Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1880, Page 1

VOLUME XL. |. OPENING, pelea CLOTHING. Spring Opening! AT THE ‘PUTNAM CLOTHING HOUSE, Takes place on Saturday, April 3. DAY UHORROW. LEADERS OF , POPULAR PRICES. - Madison and Peoria-sts, peices haa eeeade i f ik We are Mammoth Display Largest Stock of MEN'S, BOYS, AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Ever under one roof at retail, will be on ex- hibition SATURDAY, April 3. We have just completed the enlarging of ourstore, Our stock is TREBLE that of any former seqson. We Manufacture our own Goods, And thus save at least two profits to our customers, We originate our styles and patterns, con- sequently have something to offer in every Department that is not to be found in any other CLOTHING HOUSE in this section. Our Spring Opening ‘Will be something worthy the attention and inspection of everybody. PuTwam CLOTHING House, 181 & 133 Clark-st, and U7 Madison-st. MINER, BEAL& HACKETT, Proprietors and Manufacturers. W. H. FURLONG, ResidentManager. GENERAL NOTICE, in receipt of . another LARGE LOT of Guivernaud’s == improved — —_ American Silks, In Colors and Blacks, and shall * place them “ON SALE” - Our Opening Day, B5c per Yard ‘ INVARIABLY LEADERS OF POPULAR PRICES. * ___ MADISON AND PEORIA-STS, LAKE NAVIGATION. TAKE NAVIGATION, Goodrich Transporation Co * STEAMERS ON ROUTES, Tri-Weekly for Racine, Milwaukee, She- hoygan, Manitowoc, Ludington, Manis- tea, Grand Haven, and Muskegon. Frolght shipped to all abova ports, snd also to alt CN Sra Le iyo aginuw, Hay City, toiled, i" Taelaa tioed Citys Pentwatar ete, ae ‘OMtles and Docks—Foot Michigan-av. snes sgt , G. HUTLIN, Supt. LUGAL, RECEIVERS’ SALE, Notice ta heroby given Uist on ‘Thursday, the fat eats te PaEhY, ENemtuck inthe forongine atthe ‘north door noarest 1.8 Salte-st, of the building uscd ‘atthe southeast ournier of In the City of Chicago, Cook order uf the Cireult Court the 2b duy of Maret, candorsighed, Revelvor uf ‘the wcucls o ‘rank Hing. will set! at public Kiger forcnsh » certain clalt allowed by tho Protate Court of Cook County tn favor of anid Kuniguide and Frank, te auuinst the eviate Changed! Field, Leiter _& Co | Give notice that they have POSTPONED their OPENIN Glauntil WEDNESDAY, April 7. WILSON BROS, 113 & 115 State-st., Carry in stock large Jines of White and he Kunlgunde Ding .and ‘suction to th iighent eater leal aarti weoe Tee | Fancy Shirts and Night HOP aunaite eee. | Shirts. Lhey manu= Sore facture all their stock, Sasa reer ae wsing none but good ‘ ELASTIC innverinle; “BEANGESS HEEL ELASTIU STOCKING, Pat, Mar. 14,1876, ¥ tetra, cure for Ulcers | etall First Floor--- Wholesale Upper Floors, Limbs, Wonk ‘and Spramud. ne Fe ’ f Joints: Solu manufacturers VURNITURE, Positively we are now offering the LAIRO RP MGNe SUROE ONE HE ARES ES, Mubogany, Ebuny, Walnut, Agh, and Muple of any House in tho Uuited States, “These goods should bo feon before you take parchuses, “Parlor, liurury, Bnd Dinkg-ruum Butts in rick varluty, und prices insurv sattafacuon. BARTLETT, BUTMAN & PARKER, BB fitaterst., Chicago, TL Manutacturors of the celebrated Common-Bense ‘ruse, udoptad by tha U, B. Guyorainent wa the bess twill soll yous Truss us auch that ts nut stamped, AS ‘POREST, FOR SALE'OR RENT. ‘f'wo Vino Frame Dwellings, with from three to four crus uf yround’each. | Alad, Threv Frame Cottages, With lola, nia wee clox‘bouso, with bye acre abe Gur’ yoo pulse st Waabington-+t, Hivos’ a. CHICAGO CARPET (0, ‘ or -160, 158, 160 & 162 Wabssh-at., cor, Monroe. SA eee 0O ne en Mino 1) PADEIL ana CUlt- , N; Hooin our CARPE WALL WAIN Dop't orerythlng that’s now will be fund, SEATIONERY, dc, BLANK BOOKS, fy STATIONERY AND PRINTING, ‘alot gery SUBLET Sistionery and Printing Co, Munroe and Dearburn-sl TEA Eo eorth ce Arne CEELULOID (Water-proof Lin- en) Ouffs, Collurs,and Bosoms. Price Lista and Goods sent by mail, Call or address BARNES!’ Hat Store, 86 Madison-st., Tribune Building. AGH» D fre Fine Bpociaclas sulted: to all sights on sclentifo principles. Opera and Bight Glassss, ‘'olesco| ie Guscupes, dargenters ete o pea Lasts o Kel FINANCIAL, 'WONEY TO LOAN AT T. 5 NAY @ FEI CENT. ak ROAM fo se an randy i one oe ENE elt RR eaitig crtuuee to aeiteod nt an it, of not less than $244) on choles ity Improvod propery. The money Tan, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1880—TWELVE ‘PAGES. his temple for © moment, dipped his fingers {na tumbler of water on his desk, and bathed his forehead, his countenauce Sndleating great pain... It was found that he was threatened with apoplexy. ” iee-water was brought In, and he sank into his sent, but In n-few moments his friends escorted him into the clonk-room, where ho was pinced ona lounge. Senator Withers, who is naurgeon, had Iee applied té his head and sustard poultices placed: on thafoles of his fect, nnd In half an hour he was taken to his home. - I< WASHINGTON. A New Schedule of Tariff Duties on Sugar Are rived At. Tho Low Grades to Be In- creased and Refined Sug- ars Decreased, WIEN RUFFERING THR MOST he had the full possession of.his faculties, and sald toa Senator who stond by him: “Send a messenger tomy house at once, to tell my wife that’ Dm not sick.” This even ing he Is much better, but suffers from hentl- ache. Senator Thurman's secretary say's to ight he will be in lila sent in the Senate to- morrow. Senator Withers pronounces it an attack of vertigo, brought on by overexcite- ment. Senator Blaine war very cloquent and effeetive In his unpremeditated remarks on The Committee Proposing that No Class Bo Diseriminated Against. 2 7 . * ee aS Awan Ltt Hr a show- ng th jenator arin Wi en- Discussion of the Geneva Award Bill iirely mistaken in: some “of his statements about navigation, he reviewed his assertion that a ship-owner, who had car- ried cargo the seas. over without pein troubled by Rebel crulsera,and who had pald no insuratiec, was as much entitled to 9 por- tion of the Geneva award as a sh{powner who hud paid large war premiums, Senator Blaine sald that it would be Just as reason- able when twa soldiers had gone into an netion, In which one was wounded and lost a leg, to say that the other: one, who escapedl wunseathed, was equally deserving of & pen- sion. Congress hing this money wherewith to Indemnify somebody, When you indemnify n mun he must show o loss; but here Is a prup- osition td indemnify the Insurance comps- nies for what they made. Let the Insurance companies and ship-owners prove a loss traceable to the Confederate cruisers and he yote to Indumnify thon ."° 3 MONITORS, Senator Thurman's indisposltion havin) atrested the debate on the Geneva Awa bill, Senator McPherson called up, explatned, aud had passed, the jolnt resolutiaa directing the appolutment ofa ‘Board of Survey to inquire into’ the expediency ot completing the untinished double-turreted monitors, ANOTIEG CENTENNIAL. Senator Kernan endeavored to pass the bilt to establish an international exhibition In . New York in 1883, in commomoration of tho reengnition of the indepetidence of the ‘United States, but opposition was made it went over. Ri ‘THE UTE AGREEMENT. Tho Senate Committeo on Indian Affairs hope to get the Dill ratifying the agreement with the Utes taken up to-morrow, but Sen- ator Enton will temand the consideration of the limediate Deficieney “Appropriation bill, on whieh there will probably be a long polit- ical discussion, * cas THE KELLOGG CASE, .. A ponderous volume was'laid upon every Senator's desk this morning containing not only the reports and’ the testimony: in the Kellogg case, but the eviflence which the Commities voted not. to receive, Mr, Hil had hoped to have called the éase up, but he found some wnexpected o} tes on his side of tho chainber, and desiste paennaninne sd INTERNAL REVENUE. PROPOSED ONANGES IN. THE TAX ON DISTIe LEUY PRODUCTS. z Sptclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, * Wasixaton, D. O., March 29,—The Sub- Comunittes of the Ways and Means Commit-- tee In charge of the new Internal Revenus Dill has completed Its Inbora, and the bill will be reported to the full Committee at anearly day. ‘The bill ag reported in these dispatches some wecks ago lins been somewhat modified ‘at the Instance of Commilstonor ‘Raum and -tha distillers, Sec. 8 of ‘tha’ bill is etrickon: out! ‘This section - propped, to-rrepeal 0 much of the existing Inwons required distll- lers, rectifiers, and dealers to furnish an ab- ‘Atract from thoir books to tie Collector. The ;Commissoner thinks hescan by regulation prescribe a form of book -which will enable them to furnish duplicatesavithout a change ‘nthe law. ‘Tho bill,as &% was originally ‘drawn, exempted everybody from the pay- ‘ment of what ls called thesi0-cent stamp, that is, stamps for exportsjstamps tor refln- ers, and stamps used by deslers whose pack- ages are broken. Anamehdmont was agreed tothls morning by which} the exporters aro not included in. this exemottor, The elgh- ‘teenth section of the bill makes a certain al- Jowance for the evaporation of spirits which aro in warehouses. ‘The Sub-Committeg has ngreed to awend that section by adding tho following proviso: And provid furthor, thatthe proof of such distilled qpirita shall not in-any cuse bo rated nt the time of withdrawal at tho Customt-Hotso Joss than the proof at whith uch spirits wero enterod into the warehouse, and in case it should appear upon such rrgauging that tho proof of such sptrita ts Iecss than when ontercd, no allowance or reduction abull be inade, but tho distiller or owner shull pay tho tax upon the orlginul quantity. a ‘The bill, according to tho estimate of the ‘Internal Revenue Bureau, proposes to REDUCE THE REVENUR on the basis of Inst year’s revenue about $2,250,000, as follows: First, by relieving tho distillors of Interest on the tax on distilled spirits remaining in bond, over a year, which now ylelds a tux of about $150,000; sec- ondly, by relieving . the distitlers and deslers from the stamp. tax, as ale ready shown, to the extent of $350,000; and thirdly, by allowaneetor shrinkagete tho extent of $1,740,000. It ishotd, however, thot the amount of reyene ns a whole will not be decreased, from the rensan that the books of the bureau show 6 large fuera In the first nt in tho Senate Seriously In- terrupted, Mr, Thurman Being Suddenly Attacked, While Speak- ing, with Vertigo. The Right of the Government to Survey Chiriqui Lagoon Maintained. Another List of Important Decis= ions Rendered by the Su- preme Court. Secretary Evarts Urges the Collection of the Old Claims Against Venezucla. Another Scandal Added to the Fine Batoh Already Developed in Wash- ington. THE SUGAR TARIFF. A COMPROMISE SCIEDULE, Bpeciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, Wasurnaton, D. C., March 29,—A sub- committee of tho Ways and Means Commlit- ice, consisting of Messrs. Tucker, Carlisle, Gibson, Gartleld, and Frye, have arrived at’ something like a decision on the question of a schedule of duties on sugars., The Sub- Committee, after a painstaking examination of the prices of sugars for the Inst ulne years, ascertained tho specific duty on the base of ap ad yalorem duty, and then added 60 per cent to this, Tho result was as follows: On Melndo, per pound, 1.01 cents; No. 7 Dutch standard and under, per pound, 3.25 cents; above No.7 and under No. 18, per pound, 85 cents; above No, 13 and under No. 16, per pound, 2.87 cents; above No. 16 and under No. 20, per pound, 3.20 cents; above No, 20, per pound, 3,07 cents. All sugars testing above 83 por cent shall be classed above No, 7%, Vuteh standard, ‘Tho practleal effect of this. proposed modification of the Jaw,!s to in- erciiso the -duty on the low grades up to No, 18, which is dividing tho line between theraw and the refined sugars, and ‘ TO DECREASE THE RATE on all grades above that point, Forlnstance, the present rate on Aelado is 1.87 cents; on No. 7, 3103 from No.7 to No, 10, 3,50; and from No. 10 to No, 18,281. In other words, » wihile the rate on the low grades is about 40 er cont ad valorem, andon the high grades tis nearly 00, the. proposed schedule will. muke the duty un{form, so that no class o sugars will be discriminated against, Sub-Committee will, probably report this schedule to the full Committe to-morrow, It is understood that the ‘Treasury Depart ment will approve this modification, which Secretary French denomlnates a compro- mise. He holds that the Increase fn the duty on the low xrades will prevent their Sntro- duction In that form and promote foreign re- fining, and, consequently, adulteration, and oyeutually put up tie price of the poor man's sugar, and that, instead of lowering the price of low grades abroad, they will be enhanced, In this way the supply will soon becomes ex- hausted In Cuba and elsewhere. The pro- posed schedule will operate AOAINST THE LOUISIANA: MANUFACTURERS, beeause they do not produce the low grades, and, further, because the introduction of the By grades ‘docs not discriminate against enn, THE CLASSIFICATION. 2 To the Western Assoctated Prest, ‘Wasmnatoy, D, C., March 20,—The Sub- Committes of the House Committes on Ways and Means, consisting of Representatives "Pucker, Catisle, Gibson, Garileld, and Frye, held a protracted session ‘to-day upon he sugar question, and, although no final voto was taken, inuch unhantinity was oxpressed in favor of the general scheing of adjustinent proposed. ‘The Committee, on a basis of tho Official values of all classes of sugar under the present tariff for the past ning years, de- elded to recommend tho Inying of ‘aspecitic duty upon all sugara upon the ad valorem prlelple nearly ag possible, ‘To ascertain e amount of duty thoy agreed | seven months of the present, nit fiscal to take per cent ad valorem | year, ‘This increase has been é nethaduty for whlch to fix an oquivalent |” Mr, Carlisle, who Introduced this bill, Bpecitic duty, believing that this would not | thinks it will pass the House without much reduce the present amount of revenue, ‘The | opposition. valuation of our sugar imports being nearly $80,000,000, 50 per.cont would realize to the COMMITTEE-WORK. Government nearly $40,000,000 of revenue, from: the old Dutel: standard proposed, {3 that all sugnr of No. 7 , Sand under, whose erystaliizable strength shall testabove 83 degrees, shall pay the rate of duty imposed upon the next higher class. TIE PREAENT CLASSIFICATION fs retained except that the two classes from 7to10 and from 10 to 13 respvctively are thrown into one class from 7 to 18. D. 8. The Sub-Comnilttes think that 60 per cant ad ya- lorem, would realize rates of duty respective ly ag follows upon severnt classes: On irc Jado, 1,91 cents per pounds; on No.7 Dutch standard and under, 225 cents per pound; on No. 7to18 D. 8. 2.55 cents per poured; No. 18 to 18D. 8, Ss cents per pound; No, 1 to 90 D. S., $1.20 cents per pound; over/20 D, 5. 3,609 conts per pound, ‘The boundary Jing between refining and re- fined and distributive sugars is No. 19D, 8, ‘Tho present rates on refining sugars ja not materlallychanged, ‘Those on refined sugars which | 60 into consumption are much de- creased, ‘The Sub-Committee will hold another ameeting on the subject, and will probably re- port the above ny their final recommendation fo the full Committee by the Tattor part of this week. ‘Tho Sub-Committea believe this basis of adjustment will prevent evasions of duty, and will prove ® just. ong to the pra- ducers of raw sugurs i) this country, to the refining and importing Interest, to cone aumers, THE PACIFIC ROADS, Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasutxaton, D, C., March 20,—At n meet- ng of the Committee on Pacific Railroads to-lay, the sub-committea having the matter {ncharge was instructed to proceed with the Investigation of the reported contract bo- tween the Unton and Central Pacitic Rail- ronds and tho Pacific Mall Steamship Com- pany, day Gould, CP, ‘Huntington, and the other oMlcora of the corporations concerned will bo invited to appear before the Commit two and furnish what Information thoy-have bearing on the subject. THY, WALEDOTLAT. Io the Western Assoclated Press. : Wastinatoy, 1. C., March 20.—The House Committee on Colnagu, Weighta, aud Meas ures Instructed Representative Claiiin to re port to the House ifs substitute for Repre- sentative Jones? Dill relating to coinage and coin, The substitute provides for recoining tho silver colngs of tha United States of tho denomination of hnifdolars of the weight provided by tha act of Feb, 13, 1873-1029 grains—now In tho Treasury of United States or that may hereafter be paid Into the ‘Trens- ury, into sllyer half-dollars of 20034 gralns, or tha proportionate full standard weight of tho legal-tender silver dollar, and that such halt. dollar be recelyuble for all dues, public ant private, - DISTILERRIES, « Ropresentative Carlisle's sub-committes of the Ways and Means Committee agreed to report to the: fail Committes, without amendments, the bill introduced by him to amend the Liternal-Revyenus laws relative te distilorles, Tho only departure THE SENATE. THR GENKVA AWAND WILL DIRCUSSED, Bpcetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, _ Wasurnatox, D, C., March 20,—It seemed probable at ono tne to-day that the records of the Senate wotld havo to record a tragic ovent, ‘Tha Senate has been enlivened this afternoon by an’ accidental and spirited de- bate on the Geneva Award bill between Blaine and Thurman, in which the former showed that ths Senator from Ohlo was not conversant with navigation, while the latter inthnated that the Senator from Maine was not conversant with law. ‘Thurman becawo exelted, and was speaking with great antiua- tion, when he suddenly paused. All vyes were directed towardy him, when be rubbed ‘THY. BXODUR, ‘Tho Senate Exodus Committee held a short session to-day and examined A. Harris pictlelng lawyer and Democrat from Fort :Beott, Kansns, Ile testitied that 800 or 400 negro einigrunts, mostly from, ‘Toxus, had come to Fort Scott, about 100 of whom were men, the remainder women and children, ‘Yhey were geperally fra destitute condition, and depended for“employment on odd jobs. He had conversed with quite a number of them, who gave wo other reasons for emigrating than hard times in thelr part of the Suuth, resulling from the short crop Jast year, and thelr understanding that Kan- saa wast favorable place to move to. ‘They fold him tliat some white men had traveled through Texas and displayed to the negroes chromos Tepresenting, A onegro family located ona fine plantation in Kansas, with a tine two-story white house, elegantly furnished, with plano, fine carpets, ete, white servants and fine barns, ‘These trav- eling agents charged the negro em- Igrants from 82 0 $8 ench for purchasing thelr tickets, Harris did not think the exodus was a politica! movement in Kansng, as the Republicans did not need Republican votes in that State, The people generally in his section of the State, he sald contenmed the movement, as it resulted In Dringing to the State pauperized laborers who were not self-supporting and were not needed there, : RATLNOADS. The Senate Committee on Ratlronds hold aspectal meeting on Thursday, when Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, Vice-President of the Texas Pacific Raliroad, will be heard In ad- vocacy of the bill to extend the time for its completion. ———— THE CHIRIQUI STRIP. ‘THOMPSON'S TITLY, TO THE GIANT. Sprelat Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune. Wasmitnaton, D. C., March 20.—The re- ports from Panama that the people of the Colombian States are in great excitement over the attitude assumed by the United States with respect to the Isthmus Canal, may show the feeling thera among the people, but it {s doubtful: whether the Government there entertains the samo views, Atall events, the Minister of Colombin, at this point, ls on amicable relations with the State Department, and is in consultation with respect to the proposed modifications of the treaty. With reference to the statement inthe advices from Panama, that Ambrose "Thompson has no claim to the Chiriqul strip, the general Impression here !s that he has a perfectly valid title, which he can convey to tho United States if ha chooses, . ‘Tho Navy Department certainly has proceeded upon this belief in sending the naval vessels with fnstructions to make surveys of the harbor. Meanwhile, Mr. Eyarts’ relation to the canal selieme is so peculiar as to cause the publica- tion of — THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPIT? Some {rritation hns been caused among thoCab- inet colleagues of Mr. Rvarts by the Informa. tion that # subscription has beon act afoot in the Union Club of New York for the purpose of tting up a dinnor to be offored there to M.de asops, at which dinner tho promoters are to nek Nr, Evarts to preside in his capacity of President of the Club, with an eyo to enabling B. de Lesseps to cable to Paris that ho was en tortalned on the eveof hisdeparturo by the 8co- rotary of State, Trenor W. Park, President of the Panama Railway Company, with whom {tis sald the Secretary of State |s to have a conference, {3 expected here, It 1s understuod that Mr. Arosemenn, who claims to be still Colombian ‘Minister in'the United States, is busily en- ga ed in consultation with Mr. Evarts and Mr. Park in preparing 2 draft of a new con- vention which shall facilitate the carrying guts by Colombin, of her undertaking with M, Bonaparte Wise and by M. de Lesseps, of his understanding with the Panama Hail- way Company. BCANDALS. TUE WIITE-HOUSE STRUCK. Spectal Dispatch to © ‘aw LYibune, + Wasnrnatox, March 20.—The scandal epl- demic appears not to have ended, as the fol- lowing extraordinary paragraph publishedin an Eastern paper will show: “This tine acandn! hns struck tho White- House, . Charics Chapman, onc of the Executive clerks, has bean disin! for undue familiarity with young girls who wont tothe Executive Manston in quest of Government appointments. It {sulleged that by.protending he could. intlu- ‘ence appointinents ho rufned soveral of tho femalo seekers for n place, Whon bis condict became known to President Hnyes, tho Intter prompuy; discharged Chupman. immediate enuse,of: nla removal involved a member of Congtyss from Obio, who, It seams, was & sort bree ar of Chapman in tho disreputable busl- i “yo. CMRISTIANCY. Representative Willetts, of BMichigan, ad- mitted to-day that he was in possession of a batch ,of letters written by Mrs. Christiancy to her husband in Peru, but he declined polntedly to allow any of them, or any hint of thelr contents, to be published in advance of their introduction a3 testimony in court, “1 dé not desire,” ndded Mr. Willetts, ‘to have the ease tried in tho newspapers. You can say, if you choose, that the character of this correspondence is such that it will en- tirely exonerate Mr. Christiancy from the charges his wife las brought against him,” TNE MOUTON-MORGAN AFFAIR "The jgcandals connected with Southern Senators .or their families svem destined fo never “end. Lucy Morton, who charges the gon of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, with having seduced her, atid who recently mado an assault upon him here with intent to take bis life, this morning publishes the followings eard: » Suts'T am told tho ono obstacle in my way of obtalning Gmployment in the Departments 13 that It would be an almost unprecedented caso of the Government giving employment to a per- gon undor indictment. Mr, Morgan {8 ulso un- der indictment at Bela, Ala; besides, he has killod’n man, and he haga responsible position tinder tho Governinent. If your paper will, speak favorably of omploymont being giveny and mention Mr. Mofyun da also under indlete ment. Lucy Horton. TARIFF REVISION. WHY NOT? Aptctal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasuinaton, D. G, Mareh 29.—The Dem- ocratic press Is becoming restive at the atti- tudo of its party. on the tariff question. ‘The Washington Post, Bourbon organ, this morn- ing insists that the Democracy should no longer resort to subterfuges, but should per- nilt n direct vote upon the tarlif question. It says? ‘Way not remove by common consent all ob- atuclés to a square test on the tarilf propositions in whivh the people ara most Interited, by voting yp or down fnstruations to the Ways and, sfehns Committes to take immediate netion? If tho. House fs a protectiontt body, auch it resolution oan bo voted down without do- bate, and Mr. Townshend and overytuxly’ cl will duass from troubling, Wuti€ tho House ts not a protectionist body, but in favor of certain turif reforms, such us cheaper sult, cheaper sugar, cheaper stoul und fron, and cheaper pas ner, What right tins the Spoaker or tho Wiss and foans Committee to cheat it out of the right to pay 80? . ‘ . FUTURE BILLS, In view of the trouble which grew out of the Infroduetion. of the 'fownshend ‘Tarlit Dill last Monday, Gen, Hawley this morning introduced a resolution to amend the rates ao’ that when a billis introduced for rofer- ence embracing a queation whose considera- ton may have the effect to change the Jaw, it shall bo indorsed with a statement of tts cancany aul the change in the Inw sought to effected, ‘Phore ina curious story that the members of the Uinols Republican duleyation huve held aconference and haye devided hero after to insist, on the reading of all billy, ine troduced by ‘Townshend, vf Ulinols. “Chis course has been adopted on account of the tacit atriugxte ineldent to the mtraduetion of, abil by hhin one week ago, ‘ 1 . —-9 ’" VENEZUELAN OLAIMS. | bo MW BVANTA NEPONT, ‘ Bpeciad Dispated to The Chicugo Tribyne, : Wasutnaton, D, C., March 20.-0n the 20th of January a resolution passed the Senate calling on the President for informa- tlon as to what: moneys have been pald by Venezuela, to this Qovyorument, under tho treaty of April 25, 1804, and whether such imonoys huve been paid out to the persons to whom awards were to be mady, Air, Evarts ‘gent to the Senate a voluminous ruply, in iwhiech he recapitulutes the entiru, history of ‘the treaty and the subsequent evil odor (info which the Comuission tell, and ithe actlun’ of the ‘Forty-fourth Con- ; gress thereon, Since © August, 1870, thore hay beon: received -from Venezuela $81,618 in monthly Installments of $55,000. These sums have been invested {n Govern- ment securities, This amounts now to $120,- 043, This money was to be pald in ten annu- Al installments, beginning In 1868, so that the tle has now expired. ‘The Secretary thinks f renewal of the Commission entirely inod- visable, and tinder present relations of the two Governments finpossible. Ho suggests a judicint commission to have power to ex- mine the whole case, with a view to deter. inining what claims should be pald out of moneys already recovered, > SECHKTANY RVANTS BAYS THEY SHOULD BE Yr, De To the Western, Assoctated Press, Wasmtnaton, 1). C., Maret 20,—Secretary ¥varts, in his report to the President on the Venezuelan cialis, which the litter trans- initted to Congress to-iay, says: “I have come to the conclusion that no obligation of Justics te Venezuela requires from this Gov~ ernment an abrogation of these awards and tho Institution of a new mixed Commission fora reéxuinfnation of tho elalins upon which such awards have been inade. On the other hand, o necessary attention to. the rights of our own citizens, in whose behalf only after long yenrs of fruitless application to Venezuela were we nble to conclude a convention for the adjudl- ention of their claims, precludes the remis- sion of thelr demands to the uncertain com- posltion and precarious administration of ® new Commission.” In conclusion, tho Secrotary says that if the Departinent should proceed to imike the distribution upon all the awards, not withstanding the grave denuneiation of Venezuela and of the Congressional Com- mittes of 1875 upon a great number of them, it should be dono upon a, conclusion that this Government should insist upon the payment of all these awards, and should take coerelve measures to compel thelr recogni- tion and satisfaction by Venezuela as fast at Teast ag {ts financial resources should per- init. ‘The question should be submitted to Congress for its determination, und if Con- gress is not prepared to undertake coercive measures, then the Secretary says there seems no other course for the Government to puraue but to institute a judicial invest gation by a conipetent Commission with ade- quate authority to determine which of the awards it would decline to further press payment of, and what awards it would insist upon, NEW BILLS. BEAM POSTAL, MILL. Wasmnaton, D, C., March 2.—Repre- sentative Wells introduced a Dtil In the House to-day. nuthorizing the Postmaster- General to contract with the Mississippl Val- ley & Brazil Steamship Company, of St. Louls, for n seml-monthly mall service from New Orleans to Ilavana; Kingston, Jnmaten; Port Spain, and ‘frinidad, in the West’ In- dies; and) Para, Maraham, Pernambuco, Bahia, and Hio de Janeiro, in Brazil,—the contract to continue for ten years, with o compensation of $25 for cach nautical mile, provided, the total compensation shall not exceed $135,000 per annuut. MISSISSIPPI LEVERS. Mr. Robertson Introduced a bill appropriat- ing $5,220,000 for sustaining the system of Mississippi levees In necordanco with the plans subinitted by the Mississippi Levee ounmiasioner. ADSENTERISM. Dibrelt's bill provides that no member, of Congress shall draw his per diem a day with- out certifying that he has not been absent from his seat during the sittings of the House except on account of sickness, AUSY PAY. Mr, White introduced a bill providing that all officers of the army under the rank of Brigndier-General shal) recelve 10 per cent additional pay for each five years of sqrvice. SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS ANNOUNCED." 3 Wasmrxaton, D, C., March 29.—The fol-. lowing decisions were announced to-day: ‘No, 189. Laura E. Jones, ‘widow, ete.,' plalntitt in error, va. W. T. Blackwell, In vrror to the Cireult Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana.’ The controversy in this’ case ‘relates to tax prop- erly payable upon certain tobacco belonging to defeudant in error. ‘This Court holds that manufactured tobacco shipped in bond from tho manufactory and stored in an export bonded warehouse on the 1th of June, 1872, was subject to the tax of Scents per pound prescribed by tha Internal Revenue act of duly 20, 1684. It was not entitled to the ben- efit of the reduced tax of 20 vents per pound preseribed by the act of June 6, 18, ainend- atory of thenct of 1803, ‘The Jutgment of the fower Court is reversed with costs, and the cause remanded for further proceedings In conformityfliereto. ATS TO UECOVEN. No, 31. P, C, Sinith et al, administrators, ete., appellants, va. James C. Ayer et aby and No, 33, same appellants vs. the First Na- tional Bank of Westboro, Mass. Appyul from ‘the Circuit Court of the United States for tho Northern District of Ulinols, "hese are suits in equity brought by plainthit in ere ror to recoyer two promissory notes each for $50,250, alleged 10, belong to the estate of Kenick Huston, déceased. The decrees of tho Court below, in both cases, are reverse with costs, and that Court is directed to enter decrees directing the defendant in error to surrender to plaintht in error the notes In controversy, and enjoining all other parties from intorfering With the latter’s collection of-the same, RAILROAD CASE. No. 109, Georgu W. ‘Thomas etal, vlaintiffs In error, va. The West Jersey Railroad Com- many, Appeal from the Cireuit Courtfot the nilted States for the Enstern District of Pennsylvania, On the sth of October, 1863 ‘Thomas ct al, plaintilfy in error, entered Into a contract with the Millville Ginssbora Railroad Company (of which the West Jersey Rallroad Company Is the successor), whereby they became lessees of that rallroad: and, Its franchises for a perlod of twenty years. ‘The contract contained s proviso stipulating that {ts lease should be terminable by the Railroad, Company. at any time upon three months? notice ta lessees, that In the event of any such termination arbitrators should be chason te conipnte the amount equitably due Thomas et al. from tho Railroad Company ,by way of indemulty for non-fulfillnent of the contract, ‘Tho tense was terminated after proper o- feo an the Ist of April, 18, Eiforts to fix by arbitration tha mimount of conpensi- tlon due ‘Thomas et al for the unexpired term of the lease having proved fruitless, the latter brought this sul to recover, damages for non-fultiliment of contract, ‘Che most Important polnt presented to this Court for decision was: Whether the Millville & Giasa- boro Railroad Company had legal power without consent of tho State, and without any authority from its charter, to execute a contract by which it Virtually transferred its road and franchises to plaintiffs in error, The noint Is one of Imipurtanee on account of its 1 pearl \pon railroad leases in general. ‘This Court holds that Inthe absence of oxy C88 authority in its charter the Railroad Com pouy no right to transfer Its road and ranehises ta other parties, and thie render itself unuble to perform the dutics which that charter directly or by. finplieation imposed, Where # corporation like a railroad company has granted it by charter s franchise Intended in 4 large mens ure to be oxerclsed ‘for the public good, the due performance of this function being a -conslderation ‘of public grant, any contract vWhich disables the corporation from pore forming such ‘function, Which undertakes without the consent of the State ty transfer “to others the rights and powers conferred by charter, and to relleve the grantees of the burden which [t imposes, ig 8 violation of the -eontract with tha State, and fy vold, as saathst public polley. ylt follows that piaintitts in error cannot found a right of action upon art agreoment vold for want of corporate aus thority and forbidden by the palley of law, ‘Tha decree of the lower Court ls therefore aftirmed, with costs, . PEDDLERS’ LICENSE,, The Howe Machine Company ys. , clerk, ote. In error te, the Su- preme Court.of ‘Tennessee, “This sult brings in question the constituttonallty of & law of the State of ‘Tennessee hnposing 0 tux in the shape of 0 HHeense-fee upon peters of BuW- Ing-machines, ‘The plaluthf in orror mati; taing that, Inasmuch: us the fnws of Tonnes seo exempt from taxation peddlers of articles inanufactured Inthe Stute, the taxation of peddlers who sell articles wnanifuctured in other Stateg ly contrary tu Secs, 8 aud 10 of the first article of the ‘ederal Constitution. ‘This Court holds that, lusamuch as the tux t i i vthat it i p——_—_———, « ot ere = CENTS. ' pied by tho Btste npon J ig-machines,. whether made In or ow ..’* te. State, It was: laws pose, , The jud| bor the i wee it is r i \¢ to jawer Cou : aflinned, with & Fy) ‘ : + Axotid SS it To RECOVER, No. &. Me @ & Charleston Raflrond. Company, play 3 &2 error, vs. The State of’ ‘Tennessee, . =? to tha Supreme ‘Court of Tennesse sult was brought to re-.. caver fram thas; eect ot Tennessee, a8 gunr- ¢ antor of the Bank of Tennessee, a debt <°:’ which the bank owed to the Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company, At the ting the debt accrued the Constitution of the State, of Tennessee contained the following pros - yision: “Suits may bo brought agalnst the State in such manner and fn such Courts ns° the Legislathro may direct.” Subsequently this provision was repealed. The State do-- mnurred to the bill of the Railroad Compan: on the ground that a State could not be auu : without {ts own consent. The Railrord Con : pany mafntained that at the time the debt ot acerucd the State, by a provision of, its Con- ae stitution, did consent to bo sued, andthat the - $ repeal of that ‘provision was yold for the reason that It jmpalred the obligation of con-: tract. ‘The Chancery Court sustained the, demurrer and dismissed the conipiaiiant’s* BIL. The State ‘Supreme Court, on appeal,. made a decree on the express ground that the, repeal of the Inw anthorizing suits egalnst a the State was valid and did not come. within | the — constitutional prohibition, \ That decision Is here | assigned — for error. This Court holds that ‘the right to sue which the State gave to Ils creditors’ py the provision of the State Constitution above cited was not in legal effect a judicial: : remedy for the enforcement of thelr con-, . ! tracts with It. It was merely aconsentto,bo” sued for the purpose of having an adjudica- tion. When that adjudication was had thera wasno power in the Courts to enforce St. ‘The State might refuse. to pay,—that {s, might refuse to make the necessary appro. printlon, and the Courts cottld not compel it todoso, The remedy which ls protected by the contract clause of the Constitution Is something more than the privilege of having a claim adjudicated. It must Include the’ + power to enforce the results of such udjudl- w2 eation, Only such remedies as are required: . to enforce neontract ure protected bythe,” Federal Constitution. ‘Tho: right to sue which the State gave to Its . creditors .was practically of no value to them a3 a means of enforcing thelr contricts, It gave them no real remedy, and consequently the with. drawal of that right did not Inpair the obil- : gations of their contracta within the meaning of the prohibitory laws of the Federal Con- stitution, ‘The decree of the lower Court fs a therefore, aMirmed, with casts. The Chief. 7 Justice delivered the opinion, JusticeSwayne -. dissenting. ey HOND SUIT. No. 155. Joseph M, Douglass, plaintiff in error, vs. Pike County, Missouri. ‘In error to th Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missourl. ‘This was n-sult brought upon the coupons of certain bonds: issued by Pike County, Missourl, in behalt: of Cuvier Township under the Township Ald act of Mnrch 33, 1803, ‘That act was’ held by this Court, in the case of Cass County, ys. Jolingon (05 U. S., 300), to be’ constitu< tional, The Supreme Court of. Missouri: ins: since, however, declared it unconstitu- tlonal, and this Court is now asked by, do-, fendants in error to reconsliler Its ‘decision In the Cass County case, nnd follow the e intest rulings of the Stata Supreme Court, <a This Court, however, holds that the rights of 4 the parties in the present litigation are to bo ” determined by law, ng it was judicially con- strued to be when the bonds Inquestion were uton the market. -At that‘time the State Supreme Court held, and had repeated! held, that the Township Ald act was constl- tuttonal. it now thinks that that act was unconstitutional. This Court fs of opinion is not_bound to adopt the Intest ° j ruling of the Supreme Court of Missourl, if by stch adoption the rights which. \ ‘dave become vested under the early:ruling * . + are to be injurlously affected. . Tho ‘Judge rd H ment of the Lower Court ts. raversed wit costs,and the carise romanded with directions - +, to overrule the demurrer and-for further. pros |. coedings in conformity. therewith, .. ei AVPEALS DISMISSED. at B ‘The Denver. & ie: Grenda ie sway Company, xppellant, vs, the jon_ City: Sean Juan Ratlrond Company. , No. 1,1 The fame appelian vs, the Pueblo Arkansas Valley Railroad Companys and Nos, 1,152 and 1,153, the Pueblo & Arkansas Valley Rallrond Company vs. the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company, Appenls dis inissed mune pre tine as of 25th’ Inst, per stipulation und consent of counsel on file. é NOTES AND NEWS. tb A STRANGE OFFEIL °' * oF ote * Spretat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribung. Wauinaros, D.C, March 20.—The fol- lowing purports to be a true statement, of a very curious transnetion which occurred hero Inst Saturday: On Moniay. Inst, when the decision of the Unilted States Supreme Court : was mnie public on the case of the Missourl |: ' Paelfic Baslrond Company, Mr. Bowinn, of : St. Louis, who was of counsal for the City $ and County of St. Lonfs, then in New York Bs City, telegraphed the Mayor of St. Louts that H he was authorized to say that Jay Goukl 2, was now willing to pny 50 cents onthe dole © * Jnr af the claim for $020,000 held against tho, | * yond by the County of St. Louls, On Wednes- day Inst tho offer was Increased $50,000, pro- vided it was accepted In three days. ‘The amount thus tendered in payment of the lien wns $510,000, ‘The offer was rejectad by the Clty Council of St, Louts last night, after - telegraphic correspondance with prominent parties in Washington. " SOLDIENS' HOME. If Congress shall adopt tha resolution ; relative to the appointment of the new man- |. agement of the Soldiers’ Home, which it is reported the House Military Committees will 5 | probably agree on, it will bo a matter ofa | good deal of concern ta Gon. Butler, and nay cause ultimately a change In the Gay- ernors of the various Homes, It $s sald that now moat of the Governors are utler’s earnest adherents, and that sumo of them, | like Hinks, at the Afilwaukee Home, obtain leaves of absence and visit Massachusetts regularly whenever Butler has 9 campalyn there to assist him in his election, “Gen, Butler will feol ls removal from the Honr:’ very keenly, ns he has had hls reappointment miueh at heart, and has stralued every weryae” | | to retain hjs position. as £ { AN EX-CONFEDERATE NOUNCED, . 07 4% It is reported that Atal. Eling Qriswold, who’ + : hos Jong held a clerkship in the office of the \ Solicitor of the ‘Treasury, has Uinnlly bean re- y No,1,155, thoved, Maj. Griawold, who was a Contad~ erate oficer, was ono of the keepers of tho” | | Soutliern prisons, possibly Andersonville, Since the War he ‘claims to have been thors oughly reconstructed, and to have became a Republican, ‘There fas been a good deal of opposition from soldiers on uceuunt of hits holding office in the ‘Treasury, but this De- partment was not responsible for his ap: - palntinent, {aasmuch ws Griswokl was under’ he Department of Justice, Attorney-fiens eral Devens, upon hearing tho, sti.cment of Sherman, it'ls reported, immediutely ordered Criswold's removal, a THE KELIQGG-BPOFFORD CASE, .* Ren Hilt willbe subjected to another | overhauling in the Senate | to-morrow, <I Senater Angus Cameron will publicly call attention to the fact thut the teatlmony of E, Weber appears iu the printed evidence of the Kellogy-Spottord case, when the Sub-Commilttea ordered i¢ be sfricken aut becauso of that witness? fall- ure to appear for crosyexmnination. «Ben Hil, belng Chairman of the Sub-Conunittey, ts respons jy fur tho printing of this ovislenen, and he will be called upon to explaiy bow 16 came to be sent to the Publiv Printer: as part af the regular testimony, CUINOUS STATE-NIGHTS DOCTIINE. ‘Mr, Herbert, of Alabama, a disciple of tho strictest sect.of Staterights home-rulers, t- troduced a bill to-day which ought to sur | rise his constituents, “Phis bill recites tho = ¢ uct . that, in certain possible contingencles, . there may arisd a coutroversy ay to which of 3 two so-called Governments fs Jeqithuats and which spurious, and:that In atch a dilega it nut unfroquently happens, that the Gov, ernor, 80 called, caunat bring jorter out at os. Now Mr, Herbert proposes that: such a case as the one supposed, Governor shall certlty: the tes tu the the United blates, wale beuy ihe Senate of . .