENTAL DESIGNS, - Embracing the finest collec- tion ever shown, con- i sisting of Hveade, Satin, and Si, \GHANGEABLE EFFECTS, Sin Umbrellas, IN ENDLESS VARIETY, Handles of Unique Designs, AT OUR USUAL LOWEST PRICES. Mandel Bros., 121 & 123 STATE-ST. Michigan-av. and 22d st. PROPOSALS. er teh ORATOR) MOFOSALS FOR ARMY THANSPOR- * Panton Moadquarters Dapartmont of the Platte, 5 Ofico Chick Quartormastoy, Vonr OMAIA, NEB. Marci Ei 130. SEALED PROPOBAL.S in tipllents, subloct to tho usual conditions, wiil be racolved at this oMce, un iFo'eloek, u00n, on Tuceday, April 19, 180, uratiho sane hour (atiawing for the diferonice in thine), atthe Of th Dapat Quartermasters at Cheyenne and places tod time they wiil bu opened & the presence of bidders, forthe franeportal not Huppites on the following doxcribed itoutes rimuntof the Patte during the fiscal year commenclog July, set, and ending June a 18s ¥rom Grand tefand on U.P. 1t, #., to now Post, Fort Slobrara, Nebrasks. From Oakdalo, Nebraska, or weatern tarminus Sioux Oly & Pacific It, it. to now Post, Fort Niobrara, Neb. pfrmtidney, Nebraska, to Fort Itobinson and Camp abiTaa) Fra Choyonine Hopat. Wyoming Ty. to Korte Lara- 3 ie Ty. Ke Niation, U. 1 HI, Wo Farts Fete inney, Wyom! a rom Hamline or onier slationwon tha U, Ps Th Ty Yashukto, Wroming fot wie i southern cerns ‘of Utah Southorn BR, R. to Ho le From Hawing or ‘Fort Fred. Stools, Wyoming Ty. Peamp ‘On Snake River, Wyoming Ty., and Camp on nite Kiver, Cot ator roposals for trnnsportavion on any of the routes above named will ba recoived, any Mevermant, resorves the right to rojectany or ‘ n. Payment for the service depends upon a future ap- ‘Dropriation for the purpose by Congress. - Each proposal muss be In triplicate, separate, for {ach route, atid accompanied by a bund in the num of fve hundred dolines-(&40) axocutad strictly inaccords 2nce with the printed Instructions, and upon the biank furnished undar this ad~ertisemont, guarantoes the part; inking the proposn) shal graw the name within @daya from the date announced rai ining Shem} and. that ie sald proy F nd @ contrac Rereunder, ue will within 10 it Within the @) daya auove montis furnish good and autictent svcurity, a the falthful performance of tho contract. Blank pri f contract, and ‘once, for rinted clr eat : Mannt Li ing, conditions to be observed by bid- ters and torma of Eonttuct and payment, will be fur Rabed on application to tits altico, or ta'the omices af the Dopot Quartermasters at Cheyanne aud Oxden, ofizelonee containing praporslasiiould ue markeds Proposals for Transportation from —— to ——" AM. I, LUDINUTON, Chlof Quartormaster, DEVAUTHENT OF THE INTRRIOL, é - OPVICE oF INDIAN APEATIS, Wasiinotoy, 1), C., March 8, 13%, Beyled Proposals (indorsed proposals for sugar, cof- fee, £0.28 tho case way bo) addrossod to the am~ ‘alsstongr of Indian Atinirs, Non. 8 and 67 Woortor pire . Wil] ba rocelyod up ta I o’eluck o K tats io coffen; 400 paunda of Colony toa; 4.700 pounds of fo Tate of dounte harneks with, and lWnets Hibout, brosching; ahd SH farm wagons (140 ttiraa pada quarior incl al Chicana, 2 of which with Call- fomlabraxe and iéwith ordinary brakes (0 threa- ch and Wiwo and throo-quartur inch, at Karsna Cyt 0 thi and a fel at ploux Citys 2) or ine! u . Hididers for wagons will state, sep. hte price ench fur wupebox, vpring seat vad maand IU ox. duck covers. peanitaciors for auyar, cuffoe ton, and tobacco will Fequirod W make dalivery Immediately upon tho poruval of thelr contracts, und those for ‘vaKons And. ness within thirty days therenfter. rird or all Pids or any part of any bid, will bo relocted if dew for fae best ntoroala of iho G o il be roserved to, increaso or diniinish the TCE aE STERAPRED Inlah the amount specitiod in sDY contract (o an extant not oxcocding twenty-tve thi all with brake Maloly, bome ead nf tates ‘award shall fall to uxe od and sufticlont iis bid; others ia nat accome ba consid Arran nnn nnrmnna mene Qvrice or Thu Nowriweareny GRAND ; TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY, Jun, 13, 1. uence arabE iter. onser of he Hard of Dis thal lal ineatiny 6 noek| olders of the Colnpe en called by the clock: convene on thy Sih of March noxt, nt a In the attarnoon, at the Patmur Huuso, {i tho inthe diate of Hiinuis, ‘The object alder the question of the desirablilty olldaaiie ghie: Corpuraticn ead tia ens franctises with the Ine way Couupanythe Michigan itallway Com: + PAR Lie Chieago # Nustbeastorn Maliroad Company, a the Noriuwestern Grand Truwe iallway Cows by (in Michigan), ang Whather or not.un aursomont ‘ , which lia been executed by Ruthorit x Stockholders’ consent Al ty, VERY sore - CRLLULOID GOODS. OELLULOID (Water-proof Lin- _ £2) Custs, Collars,and Bosoms. Pricé ts and Goods sent by mail, Cait Sraitaress BARNES’ Hat Store, 86 ddlson-st, Tribune Bullding. g RDS GERMAN CANARIES, EEE a, bag ali gther kinds, CagesGold CLOTHING. 000 = Bald Heads WANTED for Advertising Pur- poses, * Rentals will be pro-rated according to the size and finish of the heads presented. Gents who. are constantly attending concerts, theatres, churches, and public au- diences can, of course, demand the highest prises. Stencils and indel- ible ink will be ready jn due time. Apply at once to A. J, NUTTING "& CO. . 0. D. ARTISTIC TAILORS AND FINE CLOTHIERS, 104 & 106 Madison-st. We are determined that the world shall know of our FINE MEN'S CLOTHING, FINE BOYS’ CLOTHING, FINE FURNISHING GOODS, and FINE GUSTOM TAILORING; For doubtless these self-same Bald Heads will some of them go to ev- ery. Grand Diversion of the Globe. **Bald Heads are restless fellows, you know.” We'll pay you a good price, gentlemen, for this desolate waste on your craniums, A.J. NUTTING & 00, Tailors, Clothiers, and Furnishers, FINANCIAL TO LOAN Ai 6 Per Ct. WE TIAVE A SPECIAL. FUND OF $38,000.00, Which we can toan on choico Improved City Heal Es- fate at Six por cent, in aumy to sult—not less thai fou, Tho monoy iain hund, und Jonns can bu prompt y closed, Only first-class applications ontertainod. TURNER & HOND, 1023 Washington-at, ST. JACOBS OL, .| oR et ARR car ARN StJacobs Oil The Great German Remedy, Ts concoded to be tho most romarknblo pain ralloy~ ing and healing modicino ovor brought to tho notice of the people, It's daily relloving thousands of patn, and Its cures oro astonishing to sycrybudy. Thoso sufforing bodily pain induced by auch aliments as Rheumatism,Neuratain, Backache, Toothacho, Sprains, Sores, Swollings, Chilblains, Chapped Hands, and aimflar troubles, can have choap proof of these assor- tlons by procuring a battle of : ST. JACOBS OIL, Costing but 50 cents. Directions in clovon languages accompany evory Dottle, Alldrugglata kuop it, Prof, 0, 0, NUPLESSIS, Mannger of the Chiengo Gymnastum, says: "Wo uso tt in prof erenco to everything wo know of or have ovor triod.” DIRAWING INSTIRUMEN'TS, DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS, ROID BAROMETERS, Microscopes, Telescopes, Field Glasses, Magic Lanterns. és JAMES W. UEEN &CO0. 024 Chesnat-at., Philadelphla, Pa, Catalogues sent an appiication, Part 1—Batiomstl t2-Oprieal tnmrumetitn, 1 pesene Vart 3~Mavio Lanterns, 140 pagas, Part ¢—Ditioxaptleal Apparntiis, 18 pager. TO RENT, TO RENT. pare ui tha Gout Bide “orth athe Mont enaaese on the ite Tionth, Posessionyryen Ape it) vette $0 por, AND FOR SALE. A three-story brick houso.with all modern i ° monts on ond of the best South Side avenues ere 8. D. WARD, Moow 11, 14 bake-st. BICYCLES. Celebrated Bicycles, HE STANDARD OF BXCELLENCE IN A BI OYCLE, xtreme righdity combinod with inddorate wolutity thy isolation of er from all meiatiic vibration; case and puwer of running; closeness uf bulld and elegance of farm: best watoriule and wark ria) cial that the combination of patvnts ‘of which we control the monupily te necessary to realizy thia high standard, aud that without then tt 16 inpossible wo sual beat Meycle in the market. Fully iiuatrated prico-list froe on application, lal terras lo Amorican purchasers, irst-olass Agonis wanted throughout the Union, ‘The Corentry Machinista’ Company, Lind, Corentry, England, ‘The original makore of the Moyely In Groat Britain, London Om Holborn Viaduct, B, f OPTICAL GOODS, BI yy all his on sel Pr ent das lich cr mer eerag irene Eroncopes; Darureters, etc. STATIONERY, &c. BLANK ‘BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING, Allot Buperior Mty and at Low Prices, at si WW JON Miobery end Printing Co, oie NE Bae onioe aud Dearbornals Che Chicago Daily Tribune, | 16, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. TUESDAY, WASHINGTON. Maj. Reno Once More Pre- sented to the President for Leniency, Gen. Sherman Recommending that He Bo Not Dismissed tho Service, But’ Suspended, Fined, Dropped Back in’ His Rank’s Files. and Senator Davis’ Speech in Favor of Repealing the Duty on Paper, The “Star” Routes Deficiency Considered in the Senate Yesterday. Tho Post-Office Department Severely . Censured for Its Manage- ment. Probability of tho Government Printing-Oflice Being Obliged to Close, The Usual Batch of Supreme Court Decisions Delivered Yesterday. A Bill Introduced to Give Arkansas a Fat Slice of Swamp Lands. MAJ. RENO. WHAT I WAS CONVICTED OF. Speeiat Diapateh to The Chteago Tribune, Wasuinaton, D. C., March 1i—The facta as shown by tho record in the caso of Maj. Reno have become known, and they disclose natate of affairs quite different from those” supposed to exist, He does not stand con- victed of ‘conducts unbecoming on officer and gentleman,” as has been supposed, but of “conduct to tho, prejudice of good order and nilitary. discipline.” Ife was arrested. upon the former charge, and specifications were preferred under it. Upon these he was found not guilty, aud the additional charge: of “conduct unbecoming an officer” was: then preferred, and on this he was found guilty and sentenced, but recommended tomercy. Gen. Terry disapproved this on tho ground that the finding should have been not guilty to this charge. 'This Is THE FINST CASE ON RECORD, where the sentence of dismissal has been in- ilcted for the charge of “conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline,” The following are the official Indorsements on tho record in tho case; tet 'The Court having thus peformod the painful duty of awarding punishment in strict con- formity of an article of war which deprives us of ull diserationary power, begs leave to recor mend tho case of Maj. Reno, Soventh Cavalry, to tho merciful consideration of tho confirming authority, W. HL, Woop, Ralonol Eloyonth infantry. od. D. Lew Surgeon and Brevet 8. Connan, Major Seventeenth Infantry, + Jd. ALUXANDEM, Lioutenant-Colonet eect Cavalry. Major Sixth Ihfantry. Upon reaching Gen. Terry, he indorsed the papers as follows; te Heapguanrnits Deranttenr ov Dakora, Sr. PAUL, Mint. ‘Jun, 10, 1880.—The foregoing pro- ccedinga fu the caso of Maj. M.A, Heno, Seventh Cavulry, ure approved. "Tha findings of tha Ne Colonel, Court” upon the final charge | and ite specifications aro also upproved. “Tho find- jug of guilty upon tho specification to tho second additionul charge mikes oxception to those portions of this specification which char- uctorizes the netaof Maj, Reno as especially un- becoming au oflicer und a xentieman, and of these portions it wpecittcally finds him not guilty, The conduct of which Muj, Keno was found guilty, while unquestionably very Improper and ungentlenanly, docs nut seem to fall within the pst ordeal of war, na that article ia interpreted y Writers onsnilitary law, and aa it his yenoral- ly boon conatrued by courts-martial, Itis agreed on ull bans that it is not overy ungentlo- manly action that Gg eae un oficer to trial under thia articte. It Is an action so une becoming un ollicar and a gentteman that a por aon guilty of It 1s no lunger it to hold 2 eominia~ sion, hile tho Court has tound Maj, Reno guilty of tho additional charge, it is ‘avidont that i lurge majority of its mombors who signed the reeommondation to morcy, which js ap> pended to the record, did not think that the con- duet of which Maj, Heny had been fuund gullty waa such us to unit him to hold bis commis: sion, for thoy any that thoy havo “ porformod the puinful duty of awarding punishment in strict confernilty to an articty of “war which do- prives thom of ‘ull discretionary power," and thoy * beg lenye to recommend Tho cuge of Maj, Hono to the meroiful conslderation of the con- firming wuthority.” Such boing tho view takon of the.cuse by those members yf tho Court, tho Andings BRon this oburgu should not haye boon fullty. with w recommendation to mercy; but tt tehoutd have boun not muilty to tho ‘charie, Therefore, tho nding upon the specitication to the additionol charge ty approved, but tho tnd- dug upon the additional charge [tect fs disap: proved, The sontoncu la manifestly exoodatye aga punishmont for the acts of which Maj, Reno waa found guilty under tho fratcharye and ite Specifications, but, ny 1 have no power to mod. ify tt, and as iny dluupprayal of jt would put an end to the enae, loaving df}, Reno without, aay Puen whatover, | formally approve it, loln, bowover, in the recommondition of tho mmasority of the members of the Court that ft bo modified. Tinvito attention to tho inctosed ro- ylow of the ease by tho Judge-Adyocate (Col. Barr) of the Department. Thu record Is reapceat- fully forwarded for tho action of the ¥ dont, Auynep I, Teny, Drigadler-Goneru), Commanding. - ® Gon. Sherman indorses, as follows: Hxapquarrens oy THE Ansty, Jan, £0, 1880.— Tn viow of the recommendution of the members of the General Court-Murtint In the yuso of Maj, Heno, and of the cot ving in commendation Of the Departinont Commander, it is respect. fully recommended that the sentence of the Court bo modified to a suupension from coin: mand furthe spuce of one yeur, with u low of half pay, and thut during the te of such sus- enelow Muj. teno bo confined to the fiuits of ho Post where the headquurtors of his regis ment unny bo, and that ho be reduced five tiles in the list of Afujors of Cuvulry, ‘W, &. SuznMan, General. The case, with thesp several favorable reconnnendations, ts now before the Presl- dent upon question of modifying the sens tence of dismissal. ae “STAR” ROUTES, TUE DEBATE IN THE SENATE, Special Duapatch to The Chtcago Tribune, Wasuixaton, D, ©, March 18—Tho “star” route investigation, which has beon pending for so long a thuo in the House, was tukon up today for the first thue in: the Benate. Itis very evident from the tone ot the debate thus for that the appropriation will be passed, while at the same time there will be a somewhnt ostentatious display of economy on behal£ of those who will oppose it to some extent in words, but finally vote for it. Senator Wallace, who reported the bill, defended the preamble which so severely censures Assistant Postmaster-Gon- eral Brady, and which hag been yegarded by many as anudelicate preaipblo for the Son MARCH ate to adopt, In view of the fact that that body may subsequently be called upon to sit in Brady's case ns a courtof impeachment, Mr. Wallace, like many others, was opposed tothe bill on princtple, but intends to yote the money, Senator Maxey, of Texas, ADYOCATED THF APPROPRIATION, He went badk to the daysof Willlam II, Sew- ard to show that the Senate had always nd- vocated the extensions of the mall service by thess “star” routes, Ho clatned that Representative Reagan, of Texas, was tho father of three-cent postage and other postal reforms, ond he urged the appropriations as necessary to tho development of the West and Southwest, Senator Beck, of Kentucky, replied In one of his sledgehammer argu- ments, in which he hit the Post-Office De- partment many hinrd blows, although he ex- pressed tho highest confidence In the honesty and litegrity of Postmaster-General Key, He had not coneluded -his remarks when tho Senate went into executive sexston, THE DEFICIENCY BItt. To the Western Assoctated Press. Wasinxaton, -D. C.. March 1%.—In the Senate this forenoon consideration was re- sumed of the “Star”-Route Deficiency Ap- propriation bill, Tho preamble recites that the deficiency is caused by the Post-OMice Department disregarding tholaw prohibiting expenditure In excess of the appropriation, or making contracts Involving the Govern- iment for the payment of money in excess of the appropriation, which deficiency, unless supplied, threatens to deprive the people of tha necessary mall services to which they are entitled. It therefore enacts that $1,100,000, orso much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to meet the expenses of inland mall transportation on“ star” routes for tho remainder of the current fiscal year. During the remainder of the year no further expe- diting of the service or the increase of trips on any “star” route shall bo made. ‘Tho further sum of $100,000 is also appro- priated for placing the naw service, accord- ing to law, provided that the Postmaster- General shail hereafter havo. the power to expedite nny contract, either now existing or hereafter given, to a rate of pay not exceed- ing 50 per centum upon the contract as orig- inally let. Mr, Wallace explained the bill, and gave the views of the Committee. The Postmaster- General on Dee. 8 sald. the deficiency was $1,720,000, and asked an appropriation of 2,000,000 to cover it, The Sixth Auditor says $1,155,000 will cover It. “These ore VERY STRANGE FIGURES. They demonstrate that elther the Post-OMice Department did not know its own needs, or the Sixth Auditor of the; Treasury aocs not know what the service needs for its: com ple- tion to the end of the year, for there isn difference of $505,000 between their estlinates, The conclusion $s forced upon us that they did not know their own wants, or else had Rome other purpose to serve in the increase or expedition of the service, and proposed to have enough money to :do all the Depart- ment saw fit to do dtiring the year, 16 ig our duty, of course, to take acharitable view of the subject, aud the Cons ttes simply call attention to the discrepnivy in figures. ‘Lhe. Senate appropriates $1,110,000, the amount shown to be sulli¢ient: by the Sixth Auditor, so that fram’ every. standpoint. the Senate bill is better thon the House vill, The people want fast. malls, ‘and contractors hi good falth should.not suffer by the reason of Wrong action by the Government. . It is bet ter for us to wait until we put our hand * ON THE WRONGDIER, - and discover where; corgupion - oxists, if it does exist, and then pune contractor or oficer found guilty. ‘e did not fecl ware minted, it -the absence of any proof of troud, or. vorrupt. conduct, fu ¢airfking down these, contracts, At the sama tline, lot the House continue its search for tho thicves, and it thoy find ‘them the Senate Committes on Ap- propriations will be first, without distinction of party, to punish the scoundro!s, whether in: the Department or dutofit. When tue wrong - is found, the Senate, acting in its .judicial capacity, will be ready to strike, 1 huve no doubt, [have no de fense of tho Post-Oftice Depnartinent for. these unrefiable figures, for the ittempt to spend more money than the law authorized. tthe simple fact that there is in this case n requirement .that on on its present basis, and that thero: {fs ono ground. in fact or law for stopping the service, warranted us in reporting the Dill as we have, and sustain the contracts to the end of the year; and if we find, before the bill forthe next year is completed, that these wrongs: do exist, and that any of these. people are connected with them, I will be tho tirst to ald in forfelting any contracts so held. But we belleve the demands of business require the service to be kept up; and, in the absence of proof of cor- ruption we make no charges, but slmply re- turn the amended bill and ask its passage. Mr. Muxey supported the bill as amended, but did not concur In the preamble, ‘Lhe Postmaster-General had acted under law. If the law was a bad one, it should be repeated, ‘That was for Unngress to decide, but tho Postinaster-General should | not ba nc. eused of crimedin exercising the discretion vested in him, ‘here had been much said about sume of these routes, tha Yuin route espeelally. He himself was ‘probably, more than any other man, respousiblo for the in- crease on that route. He and other Rupre- sentatives of that country had urged the in- creago on the Postmaster-General, He had franted it, and the result had fully justified his action, for that soulltey was being settled up with remarkable ropidity, Congress was doing a good thing forthe wiole people in extending mall facitittes and helping to bulla the country up, iG Mr. Beck Insisied that tho preamble was justified by the facts. ‘The Postinaster-Gen- eral was required to furnish estinaws for the existing service, and what he thought neeessiry for inereage, He sald $500,000 was sufictent, and Congress gave him every dol- Jar that he asked. ght days utterward he called attention to the deticlency for the “star” service, and ASKED For $3,200,000 mon, Shortly after the Sixth Auditor sald 81,155,- 000 was cnotgh, ‘Thesy vontradictory shate. ments should have moused suspicfon. at once. Tho Departmen ts required to make Up its blue book, giving full Information as to ity netlon, for the tweof Congress. For the first thne on record this, blue book has been divided Into two parts, the second part, containing all informution regarding routes And contracts, belng kept baek until March or April for the purpose of withholding Ine formation which would have enabled Con- gress to knew what the Department had eon dong, Mr. Brady was oblixed to adinit that there was no other necessity for this than the failure of the proper bureau to furnish information, ‘The Postmmaater- General had no right to spend so much of an appropriition during the first months of o your ag to make a deficleney Inevitable ln the last months, It was a plain violation of law, We had hanging over us an or trom the Department reducing the service on “star” routes to ons trip a week, unless C gress appropriated all the Postmasterdien- eral asked for, ‘That oficer claimed that he had the right to sto he chose, unless the appropriations were made. In voluntarily puttlag himself under the necessity of crippilug the servive he was violating the law. Congress would do injus- tlee to the people If it did not Insert in the very face of the bill an assertion that the de- ficlency ts caused by a violation of law, Mr, Bock will resune ils remarks to-mor- row. ¥ NOUSE WOTK., SUSPENSION OF UULES, fpeciat Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, Wasurnaron, D. C., March 15.--Unter the new House rules the firet and third Mondays of cach mouth are devoted, after tho call of States, for ,bills and jolut resolutions for ryference to’ the suspension ‘of the rules, ‘This 18 done, however, under. such parlia- mentary checks that not ‘nuich* harm In the way of nndigeatod legislation can’ be done. ‘The motion must come from a member hav- {ng thesanctfonofa committee, Tho Speaker has declined absolutely to recognize Individ- ual members who have wildcat propositions to hurl at the House, Weaver, for. iustance, the service ghould the service entirely if }- cannot bo recognized for hls buncombe reso- Intion uniess there should be no committees asking for recognition,—a contingency not likely to happen once a session. Each mo- tlon for a auspension of tho rules must iNke- wise be seconded by a majority of,the House, and thirty minutes age allowed for dis- cussion, after which the test vote fs taken, A villainous measure cannot, under therules, be put through without protest. ‘The first motion to suspend the rules to-~|ny was nade by Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, with a view to the passage of s bill to allow persons WHO MAVE STOLEN TIMUEI from the public domain to escape prosecu- tion and punlshment on condition of entering the lands so spoliated and pay for them the Government price, but at the same time to pay the costs accrulng up to the time of auch entry. The bill also provides that where the price of lands subject to entry was raised More than twenty years ago to $2.60 per acre, by reason of the grant of alternate sec- {ions for railroad purposes, there shall bo a reduction to. $1.25, Tho act does not apply to mineral lands, and does not exempt timber-thleves who may make depredations after the passin; of the act. The motion for the suspension o: erules was seconded, and Messrs. Dunn and Washburn expiained {ts provisions, but it tailed to geta two-thirds vote. Afr, Wash- burn says the bill is © good one, and is de- signed not so much to protect thieves a4 those who bought Aheir plunder in good faith, ‘The Secretary of the Luterlor has been preventing some of these depredations, and has found the stolen timber in many cases in saw-mills, ‘lo make the owners 0: these mills suffer would manifestly be an in- justice, and hence the Dill, which was de- ented to-day, was Intended to make a sort of loophole for the timber-thieves, ACKLEN HAS INFINIT ABILITY in_ making himself ridiculous. ‘To-day _he moved a resolution for the rellef of the Cal- cnsien log-thieves—an old case—as o report from the Conmmittee of Commerce. Robinson said this was already before the Judiclary Committee. Acklen had the audacity to sn} thatif that were true he was not go udviseds He know it way before the Judiciary Com- mittee of the Forty-fifth Congress, but had hot known it had been referred to the present Comnittes. Mr. Robinson replied to. this that _he himself had not been a member of the Judiciary Committees of the Forty-fifth Congress, but he knew the case was before the present Committee, where it was referred during this session, and that Mr, Acklen himself had been before the Committes once or twice to look after It. ‘This placed Acklen ina ridiculous position, and when the vote by tellers was ordered nota single person voted on lis side,—a most unprecedented snub, While these important proceed +f were ponding the Immediate Deticiency bill was lying on the Speaker's table, although the printing of the Congressiona? Record, ns well as all bills, resolutions, andsreports, must cease after to-day, and, notwithstand- ing the Committee on Approprintions is priv- ileged to report at any timezand to-day by a two-thirds vote have suspended the rules for the passage of this bill, or for its consideration, no motion of that sort was made, To-morrow and next day have been set upart for the consideration of the pend- Ing election cases, and, unless Mr. SieMahon and his friends insist on their bill, it may be unconsidered the balance of this week. this is done it will not by because there is no opportunity given to press the bills to a vote. WHEN THE DEFICIENCY BILL comes up for consideration, and the section relative to payment of United States Marshals is reached, Baker, Hawley, Hiscock, Cannon, and Hubbell will reter to, ‘the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court as sts- talning the position taken by Republicans during the extra session, and in this way try to provoke 8 politica! debate. The Demoerntic members of tha Comiittes, expecially Mr, McMahon, who has- charge of tho bill, will there is no law or precedent contend that, which requfres’ the majority to make an appropriation save aa the necessities of i@- Government | would seem. to requires that Special Marshals appointed under the Election law are not necessary for the good of elections, and that It 1s, therefore, wholly unnecessary that they should be ap pointed, ° 5 NEW BILLS, Mr. Herndon, of Alabama, to-day intro- duced 4 bill to mnake more explicit the pro- vision of Sec, 2,805 relating to the importation. of ores by providing that all gold and silver ores, mixed or’ unmixed, shall be exempt from duty, provided the same ore brought into a United States for the purpose of being smelted, refined, or made Into ‘ingots or cuins by any other na- tlon with which we are at peace. Mr. Singleton, of Iinois, introduced o bill providing that all. telegraphic messages transmitted by a telezraph company shall bo held to be private property, and shall be pra- tected from unreasonable search and seizure and from production as evidence in juiicial Jegislutive proceedings to the same extent ns conmunteations sent by the United States mall. ADJOURNMENT. Mr, Buckner presented a joint resolution fixing the 21th of May next as a date of tho adjournment of Congress. THE TAX ON KNOWLEDGE, BPEECH OF SENATON DAVIS, OF ILLINOIS, IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THE. PAPER DUTINS, Wasutnaton, D. C,, March 14.—Senator David Davis presented a memorial signed by the prinelpal newspaper publishers of Chica- go, asking thot the present duty of 20 per cent on tho valuation of foreign unsized paper be repented, Senator Davis, in presenting this memorial, made the following remarks Indorsing the petition of the memorialists: Mi. Pursipent: [am charged with tho duty Of presenting a memorial frou the wubliahory ct tho.principal nowspapers of Chicago, respectful Jy asking that the present duty of 20 per gant on the valuntion of foreign unsized paper be re- pealed. ‘This tax produces Mttle revenuc and serves only to enlurge the profits of manufacts urera, who, onfoying a monopoly, ato able to dletato thalr own turms to the consumers. Those meinorliliste wleo ask that the duty on soda-dab, principally tide abroud, and the duty on wood, straw, and all other pulp be abolished, so that the American manufacturer of paper will stand on nn qual footing with his foreign competitor ut the start, with the advantuge of freight in~ ice, roudy wacked aii the stare ate this side, a8 nyolnat tho pap jy, thoy sk that the duty on type, whet is virtuully prohtbitory, be wipdd out, because, ike that on puper, it ex~ SOrves a8 Q chisively benctita # combination ant pretext ‘for unreasonuble prices. THESK PROPOSITIONS, scom to be ao plain anil so just aa to require 20 argument in thelr behalf, “What is truo of Chi+ cago upplieg with equal force to tho press of tho whole United States, und especially to that pore tion of it familiarly known ag the “ country pa- pers.” The grevt wetropolitay journals can take care of themselves under ulinost any Cony didon of things, but that fact furulahes no good reason why thoy shault be subjected to imposi- Uon or to wrong. The main burden of these taxes falls heavicst on the papers of the interior, dopendent on local elreulation and unable: to compete with those of tho large cities, Aftor nll, tt te etriggling lubor that has to curry the load of taxation, lu woutevor fori it may be Imposed. ‘The preas ts Gnoof the wonders at- tonding tho growth of our Institutions, In the history of the human race thore ts nothing com> parable to this developinent. It isnot only the ulwurk of Hborty, Dut it ia the mighty popular instructor, more beneficont and wide-reaching: than any other agency but the Christian rellg- fon, of which It iy one of tho main props. Con}. plalnt 1g mudu that, this powur fa woinetiinoe abused, and that we In publle life aro tov often evnsorlously criticised. ir WILL bg A SAD DAY for tho Republic when criticisms upen tho gots and tho speech of Senators and Representatives shull be curbed, and a still sadder day when those acts f spovch cunnot invite the stornent criticisia., What fqod is to the body the press isto the mind, It bas become # daily no- Gossity wid nourlabaiunt, from the palsov of the moncy king to‘the cabin of the plonuvr on tho plalug, whosy braiu and muscloardintogral party Of the Einpire iu the West, To wake the press wholly Independent and to widen ite intucnce, evory restriction of unjust or unwise laws ouxbt tobe remoyed, ‘ ‘Tho time hua como, Mr,,Veosident, when tho mass of Inoongruliies aad ’of buge monopolica commonly ‘culled the tari ahould be revived und adupted me me wpirit ae a brouressly ago. A you plo Hke ours becomos restive une dod ‘the’ shackles of old lewtalasion pasved in tho contusion of civil strife, or under perduision of seldiah politics. It may not bo this scesion to reform the ruvonue syatumn; deed, reputed uction elaowbere forbl ne hope of that kind; but there should be po diiliculty in au excen! case Like What prosontod 1a pruoticably at in- could even | this memorial. Only 2 fow months ago Congress very properly swept away the obnoxious duty on quinine, that had long been maintained for tho profit of a few manufacturers in a single city. That remedy had at best only n local ap- pileution. In this instance the nowspapors of he entire country are oppressed by taxes which Arcadelusion andasnare, Thoy bring nothing of importance into the ‘Treasury, and they only atand, as tho duty on quinine did, as an excuse for lucrensing the dividends of what mny be dc+ perilved a8 a close corporation of epcolal in- Tests. GOVERNMENT PRINTING. THE WHOLE LIKELY TO BE RLOCKED. Spectat Dispateh to The Crteago Tribune, Wasutxoton, D. C., March 1%,—The probabilities are that the Government print- ing will be stopped witlin's day or two, as "there Is 10 proapect of the passage of the De- ficiency bill by the House, To discontinue the work of the Government Printing-Office involves a great deal inore than ts perhaps generally known, It menns, practically, to stop the Government altogether. . It means that the operations of the Post-OMco Depart- ment, In many particulars, will be serlously interfered with. {¢ means that no more pension-blanks can be printed; that no mora postal money-orders can be obtained; that no blanks, recelpts, or papers, or forms necessary to the transaction of the business of the Government can be obtained. The Jnwimakersdo not seem to apprecinte the fact that Congress holds the key to this whole matter. Itis alone responsible for the great bulk of this expense, which is now arrayed. as a. complaint against the Government Print- Ing-Ofice, which, under the Jaw, can do no priniing and binding that fs not ordered by Congress, and cannot refuse to do whatever it shall order, provided there is AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR. Under such circumstances it rests with Con- gressto determine whether the pubile printing and binding shall cost the Government more orless, ‘This condition of things reflects no eredit upon Congress, It has instituted inves tigation after investigation at great expenso to the Government. It has examined the establishinent through and through repent- edly. It has summoned witnesses who lave not always told the truth, but whose word and dishonest statements have gone on rec- ord. without affording an opportunity to ex- plain or rebut them. And yet, with all th array of injustice and unfairness, the most skillful of these investigators has never thus far been able to establish a solitary act of corruption, thieving, or dishonesty on the part of the management of the Govern- ment Printing-Ofice during all these years of persecution, And still the war continues under the instigation of those who seek to share the profits uf this large business which are now secured to the Government. ARKANSAS, A BILL TO PERMIT THE APPROPRIATION OF LAND. Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasirnaroy, D. C,, March 15.—The House Committee on Public Lands to-day agreed on nbill to allow the State of Arkansas an op- portunity to do a neat job of stealing a lut more of the’ swamp and over- flowed Innds of that State. The bill is drawn with two or three ‘wherenses,? which set forth’ that, inasmuch as the Government of the United States was once sufilctently gullible to invest as trustee for the Smithsonian Institute $500,000 in Stato bonds; that: no interest had been ever paid except where the Government, having o chance to withhold the 5 per cent, arising from the sale of public lands, did so; and that the Government is indebted to the State in the sttm of $20,000 in mosey on account of swamp lands and sdveral hundred thousand acres of land which have been erroncously disposed of to,.private individuals and rall- ronds, there: should be a settlement of + accounts. To this end a ‘Com- mission !g recommended’ to consist of three persons,—one appolnted by the Seercta- ry of the Interior, nnother by the State of Arkansas, and the third by the first two, This. Commission will examing {nto the ac- count above outlined, wit ha view to making A GOOD THING FOR ARKANSAS, Where [the swamp Innds have been dis- posed of to private individuals, the purchase money shall be refunded to tha State, Wherever Jands have been erroncously patented to railroad companies, the patents are to be transferred to the State, if not al- ready issued; but if issued the Stato shalt be allowed $1.25 for each acre so patented, ‘The report of the Commission hinving been made to the Seerctary of the Interior, will certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of money and Jand-scrip due the State of Arkansas, and such sum of tho State bonds and coupons as will cover this sum is to be surrendered to the. United States in payment thereof, The State of Arkansngs expects, in short, 10. Et out of debt to the United States by this bil, and get o large lot of money besides for tho swamp lunds alleged to be due the State. ‘Tho Conmissioners ure to beallowed $10 nday, SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS ANNOUNCED, Wasuryaton, D.0., March 13.-The Su- premo Court has promulgated the followlng decisions: No. 100, United. States ox rel., Alvin C, Phillips ot al. platntit In orror, vs. James L, Gaittes, Controller of the State of Tonnes: sed; in error to Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of ‘Tennessee, ‘This wag a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Controller of Tennessee to compel fim to issue his warrant to the State Treasdror tor the payment of costs of the prosecution of Phillips and others for murder jh tho United States Circuit Court for the. Middlo District of Tennessee, In necordayco with Judgnient in thatcourt. ‘This Court holds that, though the costs of the prosecution are undoubtedly a debt of the State,-for which the Coutrollor may be complied to draw 8 warrant upon the State Treasurer, tho de- mand made upon him In the present caso by the relators was unauthorized by law, and consequently & mandamus, was properly rq fused, The judgment gf-the lower Court Is aNirmed, ate No. 183. Morsitt Cox and J. ©, Whitlock, pinlntiffs In error, vs. The National Bank ot the State of New York; in ‘error to the Cir- cult Court of the United States for the Dis- trict of Kentucky, ‘his was aguit brought by the bank agufnst tho drawer, acceptor, and Indorser of a certain draft addressed to Cox & Cowan, Now York, N, Y., and by them necepted In the following form: “ Accepted; Cox & Cowan.” Payment of the drart at maturity not belng made, the bank, us the Jawful holder thoreof, caused {t to be protested, and jnstitutud the present suit to recover theamount, | ‘The drawer and indoyser set up the defense that thedratt was not duly-prosented to the acceptors for pay: juent ahd that the protest was irregular and f{nvalid for. that reason. ‘hfs Court holds t where no place of payment is expressed in 9 LHI or note the ge neral rule is that the proper place of presuntinent is the placa where ac- ceptor or maker realdes or docs business, In cases, however, Jiku the present, where the drawer of the bill of exchange lives and docs business inone town or city, and accepts without explanation or correction a bili addressed to hin as if he resided in another city, the bill way be presented in accordance with Its address, avert although the holders kuew that the acceptor [ives und does business elsewhere, A’ DHL addressed to * Cox & Cowan, New York, N. Y.,” anlby them uecepted without Indh lace of payment, is presentable and payable In New Yor! my may be duly. protested there, oven although Cox & Cowan reside and do business in’ another city or another State. Kyery step necessary to blud the drawer and Indorser in tho present case Was, baat Uae ha ue hg ts an recover, ent of the lower Court 1s, theretoras ae cs sev ocriss, “Merritt Cox and J, O, Clady, No." 184. lalnits ‘In_error, vs, The National Bauk of lis Btate of New York: in error to the Cire cation of wny | PRICE). 2VE CENTS. ip District of Kentucky. The - 1 he cans fs recisly similar and the judgment o i ia nfiirmed for reste TeaROnte lo wer] No/ Fg + Delinno, appellant, vs. Bf clr’ 82 se, Appeal Wom. the ‘Cirenlt four “1Unlte tates for the Districtoft in, THE EXODUS, WITNEASES DEFORE THE COMMITTER. Wasittnotos, D.C., March 16.—Ex-Senne tor Busch, of Loulsiana, befora the Exodus Committea to-day, said the efforts Inst winter by Democrats to pasa the “ Chain-Gang law,” and the uncertainty of tho ‘status “of the colored people under Democratic rule, pre- vented. many from making the usual labor- contracts in January and ‘February of this year, and the result {s already observable in the large number of colored peopie who have moved from planting districts Into cities and towns on the banks of rivera, so os to take! advantage of opportunities for trans: Portation to the West. Jo grouped the causes of the exodus under five heads, viz: Fear on the part of colored: people of class legislation against them by Democratic legislators; fear of Interferenco with their educational privileges; ‘uncer- tainty of-obtaluing homes, and Insecurity in retalning thom; interference with their re lighous and personal rights; and fear of dis- franchisement. He thought it not improbna- ble that the protection of his people in ali thelr rights would produce the effect upon theth ithas produced in the caso of, Irish and German Ininigrants that have found homes and eduentional advantages and civil and political Hants In this country. He bo- lieved that In right and justice the experl- ment should be tried. It would at least STOP THY EXODUS of hisrace. Astothe grent change in the political complexion of voters in some of of the parishes within tho Inst fow years, 13 shown by the olection returns, he instanced. Onnchita Parish, where, in 1870, from_ 1,200 to 1,500 Republican and 400 or 600 Demo- cratle votes were cast, while at the Inst elec- tion the leading Democratic enndidate polled 1,973 and the Republican candidate only eleven votes. Thisand almilar changes, he sail, Were accomplished by Democratic County Returning Boards, From five to seven police Jurors were formerly elected in each parish as supervisors of election, Sub- sequently the Democrats passed the law au- duortzloe Gov, Nicholls to appoint five, Tho additional police Jurors appointed wero all Democrats, ang this gave Democrats the majority of police, rors, or * County Return- ing Boards ” 08 the witness called them, In every parish in that State, with one excep thon, and Jn this exceptional the parish Re- publican ‘ MAJONITY WERE DRIVEN AWAY by armed Democrats, He thought it was not necessary for Democrats to_use force now to earry efections, as the fegal machinery the: have devised enables them “to count out any, one thay choose,”? ‘The witness was then asked by Mr. Voor- hees to expluin how it Is that In so many parishes where colored Republican Gul number white Democrats so. largely they do not defen themselves nnd prevent the wrongs it Is alledged they suffer from. in reply, Busch stated that when It fs ro- membered that these white Democrats are the sane People Who when engaged in row bellion it required" the expenditure of mill- fons of treasure, loss of hundreds of thou- sands of ives, anil over four years of tine to. subdue; that while it Is borne in mind that ever since the collapse of the Rebellion the whites have kept up their palllinry organiza- tion, and an army of them, drilled and trained fighters, exists to-day, it is absurd to expect » negro, “with shoe in his hand,” to. rosist these men. ‘Tho witness admitted thay alfalrs were quicter now tian in 1874, wher the State was under Republican ruley thas negroes were: persecuted more. thon -than now; but quiot persecutions, ho sald, aro beltg carried on which result in the driving away from thelr parishes of the representa-, tive men ton much greater extent than un- der Republican rule, NOTES AND NEWS. POLITICAL NIDERS. Spectat Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune ‘Wasuinaton, D. C., March 15.—The ree port circulating to tlie effect that the Demo- crats have abandoned political riders on tho Appropriation bills {s a gieat orror. Tho terins of the clause appropriating pay for the Marshals in limiting the use of the funds to general deputies fs of itself n rider, although itdoes not apparently contains condition. In tho debate: the Republicans will trent {t ag on rider, and tho discussion {6 ‘likely to take on some of the features of tho extra-session trouble. The rider providing for the election of a public printer by the House is also. deemed highly objectionable by the Republicans, and they oppose it by all means in their power. The House was substituted for the Senate ag the body to olectn printer, because s bill was already pending giving the Scnate the elec tion, and a new rule makes it out of order to moye 2 pending bill as an amendinent to an appropriation bill, It Isstitl expected that if this provisivi of that bill. passes tho Presl- dent will veto it, 2 ‘TUH KOCK ISLAND nuinaE. y Tho Secretary of War transmitted to the Nouse to-day, in answer to a resolution of Feb. 18 asking whether any other railroad company than the Chicago, Rock Island & Pavliic Railroad has the right to the uso of the bridge across tho Mississippl River at Rock Istand, n letter from the Chief of tho Engincer Corps, who says that the Davenport & St Paul Railroad recelved authority from Congress In| June, 1873, to make: use of the aforesnjd bridge by paying {ts due proportion of thea — cost, the said road to construct and maintain Its own track, Hecontinues that tho Govorn- iment has authority by law to permit other roads the use of the bridge by paying tholr proportion of the tolls, ‘The Davenport & St. Paul Rond has not, however, availed ituelf of the privilege granted by the act of 1872, PUNISUMENT FOI RAPE, ae Tho Senate tovk one stop to-day which mity do something to check the rafd of the ravisher Inthe District of Columbia, The: dudiclury Committes reported back the bill for the punisiinent of rape here. ‘Tho Com tuittee having so amended the bill ns to make the punishment death or fmprisonment, Senator Edmunds, representing the oppons submitted & ents of capital punishment, fons hnprison- minority report fixing a very. offense, and it may be that some Senator will report ay nn amendment the suggestion of the Police Justice, Snell, here lust week, who sald, in arralguing a negro arrested for such. au outrage, that te wi elie be well for the community to resort to the old barbaric way of punishing such prisoners, : PETROLEUM EXVONTS. The exports of petroleum nnd petroleum - products'tram the undermentioncd customs districts of the United States during the ° month of Junuary, 1680, and the seven mouths ended the samo, 88 compared with similar exports during the correspon perlotls of 1879, were as follows: ‘ Districts, Gallons. Value. siasun fcr + 3847 28 783 91.648 BUSS $60 + OTS E 3 OTD aren ‘Total for Junut Total for Junuury, tor seven fa lan end WELIS, Falgi To the Western Auociated Pres. W asurmaton, D, C., March-15,—The report of the Coumittes appaintud by the Postmas- ee a as Aer Ng “and. 2 a press * business of Wells,’ Fargo “S Corker 3 eu Inale public, -In conolugion, the Couns yalttos Buy: “Tt sour deliberate Spliton 1 lotter-express business of Wells, Fa: Co,, in all te phases, 1s ab variance with foth ment as the highest penalty for such an * j :